Van flopped down on the ground after a hard day of searching. His wounds were hurting badly but he did not let that get him down. To him, his physical pains were nothing compared to the pains that his heart was feeling.

"Fiona," muttered Van as he leaned back to ease his pains a little. The heat of the campfire that he made hit his face and gave him a slight relief from the chill that was in the air.

"What is going to happen if I can't get you back?" Van asked himself as he stared up into the night sky. "No! I can't think that I won't get you back or I never will be able to. I know that you are still in there Fiona. I only need to find a way to get you back. There has to be some way of doing it. How is my real question," said Van with an expressionless look on his face. "There has to be a way and I am going to find out what it is," said Van before his eyes fell shut and he fell into a deep sleep.

*****

Van once again found himself in the field of flowers once again. He got slightly excited thinking that he would be able to see Fiona, but she was nowhere in sight. Van looked all over but he couldn't see anything but flowers.

After a few minutes of searching, Van starting to give up hope of seeing her until he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist from behind. He smiled since he already knew who it was. Very swiftly he turned around and grabbed a hold of Fiona. "I miss you," he whispered into her ear.

She merely smiled as she held on to van tighter. "Hello Van," she said very softly. It was so quiet that even where he was, Van was nearly unable to hear her. She had something important to tell him though. "Van. There is something very important that I need to tell you," Fiona said as she separated away from Van despite his protests.

"Where are you Fiona?" asked Van in a quiet tone. "Where is it that I can find you? If I can find that out then I might be able to get you back," said Van as he stared at the ground sadly.

"Go far to the east Van. I am unable to give exact directions but you will know where I am talking about once you get there. That is what I wanted you to know. You will know where I am talking about when you get there," said Fiona with a small smile. "A little advice for you Van. While what Zack might have done to me may be strong, but it is not impossible to beat it. It can be overwhelmed at times to such an extent that even if it is for a short time I could return to my normal self. It is unlikely though because Zack holds the key to my soul. That just makes the time shorter. Find a way to reach me. Wake my soul from where it sleeps inside of the shell of what it once was. If you can open that up then you might just be able to return me to normal," advised Fiona with a small smile.

Van was overjoyed that there might actually be some hope for all of this after all. He had no clue had to do what she said though. "Fiona. How am I supposed to do what you said?" asked Van in a disappointed voice. He hoped that Fiona also had an answer to this question.

"I don't know. It has happened before though. Can you by any chance remember anything happening to me at one time no matter how strange it may be? I know that you were there when it happened," said Fiona as she stared at Van.

Van thought long and hard for a few minutes before something struck him like lightning. "When I managed to get you back for that short time. I noticed something for a second. At first I thought that I was going crazy but I could have sworn that I saw you as you used to be. Could that be it?" asked Van with a little hope.

"That is exactly when it all happened. It wasn't enough to get the effect that we both desired but it proves that whatever he did to me is not flawless. Please, I trust you more than anything to be able to get me back. I know that you can do this," said Fiona with a small smile.

Van took a few steps forward and embraced Fiona in a tight hug. "I miss you Fiona," said Van with no intent on ever letting go. He knew that he would have to at some point but for that moment he just wanted to remain in this dream world and be with Fiona.

"I miss you to. You can't stay here though. This isn't your world; it is my world for the moment. You have to go back to your own world and settle things there before we can ever be together again. I will forever wait for that day to happen," said Fiona as she let go of Van and took a step back.

Everything started to fade around Van and he looked at Fiona to see that she was fading as well. "No," yelled Van as he ran towards her. He stopped though when she put up a hand meaning for him to stop.

"Do not worry Van. I will continue to guide you along the way. You are waking up though and this is what happens to dream when a person wakes up, they fade away. Do not worry though. Just keep me in your heart and I am sure that all will be good," said Fiona with a small smile before she faded away.

*****

Van eyes sprung open quickly. He quickly sat up and rubbed his head. 'I hate it when I wake up from one of those. It just means that I have to live without her for even longer,' Van thought to himself with a yawn

He got off of the ground and saw that the sun was just coming up over the horizon at that moment. All Van did was stand up and quietly walked over to the waiting liger. 'To the east, that is where I am going to go just like Fiona said,' thought Van with a smirk.

*****

"Where is my daddy?" asked Kristi when she couldn't find Van anywhere. She had lost her mother and she didn't want to take the chance of losing the only parent she had left.

"There was a lot of stuff that he needed to do. He said for you to be a good girl while we look after you. He also told us that there might be a surprise for you when he comes back. So do you think that you can be a good girl until he comes back?" asked Moonbay with a smile. When she saw the excited look in Kristi's eyes at the mention of a surprise, Moonbay knew she would be a good girl.

"Of course. I will be very good. I like surprises," Kristi said very happily. Kids were definitely easy to amuse when you wanted them to be. "Um... Where did daddy go though?" asked Kristi with an innocent look on her face.

"To deal with some problems that has arisen. Nothing to worry about though, he will try and get them done as quickly as he can so that he can come back to you," said Moonbay with a grin. 'Or else I will go out there and drag him back, and Fiona to if I find her. She has a whole lot of explaining to do for us, even if she doesn't remember any of us,' thought Moonbay with a small chuckle.

"What are you laughing about?" asked Kristi when she heard Moonbay chuckle slightly. She wanted to know what was so funny that it would make Moonbay laugh after all that had happened.

"Um... nothing. I was just thinking about something funny. It is something that I don't think would be wise for you to know," said Moonbay looking at the small girl who happened to have a confused look on her face. "I'm sorry but I just can't tell you right now," said Moonbay with a sad look on her face.

"It is ok," said Kristi with a smile on her face. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I can be patient," said the little girl still smiling. Kristi then saw Moonbay let off a sigh.

"You are a lot like your mother kid," said Moonbay with a sad look on her face after that was there whenever Fiona was brought up. It only made it worse when she heard about what actually happened to her. Moonbay looked up to see that sad look on Kristi's face. "Come on now. Don't cry. I am sorry I brought it up. Come on. Why don't we go pock fun of Thomas or something along those lines," said Moonbay breaking the tension and making Kristi laugh.

*****

"Maybe it was all really just a dream I had. I have been traveling for days and I have yet to come across any villages that know anything about what I am talking about," Van told himself as he stared at the scenery that was around him. "I trust Fiona, but it was only a dream and it could have easily have been something that my mind made up for me," said Van with a small sigh. He was about to change his direction when something caught his eye.

Smoke rose high up into the air. Van knew that wherever it was coming from that the place was definitely in trouble. Van turned very quickly and headed in that direction worried for the people of the town. He knew that while he may have been on his own personal mission that the people still needed to be protected.

The horror that went through Van's eyes was unimaginable. The small town was in flames. All of the villagers were running around in a panic trying to get away from either the flames or possibly something else.

Van quickly hopped out of the blade liger and ran deep into the village. There weren't many people in that one area but Van managed to luck out as a man ran by on his way out of the town. "What happened here?" asked Van over all the noise of the fire and peoples screams.

"S-some woman came to this town and started to make demands. When she refused them, she just started to burn everything on fire," said the scared man as he tried to get going again before Van spoke.

Van had a feeling that this was why he was sent this way in the place. "Where is this woman?" asked Van having a sneaking suspicion that it was Fiona that was behind all of this.

"She's that way," said the scared man while pointing into a direction behind Van. He then quickly took off before she could find him.

Van turned in the direction and with a slight nod of his head, he started to run in that direction. 'Remember Van; this is not the same Fiona that you remember. It is an evil and demented one,' Van told himself as an excuse for why Fiona would even try to do something like this.

Van came to a stop as he came to a small opening. It led into the plaza of the town. A lone figure stood in the center of it all. A few bodies were scattered around, but Van was glad to see that they were all either moving or at least breathing. 'This has to be a good sign, or else she would have killed all of them,' thought Van with a slight grimace at the thought.

Fiona stood there with her back facing Van. She had yet to realize that he was there until she heard light footsteps walking up to one of the bodies that were behind her. "Why do you continue to hold this strange belief that I am someone that I am not," she asked when she was positive that it was Van.

"You are her and I know it," said Van as he kneeled down to inspect one of the bodies. The man was shaking in fear as he held a broken arm. "You didn't kill any of these people so that has to mean that a part of you won't give into what you have become," said Van in a serious tone.

"I didn't kill them because I was told not to. You are very pathetic to think that that was my reason for not killing these people. You live in the past. You lose your fiancée and you have to blame it on someone like Zack. That is what makes you very pathetic. You need to wake up from your little dream world," snarled Fiona as she turned to face Van.

"Zack was the one that killed her, and then he turned her into the cold hearted person that is standing before me right now. You are the one that needs to wake up. You need to wake up to his lies and deception. He is only using you to get to me," said Van as he tried any way to bring out the old Fiona.

"You are a horrible liar. Zack loves me. He even told me that. That is really all I need," said Fiona with a small smile playing across her lips. "No matter how much you want to believe that I am your old love, it is impossible to bring the dead back to life," she said in a rather calm voice.

"He is using you! Get that through your head. He thinks that by doing this that he can affect me in a way that it would make me weaker. He thinks that I won't hurt you. He is wrong on both accounts. I am only becoming stronger and if it means that I can get the actual you back, then I might have to hurt you," said Van as he took a step towards Fiona. "It doesn't have to come to that though. You can be yourself again. You can then be with me and our daughter and live happily like you always wanted to," said Van holding onto the little hope that he had left. It was all that he really needed though.

She seemed to stiffen at the moment he said this. She didn't know why those words seemed to have such an impact on her. It had nothing to do with her because it was a wish of his dead girlfriend, yet it seemed to dig deep into her. She just threw aside all those thoughts in a second though. "Those are only the wishes of your dead girlfriend, not me," said Fiona as she turned her back towards Van.

Van knew that he might have to use force soon. He didn't want to out of fear of hurting Fiona but he knew that it was definitely a possibility that he would have to take. He decided though that he wanted to end this as fast as possible. Using his quick speed her ran up behind Fiona and before she could react, he hit her just hard enough on her neck to knock her out but not cause any serious injury. She would have a neck ache in the morning but Van knew that he had to do this.

Fiona consciousness slipped when she felt a pressure hit her hard on the back of the neck. She started to collapse to the floor but Van caught her easily. Just before she passed out she managed to hear something that he said, "I am sorry it had to come to this Fiona, but you really left me with no choice," said Van in a quiet tone as she fell unconscious.