Yes, I'll eventually get that third girl in here, but until then we've got Raevin, Ally, and the others.

These next few chapters are probably going to be the gang's views on everyone else: Yes, Vogel and Ectoplasm get their say in this, too. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to pull off looking in the minds of a raven and a ghost horse, but I'm pretty sure I can manage.

Disclaimer: I own Ally, Raevin, Ectoplasm, and Vogel. That's it.

~Raevin~

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After a few days of traveling, Raevin, Ally, Charles, and Anna came to another cave. They did the same as the had done the day they first spent the night in a cave. It was still daylight; in fact, it was in the middle of the afternoon. But Raevin and Ally had gone as far as they could go, and they didn't dare go any farther. The nearby town, called Warsurge, was known for its impressive fighters. Many of them became Vampire Hunters, and the rest became guards.

Nearby was a somewhat clean lake. Raevin wouldn't drink from it… well, she would, but only after she has boiled away any deadly germs in it. 'This is a good spot to see how much of a vampire Ally really is.' Raevin thought to herself.

"Thank you for taking us this far." Anna said to Raevin and Ally. "Charles and I can make it to Warsurge from here." Anna had regained much of her former health. She was able to stand upright, walk around, and pretty much do things without much assistance.

Raevin smiled. "You're welcome. I wish there was more we could do for you."

Charles laughed and shook his head. "Oh, child, you've done enough for us already." He said and hugged Raevin tightly.

As he did, a sharp pain rammed itself through Raevin's brain. The pain was coming from her chest, where she still wore the blackened glass piece. She ground her teeth and made sure no one noticed what she was feeling.

Charles helped Anna up into the wagon, then he climbed onto the drivers bench. "Be well, you two. Perhaps we'll meet again." He said, then drove the horse and wagon out of the cave.

As soon as Charles and Anna were out of eye and ear range, Raevin doubled over in pain. Ally shrieked and caught Raevin as she fell. "Raevin!" was what Raevin last heard before she blacked out.

***

Ally had placed Raevin on a rock slab, and had folded their jackets together to make a kind of pillow for Raevin's head. But she couldn't figure out what had happened. She knew she couldn't dwell on it for long; she had to force Raevin to drink at least. Eating was out of the question, because Raevin was completely unconscious.

***

Raevin dreamt as she slept. It seemed to her she was just… floating. She wasn't in water, not that she could tell, but she didn't seem to be in space, either. "Where am I? Am I dead?" Raevin asked out loud.

"Child….." A voice called out. Raevin spun around as best as she could to see who had called her.

"Who's there? Show yourself!" Raevin yelled. She was beginning to lose her nerve.

"Child…. Who is not from Nosgoth…." The voice said again.

"Yeah, I know I'm not from Nosgoth. Show yourself, I've got a short temper!" Raevin yelled back. Not only was this unnerving, but she was getting a tad bit annoyed.

"You must defeat Kain…. And his six sons…." The voice called again. "You are the Winterwolf, the White Phantom. You hold the key for an Eternity of Balance."

"Where are you? What are you talking about?" Raevin asked, trying to spin around to see everything and know what was where. If she could see something besides black.

"I am everywhere and nowhere…" the voice replied. "You are to bring Balance to Nosgoth… an Eternity of Balance."

"Nosgoth's got enough Balance; thank you for the offer." Raevin snapped. "Now give me a straight answer!"

"Oh, child…" The voice crooned. "Your answer is coming."

In her 'dream', the glass shard around Raevin's neck began to glow. It flew out of her shirt and pulled the cord off from around Raevin's neck. It's razor-sharp point turned and pointed at Raevin's heart. It circled her, then stopped, pointing at her right arm.

***

Ally watched Raevin's unconscious body carefully, trying to figure out where the black glow was coming from. She saw the glow all over her body, but she couldn't for the life of her pinpoint the exact location.

She quickly got her answer as something appeared to be moving under Raevin's shirt. Ally's hand moved to see what it was when it literally flew out of Raevin's shirt. It was a pitch black glass shard that had a leather cord strung through it. It flew into the air, pulling the cord over Raevin's head. It circled Raevin's body, as if examining her.

Ally growled, baring her fangs. She didn't know what was going on, but she got the feeling she wasn't going to like it. She brought out her sword and swung at the glass shard. Ally gaped as she watched the blade bounce off as if it had hit solid metal. She couldn't understand it.

She stopped trying to understand it, though, when the glass target Raevin's arm and shoved itself through the flesh.

***

Raevin screamed in her dream as the shard pierced her right arm. Her left hand shot up to try and tear the shard from her arm, but by the time her hand reached the spot, the shard had left and was spinning around her again. She cursed violently and examined her arm. She knew she was dreaming, but it was a habit and she really had felt it.

***

Ally screamed and snatched the shard out of Raevin's arm. The glass tore itself from her hand, and started to circle again. "What kind of magick is this?" Ally asked herself. "This cannot be magick… whatever it is, it is evil."

***

Raevin looked at her arm and saw a very familiar looking symbol drawn onto her flesh. There was no hole, no wound, no blood. Just the symbol.

It was a yin-yang, with a feather for the squiggle. The feather was gray in the middle, and black on the ends that were on the white side. The ends on the black side were white. Two feathers hung down from the bottom, and they looked like the squiggle feather.

Raevin muttered, and tried to rub the symbol off. Even in her dream, it didn't come off. "You know, I did want a tattoo…. But not one from a tattoo artist I couldn't see." She muttered.

***

Ally growled savagely and glared at the black glass shard. She swung her sword at it again and missed. She kept swinging until she had hit the glass more than once. The glass remained whole, without even a scratch. Ally's sword, on the other hand, had several notches on the blade. "Wonderful." Ally muttered, furious that she couldn't knock the floating glass out of the air. "What am I supposed to do?"

***

Raevin glared angrily at the black shard. Her arm was feeling numb, and she was thankful for it because it kept her from feeling any pain. "What's you're game!?" Raevin yelled. She couldn't wake up from this dream, and she didn't know why.

"Balance….." The voice said. "You must…. Bring Balance for Eternity…"

"Does this involve that glass cutting me anymore?"

"You must bring Balance…" The voice said as the glass shard flew for the back of Raevin's right shoulder.

***

Ally eyed the glass warily as it circled Raevin again. She lashed out again with her sword, hit, and watched as her sword flew out of her hand and imbedded itself in the rock of the cave.

"Oh, by the eyes of…" Ally mumbled, glaring at her notched, stuck sword. "What else?" She watched the shard circle Raevin, and she was getting very angry. She picked up a rock about the size of a saucer and threw it at the shard. The rock hit the glass squarely on the edge, and bounced off. "What is that made of?" Ally asked.

The shard floated down to Raevin's right shoulder. Since she was laying on her back, it couldn't reach the spot it was supposed to. Instead, it touched the top of her shoulder, then fell to the ground like the lifeless piece of glass it was.

***

Raevin screamed, whirling around to try to snatch the glass from her back. It burned terribly, and she wanted it out. "Stupid, useless, piece of-" Raevin cursed violently, finally tearing the shard out of her shoulder. "I don't know what your game is, but I'm not playing it!" Raevin spat. This is my dream, why the hell can't I wake up? She thought to herself.

"Do not think I cannot hear you, Balance Bringer." The voice said again. "Awaken into the living world and bring Balance…" The space around Raevin swirled with bright colors that made her head hurt. The colors spun faster and faster until they blended together to make a murky black. Suddenly, the black turned to a bright white that not only made Raevin's head hurt even more, but made her queasy as well.

***

Ally squinted at the shard before kneeling beside Raevin. She shook Raevin gently. "Raevin… Raevin, wake up." Ally pleaded.

Raevin groaned and stirred slightly. She clenched her jaw tightly, then slowly opened her eyes. Raevin realized that was a nasty mistake, because her eyes and brain screamed at her for being insolent. She quickly shut her eyes again. "What happened?" She asked quietly. Her right arm and shoulder hurt a lot, and she could feel it through the numbness in her head.

"That's what I'd like to know." Ally said. "This… shard. It stabbed you in the arm. It was floating… nothing was holding it…"

Raevin ground her teeth and carefully opened her eyes. She slowly turned her head to her right and used her left hand to lift the sleeve of her shirt up.

The mark was there.

Raevin scowled and shut her eyes again, letting her hand fall to the ground. "I'm tired…." she sighed. "I need to rest…" With that, she fell into a deep sleep filled with dreams of ghost horses, talking ravens, vampires, and darkness…

(A/N: yes, crappy chapter. Confusing, no sense what so ever. But with, it works. I'll try to come up with something better. Please, no questions. I think this chapter will make sense in the future.)