All right, this story will probably only be one chapter unless enough people request another chapter. I know I have a lot of other stories to update also and I'll try and do that as soon as possible.

I don't own DK

Warning: Death

Rating: PG-13

Dreams of Death

Rune ran down the halls of the Lord of Luwa palace. He had found the Lord, along with his wife, dead in the throne room. Their bloodied bodies stained the white marble floor red, and their eyes had been opened and haunted with fear. He knew somehow that it was Nadil's doing. Yet, he also knew that Nadil was after him, along with Rath and Thatz.

He continued to run pass the bloody and mutilated bodies of the servants and into the hall that lead out to the gardens. Leaning against the wall, clutching the giant sword wound in his stomach was Rath.

"RATH!" Rune yelled as he ran toward the fallen Fire Knight.

"Rune," Rath chocked out as he clutched Rune's shoulder tightly. "You have to find Thatz and the two of you have to get out of here."

"Rath, you will be all right. Just let me heal your wound," Rune said holding back tears. He knew that he wouldn't be able to heal Rath. There was just too much damage for even him to handle.

"No," Rath whispered as his hand slipped slightly from the elf's shoulder. "You need to get out of here. If Nadil kills all three of us, he'll be able to gain powers that will destroy everything. You have to get out of here."

With those words Rath fell forward onto his elven friend.

"Rath," Rune whispered, but his voice grew louder as he became more desperate. "Rath, Rath, Rath, RATH!!!"

Rune sobbed as he shook his friend's body. He breathed deeply and then laid the Fire Knight on the cold marble floor and wiped the tears from his face. Standing up, he sighed shakily to help him regain his senses. 'There will be time to mourn later,' Rune thought. 'I have to find Thatz and get out of here before Nadil harms either of us.'

Rune ran down the halls once more trying to find the Earth dragon knight. As he rounded a corner he suddenly stopped and hid in the hallway he had just raced down. Nadil, Shydeman, Shyrendora, Fedelta, and Saabel all stood in the marble hallway he had just fled from.

He listened for a little while but it was only when he heard Thatz's voice that he truly discovered what fear was.

Rune looked around the corner to see that the demons were separating him from his fellow knight.

He shouted and ran out of his hiding place when he saw the demon lord raise his sword. But, the Water knight had been too late. Nadil struck Thatz down before the thief could defend himself. Thatz looked up at him, fear in his eyes. Though, it was obvious that he was fearful for the elf and not himself.

"Rune, rune!" he shouted, though he was in obvious pain. "Get out of here! Run!" he shouted with the last of his strength.

The elf stood frozen to the place he stood. He saw the evil smirk on Nadil's face as the demon lord turned slowly toward him. It was only a few minutes after Thatz's lifeless body fell to the floor did he turn and run.

He ran as fast as he could, faster than he had ever run before. It seemed to him as if he was running blindly, and yet at the same time that he was completely aware of everything around him. He knew that if he died now, then his friends would have died in vain.

Despite this, he found himself turning to look over his shoulder. That was when he felt pain ripe through his body. He felt himself turn completely around, though his eyes seemed to be glued to the ceiling.

It seemed as if time had frozen...

And then...





Lykouleon woke up breathing heavily. The last part of the dream, when Rune had been running, he felt as if that had really been him. He could feel the elf's terror and his pain. Even though it had only been a dream, he still felt as if the pain had been real, in fact, he could still feel the pain in his chest.

He got up and walked shakily out of the room. He had to get to Ruwalk before he sent the knights on their mission. Those three were too important in the war against the demon lord for the Dragon clan to lose them. He especially couldn't let Nadil kill them if he was trying to open some ultimate power with their own deaths.

He stumbled into Ruwalk's study just as the dragon knights were about to leave. Everyone froze when they saw Lykouleon.

"My lord," Rune shouted as he ran forward to catch the dragon lord as he fell forward.

Lykouleon leaned on Rune for support. "You can't go," Lykouleon said in a demanding voice. Well, as determined as someone with a curse like his could.

"What?" Thatz and Rath asked at the same time while Rune and Ruwalk looked at him questioningly.

Lykouleon sighed. "Nadil will be waiting for you there if you go. He will kill you and the dragon clan will be left without its best defense."

"How do you know this, Lykouleon?" Ruwalk asked after a few minutes of uncomfortable silence.

"Just trust me," was the only response. Ruwalk nodded and stood up. Together both he and Rune helped Lykouleon back into bed.

"Promise me?" Lykouleon whispered, his strength completely spent. Rune nodded and smiled lightly as he shut the door behind him.

"Are we not going to go?" Thatz asked as Rune came back into the room.

Rath didn't say anything, but Rune just smiled gently and innocently. "We should stay here. I think that we're needed here more than anywhere else." Thatz nodded. Everyone then turned to look at Rath.

"I hate you all," he muttered and walked out of the room.

"Should we take that as a yes?" Thatz asked.

"Yes, though, he'll probably still want to go demon hunting," Rune answered, a small smile on his lips.

"Yeah, you're right."

The Water dragon landed gently on Rune's shoulder and looked questioningly at his master. Rune just turned to him and smiled.

"Hey. Where's Earth?" Thatz asked the little Water dragon.

It seemed as if the Water dragon was smiling slightly and he flew off.

"HEY!!! What the hell kind of answer was that!?!" Thatz shouted at the retreating form of the Water dragon. Thatz turned back to Rune to see a grin on the elf's face. Thatz glared at him as the grin vanished and the elf turned to go.

"GET BACK HERE!"


I know the endings not that good, but I couldn't really seem to come up with a good one for this story. I just liked the idea too much not to use it.

Anyways, review if you want me to create another chapter.