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A/N: This is a improvement of my work, so… just tell me if this is better. thanks!

"Will we ever meet again?"

"Yes"

"Promise?"

"Promise."

With those parting words, she felt her hand leaving his firm grip. Her heart sank as she sprinted down the bank of the dry river, Chihiro's eagerness to see her parents causing adrenaline to be injected into her bloodstream. Hopping from stone to stone on the river, Chihiro climbed a small hill, seeing the gate of the Spirit World and 2 miniature figures at the base of it, her heart swelled with joy and she ran straight into the arms of her parents, who were waiting impatiently for her.

"Chihiro?" Her surprised father asked. "where have you been?"

"Exploring." She replied, giving her father a tight hug before letting him go.

"Chihiro hurry up!" her mother's voice broke her thoughts. Taking a deep breath, Chihiro entered the tunnel and held her mother's hand anxiously as they walked onwards. As a gust of cold wind blew, she felt an urge to turn backwards and catch a last glance of Haku. Although he had warned her not to, her heart beat faster and screamed for her to turn around. Slowly, her head turned. Instead of seeing Haku, she saw a floating figure in a huge black cloak, smirking. The cloaked figure raised his hand and clenched it. Immediately, a cracking noise was heard behind her, turning around, she felt her heart sink as her body froze, unable to respond. Her parents continued on, unaware that Chihiro had been left behind…

She sat up quickly in bed, her breathing wheezy and loud, sweat trickling down her cheek. 6 years… has it already been 6 years? Its that dream again… But it was clearer than it has ever been before, is this a sign?

A gentle breeze blew through her open window; brushing away her long brown hair, moving to the window, she whispered to the star filled sky," Haku… where are you… what about our promise?"

Sighing, she looked out at the once magnificent forest that was in front of her house; to make way for new houses and parks, the forest which Chihiro often went to look at the stars or relax her mind, was being cut down. The townsfolk had protested, but to a deaf ear. Now all they could do was watch helplesslythe place with many memories being chopped down, but Chihiro had protested moer than anyone else in the town, although her parents thought it was just her love for nature, the real reason was that the gate to the Spirit
world was within that forest, and knowing Yu-baba, she wouldn't be happy with more humans around.

Lying down, she thought about her dream, and wondered why it was haunting her again. Could it be a sign from Haku that he was about to fulfill his promise and come to the human world to find her?

With that comforting thought, her eyes closed peacefully and she entered her dream world again. Unknown to her, a white scaled dragon soared above the wreckage, eyeing the damage, before flying away.