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Chapter 16: Some of the Journey, Some of Adriana's past, and a Another Secret

"..." Means someone's talking

'...' Means someone's thinking

AN: Author's notes

"Everything is ready your Highness."

"Could you please just call me Relena?"

"But your Highness, that's not appropriate." Relena sighs, and is fixing to speak up again, but then sees Heero and Tanya come up to them.

"Are you ready to go Princess?" Heero asks, and Relena is fixing to correct him, but something in the way he is looking at her makes her stop.

"Yes, I'm ready."

"Let's go. Tanya, you know what to do, correct?"

"Of course I do. Underestimating me already?"

"No, of course not. I just--"

"I know. I'm just kidding." Relena sees Heero smile slightly.

'I've never seen him do that. He actually looks quite--'

"Princess, you're staring at me."

"Oh!" Embarrassed Relena quickly turns away.

Meanwhile...

"I...I can't believe this." Adriana says, as she falls to her knees, her eyes wide in shock.

"Adriana, forgive me, but you wanted the truth." Quatre says, as he kneels in front of her.

"You dropped the formal name. You're calling me just Adriana now." She says, and then he gets taken aback. He hadn't expected her to say that just then.

"I...Well, technically we call someone just by their first name when we become their friends."

"Oh, so we're friends?"

"Well, of course."

"You'd be a friend with a person capable of...Goodness, I don't even know what I'm capable of. I just know it can scare many people. And the only thing I know that can scare many people is a monster."

"Oh Adriana, don't--"

"Is that what I'm turning into Sir Quatre?"

"Adriana, I told you--"

"I know. First name basis with friends. But you can't be a friend with a monster. Because that's what I'm turning into. Isn't that right? Aren't I turning into a monster?" She asks, as she stands up.

"No, of course not. You..." He starts, as he stands back up. "...You are not a monster." He finishes, as he grabs her hand softly, but she pulls back quickly.

"Don't touch me."

"Adriana, why are you doing this?"

"I'm turning into a monster." As she says this, he sees tears forming in her eyes. "I'm not normal. I never have been. Whenever I was little, I lost everything. My parents died, my both in an accident that no one could figure out. My uncle and aunt left me one night when objects began floating in my room. You see..."

*Flashback*

"What's the matter? What is it?" A man asks his wife, as he sees her out of breath, her face shocked.

"Adriana, she...You have to see. Come quick." He follows his wife upstairs, and they open Adriana's door, and see objects flying around the room, and Adriana on her bed, tossing and turning, a nightmare invading her mind.

"No mommy, daddy. No please, don't go. Don't go!" Adriana yells, and then sits up in bed, breathing heavily. She then sees all the objects flying in her room, and gasps, right along with her Aunt. "Auntie, Uncle, what's going on? Why are these things floating?"

"Aah, she's evil. She has to be. Nothing else could do that."

"What? No I'm not evil. I'm not evil. Please help me."

"Evil one!"

*End Flashback*

"...And the next thing I remember is passing out, and waking up in an unknown place. And to this day, I've never seen my Aunt or Uncle again."

"Oh Adriana, I had no idea."

"Don't worry, that's only a couple of chapters of my wonderful life." She says, sarcastically, and then speaking up again in a sad voice. "So now that I remember that clearly, I know I'm a monster."

"No Adriana, stop this. You are not a monster."

"What would you know? This isn't happening to you."

"Adriana, I..." 'No, I can't tell her. Not now.' "Just let me explain." He says, as he grabs her by the shoulders, but she steps back from him further.

"I think you've explained enough. But thank you though, you've taught me what I really am."

"Adriana--"

"I'm sorry for bothering you all this time. But thank you for tolerating me."

"Adriana..." He starts, but she shakes her head, and runs off. "Adriana, wait!" He says, but then pounds his hand angrily on the floor. 'No...No, I have to go after her.' He thinks, as he runs after her, but doesn't find her after looking for her for a while. 'I don't get it. Where is she?' He sighs, as he goes to look elsewhere.

'I'm so sorry Quatre, but I can't go on like this here.' Adriana thinks, up in the air, between the trees.

A few minutes later...

'I think I've been up here long enough, I could probably sneak into my room, get my things, and then leave. Yes, that'll work. So I--' Suddenly she gasps, as she sees Quatre floating in front of her.

End of chapter. Was it a good cliffhanger? Was it? Please tell me. Well until the next chapter, which will be out soon. I probably have a few errors in this chapter, but I wrote it in a big hurry. Well I got to go. Second episode of Inuyasha coming on! Woo! LOL. Sorry, stopping now.