I'm back again with my 17th chapter for this story.

Thanks to: AngeloflightPD, ~sweetangel~, mama-sama, Dream Walker, and Silver Magiccraft for all your reviews. Thank you very much.

Chapter 17: More to the Plot Added, and More Powers Awakening

'...' Means someone's thinking

"..." Means someone's speaking

AN: Author's Notes

"Quatre, what--" She's cut off, as she's knocked out, and Quatre catches her in his arms.

'I'm sorry to do this to you Adriana, but I have no other choice. Not this close to the Annual Ball and the event after.'

Meanwhile...

'How am I going to do this? I don't even know how to address a public properly. I've never done it before. What could Lady Noin have been thinking when she told me it was my duty to do this? There's no way I can do this.'

"Princess?" She turns her head slightly in the front of the carriage towards Heero.

"Sir Heero, you can call me Relena, I'd rather drop the Princess term anyway around people I know."

"Well as you wish."

"It's not what I wi...Never mind. What did you need?"

"Oh, nothing. You just seemed to be very thoughtful. Are you worried about what to do?"

"How did you--"

"I know a lot of things you could never expect Pr--Relena."

"Hmm..."

"What?"

"It's nothing. How long will it be until we get to the first town?"

"We'll arrive there tonight. Then we'll stay at an Inn for the night and then you'll do what you have to tomorrow."

"Oh, I see." She says, and sighs, but he doesn't notice. 'Oh boy, I hope I don't mess up. Okay Relena, you have to have confidence in yourself. You can do this. Okay, I'm ready...I hope.' She thinks, and sighs again as they ride on.

At the same time...

"Hilde, something wrong?"

"Huh?"

"You seem distracted. Is something the matter?"

"Oh no, I'm fine Duo. Just got a feeling."

"A feeling?"

"Yes."

"What kind of a feeling?"

"Well...Promise not to laugh?"

"Of course."

"I feel as if something is coming. That doesn't make sense, does it?" She asks, as she turns to face Duo. "Duo? Duo, are you okay?" She asks, as she sees his eyes wide open in shock, and he's not responding. "Duo, please, snap out of it."

"Huh? Oh, sorry Hilde."

"Are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah Babe. I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You don't think I'm crazy now do you?"

"No, of course not." He says, as he kisses her quickly. "Now where were we?"

"I wanted some opinions from you on what I'm going to wear to the Annual Ball."

"Oh, right. Let's go." They begin to walk off hand in hand, and Duo gets thoughtful. 'Is her power awakening already? But it's too soon...Oh, nothing is going according to plan. I didn't plan to...To care for Hilde. It wasn't part of the plan...Well, let's hope everything else goes according to plan.' He thinks, as they continue to walk.

In the Castle training grounds...

"Ha, got another point." Angel comments, as she hops off the balance beam.

"I let you get that one. You need the practice."

"Oh, come on Trowa. Admit it I beat you fair and square just now."

"Would you like to try it again?"

"But Trowa--"

"Okay, okay. You won."

"Thank you." She smiles, as she looks at the sky above her, and hears the sound of animals around her. "It's so beautiful. The view, the sound, everything. I never got to experience any of this before. But I'm glad I can now."

"I'm glad too." She faces him slightly surprised, and finds him looking at the sky as well. Suddenly she stands up with a concerned frown.

"Angel?"

"Do you hear it? He's crying."

"What are you talking about Angel?"

"He hurt his wing."

"Who Angel?"

"He did. Can't you hear it? I have to help him." He sees her eyes start to fill in, less and less white in them, as if she's going into a trance. "I have to help his hurt wing. I just have to."

"Angel, snap out of it."

"If I don't help him, he could get worse."

"Snap out of it please." He says, as he shakes her shoulders, but she continues in the trance-like state. "No, not now. Not like this.' "Snap out of it Angel. Snap out of it." He shakes her once more, but still gets no response. 'What do I do to help her?' He stares down at her, and then lowers his head to deeply kiss her, and she immediately snaps out of it, and then he pulls back.

"Trowa, what did you...Why did you...What just happened?"

Inside the Forest...

A hooded figure stands on the tops of one tree, overlooking the castle. 'My plan is working. Yes, it's working. Soon my precious will be mine once again.' The figure thinks with a wicked smile.

End of chapter. I know it took me a while to get this out. I won't explain here. If you want to know, if anyone wants to know why, that's if anyone is still interested in this, e-mail me and I'll tell you. Until later. And I apologize for any mistakes made as well.