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Chapter XIII: Sweet Dreams

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I went over what had happened earlier. 'I didn't even see the Dragon when her attack almost hit us.' I knew the Dragon was a female because of her size and her legs were slighter longer and thinner than the Acid Dragon, who is a male.

"Hey, look!" I pointed at a town that we could see a good couple of miles away from us. We were standing in a field on top of a hill. "Anyone happen to know what town that is?"

"The town may have a sign." Milro ran ahead of everyone.

I rolled my eyes and followed him.

We reached the town in no time. And ya know what? Milro was right. The town did have a sign.

Written on the sign were these words: Nissel, the town of Couran. We walked into the town that was filled with Couran. Some of the Couran looked at Boralo and I with pure hate.

"Obviously the Couran don't like Winglies." I whispered.

"Winglies nearly killed off the Couran during the Campaign." Boralo whispered back.

"I would have never guessed." I muttered. I tried to ignore the hateful stares thrown in my direction, but it was just so hard to ignore them. 'Maybe Boralo and I should just stay outside of the town...' I thought about just waiting outside, but if I can handle Queen Theresa and her guards, I can handle these Couran. Right? I sighed, but continued looking around for Mike or Saphira.

"I'll go get us a hotel room for tonight. Boralo and Crystal, stay out of trouble." Rose glared at Boralo and I.

"Why would we cause trouble?" Boralo asked her.

"These Couran obviously don't like Winglies, so it would be best if someone watched you two," answered Rose. "Milro, watch them." With that said, she walked off.

Milro stuck his tongue out at her as she walked away.

"I wouldn't do that, Milro. Rose has eyes in the back of her head." I warned him.

"I think I can handle myself." He said proudly.

I rubbed my head. "How 'bout we just look around for a bit?"

Both guys nodded their heads in agreement. We began walking around.

"An item shop." Milro looked up at the sign on a building. "We need some more items." He looked back at us. "Come on you two."

We walked inside the shop and waited while Milro gathered some more items.

"Are you done yet?" I asked Milro in a very irritated voice.

"Yes, I'm done now, cry baby." Milro patted me on the head as he walked by.

"Don't do that." I muttered. I crossed my arms and walked out of the door. On the way out, I bumped into someone and fell backwards. Milro caught me before I could fall on my butt. I looked up to see who I had bumped into. It was the strange female Couran that I had seen in Kazas. "Uh......sorry..." I straightened myself and stared at her. She just stared at me.

"Don't worry 'bout it." She began to walk off, but stopped and looked back at me. "We'll meet again soon, Wingly." She walked off.

'I wonder what she meet by that......' I watched as she walked into a house just down the street. I was about to follow her, but someone grabbed my arm before I could.

"Don't even think 'bout it, Crys. Rose has gotten us a room already." Milro said to me. He released his grip on my arm and headed towards the Inn.

On the way to the Inn, something caught my attention.

"Ah, c'mon!" a man's voice shouted.

"I told you, Wingly. You need 100,000 gold to pay for this. Not 10 gold." that was the voice of a Couran.

"Why can't you give me a discount???!! I don't have that much gold!" Shrieked the Wingly.

I looked in the direction of the arguing and there I saw a Wingly and a Couran arguing with each other. The Couran stood in front of a stable like place where these strange creatures slept. One of the creatures stood beside the Couran. It was a very large cat, large enough to carry three grown men on its back, if they were sitting on it. Its length, not counting the seven foot long tails, was probably twelve feet. Its height looked to be maybe twelve feet, give or take. It was covered in black spots; three black stripes formed rings around the huge neck of the beast. It had two tails; stripes also covered them with spots in-between the stripes and at the ends, it looked as sharp as a spike. Five spikes formed a line from behind the two HUGE spotted ears (probably used for hearing REALLY well) and traveled down the neck, stopping in-between the shoulder blades. Another spike was like a Unicorn's horn on its forehead. Black stripes went around the ankles of the four spotted legs. The cat's huge spotted paws stomped the ground. Its legs were long, probably used for speed. It also looked like they had retractable claws. Also, on the elbows of its front legs, a spotted spike was there.

"This Cougarus is not for sell for that price. And neither are any of the others." The Couran explained to the Wingly.

"Ah man..." The Wingly turned around to face me. "Hi, Crystal!"

"Ace? Um..." I looked over at the very irritated Couran. "So, um," I looked back at Ace. "why are you here?"

"I came here to get myself a Cougarus. Oh, a Cougarus is a creature that the Couran ride when they go into a battle. Couran uses the Cougarus like a Human would a Dragon or like a Wingly would a Virage. The Cougarus' tails have that spike tip for weapon usage. They weight a lot, probably a little less than a Dragon, yet they have amazing speed. They use their body weight, speed, and weapons as an advantage in battle. I thought I could hitch a ride but I guess I can't." Ace rubbed the back of his neck.

"What about that dog of yours?"

"Well...a Cougarus would fit in better than a three-headed dog."

"Ah...guess ya have a point. Hey! You wanna come with us? We're goin' to try to find Mike and Saphira." I asked him.

"Sure." Ace followed me to the Inn.

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I was lying in a bed, staring at nothing in particular. The only other person up was Milro. I turned on my side. 'I'll just get some sleep for now.'

"Sweet dreams." Milro laid down on one of the other beds.

I closed my eyes and dozed off.

Dream

I stood outside of my house. I was about four years old. Lloyd stood beside me and my mother stood in front of us.

"Now, remember, Lloyd, don't let Crystal out of your sight." Zandreath told him.

"I won't, I won't." Lloyd walked off. "Come on, brat."

I skipped after him. "So where we goin', Lloyd?"

"We're just going to walk over to Boralo's house."

I skipped ahead of him. "Wwwhhhhyyyyy??"

"Because us two are going to train. Is that alright with you?" He watched me twirl around. I was very energetic and talkative for a four-year-old.

"Can I train with Boralo and you?"

"NO. You're too young."

"No I'm not! Mommy said that soon I'll be able to learn my first magic attack!" I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Yeah, right."

We arrived at Boralo's house and Lloyd knocked on the door.

"He must be at the lake." He turned around and began walking.

"Wait for me!!" I quickly ran after him.

Five minutes later, we had found Boralo and he was at the lake.

"Good afternoon, guys." Boralo was sitting on the ground beside the lake.

"Hiya, Boralo!" I ran over to him and sat on his lap. "Lloyd's makin' fun of me again."

"Oh he is, is he?" Boralo looked over at Lloyd.

Lloyd rolled his eyes. "No I'm not. She's lying." He leaned up against a tree.

"Can I go play over there?" I pointed over to a patch of flowers not too far away from us.

"Sure." Boralo said.

I ran over to the flowers and sat down in the middle of them. I began to count the flowers. "One...two...um...three...four...um...Lloyd, what comes after four?"

"Five."

"Five...eleventeen...seven..." I thought for a bit. "Twentyteen...uh...Lloyd, how'd I do?"

Lloyd sighed. "It goes like this: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Okay?"

"Oh! Okie-dokie! One, two, three, four...um...five...seven, nine, six, ten, eight." Just then, I heard something move in the bushes. I crawled over to the bushes and looked around. "Aw, how cute!" A small dog was sitting in front of me. The dog ran away. I, being the young Wingly that I was, chased after the dog. "Why ya runnin' away, doggie?" I stopped running. "I should go back now." I was about to turn around and head back to Lloyd and Boralo when I heard voices.

"We've already checked the area and found nothing. We should head back now." A Human man said to another man.

"Got it." Both men headed back to a group of Humans. All the Humans were equipped with swords.

'Hey! Those are Humans!' I had never really seen Humans before, but my mother had told me about them. My mother and father always told me to stay away from them, and so I did. Until now. 'Just one peek won't hurt.' I got down on my knees and crawled closer to them. The dog ran over to me and started to lick my face. I let out a giggle. The Humans turned towards me.

"Hey! Is that what I think it is?!" A Human man walked towards me. "My Soa! It is! It's a Wingly!"

I began to crawl backwards.

"She's only a kid!" A woman stepped in front of the man. "Maybe she's not a Wingly."

"Not a Wingly? This girl has the eyes and hair of the demons!" The man yelled. "We should kill her while we have the chance! When she grows up, she'll kill us all! That's what Winglies do!"

I shrieked and stood up to run. The man had pushed the woman aside and grabbed me by my hair.

"I will not allow you to get away!" He threw me into a tree. The group of Humans, excluding the woman, surrounded me; their swords were drawn.

I knew no magic what so ever, so the Humans had a pretty good advantage against me.

"YOU LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE, HUMANS!!" A huge energy ball came towards the Humans. Someone grabbed me and carried me away from the explosion.

"Why did you run off?!" Lloyd sat me down on the ground.

"I-I-" Tears swelled up in my eyes.

Lloyd sighed. "Let's just go home."

End of Dream

A/N: Throughout the story, I'll have dreams every now and then. The dreams will lead up to something much bigger, of course. Well, you'll see what I mean later on.