Mee: Yay! At last! The last chapter! -cries happy tears- And listening to my songs don't help much either.

(Gravity of Love by Enigma, Here I Am by ?, Forever Walking Alone by... uhhh... some dragon-like person, and Moonlight Shadow by Mike something-or-other.) Kinda amazing that once I heard this song it started this very fanfic. All thanks to this song I would've never thought of this. Nor would I ever hired my e-t-c-s. She's not here once again, for its still x-mas holidays and yesh it's boxing day right now. So she's prolly gone shopping with friends and family. All while I sit here and go insane as I write this chapter. Anyways, enough of my idle banter, lets continue the very last chapter of Once Upon a Mid Summer Nightmare...

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Chapter 10

Eclipse finally came up to the front of the eerie, twisted castle, where Raenef awaited his arrival. Eclipse did not stop to take a second glance at the castle that he was invading. As soon as he barged in, a strong sense of power was radiating from beneath him. Easily knowing where this power could be, he found the stairs that led to the basement.

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Held out his hands towards Raenef and had a power hungry grin upon his face.

"The light that that shines upon this young boy so pure and full of fragrance. Devour his soul and power without interruptions and deliver to me!" He hollered and soon a silver light shone around his body.

Wh-wh-what's going on?... Why do I feel so weak...?

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Eclipse kept running down the flight of stairs, shoving all the moonlight shadows that stood in his path, out of the way.

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"Sacrifice! Deliver you're-" Lucifer was about to finish until...

"DARK ARROW!" Eclipse summoned and the massive ball of dark energy advanced towards Lucifer. The massive blast hurled itself toward Lucifer and he flew in the wall as it hit with so much force.

Quick! I have to reach Raenef. He said to himself as he ran towards Raenef. Lucifer looked up to see Eclipse run towards his charge. He gave a devilish smirk and watched as Eclipse ran closer and closer.

It was only until Eclipse ran into a transparent barrier the bounced him off like a bug.

"Eclipse... Please..." Raenef was trying to say but he was in too much pain. "Ahhhhhhh!" He cried out and sweat dripped down his face. The light around him seemed to be getting brighter and stronger. It was going to suck out all the emotion, feeling, everything that made Raenef him.

Must... think... of something... quick...

"S-s-s..." He tried to cast the spell soul scream, but the words were just not coming out. "W-w-why c-c-can't... I..." He tried to speak again, paining his core even more.

"Master Raenef!" Eclipse shouted, wishing that this barrier would just vanish. But this magic... such complexion even he did not understand. But even after all... this was a different world.

"Nothing will break the barrier fool. And he cannot cast any spell. This ritual prevents the sacrifice from trying to escape. Nothing will free him. And nothing will stop this from happening." Lucifer said as he was calmly walking towards them.

But Raenef, in so much pain and agony, started to cry once again. The warm, salty tears dripping down his soft face, leaving a small trail of pure emotion. Eclipse looked at his lord's face, and rage built up inside him. Raenef was too happy to cry. Too cheerful, too perfect. His childlike appearance, his naive way of doing things, his innocence. To see such melancholy and pain in Raenef's eyes, scarred his heart that yearned to hold Raenef in his arms. He looked back at Lucifer who was once again, back at the alter.

"You will pay dearly for hurting Master Raenef!" He gathered as much dark power he could possibly muster at the time in such a quick moment.

"Sacrifice! Deliver your essence-" Lucifer started again, holding his hands up to Raenef.

"Die!" Eclipse yelled and hurled the magic forth towards Lucifer.

"To me!" Lucifer finally said as the dark energy took a direct hit on him and sent him flying once again.

Raenef's eyes widened and his pupils had seemed to fade. The light turned to a massive energy force and burst out of Raenef's body into the crystal that was around Lucifer's neck. The light shining so bright and pure, Eclipse had to shield his eyes. Soon the ray of energy and light began to die and Raenef's eyes went black.

"RAENEF!" Eclipse shouted and banged on the barrier.

"Power... the power!" Lucifer started to cry out. "So pure, so strong... At last I have the power!" He yelled and held out his hands towards the ceiling. He started laughing manically until he stopped all of a sudden. "But... this power... it's... it's too pure! There... there is no way that the boy was so pure. There isn't a being that could be..." He trailed off as the crystal that he wore began to crack. "No... no!" He finally said until the crystal shattered into millions and millions of tiny pieces. Falling to the ground, they made a light bell sound once they reached it.

Raenef's body on the other hand, the light flowing had ceased and the shackles began to disappear. Along with the dress, it slowly faded into the clothes Raenef was wearing before. The magic circle around him disappeared as well, taking the barrier with, and slowly, Raenef started to fall forward. Slowly enough it seemed like he was floating, giving Eclipse time to run and hold his arms out to catch him. Almost as if Raenef had wings, he glided into Eclipse's arms.

"Bwahahahahaha!" Lucifer laughed like a crazed man. "I still have the power and always will have the-" He cut off as his sholder was shot with an arrow. Everything looked to the direction in which the arrow had come from, and there in the doorway, stood Cathrine looking pissed. She got her arrow ready once more and aimed at his heart.

"You..." Lucifer started off pissed, but his emotion changed into a sad and phased look. "I... I though you were dead! But... you've come back to me love."

"Silence fool!" She shouted at him, pulling her arrow back farther. "I escaped from your torturous wrath! And all this time you though I was dead? You gotta be fucking kidding me." She spat at him.

"I had assumed that my moonlight shadows had engulfed your soul... so... pure and delicious. They had... didn't they." Lucifer started to stagger towards her. Cathrine was confused though.

Pure? She thought, my soul? Pure?! Bah!

"So you... you are just an illusion played in my fantasy, aren't you." He said in a daze, still staggering forward. "You play tricks upon my mind. My love... my Cathrine, would never shoot me with her arrow."

"I said silence! And why don't you just shut up for good, asshole!" Cathrine screamed and shot her arrow for the last time. It struck Lucifer right in his beating heart.

"Ugh..." He said and fell to the ground still starring at Cathrine. "You are only... an... illusion..." He said with his last breath and blood came oozing out of the corner of his mouth. Cathrine looked directly at Eclipse, as Eclipse looked directly into her piercing eyes. Her eyes finally softened and she walked off, leaving Eclipse there with the two.

Eclipse paid his attention back at his lord, who just lay in his arms. But Raenef's body... an unsettling coldness had spread. The lifelessness body of the young demon lord, lay limp in Eclipse's arms.

"Raenef..." Eclipse muttered and held Raenef's body close to him. "I'm too late Raenef... I'm sorry I couldn't be here sooner. Why... why did it have to end this way!? Why must this happen to him! He did not deserve to die!" Eclipse raged and tears started to flow from his eyes. The pounding began in his head each time his heart's stead rhythm. The rhythm that once before beat steady in harmony with Raenef's. "It's all my fault. All my fault that you were chosen for this. I couldn't protect you. I failed not only myself, but I failed you... I'm sorry..." He trailed off as flashes of memories appeared before his eyes. Memories of him and Raenef, laughing, learning, spending so much time together. But now... now all that had vanished. Ceased to exist any further before Eclipse's eyes. His eyes cleared their vision, to notice a fait light surround a translucent body. The soul of Raenef.

"Eclipse..." He spoke and held out his hand to touch Eclipse face. "It's not your fault. Please... don't feel sorry for any of us. For this. I'll always be beside you. Always. No matter what you do, I'll be watching over you. I'll use the last of my powers to send you and your new friend home as well."

"Master Rae-"

"Shhh." Raenef whispered as he held up his finger to Eclipse's lips.

Those soft, gentle hands... Eclipse thought, not understanding why he could still feel them. But, it did not matter right now.

"I may not be beside you physically, but..." He trailed as he leaned closer to him,

"... Each time your heart beats, mine will beat with you. For my heart exists inside yours." Raenef said last and kissed him gently. Eclipse's eyes widened, but slowly shut as he enjoyed his last moment with the only one who could capture and warm his cold stone heart. Still unable to understand why Raenef had done this, and why he could still feel his lips against his, even when his physical body was in his arms. So confused by many things, but not bothering asking.

Slowly, the feel of Raenef's lips against his was fading, and soon completely gone. Eclipse opened his eyes and noticed that Raenef's soul and his body, had vanished. His headed started to throb even more along with his heart, and soon he started to feel faint.

"Eclipse?" Cathrine hollered as she walked back in the room. "... What is... ugh... why does my head bloody hurt..." She said as she collapsed on the ground as well.

"I didn't even get to say goodbye... Raenef..." Eclipse murmured and fell back. Everything he saw, went black.

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Chris was just standing there, helping with putting up the banner that proudly proclaimed the wedding of Erutis and Krayon. It sickened him so that he was actually helping out at the wedding that he wished that would just go away.

"Chris?" Erutis said, startling him a little bit.

"Oh, hello." He just said as he bowed to her. After all, now he was actually working for her.

"Listen, I'm sorry for acting so mean before. It's just because-"

"I know." Chris replied quickly.

"But how'd?"

"I just figured out."

"Oh. Ok then. So no hard feelings?" She asked but a familiar voice called to her name.

"Oh Eruuuuuuuutis?!" Krayon hollered, looking around the crowed to find his beloved.

"Listen Chris," Erutis started to whisper in his ear, "As soon a we leave this dump and go back to Egae, we'll ditch Demon Lord Fancy Pants and go back to Rae's castle. O.k.?"

Chris just nodded and Erutis turned around to go and answer Krayon's call.

To run away... together... I can't wait Erutis, I just simply can't wait... Chris though as he turned around again to finish what he was doing.

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Meanwhile in a familiar room in a castle in the north, the wind lightly swayed the trees and the bird sang their glorious songs. But in this room of light pastel blue, lay a tall dark and handsome demon. Eclipse laid there with an innocent look upon his face. Watching the demon with sad yet calm eyes, Raenef stood outside on the balcony. A small, sad smile spread across his face and he touched the glass doors the separated the too. A single tear slowly formed at the corner of his eye and descended down his face.

"Eclipse. I shall never be able to see you again. Never again to see you grace me with your charming smile. I want to tell you I love you myself, but you can't hear me. Please... take care of yourself even if I was still by your side. Never forget me, as I will never, ever forget you. Goodbye Eclipse... I love you..." He said and his tear reached the ground. Raenef's tear slowly turned into a blue crystal rose, standing there with all it's beauty and grace. Raenef slowly faded into the sky and closely watch Eclipse lie in his old bed of pastel blue fabrics.

Eclipse on the other hand, slowly opened his eyes to the bright, sunny, summer day. Noticing that he was laying in Raenef's old bed, he curled up and pulled the blankets close to his face. The familiar smell of Raenef still soaked in the blankets.

I'll never be able to see you again, won't I Raenef... Eclipse thought as sadness shone though his eyes. Once again tears filled his eyes and he started to silently cry. My heart aches just to see you again Raenef... to gaze in your eyes... to hold you close. To protect you. I... I do love you. You are the only one who I will hold dear to me. You have seized my heart and held it close to your own. You have annihilated the walls of my heart with much determination. I shall only love for you. He said inside his head. Again though, his head began to hurt. All this crying and all this pain began to take it's toll.

Eclipse closed his eyes once more and listened to the breeze through the window. The soft song the birds sang and the sweet smell of the flowers. Lightly, he dozed off with tear stained cheeks to the sounds and smell of the midsummer. All to which of the happenings, seemed to only be, a Midsummer Nightmare.

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mee: The End of Once Upon a Midsummer Nightmare.