Disclaimer: I do not own Rave.

Geez.. its been months since I've updated this story but finally, my brain kicked in after realizing that Rave is starting to be famous around the world now that it is showing at US. So yeah...

Anyways, this is Bitter Faith's chapter 2.

Note: Plot change after finishing one of my Arc's entry story, Mildea des Mediante. So yeah, dont expect the same gods or people you saw in the last chapter but uh.. some will stay though... and oh yeah, Shiro's real name is Syfan. Shiro is just a nickname his friend and Sieg tend to call him.

Warning: A little yaoi .

Chapter Two: Mystic Dreams and Reunion
I walked carefully around the room. I could hear my heart beat as I jump and skip about in the tiled floor as if its a chess board knowing that some contains a trigger to the trapdoors.

Tap.

Tap.

Tap.

My foot landed on a white tile, ready to go to the white tile above the black one in front of me. As I jump, I heard a shriek. An ear-splitting shriek that made me slip and I landed five cubes from where I am.

Bingo.

I stand up trying to balance myself as the room began to shake. The shaking was only slight when it become mild and I felt like I'm gonna fall again. I hold on to the metal wall, not caring whether it'll hit off the alarm when suddenly, a black hole appeared right below me, ready to suck me in. And it did. Slowly it spins then it spins real fast. I stood there, trying to stay myself away from the black hole when the room suddenly turn from the tiled room into a dark space. A dark space where nothing exist. I felt like this is what they called The Abyss, the lasting place of the dead. Its so cold that I could feel the shivers that run down my spines as a gust of cold win bit me. Suddenly, the black hole is back and this time, I could almost hear the whirling sounds of the wind. One step back and it inched closer. Everytime I do that, it'll inch closer until I feel that this space wont stand long anymore if I keep running away from it. I tried to think what to do when I realize that the black hole have disappeared! I look around, trying to get on around the space for the first time I got conjured around here when suddenly, the black hole appeared right below me and this time, I know it really will get me. I struggled real hard, holding my hand up as if I could grasp something out of the air or at least someone's hand. Darkness started to envelope around me when I do felt another figure around my hand. I tried to open my eyes, wanting to see who or what is it but all I see are all blurred. It grasp my hand, pulling me up and again, I tried to look straightly. As my visions began to clear, it blurred again and I only saw one thing aside from the blurry shades.

The Mildean Crest...

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A sleeping figure in the bed shifted around for the tenth time, trying to find a comfortable position and hoping to keep the sunlight away from his sight. Finally after trying so hard, he shove the sheet away and sit up, glared straight at him wishing to burn a hole through the space. Muttering something about the day and not having any comfortable sleep, he stood up from the bed and walk to the connected bathroom in his room and began to take a shower as another boring day took its place around his life.

Stepping out the bathroom, he looked around the room and notice a little red poking about under his sheets beside the bed. Smiling faintly, he bent down taking the sheet away and there stood a little red phoenix looking around wildly trying to know what covered her into the darkness

Yet you can never go to the darkness... You're the light and I need you to protect myself from this darkness...

Shoving that thought away, he looked around the room again then walked to his closet trying to find a decent cloth for him. His father will be back sooner or later, and he want to be presentable as much as he can be after months of not seeing him.

'I wonder if Shiro will come along... Its been ages since the last time I saw.' Sieg thought, wearing the black shirt. He closed the closet's door and brought his shoulder up a bit, motioning for Dronza, his phoenix, to come along.

The said phoenix pecked his ear tenderly, reminding him of breakfast. Smiling slightly, he petted the phoenix's feathery back and went through the wooden door of his room and straight to the hallway, leading to the huge dining room.

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Syfan Hart sighed loudly, finally arriving at the castle gate with his father, along with the other guards. Beside him, his father motioned the castle guards to open the golden gates.

"Why don't you go ahead, Syfan?" his father looked over him, realizing his younger son's impatient glare.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Shiro looked at his father brightly, then give him one of his cocky grin.

"Thanks!" he called back, and dashed ahead, heading straight to the garden, knowing that his brother will be there.

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Sieg looked at the garden, sitting on the marbled bench around the fountain, munching on an apple while Dronza pecking on the ghysal seeds. He spotted a shadowed figure, running overhead him, waving his hands frantically. Sieg smiled warmly, glad seeing his little brother again.

"Sieg" Shiro called over him, panting slightly when he have finally reached up to the silent boy.

"Ah..." Sieg replied, looking over at his brother, inspecting him, and Shiro blinked at the unusual attitude.

"What are you looking at?" hi brother asked brows furrowing slightly.

"Nothing... Just want to know whether if you do meant on coming back with the Silver Cross with you. I guess you're just all talk then..." Sieg said calmly, chuckling inside, looking down at Dronza again, ignoring his brother's flushed face.

"Just because I said I am gonna bring it home doesn't mean that I'll be wearing it with me!" Shiro puffed at him, glaring dagger at him. Sieg, hearing this, quickly looked up at his brothers with wide eyes.

"Are you telling me did bring it home?!" Sieg quickly asked, shock evident on his eyes.

"Heck, do you think that my trip to Tenkai is just training and stuffs?" he said to his brother who's now staring straight at him, not believing a single word coming from the young boy. "I don't come back from one place without any souvenir, you know." Shiro smirked cockily at his brother, chuckling heartily knowing his brother had just fell for him again.

Sieg glared back at him, now his turn to flush, not believing that the young brat have fool him again.

"Prove it."

"I can't."

"Then you don't have it then." Sieg taunt him, praising himself he had caught his brother. Wrong move though...

"Dad will kill me if he found out that I've took it without his permission." Shiro said, tilting his head, as if like his pointing to the hallway, now occupied with his father at the front.

"You mean he doesn't know?" Sieg said taking his off of his father, especially at a certain lavender haired boy beside his father.

"He knows. He just didn't want me to go off showing everyone that its my reward." Shiro shrugged when his brother look at him strangely again.

"And how come Balmung is here?" Sieg asked again, eyes trailing back to the lavender haired boy again.

Shiro looked perplex at his brother. "You don't know his coming along?!"

"No. Why?"

"I thought I told you in my last letter he'll be coming along!"

"I guess I didn't read it full heartedly then." Sieg shrugged, noticing the angry look his younger brother is giving him. Shiro huffed again, and looked over at the hallway, then to his brother.

"Do you think we should go back now?" Sieg nodded and together, they went to the main hall.

-sigh- I hope this chapter makes it up! oh well, -brought up peace sign- please review! I wrote this for 2 hours! .