Hey! I just have one question: why does ff.net not do any italic or bold or underlined words? It gets really really annoying since my fic needs to emphasis of italics and everything. Not to mention I don't know how to do htmls...

Hmm...anyway, have fun reading this and go off and download this one song called Voyage by Ayumi Hamasaki cuz it's very pretty!!! I'm fine...just sorta sore but also very excited!!! Cuz I'm going to Cedar Point tomorrow (it's currently Friday right now as I type this up but just to let you know I'm probably gonna post this up next week, after I got to Cedar Point).

Please enjoy this chapter! Sorta weird though...but you still know you're gonna love it. ^_^

Anyway, this is me the day after I got back from Cedar Point. You know the first time I posted it, it sorta was screwed up so I'm reposting it. Terribly sorry for the mess up. *glares at comp and ff.net*

Disclaimer: Like hell yea I'll ever be able to own Dragon Knights. If I did own Dragon Knights I'd probably be making big bucks and living in a mansion and reading all the Dragon Knights books there are...but right now I'm gonna be borrowing them for my fic so Dragon Knights obviously belongs to Mineko Ohkami...*notices Rath is backing away* hey Rath, get back here!!! *chases after Rath*

In The Dark

Chapter 2

"Zoma, watch out!" Cesia yelled as she hit the snake yokai with a small burst of her power.

Zoma had already leapt to Cesia's side. "Boy! That was close!" he gave a sigh of relief.

Cesia smiled and glanced up at the sky. "Wow!" she commented. "It's getting dark. We should start camp."

It was completely silent as Zoma started a campfire and Cesia began dinner. It was still quiet for the occasional cackle of the fire during dinner. At last, after dinner, Cesia spoke up.

"Zoma, I'll be on watch first." She offered, smiling. "Go ahead and sleep."

Zoma nodded and curled up into a ball before falling off to sleep.

Cesia wrapped herself in her own blanket and watched Zoma sleep as the smile on her face turned fake. Finally the façade disappeared and Cesia was softly weeping.

When she looked back up, her face was dry and calm. Cesia stared into the fire as she recalled a memory that happened a long time ago...

***FLASHBACK***

"Cesia! Let me out!" an orange haired young man from a magical glowing barrier shouted furiously as he feverishly pounded on it.

"I'm sorry Bierrez." Cesia whispered, a tear falling down her cheek as the shouting in the background came closer.

Bierrez stared at her, dumbfounded.

Cesia stepped back and let the Dragon Officers take over the situation.

"Bierrez!" Rath snarled, lunging toward the surprised yokai on the floor. Rune and Thatz each grabbed one of his arms to stop him from killing Bierrez.

Bierrez, flabbergasted, let Ruwalk and Afleegi push him to the ground with a flashing knife at his throat.

/Cesia/ Bierrez sent a mental thought to Cesia [1]. /What are you doing? /

Then everything seemed to stop, everything including the Dragon Officers, like time had stopped except for Cesia and Bierrez.

Cesia stood in front of Bierrez, looking at the spot on the wall above his head, with tears silently streaming down her cheeks.

Bierrez looked at her intently, not sure as to what her answer would be.

After what seemed to be eternity, Cesia finally responded. /I'm doing what I think is right. /

Bierrez gaped at her but she wasn't done. /Like you're doing what you think is right, like right now, for Nadil's army. /

Bierrez stared at her some more. /I'm only doing what I think is best for you. / He mentally thought to her.

Cesia brought herself to look at Bierrez's face. She looked deep into his eyes before she responded back to him. /If you wanted to do what was best for me, you wouldn't be helping Nadil and his army. /

Bierrez looked away from her, not having the strength to protest or argue with her.

Then time seemed to speed up again. The people started bustling around again, noises in the background rose up again.

"Let go of me!" Rath yelled, furiously struggling to get out of Rune and Thatz's secure grip.

Cesia slowly backed away from Bierrez. "I'm sorry." She repeated. Suddenly she whirled around and ran out of the room with one lingering message from Bierrez in her head. /Take care. /

She ran even faster away from the room. Finally when she was far away enough, she collapsed onto the ground and started crying again.

"Cesia?" a small voice called.

Cesia's head turned around. "Your majesty." She said dully to the Dragon Queen.

Raseleane walked over to Cesia's side. "Don't worry." She started. "They won't kill Bierrez."

"Wow, that's reassuring." Cesia said sarcastically. "I'd just love to be stalked by Bierrez for the rest of my life."

The Dragon Queen sighed. "Cesia." She said. "He truly cares about you. I can tell." No response. Raseleane could tell this was not the time to tell or convince Cesia anything. "Anyway," Raseleane started walking toward the door. "You probably won't see Bierrez for quite a while anymore. Good night. I'll see you tomorrow." With that, she walked out of the room, closing the door with a quiet click.

Cesia was left by herself in the big room. She stared at the wall in a sort of trance. "I'll miss you too Bierrez." She whispered.

***END OF FLASHBACK***

The fire cackled as the wood burned. Cesia frowned and looked at the sky again. "Zoma." She quietly called. The little yokai didn't answer, but instead turned away from her.

Cesia leaned back and stared into the landscape. She had a gentle smile on her face as she watched her friend peacefully sleep. 'Hmm,' she thought. 'Somehow I wish my life would be like that; nothing bad, no one stalking or kidnapping me, just a peaceful life.'

Cesia hopelessly shook her head. "No way." She told herself out loud.

She looked even further out into the distance, into the dawn and the rising sun. "So the journey finally begins."

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Author Notes: So...how did you people like this chapter? Wasn't it so confusing? ^_^

I'll let you guys figure out what was happening in the flashback first before I say anything else.

[1] ^_^ Sorry I didn't put this in the fic so you guys would know this when you read it. But now you probably have to go back and read it. SORRY!!!!! Anyway, I used this one special power that yokai have. It's sorta that one thing in X-men when the people send telekinetic messages to themselves. ^_^ Yea aren't I such a dork? So basically, they send mental thoughts to each other. I'm not sure if you get the idea but if you don't then just im me or email me and I'll describe it better to you.

Now that I hope you get it, I just wanna point some things out now. In my fic, RATH DID NOT KILL BIERREZ. I HOPE YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEADS CUZ THIS IS IMPORTANT!!! Once again, RATH DID NOT KILL BIERREZ (at least not in my fic).

Another thing is that the Dragon Tribe does not kill Bierrez either!!! Please understand that my fic is somewhat different from the book so all this is to help you not get confused with the book.

Anyway...I'm pretty sure that I had something else to tell you guys...oh well...but I'm too lazy, so I guess I'll just post this up before I go off and do whatever it is I do around the house...

Mizura Volphen: Awww, poor you!!! Ff.net is just mean. I mean, I go on during the afternoon and it never lets me go onto my account or read your fics. _;; It's just annoying. Anyway thanks! Omg! I totally loved that one fic by Eternity and Midnight!!! Thanks for telling me to read it!!! Also, it's ok for the name, as long as it is _not_ the teacher's name, it's fine...but I don't know what I would do if you didn't at least give me a name. Thanks so much! Love ya!

VoicesOfInsanity: LOL! Me too! I really liked that part too! I still have no idea where I got the idea. You know, I just think up of random stuff so yea...and sorry if this chapter is a little too short! I sorta ran out of inspiration *makes face at the comp*. That just sucks for me. Anyway, thanks you sooooo much for being my beta for the first chapter of my other fic!!!! Love ya lots too!!! (Sorry if there are some grammar mistakes in this chapter too but please point them out and I'll repost this chapter up)

Anyway, please R & R!!! Will love ya lots too!!! Ciao!! (Oh yea, remember when I said I would probably post this up next week? I think I'm gonna post it up in a sec)