Disclamier: I don't own Chrno Crusade or any of the characters from it.

Chapter I – A Bad Dream

"Chrno, I've always wondered…" Rosette started as her voice started to fade away.

"What?" Chrno said as he looked out the window.

They were back at the Magdale after another one of Sister Kate's rough missions.

"How did you get your powers?" Rosette asked quietly.

"Hmm… I actually don't know. I guess we're pretty much born with our powers." Chrno said as he himself started to wonder.

"Oh well then. I thought that since you got your horns back you might have an idea of where it came from. But I guess they're just a power source." Rosette stretched and headed off to bed. "Night Chrno."

Chrno waved as both of them started going to their rooms.

A couple hours later Rosette heard a creaking noise. Azmaria walked into her room looking scared.

"Az?" Rosette said drowsy. "What's wrong, are you okay?"

Azmaria sat down next to Rosette. "Well I think I had a bad dream. You and Chrno died right in front of me. And then when I looked up someone else was about to kill me to until I woke up. After that I came here to check on you because I got worried."

Rosette looked at her puzzled. "Me and Chrno dying? When would that happen? No one is strong enough to kill us!"

Az laughed quietly and smiled.

"Come on, let's go wake up Chrno since we're both already up." Rosette said with a sinister face.

Rosette changed her clothes and as did Azmaria, borrowing Rosette's clothes. They walked down the dark, silent hallway holding each other's hands. A couple minutes later the opened Chrno's door, quietly trying to wake him up.

Chrno muttered a bit and then sat up. "Rosette? Az? What are you guys doing here in the middle of the night?"

"Well Az had a bad dream about both of us dying so she came to my room to check. Now that we've acknowledged that you're okay too, let's sneak outside." Rosette answered smiling.

"But Rosette… If we go outside, Sister Kate will yell at us if she finds out." Az said with a worried look.

"Who cares about that? If we're quiet she'll never know." Rosette said with confidence.

"Well, I guess there's no changing her mind now…" Chrno whispered. "Let's hurry up and come back so we can all go back to sleep…"

After a couple minutes of Rosette and Chrno's fighting, the three of them started walking down the stairs and hallways. Chrno found a tree that was easy to climb and together they all climbed up.

They sat on a branch together and then looked at Magdale from their tree view. Azmaria looked to her right, which was empty, and screamed. Chrno and Rosette immediately looked there and found a big surprise.

"Who are you?" Rosette asked, trying to sound confident.

To Be Continued