I almost nodded off and fell asleep in my cereal bowl. I was so tired that all I wanted to do was go back to bed. I couldn't, though; I had to go down to the rec. center and help set up the building for the big Halloween party tonight. Dude, this party was gonna rock! And ya wanna know the best part? They put me in charge of setting up the haunted house! This is gonna be so much fun! 'Cause guess what tonight is! …Yup! Halloween!

So, as soon as I finished my breakfast, I had Dad drive me to the rec. center. Davis and them were waiting for me in the parking lot when I arrived. After I said goodbye to Dad, we went inside and started to work on the place. But one thing was keeping me from fully participating that day…

I kept thinking about the dream I had last night. Ya know, I've been having nightmares every night since I got back home. It's been about four months that I've been home now and the nightmares are still occurring. I really don't know what to do. I've told Rubymon about them, making her swear not to tell anyone else so as not to alarm them and cause any unneeded stress; she's been a great help to me, but I'm still worried. (Me: Sorry if the time jump kinda confused some people.)

I don't know what to make of it. I mean, sure, it could be just a normal reaction for all I've been through. But, isn't it possible that, maybe, Ken is causing them at his will. I mean, he is able to do that—at least that's what he told me. Maybe he's trying to torture me, or pressure me into coming back to him. I mean, I really don't know about this anymore. It's starting to get frustrating. Well, whatever the cause of them, I kept going back to the dream from last night in my mind.

(Me: Oh, great! Here we go again!)

'…Can't stop…Gotta get away…Oh God! …Somebody please help me!' That's what was going through my mind as I ran through the thick woods, Ken closing that gap between himself and me. On his tyrannomon, there was no way I could outrun him and I knew it. I had to think of something fast…or else I'd probably be killed by his own hand.

I recognized the area I was in. I looked to my left and saw the hollow tree I'd slept in a few nights ago and I also noticed that Ken couldn't see me at the moment; there were trees in the way. 'Well… At least it's better than nothing,' I thought to myself as I crawled into it quickly.

"Where are you, little girl?!" I heard Ken's voice and then what sounded like trees being taken down, no doubt probably the work of Ken's tyrannomon. "I promise I won't…Well, I won't kill you, at least—yet." (That was probably his idea of some sick joke.) Then the next sound I heard was that of Ken leaping from the digimon, landing with the grace of a cat on the ground below him.

'Typical Ken to expect me to just give up and let him take me! Yeah, good luck! Not happenin' there, Sparky!' was what I was thinking at that point, while at the same time trying to remain as hidden in the shadows of the tree as I could. But that didn't last too long as I suddenly saw his shadow on the ground just outside of where I was.

"Oh, Crystal, you don't actually think that I don't know you're there, do you?" A cold laugh rang out, and then—"Come here, little one." I saw it coming but I had no means of getting away from it. He was reaching his hand in, trying to grab me. I tried to press myself against the back of the trunk as I possibly could, but it wasn't enough.

I closed my eyes and looked to the floor out of fear as his hand got closer. Within a few seconds, my head had snapped back up as I felt his hand enclose tightly around my wrist. He started to pull me out of my hiding spot, and I wasn't strong enough to get away from him. "Hello, Crystal," he said to me cruelly as he came into view. I screamed and tried desperately to get away from him.

Unfortunately, that only succeeded in making him even angrier, especially when I kicked at him to try and get him off of me. He raised his hand threateningly in reply to my struggling and slapped me with more force than ever before, knocking me to the ground. I looked down at the earth below me as he started to laugh cruelly and then raised his whip, bringing it down with full-force on me as I screamed louder than ever before he—

"Crystal? Are you ok?"

"What?" I jumped at hearing the sudden voice from right behind me and whirled around, my eyes wide, to see Kari staring at me in concern. I let out a sigh of relief as soon as I saw who it was. "Oh, yeah Kari. I'm alright."

"Are you sure? You're looking really pale right now."

"Yeah. Don't worry about me; I'm fine."

"Alright; if you're sure."

"Yeah. Thanks, Kari." I smiled at her kindly and then looked beside me on the table. Rubymon was staring at me, a concerned expression on her face. I smiled at her reassuringly and then turned back to Kari.

She returned my gesture with a smile of her own. "Ok." She looked around at the rec. center before turning back to me. "This place is starting to look great."

Yeah," I said, taking a look around for myself and thinking the same thing. "We're gonna have this place turned into an awesome Halloween party in no time. This is gonna be so cool." Kari agreed and then offered to help me set up the coffin that we were gonna have Matt lay in at the party, acting like a vampire. (Me: Ha ha! Poor Matt!)

She and Yolei were done painting and setting up all the fake tombstones already. I gladly accepted her help and figured that we'd probably be all done with the haunted house in a couple of hours from now.

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By late afternoon, all of the party preparations were done and the entire place looked great! I looked at my watch to check the time. It was 6 o' clock. The party starts at 7. "Ooh, hey, you guys. It's already 6. We gotta start getting our costumes on for the party. We've only got an hour."

So with that, we all went into the locker rooms and got into our costumes and our make-up and everything else that we needed for that night, our excitement mounting with each passing minute. It took me a while to get into my witch costume, but when I was finally finished, I liked what I saw. This was gonna rock! This was definitely gonna be a Halloween to remember!

…Little did I know that it was gonna be in more ways than one…

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A/N: Sorry, guys, but that's all you're getting for now. I couldn't help but leave it there. What did I mean when I said that "little did I know" line? What's gonna happen next? Ooh, the mystery! Dun dun duuuuuuunnnnnnnnn!

Digimon Emperor: Uhhhh…Ok…Diva'sDream? Yeah, you've lost it.

Yay for me!

Digimon Emperor: (Sighs exasperatedly) Ok, ya know what! I give up. There is no hope for you whatsoever!

Uhhhh…Cool!

Digimon Emperor: (Pulls out whip and gets ready to strike) Why you—!

(Throws her trusty book at his head—once again, it's a direct hit!)

Digimon Emperor: Ow!

(Smiles evilly) Gotta love me!

Digimon Emperor: I'm gonna—!

(Gets out her copy of "War and Peace" and throws that at his head—Do I really need to say 'direct hit' again)

Digimon Emperor: (Gets knocked unconscious)

(Smiles evilly) Ooh! Now I get to do what I've always wanted to do! Excuse me while I go get my make-up kit.

Diehard-Ken-Fans-Who-Probably-Hate-Me-By-Now: No! (Tries to kill me through the computer)

Uhhhh…Aren't you guys forgetting something? You can't get me here! You're all out there and I'm safe at my home. And none of you know where I live! Na na! (Sticks out tongue) Bye! (Goes to get make-up kit as Diehard-Ken-Fans-Who-Probably-Hate-Me-By-Now keep yelling—)

Diehard-Ken-Fans-Who-Probably-Hate-Me-By-Now: (Still trying to kill me through the computer) No! Get back here you evil little witch!