A/N:  HAPPY FF.NET BIRTHDAY TO CYBERDEMON!!!!!!!!! Well since you say you don't get presents, I decided to update just for you! SO it's more of a surprise chapter for you! So happy ff.net birthday! Too bad what they did to you was really stupid and I don't think they should have, but I can't really do anything about it, but I hope you have a wonderful day anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So here's my update, it might be a really stupid chapter, I don't know, I'm still deciding because I aint felling the best right now. Tekkoshocon (Anime Convention) was on Saturday and partied really hard at the dance, so I'm still tired (no, I didn't get drunk, just really tired). But I promised myself I would update today just for cyberdemon, so I here I am, and onto the story! 

Disclaimer: Never have and never will, lets just leave it at that.

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"Perfect," Darkness sneered as he was told the news. "Now its time to set the plan into action. Ready the troops, we're going to pay the small Wind Colony a little visit."

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"

Darkness turned around to face Blaire, who had just yelled at him. "What does it look like I'm doing, I'm cleaning up your mess because you are to stupid to be able to finish what you started."

"How dare you call me stupid!" Blaire yelled back.

"You do realize that you have failed to kill the girl again, don't you?"

"Yes." Blaire quickly looked away, this wasn't going to end well.

"We need your immortality in order to take over Zi, so now I'm in charge of this mission because you can't seem to get it right." 

"WHAT?!"

"You heard me, so now I'm in charge and if you have a problem with it, then I'll kill you right now and not regret it."

"Fine," Blaire said sharply and then added to himself, 'And as soon as he turns his back, the tables will be turned and I will kill him.'

That was earlier that day, by this time, most of the troops were prepared and were beginning to set out for the Wind Colony, which would stand defenseless against these large amounts of troops.

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Unaware of anything, Van and Maria sat talking quietly in the living room.

"You know Maria, its getting pretty late, shouldn't you be heading off to bed." Van glanced at the clock before giving off a long yawn.

"Yes, it is late," Maria said with a laugh at her brother's antics. "But before I go, I want to give you something."

Van sat up at the sound that Maria was giving him something.

"You left last time before I had the chance and I didn't want to give it to you while Fiona was awake."

Maria quickly got up from her spot on the couch and walked to a glass case that held various objects. With caution she opened it, carefully moving objects left and right before she met her goal.

Van quickly tried to get a look at what Maria was finding, but to no avail, so he quickly sank back into the couch to wait for Maria to come back.

"Now before I give you this, I want you to think wisely before you give this to anyone, understand?"

"Yes." Van said as Maria handed the small box to him. "Is this what I think it is?"

"Yes, mother gave it to me just before she died and told me that if anything happened to daddy, to give it to you when you were the right age to make the right decision about it."

Van cautiously opened the small box, revealing a beautiful ring.

"Now, you better keep that safe, because I know you and your reckless habit to lose things as soon as you get them."

"Don't worry Maria, I'll keep it safe, and I wont lose, alright?" Van said as he quickly closed the box, placing it on the table beside him.

"Good, so now I'm going to go to bed, see you tom marrow Van." Maria called as she made her way across the floor and into her room, closing the door behind her, leaving Van by himself on the couch.

Van quickly and softly picked up the cups and mess that he and Maria made and cleaned them up. On his way back he stopped at the hall closet and grabbed a blanket and a pillow.

As quickly as possible, Van made himself comfortable, and with many thoughts all weighing on his mind, he quickly fell into a dreamless sleep.

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Fiona lay, tossing and turning in the bed, some of the small, not all-the-way healed cuts were quickly split open.

"NO DON'T!"

Fiona sat up, sweat trickled down her face in small beads, her breathing was hard and rushed. 

"It wasn't real . . . . it was just a dream." Fiona tried to reassure herself as she touched the wounds that a split open. 

Carefully, she turned around, threw off the covers, and softly set her feet on the ground. Maneuvering her way through the dark, she quickly found the door. She flicked on the light and squinted till her eyes adjusted, then opened the door. Light spilled out into the still room.

Fiona looked around the room. The sound of Van's overly-loud snores had finally reached her ears. A small smile appeared on her lips as she glanced over at him, he was so cute. Just as suddenly as her smile had appeared, however, it disappeared as her mind was filled with more sudden images. She quickly grasped the side of her head in pain as all the images suddenly stopped.

"Someone's coming . . ."

Fiona saw darkness once again as she fell with a small 'thump' to the floor, which had been loud enough to awaken Van.

Van looked around wildly as he spotted Fiona unconscious on the ground.

"Fiona!" Van quickly raced to her side. There was only one reason that Fiona would be out here and unconscious. "Something horrible is coming."

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So what did you think. It was really hard for me to type and all, I think it was a pretty OK chapter, I'm hoping the next will be better. Expect an update in my Wanting Love story on the 3rd of April, which is the Red Baroness' birthday, and between now and then I hope to update other stories as well. So I'm out! Leave a review for me, they make me feel loved and tell me if you hated it or you loved it! Thanks so much for reading! Happy FF.NET Birthday again Cyberdemon!!!!!!!!!!!

Byes!

Michiko