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Chatper 24:

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
But now I'm bound my the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me.
Evanescence: My Immortal

I stared in disbelief, my mouth agape. In front of me was a man who not a day ago, I had watch die in my arms, but looked like he could not be healthier. He was wearing the clothes he'd received on my homeworld, only they were whole, not stained with blood. I'm afraid to speak. Afraid that the moment I open my mouth, he'll leave me and I'll realize this is all a dream.

I jump. In my shock I've completely forgotten about Morrighan, who's still beating on my door. I'm staring at him now. It's the only thing I can do. I watched him die. So I say the only thing I can think of.

Y-you're dead.You can't be real! I watched you die!Stop saying well' and explain. You can't be here, Harper, you can't be right in front of me. You died...in my arms. I clench my eyes shut, tears forming. I want him to be real. I need him to be real, but how can he? There's no logical reason for a dead man to be standing in front of me, acting as though he is anything but.

I feel tears slowly rolling down my face. I open my eyes to see that his expression has changed. He walked toward me.

Oh, Trance, babe, don't cry. Please, I can't stand to see sadness in those big brown eyes of yours.

He's standing in front of me now. He reaches up to brush the tear from my cheek, but instead of his skin making contact with mine, it just goes through my cheek. I shiver, gasping as I jump back, frightened.

You aren't real!

He's looking at his hand, shock in his eyes....real shock.

What in the hell?

He just stands there staring at his hand, looking at it like it's a foreign object.

Y-you didn't know that would happen, I ask, stammering.

He looks up at me and now there's fear in his blue eyes.

TRANCE! WHAT'S WRONG?

My focus goes back to the banging. I know I should tell her something, keep her from worrying, but what am I going to tell her. Yes Morrighan, everything's fine. I'm just in here talking to my dead boyfriend.

I look back to Harper. He's not as clear as he was before....it's like he's fading.

He looks at me, horror in his eyes.

Trance....where are you going? It's getting dark again...Trance...TRANCE!

Then he's gone. I'm trembling. If that was really Harper, how...how could he be here. If it's not Harper...then the Divine is playing one hell of a cruel joke on me.

TRANCE, I SWEAR TO THE DIVINE! IF YOU DON'T OPEN THIS DOOR, I'M GONNA-

I don't let her finish, quickly pressing the button as I sink to the floor, my eyes not leaving the last spot he was. My mind is a wreck. I don't know what to think, what's real or not real. She rushes to me, placing her hands on either side of my face.

Trance, Trance, look at me. What happened? One minute it's quiet and then I hear you scream and I can't get the door open.

I screamed? I don't remember screaming...only darkness.

Then I hear you screaming Harper's name...

At hearing his name, I turn my eyes on her.

And you're talking to yourself.You didn't hear him, I meekly say.

A look of confusion washes over her face. Hear who? You were in here alone, my sensors only picked up one person. I thought you were being attacked, that's why I checked for intruders, but you were alone. Trance are you ok?Yeah I'm fine. I guess I just was having a dream or something I lie. I know something's wrong. I can feel it. Not like how I could when I had my powers, I couldn't see the different possibilities of what migh tbe wrong. This time, it was a deeper knowing. Something was wrong and it had to do with Harper.

I started to stand. Have you contacted the Andromeda, I ask.

No, not yet. Would you like me to, tell them what happened.

I shake my head. I know I should go back, tell them about Harper, help them mourn, but something is telling me, that we shouldn't be mourning quite yet. If Harper is truly gone, then I shouldn't be feeling him, but I am. I've always had a connection with the crew of the Andromeda. I've always been able to sense them, especially Harper. I could tell when they were in trouble, that's how I've been able to find them so many times. I thought it was a part f my powers, but now I'm not so sure. I can still slightly sense Harper, but whatever I'm feeling, it's fading.

I need time to think, but I can't get my head clear. My thoughts are clouding, I'm something. It's not like the voice, it's not his voice...it's something melodic. I start toward my bed, Morrighan following behind me. The melody is like a whisper, but it's growing.

Morrghan starts, but the melody muffles the rest. I can hear it clearly now, but it's not my voice singing. It's another, deeper, but still feminine. As the melody has not only clouded my mind, but my vision as well. Everything is becoming as blur when suddenly my surroundings change.

I'm no longer on Morrighan's ship. I'm in a sea of colors. Streaks of magenta, green, and gold are flying all around me. Suddenly they collide to create a sphere of colors. As the colors mix, an image starts to become visible. I see a planet of shimmering lavendar. This planet looks so familiar, like something I'd seen in a book when I was younger. Before I can ponder on it any longer, the colors swirl once more and another image begins to form. This one is of a temple-esque building, pillars of blue flames mark it's enterence. Suddenly the melody returns and the colors swirl in time with the melody. I finally recognise it. It's my chant to Harper. Not seconds after I realize this, the colors swirl again, forming a pair of eyes I'd know anywhere. Then the rest of the face materialized.

I whisper.

Then the sphere begins to disapate. NO! I don't understand! What does this mean?

The chant gets stronger, the colors are once again surrounding me. What does this mean? Why am I seeing this?

As a reply, the streaks swirl around me fast. Suddenly everything goes dead quiet save for one small whisper.

Melphion....there you will find the answers for which you seek.Melphion! But that's only legend, that planet doesn't exist!She know...she...knows.

With that the streaks come to a dead stop before rushing toward me. They collide with me sending be back....back to reality.

TBC

Ok, guys, read and review and I'll try to get that next chapter up by the next week. I have exams and they are over the end of this week....so, until the next chappie, tell me what you think! -D