AN: It is finally here. And you my avid reviewers will be rewarded for your patience in waiting for this very moment. Now I hope that it's not all that much of a disappointment. In fact I hope that you like it. So here it is the next chapter.

Italics are the private communications between the Blood

Italics are normally used for the Blood, it will just be the other part of Selari

Bold lettering is when inanimate objects are speaking (Selari's replies will also be in bold)

Chapter 18

The Purge

8:15 A.M, Selari

Selari opened her eyes slowly. Something was wrong, very wrong. Something bad was going to happen, but she couldn't figure out what. She sat up in her bed and looked around. Everything looked the same, the sun was lightly streaming through the window, proving that the day had started, at least somewhat.

But that didn't seem like the thing that was bothering her. No, it was something within her. She glanced down at herself; nothing seemed to be wrong on the outside. So she looked within herself, starting with her feet and working her way upwards. Selari didn't run into anything until she reached her mind.

That was what was wrong. Nobody was talking, nobody was there. Where was her other self? Where was the Wind? The Wind she had a feeling was still mad at her, and was deliberately ignoring her. But herself was different. She would never remain silent. It didn't even feel like she was there. Selari could still feel her other half, but the other half was far away and couldn't speak at the moment. She was in the abyss.

What was she doing in the abyss? And how in the world had she done it without bothering her. Then suddenly she was slammed down into the abyss herself without a warning.

The abyss

Selari opened her eyes once again. But this time, she was in the abyss. But what she realized was that she had been here for a long time, and not just this second. That was confusing, how could she be here yet in her own bed sleeping.

"How is it confusing? I was here, so you were here. I just let you sleep, but when you woke up, you had to come down here. And once you came down here as well, you had my memories of being down here and I have your memories of sleeping. Though you'll have to admit mine are much more fascinating then you sleeping." Her other self stated confidently.

Selari nodded, understanding what she had been told. The information that herself had gathered was definitely more interesting.

Then Selari realized something. She was no longer in her human form; she was in her other form. The Nightmare form. It felt nice to be in this form completely again, not just one part of it like she normally did.

"Do you remember the last conversation that we had here?" she asked.

Selari thought about it, yes she did remember.

Flashback

What are we? Selari asked.

"We are the Nightmare's that were made Flesh. We were the price that the blood made to have their Dreams made Flesh." It said quietly.

So we were not wanted. We were just something that was unavoidable.

"Come now child you don't think that the Blood would actually want their Nightmare's made Flesh." She said with a mocking laugh. "They don't even know that we have even been created."

Will any one accept us as we are now? Selari asked, already knowing the answer.

"No, they would think we were a threat to their precious Dream." It shrugged, not really caring. "We are free now, there is no need to talk now. Come while we still have time."

End Flashback

"Maybe you were wrong. Divear seems to accept us." Selari said hopefully.

The other one thought for a second about it before shrugging.

"Maybe, but he has never seen us in this form, he as only seen us with wings, and that is only part of us." She stopped waiting for that to sink in before continuing on. "But right now that isn't important, Look." She raised their arm and pointed.

At first all that she saw was nothing. So she moved a bit closer to the edge of the rock that they were on. Once there she looked down. And what she saw was somebody was descending. They were going deeper and deeper into the abyss. But the strange thing was that the thing never seemed to get far. For she was always the same distance away from the rock.

"She is gathering her strength. She is getting very far, we are just following her that way we can watch."

"Who is she?" she asked, really already knowing the answer.

"She is Witch." She stated simply. Selari nodded at this.

"But why are we here? Why are we watching her? Does she know that we're here?" she questioned, her eyes never leaving Witch's descending form.

"We are here to see how far she has to go to reach her full potential, that way we know what we are up against, well just incase that is," adding the last part more as an afterthought then any other reason. "She knows that something is watching her, she guesses that it is us, for no one else can reach this deep. She knows that we are here to watch. But either way she can not risk stopping to deal with us. She doesn't have time."

"Why doesn't she have time?" she asked, but then it hit her. "She's going to do something drastic isn't she. And she needs to get to her full potential immediately." Selari whispered.

"Yes, she is. She is going to do something very drastic. Of course we don't want to stop her, but then again we don't want to help her." She stated.

"Why," was all Selari asked?

"There is no need, not really. If we wanted to speed it up we could help. But we don't that would ruin everything that they have planned. But we don't want to stop her, because that would still leave the problem."

"So what are we going to do?"

"Don't you know? What she's going to do is going to cause a lot of damage." Selari really didn't know what they were suppose to do, are how she could even know. But then the last part sort of clicked inside of her mind. "To cause a lot of damage,"

"We're going to clean up. She's going to miss a few minor things that could turn into big things, and she's going to hit a few things that she shouldn't"

"Yes, to put it simply that's correct. Even with the help of the demon-dead, there will still be some major problems. She will not be able to see them till it is too late. For she will be weak for a while after this. That is where we shall come in. We will finish it off, and we will fix any problems that this will cause to the innocent."

"Nobody will accept help from us. They will think we are something evil to come and eat them or something"

"We are not necessarily helping them. For in the long run, it will help us more." She said gleefully.

"What does that mean?" she demanded.

"There is no more time for that. One of us as to stay in the real world, so that we know what's happening there."

Selari wasn't really sure she liked her other self's plan. But really there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it. And plus if they were going to get rid of the evil creatures.

"Fine, I agree with your plan, for now any ways. But I reserve the right to change my mind at any and all times." She stated.

"Of course," she murmured. "So go, you have things to do today remember."

Selari had almost forgotten that she had wanted to go the Queen residence to talk with somebody. Without even really thinking about it, she left the abyss and her other self.


9:00

Selari stared at the huge doors for a second, before knocking. She used a bit of her Jewels, just to make sure she was heard. Her hand was pretty small and the house thingy was pretty big, who knew weather or not any one would actually be able to hear her.

The door opened like a second after she had knocked. The person that answered didn't look too happy, but Selari really didn't care. It really didn't matter if she made someone upset; all that mattered right now was warning these people and trying to help them.

"I need to talk with somebody who is in charge with the defense of this city and the surroundings ones."

The man at the door looked down at her, with a sneer.

"And what does a child need to see such an important person, about such important business." He said in a haughty voice.

"That sir, is none of your concern. Your only concern in this business is to tell him, that I am here and that I wish to see him." Selari told him coldly. She disliked the man. He looked down on her, because she was a child, and a nobody. And she wasn't the only one he did this to. He also did this to other common people. Even grown men.

"I doubt that a mere child has anything worth hearing." He was clearly dismissing her; in fact he started to close the door on her.

Selari just used her Jewels to hold the door open. She glared at the man, he glared back.

"What do you-"

"No what do you think your doing?" she said in a deadly voice. A voice that sort of echoed and had the sound of destruction in every syllable.

It would definitely be an understatement to say that the man was now frightened. His skin and turned pale, and his face was sort of clammy. He was sort of frozen in place and it seemed like he had stopped breathing in fact. Selari laughed softly.

"Would you now like to do what I asked, or would you prefer a different option," her voice still had the echo in it, and the man didn't even blink, he was just standing their staring at her.

This was the first time that Selari had ever gotten seriously angry and she felt that the need for force was necessary. The voice was a little shocking, but it seemed natural. It seemed right. It was just another part of her true self-showing. Her other form also had never used the voice, and she was easily provoked to anger.

It was the idea that this man could be killing this entire village if she did nothing. Who knew if she could help them? Maybe she could make a difference, but this man was delaying her and that could cost a lot of lives.

"Fine, if you wont show me in, I shall show myself in." she then pushed past the man, and entered the huge house thingy. "Oh, and don't forget to close the door." She called back, as an afterthought. And as she left the room she looked back and the man was still there. Selari laughed to herself, she was powerful, and she didn't need any help from the other two.

"Where is the defense guy?" Selari asked the surrounding objects.

Selari listened for a few minutes before sighing in frustration. They were seriously no help. She couldn't understand a thing they were saying. They were all talking at once and so fast; there was no way she could get directions out of them.

"Could we try to calm down and give me directions?" she asked them tartly.

They didn't really like the tone that she was taking with them, and they started throwing insults at her.

"Hey, what kind of language is that?" she shouted indignantly at them. "You know that your wasting a lot of my time, people could be in danger." She stated firmly.

That's when they actually stopped talking at once. They then started to talk at the exact same time and at a pace that she could understand.

"What do you mean that there are traitors in the house! Where are they?" she demanded harshly.

But she didn't need to wait for the answer, for there was a sudden blast coming from somewhere inside. Selari instantly turned towards the blast. She then instantly started to sense where it had happened. It seemed to have taken place from the kitchen. Selari wasn't sure what she was going to do, but she knew that she had to act quickly, and so she took off at an unnaturally quick pace.

Using her Jewels she started scanning the hallways for activity. What was surprising, was that there wasn't any. It seemed to be deserted, which was strange with a house this side, she should have seen one by now. But then again they had all probably ran to see what had happened, or had tried to get out as fast at they could.

She started to expand her range, into the whole house. There was a lot of activity in the kitchen and around the surrounding hallways, but that was it. Then Selari checked outside the house to see if anyone was running away from the house. There was no one. There wasn't even a trace that any one had left the house.

But how could that be. Why is everyone around the kitchen? Were they all checking out the blast? But that didn't seem right. And what had happened to the person that had opened the door for her. Where was he, he couldn't have just vanished like that. Unless, the thought came to her, he was dead.

As this last thought came into her head she turned down another hallway, but unlike the other ones this one wasn't empty. At the end of the all were several men fighting each other. Some were wearing uniforms; the others were obviously from the kitchen. For they were wearing aprons and were wielding knives, while the other side had swords. It was obvious that they were using their Jewels, but it seemed like they were all pretty evenly matched there.

Selari at first just stood frozen there staring at the scene going on before her. Barely hearing the screams that came from somewhere beyond the door. It was a shock really what was happening, and at first she didn't respond at all.

Then some people coming from a door beyond the fighting started to stream out. They were using the fighting as a distraction to let them escape to freedom. A little boy, no more then four tripped and fell. Being at the end none of the people in front of him noticed that he had fallen. They continued to hurry through the hall and down into another one.

Unfortunately one of the fighters noticed him, and didn't waste any time and coming at him. The boy was struggling to get up, tears streaming down his face, and he didn't notice that he was in any danger.

Selari saw it, and she snapped to attention. She couldn't let this happen, he was just a sweet innocent little boy. It could have been Martin, just a few years older.

"NO!" she cried out, and she stretched out her right arm, her fingertips pointing directly at the man, and Selari didn't even about using her Jewels, the power just surged through her and out of her fingers. The man just vanished; he was gone, just like that. Selari knew that nobody would ever see him again, it would be like he had never existed. Just like Zuulaman.

The boy went scurrying through the hall unaware of what had just happened. That could not be said for the others in the room. They all turned to look at the girl that had cried out. They were distracted by her, a small child standing in the hallway, she seemed so out of place, yet at the same time blending into her surroundings.

"What in the Mother Night," a man whispered, "What just happened?" another said. "She's evil," a man in uniform called out.

"What are you waiting for, don't just stand there, attack," a different man in uniform cried out angrily. The men in uniform weren't sure whom their captain had meant for them to attack, the child, or the men from the kitchen. It was chaos after that; the men in uniform just went into a frenzy of killing, blood flying every which way. It didn't help that the men in uniform were growing in numbers. For it seemed like every time one of them was struck down, two more took its place.

After her first attack, Selari stopped a second and thought about what she had just done. But only for a second, for she had done the right thing. He had to die, and it had felt good killing the evil man. There were more she had to stop them too.

She grinned maliciously, so these men wanted to pick on the weak and unprepared so be it, they would have to deal with her.

She was only blur as she moved down the hall. The first man didn't even know what had struck him and he was gone with in an instance. The next man went in the very same way. But the third man she had a bit of fun with. She went directly in front of him and stared directly into his eyes. She smiled sweetly at him, he dropped his sword.

"You know you should never drop your weapon," she said softly, bending to pick it up, her eyes never left his. She held it out to him, handle first. The man was confused; he hesitantly reached out for the handle. The moment his hand touched it, he screamed. The handle was burning his flesh going right through to the bone and deeper. He struggled trying to drop the sword, but he couldn't. Selari smiled, and with a push of her Jewel she shoved the sword hilt first into his chest. He stopped screaming.

"Next time you won't drop your sword, now will you?" she asked as he dropped to the ground. Selari didn't bother to finish the kill, she thought that leaving him like this would be funner, plus he would have so much fun being dead. Why he could play with the harpies? For they would certainly want to play with him after what he had done to all those women.

She frowned down at the man on the ground, she had no more time to play with the other soldiers, and she had things to do. With just a passing thought she got rid of the rest of the uniformed soldiers, well all except the leader. The leader she just restrained.

She looked at the survivors of the attack. They were looking at her; fear was in their eyes. They looked at her with horror, with disgust. Her frown deepened, why would they think like that, she had just saved their lives.

"What are you?" a man asked in horror.

"What am I," she stated faintly, not really paying attention to him or the other people for that matter. Her focus had centered on the leader of the uniforms. She started walking towards him, not noticing that the few men remaining practically jumped out of her way. Faintly she could hear them shouting things out.

"She is like the man said evil, Pure Evil,"

"Mother Night, she is a horrible being."

"Have you ever seen anything like her?"

"How can a mere child have such power?"

"But she looks so delicate and sweet,"

"How can such a sweet looking thing have such enormous amounts of power."

"What is she?" it was asked again, and this time the answer came to them all.

"A Nightmare" it came to them inside their minds.

They looked at each other wondering who had said it or if they had been just hearing things. But then they turned to stare at the child, and they knew that it had been her. But she wasn't even looking at them, in fact it didn't even seem like she was paying attention to them.

"Lets get out of here," a man cried out, and they all did just that, thinking that they must warn others of The Nightmare.

Selari didn't even notice them, she was still focused on the captain who was unmoving and was staring at her with a mixed expression of horror and triumph.

"What is it that you know?" she asked knowing that she could go into his mind if he refused to answer her. He laughed at her. It was the laughter of a dying man. He knew that he would not escape with his life, and it had sort of loosened a few screws in his brain.

"I know…I know…that you are too late," his giggle was high pitched and very contradictory to the man he had been just a few minutes ago.

Instead of trying to question him about it, for it seemed like that would take far too long, she just blasted through his mind. Selari took all the information their. And as she processed the things that had been in his mind, her skin paled to a ghostly white.

There was an attack going on right at that very moment in the town. The uniformed men had been hiding out in the forest waiting for the signal. They had received it when the blast had went off, and then with a child like eagerness they had plunged into the city, bent on destruction.


AN: Sorry, I know it took way too long to update. But this was very hard to write. I hadn't thought that it would take this long. So because it as been taking too long for me to update I have decided to turn this into a two part thing.

Wow, this is my longest chapter, isn't it amazing, I think so, it is so simple yet so grand. This is the time when you should ignore me; I'm in a silly mood right now.

Anyhow don't you think that this was a great place to leave off at? Don't you just love sarcasm? I do I think it's the best, so I guess we should get on with this, so that I should start on the next chapter, in other words finishing this one. Oh and I'll try not to take as long updating next time.

One last thing, review, review, review…