Nightmares

Chapter One – It begins

Terra was standing on the Tower roof. "Hello Terra," a deep voice said. Terra whirled around, to see a man looking at her. He had brown hair, pale skin and quite tall. "Who are you? What do you want?" Terra asked. The man smiled. "I am Edmond Riley."

"What do you want?" Terra repeated her previous question.

"My dear, I want so much, but from you...oh, lets just say…I hope your friends are good at funeral arranging," Edmond sniggered. Terra looked at him, starting to shake a little.

"You want to kill me?" Terra asked.

"That's my job, killing people, taking their souls so I can carry on living."

Terra took a step back as Edmond walked toward her, an evil smile on his lips…

Terra sat up, sweat dripping down her face. She looked around. Still on the couch. "Just a dream…" Terra whispered to herself. Slowly she got up and went to the sink for a cup of water. As she stepped into the dark kitchen, she bumped into something, or someone.

"Watch it," a familiar voice said. The light suddenly flicked on. Terra squinted as her pupils dilated to the light. Robin was standing in front of her, rubbing his arm from where she had knocked him. "Sorry…I…just getting some water," she explained, trying to keep her voice steady, but the fear had crept back in. Robin looked at her, a concerned look on his face. "You ok Tez?" he asked. Terra nodded, sipping her water. "Sure? You were shaking earlier, that's why we put a blanket over you, we thought you were cold."

"I'm fine, thanks though," Terra said, smiling at the Boy Wonder. Robin wasn't convinced enough, she could tell. Terra sighed and gave in. "I had a bad dream that's all." Robin smiled slightly. Terra frowned at him, thinking he was smiling at her.

"Wanna talk about it?" he asked, taking her arm, and pulling her over to the couch. Terra set her glass on the table and explained her dream to Robin. He took in what she was saying. She's had a pretty rough night, he thought. "Did he do anything?" Robin asked.

"No, I think he was gonna, but I woke up before so I don't know."

"Ok, well, try and get some rest, we'll probably have another mission tomorrow," Robin said, getting up and heading off to his room. Terra watched as he walked away. She liked the fact that talking to him, made her feel so much better. Terra put her head on the pillow and soon dropped off back to sleep.