Rachel was surprised to find that it was night outside already. The hot air warmed her up immediatly.

"So, where do you want to go?" He asked her

"hm...I dunno" She had no idea. She was gonna say something else, but she forgot what it was when the same cold feeling swept over her. Her side began to ache dully, then started to throb painfully. She doubled over, and Nick rushed to her side.

"What's wrong? Are You okay?" His faced washed over with concern.

The pain faded slightly, and he helped her to her feet. "It's my hip..." That was where the man in her dream had stabbed her! "I think it might have something to do with this weird dream I had..."

She looked at him, and could've sworn she saw a look of hatred, but it was gone in a flash. Nick was better at hiding his emotions than he used to be.

"Let me see"

She lifted the right corner of her shirt, wincing slightly, and not daring to look down.

"Rachel! Look!" He pointed down at her hip, and she forced her self to look.

Rachel gasped in horror at the flesh that lie there. A large blood red line was etched there. The skin around it was discolored and blotchy. It was a horrific sight.

Just as she covered it up, the pain flared up again, and she fell forward. Nick caught her-barely. It pulsated in an almost angry manor, and she felt as tho she had been restabbed. Her eyes brimmed with tears, and before she knew it, she was sobbing in nicks shoulder.

He just stood there, stiff as a board looking down at her. Eventually he relaxed, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"um...it's ok?" It was a sad attempt to console her, but just his voice was enough. She felt a little better for a moment.

Rachel shreiked suddenly as the skin by her hip tore in two.(OH! WHAT NOW LIZ! I SPELLED IT RIGHT!) She would've fallen if Nick hadn't held her up. She grabbed her hip, to find that the tear was fake, but the pain was real.

There was an evil laugh behind her, and she turned around to see. It was him. The boy from her dreams, his green eyes glowing menacingly. She took a step back, stumbling on a rock.

Nick stood next to her, angry, and almost...what was that look? Bloodthirsty? No, no, that wasn't Nick. Nothing would make him that angry. The boy continued laughing.

"Shut up!" yelled Nick. He seemed to have some deep loathing feeling for the boy, as if they had met before.

The boy finnally stopped laughing. "Your just angry because you know that it's all your fault."

"SHUT UP!" Nick yelled again. He was ready to pounce-an angered lion.

The boy began to laugh, and the sound tore into Rachels ears, echoing, never ending. He stepped towards Rachel, wh otook a step back. Him forwards, her back. Him forwards her back. She stumbled on another rock, and fell flat on her but. He advanced on her quickly, still laughin that horrid laugh. He pulled out that knife. He was drawing it back...

Nick grabbed her wrist and yanked up. "Run!"

He ran away at a full sprint, dragging Rachel behind. She hardly had time to step, he was going so fast.

She spotted a tree ahead. It had a rope attached to a farely large branch, with several knots in it for easy climbing. "Nick, that tree!" He pushed her ahead, and she scrambled up, offering him a hand at the top. Once they were both safely on the branch, she undid the knot that tied the rope to it.

"How do you feel?"

"Better" She smiled at him-it was true. It stopped hurting once they were a distance from the boy.

"Good" He hugged her tight. She relaxed in his arms, worries melting away. Her heart skipped a beat, then pounded in her chest harder than ever to make up for it.

"So..." she said, when they broke apart. "Do you think we lost him?"

He turned to look, then back, a finger over his mouth.

Silently waited until he signaled that it was safe to talk.

"Do you know him?" she asked, unable to contain her curiosity.

"Kinda" He was trying to shake her off. She tried again.

"How?" she felt she had a right to know.

"It's complicated"

She decided to let it go with a sigh. If something could put that anger, that pure rage, into Nick's eyes, it couldn't be something all too pleasant.

"Is he the one from your dreams?" She had told him about them over AIM.

"Yeah...I can't beleive he's real. And yet..."

"what?"

"Somehow, I sensed it. Last night was just too real"

"Gotcha. Your right, I do kinda know that guy. He's gonna keep coming at you. I know some people who can protect you."

"Really? Where?"

"Well...Remember the old legends? The ones that say Sora and some of the others traveled into other worlds?"

"Of course I do. Everyone knows the Chronicals of Kingdom Hearts."

"This is one of the worlds that he didn't go on. There are four, actually. They can teach you some stuff that might help protect you from him. Plus, he has been banished from all four. He won't be able to go there."

"Really? Would you take me there? How did you go?"

"C'mon, I'll show you."

Nick jumped from the tree with ease, surprising Rachel.

"Jump down! I'll catch you!"

She looked down at him. Going up trees was easy. Especcially if your running form a killer and have no chance of looking down. But when your afraid of heights and the only thing stopping you from SPLAT is your best freind, that makes things a little...tricky. She edged forward slowly and closed her eyes. Using her hands, she crept forward on the branch untill she slipped off.

She waited for the splat, or the crunch of bone, or death, but none came. Instead she lightly landed in something warm. She opened her eyes to see that Nick at caught her. "alright, now hang on tight!"

"huh?"

"Don't worry, just do it!"

She obeyed, wrapping her arms around his neck. He started running, and Rachel realized he had been holding back his speed before so she could keep up. He could have kept up with a minivan at this rate. He jumped up in the air, incredibly high.

Rachel looked down and squrimed a bit, pressing her face in his neck. But when there was no landing , she looked around again. They were flying insome strange technicolor vortex. She could see countless black spots in it, wizzing by.

Rachel got the strangest, near euphoric experience, flying in the vortex. Maybe it was the rushing wind, or the magic of it all. Maybe it was just his arms around her. It didn't matter what it was, she just wanted it to last forever.

She sighted as he flew into one of the counless black holes.

The two of them landed on a small, deserted island, where he put her down gently.

"where are-"

"Shh...Don't move, don't breathe, don't speak."

"but-"

"Don't move, don't breathe, don't speak."

She did her best, standing up straight, reserving blinking for when it was nessacary. She breathed as slowly as possible, through her nose so that Nick wouldn't see. She didn't even move her eyes around to take in her surroundings. She just stared ahead, at a tree.

A green light appeared at the bottom of her vision, and she glanced down. Nick and Rachel were standing in the center of a glowing green circle.

"Nick what's going on?" She said turning to him

He stood incredibly close. "You'll see. Just relax, okay."

There was a tingling on her foot, and she glanced down. A vine was slowly crawling up her leg! She tugged and pulled to no avail, and relised that the vine was pulling her down, into the ground.

YAY! Chappie 3! As you can see, the dream chapters will be the only incredibly short ones. Please R+R. Much thanks! You know the deal! JUst hit GO! Anyoine Can do it! It's as easy as 1!