Chapter 1: Betrayal

The clock was ticking, ticking so loud that it made her more and more nervous by the minute. The door bell rings and she quickly runs to it, hoping that her friends had finally come for the sleepover party.

"Oh…it's just you," she said as she saw Terry instead.

Looking hurt, Terry entered the house and walked with her to her room.

"Oh come on. Don't tell me that you're mad at me for going to work and cancelling last minute are you? I told you, he calls me last minute for work and I can't predict that…"

Abruptly, she turned to face him, causing him to become surprised.

"Where are they…?" she said nervously.

Terry smiled and chuckled.

"I thought you were mad at me for cancelling on you last night."

"No, you know that I understand. If your boss wants you to work, then go ahead," she hugged him gently, "Just remember, you owe me double when you get back."

He laughed and hugged her back.

"Don't worry it's not like as if I'm going to cheat on you or something. You're my love, my one…and only love."

Slowly, he leans towards her and she felt his lips upon hers.

"Is that enough to make up for my boo boo?" he asked.

Gently she laughed. The doorbell rings once more and finally, her friends had finally come; and the sleepover can begin.

When night finally fell into the darkest hours, the party came to an end, with every member fast asleep. As her body slept, her mind was racing with unfamiliar images through her dreams.

***

It was a small village, with children dressed in almost nothing but the color green. The village was surrounded within a vast forest, as far as the eye could see. Then, the images changed and she was sitting upon a bed within a house. She felt her face dripping from an overflow of tears. As she looked up, she saw a masculine body, dressed in green like the children from before; however the person was an adult, a man. His arms suddenly were wrapped around her as if for comfort. As she tried to look at his face, she saw nothing; nothing but his pointy ears with silver earrings. The man started to lean forward as how Terry had hours before.

***

She freaked out and woke up to the cries of Terry's voice calling her name.

"Are you all right…?" Terry asked as he cradled me within his arms,

Looking around, she realized that they weren't in her room amongst her friends. Slowly, she got up and realized that she was clutching onto her stitch toy.

"I see that you have awakened," a voice said.

They both turned to see a man dressed in nothing but brown traveling clothing, something similar to medieval clothing, with a brown billowing cape.

"Who…-who the hell are you? What do you want with us?!" Terry said.

"I don't want you, I wanted the princess," she jolted in surprise when he said "princess", "Yes, I know who you are."

The man snapped his fingers and their pajamas transformed into their former clothing, the last things that they had wore from our former lives. She was wearing a white tube top dress and the prince was wearing his riding clothing with his sword and sheath at his side.

"I know everything about you two; how you had former loves, what you've been recently doing, what strengths and weaknesses that you have…and…I know all about your…rare power princess," the man said.

Shocked, confused and scared, she was unsure of what to do. The man chuckled at their confusion and took the opportunity to summon up a terrible secret, a secret Terry had been hiding. A young woman, by the name of Dana, Terry's former girl, appeared besides the man bound at the hands and feet.

"Terry! Help me!!" she cried.

"Who are you going to save prince? Are you going to save the woman next to you, or this woman, the one that you slept with when you 'cancelled out'? "

Terry's face went white as her heart shattered, unsure if the stranger's words are true. The man pushed Dana to the floor.

"Well then, of you're not going to pick, I'll do it for you."

The man summoned up his power and sent an attack towards her and at Dana. Without hesitation, Terry ran towards the unknown man in order to save Dana. Quickly, the princess brought up a defense shield to defend herself as Terry slashed through the other one with his sword. Dana cradled within his arms. As she defended herself, she conjured up a vortex to get out of the unknown world that they were in.

"I'm sorry; it was passion that was accidentally…rekindled…" Terry confessed.

With those words, it caused her heart to bleed from shock, and caused her concentration to break; allowing the stranger's attack to penetrate her shield, giving her critical damage. The vortex started to swirl out of control and engulfed everyone into its multicolored mouth.

"Why…? Why does it hurt so…?" she thought as she felt the pain within her heart that numbed her brain from the physical pain.

She landed onto the ground with a heavy thud. Cold and confused from the immense injuries both mentally and physically, shredded clothing, and unknown land. Then she heard something, a crowd that was mumbling, screaming, and running away from her unexpected presence. The internal injuries were so severe; they caused her to vomit blood in front of the unknown crowd. Looking up, she saw shadowy figures coming near her cautiously, one with daggers in hand.

"Release me from this pain…" she thought as the world around her turned black.