Chapter 6

That night both Tala and Serenity slept peacefully near each other. Serenity was the first to wake up the next morning, she slowly pushed herself up into a sitting position and she clutched her stomach when she felt sick suddenly. She sat there for a minute and the uneasiness subsided.

She slowly pushed herself out of bed and walked to the bathroom, closing the door behind her. She rested against the door and took in a deep breath. She then undressed which didn't take very long since all she had on at the time was her night gown. She stepped into the shower and let the warm water run down her neck; she leaned against the wall and shuddered when the cold stone came in contact with her bare skin. She tried to clear her mind but realised that the sound of the water crashing onto the stone floor had been making her feel sick.

She quickly turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. She changed into her skirt and top but left her jacket off for a while. She fixed her hair and just let it fall over her shoulders. Feeling another wave of uneasiness wash over her, she went back to the bedroom and sat on the spare bed. She sat there, trying to relax a little and hoping the bad feeling in her would stop soon. She closed her eyes and took deep breaths, suddenly not feeling up for training that followed not too long later in the day.

After a few minutes Tala woke up and saw Serenity sitting on the spare bed by the door, "Morning" he said.

Serenity opened her eyes and looked at him and smiled sweetly, "Morning" she replied.

"Are you ok? You don't look too good" Tala stated and asked.

"I'm fine" Serenity replied simply.

Tala nodded and went to the bathroom to change for training. Serenity closed her eyes again and instantly felt Luna enter her mind, 'Mistress, aren't you feeling well?' Luna asked.

'I'm fine Luna, it's nothing to worry about' Serenity replied bluntly.

'Almost every time you say that nothing is wrong in fact something would be wrong' Luna stated.

'It's nothing to worry about Luna' Serenity repeated calmly.

'Is it about telling Tala about your past? – Because I don't think he'll tell anyone and that you can most definitely trust him' Luna said quickly.

Serenity smiled lightly through her pain, 'Calm down Luna, I know I can trust him and it has nothing to do with last night' she said.

'I was hoping that it didn't' Luna said, sighing in relief, 'So what does it have to do with then?' she asked.

Serenity sighed in frustration, 'I told you that nothing is wrong' she said yet again.

'Please Mistress, if something is bothering you then please tell me' Luna pleaded worriedly.

'I promise that you would be the first to know' Serenity assured.

'Thank you Mistress' Luna replied gratefully.

Serenity mentally nodded in reply to her bit-beast and Luna quickly left Serenity's mind when Tala walked in.

"We can go now" Tala announced to Serenity.

"About time" Serenity said teasingly, slowly getting off the bed and opening the door.

Tala smiled a little and walked out the door behind Serenity, closing the door behind him. The whole day went on as usual, though Serenity was a little distracted from training for two main reasons. The first was that she was keeping a close eye on Jeremy in case something happened. The second was because she often felt light headed and was occasionally seen leaning against the wall for some support.

Both Tala and Serenity went to their room and Serenity had gone to change first but Tala thought that something was wrong with her when she took longer time than usual to come out. Instead of walking in on Serenity, he walked over to the dressing table and picked up Serenity's icy beyblade. He clutched it tightly in his hand and concentrated on the bit-chip.

Luna appeared in front of him and looked around confusedly, "How did I end up here? How did you summon me?" Luna continued asking.

Tala shrugged and said that he just concentrated and called her out.

"And here I thought you were powerless" Luna said smiling, "Why have you summoned me?" Luna asked in a more serious tone.

"Something is wrong with Serenity and I'm starting to get worried, what is wrong with her?" Tala asked his team mate's bit-beast.

Luna sighed and her eyes saddened, "I have just confronted my Mistress about the matter; she doesn't fully understand but I can tell that it is nothing too serious and nothing you should be worried about right now" she concluded.

"How do I know you're not lying to me?" Tala asked, folding his arms.

"I care about my Mistress greatly and would do anything to assure her safety; I am assuring you that she will be fine" Luna continued.

"You better not be lying to me" Tala said in a warning tone.

Luna smiled a little and replied that she wouldn't lie about something as important as her Mistress' safety and told Tala to give Serenity a few more minutes and not to worry too much since Serenity doesn't need to be put under the pressure of worrying about him if he gets sick. Luna returned to her blade and Tala sat on his bed; still feeling a hint of worry nagging at his heart. In no time at all Serenity walked into the bedroom, looking much better than before. She wasn't as pale as she was earlier and now you could see she was feeling better through her eyes whereas before they reflected her hidden pain. You could also tell because she didn't rely on the wall for support but instead moved without feeling any pain.

She smiled sweetly at Tala and sat next to him on the bed. She quickly kissed him on the neck and smiled more when he turned to look at her. "Luna told me you were worried about me" Serenity started, "If something were wrong and it were serious then I promised myself and now I will promise you that you and Luna will be the first ones to know. But right now, nothing is wrong and nothing is worth worrying about" she told him softly.

Tala nodded and kissed Serenity quickly and softly on the lips before leaving to change for dinner. Serenity picked up her beyblade from the dressing table where Tala had left it and brought it up to her heart. "Thanks for being my friend Luna" she whispered softly.

She pulled the blade away in time to see the blade gleam in the moonlight which was Luna's reply of, 'Not a problem Mistress'

Serenity smiled more and was thankful for what she had. It was times like these that drowned out the pain she had gone through and made her love life more. Tala walked a few minutes later and they both ran downstairs to the dining room since they were going to be late. They both started eating when they got there but Serenity was having trouble eating all her food; she had made herself eat as much as she could but didn't eat the last piece of bread, feeling that she couldn't eat more than she already had.

When they had finished, they both went back to their room and quietly lay in bed. Training had been harsh that day and so it didn't take long for both of them to fall asleep.

---Next Morning---

Tala was the first to wake up and saw Serenity lying next to him. He smiled at the childish expression on Serenity's young face. He looked up at the time and noticed it was still very early in the morning to get up, so he decided to rest for a little while longer. He placed an arm around Serenity's waist and held her close to him, closing his eyes.

Within the next two hours both bladers were awake, changed and already training hard. Serenity still kept watching Jeremy but this was a day that Serenity knew would come and dreaded the most; she was forced to battle Jeremy. It wasn't that she wasn't strong enough to beat him, it was because if she won then he would have extra training and probably beaten and the same would happen to her if she lost. She kept the battle going for as long as she could but knew that the battle couldn't last forever and Jeremy knew it too. In the end Jeremy let Serenity win the battle, Serenity was furious but had to go along with it or else Jeremy's loss would have been in vain.

Jeremy was taken to extra training, all Serenity could do was sit on the side lines and feel the grit of her teeth. She wasn't going to let Jeremy get away with what he had done. She wanted to find out why Jeremy would something that she titled 'stupid', she just hated the thought of Jeremy letting her win, she was also upset over the fact that he took the blows for her. Through out the battle Jeremy kept holding back attacks and Serenity didn't want that though if Jeremy didn't lose then she would've.

She wanted to find out more about what happened and why Jeremy lost on purpose so after training when Tala was in the shower, she snuck out of the room and went to find Jeremy in his room. She walked into his room and noticed he wasn't there yet; she waited five minutes before Jeremy walked in from the hall and didn't see Serenity when he closed the door. He turned to go to the bathroom but saw Serenity standing by the door, "What are you doing here?" he asked, between breaths.

"Checking if you were ok" Serenity lied, pushing herself off the door.

"Well training wasn't too bad so I'm fine" Jeremy stated, sitting on the bed, the harsh training finally getting to him.

"Good, if you're fine then maybe you could answer another one of my queries; why on Earth did you lose to me on purpose?" Serenity asked with anger in her voice but didn't raise her voice above her usual level.

Jeremy sighed but didn't take his eyes off her, "Rumour has it that you have a plan of escaping, is it true?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, it's true" Serenity replied simply.

"That's why I did it, if you really believe that it is possible to escape then others will believe it too, so I couldn't let something happen to you if you're close to getting out of here" Jeremy explained.

"That's why you did it," Serenity said, "You really have that much hope in my plans?" she asked.

"I've seen you fight off kids, guards and even Boris, I have no doubt that you will manage to escape" Jeremy replied.

"Thanks…I think you gave me the last bit of hope I need to finish my plans" Serenity told him softly and her hardened eyes softening immensely.

"I'm just saying what I think" Jeremy said.

When you say it's going to happen 'now',
well when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long,
and all my hope is gone,

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

"We will be free soon, I promise you that" Serenity said, "Well thanks anyway, I better go, Tala is probably looking for me and I don't feel so good" she said, placing her hands on her stomach when she felt pain rising in her.

"Are you ok?" Jeremy asked, standing up.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Serenity said, making a quick walk to the door and opening to leave. "Thanks again" she said quickly before leaving. She walked to her room and practically ran into her room.

"Where were you?" Tala asked when Serenity ran into the room.

"With Jeremy" Serenity replied quickly before going to the bathroom. She walked to the medicine cupboard and pulled out one of the small vials that she always kept, quickly drinking it and not caring how bad it had tasted as long as it took away the pain she felt. Drinking to the very last drop, she tossed the empty vial back into the cupboard and rested against the sink, feeling the antidote starting to take affect on her. She undressed and took a cold shower, the pain slowly dieing down. She got out of the shower and dried herself off before changing into her night gown. She rested against the sink as usual and looked at herself in the mirror, after sighing she pushed herself away from the sink and walked out to the bedroom.

Serenity quietly got into bed and lay on her side and closed her eyes tightly, she soon fell asleep since the battle with Jeremy took a lot of energy out of her and the sickness she was feeling was only making things worse for her. She slept peacefully for about half an hour and Tala watched over her for a while, he didn't have the heart to wake her up for dinner but knew that Boris would come after her if she wasn't there. Tala gently shook Serenity awake slowly; she stirred and sat up in her bed.

They both went down to dinner and Serenity ate as much as she could, she managed to eat all her food since the drink she had from the vial earlier made her feel better and eating made the antidote work better and eating didn't make her feel sick like it had the night before. When they were done they were called away to Boris' office, Serenity feeling fear strike her when they entered Boris' office and saw a stupid and creepy looking grin on his face.

Boris saw the fear that could be seen in Serenity's face, "Don't worry Serenity, for once I am not here to scold you" he said, smirking more at Serenity's scared reaction.

"Then what do you want?" Serenity asked, returning to her cold exterior and icy tone.

Boris enjoyed seeing Serenity change back to her cold self but instead of commenting on it he just cut to the chase, "Another one of my top soldiers has been somewhat…distracted lately and has been losing most of his battles. A lot of guards assume it is lack of sleep, so…I am transferring him to your room. He has been one of my best bladers for a long time now and I can not afford to lose him now, so you are both in charge to keep an eye on him, is that clear?" Boris asked sternly.

"Yes sir" Serenity and Tala said in unison.

"Good, currently Bryan still has training but should be in your room shortly" Boris concluded.

'Fantastic' Serenity thought sarcastically.

"Dismissed" Boris said.

Serenity and Tala left the office quickly and started to walk up to their room. "So there goes our evening" Tala said as they walked through the empty halls.

"It doesn't make a difference, I can't stay up anymore, that battle with Jeremy really knocked everything out of me" Serenity said, walking into the bedroom and flopping down on her stomach onto the bed.

"Yeah, I know what you mean" Tala agreed, lying lazily next to her.

Serenity turned onto her back since lying on her stomach wasn't the safest position to be in, in her condition. Ten minutes of silence and their bedroom door opened and a guard roughly pushed a boy into the room. Serenity sat up quickly and clutched her stomach when the sudden movement hurt her insides and she eyed the boy at the door suspiciously. The boy was around their age or maybe just a year younger and he held a back pack that was first on his shoulder but the push from the guard dropped it to the floor. Bryan turned to the door just when the guard closed it behind him, he sighed and picked up his bag and tossed it onto his bed. Not taking in any account of his two room mates, he just went to the bathroom to change.

Serenity brushed off the abrupt the departure of her new room mate and instead tried her best to relax since the sudden movement from earlier made her feel worse and her head pounded in her skull and it just hurt too much to move. Tala noticed it and just sat next to her as she tried to fall asleep. Serenity finally fell asleep and Tala placed the covers tighter around her, he lay in bed and fell asleep too but left the bedroom light on so that Bryan had some light when he walked into the room.

Bryan came into the room a few minutes later and noticed his new room mates asleep. He noticed how close they were but just brushed off the subject and switched off the light in the room and got into his bed. Sleep overcame him quickly but troubled dreams cut his peaceful sleep short, he started to tremble and by the look etched on his features you could tell he was in pain. He tried his hardest to wake up but his efforts were useless but at around two in the morning he pulled together enough strength to wake up. He shot up in his bed, breathing heavily and he placed a trembling hand on his chest hoping to slow down his heart rate.

Unknowingly, Serenity had woken up in the middle of the night and was watching him as he sat up. She closed her eyes so he wouldn't notice her and had noticed something dripping off Bryan's face but wasn't sure if it was sweat or tears or maybe even both. Bryan sat with his back against the wall, trying his hardest to calm himself. Serenity wanted to see what he would do next so didn't show him that she was watching, instead she just lay low. Bryan rested his head against the wall and sighed a little, he lay down again but because he knew the nightmares would come back he tried to stay awake.

Serenity watched as he turned uncomfortably in bed as he tried to remain awake, she didn't know whether she should talk to him to find out the problem but then even if she knew what could she do to help? Finally the good in her won the best of her and she opened her eyes and sat up a little on her side. "Hey, are you ok over there?" she asked.

Bryan sighed and closed his eyes, "I'm fine" he said coldly.

"You don't look so fine to me, are you sure you're ok?" Serenity asked again, getting out of bed and slowly walking to him.

"I am fine" Bryan repeated calmly.

Serenity didn't look convinced and sat next to Bryan on his bed, she looked at his face to see him wince sometimes, she pushed a strand of hair away from his tear stained face but Bryan slapped her hand away from him. Serenity didn't seem fazed by what he had done but moved her hand toward him and wiped a drying tear from his face. "Get some sleep" she told him.

"I'm not tired" Bryan replied, in an icy tone.

"Tired or not you better get some sleep or you wont be able to battle to your best abilities tomorrow" Serenity said with a slightly more stern tone.

"I'm fine, just stay away from me" Bryan said, opening his eyes and staring at her coldly.

"What is scaring you?" Serenity asked suddenly.

"I'm afraid of nothing" Bryan spat coldly, glaring at Serenity with anger in his eyes.

"Then why are you so afraid to fall asleep?" Serenity asked, trying to out smart him.

"I'm not afraid" Bryan said again.

"Being afraid is nothing to be ashamed of" Serenity said, but Bryan didn't answer her or show her any sign of attention. She moved her hand up to his arm and gripped it tightly, "Whatever it is that is keeping you up, it wont scare you again so go to sleep" she said before getting off the bed and getting back into her own bed, "Good night" she said. Bryan closed his eyes and sighed, he wanted to sleep but the nightmares wouldn't let him so he didn't even try, being afraid of what the dreams would have install for him if he fell asleep again. Painful memories entering his mind, he screwed his eyes shut as if trying to block out the horrible memories but tears still streamed down his face.

'Luna' Serenity called.

'Yes Mistress' Luna replied.

'Find out what it is that is hurting it and stop it' Serenity ordered her bit beast.

'I will try my best Mistress' Luna said before disappearing to help Bryan. Serenity soon fell asleep since she was still very weak from her sickness and her battle with Jeremy and waking up at two in the morning wasn't helping her at all.

Bryan felt a sense of safety wash over him and felt troubling memories escape his mind. In little time he fell asleep and nothing bothered him all night. Serenity woke up again at four in the morning and saw Bryan sleeping peacefully and noticed that the look on his face was more serene than pained. She smiled and got out of bed since she still wasn't feeling very well. She went to the bathroom and looked at her face in the mirror; she was very pale but through her eyes you could see that she wasn't in too much pain. She switched on the tap and placed her hands under the running cold water, and splashed cold water on her face. She dried her neck from the extra water and went back to her bed and lay in bed staring at the ceiling.

At five in the morning both Tala and Bryan were still asleep but Serenity was very much awake. She decided to better get a head start in the day and so she quickly went to wash and change. She came out to find Tala starting to stir, he sat up and turned to Serenity, "Morning" he said.

"Morning" Serenity said, sitting next to him.

Serenity turned to look at Bryan who still lay in bed sleeping soundly, "Did something happen?" Tala asked, when he noticed Serenity's worried gaze.

"Yeah, something happened though Luna fixed it" Serenity replied quietly.

"Something to worry about?" Tala asked.

"I don't think so" Serenity said, shaking her head.

"Good, I'm going to change" Tala said, getting out of bed and walking to the bathroom after kissing Serenity lightly on the lips.

---4:00pm---

Later that day training had started as usual but Serenity was quietly sitting in her room on her bed. She heard someone scream and she covered her ears but noticed that the scream wasn't one that could be stopped since the scream was going on in her head and noticed that the scream of pain was from Luna. 'Luna what's wrong? Do you feel something?' she questioned, drawing her hands away from her ears.

'Someone is in deep pain' Luna replied between breaths.

'Pain? What kind of pain Luna?' Serenity asked.

'Physical and emotional' Luna stated.

'Ok Luna, lead me to him' Serenity said walking out into the hall. Serenity followed all of Luna's directions and finally came to one of the main stair cases and gasped. Bryan had collapsed on his knees, with a hand gripping the wall to keep himself from falling down the stairs, his clothes were torn and covered in thick red blood that had seeped out of whip lashes that covered his entire body and bruises could be seen though most of them were covered in blood so were not completely visible but Serenity knew they were there. Serenity ran as fast as she could down the stairs and knelt beside him, noticing that his breathing was shallow and came out only in short gasps. "Oh my God, what happened?" Serenity asked, moving closer to Bryan.

"Stay…away from me…please" Bryan said pushing Serenity away, almost losing his grip on the wall and falling back.

"No chance in hell, you can't even get up and you think I'm going to leave you here to die, like hell I would" Serenity said, helping Bryan off the ground and helping him up the stairs. Bryan tried to fight his way out of her grip but felt far too weak to fight her. Serenity helped him into their bedroom and Bryan instantly sat on his bed, Serenity placed Bryan's pillow against the wall and put the blanket over it and pushed him back against the pillow. He sat back and tried hard to breathe but the pain from his wounds only made it harder to breath and even gasping for air hurt. Serenity helped him remove his jacket, Bryan winced when the tough material scratched his cut skin, "Ok, I need you to remove your shirt or else I can't get to the wounds" She told him softly.

Bryan reluctantly removed his shirt when he saw the kindness in Serenity's eyes and noticed that she would help him and not hurt him. But still had to ask, "Why are you helping me?" he asked between breaths.

"I'm not going to leave you to bleed to death and I would never leave anyone to fend for themselves, it wouldn't have been right for me to leave you on your own and in pain" Serenity called from the bathroom, coming back out with a whole first aid kit. When Serenity saw the marks covering Bryan, she seemed to feel the pain he was in and couldn't take it but proceed in tending to the cuts on his back first. She dabbed some antiseptic on a clean piece of cloth and slowly tended to the long whiplashes that snacked all over his back. Bryan flinched a couple of times when the stinging medicine touched the burning cuts, he drew his breath in sharply and tried to keep the pain under control but the deeper the cuts were, the more they hurt. "I'm sorry, I know it hurts but I need to tend to them" she said honestly, really looking apologetic towards him.

"Why are you even up here? Shouldn't you be at training?" Bryan asked through gritted teeth.

Serenity continued to tend to the cuts and used this opportunity make a conversation to get Bryan's mind off the cuts, "I have special permission from Boris to keep me out of training for today and tomorrow" she said, as she ran the cloth along a deeper gash.

"Why?" Bryan asked, gripping the sheets on his bed tightly.

Serenity smiled a little, "That's my problem not yours" she said.

Bryan blushed a little when he realised what she meant and blushing was strange because of all the blood he had lost but somehow a deep blush managed to sneak up to his cheeks. He cringed when something pulled against his back and he felt a heat that felt like fire where it brushed, "What was that?" he asked, shutting his eyes when antiseptic touched that same place.

"Nothing sweetie" Serenity said, she had actually pulled off a piece of pealing skin and it had to be removed to have the wound cleaned properly and she had then moved the cloth onto it to stop any more bleeding. Serenity had wrapped soft bandages around Bryan's chest and back and moved to tend to his arms. The cuts on his arms were all tended to and she managed to tend to them without hurting Bryan anymore.

She then knelt down on the floor in front of him, so that even though his head was lowered she was able to tend to a bruise that was just under Bryan's eye. She gently tended to it and tried not to press to hard against it but still get to the root of it. She finished tending to all the cuts and asked, "Does that feel better?" she asked softly.

Bryan nodded and pulled his white top on(the one he usually sleeps with), and sat back with his back against the pillow, Serenity packed away the first aid kit and put it back in the bathroom. She came back and saw that Bryan had already fallen asleep; she slowly walked over to him and knelt down near the bed before pulling the thin covers over him. She got up and went to lie on her bed to get some rest herself, she closed her eyes and tried to rest. She fell asleep in very little time since she still felt very weak and the main reason she was made to stay in bed was because Boris noticed that she seemed unwell and didn't want anything to happen to his top 'soldier' so she was made to rest and stay in her room.

Serenity woke up at half eight and noticed that Bryan was still asleep, she couldn't blame him, Boris had really hurt him and he was lucky that Luna had felt his pain and they had found him in time, otherwise he might not have survived on his own. She got out of bed and walked over to Bryan and noticed that everything seemed back to normal; he wasn't as pale as usual and his breathing was back to normal and was going at a good pace.

She concluded that he was going to be fine and decided to go have a shower before he woke up. She had a cold shower and changed into her night gown, feeling a little sick she walked back into the bedroom and sat on her bed. She wasn't sure what this sickness was and what she could have done to get it but now that she had it she was scared because she wasn't quite sure what was wrong with her.

Tala walked in a few minutes later, Serenity walked up to him and kissed him deeply until he heard him moan and then she noticed him cringe in pain. She pulled away and saw a cut on Tala's side. She gasped, "You're hurt" she stated, leading him to the bathroom, Serenity soaked a piece of cloth in cold water and placed it on the wound even though Tala kept assuring her that it was nothing, claiming he hardly felt it.

Once it stopped bleeding, Tala went to have a shower and change for dinner while Serenity went back to the bedroom. She walked over to Bryan and gently shook him awake, being very careful not to touch any of his wounds. Bryan woke up with a start and sat up quickly, ignoring the pain from the whiplashes, "Hey, relax it's only me" Serenity whispered softly, pushing him back down into bed. "You just fell asleep, are you going to be ok to come down for dinner with us?" Serenity asked gently.

Bryan nodded and sat up slowly again and he rubbed his sore neck. Serenity placed a gentle hand on his back but he pushed it away as before, Serenity looked away from him and went back to her bed. She remembered that Luna said she felt emotional pain coming from Bryan so maybe he was like Jeremy, maybe that since he didn't grow up with anyone he started to act really cold toward other people. She wasn't sure but thought that was a possible reason, she could be wrong and it wouldn't be the first time. She hated it when someone first glanced at her and thought something bad about her and they would get the wrong idea about her. They would often look at her as though she did something wrong when in actual fact she had never done anything wrong. She didn't want to judge Bryan they way so many others had judged her but she still wished to know what it was that was bothering him.

Serenity heard Tala calling her name and she opened her eyes again, "Come on, we have to go" he told her. Serenity sat up, not being sure how long she had been resting for and wasn't very sure how long she had zoned out for either.

They all walked down to dinner together but had to eat separately since Bryan sat on the other side of the dining room on his own. It's not he wanted to be alone but it was like that for so long that he never even bothered staying with someone else. He pretended to enjoy sitting alone but it doesn't mean a thing, maybe there are times that he wishes that he could eat dinner with someone but in time that never happened so he gave up on it. (A/N: This isn't always true, I love staying alone and I would do anything to get other girls at school to stay away from me during break. I would need to clear my head of all the stuff that got into my head during lessons and I need to do that alone but nobody understands that.)

After dinner all three bladers had gone back up to their room along with every other kid in the abbey who couldn't wait to get some sleep after their long day of training. All three bladers lay in their beds and Serenity fell asleep instantly and Tala slept soon after, Bryan though took very long to sleep since his injuries made it harder to find a comfortable position on the uncomfortable bed. He couldn't sleep at first, so he just stared at the moon outside and fell asleep at around eleven at night when he couldn't fight the exhaustion and blood loss any longer. No nightmares interfered with his night, it was like each night fate had something install for him. One night it is nightmares that he can't stand and the next it is an aching body of injuries. He had more peaceful dreams that night, he had heard that Serenity had plans to escape and those were the dreams he enjoyed and the dreams he once held closes to his heart but after a while lost faith but after getting to know Serenity, he thought that maybe dreams could become a reality. Maybe with a little hope they could be free and Serenity held enough hope for the whole abbey.

What were the nightmares you ask? The nightmares were the exact opposite, they were the horrible thoughts of being stuck in the abbey all his life, feeling like the prisoner he had been for the last fifteen years. Feeling what he had gone through for many more years to come, horrible memories of the past flooding his mind. But that was the past, things could change and hopefully they would change soon and for the better.

A/N: This is the longest chapter I have ever written, I would like to thank all my readers and reviewers but most of all I would like to thank my school friend, Amy, for her support of my stories and it was because of her that this chapter is up a day early, so you should all thank her, otherwise you would have had to wait till tomorrow night for it. Please tell me what you thought of this chapter and please review in length as I have written this chapter. Please tell me what you thought of the chapter, and the next chapter should be up in a couple of days. Till then please review! Bye, my friends!