Dreams of the past
Star slept uneasily after her talk with Night. And when she finally fell asleep, her dreams provided more questions than answers!
"Star Hikawa, what do you think you're doing you silly child?" asked a woman's voice. It seemed so familiar, yet Tras couldn't remember who the woman was!
"How's my little girl doing today?" asked someone else who seemed familiar to Tras.
"Creating mischief again. We're lucky she hasn't gained her powers yet…" said the woman.
"Don't say that, you'll jinx our luck avoiding the Niri clan!" the man replied in a hushed voice.
"Relax dear, they'll never find us. That's why we changed our name, remember? What are the odds that they'll find us after all these years?"
"True. And you're right, we are lucky that her powers haven't kicked in yet. But if they do before she's ready, we'll be prepared." The man held up a strange necklace.
"Where did you find it dear?! Is that…?"
"Yes, it's the Lunar Star of Darkness. I bought it by accident at an auction last week. So long as the power doesn't reactivate, we'll be safe."
Tras rolled over and the dream changed drastically.
CRASH!
"Star! Where are you Star?!" cried the woman from earlier.
"What's happening?" cried the man.
"Didn't you get the notice? I came to steal back the Lunar Star of Darkness. Now hand it over," said a voice that was all too familiar to Tras. It was Dark; but why was he in her dream?
"Shit! It's a Niri! Take Star and run, Miyuki!" cried the man.
"Wait a minute, you're a HIKAWA! I thought we got rid of you pests years ago!" said Dark, annoyed.
"I'll hold him back, you run as far away with Star as you can! Just go!!!" cried the man.
"I won't leave you Kisuke!" cried Miyuki.
"We can't let them get Star! She's our last hope, now go!" shouted Kisuke.
A light came from the room where Dark was and a scream was heard. Miyuki breaks into tears. Then the child feels something stir inside her. Just then, Dark enters the room, bloody.
"No…Kisuke!"
"You might as well give up. Who's hiding behind you?!" growled Dark, his voice full of hate and malice.
"You stay away from her you fiend!"
The child begins to whimper in fear. Miyuki tried to calm her down, but it was no use since she was terrified as well. Tras finally got to see the child's face and it nearly snapped her out of the dream! The child that Miyuki was protecting was…her! Only her desire to know the truth kept Tras from waking.
"Your husband is dead and you will soon join him. Maybe if you're lucky I'll spare the girl…" laughed Dark coldly. But Tras realized something important about 'Dark'.
The man who murdered Kisuke and was poised to kill Miyuki wasn't Dark. He looked identical to the Thief, but it wasn't. He was colder and more sinister than Dark was. Which meant that he wasn't there to simply to take the necklace; he was there to finish what the Niri clan started. The final destruction of the Hikawa clan.
It wasn't until she heard Miyuki whisper to her younger self that she snapped back to the dream.
"Forgive me, my daughter. You'll understand why I'm doing this when you're older. Goodbye, Star…" said her mother before she said something Tras didn't understand.
"What are you…?! STOP!" roared the false 'Dark'.
The girl glowed and the necklace around her vanished. Her mother stood up defiantly to the intruder.
"Now you Niri will never defile the Lunar Star again!"
The false 'Dark' was enraged. He then killed Miyuki with ease. He then turned to the child.
"Consider yourself lucky, brat. If I kill you, I lose the Lunar Star. So I'll raise you myself until I can find a way to get the necklace out of you…" snarled the evil 'Dark'.
Tras woke up, she had seen enough. Now she knew why her 'father' was angry. And why Night was worried about her. She couldn't let the Niri clan get the necklace from her; if they did, then her mother would have died for nothing!
"Mother, Father…" said Tras quietly, before she started to cry for her dead parents.