A/N: Hey guys remember when I announced all my characters in chapter 10? I totally forgot that I have a deviant art page with their pictures (Not entirely current since they're taken once they had their advancement) just check up Battlestar31, oh and if you happen to scroll to my other... adventure time stuff please either read or ignore it, it's not my best work but it's my first!

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And lastly I'm so freaking sorry I didn't publish earlier I'm really troubled okay? Don't worry it'll be fine soon I need to finish it ;n; so difficult

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Nightmare Rising...

General POV

It had been years since this curse lurked across Elrios, just how long did this demon last, entering our dreams having them become nightmares and no ordinary one at that. They became real, they took their tragic past and had it seen from by a nearby person, they witnessed the hardship, the blood, the fear. The only name they came up for it, darkness...

Darkness consumed it all, nobody was safe everyone left quaking for long periods of time. The village's defenses became poor enough to attack with little effort, the kingdom became surrounded. Any living thing was left in shock scared by anothers past and their own. But this is different, targets. It had seven targets.

The strong weren't afraid, but they never became certain again...

Aisha's POV- Dreamscape

We fell asleep and out cold for a long time. I haven't had a nightmare since my time home with other magicians.

My dreams are filled with goals, my nightmares are of my past. The difficult challenges I had to face to become that magician, all to lose it. But now it isn't my own. I am looking at a red headed boy running around attacking tall strands of grass near a house. Next to him is a girl much taller and smiling.

"Look sis I did it! I cut it clean!" The boy yelled exstatically. "I'm getting better does this mean I can go on with you now?! I want to protect Elrios too!"

The girl laughed and ruffled his hair. "That's great, but not yet little sport, it takes more than cutting a blade of grass with a wooden sword to be an Elrios Knight. Come on let's go, mom doesn't need you to starve to death." He jumped back up and grabbed her hand causing her to giggle.

"Where am I? If I am not me then who am I? I can't see myself, am I dead?"

They continued to enter and I uh, viewed it oddly enough though it felt, familiar. "Come here little scamp!" the girl yelled as the boy still unnamed ran out. Just who are these people?

"Els get back here this moment!" ELS?! As in MY Els?! The most annoying but dreamy boy I've ever meet?! No way can this little kind boy be the serious yet playful Els I've come to known and love.

"Yes sister." He smiled holding onto her hand again, "Where is mom anyways?"

"At the kitchen come on!" (Blah blah blah how many times must I hear about this, do I look like I care about accuracy or romance. This is to create... dramatic emotional stuff to the team, why? You'll see.) She dragged him to the kitchen where a smiling woman with fiery red hair looked to her children.

She gave a little wave with a twirl of her fingers and called out them by name holding two gigantic plates, one bigger than the other, knowing Els he probably had the bigger one. Oddly enough, I'm wrong. "Okay Elsa (Bonus points for me! I found out her name.) ,Els your father is still putting up a good fight protecting Elrios. Let's hope he can come home for dinner."

Elsa nodded but Els didn't, I've never seen this side of him. He's never the only one to not understand, "But he's never home, for six months." Wow, that's painful. Sure I don't really have a family more like, an adopted one. They're the high council not family but they are very nice yet serious. Oh now I'm rambling.

"Els..." His sister, Elsa said quietly holding him from behind the chair. "Els you need to be strong for dad."

"How can I be strong? You don't even let me visit you at the training."

"About that, I have been detached to a squadron. I'm leaving tomorrow morning." Els' eyes went wide. How old is he? This must be tough. "Bro your nearly 9 and your birthday is coming up soon. I may be 16 (Guessing), but each squadron can recommend one person to be one of the future fighters out here in the world. So, I persuaded my squadron to recommend you."

"But by that time, where will you be?" He said, nearly 9, so he's 8? How much stress can he have and not crack under pressure. "Velder, Hamel, even another country." He started to cry. "What will mom do then when I have to leave?"

She only smiled. "Els please, I'll be fine. You need not worry about me. I'm perfectly fine already." They live in a secluded part of the forest with their own miniature village with roughly four, five houses. I've seen some kids Els' age. They must be part of his squad he had before us. "Now, please excuse me, I'm going to talk with my sister okay?" She walked out the front door.

Moments later Els finished eating with Elsa. "Thanks mom," He said quietly. Els picked up his wooden sword, "Elsa I'm going back outside."

She smiled happily, this family, I wish I had one, they're kind and always smiling. "Hold on fire ball." She picked up her metalic sword. "Take it, my battalion is going to be given new uniforms and a brand new weapon upon our strengths and weaknesses."

He gaped, "Really?! Thanks sis!" He hugged her and immediately ran outside. "Mega Slash!" He yelled, his first special attack? Impressive age 8 and he's already gotten it. Then again I had mine earlier.

Well let's see now, oh wait the view changed to early morning! Sweet no need for that replay.

I saw Elsa move around the house with a uniform similar to what Els wears now. She's writing on a piece of parchment (Anyone notice it's always a parchment which you could say paper but I picture parchment as a worn out burned piece of old paper. Think of it like a skill note they're not exactly the best kind of paper are they?) let's see it says...

Hey Els, I'm leaving now... I'm gonna miss you and mom, maybe I'll meet dad, I'll tell him you said hi and hope he's okay. Well, I may never see you again if you don't move faster or anything. I hope you do, I really wish I could stay, but like dad I may hardly return. I love you and wish I could stay here with you and mom. But we have a job to do here and it's either protect Elrios or help the village.

Goodbye little bro! Please tell mom I love her, don't cry, I already am and I don't want me leaving to cause you trouble so please smile. Your sister is gonna be fine, so smile, 'cause everything is gonna be okay!

-Your sister Elsa

She left not a moment later, her bags were prepared the previous night, infact her squad is already there outside. "Ready Elsa?" asked someone who was another female most likely either captain or friend. She nodded.

"I'll miss my brother."

"Heh, you recommended him he'll find you, eventually." She nodded in return.

After about two hours their mother woke up. She went to Elsa's room, oddly she hadn't cried nor felt happy rather, forlorn. As if a piece of her heart was sealed or missing. "Dear dear Elsa, I'm only one person away from being alone," A tear had shed, "My little birds are leaving it's nest, my husband, oh if only they knew..."

That scared me, knew?! Knew what?! "Mom?" Els walked up to the handle to find a note on the desk he read it and began to cry. "MOM! MOM!" He cried as he ran to his mother clutching her white dress. "Mom! Elsa, she, she left!"

"She's going to save us one day Els. You'll see she'll still be here in your heart." Els cried and cried not a soul in the house felt this sad since their father's 'depart'... (From this point on it's 3rd person kay? it's difficult to keep the whole in a dream-memory theme with first person perspective.)

In truth their father had departed, but not from battle, from life. His final mission was in secret that only his squad and the man who sent the order, their general, detached them to secretly escort the very King and Queen of Hamel along with the heir, Chung Seiker. For a while it seemed like success, they managed to escape the inner castle to the more outer heavily guarded ones, unfortunately the demons had overtaken majority of the guards including Ara Haan's parents having them murdered by the cold clutches of the devious, Ren Haan.

"But Els, I shouldn't hide the truth from you for too long, your dad... he's not coming home, I got a letter from my friend yesterday."

His eyes went wide. "D...Dad?"

She teared, this is certainly going to hurt him now than ever, but the longer it's held out the more pain to be brought in. "He's gone, for good. Your father was sent to stop a demon invasion and paid the ultimate price, he's gone my boy up somewhere in the sky watching over us."

He ran outside, his mother hid a secret a day too long that his sister can no longer know for her own disappearance, Elsa has gone off somewhere she may be gone for good, and his dad is gone. The only one he can trust is himself, his training, and the blade what may be the last memory of Elsa.

Eve's POV- Dream scape

No... stop... just stop...

Please stop... Why can't I stop from watching? Why... Oh Raven why did you hold this from me?

It's his lifestory... a depressing one...

Raven's Age: 9

"I'll protect this world, no price is needed, I'll protect the kingdom and everyone here." He thought to himself. "Vanessa! Hey Vanessa!" He called the young bluenette.

"Hey Raven." She smiled practicing herself. "I see your training too! Awesome! Mom and dad are out on the gates again yours?"

"... I... I don't know."

"What do you mean silly?" She laughed.

"I mean I don't know Vanessa, Mom said she'll be working with dad, that was three months ago."

"THEN WHO TAKES CARE OF YOU?!" Vanessa cried.

He pointed to a young family nearby, "They're close friends of my mom, their daughter, Seris is nice to be around." He shrugged before sitting down. "Hey Vanessa? When do you think my mom and dad will return? My mom promised something back and dad agreed to train me himself, but... they're gone."

She walked up to the older boy and patter his back, "Don't be so gloomy! Your like my big brother you can come out to my parents too if you want! Ours are like best friends! But... mom doesn't really want me to be with you, something about a bad influence. But dad likes you a lot! He said you could be like a BF! My best friend I think."

Raven's Age: 11

He let out a groan, "Mom and Dad... do you love me still, we're those words just a way to abandon me? Make me 'stronger' by pain?" He said clutching onto a photo of a man with black hair having a huge grin on his face, an identical one but much shorter next to him jumping by his left foot fists in the air and a mother with golden brown hair and a small smile that looked the most impressive despite the faintness.

"Don't say that," A soft voice called, it's Seris his currently technical sister I think. After two and a half years his birthday just passed, he's still a 'orphan' and unclaimed by any family though Seris's family love her and so do Vanessa's. "They love you for sure!"

"Oh? Does love mean leaving your child out for themselves no support at all? Maybe they should have made me an orphan when I was born."

"Come on Raven you shouldn't be like that! They love you they're your parents, they've supported you and let a good family take care of you too!"

A tear rolled down his eyes. "Then there is only one thing left, they're gone."

"No they said they'll be back right?"

I shook my head, "No... no that's not it." My little young Raven shook his head too continuing... he couldn't mean! "They're not here... on Elrios, if they are that caring, they'd have sent a letter, a notice, even a valuable item or a piece of clothing something... They could love me, enough to know is better than not at all." He cried more, "They're gone and I know it."

That Seris girl... I can see why he had a hard time to adjust to me, my my she has a kind heart. She moved closer a logical move, then patted his back. Perhaps I should... no, if I act like her, he'd feel even worse. "Raven? I think... okay I don't know anymore, but you're really sad right now, and when you get sad I get sad."

"Why?" He asked looking at his purely human hands, he looked... more in pain without Exfire (It's been a while if you remembered I named his arm Exfire than your awesome!) than he did with it. "You did nothing wrong."

"Raven? If you need someone to be there for you," She put her hand on his left shoulder. "I'm here." Suddenly Raven stood up almost knocking over the 10 year old Seris (Again assuming ages.) "Raven?"

"Thanks Seris, but I don't think you'd be the best person to talk to right now, I think I'll talk to someone I know a little longer." She nodded a little hurt in her eyes but still felt what he said true.

Raven stepped out of the door and walked to a house slightly larger, if it weren't for my data I'd never know any better. So he took the short distance near the market to a house the color beige, a plain color. But inside was a 10 year-old girl, Vanessa.

"R-Raven?!" The girl said shocked, she hugged the ironically raven hair colored boy by the same name. "Oh my how are you?!"

"F-fine, just, I'm still worried."

Vanessa pulled back, "Mom and dad again huh?" The frail girl bounced down. "You know... mom finally agreed to letting you stay here if you want!"

"It's fine Vanessa I just felt I should talk to my best friend I've known you know?" The bluenette nodded. "I, I mean it's just Seris is kind and sweet, but she's just... not you. I need someone I've known my way not a connection from my parents after they've left me." The bluenette mimicked Seris but Raven felt much calmer.

"I could help you look, I'm stronger a lot stronger! I feel like I can become a general!" Raven laughed.

"You know Vanessa, I think I'll be a Mercenary, one of the Crow Mercenary."

"EH!? But aren't they like always on the go?! I'll never see you again!"

"Don't worry I'm only gonna do it if my mom and dad don't return, Mercenaries are hired to do jobs and I'd never attack Velder or Hamel the kingdoms of the land... I'll work to become a great mercenary, then I can go on my own search for them... I'll find them, dead or alive just to know."

How can he think so melancholic thoughts he's 11!

Raven's Age: 13

"Mornin," Seris said calmly with a rasp voice.

"Seris please stop, you should rest your voice after yesterdays Harmony Festival Concert." Raven insisted.

"But I won!"

"And winners should rest," A voice boomed, "Morning Raven, Seris. Say Raven, any word from Carolyn and Jacob (Made up since 1, the only other human in his life is Alex, Seris, and the King of Velder where he is, oh and these are his parents made up name, don't be all dumb asking who's the mom and dad sheesh.)" He shook his head.

"Not yet, I think I'll take a walk, maybe visit Vanessa..." He said quietly. Seris joined him after eating some breakfast they went to the slightly smaller house. He gave a subtle knock, "Vanessa? Are you up?"

"H-hey Raven!" The startled Bluenette cried. "C-come in, come in!" The duo walked in, her face fell upon seeing Seris, however it held a faint smile. "Mornin' Seris." She glared, though Seris returned a smile without looking.

They sat down for a good 10 minutes waiting for something till Raven gave up on the silence. "Oi, let's go outside." They agreed and sat outside, Seris on a chair, Vanessa on the patio, and Raven on dirt not minding at all he closed his eyes.

Vanessa glared the girl next to her, "Stay away from Raven." (If you just figured out, your a bit dense, if not then can you tell why this and Els' is um... dramatic? I don't know exactly but it's certainly not happy, if you noticed pretty much everyone's past is melancholic.)

"Eh? Then where would he sleep? I gave his parents my word to keep him at my house when they're away." She said confused.

"Oh it's obvious! I like him your just a friend he meet, I've known him for 8 years, you've meet him for half that time! I deserve to be his girlfriend, I used to be naive but I know for certain I love him."

"EH?! I-I don't have feelings for him like that! I, I just um... he's a good friend, more like a brother than anything!"

"Right a brother, the way you look at him, the way he sees you, the glimmer in your eyes, the concern for each other it makes me sick and jealous. You don't deserve him!"

"Is that so?"

"YEAH!" She turned to see a hurt Raven.

"Geez, I thought you we're my best friend, my best friend who supported me. I guess I was wrong about that." Raven began to walk away with a broken heart.

"R-raven wait!" She cried back tears falling across her rosy cheeks from anger at herself, Seris, and embarassment. "I'm sorry!"

"For what? The words you said or being caught?" Venom dripping from his voice. "I thought I could live with my best friend support even if that meant not having my parents, I've thought about it for the past couple years... that I could live not having parents if I had support, apparently I don't." Regret filled his empty heart, he trusted her for the past years and all for a jealous girl that didn't care. "I mean why wouldn't I love my best friend I've known for eight years? Oh I know when she turns on the girl that's just taking care of me for the equal amount of time.

"Seris? I'll be back for lunch, I need to... clear my mind for a bit." Clear his mind, Raven always told me he means train by that...

Raven's Age: 20

"Seris!" He cried to his friend. "Are you okay?" He asked full of concern. "Seris?"

"I'm fine Raven! I'm 19 I'm not that little girl you lived with. You're a mercenary now. You have people your looking for."

"About that, Seris. I, I know this seems strange. But, after these 11 years. I've grown close to you and, I have to ask you something, before I go fight."

Startled she shook and stood her ground. "Y-yes Raven?"

"I, I'm not one for the romantic types but, I love you." He whispered causing her to blush. "I felt it a while ago, but I clung to my best friend."

"Vanessa? Did you make up with her?"

"I did, last year, she's still upset about what she did and said it's fine if I don't have feelings for her anymore. But now, I know it's you that is who I belong to, you and nobody else."

"Raven, I, I don't know what to say." Seris smiled though, "Promise to be safe? 'Kay, BOYFRIEND." She giggled, "That might take time to get used to but okay Raven, I admit I did kind of love you... but I thought you know brother sister kind."

They laughed and Seris tried to get up but fell. "Let me walk you in." He helped his new boyfriend future nearly wedded.

Raven's Age: 23

"How could you?" A devious voice crackled. "I thought you could have been my best ally in a while. Once again my good nature has been a lie hasn't it Alex."

The man snickered, he had turned in a friend for power. "You say it's good to sacrifice isn't it? A war isn't won without some form of casualty on both sides."

"I have, but backstabbing isn't in any way, shape, or form a reasonable one." Raven... dear Raven how did this happen? You've just proposed a year ago... "There is always someone if not a group against you Alex, this time it's gone too far."

A day passed. "Oi, Raven time to die." Alex smirked, "Good riddance to you." But just as he exclaimed that the walls broke apart.

"Raven!" A voice cried, "Don't you dare lay a finger on him!" It's Seris. "Raven are you okay?" Ironic, the same words. "Come on let's get out of here!" With a twirl of her spear she broke the chains on his hands and grabbed them running to the Resistance's Base located on the outskirts of the city.

Almost there, the team fell short, a scream, one down of five, another, the second, another, the third, a final scream, "SERIS!" Raven cried for his lovely fiancee. From looking back he was caught...

One by one they we're executed in the room he attempted to escape from. The exucation began with the three Resistance members, followed by Seris.

"Seris..." He looked so sad... like he could die then and there.

"I love you..." Her final words before becoming silenced by the command of Alex.

"You've had your fun Raven, unfortunately the King thinks you've become a threat a-" Before he could finish Raven was captured by the enemy nasods. Frightened nobody tried to stop them, they'll finish the work.

But they didn't, they caused pain and death of hundreds of the people he once had allies, enemies, and then neutral. But his rage. Betrayal... Death... Revenge... Agony... Despair... Anger... The spark killed people, the innocent the weak, until it fell. What held his rage was a GNX chip, it normally stops Nasods from turning against themselves the flaw of humans, however it became a weapon... a weapon by the name of Raven with Exfire.

Rena's POV- Chung's Agony (Yep this chapter is all female POV, male's pain.)

(A/N IMPORTANT: Okay how ironic is this? My highest level, is Chung, level 44, but... he's got the shortest POV and stories? Because his story is vague! He's lost his father to a demon, I made his cousin Ara Haan and I hardly add her because she's not very well known to America so she slips my mind. So I'm sorry about all the repetitive things but I can't think of any? If you love Chung, Rena, Ara, or ChungXRena please )

"DAD!" A boy yelled, no wait... that's... CHUNG?! "Dad! Get away from him demon!" He pulled out what looked like Destroyer. "I said get away!" He blasted the demonic beast but it didn't budge.

He was suddenly grabbed by the back. "Sssh! Young Prince, I've managed to take Destroyer from your father. Please, I must keep you safe for a-"

"Look out!" Chung cried, he's about 13 now so this happened recently... but he's happy now with us. I think.

Just as the man who saved him turned an arrow flaring with black fire hit him, directly at the heart. It pierced him, but blood didn't escape the gap between wound and arrow. "Chung, Run..." He fainted from the blow... only one creature I know can do that.

It's her... the dark elves leader... But I couldn't get a decent look since Chung ran.

Hours passed he left Hamel, Velder, Bethma, Elder all the way to Ruben.

A twig snapped as he walked. He tensed and turned. Eyes wide, filled with fear, the creature that followed him wasn't ordinary, it's huge, a giant, a behemoth a beast unlike no other, Bertha... Chung's eyes grew wider, red, anger, hatred like during... awakening!

He slammed Destroyer on the ground. Armour encased him and what replaced the bloodshot eyes we're golden mechanical ones. "No more... No more running, no more hiding, NO MORE!" He cried pulling the cannon out. "I'm done with you demons! DETONATION!"

The beast flew fairly far, but not enough to be knocked out of consciousness nor town. But far enough to lose sense of direction.

Chung panted, harder, harder, his breath heavy just then we came in, Me, Els, Aisha, and Raven before we saw him was Eve, or as she entitled herself, "Another Code"...

Hey guys and girls first off thanks for reading my story so far and I love you all for that! Second I know, my appearances on Fanfiction seem to diminish, but are they? In fact no, they aren't. Truth is I've actually been bouncing between documents! (For you anons without a clue, thats what these chapters are before publishing) I have 8, this, 2 maplestory (one being developed), 1 Cardfight Vanguard, 1 Adventure Time (Don't look for it, it's in the making), Maximum Ride, Vocaloid, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX... clearly I am not well with school either.

I have a project I need to finish up and I'm sorry that this seemed like a filler, but it's not. Trust me this is an important event for the 3rd part of this mini-chapter set. First: The girls seeing the boys troubled past, Second: The boys seeing the girls troubled past, and the Third: That's a secret!

Anyways this has been the 12th chapter of my Elsword story and, I hope you've enjoyed it so far.