Chapter 2 – The Warning

"How can you be alive?"asked Jess. "You died six months ago."

"I know Jess, but you saved me by killing the Dark Master with the sword I gave you, don't you remember?" said Leslie.

"So it was all real?" asked Jess.

His answer was immediately answered when he saw that he was holding the sword from his dream. He stood up and held the sword firmly in his hands to make sure he wasn't still asleep.

"Jess, you're not dreaming, its real, I'm back, you destroyed the Dark Master and saved me from your mind." said Leslie. "If you still think you're asleep I could always pinch you!"

She pinched Jess on his arm. Jess, then suddenly felt an incredible pain in his arm. He dropped the sword from the pain and looked at his arm. The mark of the wound the Dark Master had given him was still there. That was proof enough for Jess that he wasn't dreaming. Tears of joy filled Jess's eyes. He finally had Leslie back and he pulled Leslie into a hug.

"I'm so glad you're back Leslie, you have no idea what I went threw, I even thought about killing myself." said Jess. Then tears started pouring down his face and onto Leslie's shirt. Leslie returned the hug and gave him a small kiss on his cheek

"I know Jess, in case you forgot I was stuck inside your head!" she said with a small giggle.

"But I still don't understand how you got inside my mind and how did the Dark Master get in there too" said Jess facing Leslie.

"Well, it all started that day when you were going on the field trip with Miss Edmunds, you know the one that I didn't get invited to go to" said Leslie with a look of disappointment in her eyes.

"I'm sorry I didn't invite you Leslie" said Jess.

"It's OK Jess, I'll forgive since you saved my life" she said and she gave Jess a small smile.

"As I was saying, during that day, the Dark Master came up to me in Terabithia and he said that he will kill you and Miss Edmunds if I didn't do what he wanted me to do. He told me that he was so powerful that he can trow spells from Terabithia all the way to you. So I surrendered. He cut the rope to make it look like i died and he just said a magical incantation. Something flew out of him and it hit me right in the middle of my chest. Then I fell backwards unconscious. The next thing I remember was waking up in total darkness. The only light was on me. The Dark Master came up to me and he said that I am now inside your mind and the only way out was for you to kill him. So I tried showing up in your dreams and tried to tell you, well you finally listened and you saved me. He also told me that the only way for you to kill him was if you kept your mind wide open before you go to sleep. And that's what you did Jess, you kept your mind wide open and you defeated him and saved me!" she said with a grin on her face.

"So in order for dreams to come true, you have to control your dreams by keeping your mind wide open?" asked Jess with a confused look on his face.

"Yup" said Leslie

Jess, who suddenly felt very tired, fell to the ground trying to look up at Leslie. He saw Leslie getting down on her knees and holding him tight and she was saying something, something he somehow couldn't hear. It was probably because he was too tired. He shortly went to sleep.

While Jess was asleep, Leslie felt relieved that it was nothing else. She sat normally and put Jess's head on her lap and she stroked his head. After a few moments of silence, Jess started mumbling words in his sleep.

"Leslie……love……" mumbled jess

Leslie blushed, but she somehow already knew that Jess loved her, besides she was in his mind for six months. Suddenly Jess mumbled something else that really shocked her.

"Help……Dark……followers……Terabithia……Save" he said in a weak voice.

Then he suddenly woke up. At first Jess thought he was asleep in the tree house on a pillow then he saw Leslie's feet and looked up to find Leslie face with her eyes wide open and her face slightly pink. Jess blushed and pulled away from her as fast as he could.

"I, uum, heard what you said" she said and she blushed even harder.

Jess looked at her with a face as red as a tomato and he just stood there not knowing what to do.

"uumm, well what did you hear?" said Jess even though he already knew the answer.

"Don't worry Jess, I already know everything about you, during the six months I spent in your mind I got to find out everything about, what you like, what you don't like, what your scared of, even your…………personal emotions" said Leslie.

"Well, uumm, I ……" said Jess.

"Don't worry Jess, because I love you too and yes, I would love to be your girlfriend." said Leslie as she blushed redder then Jess.

"How did you know I wanted to ask you?" said Jess

"Well I didn't just know I even saw how you were planning on asking me and I have to admit that is very romantic of you to ask me under the stars of Terabithia while Terabithian fire flies were twirling around us" said Leslie smiling and blushing at the same time.

Jess who was so red looked like he was going to blow up. Without realizing, he just leaned forward and gave Leslie a kiss on her lips. She then returned the kiss. They were both holding each other very tightly and forgot completely where they were and what they were doing; all they knew was that they were going to be together forever.

Leslie broke away from Jess to breath and when she caught her breath she continued talking.

"Jess, you also said something else while you were asleep, you said something about the Dark Master and Terabithia."

Jess remembered that part of his dreamed and a look of fear came on his face.

"Leslie, Terabithia is still not freed from the Dark Master, yes he is dead but his followers A.K.A his evil creatures are still out there. There are about the amount of an army and we must destroy them before they revive the Dark Master." said Jess with a panicked voice.

"Who told you all this, Jess?" asked Leslie with a curious look on her face.

"I don't know who he was. All I saw was a white light talking to me with a loud and very manly voice.He just kept on asking me questions."

"What did he ask you?"

"Well, first he said "Who do you want to protect the most in Terabithia?" and I said "Leslie". Then he said "What are your feelings towards her" and I said "I love her". After that, he said "If that is the case and if you really want to protect her, I have a mission for you" and then I said "What kind of mission". He then told it's a mission to destroy all of the Dark Master's followers before they revive him. He also told me that the only help that i will have is the one of yours, Leslie, and the Terabithian warriors.

"In that case we must hurry to find out where the Dark Followers are hiding and destroy them all." said Leslie

She had a very courageous and determined look on her face. She picked up the sword and gave it to Jess. Then she gave him a smile which gave Jess a very warm feeling which also caused him to blush. Jess imagined a sheath for his sword and one appeared right next to him he tied it around his waist and put the sword inside it.

Leslie gave Jess a big smile and she said in a very courageous way. "Time to hunt the Dark!"