I don't own Di-Gata Defenders or the Di-Gata Defender characters. I did however, come up with Aquinae, Deirdre, and the Drevac Clan.

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Chapter Ten: Moonlight Talk

Adam opens his eyes to see a beautiful clear sky with a few puffy clouds. The roof must have fallen apart or something he thought as he slowly recalled the events that took place in the castle. Adam closed his eyes and wearily placed his hand on his head. He groaned as he slowly straightened himself up and looked around. He noticed that his vision was blurry, that his head really hurt and that he felt dizzy and nauseous. He some blurry moving objects which must be the other defenders and he could almost swear that he could see some sort of bush behind them. Hmmmm… either I'm mistaken, the castle suddenly has a major weed problem, or we're no longer in the castle.

Suddenly, one of the blurs came running up to him and said "oh Adam. You're awake. How you feeling?"

"I'm feeling fine; as fit as a fiddle in fact" lied Adam.

"Really? You don't look too well. Maybe you should rest for a while longer."

"I'm fine. There's no need to worry about me."

"Really? Would you like to prove it?"

"Sure" said Adam with a nervous smile. "What sort of test should we do?"

"Let's start by telling me how many fingers I'm holding up" said the figure as he held up his right hand.

"That's easy" said Adam as he glanced at the hand, "four."

"Ummmm…. I think you need some more rest. Just to be on the safe side."

"Give me one good reason, Seth."

"How about two? One: I'm holding up two fingers, two: I'm not Seth. So you should get some more rest, okay?"

"No" growled Adam as he stood up. "I'm perfectly fine, there's nothing tooo beee worrri…" Adam placed his hand on his forehead as a splitting headache appeared and his dizziness and nausea became much worse. He felt himself lose his balance and fall but he lost consciousness before he even hit the ground.

Adam groaned as he once again opened his eyes. This time he was greeted with the sight of a starry night sky. Looking around, he was delighted that his eyesight was fine and that all of his other problems were gone. He noticed that Erik and Rion were talking amongst themselves and that Kara was kneeling down at the fire. He also noticed that both Seth and Mel were nowhere in sight and that they were indeed surrounded by brush. We are most definitely no longer at the castle, that's for sure. "Ow!"

Adam rubbed his forehead as he looked up at the person who hit him. "What did you do that for, Seth?"

"To get your attention, what else?" growled Seth. He pointed behind him where Kara, who was trying to stifle her laughter, was standing with a bowl of steaming food. "You have got to be hungry, Adam, so you better have some food."

"I'm famished" said Adam as he took the bowl from Kara. It was true; Adam had never felt so hungry before in his life. He quickly and greedily gobbled down his food and Kara volunteered to get him some more.

"It's good to see that you're finally eating again" said Seth as he handed Adam a drink.

Adam took it as he said "yeah, I don't know why I didn't before."

"Ha!" cried out Seth. "So you admit that you weren't eating."

"Ummm… yeah, you said you saw everything, right?"

"Yes, but you denied everything too."

"Oh, you're right. I did deny it. My bad."

Kara brought over another helping of food which Adam ate with gusto. He was just finishing the drink that Seth had given him when Mel snuck up behind him.

"Sooo, you're going back to healthy habits again?"

Adam turned around to face Mel and put on a big smile. "Yeah, I guess Seth told you, huh?" She nodded his head. "Sorry, I didn't want you to worry about me. I just wasn't feeling hungry for some reason but I feel so much better now. I promise."

"Hmph, we all know how much your promises are worth." She gave Adam a look that told him that she wanted to talk to him alone before turning around and disappearing into the woods.

"Well guys" said Adam as he turned to a confused Kara and a slightly angry Seth, "I've got to…ummmm… go do something in the woods." He quickly got up and sprinted after Mel.

Seth glared at Adam's disappearing back before turning to Kara and saying that they should head to bed.

Adam entered into a small clearing and saw that Mel was sitting on a log. Man, the defenders must really like woods or something. He smiled as he approached Mel until he saw that she looked a little angry.

"Adam?" her face changed from anger to concern. "What do you remember?"

"Huh? Ummm… I remember being in the castle, having an argument with both you and Seth, the statue…." He felt a pang in his heart as he recalled the image of Aquinae. He couldn't understand why the thought of her hurt him or why he started to feel sad. "I remember finding the machine acting weird and, for some reason, I walked towards it."

"The machine was indeed malfunctioning. Zad, an anteater dude that you probably don't know, threw some sort of strange cylinder in it that messed it up."

"Yeah, I think I had a glance at him when he went by me…"

Mel glared at Adam for interrupting and continued: "after you removed it, you were attacked by energy until you collapsed. The stones are destroyed and the Key is practically useless."

"Practically useless?"

"It sometimes works but mostly it doesn't. We're following one of its leads right now. Erik said that he figured you would be alright, but just in case, we did considered taking you to the nearest dojo. It's still pretty far away."

"Dojo? Oh, there's no need to go to one. I'm fine."

"Yes, I had a feeling that the dojo wouldn't have been able to help you anyway." She sighed and looked Adam in the eye. "Adam, what was the dream you had that night?"

"You mean the dream that's been scaring me for so long? I already told you..."

"No, not that one. I meant the one that made you cry."

"The one that made me cry?" Adam felt a pang in his heart that was worst than the first and he doubled over as he clutched his chest with his left hand. Tears started to form in his eyes and small flashes appeared in his head. "Aquinae was in it…" Mel frowned at the name of the strange woman. "So was Deirdre and some other woman."

The frown became even worse and Mel felt agitation build. She was about to yell at Adam until he looked up at her. His face was of pure misery and he put both of his hands on his head and started shaking it.

"No, no, no, no. I don't want to remember, I don't want to remember." He rushed to Mel and held her tight while murmuring "help me Mel. Help me forget."

"No, Adam. You have to remember. Remember and tell me. I will make everything better than."

Adam looked up at her and began: "well, I remember walking down this path and…"

Later that night…

Mel and Adam were both sitting on the log; both trying their best to be calm. Mel had comforted Adam after he had told her the whole dream with the girls. She couldn't understand why Adam felt connected to three strangers or why he cared about them so much. Sometimes she felt so….

Adam looked towards Mel and smiled at her before saying "you know what Mel?"

"What?" she growled as she turned to face him. Why am I so mad?

"The way that the moons' rays hit you and with your head positioned right in front of the moons… you look just like a moon goddess."

"Really?" said Mel as she began to smile and blush.

"Yeah, really" said Adam as he looked dreamily at Mel. "You move with a grace that only the highest of beings could ever have and your headpiece is like a crystal tiara. Your hair is like a thousand twinkling stars caught in silver threads carefully woven by the most skilled of weavers. Your skin…" he said as he placed his left hand on her right cheek "… is as soft as the finest silk and even the most beautiful of sunsets would envy how it fits you so well. Your eyes are like a deep blue sea and I find myself drowning in them. Your lips… your lips are like… like…" Adam moved closer and closer to Mel as the two looked at each other dreamily in the eyes, when….

The head of a little girl with blonde hair and violet eyes suddenly came out of Mel's face. Both let out a shriek as they jumped away from each other. The little girl, dressed all in white, looked up at Adam and said "hey Adam, I need to talk to you. Is this a bad time?"