Another quick update!
I hope you like this chapter as it reviles who still lays dormant in our Princess's mind, who she unlocks.
Will she ever find the Moonflower in time in Haven Forest?
Does it still exist in this time period?

Hope you enjoy this installment! :)
It isn't easy to come up with this stuff, and try to remember everything I had planned after about a year of not updating with writers block and school in the way!
Anyways, I hope its good enough c:

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Chapter 14

-*Zoey's P.O.V*-

The Marauder's Gem. A sword from our future. My sword. I couldn't concentrate as I drove. I almost caused too many accidents but it was better than walking. Who knows who I would run into if I walked. 'What did the Baron possibly think he could do with it? What was his real purpose with it all? Why was the sword here? How do so many people know of its existence ' Those questions and many more would not leave me alone. I found myself to pull out the delicate sword, to take a closer look at its beauty. The delicate craftsmanship on it was amazing. The intricate, tiny letters, leaving a textured feeling around the larger print that swirled the handle. The gems that seemed to activate when ever I touched it was new. That never happened before. But wait, not all are active with a color of light indicating its awakening. 'The Light Eco is as dull as ever...' I thought to myself.

I found myself in one of the city's Gardens. I was surrounded by lush trees, bushes and grass. The greenery that surrounded the Gardens was greener than anything natural conditions can offer. Although surrounded by walls, trees managed to grow both below on the ground and above on the water pipes. Crops of different kinds, sizes and colors were row by row. Their great size made one think if they could eat such a large food source. But in the end, you had to realize how little there was to offer. After all, the Baron supplied the food to us and limited many things. I parked my Zoomer off to the side and walked down the narrow dirt path that was not as busy with people as Haven's other streets. I felt a sprinkle of water touch me. I had noticed earlier that the night sky, that now turned to twilight had no clouds. I turned around to see one of the giant sprinkler system had got me with some cool and refreshing water. Before Jak and Daxter came to Haven, the city's water supply was shut off. The only remaining areas with water were the South and North Gardens.

I wondered how my daughter was as I made my way to the West Bazaar. I met a Yakow that had managed to trot out of its pen. It nudged my hand softly with its big damp pale nose. I looked over to see the massive herbivore before me looking sad for some reason. I stroked its soft yellow mug and guided it back into its pen. The long brown mane on its throat was soft, probably matching in softness on its back where the rest of the fur was. When it neared the entrance, the animal resisted to go any further. I sighed and grabbed some lush and nice looking grass from the earth. I held it up in front of the Yakow to guide it in and it seemed to work no problem.

I watched as it munched away happily at the grass from my hand. I stroked its mane and sighed deeply while I thought. I had to get moving, so I made my way out of the pen and noticed something glowing by the pen exit. I made my way over to the glowing bits and found out it was green glowing blobs of Eco. 'Green Eco..?' I thought to myself puzzled. 'What on earth is it doing here...it doesn't seem to fit in just placed right here.' I paused my thoughts before continuing, 'Well it wouldn't hurt to take some.' There were a number of blobs in the pen. I made my way around the pen and grabbed some of them and put them into my pouch. the blob slowly got bigger from all the tiny blobs. When I thought I had enough, I made my way out of the pen and my comm. unit popped out of my other pouch with Quinn on this time. "Hey, why did you not report to us of anything?" he asked softly. I had almost completely forgot about reporting back to the Confiscates as I hopped on a Zoomer. "Oh, yeah sorry," I began rather sheepishly, "They did have illegal Eco shipments on there and you wont believe who was on that ship snooping around."

"Who?" Quinn asked eagerly. I did not want to blurt out that the blonde and his companion were there so I decided I would leave them nameless. "It looked like a member of the Underground." I stated as I took off in the smaller Zoomer, through the Southern Gardens and into the Western Bazaar.I hooked sharp corners of what would seem every direction, but I had memorized the city's lay out and made my way past the amazing aroma of foods and other herbs, as well as items, that were for trade. I made my way across the Palace and into the Eastern Bazaar. After exiting the Bazaar I made my way home, only to find that my front door was open. I panicked.

I quickly parked the Zoomer by my house and dismounted from it as fast as I could. I raced over to the front door only to find my crocadog laying on his side, covered with blood. "Graffiti!" I shouted out to him. I felt my voice become hoarse and weak with heartbreak. I raised him from the ally way back home in my old world. I loved that dog, he couldn't die now. He just couldn't!

I ran up to my dog and looked at him as he was on his side, almost like he was sleeping. He could barely lift his head, but recognized my voice. He began to weakly wag his tail and whimper. "It's okay boy," I whispered as I put my hand on his bloody fur, "It's okay." He had deep gouge wounds that littered his body. 'How many times does this dog need to get into trouble like this?' I don't know how many times my dog got injured on his own, but the older he got, the harder it was for him to heal. I ended up relying on Eco more and more. I ran my hand across his blood stained fur. Once soft, now matted with crusty blood. The wounds he had were not of that of an animal. They looked like...

"Praxis!" I growled, "You bastard!" Tears welled in my eyes as I began to shrink into myself. "You will pay for this you bastard. I swear!" I found myself screaming those words to my ceiling. I began to mutter to myself in agony and confusion. My dog did nothing to deserve this. Why was he shot up? He never left the house often and was more kind when it came to his species. He wasn't nasty to other people. He was a good dog. I almost lost myself in my thoughts when I remembered that I had grabbed some Green Eco from the Gardens. I reached into my pouch and grabbed some bits of Eco. I held it over his wounds and rubbed it on like a cream. The wounds were slow to heal in the beginning, but because of his size he healed fast. I looked up to see stains of blood littering my walls around us and the floor beneath our feet. "Too bad Eco can't fix that up..." I breathed heavily as I began to rise up. I headed over to my daughter's room when I noticed she wasn't in there. "Roxy?" I called confused. I kept calling her name in the small house only slowly becoming overwhelmed in panic again. 'No!' I thought with dread as my gut sank. I almost sank to my knees when I heard some Krimzon Guards make their way to my house.

I grabbed my dog and hid in a secret room below my house. Their heavy boots crashed against the wood of my floor. "Where is she?" One of them asked. I heard another deeper voice of one of the guards pipe up, "She's bound to be in here somewhere. Keep looking."

"If anything is true after you are born," began the twisted and raspy voice of Bianca, "it is that one day you have to die." Her cackle filled my head, I tried to block them out. Not let her win. If she won, they would hear me scream and I would be dead.I would still have a chance of dying if she tried to kill me. I kept my eyes locked on to the floor above me and watched as the boots of the guards covered the light between the cracks of the wood with their feet. And then suddenly...everything went black. I felt completely blind, and was backing up slowly as I hugged my dog in my arms. I ended up gently backing up into a wall and staying there with a terrified expression engraved on my face.

~*In Zoey's mind*~

Bianca was not letting up, she was winning me over with fear slowly as she poisoned my mind. "When one falls, why cry? You can't bring the dead back to life." She paused, and the room around me became smaller and smaller. I could see again. The dog in my arms that I had just healed was being contorted into some gruesome beast beyond description with bloody teeth and many eyes. It looked like it wanted my head as it finished the transformation and began to growl with a demented tone to it.

"There are those who are afraid of the dark," I heard her words engulf the inside of my mind, "not just because its dark, but because of whats inside the darkness." Her evil laughter bounced off of the walls in the room that was closing in with my dog, that was now turned into a killer beast. "Are you ready to die today girl?" she cooed. I saw my dog get ready for the kill. I couldn't and wouldn't harm him. I braced myself for the impact, but it never came. I was too scared to open my eyes. Something was fighting it off. Something inside me I had somehow called upon.

I heard Bianca become panicked,"What are you doing girl?!" The sound of her voice made my skin crawl. It sounded as if every part of her body was being ripped apart. Piece by piece. Limb by limb. "You fool! I am the one in control here..." Her voice had faded completely by this point. I opened my eyes slowly and saw that I was in a room encased in white. It was empty. "What is this place..." I breathed softly as I took a step forward in amazement to the room.

'Do not worry, child,' another voice spoke softly. 'I have you. You are safe for now.' This voice was a heavy contrast to Bianca's voice. This voice was soothing and warm.

'W-who are you?' I dared to ask myself in my thoughts, though I knew I would not get a reply.

'I am you. You have found me once more.' It said again in a voice soft like a gentle breeze.

'What do you mean?' I felt more comfortable questioning now the unknown voice as my body became less tense.

'I am Princess Alina...' the voice trailed softly in my thoughts. I felt something, it was as if a hand had somehow held my face gently at that moment, 'But you may know me as 'Angel'.'

My heart stopped. "Angel..."I breathed, "..is..that really you?" I questioned quietly out loud.

'Yes, it is,' I heard a smile with her soft words soon become grim, 'You must wake up. I can not always protect you from the Nightmare Pixie. She knows of my existence once more, and I fear I wont be able to stop her next time. You must wake up Princess Alise. You must. For the sake of the world.'

'But how do I get rid of her...' I felt my gut sink once more to a pit of hopeless fear.

'Not all is lost...' trailed Alina, 'You must seek the help of Onin. You will find her tent in the East Bazaar. You must find the Moonflower. Time is short.'

I nodded to my lighter half. I then remembered something and spoke my mind,"if I have a dark half, would she not have a name as well?" My voice was shy compaired the powerful presence within my body. There was a pause before Alina spoke, "Yes. Her birth name is Kerrin. She chose to go under another alias, that being 'Kitten', instead to keep her identity a secret, as I did, until we figured you were ready. Though by enemies she is known as Darklintess."

And with that the room around me began to fade to grey and eventually black...I was alone in my mind, but something urged my eyes open.

My eyes shot open for real this time as I looked around the room to see it was normal again. Graffiti was sitting on my foot looking up at me concerned. I looked above myself to listen for the guards but they had left over time. I grabbed my dog and made my way out of the secret room carefully to see that we were alone. I rushed out the door with my dog wanting to follow me. I wanted to take him incase he got hurt again, but I knew it was not safe to leave him and to take him. Instead I stopped by the power station and asked Vin to take care of him. I explained I needed to go on a mission but could not leave him alone as he was injured by the guard last time I left him at my house.

"I would be glad to take him Zoey," Vin began, and yes I told him my real name. "But a-are you sure you want to leave him here? I-I mean what if the Baron finds me harboring an animal!?" Vin began to panic. I rested a small hand on his shoulder, "Yes I am sure, and come on Vin, you know how to protect yourself and the crocadog with technology if anything bad happens." I smiled to him softly. "Yeah, you're right." he said softly as I left, "Good luck Zoey! A-and be careful!"

I smiled at his concern, he was a good friend and a good help to the Underground. No one on either side knew we were friends. We planed to keep it that way to, to avoid trouble from all three ends.

By the time I made my way to the East Bazaar, I had to dismount my Zoomer. "Well looks like I gotta walk now. Great." I sighed.

The walk to the tent would have been impossible had it not been for a digital map I had in my pouch, but never used. "I wonder why I have never seen this section of the East Bazaar...I thought I had this entire place mapped out..." I questioned myself out loud as I made my way eventually to the Aqua dot on the map, hopefully representing Onin's tent.

When I neared it, it looked something like a voodoo hut with a skull like pattern on the entrance of the top of the tent. 'Onin's Hut!' I exclaimed in my mind. It had been ages since I had seen that hut. When I entered it, I saw Onin sitting in her usual spot, but didn't see Pecker anywhere. I slowly walked in, feeling almost uneasy. I finally broke the silence with, "Hello, Onin." I saw her look up at me, and smile at the sound of my voice. 'So she does recognize me, even though she is blind.'

I found myself smiling as well, "I need your help, it deals with a very special flower..."

"It is about time you got here child!" Shouted a familiar voice. I turned around to see Pecker on the ground behind me. "Where have you been!?" he demanded.

"Well hello too you too, Pecker." I stated flatly with a smile. I saw his eyes light up as he knew I had recognized him and he didn't have to bend and twist my mind this time. He flew over to Onin and translated her greetings before getting serious with me.

So we learned a bit about the princess's light and dark side. Graffiti is okay, and now we will learn about this mysteriously rare flower once more! And this time, it will be in our grasp!

Stay tuned for chapter 15! :)

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