No matter how hard she tried, Flora couldn't run away. She fell to the ground, unable to get up. A shadow had been chasing her and it now was forming into what looked like a male figure. She could not make out his face, the only thing she could make out was his dark blue eyes.
"What do you want?" Flora yelled at the man.
"Join me Flora. Together we can rule the realms. Become my queen."
"NEVER!" Flora then stood up and threw a power ball at the figure. He changed back into a shadow and went off before saying one last thing.
"You will be mine, my sweet flower."
Then all the shadows came together and engulf Flora in complete darkness. She screamed as loud as she could.
Flora woke up screaming. She looked around and saw that she was in her room. Once again, it was only a nightmare. This one was even worse then the other night. She was actually shaking. She looked at her clock, it was three in the morning. Flora got out of bed and headed out of the girls wing and into the boys. She found Helia's room and quietly walked in. She gave the room a quick look around. She saw the walls were hunter green and his art stuff were in one corner, like he said. Flora looked at the bed and saw that Helia's bed was brown color and he was fast asleep.
"Helia, Helia wake up." Flora whispered while she shook him a little.
"Flor…Flora is that you?" Helia rubbed his eyes as he woke up.
"Yeah its me. I had another nightmare."
Helia instantly woke up. "Another one? Alright, why don't you tell me about it?" He gestured her to sit next to him on his bed. He noticed that she was actually shaking.
"Well in this one, I was being chased by shadows. I fell and couldn't get up. A shadow then turned in a male figure. I couldn't make out his face except that he had dark blue eyes. He asked me to come with him, but I said no. The shadows then came together and engulfed me in them. That's when I woke up."
It was Helia's worse fear. His hunches about his cousin were correct and he was coming after Flora, HIS Flora. He looked at her and saw the worry in her eyes. He couldn't have anything happen to her. "I think I know what's going on. But we can discuss that tomorrow. Right now, I think you should get some sleep. I want you to sleep with me tonight. Is that ok?"
Flora nodded.
The two laid in his bed and then Flora fell asleep on his chest. But Helia couldn't sleep. He just stared up at the ceiling. All he could think about was his cousin.
It had been almost five years since he last saw Orion. He was Saladin's son but the only thing he had in common with his father was his magical skills. Saladin saw that his son had great power but it worried him greatly. Orion was rash and enjoyed fighting. Saladin could see the evil forming within his son. Eventually Orion mastered his magical skills and turned against his father. He wanted more, he wanted to be a king. Orion learned dark magic and took the title Prince of Darkness. Saladin took action before his son could do any damage. Banishing him to a realm where he would stay for eternity.
Even though Saladin banished him, Helia knew that Orion would one day try to escape. But not in a millions years did Helia think that Orion would come after his girlfriend.
Eventually Helia fell asleep, keeping a protective arm around Flora. Helia woke up to the smell of coffee. He got up and saw a cup of coffee and a bagel on his nightstand. He then saw Flora leaning on the rail of his balcony. Getting out of bed and grabbing the coffee he walked towards Flora.
"Good morning." Helia then gave Flora a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for the coffee and bagel."
"No problem honey. It's my way of saying thank you."
"Thanks for what?"
"For comforting me last night and the night before. They are just simple nightmares. I should know better."
"Actually Flora I don't think they are simple nightmares at all."
"What do you mean?"
Helia sighed, he was hoping not to tell anyone of his cousin ever again. "I think that these nightmares that you are having are being caused by someone of great evil. He is known as the Prince of Darkness. He is known to give people great nightmares. From what you described to me, I think it is him."
"How do you know it's this Prince of Darkness?"
"Because he came into my dreams once." Flora didn't say anything. Letting Helia continue. "I was only fifteen at the time but every time I would go to bed I would be haunted by great nightmares. I couldn't sleep for days, until my uncle explained to me that the Prince of Darkness was causing the nightmares. Luckily, my uncle banished the Prince to another realm, making the nightmares go away."
"But why would he do that to you?"
"He was only doing it to practice his powers. At that time he was only sixteen and newly mastering his dark magic. I was only his test dummy."
Flora looked at Helia seeing that he was very pale. This memory was taking a lot out of him. "But now I am sure that he has truly mastered his powers. Which worries me on why would he want to do it to you."