Allen jerks up from his dream, the same one that he's been having for months: ever since he finally evoked Crown Clown's true form, the Sword of Exorcism. He props himself up quietly, not wanting to wake Link, but he does anyway. The blond looks up at him sleepily and asks, "that dream again?"

"Yeah."

"Come here, Allen." The white-haired youth scrambles down to cuddle up the inspector in charge of watching him. This has become a common thing in the privacy of Allen's room, because in Link's own opinion, Allen would never harm anyone.

"Why can't I remember anything that doesn't have to do with Mana?"

"I don't know."

Allen walks out into the garden alone that next night, because Link's in a meeting with Levierrier, and looks up at the moon, not really paying attention to where he's going. "Why are my memories centered around seeing you?" he asks the seemingly inanimate object. "Even now, why are my eyes always drawn to you?"

"Moyashi?" Allen turns around to see Kanda coming up behind him. "What are you doing out here without your stalker?"

"Howard had a meeting."

"The two of you are on first name terms now?"

"Yeah." The whitette smiles. "Better than you and me now."

"Che. Like I care."

"I know you don't." The boy looks back up at the moon, feeling sorrow for no reason welling up inside of him.

"Why do you always do that?"

"Do what?" Allen inquires, startled by the sound of his rival's voice.

"Stare up at the moon."

"I don't really know." Allen sits down underneath a cherry tree, Kanda joining him after a moment. "I just feel calmer when I look at her."

"Her?"

The younger teen giggles. "I just feel that she's a her." Kanda's face becomes solemn at what he says next. "When I was dying, when that tease put a hole in my heart, I just kept looking at her, and I felt safe. I almost want to be in a situation like that again just so I can look at her and feel safe for once… I don't feel safe anymore, Kanda. I'm scared." Right in front of the samurai exorcist's eyes, the seemingly kindest and happiest person in the Black Order breaks down, sobbing into his gloved hands. "I'm scared, Kanda!"

Not knowing what else to do, the blunette pulls the crying teen into his lap and just lets him cry.

A hand runs through his ivory hair, calming him down greatly. "Don't be scared, mi hijo. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again."

Allen looks up at the woman who looks so much like him. "Who are you?"

She smiles. "Someone who loves you very much. I'm someone who wants to keep you safe for all eternity. You used to know me, long before you met Mana."

"But I don't remember you!"

"You will. And when you do, I'll come to take you away. Now be a good boy and sleep." Allen smiles and reaches up to touch her cheek. "Hush-a-bye, don't you cry. Go to sleep my little hijo. When you wake, you shall have all the pretty little horses."

Around noon, Allen's drug out of his bed roughly by Central officials, but he doesn't care; he's too tired to care anymore. The teen's lead into the science department where a frantic Link stands with Levierrier. "What do you want?" he snarls, just wanting to go back to sleep and the blissful dream that didn't seem like a dream where he was loved.

"Walker," the man screams, "you're to be executed publically tonight!"

"On the full moon," Allen laughs. "How quaint. Is that supposed to scare me?!" The innocent sweetness falls away as he snaps at last. "Kill me now, if you dare. My life hasn't truly held meaning since Mana died. I was never meant to be a part of this world. I see that now." His head drops down. "I don't care anymore."

"Allen!" Kanda cries and slams his body into one of the men holding the whitette; Lavi gets the other.

"Traitors!"

"So," Lavi says cockily. "I'm a Bookman. Although…" He looks over at his partner in crime that's holding Allen to his chest. "I don't know why Kanda wants to help Moyashi so much."

"He cried in front of me last night," the blunette admits. "He's terrified, even if he won't show it." Wide silver eyes stare up at the savior holding him and blur with long pent up tears. "It's okay. I've got you now."

"Not for long~," a sing-songing voice calls out, one that's hauntingly familiar, and the Order members other than Allen are frozen. From a heart-shaped door, the Millennium Earl emerges beside Road and the rest of the Noahs pour out, their eyes locked on Allen's. "Hello, Allen-chan~, little hijo."

Something clicks inside of the boy at that, and he pushes away from Kanda, eyes focusing and becoming a lighter and brighter shade of silver. "Adam?"

"I'm sorry~."

"For what?" Allen giggles, sounding more childish than usual. "I don't blame you, cousin."

"Cousin?!" became the common reaction, but Adam only laughed.

"It's good to finally meet you on real face-to-face terms, Allen de la Luna~."

"The same with you, Adam Millennium, son of Taiyō." A look of realization crosses his face. "Timcampy!" he calls out, and the little golden being flies into his outstretched palm. "He was Neah's, correct?"

"Yes~."

"Then you should take him," Allen giggles. "I have Maylira."

Adam's face holds surprise. "Aunt Luna gave you your own starsprite?"

"Yeah… why?"

The Millennium Earl chuckles. "Neah and I had to catch our own."

"Oh, don't act like it was so hard, Lero." The pumpkin umbrella flies up to his shoulder with a scowl. "It only took you a few hours to catch me, Lero~."

"And you're pathetic on a good day," Devit says, leaning up against a wall. "At least Timcampy and the tease are worth something."

"The tease are nebula starsprites, right Tyki?"

The Noah of Pleasure sighs before answering the white haired boy. "Yeah, took me forever to catch the male and female and now there's too many of them. I swear they breed like rabbits."

"That's what they're supposed to do."

"Yeah, yeah."

Adam laughs loudly and takes ahold of Allen's hand. "It's time to go home. You're mother's waiting for you."

"Okay!" Allen chimes and holds out his own hand. "Kanda, Howard, come with us. My mother wants to meet you two."

"Mother?" Link inquires, now able to move.

"Yep!" The lunar albino giggles again. "Her name is Luna, and she's the Moon!"

I'll have the last part out next week… I think.