Hello everyone who's reading this. Sorry for not posting much and that the last chapter was really short. I've just been having a bit of trouble with my writing and plus I haven't been to school much so that worries me, but I will try to keep up with my stories and possibly write them out whenever I have free time. Again sorry for not posting for a long time and thank you for being patient.
I DON'T own NiGHTS, Reala, Jackle, Owl, Will, Elliot, or any other nightmarens. I DO own Starlight.
Now let's continue. On with the show!
Our little green nightmaren sits comfortably in a tree by the dream gate hidden by the branches and leaves though she can see the dream gate and the plaza with the fountain. It is just another ordinary day for her so far. Playing with the nightopians and the young Visitors, having a small tea party with said Visitors and nightopians, and right now relaxing at the Dream Gate.
The Dream Gate. The gateway to the Waking world. The Waking world... Starlight has read quite a few books from and about the Visitor's world, and from what the Visitors have told her about their world and how some parts of nightopia are not that much different from their own world. That the Night Dimension can not exist without the Waking world or the dreams and nightmares of the Visitors that help create this wonderful and scary place.
The Waking World... The name bounces around in Starlight's mind. NiGHTS has gone there a few times, playing his invisible flute, and Owl as well getting things from the Visitor's world that can't be found in Nightopia. But Starlight has never actually gone there herself. NiGHTS has told her he will take her there one of these nights, but has never actually gotten around to it or is busy looking after the Visitors. Owl says she shouldn't go because the Waking World can be dangerous if she's not careful. Still the green maren wants to go see what this world is like.
Then the maren thinks why doesn't she. A mischievous smile appears on her lips. She tugs one of the branches aside to get a better view of the plaza. A certain old owl is not anywhere to be seen nor a certain purple nightmaren. She flys out of the tree and flys to the dream gates. She looks over her shoulder to make sure no one is there. When she sees there is no one, she opens the gate and flys along the short path that leads to the other world. As a few of the books I read "It's better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission." The green maren thinks as she disappears into the other world.
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In Nightmare
"Reeeaaaallllllaaaa..." Said red and black maren grumbles and turns slightly, eyeing his annoying and slightly older comrade, "What is it now, Jackle?"
"You haven't see any third-level nightmaren carrying ideya come back from nightopia, have you?" The orange invisible madmaren grins insanely.
"No, and why do you ask?" Jackle cocks his head and puts his gloved finger to where his chin would be.
"Well a little while ago I told some third-level marens to take the ideya they just stole to the ideya vault. It's been quite a while now, so I'm wondering if thy name shall not be spoken, got them." Jackle ponders.
Reala shrugs, "It's possible he does usually stop those pea-brains and send them back here." The red and black maren narrows his eyes at just talking about him and gets lost in his mind of ways of how to destroy him.
"That's just it." Jackle breaks Reala out of his train of thought. "I haven't seen them since I left them and told them to take the ideya to the ideya vault and if you know who did take the ideya back he would have send the third-levels back as well." That is definitely strange being NiGHTS always sends the marens back by parlooping them, besides that even if NiGHTS didn't catch them they can't go very far while carrying ideya, it is a know fact.
Reala thinks this over and over. There is no way third-levels can carry ideya for very long without being caught by NiGHTS or stopping. "Where was it you said you left them?"
Jackle and Reala look all over where Jackle said he last saw them and wind up to a door, slightly opened, that leads to the Dream Gates, following a trail. Reala is confused being usually the doors are closed so weak nightmaren can't go through freely and stop them from scaring the Visitors. "Reala, take a look at this." Reala is pulled out of his thoughts again and flys over to Jackle, who is right next to the Dream Gate. Following the madmaren shocked eyes, Reala sees the trail they are following lead past the Dream Gate that are now unlock. Reala can't believe this. Not only is the Dream Gate, the pathway to the Waking World and the Visitor's world which nightmarens and nightopians can make their way into is open, but the trail they are following, which will lead them to the third-levels with the ideya, leads right past the gate.
What in the Night Dimension is wrong with that purple traitor and old coot bird?! Those two always close the gate when they go through and the doors automatically open and close themselves when a Visitor comes through. It doesn't make any sense!
After a long silence Jackle speaks, "Shall we continue following the trail?" He looks up at the red and black maren with a serious and slightly confused look. "Yes, we shall."
Reala leads the way being he did once go to the Waking World,(If you don't know it happened in a one of the secret endings in NiGHTS: Journey of Dream) with Jackle close behind.
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NiGHTS has just gotten back to the dream gates. The Visitor he has just played with had to go back to his world early for soccer practice. It reminds NiGHTS of Will and Elliot. How the child's eyes glimmered with excitement of just talking about it, just like how Will and Elliot talked about their dreams of being pros. NiGHTS hasn't seen either of them since defeating Wizeman. He wonders how they are doing and misses them a bit. But then again he misses all the Visitors when their gone, but he knows he won't see either of them being they solved their problems and won't come back for a long time or shortly forget about him like an ordinary dream.
NiGHTS sighs happily at the good times and is about to play his flute, when he notices a small trail of red sparkled dust going across the plaza. He doesn't like this one bit as he follows the trail with his cat-like eyes that lead from a door to nightopia to the Dream Gates. His eyes widen when his sees it leads to and past the Dream Gate. 'This is bad. This is beyond bad.'
The red dust is obviously Reala's and with closer inspection the purple clothed being sees tracts of third-level nightmaren and something else, but NiGHTS doesn't pay much attention to it because knowing that not only did third-level marens get through to the Visitor's world but also the nightmare general, Reala, made it through. NiGHTS knows he has to stop them from whatever they are planning and send them back to Nightmare. NiGHTS quickly opens and closes the gate behind him. No sense in letting anymore of them get past here. And with that thought, flys off at a brake neck pace.
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Starlight's eyes shine not only with excitement pumping through her blood and making her heart feel like it's trying to escape from her chest but the city lights from neon signs to street lamps to honking big metal machines of different shapes, sizes, and colors make her cat-like pupils shine. Tall, huge buildings reaching to the dark endless night sky, stretches out as far as she can see. Everything looks wonderful in Starlight's lime green eyes. How she compares her own size to the huge grey blocks, how the light from tall black thin street lamps and metal machines, which she remembers are called cars in a book, shimmer on the dark waters below making it look like there is life in the small river with different sizes of boats floating on by the water. Not to mention all the Visitors and grown up humans that can't go to the Night Dimension anymore are cluttering the streets moving to and fro to get to their destination. It is fascinating to the green clothed girl how Visitors and much older Visitors can make such an incredible place. She can see what the Visitors meant by Nightopia looking a bit like their world.
A lime green figure streaks with gold streaking behind flys across the dark midnight sky with few stars out. Starlight has guess from remembering NiGHTS' tales that this beautiful area is Bellbridge. It definitely lives up to its pretty name. She is far from the clocktower of Bellbridge which holds the portal from the Night Dimension to the Waking World. But she doesn't care.
She just flys high out of human sight but low enough to see all the fascinating things her eyes can see. As much as she knows NiGHTS and Owl are still at the Dream Gate or in Nightopia looking after the Visitors. Plus if any Visitor or adult grown up Visitors see her they will just think she is a shooting star or a bird of some kind.
There are so many huge buildings that are all so bright and unique. One huge building caught her eye. It is shape rather oddly. It is shape a bit like a cone or a piece of cake, from the point to where it ends in a roundish shape. At the top of the round part there is a huge flat thing that is very colorful and has numbers written on it. There are humans waving things that look like giant hands or something of the sort and shouting things that are hard to understand from where she hovers. Below the humans that shout are even more humans on a huge grass covered field with parts that miss grass, such as a smaller cone shape with a diamond shape.
Starlight flys a little closer to hear what they are saying, but can't make out what with them shouting over each other. She is still outside the building. Then she hears the words strike from the green field, not understanding a single bit what is going on down there. There is a huge wack sound and the humans roar out below. Suddenly Starlight sees a bright sparkle coming fast and then everything goes black.
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Reala has looked almost everywhere for those stupid weak marens and there is no sign of them. Jackle and Reala split up to cover more ground. He swore he'd rip their limps off for making him come to the Waking World. He doesn't see what is so great about this idiotic world. Those unintelligent humans are practically making a mess of their own world with all this choking black smoke. So far nothing but buildings and no signs of those foolish nightmaren.
Suddenly Reala feels the presence of a strong ideya, maybe more. He turns and sees something big and green falling out of the sky and feels the strong ideya in the same direction. What are those idiots thinking!? If they're seen by any humans Master Wizeman will not only have their heads but mine as well! Reala thinks as he quickly flys to the green being and catches it before any human can see.
The maren general sighs in relief and glares down at the fallen maren but his glare turns into a shocked gaze as he sees it is not one of the weakling maren with ideya he is looking for but the lime green maren he knows as Starlight.
She is definitely unconscious and sporting a large nasty bruise on her forehead. Looking at her face, Reala notices Starlight has long thick black eyelashes and aside from the bruise on her forehead she still looks beautiful, the moonlight definitely shows that.
Reala feels his own face get warm again and shakes his head not believing he is blushing again looking at her. Darn it! I seriously can not be blushing just by looking at her! Reala thinks to himself furiously. He looks down at her again. Honestly she is prettier then the other female nightmaren but this is ridiculous. Starlight's face is paler in the moonlight but she still looks beautiful. From her soft cheeks to her black long eyelashes and finally to her soft small lips that- 'What the Nightmare am I thinking?!' Reala can't believe himself. She is the freaking enemy! She helps NiGHTS protect the Visitors and Nightopia! She's pretty but not that pretty to make me think- Reala doesn't even want to finish that thought and glares at himself for thinking this way.
Before he can think anything else he hears a familiar voice shout his name. He calms himself before looking over his shoulder so NiGHTS can't see him blushing. There NiGHTS is, face red hot with anger and a death glare sent in Reala's direction. NiGHTS sees that Starlight is unconscious but can't see the bruise.
"Hey Reala I found those nightmaren." Jackle chimes as he flys close to NiGHTS and Reala with said maren right behind him right before he feels the tense atmosphere and sees an angry NiGHTS and an unconscious Starlight being held by a surprised Reala.
"Give her back." NiGHTS demands in a low threatening voice.
Reala looks down at Starlight and floats over to NiGHTS. NiGHTS can now see the huge bruise on her forehead but he just looks back at Reala with a killer's glare. Reala is unaffected by it but holds the green girl out to NiGHTS. Personally Reala doesn't want her around much longer or else his face might get red again with NiGHTS and Jackle to see. NiGHTS is puzzled by this but takes Starlight's limp form and flys off to the clocktower.
Jackle is also confused that Reala didn't say no and just take her with them but decides not to question it. After NiGHTS had left, Jackle and Reala take the third-level weaklings home and make sure they won't tell anyone about tonight.