Hi everyone! Ok, so I wrote and published 2 chapters in one day! Pretty good, huh? I'll start the next one, too!

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I was haunted by two dreams—make those nightmares—and neither of them were very reassuring about my surroundings or my comrades. No, neither of these nightmares are ones that I want to remember, but unfortunately, they are both ones that will remain in my soul for the rest of my life.

First Nightmare:

I could see nothing. Everything seemed black. I put my hand in front of my face, but couldn't see it. There was no light in this room—if it was a room—and no floors or walls. I was floating in midair, but couldn't move, for fear of being dragged further into the darkness. No, I didn't want that at all. If anything, I wanted to see myself on the tatami mat beside Syaoran-kun and Sakura-san, but there seemed no way out of this ocean of darkness.

One thing that was even eerier than the darkness was that I could hear nothing. There was no sound whatsoever. There was no noise coming from my mouth, even when I opened it and screamed until I thought my lungs would burst. I was stuck in the middle of nowhere—literally, and there was no light or sound.

But there was a sound. Distant, yes, but it certainly was there. What is that sound? I asked myself. Is it…laughing? I strained my ears to hear. Yes, it definitely is laughing. I was correct. This laughter was not a light-hearted, humorous laugh, but it was one that will disturb me forever. It was maniacal, twisted, as if the person who was laughing had his heart ripped out of his chest and had it mangled and hacked, and then had it put back in his chest again. But aside from the evilness of this laugh, there was something beyond that, something that was in pain. This creature was aching all over its body, this creature was wounded from the inside out.

The monster to whom the laugh belonged to rose up from the depths of the darkness, its eyes only inches away from mine. This monster was a dragon, and it was the largest dragon I had ever seen. It was black in color (not so black that I couldn't distinguish it from the surrounding darkness), and its devilish wings were a shade of light blue. Its eyes were a ghostly shade of orange. It smiled, and I found that its teeth were as sharp as daggers.

It rose up into the darkness above me, and flew as it laughed. Its wings beat rhythmically, and its body seemed like a snake's as it slithered through the air. It was a majestic creature, probably one of the most beautiful I had ever seen. But there was a scary tale behind it, one that I would have to find out later. The dragon glided through the black and was in front of me again.

You, the dragon declared. You are the one I have been expecting. It circled me once, examining every square inch of my body. I still couldn't speak. You are a daughter of the dark, are you not?

I finally managed to spit out a question. Who are you?! My voice reflected more strength than what I really felt.

I am the guardian of the darkness. I am one's worst nightmare. The dragon breathed. I have been waiting for you, and I know who you are. I am the world's destruction, the end of all living creatures. The dragon laughed again. But most importantly, I am your Kudan. I wanted to scream, but my voice was zero again. I couldn't move at all, and watched in horror as the dragon disappeared within my heart.

I jumped up with a start. My breathing was rough, but luckily it calmed down when I found out that it was only a nightmare. Syaoran awoke only seconds after I did, and seemed to have had a dream, too, although possibly not as disturbing as mine. We both lay down on our mats, and Syaoran quickly fell back asleep. When I finally did as well, I was encountered by the second nightmare of the evening.

Second Nightmare

It was dark out. I stood in the middle of a rather gloomy-looking courtyard. The buildings were old and made of brick, and the paint was peeling. I didn't like the atmosphere of this place at all. Up in one of the towers, I could hear the faint sound of babies crying. Many people screamed, and I could hear vicious words such as, "They're twins! We have to kill them!" It made me shiver slightly.

I watched as my surroundings changed, and the sun slowly began to peek up over the horizon. It was as if someone had hit the fast-forward button on the TV remote. Time sped up, and then slowed down just as the sun could be seen over the hilltops. The sky was an orangey sort of color, and the suddenly, just like that, the place was a whole lot nicer. When everything was moving at a normal pace again, I could see a man being rushed out of the building. The men who held him rushed by me, without even noticing my presence. As they passed, I could see that the man's face was pale, fright forever etched upon his face. He was dead.

Time sped up again, until it was almost noon. I heard the babies cry again, and watched as a young woman climbed to the roof of the tower. She blocked the sun completely. She wailed, as though she was very upset. I could tell that she was still recovering from her birth to the babies she had had earlier. She was the mother. I watched in terror as she hurled herself off the roof of the tower, and screamed when she hit the floor with a splat. I approached her slowly, and looked down. Her body was twisted in impossible ways, nearly every one of her limbs broken. A pool of blood began to form on the floor. She was dead.

A maid hurried out of the tower, and shrieked when she saw the dead, bloody woman. She dashed back into the tower, and when she emerged again, at least twenty people followed her. They gathered around the dead woman, without even noticing me.

Time sped up yet again, but this time, it did not just cover the time span of a few hours, but time flew by in years. It was going at a dizzying pace, and finally, it stopped moving. Several years had gone by. Two twins were shoved unkindly out of the tower by strong men, and following them was a king. I followed the group as they shoved the boys to another tower, travelling through the forest. The boys fought back, kicking and biting, but the men got the better of them, and locked one at the base of the tower, and the other at the top. The one at the bottom called up, "Fai!" The boy at the top called down, "Yuuy!"

My heart skipped a beat. Was it possible that the boy at the top was Fai? He sure did have the same cerulean eyes. The king shouted, "You will be locked in that tower forever, without your magic, for this tower neutralizes any abilities."

Time flew by. The townsfolk threw bodies at the base of the tower, and Yuuy, the boy at the base of the tower, tried to use these to climb up to Fai, but he never succeeded. The king became insane, and murdered everyone in the country, except for the twins. I watched as the king killed himself in front of Yuuy, and Yuuy screamed.

Time was gone like that, and years flew by. A man came from another dimension and introduced himself as Fei Wang Reed. He offered to free one of them, and chose to free Yuuy. Fai struggled as Fei Wang Reed lifted him onto the roof of the tower, throwing Fai to his death.

I froze. Fai? But Fai's alive!How can that be? I asked myself.

Time passed, and I still followed Fei Wang and Yuuy. Fei Wang messed up Yuuy's memory, and somehow made Yuuy believe that he was the one who told Fei Wang Reed to free him. Fei Wang used Yuuy's guilt to make him his servant. "Yuuy," He had said, "When you are freed from the valley, you will have to go on a journey, protecting a princess. You will find to feathers, and when you find them, you should put one in your dead brother's body to keep it from rotting, and the other you must give to the princess."

Time whiled away, and I watched as a king, King Ashura, came to take Yuuy with him. I jumped dimensions in order to follow them. When King Ashura asked for Yuuy's name, Yuuy said, "Fai." I stopped. Fai? It was impossible. So, he lied to me. He lied to all of us. I kept on following them even though my heart felt betrayed.

"Fai…" The king thought. "I will name you Fai Flowright. No, better. Fai D. Flowright."

As time passed, Fai D. Flowright found two feathers, and used one to create a person with cat's ears, Chii. I was terribly upset. Why would he betray Sakura by using her feather for his needs?

In that moment, he looked at me, and I knew that he saw me. The way his eyes widened, as if he knew who I was. They seemed to say, Izumi? I didn't move. He was looking right at me. Suddenly, I found myself standing right in front of him. He was about my age now, but he was still a whole head taller than me. Neither Chii nor Ashura saw me. When they looked in my direction, it was as though they saw right through me, literally.

Fai said, "You're here, and you know." He looked straight into my eyes, and held my hands in his. "Help me, Izumi."

I had seen enough.

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