Okay! I'm back with more! This part of the story is coming to an end, and here is chapter 17!

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Chapter 17: Restless is our hearts

A thin mist layed over the valley. The sun was about to disappear behind the snow covered moutains, and the wild horses were hiding in their secret places in the woods. A lonely wolf lifted his eyes to the moon and howled, called for company. It stood still, as the sounds of a horse came closer. The wolf walked slowly down from the hill, to take a look. In front of it, stood one of the wild horses. But something was different with it. A young girl sat on its back. She wore a black uniform, and fingerless gloves. A small gun could be seen in her belt, and her hair flew out behind her as a cloak.

She stood still and looked up at one of the windows in the Castle. And then, the full moon disappeared behind thick clouds. The girl opened her moth, and called out a name. She repeated the name several times, untill the window was opened. A young man stuck out his head, and looked out at the snow covered landscape. But since he couldn't see her, he closed the window shut, and walked away from it.

This time, the girl waited for nearly five minuites, before she called at him again. He didn't open his window, but she could see his silhuette through the curtains. He hesitated, and then, something weird happened. From what she could see through the curtains, it looked like he was about to faint! He held around his stomach, and sat down at something in the room, so she could only see his head and shoulders.

She stood still, lost in thoughts. She hadn't thought that he would injured! Then, she noticed the wolf.

"Tala?" she whispered. The wolf looked up at her, and then, ran in the opposite direction as fast as it could.

"Just run little wolf. You wont get in time to warn your master." With that she turned towards the window again. The man inside couldn't be seen anymore, but she would wait. He would come...

Ray sat up in his bed, his back leaning against his pillow. The lamp over his bed made orange lights dance on the wall. He was reading the book Max gave him, it was actually wery fascinating.

Kai had finally fell asleep. They had chosed that they should share room now, since Kai was injured. In nearly ten minuites, he had been talking about something he had heard outside the window. But as mutch Ray tried to ashure him that it only was an animal, he didn't calm down. And Ray knew why. For the first time in many years, Kai was scared. Something was wrong, they all knew that now, since Kai could feel it so well. Right before he had fallen asleep, he'd said something that really made Ray nervous:

"Something's coming...its getting closer..."

Ray shook his head. He didn't understand this! And that scared him...

He turned the page, and looked down at the yellowish sheets. He had found what he was looking for! A copy of the family tree was copied to the book, and above the tree stood the well known writing:

Credo ad imo pectore ad infinitum

Iquietum est cor nostrum

Under the strange words, it was written in english, the translation:

I will believe from my heart to the wery end

Restless is our hearts

Ray frowned. He hadn't expected something like that! To be honest, it didn't make mutch sense to him. Hm... He closed the book and turned off the light. He layed still in a long time, only looking at the old book on his bedside table. The moon light shined on it, and made the gold letters on the front page shimmer. That was weird! When he looked up at the cealing, he could see a blue light! Like when waves reflected on the underside of a boat! And it looked like the light came from the book. But that was impossible! The Hiwatari family controlled fire, not water! Or, was the book trying to warn him? Wait! Why did he think that? It didn't make any sense!

But he leaned forward, and tutched the shimmering book. It felt weird, not like before! He sat up in his bed and kept the book in eyesight. A cold breeze made the sheets in the book flap from the one side to the other, but after a while, it stopped. Ray looked at the page. It showed a picture of...Kai? Ray looked up at the sleeping Kai, and then back at the book. Yes, it was Kai! But he looked so different. The boy at the picture had long, shiny, black hair, bound up in a pony tail that hang down his back. His skin was mutch darker, like he had been out in the sun for a wery long time, and the tatooes on his cheeks was white! But his eyes was the same, that was the way Ray had recognized him.

'Restless is our hearts' stood written on the picture, and Ray saw that it was Kai's own handwriting. Beside the picture stood a headline: Phoenix. Ray leaned closer to se in the dark. He started to read, and after a while, his eyes was wide and he couldn't believe what he had just read! It couldn't be true! It just couldn't be...

He looked over at Kai's bed. Hm...Restless is our hearts? Phoenix...

Something was different. The dark around him, changed. It was no longer warm, and comfortable, but cold and mutch more frightening. Kai tried to listen, but everything was too quiet! He started to walk, and after a while, he came out of a tunnel! In front of him, he could see a dark forest. The sow covered the landscape in a white carpet, and the sky above him, was grey. Nearly the ony thing he could see, was trees. There was no hills, no living creatures there besides him, nothing...only trees and snow. A howl echoed in the wind, and a wolf ran past him. He could hear the familiar sounds of a horse, and the secound later, it came out from the thick trees. A girl sat on its back. She was wearing a black Biovolt uniform. Kai recognized it at once!

'Come...' she whispered, and leaded the white horse between the trees, away from him.

"Wait! What is going on? Is this a dream?..." She turned her head slowly towards him. 'Yes, it is...'

Kai nodded, and followed the horse. They walked in something that felt like hours, but the landscape didn't change at all. Kai felt weird, like he couldn't think clearly! He tried to remember where the others was, but after a while, he couldn't even remember how they looked like! After some minuites, they were deleted from his memory. He couldn't feel anything, couldn't remember anything. The only thing that was clear, was the girl and the horse in front of him...

Ray had no idea why he woke up. Everything was quiet, and he wasn't thirsty, so...why? He tried to sleep again, but it was impossible! He sat up, and swung his legs out of the bed. He looked over at his alarm clock. It showed 01:23. He sighed, and raised up. Since he had nothing better to do, he walked over to the door, planning to get something to eat. But then, he noticed something that made him froze to the spot. He had just turned around to check upon Kai, when he noticed that his bed was empty!...

But, Kai was injured! He couldn't walk for long, before he fainted! Ray ran out the door, and looked down both sides of the hallway. Nothing could be seen, only darkness...

He ran into Tyson's room, grabbed his shoulders, and shook him awake! "Tyson! Tyson wake up! Wake up you PIG!"

"What?..." Tyson answered, his voice really tired. "Is the house burning?"

"No!"

"Then why the heck are you waking me up?"

"Kai's gone..."

"WHAT!?" He jumped up from the bed. "WHY didn't you wake me up before now?"

"Can't you guys shut up? I'm trying to sleep!" Max stood in the doorway, a grumpy look upon his face. "And by way tyson, you're snorring like a PIG!"

"Max! Kai's gone! He's not in his bed..."

"Oh...no... You dont think?!-"

"I dont know, but something's wrong..."

Suddenly, they could hear a howl from outside Tyson's window. Max lookd out, and saw a huge, grey wolf, whitch stood and looked up at them. Then, it turned around, and disappeared between the trees. "Where did it run?" Ray whispered. Max swallowed. "What do you mean?"

"It wants us to follow..." Tyson reacted at once. "But, you cant know that! What if Kai's still in the castle?"

"Trust me, he isn't. He's out there somewhere, and he's not alone..." They hesistated, wondering what to do next.

"But, how did he get out?"

'I'm sorry, but I cant let you follow him.' They whirled around. He stood in front of them, smiling. He looked different now! His eyes was black, like an animal's.

'That could ruin everything...' But before he got the chance to do anything, a loud bang was heard from the door. He disappeared, like smoke! Ray opened his eyes again, to see a familiar person in front of him, a gun in his hand...

Hm, what happened here? Well, now you know what 'Inquetum est cor nostrum' means! And NO, He is not gone...yet. But who shot him? Surprise! Please Review!