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Flame froze when she heard a groan. And then, she stood so fast, her chair fell to the floor with a loud crash.

"Night!" she exclaimed, excitedly. "Nightmare, are you awake?"

Nightmare groaned again, but nodded slightly.

"Can you open your eyes?" Flame asked, very hopeful at her boyfriend´s awakening.

She was answered by the sight of one pair of emerald orbs.

"Nightmare!" she exclaimed, throwing herself to him, forgetting for a moment that he had just awoken from a coma, and was in an hospital bed, and blushing a very deep shade of red when she heard his groin of pain. "Oh, I´m so sorry, I didn´t think! I- sorry! Did I hurt you?"

She forced herself to step away from him. She looked at him, analyzing him, and was pained to see his lively eyes where half-dull again.

"What- where i-is C-c-charles?" her boyfriend asked in a weak, concerned voice.

Flame nearly smiled. Typical Nightmare, she thought, caring and selfish.

"He is fine," she said instead. She sat down in his bed. "Truthfully, we´ve been more worried about you."

Nightmare gave her a half-smirk. "Why?"

Flame didn´t have the time to answer. In a blink of an eye, Nightmare was agonizing in his sick, his eyes rolling on his sockets while convulsing.

Flame fell in shock. She was totally frozen. A second away he had been fine!

"Help!" she called finally, once her boyfriend started her when he started yelling in pain.

She hadn´t even finished calling when Frosty got past the door. She called a ball of water, and slowly pressed it into Nightmare´s skin, the water not even entering his skin.

She sighted when he stopped convulsing. "He will be fine," she said, her dreamy voice still there, even thought her face was serious, even grave.

Flame sighted sadly, holding Nightmare´s hand softly. "Another after-effect from his block?"

Frosty didn´t answer, but she didn't have to. Everyone knew these days where going to be difficult for Nightmare. Really, they were going to be hard for everyone.

The boy opened his eyes, but was blinded by the brilliant sun. He closed them again quickly. He tried again, more slowly. Then, he waited a moment for his eyes to adjust, and left them open.

"Hey," the red-haired girl smiled.

Hey" he said, trying to smile, but something about it seemed strained. What was what felt so bad? Why was he feeling so... empty? He frowned slightly, but the girl noticed.

"What´s wrong?" she asked, worried.

"I feel weird," he admitted reluctantly.

She shifted nervously. "What do you thing it's causing you to feel like that?" she asked him.

"I don´t know," he told her, distracted. He had been trying to make the wind go wilder, without results. He groaned, frustrated.

"Okay, Flay," he said, using the nickname everyone called her when they were younger. "What´s happening to me?"

Flame looked at him, surprised.

"What do you mean?"

He groaned. "This!" he said, lifting his hand towards the candle at his side. The flame stayed as it was. "Why doesn´t it work? Something is wrong with me, can´t you see?"

Flame looked at him. "Night," she said, answering with his kid-nickname. "Voldemort blocked your powers, okay? That's why. But nothing is wrong with you! You are still you. We don´t care!"

Nightmare´s eyes widened. He didn´t have his elements? Oh, god, he thought. No wonder why I feel so naked, so empty! I´ve never had been me without the elements. It was them what helped me to get over my family!

What was he supposed to do now?

And more importantly, he thought, as he turned in the bed, to face the white wall; how was he supposed to help Charles, his friends, the world, if he was this helpless?

"So, then, I announce myself as the new leader of the group known by the Midnights!" Shade said, over some shouts of surprise, some of victory, and some of horror.

Those shouts of horror where coming from the Lightnings. They were no doubt thinking about how he dared doing that, when their leader was incapacitated.

Nightmare stared at the door. He had been about to go in, and surprise them all, when he had heard them all. He was standing with the help of a walking stick. And it fell to the floor with a crash. He didn´t paid mind to it.

Something terrible settled on his head, and he knew immediately the reason it burned roughly into his heart. He was feeling pure pain. He had been hurt – and betrayed.

He barely saw the door open, and his friends feeling out of the room. He did feel thought, when Wind placed a hand on his shoulder - Wind, his sister. Blade, Tornado, Rock and Echo – they were his brothers. Flame – dear Flame, his love. They all understood his feelings. Light, Eagle and moon all looked at him from the room, and he nodded, at them, letting them know, he was okay if they wanted to stay. He couldn´t ask them all to leave with him – no, it was asking too much.

"We will stay with you, Night," Wind said, as if reading his mind, and his group nodded. "We don't care if you have powers or not. You are our friend. You united us in the first place. You gave us a home when no-one else did. It's the least we can do for you."

Nightmare looked at her, and smiled gratefully at all of them. "Thanks."

"Don´t mention it, mate." Echo said.

"So, do you have any idea of where to go now?" Blade asked, with one eyebrow lifted.

"I may have an idea." He said, as he walked towards his room. They needed refuge, and where to stay, but the house of the ones who had always treated him best? "But we need to get there now."

"Of course, Night." Rock said.

Nightmare turned to them once more. "Oh, and I suppose, since we are quitting, I mean – you can call me Harry."

They all turned to look at him in surprise. He had never liked his name being said.

"Listen, it's just, I'm trying to see this as a new beginning, and to where we are going... let's just say, may given name will get mentioned many times. I trust all of you."

They all smiled sadly, as they understand his actions. They were turning away from the living style they had been living in since they were children. And they understood, they were never going to come back.

And even thought they got all nostalgic as they walked through the Headquarters main gates, they knew, they had done the right thing.

Sometimes you have to take the risk.

A.N.

Okay, guys! I am so happy! Well, this chapter makes it the end of this fanfic. Well, not really "the end", but nearly. Nah, its just end of part one. Part two is on editing, and construcction stage right now, so it may be a while until you heard from me again!

Part 2 will be posted here in this same "Archive" but it will have a prologue, as to signal the start of a new era.

Now, Im really, really, really, sorry about the lateness! Im on tests right now, so Im kinda stressed! (Okay, cross the "kinda" part- I am TOTALLY stressed.) But I really wanted to be done with part 1.

DONT WORRY! Part two, is the looongest part, with like the double of part 1. (Or, it will be, once Im done with it!)

So, until later, dear readers! Have fun on your little break!

Lily