I am updating today because I have a great chapter. This is very similar to Chapter 9. You might want to read it to help you realize what I mean. But this is one of my favorite chapters so far. I am REALLY pleased with it. But I will switch back to my other story, then update again. El Paso and San Antonio. Then HOUSTON! But it is a sorta filler chapter but kind important and emotional. My specialty. Hope you like it.

-SAVE THE NARGLES

The dream was an odd one, even for me. It was not scary. No monsters. No blasts to the past. No scenes of the future. It was more of an informal dream. But... it helped me understand love, more than anyone else has ever did, I can feel love, but this is very foward.

I was sitting on a bench in a workshop. It was dark outside, and the only light was from the back of the warehouse. I followed the light, until I got to the opening.

Standing there were two people. One of them was a woman, covered in grease with long curly hair in a braid, with wrinkles around her eyes, showing that she smiled a lot. Her hands were wrinkled too, with calluses on them. She wore a dirty plaid blouse, jeans and worn leather boots. Next to her was a a young boy. He was joking aound with her, handing her tools and pointin out things on the paper he was working on and asking what they were. I realized that this boy was Leo. The woman must be Esperanza Valdez.

Esperanza put the pen down and smiled at the paper.

"There, it is done." She said with a big grin, erasing any signs of age from her face.

Leo ran over to the drawing and grinned. "This is going to change our lifes! Once this gets sold, we'll be rich and never have to worry about our rent again!"

"That's right, mijo. This will change our lifes." The piece of paper was a drawing of a drill bit, like the ones that attach onto drills. The drill bit itself was outlined in black pen, along with the measurements, angles and labels for each part of it. I have to say, it looked impressive, even if I only went to the forges and Bunker 9 to help Leo and the others. At least I knew it was a mecanical drawing.

They gathered their stuff and left the room. But as they were walking, a black hand came and grabbed a set of keys that was on top of the folder Esperanza was carrying. I shouted out, but they did not seem to hear me. But that was when I knew, I was reliving the last day of Esperanza Valdez's life.

They reached the break room, and Esperanza noticed that the keys were missing. She told Leo that she would go and get them and left. But she looked at me with a look that said 'Follow me, you now what happens here.' I followed her and she went out of view fron the door and stared at them. The black hand came back and closed both doors and locked them before sliding under the crack. She then turned around and gave me a sad smile.

"I am glad that you came, Piper McLean." Esperanza said with a knowing smirk. "Now, let's talk. I only have fifteen minutes to live, and 12 minutes to speak before the flames capture me."

We walked back to the room together. "Why are you here?" I asked.

"I was always here at this moment, just that I wanted to talk to you. I learned about your adventure with La Matre Tierra y sus Gigantes de Suelos.(The Earth Mother and her Giants of Soil) And about your little road trip. I knew that Leo would get a girl like you. But I wanted to meet you in person."

"How did you find out about us in the first place, you would of been in the Fields of Asphodel."

"I am a liberated spirit." Esperanza started.

"I have been watching over you and your friends for Hades, but in return, I get to see my son and I can send dream messages. But I would not be here without Persephone. She was gossiping about your first quest the first few days after you finished it. So I made an offer with Hades. I give him information on the quest of the Argo 2, which is very much needed for him, since spirits of the dead were escaping at the time, for the chance to watch over my son." Esperanza looked behind her.

I saw the bits of flames coming towards us. They were still about a hundred feet away, but they were coming slowly but surely. They would swallow us up in a couple of minutes.

"What about the dream messages?" I knew that time would be up soon, and I needed to ask as many questions as possible.

"I can only send a dream message if I choose a moment that I can be alone in with the other person. The moment can only last for 45 minutes, and most of this moment was to realize that it was a certain moment, which in fact is longer because it is a dream. 4 minutes left."

One question was pulsing my head. I knew this was the hardest question.

"Why me? Why not Leo?" I blurted out.

Esperanza pursed her lips. The flames were 20 feet away from us, but circling around. I knew she was not going to make it. She can't. This already happened.

"Because this would break what little spirit he has gained back. But I need to tell you this." She said as she held on to my hands.

"I want you to make sure he is happy again. Love him like I did, and still do. I told him when he was little this would happen. There would be a girl he would come to love more than he did for me"

15 feet.

"You can share the smiles he smiles, because it is deeper than what shows. You can tell if their real. Only you can."

10 feet

"Make sure he forgets about all the bad things in his life. Sea lo que lo mantiene ardiendo brillante. Be what keeps him burning bright."

5 feet.

Esperanza kisses my forehead, a motherly gesture. The flames start to lick her skin. She lets go. I see her fall into the flames, but with a smile on her face, knowing that she did what was right. The flames are burning into my skin, but everything I see turns into a gray haze as I feel my body crumble into ashes, along with the building and Esperanza. I can see a fire engine and an ambulance. A young woman, a paramedic, picks up Leo, who is perfectly fine. Then the world goes black.

DAMN! I still cannot belive that I wrote this chapter today while also doing,

a. listening to a cover of 'Just A Dream' by Nelly, by Sam Tsui and Crhristiana Grimmie

b. Walking 4.6 miles in 90 degree weather

c. making green tea sherbert

d. Getting my report card. Only ONE of my BFs are in my group of students for next year. I am really bummed. And I got a C! For the first time in my life I got a C on my report card! {:(

But please review. I would like 138 reviews please. BYE!

-SAVE THE NARGLES