Hello to a new chapter!

This fanfiction will almost, ALMOST get to a close.

"Ran, I swear, me and Heiji will help you,"

Kazuha's soothing words came into Ran's ears as the horn-haired girl's tears streamed down her face. Ran was worried about Conan. As in, she was worrying. She wanted him to get home, ringing the doorbell for er to open it and hug him as tightly as she can.

"Thanks, Kazuha..." she said. Kazuha smiled at Ran's saying. "You know you could count on us. It's not only you who is worried about that little guy."

Yeah, I know that... she thought. There's me, you, Heiji, Sonoko, dad, the police, Professor Agasa, that cute little auburn haired girl, Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko...

And a bunch of other enemies who might be out there to do harm on him.

Night time.

Ran felt like she didn't wanna go to sleep. She's got thoughts about Conan. Her worries only made her problems worse.

I don't want to sleep... she thought. But I don't want to stay up late, either. Which should I chose? Should I sleep or not?

Then she's made a decision.

Ran slid on her bed to form a left side position, still laying on the said bed. Kazuha didn't move an inch; she's just beside Ran, not getting disturbed.

Ran then started to close her blue eyes, taking another drift into the dream world where she wishes that she'd see Conan.

"Huh?"

The first sight of her surroundings made her question herself as she stood up, rubbing her head. As soon as her consciousness rose, she looked around, but all she could see is a white fog rubbing against the grey surroundings that she is in.

Ran didn't know how she got here, she was just laying on her bed, drifting into the dream world as she slept. But instead, why was she here? Shouldn't she be waking up on her bed right now? Shouldn't she see the sunrise blind her?

She was still filled with thoughts until she realized that she wasn't in the real world.

'A dream? Again?' she thought, her mind starting to panic. 'Oh no... I thought all those dreams stopped... Why this time?'

She then looked to the ground on her feet, until she noticed that she was standing on... rocks. Big, grey rocks. The ground around her seemed broken, as if destroyed by an asteroid or bomb.

Ran began to wonder why she was here. She began to wonder; who destroyed the surroundings? Why's everything so dark?

Suddenly, the grey, empty gravity changed into a somewhat yellowish sky. She looked up; it seemed like the sun was going down, indicating that it had been a sunset already. Ran began to look around her. The grey area turned into a colorful surrounding, a lot of people walking around the street. Some were actually crowding around in the circle. As she looked at the face in the crowd, she saw familiar faces down below.

Heiji, Kazuha, Sonoko, her father, and the other people she knew seem to be calling her, their faces wearing a mask of worry.

'Huh? Just where am I?' she thought. Ran then felt for something, until she touched something in a curved line. She then traced it as to where it goes. Then she realized that she was standing beside a broken window.

She then took attention to the people calling her. Ran noticed Heiji's mouth seem to say something along the lines of 'Watch out!'. But she wasn't sure.

Kazuha shouted at the top of her voice for Ran's deaf ears to hear. And her hunch about what they were saying was right.

"WATCH OUT, RAN!"

She thought about what to watch out, but she knew she had to be quick. She then glanced up, only to see that a big rock is slowly getting out of its spot, then falling afterwards. Ran's eyes widened in shock.

Just as the big rock hit her, someone grabbed her away from the spot where Ran was standing, making the rock cover the window.

Ran then turned her head around, only to see a child all too familiar for her to recognize.

Conan.

Ran's eyes were about to be filled with tears. "Conan...! Where... Just where have you been?!" she shouted as she hugged the young child.

"You don't have to call me Conan anymore, Ran," she heard Conan say under her arms.

'What? Why is Conan addressing me as Ran only?' Ran thought. She then let go of Conan, only to find that it wasn't Conan anymore.

It was Shinichi Kudo, the one she'd be waiting for all her life.

Shinichi looked into her blue eyes, smiling that smile that she always knew. "Call me Shinichi, okay?" he said.

Ran eyes widened in shock. "Shinichi... How did you...?"

"I'll explain everything when you guys finish solving this mystery."

Just a Shinichi finished saying those words, Ran heard a gunshot far away. Shinichi suddenly collapsed, only to reveal a wound on his stomach.

Ran screamed in fear after that.

Ran's eyes shot open.

She started reminding herself that the dreams have come to life again. But instead of murderous a people following her everywhere, this time, it was different.

A broken building. Crowded people around her. A gunshot.

Conan turning into Shinichi Kudo.

She didn't know how. Why did Conan turn into Shinichi? Are they connected somehow? What does he mean by calling Conan to Shinichi?

Connected?

Is that such a thing? Ran doesn't know. But maybe Shinichi was talking about her long suspicion about Conan and Shinichi.

Conan and Shinichi's true identities. What are those?

I guess I'll never know... she thought. Ran then saw that it was already morning; the sun rose high in the sky, just like any other day.

But that dream seems connected to Conan's disappearance...

R&R!

- Jail Rose