Ok so first things first, I am so sorry for not updating this sooner! I actually had a huge writers block and wasnt sure how I wanted this to play out because I had so many ideas. And then chaotic 9 finally updated her crossover story that is similar in concept to my own other story with jade and w.i.t.c.h. and it inspired me to finally overcome my writers block and get back at it, so thank her.

Anyhow! I am excited to let you all know I am back on track and ready to get this thing moving again! ( I finally have an ultimate goal actually written out for this story now so things should go a lot smoother from here on out) You guys will have a field day with this chapter! Yes it will be confusing, but that's the fun part!

So without further adou, please enjoy and tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: Oh come one you don't honestly think they would let me torment these characters so much if I owned the shows do you?

Zak: No kidding. You kept us in that cave for like a year! With the Naga's of all cryptids!

Jade: Yeah! Do you know how bad they smell?! And that queen isn't exactly gentle either!

Sailorlyoko4life: O.0' Ok Ok i'm sorry guys I didn't mean to I swear! ( starts to run) I SAID I'M SORRY!

The mirror and the stone

Jade couldn't remember how she and Zak got here at first. That was a startling realization when she first woke up next to Zak. She kinda panicked at first when he was talking about stuff and her head was foggy, but things started to clear out some the longer they talked. That always seemed to help for some reason. They slowly started to put the story together.

Last thing she remembered was him using his powers and looking into that weird mirror and then his eyes widened and he froze. The snake lady let her go and she tried to shake him out of his daze like he had done for her earlier... but to no avail. She looked into the mirror to try to see what it was doing or showing him... but the only difference was that Zak had a dark aura surrounding him now, and she knew that wasn't right.

"What is it doing to him?!" She kept trying to snap him out of it, or even shut off his powers somehow.

She didn't know why, but she thought that maybe if she could change the reflection she might be able to stop this... whatever it was. She looked behind herself cautiously, beginning to wonder why none of the snake freaks haven't said anything, or tried to stop her from waking Zak yet.

"Go ahead and try my dear girl. You may be able to ssssee sssome of what he he isss sssseeing, but I assssure you it won't do either of you any 'good'.

"Yeah, well we'll see about that." She turned around again, and decided to go with her gut feeling. She reached out and touched the mirror, and was thoroughly surprised when her hand went through and touched Zak's reflection-ed self. As soon as her hand came in contact with his hand, the dark aura flickered and she felt an emence surge of power.

Suddenly in the blink of an eye she was in the forest again. She didn't understand what happened. She looked around and found Zak on the ground with what looked like a fractured leg. She went to shake him awake and cried out in shock when the hand that reached out to him wasn't her normal hand. It was blue with what looked like sharper nails, yet still the same length. While the nails were new to her the she could probably assume rest of her appearance wasn't.

She pulled Zak's cell phone out of his bag and took a picture of herself so she could see the rest and it was just as she suspected. She heard the adults calling their names and was going to call back when she realized she couldn't.

Jackie would ask questions and be upset at her turning dark again, even though she didn't! Not intentionally anyways. There would be too many questions that they wouldn't be able to answer, like why she turned demon, why Zaks' leg was hurt, why Zak had a black aura... Jade took another look at her friend and sure enough she wasn't wrong. It was barely there, but she could see it like a light mist around him. She tried to shoo it away but it didn't do anything. So she tried her next best idea, she touched him and concentrated on absorbing it. It worked, and after she was done he finally started to stir and open his eyes.

Zak could feel the darkness licking at his every inch of skin, and the worse part about it, was that he liked it. It beckoned him, like it wanted him to come home. He tried to ignore it, but he eventually stopped struggling. Something inside him wanted this too, and he didn't have enough strength to fight it.

Then he could feel some one grabbing him, he realized after a minute that it was Jades hand in his, her nails felt alittle sharper then they were on the boat though, he could only wonder if she was going through a similar process right now. Then he heard voices, his parents voices. He felt the urge to call out, but he couldn't get his voice to work. He felt Jades hand tighten in his and then suddenly the darkness was going away. He felt warm again and his strength was coming back. He knew Jade had something to do with it, but what?

Zak squinted his eyes open, wanting to know what was happening. Jade let go of his hand, and seemed to be irritated. He didn't know it but absorbing that stuff that was around him was taking a toll on her. He wondered how they got back in the forest again, then he heard his parents again and tried to holler again, but a blue hand covered his mouth. He looked up at Jade, eyes widening at her now red eyes and blue skin. "I know, but trust me when I say you've got to stay quite. If they find us like this, well goodbye trust." She seemed sorrowful about the thought,but quickly snapped to action. She helped him up, which was easier said then done. Now he knew why he couldn't get up, his leg was a little messed up. But Jade seemed to handle him with ease, which made him wonder if she got stronger suddenly or if he simply didn't notice it earlier.

She moved them and somehow they were back to the stone they saw earlier, which was erie but fine since the adults wouldn't look this far off the path for them quite yet. They needed time to straighten this all out.

When she put Zak down he finally asked the question on both of their minds. "What the heck happened to us? The last thing I remember is being in the Nagga's lair and using my powers, and then waking up here. And what's with the makeover?" Zak knew why Jade looked that way, well at least he knew it was her dark form in the past when she was queen. She seemed at a lost for words though, like she didn't know anymore then he did.

"Jade, are you alright?" She wouldn't say anything and that was making him nervous. He couldn't imagine what was going through her head right now, though he could guess by her face that she was worried and scared about their families finding them, and in all honesty she had every right to be. This wouldn't go over well with any of them.

He scooted closer to her and did what seemed to be right. He put his arms around her shoulders and brought her blue face to his chest. When her mind seemed to register that he was hugging her she relaxed and just started to lightly cry. She was embarrassed of course, not so much that she was crying, but buy the fact that she didn't have a clue what to do other then hide. She didn't have any answers that they were both looking for, especially to why she had changed. She could only look over Zak's shoulder and with a light stream of tears down her face she could glare at the rock carving of Tarakudo, wishing he was here to answer her but also thankful that he wasn't. She was sure if he was here and offered to take her away she would take it, anything to not face Jackie's disappointed eyes.

She sighed and finally backed away from Zak, softly thanking him for his reassurance.

"I'm... I'm sorry. I know it seems totally lame, but I just..." Zak understood what she was trying to say, which Jade was thankful for. He didn't understand any more then she did about what was happening, but he was holding it together better then her. She couldn't help but be relieved to have such a good friend who understood her to the point where she didn't have to feel embarrassed about being emotional. He's just here for her, and that's all she could possibly ask for at a time like this.

Jade suddenly felt tired. Like all of the emotions being released just exhausted her. She leaned her head on Zak again, trying to stay awake, but it was no use. She blacked out.

Zak was confused as to what just happened. Jade was crying and then finally seemed to stop but then she just passed out. He held her a little tighter, to keep her from sliding to the ground. Instead he slowly guided her to the ground to see if he could tell what was happening. He tucked her hair behind her blue ear so he could see her face. She had some twigs in her hair from their running, but she seemed ok, well other then the obvious blue skin.

He wasn't sure why, but suddenly he was scared again. Just like he had been earlier that day. He could feel the darkness around him move. Wait, didn't he mean cryptids? No... No it was something else. Darkness is the closes thing he could imagine it was. But isn't that Jades ability? It's certainly not one of his.

He looked at the stone with the stupid kings face on it. His leg hurt a little to turn to see it in full, but he managed. Jade had been entranced by it earlier. Why did he get a weird vibe off this thing? And how did they end up exactly here again. The more he stared at it, the more he felt like he should know the answers. Like if he touched it... the next thing he knew he was up and he put his hand on the stone. Nothing happened. Then he remembered what the Naga's said, maybe if he used his powers to connect to it like a cryptid...

He felt his mind get pulled into a new space. Another memory maybe? But this one felt so close, not like the other ones he has been having. Like it was more personal. He looked around and saw a throne room. There were snakes and weapons and a dozen other creatures depicted on the walls and he wasn't sure what confused him more.

"My King, Lord Tarakudo would like a word." He turned around to see he was being told this by a snake figure speaking to him. He didn't understand anything that was going on but he felt his own lips move and heard his own voice say "Of course he would, I would imagine nothing less due to the circumstances. Let him in and then leave us to talk." Zak didn't understand why he said what he said, he had no idea what was going on, but one thing became clear with that statement, he wasn't in control of what was happening. This had to be a dream or memory. Maybe he was Kur right now and this was how Tarakudo and Kur knew each other. He believed that to be correct, especially when he turned to see Tarakudo in humanoid form and in a Japanese general robe.

"The cryptids are proving quite useful in your conquest, I am very pleased to see you using your powers at full strength against the humans." Tarakudo started out. "And of course as your tutor it makes me shine with pride to see you achieving your status as king yourself." He bowed respectfully and as he had said his eyes shined with pride. But Zak wasn't stupid, he knew there was something else to this conversation. And apparently so did his other self.

"Alright alright. Enough with the pleasantries sensie, we both know the real reason you came to talk to me." Zak honestly had no idea what he was talking about. This was really starting to weird him out with himself talking but not actually knowing what he himself was talking about.

Tarakudo's demeanor straightened out and took on a more business look. "Very well then my former student, I see I have taught you a little too well. But I suppose you were expecting my presence due to her condition. You know I care about her just as much as you do, so of course I would come again to check on her due to what happened moths ago, and then what just happened yesterday." Wait... her, who was he talking about?

"Naturally. I expect no less from you. It pains me to see her like this. She was finally starting to get over what happened before and then everything goes to hell when they come back with a team of rebels. You can only imagine how angry and hurt she is." Zak was looking down at his hand, angrily making a fist. Whoever this her was and whatever happened, it was unforgivable. "To be honest I am still in shock myself that they, of all people, would do such a thing to her! They were her family! No matter what happens family should never cross that line." Zak's own voice was low and dangerous, seething with hate. "we spared the human race due to how much our families always loved us and we showed more mercy then they deserved for what they have done to the world, and this is how they repay us! Now there is nothing more holding me or her back from unleashing our full fury on them and their entire race!" Zak could see images passing through his mind of what he's already done. He had apparently unleashed his Kur army on the humans after Jackie and Uncle had put Jade into coma for 3 weeks. Wait... WHAT?!

He jolted awake. He was shaken to say the least by what he just saw. Was it a memory? Or was it a vision of some assortment? He didn't know but he didn't have time to figure it out right now. He heard moaning from beside him and turned to see Jade waking up. But she wasn't blue anymore. She had gone completely back to normal. She got up and saw him sitting up next to her looking between her and the stone.

"And you thought I was crazy when I said that stone was weird." She said groggily while sitting up.

"Hey, for the record I never said you were crazy, but it does have some weird...vibes to it." He decided not to worry Jade with the vision just yet. There were more important things to be discussing right now. "But honestly the better question right now is how come you are normal again?" Jade looked at him like she honestly didn't know what he was talking about.

"What are you talking about? Me and you were running from a hissing noise and then we found this rock, and we went water skiing together."

But that's it. Nothing else. That was all she remembered. Until Zak started jogging it a little.

They started discussing what they did remember from the past few hours... but it was confusing. Even after that Zak realized he didn't remember passing out next to her.

Jade kept trying to figure out what happened after she passed out or was it after the mirror, but all she got was a jumble. It was almost like they went from looking in a strange mirror to just waking up again in the forest and she was a demon and then they just passed out again and woke up normal like nothing happened. Was it all just a dream? All of it? And they just happened to have shared it? Well stranger things have happened to them both. But what was the dream? Was it Jade turning blue and them running from their parents or was it the Naga's kidnapping her and Zak leaving a note and then going after her...

That was it! They looked at each other exasperatedly. The note! If it was there then everything somehow happened, but if it wasn't... They raced to the airship, not knowing for sure what they would find, but both silently praying it wasn't a note with Zak's handwriting.

And there we have it (finally stops running to catch my breath) Our hero's are out of the cave now and back on land. But what's going on? What's a dream and what's reality? And did Zak really have that vision he isn't telling Jade about? Will there be a note?

Jade: All great questions, so long as you don't make us take 5 months to get to the airship to find out. (Glares at me)

Me: Well that all depends on Zak's navigational skills. I wouldn't exactly trust yours due to how you met Zak for the first time.

Jade: Hey! That's not fair! Its not my fault Jackie didn't want me to come! Besides at least something good came of it. Plus I even ended up beating Jackie to dark hand.

Zak: Hey don't forget that you also met me too.

Jade: Yeah that was pretty cool too.

Me: (Sneaks away while they are distracted in their memories)

**whispers to you guys**Well I hope you all review and tell me what you think and maybe even what you'd like to see next chapter!