I found myself in the middle of a kingdom, everything in a blaze. The smell of burning wood and flesh filled my nose as I quickly covered it with my hand. I ran down different streets looking for something. I stopped when I saw two bodies laying on the ground, I quickly ran to one and kneeled down next to them, rolling them over. My stomach turned and tears falling down my cheeks.

"Isabelle!" I screamed has I lifted her head into my arms, she had a large wound on her side, blood everywhere. I looked at the other body to see that it was Quinn, a pool of blood surrounded her body reflecting the flames from the burning buildings, she sat there lifeles. Isabelle opened her eyes slightly looking at me has I cried.

"Ashlin, it hurts, please make the pain stop." she said weakly, her eyes cold and lifeless. I took her hand, tightly hugging her. Her body went limp, her hand slipping out of mine.

"No, please don't go!" I pleaded hugging her tighter, crying. I felt a sharp pain in my head, a power surged through me, a dark power. The Rukh around me turned black, my eyes turned red as the darkness consumed me, I have cursed my fate. A man appeared in front of me, he had a black cape covering his body and a black mask just showing his blood red eyes.

"You did this!" I screamed charging at the man, a black magic surrounding my hand. I launched a punch at his face, but failed has my fist slammed into his palm, stopping it from hitting him. He just chuckled at me has he twisted my arm, slamming me onto the ground, creating a large crater. I groaned in pain. He kneeled down next to me bring his face down to my ear and whispered.

"You can die along with your friends, princess." his husky voice said. He moved his face away pulling a dagger out of his boot bring it down. I screamed as the blade came down towards my chest.

"Ahhhhh!" I screamed quickly sitting up from the sofa. I was sweating and hyperventilating, my heart was beating fast from fear and sadness.

"It was just a dream, but it felt so real." I thought as I slowed my breathing.

"Ashlin, what happend!" Alibaba said quickly getting up from his sleeping spot and ran over to me. He squated down next to me and looked at my terrified face. Tears started to stream my eyes. I hugged my knees, burying my head into my arms, and cried softly. The bed room door slammed opened hearing two anger people.

"WHAT HAPPENED!!!!" Isabelle and Quinn yelled at the same time.

"I don't know, Ashlin just screamed when I was sleeping." Alibaba said walking over to the two, trying to get them to calm down. Quinn walked over, putting her hand on my shoulder. Isabelle right behind her.

"Ashlin, what happened." she asked in a soft voice. I looked up my eyes red from crying. The other three came out asking what happened. Quinn and Isabelle looked at me shocked, I quickly hugged Quinn and cried.

"Don't leave me, promise me you two won't." I said looking at her and Isabelle, tears in my eyes. She was frozen on the spot, but softend. She hugged me back patting my back.

"We promise." she said kindly. Isabelle frowned has she looked at the mess I was. I released Quinn and wiped the tears with my hands. My eyes were all red and puffy from crying so much. I grabbed the pillow I was laying on and hugged it to my chest.

"I'm fine, it was just a nightmare." I said faking a smile to show them I was ok.

"Can you explain what happened, normally that helps." Morgianna said sitting down next to me on the sofa. I nodded and explained what happened in the dream. Everyone's was shocked after what they heard.

"That's horrible, Ashlin, are you sure your going to be ok?" Aladdin asked concerned.

"Yes I will be fine." I said smiling a little. "besides I have great friends and we look out for each other, so I will be just fine." Everyone had a huge smile on there faces.

"You always now just what to say to lighten the mood." Isabelle said laughing a little. I just smiled as we talked about good times. On the corner of my eyes I saw my bag with the egg move. I stood up quickly starling everyone.

"What's wrong, Ashlin?" Hakuryuu asked. I walked over to the bag and opened it, taking the egg out. It didn't move, but the bag did. I jumped when it flipped over. Everyone gather near me, looking at it confused. I handed the egg to Alibaba to hold so I can see what was in the bag. I kneeled down, slowly reached down grabbing the bag. I put my head closer to the ground so I can see what it was when I lifted it a little. My eyes grow wide seeing what was inside. I lifted the bag off all the way to reveal a small white animal sitting there scared. It was about as big as a average cat, with it's ears having black tips and it's paws black as well. It's blues eyes showed fear unsure to run or stay put.

"It's a baby fox." Quinn said sparkling, I mean literally, it really scary. I reached out a little making it take a step back.

"It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you." I said has I held my hand out. It's ears perked up a little but still wary. I put it's small head on my hand, letting me touch it. I moved my hand in a back and forth motion. I stopped, as it blue eyes looked at me. It's ears were perked up all the way sitting perfectly straight now. It stood up reveal something unique about the fox. It had nine tails with black tips. I walked over to Quinn and sat down next to her legs. She couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Oh my gosh, your so cute!" she said picking it up and cradling it in her arms.

"Is it a boy or girl?" Aladdin asked looking at it.

"It's a girl." Morginna said standing next to Quinn taking a good look at it.

"Ok, the I'm going to call you Rea." Quinn said hugging it. Rea was enjoying the attention from her.

"Now, Quinn, you better take good care of her got it." I said crossing my arms smiling a little.

"Yay, thank you." she said hugging me saying thank you repeatedly. We all laughed at her energetic mood.

"We should pack our stuff, we need to get to the port so we can get rooms on the boat." Hakuryuu said grabbing his stuff, neatly putting it in a large backpack. It was about has tall as Quinn, Alibaba and Aladdin did the same packing their stuff into the backpack as well.

"Um, who carries that?" Isabelle asked.

"I do." Morgianna said like it was nothing. the three of use sweat dropped.

"You guys are strange, that's why I like you." I said sliding my backpack onto my back. They smiled pleased with my comment.

"We like you guys, too." Aladdin said with a happy smile. I put my small bag around my shoulder that had the egg in it. I heard whimpering and looked down seeing Rea sitting at my feet looking at the bag.

"You want to ride in the bag?" I asked looking at her. She stood up wagging all nine tails back and forth. I laughed picking her up and placing her in the bag with a small opening for her to stick her head out. I wasn't worrier about the egg because of the cloth and stuff. I looked at Quinn who was talking to Hakuryuu, I saw a small tint if pink on his cheeks but quickly vanished.

"Yay, now I have someone to tease." I cheered in my mind. I spotted Alibaba staring at me, he noticed and quickly looked away. I cocked my head to the side confused, but I just shook it off.

"Ok, everyone ready?" I asked opening the door to leave.

"Yes." the rest said in unison. We left the inn and headed down to the port. We walked down where the markets where at to get some food for the trip. I spotted a stand that had cute little bracelets. I walked over and looked at one that had red and white beads on it with a small blue jewel in the middle.

"Hey, what you lolooking at?" Aladdin asked looking at the stand. I pointed at the bracelet and smiled.

"I was just looking at the bracelet, it really pretty, but it's a lot of money though." I said looking at the price.

"Let's go." I said walking away from the stand Aladdin following behind. We continue down the markets, looking has we headed to the port. I bumped into someone making me stumble a little, I turned to the person scratching the back of my head.

"Sorry, I wasn't watching were I was going." I said apologetically looking down at the ground.

"That's alright." said the man. Right as the man spoke I froze. I looked up seeing cold blood red eyes looking back at me, his face was half covered and had black hair. He wore a cape that covers his body. Flash backs of the dream came back to me.

"That voice and eyes, it's the same guy as the man from the dream." I thought, a shiver going down my spine. He turned and started to walk away leaving me stand there with wide eyes, shocked and terrified.

"Ashlin, are you ok?" Aladdin asked standing next to me. I snapped out of my thoughts and fake smiled.

"Yea, I was just thinking about something." I said putting my hand on his head messing up his hair. He just laughed.

"Let's catch up with the others." he said grabbing my wrist pulling me along with him in a run. We caught up with the others and walked the rest of the way to the port. We got the on the boat and went below deck to our room. It had hammocks for beds and a small rug layed on the floor, a small lamp hanging on the wall for light. I set stuff down and frowned.

"Who is that guy, why does he look and sound like the man from my dream." I thought confused by everything.

"Ashlin, are you even listening?" Quinn asked looking at me. I snapped my head up and looked at everyone.

"No, sorry, I was thinking about something." I said with a smile. Quinn shook her head in disappointment.

"You never listen, anyways I asked what hammock you want." she said pointing at them.

"I'll take the one in the middle." I said taking Rea out of the small bag. I sat her down on the ground, she stretched and the yawn. I layed a blanket down in the corner of the room and patted it, telling this is were she is sleeping. She troted over happily, crawling up in the blanket and going to sleep.

"Hey, but I want that hammock." Alibaba whinned.

"If you don't like were I'm sleeping, we can always make you sleep on the floor." I said teasing him with a smile.

"Why can't you sleep on the floor." He said a little angry. I walked over of the hammock and layed down putting my hands behind my head. I gave him an innocent look.

"Because I'm a lady, your are just a dirty guy." I said with a evil smirk. Now he's mad.

"Who the hell are you calling dirty!" He yelled walking over to me, but was stopped by Hakuryuu and Aladdin. I laughed as I watch him struggle to break free from them. I sat up and climbed back out of the hammock. I walked over to him and placed a hand on his should. He stopped trying to break free, but instead just glare at me. I messed up is hair making him smile.

"I'm just teasing you, if you want the middle you can have it, I'll just sleep in the one next to it." I said with a large smile.

"Yeah, ok." he said happily. The other two let him go with a sigh.

"Well, I'm going up on deck to find out when we're leaving." I said walking out of the room. I walked up on deck to find the captain. I looked around and spotted him talking to a man with a map explaining something. I walked up to him as the man left.

"Excuse me, are you the captian of this ship?" I asked the man. He had a white beard and hair, with hazel eyes.

"Yes, what do you need young lady." the captian asked.

"When will we be leaving?" I asked politely.

"We will be leaving here very shortly." he said with a kind smile.

"Alright, thank you." I said walking away. I walked to the railing of the boat and looked out at the sea. The sun glisten against the water as a light breeze blew making my hair flow with the breeze. A flash back of my dream, my friends laying on the ground, came to my mind. I frowned at the thought of it.

"What if that wasn't a dream, maybe it was what the future holds for me and my friends." I mumbled, looking down at my hands on the railing.

"You sure look lonely." said a voice behind me. I turned to the side to see Hakuryuu staying there with a smile.

"I was just thinking about something." I said with a straight face turning back looking out at the sea again.

"What about?" He asked walking over and standing next to me. I frowned has I thought back to the man.

"Can you promise not to tell the others?" I asked looking at him serious, he nodded.

"It's just, I ran into a man today that look exactly like the man from the dream, his voice was the same as well, I'm starting to fear that one day that will actually happen to me and I lose the people I care about." I said looking down. He looked at me with a concerned face.

"Well, people everyday have to deal with the same thing, fearing about losing the people they love." he said leaning forward putting his arms on the railing. "But this isn't something you should keep to yourself, you should tell them about it." he said looking at me with a small kind smile.

"I will just not yet." I said smiling a little.

"Well, we should go back to the room." I said stretching my arms over my head.

"Yeah." he said, we walked back to the room to find Isabelle and Quinn laughing on the floor, while Aladdin and Alibaba were doing a stupid dance. I looked at Hakuryuu, he looked back at me. Then we burst out laughing. We startled the others as they watched us laugh.

"Wow, you guys sure are idiots." I said putting my hands on my hip still laughing a little.

"We got bored, so we decided to do stupid stuff." Aladdin said walking over to me.

"Can I look at your necklace." he asked pointing to it.

"Sure." I said taking the necklace off around my neck placing it in his hand. He turned around and look at Alibaba, who walked over to me and grabbed my hand, putting something in it. He folded me hand up, smiking at me.

"I saw you looking at it earlier so I got it for you." Alibaba said scratching the back of is head with a faint blush on his cheeks. I opened my hand to reveal the same bracelet from before. A large smiled came onto my face and an awesome idea came to mind to make him red. I looked up at him with a large smile and without saying a word I hugged him. His face went completely red from embarrassment, everyone laughed at his expression as he stood there unsure of what to do. I let him go and started to laugh as well.

"You should see your face." I said inbetween gasps of laughter.

"Hey, that's mean." he said turning a brighter red, looking the other way. A bright light formed from my necklace Aladdin was holding, it floated and shot to the bracelet. After the light subsided the small jewel had the right point star on it.

"Aw, Ashlin thinks Alibaba is special to her." Hakuryuu teased. I turned to him smiling, surprising him.

"Well of course he's special, he is my friend after all and out of all the friends I had nobody got me something this expensive before." I said turning back to Alibaba, he looked at me shocked.

"Thank you, Alibaba for the bracelet." I said giving him a cute smile, making him blush a deep red.

"Ashlin, here's your necklace." Aladdin said giving it back. "where did you get it."

"I got it from my brother, Kyle, his in the military so I don't see him often." I said putting the necklace back on and the bracelet around my wrist.

"I'm going to take a nap, wake me 4 hours from now." I said walking to the hammock and laying down.

"Alright, we're going to the deck." Morginna said dragging everyone out of the room. I layed there thinking about how my parents and brother were doing.

"I hope my brother makes it home safe and sound." I mumbled before falling asleep.

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Yay, another chapter done, when I imagined the baby fox I was dying from cuteness. Also just imagining Alibaba's face all red is funny. Well hope you liked it comment what you think~Alexisz