"YEEEEEOOOOW!!!!!!!"

"Oh, my god! I'm so sorry!!"

"OW! OW! DAMN IT, THAT HURT!!"

Cecilia groaned. It was fairly early in the morning, around seven o'clock by her guess, and Rudy and Jack were helping Zed move the rest of the rubble out of the way. However, Jack had resently wound up being more of a burden than a help to the demon.

Rudy pushed the boulder off of Zed's foot and the demon immediately began jumping around on his right foot, holding his left foot in his hand, saying everything that came to his mind. Cecilia had never even known that Zed knew such curse words.

Jack appologized for the fifth time, "I'm so sorry! It slipped out of my hands! I don't have demonic strength like you and Rudy!!" Zed just sat down and muttered something under his breath as he rubbed his still throbbing foot.

Even though she could not see what had happened, Alicia had a very good idea of what Zed was complaining about. She giggled, making sure that no one heard her. Alicia then asked, "Zed, why don't you just leave the boulders where they are?"

Zed replied, "‘Cuz you might run into them and hurt yourself." Alicia blushed at the thought of Zed going to all that trouble just to make sure she did not hurt herself.

Zed pressed all of his weight onto his left foot and then turned around to pick up another boulder. Jack, deciding that he should not help with the big rocks anymore, scooped three smaller ones into his arms and threw them outside the gates to Saint Centour. Zed and Rudy, not bothering to go outside the gates to be rid of the rubble, merely threw the boulders over the walls.

"ACK!" came a woman's voice shortly after Zed had thrown a large rock over the wall.

"Huh?!" Cecilia gasped.

Just then, a green beam of light flew through the gates and was absorbed within the Chrono Rune. "What the hell?!" Rudy spoke.

Jack was about to say something when the same voice suddenly shouted behind him, "JACK!" He whirled around and gasped when he saw Elmina rushing toward him. "Jack! I can't believe it!! I thought I'd never see you again!!"

"E-Elmina?" Jack stuttered.

"Lady Harken?" Zed whispered, for he had only known Elmina by her given name. He had never learned her true name.

Elmina wrapped her arms around Jack's neck and said, "I knew you were all right after Alhazad attacked me in the castle! I knew you were safe, even though I was cooped up in their dungeon."

Jack interrupted, "Wait a minute! Y-You can remember what happened?!" Elmina nodded.

"I told you to escape, and you did. I fought Alhazad, but he won. They held me in a dungeon for a long time but I managed to escape. But I must have hit my head or something because I lost my memories."

Dan Diaram spoke in Jack's mind only, "Do not worry. I may have given her back her memories, but I altered a few of them. She no longer has any recollection of her being Lady Harken."

Jack smiled and said as he gazed into Elmina's eyes, "Thank you..."

He groaned and opened his eyes. He was lying in a soft bed, one like he had never slept in before. Boomerang slowly sat up and looked at his surroundings. He was not at an inn, but he was in a building of some sort. Someone's house, maybe? He looked down at himself to see that his wounds had been cleaned and dressed, even though he was still wearing his armor.

Who had taken care of him?

Who in their right mind would take care of him if they knew who he was?

Boomerang stiffly climbed out of the bed and walked to the door. He opened the door and looked outside. He was still on the island, around the center of it. The house rested on a slight hill. On one side of the island was a rocky shore while the rest of the island was surrounded by sandy beaches. Lucied was barking like a puppy as she chased another blue and silver wolf across the sandy beach of the island. The other wolf was as big, if not bigger, than Lucied and looked a lot like her except for three facts: the other wolf looked more like a fox than a wolf; it had extremely large paws and retractable claws; and it had cobra-like eyes.

The third being on the beach was what really caught the demon's attention. She basically looked like a teenage girl, at least a foot shorter than Boomerang. However, a few parts of her did not look exactly human. Her hair came down to her knees and was actually silver! Instead of normal, human ears, she had black, cat-like ears on the top of her head. Lashing behind her was a silver, wolf-like tail with a golden tip. When the creature smiled, Boomerang could see her cat-like fangs. She had beautiful, jade green eyes and tan skin.

What the hell is she?! Boomerang could not help but wonder.

The girl looked up and spoke when she saw Boomerang, "Oh! You're awake! How are you feeling?"

Boomerang walked down the slight hill and replied, "Surprisingly good." The girl smiled.

"I'm Noble Knight," she said. She motioned toward the blue fox/wolf. "That's Seph. We found you and your wolf collapsed on the beach."

Boomerang struggled in vain to find the correct words to thank Noble Knight for her troubles, but she cut him off, "Don't worry about thanking me. I guess it's sorta my job. You have no idea how many people wash up here from shipwrecks and stuff like that."

"Uh...yeah," Boomerang lied, "Yeah, my ship was wrecked by a group of Sirens a few days ago." He winced under the visor that hid his face. He knew that was not what had happened. He had never been on a ship in his life! However, he had promised himself and Lucied that he would start his life over if he ever returned to Filgaia, and now was his chance.

Noble Knight asked, "Where were you headed?"

Boomerang thought, thinking about all the towns that he knew of. "Adlehyde," he blurted out.

Noble Knight laughed, "What a coincedence! I was gonna head out there today. Do you want to come with me?"

Boomerang answered without even thinking, "Sure. It beats travelling alone." Suddenly, he felt like slapping himself. You idiot! he mentally scolded himself, What the hell are you thinking?! You've travelled alone almost all your life and now you suddenly don't want to go to a stupid town without company?!?!

Noble Knight conveyed, "Well...are you sure you're up to it? I mean, you were in pretty bad shape a few minutes ago."

Boomerang nodded and said, "Yeah. I'm a fast healer." Well, at least this time he was telling the truth. "Oh, by the way, this is Lucied. I'm Boomerang."

Noble Knight bent down and pat Lucied on her furry head. "It's a pleasure to meet both of you. I've got a boat at the rocky part of the island. All four of us will be able to fit pretty comfortably. Come on." With that, she grabbed Boomerang's right hand and led him to the boat at the back of the island.

With a strange feeling rising inside of him, all Boomerang could think at the time was, Oh boy...

"That fool. He doesn't even have the slightest idea that we followed him out of the portal!" Mother laughed.

"I told you that he would turn against us again one day," Zeikfried growled, "Look at him! He's already started to reform!!"

"Don't worry, Ziek. I already have a plan," Mother assured him. "Come, my children." Two figures emerged from the shadows of the structure in which the two demons sat.

"What?! They-"

"Yes. They are identical. Perfectly identical. There is no way we can loose this time, my child."

"Don't worry, Mother," the first figure spoke, "We'll take care of the Dream Chasers for you." With that, the demons burst into laughter.

"WHAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!" the Dream Chasers and Zed screamed after they had heard Dan Diaram's story.

"I am sorry," the Guardian said, "But the demons are returning. In fact, one returned last night. However, he is reforming just a Zed has." Zed scratched his head, trying to make sense of all of this.

He looked at Alicia, who was sitting right beside him, and asked, jokingly, "Why do your dreams always have to come true?"

Alicia just smiled and shrugged her shoulders. She responded, "I don't know. Maybe I should start dreaming about getting my eyesight. Maybe that one will come true, too."

Cecilia ignored the two and asked Dan Diaram, "Which demon is reforming? Which one came back last night?"

"That, I cannot say," the Guardian of Time replied, "But I will say this, however. There are two new demons that you must fight. And you will also gain two new allies, not counting the reforming demon. Be careful when fighting the new demons."

Jack wanted to know, "How do you know about the two new demons and our two allies?"

"Hey, I'm the Guardian of Time! It's my job to see into the future!" Dan Diaram laughed, "Too bad I'm not allowed to spoil it for you..."

Zed muttered with a smile, "You can say that, again."

Jack groaned, "Well, it's obvious that we're gonna have to fight the demons again. But I'll tell you right now, I don't want to."

Cecilia laughed, "None of us do. Believe me!"

Elminia laughed evilly, "I do! I can't wait to get my hands on that bastard, Alhazad!! Lock me up in a dungeon for a few years? He's gonna pay!" Jack just grinned.

Zed stood up and said, "Well, we might as well get going. Let's get Emma's help at Adlehyde." The others nodded, except for Alicia, who took Zed's hand in hers.

She then asked, "Zed, please take me with you. I don't want to be here alone with those demons roaming around."

Zed struggled to come up with an answer. He replied, "Of course. You can stay at Adlehyde Castle."