It was a fairly large sailboat, one that would be able to hold seven to nine people comfortably. Lucied seemed to like listening to the waves crash upon the bow of the boat. Boomerang, however, felt like he was going to be sick. "Ugh," he groaned, "Ow...oh man....." Noble Knight looked at him and smiled.

"You're one of those few sailors who gets seasick, huh?" she asked. Boomerang would have replied, but he was afraid that he would in turn wind up throwing up. So, instead, he nodded, but even that made him a little queasier.

Was that what was wrong with him? Was he seasick? Of course Boomerang could not be sure, for he had never before been on a boat or a ship. Only that one time when the Photosphere had been destroyed, but that had only been for a few minutes.

Noble Knight reassured him, "Don't worry, we're almost there. Only about ten more minutes." Once again, Boomerang could not respond. His stomach felt like it was twisting into three dozen knots, and he was also beginning to feel light- headed.

Noble Knight just shook her head in pity. She did not know how he felt. She had never been seasick before. As Boomerang looked at her and Seph, his eyes widened as Seph suddenly spoke, "You might want to avoid ships from now on."

Boomerangs eyes managed to choke, "Y-You can talk?!" Lucied was the Guardian of Desire and even she could not talk! Was Seph a Guardian as well?

Noble Knight giggled, "How come every time something non- human speaks, the first words that come out somebody's mouth are, ‘You can talk?!'?" Boomerang just shook his head to try and clear it of the cobwebs that were forming.

Seph looked out over the ocean and said, "You can see Adlehyde now. Not much longer." Boomerang was so relieved that he could have jumped up and danced...that is...if he weren't leaning over the side of the boat.....

The trip to Adlehyde had been a short one for the Dream Chasers, Elmina, Alicia, and Zed, for they had used Captain Bartholomew's ship, the Sweet Candy, to get there. Jack yawned as they entered the city. He then asked as they walked through the castle gates, "Can we find somethin' to eat first? I'm starving!"

Elmina laughed, "You're ALWAYS starving!!"

"So sue me."

Zed was about to say something when his stomach began to growl. Cecilia smiled at them and said, "Well, I guess we can grab something at the castle's kitchen--" She cut herself off when she thought she saw a familiar figure through an open doorway. Was that? she thought, No, it couldn't be. We killed him at the Ancient Arena...

Boomerang looked over the application form several times before answering the questions. He, Lucied, Noble Knight, and Seph had all gotten to Adlehyde castle about ten minutes ago, and Boomerang had decided to quickly live up to his promise before he made a huge mistake and was sent back down to where he had just escaped from. The demon had decided to enroll in the Adlehyde guard as a soldier or a knight, but he had to fill out a questionnaire first. Boomerang had absolutely no idea where Noble Knight was. She had left him shortly after he entered the castle along with Seph.

Finally, Boomerang took a pencil and filled in the answers to the questions:

Name: Boomerang

Age: I stopped counting at 30

Sex: Plenty

Education: None but I know curse words in eleven planets' languages

Skill: Lots, why else would I be here?

Relatives: Yes, they're all in hell where they belong

Partner(s): Open your eyes. Does the wolf give you any clue?

Why do you want to become a soldier?: Because I like to dismember and disembowel

Comments: None that you would like

The soldier looked at Boomerang's questionnare, then at Boomerang, and back at the questionnaire. "Um...well..." the soldier stuttered, "I'll show this to my superiors and then I'll get back to you....uh...feel free to look around the castle."

As Boomerang walked away, he asked Lucied, "What was his problem? I answered the quesitons." Lucied seemed to shrug.

"Hey Boomerang!" came Noble Knight's voice. Boomerang groaned. He had thought that she would have left him alone after he had gotten to Adlehyde. He thought that that was why she had left him while he was filling out the question sheet.

Noble Knight ran into the hallway in which the demon stood, closely followed behind by Seph. "Hey, Boomerang," she said, "Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" Boomerang had to ask.

Noble Knight giggled, "To eat. I'm starving!!"

Boomerang thought for a minute and then replied, "I'm not all that hungry, but I'll come with you, anyway." Noble Knight smiled, seeming to be happy that he was coming with her. Why would she be happy about that? Boomerang thought. However, he had no idea what he had gotten himself into as Noble Knight took hold of his wrist again and pulled him with her toward the cafe.

Jack, Cecilia, Elmina, and Rudy burst out laughing at a joke that Zed had told them. Zed smiled. He still had it! Even though he had ‘reformed'. It was just the five of them in the cafe near the inn of Adlehyde. Professor Emma was taking care of Alicia and escorting her around the castle while the demon and the Dream Chasers got something to eat. They had had to go to the cafe because it was way too busy in the kitchen and the chefs had kicked them out.

Rudy spoke through his laughter, "You know. I can't help but wonder which demon Dan Diaram meant when he said that another one was reforming." Zed just shrugged.

Elmina replied, "Sure as hell can't be Zeikfried." Zed nodded with a smile.

Cecilia suggested, "Belselk, maybe?"

Zed yelled, "HELL NO!!" They all looked at him. Using considerably less force this time, Zed stated, "Look, I know, or rather knew, all four of the demons. And I can tell you right now that I can't imagine any of them reforming."

Jack just shrugged. "I don't know," he said, "But all I can say is that we've gotta be careful. The other demons might now of this...'reformed' one and might use that information to get the drop on us." The others could not agree more.

"What in the world?!" Rudy gasped.

Elmina asked, "What?" Rudy pointed toward the entrance to the cafe. Then, they saw her.

Basicly, she looked like a teenage girl except for four things. Her hair came down to her knees and was silver. When she smiled, they could see her cat-like fangs. Also, instead of normal, human ears, she had black, cat-like ears on the top of her head. Probably the strangest thing about her was the fact that she had a silver, wolf-like tail with a golden tip. Her jade green eyes sparkled in the light of the room.

Beside her stood a large, blue and silver fox which was actually the size of a wolf. It had the large paws and retractable claws of a tiger and the eyes of a cobra.

Rudy looked at Zed and asked, "Um...does she look like one of those other two demons?"

Zed just shrugged and replied, "I don't know. But she doesn't look like somethin' from Mother--"

Cecilia cut him off with a gasp, "Guys! I think we just found a demon!!" The other four followed her gaze and, to their horror, saw one of the strongest demons enter the cafe.

Boomerang.