When Noble Knight regained her vision, she was no longer underwater. Instead, she was sitting on soft, green grass and was surrounded by trees. Upon entering the light in the water, the silver-haired warrior had been blinded by the light and blacked out. However, she was no longer wet.

Lying next to her was Boomerang who was still unconscious. Leaning against a tree not far from her was Alicia. Noble Knight climbed to her feet, walked over to the girl, and demanded, "What the hell did you do to that guy?!" No answer came. Frustrated, Noble Knight growled, voicing her question slowly so that she would not loose her temper too quickly, "What...are...you?"

Alicia looked at her and said, her expression unreadable, "You don't want to know..."

"Oh, my aching everything..." came Boomerang's voice. Noble Knight looked at him and helped him to his feet.

"HA!! I was right!! Those hours and hours of listening to Cathy's stories finally paid off!" came a voice behind the three of them. They whirled around to see Zed standing behind them with his back to them. "Ah...beautiful Fargaia! Home sweet home..."

Boomerang stomped up to him and demanded, "What the hell is the matter with you, Zed?! Why did you ignore us?!"

Zed looked at him, confused, and said, "I...already told you...my name's not Zed."

Boomerang thought for a minute and growled, backing away and taking the Sabre Fang from his back, "Dazer...you've come back somehow to drive me insane!!!!" Zed backed away, confused.

Noble Knight asked, her eyes narrowing, "You're not Dazer, are you?" Zed shook his head. Boomerang put the Sabre Fang away and backed up to look him over.

Now that they got a good look at the green-haired man that stood in front of them, they saw that he did not look exactly like Zed or even Dazer. The only differances were his eye color and his weapons. Strapped to his back were twin, light-weight axes, and his eyes were not ocean blue like Zed's, neither were they blood red like Dazer's. Instead, they were a bright, golden color.

He spoke, "My name's Dex. Third in command of the Ardlehyde Dream Chasers and brother of Ashley Lunaria." Noble Knight, Boomerang, and Alicia exchanged a glance. "Uh...maybe you guys should come with me to Ardlehyde castle. It's only a few hours' walk from here and I'll explain what's happened on the way."

"Whoa..." Noble Knight marvelled, "So you're saying that Zed may have been resurrected when you two switched places?"

Dex replied, "If we happened to be in the exact same place at the exact same time, then yes. Though the odds were against him."

Boomerang suddenly spoke, grabbing Dex's attention, "Uh...could you go over all that again? In English or some other language that I know, this time?" Noble Knight groaned and playfully pushed him while Dex laughed.

She then asked, "How many languages do you know, anyway?"

"Last time I counted it was eleven," Boomerang replied, "Tonkinese is my favorite!"

"Tonka-what?"

"Tonkinese. It's really easy to learn, since it's so much like English. That's why it's my favorite!"

"We're heeeeere!" Dex announced as the four of them entered a village remarkably like Adlehyde. In the background was a large castle that looked exactly like Adlehyde castle.

When the group approched the castle, Dex knocked on the big wooden doors. A male voice asked from inside the castle, "What's the password?"

Dex growled, "Let me in, you idiot!"

The voice retorted with a snicker, "That's not the password!"

"Let me in before I knock the door down and wrap yer testicles around a flagpole!!"

"Who is this?"

Dex banged his head on the door and yelled, "Barney, Baby Bop, and the Turbo Rangers!!" Boomerang and Noble Knight looked at each other.

"Sorry. After what happened the last time you guys came over, I'm not allowed to let you in anymore."

Dex fumed, "I hate him...but he's my sister's boyfriend so I have to put up with him..."

Suddenly, a girl's voice yelled from inside the castle, "RS! Let him in!!" The male voice burst into maniacal laughter and opened the large wooden door. Once inside, Boomerang and Noble Knight looked behind the door to see a man dressed in black, blue, and silver armor and a black and blue helmet with a visor that hid his face. The man also had a black cape and was rolling on the floor laughing his head off. Over behind Dex, who practically had smoke coming out of his ears, was a girl that looked almost exactly like Alicia. She wore red and lavender, light weight armor and wielded a spear instead of a staff.

She said to Dex, laying a hand on his shoulder, "Simmer down...simmer down...Deal with him!"

Dex growled, "I'm trying, but, since I'm dealing with yer boyfriend, it's not easy..." The girl glared at him, unable to keep herself from grinning.

"Finally! Some familiar faces!!" came an extraordinarily familiar voice. Boomerang, Noble Knight, and Alicia whirled to their left to see the real Zed walking toward them. Behind him was a boy that looked exactly like Rudy except that his hair was purple.

"Zed!!" Noble Knight and Boomerang cried out.

Zed bowed playfully and laughed, "Yep! The one and only! Err...scratch that since there's three of me now--ALICIA?! What the HELL are you doing here?!" Alicia jumped back slightly, surprised at how loud his voice had risen.

Boomerang replied, "Um...she came with us. But, if you're gonna yell at anyone about that, yell at me, since I'm the one who let her come."

Zed sighed, rubbed his head, and whimpered, "I don't give a damn right now...I just wanna go home..."

Noble Knight started to reply when a girl's voice cut her off yelling, "DEXIE!!" Just then, a girl ran into the room. What surprised Noble Knight the most was that this girl looked almost exactly like her except that her hair was blue as well as her eyes, and her tail and ears were black with white tips.

The girl ran across the room toward Dex. Dex yelled, backing away, "Ultima, don't! DON'T!!" The girl leapt on top of him, sending them both crashing to the floor with the girl sitting on Dex's chest. Dex looked up at her and groaned, "I hate it when you do that..."

The girl retorted, grinning, "I know. That's why I do it!"

Zed laughed and said, "Uh...allow me to introduce everyone..." He pointed to the man who had let the other three Dream Chasers in. "Rising Sun, Boomer's double." He pointed to the girl that looked like Alicia. "Ashley, 'Licia's double." He motioned behind him to the purple-haired boy. "Rody, Rudy's double." He finally pointed to the girl that had "attacked" Dex. "And Ultima, NK's double."

Zed then introduced the three Dream Chasers. "Guys, these are Alicia, my brother, Boomerang, and his girlfriend, Noble Knight." Boomerang's eyes nearly popped out of his head, and he swung his fist at Zed who was already running. Noble Knight just blushed bright red.

Ashley groaned, grinning, "Those two remind me of Dex and RS..."

"Of course. Dex and Rising Sun are their doubles on our world," came a new female voice. Boomerang looked up from Zed whom he had in a headlock and was getting ready to smash his head into the wall. A girl who looked exactly like Cecilia entered the room. She was wearing white and blue robes and had blonde hair that came down to her waist. Also entering the room with her was a man and a whip-wielding girl that looked exactly like Jane. The man basicly looked like Jack except that his hair was shorter.

Zed choked, "Also meet Cathy, Jake, and Jessie."

Cathrine spoke, "Noble Knight, Boomerang, Alicia, and Zed. Please follow me." She walked down a branching hallway, Noble Knight and Alicia behind her.

Boomerang released Zed and growled, "If you ever embarrass me like that again, I swear I'll rip your head off!!"

Zed just grinned and retorted as the two of them followed the three girls, "Oh, shut up! You two might as well be considered boyfriend and girlfriend just by the way you act around each other!"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Boomerang snapped.

Zed laughed sinisterly, "I saw you with your arm around her yesterday by the stream!" Boomerang's face, underneath his visor, immediately turned as red as the sky of Hell.

Boomerang then asked, "What about you and Alicia?"

Zed replied calmly, "That's different. We can't go as far as boyfriend and girlfriend 'cuz she's blind. I wouldn't feel right about it. But, at least I'm not afraid to admit that I really care about her!" Boomerang started to respond, but cut himself off when the group reached the room that Cathrine was taking them to. It was a large library, at least twice as large as the one at Adlehyde castle.

Cathrine said, "Please sit down." The four Dream Chasers did as they were told, all four of them sitting at one small table. Cathrine sat across from them at the same table. She started, "I merely wish to ask you something. You fought Choraan yesterday, correct?" Zed, Boomerang, and Noble Knight nodded. "He is this planet's Dream Chasers' arch enemy as well as his two allies. You fought one of his allies four days ago, or so Zed tells me. The two of you fought very well against him."

"'Very well'?" Boomerang laughed, "I died!!"

Cathrine replied with a smile, "Yes. Very well considering the fact that you have never faced him before. And I was wondering...could you help us fight them?" Noble Knight, Boomerang, and Zed exchanged a glance. "You only need to help us until Choraan's henchmen are dead. Then you can either help us kill Choraan or go home."

Boomerang was the first to answer. He said, "What the hell? What have I got to loose besides my life again?"

Noble Knight immediately spoke up, "If he goes, I go."

Zed grinned and said, "Me, too. 'Licia, you're staying here." Alicia nodded, somewhat disappointed.

"Who are Choraan's henchmen?" Noble Knight had to ask.

Cathrine answered, "Sigfreid, his right hand man, and...Al..."

"Al?" Boomerang, Noble Knight, and Zed asked in unison.

Cathrine nodded, unable to keep herself from laughing. "Al."

Boomerang looked at Zed and laughed, "Gotta be Alhazad's double..."

Noble Knight laughed, "And Sigfreid's gotta be Zeik's."

Zed stood up and stretched, "When do we start?" As if on cue, an explosion rocked the castle.

Cathrine replied, "How about now?" She, Boomerang, Zed, and Noble Knight ran out of the library and back toward the main room, leaving Alicia by herself in the library.

The girl grinned and muttered, "Party time..."

In the main room of the castle, a creature that looked remarkably like Alhazad was flying around the room just over the Dream Chasers' heads. His robes were black instead of white and his facemask was blue instead of gold.

He laughed, "Here I am! In all of my glory!! I am the Grim Reaper's pen pal! The--"

"Put a cork in it, Al!" Rising Sun groaned, firing a weapon which looked a lot like Rudy's Single Shot ARM at the newcomer.

"Neato!" Noble Knight laughed, "Boomerang's double can synchronize with ARMs!" None of the Fargaian Dream Chasers were getting overly excited about Al's appearance which made the Filgaian Dream Chasers think that he was not much of a threat.

Ultima leapt into the air and cracked Al over the head with her morning star while Dex threw one of his axes at him. Al shrieked, "Hey! That hurt!! What do you think you're doing?!"

Ashley retorted, twirling her spear, "Uh...I dunno...kicking yer ass, maybe?" Al just glared at her.

He yelped as he caught the Sabre Fang to the head and Zed's attack Garyu Ichimongiri to his side. Al looked at Boomerang and Zed and demanded, "Who the hell are you people?!"

Zed responded with a grin, "Just the brothers of your double in our dimension."

Suddenly, a horribly familiar voice shouted, the owner flying through a window above Noble Knight, "I killed you once, and I'll kill you again!!" The Fargaian Dream Chasers screamed and backed away.

Choraan whirled around in midair and skyrocketed toward Zed, his sword poised and ready to strike. Unable to react in time, Zed was once again grabbed by the back of his armor and taken high into the air. Choraan growled, "And this time, there is no warp to bring you back!" He brought his sword back, prepared to give Zed the exact same fate that he had given him the day before.

"NO!!!!!" came a girl's voice which was almost immediately followed by a lavender beam of light shooting towards Choraan. The beam burned a hole straight through his left leg, just as it had his right shoulder only a few hours before. The winged wolf roared and dropped Zed right on top of Dex. They picked themselves up off of the floor and readied their weapons.

Meanwhile, Al had managed to make it past the fighting armies and into the hallways. There he found Alicia who was hiding behind a pillar. He scooped her up into his enormous, clawed hands and flew back up to Choraan. Al spoke, "Let's take this one and get out of here, my lord!" Choraan glared at Zed and then vanished in a deep blue glow.

"ALICIA!!" Zed yelled and threw his strongest attack at Al, the Higi Kajin-Eisatsu. However, Al used the girl as a shield so she took the full brunt of the attack. The attack did not seem to do much damage, but it did, however, manage to put Alicia to sleep. Al laughed and flew back out of the castle, the snoring Alicia in his grip.

Zed started to chase after him, but Boomerang stopped him. The visored demon stated, "You'll never catch up to him."

Noble Knight's eyes narrowed and she growled, "I bet I can! Raywing!!" She rose into the air and soared out of the broken window before Boomerang could stop her.

Rising Sun cracked his knuckles and spoke, "I'll bet I can, too." Fire shot up from the bottoms of his boots, propelling him into the air. He, too, shot out of the window. Zed growled, picking up Alicia's staff from where she had dropped it, "If anything happens to her..."

Boomerang shook his head and muttered, "This is all my fault...I shouldn't have let her come..."

(Whoa...loooong chapter! @_@ )