~Chapter 31~

   I looked up at her. Her eyes were red, not unlike my own, and they showed an emotion I had seen on her face before. It was one of hope, but one that remained frightened. She wore it every time we made up after a fight.
   Sorry Adriana, we're not making up this time.
   "Adriana." She stood and didn't hesitate to step into the knee-deep water to walk over to me.
   "Why are you here?" She stood just barely out of my reach, afraid to approach me further.
   "Why are you?"
   "Because this is where I come when I'm frustrated."
   I nodded. "Likewise."
   "Why are you frustrated?" She looked genuinely worried. What a load of crap.
   "Isn't exactly easy to find out someone you love hates you." I looked away from her and decided to focus on the sky over the edge of the waterfall instead. She turned to look that way as well.
   "I know exactly how that feels," she said as if she had tasted something bitter.
   "Do you Adriana?" I asked, my anger reflecting in my voice. I once again turned and looked at her.
   "Yes, of course I do Caleb, or do you not remember you leaving me?"
   "I remember you turning your back on me when I needed you, whereas I would have given anything, anything at all, to stay by your side because I loved you so much."
   "Turning my back on you!? I did no such thing! You left me Caleb, you left me for...for them! For God's sake Caleb how could you do that!? How could you leave with the demons!?"
   "They have done nothing wrong! They have been forced to watch as corruption took over Heaven and were only trying to protect it!"
   She paused and looked more frustrated than ever, as if trying to wrap her mind around something. "What sort of crap have they been feeding you!? Corruption!? Caleb, corruption isn't possible! It's Heaven for crying out loud, the only souls that end up there are the good ones! You were the freaking King are you saying you were corrupt!?"
   "No!" We were both silent for a minute.
   "You're saying I was corrupt." It was a statement, not a question. And the look in her eyes was that of complete, total, betrayal.
   "Yes. And I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen again." Her eyebrows creased, and then widened when she saw the sword I pulled out.
   "No." She shook her head. "No, no, Caleb, no." Tears began to fall from her eyes. I lunged at her and she ducked out of the way. "Caleb, stop!" I lunged at her again and she ran around to the other side of me. "I was never corrupt! We were happy and at peace, as we had been for so long, until Kris took control in Hell!  Do you not remember!? He one day attacked without warning, he started the war!" I turned and lashed out at her, faster this time. I scratched her arm but she still managed to dodge my attack. "Caleb! He killed us!!"
   And then I froze.
   He killed us.
   Those three words struck me like lightning as they unlocked a memory that had been buried deep in my mind.

~Chapter 30~

   How can Liliana say that!? Caleb would never try to kill me! Even if they've twisted him into a demon that's impossible! I love him, I always have and I always will and I know he loves me too! Our love was never a lie not in this lifetime and certainly not in the last, so how could Caleb EVER try to kill me!? He couldn't! He wouldn't. That's not possible.

   In my frustration I'd ran to the town park where Caleb and I had our first date, in this lifetime that is. We hadn't even planned it. Caleb had suddenly showed up at my house with a white lily, wearing a light grey v-neck t-shirt and faded jeans. He took my hand without asking and we walked across town to the park. Then, when we were sitting on the edge of the fountain, my flower fell in the water. I jumped in to go get it, because I'm dumb like that, and Caleb came in after me. When I caught it we were in the middle of the pool, standing kind of close to the waterfall it led into. I picked up the flower and then stood up straight to find Caleb standing less than a foot away, smiling down at me. I asked what? And he said, "Miss Adriana, you are the silliest girl I have ever met." Then he paused as I looked away. "And the most beautiful." And then I looked back up at him. And he didn't put his hand on my cheek, nor on my shoulder, nor anywhere. He didn't touch me. He just bent down and kissed me. Soft and sweet and beautiful and perfect and just like a first kiss even though it technically wasn't.

   Then we of course got in trouble for being in the pool and were kicked out, but it was still the best day I'd ever had.

   That was just a year ago. Look at how far we've come.

   I sat in the very place we were sitting when the lily fell in the water. The sun was starting to set. I would need to get home soon. But my feet were glued down, my legs wouldn't move. I didn't want to leave this place, I didn't want to go home and pretend everything was perfectly fine. Not again. Not tonight. I just wanted to sit here in the park and cry. No one was here anyway, it was getting late, who comes to the park at this time? Only depressed girls.

   I heard a noise behind me in the water. I turned to look to see what it was and I saw...

   "Caleb."

~Chapter 29~

   Adriana is crying again. But this time it's different. These tears are out of frustration, not sadness. She's screaming and throwing things around her room.
   "Why Caleb, why!?" Why? Why what? "Why would you turn on me!? How!?" Me!? She  turned on me! "I loved you more than anything and you left me! You turned and walked away with HIM! Why!? How could you!? How could you betray me like that!?" I never betrayed anyone! I was betrayed!
   "I HATE YOU!!!"

   "ADRI!!" I sprang up from my bed and then immediately punched the wall next to me, where there was already a dent forming. Damn it!! Another dream! Why!? Why would she show me a dream of her saying she hates me!?
   I was suddenly dizzy and laid back down. Wooziness from sleep, I told myself. It mucks up the mind and makes it unclear. It always does.
   I hate you.
   Adri hates me.
   I...
   Adri, I...
   I sighed.
   I have no idea.
   Why!?
   A wave of anger washed through me. I left because you betrayed me Adri! I never betrayed you, it was you all along!! And now YOU hate ME!?
   No.
   That's not how this kind of thing works.
   You don't have the right to hate me, Adri. That's for me to do.
   If you hate me so much then why are you still contacting me!? Just stop it!
   Just stop it.
   Stop contacting me.
   Stop being connected to me.
   Stop.

~Chapter 28~

   Crap! It must not have worked! I haven't heard anything from Ai saying she'll come help so my mind message must not have reached her! RRRGG! What am I going to do!?

   "Liliana!" I looked up to see Adriana walking toward me. I'd still been sitting down in the trees behind the school, gripping my head in my hands, trying, desperately, to think of something I could do.

   I stood up and tried to smile at her. "Hey Adri." She scowled at me. "Liliana, I know you're only used to keeping stuff from me, but you've got to understand, the Adriana you're talking to now has lived three lifetimes and remembers them all. You can't keep secrets from me anymore." She looked strong, and stubborn, as always, but now I could see the woman that had once been Queen.

   So I took a deep breath. "Caleb is going to try to kill you." Adriana made a face that was similar to a child's face the first time they taste broccoli.

   "What?"

   She took a step back. "Look, I don't know what Kris did, but he somehow made Caleb so mad he wants to kill you, and he's going to try to today."

   "No." Adriana shook her head and took a step back.

   "Wait, Adri, let me-"

   "No! Caleb wouldn't do that!" She stumbled back another couple steps.

   "Adri, I saw it! But-"

   "No! No!!" And she turned tail and fled.

   "No! Adri!" But she was gone.

~Chapter 27~

   Die...

   Someone is going to die...

   DIE!

   The screaming voice was panicked, scared, desperate. It struck me so hard I fell off the bed, landing on the ground with a loud thud!

   "Ow..." I heard a shifting in the bed and looked up to see the beautiful light-haired girl in the white lacy nightgown looking down at me, confused from sleep.

   "What are you doing down there?" She murmured.

   I rubbed my head and grumbled, "I fell off the bed."

   She plopped her head down on the pillow and rubbed the place I was laying. "Well come back, I'm cold." I let out a small laugh and got back in the bed under the covers. She then scooted into my arms and I placed a soft kiss on her lips. "I love you Nolan," she whispered. I kissed her again.

   "I love you too Ai." Ai soon fell fast asleep, but I was left laying awake, unable to shut my eyes again. I knew that dream was important. I need to tell Ai what it said. But then I looked down at her. She was so calm, so relaxed, so at peace. She hadn't been like this in so long. She deserves one complete night of peaceful sleep. I'll tell her in the morning.

~Chapter 26~

   I had paced back and forth in the backyard trees at our school for the past couple hours now, desperately trying to figure out what exactly led up to that scene and, oh yeah, HOW I CAN STOP IT!!! So far, I hadn't thought of ANYTHING.
   I have to contact Ai. I have to find a way to tell Ai!! But she's in Heaven! I'm not dead like the rest of them, I can't fly! What can I do? I can see the stupid future and have NO WAY to stop it! All I get are these useless mind powers!! Moving things with my mind, hearing people's thoughts, really? What good is it going to do me to get into someone's head!?
   ...
   Someone's head.
   I can get into people's heads. Can I only then hear their thoughts? Maybe I can do more...
   I finally stopped pacing, sat down in meditating position, and focused.
   Ai...
   With my mind I called out to her, almost as though it were a telephone. Maybe, just maybe, I can reach her through a mental link and tell her about my vision.
   This was extremely strange. My consciousness left my body and traveled around, feeling the minds of many people, many many people. But I didn't want people. I wanted a ghost. An angel. A dead soul.
   Finally I locked onto a mind that felt different. As if it was only half there, faded by time. Maybe this is Ai. Maybe it's not. But it feels good, pure. It must be in Heaven. So I tried to send a thought instead of receive one.
   Adriana is going to die.

~Chapter 25~

   A cliff. A man-made one. I've seen this cliff before. It's here in town. It's made of beautiful blue tile and has water running over it. It's a man-made waterfall. Down at the bottom of the waterfall is a knee-deep pool of water, surrounded by a ledge which people like to sit on like a bench.

   This fountain is at the center of the town park. It also happens to be where Adri and Caleb had their first official date.

   There they are, standing at the top of the waterfall, in the water, instead of on the sides like they're supposed to be, just as Adri described it to me the day after.

   So, if this is their first date...why am I seeing it? This is the past, not the future.

   ...Or is it?

   Sure enough, this doesn't look like a date. They aren't holding hands. In fact, they're yelling.

   What on Earth is going on?

   Wait.

   What is THAT!?

   Caleb has a sword!! Who gave him a sword!? And why's he pointing it at Adri!? Caleb don't!!

   Adri, of course, ducked and ran out of the way when Caleb lunged at her. She then screamed at him with tears in her eyes, no doubt trying to reason with him.

   He hesitated.

   And up came the man who ruined everything. Kris, right? That's his name? In Caleb's hesitation, he ran up and shoved Adriana off the cliff, sending her falling and screaming.

   "CALEB!!"

   I sprung straight up in my sleeping bag, screaming bloody murder.

   "Liliana! What's wrong!?" Adriana had been jolted awake by my scream. I looked to my left to see Adri sitting up, hair matted from sleep, eyes tired and worried. I took a moment to catch my breath.

   "Nothing," I said. "Just a bad dream." Adri sighed and plopped back onto her pillow.

   "Jesus, you scared me."

   "Sorry," I murmured.

   "Well, we're supposed to get up in about 10 minutes anyway. No harm done. Let's get ready for school."

   "Um...Yeah, okay." Adriana got up and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. I stayed seated in my sleeping bag, still shaken.

   That was no dream...