The Misadventures of Seth and Drey: Part Two

"Drey, calm down. Don't change the past." I said calmingly. I could see through his aura that the scar on his chest hurt. Did the past Darcore know that there were two Dreys now?

I ignored Seth for the moment, my eyes darting across the woods, searching, searching. He was close, and getting closer. I'd know this pain even if I were incapacitated. But did HE know? Could he sense the Fury in me, or at least the similarities between the past and present me?
Suddenly I wished I hadn't stopped suppressing my presence.
A new wave of pain shot through my chest. I cringed again, caught off guard for the second time now. He was very close now. I'd never dreamed he had come so close to the Academy. Did that mean he knew where it was all along?
Then I atually spotted him in the trees, quite a distance away. He was facing the general direction of the Academy, a curious look on his face, looking almost like a normal human.
There can't be a confrontation here. That would be worse than stopping myself from running away. I might disappear entirely, never to exist in the future.

I followed Drey's eyes to see the past Darcore out in the trees. "Holy shit." I whispered.

*Kain saw it to*

K: is that?...

"Shh!" I hushed violently, and glanced back. I froze when his gaze met mine. For a full minute it seemed we were both frozen, then he smiled and turned away, taking off into the opposite direction.
It occured to me what he just realized, and it sent a wave of relief and morbid horror though me at the same time.

K: uuuuh..... what the hell just happend?

I turned back to Drey. "Dude, we've gotta find that key and get outta here, fast! If you and the past Darcore make contact..." I didn't dare mention what might happen. But then again, what if that was the Darcore from the present? Surely Cyrus wouldn't have sent him or something, right?

"Well," I swallowed, trying to get over both my surprise from the out-of-nowhere attack on my focus of mind and the fact that we very barely escaped from effectin the past. "Nothing has been changed, I can assure you that. Darcore isn't going to bother us here."
And I could assure them. It explained only a mild curious question that had been in the back for a long time but never tried to answer, because it didn't matter. Why Darcore had so much faith that I would be his success.
Because he had seen me alive.
He wasn't going to bother us now that he knows his rise of power is set. Not unless we try to stop that from happening, which isn't going to happen.

I smiled at Drey's refusal to change the past. "Good job. You deserve five stars."

K: you wana sticker *kain said joking*

I smiled a bit at their joke and shook my head. I wouldn't let them know that seeing the past Darcore here would just make my resolve to let my past self go to him that much harder. Though knowing Seth's mind-reading abililty, he probably already knew.
"I'm going to sleep. Wake me when it's light out."

I nodded. "Alright. Tell Kain when you feel we should be chained togther."

I grinned. "Will do," i said, then slumped up against the wall again.

I stretched and sat at the mouth of the cave again, letting the slight breeze wash over me and give relief.

K: let us be chained together again!?, if it comes to that point i'm sticking you two together

I turned to look at Kain. "I said me and Drey, you deaf mutt."

OOC: my bad

K: yah it is your bad becouse you make me say this crap! *breaking the fourth wall *

OOC: want to skip on ahead to the morning?

OOC: sure

OOC: Sure.

I did actually manage to fall asleep, which, just as i thought, turned out to be a bad idea. I had my stupid nightmares again; the same thing, everyone I've killed screaming in my face and then my own self laughing in pleasure of their pain. I bolted right out with a gasp, covered in sweat again, and it took a moment to get a grip of where I was and who I was again.
I glanced around to see if the others had noticed. The sun was just breaking over the horizon.

*Kain yawned and steached and looked over to make sure Drey was still there*

K: ah i see your awake

I stretched too, popping my back. "Man, that was some good rest." I looked over at drey and Kain. "You all sleep well?"

"Not exactly," i said, stretching too. "But that doesn't matter. We should get back to the Academy soon. I've got an odd feeling that we need to be there all day today."

I nodded, but then Kuroi came into all our heads. "And don't forget about the Key as well."
I sighed. "Right, the stupid key."