My feet dangled a foot off the ground, but I never took my eyes from the creepy guys in front of me. I had a sneaking suspicion who held me, and my gut instinct told me he wasn't a member of this weird gang that tried to surround me.

The guy I pegged as the leader, since he was so outspoken, laughed his nails on chalkboard laugh. “You don't think you can take us all on, do you wizard? We found her first. She's ours by right.”

“You're four hours late on your claim, goblin scum. She, and her brother, are both under my protection, and yes, I can take you all on.” Replied a deep and lethal voice that rumbled against my back. It was almost as sexy as my car's engine.

Waiiiit a moment here. Goblin? Wizard? What the ever living fluck? Was I even awake?! I pinched the arm that held me tight.

“Ah!” The mountain behind me sucked in a breath and dropped me to my feet. Oh, guess that hurt him.

So if I hurt him in my dream does that mean I'm awake? Okay, there was something faulty in my reasoning there. I put my finger to my cheek and simply said ,“hmm,” and walked back and forth while the goblins and wizard stared at me.

If this was a dream, I should have some magic powers right? What did the goblin call me? Sidhe? What the heck was a shee? I could use my brother's well known encyclopedic knowledge of all things geeky right about now. I guess I should try something though, right?

I slapped my fists together and called out, “Wonder twin powers activate!”

Silence. I could almost hear crickets chirping from all the dark places in the room. The goblins all looked at me like I was crazy.

“Shazam!” I screamed out and threw my fist in the air. Nope. Nothing.

“By the power of Grayskull!” I waved my arms then flexed. Yeah, okay you caught me, all of my fantasy knowledge began and ended with classic cartoons.

At this point the goblins had started to back away from the crazy blue haired girl, so that was a bonus, even if I didn't get any powers in this little dream.

Hands wrapped around me and yanked me back. “Would you stop?!” Hades whisper yelled in my ear before stepping in front of me. He was still wearing his black leather jacket and I grabbed at the bottom edge and tugged to get his attention.

“Give them a Care Bear stare, I'm sure it will work.” I whispered loudly. That was what I was going to try next. I had a really cute belly piercing with a little pastel star dangling in the center of my belly button. That counted right? I was sure it was my ace in the hole, but maybe Hades “the wizard” could make it work too.

Hades slapped his hands to his face then dragged them downward. “This isn't a game, wake up!” He growled at me, I kid you not. Growled.

“I tried that already, all it did was hurt you.” I shrugged, even though he couldn't see it.