‘What the hell’ the Kate thought confused and then she remembered what she sensed earlier ‘could it be?’. The battlefield was blocked by a cloud of dust, however, it suddenly dispersed in an instant. Before them stood a boy. A boy she knew very well.

He had dark brown, messy hair with emerald eyes that shone through his fringe and was dressed in black jacket. He wasn’t armed with any weapons however, had a gold pendant around his neck composed of a violet gemstone, that stood out against his white top. He turned towards the knight a mixture of exhaustion and annoyance stuck to his face. ‘That’s not good, he pissed’.

“Lewis” Kate stated from across the battlefield, her face expressing a mix of shock and relief. He gave her a nod before turning towards Arthur, whose gaze was now laser focused on Lewis.

“Arthur you alright?” Lewis stated. After a long eerie silence Arthur stare softened and he then nodded. She noticed his breathing became calmer, his fangs become human, and his eyes returned to their original state.

“Good” Lewis said casually, “Couldn’t be bothered dealing with you as well as this prick”.

“Who are you?” the knight growled at the newcomer as he approached. Lewis turned to face the 7-foot figure towering over him, almost seeming amused.

“Fuck off asshole” Lewis cursed “Let me sort this and I’ll get back to you”. Rage flowed through the knight, and he swung his sword but before it could sever Lewis’s head an immense force struck the knight’s chest sending him flying into the darkness of the woods. Wasting no time Lewis then dragged Arthur over towards Kate and handed her a blue gemstone like device.

“Where’s Luce and the girl?” he asked her.

“On their way back to Elysi”

“Alright take Arthur back there, Becka can deal with you all” Lewis stated smirking, his mood now seemingly back to normal.

“But what about you? I can’t leave you here with that thing” Kate argued ignoring his statement “Just come with us!”.

“I’ll be fine, now go” he ordered “He kidnapped a girl from our orphanage he isn’t going to get off easy” he said. Before she could argue flames erupted from the woods sending debris flying everywhere, the knight clambered from the wreckage and stared at Lewis remaining motionless, like he was unsure what to do.

“Are you sure you got this?” she asked, her demeanour now serious.

“Yeah” he stated while giving them his usual reassuring smile. She infused the gemstone with mana and her and Arthur disappeared.

2 Years later

Lewis felt cold like frozen winds were constantly brushing over his body. Everything was dark. Everything was silent. He remained in silence for what felt like eternity.

Suddenly it felt as if he’d been teleported to a battlefield.

“Lewis runaway!” A man shouted. His voice sounded familiar, but Lewis couldn’t figure out why. The sound of explosions and magic warfare could be heard everywhere like a country was being torn apart.

“Lewis get out of here!” A woman yelled. Her voice was also familiar.

“Lewis help me!” a girl screamed. Lewis tried to go help but he couldn’t move, he couldn’t see. His vision remained dark, and he couldn’t even feel his own body, he was helpless.

The screams continued and he remained useless however, slowly they began to die down leaving him alone in the darkness. He could now feel himself sweating and hear his own heavy breathing. Suddenly the darkness seemed to lift as light creeped in and a new voice could be heard. It sounded like a girl.

“Lewis! Lewis! Wake up! Come on wake up!” someone kept calling to him excitedly and he could feel a heavy pressure on his chest and reluctantly he woke up. That voice he recognised it.

He opened his eyes to see a girl with pure white hair, ruby eyes and a massive smile on her face vigorously shaking his body, causing him to smile.

“Happy birthday Eri!” he said wiping his eyes and climbing out of bed.

“Come on! everyone’s waiting, but I didn’t want to start without you” she said almost too fast to understand.

“Alright slow down and give me a minute to get ready, I’ve only just git up” he said laughing.

“Alright we’ll all be in the living room okay” she stated energetically before running out of his room.

“But hurry!” he heard a voice echo from the hallway.

He listened as she sprinted away from his room and downstairs before smiling. He always smiled when he thought of how far Eri had come these last two years.

He walked into his bathroom to wash his face only then noticing that he was drenched his sweat, and his body was trembling. ‘That dream again’ he sighed. He hated getting it. Putting the dream or better to title nightmare behind him, he quickly washed up and entered his bedroom again. He got dressed and grabbed the card and wrapped presents on his desk before quickly heading to the living room, grabbing his black jacket on the way out. Walking through the double doors he entered the living room, that was filled with familiar faces all gathered for Eri’s 11^th birthday.