"M...Mom? Dad? What..." He said in horror at the sight of his parents on the ground dead. He fell to his knees in front of them, the adrenaline in his veins dying down as he looked at the dead couple. He crawled to their corpses and held his mother's freezing corpse, hugging her tightly and shaking like a leaf. As he looked to her neck, he saw something shimmering. He didn't want to loot his mother that he loved so very dearly, more than life itself, but he had to know what it was.

He reached his hand down slowly and grabbed the shining object and pulling it from over her head. It was a rosary with a blue diamond in the middle, her prized possession and the first thing that Daniel had ever made from scratch for his mother, the silver surrounding the azure gem without a scratch on it as well as the sapphire shimmering brightly from the weak sunlight. "Mom... You kept it... All this time, you kept the necklace..." He whispered to his deceased mother, his tears taking his voice away. He put the necklace on and picked up his mother, placing her on the bed in the center and then going back to his father. He picked him up and put him next to his mother, crying softer now. He gave his mother a quick kiss goodbye and hugged his father, he knew how much his father hated getting kisses from him.

He looked around the room and spotted a couple of blades, katanas, with names on the sheathes. The one on the right, which was a pitch black blade with navy blue and dark purple cybernetic designs on it, while the other was a pure white with a golden handle. The dark one was named 'Lunar Legacy', while the other was called 'Solar Serenity'. The 2 Japanese swords were easily 4 feet in length, with blades that looked as if they were created by God himself. He stared in awe of the 2 blades and picked them up, sheathing them and placing them on his back, crossing over one another. As he was walking to the door, he saw a note on the side table and picked it up and putting it in his jacket pocket and walked out of the barrack, but not before he turned around, tears gushing from his eyes as he saluted his parents, closing and locking the door so nobody could get in.

He turned around in one quick motion and walked outside seeing it was dusk. He ran to the hospital he'd awoken in and found a better room, one with a bed instead of a stuffy capsule. He undressed, taking off his SWAT armor and clothes entirely, folding them up and placing them on the chair to the side of him. He laid down on the comfortable bed and curled into a ball, silently crying himself to sleep saying the same thing over and over again, "Mom... Dad..."

~Daniel's Dream~

Daniel was running from... Something. He had no idea what on earth it was, but all he knew was that it was big, and could easily kill him. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, but then tripped over his own feet! He couldn't stand, for his whole body was covered in cuts and bruises, his arm bloody and his legs near broken. He looked up at the beast about to devour him, waiting for the end, but was blinded by a bright light, 2 of them actually. He saw the woman from before and attempted to stand, only to fall back onto the invisible ground beneath them. He looked at her in awe, and then the light at her side. It was a taller woman with pastel pink, blue and green hair and magenta eyes. They looked to Daniel, the shorter with noticeable tears and a look of sadness and worry, whilst the other smiled sadly towards Daniel. They then sent their gazes at the beast in front of them and ran towards it. Daniel wanted to tell them to stop, but his voice was gone, with only a squeak coming out. As they neared the beast a giant golden beam came from what he thought was its giant lion-like hand and enveloped the 2 women. His voice finally came back to him as he roared in sadness, "NOOOOO!!!"

~Real World~

Daniel woke up with a start, screaming from the dreadful nightmare that had just occurred. He had tears in his eyes and a cold sweat was dripping down his face. He looked around and then to a clock that was still somehow working, reading the time of 9:00 AM. He got out of the bed and got dressed in his SWAT uniform and put his normal clothes over top of them, grabbing his bag of weapons, placing the dual executioners and his personal pistol on his waist, and the katanas on his back. And the belt of grenades around his waist. He walked outside and back to the parking garage. He was going to take one of the cars in that garage and get the hell out of this city, no matter what...

~A few minutes later~

As Daniel walked outside and past a few windows of an old TV store, his reflection changed from his own, to 2 cloaked figures, one in a black cloak and the other in white. He stopped suddenly, feeling as if he was being watched and looked behind him, spotting nobody. He shrugged and kept walking to the garage.

When he got there, he had the feeling again, turning around quickly to once again see... No one... "Dammit Daniel, stop being so paranoid!" He cursed at himself and continued to walk inside. He walked up to the second floor of the garage, finding more bunkers. He sighed and took out his key ring, opening the first door to his left. Inside the bunker, it was freezing cold and he soon found out why. The bunker was one giant freezer! The food, however, was far past it's expiration date. So he closed the door and walked away. He looked in the next one finding nothing of use, and when he got to the 3rd, more dead bodies. He wretched again, and walked out of the room saluting the dead soldiers and closing the door. As he neared the 4th door, he could've sworn he heard a voice. He pressed his ear against the door and heard only silence. He readied his pistol and unlocked the door slowly, opening the door at the same pace, "Hello? Anyone in here?" He said whispering into the dark room. He walked in and saw nobody.

He walked in further and found some attachable flashlights. He smiled and grabbed about 10 of them, 5 for the guns & 5 extras. As he began to walk out he heard a small whimper. Daniel looked around the room and then behind the door, finding a little girl! He was relieved to find another human being, but was worried about her as well.

He kneeled down to the girl, hoping to get her attention. "Hello." Daniel said softly to the little girl.

The girl flinched and looked up to him, obviously startled by his sudden appearance. "Um... Hello..." The girl said nervously in an obviously southern accent. Her hair was a candy-apple red, her eyes orange as autumn and were pooled with tears, threatening to fall. She was wearing jean overalls with a plain white shirt underneath. Daniel smiled sadly to her,"What are you doing here?" he said looking around the room. She looked up at him, smiling nervously as she wiped the tears away, "Well... I kinda got lost..." she said giggling sadly. He looked at her and smiled sadly as a reply. She looked up at him blushing and tracing her finger around in a circle,"So... Could you help me get back home?" she said in a shy manner.

He pondered what he should do and smiled, holding a hand out to her,"Sure, let's go." he said in confidence. Her eyes grew wide as she jumped up and hugged him tightly. "Thank you so much!" She squealed in delight. He smiled and hugged her back lightly,"No problem." he said placing her back on her feet. "By the way, my name is Daniel Anderson, and you are?" He said inquisitively. "My name's Abigail Apple, but you can call me Abby, if you want." she said smiling up at him.

He nodded and walked out of the bunker with Abigail by his side,"Okay, Abby it is then." he said as he looked down at the girl. He walked out of the bunker and Abigail followed, yawning and smiling at him joyfully. "So, what're we looking for?" She said innocently, walking with Daniel. "Well, we're looking for keys to one of the cars downstairs." he said, his voice wandering. She nodded and looked around cautiously.

They walked out of the room and closed the door, walking to the next room and opening it to, what looked like, the strategy hall. The duo stepped in and heard a jingling noise. He looked down and saw another key, a car key! He picked it up and walked out of the room, glad that he and Abigail could finally leave this wasteland.

As they walked down, Abigail yawned again, lagging behind. "Abby? Are you alright?" She nodded slowly and sat down. "Mm-hmm... I'm just kinda tired... That's all..." she said rubbing her eyes. He smiled and picked her up into his arms, like a father would for his sleepy daughter and let her sleep in his arms, smiling.

He walked down to the car and opened it, placing her gently in the passenger's side and getting into the car himself, closing the door till he heard a small click. He then thought for a moment. 'Perhaps I should gather a few crates of weapons and meds... It would be awful if she was injured and I couldn't do anything...'

He started the car and drove in reverse, going into the garage and parking in front of the gun bunker, taking 2 crates of each weapon he'd taken previously and then walking to the first aid bunker, gathering all the crates he could fit of everything they'd need, and then driving out of the garage and into, what looked like, the middle of nowhere.
"We're going to be driving for a while..."

~4 hours later~

'Note to self: Driving through a deserted city is creepy and will NEVER happen again!' Daniel thought to himself as he drove past a giant building with vines crawling their way to the top. He sighed as he looked down to Abigail, who was still out like a light. He smiled and concentrated on driving. 'Well, at least I got her out of here before anything hurt her...' he thought congratulating himself on a job well done. As he turned a corner he saw that the city started to slowly turn into a forest, not a building in sight. He began to grow nervous as bad memories of camping trips with his family began to slowly pervade into his mind. He fought them back and drove down the now dirt trail.

He soon happened upon a couple of girls, walking through the thick forest. He was worried as to why they were walking around here in the first place and decided to pull over to see if they needed help. When he stood out of the car and walked over to them, he was stunned. Not from recognition or fright, but of awe.
The first girl was Caucasian with slightly blue silver hair and purple eyes. Her wardrobe was odd to say the least. Atop her head was a purple wizards 's hat with multi-colored stars and a matching cape draped over her slender figure. She wore a tight aquamarine T-shirt with tight matching jeans.

The other was an African woman, perhaps 4 or 5 years older, with aquamarine blue eyes and a beautiful welcoming smile. Her hair was rather odd for a woman. She had a Mohawk with black and white stripes going horizontally from side to side. Her garb was a black and white tank top with a pair of black jeans that seemed to clamp down on her figure.

On her ears were 2 gold rings, painful to look at since they were the same size as the ones he wore, and around her neck, wrists and ankles, were multiple more! She looked like a witchdoctor, but not like the ugly ones in movies. She was beautiful, in fact, they both were.

When he saw them up close, he was rather flustered, but he tried calming himself as much as possible and spoke."Hello, I was driving through and I thought you might need some help." The silver-haired sorceress launched a glare at Daniel, getting in his face, which made his nervousness double,"Help?! The Great and Powerful Trixie needs help from no one!" She said getting terribly close to his face. Daniel blushed from the little amount of space that he had between he and Trixie.

She was pulled away by the witchdoctor as she cleared her throat."Greetings Sir, how are you? I'm sorry about Trixie, she is rather rude." She said in an African accent and rhyme.

Daniel wondered why she was rhyming but ignored it for the time being. "That's alright... But who are you and what are you doing out here?" he said in bewilderment. The woman giggled and began to speak-- or rhyme rather--

"We are Trixie and Zecora those are our names true, we were on our way home when we ran into you. We were gathering herbs for a special new brew, and perhaps ingredients for a pot of boiled beef stew." Daniel was in awe of how beautiful Zecora was. The rhymes were odd, but they were good, and the fact she was beautiful helped too. But his mood changed to one of guilt when he was told he'd stopped them from going home, "Oh, sorry. By the way, why do you rhyme whenever you speak?" Daniel said, his curiosity getting the better of him.

"I rhyme because I love to, it reminds me of home. I rhyme when in company and I rhyme when alone. I find comfort in rhyming and I find it quite fun, when it comes to poems, I am called 'number one'." she said smiling sheepishly from her assumingly accidental brag. "Please do forgive me, I did not mean to boast. It is destined to happen when you are Trixie's host." Daniel'd only known Trixie for a few minutes and already knew she was trouble for everyone.

As he thought this, a small yawn, signaling that Abigail was awake, came from the jeep. He looked to the armored vehicle and smiled walking over and opening the passenger door to a sleepy-eyed Abigail. "Hi Daniel... Where are we?" she said giving a cute yawn between statements.

He smiled and replied,"We're in a forest. There's someone I'd like you to meet." She smiled groggily and reached her arms up, showing him she wanted to be lifted. He chuckled at how childish she was and picked her up effortlessly with one arm. She snuggled into his neck and yawned again. He giggled slightly from the show of affection and walked back to Zecora and an annoyed Trixie.

As he reached the 2 women, Zecora's smile turned to a look of astonishment as she looked at Abigail. "I cannot believe it, can it be true? Abigail Apple, is that really you?" Abigail's sparkling orange eyes opened wide when she looked to Zecora and her smile grew wide,"Zecora!" she yelled as she broke from his embrace and ran to her, hugging the tall woman, but not taller than him, around her waist.

Daniel's heart warmed at the scene and walked over to them. "Tell me Abigail, and please be true, where in this enormous world were you?" Zecora said hugging her back with concern in her voice. "I was in the city. I got trapped by some dogs and was there for a while. But Daniel came and rescued me!" she said running to Daniel and jumping up to hug him.

He caught her and hugged her back, holding her easily with his not injured arm. Zecora looked at him impressed while Trixie just scoffed at him,"Whatever, The Great and Powerful Trixie could have found her easily." Zecora looked at her humorously,"Then tell me Trixie, why did you not? Oh yes, that's right, because you got lost." she said chuckling at the now beet red sorceress. Daniel chuckled at Trixie's expense and looked back to the jeep.

"Um, Miss Zecora, if you don't mind, could you help us get out of this forest so we can get her home?" Zecora nodded to him and started walking, shaking her head to the side to tell Trixie to follow. She sighed and walked with her to the jeep, Abigail and Daniel right behind them. He placed Abigail in the back with Trixie as he sat with Zecora in the front and drove off.

Author's Note

I hope this chapter is to your liking everyone :) Oh, and just so we're clear, this is before I found out what a Rosario really was. I was going off of the anime 'Rosario Vampire'. So yeah, I meant the necklace with the awesome cross attached. Just explaining myself for everyone. Thanks and see ya.

I've noticed a load of not only spelling errors, but also instances of repitition in many places and I know you all have noticed too. I will fix them when i can, because a phone is awful for writing. To those who still read this, see ya later.