"I'm so booooooored!" Abigail said in an annoyed tone of voice, and it was understandable that a 10-year-old like her would act this way... But Trixie was no better..."I agree with the child! Are we there yet?!" she said whining like a spoiled brat. Zecora and Daniel were losing their patience slowly, not from Abigail, but Trixie! "We are not there yet, so let the whining be done, we will get there faster if you count from 1." she said calmly turning back to Daniel and receiving a thankful look. Abigail sighed and counted quietly,"1...2....3....4...5..." Trixie simply dozed off. Soon however, Abigail followed, leaning against Trixie and only getting to 40.

Daniel looked back at the 2 of them and smiled, looking back to the trail. He thought this was as good a time as any to talk to Zecora, so he did. "Miss Zecora, can I ask you something?" Zecora nodded to him and signaled for him to speak. "What happened? Why is everything destroyed?" Zecora sighed and looked down sadly,"A long time ago, when I was only a thought, a destructive battle was brutally fought. One side was of destruction, a devilish horde, led by a man nicknamed 'Discord'. The other side was of good, trying to keep peace, but many of their own had become deceased.. The soldiers that stopped him, or so the legends go, were led by 2 commanders named... Komuro." Zecora spoke in a sad tone of voice, but then looked to Daniel amazed. "You must be... But if that was true... Shikaku and Sarako were the parents of.... You."

Daniel's eyes were pooled with tears, but his expression never changed, trying his best to keep his concentration on the road. As they past through a few more trees, they wound up in a grassy clearing, a calm river to the right of them. He got out of the jeep, followed by Zecora. "Daniel my friend, are you alright? Maybe we should stop and rest for the night." She said as she put a hand on his trembling shoulder. He spun around and hugged Zecora tightly, crying openly into her shoulder. He didn't know what he was doing, all he knew was that he needed a hug, someone to tell him everything would be alright.
She was shocked for a moment but smiled sadly hugging him back and closing her eyes."Shh shh... Everything will be okay, your parents did what they did so we could be here today..." She said stroking him from the top of his long hair down to his back, trying to calm him down. About 2 or 3 minutes later he'd cried himself to sleep, Zecora held him like a little child, though he was taller. She decided he had the right idea and fell asleep next to him, holding him protectively.
~Daniel's Nightmare~

Daniel was in the same parking garage from before, the one he'd left from not 24 hours ago. He saw the exact same bunkers, but the one in the middle was glowing. He walked forward and into it, seeing his deceased parents. He had a frightened expression as they got up and said things like, "Why did you leave us..." and, "Our deaths were all your fault..." He broke down and cried, feeling anger towards himself and sorrow from the loss of his parent's lives and their awful words. "No... No, I didn't mean to... Please... Please stop..." he whispered through his tears and sobs.

As he cried a light was shining brightly behind him. He turned, expecting to see the woman that brought him to this wretched place, but instead saw the African witchdoctor, Zecora. She hugged him tightly and protectively, speaking gentle and assuring rhymes into his ear. "Do not worry Daniel, your parents may be gone, but you still have friends whose shoulders you can lean on." When she said this, 2 more lights shimmered behind her, showing themselves as Trixie and Abigail. He was still crying but he smiled at them and hugged them all, glad to know that there were still people who cared about him. "Thank you..." He said to them all. "Thank you all so much...

~Real World~

Daniel woke up with a calm, well rested feeling, even after his awful dream. Looking around and remembering he'd fallen asleep in a field, he sighed. He tried moving his right arm but it was weighed down,and when he tried the left, he got the exact same result. He sighed again and looked to the right, seeing Abigail's head rested on it. He smiled but then grew confused again. 'If she's on my RIGHT... Then who's on my left?' he looked to his left and saw Zecora holding him, asleep and 2 inches away. He was shocked and embarrassed seeing Zecora sleeping right next to him. The only time he'd ever slept with a girl is when his little sister was startled by a power outage.

Soon, Zecora's beautiful aquamarine eyes fluttered open and she looked to Daniel smiling sleepily to him. "Good morning Daniel, are you alright? It seems that we all took a rest for the night." she rhymed and smiled while he blushed brighter from the little amount of space between their faces. From behind Daniel, they heard a tiny yawn and looked over to see Abigail waking up slowly. She looked over Daniel's shoulder and saw Zecora. She smiled groggily and climbed over Daniel and in between them, snuggling in and looking up at them. "Mornin' Daniel, mornin' Zecora." They both said good morning to the little cowgirl and hugged her, making her giggle cutely.

"Hey, I bet we look like a big happy family. Right?" Abigail said looking up at Zecora and Daniel. They both blushed brightly and looked into each other's eyes, smiling and looking back down to the little girl in their arms,"Yeah... I guess we do..." Daniel said nuzzling the little girl's cheek. "One happily family, yes indeed. But I must wonder... Where is Trixie?" Zecora said in bewilderment. Daniel wondered the same and looked down to Abigail, pointing to the jeep and to a drooling, snoring Trixie on the hood of it. They all laughed quietly and Daniel said,"Why don't we rest for a little longer. You 2 don't seem all that awake yet. And Trixie doesn't seem like she's waking up willingly anytime soon."

Zecora and Abigail were about to protest, but instead they yawned again. They all laughed and were about to go back to sleep until..."Daniel, Zecora!!!" yelled a rather annoyed Trixie as she fell off of the hood and stomped over to them.
"How dare you make the Great and Powerful Trixie sleep on a cold, hard jeep while you enjoy the soft grass!!!" Zecora simply sighed and pulled Trixie down on top of Daniel and her, next to Abigail. Daniel blushed brightly again as Trixie fell in top of him, their noses touching and dark amethyst eyes met Trixie's purple orbs. Trixie blushed as well and rolled onto his side, Zecora behind her. Trixie was about to say something, but a yawn was all that came out as she dozed off in their combined embrace.

They chuckled at the sorceress while Daniel blushed even redder than before. They all hugged one another, Abigail and Trixie holding each one another. Daniel and Zecora held each other across the 2 as they all fell asleep rather quickly from the warmth of the sun creeping up from beyond the emerald trees, shining down on the group.

~a few hours later~

Daniel and Zecora woke up about 5 hours later, still huddled up with Trixie and Abigail in their arms, sleeping peacefully. They smiled down at them and then at each other, a blush taking over their faces. Daniel picked up Abigail in his arms while Zecora tried to wake Trixie up. "No... Five more minutes..." Trixie said in her sleep while Daniel placed Abigail down softly in the back seat of the jeep, still asleep Trixie woke up not to long after, yawning. She stood from where she was and walked into the forest, getting her regular walk routine over with.

Paying Trixie no mind at the moment, Daniel looked at Zecora, her eyes showing how tired she really was. "Why don't you get some extra sleep? You could use it." he said looking at Zecora with a smile. Zecora shook her head, "I'll go find food, and if you would, make sure Trixie's behavior is good." Daniel chuckled and nodded as she left to find food. Daniel decided he should wash his face, so he walked to the river.

Daniel kneeled down to the river and splashed some water into his face, washing away the sweat and dirt, finally getting a look at himself in the water's surface. His eyes were slightly redder than usual, his irises now a dark magenta color. His hair was twice as long as before, reaching down to his lower back, the black ring making his his hair a long ponytail. "Daniel!!!" Trixie's voice echoed throughout the area, ringing in Daniel's ears as he stood, and ran towards where he heard the scream. "Trixie?! Where are you?!" She screamed his name again and he darted in the direction of the shriek. As he entered a small clearing, he saw Trixie surrounded by what looked like wolves... Made of wood?

Daniel ran in and slashed and stabbed the wolves, one of them nicking his old dog bite wound, making it bleed again. "Uh oh..." he said as he continued to hack and slash at the wolves. After killing the last one, he walked towards Trixie, crying her eyes out and sniffling. He took her hand into his and pulled her up, but she wrapped her arms around him and cried harder. Daniel hugged her back, attempting to calm her down. "Trixie, are you alright?" she wiped her tears but continued to cry. "Y-yes... Thank you..." Daniel smiled weakly as he started to grow pale, "That's good..." Daniel's voice was tured and raspy. Daniel's grip on her softened as he started to fall. Trixie stopped crying and kneeled down as he fell to the ground, hanging onto him. "Daniel? Daniel?!" she looked at her cape and her eyes dilated in horror, seeing the trail of blood running down his arm onto her cape.
Trixie put all her strength into placing Daniel's arm around her shoulder, his hand resting on her breast. She blushed at the sudden touch she had caused but attempted ignoring it as she thought. 'What can Trixie do? We are too far to go back to the jeep, and Zecora will never find us in time... Trixie supposes she'll have to walk...' She started walking down a dirt trail she thought she'd seen before , keeping a firm grip on Daniel the whole way.

Author's Note

Uh-oh, looks like Daniel is pretty screwed! XD comment below and the next chapter will be out soon.