Chapter 7: They Don't Come Back.

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Y/N P.O.V.     Location: ???

I stand on a grassy plain. The sky above me is a crystal blue. The plain stretches on for miles in all directions. I reach out with the force to try and gain some knowledge of the surrounding area.

I can't get a proper read on it.  Something's wrong.

(Y/N) - This... this isn't real, is it?

(Cal) - Not all of it, no.

I turn on my heels, coming face-to-face with my master.

(Y/N) - You... you're real? Not another hallucination like during the battle with Zank?

(Cal) - As real as I can be, anyway. I'm not going to take long, I just need to tell you something.

(Y/N) - Yes Master?

(Cal) - You can't stay focused on the past. I understand that setting your fear aside will be difficult, but it's not impossible. Your new friends are proof enough of that.

The scenery begins to turn brighter, and Master Kestis begins to disappear.

(Y/N) - Master Kestis? Master Kestis! Please, don't go!

(Cal) - I don't have a choice. You're beginning to wake up.

(Y/N) - I don't want to be alone again! Please don't leave!

(Cal) - You have never been alone. You've made new friends - friends that you can rely on, and as long as you remember me, and the others you cherished... 

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Y/N P.O.V.    Location: Waking World - Night Raid's Base.

(Cal) - Then we are never truly gone.

I immediately shoot awake, sitting upright in my bed, and remembering the pain of loss once more.

(Y/N) - ...Interesting... Dreams hurt. 

(??????) - Mmm... zzzzzzzzzzzzz... Y/N will be working with me today... zzzzzzzzz...

The hell?

I look down to see the purple one - Sheele she was called. It looks like she passed out while waiting for me to wake up.

(Sheele) - Let'zzzz... get along today... zzzzzzzzz...

...She's not just an airhead, she's also an optimist.

(Y/N) - Hey. Wake up. You're training me today, right?

I gently attempt to shake her awake. She falls onto the floor, only really waking up after hitting her head on the floor. She stands, rubbing the sore spot on her noggin, and turns to my dresser, bowing slightly.

(Sheele) - Good morning...

I notice that she's not wearing her glasses, and take the opportunity to play a small game.

(Y/N) - Hey, Sunshine. On your left.

She immediately turns to her left, squinting a bit, before freaking out about her glasses. 

Oh yeah. This is going to be memorable.

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Y/N P.O.V.     Location: Hidden River

It took us some time, but after we got breakfast, we immediately got down to training.

And by 'training', I mean she was trying to drown me.

She told me I was supposed to learn how to swim while heavily encumbered, before she dolled me up in a suit of armor and kicked me into the river.

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