(I'm sorry it's a little short, but I tried many times to make it longer and I couldn't do it. If I try again, I might just go insane.)

I was still screaming when I woke up again. I sat up quickly, fighting the arms around me. My mind wouldn't shake the vision, and I still felt trapped inside it.

"No! Let go of me!" I cried, desperately fighting the hands on me. Eventually, I was released, but I still couldn't bring myself out of the scene I had witnessed.

I heard voices, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. My imagination had continued the vision, and I was crying and screaming for those awful demons to leave me alone.

"Chrystal!"

That familiar voice made my mind freeze. I managed to stop screaming, and finally opened my eyes.

Sebastian was before me, staring at me with intense red eyes. I'd never seen him look so stern. I would've cowarded away from him if the fear wasn't completely overtaken by the joy and relief of seeing him alive. I began crying again, reaching out and latching onto him tightly.

"Oh, you're alive!" I cried over and over again. "Thank goodness, you're alive."

His arms wrapped tightly around me in return. "Yes, I'm here. I'm right here."

After a few moments, the door burst open, and I clung to Sebastian tighter.

"What happened?" Lisa's voice was loud and confused. "The whole castle heard her screams."

When she didn't receive an answer, I heard her sigh, and soon felt her place a hand on my head. The urge to shake her off was hard to resist, but I did, telling myself repeatedly that she wouldn't hurt me.

She gasped as she pulled her hand away, and when I looked up at her, she was covering her mouth with one hand, her expression terrified.

I turned away from her, burying my face in Sebastian's chest as he held me tighter.

"What happened?" came Sarah's concerned voice.

"Chrys, are you alright?" Jasmine asked.

All I could do was shake my head.

There was a long, heavy silence in the room after that. No one moved as I sobbed in Sebastian's arms. I could still feel the hands on me, see Sebastian's mutilated corpse, hear the demons' laughs.

After a while, Lisa spoke up, her voice directed toward Sarah and Jasmine. "Come along, girls. They're going to need a minute."

"But what happened?" Jasmine asked, her scared voice breaking my heart.

There was a pause. "Do I have your permission to tell them, dear?"

I nodded. There was no way I was going to be able to.

At that, I heard the door open, then close a moment later. Even with it just being Sebastian and I in the room again, I still couldn't lift my head. I clung to him desperately, as if I was trying to confirm he really was here with me, that he really was alive.

After many more minutes of crying, Sebastian eventually leaned back and held me in place, refusing to let me hide my face anymore. He was probably trying to look me in the eyes, but I refused to open them. I wouldn't be able to see well, anyway. Everything was going to be blurred by my tears.

"Chrystal," he said softly. "What happened? Tell me."

I finally opened my eyes. As expected, my vision was blurred, but I could still see that the stern expression he was giving me earlier was gone. He now showed me nothing but concern and fear.

I opened my mouth to try to tell him, but no sound came out. More tears welled up at that. My one reason I hadn't wanted to go back into that vision was to warn him of what I had seen. Now I wasn't even going to be capable of that. My fists kept clenching handfuls of his clothes, trying to reassure my brain that he was in fact right in front of me, and not lying dead on the floor.

"I'm so happy you're alive," I whispered. "I love you. I love you so much." I sniffed, trying to hold back sobs. "Please. Please don't-"

He interrupted me by placing his lips on mine. My heart jumped, and I felt more tears as I leaned into his touch. He was alive. He was with me. He's right here. He's alright. I'm alright.

I was the one to pull away. I wiped away my tears, then looked up at him. I wasn't even surprised when I saw his windblown hair. I refused to look at the state the rest of the room was in.

"Can you tell me what you saw, My Love? I'd like to help you."

I slowly nodded. Then, taking a deep breath, I told him about the whole vision.

When I reached the end of it, I was crying again, hugging myself. I could still feel it, the hands of those horrible demons. But what was almost just as scary as the vision was the anger on Sebastian's face that he was trying desperately to cover up for my sake. I looked down and leaned into his embrace again.

"Please," I said between sobs. "Promise me you won't die. I order you. You are not allowed to die. I don't care what they do to me, just don't leave me..."

I continued to sob as he pulled me close, resting his head on mine. "I promise you, My Love. And I won't let them lay a finger on you. I swear it."