" What people? You humans? " she laughed again. " Like you actually matter..." Her eyes moved to his ring, where North's heartstone was.

"You're wrong. Maybe we don't have immortality, or crazy powers, or whatever. But we're important. Flowers don't live forever. Snow only lasts so long before it melts. But they're special and treasured. Humans too. We won't last forever, but we're beautiful and precious." Oleander moved his hands so that his ring was hidden from view, backing away slowly and seeing if he could somehow leave this dream.

" Now, who told you that craziness? " His ring suddenly appeared in her hand. " What a pretty stone...too bad its about to get broken. " she took her thumbnail(pun intended) and pressed it against the surface of the stone. Small cracks began to form.

Panicking, Oleander did the first thing he could think of, and quickly tackled her, taking her by surprise. He snatched the ring back and quickly left the dream. Once back in the black space, he tried his best to wake up.

Waking up, he sat straight up, screaming.

North and the griffin were right there and she almost jumped into the ceiling when he screamed.

Panting, Oleander quickly moved as close to the griffin. He felt around desperately for his ring, sighing in relief when it was still there. He looked up at North with watery eyes. "I... She... You... Ah...!!!!!"

" Okay, calm down, take deep breaths. " She said.

The griffin nuzzled him.

"Sachira..!" He finally gasped. He shivered and gently pet the griffin. "I... I saw Sachira. And. But was she really there?"

She nodded. " Sachira also can go into peoples dreams, and use them for her own purposes. It requires a lot of power, and in order for you to be able to go into the dream and see it, shes probably escaped, and possibly managed to get someone elses heartstone. "

He shivered, terrified. "She tried to break your stone. But I wouldn't let her. Whose heartstone do you think she has? How did she get it?"