Listen, And The Stars Shall Speak

We All Fall Down

A/N: Sorry! I didn't mean to leave you o a cliffhanger for a while! But it's Mid-term week and I'm only updating today because I have a snow day, even though there's no snow on the ground..... *shrugs* I'll take it anyway. Here you go!

Rin anxiously paced the floor of the healer's hut, trying not to panic. Stardust sat in the corner, scribbling on a scroll, only to cross out everything he had just written. He groaned in frustration.

"This would be so much easier if we had the names of the dragons I'm supposed to help." he commented. Rin stopped pacing, walked over, and slapped him. "OW! What was that for?" he demanded. She glared at him.

"My sister could die!" she yelled. "The healers have no idea what's wrong with her, and we have no clue how harsh the stars are going to punish her! And you're just sitting here, not even concerned, complaining about not knowing the names of random dragons!"

"Last time I checked, worrying isn't doing anything to help her. And I am worried! Meander is one of my best friends, even if all she does is yell at me and hit me with blunt objects. I just figure that the best thing I could be doing for her right now is to figure out how to do what she wanted me to." 

Before Rin could say another word, a healer stepped out and glanced at them, just as Apple burst into the room. 

"Found them!" she exclaimed, stepping aside as Joy and Kelp rushed in. "And I've got an idea." 

"Idea?" Stardust jumped to his feet. "I'm in."

"Where is she?" Joy demanded. The healer led them to the back of the room; their voices dropping to hushed whispers. Rin watched them go with a miserable expression.

"What's the idea?" Stardust urged. Apple glanced around to make sure no one was watching. 

"Dreamvisitors." she explained. "Ander's unconscious, right?"

"She's in a coma." Rin corrected sadly. 

"Same thing. Anyway, if we can get a dreamvisitor, then we can get in her head and ask her about the dragons we need to save, and how to help her!" The others stared at her.

"That's genius." Rin admitted. 

"But where do we get a dreamvisitor?" Stardust questioned. The girls rolled their eyes.

"Queen Glory has one."

"And how do we get that from her?"

"We're princesses, Stardust. We can break into her hut anytime we need to." 

*~*~*~*~*

An hour later, Apple, Rin, and Stardust sat in a cave, the dreamvisitor resting in Rin's claws. 

"Here goes nothing." she sighed before closing her eyes, focusing on memories about her sister. 

"Ring around the rosie- wanna play?" a voice asked. 

"Why would I want to lay a game that does nothing but reference a fatal disease, joke about the symptoms of a dark plague, and then ends with laughing about death?" Ander questioned. Rin smiled. That was Ander alright. 

And then she was dropped into an unfamiliar place. It was cold here, the kind of cold that almost felt warm. It was dark too, which made Rin uneasy. Ander, she knew, loved sunshine and lights. Darkness was cruel to her, even if it was where the stars lived. Everything around her was stone, or some cold metal. Rin jumped at a sudden crash and strange whispers rushed past her ears in a language she didn't understand. She wandered down a hallway until she spotted two cells- the first one containing a very familiar face.

"Ander!" she hissed, running up. Her sister looked pale, but her head snapped up at the sound.

"Rin?" she asked, her voice soft.

"Yes! It's me! I'm here to help you." Ander shook her head.

"You can't help me if I'm in here."

"Then maybe you can help us." 

"How?"

"I need the names of the dragons you told Stardust to help. He needs them to work the spell." At the word spell, a loud screeching noise slammed down and Rin shouted at the sudden sound. 

"That's a forbidden word here." Ander explained. She leaned towards the bars of her cell. "You have to leave before they find you, but I'll tell you what I can." She glanced down. "After all, it can't get much worse than this."

"Ande-"

"The dragons you're looking for are Coal, Dusk, Haze, and Qibli. And-" she paused, glancing nervously at the dark sky. "If you really want to help me, find her." She pointed at the cell across from her own. "She'll know what to do."

Rin glanced over and saw a pretty white and black dragon with blue eyes. She watched them curiously. Rin felt the dreamvisitor start to pull her away, but she heard her sister whisper one last thing before the dream world disappeared.

"Her name is Whiteout."