Anas relaxed a bit and stared at me.
     " What's wrong?", I asked.
     " Its what you just asked earlier", replied Anas," I keep having strange visions of impending danger, a war yet to come. My wife also asked me that same question".
     " I'm so sorry if it hurts. But where is your wife?".
     " I don't know. I came to this world by accident, and by the time I managed to get back, she was gone".
     " Oh, I'm really sorry for you".
     " Don't be. What matters now is that you need to get back to the Relics and get yourself fixed up".
     " How? Sara won't let me wake up as Nina Flamingo".
     " That's where I come in".
     Anas drew his chair towards me and placed his fingers on each side of my head.
     " I'm going to shut her up for sometime, giving you the opportunity to go back to the Relics and get someone who will help you. I however will remain here and try to hold down Sara so that she won't be able to control you".
     " But if you aren't following me to the Relics, who will I meet that will help me?".
     " Dogan will. He begged me to help you get back Nina. He loves you and wants to save you from dying. Nina Flamingo is dying in the Relics, and he knew that I am capable of bringing you back Nina".
     " You... You mean he sent you to save me?".
     " Yes Nina. Just as the seal I placed on you is keeping you captive on this chair, you have captured his heart, and he loves you like never before".
     I could not fight back the tears that were begging to be released. The seal Anas placed on me that kept me glued to this chair reminds me of the seal of love between me and Dogan, too magical beyond any wizard, too hot to be put out, highly concentrated that it could never be diluted, such love wasn't ordinary, such love was indeed, true love.
     " Are you ready Nina?", asked Anas.
     I could see him blurry as a result of my tears. I closed my eyes so that they could evacuate and flow down my face. All my life, I lived as though I was a freak, laughed upon by everyone, humiliated and insulted. Then came Tom, who tried to make my life comfortable. But no one was like Dogan. He showed me love ever since he set his eyes on me. He wouldn't let anyone molest me, and even though he was a neutral, he defended me against my oppressors, even though he severally took a mouthful of beatings for me. Many times I was confused, wandering why he would do all this for me. Now I know why, and I needed him more than ever.
     " Yes Anas, I'm ready", I replied.
     Anas smiled and said," Good, now concentrate".
     I closed my eyes, my thoughts focused on getting back to the Relics. Anas closed his and also concentrated. Two yellow charges each appeared on his arms. In slow motion, they navigated their way towards me. My heartbeat increased as the charges came closer, and when they reached his fingers, they touched my head, allowing me to wake up on a bed, to see Dogan as he sat on my bed, looking away, crying silently.
***
     Dogan had kissed me after I had left to the real world. My body had slumped backwards, breaking the kiss. He sighed and neatly arranged my body straight on the bed, stealing each moment for a glimspe of my face. To him, I was the most beautiful person he had ever met.
     Farax had peeped in his head from the door." Is she asleep?", he asked.
     " Yes, she's asleep", replied Dogan.
     Farax snared," Told you that she wouldn't wait".
     " I know, I know".
     " You better get to bed Dogan. You know tomorrow's your special day".
     " If Nina can't forget my birthday, so can't I".
     " So you say love bird", replied Farax who finally left the room.
     Dogan sighed, kissed my forehead and left the room also.
***
     The next day, he came into my room and waited until 5:42 pm, the time I usually wake up into the world of the Relics. When I was five minutes late, he stared at my face and noticed that it was slowly turning green. Confused, he bent over the bed to have a better view. Suddenly, my eyes opened wide and my skin was as soft as a new born child. It frightened him to his feet, yet I grabbed hold of his clothes and screamed.
     " Save me Dogan!", I screamed,"  She's wants to kill me!".
     " Who Nina?", he asked," Who wants to kill you?".
     " Golem... In Euston... Western village... By The River... Everline...", I replied with a faint voice and went into coma.
     On seeing this, he rushed out of the room, grabbed a sceptre which had brightly coloured ribbons attached to its head and a Nakim totem, a wooden image of someone stretching forth his right hand as a sign of help. He ran outside, held the totem high above his head and yelled in a loud voice," Anas! Answer me by lightening!".
     Clouds began to form in the sky and yellow lightening flashed in all directions. One lightening finally struck the ground, revealing the lightening warrior, Anas.
     " Why have you summoned me?", he asked.
     " I need your help Anas", replied Dogan.
     " I'm afraid I'm not available right now".
     " What? Why?".
     " I'm making plans to gather an elite team. I'm sorry to disappoint you friend but I have really important plans to execute".
     " You aren't going anywhere", replied Dogan.
     Anas looked at him and asked," And why do you say such?".
     Dogan held the sceptre high for Anas to see," Remember the Sceptan Oath, Anas".
     Anas sighed," Goddamn it. Fine, what do you want?".
     " Golem's back".
     " What? Again?".
     " Yes, and it looks like she's going after Nina!".
     " Where are they?".
     " She mumbled out a place named Euston which has a western village near a river called River Everline".
     " I know that river! That's the best place for witches like her to plot evil".
     " Please Anas, help me save her".
     " I will friend. I promise".
     The same way he came was the same way he left. Since then, Dogan wasn't himself again. I seemed to be getting more paler with each passing moment. His friends confronting words only made him more sad instead of encouraging him..
     Two days after his birthday, he sat close to me and had his eyes fixed on me. My skin was now almost as white as snow. Tears escaped his eyes while he turned away and cried silently.
     He felt a warm hand hold his left hand slowly. He looked admidst tears and saw that I was looking at him from my bed. He cleaned his tears and looked at me with utter amazement. He was so dumbfounded that he didn't even know what to say..
     " Do I still get to wish you happy birthday?".
     He laughed and hugged me tightly. He looked at my face and gave me a long kiss on the lips. I refused to let those lips go. The Moon then peeped down through the window to see two lovers under the moonlight.