I lit the fire, then walked around as the daylight slowly fled the field of battle. I gathered up some leaves and grass, placing them on the ground a little way from the fire, making us a bed. We had sparred for three hours and our bodies were fairly new, so there were a few aches and we were tired. I laid down on the bed and waved the girls over. They each grabbed a side and cuddle up against me.

"Night, ladies, sleep well you've earned it," I said, and soon I heard snores, then closing my eyes the world faded away.

My eyes opened to a blackness with tiny pinpoints of colored light spread randomly throughout. I blinked then wandered towards the nearest light, a purple hazy light which seemed to pulse dimly. I got closer and it started to appear as a giant purple gem, when I finally got close enough I tried to peer in while I braced my hands against the outer shell. Inside there was an odd looking being made of a lavender colored slime. The slime person appeared to be reading a book, I could not read it, from this distance. I turned away from the giant gem and started to head towards the next one. A bright blue light, which pulsated at a quick rate. I got about halfway when I felt something pull me off course, toward a blank area amongst the gems. I shrugged and walked in the direction of whichever force wanted me to head in this direction.

 What felt like several hours later I noticed a bright green gem with orange pulses. I got close enough to see what looked like a dungeon layout before the mysterious force nudged me in a slightly different direction. I still couldn't see anything there, yet after only a few minutes I felt a slight resistance. I looked around and saw the wall of a black gem behind me. It was what was in front of me that caused my jaw to drop in astonishment. There was a small pile of books and toys, to one side was a white door, and what appeared to be a white screen. The being watching the screen is what caught most of my attention, she must have been ten, or possibly twelve at the oldest. I stared for a few more seconds when a screen popped up.

Results of Assessment skill:

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Name: Sophie @%# error format invalid for your Realm

Species: Human (Cosmic Level Divin.... Error

(*))^()(*^ Error We are sorry we can not show you the information

you have requested as the Realm Systems are not properly synced.

You have approximately 2 hours of Dream Walk time before Paradox 

arrives and makes all our lives more difficult.

I blinked as the screen faded from view. When did I get Dream Walk as a skill, or did someone else use their skill on me? I shrugged to myself, then noticed that the girl, erm Sophie had picked up two wooden practice swords and was swinging them around. I frowned then went and stood in her line of sight,  but she took no notice of me. I sighed and her shoulders tightened slightly.

"Can you hear or see me?" I asked, but received no reply. I formed a pair of my own swords, almost surprised when it worked. I started slowly with the forms, eventually adding in hip checks and trips. After an hour and no signs of her having noticed me, I sighed again and sat down. I was hit with a brilliant idea, then frowned as I realized I had nothing to write on.

"Wait, this is a dream, right? So..." I concentrated on what I wanted and got a book and pen. I started to write and sketch, then had another thought and after each kata or exercise pictured doing it as I did. Soon I had a book, with enough to get someone halfway through beginning twin blade mastery, not just short swords, I had included long swords, hand and a half swords, daggers, and pretty much any other one handed blade I could think of. I was happy with this item and signed my name to it, making the pen disappear I sat the book on the floor and went to walk back through the wall of the gem. Before I got to the wall I heard something scuffle on the floor and looked back to see the book trying to follow me.

"Stay," I said with a slight chuckle, as I pointed at the book. A sudden excruciating pain hit me just as another popup appeared.

ERROR!!!! Paradox has hit!

I almost lost my sanity, for there not ten feet (3.048 M) in front of me, was my old Terran Federation Marine powered armor. The worst part is I could see my dead body inside of it.