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It was far into the future that the time we are writing this here. The cities float above the earth, androids are now in existence, and AI is fully developed. All the planets have been colonized one way or another. Almost everything is technologically based. But within all this technology, there is a rare gift not even sensors can detect. A gift to one person out of the trillions that inhabit a small solar system. And this person walks among the people, leaving them in the dark of the gift. The gift that one can enter another's dream.

Among these many people, about a third of them are going to sleep, or sleeping at the moment. One of them is Valeria Grands who happens to be living in one of the many apartments of the run down building. She's always dreamed of living the good life but that's never happened and it seems like it never will. Of course the building would be rebuilt by tomorrow and she would have no where to go.. nowhere to hide from the police that portal the city's streets with their hovering plates that they stood on, which were said to be the fastest transportation. Shaking her head, she curled up into a ball in one of the corners of the room and pulled a blanket over her thin frame as she slowly fell asleep.

The gifted youth walked the streets, passing people and moved into the Apartment District. He strolled past the cops, and people, completely inconspicuous. Or so he thought. "Hey! You there! Boy! Come 'ere!" he quickly turned down an alley and accessed the first dream he could disappear into. The dream of one Valeria Grands.

Valeria had spent quite a bit of time in a library at one point, lived there for a good year and kept coming back to it after a while, so she read the old books that were stored in the backrooms where she slept. She knew a lot about the old world.. one of things that she loved reading about was the beach and the sunsets.. in reality she was hopeless romantic though she never showed that side of her until she was asleep.

Looking around, she breathed in the warm, slightly humid air. It was warm out and she was dressed in a white dress that was loose and the wind blew into her face, blowing her red hair back as she closed her brown eyes. Her hair had always been wavy but in the dream it was straight. The warm ocean water went up to her ankles as a wave crawled up the shore and the sand was like chalk, soft as well. In the distance the sun was setting and the sky was millions of different colors.

The Dream Walker looked around at her dream and nodded some. "Now this is what I call a dream." he muttered, sitting up in a tree and taking a bite of the multicolored fruit that blossomed from the dream trees he had slipped in. Of course whenever he was on a person's dream, he disguised himself, to better fit in. But he decided against this as he plucked a few more dream fruit and walked onto the sand. He took another bite of the juicy fruit and smiled as the waves washed onto his shoes. "Man. This is the best dream I've walked in on. Too bad it won't last long." he mumbled as he chewed, looking up at the multicolored sky.

Valeria turned around to see a man. Tilting her head, she looked at him confused. Who was he? He was eating fruit.. where in the world had that come from. "What do you mean it won't last long?" as she said that, the sun disappeared and the sky became dark, the water a dark blue and she blinked as she looked up. Her clothes had changed into some jeans that were ripped at her knees and her shirt was too big for her, hung over one shoulder but thankfully covered everything. Her feet now had shoes, not very good ones but they fit. Looking around, she noticed it was one of the cities she had read about.. Moscow to be exact.

He looked to her, wiping some of the juice from his chin. First time he'd been spotted in quite a long time. Usually the dreamers were too engrossed in the dream to notice him. He then looked to the sky and area as it changed. He just took another bite of the fruit. "Nice outfit." he said, walking over to her, tossing the core aside, which turned into a bird and flew away into the dark Moscow night. "So. What's up."

She blinked when he commented on her clothing before she crossed her arms. She was young, seventeen to be exact, but she had learned a lot from life during her time. Valeria took a small step back when he walked over to her, not too sure about all of this. "Nothing.." she said in a low voice. Her hair was back to being it's natural wavy red self and it came down to the middle point between her shoulder and elbow. "Who are you?" she asked, since she didn't know him. Valeria was always very aware of the things in her dream and she didn't remember reading about him.. or seeing him anywhere.. so where had he come from?

He pulled out another one of the odd fruit and he took a bite. "You know what a sleep walker is right? Sort of like that." he said, munching on the fruit. "Except I walk in dreams." the boy spoke. He would rather into give his name to her. Like she'd remember him, let alone his name, when she woke up. Which he sensed would not be long. "I'd be what you'd call a Dream Walker."

The boy glanced at the sirens and sighed. "Why must I do this..." he muttered and changed himself. Since it was a dream, he could do so. He changed into a german sheperd and ran after her. He was large for such a dog and so he easily caught up with her. "Why are you running from the sirens?"

The Dream Walker just sighed. He bounded after her, making the jumps before going ahead of her and turning back into his human form. He held out one of his hands. "Dream Essence. Fray in 3... 2... 1...." with that he snapped his fingers, hoping that would wake her up. This dream was actually stressing him out.

((Hope you don't mind me hijacking some dream powers. ^^u))

The Dream Walker appeared in an alley, panting softly. "Dammit. Her dreams are so stressful... I'm completely exhausted..." he muttered, running his fingers through his hair. He brushed his clothes off and headed back out into the populace. "Mental note. Stay out of her dreams." he said, sitting on the stoop of the apartment building Valeria was in. He rubbed his head softly, nursing a headache. "No more crazy dreams please... Especially hers...."

((That's ok. As long as you told me what was going on, I forgivez you! ^^))

The Dream Walker got to his feet and brushed back his hair before starting to walk. He didn't know he had walked by the alley that had the fire escape, not even noticing Valeria coming down the metal structure. Maybe he could find a better dream to relax in.

The man sighed, ruffling his hair some. "Alright. Mental note. Stay out of her dreams. Way too much of an active mind.... Those dreams are so hard to settle into..." he said, not even realizing he was speaking aloud right as he passed the girl who's dream he had invaded.

The Dream Walker didn't even hear the gasp as he exited the other end of the alley and glanced around the street. He walked over to the alley across the street and sat next to a dog house. He had a few hidden tunnels into the basement of the building it was next to. Clever him. He glanced around a bit before slipping into the tunnel next to the dog house and closed it behind him before sliding into the basement with a thud. The other was in the dog house itself, for the husky that was now running around his legs.

He smiled and pet the husky, ruffling its fur. "Luka. My brave little fuzzy Valkyrie. Did you keep watch over the house?" he was answered with a bark and a lick to his face, making him laugh. "I take that as a yes." he said before going to a fireplace and getting a fire going, then going into a back room to change.