A/N: I actually decided to have brief interval before they went to Heliohapt. I wanted to at least include some original ideas, instead of it just being straight from the manga.

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Sera wiped the sweat from her brow as she woke up. Fortunately, the dream only happened once during the night. Although, it left lingering questions. The most important question was who was Bathsheba?

Unfortunately, Amdusias refused to give answers, he was silent. She groaned and went downstairs.

"Hey, Sera, are you alright? I heard you scream last night," said Mystras.

"I'm fine, don't worry about it." She smiled and waved it off. The same question was asked by several people, but she responded the same way.

Sinbad then walked up to her after Ja'far also asked if she was alright. "So, what was the dream about?" He asked.

"Don't worry about it." She responded quickly, a little too quickly.

He rose a brow "are you sure?" He asked again.

"Completely, I'd rather not talk about it," she said, walking past him.

Sinbad deduced it must have been a weird dream.

•~•~•

"Amdusias, talk to me right now!"

It was silent. "Amdusias! I am your master! This is an order."

She heard a sigh, 'here I thought you would never pull that card.'

"You forced me to for not answering," she said, "now, tell me. What was that dream? I know you saw it as well."

Sera heard another sigh. 'I cannot say,' he said.

She grew enraged "why not?!" She yelled.

'I'm sorry, it's not the time for this.' His voice then faded away and it was once again silent.

"Amdusias!"

Silence.

She groaned "damn you!" She yelled.

'Can't anyone tell me what's going on?' She thought.

All in due time.

That damn was back again. She didn't know if hearing it at times was a blessing or curse. Also, she had no idea if it was just her, but the voices sounded like two separate ones. From who? She had no idea. At least she knew both sounded male.

Sera sat down under the shade of a tree and sighed. 'Bathsheba? Who is that?' She thought.

•~•~•

Sera panted as Sinbad lunged at her. "Come on! You have to try harder."

She gripped her spear and took deep breaths. Her concentration was interrupted when she heard Sinbad running towards her.

She sidestepped his advance and glared at him, "how can I do that when you're attacking me?!"

He rolled his eyes, "do you think the enemy is going to wait for to equip? Djinn equip has to be done quickly with no hesitation. If you hesitate, you'll die and so will your comrades. If your hesitating them something is holding you back-" he pointed his sword in front of her- "what is it?" He asked.

Her jaw clenched and then she sat down, "the only reason I ever had to do this equip was for Lady Maader's sick, twisted entertainment. Equipping this Djinn-" she the spear in front of her to see the eight pointed star shining back to her- "always meant that someone was going to die or lose something. I feel like if I do it again, then someone will get hurt or worse."

He scoffed "you're scared? I hate to break it to you, but Djinn's have no use for the weak. You're supposed to be a king candidate, aren't you? If you're going to be like this then you might as well get rid of it... Or-" his gold eyes glinted as he said this- "give it to me."

Her eyes widened. She stood and pointed her spear at him "like hell I will!" She yelled.

"Oh? Then show me you won't! Or are you too scared?" He mocked.

"Be quiet!"

"Make me!"

Sera gripped her spear even tighter than before and charged towards him. It was only for a brief moment, but she equipped. The same white dress that adorned her when she was under Maader's control was there for a fleeting moment.

Sinbad smirked and blocked her attack, "nice job."