[note: lyrics included with this story does not belong to me but to Evanescence.]

...Irenia was standing at the edge of a cliff, gazing out into the distance as she wondered how she got there in the first place. Before her, a sea of trees stretched out, casting shadows around them from the light of the full moon above. The scene itself gave a sense of foreboding, uncertainty as you stare at the abyss below.
All of a sudden, Irenia found herself falling back from the ledge.

The next thing she knew, fear choked her as she started to cry. She doesn't know why, but a sense of sorrow crashed over her like waves breaking over a shore.
"So I'll always be alone... Never did belong, anyway...What's wrong if I did leave? Nobody's here..." She closed her eyes for a while, feeling the air rush around her.
"Irenia!" Her eyes snapped open as she shot her gaze to the receding edge. A. J. was shouting down at her with a stricken face.
"You idiot! What are you...?"
"Shut up! Leave me alone...!" she yelled back. Why, of all people, did he have to be there?
"Moron! You're going to end your life like this?!" he shouted. This time, Irenia didn't respond as she contemplated over his question.
...Wait a minute, she didn't intend to fall... But she gave into the situation already without really knowing why--for what reason.

As she kept falling, she realized something. Why did A. J. care...? Did he actually care for her...? That was when reality decided to slap her across the face as she felt something stir within herself. Desperation. She needs to stop herself, she needs to get back to him especially since...
Images of her and A. J. together were flashing through her mind, making the need to stop stronger as she held out her arms, reaching.
"A. J. !"

'No...it's too late...' Irenia thought to herself as A. J. became a mere speck. '...Too late...' Before she could curse herself, A. J. went, "DAMMIT!" He disappeared from the edge for a brief moment before he dived down, flying after her with is arms out.
"No way...! It'll be too late!" she cried out, but he answered back with "Don't think of that! Just!--"

She doesn't know how, but A.J. managed to appear before her, reaching his hand out.
"C'mon!" he urged as she strained herself, grasping it.

Once their hands were clasped, A. J. pulled her to him as they both descended, his arms encircling her shoulders.
"Hang on...this is it..." he murmured. Irenia stayed silent as she laid her cheek against his chest, listening to his heart pulsate beneath his skin as relief flowed into her. Already, she knew that they weren't going to make it but she didn't care--she was with him, the only one for him...

Irenia shot up in her bed, beads of sweat on her forehead. Her head was pulsing, making her dizzy as she made her way into the washroom. She let the cold water run into her cupped hands, splashing it over her face.
"...Only a dream, huh?" she mumbled to herself. 'How strange... The scenery...the night sky...' She trembled as she turned the faucet off. 'And that boy... A. J. ...' A picture of his face bloomed inside her head. '...Odd. I felt like I knew him since in my dream when I actually don't... I do not know of this A.J...'
"Oh, who cares. It was some stupid dream anyway," she stated with assurance. "Just a dream..."