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When Inara reached her home that night, her sister had come to open the door for her.

"I heard the sound of your bike. I wasn't expecting any rebel." Amara commented.

Inara forced a smile as she walked inside the house, doing a good job of hiding her pain or so she thought.

"Trouble in paradise?" Amara asked after locking the door behind her and Inara was not expecting it but the weight of dismay and disappointment over the events at Zee's place broke her down in that moment. She felt like crying and seeing her sister looking so concerned triggered a wellspring of tears.

Surprised, Amara didn't question her anymore. She just hugged her and Inara was reminded of why she loved her older sister so much. She was one of the most understanding persons she had ever known and she appreciated her more in that moment when all she needed was a shoulder to cry on without words, at least for now.

"I don't want to sleep alone tonight." she told her sister.

"Fine. I will go get my sleep mask."

Inara nodded and watched her go but then Amara paused just ahead.

"Just tell me that weirdo didn't hurt you. At least not physically."

Inara shook her head and watched her leave.

"I'll meet you in your room." Amara threw over her shoulder and moments later, they were fast asleep in Inara's bed.

At some point in the still of the night, Inara felt the hairs on her skin rise to a wind of cold and her eyes fluttered open to discover an eerie wind blowing with the curtains and room window dancing to the erratic rhythm of the breeze.

Her sister was still sleeping and she rose up, threw her legs onto the floor and approached the window. She pulled the glass shut, wondering if she had left it open. When she turned back to the bed, she bumped into Amara who looked like she was sleepwalking, her face expressionless.

"Amara!" She yelped, startled. When did her sister start sleepwalking?

"The last dare will no longer wait." said Amara and the bed lamp began to flicker randomly like she usually saw in scary movies. She knew that something was wrong somewhere.

"What...how did you know?" Inara asked, shocked because she knew that she hadn't told anyone about the last dare. "Excuse me?"

She wasn't sure that she had heard Amara right. And why was her sister's countenance so weird?

"The last dare will no longer wait!" Amara thundered in a dark, distorted, malevolent male voice and in terror, Inara screamed to her wake. Her sigh of relief came slow. Thank God, it was a dream, she thought as her sister woke up to the disturbance. With a hand to her rapidly beating heart, Inara tried to calm herself down from the horrible memory of the nightmare.

 With a hand to her rapidly beating heart, Inara tried to calm herself down from the horrible memory of the nightmare

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