Hi yeah this is my first fanfiction story ever! I've started writing this at 1:37 pm (well in the UK anyways). Sorry if it's not that good. (Dunno if my spellchecker's working)

Summary: Rani, Clyde, Luke and Sarah Jane all have to watch as they see their worst fears at night, but can they defeat the Nightmare Man again? Clani at the end.

Rated: K+

Genre: Adventure/ Sci-fi/ Romance

Pairings: Clyde/ Rani

Set: Anytime after "Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith"

All was quiet on Bannerman Road, for once. It was 11pm and most people were asleep. But Rani Chandra was awake, reading "Marley And Me", another book they had to read by tomorrow, and another book that her friend Clyde probably hadn't even started yet. She had nearly finished and the story was getting a bit sadder, as the decision was made to put Marley down. She was so absorbed in the book, she didn't see a purple flash outside the window; nobody did. Not even Sarah Jane Smith.

Finally, 10 minutes later, Rani had finished the book. It had been such a sad ending, and now Rani sighed as she turned the bedside lamp off. If Clyde hadn't read the book, which was very likely, she would have to fill him in on the details tomorrow. She soon fell asleep without another thought.

She was in the street, facing Sarah Jane's house. 'This is so weird.', she thought, 'I don't remember getting up this morning.' She was snapped back into the present as a scream went up from Sarah Jane's driveway. She sprinted over the road, prepared for the worst, and Sarah Jane screamed again. Looking for the source, Rani discovered a girl, slightly smaller than she was, with black hair and dark eyes standing with a huge grin on her face facing Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde. Maria. She was back.

Rani had never met Maria in the flesh, only web chatted to her a couple of years ago, but she had changed since then. Sure, she had been very pretty then, but now she was beautiful, no wonder Luke was staring at her with his mouth slightly open, but what surprised her more was that Clyde was doing the same thing. For a reason she denied, she felt a pang of jealousy as she saw Clyde walk over to Maria and hug her, Luke following suit, though she didn't care about that.

Suddenly, she saw Sarah Jane looking at her oddly.

"Can I help you Rani?", she asked, seeming a little frosty.

"Um… I heard someone scream and I thought they might need help"

"Well we're fine, thank you very much.", she said, no warmer than her last sentence.

"Oh, ok", Rani replied. "Shall we all go up to the attic?" The others nodded and walked into the house, Luke and Clyde jostling to be as close to Maria as possible.

"Hi Maria.", Rani said to the other girl, trying to sound as friendly as possible, though she was starting to dislike her.

"Oh, hello Rani", Maria said, not seeming too interested.

Rani decided to greet the boys instead. "Hey Luke." Luke didn't answer, instead he looked away as though embarrassed to be talking to her. She decided to find out what was going on.

"Clyde, could I talk to you, please?"

"Sure"

Outside the attic, Rani decided to cut to the chase.

"Clyde, you do know that you and Luke are practically falling over yourselves for Maria, don't you?"

"Yeah, so?" Clyde asked defensively.

"It's just… I thought you…um, liked…me." She stumbled over her words.

"You?", Clyde asked, "what idiot would like an ugly, stupid and worthless girl like you?" He walked back into the attic, leaving Rani open-mouthed.

Is that how he really felt about her? She could've sworn otherwise, after the whole Robot thing not long ago. She was unable to stop tears forming in her eyes. 'Rani Chandra does not cry over something as insignificant as this' she thought to herself. Just as she'd steadied herself, she heard a cackling laugh coming from around her, a flash of purple.

Rani Chandra woke with a start.