{ In the Ghost Realm }

 

Ami: -she’d take a sip of water and would set it down, taking out her pocket knife and begin fiddling with it, then since she was still a bit drunk so she dropped it. It landed dagger down in the carpet inches away from her foot- well then.. -she was about to pick it up when she stopped-

 

Kato: -he slumped down onto the couch sighing-

 

Ami: -she could see static slowly forming on the knife. Echoes of Jeckle’s voice began in her head as the static increased. She clutched the sides of her head, closing her eyes and covering her ears. She could still hear Jeckle’s voice saying, “you’re just like your father.” she squeezed her eyes shut but she could see darkness only static. Then she heard Lyra’s voice saying, “Nothing she said was true, okay?” She opened her eyes seeing the room covered with static, then she saw Jeckle leaning against the wall, she was gray and she was smirking. Ami picked up her knife and threw it as hard as she could into Jeckle.-

 

*The knife whizzed past Lyra almost hitting her and the entire blade stuck in the wall firmly, the knife was stuck in the wall-

 

Ami: -by the time the knife hit the wall Jeckle and all the static was gone, she took her other un-extended hand off her head and let her extended hand fall to her side, and she threw herself back onto the bed breathing quickly, she exhaled- that was horrible..

 

Lyra: [She didn’t look surprised.] Distraction might work. “Hey Ami, want me to teach you a trick?”

 

Ami: A trick? -she rolled her eyes- suree

 

Lyra: “Mkay, so-” [She got a bowl full of water and put it in front of Ami.] “Put your hand in the bowl.”

 

Ami: -she stuck her hands in the bowl cautiously-

 

Lyra: “Just your non-dominant hand.”

 

Ami: -she took her right hand out of the bowl keeping her left hand in it-

 

Lyra: “Okay...take a couple deep breaths, close your eyes, and feel the water around you. Basically, surround your mind with water.”

 

Ami: -she inhaled and exhaled slowly closing her eyes-

 

Lyra: “When I say go, quickly say ‘Overdrive’ loudly. Imagine thunder and lightning.” [She put her hand under the bowl.]

 

Ami: -she slightly nodded, and within the darkness began to see static, she shifted on the bed uncomfortably at the sight of it-

 

Lyra: “Okay- go!”

 

Ami: -she mumbled ‘Overdrive’ still looking at the static she tried to imagine thunder and lightning-

 

[Blue electricity crackled in the water, evaporating it. The power of it forced Ami’s eyes open long enough to see it.]

 

Ami: -she quickly took her hand out of the bowl- what the heck-

 

Lyra: [She smiled.] “Behold! You have electric magic!”

 

Ami: -she stood up and walked over to the knife the wall, and attempted to pull it out-

 

Lyra: [She frowned.] “What’s wrong?”

 

Ami: Nothing, just want my knife back. -she finally pulled it out of the wall revealing a hole where her knife had been-

 

Lyra: “Okay?...”

 

[The wall immediately fixed itself.]

 

Ami: -she folded the knife and put it in her back pocket- Something wrong? -she looked at Lyra-

 

Lyra: “Aren’t you surprised you have magic?-”

 

Ami: I don’t.. -she seemed confused-

 

Lyra: “Bruh- You literally just saw your magic.”

 

Ami: Didn’t you say it was a trick? That's all it was. -she shrugged-

 

Lyra: [She grinned.] “A magic trick. I said that so you wouldn’t back out of it.”

 

Ami: A magic trick.. Hm that seems like a waste of time. -she shrugged again- also why’d you put your hands under the bowl.. Was it supposed to be part of the ‘trick’?

 

Lyra: “Wha- Magic is more powerful than any knife or gun- [She coughed.] “I put my hands under the bowl because my atoms are a good medium for polynormic energy molecules inside a human atom- it’s complicated. But anyways, you can learn to do magic by yourself if you want to! It’s really cool.”

 

Ami: -she shrugged- mabey.. -she looked around- where did Kato go…

 

Lyra: “He went to his room, right?”

 

Ami: I have no idea.

 

Lyra: [She got up.] “Kato? Where are you, bud?”

 

Kato: -he walked into the room- Right here.

 

Lyra: “How are you?”

 

Kato: Fine.

 

{ With Everyone Else }

 

Ace: -He walked over to Dream and Passive- Do you guys know where NM is?

 

Dream: “N-Nightmare…?... N-no, not at the moment, sorry…” 

 

Passive: *Apparently, Passive had disappeared on everyone* 

 

Ace: Can’t you sense his aura or something?

 

Core: *Still in the tree crying* 

 

Dream: “N-not when he’s n-not here…” *He sniffled, wiping his eyes aggressively* 

 

Ace: I bet you don’t even care where he is. -His voice was harsh-

 

Dream: “I-I do care where h-he is. F-for the last time…. Corrupted i-isn’t my brother… P-passie is… and Passie’s gone…”

 

Ace: He is your brother! He cared about you and you threw him away.

 

Dream: “He n-never cared. It’s a-all just a trick…” *Dream shook his head* “I should know, I’ve m-met many Corrupted Nightmares…” 

 

Ace: If that's what you think.. Then you clearly aren’t doing something right. -He walked away from Dream-

 

Dream: “P-please don’t leave me! I’m lonely…. A-and it’s cold… Passive p-promised… he s-said he’d never leave me……” 

 

Ace: -He turned- Then where is he?

 

Dream: “I can’t sense him-! What if h-he’s hurt?!” 

 

Passive: *Vibing in the back of some random dude’s car, reading 50 Shades Of Grey* 

 

Ace: Hm, he broke a promise, are you going to disown him too? -His voice was calm but you could tell he was angry- Also, who cares if he’s hurt. -He’d murmur- He’s an idiot anyway.

 

Dream: “HE’S NOT AN IDIOT, HE’S MY BIG BROTHER! YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S BEEN THROUGH! EVERY TIME HE RUNS AWAY IT’S BECAUSE HE THINKS HE DOESN’T DESERVE ME! HE’S SUICIDAL AND HE CAN’T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THE STUPID THINGS I TELL HIM- HE DOESN’T THINK I LOVE HIM AND- AND!!!” 

 

Passive: *He appeared behind Dream and gave him a silent hug* “I’m okay, Dream.... I just- I’m not a good brother. I- I just need you to let me leave you for your safety…” 

 

Ace: -he rolled his eyes- save the emotion and just leave. -he muttered- you fake. -he started walking away again-

 

Passive: “How about you go away…” *Passive narrowed his eyes and adjusted his circlet slightly* “Peasants aren’t welcome here anyways…” 

 

Ace: then why are you here -he shot back-

 

Passive: “Because me and my brother are guardians, to us you’re nothing but a pawn in this little game of chess that’s going on”

 

Ace: Funny, that’s exactly how I think of you. I guess your brain’s too simple to comprehend that there are more feelings than positive and negative. -no one knew it but he was talking about NM-

 

Dream: “Passie, stop fighting… I just want to snuggle with you…” *Dream huffed and hugged Passive* “Please…”

 

Passive: “...” *He went silent, nodding* 

 

Ace: -he started walking away again shaking his head he muttered quietly- you no good bunch of idiots.

 

Dream: “Just ignore him- It’ll be fine…” *He wrapped his cape around Passive and booped his  nose* “<3 Big brother, you’re so cute!”

 

Ace: -he had gotten about 10 feet from Dream and Passive when he stopped in front of a giant tree, the biggest around the clearing and began climbing it-

 

Passive: *He smiled softly and kissed Dream’s cheek* “Thank you, Dream.” 

 

Dream: You’re quite welcome, Passive! ^^

 

Ace: -he was about halfway the tree and panting but didn’t stop and continued to climb-

 

Ace: -he reached the top of the tree and took four hidden paint cans in both is hands and carefully climbed down-

 

Passive: “He’s climbing our tree…”

 

Dream: “It’s not our tree-!”

 

Core: why did i have to drop the journal 

 

Ace: -he went over to a sheet and uncovered it to revel a brick wall, he took out his paint cans and proceed to paint with his hand on the wall-

 

Passive: “You can’t paint a wall without permission…” 

 

Ace: -he had finished painting and stepped back to look at it- It's not your wall, even if it was… well not anymore.

 

* The painting was the tree dream and passive had guarded, on the positive side were dream and passive on the negative it was NM holding the negative apple with a bite taken out of it half corrupt half passive. NM was looking at dream and passive and had seemed to be crying passive and dream were holding hands looking at the village. *

 

Ace: -he grabbed the paint cans and began climbing the tree leaving Dream and Passive with the now painted wall-

 

Core: *he fell asleep in the hollow tree with tears streaming down his face*

 

Passive: “...Erase that evil man, immediately.”

 

Dream: *He clung to Passive* “He’s gonna hurt painting us!”  

 

Ace: -he climbed down the tree he had a black-tipped paint brush and quickly wrote the name of the painting on the bottom right hand corner-

 

*The corner read The Broken Promises*

 

Ace: -he dropped the paintbrush and walked away-

 

Passive: *He flung white paint over the painting, flipping Ace off* “Are you trying to intentionally insult me? I’m not corrupted anymore, I am not evil. I have been working hard to try and reform myself without a pathetic reminder of who I used to be.

 

Ace: -he was smirking- paint may cover the painting.. But it’ll always be underneath.

 

Passive: *He covered Dream’s eyes and led him away* “Your pathetic attempts of making us sad aren’t working.”

 

Ace: Who said I'm trying to make you sad? I was just honoring my friend. -he gestured to NM his passive side now colored in while paint, he teleported to the top of the tree and re-painted over most of the white leaving the rest of the white to be formed into stars- Why would I make you sad Passive? You do a plenty good job of doing it by yourself. -he moved any excess paint away to the top of the tree-

 

*Core’s Journal was just lying on the ground*

 

 Ace: -as he climbed down the tree, about halfway down the single branch he was hanging on broke and he fell hitting the ground he groaned but stood up just the same-

 

Dust: Are you ok Ace? -she hadn’t seen where he’d fallen from but she saw him fall-

 

Ace: -He dusted off his jeans and fixed an arm bone that was out of place. Giving Dust a quick smile- I’m fine.

 

Passive: *He picked up Dream and growled, snuggling up with his little brother under his cape* “Stupid…” 

 

Dream: *He snuggled back, pulling Passive close* “It’s okay- hey- I’m here…!” 

 

Ace: -he checked to make sure the painting was dry and put the sheet originally covering the wall back over it leaving a bit of NM sticking out, after this he took out his sketchbook and was sketching something-

 

Dust: -she walked over to Dream and Passive and sat down next to them- hey guys! Wacha doin?

 

Core: *wakes up and notices Ace and walks over* Hey Ace 

 

Ace: -he looks up from his sketchbook- hm? Oh hey.. kid.

 

Dream: “Snuggling-...” *He purred and found a comfortable spot in Passive’s lap* 

 

Passive: “Nothing-” *He gave DrUm the pats* 

 

Dust: Oh that's- great.. -she looked over at Ace seeming distracted- ...

 

Core: i'm not a kid 

 

Ace: Well, you look like one. -he patted Core’s head indicating that he thought he was short-

 

Core: *he sat down next to him looking really tired*

 

Dream: “...” *Dream had fallen asleep*

 

Passive: “.....” *Passive was slowly drifting off too* 

 

Dust: -she decided to leave them alone and walked away over to King-

 

Ace: -he looked at Core- You look tired.. You should sleep.

 

Core: *he fell asleep on Ace smiling a little*

 

Ace: -he began sketching again-

 

Dust: -she went over to King who was sleeping and leaned against him falling asleep-

 

Core: *sleep talking* “i-i love you Ace” 

 

Ace: -he didn’t seem to notice what Core was saying and took out his headphones-

 

Core: *sleep talking* “i love you Ace” *he was smiling*

 

Epic: -he looked around at everyone sleeping, then looked at Cross hopefully-

 

Cross: No.

 

Epic: -he looked at Cross like he was about to start begging- 

 

Cross: -He sighed- Fine. -he sat down and patted to grass next to him-

 

Epic: -he happily walked over to Cross and sat next to him falling asleep-

 

Ace: -he looked down at Core, pats his head and goes back to sketching-

 

Core: *wakes up a little while later and he turns away embarrassed* OMG I DIDN’T REALISE I FELL ASLEEP ON YOU! 

 

Ace: You did, but that's alright.

 

Core: a-are you sure

 

Ace: yeah. -he was still working on his sketch but put down his notebook face up for a moment to stretch-

 

Core: *his face was red* s-so um what are you drawing 

 

*The image was of the clearing, it had Dust and King on one side Dream and Passive and Epic and Cross. Since the image was from his perspective Core was on the left side of the page sleeping. In the middle there was a smokey figure*

 

Ace: -He shrugged- Just got bored and decided to draw what I saw around me.

 

Core: it's really pretty

 

Ace: Thanks..

 

Dust: -She opened one eye saw King was still asleep and closed her eye again-

 

Epic: -He woke up yawning, his yawning woke up Cross who stood up and helped Epic up-

 

Cross: Good morning dummy.. -////-

 

Core: sorry if i'm annoying you *he moved away a little*

 

Ace: Don’t worry, I put up with King and I don’t think it's possible to be as annoying as him.

 

King: -He was awake now- HEY! >:(

 

Core: *he giggles* 

 

Dust: -She woke up yawning- calm down King..

 

King: Sorry, but he called me annoying. >:(

 

Dust: That's alright.

 

Ace: -He chuckles and closes his sketchbook-

 

Core: *He sat against the wall and tried to keep a smile*

 

Dust: Ace be nice!

 

Ace: Relax I was joking around.

 

Core: *he was thinking of his past*

 

Dust: alright, but still. -she’d hug King- he was kidding ok?

 

King: >:( ok.

 

Ghaster: -he flickered in and out of the clearing, though no one but Epic and Cross could make out who he was-

 

Epic: -he stood up- what the- does anyone else see?

 

Dust: -she stood- what is that?

 

{ In the Ghost Realm }

 

Ami: -She took out her phone and put in her earbuds, blocking out the conversation-

 

Kato: -He sat down on the bed- How are you Lyra? -he smiled-

 

Ami: -She silently walked out of the room with both her earbuds in. She sat on the couch in the living room-

 

Kato: -He looked at Ami leaving the room then back to Lyra- Sorry about her.. She does it sometimes.. Erm actually she does it alot. -His voice was quiet and his eyes glanced at the door- we’ve never gone to school.. Mom and dad didn’t let Ami, and I was too young. -He wasn’t sure why he was saying this, he just decided to- I’ve wanted to go to school but.. That's never going to happen considering the...war....

 

Lyra: “It’s fine, no need to worry. But...what war are you talking about?”

 

Kato: Ever since monsters got out of the underground there’s been another war.. There was one that originally sent monsters to the underground but someone freeded them.. After that another war started but this time, monsters won.. -he stopped, his voice was shaking a bit- and.. here we are.. 

 

Kato: -he shrugged- and I guess that's pretty much it.

 

Ami: -she was sitting in the living room with the lights off, she had her headphones in and she stood up walking over to the counter, seeing a paper on it-

 

Kato: Anyways, what are we going to do today?

 

Ami: -she picked up the paper her eyes skimming the words a few seconds after she picked up the paper and dropped it realizing what it was and quickly looked for a place to shove it so she didn’t have to see it-

 

Ami: -she opened a cabinet and shoved it behind some spices exhaling as she closed the cabinet-

 

Ami: -she walked over to the couch and slumped down on it, angry at herself for reading the letter, mad at Kato for leaving it out, still mad at her dad leaving them all those years ago. She was thinking about the first line she read, “Dear Ami, If you are reading this.. It means I’m most likely dead.” she didn’t know if she should be happy by this or if she should cry so she decided to just sit on the couch singing soft, one song she remembered her father singing to her once- 

 

Ami: There's gotta be a reason that I'm here on Earth. Gotta be a reason for the dust and the dirt. The changing of the seasons never changed my hurt. So what's it worth? What's it worth?

 

Kato: Do you think we could go outside? -his eyes light up-

 

Lyra: [She looked nervous.] “Well...It’s dangerous…”

 

Jeckle: [She appeared behind Ami.] “What’cha doin, human?”

 

Ami: Gah! -she jumped forward in a protective state and balled her hands into fists- 

 

Jeckle: "Do you have pizza? I'm hungry. I want pizza..." [She looked at Ami again.] "Why so tense? It's just yOuR fRieNdLy fRiEnDDD-"

 

Ami: -she relaxed a little and slumped down on the couch- I don’t have pizza.

 

Jeckle: “Man! Why does nobody have pizza!? This is completely insane! I’m ordering pizza RIGHT NOW!” [She took her phone and Lyra’s credit card with her to a different room.]

 

Ami: -she sighed and turned her music back on-

 

Kato: I thought you said the Ghost Realm was safe.

 

Lyra: “It is, but...you could fall! I would never forgive myself…your sister almost had a fall earlier…”

 

Kato: -he shook his head- Ami is right.. nowhere is safe. Better to survive then try to live. -he softly smiled- that's what she always says..

 

Ami: -she got up and went over to a window looking out of it she sat on the window ledge- 

 

Lyra: Nowhere is completely safe, but...you shouldn’t live your life in fear! [She looked down.] “I wouldn’t know anything about living, though. I guess you know what’s best.”

 

Jeckle: [She popped up behind Lyra and Kato.] “WHOOOO WANTS PIZZA!?” 

 

Lyra: [She laughed.] “I’ll have a slice.” [She walked over to the kitchen with Jeckle bouncing behind her.]

 

Jeckle: “HUUUUMANS! PIZZA TIME!”

 

Kato: -he followed Lyra and Jeckle into the kitchen-

 

Ami: -she was still at the window ledge looking out the window with her earbuds in-

 

Ami’s POV: I can’t believe I read the letter.. I shouldn’t have! I didn’t want to.

 

Lyra: “This pizza needs pepper…”

 

Jeckle: “Eww! You’re crazy!”

 

Lyra: [She smiled, going over to the spice cabinet. She found a slip of paper and pulled it out, skimming it.] “What the?...”

 

Ami: -she took out one of her earbuds and looked around, and saw the paper in Lyra’s hands. Her eyes widened- ..