®Virgil's P.O.V®

I look down at the 26 snakes and they back down, letting me venture closer to the bed. I sit down in front of Thomas. He gives a small smile and I can't bring myself to smile back. Instead I lower my head to look at Deceit.

Knowing Deceit he got food poisoning or something. Retarded danger noodle. I don't see how he's still so sassy with how often he gets sick like this. Remus is around dangerous chemicals almost 24/7 "because he can" and yet he doesn't get sick as much.

Deceit becomes trusting and can't bring himself to lie, plus when he's sick his snakes become over-protective of him, due to the fact that he normally does not even have the energy to walk 10 steps. Normally he falls after 5.

Remus tends to go blank. He can't think of anything and everything just flies over his head. He becomes disoriented and tends to see things that aren't there. Generally it'd be a good idea to stay with him until he was better. But, since nobody is willing to get sick taking care of him, we normally just tie him to his bed and make him sleep. Deceit used to send me in to feed and give Remus water, but after I almost poisoned Remus and Deceit found out, I haven't been allowed in his room.

Thomas motions me to sit next to him, and I reluctantly do so. "You know, Virgil. During my time with Deceit, I've learned that he is quite a heavy sleeper. Do you want to talk at all?"

I look at Thomas and see him looking back at me. I give a small smile, understanding what he means. He wants to know why I'm here. I want to know how he got here with Deceit being sick but oh well.

"We have a problem, Thomas. Not only is Deceit sick, but... Something... Has happened to Patton and Logan. And in order to make everyone feel more at ease, we need you there. Oh, plus I believe everyone else is freaking out over your absence by now. Including me."

He looks at me, concerned. He looks down at his lap, brushing a bit of Deceit's hair out of his face. "I can't just leave him. He trusted me and I don't want to let him down."

I roll my eyes and smile. "Basically you walked in on him on the floor and his snakes trusted you so when you sat on the bed and he curled up to you, you realized that he wasn't that bad and now you want to protect him until he's better, right?"

He looks at me with wide eyes. He nods slowly, almost hesitant with every move. "How... Did you know all that?"

I smirk and look down at Deceit. "Happened to me once or twice." My smirk fades as I remember why I'm here.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, searching for the right words. "He'll be fine for now, but you have to come with me at least for a little bit. Something serious is going on and I need you there."

Thomas looks down at Deceit again, and asks me to get up. I get off the bed and watch Thomas slowly remove Deceit from his lap, wrapping a blanket around Deceit instead. He then comes up to me and I motion him to get us out of here.

I shut my eyes and when I open them, I see nothing. Everything is dark and I can't hear anything, except for a high pitched ringing. I look down and notice what I'm wearing. I'm back in my old jacket and black T-shirt. My pants change into my old black ripped jeans and my shoes turn into my black converses.

I look at my hands and get confused when they're almost purely white. I'm normally not this pale. I used to be because I almost never left my room but why am I like this again? I thought I got better? The sirens stop and everything becomes lighter. Except instead of seeing where I am, I'm just faced with a white wall. I can hear talking, yet I can't make out any of the words.

"ANXIETY!" I hear Roman scream and I jump, soon after turning to look at him. He's in his old outfit... And he called me Anxiety? Am I actually being pranked? This isn't nice of them.

"Yes, Roman?" He looks shocked and a little ticked off. I smirk at this. I forgot how much I enjoy making Roman mad.

"How do you know my name?" I roll my eyes and look around. There is Thomas, wearing his star T-shirt, Logan, with his old logo, and Patton, with his old logo and a confused look on his face. Thomas wasn't in his star shirt before. There's no way he could've changed that quickly.

"Was I not supposed to know? And why did you call me Anxiety you know my name." Roman looks confused and I feel a pit settle in my stomach. This prank is a little too fine tuned to be an actual prank.

"I do? Why would I know your name?" Roman looks too angry for this to be fake. I look at Patton and he shys away from me.

"Ok, Anxiety, look at me." I look at Logan, waiting for him to speak. He seems to be lost in thought, probably trying to figure out what's going on to try to maintain order.

"What do we do in the next video?" That's an easy question to answer. I remember every video Thomas has ever made and their dates. I look at the date on the calendar, being able to see clearly despite the distance. It's Feburary 9th, 2017.

"The next video is about Valentine's day." I hear Logan clear his throat and I look at the floor. I'm such an idiot. Why am I doing this?

"Alright, could you explain the events in the video?" I sigh, knowing that if it IS a prank then they're really going all out.

"In the video we try to find the best way to get a date by using Valerie as a sort of... Lab rat. Logan, you try to be upfront and use a bunch of words nobody knows the meaning of. P-..... Morality, you had written down a script of sorts that turns out to be really awkward. Creativity you-"

"Everyone knows my name now so you might as well just say it." There is no way this is fake... Patton and Roman would feel really bad about this by now. But what does that mean? Am I in a different reality 

"Uhhh.... Ok. Roman, you try to show how brave you are by defeating this... Thing, that had apparently been rude to Valerie for quite some time." I look at Logan and see him nod, motioning me to continue.

"Then... At the end of the video... Morality has me show you guys how to do it, but instead of having me with Valerie, he replaces her with Roman so he could play patty-cake with Valerie, causing me and Roman to be holding hands."

I look around and see Logan staring at me in disbelief, Patton looking at Logan probably wondering what is happening, and Roman watching me, a little freaked out. I completely ignore Thomas, not wanting to meet his gaze.

"That is... Vaguely exactly what happens. Ok, Anxiety. What is Morality's name? If you can't find comfort telling everyone just whisper it to me."

I think about it for a moment, then creep up the stairs just enough to be close to Logan. He comes closer to me and I whisper. "His name is Patton." Logan backs away from me a tiny bit, then glances over at the others to make sure they didn't hear. He turns back to me and looks me up and down, puzzled.

"What do you last remember? Like, before you snapped back to reality?" I become hesitant to answer, worried about, well, everything.

"Umm... Last I remember... Me and Thomas were in Deceit's room, Deceit was sick." Logan nods and it's as if he just solved the puzzle.

"What happened before that? Also, what was the date?" I become feeling uneasy, knowing where he's going with this.

"Uh.... You and Patton had somehow... Switched bodies... That's really the only thing that happened before that. Then the date was August 2nd, 2019." Logan seems shocked and then he grins.

"Well, I'm glad to know that my assumption was correct, but now what? It's possible you've already altered the future and even if you didn't, you're still stuck here. Tell me, what does all of us act like in 2019?" WAIT SO I REALLY AM IN THE PAST!?

I take a deep breath and focus on calming down. I may be in the past and be in my past body but this panic still isn't good for my health. at least that's what Logan said. Er- future Logan.

"Uh... You don't change that much. Just become more friendly to Patton. Patton calls me his son nearly every chance he gets and is overprotective of all of us. Roman.. He's actually kind of nice to me. Oh! And there's also Deceit, as I mentioned, and Remus." Logan looks confused and I sigh.

"Remus is Roman's twin brother. Basically the dark side of creativity." Logan nods and seems to understand the situation better.

"Ok, so basically I don't change that much, Patton becomes more protective, Roman actually starts trying to be nice, and Thomas is let in on two new sides while we're let in on one?" I nod and we look towards the others, who are looking at each other confused.

"We can't tell them about this." I nod in agreement as Logan thinks of a plan. I am really screwed. I was messed up back then but I haven't had to be overly wary of everything in a long while. I mean yeah Deceit and Remus freak me out but I never had to worry about anyone hating me in years.

"Ok so could you try to act like you used to, that way in our free time you and I can think of a way to get you back." I nod and we both go back to our spots, gaining the attention of the others. I haven't been here for more than ten minutes and I already want to hide in my room.

"So, what were you guys talking about?" Roman has this venom in his tone that just makes me want to sink down. We lock eyes and I can just see the amount of hate and anger bubbling through his head.

"Just the circumstance we are all involved in. I can get everything sorted out and talk with Anxiety more about what is going on. For now, let's forget everything that just happened and try to move on to a different subject before we all part ways." Patton nods and Roman glares at me. 

I don't like it here. For the first time since I've arrived, I look at Thomas. He looks confused and concerned. He's just watching me worried. I inhale sharply, hoping that it's all a dream and I'll wake up soon. If this is a dream, would that mean that I've just been passed out on the stairs in the present time for however long it's been?

Either way, I look at Logan, who has already fallen asleep. It's two in the morning and we started brainstorming at 10 pm. Logan fell asleep around an hour ago. I close my eyes as I lay on the soft carpet in Logan's room, hoping to wake up on the stairs, the others crowding me and Patton would hug me tightly and reassure me that everything's ok. I wish for Logan to be trying to figure out what caused me to black out. I wish for Thomas to be in Deceit's room, holding Deceit and giving him the comfort that he needs. And especially, I wish for Roman to be right there, holding my hand in his and calling me an idiot. It's weird that I miss his playful insults.

Word count- 2055

Edit whatever number now. I didn't change as much as I thought I would. I thought I was changing the plot completely but whatever.