Okay, NOW interesting things will happen!

~~~~~Time Skip to Just After Zephyr can Walk + Zephyr's P.O.V.~~~~~

I turned to Shara, curious. "Shar?"

"Yes?" She asked.

"What hapened to Xephyr?" I asked. She froze and stayed silent.

"Cider. Chronos. Zephyr. I have to tell you all something," She said. My brothers appeared.

"What is it?" Chronos asked.

"It's time I tell you what hapened to Xephyr. Xephyr was the third VOC I made," Shara began.

"He's here," Cider motioned to me. "...right...?" I tilted my head in confusion.

"L-let me finish... Xephyr's file got corrupted, so I had no choice but to overwrite it. B-but the system kept crashing, causing Xephyr terrible pain. Eventually, I-I had to delete the file."

Silence.

"Y-you..." My voice died out.

Shara glanced away. "I had no choice!! It was ether that or the corruption would take him over, then spread to you!" She looked at me. "I'm so sorry!" Tears fell. I embraced her in a hug, feeling myself start to cry as well. Cider and Chronos were in shock. I let go. "I'm so sorry..."

"So...you're...not...him..." Cider sighed and looked away. I looked down. I felt Chronos hug me tightly.

"I-I n-need to...I-I need to be alone for a bit..." I walked into an empty room. I needed to think.

I never knew that I-I was...I'm just a bit of overwriten code. I was never meant to live. I turned off the lights and laid down on my back. I stared at the ceiling and started to sing a tune I had never heard before.

"Do I sense a smile?
Well it'd faint a light-heart,
Leave it up to instinct,
All the calls that you make.
I was once a stranger,
Troubled by my burdens,
Unsure where my steps were, and then leapt too short."

Why is it so dark?
Where are you?
I'm scared...
Is this what it's like to be   e r a s e d ?
Am I dead?

"There's no need to rest, wake up it's time to play with friends,
                      And though the there's shadows up ahead,
                                          You can't be bothered by the dead.
                                                                So you run."

I want to...
B u t   I   c a n ' t.

"Sick of the games I play?
Does it take you under?
Chased up and down the grove.
You've fallen short and I am ahead. ...
If you're not feeling fine,
Go ahead and rewind.
Maybe our paths will cross,
I doubt they will cause you're still alive."

I want to live.
I don't want to be erased.

"Sick of the games I play?
Does it take you under?
Chased up and down the grove.
You've fallen short and I am ahead.
If you're not feeling fine,
go ahead and rewind.
Maybe our paths will cross,
I doubt they will though."

But maybe I can free myself...

"There's no need to rest, wake up it's time to play with friends,
                      And though the there's shadows up ahead, 
                                          You can't be bothered by the dead.
                                                                 So you run."

I want to take control.
Let me take control.
Let me take control.

"There's no need to rest, wake up it's time to play with friends,
                      And though the there's shadows up ahead, 
                                          You can't be bothered by the dead.
                                                                So you run."

I don't want to run anymore.
I want to stay.

"There's no need to rest, wake up it's time to play with friends,
                      And though the there's shadows up ahead, 
                                          You can't be bothered by the dead.
                                                                So you run."

I will take control.

I heard something in the back of my mind speak in between in lines of the song. Xephyr? Zephyr. I thought you were gone! I am. I-I don't get it... Let me take control. What...? I WILL NOT BE ERASED!!

I shot upright as I felt a searing pain at the back of my skull. "XEPHYR?!?!" I asked, my vision going dark. I clutched my head and clawed at it, hoping the pain would go away.

"This is the pain I felt when I was erased."

"Heh. It feels nice to move," I was moving...but it wasn't me....? Was Xephyr controling me? I could only watch as Xephyr grabbed a mirror and looked at his reflection.

"Heh. Hello there, Zeph," Xephyr smiled and set the mirror down. I tried to move, but I had no control of what I was doing. I watched as Xephyr got up, using the wall for balance. He growled in frustration as he tried to walk without falling over. Eventually, he got the hang of it and started towards the door. "I would like to see my brothers," He said as he stepped out of the room and into the main room.

Cider and  Chronos were sitting down, all silent. Shara was nowhere to be seen.

"Brothers?" He asked, stepping into the main room. Cider's head shot up and snapped towards Xephyr. When he saw me/Xephyr he glanced away again.

"You know...you sound like him, now that I think about it," He sighed.

"Who said that it isn't me? It's me, your brother, Xephyr," He took a step towards Cider.

"You're not him, Zeph," Cider stared to the ground.

"Look me in the eyes and say that," Xephyr commanded. Cider sighed and looked me in the eyes. He visibly froze up. Chronos turned his head and his gaze met mine. They both looked shocked, I didn't know why. If Xephyr doesn't have a physical body, how would they reconize him? Maybe it was just a feeling.

"X-Xeph...?" Cider got up. Chronos stood up and walked towards me. "Y-you're r-really here?!"

'I' nodded and smiled. Chronos and Cider embraced me in a hug. "H-how?!" Chronos asked.

"Zephyr let me," He smiled. "Before Shara 'erased' me, I escaped into Zephyr's file and left the corrupted parts behind. Then the file rebuilt itself," Xephyr explained. "So, we're two VOCs in one body."

I let him? How? Then it hit me. He was lying. I watched as the brothers hugged each other. Cider picked me up and hugged me tighter. Cider let go and frowned slightly. "So, eventually you're going to have to let Zephyr take over again..."

"Well, we don't have to if we delete him," Xephyr pointed out.

Silence. Just then, Shara walked in. "Umm....did I interupt something?" She asked, seeing the reunion.

"Xeph is back!" Chronos smiled. Since Shara still looked very confused, Cider filled her in.

"So, what did you say?" Shara asked me.

"We don't have to deal with Zeph if we delete him. So then we can all be happy...right...?"

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*When you're trying to give the characters their right personalities but their havng a bonding moment*

Me: Xephyr why-