I sighed, staring down at the book in my lap.

You're probably wondering, "Jerome! I thought you hated to read!"

Yeah, I do.

But these are books...about me and Mitch, apparently.

The one I was reading was about a doll version of me coming to life because a child Mitch asked for a friend. It was really cute.

I was on chapter...6, I think, when I heard footsteps.

I looked back at the entrance and immediately stood up, the book falling from my lap.

It was Crainer, yet it wasn't.

For some reason, his hair was purple and a translucent princess dress was on him. I could see his dino shirt underneath, though.

And his eyes! They were freaking red!

Not to mention he was giving me the I-will-eat-your-soul look.

"Ermm...Crainer?" I asked, knowing that he was most likely not.

Crainer? smirked. "Why hello, Jerome! AHAHA--*cough**cough*"

I raised my eyebrow. "Umm...." His voice was the sameish but deeper...ish.

I was so confused.

"*cough* Anyways, I am NOT Crainer. I am...." He struck some kind of weird pose. "...VILLAIN CRAINER! AHAHAHA---*cough**cough*"

I just stared at him.

"I've heard rumors that you plan to kill someone!"

I took a step back. "Wha---"

Suddenly, Villain Crainer became Crainer for a second. The dress disappeared, the eyes turned emerald green, and his hair went back to...dirty blond, maybe? I don't know. "Bro, you made that up yourself." Then he switched back to Villain Crainer. "Shuddap, Crainer!" He argued.

Ok, this was just getting weird.

Why does this happen to me?

"I'm...just gonna leave...."

I tried to go around him, but he stood in the doorway. "Nuh-uh, Jay-rome! We're gonna have some fun!"

Then he switched to Crainer. "Homie, you need to word that sentence better. That was just creepy."

Switch. He rolled his eyes. "WHATEVER!"

He looked at me, his red eyes gleaming. "Still, I call this having fun!"

He launched himself at me.

I yelped and dove out of the way, falling to the floor. I scrambled up and ran out of the library.

"Aww, come back, homie! Let's play! AHAHAHAHA---*cough**cough*"

I ran down the stairs really fast, but I could hear him behind me.

"Yo, V-Crainer, could you, like, not?!" I yelled, stopping to catch my breath from the sudden need to run.

He stopped for a second. "V-Crainer...I like that!"

Then, without warning, he leapt from the stairs onto me, grabbing the back of my throat.

I cried out slightly as I fell forward, V-Crainer on top of me.

I struggled to get him off me, but for some reason, the weak, passive Crainer became much stronger in this form.

Not to mention the fact that the places I had been cut in began to ache, making ME weaker.

I quickly rolled over so that he was beneath my back. I flipped over and held his wrists down.

"Seriously, bro? Snap outta it!" I said.

He was momentarily shocked from being the one held down, but he quickly recovered and kicked me off, sending me into the wall. I could feel my body dent the wall inward. V-Crainer leapt up and held my wrists to the wall.

I cried out, louder this time, hoping someone would hear me.

Suddenly, there were footsteps.

Both V-Crainer and I looked.

Quentin, Ian (with a shocked look on his face), and Mitch were there.

"BIGGUMS!" Mitch cried out as he tried to run to me.

Quentin grabbed his arm. "Wait."

V-Crainer snickered. "What, you gonna let me just hurt him?"

Switch. "I'd prefer you guys do something."

Switch. "Shut up, bro! Geez!"

Suddenly, he pulled back a fist and launched it at me.

I ducked down, causing him to punch through the wall. I rolled out from under him and leapt up, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Aww, come on! Why can't I have fun?"

Switch. "You're definition of fun needs some work."

Switch. "You're definition of fun is making out with----"

Switch. "Ok, OK! STAHP!"

Switch. He snickered.

Ian was blushing madly.

#Crundee.

V-Crainer pulled his fist from the wall and shook it. The dust from the wall shook off.

"Hmmph. Fiiiiine. Nobody likes me anyways...."

Switch. "Well, when you have the word Villain in your name, it doesn't exactly help your case, especially when you're trying to kill someone."

Switch. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't logic me, bro."

I looked at Quentin, who still had a hold of Mitch's arm.

V-Crainer yelped and fell to the floor, clutching his head.

Ian ran over and Quentin released Mitch.

Mitch came over to me and began freaking out. "Oh my gosh, biggums, are you ok!? What happened?! Are you hu---"

I chuckled and kissed him, muffling his worries. He mumbled against my lips for a second before kissing back.

I pulled back and smirked. "Calm, dood. I'm fine."

I looked at the wall. "Though the wall isn't."

MonoKirby appeared then. He looked kinda pissed. "Aww, come ON, boyo!"

He flew up to the hole in the wall and mumbled under his breath.

The wall closed up.

He sighed and disappeared.

Ian helped Crainer sit up. Crainer's eyes instantly shot open and he looked around, eyes wide.

He saw me and his face went from shocked to sad. "Oh man, homie, I'm SO sorry! It just...happens! I can't control it!"

I walked over to him and bent down, placing my paw on his shoulder. "Calm down, dood. As I had told Ian...."

I paused for a second, realizing that the two with alter egos were dating.

I shook my head. "As I had told Ian, it wasn't you. Kinda. What was with that switching back and forth, though?"

He shrugged. "Not sure. I only can control for a second to put a thought out before being switched back."

"Huh." I mumbled, standing back up.

Ian helped Crainer up, too.

The rest of the gang came up to us.

"Yo, whats happened? We heardsded the yellings and cames over!" Barney exclaimed.

I rolled my shoulders a bit, wincing as the aching returned.

Crainer sighed. "Villain Crainer.... An alter ego of mine that isn't exactly dangerous, but...yeah...not this time...." He trailed off.

We all looked at each other in silence, trying to process what was happening.

Both of the people with alter egos have attacked...me...and they're dating.

I sighed. "I'm...just gonna head to my room. I just...need to think about things...."

Mitch grabbed my paw. "I'm coming with."

Without another word, we walked back to my room.

Once we entered, Mitch and I sat on my bed, me holding Mitch, my head on his shoulder.

"I...I'm just so confused...." I muttered.

Mitch nodded. "Same, biggums. I mean, both of the people with alternate personalities have attacked you!"

I nodded slightly. "That's not the only thing I'm confused about. What about MonoKirby? The mastermind? This castle's origins? I doubt anyone will completely explain it to us...."

As if on cue, that puff of smoke happened on my bedside table.

I didn't have to look over to know that it was MonoKirby.

I sighed and dug my face into Mitch's neck. "What do you want, MonoKirby?" I asked, my voice slightly muffled.

MonoKirby was silent. I looked up and at him to see him looking...slightly sad? He never looked sad.

"The mastermind wanted me to tell you, boyo. You asked, they said I should answer, so here I am."

Me and Mitch looked at each other then at MonoKirby. "Ok, then...explain."

He sighed. "One thing before I...SHOW you. You may not repeat any of this to the others. This is strictly among us 4, got it, boyo?"

We nodded in response, slightly confused on the SHOW part instead of just telling.

MonoKirby raised his nubby hands and muttered some words.

We all disappeared in a puff of smoke.

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