NOTE: You have to read the prologue first before reading this chapter, thank you!!!

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Days come and days pass they are still visiting the dream realm and doing their own things.

They were getting used to liking it there which is why each chose to have and build a family there.

Messa has been married for more than 10 years now to a guy named Frank and Leroy has two children, a 3-year-old girl called Celene. She was and always will be the happiest one, always full of energy, always smiling even though you just did something that she didn't like she would give you that neutral face, and if you know her enough you would know that she is not happy with what you just did and she is mad at you even though she doesn't show that through her expression. If you know her well enough you ask yourself "What the hell did I just do" You'll find out eventually she'll make sure of that cause she'll be with you everywhere you go giving that same face. You'll find out and you'll apologize and she'll go right back into smiling again.

And a 5-year-old boy called Kerby, that little boy is all that is the definition of being the opposite of Celene.

Always in a corner, always angry being mad for the lightest little reason.

But one thing is for sure his little sister knows exactly how to deal with him. As a matter of fact, She was the only person to make him laugh in 5 years.

"I Kerby's doll promise to protect you little blue one with all my life, I'll even give my heart away for you if I even have one" Celene barked pretending to be Kerby's doll

"Hahaha, I bet you will my little monster, and if you did that I promised to reward you with two sheep's sticks I know these are your favorite" stated Kerby

"Copy that sir, I mean Dad. I gotta go, I got a mission and that mission is to protect all blue ones who can't and don't have the power to do so, order of Commander Kirb - I meant Dad"

"Hahaha, I like that, how can you do that? this is exactly how I imagine Him talking to me"

"Let's just say that little sis has a special power, big bro"

"Thanks, lil sis, you made my day"

"My pleasure!!!"

Both of them have that little doll given to them by their father for their last birthday. Celene one was a glowing blue with one eye and its hair went super Saiyan and Derby one was a dirty white color with long red blooded legs and the most weird-looking face ever, a face with no eyes and a long line running through its face as what supposed to be its mouth and smoky silver hair.

This was his comfort doll when he was going through all of this, this is the only thing keeping him from completely losing it as he used to call it his distorted doll.

Indeed, Messa and Leroy weren't married to each other as we thought at the beginning but they were still best friends, and they were still going on adventures together, from time to time. Visiting new places in the dream realm like the reflection zone.

And yes this is exactly what you think it is when I say reflection, it is a place made of shiny materials, so if you look into it, you can see yourself in it, like a mirror, a mirror dimension, or a mirror maze.

But instead of showing off your actual self, it shows you something a bit lightly different.

When the three of them enter the reflection zone Messa looks into it and she does not see herself as a grown girl with long blonde hair so long that they have to braid it in a way so it does not appear to be all over the ground anyway but instead, she sees herself as a little girl walking, jumping around, the more she is walking is the taller and happiest she got until she turns into a more shaped woman with suits on and a suitcase in her hand with short curly ponytail blond hair, she sees herself as a boss lady.

She immediately stops and the reflection stops growing.

She tries to take a peek at his husband's reflection, talking about Frank but unfortunately, she can't see anything. She glances back at Leroy, and she sees what Leroy is looking at which is his reflection but he has that confusing look on his face. 3 lines across his forehead, his eyes were wide open, standing still as a statue.

"Wait...wait...wait, why can't I see your reflection when I can see everyone else's" asked Messa

"Oh, that? It's because I've been here so many times that I can't count so I mastered a way to control who I want to see and who I don't want to...and I remember telling you that this is one of my favorite places"

"Right, so can I see it?"

"Yes my dear, but whatever you see know that I'm not in control of any of it" stated Frank

And he finally let her see it and what Messa saw was something she never expected to see, not anytime soon, never.

"Are you sure you're not the one doing this to make me fall for you even harder?"

"No, even tho I would like to but no, this came right deep down my heart, it's all I've been thinking about, that's who I am and I'm proud of it"

"Aww, how wholesome of you, I didn't know you were that in love with me even tho you said it so many times"

"Word is not enough to describe my feelings for you Quessa, so instead of saying something that I said to a million people, millions of times that at one point I know they will not believe me no more so instead I showed you that even tho you chose not to believe me no more but at least you know that I mean it"

"Word, and guess what? I will always believe you, Frank de Baltazar, and I love you too babe"

They came close to each other and just like that their lips crushed into each other's

"You're so sweet even all of the people in the world can't pull me out even if they try"

"I'd say let them give their best try"

They laugh and then kiss once more
After their little Precious moment, Messa finally remembers that they weren't alone, that someone was with them she turned around to tell him something.

"Hey, Leroy would -"

She suddenly remembers that the reflection zone doesn't work the same for everyone, every story does not always have a happy ending, and the thing with the Reflection zone is that it'll show you what is happening in your life the way it is.

When she turned around she saw a side of Leroy that she had never seen before, he was so traumatized at one point his eyes were flooded with water but he was trying to hold it.

"Hey, what is it? Is everything okay?"

"I don't know but I feel like something is wrong"

"Hey Frank, just before we got in, you said something about the reflection zone, that it never lies, isn't that right?" he continues asking

"Yes, never...but what have you seen that made in that shape?" Rambled Frank

"Ya'll can come closer," he whispered

They came closer and began to look at Leroy's reflections.

They look at Leroy playing hide and seek with his children, Celene is hiding, and when Leroy finds her and begins to tickle her she began laughing her ass off, and when it comes to Kerby he was hiding so hard that his dad couldn't find him and when he finally does he saw him up the closet behind a bunch of black clothes.

He grabs him, lifts him then pretends to fall on the floor with him while still holding him up. He never laughs or smiles whatsoever but he is happy from the inside, you can see that in his face.

And what they saw next was Leroy's girlfriend looking at them with a smile running through her angelic face and then suddenly becoming awkward, like someone ashamed of something or even hiding something

A few minutes later she heard a loud noise outside she looked out the window and her children came running at her, she held them so tight and the look on their faces can tell you that they were scared to death. Then suddenly some massive cracks appeared on the surface of the reflection zone they were looking through.

"This is a prediction, it's trying to show you something from the future, and if this is true, we need to leave now cause I believe that the central city is in danger" Exclaimed Frank.

Without another word, they left running to get to the central city.

When they got there it was so dark, the city was completely covered with black fog.

Leroy makes his way through while calling his girlfriend and the others follow him through that madness.

"Maz...Mazikeen" he screamed

"Celene" yelled Messa

"Kerby...Celene...where the fuck are you guys?" continue Leroy

He entered the house then suddenly he got out, and he still screaming but still no answers.

"Mazikeen" added Frank.

And that makes no difference.

They left the house and ran to the north side to reach the center of the town, On their way they saw people lying on the ground roaring with pain.

Some are holding their chest, hands on their heart, others holding their heads.

Children shrugged in a corner while crying.

Women, men, and children who couldn't hold the pain anymore began to blow up, turn into smoke, and then vanish

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All of a sudden Leo interrupted Leah to ask "It's the demon with the 4 heads, ain't it?"

Marti who was lying on his bed pretending to listen to music on his blue Luqeeg MP3 music player with his black airphones on heard this then suddenly got up, took them off real quick, and now began paying attention to the story.

"I like that you are paying attention but I won't spoil the story...so if you take the time to listen to me finish it, you'll understand" responded Leah

"Hold on, there is something I'm trying to digest right now, were they teenagers dreaming of being in the bodies of grown people doing such things or..." asked Jigxie

"For Messa, she was at the age of 11 when it all started for her when she and Leroy began with this topic in the street she was about 14 and so was Leroy. And remember I said the day came and the day passed so that means they were growing up slowly through the process, jigxie"

"While they were teenagers in the real world at the same time in the dream world they were adults. And times move differently in the dream realm?"

"Exactly Axell" She responded

"That's the real meaning of a double life guys" rambled Axell

And they all begin to laugh

"Right, but by the time they arrived at the point they were married, they were about 16 and about to turn 17 in the real world, is that clear for everyone?"

They nodded.

"Now shut it there are some people who want to hear the rest of the story now that it's finally getting interesting, save the questions for later, will you?" said Marty

"While everyone is slowly growing up through the process, there are some others who are aging in reverse and finally getting interested in childhood life. I guess this theory is correct all you have to do is read them stories, right Marty? Who's the baby now?" stated Leo

Everyone in the room begins to laugh including Leah.

"Hahaha, nice one Leo but don't let me catch you in the hallway alone, tomorrow" he replied menacingly

"You guys heard this? he's threatening me"

"Hey, please no violence alright, if by any chance I heard one of you hit, harm, or beat another comrade, you'll be dealing with me...is that clear Marty?"

"Yes, mama Leah"

"Leo?"

"Yes, mama Leah, as you already know I am harmless with my noodles arms so you can count on me"

"I hope so cause siblings don't harm each other it doesn't matter if it's with words or physically..."

"Okay, if ya'll are on the same page as me, let's resume the story then" she continues

They were making a lot of noise a sign that they were excited for the rest of it.

"Shush everyone, Madam Leah is about to take the story back to where she left it" added Devonte

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Everywhere in the city, you hear a loud noise, knowing that someone has vanished.

They kept on running everywhere and screaming their names without knowing where they were going and what they were doing.

After a few minutes of screaming Leroy's voice was gone, he couldn't scream the way he was screaming anymore, and his voice lost power, it became lower and lower, but that didn't stop him from saying their names even though he knew they would never hear him.

"Kerby"

"Celene"

"Mazikeen, where are you guys"

A few seconds later they heard a little girl scream "Dad"

He stands up correctly, in his right posture with his eyes wide open looking forward, in the direction the voice came from.

From now on he regains his hope, and his strength, stacks them up, and screams Celene's name one more time. It was so loud that it echoed back to him.

"Dad"

Messa and Frank enter somewhere darker than the rest of the place. They entered and Leroy could no longer see them. Suddenly she came back and talked.

"Leroy, they are here," said Messa

"Here where?"

"Follow me,"

Then she goes right back to the darkness and after him was Laroy.

When they were all there, they saw all three of his family in the middle of some dark gray smoky guys with that yellow sun's color light inside of them, and their eyes were glowing.

In Their hands, they were holding a sword made out of lava, and the kids.

But in the middle of them, there were similar faces that did seem familiar to them.

It was a weird-shaped dark thing with part woman and part man Leroy noticed earlier in the forest with Mazikeen by its side.

"Fucking magma spirits" barked Frank

"Did you know them?" asked Messa

"Yes, they were originally from Hell but some of them got here through some breaches into the dream realm caused by Llamanda the little sister of Sharath the Dream Witches's Queen by accident, and now more and more darkest creatures and more like nightmares and that creature with the 4 heads standing menacingly in the middle of them got in which makes it not a safe place for us anymore,"

"I've seen that 4-headed thing before but I can't recall where" rambled Leroy

The thing raises one finger and then Leroy's head is flung back, he has a vision and then goes back to normal.

"Yes, I remember now, it was the thing I told you I saw in the forest and you did not believe me,"

"Did he just show you that?"asked Messa

"Yes and I believe it was the one that locked you into the castle"

"Why would you do that? I haven't even met you before, did I do something wrong to you or what?" she barked

It did not respond.

"So what did he want," asked Frank

"I don't know...Hey sir ma'am let's go of my girl"

"I am not here with him against my will, Leroy," She said while approaching him

"What does that mean? If not take the kids and let's go home"

"See, that's the thing and you seem to not understand what is going on so let me explain."

"A long time ago, I was sent here to do something, I was sent here on a mission to plague a little boy's mind, showing him all sorts of things that he had not seen, showing him all of this so he can be afraid of everything he wasn't yet afraid off..."

"She is a nightmare" Frank interrupted her to say

"What?" said Messa and Leroy

"You were the one that made him dream of the Cemetery? Weren't you?" Added Messa

"Wait - wait - listen, I haven't explained everything yet please hear me out"

They did not say another word, they just gave her, her chance to explain why she tried to commit such atrocities.

"But instead of doing that, I stayed here and watched him growing up to be the beautiful person he is now and I immediately fell for him, I tried once to make him see nightmares and that's why he dreamed of that cemetery"

"And it did not even scare me, turn out I liked it"

"Exactly, it could have been worse than that but instead I saw your beautiful and pure mind, you were such an indifferent, apathetic person, that I got a little concerned and wanted to learn more about you so I didn't go through with it... Eventually, I've grown with you, I made myself beautiful and I know one day with your talent you'll eventually learn how to control your dream and here we are, together. I let my feelings get control of me so I forgot what was my priority."

"And to respond to all your questions Messa, it is exactly the witch to your Rapunzel's version of dream"

"Why didn't you come straight to me, why did you have to lie? Why is it after her?"

"It's not that easy you know"

"It is, please don't - please don't try that with me, I know that I'm dreaming I would have understood"

"I'm not trying anything, babe, but like you trying to convince yourself that you would, now look at me and tell me, would you still love me if you knew that I was no longer the beautiful and young Mazikeen I was pretending to be? Cause I am way older than you think I am" she asked while showing her real face, the real her.

The beautiful brunette with amber eyes, a golden or copper color, a very rare eyes, without even talking about her radiant smile was now a dead person who was cut piece by piece and then sewed together so she could be whole again she was a real nightmare.

"Will you?" she repeated

But he did not respond and from that, she knew his answer if he had to answer it.

"That's what I thought"

"But instead I disregard what I was commended to do and for that, it's a crime that I commit against the nightmare creature as you called us which I have to pay for, for me and my children to go free, all I have to do is..."

She grabbed a knife from her back without showing it to the others and was about to strike.

"All I have to do is immerse this in your heart - but this too, you know I could never even if I wanted to" she whispered

"Please do it"

"No, I love us too much to do that, please forgive me"

With this last word, she runs towards the four-headed creature, she jumps but unfortunately, the creature does something with its fingers she gets dropped Immediately on her knees before it.

"Mom" Screamed Celene

The creature does the thing with its fingers again but this time in her face. Begins with her face and the rest of her body turning into a dark gray smoke and getting absorbed by it.

"Go to hell, phobia," she said just before she got completely swallowed.

"Noo" screamed Frank while running in Phobia's back and stabbed him while it facing Maze, it screamed then turned towards Frank and he got immediately pushed back with a strong force, he hit the wall and lost consciousness.

"Frank" barked Messa

A bunch of dark smoke got out of the Phobia wound and entered some people's mouths plus the two dolls the kids were holding.

Leroy was about to tempt his chance but Messa already knew what was about to happen if he let him do that so she screamed so hard that something came into her, now not only her hair but also her eyes began to glow.

Her hair grabbed Leroy's hand and pulled him back, he got right back trying to run toward Phobia again but this time she held out a hand towards Phobia, and the other one, towards Leroy, trying to hold him back but he didn't want to give up.

With the field force, she created to hold them the pain the people were going through suddenly stopped and they took this chance to escape which they did at least some of them.

Phobia did the same thing with its finger but this time on the kids and it swallowed them, he turned around to look at Messa but looking wasn't enough so he began to walk toward her with all the Magma spirits pushing through the field force.

After a few minutes of trying to push them back, she started to weaken. She turns around to put all her attention on Leroy but except that it isn't only Leroy she was trying to put all of her attention on but a wall behind him.

He stretched out both of her arms toward the wall and some of her long glowing hair began to pierce the wall and the other part held Leroy still.

She put all her strength into it while the Magma spirit ran and Phobia walked peacefully behind her, she stacked all of her strengths and then released them while yelling.

A portal finally opens she glances at Leroy and bark

"Leroy, this is your chance to go, you have all your life in front of you, go and live it fully"

"What about you? I ain't leaving you here"

"Only one of us can leave so take your chance and leave this place, you know that it is not real"

"No, not without you and it looks pretty real to me" he started

"Please go before it is too late our mothers and fathers can't lose both of their children, they will never forget me If I let that happen, please go and warn the others"

"Respectfully, no"

She got mad and held out one harm to him and pushed him through the portal and when she turned to face the army coming toward her she felt something pull her long hair.

"You again, what can't you understand when I said danger?"

"I came here to rescue you from it, I did once, and now it came back stronger, know that I'm not leaving here without you...not all heroes wear caps but some hold hair"

"Well said"

She pulled out a knife, grabbed her hair then cut it and she added "Bye Leroy, have a good life" Right before Leroy began to fall through the portal and the Magma spirits caught up to her.

She turns into a statue slowly and all goes black.

Suddenly Leroy woke up from that nightmare screaming.

"No, no, Messa please don't do this"

He got off the bed and went toward Messa's room, both of their parents were there, talking in the living room, and Leroy's parents were waiting for him to wake up so they could go with him, which he did but what would happen next will leave them speechless.

Leroy ran towards Messa's room while screaming her name, which scared them all. And they began the ask what was happening, eventually they followed him. They saw him crying on Messa's body on the bed while saying "It's all my fault" again and again.

They quickly called the ambulance and they came and took her to an emergency room. They tried their best to see if they could wake her up.

The doctor came out and announced to them the devastating news to them all.

"Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, we got good news and bad news where to begin?"

They replied to say the good news first.

"Okay then, good news she is still alive-"

They were happy then remembered that there was also bad news they stopped and asked him to proceed.

"And the bad news is that it is just for now cause she fell into a coma and unfortunately, we don't know if she will wake up soon or ever will, if you guys are religious I'd be praying every day that she will...that's all thank you"

With those last words, their heart fell into a deep sadness, especially the young Leroy, he lost not only his best friend but also two children and a girlfriend.

He did as Messa asked of him just before she sacrificed herself which is living his life fully. The young Leroy grew up to be a man and Messa never woke up, he used to go visit her from time to time, and then one day he suddenly stopped.

And he never talks about it or her since, even though they were forcing him to, if someone mentioned her name before him, he would lose it which eventually grew to be a sickness.

Since then the name Messa has been forgotten.

And for the town that was once quiet, came back to live or were they?

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