(TW: Deadname mention/homophobic parental comment mention, mention of death)

*Roman's POV*

Roman: Logan... Ok, I'm Roman and this is Anx.
He gives me a nod then looks at Anx confused.

Logan: Anx?

Anx: Uhhh... Yeah. It's a name I gave myself so Ro wouldn't have to call me Ghost all the time.

Logan: You have no memory of your past life or name?
Now it's Anx's turn to be confused

Anx: No... do you?

Logan: I never had a past life. Not really. I died at birth so I was immediately turned to a ghost. I was raised by a women who calls herself FairyGodmother. According to her, I stopped physically aging about a year ago at 15, I'm 16 now. You however, should remember your past life. You should at least know your name.

He sighs, and looks like he's having a slight internal conflict.

Logan: This is truly bothersome... so I'm going to inform you about some things.
Anx nods, but I can tell he's just as confused as I am.

Logan: First off, your name is Virgil.

*Anx's POV*

As soon as he said that my brain was flooded with voices.

"Hey Virgil!" A women's voice.

"How was school today Virgil?" A male's voice.

"Virgey! Come see what I made!" A little girl's voice.

Over and over I hear all these different voices saying my name.

"Virgil! No!" The three most constant voices speak in sync. Then suddenly everything's silent.

I open my eyes, that I didn't realize I had closed. Roman looked extremely concerned and Logan was just staring at me.
If there was ANY emotion there, I couldn't see it.

Roman: You ok Anx?

Anx: Y-yeah, yeah. I'm fine. Virgil. I remember now. That's my name.

Roman was a mix of shock, concern, and confusion. Logan stayed as emotionless as ever.

Virgil: When Logan said my name... I... I heard a bunch of different voices. They were all saying my name. There was... a man's, a women's, and a little girl's voice who were the most common.

Roman: Who were they?

Virgil: I... I don't know. When it finally stopped it was with those three yelling "no" at me.

Logan : That's when you died.
That was a little blunt. 

The silence that filled the room was thick and tenuous.

Virgil: Uhh... Ok...

Roman: Virgil... I like it. I'll still call you Anx if you want me to though...

Virgil: No, it's my name. It's what we'll go with.

Roman: Ok.
He smiles and turns back to Logan.

Roman: So how did you know his name?

Logan: FairyGodmother has been talking about you.

I never met this person, why is she talking about me?

Logan: I visit her often and I tell her about her about Patton which, in turn, leads me to talk about you. 

He gestures to Roman.

Logan: The first I mentioned you, she asked if I had seen you. 

He looks over at me. Who is this person?!

Logan: Which I obviously had, from what I gather, you never cloak.

Virgil: Cloak?
He sighs, I feel like I'm missing something.

Logan: We'll get to that. She told a lot about you, more then just your name, but I can't tell you anything about your past. I don't see an issue with you knowing your name though.

Virgil: Ok... So why are you here?

Logan: Each child is /supposed/ to have a Guardian until they are 18. I am Patton's Guardian.

So does that make me Roman's? I guess so... but why? I can't do anything to protect him... wait Logan did stuff. How'd he do that?

Roman: How did you move Patton?

Sometimes I swear Roman and I share a brain.

Logan: Well all ghosts have some level of power. No of us can physically touch anything in the real world. 

R and V: Real world?

Logan: Yes, the living world. Anyway, we can all do the same things, but for some it's easier and they become more powerful.

Roman and I give him matching confused looks.

(At the same time)

Roman: Then why can't Virgil do stuff?

Virgil: Then why can't I do stuff? 

He sighs and adjusts his glasses.

Logan: You can. You just haven't tried.

Virgil: Oh sure. I can just look at the remote over there and make it turn on the TV for me.

As soon as I say it, the remote glows purple then the TV clicks on.

Roman: Woah! That was awesome! Your eyes glowed!

Virgil: Wait- They did?!

Logan's eyes glow blue and TV turns back off. 

Logan: See? You'll find that the amount of times I am wrong are infinitesimal. I can teach you how to do other stuff. Like cloaking, which is basically turning yourself invisible. 

But why?

Roman: Why? Its not like people see you. Well, except me. 

There's that brain sharing thing again.

Logan: To be invisible to other ghosts. That's why you couldn't see me until now, I wouldn't let you.

Roman: But we did. Well, sort of. I seen a shadow around Pat sometimes and Virgil could like... sense you.

Logan: Yes well, being invisible isn't my strongest power. I think that's enough information for one day. Roman you need to go to sleep. I'm gonna go check on Patton.

Roman shakes his head, but Logan is already halfway up the stairs.

Roman: No, I'm not tired. I'll stay up till Patton wakes up. 

Virgil: Ro, you've yawned multiple times while we were talking. You're obviously tired. I'll wake you up if Patton wakes up before you.

He doesn't seem to happy with this idea but gives in.

Roman: Fine.

He pulls the blanket off the couch and lays down. 

Virgil: Plus, now that I can move stuff I can wake you up by throwing pillows at you.

He's already almost asleep, so he replies softly.

Roman: That's just rude...

And he's asleep.

I know this sounds super creepy, but I watch Roman sleep sometimes.

Ok, all the time. He just looks so peaceful.

After a while, I decide to go to sleep too.

*The next morning*

I wake up at 9:30ish in the morning. Which is weird because I can normally only sleep for a few hours at a time... Oh well. 

I bet Logan is still up watching Patton. I walk into Roman's room and see Patton still sleeping peacefully but I don't see Logan...

Logan: Salutations Virgil.

I jump slightly and turn around to see Logan in a large blue reclining chair. 

Virgil: Umm, hey. Where'd that chair come from?

He stands, walks over to Patton, and the chair vanishes.

Logan: I conjured it. That's a thing you can do too.

Virgil: Oh, well that's good to know.

Logan starts to say something else but is interrupted by Patton starting to wake up.

Patton: Ro?

Logan: Go get Roman.

I do as he says and head downstairs.

True to my word, I use my newfound power to throw a extra pillow at Roman.

He wakes up and tries to throw the pillow back at me, but of course it goes straight through me.

Roman: Rude!

Virgil: Eh, you'll get over it. Patton's awake.

At the mention of Patton he jumps off the couch and runs upstairs, I follow closely behind him.

When we get into the room, he immediately goes and stands by Patton's bedside.

Roman: Hey Pat, how are you doing?

Patton: Umm... I'm better now I guess.

He thinks for a moment before speaking again. 

Patton: Roman... I'm sorry.

Roman: For what?

He gives Patton a concerned and confused face.

Patton: For not telling you. For making you worry. For making you find out this way...

Roman: It's ok Pat-

Before he can say anything else Patton interrupts him.

Patton: You hate me now don't you? 

Roman: What? No! Patton-

Patton: My birth name is Payton. 

He cringes at the mention of his dead name.

Patton: My mom doesn't know, she's extremely transphobic and homophobic.

He takes a deep breath before continuing. 

Patton: I... I once kinda told her. I asked her  what she would think if I said I was a boy. She... she beat me for quote "thinking such vile and repulsive things."

A tear escapes his eye and he quickly wipes it away.

Patton: I told your moms, and they helped me with keeping it from her. Whenever she would call, only your Ma would answer. Mom had asked once if she was married and she simply said that she didn't have a husband. When referring to me she always used nicknames like "kiddo." Your moms are cool. They told me to tell them when I was ready for a binder but... for some reason I just couldn't. So I used my own methods. And here we are.

Roman climbs onto the bed and pulls Patton into a hug. Patton hugged back and started to cry, not holding back anymore.

Logan watched the scene intently, I can't tell what he's thinking. He has that same blank stare on his face.

Patton eventually calms down and wipes his eyes with the bottom of his shirt.

Roman: I don't hate you Patton. You're still my best friend. 

They smile at each other before Roman speaks again. 

Roman: You hungry? I can ask Mom to make pancakes or something.

Patton: Mmmm pancakes.

Roman: I'll take that as a yes.

He gets up and I follow him downstairs.

Virgil: So is he ok now?

Roman: Yeah, Ma said yesterday that all he needed was rest and the pressure taken off his ribs.

Virgil: That's good... What do you think of the new guy?

He thinks for a second and stops at the backdoor.

Roman: He's ok I guess. He seemed very guarded. I didn't see him show really any emotion at all.

Virgil: Yeah, I noticed that too. I want to know who this "FairyGodmother" is.

Roman: Well, he obviously knows. Maybe we can convince him to let us meet her.

He opens the door and steps onto the back porch, where his moms are sitting on the porch swing with their arms around each other. 

We have a really pretty yard back here, on account for their love of gardening. Roman helped out too sometimes.

M and M: Hey Ro, is Patton awake?

Roman: He's ok. Just hungry. He says he wants pancakes.

Mom: Well then I guess I'll have to make some.

Ma: Did you get to talk with the that other ghost?

Mom: Wait, there's another ghost?

Roman: Yep, his name is Logan. He says he's Patton's Guardian. Oh, and he basically helped Anx remember his real name.

Mom: Oh? What is it? 

R and V: Virgil.

They both nod and smile brightly. I know they can't hear me but, I don't know I just wanted to say something.

Roman: Hey Vee, show them the thing.

Vee? I get a nickname? Why am I so happy about that?

Virgil: What thing?

Roman: The thing you learned last night.

Virgil: Oohhh, ok.

He turns to his moms who look very confused.

Roman: Don't freak out ok?

They look at each other before looking back to Roman and nodding.

I walk closer to the swing and examine a pillow resting on it. 

Ro gives me a thumbs up and I focus on moving the pillow. I raise it up slowly, since I'm still new to this, and gently toss it to Roman. 

He catches it and we look at his moms. 

Their mouths are hanging open in shock.

Roman: Apparently, Virgil has always been able to this but he just didn't know it. According to Logan, there's other stuff he can do too.

M and M: Wow...

Wait, if I can move stuff... does that mean I can write to talk to Roman's moms? Or Patton when Ro finally tells him about me. I ask Roman about it and he immediately runs inside.  

When he comes back out he has a notepad and a pen. He sets it on the small side table then stands back.

Ma: What are you doing?

Roman: Virgil had an idea that he could write messages to you.

Alex, Roman's Mom, I don't really know what to call them so I'll just call them by their names. Anyway, Alex finally seems to have shaken out of her initial shock.

Mom (Alex): Oooo cool!

Kat, Roman's Ma, finally broke out of her trance and looks excited.

I use my newfound power to raise the pen. This shouldn't be that hard right? I've seen Roman write hundreds of times. 

I sloppily write "Hi, I'm Virgil" Hopefully I'll get better at this because this looks how Roman's work looked in 1st grade.

Ma (Kat): That is so cool. 

She looks up in my general direction. 

Ma (Kat): Nice to meet you Virgil. 

I take the pen again and write a little smiley face on the paper.

Roman: This is so cool. 

They both smile and Alex stands up.

Mom (Alex): Super cool. 

She smiles in my general direction.

Mom (Alex): Anyway, we should probably go inside and start on those pancakes.

Man, I wish I could eat food.

Ma (Kat): Also, tell Patton we have something for him before breakfast.

Roman: Ok!

Roman waits for me to follow after him and we go back upstairs.

Roman: Hey Pat, Mom's starting the pancakes and Ma said they have something for you.

Patton: Ok.

Patton climbs off the bed, taking the blanket with him and wrapping it around his shoulders. 

Logan and I follow loosely behind them as we head downstairs.

Logan: What took you two so long?

Virgil: We were showing Roman's moms my newfound powers. I even wrote them a message.

Logan: Why?

Virgil: Well, they already know I exist so why not?

Logan: I guess there isn't really an issue if they already know...

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