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Remy and Emile had only asked a few questions, trying to figure out the situation. They wouldn't be there for the fight, but Emile said he could address any wounds they may get in battle. Patton and Emile were currently in the kitchen working on a salad for lunch. Remy was sitting on the couch watching Logan try and come up with a plan with occasional ideas from Remus.

When Janus walked down the stairs Remy could already feel the bad vibes radiating off him. It was almost suffocating, so Remy decided to check what dream he had last night. Most of what he saw, were dreams he'd planned for Janus, but one stood out. It had a strange aura similar to a nightmare, yet slightly different.

The dream was definitely something one of the twins or himself had created. It was a terrible dream that must've hit Janus hard. It was too dark for Roman, to personal for Remus, and something Remy would never force on one of his friends. When Remy resurfaced in the real world nothing seemed to be different, except he was now on the floor and Emile was looking down on him worried.

Remy blinked a few before sitting up. This had never happened before, so where ever that dream came from must've been protected by something. "Remy! Are you okay, you just passed out!" Emile asked frantically.

"I'm alright babes, probably just my narcolepsy," Remy knew that was bullshit, but he hoped Emile would buy it. It seemed like he did because the therapist smiled before walking back into the kitchen. Remy stood up brushing himself off, before making eye contact with Janus. He must've sensed Remy's lie and was probably confused at why he would lie to Emile.

Remy walked over to Janus before making a follow me hand motion. Janus did, following Janus up the stairs. They stopped in the hallway and Remy quickly asked, "Did you have a nightmare last night?"

Janus seemed immediately more on edge, "...No..."

"For the embodiment of lies, you're really shit at lying," Remy said getting closer to Janus.

"...I'm not lying..." It was even worse this time.

Remy frowned, "Stop trying to lie, I already checked your recent dreams."

"Is that why you passed out!?" Janus asked incredulously.

"Yes, but that doesn't matter right now. I need to warn you about that nightmare you had, I think it came from Damion," Remy said worriedly.

Janus had already figured out it must've been Damion, but that didn't make it any less true. He wholeheartedly believed what the dream had told him, but he couldn't let Remy know that, "Wow I had no idea that a terrible dream where I was tied down in ORANGE chains may have come from Damion! Thank you so much for telling me!"

Remy didn't appreciate the attitude, but he guessed, he was being a bit stupid. He should've known that Janus would've figured it out already. "Alright as long as you know. I'm gonna monitor your dreams tonight to make sure he doesn't interfere again," Remy said before walking off.
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Patton sat across from Janus in the tiny backyard. All the grass was dead or pulled out, and there was a small birdbath filled with a mysterious purple liquid that dissolved any of the deformed birds that fell into it. Janus was sitting cross-legged talking about something, but Patton wasn't listening. He was more worried about accidentally hurting Janus while in frog form.

"Patton!" Patton was brought back to his senses with a small jump.

"We're you even listening?" Janus asked.

"No..."

Janus sighed before standing up, and walking over to Patton. He sat down, before pushing some hair out of Patton's face to look him straight (Gay) in the eye, "Listen, I understand that your scared, but we need to do this, so take a deep breath and listen."

Patton nodded taking a few deep breaths, "Alright I'm ready."

Janus moved back to his spot and began speaking again, "Most of our magic stems from emotion, or, unfortunately for me, deals. Your frog form is emotion-based, it stems from anger and stress, and depending your control you can change what your frog form looks like. I've seen you do this before, before you started repressing. So you need to let your emotions free for once, and focus them into transforming," Janus paused to look Patton in the eye, "And with practice you'll be able to transform at will, without needing negative emotions." Janus offered a smile of encouragement for Patton to try.

Patton returned the smile before taking another deep breath. Patton did exactly what Janus had said, and he got a reaction. His skin began changing color going green in splotches. If his eyes weren't closed you would've seen his pupils changing shape, and the iris and sclera changing color. He even grew a few sizes bigger, but he didn't finish his transformation.

All the bad memories of the last time he went frog came flooding in. Patton immediately popped back to his old form crying. "Why can't I do it!"

Janus rushed over immediately suffocating Patton in a hug. "We can stop," He said. Patton nodded continuing to cry. After Patton had calmed down they pulled away looking at each other in the eye.

Janus smiled when an idea came to him, "would you want to go on a picnic to calm your nerves?"

Patton smiled back wiping some tear stains off his face, "I would love that." Patton stood up and gave Janus a quick kiss on the cheek before walking back inside. Janus was left to wonder how Patton was so adorable, before shaking those thoughts out of his head. He may have a crush, and Patton may reciprocate those feelings, but he was bad for Patton. He deserved so much better.
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Virgil was standing in front of the mirror, trying to re-adjust his makeup. Tim stood on the counter swinging his legs quietly. Virgil finished and pulled back looking at Tim. "Do you think Roman will like it?" Virgil was extremely nervous.

"I mean, he already proposed to you, he'll definitely like it," Tim said, they never understood why Virgil chose Roman over literally anyone else. When Tim was alive Romulus was a jerk, and the reason Tim was forced to leave. But at least they'd gotten to meet Janus before they killed themself.

Tim smiled absent-mindedly, Virgil noticed and asked, "What are you thinking about?" Tim didn't answer, but sunk even more into his purple sweater.

Virgil didn't, mind and just went behind a curtain to change into his dress. He called over the curtain, "So are you ever going to tell me what your past was like?"

Tim side hoping of the counter only to continue floating slightly off the ground, "I guess you deserve to know, I promise I will tell you tonight." Virgil walked out smiling down at his outfit. It was a short black dress with a purple belt, and his hoodie thrown over it. He was barefoot and each toe had an ombre of purple to black.

He smiled at Tim before saying, "alright I'm ready to go." They'd already decided that Tim would go on the date as well, but he would stay out of it giving the couple their space.

The two walked out of Virgil's room immediately greeted by a smiling Roman. He wore his usual outfit, minus the new cape, and a golden crown with red and purple gems sat on his head. He held out a bundled of red roses for Virgil, the red was so dark they looked black. "Are you ready for our date storm cloud?" Roman asked smiling.

Virgil took the roses and smiled before asking, "Will Damion be there?"

"No, he said something about going on a walk, it just us," Roman leaned in and kiss Virgil before pulling off. He grabbed Virgil's hand and the couple began walking to the date destination.
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Janus and Patton were ready for their picnic. They both wore what could only be described as old-timey clothes. Patton thought they were adorable, and it was just Janus' aesthetic.

(If your curious this what they were wearing take this old fanart I drew

Except Janus is short and ignore the other two in the corner)

"Are you sure this is safe?" Logan asked for the third time.

"It'll be fine Lo, it's just for two hours and Remus will be there the whole time watching for monsters," Patton reassured.

"Are you saying you don't trust me to protect our friends Logie bear?" Remus asked faking sadness and leaning close to Logan.

Logan pushed Remus away, "My name is Logan, and Remus, you may be strong, but if Damion shows up you will be outmatched on your own."

"Oh come on! Damion won't show up!" Remus said.

Logan sighed, "Fine you can go, but if any of you get hurt I won't have any sympathy," then Logan walked back to his and Remus' room. The three shrugged it off and began their walks.

The walk through the forest was fairly calm, they were only attacked by a toaster with legs that Remus took care of fairly quickly. Eventually, they reached an opening which was perfect for their picnic.

Remus slunk into the trees to stand guard without disrupting the other two. Janus summoned a blue and yellow quilt and a picnic basket filled with an assortment of food. Janus reached in and pulled out a plate with sandwiches on it. Janus continued pulling things out until there was barely any room for Patton.

There was enough to feed a whole group of people, but due to the fact that they were imaginary, they could eat as much as they wanted. Though Janus would never admit it, this had made him somewhat of a glutton, and any weight he'd gained was easily hidden. "Wow all of this looks so good," Patton exclaimed. He immediately reached for one of the cookies sitting before him.

Janus smiled at Patton's joy, it was refreshing to see something other than stress on the moral side's face. They both ate to their heart's content with the occasional conversation. Then eventually Janus said, "You know I haven't felt this good in ages."

"Well I'm glad I'm making you feel better," Patton said smiling. The two stared at each other. Patton's eyes were a beautiful bright blue. Like the kind the babies had, but they never faded for him. Janus' snake eye was the perfect mixture of green and yellow with gold flecks mixed in. They leaned closer slowly.

Suddenly a giant tremor shook the ground. The two fell backwards. Janus got up again and looked around to find the source. A tall figure walked out of the shadows with glowing orange eyes, "Good to see you JJ."

Damion didn't approach any further, but stood at the tree line. Janus assumed a defensive pose in front of Patton, summoning his staff and an extra set of arms. Patton was extremely scared, but cried out, "Where is Remus!"

Damion's eyes fell on Patton for several agonizing seconds, "Do you mean the mistake? He's right here." Damion waved his hand and a struggling Remus floated out of the tree. He was bound by an orange chain and struggling against, it covered his mouth muffling any shouts.

"I have a wonderful plan for him. I never intended for him to exist, so I'll dispose of him like I should've done years ago," Remus visibly began freaking out at this thrashing around more. The chains tightened and stopped his trashing, but he let out another muffled scream of pain.

"Let him go Damion," Janus said extremely serious.

"Oh I'm so scared of you and your four foot eleven inches of height," the height thing was a low blow, but it still got Janus even angrier. Everyone knows not to piss off a short person because they're closer to hell. Janus tightened his grip on his staff preparing to counter any attacks that Damion may throw his way, but he never did.

"I am willing to make a trade," Damion paused to look at Remus, "you hand yourself over and I leave the mistake and the frog alone, hows that?"

Janus thought about it, "Alright just leave my friends alone." Patton wanted to scream but he was in shock.

"Perfect!" Damion clapped his hand and Remus was let go from the chains, though instead of falling he was flung into a nearby tree. A crack could be heard from his impact, but Remus had passed out from the pain. The chains wrapped around Janus and before anyone had time to process what the hell was happening, they were gone.
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Roman and Virgil laughed as they walked back through the castle. The date had gone off without a hitch, and ever distracted Virgil from the doom that would surely come soon. The couple had been shamelessly flirting all night, and had even shared some heated kisses. Every time that happened Tim made a gagging noise, but other than that he barely butted into the date.

The couple was happy now sharing another kiss infront of the door, when the door magically reopened. Damion walked in dragging someone behind him. The person was to covered in orange chains to be identified. All Virgil knew was that this could not be good. "Ah Roman just the prince I wanted to see," Damion walked over to Roman completely ignoring Virgil. Tim floated closer to see what was going on.

"Damion," Roman paused, "who is that?" Roman pointed and the person in chains.

"Only the source of all our problems," the chains lifted slightly revealing an unconscious Janus. Virgil gasped, and Tim floated around the unconscious side worried. Roman smiled, it wasn't his usual smile, or the one he used while playing the villian in a musical, no this smile was the exact same one that Damion wore. One of pure evil.

"Lock him in the dungeon," Roman began walking off before turning, "and if we don't have a dungeon make one."
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