Chapter 28. Enter The Dreamland
Once we made it home, I still couldn't believe what had happened. I woke up to a tuba playing teddy bear picnic. "Guys, do you know where that's coming from?" I asked everyone as we all left the room.
"Guys, all of the Didion is gone from my shelves. What the fresh hell is this?" Gert asked us, there was some kind of party happening downstairs.
"Who are these people?" I asked while looking around.
"Okay, I don't know if this is some kind of dream or mass hallucination, but I really need a minute to process." Gert said to us, I needed to process this as well.
"I'm a little hazy as to how we got home last night." Nico said to us, I couldn't remember how that happened either.
"We drove, right? Not that I remember, but that makes sense." Karolina said to us, I must've been passed out.
"The Hostel looks so weird. And who are all these people?" Molly asked us before I saw Chase in the crowd.
"Guys, I've been reading about this. I think we're suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning." Chase said to us but then we wouldn't be living.
"That would makes us dead." Gert said to him.
"And I think we're all breathing." I said to Chase adding to what Gert said.
"And this is Purgatory?" Molly asked us, it could be.
"Maybe we're back in Jonah's Algorithm." Chase said, I had no idea what that felt like so I couldn't talk.
"Doesn't feel like that." Karolina said to us all.
"Feels like The Great Gatsby." Gert said to us now where was DiCaprio.
"Well, then maybe Leo's here! One way to find out." Molly said before looking around.
"This is like something from AHS. I'm going to investigate." I said before leaving the others to look around. I saw movie posters, and people dressed like they were from a long time ago. I saw the other disappear into a room. I followed behind.
"Oh. Great. Cool. Our house has been taken over by a creepy magician. Which- -oh, sorry. No, that was redundant. All magicians are creepy." Gert said to Chase and I. I looked at her.
"Just like clowns, they're creepier." I said to her before the magician saw us.
"Please! Come forward! The- -The- -The show is just beginning!" He said before holding something up. I was done with this.
"No, thanks, we're good." Nico said before starting to leave.
"Hey, it's the guy from the magic room. The original owner of the Hostel. This is his house." Chase said to us before he ran offstage and came in from another way.
"Delighted to see you! That horrid music just lured away the weak-willed pleasure-seekers. But not you! Bravo! Come! Join me." He said to us, I'd rather not.
"We're not really in the mood for magic." Nico said to him as he tried to offer her fake flowers.
"That is a shame, ma petite Japonaise. Because you are the perfect size for my box." He said to Nico, we had to leave.
"Is- -is that blood?" Chase asked, but it was never answered.
"And you...you would be the perfect fit for my knife-throwing- -" He said while grabbing Molly.
"Get off of me!" She shouted at him.
"What the- -?!" He said before I looked at Molly.
"Wait. Something doesn't feel right." She said to us, we're her powers gone.
"Molly, your eyes- -" Gert said to her.
"Are lovely." Quinton said to us, he was giving me the creeps.
"And not yellow." Chase said to her, I looked at Molly.
"Karolina, light up. Y/n, try and move something or create something." Molly said to us Karolina tried.
"Nothing." She said to us, I then tried to move something. And then create something.
"I can't do anything." I said to them all. We had no powers.
"Guys, we don't have powers here." Chase said to us, if that meant that nothing had happened. Did that mean that JJ was here? Did he not die in this world.
"Powers? Which powers are you referring to? Magic is the only power that exists here. Now please tell me that you've mastered the art of decapitation. I mean that one is still beyond me. I can't find anyone to practice on!" Quinton said to us making Chase grunt and look at us.
"This guy is no help at all." He said to us, I think we should just go.
"And, um, as previously noted, creepy as hell." Gert said to us, I turned to leave.
"Fine! You don't want to take part in the show, that's your loss. But I'm warning you...if you take one step outside the protection of my home...you'll regret it." He said before running and leaving. We went backstage where he was.
"We're sorry. We didn't mean to insult you." Karolina said to him, I looked at Chase.
"I'll go investigate some more." I said to him before he nodded, I then left into the room. I looked outside, I couldn't tell if there wasn't anything wrong. I then saw Chase wave me over and we went outside. It was white. Nothingness. I was transported to home, or what it appeared to be. I saw new pictures of me and JJ. I then went upstairs and banged in his door.
"Y/n, what could you possible want?" He asked me before opening the door. I hugged him and cried a little. "Woah, hey what's all this about?" He asked me and I looked at him.
"I just missed my favorite brother." I said to him making him laugh and shake his head.
"Your one and only brother, don't forget that." He said to me before ruffling my hair up.
"Hey, do you mind?" I asked him before ruffling his hair.
"Now do you mind?" He asked me before I saw Mom appear on the top of the stairs.
"You two dinner." She said to us with a smile, I couldn't believe that she wasn't locked up with Dad. Something had happened and that's why she was here. Maybe she'd died back home. I regretted everything.
"We'll be down in a minute." I said to her with a smile, she nodded and went back downstairs.
"Did you and your boyfriend breakup or something?" He asked me as we both went downstairs.
"Not at all, we're happier than ever." I said to him and he looked at me.
"I'm happy to hear that." He said to me, I shook my head at him. We then went to the table and sat down. It felt nice having dinner with my brother again. He looked at me at one point. "Y/n, you have to leave here it's not safe." He said to me but he was wrong.
"I'm not leaving without my friends and without you. You're coming with me." I said to him as Mom walked away. I shook my head at him.
"Just go, please. It's not safe for you at all, you'll learn to forget everything and this place will be all that you remember and I don't want that for you." He said to me and I started to cry, I wasn't going without him.
"I get that this is a dark dimension but I'm taking you with me to save my friends. I'm saving you as well." I said to him and he shook his head.
"Stubborn like usually but your cars here. Let's go save your friend." He said to me before picking my keys off the side.
"I need to save Chase." I said while wiping my tears away. Once we got into the car I saw a white spot and I drove through it. I saw a car with Chase in with both pulled over.
"Y/n, come here." Chase said as he got out. I ran straight into his arms and hugged him. "JJ." He said with a nod.
"I was looking for you," I said to him and he kissed my head.
"I was looking for you too." He said to me, I pulled apart and saw Mr. Stein behind him.
"Sir." I said with a nod.
"We need to find the others." He said to me and I nodded.
"I agree. Let's go." He said before we managed to get into Gert's world. "Are we interrupting something?" He asked as we entered, Gert pulled us into a hug.
"We tried getting here as quickly as possible." I said to her and she nodded. We then got back in the car and drove off.
"Shit." Gert said as we saw three hanging bodies.
"Oh, my god." I said before JJ hugged me. We finally got to the last world. And there were the others. We were just missing Alex.
"See? Everyone. And JJ." Karolina said to Molly. It was going to feel off having JJ back home.
"I knew we'd find Karolina here." Chase said before I hugged Nico.
"Nico, I'm glad your ok." I said to her as I hugged her.
"I'm glad your ok as well, along with your brother." She said to me with a smile, I just side hugged her. I wasn't losing her again.
"I guess. Do I know you?" Molly asked Stacey. What was happening with Molly.
"What? Sweetie, it's me. Stacey." Stacey said to her but Molly shook her head.
"No. I'm- -I'm sorry." She said to her.
"She's forgetting. Just-just like the creepy magician said." Gert said to us all.
"So, the longer we're here, the more we're gonna forget our old lives." Chase said to us, we needed to find Alex and leave.
"It's happening. We need to go. Now." Victor said to us, not without Alex.
"But we can't leave Alex." Karolina said to us.
"Which one's Alex?" Nico asked us, I couldn't believe this.
"Great! The person who brought us here has forgotten the mission." Gert said to us all.
"I'm sorry about Alex, but if we stay any longer, we'll all be gone. Forever." Mrs. Minoru said to us.
"We'll find a way to comeback. For now- -come on, we gotta go." Chase said to us and we all left back to the Hostel.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really wish that creepy magician was still here." Gert said to us, I saw JJ look at her.
"Long story." I said to him with a nod.
"No, he's- -he's gotta be here somewhere." Nico said we want to his stage area and there was no one.
"Hey. Hello? Anybody here?" Stacey asked and there was no one.
"What if he left?" Victor asked us.
"He can't." I said to them all.
"He said he never leaves." Karolina said to us all.
"Yeah, well, he did 'cause he's gone." Tina said to us all, we were stuck here.
"I'm sorry, everyone. This is all on me. Okay! You're my- -you're my friends, and I brought you into something terrible." Nico said to her but this wasn't her fault at all.
"If it makes you feel any better, we can't be mad at you. Because we won't remember that you did it." Gert said to her, that would be true.
"It's not as bad as you think." I heard someone say.
"Oh, my God!" Molly said making me look over in everyone's direction. It was Amy.
"It can't be." I said to them all.
"Is it really...?" Molly asked us all.
"Amy!" Tina got out before hugging her daughter.
"Mom." Nico said to her.
"But it...it can't, uh...it can't be...can it?" Tina asked, that meant that JJ wasn't real. He couldn't come back with us.
"I'm not sure of anything anymore." Nico said before crying.
"Let me make it easier for you. I'm an emissary of Morgan Le Fay." Amy said, I said that JJ looked down. He was as well.
"I should've known." Tina said to her.
"You as well." I said to JJ and he nodded, he couldn't look at me.
"Morgan Le what?" Chase asked as I went over to him.
"We made a promise to turn Nico over to Morgan, but now...now that I know who you are, what you mean to each other, I...I'm reminded of my old life, what it felt like to be over there. So, we can't turn you in. I'm afraid of what she'll do to you." Amy said to Nico at least they wouldn't do it.
"Thank you." Nico said to her.
"But you can still take us back, right?" Stacey asked, hopefully she could. As much as it was perfect here I couldn't stay.
"No. I don't have that spell. No one does." Amy said to us, we were trapped here.
"That's not entirely true. But I haven't done anything like it in a very long time. I'm gonna need your help." Tina said before looking over at Nico.
"What can I do? I don't have the staff." Nico said to her, no one had anything here.
"I feel like you do. I have this idea, but you're gonna have to trust me." Tina said before cutting her hand open with a knife. I turned away. "Now you." She said to Nico. Nico held her hand out and Tina cut it, then the Staff came out of her. What was going on.
"Just like I thought." Nico said to all of us.
"Now...I'm going to cast. And, on my command, you will open the circle and we'll step through." Tina said to her, but what about Nico.
"If you say so. Okay." Nico said before Tina started speaking in Japanese and casting the spell.
"Send us through the open door...to where my spell commands." Tina said before something was casted.
"I'm allowed to say more than one word?" Nico asked, well she's just had a new lesson on the staff.
"We were all novices once. Now, Daughter. Do your part." Tina said before Nico casted the circle.
"Holy- -" Molly started.
"Stephen Hawking!" Stacey said to us, it was time to go.
"Everybody through." Tina said to us I looked at JJ.
"I love you so much, you were the best brother I could've asked for." I said to him before hugging him. He hugged me back. I started crying.
"I love you too, sis. Now go, you can't stay here." He said to me before letting me go. I then walked through the portal. Once I got through I went over to Chase and hugged him.
"Y/n, your brothers still here. Look behind you." Chase said, JJ had walked through the portal as well. He was home.
"Nico, Tina, that was amazing!" Karolina said to them both.
"I'm feeling a little car sick." Molly said before walking away.
"Teleportation spells have side effects. You'll get used to it." Tina said to us all.
"It's the magician's mansion...in the future. Or should I say the present? Outstanding." Victor said, I looked at JJ.
"We need to talk." I said to him before pulling him into the dining space.
"Have you been living here? And lastly where's Mom and Dad?" He asked me and I looked at her.
"We're living here because our parents turned out to be murderers. And Mom and Dad are in prison." I said to him, he went to say smothering before Chase got our attention.
"Hey, guys. Come check this out." He said and we walked over to Alex's room. "I turned it on, and look. Alex was religious about backing up his data." Chase said, it had been 6 months.
"So, that means...we've been gone for six months." Nico said to us, but it only felt like a day.
"So, does that mean that Alex has been trapped over there for the same amount of time." Molly said to us, who knew at this point. Maybe even longer.
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