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Natalie sat on the edge of the island, playing with a platinum vine. She was at the final stage of a Tueres. She had gained it after seeing Nadwe die, and it had pissed her off, but the pain she felt left a mark. She was alone again. Zack was probably dead. She felt it. But he was alive when she thought he was dead before, so she still had a small sliver of hope in her. She looked up at the stars. She remembered a story her father told her, but she didn't remember all of it. "Where are you guys?" she whispered. Suddenly, she heard something crack behind her. She turned around, but didn't see anything. But then she saw a long knife in the island. Someone was trying to kill her. Suddenly, the small piece of island cracked, with her on it, and fell from the island. She screamed as she fell, losing focus of everything. She spinned and flipped, trying to take control of the situation. Suddenly, she was grabbed by something, and then went back up, and landed on the island. She gasped after her near death experience, and turned and saw a hooded man. "Who are you?" She asked. They pulled their hood down, and... "Zack?" she whispered. Zack smiled. "Zack!" she said, and ran over to him, grabbing him in a hug. "Oh, Natalie." he said. She held him tightly, making sure he was real. "What happened?" she asked. "Well, I don't remember a lot, but he was draining me. I managed to fake my death, and he got rid of me. But he got rid of me in a place I didn't know, so I was lost for a while." Zack said. "But who threw the knife?" Natalie wondered aloud. "We saw them, but they were unrecognizable." a voice said. Both of them turned, and both felt their spirits freeze. In front of them were two people, a man and a woman, standing together. The man had short brown hair, and had a beard. The women had long jet black hair. "Mom? Dad?" Natalie whispered. The women smiled. "Hey sweetie." she said. Natalie caught her breath, and Zack just stared. "How? I saw you guys, you were stabbed!" she said. "That was what you were made to think. They injected us with a serum that slowed our heartbeats to one beat per minute. Simple illusion trick, and we were dead." her father explained. "But why didn't you come back?" Natalie asked. "Once whoever killed us knew that you saw us dead, he took us somewhere far, far away from you. We don't know why." her mother said. "But we wouldn't give up until we came back." her father said. Natalie was stunned. "Please tell me this is a dream." Zack whispered. "It's not Zack. It's not." his mother said. Zack breathing was shaky. Natalie was in a mix of feelings. Then she ran over to them, and they grabbed her in a hug. Her heart felt light, everything coming so fast. Then Zack came over, and the family was reunited. "So much had happened while you were gone." Zack said. "I can tell. You've both grown so much." their mother said. "But...something did happen. Something that had left a bad memory." their dad said frowning. Natalie looked down. "We found out, about six months ago, that Chaos was here, in this world." Zack said. Their parents looked at each other, fear both filling them. "He...he affected everyone down below. He even used one of them as a host." Natalie said. Her mother gasped. This was bad. "I...I told them everything." Natalie said, looking down. "Chaos is also the reason why you all thought I was dead. He used me as a host." Zack said. "Oh my." their father said, and took a shaky breath. "But the power host, they came to them." Natalie said. "Really?" their mother said, amazed. "Yeah, and they beat Chaos, and we got Zack back. But...we thought we defeated him. He came back three months later, but much stronger. We had to fight him. We defeated him...but we lost Nadwe." Natalie felt tears fall down her face. "Oh, honey." her mother said, and pulled Natalie close. Natalie felt the pressure go away. Her mother was back, her father was back, and her brother was back. Everything was fine. "He was the one with the two top hats, right?" her father asked. "Yeah, and one of his friends...he's still recovering from his death." Zack said, thinking about Meme. Meme lost his old sense of happiness, becoming a shell of his old self. He wasn't the same. "Listen, I know I wasn't supposed to talk to them." Natalie started to say, but her mother stopped her. "Honey, it's fine. If you didn't step in, none of them would be alive right now." Natalie nodded. "Come on. Let's go inside and rest." her father said. Suddenly, a light beam shot at them, nearly missing her father's head. Natalie turned and saw a figure. It was Socks. "Socks, wait!" she yelled. Socks stopped firing, but he came closer. "Natalie, I saw you fall, what happened?" he asked. "Socks, I know this is hard to believe, but these...are my parents." she said. He stared at them. "I thought she said you were dead." Socks said, confused. "Someone wanted us gone, but not dead." her father said. "Really?" Socks asked. "Yes, I'm Michelle." her mother said. "I'm Chris. Pleasure to meet you." Chris said. He held out his hand, and they shook hands. "Definitely didn't expect this, but can you please explain to me why you fell?" Socks asked, looking at Natalie. "We think the same person who faked my parents death tried to kill me." Natalie said. Socks got worried. He already lost one friend, he couldn't lose another. "I'll keep my eye out. Also, nice to see you Zack!" Socks said. "Yeah, definitely nice not to be a battery." Zack joked. "Okay, I'll head back. Nice meeting you." Socks said, and he turned and left. Natalie and her family went back to the castle to tell them everything that happened. But as Socks left, something about her parents seemed off. There was something in her fathers eyes that made him distrust him a bit. A look of hatred. He knew something was off. And he would make sure that none of his friends would get hurt from it.

So Natalie's parents are alive, but Socks thinks that is kinda sus. So yeah. See ya!

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