5: Nightfall
Marcy began to shake and tremble. She looked at her hands. She was going insane! She couldn't take much more of this!
"S...STOP! I J-JUST WANT-"
The Night growled as he floated over. "You don't have a choice in the matter, Mar-Mar. What I say goes."
Marcy began to cry, hugging herself. "I-I JUST WANT A HAPPY LIFE!!!" She sobbed. "I GET IT!! I'M A SCREWUP!!!! I CAN'T UNDO WHAT I DID, AND ANNE WON'T EVER RESPECT ME AGAIN!! LET ALONE LIKE ME!!!"
The Night just hummed, smirking as he watched the human girl just cry and pour out her heart.
"I...I JUST...WANT THINGS TO BE NORMAL AGAIN!" Marcy sobbed. "IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!! I JUST-"
"Enough." The Night said before his orange eyes glowed and he flew over. "You've given me an idea."
"H...Huh?" Marcy said before her body tensed. "N-No! I can't handle another f-fantasy-"
"Oh, relax." The Night cackled. "I'm here to offer you...something else. The only reason I'm doing this is because my body is SEVERELY weakened. Andrias is able to keep me alive through machines and life support."
Marcy sniffled and wiped her eyes. She attempted to stand, despite there being no ground to stand on. Her body still shook as her legs stretched themselves to a stand, but she kept facing her tormentor.
"I'm only torturing you to entertain myself." The Night cackled. "I'm too weak to do ANYTHING in the real world. Andrias does everything I order him to do...but it's not enough to have someone else do it for me. I want my own body." He then grinned. "I have a proposition for you, Marcy Wu."
"W...What...?" Marcy whispered.
The Night then appeared beside her, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "You get to live your days in a normal world, the one that you want. Where Anne won't ever abandon you, where you can fix your mistakes, where you can go from Amphibia to Earth as many times as you'd like."
"I...I...It won't be real-"
"You're DEAD, Marcy." The Night said. "Of course it won't be real...but, would you rather be reminded of everything you've ever done wrong over and over...or live the life you'll get one day? Think of this as a rehearsal."
Marcy nodded slowly. "I...I...I get to fix...everything?"
The Night nodded with an evil smirk, knowing Marcy was nowhere near stable enough to process the fact that she would never be able to make up with her friends and Anne.
"W...What do you get?" Marcy asked.
"Your body is recovering...but I am connected to it." The Night smirked. "LET ME INTO THE DRIVER SEAT."
"Y-You'll possess me!?" Marcy screamed, backing away.
The Night cackled. "Yes, but keep in mind! I'll just be getting a body. My army and Andrias cannot travel through worlds without The Calamity Box being fully charged. So? You get to live your perfect world...and I get a body...Whaddya say?"
Marcy was silent for a very long time...before she looked down, seeing The Night's hand being held out. She then slowly reached out her own hand...and shook his.
"So, we have a deal." The Night cackled. "ENJOY."
Marcy woke up with a loud gasp, her chest rising up and down out of fear. She looked around...she wasn't in the black void anymore. She was in a room, and sitting in bed. Anne's bed???
She looked down on the floor and saw Sprig, in a sleeping bag. She looked on the other side and saw Polly, sleeping in some kind of cat bed.
Then? The door opened and Anne stepped in, trying to be VERY sneaky. She then jumped when she saw Marcy. "Oh! Mar-Mar! You're awake!"
Marcy was silent and looked to the side. She didn't want to say anything. Not only was she trying to remember what had happened in the void or what she had just done...but she also didn't want Anne to suddenly become The Night again.
But as she thought...her memories of the void and the deal she made began to fade.
Anne slowly sat down next to Marcy. "Hey...Marcy. Are you ok?"
"I...think?" Marcy asked, rubbing her head. "I don't really remember why I woke up?"
"Bad dream?" Anne asked. "Cause sometimes I end up crying over a bad dream, but can't remember the dream at all, y'know?"
"Yeah! Exactly like that!" Marcy said before humming. "Maybe it was one- OW!" She suddenly winced, feeling a pain in her stomach.
Anne's eyes widened and she stood from the bed, holding Marcy's hands. "Whoa, whoa! Easy! Easy! That wound's still there."
Marcy became confused before she gently let go of Anne's hands and lifted her shirt a tad to see her waist completely wrapped in bandages all the way up to her chest. She didn't need to lift any further because she could feel the bandages across her chest.
"Andrias got you good." Anne laughed. "I...I was scared senseless, Mar-Mar. Come on, let's lay you down."
Marcy was then slowly moved into a laying position. She sighed, feeling much better. "Thanks, Anne...you're too good for me sometimes."
"Awww, Marcy." Anne laughed as she got on the other side of the bed. "Don't mention it."
Marcy's smile then faltered. "So...are you...mad at me?"
"Mad at you? For what?"
"For getting us all trapped?" Marcy asked. "In Amphibia?"
Anne was silent for a moment before she sighed and laid down next to her. "I...I was never mad. I just felt...betrayed."
Marcy's heart shattered and she felt tears prick her eyes.
"Whoa, whoa! Lemme finish!" Anne said, wiping away Marcy's tears. "I felt betrayed...at first. Then I put myself in your shoes. Moving would've been THE WORST...we've been friends since we were little! Imagine how awful it would be if we'd never see each other again...but I will admit. I'm also glad that I even went to Amphibia in the first place. We would've never realized Sasha was the person she was without that, I would've never grown, and you outgrew your clumsiness! Amphibia helped all of us. I'm not mad at you, Marcy. You're my friend."
Marcy's eyes began to swell with more and more tears and she hugged Anne tightly. "Thank you..."
Anne laughed and hugged back, but being very gentle. "Anytime. Come on, let's get some rest."
Marcy smiled, forgetting about everything that happened before this moment. "Yeah...let's."
And as the two slowly fell asleep...the shining moon took shape. And what was the shape?
A glowing. Orange. Eye.
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