Tamako Enzomo's Story

Tamako watched two girls she didn't know, both around her age, talking just outside her hut from behind a tree. After the two conversed for a bit, one of them seemed to get upset and start yelling, before telling the other about her home life. As the upset girl began to walk away, the quiet one seemed to magically summon a piano and start playing a song, bringing the upset one to tears.

She sighed as she turned away from the two. "Now's probably not the best time to go introducing myself," she mumbled to herself as she opened the door to her hut.

Penelope smiles as she finishes her song.
"I'm sorry...about before." she says after a few moments of silence. She sighs, "I don't talk to people much, so I'm not used to kindness." She closes the piano and turns to Elora, pushing the blue hair from her face. Her hand is still on her beloved piano.

Shen was running through the woods when he saw 2 girls standing next to a piano. How weird... a piano out of all things. A girl with blue hair seemed to have been the player, seeing as she was sitting on the bench. A smaller one had blonde hair and cat ears and- Well wasn't that just great? Some creepo was spying on all three. Shen walked over in the middle of their circle. He just pointed at the guy behind the tree and said, "Oi. I think you guys have a visitor." He smirked, not caring if everyone else was wondering who the hell he was. "And you, Blue Hair, have a hair in your face... it's bugging me." With that, Shen tucked it behind her ear before running off into the forest.

Aron was embarassed by the random stranger's comment. Aron walked out from behind the tree, and embarassingly said,
"I'm sorry....it's just.....i couldn't help but listen to the beautiful song you were playing....just now....you did a great job....."
Aron looked around for a while, then slowly started to speak.
"Well......i guess i better be....on my way....."

Tamako watched as two more people came onto the scene, one of them saying a few words and running off. The second one came out from behind a tree, seeming embarrassed and quiet. He looked as though he were a young adult, slightly older than herself. Deciding it would be too soon to come out, Tamako decided to watch the three from a distance, curious as to what any of them were doing there, especially the man.

Penelope looks at all the people standing around her nervously. She keeps her blue hair out of her face as per the one boy's request. She notices the blonde boy appearing from behind a tree and blushes slightly because he was secretly watching.
"O-oh...thank you." she says, "d-do you want me to play another song?"

Aron nodded as the blue-haired girl said thank you. She then continued, saying,
"d-do you want me to play another song?"
Aron nodded again, and said, "Sure, if you want to. I...."
Aron then remembered what he was supposed to be doing. He couldn't help being distracted; music was one of his hobbies.
Just when he realized he was going to be in HUGE trouble with Getsus, a talking cat seemed to make matters worse.
"Hey"
she said, climbing onto a lower branch just above Aron,
"You don't have the same scent as the other humans from this world. Where the heck are you from?"

Aron tried to think of something to say, but he couldn't. He was working with the enemy.
"I'm sorry." he said to the cat above him. Then, Aron quickly fled into the forest. He knew he shouldntve been slacking off.

Shen ran as fast as his body could carry him. His vision was getting blurry, but he forced himself to stay conscious. The vision had sapped away the last of his energy, and now he was fighting on pure willpower alone. He made it back to the group he had seen before. All were sitting around, talking as if their world weren't being torn apart right in front of their very eyes. Shen was panting wildly, but he caught is breath and said, "LISTEN! SHUT UP AND LISTEN! ANOTHER VILLAGE IS ABOUT TO BE BURNED. MORE LIVES ARE GOING TO BE LOST!." His voice commanded attention, and even though he was exhausted, his voice was loud and firm. He looked each person in the eye as he said, "Look, I know you don't know me, and I know you Dream Walkers have no idea what is going on but... If you don't want this world to waste away, you have to listen and you have to help me."

The man who ran off earlier had returned in a panic. Tamako looked at him curiously as he caught his breath and spoke.

"ANOTHER VILLAGE IS ABOUT TO BE BURNED. MORE LIVES ARE GOING TO BE LOST!"

Tamako said nothing, staring at him with wide eyes. She had no clue what to do; she wanted to help somehow, but she had no experience in fighting and no weapons to protect herself with. As she struggled to think, the man grew impatient and ran off towards the village. "H-hey, wait!" Tamako called out to him, running towards him. He was too fast, and she eventually lost sight of him; however, she arrived to see the village being attacked. Looking around, she saw the strange blonde man from before run into an alley, abandoning the strange creatures around him. She rushed to follow him, wanting to know who he was and why he had attacked the village.

He was glad to see that most of the people had already evacuated the town. It was mostly empty except for some strange looking, shadowy creatures that Finn did well to avoid. He guessed that those things were what was causing the disasters. but he'd never seen them before in his visits to this world, so then where did they come from? Maybe that person before knows what they are.. He thought to himself as he stopped in the middle of the town where there was a pretty large fountain sitting in the middle of a large stone opening. It was completely empty, but he could smell the smoke form burning buildings and the crashing of stone and wood could stick be heard. He turned and started running down an alley way and continued looking around every time he passed an opening in case someone was left behind. He was a little surprise how quickly everyone was able to escape, but didn't really know how long this place has been under attack since he arrived. He passed another opening and looked over to see something run by in the alley next to him. With the small glimpse he was able to catch he saw that the girl had a pair of ears and a tail. He'd seen plenty of animals and other things before but he'd never encountered someone with a pair of ears on their head. He paused a moment, then turned and continued running. He hoped she was alright. She looked like she was chasing after someone, but Finn would try to figure that out later. Right now he just wanted to get outside the town to make sure nobody was too injured to get into the forest.

Aron started to get tired, and the snake was catching up to him. Just then, he could see a girl with cat ears and a tail, following behind him as well. Were these people ambushing him? Because he wasn't paying attention to where he was going, Aron ran straight into an alley where the fire was dangerously intense. The smoke from the burning buildings started to enter Aron's lungs, and he could barely breath. Suddenly, he could feel a sharp pain in his ankle, and he knew that the snake had done its job. Aron couldn't shake the snake off his ankle, and it was still biting. Defeated, Aron fell to the ground in the middle of the burning buildings.

Tamako watched as the man got bit in the ankle by a snake and collapse, unconscious. "Great..." she mumbled to herself, looking around. After attempting to pry the snake from him for a few minutes, she gave up and reluctantly killed it, releasing its grip. Looking around, she began to drag the man away from the fire, out of the alley, and to the center of the village. Tamako laid him next to the fountain, trying to wash the wound out. "Hello? Is anybody out there?" she called out, trying to find help.

Nemui ran through the village, taking advantage of every empty building she could fins that wasn't on fire or being torn down by the shadow bugs. She jumped out of the window of a bedroom and landed on the roof below, a grinning happily as a diamond necklace sparkled in her jaws. She had to do some digging to find this one since it was probably going to be used for money in case an emergency just like this one happened. Too bad for them! she thought to herself, leaping down onto another roof below. She had two rings slipped over her right paw like bracelets, a couple of pearled necklaces hanging loosely around her neck, and a small stud diamond ear ring stuck in the top side of her left ear. She found an area where she could leap down onto the ground and softly landed on her paws with the help of her wings. She could probably carry a little more, but she didn't think it would be such a good idea to stick around for too long.

"Hello? Is anybody out there?"

She was about ready to turn and escape with her new trinkets to the outside of the town, but stopped as she heard a voice call out and then the smell of fox hit her. Fox? She turned around and emerged from the alleyway, the diamond necklace still hanging from her mouth as she spotted two people over by the fountain. One was that strange human from before and then the other was a girl with fox ears and a tail. No wonder I smelled that.. she hesitated a moment, but then decided to run up to them, even though she hated she smell of fox. "What happened to this moron?" She said, jumping up onto the edge of the fountain on the opposite side of the human than the fox girl was on and dropping the necklace in front of her. "Caught in his own little scheme? That's lame"

"What happened to this moron?" Tamako turned around to see a strange cat sitting opposite to her on the fountain, a necklace in its mouth. "Caught in his own little scheme? That's lame."

"I'm not sure, I just saw him running into an alley after abandoning those... things..." she replied. "I was chasing him to see what he was doing, but he was bit by a snake and fell unconscious by a fire... I couldn't just leave him there." Tamako finished cleaning out the wound. "Is there anybody else in this village besides us?"

Nemui's ears pricked up as the girl explained what had happened, though in a blurry way. "He was bit by a river snake? Well, I guess that's not such a bad thing." She said, turning and sitting down with her paws facing the outside of the fountain. "For one, the poison only lasts a little chile and it's not too bad. But, if you ask me, the stupid human deserved it." The cat said, then narrowed her eyes as the loud sound of a crashing building could be heard. The fire was spreading quickly and the town center wasn't exactly the smartest place to be. She glanced over at the human, then at the girl, then back at the human before hesitating a moment and letting out a sigh. "Another town is burning down." She said, jumping down onto the stone floor near the humans feet. "You realize this is going to turn into a cage of fire if you don't get out of hear." She said, looking up at the girl, then at the human. She might as well help the guy. I mean, she couldn't just leave him behind to burn to death and this girl couldn't be strang enough to drag him all the way out of the city. A white light surrounded her for a single moment before she was standing on two feet and she changed into her human form. The rings that were on her paws before were now placed on her fingers and the necklaces hung around her neck along with her collar and bell. "I'll help you get him out of here." she offered with a little smile. It wouldn't be such a bad thing having this human and the fox as well owe her something.

"T-thank you," Tamako replied to the now human cat. She reached around and grabbed the man around his arms, lifting him up. "Could you get his legs?" she asked, looking around for a clear route out of the burning village. By now, it appeared as though the village was surrounded by a wall of flames, and the smoke was starting to make her dizzy. The only small areas in which there was no fire were being guarded by the dark creatures. "Do you know a way out of here?" she asked the cat desperately.

She hesitated a moment, not really wanting to touch this human. But she'd already offered to help so it wasn't like she could say no. She wrapped her arms around his knees and lifted them up, making a little face as she did. He was heavier than he looked.

"Do you know a way out of here?"

Once again she started wondering why she'd offered to help. If she was trying to get out on her own, all she would have to do is fly up over the smoke and out towards the forest. But she didn't even have her wings in her human form and even if she did she wouldn't be able to carry both of them out. "There is an alley back where I just came from that's open, but it has a couple of shadow bugs guarding the outside. This stupid human is one of the Getsus thugs, so maybe they won't attack us. But still, to be safe about it, do you know how to fight at all?" She asked, looking up at the girl. Nemui could use her claws and teeth, but that was kind of it. Nemui was pretty sure this man was a part of Getsus Enterprises though. He wasn't of the dream world, but he couldn't hear the sound of her bell. So she knew he was probably brought here by some other force while other dream walkers who were capable of hearing the sound of her bell came here willingly. It was obvious this person broke into the dimension by force.

Aron
Aron's eyes started to open as he realized there were two young girls around him, and there was a large fire around all three. Aron quickly got up to his feet, not thinking about the pain still in his ankle, (although it wasn't as bad as before) and said,
"You girls gotta get outta here! now!!!"

Aron started to run and motioned them to come with him. When Aron got to the clearing that was blocked off by the shadow bugs, he pulled out the jar, and said, "SWITCH!!!" The shadow bugs changed back into dust, and transported back into the jar. It was almost like sand being swept up into a vacuum cleaner.

Once Aron got out of the burning village, he kept running through the forest, until he made it to a beautiful beach with white sand. It looked out into the ocean, and Aron could see the orange sun setting against the horizon.

Aron collapsed on the sands and started panting. He had been running for a while, and he was exhausted.
Once Aron regained his composure, he sat by the waves, and looked out into the horizon. He wondered whether those two girls made it out alive. Then he wondered why they had chosen to stay with him while he was unconcious from the poison. Why would the citizens grant so much kindness to the enemy? It only made Aron's depression grow stronger. The weight on his shoulders grew stronger, and he wished he could just fade into dust like the shadow bugs.

Brendan Getsus

Brendan watched as part of the green on the map turned into a bright red. Brendan made a devious smile as he learned that his mission was complete, and now 50% of the dimension was now under his control. He decided to wait until it was night. Then, he would tell all his assistants the wonderful news.