Chapter 8

After the flashback ends I look over at Luna, Nyx has disappeared and I had already dismissed the five elements.

"Woah." Luna gasps, clearly out of breath. I smile slightly, knowing that there is much more to know about me and my other lives.

"So, what did you think?" I asked, tilting my head to the right a bit.

"Why doesn't father use that form more? It's so beautiful! I wish he would use it more. Oh oh look." Luna says sadly but then brightens. A red mist enshrouded Luna and the next thing I knew there was a huge ice blue dragon in front of me.

"He doesn't use it because dragons are supposed to be extinct and they don't "exist" besides, I only ever use my dragon form when necessary." I say, looking at Luna's dragon form up and down. I glitch due to one of my codes being fucked up yet I don't bother to fix it, I like the pain. I ignore the pain of glitching as I've gotten used to it by now. As I glitch my vampyre mark and intricate tattoos are revealed. I eventually stop glitching and return to normal.

"What the fuck is happening to you?" Luna says as I can understand dragons as I am one.

I rub my eyes and look at the time and date, it's 6:00 pm April 17th, 2020. Well shit, I have a concert coming up in a few days. I could invite Luna to come along and listen, I can even get her a backstage VIP pass. I'll ask her. I thought quietly to myself. I looked at Luna and said, "So I have this concert coming up and I was wondering if you wanted to go. I can get you a backstage VIP pass and everything." I was smiling as I did occasionally leave Wolfy's to go perform on a stage in Nashville. Singing and performing for the benefit of others was the one thing that distracted me from my grief. "As for what was happening to me, I was glitching, it's nothing to worry about." I add.

"Yes please!" Luna laughs, flapping her golden wings up and down.

I smile, "The concert is in a few days, I'll send you the VIP pass digitally and I'll text you the time and date as well as where we will meet up." I say.

A couple days go by and yet I remain at Wolfy's Diner, Luna left a day ago so she could get in some more training with Nyx. I grab my phone and send Luna the digital VIP Backstage pass for my concert as well as the time and date of the concert. I can't believe that the concert is only five days away. At least Luna is back to see me perform. I think with a smile. "I should get in some practice before the concert and figure out what songs I'm gonna sing." I say to myself as I walk over to the main stage. Wolfy and the others aren't on stage at that very moment so I walk behind the microphone and activate the lights using my phone, then I start up the background music for my first song. I take a deep breath and start to sing 'I Woke up in Nashville'.

"I woke up in Nashville But it still felt like a dream Like the one I've been chasing Since the day I first played my dad's six string I loaded up the hand-me-down car Went for broke, broke your heart Didn't wanna but, boy, I thought I had to But dreaming's just sleeping here without you. So, hello I'm really glad you picked up your phone I had to tell you, baby I was so wrong for thinking you Were something I could ever do without Thought everything I wanted was in this town But you were all that I needed all along It took me long enough But I woke up I woke up in Nashville 'Cause those Broadway lights don't shine The way that your eyes did When they were staring back right back in mine Been trying to live With only half of my heart Just sleep walking in the Tennessee dark If I can't make every memory with you Then dreaming's just sleeping here without you. So, hello I'm really glad you picked up your phone I had to tell you, baby I was so wrong for thinking you Were something I could ever do without Thought everything I wanted was in this town But you were all that I needed all along It took me long enough But I woke up In a cold sweat And catching my breath Dropping my pride And dropping you a line I don't know where you are I don't know who you're with I don't know what to say But I'm saying it Hello I'm really glad you picked up your phone I had to tell you, baby I was so wrong for thinking you Were something I could ever do without Thought everything I wanted was in this town But you were all that I needed all along It took me long enough But I woke up I woke up in Nashville Just thinking of you still." I sang. I was out of breath but smiling. I am definitely gonna sing 'I Woke up in Nashville' at the concert. What else should I sing? I asked myself. I smiled and started to sing 'Criminal'. The background music plays.

"He is a hustler, he's no good at all He is a loser, he's a bum, bum, bum, bum He lies, he bluffs, he's unreliable He is a sucker with a gun, gun, gun, gun I know you told me I should stay away I know you said he's just a dog astray He is a bad boy with a tainted heart And even I know this ain't smart But mama I'm in love with a criminal And this type of love isn't rational, it's physical Mama please don't cry, I will be alright All reason aside I just can't deny, I love the guy He is a villain by the devil's law He is a killer just for fun, fun, fun, fun That man's a snitch and unpredictable He's got no conscience, he got none, none, none, none All I know, should've let go, but no 'Cause he's a bad boy with a tainted heart And even I know this ain't smart But mama I'm in love with a criminal And this type of love isn't rational, it's physical Mama please don't cry, I will be alright All reason aside I just can't deny, I love that guy And he's got my name, Tattooed on his arm his lucky charm So I guess it's okay he's with me And I hear people talk Trying to make remarks keep us apart But I don't even hear I don't care 'Cause mama I'm in love with a criminal And this type of love isn't rational, it's physical Mama please don't cry, I will be alright All reason aside I just can't deny, I love the guy Mama I'm in love with a criminal And this type of love isn't rational, it's physical Mama please don't cry, I will be alright All reason aside I just can't deny, I love the guy." I laugh after I'm done singing. "Haven't sung this song in a long time." I say, remembering one of my older lives. I laugh as I remember that I really was in love with a criminal when I wrote the song. I blink away the memories and see Luna standing there, watching and listening. I smile and start up the background music for the next song, 'Bad Girlfriend'.

I then start to sing, "I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend You cancel plans for me I cancel ours on you Say I'd be back early I don't get in 'til 2 You ask me where I've been I tell you something vague Think I messed up again What can I say Your mum says that she hates me Thinks I'm fucking lazy Your friends keep on telling you to leave me 'cause I'm crazy I do some shit you can't forgive But you better get used to it I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend You tell me your birthday I forgot again I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend I can see you calling I'm not answering I'm laughing but I don't think that you're funny I'm staying 'cause you give me all your money I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend, yeah You make me dinner then I order take-away You wanna meet my friends I say another day You trust me with your keys And I fuck up your car You're gonna stay with me I break your heart 'Cause I'm one in a million More like in a billion I don't think it's cheating if I'm kissing other women I do some shit you can't forgive And you better get used to it I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend You tell me your birthday I forgot again I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend I can see you calling I'm not answering I'm laughing but I don't think that you're funny I'm staying 'cause you give me all your money I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a bad girlfriend I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend (but you already knew that) I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend, yeah You should be with someone who's Always gonna wake up with you. Always gonna tell you the truth And not lie to you like I do. You should be with someone else. Someone who is not myself You know I'm not good for your health And everyone else can tell I'm a bad girlfriend, yeah! I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend (but you already knew that) I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend, yeah I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend (but you already knew that) I'm a, I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl I'm a, I'm a I'm a bad bad girl Girlfriend, yeah!" I smile as memories of the life of when I wrote 'Bad Girlfriend' comes rushing back to me.

Luna claps wildly, "That was amazing! I didn't know you could sing so well and so beautifully!" she exclaims.

"Yeah, well my voice has always sounded like this, I've written these songs in different lives but I've published them all during this life. I had to find something to distract me from grieving over your death." I say, walking off the stage and turning off my music.

"The concert is in three days Chara and yet you somehow managed to get a hold of a VIP backstage pass for me, how?" Luna asks suspiciously.

"Easy, I always have a backup in case I want to invite someone to my concerts, it doesn't matter if it's digital or not." I answer.

"Oh, okay then." Luna says then adds, "Sorry if I interrupted you."

"Oh, it's quite alright, I was just practicing my singing. Shouldn't you be training with mom?" I say with a bit of anger.

"She gave me the day off." Luna says, not at all sensing my anger whatsoever.

"Alright then." I say, walking over to the kitchen to make some Hawaiian pizza. Luna follows me. Chica and Toy Chica are in the kitchen gathering the ingredients that I'll need to make the pizza. "Hey you two, how's everything looking?" I ask them.

"Everything is going great!" Toy Chica says as Chica is just saying "Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa." for no good reason.

I laugh, "Alright and Chica?" Chica looks at me, "The pizza isn't for you, it's for me." I say and Chica pouts, clearly upset that she can't have any pizza.

"Give her some! She looks so excited." Luna laughs.

"No." I say. Once I put the pizza in the oven, I heard a knock on the front door. "Luna, stay here and keep an eye on the pizza." I groan and then walk out of the kitchen. I look out the window of the front door and see someone I wasn't expecting to see ever again, Frodo Roberts, my ex criminal boyfriend. "Holy shit." I say as I open the door.

"Hey my little criminal." Frodo says, giving me a hug. I hug back and then push him away.

"How the hell did you find me? Have you been stalking me again?" I tease.

"Of course not! I just remembered that you loved the woods so I went for a walk, then I found this place. Plus your corvette is out front so I knew you were here." Frodo says, smiling that smile of his that caused me to fall in love with him all those years ago.

"Heh, yeah okay. You haven't changed a bit. I'm guessing that my blood I gave you all those years ago is working pretty well. Has it completely stopped your aging process yet?" I asked, tilting my head to the right.

"Yes actually, it has. I feel great! You haven't changed much either my little criminal." Frodo says, entering Wolfy's Diner. I walk with him to the main dining room.

"That's because I always turn out the same way, no matter how many times I'm reborn." I tell him, not mentioning the fact that my appearance changes only when I'm in an animal form.

"Yeah. Nice place you've got here. Where are all the customers?" Frodo asks.

"There aren't any. No one knows that this place exists in the first place, it's just my home away from home." I answer. "I'll be right back, have to get the pizza out of the oven." I say. I then run to the kitchen and remove the pizza, Luna walks out of the kitchen. I follow right behind her with the pizza on a tray in my hands.

"Who is this?" Luna asked, puzzled.

"Pizza smells good. Lemme guess, Hawaiian?" Frodo smiles. He knows me too well. I think to myself, smiling as I nod.

"Yup, the only kind of pizza I will ever make without making a mistake." I say, smiling. "This is Frodo, an old friend of mine. Frodo this is Luna, my sister." I say.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Frodo Roberts." Frodo says with a huge smile.

"Nice to meet you, Frodo." Luna says, smiling. I smile, glad that the two of them are getting along well.

"Let me guess, you want to hear me sing again?" I asked Frodo with a smile.

"Of course. I also would love to come to your concert but it's all sold out." Frodo says. I type something on my phone and Frodo's phone goes off.

"I just sent you a digital copy of the VIP pass. It grants you access to backstage and more. Use it wisely." I say. My limit of VIP passes is two per concert, so I just used them both for this one concert.

"Thanks my little criminal." Frodo says with a wink. I laugh and walk over to the main stage.

"Little criminal?" Luna asks puzzled.

"Yeah, she's a little criminal." Frodo says with a huge smile on his face.

I laugh and look over, "We do not talk about what I did to keep the police from finding you." I say.

"What?" Luna asks confused.

"Let's just say I was thrown in jail for a little murder." I say, being very vague.

"Oh, cool." Luna says, smiling.

"You're just okay with that? Dad always gets mad when I damn people to Hell for no reason and then kill them immediately afterwards." I say.

Frodo chuckles, "It wasn't a little murder it was a lot of murder. You killed the whole team that showed up to arrest us." Frodo says.

"A whole team?! Never mind not cool." Luna says.

I laugh, "Yeah and after that little incident dad has banned me from killing people." I say with a smile.

"Good for him." Luna says looking down at her feet, somehow glitching for a second there.

"You alright? You just glitched for a second there." I ask, clearly worried about Luna.

"Oh, uh yeah." Luna said mumbling, looking up from her feet and meeting my worried gaze. Shock filled me. What's wrong with her eyes?! They're all clouded over! I thought, even more worried than ever.

"You do not look okay! What's wrong? And don't say nothing or I'll just worry more." I say, showing fear as well as worry in my eyes.

"Sorry, give me a few to get over this. I'm having a flashback of my first life…" Luna said and trailed off.

I start to pace, fear fills my Soul. No I can't let my fear get the best of me or I might just lose it… I shake my head, trying to fight off my own fears. As I fight the fear in my Soul, Frodo walks over to me and stops me from pacing. I bump right into him and growl.

"Chill, she'll be fine my little criminal. Just relax." Frodo says, soothing my fears away. I blink up at him and hug him, glad that he's here to calm me down.

"Thanks… I just can't help but worry about her." I say, playing with my hair, what's funny is that I'm still wearing my kamui, Akuma.

Frodo looks at me and says, "Hey I understand how you feel, when you were in prison I found out I had two younger sisters. I was not only worried about you but them too if they knew what I did for a living."

I glitch slightly before responding, "What are their names? I mean if you know them that is."

"Their names are Angelica and Acellina but we just call her Ace for short." Frodo says.

"I'm actually friends with Angelica, I never made the connection 'til you mentioned it." I say with a smile.

"Sorry I'm better now. My flashbacks happen without warning and they prevent me from doing almost everything….I can usually only talk." Luna says, smiling and wincing.

"It's okay Luna." I say and hug Luna, still somewhat worried. Luna straightens clearly in pain. "What's wrong?" I say, letting her go. I narrow my sapphire blue eyes.

"Nothing, nothing sorry." Luna says apologizing and looking away.

"Don't lie to me Luna. I can see that you are in a lot of pain. I should know, I am pain's best friend." I say, even more worried about Luna than ever. Luna sighs and looks at me tears in her eyes.

"Yes I am in major pain. These flashbacks take all my strength away especially when it's from my first life….I all but collapse when it stops." Luna says, her body shaking.

I transfer some of my strength to Luna and say, "If you ever want to talk about the flashbacks all you have to do is call for me."

"Okay Chara, what do you know about Gaia? Cause I was with her in my first life when she went into the earth to sleep to regain her strength." Luna says on the verge of full out crying then adds, "I never remembered till now."

"Well, she was always sleeping but…" I shiver as I remember what Gaia did to me. "She often woke up to burn my circuits or to break me apart. She hated me more than anything and when she finally got her full strength she sent me to Earth to rot." I say with my eyes closed as I can't bare to look at Luna without going insane at the memories of Gaia that flood my brain and eyesight.

"She treated me so well for the first thousand years….but after that…." Luna trails off and looks at her feet fidgeting with her ring.

"What happened?" I say, finally opening my eyes as the memories finally stopped bombarding my eyesight.

"She...she mutated me….she didn't do it herself but she had someone do it for her saying "You must get stronger." I became the world's first Hybrid….but it hurt so so much….I never wanted to relive that memory but unfortunately things don't always go the way you want." Luna says walking over to the edge of the stage and sat down holding her head.

Frodo walks over to me and holds my hand, which he gives a reassuring squeeze to let me know that he was with me. "Gaia is one of the worst parents known to man. She almost took my head off once. Then when she found out about my clay dragon, Leaf, she was furious with the name because it didn't start with G." I say, walking over to Luna. "If you want I can show you my animatronic form." I ask. Luna looks at me and blinks a few times.

"That sounds cool." Luna says finally looking like she had her life blown back into her. I smile slightly before closing my eyes and shifting. My skin all but practically peels away, revealing the endoskeleton underneath. My metal face plates snap shut and the rest of my animatronic body appears. My navy blue bunny ear flops in front of my face. I sigh and attempt to move it but it just falls right back in front of my face again.

"Damn bunny ear…" I curse.

"Oh my god, you're so cute!!" Luna smiled, laughing.

I growl, "I AM NOT CUTE!" I yell, being called cute is one of the many things I hate.

"I don't care if you think you're not cute, you're cute to me….my definitions of cute and someone else's are entirely different." Luna says looking serious.

I snap, "I DO NOT LIKE BEING CALLED CUTE! A demon like me is more dangerous than cute!" Luna just laughs. I growl, "What in the name of Hell is so funny?" My eyes turn black with white lights at the center.

"Uh oh, you're mad….I'm your sister I'm allowed to call you cute." Luna says shrugging.

"No you are not allowed to call me cute. NO ONE is allowed to call me cute!" I snarled.

"Well too bad, I just did." Luna laughs.

I blink once, twice, before I shift out of my animatronic form and into that of an assassin. Unfortunately being an assassin won't do much for me here in Wolfy's Diner.

"Nuni?" Luna says, speaking Japanese as she sometimes does.

I quickly whip out my black Onyx knife and point it at Luna's throat, "Do not call me cute ever again." I say, glaring at Luna.

"Nazena No?" Luna says. "Nuni ga kowai no?"

I laugh as my internal translator translates what Luna said. "I am not afraid of anything. As a demon and an assassin, I merely am a weapon and nothing more." I answer.

"Mā ōkina akachandearu koto o teishi shi, watashi wa anata o kawaī to yonde mimashou." Luna says, laughing.

I snarl, "I am not being a big baby. I merely hate being called cute. Even father knows not to call me cute as he knows how much that makes me mad." I'm losing control of my inner assassin as well as my inner demon.

"Mā, watashitachi ga hitori de iru toki dake, watashi wa anata o kawaī to yobimasu." Luna says.

"Frodo being here has nothing to do with calling me cute, he knows as well as anyone how dangerous of a weapon I am." I snap at Luna, my eyes are void of any color except black.

"Uwa a, dēmon'arāto." Luna says, backing away.

I narrow my black eyes, the knife in my hand catches fire and I smirk. The black Onyx knife of which I hold is the one and only Fire Onyx Knife.

"Tawagoto!" Luna yells and takes several steps backwards.

I walk towards Luna, the knife in front of my face, practically splitting it in two, one side dark ,the other side lightened by the flames from the knife.

"Sukunakutomo watashi wa kaze no ha o motte imasu." Luna says as she backs towards the front door. "Ima, seikō o ochitsuka sete kyara matawa watashi wa sarimasu." Luna adds.

I put the Fire Onyx knife in its fireproof sheath but my eyes remain pitch black and empty.

"Sore wa sukoshi yoidesu." Luna says, smiling slightly.

"That is all you are gonna get from me. Never, and I mean never, ever call me cute ever again." I snap, narrowing my eyes before looking at Frodo and seeing how scared he looks. I take one step towards him and he backs away. I curse under my breath as I realize that I've caused him to fear me more than ever. "Frodo?" I say, tilting my head as my eyes returned to normal except this time there was a small, but barely noticeable gold ring around the red of my irises.

Frodo says nothing but he notices that I have, however, calmed down.

"Kanojo wa anata ga shitte iru yori mo anata o aishiteimasu. Anata wa kanojo no saisho de yuiitsu no aidesu." Luna says eyes clouding over for some reason as she looks into the distance. "Kyara mirai ga miemasu. Anata wa kare ni totemo manzoku shite iru koto ni kuwaete, kare ni wa 3-ri no kodomo ga imasu." Luna says still staring off into the distance but this time her eyes glowed gold.

I look away, blushing slightly. "Could you not look into my future please?" I say.

"Sore wa anata no kenkō o shinpai shi suginai yō ni suru no wa muzukashī." Luna says, looking down at her feet.

I laugh, "My wellbeing? Seriously you need to do something else with your life."

"Sorry." Luna laughs, switching out of Japanese.

I sigh and walk off, Frodo is clearly curious about the future Luna saw. What's even stranger is that he can understand Japanese. I hear as Luna goes into detail about our future.

"You have three kids, two girls and a boy, all of them are trouble makers." Luna laughs and I smile liking the sound of that.

Frodo smiles and says, "They will probably grow up to be either very much like their mother or very much like me." I shake my head and frown, trying to hide the fact that I, too, can see the kids that Luna talks about. I can see the future but I can see many different futures, futures that might not even happen, they are all affected by the choices I, or others, make. I slink into the shadows, casting multiple illusions around me as I watch these futures unfold in front of me, but in one of them I see my own death, a death that should be nearly impossible. I yelp and the illusions disappear as I lose my concentration. My eyes are wide with fear.

I have to avoid that death, but how? I think to myself, trembling with fear. Then I hear the whisper of darkness as it swells inside me. I sigh, knowing that I'm being summoned elsewhere, but I can't leave them both here without them freaking out about where I've gone.

I punch the wall nearest to me before leaving the shadows completely. I literally just walk out of the building and to my corvette, not really caring as to what Luna and Frodo think of me. Damn Adelina for summoning me, I should not even have to be summoned unless someone is trying to kill her. Even then she can protect herself with her illusions, she can make her attacker feel pain that isn't real. I sigh and appear before Adelina, "What is it that you want?!" I snap, my eyes are blood red and black where the whites of my eyes should be.

"You should be nicer to your mistress!" Adelina says, narrowing her eye at me. I laugh my demonic laugh, letting myself flood with humor at her comment.

"You don't own me, you aren't my mistress, White Wolf. You are messing with the one demon who can take your powers away permanently, your sister merely has a sliver of that power, but it's enough to give her strength over other Young Elites, like yourself." I say, smiling.

After a short conversation with Adelina I leave, returning to stand before my corvette yet again. I close my eyes, waiting for my eyes to return to normal. I open my eyes, where my whites once were is the pitch black of an abyss, but instead of red my irises are neon blue. I look at my clothes and sigh, I'm in my Pasttale form. I wait for either Luna or Frodo to come outside. Just as that thought crosses my mind Luna comes out.

"Woah… Chara that's a new look… I like it." Luna says as she examines me.

I sigh and look at Luna, a white knife in my hand, which is different. I'm wearing white too. Luna watches me as I put my knife in the sheath at my hip. The blue flames that emit from my left hand fingers and the handle of the knife are strange but I am, however, used to this. "Let's head inside… It's freezing out here." I say.

"What are those blue flames? It is pretty chilly out….that might also be me though…" Luna says trailing off looking into the distance eyes ice blue. "The humans call me IceValkyrie because of how cold it is around me."

I look at the blue fire, "They're magic flames. I had forgotten about them, but then again, I am never in this form…" I say. I seem to only be cold because of the outfit I'm wearing. All of a sudden Luna falls down, eyes clouded over.

"NO!" Luna shreaks. I run over, blue fire envelops my whole left hand.

"Sis?" I say with a note of fear in my voice, worry fills my eyes as I kneel next to Luna. Luna sobs shaking. "What's wrong?" I ask. Luna doesn't even seem to hear me. Shit! Shit shit shit! God damn it! Now I'm gonna have to use my damn powers to read minds. God fucking damn it! I make a sound no human should be able to make, it sounds like a scream and a roar at the same time. Blue flames envelop my whole body as my form shifts yet again, a form that I try to keep hidden. Horns sprout from my head and a tail appears, the tail tip resembles the blade of a knife and is surrounded with blue flames. I've shifted into one of my demon forms. I read Luna's mind only to find pain and a lot of it. I snarl and summon Gaia with a flick of my wrist, as soon as I do I lunge at her, having lost complete control over my demon side.

"NOO, no no no no, Keep away!!" Luna screams backing against a tree. I ignore Luna and keep attacking Gaia.

"This is for the pain you put Luna through as well as the pain you made me go through!" I shout, using all my powers at once. Illusions surround Gaia, along with blue flames.

"She's in pain? All I see is a girl who has lost her mind." Gaia says smirking edging me on.

I snarl and fill Gaia with the illusion of pain, it's so strong that it would kill any normal person or dragon instantly. Unfortunately Gaia is a god or she would have long been dead if I had my choice.

"What are you doing...Girl." Gaia snarls clearly in pain. I smile and laugh, letting terror, hate, and darkness fill me, strengthening my powers.

"I'm doing what I should've done all those years ago. Make you feel the pain you put us through." I say with no sanity whatsoever. "Sanity is a requirement for my kind." I say with a laugh.

"Chara…." I hear Luna whisper. I look over and she's laying on her back clutching her chest like it was slit open. I continue to make Gaia feel the pain she put me and Luna through as I kneel beside Luna. I'm teetering along the edge of insanity, but there's a small sliver of sanity hidden in my eyes.

"Sis…" I whisper so quietly that I don't even hear myself speak. I can feel my powers getting out of hand but I don't care, I only care about Luna at the moment.

"Chara! Help me, I can't stop this flashback….I want it to end so bad!!!" Luna yells, I could hear her crying.

"I don't know how I can help…" I mumble, remembering that all I seem to do is cause destruction and pain. My mind is in a fragile place, a place that was created by me and others who have hurt me.

"I believe in you… just stab me or something...make me lose consciousness. I don't want to be cut up or jabbed with a needle or sliced open anymore." Luna gasps clutching her right arm. I see it change into something more demonic than I've ever seen on her.

I sigh once before I knock Luna unconscious with a small blow to the head. I get up and glare at Gaia, my rage makes me stronger. I smirk and say, "You never were a good mother, were you? All you care about is yourself."

"I care about everything, I wanted Luna to get stronger so she could take over in my place… unfortunately she didn't turn out right no matter how much she was changed. I had Bob change her, she had new limbs, new organs, new bones, new powers, she had wings, horns, a tail, all with my help. If I hadn't changed her and made her resistant to pain she wouldn't be who she is now." Gaia says looking at Luna lovingly. "As for you, you are an abomination, you can't be in this world without something terrible happening….why do you think Satan waits for both of you to die? It's because without Luna you go berserk, you can't function without her. Even though she is just a girl who has lost her mind."

"You say you care about everything, let me rephrase that for you, you care about everything except me." I glitch slightly but ignore it.

"Oh I care about you alright, I made Luna the way she is to help you. Even though her flashbacks bring her 100 times more pain than normal because of what I did to her, if it wasn't for me you would be killing this planet, and I can't allow that." Gaia snarls, looking at me, eyes glowing green. All of a sudden I hear rustling. I turn towards the sound to find Luna hanging in the air by vines. "I'll be taking her back, thank you very much for bringing me to her." Gaia laughs and disappears along with Luna. I sigh, reining in my powers, the flames disappear and I return to my Pasttale form. I collapse to the ground, I have no energy left to even move or stand. I close my eyes and search for Luna but I know that I won't be able to get to her with no energy.

I manage to call out to Frodo who comes running outside. "Chara? What happened?!" He asks. I don't respond because I don't have the energy to do anything anymore. All of a sudden I hear a ripping noise. I slowly turn my head towards the sound to find father coming out of a tear in the air.

"Chara!!" Father screams, red as blood. "I can't sense Luna. Where is she?!" father asks.

I don't answer, I'm barely hanging onto what little sanity I have in me.

"May I look through your memories?" he asks, surprising me. I nod slowly. His eyes cloud over, after about 10 mins he sighs.

"I swear I blocked those memories so she would be in that much pain. I'm guessing Gaia took her back to do worse things to her. I never should have given Luna to her. We must find Luna as soon as possible!!" he exclaims.

"I don't think Chara can do anything." Frodo says as he picks me up off the ground. Father walks over and puts his hand on my chest, all of a sudden I am flooded with power, power I've never felt before.

I blink then glitch once, twice, before practically teleporting out of Frodo's arms.

"Chara?" Frodo asks, worried. I reappear in front of Frodo and father with a big smile on my face.

"Frodo stay here and watch the animatronics, they should be fine on their own but I need someone to keep an eye on the Shattereds." I say.