“-is...” I looked around to see I was in a completely different place, “What the hell?”

        Death suddenly appeared in front of me, “We need to discuss something.”

        “Uh... Okay, what is it?”

   Death then gestured for me to follow him, and I did so as a portal appeared, and as we walked into it, a giant city appeared, with many people walking about, “Welcome to Purgatory. My home, and base for retired wraiths. Here we house souls that are trying to earn their way to paradise, or they end up in Hell. It is also a place where we house...” He turned to me, “incomplete souls.”

I nodded, understanding the basis of it, “Alright... What am I here for?”

“There is someone here that has very close connections to you. Someone you’ve known for a long time, but did not realize it.” We stopped in front of a giant office building, “Her name is Mary. You know her as the Hunger.”

“That’s... Yeah, she mentioned the name Mary before, but why?” I asked.

“Mary’s soul had a missing piece. I’ve spent awhile trying to look for it, but when you died, I had found it. It was resting inside your mind, and when you experienced all of the horrible things inside the facility, that small bit absorbed it all and twisted it into the hunger. Your alternate personality. But, it was really Mary taking you over.”

“A-alright, I... guess that makes sense.” I then asked confusedly, “But how did she get in my mind anyway?”

“Well...” We stopped in a grand office, on the wall, was a giant and deadly looking scythe. Probably his, “She was your siamese twin.”

I stared at him blankly, “I, uh, I have no idea what that actually is. Sorry.”

He sighed, “She was your sister that was connected to your body. Her left foot was connected to your right foot, and they had to remove her, effectively saving you, but killing her. You were fortunate enough to come out of the uterus head first, so you were the one that lived. Mary, however, was the one who had to be killed.” He then pressed a button on his desk, “I need you in here.”

Moments later, the strangest thing I had ever seen happen, happened. A woman who looked almost exactly like me, except without the scars, still with both arms and eyes, and a left missing foot, walked into the room. Other than the things I just mentioned, she did look exactly like me. Same height, same eye color, same hair color and length (which is down to my shins if I haven’t told you yet), she had the same physical appearance as me, and even the almost non-existent breasts as well.

She stared at the floor the entire time, only glancing at me once or twice until she finally said, “Hello, Sarah...”

I stared at her in shock before slowly turning to Death to ask, “I-is this...?”

He nodded, “Say hello your sister Sarah.”

I looked back at her and slowly stepped forward, causing her to flinch back a bit. Stopping, I just asked her, “You really are my sister?”

She nodded, “Y-yes, I am...”

Without warning, I launched forward and wrapped my arms around her, tears forming in my eyes, “I- I didn’t even realize... I just...”

She tensed when I first grabbed her, probably thinking I would hurt her, but slowly returned the embrace, not saying anything.

After I don’t know how long, we seperated and I turned to Death, “So... What now?”

He smiled, “If you wish, she can go with you to Equestria. Besides,” His smile slightly widened, “Don’t you have to thank Dean for inadvertently reuniting you with your sister?”

I nodded, “Yeah, I do.” I smiled and wrapped an arm around Mary, “Can we go back now, please? I want everyone to meet my not-really-so new sister.”

Death gained this sort of fatherly look, “Yes, please. Get out of my hair and take her with you. You both need a vacation.” He snapped his fingers and a portal to Deans basement appeared, “Go on you two. Go be siblings somewhere less depressing.”

I grinned, and Mary smiled as well as the two of us nodded and stepped through the portal.

______________________________________________________________________________

The two of us stepped out of the portal, right behind Dean and Johnny.

“And she just up and disappeared. Great, now what?” Dean sighed as he scratched the back of his head.

“Well, we could always just say we cocked up and she died.” Johnny shrugged. Dean then smacked him on the back of his head.

“The hell Johnny?” Dean sighed.

I rolled my eyes and chuckled, which is odd because I would normally result to swearing, yelling, and threats. Oh well. With another, bigger laugh I said, “You could just turn around, that’d probably be easier.”

They both turned around, both of them screaming like little girls, “AHHH!” Dean jumped into the air and Johnny caught him.

I doubled over laughing, while Mary stood next to me, holding in her laughter. Putting a hand on my knee for support, I managed to say, “Jesus fucking Christ, I wasn’t expecting that from you two!”

Both of them glowed as Johnny dropped Dean on his ass, Dean quickly getting up, “Shut the hell up!” He exclaimed, the glow not subsiding.

I managed to get my laughter under control and leaned against the wall, “Oh God, that was too funny. I think Death put that portal there just for that.”

“DEATH YOU FUCKING TROLL!” Dean shouted to the heavens. He paused when he saw Mary, and had his sword hilt in his hand, “Sarah... who is she?” He said as his eyes narrowed.

I waved both of my hands and stood in front of Mary, “Woah woah, hold on. Dean, this is my twin sister Mary. Mary, this is Dean. Please try not to kill her before I can explain.”

Dean looked incredibly surprised, but looked at Mary, then back to me before grinning, “Why not? Alright Johnny, you can dissolve the Knives hovering over their heads.”

“Alright, just making sure.”

I stared at him blankly, “Fucking paranoid...” I shook my head, “Anyway, the short version is that she died at birth, part of her soul stayed with me, that turned into my split personality, which kept her stuck in purgatory, and now that the personality is gone, she could come back, as a Wraith I think. If you want, I can go into detail later.”

Dean waved it off smiling, “Nah, don’t worry about it. I’ll take your word for it.” He looked at Mary and smiled widely and stuck his hand out, “Name’s Dean Marcelo. Nice to meet ya’!”

She stared at his hand for a second before slowly reaching out to shake it, “N-nice to meet you as well...” I just realized that her voice is deeper than mine. Weird, but kind of obvious given how my other personality spoke.

He then gestured to Johnny, “And this is Johnny. Don’t let his harshness fool ya, he’s a big softie on the inside, especially for kids.” Johnny responded by beating Dean with his fist on the back of his head.

“Shut up you moron...” Johnny sighed, but glowed a light purple.

Mary looked at Dean, confused, “I... Don’t see why him being a softie for kids matters. Technically I’m twenty one, so...”

Dean laughed, “He’s actually six hundred years old, so we’re kind of kids compared to him!” Johnny beat him over the head again.

“Why do you have to explain my damn business!?” Johnny exclaimed as Dean laughed harder.

“Um, you look... Good? For your age?” Mary offered.

Johnny sighed as Dean nursed the bumps on his head, “Thanks I guess. Being possessed by an old god gives you some benefits I guess.” Johnny shuddered, “Being flirted by anything that has a snatch is not one of them...” He sighed.

Mary glowed red and didn’t say anything, while I just said, “Alright, so, can we just leave now? I kind of want to spend my, sorry our birthday doing something that isn’t mentally fucking me in all directions.”

“Giggity.” Both Dean and Johnny said instantly. They froze and sighed, “Damn it...”

“O... kay then,” I said, “what should we do? We probably got a few hours of daylight left.”

Dean smiled and went upstairs, “Follow me you two.”

I looked after him with a raised eyebrow, but shrugged and followed, Mary right behind me. “Where are we going?”

Dean turned back and grinned, “A little surprise for the both of you. Well, it was meant for Sarah, but the thing is pretty damn large, so...” He trailed off as we walked into the dining room. On the table, was a large cake, “Figured the first birthday outside of the facility could be a little traditional so I got you a chocolate cake.” I was about to respond but Dean cut me off, “And no Sarah, it’s not laced with all kinds of fuck. You can enjoy it without worrying.” Dean laughed, “Besides, it wouldn’t affect you now that you’re a wraith.”

“You know,” I said, “Jeriah told me the same thing one time... I won’t go into how that turned out. But I think I’ll trust you on this.”

Dean froze as he looked fairly angry, “I would snap at you for comparing me to that piece of shit... but it’s both of your birthdays. So I’ll let it slide...”

“Well excuse me for comparing things people say to the only person who ever really spoke to me...” I said as I rolled my eyes in slight annoyance.

Dean did the same, “Eat the damn cake. I spent at least fifty bits on it.”

“God, fine, I’ll eat the fucking cake. Jesus Christ, you have to complain about every other damn thing I say?”

“NAGNAGNAGNAGNAGNAG-” Dean was cut off by Johnny punching him in the gut, sending him to the ground.

“Enough already...” Johnny growled as he got a big knife and cut the cake into pieces and handed both Mary and I a piece, “Here, you get the bigger pieces.”

Dean groaned, “You’re so cruel Johnny...”

“And you’re an immature twit.” Johnny said, not missing a beat as he cut another piece for himself.

Dean got up, despite sighing, and opened a drawer and grabbed some forks, “Here you go.” He handed us both one and to Johnny.

I poked at the piece of cake for a second before shrugging, “Ah what the hell?” I took a bite and smiled, “Not bad. Much better than seventy-kinds-of-drug surprise.”

Dean’s only response was a grunt as he ate the cake, still sore about Johnny punching him in the gut.

Johnny laughed, not really saying anything.

As I ate, I realized something, and decided to share, “You know guys, I just noticed something...”

Dean groaned, “Oh god... moral of the day.” Dean sighed as he sat down.

I shook my head, “Not that. I just realized that Mary is completely naked, and no one has said a thing about it. Strange.”

Both Dean and Johnny froze as their eyes widened. They looked at each other, both glowing their respective colors. They both then ran out of the room, “WELL I’LL BE RIGHT BACK JUST NEED TO GET A FUCKING COAT AND SHIT!” Dean shouted as he ran up stairs.

While they were gone, a noise sounding like a bundle of clothes hitting a floor came from behind us. Looking back, a pile of clothes sat there with a note on top saying:

Sorry, I forgot to give these to you before you left

-Death.

I shouted, “NEVERMIND, DEATH SENT SOME!”

“DEATH YOU FUCKING TROOOOOOLLLL!!!!” I think the glass windows shook from that roar.

After getting dressed, I realized that the clothes she got were strikingly similar to the ones I got on my first day here. Well, the same leather trench coat and the same skull bandana. Instead of a stetson hat, she got one of those hats that officers in the military wear (yes I know what those are), instead of padded fingerless gloves she got black leather ones, instead of a padded vest she got a black shirt with a red pentagram on the front, and instead of black, fucking crazily designed jeans like me, she got black and white, horizontally striped ones. On top of that, she got a black belt and a pair of black boots.

I gave a low whistle, “Cool, kinda looks like mine. Any idea what your weapon is though, seeing as you’re a Wraith?”

To answer my question, a small flash appeared in front of Mary. Out of it came two small, silver rings with red gems set in them.

She looked them over before slipping them onto her ring fingers, “What are they for?” She asked. To answer that, another flash left behind another note that said:

Just say; Wraith Weapons, activate.

                                -Death

“Well... That explains it, I guess. Go on.” I said to her.

She looked at me with slight worry before taking a breath and saying, “Wraith Weapons, activate.” In a flash, two black gripped, red barreled, ethereal looking, sawn-off double barreled shotguns appeared in her hands.

I blinked, “Well then... Cool weapons.” I paused, “Actually, scratch that, fucking awesome weapons.”

She smiled and rubbed the back of her head, the best she could with a shotgun in her hand and a hat on that is, “Thanks.”

Dean came into the dining room and sighed as he saw Mary, “Another one...? How original...”

I shrugged, “Death gave it to her, blame him.”

Dean slammed his head into the counter and groaned, “I do... I fucking do...”

Johnny came in as well, “That’s the way she wants to dress, quit complaining.” He scolded Dean, who groaned in response.

“Right, thank you.” I nodded to him. “Now, you guys know anything else we could do? I’m kinda really fucking full of energy for some reason, and I need something to do.”

Dean shrugged, “I gave you my gifts, so I don’t have any idea what to do next. However, Alex did send me something as a housewarming gift... Wonder what it is?” Dean asked himself as he went into another room and came back with a box. It was small, so nothing big could be in it.

Dean looked at it with confusion, “Well, may as well see what it is...” He undid the ribbon, and opened the top. Dean reached into it, and picked up a small stone, “The hell is this...?” A bright light then engulfed the room, blinding everyone.

I covered my eye... Gonna have to get used to that. Anyway, I covered my eye, and when I moved my arm after the light wore off I saw...... “What in the fuck?”

It was... Dean, I think, and he... was now a she. She was wearing the same clothes as before, but the shirt could barely hold together as a large bust was nearly pouring out of the shirt. The pants were tight, showing her curves easily.

“Whoa... That was weird...” Dean’s voice even changed...

I stared at him... Her... It, with a blank look, while Mary just glowed red. After a few seconds I managed to get out, “I’ll say it again... What in the fuck?”

Mary put a hand to her nose as it started letting out blood, “Uh... Wow, that’s... Wow.” She said.

        Dean raised an eyebrow, “What?”

        I looked at Mary, then at Dean, then back and forth a few more times before shrugging, “She probably just got turned on or something. Not really surprising, honestly.”

        “What do you mean?”

        “Congratulations,” I said, “you are now the proud owner of two whole X chromosomes.”

        Dean looked down, and saw his breasts, and surprisingly, smiled pervertedly, “Yes....”

I raised an eyebrow, “What?”

Dean looked at me, “Give me two hours, I’ll be right back.” Dean then ran up the stairs, but then a small explosion could be heard, “FUCK! JUST MISSED MY CHANCE!” Dean now sounded like a man again, and he came back as one.

“Well, at least you didn’t start, then turn back halfway through. Probably would’ve hurt.” I said while shuddering at the thought.

Dean sighed as he fixed his shirt, “Yeah, true. Oh well, I’ve got nothing. Well, I’ve got to let Beth and her friends know to get here, so see ya Sarah. Nice to meet you Mary.” He said as he left the house.

“Bye!” I shouted after him. I then turned to Mary, “So... You have no clue about this place, so I guess I’m leading you around. Follow me!” As we walked around, Mary took time to see the town. After a good ten minutes, I saw, “James! Amy! ... I forgot your name! I got someone I want you all to meet!”

James looked over and did a double take. “Oh, god THERE’S TWO OF THEM!”

Amy smacked him across the back of the head so hard he faceplanted into the ground. “Stop being such an ass. I don’t care if she slightly traumatized you, you’re being rude.”

“Besides,” I said as I walked over to them, “she’s my sister. So there are not two of me, just me and my twin.”

The other girl looked at James and sighed. “This place is getting so weird... I wish I was back home...”

“Yep, well, you’re fucking dead now. Too late.” I said.

She sighed as she looked down. “I know... but I still miss my family.”

Amy put a hand on her shoulder. “You get used to it... I was elated and somewhat hurt when I found out James became a wraith.”

I nodded, “And I never had family until now, and she had died already without me knowing it, so it wasn’t too sad for me. You’ll get over it.”

She smiled a little and leaned down to pick up James. “Thanks.”

“Anyway, yeah, this is my sister Mary.” I gestured to her, “She was trapped in purgatory while a bit of her soul stayed with me and turned into that split personality of mine that almost made me kill you, James. Say hello.”

Mary waved a hand somewhat shyly, “Hello...”

Megan smiled and walked up to Mary. “Um... Hi, my name’s Megan. It’s nice to meet you.”

Mary shuffled her feet and moved back a bit, “Um, yeah, nice to meet you...”

James was staring at her for a moment before blinking. “Oh... so that’s what happened. I wasn’t really sure with all the bits and pieces I kept getting. That and the state of slight trauma and shock wasn’t helping any.”

AT LEAST YOU STILL HAVE TWO FUCKING EYES! Oh hey, I almost forgot to do that. Good thing I remembered.

I shrugged, “Sucks. Anyway, you guys know where Michael is, if you’ve seen him? There was a woman with him that I wanted to apologize to, I kind of snapped at her. Not totally my fault, I was kind of losing my mind, but I’m trying to be nicer to people, so I feel I should say something.”

All three of them shook their heads. James was the only one to actually talk. “Nope.”

“Damn. Well, I might as well sniff Michael out, that would probably work.” I started walking away with Mary, “See you around!”

Amy and James waved while Megan made a small bow. “Bye!”

“Um... Goodbye...”

I started walking in the direction of the Library, if I remember correctly, sniffing the air every now and then to make sure I knew where to go. After a few minutes of walking, I reached the town center, where I saw Dean, Johnny, Michael, that one girl, and a short person. Huh.

I smiled deviously as I saw Deans back, and ran forward and jumped, “HEY DEAN GUESS WHAT?” I shouted just before hitting him and wrapping my arms around him, “Nice seeing you again.”

“Ohhh....” Dean groaned as he seemed incredibly dazed.

The girl I didn’t know the name of cleared her throat, “Ahem...”

I tilted my head and asked, “What?”

Johnny looked at me and chuckled, “I think you just knocked a few screws loose.”

I raised an eyebrow, “How could I...?” My face lit up in realization, and I knocked a fist against my chest, letting out a dull metallic bang, “Oh yeah, metal skeleton. I forgot that I weigh like six hundred pounds. Sorry.”

“UUUUUUUUGHHHHHH....” Dean groaned even louder.

I hopped off his back, “You lifted me just fine earlier, don’t know how this is any different.”

“YOU JUMPED ON MY BACK WHEN I DIDN’T EVEN EXPECT IT!!!” Dean shouted as he got up and grunted in pain, “Oh my back...”

I laughed and patted him on the back, maybe a little too hard, “You’ll be fine.”

“Oh god why...”

The girl I still didn’t know sighed, “Hello....”

Oh yeah...

I smiled apologetically, “Oh, uh... Hi...”

“Hi...” She waved a little.

I rubbed the back of my head, “Yeah uh... Sorry about snapping at you earlier today. I was kind of... Completely out of my fucking mind.”

“Yeah I heard you talk about it.”

Suddenly, the short one walked up and poked my skeleton arm gently, “Coooooool!”

I looked down at her with a raised eyebrow, “Thanks... Cost me an arm and... Well not a leg but a foot I guess.”

“Oh... Still cool!”

I looked away uncomfortably, “Right... Anyway, I guess I should introduce Mary to you guys. MARY!”

Michael blinked a couple times as Mary came into view, and he fell on the ground before rolling away, “I CAN’T I CAN’T I CAN’T I CAN’T I CAN’T I CAN’T I CAN’T!!!!!”

The girl blinked as Michael rolled away before turning to Mary, “Sorry about him.”

“Dumbass...” Dean muttered in pain.

The short one giggled, “Heh... He’s funny.”

Mary stared after Michael with a slightly horrified expression, “If that’s who I think it is...”

The girl, who I should really learn the name of, blinked, “He’s just being stupid right now.”

“Right,” Mary said, “anyway... Nice to meet all of you, I’m Sarah’s sister, Mary Akinson.”

        She nodded, “I’m Beth Jades, a pleasure.”

        Oaky her name’s Beth then. Nice to know who she is. Now who’s the short one?

        Said short one hopped in front of her, “Hi! I’m Paige, Paige Beckett!”

        Well that answers that.

Mary looked down at her for a second before turning to me, “Isn’t there some sort of magic using twelve year old living with you too?”

Oh yeah, I need to bring her back and introduce her to everyone. The hotels getting crowded though, maybe we should get a house or something?

I nodded in response to Mary’s question, “Yeah, Arlosia... Speaking of which, we should head back sometime soon and introduce you.” I then turned to Dean, “But first, I’d like to thank you properly for what you’ve done for me.”

Dean stood up and straight and raised an eyebrow, “Uh, okay...”

I walked up to him and said, “Lean down a bit, you’re like a foot taller than me.”

Dean did so.

Taking a deep breath I said, “Alright, only time I am ever going to do this.” I leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, then wrapped my arms around him, “Thank you so much, you have no idea how happy I am for what you did, Dean.”

Dean laughed as he returned the hug and patted me on the back, “No problem Sarah. Nice seeing that you’re getting better.”

“I give it a week before I start treating everything like shit. I’m just in a good mood right now.” I said with a laugh.

Dean laughed as he let go and walked away. He turned back to me though, “Like I said in Manehattan. I’m always ready to help when I’m needed.” With that, he walked away again. “You guys coming or what?”

I remembered the other thig he told me at the time and said after him, “Oh yeah, and you were right about that whole ‘me being beautiful’ thing you said. Ardiente agreed anyway.”

Dean froze as he turned to look at Beth, total fear on his face.

She grinned, “Care to explain...?”

Dean nervously laughed, “I-that was a little joke I made! Come on Beth, a joke!”

        Wait what? Fucking asshole, really?

I frowned at him, “So wait, you think I’m ugly then? Asshole...”

“DAMN IT THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT!” Dean exclaimed, he then shouted in frustration, “I CAN’T WIN IN THIS!”

Beth giggled, “You just called her beautiful Dean, not like you slept with her or anything.”

I was about to respond, but a chunk of ice from Dean froze my lips together.  He just nodded. FUCKING DOUCHEBAG!

“Mmf, mm-” I punched myself in the jaw, breaking the ice. “Ow, prick. I was just going to say that that’s true, we haven’t. Besides, I could never sleep with a man, I’d probably break down and kill them or something.”

Paige looked between us all, “So... I know this has nothing to do with what’s going on, but I saw a house made of gingerbread I’m going to eat.” She started walking away, “I’ll be back!”

Dean ran after her, “No wait Paige!”

She turned, “Yes? Why are you keeping me from the gingerbread house of amazing?”

Dean laughed, “It’s not really gingerbread, it’s just designed to look that way.”

She blinked, “Oh... Well it’s a bakery so, yeah!” She turned.

Dean quickly picked her up and put her on his shoulder as he sighed, “Yes Paige, it’s a bakery. Look, I have some cake at home. It’s chocolate.”

Oh yeah, just give my fucking birthday cake to other people! So fucking nice Dean, so fucking nice!

Paige grinned, “Caaaaaaaaaaaaaake.” She drooled a little.

Dean laughed, “Yes. Cake. Come on Beth, Let’s go to the house of cake.”

Beth grinned, “Alright,” She then looked at me and Mary. “See you later.”

I just nodded to them, and Mary and I left.

(OST)

Mary and I walked along the road, the sun slowly setting on the horizon as we made our way to the hotel. It was silent outside, neither of us saying anything, and not many ponies were out at the time.

The silence was broken, however, by Mary who said, “I had a lot of fun today.” She said with a smile, “I got to finally leave purgatory, I got to be with you for the first time, I got to meet some new people, though some were kind of strange... It was fun though.”

I laughed, “Yeah, they are a bunch of strange people, but we can be put in that group too. I’m glad to have met all of them. There were some rough spots, and I wasn’t exactly the nicest person to them, but they are pretty awesome.”

“I can’t wait to meet the rest of your friends.” She told me, “From what I heard from Death in purgatory, they’re pretty fun and interesting to be with.”

I gave a loud laugh, “No kidding! We got me, a  failed experiment, Jav the Necromancer, Arlosia the twelve year old Blood Elf warlock, Sira the Angel, Ardiente the mafia pony, Feral the giant wolf, and now you too! I can’t wait to see what other odd people we attract, cause I have a feeling this isn’t the last of them.”

She gave a nod, “Yeah...” She then turned solemn, “I’m kind of worried though...”

I moved up next to her and put an arm around her, “What’s wrong?” I asked with concern.

“Well...” She looked at me with tears in her eyes, “I just have this feeling that you don’t actually want me here.” I was about to say something, but she cut me off, “I know you don’t, I know that you’re happy for me to be here, but it;s just this... Feeling that I have. Deep down somewhere, I can’t help but feel that you hate me for what your split personality did, that you blame me for it. I just-”

I cut her off by wrapping her in a tight hug, “Don’t say that. Please, don’t fucking say that.” I smiled at her, “I don’t blame you, honestly I don’t, and I never will. It was a small portion of your soul and a lot of Croatoan and hate, not you.” I then gave a large grin, “Don’t ever think otherwise either, sis.”

She was silent for a moment before smiling and returning the hug, “Thanks...”

I patted her on the back a few times, then we separated and I said, “No problem, I don’t want you feeling down on your first day here. Now let’s go, I want to introduce you to everyone as soon as possible.”

The rest of the walk back was silent and uneventful, and when we reached the hotel, I went up to my room’s door and knocked on it, waiting for Ardiente to open it.

“Who is it?” I heard Jav say from the other side.

I raised an eyebrow, “It’s me, Sarah. Can you let me in? I have someone I want you to meet.” I heard a few hushed voices, followed by the lock clicking and the door opening.

Jav poked his head out, looked at me, then nodded and opened the door revealing... What the hell?

They had turned the entire room into a damn pillow and mattress fortress. Seriously, they had different pillows, mattresses, and the furniture covered with sheets, separating the room into sections and making it into a large pillow fort.

“I see you guys were busy while I was gone...” I said as I walked into the room. Sira, Jav, Arlosia, Ardiente and Feral (who I guess walked back after my episode) were sitting in different areas around the room. Ardiente was sitting on the bed, Sira was cleaning her wings or something, Feral was sleeping, and after he hadwalked away from the door I noticed that Jav ,and Arlosia, were...

“How are you guys on the ceiling?” I asked. I’m not fucking lying either. Jav was sitting cross-legged on the ceiling with Arlosia draping her arms over his left shoulder as they read a book titled...

“Disturbed Stories From the Journals of the Black Jackal Parade of Broken Minds and Merry Mad Men

Book II:

Spells, Hexes, Charms, and Other Forms of Magic, Magecraft, Wizardry, and Witchcraft:

Vol. III:

The Unholy Arts:

Necromancy, Demonology, and how the Damned and Delirious can Use Them to Reanimate and Resurrect the Fallen”

        Jesus that’s a long title.

In answer to my question, Jav looked down at me, “Gravity Manipulation is my power, so I can do this.”

“Ah.” I shook my head and gently pulled Mary out from behind me, “Anyway, I have someone to introduce you all to.”

They all got up, or down, from their places and came forward. Arlosia looked at MAry and asked, “Why does she look so much like you?”

I smiled and wrapped an arm around Mary’s shoulders, “Well that’s because she’s my twin sister. Everyone, meet Mary.”

They stared at me silently for a few seconds, before Ardiente spoke up, “How is that... You never mentioned you even had a sister.”

“Well,” I began, “that’s a long story...”

I finished the story about how Mary came to be in about twenty minutes. It would have been shorter, but I had to stop every once in a while to comfort Mary, as some of the stuff didn’t exactly bring up good memories for her, obviously.

“So anyways, that’s all there is to it.” I said.

Everyone was silent, not sure how to respond to that. I’m not surprised, there aren’t many ways to react to something like that.

“That... That really happened?” Sira asked.

I nodded, “Yeah, it did.” I then looked at Mary, who was curled up next to me, asleep by now, “I think we should all get some rest, we can talk more tomorrow.” They all nodded and left the room, Ardiente staying behind seeing as she slept in my room with me.

“I have to ask, Sarah...” She paused, “What happened to your eye?”

I picked Mary up and set her on the bed, making sure to remove her coat, shoes, and hat, then turned to Ardiente and said, “Well, the personality I just told you about took over and James, you should remember him, was the subject of her attack. I had to convince him to shoot my head and cause some trauma to give me time to get my body back. It went slightly off course and took my eye out, unfortunately.”

“Oh, that’s... That’s horrible.” She looked away, then back to me, “There’s no way to fix it?”

I shrugged, “Possibly, but I don’t exactly know if it’ll work or not.” I then mumbled to myself “Nerve connectors for feeling things, yes, but sensory organs like eyes are hard to make...”

“What was that?” She asked me.

I waved a hand, “Nothing important, just thinking of ways to fix my eye, if there are any.”

“Right. Let’s just go to bed then.” She said as she climbed into bed, not seeming bothered by Mary being there. I just shrugged and settled myself between Ardiente and Mary, nearly falling asleep as soon as I layed down. Jesus, I really never know how tired I am, do I?

As I drifted off to sleep, I managed to say to Ardiente, “Oh yeah *yawn* I forgot to mention something...”

“What’s that?” She asked.

“Today was my birthday, I turned twenty one years old...”

Right before I fell asleep, I managed to hear her say, “Oh, that’s nice.... Wait, what!?” I was out right afterwards.

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