Chapter 1:
Alice's sides were created one by one.
She was born with her morality, taking the name Maria. She had hair in waves and curls and wore jeans and a t shirt. She had a motherly persona, and doted upon the girl whom she was to protect, helping her do the right things and tell right from wrong.
As Alice got older, and began to draw on paper with crayons, she got another side- her creativity. Josie looked much different from Maria. She had short hair in a messy pixie cut and wore a plaid shirt and jeans splattered with paint and markers. She absoloutely loved Alice and influenced her as she got older.
Then as Alice began to learn about the world around her, her logic came into play. Meghan looked much different. Her hair was in a ponytail and she wore glasses, a sweater, and jeans. She loved Alice and was strict, making sure she remembered what she needed to do to be happy and safe.
Finally, as Alice went to elementary school, one final side came in- anxiety. MB was rather dark and wore black hair with a white streak, a leather jacket, and jeans. She sometimes pestered Alice with fears and thoughts, which although sometimes made her feel sick and miserable, kept into play with keeping her sides in check.
There were other sides too. Many of them, sadly, weren't in her best interest at all. And so, they kept to themselves in a separate area of Alice's mind, plotting to themselves, as the main four and the other sides helped Alice grow.
And that lead them to the day when they would meet other sides like them.
"I love it when Thomas lets us help out in his dreams, don't you?" asked Roman as he bravely fought a dragon. "Right guys?"
Patton was cowering behind a rock, Virgil was texting on his phone like he didn't really care, and Logan was questioning the situation.
"You guys are no fun." replied Roman as he kept on battling the dragon.
Meanwhile, Josie was pacing around the mindscape.
"I can't believe it's another night without a dream!" she told the sides. "This has gone on for weeks! I can't stand it! Where's the adventure? I need adventure or I might lose it!"
Meghan was reading a book on Thomas Jefferson, MB was playing solitaire, and Maria was knitting.
"Well, if you want, then why don't you go into someone else's dream?" asked MB. "I mean, all the minds are connected somehow, and there's got to be someone out there dreaming."
"Great idea MB!" responded Josie.
"Have fun." replied Meghan.
"Be safe and come back by the time the person wakes up." replied Maria, looking concerned.
Roman was fighting the dragon as the door to the dream opened and Josie walked in.
"Guys?" asked a girl their age walking up to Virgil, Patton, and Logan, who had retained their positions. "I'm Josie, creativity side of another person, can I join in?"
"Certainly sport!" replied Patton.
"Be our guest." replied Virgil.
"Thanks guys!" Josie replied.
Meanwhile, the dragon had used a blast of fire to knock the sword out of Roman's hands. He was cornered.
"Catch!"
Roman looked over and saw a beautiful maiden tossing his sword to him.
The side had blonde hair and green eyes, wearing a prince outfit that looked like Hans's from Frozen. The minute she noticed his sword lying by her foot, she picked it up, called to him, and tossed it to him.
The side caught it, staring at her for a moment.
"C'mon!" Josie called to him. "Let's take this dragon down!"
Josie drew her sword from her belt and joined in on the battle.
The two of them fought off the dragon together, until eventually, the dragon flew off.
"Nice work!" replied Josie to the side.
That was when she realized it was almost seven.
Roman had never had so much fun in his life. I mean, sometimes the other sides had helped him fight the dragon in his dreams, but he could tell that the side he was fighting with was a creativity like him. He never met another creativity side before, let alone one from another person.
Right when he was about to state something to her, she checked her watch.
"Oh no! It's almost seven! I have to get back to my girl! She's going to wake up soon!" replied the side, running to the exit of the dream.
"Wait!" Roman called. "I don't even know your name!"
"It was fun fighting a dragon with you!" called the side as she ran out of the dream and left.
"You alright there buddy?" Patton asked Roman later that day. "Are you feeling okay?"
Thomas had some writer's block for the new episode, and Roman was being quiet. Two signs that something was wrong with the imagination side.
"I'm fine Patton." replied Roman misribley.
"This is about that girl that you met in the dream last night." replied Logan.
"You met a girl?" Thomas asked. "Come to think of it, there was a girl in my dream last night."
"Yeah. We had a lot of fun fighting that dragon." replied Roman. "Then she had to leave. She's another person's creativity, and I never even asked for her name."
"Her name's Josie." replied Logan. "And she left this."
Logan tossed something to Roman, who caught it.
A single sneaker was now in his hands.
