John was sitting at the table drinking a mug of coffee. He took another drink and called jade." Jade, can you get me some more?" Jade sat down with the coffee pot and poured some into his mug." There you go." She put the pot on the table and sighed. " John, why did you have me make you coffee, its already pretty late, you'll never get to sleep." John sipped his drink." To be honest, I haven't gotten much sleep at all lately." " it doesn't surprise me with all the coffee you drink" jade muttered. That's the thing," he said." I haven't been drinking any coffee before or even near to the time that I sleep. No matter what I do, I just don't sleep. So I now i figure that caffeine doesn't really matter , I still won't get any sleep." Jade notices the exhausted look on Johns face." Wow, John... I'm sorry that sounds awful..." The clock rings nine and jade jumps up." Crap, I'm gonna be late!" She slips on her jacket on the way out the door, then stops and looks back to John." I'm sorry i can't be of much help to you. I really hope this problem fixes itself soon." John nods and jade smiles at him before running out the door. A few hours later, John is laying on the couch finishing one of his crappy movies. He grabs the remote, shuts the TV off, and rolls over." Just because I know I can't sleep doesn't mean I can't try..." He closes his eyes. He sighs loudly. " THIS IS SO STUPID!" He sits up and opens his eyes to realize that he is no longer in his living room." What-..." He looks around him and sees bundles of scarves and a messy bed. He recognises it all, though very vaguely. Then he realizes." Is this... Rose's room?"He stands up and examines the room for a minute." Rose?" He walks toward the door, kicking some junk out of the way and opening it. He walks down the hallway to the staircase, which is blocked by a large statue of a magical bearded man. John turned around and stopped in front of the window. The once beautiful rainbow landscape was now a groggy slate grey." What happened here?" He hears a door open and shut quickly and a familiar voice screaming " WE HAVE TO HURRY, THERE ISN'T LONG!" Loud clattering noises are heard from downstairs. John grabs on to the railing and jumps onto a pile of clutter. He runs through the living room and pounds on the kitchen door. The noises stop. At first he hears nothing, then quiet footsteps slowly approach and the door is opened slightly. Rose's face peeks through the crack. "Rose?" Her face looks confused."John?" She flings the door open. "John!...What...are you doing here?!" John opens his mouth to speak, and Rose grabs onto his arm and pulls him into the kitchen. The walls were covered in insane notes and scribbles. Loose papers were strewn across the table and floor. Rose turned and went to the counter and began to open and close drawers frantically pulling out crumpled papers and random objects John didn't recognize. " Rose what happened here?" She shoved something into a bag and pushed past John to the door." Come on, we're in a hurry." John followed her out of the house." Rose who were you talking to earlier? Why is everything so grey and dull? What is going ON?!" Rose grabbed a rocket pack that was leaning against the outer wall of the house. She answered " Look, I don't know what you're talking about, why you're here, or what you're wearing-" John looks down at his god tier outfit."-But if you want me to take you with me, shut up and stop asking so many questions." She strapped the rocket to her back and looked at John. "Oh... you're gonna need a rocket pack too, huh?" She looked frustrated." No, no, I'm fine I don't need one." He flew up ahead of her." ...well? I thought we were in a hurry." Rose blinked in shock. " When did you learn to do that?!" "I thought questions weren't allowed." Said John with a smile. "No you're right, we do need to go." John started going." Um, John? It's THAT way." Rose pointed in the opposite direction of him. " John, are you alright?" "...well,...oh I DON'T even know where we're going!" "Yes you do, we just talked about this! Oh, just, come on." Rose lead john across the dark water. They land on a small island, kicking up black sand as they hit the ground. There is only a small cave and a few shrubs in sight. "Where are we?" John stopped at the mouth of the cave, a little worried about going in." God John, I don't know what's up with you, didn't we JUST have this conversion. You said we were all going to meet HERE. Then you show up at my house, like an idiot." She walks into the cave without hesitation. " Oh, of course, that's right..." John gave a slight chuckle. To his surprise, rose laughed back. "Well you're in a good mood today. It's nice to see you happy enough to joke around, for once. It's been a while..." "Heh, yeah." John carefully follows. They take a dark tunnel that goes on and on, getting darker until John can hardly see anything anymore." um, rose do you have a flashlight?" Rose continued walking. "What for?" "Because it's a little hard to see ." " What? John are you sure you're okay?" She inquired. Not knowing the correct answer, John just kept quiet. Suddenly, the tunnel opened to a large, well-lit room. There was a large flat stone in the middle. Dave sat on the rock table and jade sat beside it. They were having a conversation together, but there was one other person in the room who looked at them when they walked in. Another John was sitting at the table with them and the second they entered the room everything went silent.
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