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She was Bethany. And she was not Bethany.

A swirl of thoughts rushed into her head. She took her first new breath. The air forced its way into her lungs. She had been swimming, she thought. She felt heavy, dragged down by an invisible weight attached nowhere to her body. She opened her eyes. She wouldn't have able to tell. It was black all around her, the world seemed brighter with her eyes closed. She just told herself to go up. Up. Up. She wasn't underwater. She could breathe, but she couldn't see. Her mind wasn't straight, she was frantic and her thoughts jumped like a frightened animal. She didn't feel any pain. She didn't feel anything.

She squeezed her eyelids tightly shut. She felt a burst of cold.

She opened her eyes again. It was no longer black. It looked like a forest. The sun was setting and she felt the grass stick to her cheek, which was pressed firmly against the ground. Her body automatically stood up. She looked around and she saw a large golden stone wall. There was an old looking iron gate in the center; guarded off by an intimidating gray lock. She looked down at herself. She wasn't wearing what she was wearing before. She wearing a short off-white dress and light blue sandals. She wondered about the unlikely change of outfit.

What had happened finally came back to her. Where was Aggy? Where were Arlene and Muriel? Where was Aiden. How did she get here?She took a step forward. And then another. It felt different than it did earlier. It wasn't particularly cold outside, but she felt chilly and vulnerable. It was unsafe to be in her skin. And not just because of those black creatures. She didn't feel like herself. It was cloudy in her brain. She wasn't Bethany. She was someone -Bethany took a long foggy blink, when she opened her eyes, the black orb was rising from the ground again. She took a defense step backwards. Not-Bethany grabbed onto her white dress as if she was a young child.

The shadowy pillar formed again. She thought she would be afraid to see it again, but she wasn't. She wasn't afraid at all.

The man with the icy hair step out. His indifferent look sat upon his face which shined out with his "X" scar between his eyes."I see you survived. I'm surprised." the man said in his monotone voice, condescendingly down towards the vulnerable girl.

"I…. survived?" Not-Bethany said weakly. She was taken aback by her own voice.

"You kept your form." He retorted confidently. "Only those strong of heart keep their sanity and memories after losing their existence."

She didn't know what to make of that statement. "Losing… my existence?" she chirped quietly. "I don't exist?" That might explain what she was feeling, or rather, not feeling.

"No. I'm sorry. You don't really exist. You aren't meant to." spoke the "X" faced man, "And neither am I."

"Who…. are you?" she asked in an almost whisper."I could ask you the same thing." he replied, "Who are you?""I'm Be---" she began to speak her name, but it wouldn't leave her mouth. "I'm Beth---", she still couldn't finish.

"Bethany?" he asked. She nodded. "You mean, you were Bethany." Her eyes opened wide. She felt as if she had died, and she was hearing her own obituary. The icy haired man took a step forward. Not-Bethany didn't budge, her eyes transfixed on her feet.

"My name is Saix. You are lost. You are a Nobody. I will give you purpose."She had sank to her needs. She felt the warm mud on he legs. She looked up and saw Saix staring down at. He. Golden letters began to appear in the air above her head in arms length of Saix's gloved hands.A "Y". A "N". They were backwards. An "A". An "H". She knew what they were spelling. A "T". An "E". And finally a "B".

Her not-name was spelling out in front of Saix. Suddenly, they began to spin around her head. They started off slow, but slowly the letter became indistinguishable to read. Their pace quickened. Saix stuck out his and masterly thrusted his hand forward into the path into the transparent storming letters. In its path it left a golden "X". The other letters stopped their spinning and moved in the wake of the "X". They began to line up behind the "X". They formed a new -Bethany looked to her left. She saw beyond the gate and saw an old mansion. It was clearly ancient and looked unkempt. She saw it and knew it was different. Something was different about this place. About the mansion and whatever lied beyond the wooded forest."Welcome to the Organization." Saix announced dutifully. "Number XIII."

"Tebyhanx."

Not-Bethany, rather, Tebyhanx heard her new name. It sounded right.

Bethany's Nobody name is Tebyhanx, pronounced: [Te-byh-anks]. She is number XIII (No.13)

I hope by now you know where the black creatures were and where Bethany appeared when she lost her heart.

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