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April 14th, 2011:

"Man, why did it have to rain today…" Chie muttered to herself as she ran down the route she usually took in order to get to school, her hair and clothes already completely soaked even as she dashed through the street.

The reason why she didn't have an umbrella was simple but ridiculous. She had watched a kung-fu movie where the main villain used an umbrella as part of his fighting style. The tip was a blade and the umbrella itself was reinforced with some sort of fake sheet metal alloy sure, but it was still awesome to watch! She had tried to imitate some of the moves shown, and…

…Well, she'd have to put aside some of her allowance for a new umbrella now.

She felt some relief when she saw a lone wheelchair-bound young man pushing himself through the rain a little ways away from her. While she had mixed feelings about the person, she was more happy to see an umbrella held above him thanks to some attachment on the back of the chair. Yukiko, who she would normally talk to on the way to school, was stuck working at her family inn for a few extra hours this morning. It wasn't the first time and Yukiko usually showed up after the first class or so, but it left her without someone to talk to unless she happened to bump into Yosuke who she was on relatively friendly terms with. But luckily, her new acquaintance Johnny Joestar was here now. While yesterday's little get together was a fun way to kill time, Johnny pretty much let her and Yosuke do most of the talking. And while he still was a sarcastic jerk, he seemed to ease up a bit the more he was around her and Yosuke.

The idea of barging into his space in order to have a moment of dryness had its appeal, but she wondered if it was right to impose on someone who was crippled. Well, she couldn't imagine him having a problem with her taking shelter underneath it for the rest of the way. With that in mind, she ran to Johnny shouting, "Hey!"

Johnny had only a second to register that it was Chie calling out for him before the girl matched his speed on his left side and leaned down to have his umbrella over her head. "Sorry, I don't have an umbrella right now…"

"What did you do?" Johnny asked with a raised eyebrow. "Break it?"

"Heh, something like that…" Chie let off with a nervous laugh. There was no reason to let him know about the details… she then noticed the bags under Johnny's eyes. "Hey, did you sleep all right? You look kinda tired."

"Watched that Midnight Channel thing you told me about." Johnny truthfully stated with a frown. "And I… hell. I don't even know if I was dreaming or not…" He then glared at her and said, "But you seem okay. Did you actually see it?"

Chie huffed and turned her head away. "Of course I did! I wouldn't say we should all go see it if I wouldn't! I stay up all night anyways most of the time!" She then frowned and looked down, worry beginning to develop at the bottom of her stomach. "But I saw…"

She couldn't say it. It was too embarrassing, or rather too confusing. While the image that showed up last night was blurry, she could've sworn that the person who showed up was a girl. That raised a number of odd questions, and if she told him now…

Chie then shook her head. She couldn't think about this now! School was going to start soon! "You know what? I'll just tell you after school." She then ran forward. She was probably slowing the guy down. She waved behind her to the boy and shouted. "See you soon, Johnny!"

Johnny didn't wave back, and just stared at Chie's disappearing form. "So she did actually see it? Huh…" She seemed hesitant to say what she had gone through just now. Could it be that she went through the same thing he did?

That whole thing with his hand being pulled into the TV was freaky. It felt like he was being sucked in, and he sure as hell didn't want to know what was on the other side. He hardly spoke to either Nanako or Dojima this morning, and instead just went straight off to school after eating some of the toast Nanako made.

It was just weird. The event was something out of an old-school horror story, or a show like The Twilight Zone. Not to mention that voice…

"And my leg moving…"

That little tid-bit kept Johnny up all night. He swore that he saw his right leg move an inch when he was being sucked into the TV. But it wouldn't move at all after that, and his lame legs were as still as they had been for two years. "So was it a dream…?"

He would ask Chie and Yosuke later to see if it was true or not.

Right now, he needed to get to school and make sure King Moron didn't suspend him for missing homeroom.

xxXXxx

School had been as boring as usual. While he didn't have to listen to King Moron all day like his first day, the other teachers were not any better than he was. Sure they weren't asses, but each one was a little over the top in their own way. Johnny's world history teacher was nicknamed Queen Tut for a damn good reason, since she wouldn't stop going on about anything that related to Egypt and given what she considered makeup.

But the day eventually came to a close, and Johnny was back on his wheelchair staring at Chie and Yosuke who were looking at him in turn.

"So… what did you see on the Midnight Channel?" Yosuke asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Why don't you tell me first?" Johnny pointedly asked. "That way I can know you watched it."

"Oh come on! I totally did!" Yosuke declared, crossing his arms. "I just want to see if it was any different for a guy from America."

"Tch." Johnny clicked his tongue before answering. "I saw a girl on a yellow screen…" He then looked at Yosuke dead in the eyes. "Kinda looked like that Saki girl."

"W-wha…!" Yosuke shouted out in horror. "How could she be your…! Wait a sec…" Now that he thought about it, while he couldn't make much detail from the screen of the Midnight Channel, when he took who Johnny thought he saw and what he saw… when he put them together… "No way… I think I saw Saki-senpai too!"

"Oh thank god!" Chie cried out in relief, causing both guys to look at her. She decided to explain further. "Y-You see, I thought I saw a girl last night on the Midnight Channel. She had long hair and I could've sworn she was wearing our school uniform, but now that I'm thinking about it she did kinda look like Saki."

"So we all saw the same person…" Johnny muttered thoughtfully. "So we've all got the same soulmate?"

Both Johnny and Yosuke turned towards Chie and gave her perplexed looks. Her expression was defensive.

"W-What…?"

The two boys wisely chose not to say anything. Instead Yosuke shrugged and scratched the back of his head. "Well, that doesn't make any sense. Maybe the Midnight Channel doesn't show you your soulmate but just someone you know?"

"Are you all okay?"

The three students turned to see Yukiko approaching them. She had already packed her things and looked like she was getting ready to leave.

"It's nothing really important, Yukiko." Chie told her friend. "We're just talkin' about the Midnight Channel. You see it yesterday?"

"No, I was busy last night." Yukiko declared before looking back at the clock. "Sorry Chie, I need to go."

"Oh, your family calling for you?" Chie asked, receiving a nod from Yukiko. "It's cool if you go. Don't worry, I'll be fine here." Chie then smiled at her friend. "Just hang in there, okay?"

Yukiko happily nodded and walked out of the room. With the situation calmed down, Yosuke decided to ask, "Hey, it sounded like there was more to what you saw man. Tell us!"

Johnny thought about it for a second. Should he tell them? He still had no idea whether the whole thing was just a dream or not… But then again what the hell? "My TV tried to eat me."

Both Chie and Yosuke blinked in unison and asked, "Huh?"

"I touched the screen last night, and my hand was kinda… sucked inside." Johnny elaborated to the two. He wanted to gauge their reactions before he mentioned the part about his legs. "Would have pulled me inside if I didn't push away. There was even some weird voice telling me 'I am thou' and stuff."

A second passed between the two.

Yosuke and Chie then looked at him like he was crazy or something.

"Uh, you sure you weren't tired or something while you watched the Midnight Channel?" Yosuke asked with a raised eyebrow.

Chie nodded in agreement and said, "Maybe you were just dreaming it. Have you stayed up that late before?"

Johnny looked away, his face scrunching up in anger. So it was true. It was a dream. "Just when I got my freakin' hopes up…" He had hoped, maybe even prayed that last night was not a dream. That his mind wasn't trying to fuck with him. That his feet did actually move from the weird occurrence. "Screw both of you…"

Yosuke turned his head and scratched the back of his neck. "Sorry, man. It must have been a freaky dream for you…"

Chie had to agree. Maybe Johnny was legitimately concerned about his dream being connected to the Midnight Channel? Still, speaking of TVs… "Wait, this reminds me! My family's been talking about buying a bigger TV!"

Yosuke smiled a bit. The change in mood was definitely welcome right now. Johnny kind of sucked the fun out of the air when you talked with him long enough. "Well, flatscreen TVs are in these days. You wanna go to Junes? We're beefing up our electronics department this month."

Chie was giddy with excitement. "Oh yes! My parents don't know anything about electronics, and I just got to see my kung-fu movies on the big screen!" She then turned to Johnny. "You're coming too."

"Why should I?" Johnny asked suspiciously, only to receive a glare from Chie.

"C'mon, you got anything better to do? Besides, if you're worried about that dream you had this way you can see that TVs are nothing to fear." Chie replied with a teasing smile.

Johnny felt a spike of anger at the jab, but was actually a little grateful that the girl wasn't afraid to take a shot at him in spite of his condition. Besides, the part of him that was curious, that was hopeful, needed to confirm for himself…

"Jesus, fine…" Johnny sighed. "I'll go with you guys."

Chie pumped her fist as if she had achieved some sort of victory while Yosuke just chuckled.

"Alright then, let's get going." Yosuke smiled before directing his smirk towards Johnny. "And don't worry. I'm sure we've got plenty of TVs big enough for you to fit through."

That comment earned a giggle from Chie and a glare from Johnny.

xxXXxx

"It pretty much is a Walmart…" Johnny whispered to himself as he looked at the TVs lined up on the wall within the electronics section. There were no people or clerks around. Instead, it was just the three teenagers. "Hell, it's bigger than one!"

"Funny story about that." Yosuke commented with a wry grin. "My dad said that the creator actually got the idea from them and wanted to make it even better than one by making every store practically a mini-mall."

"Well I gotta admit, it was one good idea." Chie replied as she looked around. "Junes makes a lot of things more convenient. But… unfortunately a lot of the stores in the shopping district are closing since they're pretty empty nowadays…"

"Hey, you can't blame all that on Junes…" Yosuke tried to defend the store feebly as he looked away with a slightly guilty expression on his face.

Chie gave him a sheepish smile before turning back to look at the TVs in front of them. They were all lined up across the wall, each in various sizes but larger than anything her family ever owned… or could ever afford.

"Man, this thing is huge… and expensive. Who wants a TV that big?" Chie wondered aloud.

"People who need a boost in ego for being wealthy." Johnny answered for her, knowing why since his family considered the prices on the more expensive stuff mere pocket change. His family had five 52 inch flatscreens in the house.

"Man, my family can't afford this…" Chie whined out before looking at Yosuke with pleading eyes. "Think you can get me a discount?"

"After you said that crap to my face? I wouldn't even if I could!" Yosuke declared out loud with crossed arms.

"Come on! At least I didn't say it behind your back!" Chie argued frantically, while Yosuke gave a sigh. That part was true…

"Why would you even think he could in the first place?" Johnny asked, making Yosuke nod. That's right. He didn't know yet.

"Well, my dad manages this store." Yosuke explained to the wheelchair-bound young man. "So when he got the job, I had to transfer to here from Tokyo six months ago."

"Anyway, don't you have any less expensive ones?" Chie asked Yosuke, and the two began discussing different models and the prices for each. Johnny kind of ignored them. Instead, he pushed himself to get closer to the blank 52 inch TV, which showed his reflection.

"This sucks. That dream was so real too…" Johnny thought to himself before raising his right hand and moving it forward. "It kinda felt like going through water, after I did thi-" Johnny's eyes then widened in shock.

His hand was through the TV, and the screen seemed to be rippling in white from the disturbance.

Only one comment could describe what Johnny was feeling at that moment.

"Holy shit…!"

The two teenagers then ceased their conversation and observed the scene as well. "WOAH!" Yosuke cried out as he bent down and looked from Johnny to the TV and back again frantically. "Dude! What the hell!?"

"Y-you mean what you were saying before wasn't a dream!?" Chie shouted in fright as she looked at the scene from Johnny's left side. It was just like Johnny said! Like what they dismissed as Johnny having a dream! It was actually happening!

"No way! This is a magic trick or something! Right? Right?!" Yosuke tried to deny what he was seeing before him. There was no way this was really happening right? TVs don't just try to suck people in! This had to be some prank Johnny was pulling off as revenge for before!

Johnny tried to pull his arm back, but once again there was something sucking him inside! "No, it's not! Does it look like I'm faking this!? Help me out!"

"Is it trying to suck you inside like before!?" Chie cried out before grabbing Johnny's arm. "Yosuke! I need help!"

"Oh man! This is way too much for my bladder!" Yosuke shouted, grabbing his crotch and stomping in place.

Both Johnny and Chie gave him incredulous looks, the former of the two unable to resist making a jab, "Oh you can't be serious…"

"I-I've been holding it in all day! I haven't had the chance to go!" Yosuke protested, causing Chie to gape in astonishment.

"Piss your pants another time! Johnny needs our help!" Chie shouted at the boy. She placed her right foot on the display table for leverage. "Yosuke!"

Yosuke groaned as he grabbed Johnny's other arm and shoulder, before noticing people from a few aisles down moving towards them. "Oh crap! Customers!" Yosuke gave a panicked hiss, trying to pull Johnny's body backwards. "Come on! We got to…!"

"Hold on!" Chie cried out as Yosuke accidentally bumped into her. The sudden interruption caused more of Johnny's arm to go into the TV with her hands!

Johnny's eyes widened in shock. The suction was becoming even stronger! "YOU IDIO-!" Johnny wasn't even to finish his sentence as the three were sucked fully into the TV, screaming, leaving only a tipped-over empty wheelchair in their wake.

xxXXxx

Johnny didn't know how to describe the experience of going into the TV. It was… weird. It was all white, and Johnny thought he was weightlessly going through black rectangles shaped like TV frames. It could be best described as 'trippy'.

But the weightlessness soon ended, as did the whiteness. Soon everything became yellow and foggy, and Johnny impacted hard onto the ground on his back. As Johnny groaned in pain, he felt something land on top of him with a scream, and a third scream and impact was heard behind him.

"Ah, dammit…!" Johnny moaned out in pain as he opened his eyes…

…And stared into Chie's…

"W-wha!?" Chie got off his body and backed up a bit, blushing a bit from the closeness they had before, and then blinking and becoming frightened as she said, "Oh my gosh Johnny, are you okay!?"

"I think so…" Johnny moaned as he lifted himself to sit up and look around. They were inside some sort of studio. There were ladders, stairways, and paths made of metal everywhere. But the fog kind of made it hard to see… "Where the hell are we…?"

"Ah man, I think I busted my ass…" Yosuke muttered as he stood up, massaging his supposedly broken posterior with pain written on his face.

"Forget that! I just want to get out of this place!" Chie shouted out, and Johnny couldn't really blame her. This place was seriously starting to give him the creeps. Now that he looked at it, the floor seemed like a target with the outlines of several people on it.

"You guys see an entrance anywhere?" Johnny asked, and the two began looking around frantically.

"Oh god, I can't see anything with this fog!" Chie was becoming frightened. This entire area was alien to her. What if she never got out? What if something was in here with them?

"Damn it! How are we supposed to get out?" Yosuke cried out before stopping. The two then began hearing strange squeaking sounds in the distance. All three turned their heads to see the outline of some round… thing… with glowing eyes on one of the railways. "T-the hell is that thing!?"

"G-Grab Johnny and let's get out of here!" Chie shouted as she began backing away, glancing at Johnny and beginning to move in front of him just in case.

"How am I supposed to do that?!" Yosuke demanded as he began inching towards Johnny.

"I don't know! Give him a piggyback ride or something! He can't walk remember!?" With that in mind, Yosuke ran in front of Johnny and kneeled down, placing the paraplegic's arms on his shoulders and picking up a leg on each side. Grunting, Yosuke stood upwards.

That's when he and Chie began to run.

They both screamed while Johnny looked back, seeing the round creature disappear into the fog again. "We're losing it!"

"Good to know! Now let's make sure we really lose it!" Chie shouted out as she and Yosuke continued running. In reality, she was just too scared to stop.

She was right. Something was in here with them! Something was here trying to kill them!

And Johnny depending on her to protect him was going to mean jack shit if that monster killed them when it found them…

xxXXxx

It had taken several minutes, but Yosuke and Chie with Johnny in tow had stopped running and were catching their breath in the room of some apartment complex. They had thought that the place would be a good hiding and rest stop. Carrying Johnny for that long took a lot out of Yosuke.

"I think we finally lost that weird thing…" Chie gasped out in exhaustion before looking at Johnny. "You okay?"

"…Yeah, I'm just fine." Johnny answered, looking at both Chie and Yosuke as they recovered. Why? Why would they make sure he survived too? If they were truly concerned about their safety, it would have been smarter just to leave him. It would have made their lives easier, and Johnny would have understood. He would have understood perfectly…

"Man, I so didn't want to die looking like that…" Yosuke whined out before opening his eyes and taking a step back in fear.

"What's wrong with…" Chie's question soon died in her mouth as she looked around as well, with Johnny joining her as they looked at their 'hideout'.

The room seemed like an ordinary one-bedroom suite, but the whole place was trashed. Several different posters were on the wall, for some play called 'Way of the Ballad' with the face of the main actress torn off. Everywhere else on the walls was doused with something red which Johnny highly doubted was paint thinner. And now, Johnny noticed the most morbid part of the room.

A chair, with a scarf tied as a noose hanging overhead, in the middle of the room.

"Oh man, this set-up is never good…" Yosuke muttered to himself, and Johnny could only nod in agreement.

"This is so creepy… I wanna go home…" Chie whimpered, and it looked like she was about to cry.

"Who the hell could have lived here?" Johnny muttered to himself. It looked like the hideout of some obsessive fan of whoever was in the play, but there had to be something more to it… something just seemed sinister about the room.

"Oh man, I can't take it anymore!" Yosuke declared before running to one of the walls and unzipping his pants.

"Are you seriously going to take a piss here!?" Johnny could not help but shout, and that seemed to agitate Yosuke more.

"If I don't my bladder's going to burst!" Chie let an expression of disgust go onto her face. He was seriously doing this now!? "Ah damn it! I can't go here with you guys!" He zipped back up his pants, looking severely uncomfortable. "If I get a bladder infection, it's all your fault!"

"Who gives a damn about you needing to take a piss!" Chie shouted while stomping her foot. "I wanna find an exit! I want to go home… I don't feel so good…"

"Damn, now that you mention it I'm kinda feeling sick…" Yosuke agreed, and Johnny nodded. He felt like he had to hurl, and it was beginning to feel like his lungs were getting heavy…

"Let's just look around a bit more for an exit." Johnny suggested to the two. "Maybe we can find one if we go back to that place… Maybe that thing is gone now…"

"Y-Yeah, good call…" Chie agreed before turning to Yosuke. "Can you pick him up again? Johnny and I are the same height more or less, so…"

"Yeah, yeah." Yosuke told Chie before picking up Johnny again. "You know, you're pretty light for a guy…"

"You know you don't have to do this." Johnny muttered while looking to the side.

"Hey, I can't just leave you there. You need our help if we're all going to get out with this." Damn, that actually sounded pretty cool when Yosuke thought about it. Made him sound like a bit of a badass. Like a hero of this little adventure…

Johnny said nothing. "So, they're doing this because they think… no they KNOW I'm helpless. I can't do anything on my own. I'm dead weight…"

"WOAH!" Chie's shout snapped both boys out of their thoughts and Yosuke rushed outside and both he and Johnny saw Chie…

…standing in front of some weird bear mascot.

"What the hell is that?" Johnny breathed out the question going through the three teenagers' minds.

The mascot's eyes suddenly blinked before it pointed at them and shouted in an angry high-pitched voice, "I could ask you three the very same thing!"

"I-It talked!" Chie shouted in shock, and echoed the next thing all three thought.

"Of course I can talk! I'm a bear!" The mascot shouted, miffed by the comment. "I've lived here since bear-ever!"

"Just what the hell are you really!?" Johnny demanded, glaring at the bear mascot. "Where are we?"

"Come on, keep your voice down!" The mascot shouted, suddenly very worried and frightened while looking from one direction to the other. "Go! Go back to your den quickly!"

"Our den?" Yosuke asked, his eyes narrowing. "What the hell are you talking about?! Give us some straight answers!"

Johnny then noticed that some of the fog was actually clearing, and he could not help but notice that the sky was colored red and had moving black lines across it. "The hell…?"

"Oh no! Oh no…!" The mascot shouted before reaching for something behind it. It then revealed a pair of white glasses, with red and blue stripes on each side. Johnny could not help but note that they seemed extremely stylish. "Here!" The mascot then placed the glasses in Johnny's right hand and then began to back away, its eyes darting from left to right. "Put those on and get out of here! The Shadows… The Shadows will…!"

"Shadows?" Chie asked, confused but also worried. Just what were these Shadow things, and why did the bear seemed so scared of them?

Johnny's eyes narrowed before he put on the glasses. Just why did the bear act like they would help? They just seem like a normal pair of… "Woah!" The remaining fog in the area was now cleared up completely!

"Dude, did you seriously put those things on?" Yosuke asked in disbelief while Johnny kept looking around. Everything was just so clear and…

"What the hell is that?"

Johnny noticed several black blobs forming on the walls, with blue frowning drama masks on them. Johnny could even hear a wail coming from them.

Whatever they were, they screamed of danger.

"We need to get out of here. NOW!" Johnny shouted out, causing Chie and Yosuke to look at him in confusion.

"Dude, what are you…"

"OH NOOO!" The mascot shouted before running away at near supersonic speeds, and Johnny earnestly wished that they could follow his example.

"Where is he…" Chie began before gasping in horror. "W-what the hell is that thing!?"

Johnny looked back at the creatures and saw that the blobs had dropped to the floor and were beginning to move towards them. They then stopped, and suddenly they transformed into pink balls with black stripes. They then turned around, and showed a mouth that had a long outstretched tongue and large white teeth that seemed to gleam with hunger.

"RUN!" Johnny shouted, snapping the two out of their trance. Both screamed in freight as they quickly ran past the creatures, which then began to follow them. Johnny was honestly scared too. He was fucking terrified. "Just what the hell are these things!?" They were in no way normal! They screamed of so much wrong-ness that Johnny felt even more sick just by thinking of them. He then noticed that they were heading to a dead-end, but he also noticed a stairway to the right. "Go right!"

Chie didn't even think and just did what Johnny said. She ran to a stairway, and she jumped down before the railing and began running down the other flight of stairs. Yosuke tried to go down the steps as fast as he could…

…but carrying Johnny made it more difficult that in should be. Carrying additional weight caused Yosuke to trip, and fall down.

"SHIT!" Both Johnny and Yosuke shouted at the same time as they landed on the ground. Yosuke landed on the pavement, and Johnny hit his head hard on the railing.

"Gah! Damn it!" Yosuke cried out in pain as he held up his right hand, which had a big gash on it that spewed blood. "I cut my freaking hand!"

"Johnny!" Chie shouted as she ran back up the stairs and pulled Yosuke out of the way. She then began to reach out for Johnny, but he couldn't see her. He was still reeling from the trauma to his head. "Come on! Come to me! Hurry!"

Her voice was like a slur to Johnny. Everything was spinning to him. But luckily, his perception was fixing itself. He saw Chie, and he looked ahead and saw one of those monsters shooting towards him. "I can't… I can't die here… not yet!" He then reached out to Chie. "Not when I haven't found a reason...!"

Johnny remembered when he could jump. It was exhilarating when he thought back on it. Jumping was almost like flying. He could go off the ground, and the wind would blow by his face as he landed back on the ground. It used to be insignificant to him, but it was like a fond memory now.

Johnny noticed that Chie was staring him with wide eyes as he was closing in on her, and it only took him a second to register why.

He had jumped to her.

He had fucking jumped to her.

Johnny fell right before her, just in time for the monster to crash onto the railing and become dazed from the impact. Yosuke turned to Johnny and Chie, who were now just staring at each other in shock. "Come on! We need to go now!"

"They moved…" Johnny muttered to himself with wide eyes, as Yosuke quickly slung Johnny's left arm over his shoulder. Luckily, Yosuke's cut wasn't bleeding badly. And the adrenaline was dulling the pain of it. "How did they move…?"

"Oh crap, they're coming!" Yosuke shouted out before kicking Chie. "Come on you idiot! We need to go!"

Chie snapped out of her daze and nodded. She and Yosuke sped down the stairs as he held onto Johnny, who seemed to be catatonic now. She couldn't blame him."Just how did he move?" Johnny seemed as shocked as she was, showing that he wasn't just faking it and he didn't expect it either. But that was not important. They had to get out of this place! She spotted a door at the bottom floor to the right that had an exit sign on it. "Let's go here!" Chie shouted, and Yosuke just followed her direction. He opened the door, and Chie rushed past. Yosuke then brought him and Johnny through and slammed the door shut, and only hearing a few thuds from the monsters as they hit the door.

"Man, I think some of my years were shaved off…" Yosuke sighed out before looking to Johnny. "What's wrong with you?"

"They moved…" Johnny repeated as he looked down at his legs. He then gave the mental desire for the right foot to move, and it did. It moved a bit, and Johnny could feel it! He then wanted the left leg to movie, and it went a bit to the side. "Oh Jesus… they're moving! I-I can feel them…!" Johnny felt tears come out of his eyes and roll down his cheeks. He could move his legs after two years of them not moving an inch. He could not believe this. Was he dreaming? Was he already dead? "Oh God…" Johnny sobbed out the last part, and that was enough to make the two teenagers momentarily forget their situation.

"Johnny…" Despite the situation, Chie could not help but feel overjoyed for Johnny. He was actually moving! But… "How could that be? Just what is up with this place?"

Yosuke then began looking around and said, "W-where are we now?"

Johnny looked up to see what Yosuke was talking about. They weren't anywhere that looked even remotely like a city. Instead, they were now standing on a track. The apartment they had just exited was still behind them, but before them was a dirt track that apparently went around in a circle, with a wooden fence creating a large circle which separated the track from the grass within the closed-off circle. In the distance was a large mansion that had several windows and a nice marbel porch. To the side was what looked like a small barn building.

"Woah…" Chie said out loud as she looked around. "Look at this place! How did we end up here?""

Johnny's eyes widened. He remembered this place! "What? T-this is…"

It was his home back in the States. His parents' place. How was it here?

"Ah, brings back memories doesn't it?"

A distorted voice and a horse's whine caused all three of them to look to their left and notice a figure approaching them, riding on a horse.

"Course, those are memories you would like to keep down. Aren't they…"

All three of the teenagers' eyes widened as the figure actually came into view.

It was another Johnny.

However, this Johnny had a disturbing smirk on his face, and his eyes were a sickly yellow. The 'horse' the copy was riding on was pitch-black, and had the same yellow eyes as the copy.

"…Me?"

[To Be Continued |\|]

Note: Hey everyone, TIM here with another exciting chap, betaed by both Kiiam and Sir Godot! Special thanks especially to Kiiam for helping me out with dialogue and making sure this ride is as enjoyable as possible!

Things are starting to get interesting and diverging from canon! Johnny's about to face his own Shadow, because unlike Yu he's got a shit-ton of problems bottled up inside of him. It's so bad that he needs to face his Shadow before he can even hope to have a Persona!

Also, Johnny's legs are suddenly working. This does not mean he's going to be walking automatically from now on. That's just bad storytelling. There's a reason why his legs are working in the TV World, but you'll just have to keep reading and see why...

And an even bigger plot twist will be coming up in the next chap!

Please leave reviews with constructive criticism on the story. That way I can improve and know what you guys think!