Hey guys :) I made this story like 4 days before school started again ._. But nothing is happening so it is easy to update :D Please enjoy ^_^

Garry sat with his back against the door panting. He had hopped in only just minutes ago and just encountered his 13th Lady chasing him for his rose, wanting to play 'Loves me, Loves me Not'. Yes, he could've thrown a fake rose but he was running low on roses, since he didn't make much. Garry was sure that there were more Lady's than he remembered.

He stood up and checked his rose. There were 8 petals on the stalk. 2 had fallen off when he was running from the Lady in Blue and the Lady in Red. Garry sighed and checked his wrist watch for the time. It wasn't moving, just as he expected.

He looked up and scanned his surroundings. He was in a bright yellow room that looked like it belonged to a little girl. There was a small bed with white bedsheets, a small desk with a bookshelf next to it, and there was a window on the left wall. Garry walked over to the window and could only see his reflection. He frowned in confusion, he couldn't recall being in a yellow room like this before. He turned around to see if there was another door leading somewhere but found a small blonde girl him front of him. His eyes widened and he jumped back, throwing himself against the wall with the window.

'Is that...Mary?' Garry was breathing heavily and still against the window.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, they might get you." The blonde girl pointed to the window.

Before he realized what she meant, he felt banging on the window behind him. He turned around and saw a Lady in Blue banging on the window. The window cracked with each hit. Garry panicked and ran over the bookshelf, pushing it in front of the window to keep the Lady from coming in. It had worked, but the Lady was still banging on the window, making a lot of noise.

Garry let out a breath of relief,knowing the Lady couldn't get in. But he froze upon remembering someone else was in the room with him. He turned around to face the girl who looked like she was 9 years old. She had blonde hair that was tied up and had loose strands of hair falling to both sides of her head. Her eyes were azure blue and she wore a white, short sleeved button up shirt with a green plaid skirt that reached her knees. She had green sneakers.

She certainly looked different than the Mary in his memory.

"May I ask for your name miss?" Garry smiled hesitantly at the blonde. Ever since he got his memory, he was terrified of blondes in art museums. Especially ones you find in a bizarre world that is out to get you. But he was sure this wasn't Mary.

"Marline." The girl looked at Garry straight in the eye.

Garry scratched the back of his head. " Oh um, so Marline, did you come from the art gallery too?" Garry mentally kicked himself. 'Yeah, a small girl like her coming to the art gallery at like 3 in the morning. She's probably like Mary.'

Marline kept silent and continued to stare at Garry.

Garry was feeling rather uncomfortable under her stare."You don't have to answer if you don't wa-" "You know don't you?" Marline cut him off.

Garry blinked, dumbfounded. "Know what?" He wasn't sure what she was talking about.

"About Mary." The girl walked over to the bed and sat down. However for Garry, he froze when he heard her name.

"Mary...?" He whispered.

Marline nodded. " Yeah, Mary. I know you've been here before and you burned her picture frame, making her burn with it. I know you were with a girl, Ib. I know you were sent to the human world without the girl. And I know you're here to get her back." She swung her feet back and forth. "Mary is also up and alive."

Garry was shocked. How did she know all of this? And Mary is back? He stared at her with wide eyes.

"I forgot to mention, you have a blue rose don't you? I have a green rose." It was now that Garry had noticed she had her hands behind her back. She then pulled them out and held out a lime colored rose. It was absolutely a beautiful treasure.

Garry had noticed some empty gaps between some petals.

"How many petals did it have?" Garry pointed to those small gaps.

"Fifteen. It's down to 9." Marline stared at those gaps. Garry's mouth was slightly open.

'Fifteen? You have got to be kidding me! And she's only lost 6 petals. I'd be nearly dying if it was me and if it was Ib, she'd be already dead.' Garry was still taking previous news in and this just gave him a confusing loop.

"Well, we better find a vase with water before it gets any worse huh?" Garry started walking towards the door but Marline said something that made him stop in his tracks.

"Vases don't appear until you're down to five petals." Marline bounced on the bed.

"What? That's..." Garry couldn't find the word for it. It felt terrifying to him for some reason, knowing he couldn't refresh his life until it was half gone.

"It's not that big of a deal for you. You have a water bottle in case of emergencies don't you? And that bottle of yours could hold out for 3 restorements." Marline cocked her head sideways.

Garry turned away from Marline. " Is that so? Well then... I should get a move on. Do you...err... want to come along?" He looked over his shoulder and smiled at Marline.

Marline stopped bouncing and jumped onto the floor." I should be asking you that."

This caught Garry's attention and he turned around to face her. "What do you mean?"

Marline looked up at Garry and smiled for the first time. "I know where Ib is."

Garry gasped and immediately asked. "Where is she?"

Marline shook her head. "You wouldn't know if I told you, and if you did leave off on your own to that place, you'll be dead for sure. I can help you, just follow me." Marline walked past Garry and opened the door he ran through earlier to escape Lady's after his rose. Garry hesitantly followed behind her.

"Be careful of the Lady's." Garry warned.

"Don't worry it's fine. I don't think I ever told you this but, I can control the Lady's. You already should know I'm not a human from the human world. I'm a painting like Mary, but I'm not like her. She and I created the rest of this world together but we ended up becoming enemies. She controls mannequins, I control Lady's. The lady earlier was to keep you alarmed." Marline turned the corner and was greeted by a Lady in Blue, who actually didn't chase them, but smiled and clapped. Marline nodded in return and continued walking. Garry was absolutely stunned by this. "If you're wondering why lady's attack you even though I control them and I hate hurting people, it's because they react on their own. I can tell them what to do, but they have their own minds too. It's mutual respect for them when I'm not telling them anything."

" Oh and I am Mary's sister." Marline stated casually. But this made Garry stop walking.

"Sisters? Then why are you guys enemies?" Garry had to admit that this had picked at his interest just a little and he wanted to know if he could trust Marline to take him to Ib safely.

Marline stopped walking and turned to Garry. She stared at him for a while and sighed.

"Let's sit down, the story takes a while." Marline walked over to the wall with a Lady in Green painting on it and sat under it. Garry followed her actions, just not under the painting.

Marline began telling her story. "So you know that Mary took you guys into this bizarre world the first time right? Well there has been many many people she pulled in before you guys. She said she was lonely, even though I was with her all the time and I got tired of her sick ways.

Before she pulled Ib in and you by accident, I got mad and we had an argument. That argument lead to us separating and becoming enemies in this world. I am fully aware that she has gone insane without me to reason with her actions. I do not enjoy making other living beings feel scared or uncomfortable and I am sorry for what has happened to you and your friend. How Mary came back? I do not know myself but if you stick with me you should be safe and your friend will be too. You will be with her in no time, I promise." Marline's voice was firm and you could FEEL that she wasn't lying.

Garry looked down at Marline and saw that she had a tear that had not fallen and his eyes widened but softened. Even though she wasn't human, she could definitely feel like one and Garry respected that. He also pitied the little thing for a harsh life. He reached over and wiped her tear away with his thumb.

She looked up at him, surprised he did such a thing. She thought he wouldn't trust her because she was like Mary. A painting that wasn't a real human. But what she saw when she looked into his eyes, was genuine trust and care. She knew she was going to help these people even if it costs her all of her petals and take down Mary once in for all.

I hope you guys like this, I spent some time on this before, but I didn't like it and so I changed it! But I didn't like it again... And you know how it goes on _ but I got something to satisfy my taste, hope it satisfies yours. :] Anyways, I'll try my best to update soon! Reviews would be nice :) And well, I guess I'm doing a little thing that involves people who WANT to do this, can. If you guys want to, some people could PM me suggestions for upcoming chapters and I will pick randomly one of those Ideas. I will put up the person's name because the idea is rightfully theirs :) this is NOT a poll. You don't have to do this though.