Arthur blinked in confusion and sat back in his seat with worry etching his features.

"What do you mean? Are you hurt? Do have amnesia or something? Do I need to take you to a Doctor?!" He quickly demanded eyeing her up and down for any trauma.

Vivi giggled at his worrying.

"No, no, no!" She chuckled out while holding her hand up to quiet him.

"No, I just...Ok, how should I put this..." She trailed off trying to find a way to convey her message.

"Um...H-how did we get our van?" It seemed like an innocent question...But it seemed not as innocent as once thought.

Vivi raised an eyebrow as she saw Arthur stiffen and his face grow dark.

"My dad got it for me as a birthday present 4 years ago, remember?" He monotonely announced.

Vivi didn't like that answer. It seemed believable but her gut was telling her it was a lie. It sounded to... rehearsed.

"Ooooookkkkkkaayyyyyyy..." She drawled out at her friends uncharacteristic answer. Arthur usually stammers or stutters but that didn't even sound like her friend.

"Who's idea was it to solve mysteries?"

He smiled at her and tried coming off as warm but to Vivi, it seemed fake and off.

"Why, you did! Don't you remember? You came to me at school one day going on about how you saw some ghost hunters on tv and that you totally wanted to do that too!" He cheerfully answered.

Vivi didn't like this. He went from dead serious to chipper in a heart beat and both were SO not her friend! He got nervous over just ordering a sandwich in a drive thru! Why the heck was he acting so odd?!

"Um..." She was lost for words. Both of those answers sounded like he had rehearsed them in front of a mirror a million times before telling her. Why? She didn't understand!

"Arthur? Are you feeling ok?" She timidly asked giving him a puzzled expression.

He looked at her oddly but she swore she saw a twinge of fear grip him. For a second he looked startled before going back to his facade.

"Yeah...I'm just... Tired. Mystery is probably hungry and worried about mel. Is there, like, anything else you'd like to ask me?"

He looked at her hopefully.

For what reason, she didn't know... She hated to say it, but she just wanted to get him out of her house. He wasn't acting like himself and it was...disturbing.

"Oh yeah, you're right. Poor Buddy's probably lonely at home without anyone there. Nah, I don't think I have anything else to ask...I'm just...Such a ditz sometimes! I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck!" Vivi covered up her lie with forced laughter.

Arthur laughed as well but had disappointment written all over his face.

"Well, I guess I'll head home then...Talk to me later, ok?"

"Of course." She confirmed as they both got up and headed to the door. She watched as her friend said goodbye, got in his car, waved with a forced smile and drove off.

Vivi hurriedly shut the door behind her and locked it.

'What...The...Fudge." She said with dismay.

Something is SERIOUSLY wrong. She didn't know why... The answers he gave were completely believable; it was his mannerism that threw her off!

Her friend, Arthur, would have nervously wrung his hands or gave a goofy smile. He would have sat there confused by her question or trying to think to himself before answering her. She didn't know who that was but that wasn't the Arthur she knew and cared about!

Vivi waited till her mom got home to help with grocery's before going upstairs for the night.


Arthur drove home gripping and un gripping the steering wheel as anxiety raced through him.

"She knows...Shit, shit, shit..."

He hurriedly parked his car in his drive way before rushing into his house.

He was greeted by Mystery running towards him and pouncing him with excitement.

The dogs tail moved rapidly as he drowned his owner in licks.

"Ack! Mystery! Ok! OK! I missed you too!" He exclaimed with laughter as he petted the dogs oddly colored hair.

Soon his face got serious, however, as he got up and started to pace the room. Mystery looked at him oddly with his head tilted.

"Buddy, we got a problem. V... She knows! Or at least she's starting to know..."

Mystery's ears shot up before they went down towards his head with a whine.

"I know! W-What happens when she finds out?! She'll hate me! She'll be afraid of you! We don't want that!"

Mystery got up to nuzzle his owners leg in a show of affection and comfort. Arthur petted his head and collapsed on his couch with a heavy sigh.

"What the hell are we gonna do?" He hopelessly asked. Here he thought tonight would be a dream come true and it turned out to be a nightmare.


Vivi had went up to her room and tried to piece this jigsaw puzzle together. What was she missing?

She had looked up possessions on the internet thinking maybe that ghost had possessed her friend. But it claimed it would have been more obvious (Like Arthur's hair becoming pink or his voice changing) So then, she decided to investigate her suspicions by looking in one of her old diary's. Maybe that would hold a key to this mystery!

She had spent hours looking through her books but it seemed they even lied to her. Some pages had been torn out while others had some odd neon pink ink across the words.

'Great. Now she'd never know!' she thought with a loud yawn.

Maybe it was for the best...Maybe she was just looking for answers that weren't there and that's why she thought Arthur was acting strange.

She tiredly rubbed at her eyes and crawled into bed. She didn't even have time or energy to get into her pajamas or take her glasses off. The last thing she remembered was seeing an odd pink light through her blurry eyes before passing out.


He knew he shouldn't be doing this but he couldn't control himself! Seeing his Vivi trying so desperately to figure all this out was...Touching.

He didn't think he made that much of an impression on her to try and remember him. He had haunted her ever since he died but was like any other ghost; invisible. He had only that one night with his energy at full charge to show himself to her and he had failed. He would get his energy back in no time but did he even WANT to try again?

He shook his head and told himself to not think of that now.

Lewis calmly floated towards the blue haired girl and lightly removed her glasses; careful not to break them or disturb her. Next he removed her scarf, he couldn't help his finger's lingering on her neck as he did so.

Finally, he draped a blanket over her sleeping form and tucked her in. As a ghost he couldn't go everywhere he wanted, not without using a lot of energy. His energy and life force was spent after making that Mansion and exerting himself to be a full spectrum.

But looking down at her peaceful face; he knew it was worth the trouble.

He went to leave and venture off to the rest of the after life but...He stopped himself.

He was invisible and tangible. What would it hurt to stay here with her a while longer?

He cautiously sat at the edge of her bed before ever so slowly laying down beside her. He wanted to touch her, to hold her, to show his affections for Vivi.

But he didn't want to scare her. So, he just laid there examining her face.

She hadn't changed at all in the last year and he was grateful. She was still as beautiful as he remembered. It left a pain in his heart to see her but he could bear with it.

He lightly ran his thick gloved hand over her temple to get the blue hair out of her face. She sighed in her sleep and a light smile tugged at her lips. If he had a mouth he would have beamed at that pretty smirk.

It was so tempting to show her. So, so tempting. But he knew he'd only scare her or give her pain. No, she needed to figure out on her own or not at all.

He laid there thinking about all the times they'd spent together but of course HE always popped into Lewis's mind one way or another.

He felt his form grow warm and his hair slightly ignite at the thought of the yellow haired coward.

He quickly stood up and started floating towards the girls door.

Vivi...Would have to wait. Right now, he had a mission to accomplish. An eye for an eye and a LIFE FOR A LIFE.

Lewis turned and looked at Vivi one last time before flying off through the house and out the door with purpose. Hopefully, the asshole still lived in the same house...