I have too much time on my hands.
Chapter 4: A Day at Work
NiGHTS snuck up on the Visitor, gulped, and tapped on his shoulder.
The Visitor jumped and turned around. When he saw NiGHTS, he screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" NiGHTS screamed as well.
The Visitor turned around and ran off.
NiGHTS quickly went after him. "Uh, I mean wait!" She grabbed his arm. "I just want to talk to you!"
"Leave me alone!" the boy cried.
"Now, now, the only reason you're scared is because there's too much stuff in your heart." NiGHTS said gently.
The Visitor looked up at her. "Really?"
NiGHTS smiled sweetly, but it came out freaky-looking. "Of course!" she lied. "That's why I'm here to, uh, take out all the unnecessary stuff from your heart." She held onto the boy's shoulder with one hand and prepared to take the Ideya with the other hand. "Ready? This won't hurt a bit." She and the Visitor both gulped, and then NiGHTS plunged her hand into the boy's heart and grabbed the Ideya. As the Visitor screamed, NiGHTS kept thinking, Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew! Finally, the process was over and NiGHTS flew away, taking the Ideya with her. "Sorry, kid!"
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"Ok, so do you know what to do?"
"Not really."
"Weren't you listening to anything I was saying?"
"Not really."
Owl groaned. "If only somebody just wanted to listen." he mumbled to himself.
Reala yawned. "I'll just wing it. Can I go now?"
"Not yet, you have to wait for--"
"Hey, look, a Visitor!" Reala had spotted one in the distance and he flew towards it.
"Hoo, wait!" Owl followed him.
Once Reala caught up to the Visitor, he greeted excitedly with, "HI THERE!"
And the Visitor started to whimper and cry.
"YOU SEEM TROUBLED! WHAT'S THE MATTER?" Reala asked with way too much enthusiasm.
"Y-you're not one of those things that take the stuff from kids' hearts, are you?"
"YUP! THAT'S ME ALRIGHT!" Reala grinned even more widely.
"Oh, no!" The Visitor started bawling.
Owl then smacked Reala.
"Ow! Hey, what was that for? I'm trying to be nice here! For once!" Reala growled.
"You're not supposed to tell Visitors that you're a Nightmaren!"
"You mean NiGHTS keeps that a secret?" Reala asked, puzzeled. "Why?"
"She's a tad sensitive about that." Owl explained. "Now forget about that. You must help this Visitor get his Ideya back."
"Aw, do I have to?" Reala sighed and relunctantly agreed, "Ok." He turned to the Visitor and held out his hand. "Dualize with me." he ordered.
"What?" the boy asked, not sure what Reala was talking about.
Frustrated already, Reala emphasized, "DU! A! LIZE!" There was a pause, in which it looked like Reala was waiting for something to happen. He then asked, "Hey, where's the Sparta Remix music?"
Owl just shook his head in embarrassment.
The boy took a step back. "Um, I don't think so."
Reala glared and yelled, "WELL YOU'RE GONNA DUALIZE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!" And with that, he grabbed the Visitor's hand and instantly Dualized with him. Once Reala realized that it actually worked, he laughed, "Haha! Now you're forced to come with me to find your Ideya!"
"No! Wait!" cried the Visitor as he tried to get away.
"Hey!" Reala felt himself being tugged in one direction. He immediately started flying off in the other. But the Visitor again pulled Reala's body in a different direction, so Reala had to pull in a direction opposite to that. Soon, both of them started fighting for control over Reala's body. Which would actually look pretty strange for a bystander, 'cause you could only see Reala.
"Both of you, stop fighting!" Owl commanded, ruffling his feathers. "You have to get the Ideya back before the timer runs out!"
"What timer?" Reala asked.
Owl pointed up.
Reala (and the Visitor) looked up and saw a timer high above them, showing how many seconds they had left. "What?! When'd that get there?"
"That's not important." Owl told them. "Just hurry!"
I'll spare you the details. Reala and the Visitor eventually beat the mission and prepared for a boss battle. That was about the time when they saw NiGHTS sitting in Reala's throne.
"Hey! That's my personal throne!" Reala shouted.
"It's mine now!" NiGHTS taunted. "Oh, and remember your best times on Diddy Kong Racing? Yeah, I deleted them all."
"WHAT?!?!" Reala shrieked in rage and horror.
"Uh, what's going on?" the Visitor asked unknowingly.
Reala cracked his knuckles and sneered darkly, "Now it's personal." He took full control over his body and charged at NiGHTS. "YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS, NIGHTS!"
That's when the battle began. It ended shortly after that.
Reala blinked slowly, finally seeing light. "Ugh...what happened?"
"You flew into a wall." Owl replied dryly.
"Thanks a lot." the Visitor complained to Reala before waking up.
Reala struggled to get up. "I don't get it...I thought I had NiGHTS that time."
"Which could be the reason you didn't see that wall coming."
Reala groaned and rubbed his forehead. "Now what?"
"I guess that will be all for today." Owl said. "Let's get back to Nightopia."
"Hang on, there's something I wanna check out." Reala got up and clumsily started flying towards Nightmare Castle.
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"I did it!" NiGHTS cheered happily. "I actually took an Ideya and defended it against the opposing forces! I feel like a Nightmaren again." She smiled.
Wizeman looked at NiGHTS with pride. "I'm so proud of you, son. I knew you could do it." He picked up NiGHTS in his hand and put her on his shoulder. "So, now that work time is over, what shall we do? Play football? Wrestle?"
"How 'bout we see if The Bachelor is on?" NiGHTS suggested excitedly.
Wizeman blinked in surprise and was quiet for a moment. "Uhh...Umm...Ok...."
"Yes!" NiGHTS hugged Wizeman's head. "You're the best Daddy ever!"
Wizeman felt happy again. "And you're the best son."
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Ouch. Maybe Reala shouldn't have been watching; that was tough for him to hear. "How can Wizeman say that? I thought I was his favourite!" His eyes stung with tears. "He never even once told me he was proud of me!" Finally, he let out the waterworks. "Why, Wizeman, WHY?!" he bawled. He continued to sob and cry, when he felt Owl put a wing on his shoulder.
"There, there, Reala. I'm sure Wizeman didn't mean it. He knows he can't really trust NiGHTS." Owl said softly.
Reala sniffed. "You really think that?"
Owl nodded. "I really do."
Reala sniffed again and wiped his eyes. "Ok." he said in an unusually small voice.
Owl took something out of his pocket. "Here, have a lollipop."
Reala took the lollipop from Owl and examined it. "Hmm." He stuck the round part in his mouth. "It takes weird."
"You have to take the wrapper off, first." Owl told him.
"Oh." Reala took the lollipop out of his mouth and removed the now-soggy wrapper. He put the candy back in his mouth and sucked slowly. "Hey, this tastes great!" He finished it quickly and asked, "Can I have another?"
"Uh, I should save the rest--"
But Reala shoved his hand in Owl's pocket and took out all the lollipops. "BLISS!" He devoured the lollipops quickly.
Owl sighed and mumbled, "NiGHTS won't be happy when she finds out I let Reala eat all her lollipops..."
This chapter was kinda long too. I hope you don't mind. I also hope you don't mind that we're nearing the end of this story.
PS: Don't mind the Sparta Remix reference. I was thinking of a Youtube video at the time.
