A/N: hijska It's been a long while. I haven'y been able to write like normal in a long time, either.

I'm really sorry about not uploading ANYTHING in like a month. I don't even really have a legitimate excuse for it, either. I'm sorry! Q-Q But here, have a chapter?
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Chapter 7

'Ugh, where am I?' Ib thought as she slowly opened her eyes. 'Aren't I supposed to be dead? I thought we were burned.' She looked around and saw her two friends laying on the ground next to her. All three of them appeared to be completely unharmed. 'Guess not. An illusion, maybe?' She looked at the room they were in. Whatever had happened, it took them to a completely new place.

Now, they were in a white room. The walls, floor, and ceiling were almost completely white, except for the connecting lines of black that made the whole place look like it was made out of puzzle pieces. No furniture. Completely bare of any sort of decorations. The three of them were the only sources of actual color.

Worriedly, she checked her friends' heartbeats. Then sighed of relief, knowing that they were both there and completely normal. She silently soot up and turned around. Behind her on the far wall was a door, which looked different than all the other doors she had seen here.

Instead of being long and tall and matching the color of the rest of the room, this door was shorter, more square shaped and looked like wood. She tested the handle to see if it was blocked or not. Surprisingly, it wasn't.

She carefully went back to her spot and began to shake the other two until they finally woke.

"W-what happened? Were are we?" Layla asked. "How are we not dead?" Ib just shrugged her shoulders in response. "I'd ask if there was anything useful in here, but all I see is a door." She said, looking around the room, "Is it unlocked?" Ib nodded.

"Then let's go!" Cecil said, sounding a little too cheerful as he practically skipped to the door. Maybe he was just happy to be alive.

Upon exiting the room, Ib noticed the slight distance between where the door ended and where the floor actually was on the outside. Looking back, she realized that they had actually come out of a painting! It was the one that Garry had explained what it was to her last time she was here. The 'milk puzzle' painting. Though, they weren't in a familiar area.

Now they were in an all white room. Here also seemed pretty empty, aside from the puzzle painting and a door on the wall furthest from them and one to the right of them. They decided that they should try the farther one first. Ib tested the handle. Of course it was locked. They'd probably have to solve another puzzle to get the key, too.

Going to the next door, which was unlocked. On the other side, more white. How odd. They searched around, finding nothing close to a key or a puzzle. Actually, this whole area was so different than the rest. Every room they went into was white and almost completely empty. None of them had anything that could harm them, either.

Finally, they entered a room that had a table with a white key sitting on it. Below, there was a sigh that read 'key to happiness'. Assuming it went to the door they found earlier, being that it was the only locked one they found so far, Ib put it in her pocket and they started heading back in the direction they came. When suddenly, they heard a noise coming from the left. they turned their heads to see a door that wasn't there before being opened and a boy walking through.

He had shoulder length black hair that covered his right eye and green eye. His black shirt showed off a bit of his chest and jeans were looked a bit too tight. His eyes lit up at the sight of them. "Hey, Ella. It seems we're not the only ones here." He exclaimed, pointing at them. He stepped forward, letting in a girl who looked a bit younger than he in.

She had blonde, almost white, hair that came past her butt and flipped up a bit on the end. Her eyes were a weird pink color. Her pink skirt was about knee length and poofed out a bit away from her. She had a white t-shirt with some weird looking cat on it. Coming out of the light pink belt in her skirt was a white rose.

She smiled at the three and waved happily. "Yay! Now there are MORE people here!" The boy laughed and folded his arms. She looked at him sadly. "What's wrong, Roy? Don't you want more people to be with?"

He looked at the three, almost glaring, "Yes, but not some children." She stuck out her bottom lip in a pout. This made Ib wonder how old she actually was. Because even though she looked a few years older than herself, she didn't seem to act like it.

The girl hoped over to the three and stuck out her hand happily. "Hi, my name is Ella!" She smiled, "I'm 13 years old! And this is my older brother, Roy. He's 15. Who are you?"

"Cecil." Ib's friend introduced himself. "And this is Ib and Layla. We're all classmates." He smiled.

"Yay! Do you know how to get out of here?" They shook their heads no. Ella looked sad, again. "Oh..."

"Ella." Roy started in an annoyed voice, "Trust me, we'd be much better on our own. I'm sure these kids will just get in our way." He wouldn't even look at them.

"Hey! You're just kids, too!" Layla shouted, starting to get a little irritated with him already.

"Which is exactly why we don't need more. I don't need any more uneducated idiots with me than I already have. Now why don't you run along and get yourselves burned or something." With every word he said, Layla got more annoyed. "Oh, by the way, nice voice, squeaky." When he said that, her mood went from angry to depressed. She turned around, facing away from everyone and placed her hand below her neck.

Normally, Cecil would have stood up for his friend, but he wasn't sure what this boy could and/or would do to him if he did.

"Roy, quit being such a jerk!" Ella exclaimed, "Besides, don't you know there's strength in numbers?" He sighed. She took that as a 'whatever'.

After a bit more persuading from younger sister, the party went from three to five and Ella and Roy were tagging along.

A/N: Yep... Those are the other OCs... But that's all there'll be... And if you wonder why Roy made that comment about Layla's voice and why she reacted that way, refer back to the first chapter.

I'm sorry, again for not updating in such a long time. (Though I know it's not the longest I've waited, but still.)

The next chapter is back to the other girl.

Reviews are so appreciated, I can't even express in words how happy they make me.

~MORE TO COME~ X'3