A/N: Hello again, my darlings! Welcome to another wonderous chapter of The Blue and the Red! I'm glad you all are here to join us! I've only got ONE midterm left! Woo!
Jasper: How's that something to cheer about?
Me: It's my Biology Midterm, so it's easy for me.
Jasper: *glares* I don't understand you.
Me: You're not supposed to. That's the point.
Jasper: Whatever.
Garry: *brings over tray of cookies* *sarcastically*Here you are, maladies.
Me: Good boy. Thank you for being so kind.
Garry: *glares* Like I had a choice…
Jasper: *glares back* Don't get snippy with us, or else.
Garry: Yes, I know. * to me* So, who's the victim to your torture today?
Me: Actually, this chapter is a Jasper & Carly section.
Jasper: *looks puzzled (get it? :3 Bad pun, I know.)* What does that mean exactly?
Me: It means that this chapter switches point of view half way through. It starts with you, then goes to carly.
Garry: *says sarcastically* Of course I'm not in it. When am I in a chapter?
Me: Oh, relax, pretty boy. You'll get next chapter with your little girlfriend, don't you worry.
Garry: Ugh, fine…wait! Isa's NOT my girlfriend!
Jasper: *scoffs* Yeah, see how long that lasts…
Carly: Come on, Jasper! Let's get going!
Jasper: Fine. *puts down book*
Garry: *picks up book* …Shoujo Manga? Really?
Jasper: Hey! *rips book out of hand* So what? I have a heart. Big whoop!
Me: *to self* Definitely like me… *to everyone* On with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ib….That's it. What? Expecting more? Well, you're not getting any.
Carly: On with the chapter!
Jasper's POV:
Carly and I are going through the halls, searching for Isa. I don't know how long we've been here, but it's starting to take it's toll. It feels like its been hours, days, even weeks since we've seen our friend. I feel like if we don't find her soon, we might go mad in this place without her…
After avoiding another raid of monsters and solving many puzzles, we finally got into a quiet room. Thank god. I don't know if I can take another raid like that. We've been going nonstop and I don't know how long carly and I can last without rest. I look down at my rose. 6 petals. I think carly has 3 though. If there's a vase, I should give her water first. I look around the room and find no vase in sight. Of course.
" Jasper," I hear carly call softly. " I'm hungry. Do you still have our bags?"
"Yeah, I do." I handed carly her bag as we decide to search through them. As I look through my bag, I find some regular things, my cell, keys, wallet, some gum, a keychain, lipgloss, a notepad, flashlight, my lighter, and a stash of chocolate caramels.
"Hey," Carly states. " Do you still have your macaroons?"
I look into my bag pockets and find my orange macaroons and a full water bottle. "Yeah," I respond. "And a water bottle."
"Me too!" Carly gets excited. " Do you think we can use them to heal our roses?"
"Well…maybe. We can try." I placed my rose into the bottle. It instantly healed up.
"Hey!" Carly shouted." It worked! And there's still some left!"
"Yeah…maybe one or two more…"
"Well," Carly walked over to me. " We have plenty with both of ours together."
I smiled. Always so optimistic… "Well, carly, let's go then."
I opened the door as we went to move on.
Carly's POV:
As Jasper and I walked on, I feel a sort of weight lifted. This water sure will be helpful. We don't need to worry about vases if we're desperate. And when we find isa, we'll have even more! I look at jasper as I walk on. When we find isa, I just know we'll get out of here!
"Maybe, Maybe not…"
I gasp as I look around. What was that voice?!
" Carly?" Jasper asks as she turns to me. "What's wrong? Did you see something?"
"Uh…" What do I tell her? "No…Nothing, Jasper. It's fine." It was probably nothing. I won't bug her over it.
"Alright…" We stop as we see two doors. "Looks like a puzzle…maybe we should go to the left door first." As Jasper goes to the left door, I go to follow her, until…
"Carly, look out!"
I scream as I jump back out of the way of the upcoming vines. "Jasper!" I grab at the vines. They're hard as stone.
"Carly!" She comes to greet me at the vines. " Looks like you will have to go through alone. I'll meet you on the other side, okay?"
"No!" I shout. "I don't want to go alone!"
Jasper sighs. "Carly…We don't have a choice. I'll see you soon, though. I promise."
I sniffle as I hold back my tears. I still don't want to be alone again…"Fine."
"Good." She walks towards the door. "I'll see you soon, okay?"
I nod as she goes. No choice now… I slowly walk to the door. It's a room filled with dolls. They are all little porcelain china dolls, each with their own designs and faces. Pretty… I reach out to touch one when I hear a voice.
"They are, aren't they?"
I gasp and pull away. It's that voice again!
"Do you like them? I made them myself."
I turn to see a girl come out of the shadows. She looks to be about 15. I notice her shoet, shoulder sleeve green dress with white trim. She was also wearing a blue necklace. She wore black shoes and white knee high socks.
"Who are you?" I ask. "Are you from the gallery too?"
The blonde girl chuckled. "Well, yes. I am from the gallery."
I smiled. "Great! We're looking for our friend, but after that, why don't we get out together?"
She smiles evilly at me. "Who says you'll find her?"
"Well… I replied. "I just do. I know we'll find her because we are friends. We'll always find each other!"
"Really?"
"Huh?"
"Are they really you're friends?"
I stutter. "Well…Of course we are…"
"Maybe not. Maybe they're just with you for the fun of it. You are like a little weak child, after all…"
"No…"
"Maybe they're only keeping you because they feel like they have to…"
"Stop…"
"Maybe they don't really care about you…"
"Please…"
"Maybe if they had a choice, they would leave you behind in a second…"
"Stop!" I shout as I cover my ears in protest. "Just stop it!"
She stared down at me. "Maybe you're better off for them dead."
I stop cold. Dead? I fall on my knees. Am I really just a nuisance? I do cause a lot of trouble for Jasper…but could her and Isa really hate me?...
"No."
"Huh?" The girl replied, slightly surprised.
"No." I got back up. "My friends wouldn't want that. Jasper and Isa wouldn't want that! We're friends and we always will be! We made a promise, and that won't change! Got that?!"
The girl laughed. "Wow. You're stronger than you look. It may take a lot more to break you, but let me promise you, my dear, you will understand that soon enough…"
"What truth?" I replied.
She laughed as she disappeared. "Wait!" I called. "What do you mean?!"
"Carly!" Jasper shoved open the door. " Carly! Oh my god! What happened?!"
I turned to her. "What do you mean?"
"I got out and came looking for you. I tried to open the door, but it was locked. I had to look everywhere for a key!" She came over to me. "Is everything okay? I heard voices."
"Uh…everything's fine. Nothing happened." I can't…I can't tell her…
"Alright." She replied. "Let's go then."
"Okay."
I don't know who she was, but I know one thing. My friends will always stay with me.
As we leave the room, I look behind me as I hear a chuckle as we leave.
They would never leave me, right?
A/N: Oooo… We got some development coming… And we can't forget, everyone's favorite blonde is back! But why is she after Carly, you ask? Well, stay tuned to find out!
Jasper: *stares* What's this now? A reality show?
Me: *glares* No.
Jasper: *rolls eyes* Whatever you say…
Me: By the way, we've got some questions.
Garry: Already?
Me: Well… Some I already answered for the reviewers, but I thought some of the readers might want your input, and some I haven't answered yet. Is everyone ready?
Carly, Jasper and Garry: Yup!
Me: Okay first question: Why are we so mean to Garry?
Garry: Yeah! Finally, someone on my side!
Jasper: *ignoring him* Because we can.
Me: Well, in all honesty, I don't mean to be mean to him, it just turns out that way. I really like his character, he's just a lot of fun to poke fun at.
Garry: SO ZAPPING ME IS POKING FUN?!
Me:*glares* That's because you tried to run. And that was jasper, not me.
Jasper: Yup. *zaps him again* And, yes. I find this very fun.
Garry: *glares angrly* *sighs* Someone help me…
Me: Anyway… Next question…I won't say it out loud since Garry's here, but it's Zora's Question. I can't say right now because of plot spoilers, but it will be explained in the story, I promise.
Garry: Not cool…
Me: Last one is actually some facts from the Ib wiki Sonicman64 looked up, which is amazing, by the way! They found out what each rose means by color.
Jasper: *impressed* That's cool.
Carly: Yeah! What's mine?
Me: Your rose is Pink, so…It stands for Grace.
Jasper: *confused* That's weird…What's mine?
Me: Fascination. Based on my personality, we would be the same color.
Jasper: *pondering thought* I guess that's right…we are a lot alike…
Garry: What's mine?
Me: "Impossible Miracle".
Garry: Wow! That sounds cool!
Jasper: Sounds right. You're impossible, and it's a miracle one of us hasn't killed you yet…
Garry: *pouts* You didn't have to put it like that…
Well, that's all for now! Leave your questions in a review or PM me and I will answer them! As always, favorite, follow and review. If you already have, thank you for being awesome! See you next chapter!