Sorry for the day-late chapter. Super sorry. Having trouble writing. BUT, I got this brilliant idea, so, no more trouble. :D YAY! En-juh-hoy, my be-ay-u-tiful Rulers! (why do I enjoy separating my words so much?)

Chapter Nine: What Is My Life!?

Place: Seto's House

Time: Approximately one hour later

Sky's POV

"C'mon, Sky, this will help us fight the Evils," Ty argues.

I groan. "Will it? Will it really?"

"Yes. Bashur, Bodil, and I have a bunch of mods for you to try out that should increase your jumping, running, and endurance as well as give you extra little powers."

"Stop sounding so smart, you're making me feel stupid."

"'Cause you are stupid." He sighs. "Just come, OK? You're gonna die, you might as well make the most of the time you have left, right? Try to put up as much of a fight as you can?"

"No! You just brought back the horror!" I wail. "I'm gonna die!"

Ty shakes his head disapprovingly. "Whatever. You're going, whether you like it or not."

*five minutes later*

I jump with all my might-

And then I miss the platform and fall flat on my face.

"TY! THE JUMP MOD ISN'T WORKING, AT ALL, WHATSOEVER!" I shout as I pull myself off the ground.

"I can see that, Captain Obvious!" he replies.

"Well, sor-ry, Sergeant Sarcasm!"

"Shut up, OK? Can we just try out the other mods?"

"Fine."

*five min later*

"THE SPRINT MOD DOESN'T WORK EITHER, AND NOW I'M DYING OF STARVATION!"

*five min later*

"THE INVINCIBILITY MOD IS A FAIL, AND I CURRENTLY HAVE HALF A HEART!"

*five min later*

"HELP! SKELETONS!" I yelp. "ACK! SQUIDS!"

*five min later*

Ty sighs tiredly. "OK. We have one more mod to try out – the Morph Mod. Try killing Bash."

I nod and shove my sword through Bashur's torso. HE complains loudly after respawn, but then he sees me. "You're me, Sky!" he shrieks.

"Finally," I breathe. "At least one of the mods works." I morph back into myself. "But how will that help in a battle against Evil-Sky?"

Ty shrugs. "But at least it's something."

xXx

"CALM DOWN, SKY!" Jason yells.

"I can't, I'm having a major panic attack!" I reply, pulling on my curly brown hair.

"C'mon, Sky, it'll be okay. Just calm down."

"BUT I'M GOING TO DIE! AND TY MIGHT DIE, TOO! WHAT IF EVIL-TY TRIES TO... AND THEN- AND I- AND-"

"Sky. Calm. Down."

"I'M TRYING!"

*time skip filled with panic attacks and arguments*

I'm going to die," I mumble to myself. "I'm going to die, I'm going to die..." I continue to mutter depressing things to myself as I walk slowly through the birch wood forest.

Ty and Jason wanted to accompany me, but I pulled the old 'What's that behind you?' trick and then ran way. They're probably really mad and more than worried, but I just needed some time alone. I'm so nervous. Like, what's going to happen next? When and how will I die? Will I at least be able to stop the Evils before I go? If not, will the Evils go after my friends when I'm gone?

"NO, YOU IDIOT!" someone yells. "I WANTED THE SOFTER LANDING!" There's a whoosh sound as the person falls out of the sky and onto the leaves of a tree. Then I freeze as I realize the person landed on the tree I'm currently standing under.

And leaves are not stable, solid things.

The person falls through the leaves and crashes down on me. We both screech in surprise. While he slowly stands up, I examine his hair, which is identical to mine, and his suit, which, strangely, is also identical to mine.

Oh.

Wait a minute.

He brushes his hair out of his eyes and looks up at me with an angry expression that quickly dissolves into shock. "H-Hi," I say nervously.

"What the Nether?" Evil-Sky exclaims. "Are you a talking melon!?"

Thank Notch for the Morph Mod.

"Uh, y-yes. My name is Bashur-" I pause. Hold on. If I'm pretending to be Bash, and I'm talking to Evil-Sky, who looks exactly like me when I'm in my normal form... "I mean, you already know that, Sky, but since you seem to have forgotten that I'm a melon, I thought I'd remind you," I spit out unconvincingly.

I guess he's too caught up in pretending to be me to notice me failing at pretending to be Bashur. "Erm, no, I remember you, I just- I, uh, fell out of the sky, and I was a little dis-oriented. Sorry," he stammers.

"Why were you falling out of the sky, Sky?" I ask.

"Um... Well. I was... There was... Why are you walking in a forest so far away from the city?"

Snap. "I was looking for my baby melons." Nice, Sky.

"In a forest?"

"Yes."

"..."

"Don't question it, Buddy."

"I won't."

IDEA! "You aren't Sky!" I cry out, trying to act convincing while also struggling to hold back laughter.

"W-What? 'Course I am!"

"No, you aren't! Sky would question me if I did something suspiciously stupid!"

"But you said not to question it!"

"YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO ME!"

"Uhm... Fine. You got me, Melon-Man, I'm not Sky."

I gasp, probably having way too much fun with this. "What!?"

He grabs my/Bashur's blue T-shirt and pulls me closer to him. "And, now I have to kill you."

"What!?" I squeak again.

"Chill out, Melon, you'll respawn in five seconds. I just can't have you anywhere near Sky when I try to kill him. He doesn't need anymore friends protecting him."

Heh. But if he kills me, thinking I'm Bash, I won't respawn. Because even though I'm using the Morph Mod to disguise myself as Bashur, I'm still Sky. And if Evil-Sky hurts Sky (me), Sky is gonna feel the pain.

I'm naming the whole 'I-can-hurt-you-if-I'm-you' thing "Sky's First Law of AU's." Yup.

Back to business.

"What if I tell the people in town when I respawn, and we all come help Sky?" I ask, desperately trying to convince him not to kill me.

"It'll be too late by the time you guys find them," he replies.

"How did you find them?"

"As if I would tell you." He pulls out a sword and lunges toward me.

"WAIT!" I scream. He pauses. "I have a confession to make! I actually hate Sky with a deep, burning passion and I want to help you kill him," I lie.

Evil-Me considers this. "Hmm... Okay. Why not?" He looks me up and down. "You'll be the bait."

Great. I'm helping my evil alternate-dimension self hunt me down and kill me by baiting myself with myself, all whilst disguised as a talking melon.

WHAT IS MY LIFE!?

Okay. Comment with #KnewIt if you knew it was Evil-Sky long before Sky did.