~Third Person POV~

Reala and Maleficus followed the light's direction until they came across a series of buildings. Reala snarled, looking around. There was nothing unusual in sight. What a waste of time.

"I knew it. There was nothing worth noting about that strange light."

"Wait, maybe it was farther back in this direction!" Maleficus replied, looking around as well.

"Or maybe it was something we shouldn't bother following!" Reala barked. "You idiot! I'm sick of following your orders. For now on, we're doing things my way or-"

"I knew I'd recognize that voice~!"

Reala and Maleficus turned to see an orange-haired man wearing a cape open the sliding glass door (almost breaking it in the process when he couldn't figure out how the lock worked).

"Jackle? Oh, for Wizeman's sake, it had to be you." Reala groaned.

Maleficus rushed in, nearly shoving Jackle aside as Reala followed.

Wick's eyes widened. "Reala? Maleficus?!"

"You two look horrible~." Jackle giggled as he shut the door.

"Shut it!" Reala barked. "How did you three get here?!"

Wick sighed. "We asked Jackle to get us some drinks. He brought back a bottle of wine, but it turned out to be filled with that potion you made, Maleficus."

"What? A wine bottle? But..." He frowned and shook his head. "My familiar did it again..."

"Anyway, we were going to look for you two! Well, that's what Inferus and I decided. We had to make a fake promise to the two visitors here to help us."

"Two visitors?" Maleficus asked. "Wait, does one of them have purple hair?"

"Err yeah! Why?"

Before Maleficus or Reala could answer, Jackle interuppted them.

"That visitor is NiGHTS~."

Everyone turned, seeing Jackle hold up his tarot cards, one of which revealed NiGHTS in a cage. His grin stretched wider.

~First Person POV~

I slowly tip-toed to my mom's room with NiGHTS following. I quietly shut the door and rushed over to the window. I went to open it, but it was locked. As I fumbled with the locks, I could hear someone open the bathroom door.

"They were right here a few seconds ago~!"

"Shit!" I hissed. After getting the window unlocked, I opened it. The screen wouldn't budge as I tried to slide it out. "NiGHTS, help me get this!"

"Are they in that room?"

"Hmmmmmmmm~. There's two dogs~! But no visitors~! Alright, alright, I'm leaving! Sheesh, they're as grumpy as Cerberus!"

"Fuck this!" I kicked the screen out.

"What was that?!"

"In there!"

NiGHTS climbed through. "Come on, Emily! Hurry!"

"I'm coming, Ni-" I screamed when someone suddenly grabbed my arm and yanked me back.

"Emily!"

I struggled as my arm was twisted behind my back, a clawed hand gripping my other wrist. "Grab him!"

I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to block out the noises and struggle. This was all just a bad dream. This wasn't real. My breath hitched in my throat when I heard a familiar voice whisper in my ear, "There's no escape this time, little visitor~."