CHAP 10:
At the Milk household, Alemara came back home only to find Axel and Tamalex glaring at her.
"Ok, WHAT is wrong with you!?" Tamalex demanded.
"Me?! You're weird just like Pencil!" Alemara yelled.
"ME!? In case you haven't noticed, I have more common sense than you!" Tamalex shouted at her.
"Yeah, Allie!" Axel agreed with his older sister, "You really gotta stop all this nonsense!"
"Who asked you, know-it-all!?" Alemara demanded.
"Well, I…" Axel started.
"We need to talk!" Tamalex yelled at her younger sister.
Alemara glared at her.
"About what? If Pencil is involved, then forget it." Alemara growled.
"Allie, listen to yourself. You're hurting all your friends and family." Tamalex put her arm around her. Alemara jerked away.
Tamalex tried to get her attention, but Alemara curled up into a ball on the floor.
Tamalex sighed and tried again.
"Ok, listen, we need to go to the park. Maybe you'll calm down there."
"And have her lash out at people there?" Axel interrupted, "Besides, she was just there! Remember, she left to go there before?"
"I'm not going there cause Pencil is there." Alemara gave Tamalex and Axel a threatening stare.
Tamalex sighed again.
"Just try." Tamalex pulled her by the arm.
"Fine." Alemara said in a monotone voice, "But there's no guarantee that I'll forgive Pencil." Tamalex dragged Alemara out the door. Axel slowly followed, studying Alemara's eyes. They were an ice blue, and sparkling.
"That's funny..." Axel muttered to himself, "Alemara's eyes are green, aren't they?"
...
The element siblings were waiting for the Milk children's arrival. All of a sudden, they saw in the distance what looked like Tamalex dragging Alemara. Axel showed up behind them, looking distracted.
"Pencil, you've gotta go back!" Lolly dragged Pencil by the arm. Mac pushed Pencil towards the park.
"I-I can't go…" she sighed, "Alemara hates me, it's official."
"No she DOESN'T!" Lolly exclaimed, "It must be something taking over her or something!"
"Lolly, you're only 6 years old." Pencil said, "You don't understand how people my age work."
"Well I know one thing, it's that friends as close as you two wouldn't fight like this unless something was seriously wrong! Alemara loves your weirdness!" Lolly exclaimed, "Pencil, you've GOTTA go!"
"Alright." Pencil said, still slightly unsure, "But you two come with me."
"Of course," said Lolly.
…
"Hi, Wet…" Alemara trailed off upon seeing him. Tamalex let go of her arm and Headache and Puff stared, confused.
"Where's Pencil?" asked Fire. Right on cue, Pencil, Lolly and Mac showed up.
"Alright guys, before anything else happens, I'd just like to say something important. Alemara's eyes have changed colour." Axel announced.
"That's not important!" Puff shouted at him.
"And how would you know!?" Axel said sarcastically, "The point is, Alemara's eyes are glowing blue instead of green. From my calculations, Alemara appears to have been taken over by none other than…"
Suddenly, Alemara floated into the air and a spirit flew out. Alemara crashed back down onto the ground.
"DARK PEN!" all ten of them exclaimed at once, looking up at the spirit.
Dark Pen, a ghostly spirit raptor, was floating around them, causing a swirling mist. Voices began whispering loudly.
'I thought I could break up your friendship, Pencil and Alemara, but now I realise that you have other friends to help prevent that.'
Mac and Puff hugged each other in fright, Axel stood in front of Lolly, protecting her, Tamalex and Headache looked at each other in fright, and Fire took Pencil's hand.
Wet picked up Alemara and looked straight up at the face that appeared in the mist.
"You did something terrible to Allie and I'll never forgive you. Turn her back to normal, NOW!" Wet growled up at Dark Pen.
"Oh, but she is back to normal, for now…" an evil grin appeared in the mist, "You all have each other, but that will soon end."
Suddenly, a strong tornado broke the ten friends apart. They all rushed into the middle of the mist again, but strong forces were pushing them out. None of them could see each other due to the mist, but they were all still in earshot of each other
"Puff!" called Mac from a distance.
"Mac!" Puff called back.
"This is all your fault, Allie!" Tamalex called.
"Mine!?" Alemara shouted out. The waves pushed them back.
"Hey it's not her fault!" Wet exclaimed, running closer to the middle, "She didn't mean for this to happen."
"Yeah!" exclaimed Headache, fighting against the force that was pushing him back.
"I know, I'm sorry." Said Tamalex, running forwards again, "I just let my temper get the best of me sometimes, and I mainly take it out on Headache!"
"I try to reason with you, but there's no use!" Headache exclaimed, "I just want to go for 2 seconds without an argument starting between us!"
Tamalex and Headache ran faster.
"Hey!" Axel chimed in, "I think I know how we can defeat Dark Pen!"
"No you don't!" Dark Pen threatened, "You don't have what it takes."
"Lolly! You wanna study together this afternoon? You're my second best friend after Pencil!" Axel called out to Lolly.
"Yeah, sure!" called out Lolly, "I like to spend time with you, really!" she blushed upon saying that.
Everyone else seemed the pick up what Axel was trying to do.
"Mac, you're really nice!" Puff exclaimed, "Even more so than me! Pencil finds me annoying!" Puff flew closer and her wings started flapping vigorously.
"I don't care, Puff! I like you because you're a great friend to me!" Mac exclaimed, as he ran closer.
"Not so much to the rest of us," Pencil muttered loudly, getting pushed back.
"But Pencil, everyone has some good and some bad in them!" Mac exclaimed, "Like you're a bit weird, but in a fun way! You're the best cousin ever!"
"I'm your only cousin." Pencil objected.
"But Pencil, we love you!" exclaimed Lolly loudly.
"Yeah, and you're my best friend!" exclaimed Fire, "I felt kind of startled when you were in the library and just appeared on the couch but those kind of random things are what make you fun and awesome! And I'm sorry for avoiding you, Allie!"
"No, I'm sorry!" Alemara exclaimed, "I always have mood swings, but they've just gotten worse thanks to Dark Pen!"
"I want you back, Allie!" Wet shouted across to her, "You're nice and sweet and that's why I like you!"
Alemara blushed.
"AND I'M SORRY FOR TEASING YOU, ALLIE!" Pencil screamed. They all ran together, joined hands and spun in a circle into the air really quickly.
A bright white light appeared.
"NO, NOOOO! IT CAN'T BE!" Dark Pen's voice came before an explosion was heard.