Rainbow: And we're back! Whew! That intermission!

Star: I'm still mad at you.

Rainbow: Oh come on!

Star: Whatever, just roll the fic. What is it this time?

Rainbow: Well, since I just appeased you by semi-crossing over games with intermission, and I appeased Wings by balancing things out with part of Viola's perspective… I guess I should mention that part two is going to be written between Ellen's POV and Viola's.

Star: Why didn't you say that earlier!

Rainbow: Well, I didn't want to crowd the intermission with silly discussions like the one we're having right now!

Star: Whatever, just start the chapter.

"Hey~ Wakey-wakey~"

God damnit! The first thing I'm hearing in the morning is some condescending snot bag telling me to wake up. Who the hell does he think he is?! Ellen's eyes snapped open, and suddenly she wished she hadn't woken up.

"Oh! You're awake! Hi Ellen!" It's… It's… What the hell is it? "Oh? You don't remember me? C'mon, I was with you in that scary attic. Even when you got scared and dropped the light I stood by you." Its voice was kind of garbled and digitized, like some amateur editor decided to mess with audio programs. "Will it be better if I turn on the lights? Here let me do that for a second."

And just like it said, the lights flickered on and with them the form in front of Ellen stopped changing into static. It was… Viola? Only not her.

"St-stop staring…" It looked down at its hands in mock embarrassment. "You're making me blush!"

Ellen doubted it could blush. Its skin was a dark red already, and those black eyes weren't going to be reflecting any kind of light soon.

"Really, could you stop thinking of me as an 'it'." Its voice pulled Ellen out of her horrified fascination. "I have a name too!"

"W-what is it?" Ellen managed to stutter.

It cupped its chin with a red hand. "I guess you won't call me Viola even if it is true… How about Harmony? That's a cute name!"

Ellen looked at her, dazed by the comment. "What are you?" The question came out unbidden, Ellen almost wanted to clamp her hands over her mouth, but… Well, what's done is done.

"That's a little rude! And honestly, you've already met me multiple times! This incarnation and others! How about I spell it out in terms you've recently been exposed to… I guess I'm Viola's first splinter. The largest one after herself of course! Well, that's a little inaccurate. I've got some of the house's magic sustaining my independence, oh, and of course, your magic too." Harmony puffed out her chest and placed a hand over it. "Poor thing, don't even know how to use your witch's ability yet! How helpless you must have felt facing Viola and the other splinters! Though you've seen how dangerous the others are-" A black knife was suddenly at Ellen's throat. "I'm no different." Then the blade disappeared. "But… I'm here because I've been asked to! I have a job to do with you!"

"What?" Ellen was panicking, if it was Viola's splinter then did Viola send it? Or what? Ellen was also terrified because she can't find her knife. Where the hell did it go? Shoot! The snake.

"Oh! I'm supposed to be your guide! Melody was really specific about it." Harmony clapped her hands together and smiled. "Ah! That's right! I have a present for you!" She reached around in her dress for something. "Here you go! Don't lose it again!"

It was Ellen's knife.

"Guide to what? The House? It's mine after all. I don't need a guide."

"Nuh-uh!" She waved her finger at Ellen, playfully, like a child. "It's Melody's house! At least, it is now! And I'm a guide for something entirely different too!" Harmony's grin widened to slasher levels. "Viola's memories."

Why would I need that? They stayed in her body, I can access them all.

"Tut-tut. Still haven't learned the limits of that spell yet have you? What if Viola suppressed some thoughts before meeting you? They come as she thought of them, not the unabridged truth, Ellen! Of course, I'm not as much of wimp as to run away from what I've done…"

Ellen backed up a little. That was definitely a slasher smile.

"Come on, Ellen. Let's go on a trip down memory lane~" She hooks my arm around hers and jumps down the hatch behind her. I'm really starting to hate these falls

Viola opened her eyes to greet the world. Shame it was a terrible world to wake up in. At least for her anyway.

"Ah, good you're awake." An older woman leaned over Viola a smiled. She had a sort of stately air about her if Viola was to say anything. More refined than the heavily oppressed air around her mother anyway. "Oh dear, where are my manners? You must be terribly confused Viola. I'm Melody, the first owner of this house."

"Wha?" Viola was beginning to gain feeling in her body. It was not pleasant. She was still lying down on the wooden floorboards.

"It's alright, just rest for now. You'll need it."

"…For… What?..." Viola managed to whisper.

"Well, obviously, even though you're not cursed like Ellen is, the body still feels a few lingering effects of the punishment. Plus, experiencing a Witch's Diary is always quite harrowing, even for me! Though we'll have to review a few of your actions in recent memories at some point too." Melody tapped her lips in thought.

"Diary?"

"That's right. When you had accepted the body swap, you initially received the memories, but after you started to resist and so rejected what you could previously access. Ellen had no trouble accepting her new role as Viola, so she knew all about you, but you couldn't see yourself as Ellen. So now the only way for you to really learn about Ellen is if I submerge you in her Diary." Melody leaned forward so that her face dripped with shadows and smirked. "Of course, you do want to know about Ellen, right Viola? Though I wonder if you'll still love her after this?"

Rainbow: Finished!

Wings: That's it?

Rainbow: Yeah, saving things for next chapter, and besides gotta work on the other fics! By the way, guys, I'll be posting two new Witch's House fics soon. (Hopefully)

Wings: Will they Viola/Ellen?

Rainbow: Yes, but it's called ViEllen!

Star: Please give up on that…

Rainbow: No! Anyways, from that detour it's time to answer reviews!

Silver: Thanks again to Chi2lyn for always being there for us!

Rainbow: Yeah! Now, clearing things up. Obviously, if you read the chapter, Viola's alive and… Well, not kicking, but she's alive.

Two, is the backstory for the demon/cat/whatever-he-is-now-I-don't-know original?

I've stated before that this fic was originally intended to rely on the other RPG Maker Horror games that have been around, however we stopped doing that, so I just kind of shoved all the references into him and stopped naming them directly in the fic, and man, it was a nightmare trying to figure out how they could all fit in the same universe with Ellen being a quasi-immortal witch that had existed for centuries. Which is why screwing around with time lines is a thing being mentioned, it's kind of a hold over to make the references work, though I'm kind of proud I found a way to make it kind of work.

Finally, is Eva Viola, or what?

Heh… Ha… Hahahaha-

Wings: Rainbow!

Rainbow: Sorry! Sorry! But this one you guys'll have to piece together. It's pretty central to Ellen's side of the story now, so I can't just go talking about it! Anyway, thanks for reading through this storm of updates I've been having! I probably won't work on this fic in favor of the other Witch's House projects I'm going to start, but it'll be a quick break so I don't burn out. Anyways, feel free to leave a comment! As always, anything is appreciated!