A/N: There will be at least one other chapter posted tonight.
derp123123: Yay! Perfect timing! Glad you're feeling better! Thanks for the pillows! :) I find it funny that you gave me fluffy pillows because I got two for my birthday a couple weeks ago. *gives 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 virtual muffins*
Sparklez's POV
"Ready?" I ask.
"Yes!" My two friends really.
"Alrighty then. Here we go." I teleport the three of us from Ant's old house in Coal Town to a forest outside of border Town. I close my eyes as I feel the sickening sensation of teleportation but pay no mind to it. As I have teleported many time before, the sick feeling that comes as a side effect no longer bothers me. I open my eyes to sunlight shimmering through the bright green leaves of oak trees. I laugh upon spotting my friends in the forest of trees. I may be used to teleporting, my friends, however, are not. I can't help but laugh as they stumble around from the dizzy/nauseous feeling. "Sorry," I manage to say through my laugh. "I forget to warn you about the side effects."
"Yeah. Thank you for that, Jordan." Ryan mutters sarcastically.
"I said I'm sorry." I say innocently.
"Yeah, whatever." Ryan snaps. "Why the fuck are we in a forest anyway? I thought we were going to Border Town."
"We're right outside of Border Town!" I snap back. "Unless you'd rather I teleport us to the middle of town and you can look like a stumbling idiot!"
"Hey! Both of you calm down!" Ant intervenes. "Let's get to the town and we can figure out what to do from there."
"Fine." Ryan turns away from me and storms of in the direction of civilization.
Ant sighs as he watches our friend walk away. He then turns his attention to me. He gives me a sad smile and hugs me. I return the hug. "He didn't mean it." Ant whispers. " I think he's just stressed over something."
"I know." I sigh. I plant a small kiss on his lips before breaking our embrace. "Let's just go."
"Alright." Ant and I walk hand in hand as we follow behind -far behind, I might add- Ryan.
"What do you want to do, Ant?" Ryan asks much less angrily as we enter the prosperous town.
"Can we walk around for a bit? See if I remember being here?"
"Lead the way."
We wander around town for a few aways. Ant tries to ease the tension between Ryan and I by cracking jokes and lightening the mood. It works. By the time mid-afternoon rolls around the three of us are laughing and having fun like friends should. Ant isn't paying attention to where he is walking as he laughs at something Ryan said. He crashes into someone and they both go toppling to the ground. Ant quickly picks himself up and offers his a hand to help the other person up. "Sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going."
"'S okay." The man accepts Ant's hand and Ant pulls him to his feet. The man is a brunette with brown eyed that are covered by thick framed glasses. He wears jeans and a red and grey checkered hoodie similar to Mitch's.
"Tyler?" Ant asks voice thick with confusion.
"Hey Antvenom!" The man greets. "I didn't know you got your memory back."
"I don't." Ant deadpans. "At least not all of it."
"Oh." The man, Tyler shifts his weight from foot to foot nervously. "I could help you if you what… I mean… I don't know if…"
"You don't have to if you don't what to." Ant assures him. "But any help you can provide would be great."
"Yeah, sure. Follow me to my house and we can talk there." Tyler turns to Ryan and I. "Hi. Um.. I'm Tyler or MunchingBrotato."
"I'm Sparklez or Jordan." I introduce myself.
"Ryan," is all my Batman clad friend says.
As Tyler leads us to his house he points out various locations in the large town and tells of some of the adventures he had with Ant and their friends. Ant adds in on the commentary every now and then when he remembers something.
"I remember.. something about a burrito and an old lady. Janet, I think her name is." Ant's eyebrows are knit together in slight confusion and concentration.
Tyler laughs. "Yeah. MunchingBurrito and Janet are characters that I made up."
"Can you do a demonstration?" Ryan asks out of curiosity.
"I am MunchingBurrito now!" Tyler rolls his rs and takes on a fake spanish accent. We all laugh at his voice.
"What the fuck!? That's awesome!" Ryan laughs. "If that's MunchingBurrito then what's Janet?"
"I'd rather not do my Janet voice right now." Tyler stops walking. "This is my place." He indicates to a plain two story wood and cobblestone house. He leads the way inside and closes the door behind us. The house is small, simple, and clean. Sort of. Boxes line the walls of many of the rooms. Tyler leads the way to his kitchen and we all take a seat at his table.
"Did you just move in?" I ask.
"No, actually I'm working on moving out." He replies.
"Why?"
"Time for a change. I've lived here for most of my life. Plus Kyle and I can't afford the rent."
"Kyle?"
"My roommate."
"This is where Sky first started wearing his sunglasses." Ant states randomly. We all stare at him in surprise.
Tyler is the first to look away. "Yeah it is." He smiles sadly. "You, Adam, Aden, Eden, and Dawn were all spending the night here when it happened. I had stayed behind while the rest of you went for a walk around Border Town. Adam ended up coming back early. He was upset. I asked him what was wrong but he wouldn't tell me. He locked himself in one of the rooms upstairs. The rest of you came back a few minutes later. Eden went up to talk to Adam. A while later, when they came back down, Adam had sunglasses covering his eyes but he seemed happier."
"Why would he want to hide them?" Ryan asks.
"He was bullied," Ant replies.
"We all were," Tyler adds in.
"Bullied by who?" I ask.
"Mike and his gang." Ant mutters. "I.. I think I remember that day." He speaks louder. "We were just walking around town having fun. Eden had gone to the market for something. She wouldn't tell us what but we let her go anyway. Sky had pulled a prank on Aden and was teasing him about it. Aden said it wasn't funny and that Sky scared him half to death. I was being a smartass and asked what happened if you were scared half to death twice. We were all talking about that when Aden accidentally walked straight into someone. It happened to be Mike and one of his friends. Mike threatened Aden and Sky stood up for him. So, Mike started making fun of him instead. Dawn ended up asking him why he always made fun of Sky's eyed. Sky got upset and ran off. We searched all over town for him but we couldn't find him so, we came back here. Eden returned a few minutes after us."
A/N: The story Ant and Tyler told about Sky and the bullies is a oneshot in Buried Secrets. If you'd like to read it, it is the one called 'Sunglasses'.
