I suck. Why did this take me so long to do it's so short but honestly this is how I always planned it to go
God so I'm so sorry that I just blarged on this but I love this chapter a lot and yeah, the ending is up to you.
Lyra sat up, looking around dazed. The 'build your character' choice was up on her tv and her game controller was on the floor next to her. Her whole body was sore and she was confused.
She was obviously back home.
But, what happened?
Was it all a dream?
After sitting for a few minutes, she picked up the controller, made her character, and played the route as the princess. She chose Proton, befriended every character, figured out their secrets, freed them from their curses, and married Proton.
She replayed it over and over, until the break was over and she had to go back to school.
"How was your break everyone?" Her homeroom teacher asked as they students piled into the room. Lyra sat, gloomy, thinking back to her friends and Proton.
She had to accept the fact that maybe it was all a dream. Maybe she just played video games too much? But…it was so real. It felt so real.
"Now class, as you know, I'm expecting a child very soon, so I want to introduce you to the teacher that will be covering me for my maternity leave." Her teacher opened the door and Lyra's jaw went slack. "This is Ms. Kassandra."
Lyra couldn't believe it.
There Kassandra was.
Or…or a woman that looked just like her. The same hair, face, nose, eyes, everything!
The sub scanned the room, her eyes landing on Lyra. She smiled at her, gave her a little wave then went on to talk to the rest of the class.
Lyra stared at her hands the rest of class, until the bell rang. She wanted to talk to Kassandra, but her teacher kept talking to her. As she walked by them, Kassandra winked at Lyra, giving her a little smirk.
Lyra continued to her locker, surprised to find the locker next to her was occupied. It had been vacant all year so far. The door to it was shut and Lyra felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned, and caught a glimpse of Anna, who waved happily at Lyra while Marlon held her hand, pulling her towards their next class.
"A-Anna?"
"We got so many new students.." Silver grumbled as he approached her. "As if our school isn't crammed enough."
New students?
If Kassandra and Anna were here, the others would be too, right?
"So I said-" A loud voice said and Lyra looked behind her. "Hey, you guysssss!" The girl whined, grabbing both of the males she was walking with.
"Jo? Taylor? Skylar?" Lyra questioned and the blue haired girl stopped, and turned around. "Oh thank god we got the right school!" She squealed, running back to hug Lyra. "They told us not to really interact with you until a little later but I can't help it!"
"W-What are you doing here?"
"You know her?" Silver questioned, confused.
"I can't tell you that now." Jo winked. "But I gotta go, I'll see you later though, promise. C'mon boys!" She grinned and went off to join the two males, who rolled their eyes.
"She was an old friend.." Lyra was now excited and took off down the hall after she shut her locker. They were all here! She had to find them all!
"Hey, watch where you're going! Ladies do not run." She heard a female voice chide her as she rushed down the hallway. Lyra practically skidded to a stop and looked, seeing Leighton looking at herself in her locker mirror. "Honestly, how do they expect me to live with a locker this small?"
"Leighton." Jordan was next to her, holding all of her books. "Lyra." He nodded his head to her, and she smiled at them. "I'm guessing someone has told you."
"Anna?" Leighton questioned. "No no no, Anna can keep secrets. Must have been Jo. Bless her heart." Leighton applied lip gloss before looking at Lyra. "I'm not sure if the others are here yet…I do know Yuki is back with his family in Japan, though. He gave me his skype username to give to you…..when is lunch in this horrible place?"
"In a few hours. He made it home? Thank goodness." Lyra had worried about what became of the other human boy. She couldn't wait to talk to him again. "The others might not be here?" She frowned.
"I'm sure they are." Leighton nodded her head and Lyra went off in search for the others again.
Lyra was worried now. Was he here? Did he make it?
"Lyra, finally." Silver panted, catching up to her. "Slow down."
"Sorry.." She mumbled, slowing down, but looking everywhere in the crowded lobby of the school.
"Like I was saying, we have so many new kids. I got this girl in my science class as my new partner. She doesn't talk much." Silver started to talk and Lyra perked up at this. "She does her work, so, I won't complain. Oh, there she is now." He nodded his head towards a blonde girl, who had an annoyed look on her face.
"Natalie!" Lyra called and the girl turned and look at her. She smiled at Lyra and turned back to Volkner. "Oh, he got here too? Good." She smiled at the couple, happy that both were able to get here. "Wait, if she's here thennnnnnnnnn." She looked around, knowing there was no way Cassius wouldn't be close by.
"Cassius, stop it." Mikhail muttered as they walked by Lyra. Cassius was holding his hand tightly and nuzzling his cheek.
"But I love you." Cassius pouted. He winked at Lyra as he walked by. "Boss man is lookin' for ya too." He told her. "Think he's somewhere in here."
"Thank you! Excuse me Silver." Lyra rushed away, not caring if she was going to be late for her next class. She looked everywhere for Proton's green hair, but she couldn't find him anywhere.
"You're going to be late." A voice behind her said. She turned around quickly and almost screamed.
There he was.
Right there.
Standing in front of her.
"Proton!" She exclaimed and he smiled. She jumped at him, hugging him tightly.
"I've been looking for you everywhere, princess." He murmured, kissing the top of her head. "Why did you jump out in front of me like that? You know how dangerous that was? I thought you were dead until Yuki told me the truth. Come on." He pulled her to one of the doors that led outside and they left the building so no teachers would yell at them. Lyra could care less about skipping class.
"I couldn't let you die. I knew I'd come back to my world, or something." She told him.
"Everything makes a lot of sense now, actually…" He started. "Especially when I first met you. You did pretty well for someone who was suddenly transferred into a video game."
"Thanks. Hey, how did you get out?" She questioned, tilting her head.
"A bit of magic." He shrugged with a smirk. "We didn't think we could do it until you beat the game and freed us all of curses. It's odd, this world you live in, but we all figured we'd all be happier here then have our lives restarted over and over and over again everytime you decided to play the game. I think Cassius was starting to lose his mind a bit. You can only handle so many mental breakdowns and falling in love over and over again."
"So you guys can stay out here in my world?" Lyra questioned.
"Yes, or, you can return back to the game with all of us, if that's what you want."
"I can decide that?" She questioned, surprised.
"Yes. We've worked it out that way, it seems. It's all between Jo, Kassandra, and Jordan. They worked it out. If you go back, you will cease to exist here and you won't be able to come back to this world. Then again, we age much, much, muchhhhhhhhh slower in that world. You'd think since the seasons change so quickly we'd age faster… I don't understand the video game concepts…" He looked confused as he explained this. "But after you disappeared and we defeated the monsters and made sure everyone was safe, Yuki explained what happened. Continuing without you didn't feel right at all, though we all did. With Natalie's curse broken and Cassius' broken, it made things easier."
"Really?"
"Oh, yes, greatly. After you were gone, we all had to work together. Yuki suggested if we did that, broke our curses, and figured out what the hell was happening in our world, we might get to see you again." Proton told her. "It just wasn't right without you, but we managed."
"I can't believe it.." She thought it over. She could go back to that world, she could be a princess again.
"Everything is at peace now. All thanks to you, of course." He told her, holding her hands. "If we go back, though, you have to remember, you will have to marry me. I was going to give you the option of backing out of the treaty deal, but now, I'm too in love with you to let you go. I'll stay in whichever world you want, princess."