Whoo. I've been distracted. I have so many projects and so much homework and so much internet and music and everything. But you know, I've been working on this in bits and pieces. Since my laptop is still burnt out I have to write this stuff on my family computer and it gets frustrating because my dad is always coming down and I don't want him to see this. So I'll just stop talking there are way too many words and I bet none of you read this anyways so why make half this thing the author's note when no one cares. So, I'm going to just get on with it here. Read on my loves!

Matthew whimpered softly and tried opening his eyes but it was too bright he just ended up squinting. He blinked till his eyes adjusted and got a better look around. The room was bright white and even though it looked clean it had a musty smell. He would've guessed he was in the hospital but he was lying on a hard tile floor.

'Where the hell-?' he glanced around more, trying to make more sense of where he was.

"I see you've finally woken up you little shit." The tone was harsh and Matthew quickly turned to see who the source of the voice was. His eyes widened. He couldn't believe it.

"S-s-sadiq?!"

"Yeah, whatever. I see you've finally decided to join us asshat," he waved his arm as if he were showcasing the room.

"Us? There's no one else here? Where the hell am I?" he squinted again, to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.

Sadiq smirked, "The others are outside, well Roderich is in that one room going insane."

"Where am I?" Matthew demanded again.

The Turk shrugged, "Well you could call it Purgatory. It might seem like hell to you though. After all, everyone here is a victim of yours," he turned and opened up a door.

Matthew frowned, "That wasn't there before."

"Well you can't control this place now can you?"

"I guess not?"

Sadiq shrugged, "Let's go see Roderich. You have to see what you did to him.

Matthew gulped, "I think I'll pass," he softly said as he backed away. This couldn't be happening. He just had to wait till he woke up from this nightmare. He pinched his arm and winced. Nope, he isn't dreaming.

"Pass? We'll catch up to you eventually. We won't let you leave. We decided since you're young and still murdering that we take you now and show you all of this. It could guilt you into stopping you know. Plus, we don't need any more people here. We're well adjusted to each other," he shrugged, still smirking and grabbed Matthew's arm, "Now come on asswipe," he said as he pulled him through the door, "If you're out for a while longer you could end up joining us and no one here wants that."

Matthew was pulled outside and once again had to squint, making sure his eyes adjust to the sunlight. Everything looked so peaceful here, green grass and high trees. He glanced around more as Sadiq dragged him around and saw Feliciano running around, chasing an iridescent blue butterfly around. When the Italian saw Sadiq he ran up to him and handed him a pink flower.

"I was far out in the field today! And I found a huge garden! So I picked a bunch of flowers! I have a few more for Kiku and Roderich but I don't really know if Arthur would want them," he pouted a bit but it turned back into a cute grin, "We should all go out there! It's a little far and I know we shouldn't go too far but if we go together we'll be safe right?"

Sadiq sighed and looked at the flower, "Yes, we'll be safe if we're together. Just don't go any farther than those flowers okay?" he looked at Feliciano sternly.

Feliciano nodded, "Alright!" he turned and ran back out, probably going to find the butterfly.

Matthew frowned slightly, "What do you mean you'll be safe if you stick together?"

Sadiq shrugged, "If we go out too far, everything starts to disappear, almost like this world was never developed further than the trees and I guess that flower patch Feliciano found. Maybe it goes further but we're afraid we might get lost in the undeveloped part or we might disappear as well."

Matthew nodded, "I… I guess that makes sense."

Sadiq shook his head and kept walking, leading Matthew to a tall building that looked similar to a library, "Roderich is probably in here. You have to see what kind of mess you turned him into."

He pulled open the glass doors and motioned for Matt to walk inside. The whole building was dark, even the few light bulbs hanging from the high ceiling did absolutely nothing. From what you could see in the dim room gave a grim feeling. The hardwood floor creaked beneath their feet and there were silhouettes of furniture covered in white sheets. Despite the concerned look on Matthew's face, Sadiq kept moving to the next doors.

"Roderich is in here?" the Canadian asked in disbelief, "But it's still so… dirty. I would've expected it to at least be nice looking."

Sadiq turned around rapidly, "You shut your mouth!" he shouted, "This place is the home of homes! Our homes are here!"

Matthew nodded, "R-right… Sorry."

Sadiq grabbed the shorter boy's arm and pulled him through the other set of doors.

The next room was very house-like. There was a living room with two couches and a television to their right and in the corner of the room had a piano. Sadiq pulled him into a kitchen-like setting and on the walls there were pictures of a very familiar couple. Elizaveta and Roderich. In the kitchen, Roderich was pacing around frantically and jumped when he saw Matthew and Sadiq.

His eyes widened in fear and he backed away, "M-Matthew… I um…" he stood up straighter and put on a poker face, "I see you've finally decided to join us."

Sadiq rolled his eyes, "He's not dead Roderich. He's just passed out. But we have less than an hour before we have to wake him up or he could die. And I know you of all people don't want that."

Roderich shrugged and glanced to the side, "He's not ruining this place for me either."

Matthew pouted slightly, "You're the one who caused me to snap."

Roderich glared at him, "It wasn't just me! It was everyone else!"

"You forgot who I was constantly!"

Roderich shrugged, "I only actually confused you and Alfred a couple times. The other times I was over exaggerating and I liked your reactions! You should be able to tell the difference!"

"You should be able to know not to fucking cause your students to—"

"Shut the fuck up!" Sadiq yelled.

Matthew and Roderich both fell silent while Sadiq walked across the kitchen and to the counter.

"Did Liz get your clues?" he asked.

Roderich shook his head, "I don't want to make anything too obvious. She's amazingly smart but I didn't think she would be slow to figure this out."

Matthew raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

Sadiq smirked, "Okay so this is really cool. You get to go to your house or other people's houses here. And it's an exact layout of the place. Anything that you move here, moves in the Middle World. Anything that's moved in the Middle World is of course changed here. And anyone who lives in the house can't see or hear you. I'm guessing Elizaveta isn't here?"

Roderich shook his head, "She's upstairs."

Sadiq rolled his eyes, "Then why the hell are you down here?!"

Roderich pouted, "I know how to handle this! I'm going to make things a little more obvious okay? Now do me a favor and leave me alone to think. You two are both clogging up my thinking space! Get out!" he pointed to the door.

Sadiq sighed and pulled Matthew out, "See you at dinner Roderich!"

"I know I know!" Roderich shouted after him.

Sadiq pulled Matthew back into the dark room and sighed, "Well, see what you made of Roderich?"
"I-I guess. What's with all the Middle World stuff?"

"Upper World is Heaven, Middle World is Earth, Lower World is of course… Hell."

"What's this place?"

"Like I said, Purgatory."

"So, Upper World, Middle World, Lower World, and Purgatory?"

"Pretty much kid!" he started to walk out but the front door of the building opening caught his interest.

Someone walked in, wearing dark clothes with a hood pulled over his head and he ran over to one of the couches and pulled the white sheet over, pulling a book out from underneath. He fixed the sheet the way it was before and glanced around, almost insecurely and jumped when he saw Sadiq and Matthew.

"M-M-Matthew's here?!" a thick British accent yelled.

Sadiq nodded, "Yup! I'm showing him around the place."

The kid pulled the hood down, revealing Arthur, "He can join my father in the Lower World!"

Matthew pouted, "Why don't you just call it Heaven or Hell?"

Sadiq shrugged, "Upper World and Lower World sound cooler!"

Arthur pouted, "Well I'm headed off!" he tucked the book underneath his arm and headed to the left.

Sadiq sighed, "Going to read to Peter again? You know he can't hear you right?"

Arthur shook his head, "I know, but the poor kid has been having trouble sleeping, I can tell he's been lying awake for hours. I used to read to him when he couldn't sleep. I…" he quickly drew a shaky breath, "…It's like a brotherly instinct."

Matthew frowned slightly, feeling the pricks of guilt forming in his gut, "A-Arthur…"

Arthur shook his head, "I should head off! It's almost time for his bed time anyways," he ran off into the room on the left.

Sadiq sighed, "And there you have Arthur. His dad was only in Purgatory for a few days. I never got to really know him but from the way he treated Arthur I can tell he's an asshole. I'm glad he's burning in Hell."

Matthew bit his lip, "I did that to him. I did everything. Everything here is my fault."

Sadiq nodded, "That's the point here!" he grabbed his elbow, "Come on, I have to show you Kiku and we'll wake you up. We don't want you here forever," he sighed.

Matthew frowned and nodded a bit and followed Sadiq out the door. Matthew followed the Turkish man back outside into the bright outdoors and they walked past Feliciano lying in the grass with the butterfly on his nose.

"Feliciano is really happy here," Sadiq whispered, "It's all peaceful to him and perfect. He gets real upset about Ludwig though, especially at night. Sometimes he cries because he's scared that you're after him."

Matthew bit his lip and whispered back, "I-I… I'm not though… It was just him…"

"The point is you're scaring him. He doesn't want Ludwig to die. Death is only supposed to happen during old age. It upsets him."

Matthew shook his head, "Just take me to Kiku, I want to leave this place."

Sadiq nodded and led him across the field and into a Japanese-style home. He knocked on the door and in a minute it slid open.

"Hello Sadiq," he bowed and when he looked back up his dark eyes widened, "M-Matthew?!"

Matthew bit his lip and waved nervously, "Hey Kiku," he looked down.

Sadiq sighed, "Hey I forgot to show you something! Kiku, come closer for a second!"

Kiki nervously took a step forward and jumped when Sadiq grabbed his chin and tilted his head up, "Look at this…" he pointed to scars all down his neck, "Those are from you. I forgot to show you Roderich's because his scars faded so much. But the scars are there."

Matthew shook his head and backed up, "I'm so sorry. Sadiq wake me up! Please! I have to… I want to leave this place!" Tears began welling up in his eyes, "Wake me up!"

Sadiq sighed, "Fine, but I swear to god if I meet other people here from you I'm knocking you out again and I'm going to keep you passed out till you die and burn in hell!"

Matthew nodded, "I swear to god! I won't!"

Sadiq sighed again and nodded, "Okay, stay right here," he quickly ran into Kiku's house and after a few minutes he ran back out with a frying pan, "This is probably Liz's job but whatever," he took a stance like a batter would in baseball and lifted the pan above his head.

"W-wait wh—" Sadiq swung all the way through and hit Matthew in the head as hard as he could, knocking him out once again.

There was originally going to be so much more to this chapter but then it'd be too long and this was the best place to stop. SO PLEASE REVIEW AND I'LL GIVE YOU A COOKIE AND A HUG because I really need a hug.