Is it already chapter 25? Wow, making pretty good progress here! Anyway, I found myself with no homework after school *Cough,cough Again *Cough. So I decided to pull out the Mac and type another chapter. Even though I have absolutely no plans for this chapter. I've been working mostly on how this fanfiction ENDS so, I'm gonna make up what goes on in this chapter on the spot. Let's think of this as a game. Where we test my creativity and writing. I've been thinking lately, when I get to collage I want to major in art and become a Disney animator. I love love LOVE Disney things! My favorite Disney movies are: The Princess and The Frog, Up, Lilo and Stitch, Kim Possible (The movie. I saw them all) I like Tangled, and Frozen-ish. It's pretty good, but it bores me after a while. I also like My Little Pony. I watched it as a kid and when they introduced the new show, I absolutely fell in love with it. It has also become super popular. Now, let's have a moment of silence for the brand new and absolutely great Disney show which do NOT suck like the other crap they gave us ever since Kim Possible and Recess stopped airing. Gravity Falls, Star VS. The Forces of Evil, Phineas and Ferb (but that's kinda going downhill too) *Sad violin music...Okay! Silence over! Now I'm officially over with trying to make breaks between P.O.V.s I'm too lazy to make 20 \\\\\'s.

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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."

-William Shakespeare

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Zoey hummed to herself.

"There's something more to this, that we have missed. Things around here are sus-pi-cious. Who can we put our trust in? What have they all been hiding? Secrets that lie in shadow. How much do they all know? A place so full of mystery, is just a pu-zzle to be solved."

Seating herself at the kitchen, Zoey tapped her fingers on the table as she sang the short song over again.

After singing the song over a couple more times, Zoey looked at her wrist, but there was no watch there, so she whistled the small tune.

Zoey was getting a bit annoyed and as she saw Mikey walk by, she said, "Hey Mikey, do you have any idea where Scarlett is?"

Mikey shrugged. "Nope."

Zoey's eyes grew wide. Of course she was worried about her friend not being there, not only because she was her best friend, but also because her stomach was telling her it was dinner. And Zoey was far too lazy to cook herself. She knew if she was the one cooking, that she'd end up turning dinner into breakfast.

"But I'm hungry!" Zoey whined.

"Maybe there's some pizza in the fridge." Mikey said, walking to the fridge to see what contents it held.

Zoey pouted. She was deathly sick of Pizza. Once, she had told this to Mikey and Tokei, who answered by handing her a pizza with gummy bears and jelly beans on it. The whole scenario left Zoey in bed for almost two weeks, barfing nonstop.

She wasn't barfing because of the gummy bears and jelly beans, it was because as she took the first brave bite, she felt something move around in the cheese. She looked down to see a small worm wiggling around in front of her face.

"Found some!" Mikey cheered, pulling out a cold pizza box from deep inside the fridge.

He opened up the box and sniffed the pizza heartily. Sighing, he asked, "Do you like syrup and sprinkles on your pizza?"

Zoey was feeling sick again. "I'll pass." She said, grabbing her stomach before she could chick all over the table.

Zoey then walked to the dojo, escaping the sounds of Mikey eating his pizza in an non human way.

She opened up the dojo, catching the familiar whiff of sweat and dirt. There was a tree in the middle of the dojo, it looked like a huge bonsai tree, surrounded by tatami mats.

Sometimes, Zoey liked to come to this room when she had spare time and think about all kinds of things.

If she came just after breakfast, she'd get a few hours to herself before everyone came for training.

Even Tokei came to training once in a while. She was like a small Kunoichi. Tokei enjoyed to train, but her body was just not made for fighting. She could easily snap in half, she had learned. It was because of this that Scarlett normally doted on her younger sister, and kept her away from fights on patrol.

Zoey now stood in front of the tree, breathing in the scent of its leaves.

This tree was definitely special.

In a place where only the smallest bit of sunlight could reach, a tree had thrived and grown.

It looked so healthy and alive.

Zoey placed her hand on the tree's bark.

And for a second, the dojo melted away. Zoey was transported to an ancient Japan, a young couple sat outside underneath the shade of this tree on a sunny day.

And, just for a second, Zoey remembered some happy moments in her personal life. Before all of this happened. Before she-

"Zoey?" Asked Elliot. His eyes still slightly red and puffy from all his crying earlier.

Zoey jumped and turned around. "Hi, Elliot." She said, taking in a breath.

Then, she thought. 'Wait, why in the world am I being nice to him anyway?'

Zoey put herself into a cool position. "Sup?" She asked, making her voice sound as if she didn't care.

She pretended to stare at her nails in care, though she wasn't really the type of girl to go crazy over looks.

"I was just here..." Elliot said. "...Then you came in..."

Zoey stared at Elliot. "Oh, um..." She said.

"You were right." Elliot said.

Zoey stared at Elliot. "Huh?"

"About..." Elliot gulped. "Scarlett." He said, voice breaking and cracking just a bit.

Zoey was silent.

"She didn't even think about me liking her when she got herself a valentine. She didn't think about how I felt about her. I may be sounding selfish but..." He choked. "When will she understand that I want to be so much more than a friend to her?" He sobbed. "I want to hug her, hold her...kiss her...But I can't! And it's so unfair!"

Zoey didn't respond.

In truth, she felt terribly sorry for Elliot. It was kind of her fault that he was feeling this way. She was always kind of mean to him. It wasn't like she'd ever stop, but she valued her friends. For, friends are like treasures.

Zoey reached for Elliot's hand, but instead, Elliot attacked her in a hug. He sobbed. At first, Zoey stood there awkwardly before bringing her arms in and hugging the poor boy.

"It's okay." Zoey said, calming and comforting. She patted Elliot's back and tried to assure him it would all be fine in the end.

And, for a split second. She saw a small vision in her mind.

Sometimes, you might see something in a dream and it would later happen in real life.

Zoey was experiencing this now, this moment was like deja vu at the moment.

Zoey paused, her hands hovering in midair.

Elliot noticed this and let go of Zoey.

It was just now that Elliot realized how freakishly tall he was.

Elliot stared at Zoey, and without thinking, he started to lean in.

The space between the two was closing up.

'No' Zoey thought, backing into the tree.

Some leaves fell gracefully around the two, and Elliot tried again.

But, then, the dojo door opened.

"Zoey? Elliot?" Asked a confused Leo.

Zoey's heart jumped as she bonked Elliot on the head, leaning against the tree in a cool way.

"What just-?" Leo started. The, his eyes went wide. "Wait. Are you-? Did you-?" He pointed and stared at both Zoey and Elliot, going back and forth as he stuttered his words.

"You didn't see anything." Zoey said, waving her arms.

There was silence.

"Bu-"

"Nothing!"

"Did-"

"Nothing!"

"He-"

"Zip it!"

Leo sighed, "Fine, I didn't see anything." He said, mimicking Zoey's previous arm movement.

Zoey smiled, although inside she felt like her heart would burst.

"Do you guys have any idea where Raph is?" Asked Leo. "I can't find him anywhere."

"No." Zoey said. "Scarlett is missing too."

Leo wondered.

"We need to go find them, now!"

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The sky turned dark, I could simply not remember a single thing.

"You're such a traitor." A small girl's voice said.

Fear froze my body in place, and I could not move.

"You're still so lost." The girl said. "Let me help you."

The flowery meadow emptied out, huge walls rose from the ground.

"Let's start act two of our play!" The girl said happily. "This time, we'll play hide and seek." She laughed. "And since we are basically the same person, you'll be playing Lonely Hide and Seek!" She laughed again. "Better not let me catch you!"

I was afraid, and instead just started running down the path in front of me, giggles echoed all around.

"Ding Dong. Hurry up I'm waiting. Far too late to run away to see if I can catch you. Ding Dong. Hurry up, I'm starving. Waiting for you here. I know that you are near so come out."

I ran.

"Ding Dong. Hurry up and run now. So that we can play, tag on this special day of fun now. Ding Dong. Hurry up, I'm in now. Better run and hide. So I can never find you peeking."

I felt the presence of someone chasing me.

"Thumping down the hallway. Footsteps on an old wood floor board. Breathing in a whisper. I can hear it getting closer."

I reached a dead end, panted and turned around.

"No, no, you can never hide. I can see you there."

I turned again.

"No, no, you can never hide. I can see your hair."

I patted down my hair, and kept running.

"No, no, you can never hide. I can see you're scared.

I felt like crying, but I could't stop. I didn't want to see the person behind this cruel game.

"No, no, you can never hide."

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Raph had somehow managed to get one of his hands loose, and was now reaching for a sharp tool and cutting himself loose.

'It's weird.' He thought. 'It's like I can hear her beg for help.'

He looked at the lifeless Scarlett. A pang of regret shot through him.

And for a second, his mind flashed back to all those times she was there smiling.

'I don't get it.' He thought.

He was now free, and attempted to untie Scarlett as well.

Being so close to her, he asked himself things.

'Why did I go through all of this trouble for a girl?'

'Why is my heart beating so loudly?'

Raph was truly terrified.

This had never happened before. He had never felt like this before in front of a girl.

So why now?

Maybe it was because of back then, yes! The day when Scarlett challenged fate and pushed the others into a pod, into safety, and fought the huge Kraang by herself?

They all thought she was gone.

He thought she was gone.

But just by thinking back to those days, those times, made him realize.

'I...' He could barely even think up the words in his head. 'I..I like Scarlett.'

Scarlett broke free and fell into Raph's arms, unmoving.

Raph held her tightly.

And just because it sounded nice the first time, "I..I like you.." Raph whispered into Scarlett's ear.

And then, there was silence.

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I had hit my third dead end.

"Oh no!" The girl's voice said. "Looks like you lost!"

The walls parted to show a figure of a deformed girl, holding a knife. Her hair was black and her eyes no longer pink, but blood red.

She laughed and said as she approached me. "Dong Dong. Here you are and...Ding Dong. I have won this game. Now it's your turn."

I screamed as I gripped the walls. "No!" I cried. "Give me one more chance!"

"Dong Dong. I have won this game." She echoed. "Now it's your turn!"

She got closer. "Ding Dong. I have won this game! Now it's your turn!"

I cried. "No!"

"Ding Dong. It was such a shame!" She said, walking closer. "Ding Dong. You can never hide. No one else it left."

She was already in front of me.

"Ding Dong." She raised her knife. "This is my goodbye!"

I braced myself.

But then-!

"What's this?" Asked the girl.

She stared as her body grew light and he started dissolving into nothing.

She gasped and dropped her knife. "No, wait!

I stared at her in horror, as everything around me started to melt away.

"No! Please!" She screamed. And she started to float to the sky. She held her hand out at me. "This is not how it was supposed to be!"

And then, with one final scream, she turned into nothing.

And I too.

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The power of a simple hug is amazing.

I awoke to find Raph holding me tightly.

"Raph?" I asked.

I thought my shoulder felt a bit soggy and wet.

Raph gasped when I spoke. Even though it was quiet.

Raph let go of me and stared at me.

Wherever we were, it was really dark.

I touched near his eye. Examining it.

"You were crying?" I asked.

Raph just sniffed.

I sighed.

The room was silent, and every horror I was exposed to just minuted earlier seemed like nothing more than a bad dream.

It was peaceful.

Raph hugged me tightly.

I was confused. It was like he hadn't seen me in forever.

"It's okay if you cry you know?" I asked. "I don't mind."

Even the bravest of people cry.

Raph sniffed and I felt his tears on my shoulder.

"You're the first person I've ever cried in front of." Raph confessed. Then, he chuckled. " 'cept Splinter."

I smiled.

Raph stared at me again.

Now that we were together, everything would be all right.

I smiled at him and he gave me a sad smile back.

"Hey Scarlet?" He asked awkwardly.

I stared at him. "Yeah Raph?" I asked.

He opened his mouth and shut it. As if he was wondering whether or not to ask me something.

Then, he suddenly leaned forward.

I knew this action all too well.

But this time, I accepted it.

A magnet was pulling us together.

A force of nature.

I closed my eyes, and then...

Flash!

Raph and I pulled away from each other.

And, we looked up to see. Help.

"Scarlett! Raph!" Zoey yelled. "Hold on, we've got you!"

"Zoey!" I said, tears in my eyes.

A small ladder was thrown down to us from a small window where Zoey was.

And, we climbed up.

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On the roof, we celebrated with our friends as we chatted and laughed together.

We had all had a long and rough night, and were eager to go back to the lair.

But, I lingered just for a moment.

There was a beautiful sunrise just about to start.

As Leo dropped down to the alley, only Raph and I were left on the roof.

The cool air blew.

I closed my eyes.

Raph stood next to me.

He waved his hand towards mine awkwardly.

This night lots of weird things had happened.

And as the sun rose, I caught Raph by surprise and grabbed his hand.

"Let's go home." I said.

And so, we left.

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The distant singing of the bells.

If you listen close, it tells

a lonely story.

I can't remember the rest of the song, but if this were an episode or whatever, I'd have Yume Sekai from SAO play at the end. I kind of rushed the ending a bit there. There were lots of songs in this chapter. Like the Gravity Falls theme, Lonely Hide And Seek from Jubyphonic, Trick and Treat, Magnet. Lots of stuff. So, next time. I'm taking a break from creative writing and doing an episode. Not sure which one though. Oh and also, did you get my little hint there? (The Zoey/Elliot hint?) Haha, anyway please review! And I'll see you next time!