It was hard to tell just what was more disturbing. The choices are: A. Kiva's singing, B. Kiva's dancing, C. All of the above, or D. How am I supposed to know, I just got here.

If you picked E., All previous sanity gone, you would be correct.

"OH, IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT STOMP YOUR FEET!" Kiva clapped her hands. "I said, STOMP YOUR FEET."

The others stared confusedly. Kiva made the room around them vanish and suddenly they were on a piece of wood, tied at the hands, over the ocean. Kiva held up a tube of cardboard and squinted an eye like a pirate.

"Where'd ye take me gold?"

"I think we've hit rock bottom."

"I used to live there!"

"This isn't time for jokes."

"I'm serious."

"Be quiet and walk the plank!"

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"What are you doing? Let go of me! Let go of m-me..."

The frazzled girl calmed considerably as the soft red cloth was tied around one arm and then the next. They bound together to keep for from attacking again.

"Hold on, let's see..."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you..."

They ignored the advice, tying the piece of cloth tightly over Kiva's mouth to be a gag.

A bolt of lightning tore the air and struck the gag in half, then another came and stung the hand of her captor.

"DON'T DO THAT!"

"Yeah, she doesn't like that so much. You gotta be careful." Sadie/Yumi picked up some cloth and tied it gently over the girl's mouth, like a scarf. The lightning dissapeared and the girl relaxed.

"Ugh. She has a temper."

"No she doesn't. She's just in a very delicate mood right now. She'll be fine after..." She took a shuddery breath before continuing. "She'll be fine."

"How come she's calming down, anyway? I mean, obviously she still has control over this so tying her up won't do any good..."

"She likes being tied up because it reminds her of a game she used to play with her uncle. He would tie her with the rope, then she would get out of it and laughed when he was confused at her getting out."

"How do you know this?"

"I-" She paused, biting her lip. "It's none of your business."

"But-"

"Do you want me to help or not?" She was supposed to keep them alive and well until chapter five, and she would. She had said she would. But they didn't need to know that, or anything about her.

"Okay, okay. Just tell me one thing. Who are you and where is Yumi?"

"That's two questions, smarty. And-" She paused again. Was she getting attached to these people? She really shouldn't. It would make it even harder, if possible...

Then she noticed that the girl had changed her appearence. Her hair was clinging to her neck, and her outfit was a simple pink dress.

"And your friend is in the endless void that place where nothing exists everywhere and where you go when you go past levels ect ect."

"And who are you?"

"My name is Sadie, alright!" She snapped, glaring at the five grouped around her. They all backed up quickly. "If you want to know more, stop and think about it. If you still think you should ask, stop and think again. If you still ask, I will not hesitate to knock you into chapter ten! Got it?"

The whole group, excluding Kiva, nodded at the same time with fear on their faces. Kiva's eyes sparked and Sadie quickly tied some cloth around her head.

Kiva's hair started flowing behind her, and mist surrounded all of them. An image formed in the mist. Her eyes were dull now. A shadow formed. Its outline was purple, and though it was mist itself, it flickered into something like a human form. It opened its eyes, and they were purple.

Sadie turned to face the shadow, her eyes blank and sad. So the girl was who she thought.

The mist around the shadow disappeared as the shadow took on a human form. It ran around, laughing and playing like a young child, with a girl the same age and height. The girl also ran around, laughing and spinning... But when she stopped infront of the group, something was different about her. Her eyes were shining, with happiness and hope, but they were the color of purple... The same color as the shadow's eyes. The shadow in question stopped infront of the girl.

"What's new?"

The girl's eyes seemed to come back into focus. "Oh, not much, just a small storm tonight. It might knock out the power for awhile." She smiled at the shadow, white dress with a pink flower print flowing behind her in the wind. "So be ready for it, okay?"

"No problem. And thanks for the warning."

The two ran away down the hill, and the vision became hazy once more, soon disappearing.

Kiva struggled with the bonds that held her hands and legs together, eyes wide and sparking.

"She's gaining power back. We must be about to enter another chapter."

Sure enough, as soon as the girl was free, she coughed out red smoke. This time, though, she did not skip around singing stupidly. She just shook her head sadly.

"Okay, I've finally got some immunity to this power-poison."

She looked around at her friends, all equally shocked, and then at 'Yumi'.

"Come out of there. You have nothing to do with her."

"Ont ym hoicec, onuyng lirg."

"Oh quit that. I can understand it."

"Sey, utb yeth annoct."

"Heya, uyo nawt ot yalp hath mage, nife."

"They're making my brain hurt!"

"Yeah, what language is that, anyway?"

"One that we can't understand."

"Nice work, genius."

"I really wish we knew what they were saying, but now that we have Kiva back, what will we do?"

"First, we get her to speak English."

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Anyone want to guess what they were saying? Did ya see that coming? I bet you didn't! -makes a cute little face-