Author's Note: Okay, I should have done this in the previous chapter, but here is the cast for Outside Characters featuring the characters and their corresponding writers:

xXTheDevil'sAdvocateXx as Jenna

Hopeless-romance45 as Alicia

LuluCalliope as Lulu

MonstarzGirl as Victoria

BlackWolfStar15 as Alex

KaronaBHM as Rose

UnderworldLegends2 as Ali

KaylaKissesKangaroos as Kayla

EvilRobotGeniusXD as Yvette (disclaimer: fictional. If you have this account name, it is merely a coincidence.)

xXTheAngel'sScribeXx as Hannah

"Hey. Are you okay?" a voice whispers.

I feel a gentle shove at my side.

"Hey. Come on, wake up."

I groan as I slowly come to. I see a girl above me with her medium-length, light blonde hair surrounded her face, and big blue-gray eyes. Although, that isn't the first thing I notice. Her features appear to be much more vivid in color and brightness. Not to mention that in some way, despite her soft features, she's outlined to where her structure is sharp.

Basically, I'm staring at an animated girl.

Or Von Drake's dart administered a hell of a drug.

She smiles. "Oh good, you're awake!" I must have looked completely befuddled because she sighs and says, "Yeah, I'm confused, too. None of us have any idea what's what."

I sit up and rub the back of my head. "Wait, 'us'?" I look ahead of me. In front of me are several other animated girls all staring at me with as much incredulity as I am probably giving them. "Um…I'm a dreaming?"

One of them, with light brown hair, chuckles, "That was my exact question when I got here."

The previously mentioned blonde girl beside me helps me to stand up. "Do you think that's everyone?"

"I can't say for sure," A girl with golden brown hair and deep blue eyes says. She shrugs.

"Who knows how many more are coming."

A shorter girl with long, curly, fair hair and crosses her arms. "Eventually, we won't have enough room in this weird-ass place." Her hair is strung out of place but clearly not as strung out as her patience. She's been here a while as well as the others…I assume.

I look around and see that we are in a large and blue rectangular room with a few hallways all around us. One door stands out, as it is pretty large and has what appears to be a control pad beside it. I then look at the girls. They all look at the room and continue to glance at one another, not sure what to do or say. I guess like them, I'm not even for sure if this is still a dream or not.

"So, what's your name?"

I turn to the girl that is still by me. She has a kind face with a friendly smile to match. Though I am still tired from my spectacle d'intrus, I decided to continue the engagement.

I blink my eyes and rub the sides of my head. "Hannah."

"Pretty name! I'm Kayla."

I smile back at her. "Thanks. Kayla, huh? That's a cute name." She smiles even brighter. I like her already.

Kayla says, "Hey, let's go talk to the others. Maybe one of them knows more than us."

I highly doubt it, but I didn't want to reject her offer of opportunity to mingle with other complete strangers, so I nod and go with her. One girl, who also had long blonde hair, but slightly lighter, ran in front of us and asked, "What's your name?"

A little confused with her rush over to us and desperation in her voice, I say, "Um…Hannah."

The girl's hopeful eyes turn to disappointment and look to the floor. "Oh." She looks at us and apologizes, then walks away.

Kayla pipes up, "Wait!"

I stop her. "She's probably still in shock." I mean if I had a dream that a Disney character broke into my place, I wouldn't be the most thrilled either. "Let's just talk to the others," I continued.

"Okay." Kayla grabs my hand, and she leads me to another group. I notice that we are all girls, all young adults if I were to guess. We approach the girl that had spoken to me second. Her My Little Pony shirt startled me in that the cartoon ponies on it now practically have the same saturation as us. Her eyes are bright with wonder as she looks around us. "Isn't this amazing! We're all animated! Gosh, I hope I'm not dreaming." She points to me, "You! Pinch me."

I raise a brow. "Come again?"

"Pinch me! But do it hard, okay?"

"Uh…okay." I do what she says and the girl yelps out.

"Ow!" She rubs her arm. "Ooo. Alright. Not dreaming. Yes!"

"Uh…"

"Thanks! I'm Lulu, by the way."

I respond. "I'm Hannah and this is…"

"Kayla! Hi, how are you?" She shakes holds her hand out, and they both shake hands.

Lulu says, "So, what do you think is going on? Are we really in some other world?"

I shrug. "I can't really tell since we're all in this room. There aren't even any windows."

Kayla adds, "I hope we aren't a part of some gross experiment or something. That's what weird rooms like this are for."

That would be a possibility. Although, that still doesn't explain why our bodies have changed to Technicolor.

"…don't you think, Hannah?" Kayla asks.

"Hmm? Sorry, I wasn't paying attention."

"That's alright. I was just telling Lulu how our weird our skin is," Kayla turns back to Lulu and she laughs, "And now she won't stop rubbing it."

Lulu is, in fact, very transfixed to her skin. She rubs her forearm back and forth with her hand. "I just can't get over how smooth it is. And not a hair in sight!"

I examine my arm and run my hand over it. Smooth as a baby's bottom. Not all the Bath and Body Works body lotions in the world could make skin this smooth. Wow. Now, I'm amazed.

The golden brown haired comes up to us. "Anyone know what's going on?"

We all shake our heads. Kayla and Lulu continue their skin conversation with enthusiasm while I turn to her.

"Hey," I greeted her with as much enthusiasm as a girl who just got darted with a tranquilizer could muster.

"Hey," she answered back.

"Soooo…dart?"

"Dart. All of us. I asked all around. We could just be having a cosmically-grouped dream. But that would be a stretch, wouldn't it?"

"That depends. Was it Von Drake that broke into your house?"

She frowned. "At two a.m."

"Yep, that's about right." Two hours earlier than me, but about right all the same. I tilt my head. She looks familiar somehow.

I ask her to be sure. "What's your name?"

She holds her hand out to me. "Victoria Rath. Pleased to meet you."

All I do is stare at her. She really can't be. But she looks just like her Azalea Dolls picture on DeviantArt…

Victoria gives me a weird look. "Is everything alright?"

"Yeah! Fine, just fine. I'm Hannah." We shake hands. I ask her, "Say, you wouldn't happen to be on DeviantArt, would you?"

Victoria answers, "Well, yes I am! How did you know?"

Wow. It's really that Victoria.

"I read your stories. I was under the account MinaFawcett."

"Oh yeah! But, what happened to you? You deactivated your account."

I glance down. "I'd rather not say. You remember me?"

"Of course, I do! You drew all those pictures for me! That was very sweet of you."

I smile a bit and comb back my hair. "It's nothing, really. I'm glad you like them."

"Well, I'm glad to finally meet you!"

I smile. "Y-yeah. Likewise." Then, I hear another girl yell out.

"Ugh! It's so boring in here! You'd think that with our colors we'd be in a more colorful area." It's the shorter girl. The shortest among us, in fact. I recognize her from her Deviant ID. Yvette Dalain, also known as, EvilRobotGenius789. She's the girl with the know-all of cars and horror. With my shared affinity to horror, I'm a pretty big watcher of hers.

Victoria looks at me. "You know her?"

"Yeah, she's popular on DeviantArt. Think Junji Ito plus Transformers…minus Michael Bay. You should check her out."

"I think I will," Victoria says with a smile.

I smile back at her. I'm getting pretty lucky meeting a bunch of decently-mannered people. So far there was Kayla and Lulu…

Wait. Kayla…Lulu…

I turn to the chattering two and go toward them. I stop myself as remember the standoffish girl from earlier who asked for our names. Her hair. Those eyes. Just like…. I look around and see her alone with her arms crossed. Her eyes seem to scan the room as if waiting for someone. I approach her. "Excuse me?"

She looks up. "Hey."

"I'm sorry, but I don't think I got your name."

She blinks before saying, "Alicia."

Oh, God.

"Alicia Delgado?"

"Yeah." Alicia raised a brow. "Wait, do I know you?"

"Jenna's friend, right?" I ask eagerly.

Her eyes widen. "Yea. I'm guessing you are, too?"

"Yea..." I can't believe it.

Alicia turns her gaze to the ground again. "So…then you know. What happened to her, I mean."

I sigh. "Yeah."

A somber silence falls on both of us. Alicia and Jenna had their own adventures together that the latter had written on FanFiction. They were true literary friends and I remember always cherishing the times I read those stories that took place in Agrabah and the Pride Lands. The stories were taken down by Jenna for personal reasons.

It's been so many years, but I can't imagine the pain Alicia is still going through.

I feel compelled to break the aching silence. "She was really something, huh? One heck of a writer."

She chuckles sadly. "She was one of the best. But…it wasn't just that, was it?"

"No. She was…caring."

"And modest."

"And fun."

We smile bitter-sweetly for a few moments before I realize something.

"Lulu," I muttered.

"What?"

"Lulu is here."

Alicia's eyes lit up. "As in Calliope? She is?!"

"I thought you knew! She got here before me!"

"Well, sure. But I was too busy seeing if one of you was Jenna! I mean, we all look like this.

I assumed by some miracle she'd be here."

"Let's go find Lulu."

However, she already had approached us with Kayla alongside her. They glance at both of us. Lulu asks with hope resounding in her voice. "Alicia? Hannah?" We grin and nod knowingly. Their eyes go wide and they embrace us tightly. We all laugh and embrace them back. The Victoria and Yvette look at us funny, but we could care less.

Afterwards, Kayla asks, "I guess we're in a story of our own."

"But where's Jenna? She should be here!" Alicia cries.

That's right. The rest of us are here. It's only fitting that Jenna is here, too. She would love this more than anyone of us. Who are we to enjoy this without her?

That's when I realized something. I ask, "Was everyone alive before coming here?"

They all look at me before realizing my point. We all sigh. Yes. We were.

Lulu shrugs. "Guess you can't make every dream come true, huh?"

Alicia says, "But, wait, we can't know that for sure—"

Yvette yells out, "Is anybody else bothered by the fact that a duck kidnapped us all?! Where even are we?!" Suddenly, a loud blaring, as if from a speaker, fills the room and we all cover our ears.

A familiar German voice follows. "Hello, everybody! I believe this is everyone, correct? Then let's get started!"