Author's Note: There are no new chapters. I just divided it into its proper chapters and fixed up some wording and stuff. They first 3 or 4 may seem short, and that's cause they are. Just please read it, if you feel like reading it again. If you've never read it before, READ IT! Thanks. See ya. Oh and REVIEW. That's what the little button at the bottom of the screen is for. Pretty pop up window, huh. Use it. Thanks. Now I'll really leave.

Disclaimer: So Weird and its characters belong to Disney, not to me. I own nothing except the plot.

This Time Around Teaser

{Fi's voice over}

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to be the oldest sibling? Think about how hard it would be to worry not only about yourself, but also about your younger sibling. How stressful it would be to protect them all the time? Now think about this: What if you failed your duty? What do you do when you can't protect your sibling? How would that feel? Now picture having to protect not only your own brother/sister, but also your really close friends and stuff {image of Carey}. How would it feel if something happened to them? What would it feel like to fail more than once?

{End of teaser}

Part 1

"FI!!!", Clu shouted as he ran into the bus's living room, where Fi and Carey were. She looked up from her laptop when she heard Clu and saw him running up to her. Carey also looked up from his guitar, distracted by his brother's voice.

"What's up Clu?" Fi asked, amused.

"I was talking to this kid and he said there's this old place where weird stuff happens, like people disappearing and stuff" he answered calming down a bit, "we've gotta check it out!"

"Great! Let me tell Jack and Annie and we'll go!" Fi replied, already excited about finding something weird in this boring little town.

"Tell us what?" Jack said, as he got on the bus, his arm around Annie's waist.

"There's this really weird place around here and we're gonna go check it out" Clu and Fi responded.

"Awesome!" Annie said, excited, "Let's go!"

"Wait a sec, we're not going anywhere!" Jack said, annoyed, "I'm sick of all this weird stuff! There is nothing weird in this stupid little town!"

"Fine. Stay. Be that way. We're going anyway, with or without you" a determined Fi said. "Carey, you coming?"

"Huh?" Carey said dreamily as he came back to reality at the sound of Fi's voice. "Sorry, I spaced out for a sec."

"So what else is new?" Fi teased, before repeating her question.

"Yeah, I'll go with you. It sounds sort of interesting." He put his guitar down and stood up, still not fully aware of what was happening. He'd had a weird feeling as if something was going to happen. He shook it off thinking it was just his imagination or lack of sleep or something.

"Ok, let's go then Carey." Fi was a bit worried about Carey. He'd been acting strange for some time, spacing out more than usual. He was also a lot quieter. And sometimes, she'd catch him looking at her as if he felt something for her. *But there was no way that was possible. Right?* Fi dismissed the thought and headed out the door, followed by the others.

"Hey wait up! I'll go along with your stupid idea. I'll go with you!" Jack yelled, running to catch up with them.

They walked a short way until they got to this really old, run down building. It was missing half the second floor, and what was left of the structure didn't look like it would hold up much longer.

"Let's go in!" Clu said.

"Are you sure we should? It looks like it'll fall on us or something." Carey asked, worried about how safe the building actually was. He'd been getting the urge to protect all the others for a long time. It had been getting stronger ever since Clu and Fi came back on tour, and things had gotten even weirder and more dangerous. He didn't want any of the younger kids to get hurt, especially Clu and Fi. He didn't know what he'd do if anything happened to those two. Like what had happened to Clark…

Fi noticed Carey wasn't exactly *there*. She put her hand on his shoulder, interrupting his thoughts. "Carey, are you ok?" He nodded. But she still wasn't convinced. There was something weird going on with him and it had nothing to do with that building.

"Come on let's go in!" Annie whined, unaware of what was going on with Carey and Fi. " I hear something in there!"

With that they walked in, not sure what they'd find inside.