Writer note: I am not at home right now, but have been given the previlage to get online! I wrote this chapter on "notepad" so it's hard for me to check for any mispellings or whatnot. Sorry if is's a little messy! I'm glad I got this part done. Dude, do I like this fic! It's becoming one of my faves alongside my Delancey sister fic. Enjoy!!!
Kora: You finally got the connection??? LOL. Yeah, I'd like to write an original story with this plotline. I am totally having fun with it.
San Antonio Rose: Yep, all the unexplained will be explained later! I been wanting to email you, but I'd been gone. I adore your "pray for the monkees" site!!! It is the best! I'm gonna go read some of your LotR fics. Hoy...I'm stuck on LotR fics right now. Dear me!
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"Callie?" Dutchy sputtered out. He turned to Specs. "Is she still dreaming?"
"I don't know" Specs shrugged, sounding baffled.
"I didn't know the Other Realm people could come into the Dream World" Pie Eater said as they talked like Callie wasn't there.
"Excuse me" she interrupted. "I was wondering why in the world am I here and who are you guys?! You been in my dreams constantly for months."
They all found the floor oddly interesting all the sudden. Callie folded her arms and waited on the edge of inpatience.
"We're dream people" Dutchy finally answered.
"And, you're in the Dream World" Bumlets continued.
Callie didn't look amused. "That really explained a lot." She paused. "Wait. I must be dreaming again. Maybe if I pinch myself..." she did, but felt a numb pain. "That didn't work. Okay, self, wake up. It's time to get up. Merciful heavens, Callie, wake up!!!"
"You're not going to wake up" Specs randonly interrsepted.
"Why is that?"
"Because you're already awake."
That froze everything. Callie stared intensely at the four as if seeing them for the first time. She stepped forward, one foot after the other until she was directly in front of them. She raised her hand, and touched Dutchy's cheek. He flushed, a small smile spreading over his lips. Her left hand raised to connect with Bumlets' shouler, and ran down to his hand. She moved to touch Specs and Pie Eater next. They were real. Plain as day.
"How is this possible?" she asked in amazement.
"That's what we're trying to figure out ourselves" Bumlets replied.
"Yeah, we never had a real person in the Dream World before" Pie added.
"If you can't answer that, then why are you trying to get me into that cave?" She looked straight at Dutchy. He was always with her at the entrance of Devil's Cave. There had to be some explaination.
Dutchy lowered his head in shame. "We don't know either."
"Oh." Callie frowned.
"Callie" Dutchy started, looking up at her. "I have to tell you, we know you're lonely. We can feel it. We can't be with you in the Other Realm, but we're still here for you even if you can only be with us in your dreams."
"Thank you." She choked back tears. "I wish you guys could come to my world. You'd like it."
"Oh!" Pie suddenly exclaimed. "Can you tell me what soccer is?"
Callie's smile crept back on her face. "Of course. It's a sport you play with two teams who try to take control of a ball to kick into a goal."
Pie Eater was in awe...though he didn't really understand all she said.
"What's dancing?" Bumlets asked next. "I have had urnings for it."
"Let me show you. Take my hand." Callie held out her hand which Bumlets looked at in confusion, but took it anyway. She started dancing to a tune in her head taking him along for the ride. He caught the hang of it almost instantly as if knowing destinctively what to do.
"That was great!" Bumlets said, grinning ear to ear.
"You danced like you have for years." Bumlets blushed.
"Callie" Specs caught her attention, surprisingly. She turned to him. "I want to do an impression, but I don't know how..."
"An impression? Of what?"
Specs shrugged. "I was hoping you'd know."
Callie laughed at the answer, and tried to think of something. "Well, you could do an impression of a person. Like I do a whacked impression of Elvis."
"Isn't that the greasy headed guy who talks weird?" Pie asked, scrunching his face.
"Yes, that happens to be him! Here I go." She got into Elvis 'stance' and did a horrible impersonation of him. "Thank you, thank you very much. Uh huh."
The post fab four busted into peels of laughter. "Now we know the real Callie" Bumlets joked.
"I think I know what to do now!" Specs told them in excitement. He cleared his throat and talked in a way the other three would of never expected from the usual 'serious' Specs. "Ya darn toottin', Andy!" It was Barney Fife.
"Where did that come from???" Pie asked, stunned and slightly confused.
"You just did an impression of Don Knotts from the Andy Griffath Show!" Callie announced, smiling. She turned to Dutchy...the quiet of the four. He just stood there shining down at her. "What is it you want to know? The Genie will grant you one wish."
He shook his head. "All I want to know is if I can be your friend..."
Callie's smile faded into a contented expression, amazed and saddened at his words. She took his hand. "Yes, you can be my friend. All four of you. You're the only ones I have." The happy mood drew to a close as reality formed back into their minds. "I'm going to have to leave, arn't I?"
They hung their heads. "Yeah, you are...sooner or later" Dutchy answered. Everything paused.
"I think sooner" Specs interrupted the silence. "The alarm is about to go off."
Callie took in all four faces, but landed on Dutchy's somber face. "I don't want to leave you guys" she said desperately. "Please, there has to be some way I can stay. I don't want to go back!"
"Callie, it's all right" Dutchy pleaded with her. She held tightly to his hands, not letting go as the gray covered her. In a matter of seconds, she was gone.
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Her breathing was rised as the memories threw her awake. Callie jolted up. It was still dark out. "Merciful heavens..." she murmured. "That was the most real dream I had. Anymore of this and I'll never to sleep again. Why couldn't they be real?!"
"Callie" a weak voice caught her attention. She sat up again, flipped on her lamp, and looked to her side. Dutchy lay next to her, dazed and losed.
"Oh my stars..." she mumbled in totally shock.
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muhahaha...I've gotten away with so many cliffhangers for this fic. I am enjoying that fact ;) Thank you to everyone who has been reading!!! Stay tune next time :D
Kora: You finally got the connection??? LOL. Yeah, I'd like to write an original story with this plotline. I am totally having fun with it.
San Antonio Rose: Yep, all the unexplained will be explained later! I been wanting to email you, but I'd been gone. I adore your "pray for the monkees" site!!! It is the best! I'm gonna go read some of your LotR fics. Hoy...I'm stuck on LotR fics right now. Dear me!
***
"Callie?" Dutchy sputtered out. He turned to Specs. "Is she still dreaming?"
"I don't know" Specs shrugged, sounding baffled.
"I didn't know the Other Realm people could come into the Dream World" Pie Eater said as they talked like Callie wasn't there.
"Excuse me" she interrupted. "I was wondering why in the world am I here and who are you guys?! You been in my dreams constantly for months."
They all found the floor oddly interesting all the sudden. Callie folded her arms and waited on the edge of inpatience.
"We're dream people" Dutchy finally answered.
"And, you're in the Dream World" Bumlets continued.
Callie didn't look amused. "That really explained a lot." She paused. "Wait. I must be dreaming again. Maybe if I pinch myself..." she did, but felt a numb pain. "That didn't work. Okay, self, wake up. It's time to get up. Merciful heavens, Callie, wake up!!!"
"You're not going to wake up" Specs randonly interrsepted.
"Why is that?"
"Because you're already awake."
That froze everything. Callie stared intensely at the four as if seeing them for the first time. She stepped forward, one foot after the other until she was directly in front of them. She raised her hand, and touched Dutchy's cheek. He flushed, a small smile spreading over his lips. Her left hand raised to connect with Bumlets' shouler, and ran down to his hand. She moved to touch Specs and Pie Eater next. They were real. Plain as day.
"How is this possible?" she asked in amazement.
"That's what we're trying to figure out ourselves" Bumlets replied.
"Yeah, we never had a real person in the Dream World before" Pie added.
"If you can't answer that, then why are you trying to get me into that cave?" She looked straight at Dutchy. He was always with her at the entrance of Devil's Cave. There had to be some explaination.
Dutchy lowered his head in shame. "We don't know either."
"Oh." Callie frowned.
"Callie" Dutchy started, looking up at her. "I have to tell you, we know you're lonely. We can feel it. We can't be with you in the Other Realm, but we're still here for you even if you can only be with us in your dreams."
"Thank you." She choked back tears. "I wish you guys could come to my world. You'd like it."
"Oh!" Pie suddenly exclaimed. "Can you tell me what soccer is?"
Callie's smile crept back on her face. "Of course. It's a sport you play with two teams who try to take control of a ball to kick into a goal."
Pie Eater was in awe...though he didn't really understand all she said.
"What's dancing?" Bumlets asked next. "I have had urnings for it."
"Let me show you. Take my hand." Callie held out her hand which Bumlets looked at in confusion, but took it anyway. She started dancing to a tune in her head taking him along for the ride. He caught the hang of it almost instantly as if knowing destinctively what to do.
"That was great!" Bumlets said, grinning ear to ear.
"You danced like you have for years." Bumlets blushed.
"Callie" Specs caught her attention, surprisingly. She turned to him. "I want to do an impression, but I don't know how..."
"An impression? Of what?"
Specs shrugged. "I was hoping you'd know."
Callie laughed at the answer, and tried to think of something. "Well, you could do an impression of a person. Like I do a whacked impression of Elvis."
"Isn't that the greasy headed guy who talks weird?" Pie asked, scrunching his face.
"Yes, that happens to be him! Here I go." She got into Elvis 'stance' and did a horrible impersonation of him. "Thank you, thank you very much. Uh huh."
The post fab four busted into peels of laughter. "Now we know the real Callie" Bumlets joked.
"I think I know what to do now!" Specs told them in excitement. He cleared his throat and talked in a way the other three would of never expected from the usual 'serious' Specs. "Ya darn toottin', Andy!" It was Barney Fife.
"Where did that come from???" Pie asked, stunned and slightly confused.
"You just did an impression of Don Knotts from the Andy Griffath Show!" Callie announced, smiling. She turned to Dutchy...the quiet of the four. He just stood there shining down at her. "What is it you want to know? The Genie will grant you one wish."
He shook his head. "All I want to know is if I can be your friend..."
Callie's smile faded into a contented expression, amazed and saddened at his words. She took his hand. "Yes, you can be my friend. All four of you. You're the only ones I have." The happy mood drew to a close as reality formed back into their minds. "I'm going to have to leave, arn't I?"
They hung their heads. "Yeah, you are...sooner or later" Dutchy answered. Everything paused.
"I think sooner" Specs interrupted the silence. "The alarm is about to go off."
Callie took in all four faces, but landed on Dutchy's somber face. "I don't want to leave you guys" she said desperately. "Please, there has to be some way I can stay. I don't want to go back!"
"Callie, it's all right" Dutchy pleaded with her. She held tightly to his hands, not letting go as the gray covered her. In a matter of seconds, she was gone.
***
Her breathing was rised as the memories threw her awake. Callie jolted up. It was still dark out. "Merciful heavens..." she murmured. "That was the most real dream I had. Anymore of this and I'll never to sleep again. Why couldn't they be real?!"
"Callie" a weak voice caught her attention. She sat up again, flipped on her lamp, and looked to her side. Dutchy lay next to her, dazed and losed.
"Oh my stars..." she mumbled in totally shock.
***
muhahaha...I've gotten away with so many cliffhangers for this fic. I am enjoying that fact ;) Thank you to everyone who has been reading!!! Stay tune next time :D