A Mysterious New World
Episode 9: Confessions
By Chessrook44
Chesrook: And we're back! School should be starting soon, hm? Anyway, this is a very important chapter. It confirms something you may have guessed by now. Lister: Oh? And what is that? Chesrook: Ah ah ah! I won't say! Sakura: Oh, come on! Chesrook: No! O-kay! On with the fanfic!
During the next week, Sakura and the others continued to tell Sokkru about their world. Every other day, however, they did what they wished as Sokkru was working on a way to send them back. Normally, Kero would go to the Cosolem and watch the fights (He said it was the closest he could get to video games), And Sakura, Madison, Li, and Meilin would explore the town. Once in a while, one of them would go downstairs in TAGOR and use the public bath. Fortunately, not many other people used it.
One day, however, Madison stayed in the room they were living in while the others went out. She sat there by the window, thinking. Just then, she heard a knock at the door. "Come in," she said without turning. She heard the door open and someone come in and then close the door. The person came over and sat next to Madison. Madison turned to see who it was. It was Lister! Madison gulped. "Madison, are you OK?" he asked. "I. I." Madison stuttered. She couldn't do it! But. but she had to tell him. If she didn't do it now.
"Lister, I love you!"
Lister gasped when he heard this. Madison turned her head and looked at her feet. "What?" she heard Lister say.
"I. I love you."
"Madison."
"I. I do! I have since I first met you in the pub. You. You were so kind, and."
"Madison, it's ok. To be honest, I kind of like you too. In the same way."
Madison gasped. "W-what?"
"Madison, I love you too."
Madison felt tears begin to well up in her eyes. She fell into Lister's arms and hugged him. She felt him hug her back.
She sat up. "No!" she said loudly. "It. it can't happen!"
"What can't?"
"We. we can't do this!"
"Why? Is it because we're from two different worlds? Madison, I-"
"No that's not it! It's. I. You're."
"What is it?"
"I. I'm too young!"
"What? But you look-"
"How many times do I have to tell you? This isn't really me! I don't look like this! I'm not this! I'm not as old as I look!"
"But. then. how old are you?"
"I. I." Tears began welling up in Madison's eyes again. "I'm 12!" Her face fell into her hands. "I'm 12!" She began crying and sobbing. "I'm 12." She said one last time, sobbing as she did so.
"12? But. that means that. you're just."
"I'm a child! I'm only 12! I'm just a kid! I can't."
"Madison." Lister's face lit up. "You can stay here! You'll stay like this. You won't have to be 12 again. We can be together!"
"You don't understand Lister. I want to be 12 again! I want to have friends and family and go to school and grow normally! I can't stay! I want to go home! I want my body back! I." She began sobbing uncontrollably.
Lister pulled Madison's head to his chest. "There, there. It can't be that bad."
"I-it is! I just want to go home so badly!"
"But you said that before this you always wanted to do magic!"
"I did! And I'm glad that I can now! But."
"But?"
"But I need to go home! I need to be with my mother and my friends!"
"I understand that."
"You don't know what it's like to have your life fooled around like this! Taken from your home, your family, everything and everyone you know and hold dear."
"But I do know what it's like, Madison! It happened to me when I was taken by the military. I didn't want to go, but they made me. I had to leave everyone and everything behind. You're lucky. You still have Sakura, Kero, Meilin, and Li. I didn't have anybody."
"But I feel so trapped here. I just want to get out."
"That's how I felt when they threw me in the dungeons. You have an entire world to explore! All I had was a 10-foot cell."
Madison sniffed. "But, how can it be? We're so similar, and yet so far apart." She felt her head moving towards Lister's.
"We're not so far apart now." Madison could feel Lister's breath.
"And. yet. I." Madison's mouth was open.
It happened without warning. A giant explosion blew the side of the room inwards, throwing Lister and Madison apart. Madison hit the wall and collapsed to the ground, still conscious. Lister came over to her. "Madison! Madison, are you all right? Madison!" Madison looked up. "I. I'm fine."
"Madison, your face." Madison's hand went to her mouth. A trickle of blood was coming out the corner of her mouth.
Lister ran to the gaping hole in the room and looked outside. "Oh heavenly Jurita," he said. "How did they get past the walls?"
"Lister, what is it?"
"Orcs. Hundreds of them. They're attacking Remo. I think I see barrels of gunpowder. That would explain the explosion. Oh, no, the Emperor!" Lister jumped out the hole and began running to the Palace. He stopped and turned around. "Well? Are you coming? If the orcs fond Sokkru, she may die and you'll lose your only way home!"
"I'll check the rest of the building to see if anyone was injured. I'll meet you there later," Madison shouted back. With that she turned, grabbed her bow and arrows, and ran downstairs to see if there were any survivors.
Chesrook: Done! Oh, I left a cliffhanger at the end! Sorry, but this is a two-parter! Sakura [singing]: Madison loves Lister! Lister loves Madison! Lister: If you don't shut up, I'll rip out your molars and shove them up your- Chesrook: Okay, I'm just going to end here before anyone gets hurt. Seeya!
Chesrook: And we're back! School should be starting soon, hm? Anyway, this is a very important chapter. It confirms something you may have guessed by now. Lister: Oh? And what is that? Chesrook: Ah ah ah! I won't say! Sakura: Oh, come on! Chesrook: No! O-kay! On with the fanfic!
During the next week, Sakura and the others continued to tell Sokkru about their world. Every other day, however, they did what they wished as Sokkru was working on a way to send them back. Normally, Kero would go to the Cosolem and watch the fights (He said it was the closest he could get to video games), And Sakura, Madison, Li, and Meilin would explore the town. Once in a while, one of them would go downstairs in TAGOR and use the public bath. Fortunately, not many other people used it.
One day, however, Madison stayed in the room they were living in while the others went out. She sat there by the window, thinking. Just then, she heard a knock at the door. "Come in," she said without turning. She heard the door open and someone come in and then close the door. The person came over and sat next to Madison. Madison turned to see who it was. It was Lister! Madison gulped. "Madison, are you OK?" he asked. "I. I." Madison stuttered. She couldn't do it! But. but she had to tell him. If she didn't do it now.
"Lister, I love you!"
Lister gasped when he heard this. Madison turned her head and looked at her feet. "What?" she heard Lister say.
"I. I love you."
"Madison."
"I. I do! I have since I first met you in the pub. You. You were so kind, and."
"Madison, it's ok. To be honest, I kind of like you too. In the same way."
Madison gasped. "W-what?"
"Madison, I love you too."
Madison felt tears begin to well up in her eyes. She fell into Lister's arms and hugged him. She felt him hug her back.
She sat up. "No!" she said loudly. "It. it can't happen!"
"What can't?"
"We. we can't do this!"
"Why? Is it because we're from two different worlds? Madison, I-"
"No that's not it! It's. I. You're."
"What is it?"
"I. I'm too young!"
"What? But you look-"
"How many times do I have to tell you? This isn't really me! I don't look like this! I'm not this! I'm not as old as I look!"
"But. then. how old are you?"
"I. I." Tears began welling up in Madison's eyes again. "I'm 12!" Her face fell into her hands. "I'm 12!" She began crying and sobbing. "I'm 12." She said one last time, sobbing as she did so.
"12? But. that means that. you're just."
"I'm a child! I'm only 12! I'm just a kid! I can't."
"Madison." Lister's face lit up. "You can stay here! You'll stay like this. You won't have to be 12 again. We can be together!"
"You don't understand Lister. I want to be 12 again! I want to have friends and family and go to school and grow normally! I can't stay! I want to go home! I want my body back! I." She began sobbing uncontrollably.
Lister pulled Madison's head to his chest. "There, there. It can't be that bad."
"I-it is! I just want to go home so badly!"
"But you said that before this you always wanted to do magic!"
"I did! And I'm glad that I can now! But."
"But?"
"But I need to go home! I need to be with my mother and my friends!"
"I understand that."
"You don't know what it's like to have your life fooled around like this! Taken from your home, your family, everything and everyone you know and hold dear."
"But I do know what it's like, Madison! It happened to me when I was taken by the military. I didn't want to go, but they made me. I had to leave everyone and everything behind. You're lucky. You still have Sakura, Kero, Meilin, and Li. I didn't have anybody."
"But I feel so trapped here. I just want to get out."
"That's how I felt when they threw me in the dungeons. You have an entire world to explore! All I had was a 10-foot cell."
Madison sniffed. "But, how can it be? We're so similar, and yet so far apart." She felt her head moving towards Lister's.
"We're not so far apart now." Madison could feel Lister's breath.
"And. yet. I." Madison's mouth was open.
It happened without warning. A giant explosion blew the side of the room inwards, throwing Lister and Madison apart. Madison hit the wall and collapsed to the ground, still conscious. Lister came over to her. "Madison! Madison, are you all right? Madison!" Madison looked up. "I. I'm fine."
"Madison, your face." Madison's hand went to her mouth. A trickle of blood was coming out the corner of her mouth.
Lister ran to the gaping hole in the room and looked outside. "Oh heavenly Jurita," he said. "How did they get past the walls?"
"Lister, what is it?"
"Orcs. Hundreds of them. They're attacking Remo. I think I see barrels of gunpowder. That would explain the explosion. Oh, no, the Emperor!" Lister jumped out the hole and began running to the Palace. He stopped and turned around. "Well? Are you coming? If the orcs fond Sokkru, she may die and you'll lose your only way home!"
"I'll check the rest of the building to see if anyone was injured. I'll meet you there later," Madison shouted back. With that she turned, grabbed her bow and arrows, and ran downstairs to see if there were any survivors.
Chesrook: Done! Oh, I left a cliffhanger at the end! Sorry, but this is a two-parter! Sakura [singing]: Madison loves Lister! Lister loves Madison! Lister: If you don't shut up, I'll rip out your molars and shove them up your- Chesrook: Okay, I'm just going to end here before anyone gets hurt. Seeya!