Freckles: Hello!

Dream: *wearing an eye patch and fake hook* Yarr! I be a pirate!

Freckles: A pirate? Why?

Dream: … YARR!!!!! MUTINY!!!!!!!!!

Chuchu: *walks in* what's going on?

Dream: 1st mate Freckles be planning a mutiny!

Freckles: o.O;;;

Chuchu: wiiiiiiiiiiiight…..

Dream: YOU! POLLY! WHAT YE BE DOIN' NOT ON ME SHOULDER??? *puts Chuchu on shoulder*

Chuchu: Is this normal for her?

Freckles: Yes, unfortunately, it is.

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Kuwabara screamed, "I'm getting a really bad feeling about this place, guys. I really don't want to be here…"

"Well that's too bad because you'll all be spending the rest of eternity here! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" a familiar sounding voice yelled before everything went dark.

***

I woke up and looked around. I was in a cave with a rounded ceiling. The only lights were odd glowing pale green crystals embedded in the walls. The chamber walls were made out of light blue crystal that reflected the glow of the green crystals, giving the chamber an eerie look. The ground I stood on was jet black and felt like it might be made of jet. I could see my reflection in the floor. A hallway was the only way in or out of the chamber. It was similar to the chamber I was in.

I hopped to the hallway entrance. Wherever Autumn is I have a better chance of finding her if I go looking for her. Besides, it's no use waiting around here for something to come and get me.

As I took my first steps into the hallway all the crystals stopped glowing. Then, the two closest to me lit up and went out. The two after that lit up and went out. This pattern continued all down the hall and then began to repeat. I hopped tentatively down the hall following the lights.

***

~3rd person P.O.V~

Chuchu lay on the ground in a dimly lit room. The room had silver colored crystals for walls. It also had a jet black stone floor. Pale blue glowing crystals were embedded in the walls.

Chuchu opened her big black eyes slightly. What happened? The last thing I remember is a voice and then…

"Where am I???" Chuchu squeaked in terror as she became fully aware of her surroundings. Her squeak echoed off the walls.

Chuchu spotted a hallway leading out of the room. She stepped over to the hallway and peeked down. It looked like the room she was in only longer. She took a step and immediately the crystals stopped glowing.

"Aw! Come on! That's not fair!!!" She yelled at the crystals. The crystals flickered on and then off. "Please turn on?" The two lights closest to her flickered on and off. Then, the two after that flickered and so on down the hall.

Chuchu giggled and started chasing after the lights at full speed.

***

Freckles was still following his green lights slowly. They had slowed down to match his pace which he had found extremely unnerving. He had been hopping along for hours it seemed. He could no longer see the spot where he had entered the hall but, in the distance, he could see what appeared to be pale blue flashing lights. He heard laughter echoing in the hallway and froze. After a few minutes of silence he continued. He got to the end of the green lights and the two crystals at the end stayed light while the others went out and stayed out.

Again he heard laughter and again he froze. His heart was beating so hard that he knew that whatever it was laughing could definitely hear it. He even went so far as to think that his rapid heartbeat was the cause of the creature's laughter.

He saw a shadow running after the blue lights. The flashing crystals caused its shadow to grow huge and terrifying. Freckles turned from the monster and bolted back the way he had come. The creature tripped on a rock and was propelled into him. They both tumbled over flat onto the stone floor.

"Owie! Chuchu got a booboo!" (A/N: That sounded soooo cute! I just had to put it in!)

"Chuchu?" Freckles got up and was overjoyed to discover that his "attacker" was indeed the little creature.

"Hiya, Speckles!"

"Freckles. My name is Freckles."

"Okie dokie Speckles!"

Freckles sighed, "Do you know where the others are?"

"Yes! I mean no…"

"Do you know where we are?"

Chuchu bobbed up and down in her version of a nod. "I have no idea!" she beamed.

Freckles sighed again, "You're even more dense than Autumn."

"I like the pitty flashing lights!"

***

Margaret was wandering around a maze of hallways. There were many dead ends. The maze walls reached the ceiling and were made of black crystal. The floor was also made of black crystal. There were yellow glowing crystals lighting the halls. She soon became aware of a sobbing noise and footsteps. She turned a corner and found herself face to face with Hiei.

"HIEI!!!!!" her yell echoed off the walls as she hugged him tightly, "I was sooooo scared!"

Arielle looked up from taunting Kuwabara, "Will you keep it quiet, you're ruining the creepy atmosphere." She turned back to Kuwabara, "…and after you die little tiny worms will feast on your body. They'll crawl under your skin and…"

"What's she doing?" Margaret asked Hiei.

"Making the baka cry." Hiei replied flatly.

"Where are the others?" Margaret looked around.

"Yusuke went to try and find a way out of this maze. He's leaving pieces of paper to mark his trail. We haven't seen anyone else yet." Arielle said while Kuwabara curled up into a little ball and started sucking his thumb.

"I hope everyone's ok…" Margaret sighed.

***

Precious and Tundra were following Mike around in a maze of hallways. The very same maze where Margaret, Hiei, Arielle, and Kuwabara were. The walls blocked any sound from traveling. They had been wandering for what seemed like an eternity and had passed the same intersection eight times.

"We should try following those little pieces of paper. They might lead us to someone." Tundra suggested.

"I guess." Mike shrugged.

They were walking for only a few minutes when they bumped into Yusuke.

"Hey guys! I found the way out of this maze! Follow the pieces of paper. I'll go get the others." Yusuke then rushed back.

A while later Arielle, Mike, Margaret, Yusuke, Tundra, Precious, Kuwabara, and Hiei were gathered at the exit of the maze. The room beyond was full of illusions. It had walkways going in every direction including up and down.

Precious sighed, "So now what?"

"I have no idea." Yusuke shrugged.

"Follow me." Hiei started walking away.

"Why?" Kuwabara asked.

"I'll use my Jagan to find the right path."

"Why the hell didn't you do that in the maze?!?" Yusuke yelled.

"It was amusing to watch you bang into walls."

The group started following Hiei.

***

Jin and Touya were fighting a large crystal monster. It was made of green crystals with red crystals for eyes. It looked like a giant serpent and none of their attacks were working on it. The monster had knocked Jin away and had cornered Touya. It was about to eat him when a bolt of black lightning with golden fire swirling around it hit the creature. It shattered.

"You two alright?" Dariken asked as he stepped forward followed closely by Thorn.

"I guess so. Thank you." Touya said to both of them.

"That was good timing." Jin said.

"Have either of you seen the others?" Thorn asked worriedly.

"No." Touya said simply.

Dariken uttered a curse under his breath. He turned and started walking quickly back down the hallway they had come from. Thorn, Jin, and Touya followed him. They walked for a long time down the dimly lit blood red hallway. They then found themselves in a room with paths all over the place, even above their heads.

"What the hell…?" Dariken said what they were all thinking.

"Hey! What're you guys doing on the ceiling?" A voice asked from above. It was Yusuke.

"I'd like to ask you the same question." Dariken called back.

The two groups made their way to the same spot. Dariken counted who was there, "So we're only missing Autumn, Kurama, Freckles, and Chuchu."

***

Kurama was running from a giant lizard like thing made of orange crystal. His Rose Whip hadn't been able to cut it so he had fled down the sea-green walled hallway. He was so preoccupied with running that he didn't notice the drop ahead of him until he was falling down it. He fell onto a ledge and was knocked unconscious.

***

Autumn was sitting looking around. She had woken up to find herself in a large room with aqua colored crystals lighting the golden walled room. In the corner across from her was a small lake with a waterfall draining out of a large crack in the wall into it. She hadn't moved at all since waking up. Mostly because of these annoying little voices that were echoing around the room.

'Why aren't you moving?'

'Your boyfriend's in trouble. Go to him.'

'What are you waiting for?'

'Your rabbit is dead. You won't see him again.'

'It's your fault for bringing him along. You killed him.'

'Your boyfriend's dead too. You killed both of them.'

Autumn put her hands over her ears and tried to choke back the sobs building in her throat. She knew very well that the voices, whatever they were, could be telling her lies. Of course there was always the chance that they weren't lying. She had long since given up telling them that Kurama was not her boyfriend. She heard a loud crashing noise coming from somewhere nearby and decided to investigate.

As soon as she took a step into the hallway the crystals stopped glowing. She ran her hand along the wall until she found a crystal. Pulling it out of the wall was easier than she had expected. The crystal began to glow again in her hand. She began walking down the hall toward the noise's source.

'Where are you going?'

'Why are you walking away from us?'

'…I like cantaloupe…'

'Yeah, me too.'

'it's so delicious.'

"Shut up." Autumn said coldly.

***

Freckles and Chuchu were sitting and thinking of ways to get out of the hallway and find the others.

"Why don't we push on the wall until we find a secwet passage?" Chuchu suggested.

Freckles was getting tired of her childish solutions. "What? You think that by pushing on the wall like this," he pushed the wall of the hallway with his front paws, "a secret passage will just open? That's absurd! That's absolutely abs…"

The wall started to shake and a passage just big enough for them to fit through opened up. Chuchu jumped up and down excitedly.

Freckles gaped at the opening, "Well whaddya know, it worked!"

They both quickly ran through the passage and found themselves in a room with walls made of sea-green crystal. It was lit by silver crystals and had two other entrances and a large drop occupying the opposite half of the room. Lying at the side of the drop was a rose.

"Hey! That's Kurama's rose!" Freckles ran over to smell it.

"And that's Kuwama!" Chuchu said looking down the drop at the unconscious Kurama.

Footsteps were echoing from one of the hallways. Freckles and Chuchu turned to see a golden glow coming from around a bend in that hallway. They both froze with fear as the footsteps drew closer. The creature was then standing before them the golden glowing crystal giving it a frightening appearance.

Freckles and Chuchu both started screaming. The figure let go of the crystal and then caught it again. "Freckles! Chuchu! Calm down! It's me Autumn!"

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Dream: Why ye be endin' the story thar?

Freckles: Because we want to leave the readers in suspense.

Chuchu: Yeah, Speckles knows what he's doing.

Freckles: IT'S FRECKLES!!!!! FRECKLES!!!!!

Chuchu: o.o Why you so mad Speckles?

Freckles: u.u;;; o I give up!