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Taylor and Norman soon begin to go deeper into the forest after defeating and befriending Mz. Ruby. They eventually stopped and saw something that caused Norman to gasp. They see the vortex was closer, and the touch point of it was a dead tree, which might be where Agatha was buried.
"So, this is where she is," Taylor whispered.
Norman looks through the branches, and said, "Uh... Hello?"
"You're not welcome here," Agatha said, paused then added, "Especially you, Taylor Fearbrave. However, I am sort of impressed that you got passed Mz. Ruby. But still, both of you, go away."
Taylor soon said, "I don't think so, Agatha Prenderghast. Not until I sort of get a little justice from you for my brother, Shadow."
She and Norman soon moved closer, while Norman said, "Well, that, and I really need to speak with you."
"Who are you?" Agatha asked.
"I'm Norman. Norman Babcock," Norman replied, then said, "You don't actually know me, but I know you." Norman paused, then said, "We're actually kind of the same, you and I."
"You're not dead," Agatha said.
Norman soon said, "Well, no, apart from that."
"And you're a boy," Agatha added.
"Well, yes. That, too," Norman replied.
Agatha soon said, "You're not like me at all!"
"Well, I know how you feel," Norman said.
"No, you don't. Both of you don't know about me," Agatha said.
Norman soon replied, "I know your name is Agatha Prenderghast.
"What?" Agatha asked.
Norman soon asked, "And I know you're probably tired, right? Because, I mean, it's really late, and it's been a long night, and we're, besides Taylor, like only 11 years old, and..."
Norman was interrupted, as Agatha soon whispered in both his and Taylor's ears, "I don't want to go to sleep, and you two can't make me."
Soon some pointy wooden roots came out of the ground tried to hurt Taylor, she soon saw some near her friend, and said, "Norman, look out!"
Both Taylor and Norman begin to move around, trying to avoid the wooden stalagmites, towards the tree. Eventually they made it toward tree. The vortex soon went down to the ground, then Taylor and Norman saw what looks like a ticked off Agatha. She soon said to the two, "I burned the book into dust. Now I don't have to listen to that stupid story anymore!" She soon blasted some lightning at Norman, hitting him until he knelt near the wall Agatha made, she then said, "You two, leave me alone."
Norman got up, and said, "No. No, I'm not leaving."
"I'm not leaving either, for like I said, I want a bit of justice for my brother, but not without using my staff to hit you, since you're a ghost after all," Taylor said.
"Despite that, just listen to me," Norman said, coming towards her, while she backed up, then said, "Once upon a time, long ago, there was a little girl."
"What?" Agatha asked in confusion.
Norman soon continued telling what is maybe a story, that was even confusing Taylor, "A little girl who was different... Who was different from the other people in her village."
Taylor soon knew this was the story of Agatha, who soon said, "I'm not listening!"
She soon split herself into four copies of herself, and pushed Norman, but he soon continued telling it, "She could see and do things that no one could understand, and that made them scared of her." The copies swirled fast around Norman.
Agatha soon said, "I don't like this story!"
Norman soon continued, while Agatha continues to attack him, "She turned away from everyone, and became sad and lonely, and had no one to turn to!"
"Stop it!" Agatha yelled.
Soon there was a blast, and the woods were devastated. Norman and Taylor laid on the ground, but then Taylor got up, and saw Agatha rise up in the ground, then Norman got up, and continued, "But the more she turned away from people, the more scared they were of her, and they did something terrible!" Agatha was soon shocked, for she knows the story is about her, then she glared at him, as Norman continued, "They became so scared that they took her away and they killed her!"
"No!" cried Agatha who was shocked.
Taylor soon saw that Agatha was becoming unstable, as Norman continued, "But even though she was dead, something in her came back.
"Stop!" Agatha cried.
Norman still continued, "And this part of her, it wouldn't go away. Not for 300 years!"
"Shut up!" Agatha cried to the boy.
But Norman still continued, "And the longer it stayed, the less there was of the little girl."
Agatha soon shrieked, and the ground cracked, and began to split. Taylor knew now Agatha was really mad, and yelled, "I'll make you and Taylor suffer!"
"Why?" asked Norman, but then some ground was beginning to collapse from under him and was about to fall to the yellow void below him, but he was soon grabbed by Taylor.
"Because... Because..." Agatha tried to think of a reply but couldn't think of an answer.
"Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are, Agatha," Taylor replied to her.
She soon pulled Norman up, who said, "Taylor's right, so, whenever you wake up, you play this mean game, but you don't play fair!" Both him and Taylor soon ran and jumped onto a small floating platform near the tree Agatha was at.
"They hurt me," Agatha tried to say in defense.
"So, you hurt them back?" Norman asked.
"I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were," Agatha replied.
Taylor and Norman soon jumped and grabbed on a root, Norman soon said, "You're just like them, Agatha."
"No, I'm not!" Agatha replied.
"Yes, you are," Taylor soon said, shocking Agatha, as she continued, "Before I came to this world, I had to face four other people. A therapist, who tried to completely erase his past, but failed, an elderly man who was deranged for he wanted eternal life by trying to sacrifice his granddaughter, another old man who wanted the life essence from a girl so he can continue to live forever, and a spider-like, sewing loving witch, who tried to lure a little girl who was neglected by her parents to her world, and wanted eat her life, just as she did with three other children." Agatha knew she was talking about Dr. Bumby, The Dark Genteman's true identity, Dick Hamilton, Lorenzo Belli, and The Beldam. Then Taylor soon said, "Now, I am facing you, a girl who was wronged and killed by the people who were scared of you, and so you wanted them to suffer as you did!"
Norman soon said, "Taylor's right, you're a bully!"
"No, I'm not!" Agatha said, while diving down into the tree, causing it to crack, and blasted the bark off, and caused Taylor and Norman to fall screaming down the void.
However, a strong force stopped them, then caused them to shoot back and slammed into the tree three times. Norman soon was knocked out a bit and went limp on a branch but woke up in shock when he was hanging by his shirt, which was caught on the branch, Taylor felt dizzy by the slam, then shook her head, looked down, and cried, "Norman!" She soon went to the branch Norman was, grabbed his arm, and said while pulling him up, "Don't worry Norman, I got you!"
Taylor soon sees Agatha rising out of the tree, which soon tilted until it was in a horizontal position. Taylor looked at Agatha, who was really ticked off. Taylor soon helped Norman get something to put his feet on, as he said to Agatha, "They did something awful, but that doesn't mean you should, too. All that's left in you now is mean and horrible!"
"That's not true!" Agatha replied.
"Then stop! This is wrong and you know it!" Norman demanded, he, with Taylor helping him, walked towards Agatha, and said, "You spent so long remembering the bad people that you've forgotten the good ones." Agatha was shocked at that, then Norman said, "There must have been somebody who loved you and cared for you." He soon glared at her and asked, "You don't remember them?"
"Leave me alone!" Agatha demanded.
"But you're not alone! You have to remember!" Norman demanded.
"Keep away from me, you two!" Agatha demanded, while floating away.
"Remember!" Norman said, while grabbing Agatha's hand.
After grabbing her hand, there was a bright blinding light.
I know the last chapter was a bit predictable when Taylor face Mz. Ruby. But watching the film while typing the story, that climax was really epic, I had to watch and read what I wrote down so far while I was working. Anyway, if you're reading this, thank you for reading. If you want to know when the next chapter is, follow me or the story, write a review, but please no flames, add it to your favorites, and as usual, and if I get to it the story will continue in the next chapter. SEE YA!