March 15th, 2021

I did one of these just two days ago and I'm already doing another one. I must really be starting to enjoy it.

Earlier today, my great grandpa's pool table got stolen by androids from a planet called Saroyub. I'm gonna surprise him with a new one by collecting the fifteen Color-Coded & Numbered Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl Spheres of Legend. The first seven are naturally numbered one through seven, the eighth is plain white and with no number for some reason, and the rest are numbered nine through fifteen, which only makes it weirder that the white one doesn't have a number.

While I'm out searching the multiverse today, I needed someone to fill in for me at school and work. Robbie was more than happy to help me out with that, so I put a new chip in him that gives him all the knowledge he'll need for the day. He now knows which class to go to, what jobs to do at the zoo, and how to attack innocent people. I'm of course just kidding with that last one.

I've collected ten of the spheres so far, so I'm almost done. Something odd I noticed about spheres number 6 and number 9 is that there's a line under the number on each one. The only reason I can think of for why they'd do that is so you can tell them apart if you look at one upside-down. But one of them is green and the other is white and yellow, which means there's already a way to tell which is which. What's the point of the lines then?

More importantly, the tenth sphere instructed me to go to the universe of the real The Casagrandes to find the eleventh. I'm glad I get to go there because there's a favor I've been wanting to ask Ronnie Anne and Sid to do for me. You could say it's a little too soon, but I don't care.

I'm now in that universe. I love being able to use the RP1 to print graham crackers and then turn them into portals. It makes exploring the multiverse so much easier. I'm at the skate park and I see the original Ronnie Anne skateboarding. See? Skateboarding is Ronnie Anne's thing. Could you imagine if someone decided to make a different version of the character who's interested in making movies instead of skateboarding? Wouldn't that just be the stupidest thing ever? Wouldn't it just make you wanna grab that loser by his stupid face and slam it into a brick wall repeatedly?!

...Anyway, it always feels good to be back in Great Lakes City, even when it's not the one I lived in. Ronnie Anne just got done doing a bunch of cool tricks and now she's standing in front of me. "Hello. Are you the Y Universe Sid?" she asks me. She must've saw me come through the portal because I expected her to mistake me for her Sid.

"Yep," I answer. "Is the original me here?" I ask.

"It's rare for us not to spend our time together since we're BFFs," HEARING THAT SENTENCE DOES NOT FILL ME WITH FURY AT ALL! "but no. She's at home," the good Ronnie Anne finishes.

"Okay. Would you two like to help me out with a couple things?" I ask politely.

"Sure, no problem," answers Ronnie Anne. I love how nice she is! "I'll text Sid and let her know," she adds.

"Thank you. Tell her to meet us at Laird's mansion. I'll explain why on the way there," I say and then Ronnie Anne nods her head. She's now got her phone out and is working on the text. "In the mean time, there's something else I wanted to ask you," I say after a brief moment thinking over if I should. "Would you be willing to ask Lincoln out on a date?" I ask, making her stop texting and look up at me.

"That came out of nowhere," she comments. "Why?" she asks.

"Because there's a person I don't like who I know will hate it," I clarify. Yeah, it would make Anthony flip out and throw a tantrum 'cause he's so immature and can't stand it when things don't go his way. It'll be awesome! And Y Universe Ronnie Anne will do the same! Hey! I just realized I can combine their names together. I'm gonna call them Ronnie Anne-thony from now on. "And another thing," I say, starting a new subject. "May I please try your skateboard?" I ask.

"Absolutely!" exclaims Ronnie Anne while taking off her helmet. She hands it to me along with the board. I strap the helmet on and get ready to skate. I'm gonna try that thing where you go down. Sorry for the worst description ever, but I don't know the terminology since I've never skated before. It's like a big huge bowl, I guess? This would be so much easier if you could just see what I'm doing!

Regardless, I bet I'll be way better at skateboarding then I was at hoverboarding. Staying on the ground thanks to the wheels should make it way easier. I'm about to go down the bowl and uhh... Never mind. This is a million times scarier than hoverboarding. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I scream while going like a quapillion miles an hour. When I reach the bottom, I'm just barely able to build up enough courage to jump off the board. As soon as I do, I sit down to catch my breath.

The board still makes it all the way to the other side of the bowl. It goes all the way up, back down, and then repeats on the other side where Ronnie Anne is. She catches her board and then runs over to me. "Are you okay?" she asks.

"Yeah, I'll be alright," I answer. "Thank you for caring about me. Y Universe you would be laughing her butt off right now," I say. The Purple Heart Pain really is amazing. Laughter is supposed to make people happy and she found a way to make it something I don't want.

Ronnie Anne, the other Sid, and I are now at Laird's mansion. The eleventh sphere is buried underground here somewhere. Finding it was one of the two things I wanted their help with. They agreed. But I wanted to tell them about the RP1 before we start digging. I've already showed it to them and told them what it does. Well, I've actually only told them about how it prints graham crackers. I'd like the other thing it does to be a surprise at the Sid Invention Duel.

They both seemed impressed by the device so far though. "Can you make a graham cracker shaped like Yoon Kwan?" the original Sid asks me. Making one shaped like a person sounds hard to pull off. If I can make it work, I'll be impressed with myself.

And yep. It came out perfectly. The RP1 has a really fast cooling system, so no one even has to wait to eat the crackers. "Here you go," I say while handing the cracker to Sid. When she takes it, she breaks it in two and gives half of it to Ronnie Anne. They both take a bite at the same time. Seeing them share a snack together reminds me how heartwarming their friendship is. I'm not even jealous. It's pretty much impossible not to forget that I'm looking at different versions of myself and you know who whenever I see them. They feel like completely different people.

Oh, that reminds me. The only reason Robbie's name is Robbie is because that's also what the original me named her universe's version of him. The problem is that name sounds way too similar to the first name of a certain person I no longer like. I know I've said the name of that person several times today, but I try to minimize thinking about her as much as possible. That's made a lot harder when someone I know has such a similar name to her. I'd like to give Robbie a new name, but he couldn't think of one. If anybody has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I'll also ask Ronnie Anne and Sid if they have any later if I get the chance to.

They just finished eating the cracker. "This is delicious!" the original me exclaims. It may have sounded like she was exaggerating to make me happier, but there is without a doubt a zero percent chance that she wasn't being completely genuine.

And since she was being sincere, so will I. "Thank you. It's a recipe that I developed completely by myself," I say. "Now let's get started on digging!" I shout while holding up my jackhammer and beginning to use it. The others then join in. We're all wearing the proper safety gear, of course. If you don't, something very bad could happen to you. You could even die.

I get the feeling this is gonna take a while. Perfect timing for me to get another thing I've wanted to do done. "Would you guys like to learn more about my universe?" I ask.

"I'd love to," Ronnie Anne replies. We're all having to yell in order to hear each other over the jackhammers, so now I'm worried I'm gonna hurt my voice too much while I tell them my story. "Tell me more about when your universe's me was pretending to be your friend. I want to try to figure out why on Earth she doesn't like you," continues Ronnie Anne.

I can't tell them that story. In my eyes, it was still two people being besties. I know that it wasn't, but I've never heard you know who's side of it. If someone wants to know the full truth about what happened, they'd really have to ask her about it, not me. There is no other reason I don't want to look back on that point in my life. "If you wanna know why she hates me, you'd really have to ask her. I could never possibly tell you because I honestly think I'm awesome," I explain.

"I bet your psychic friend could help with that problem," Sid says to me. Why didn't she just say...? Oh, wait. Duh. Because there is no Izzy in this universe. It is so hard for me to remember that. It's so weird how I both think of our counterparts as completely different people because of all the differences between us and them but also can't remember those differences half the time. That doesn't make any sense.

The original Sid has a point because Izzy can do basically anything, but I had a specific story in mind that I wanted to tell. "Either way, I wanted to tell you guys about the time I got amnesia. Is that alright?" I say and ask.

"Sure," answers the other Sid.

"Go for it," her friend I'm having a hard time making eye contact with adds.

Hanukkah 2019

This was back when I still lived in Great Lakes City. It was also before The Purple Heart Pain told me the truth, so I guess I'm gonna tell you a little bit about that after all.

It was snowing one late December day and Adelaide had to go to work with Dad. I got too excited and started teasing Adelaide about how I got to play in the snow and she didn't. That feels so weird to think about every time I look back on this. That's not something I would even think about doing if this happened now. It's crazy how after someone's personality slowly changes over time, the way their personality used to be suddenly seems wrong. I hope I never actually teased her and the amnesia I got later that same day is making me misremember what really happened. That's how amnesia works, right?

Anyway, Adelaide got mad at me, so she made the biggest snowball ever and threw it at me. This was before she got her hat of unbelievable power, so it should've been impossible for her to be strong enough to lift it. Like I said, maybe I'm remembering this wrong. I landed on a mountain hundreds of miles away and hit my head. As you can probably guess, that's how I got amnesia. My friends Karli and Sasha found me, but this is how we met, so they weren't able to tell me who I was.

I stayed with them at Sasha's house and they taught me about Hanukkah. It was really fun, so I've made it a tradition to celebrate it with them every year even though I'm not Jewish. Karli isn't either.

I enjoyed the holiday, but I was still really bummed about not remembering anything. To try to cheer me up, Karli sang me a song called Savior. I think she said it's from some video game called Gastral Pain or something like that. The song's about how everything's currently crappy but it'll get better soon, so it was exactly what I needed at the time.

When my parents and Ada found me, I felt like I had never seen them before in my life. I really hate looking back on this part. They're my family. I should know who they are. I know it wasn't my fault, but I still don't like the thought of not recognizing them. After I said I couldn't remember them, they started trying to jog my memory. Unfortunately, it wasn't working. When they told me I'm a vampire, I laughed. I don't get why that happened. Humans don't forget what species they are when they get amnesia, so why did I? What made me assume I was a human too?

I then touched a piece of garlic bread to my tongue. Because it was such a light amount of garlic, it didn't kill me, but it was enough to give me a really indescribable bad sensation pulse through my body. I could then feel my pupils shrinking. The garlic made me gag, so I covered my mouth. Then I screamed, just like in that SpongeBob episode where he tastes Gary's food. I'll bet there's someone out there named Peterson who felt a disturbance.

The pain was so severe that it restored nearly all of my memory. "I remember everything," I said, unaware that wasn't actually true.

I'd really rather not look back on this next part, but I don't wanna leave you hanging by not telling you how it ended. The Purple Heart Pain pushed my mom out of my line of sight and shouted "Do you remember me?!"

I remembered my parents and Adelaide, but not her. "Who the Sid are you?" I asked. She then ran outside and started celebrating. Luckily, she didn't get what she wanted for very long because I slowly began to remember who she was and my memory was completely restored a few days later.

We've been digging for hours and we still haven't found the sphere. The person wearing a hoodie turns off her jackhammer, causing us Sids to do the same. "Why'd you stop?" my counterpart asks her friend.

Said friend answers with a question for me. "Are you sure this is where it is?"

"Yeah," I respond. "Here. Look," I say while showing them the back of the tenth sphere. It has a picture of Laird's mansion with 'A world where enemies are now companions,' written underneath. "It's gotta mean this universe," I say after giving them enough time to look at the picture and read the clue. "This is the only one where its Ronnie Anne and Sid are friends, right?" I ask, very confident that the answer is yes. I couldn't possibly be that unlucky, right?

"I think you're taking the clue too literally," says Ronnie Anne. Now that she mentions it, I don't think one of the spheres being in this universe is even possible. The spheres are an element of a fanfiction universe, so it wouldn't surprise me if they can't be hidden in this canon one.

"I think you're right," I say. "But before I go, there's something I forgot to ask you two about. I was gonna enter the RP1 into the Sid Invention Duel, but I'm going camping on the same day. Will you take my place and present the RP1 for me?" I continue.

I suppose it's possible that they weren't told about the Sid Invention Duel. But of all Sids to not be told about it, there's no way the original would be one of them. She's obviously the most important one. "Yeah, we'll fill in for you. We don't know what you're talking about though," she says after her and her friend look at each other. I guess I was wrong.

"It's a small science fair at my old school just for different versions of you. I'll send you an email later with all the details," I explain. I'm still really surprised they didn't know about it. "Thanks for helping me with it," I say. I'd thank them for helping me look for the sphere too, but I already did earlier before we even got to the mansion.

I haven't checked in on Robbie all day, so I'm gonna call him and see how he's doing. "Hello," he greets after answering the phone.

"Hi, sweetie. How's it going at the zoo?" I say to him. I can't wait to hear what he has to say!

"Who is this?" he asks. Oh-no! Don't tell me he's gotten amnesia too.

"Robbie, it's me, your mother," I say.

"My mother, Becca Chang, is here at the zoo with me," he says. I'm so confused! "I'm not Robbie. That's my son," he adds, making it worse.

I just wanted him to fill in for me at school and work, not pretend to be me. "Robbie, you can drop the act," I tell him.

"I'd rather drop the phone," he says. Normally, I'd laugh at that. But I'm too worried something bad's happening. "I've gotta get back to telling everyone who dares try to enter the zoo without first reciting the entirety of Bee Movie backwards that they must live on Mercury for seven years and nine months as punishment," he explains.

"WHAT?!" I shout just before he hangs up. I never would've expected Robbie to misunderstand my job so monumentally. I could've sworn I programmed the chip right. What am I gonna do?! Whatever it is, finding the spheres is gonna have to wait. Sorry, Great Grandpa. "Thanks again for all your help today, but I've gotta go," I say to the others.

"What did Robbie say?" the person with black hair asks.

"I put a chip in him today that would let him know how to fill in for me while I was out looking for the spheres. But it must've glitched or something because he now not only thinks he's me, which wasn't supposed to happen, but he's also doing the job completely wrong!" I explain. I really hope nobody thinks what Robbie's claiming is actually true. The zoo's reputation will be ruined for enforcing a ridiculous rule for no reason and I'll be one of the people at fault for it. "Izzy! Teleport me to the zoo!" I yell. Izzy can hear me thanks to her telepathic abilities.

"Let us come with you," the other me says just before I vanish.

There's no time to go back for them now. I can already see things have taken a turn for the worst. There's an angry mob right outside the zoo because Robbie won't let them in. My mom's trying to explain to them what's going on but I guess they aren't listening. "Sid! I'm so glad you're here," she says once she spots me. "You are never going to believe what happened," she concludes.

"Yeah, I know. The chip I put in Robbie glitched and now he..."

"I wish that's what happened! If it was, I would've been able to handle this myself," Mom interrupts. "Some different version of you from another universe wearing black clothes showed up all of a sudden, pointed a stick at Robbie, and then he started acting strange," she explains.

It must've been X Universe Sid. She's an evil witch. I don't see why she'd care about turning Robbie evil or making people hate my mom's zoo, but we can worry about that later. I've gotta get in there and fix Robbie! Except that now I don't know how I will, if I even can. Before, all I would have to do is take the chip out. I don't know the first thing about how to undo one of Sid X's spells!

I need to concentrate, so I'll tell you what happened after we get everything sorted out.

Turns out, it wasn't really Sid X and Robbie. It was The Purple Heart Pain and her mother using their shapeshifting powers to pull a prank on me. We've definitely gotta change Robbie's name now. It was bad enough that it sounded similar to the name of someone I hate, but now it's someone I hate who once pretended to be him. We can't have that!

I'll bet The Purple Heart Pain couldn't stand having to pretend my mom is her mom and having to listen to me call her 'sweetie' earlier. That's good. Anthony probably didn't like it either. Also good.

My mom's yelling at the Santiagos and rightfully so. "Stay away from my family, you horrible people!" she screams.

"When we first met, staying away from your family was exactly what I wanted to do, but you wouldn't let me," The Purple Heart Pain says even though it makes no difference. It's not even true. She already liked Adelaide at that point, so saying she wanted to stay away from my family is a lie! You can't leave out important information to make the point you're trying to make seem better. You just can't!

"Things are different now," retorts my mom. "And as for you," she shouts while pointing at Mrs. Santiago. "How could you not only let your kid do something this awful but help her do it?!" she asks. I didn't even think of it that way. That's a great point. "You are the worst parent ever!" she yells. I agree with her.

And that's where the conversation ended. The Santiagos had nothing else to say at all. They just went home while holding their heads down in shame. We won, my mom hung up a sign that says they're not allowed in the zoo ever again, and I am not leaving out one single detail.

"Mommy, I don't like them," Robbie says to me and it's really him this time.

"Good for you, son. Nobody does and nobody should," I say to him. I wish I could say I'll never see the stupid Santiagos ever again but I know I will. You know what could make that wish come true? If Anthony stopped writing stories about the Y Universe! Yeah, if he just left us alone, I could live a calm Santiago-free life. But since I keep having to live through days that make for interesting plots, I keep crossing paths with the Santiagos because that brings the drama.

There is nothing in the world I want more than to not have to live inside a person's imagination. I would kill for the chance to get to live in the real world.

"Sid, I've got good news for you," Izzy says. I like where this is going! "After Anthony writes the story about the Sid Invention Duel, which you probably won't even be in, he's never going to post a story about the Y Universe online ever again!" YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!