A/N: Dark story as it's based around the purgatory theory but also deals with a broken sibling relationship.

Emma's perspective…

I struggle to open my eyes as I'm being lifted up, seeing Rolf… but instead of his usual clothes, he's dressed in clothes that are a closer fit to the late 19th century as he sets me on the couch of the old home.

"Stay here, she who is too injured to walk! Rolf has to pacify the farmyard animals as something has terrified them!" Rolf explained frantically before he rushed into the backyard… what the hell is going on? I was at the high school football game filling in as the mascot, how did I get here?!

I stand up and walk to the window… and I wish I hadn't, looking away and tightly closing my eyes as Rolf is trampled by the animals.

I shake off how I feel physically and rush out there to crouch down and try to help him, Rolf looking at me.

"Tell Rolf's family… that Rolf tried his best." Rolf responded weakly before he went lifeless.

I look around and things change again… I'm in front of Rolf's grave now and I see… Jonny?

"They always said he was weird, Miss. Right, Plank?" Jonny replied before holding Plank up.

Plank had no chips on him and I remember how he got chipped up… and then Jonny covers his mouth as he coughs, looking at me afterwards and motioning for me to follow him.

We stop at the cliffs and Jonny lies down, Plank in his arms.

"What I have, they can't cure… I wanted to see the sunlight one last time." Jonny explained weakly before closing his eyes.

Everything around me changes again and I see another me as well as Eddy… and then hear an angry mob as Eddy yells "Run for it!" and drags the younger me with him.

I run after them and then see the horror in their expressions… and the lake, which I knew was too deep to swim in.

The Cul-de-Sac changed again, this time to the 1950s… and I hear Sarah's yelling but hers and Edd's mom just walks off.

Now I know that's not like Caleigh, she loves those kids more than life itself… and then I see Ed and Sarah leaving the house.

I follow the two, wondering where Michael is… only to stop when I see his grave… that can't be right, I saw him just before the game!

"Dad's gone and Mom doesn't care! We shouldn't be here anymore!"

My blood runs cold when I hear that and see Sarah on the edge of the cliff before hearing Ed yell "No, baby sister!" and him running to stop her but they both go flying off the cliff.

Before I even have a chance to process what happened, my surroundings change again and I hear Nazz screaming… and run to her house, busting the front door open.

I end up throwing up afterwards after noticing the strong smell of blood… and then my surroundings change again.

"Double D?" I call out after seeing Edd, who helps me sit up.

"Greetings, fellow student. You must've fallen asleep… no problem, you can help me with my project after you fully wake-" Edd replied before we were thrown across the room and hit the wall with equally forceful thuds before falling to the ground.

When I opened my eyes, I heard yelling and saw Ethan being dragged off in handcuffs… and saw a bruised and battered Kevin being put in an ambulance before it drove off.

Now I'm really damn scared!

The next thing I know, I'm in the backyard of Jimmy's house… and I see him in the garden, Rebecca holding her son.

"Em… sweet, angelic Emma..." Jimmy responded after seeing me, terribly weakened… and his eyes sliding closed as his mom sobbed.

My surroundings change one last time as I hear demonic laughter and see Lee, Marie and May…

I find myself strapped to a backboard before being placed on a stretcher, seeing my brother and friends hovering worriedly… and feeling Kevin's right hand on the left side of my face.

"We clobbered those Lemon Brook jerks for ya, Emma." Kevin responded, lightly rubbing my splinted left wrist.

"What happened?" I managed to ask.

"You caught the football and then got tackled after you threw it back to Ed, Sis! Those jerks took things too far!" Eddy explained, lightly hugging me as Lee, Marie and May rushed back to us.

"If they run for their bus… they won't get far." Marie replied, holding up a knife that had part of a tire stuck to it.

At Peach Creek Hospital, my wrist was put in a cast… and the right side of my forehead had stitches in it, Kevin getting me to drink water.

"Em, where's your mind at?" Kevin asked.

"If I tell you, don't tell anyone else?" I ask, Kevin nodding.

I explained everything that had happened while I was out cold… and Kevin had to sit down, having gone pale.

"Could it be possible that purgatory does exist?" Kevin asked before we see Edd walk in… eavesdropping is a habit hard to break, especially when it's out of concern for one's well being.

"Purgatory?" Edd responded.

"How much did you hear?" I questioned.

"Enough to know that you're deeply traumatized. But I will explore the theory of people being trapped in a place where they think they're still alive." Edd replied as Eddy walked in… and was clearly freaked out.

"Anything's possible. And Mom and Dad are on their way." Eddy responded before we hugged.

I tried to rest but ended up looking at an old photo of me, Eddy and Warren from when we were little… our older brother wasn't always horrible, I remember Warren checking on me and Eddy when we were little and couldn't sleep.

Warren... I'll never see your face again until I'm walking with the dead.

So will you swear you'll meet me then?