Sorry about the lack of new chapters, but seeing how we are getting closer to summer, this means more work to do. Thanks for waiting, and please enjoy

Mario

All was still, as the group watched the Royal ladies perform their star magic. The beam went straight at the tornado, and the tornado stopped. It was still there, but it was like they were looking at a frozen glacier of ice, only it wasn't transparent. Princess Peach collapsed, Timpani and Queen Melinda both held themselves for support, before Blumiere and Count Marcus went to support them.

"Did it stop?" Mimi asked. Nasirine stepping forward, despite protests. "I think it's safe to tou-" Nasirine was saying before the tornado flung her back.

"NO!" An old Darkner, possible Blumiere's grandfather, called out. He had just arrived with more support, and the guards had tools that Mario never saw before. As if by Eldolf's denial, the "tornado" cracked. It's yellow-purple hue growing even brighter.

Dimentio looked confused, then nervous, then scared... "Everybody, BACK AWAY!" He shouted.

Everybody immediately doing what he said when suddenly, the whole structure fell. Mario quickly rushed in, to look for the human. "Please be alive, please be alive, Please, oh Princess Rosalina." Mario mentally prayed, inside his heart.

Alb

"Hey, ######, what're you doing?" A Darkner called. He had a cape on, though it had fur on it. His face was almost child-like, round cheeks, small lips, and messy blue hair. He had gloves on, but they looked inexpensive, and his suit messy and untidy. He had yellow eyes, and his ears were pointed like a fox. He was running to me?

Alb blinked and the Darkner went past him. Alb gasped and looked at himself. His body looked... Weird. He couldn't see himself, so he didn't know what the problem was, but it made Alb nervous. "######?" The Darkner asked. Who is he talking too?

Alb turned around to see the Darkner on this green hill, with a tree in the horizon. The location would be perfect for star-gazing. Alb heard a scream at the top of the hill and rushed over to the top. Once he made it, he saw something that frightened him.

Blood, blue blood. "Oh, my ####." He whispered, covering his mouth in shock. What did he just say?

Turning to look at the source, he saw... He saw... Nothing.

Alb was going to walk forward when he felt a blinding pain that caused to fall down in agony. "Wha- OW!" He cried out. Thrashing on the floor, he clutched his body. It felt like his organs were being dissected, and cut up. "Wake up." A voice called out. Alb didn't know what the voice was saying, but the world suddenly blurred out. "It's a dream? Wake up?" Alb thought to himself before he ended up collapsing.

His ragged breath slowly becoming slower. Alb felt like two halves of his body were fighting each other. Alb could hear voices, muffled, indecipherable. But, he noticed a shark glint of metal at the side, it was a dagger. It had a purple handle and seemed to be imbued with black designs. There was even a gemstone, though it looked different. It was a light gray, but the blade itself looked colorful. "Pick up the dagger." The voice instructed.

Alb, still feeling pain, crawled over to the dagger. He winced, reaching his hand out to the mesmerizing blade. He grabbed it, still feeling pain. "Now. Remember." "What? How!" He thought. How does a simple blade, although beautifully crafted, bring back memories?

Alb's head started hurting and heard a voice, a scream. He couldn't identify it, but, the second he heard the scream, he felt odd. It was like something was obscuring his memories. "Is this magic?" He thought.

Alb was going to ask another question, but he never got the chance as he felt himself waking up. "Good enough. At least, you'll know why you can't remember." The voice said.

Mario

"I FOUND HIM!" Dimentio called out. His black hand up in the air, as the group and guards rushed down to help out. "He's, ugh, stuck, like a child, underneath, a bed," Dimentio said, panting as he tried grabbing his free hand.

The guards seeing this instantly lifted the wands and chanted something. "What's going on?" Timpani's mother had asked. Her beautiful face, now stricken with concern. The ice disappeared, and the human collapsed. He was... Fine? Mario stepped back in shock. "H-How, he clearly had heavy ice on him. His bones should be broken!" Nasirine said, in shock.

Mario was about to pick him up when the human stood up on his own and squeezed his head. "Something was odd." Mario thought. Nobody can just withstand the 2 books like that, and not receive an injury. "Alb, are you well?!" A familiar voice called out.

I and Luigi both turned around. "Prince Dreambert?" Luigi gasped. There were medic guards behind the Pi'illo prince, and he looked surprised to see us. "Ah, old friends, it's so good to see you again." He said, extending his hand for a handshake. Mario was going to return the handshake when the guards began to check the human. He was protesting and seemed distressed for some reason.

Timpani

"Alb?" Mother said. She was approaching him slowly as if she suspects something. Alb looked over, and mother gulped in shock. He was different. His normal brown eyes were 2 colors.

The right was purple-black, just like the void, but the other was green, like an emerald. His hair was gray-black, like the Chaos Heart, but his skin was porcelain white. He looked like a ghost. Timpani wasn't sure if he was affected by the books, or if this was his true form.

"Alb. Wha- what happened?!" She said, in a panic. The guards were trying to check what the problem was, but he clearly didn't want to be touched. "Why?" She thought.

Alb

"I can't think." Alb kept on saying, to his head. His mind was broken, he couldn't feel, think, or see straight. There were touches, maybe trying to help, or trying to pick him up, but Alb didn't know what to think. He could hear Mel's voice, but it was unclear. "No, no, no, no!" She kept on saying, in denial.

All of a sudden, Mel screamed at him. Alb thoughts came back, as he stopped moving. "Are you ok?" Mel said, nervously. Alb was dazed and came back to his senses. Now seeing clearly, he saw guardsmen holding medical supplies looking concentrated at work.

He could see everybody else, but something was odd about them. They looked blurred, Blumiere especially.

His blue eyes were blurred out leaving a foggy lunar blue, and his mouth looked almost non-existent. He looked faceless, and that gave way for many ideas for new... What? What is he thinking about?

Alb collapsed, at exhaustion and slipped into the addicting sensation of sleep.

Sleep is addicting after all. Making somebody shut their eyes forever, is a good deed right?