A/N: Yeah I suck… I am deeply sorry for taking a while to update. My other fanfics kind of distracted me… Plus there's my cosplays and school… yeah I suck. XD

I never meant to become a monster, but my mind could only take so much.

"Where will she go?" Mary shook as tears fell from her face and fell to the cemented floor. "Without me she'll get lost, or attacked." Mary tried to collect herself, but the panic just became worse. "What if Gary hurts her…" She sounded like every sense of spirit she had was fading. Mary put her hands to her face and hid her eyes. She felt tears collecting in her pawns, but held her hands to her face in shame. Her breath stuttered as she tried to catch a long pause of tears, but was just caught up by more tears.

Little Eve stood there happily. She looked at the front entrance to the gallery and smiled. For once she was going to see the outside world.

"Gary?"

"Yes little Eve of mine?"

"What'll happen to you when I go out to the real world?"

"I think I may die here sweetie. I don't think I should see the world anymore."

"But you don't age-"

"It is possible to die of a broken heart… of loneliness."

The memory suddenly made Eve hesitant. She left Gary alone. He would be stuck there with a broken heart. She was too clueless and too young to realize that Gary was long gone. His heart had been broken long ago, before her creation.

"I think I'll have my mom pick me up here." She told the people she had claimed as 'friends'. Eve took steps away from the front door, no longer wanting to leave her home. Her home. Why had she not realized it before? The few girls she was with looked back at her. Eve wasn't even sure if Ib had a mother, but it was too late to take back her words. "I, uh, already made sure it was okay." She tried to stay confident as she ran away from the group and turned the corner. She traveled back into the cold fabricated world with ease as her skin almost instantly went back to its inhumanly pale state. She hadn't been away from the roses to long.

"Who am I? What am I even doing here?" The voices echoed down the hall. Ib walked slowly as she searched for the man she called Gary. Was that even Gary anymore? "Please don't leave…" Who was this voice that continued to whisper to her? The child was begging and was pleading. "I don't want to be alone!" The voice seemed to be in more of a panic. Somehow the pleading was working against Ib, guilt was hitting her harder with each cry.

"Ib…" The next voice that called out to her was solid and close. She knew that voice, Gary. "Come to me Ib." He called out. Ib picked up her pace and followed the sound. She turned the corner to bump into an unstable man, but it was no random monster. She lost her balance and fell to the floor. "There you are my little Ib." She looked up to see Gary, or something that looked exactly like him. Gary had an unsettling smile on his face. She wanted to stand and wrap her arms around him, there was still so much she wanted to know. Why was he like this? How could they get out? Fear kept her sitting, the fear that this man wasn't Gary.

"What happened to you?" She muffled with a cry of pity. Gary looked away with a sigh.

"A heart can only take so much… before it shatters." His years in the empty void and the lonely soul searching days he lived before this incident added up to a miserable life that he was stuck in. After a while his heart snapped into two causing his mind to scramble. Nothing made sense to him anymore and all the world's colors had faded to a rounded black and white.

"Let me help you!" She stood at his depressing words. She wanted to just be done with this awful place and save Gary. "Please Gary, let us get out of here."

"Ib I-" He was about to reject her offer, he was about to inform her that she couldn't leave. He was the one that told his little Eve to escape this place and be Ib in the real world. It was all his fault Ib had been replaced and his fault that the humanity title had been taken from her.

"Gary!" Around the corner came little Eve, looking as small and eerie just like her normal, non-human, self. She rushed into Gary's arms with tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry Gary I couldn't do it!" She cried. Gary looked at little Eve and then back to Ib. This was the first time he had really noticed the age difference in Ib. That cute little helpless girl was much stronger and he could see it in those maroon eyes she looked at him with. If Ib wanted to leave, then she could easily do it all on her own.

"Its…" He had to force his eyes down at the small child in his arms. "It is alright Eve." He broke away from her and kneeled down so they were eye to eye. "But why Eve?"

"I couldn't leave you alone." She shook her head crying. "You'd die alone." With every word she just broke down more and more. Gary placed his cold hand on her cheek, which was just as cold.

"Don't cry my dear Eve." He gave her a light smile as he whipped away tears from her skin. Ib just watched. His words were so soft and comforting. They were warm. She smiled as she watched the small creation was hugged once again. Ib found his eyes looking back at her. They locked eyesight and it just made her smile more. This was Gary and no matter how much he would say otherwise, she knew the truth.

"You're all so pathetic." A dark voice spoke out from the shadows. Ib knew the voice right away. It was once the voice of a happy girl that she held close. It was the voice of her fake family member. All three of them froze at the voice, because all three of them knew exactly who it was. They all heard a light whimper and then uneven footsteps. This girl tricked them. This thing locked Gary away in this world. This girl was evil. This girl was the enemy. Now this girl decided to show her face one more as the same monster. Her soul had kept strong all these years, but now that the rejection had returned there was no hope for her state of mind.

This girl was…

Crying….

Her blonde hair hid her face as she fell to her hands and knees. Her tears fell quickly to the floor. Her whimpers were loud with a violent sting. The other three looked over at her with mixed expression, but none of them showed pity.

"So what is it this time huh?" Ib stepped forward. The expression she went with was anger, pure anger. "Are you going to lock me away here now?!" She shouted as she got closer.

"I would never-" Mary sounded weak and pitiful.

"There are a lot of things you said you'd never do!"

"Who is Gary?"

"Gary?"

"It's this name that is stuck in my head so I was wondering if we knew a Gary-"

"Nope."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure. I would never lie to my little sister."

"But I-"

"You don't get to explain!" Ib snapped at her. She brought her foot back and was about to lung it forward at Mary's side, but someone grabbed her arm. She froze and looked back to see Gary's worrisome expression. Ib stepped away feeling awoken. What was I about to do?

"She doesn't deserve it." Gary lightly shook his head, feeling just as awoken and in shock. Hearing Ib so angry was something so unnatural, he hated it. The two stepped away from her. She was no longer a threat. She was going to be stuck here forever. Ib and Gary turned towards Eve and the three knew their next move. They were leaving this place for the last time.

"I'll explain…" Mary mumbled back at Ib, but Ib didn't care and just continued to walk. She chuckled oddly and that got Ib to freeze and slowly look back. "You… You all think you can just leave…" Ib finally turned back to see Mary standing straight up with her face hidden under her long bangs. "No…" Mary whispered. Ib heard Eve scream and turned back to see the small child being held tightly by a headless statue. Gary attempted to pry Eve free but this time wasn't strong enough. After a while of being clouded in the darkness, with little nutrition, his strength withered as well. A second later another statue grabbed his arms and wouldn't let go of him no matter how much he budged. Both Eve and Gary were trapped and Ib looked around to see that the hall had changed. It was now a room with no doors or windows.

"What the hell are you playing?" Ib yelled back at Mary.

"One last game Ib…" She chuckled as her head tilted to the side. "The one where we chose who lives." She giggled.

The way she was acted made Ib a little nervous, but hearing Gary and Eve squirm kept her standing tall a few feet away from Mary. This was the only thing keeping her from home and she wasn't going to let any of her friends die either.

"What's your favorite game sister?"

"Hmmm. I love most games, but I'd have to say that I love a good game of tag!"

A/N: I AM BACK! I am pretty sure that they'll probually only be 1-2 chapters left, but do not fret I have new ideas for Ib fanfics! Most of my new ideas include characters from other RPGS Witch's House, Mad Father, ect.