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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: Been a while, huh? I apologize for not updating this in so long. 101 Ways Kitty and Alistair Are Adorbs took up a lot of time, almost as much as my TD fics did. I also had a spree of KH: Raven's Story chapters (go read it! It's a good story!) go up and some of my Undertale chapters go up. But, now that I'm following my gut, I'll try my hardest to write these as much as I can! Don't expect them all at once, I am following my conscience, but if it leads me to this story, who am I to deny my conscience what it wants? Enjoy!

Week 1: Thursday

(Lizzie)

"Killer?" Lizzie asked. "I'm not a killer."

Lizzie and the mysterious person who talked to her had been standing still for a few moments. Midnight had already chimed, signifying that the next day had come. Lizzie was racking her brain, trying to find a way to lose this freak before he did something… horrible.

"Everyone uses that cliché," the voice said dryly. "I mean, come on! You're still guilty even if you say you aren't! Sure, you haven't actually done anything yet, but the point is you are going to do something. Well, I mean you were, since I kind of caught you."

Lizzie gave out a humorless laugh. "You're really bad at detective work," Lizzie said shakily, slowly turning herself around. "Whoever you are, you are so… wrong… you!?" Standing in front of Lizzie, smirking up a storm, was none other than…

…Neb.

"I don't think I'm wrong in this instance," Neb said simply.

"And why do you think that?"

"Because I think you're going to kill me right now."

"What makes you think that?"

"Because you hate me and the feeling's mutual."

"Yeah, I'm killing you."

Lizzie rushed toward Neb, her eyes flaring angrily. Neb yawned and side-stepped, letting Lizzie run right past him. "I know exactly what you're going to do Liz," Neb said.

Lizzie's eye twitched. "Don't call me that," Lizzie said angrily, turning around and charing toward Neb again. Neb merely side-stepped, making Lizzie grunt. "Hold still!"

"No. You really think I'm stupid?" Neb asked. "I know you plan to kill your mother because of the betrothal."

Lizzie stared at Neb with a horrified look on her face. "How… how… how dare you?!" Lizzie shrieked. Neb yawned again as he sidestepped… only to be taken down when Lizzie tackled him. Neb's eyes widened as Lizzie held him to the ground, looking enraged. "MY MOTHER IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE! HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF DOING SOMETHING SO… SO… EVIL?!"

Neb blinked. How did she… she was supposed to charge at me and miss. That's what was in the plan. How did she…

"As the future Queen of Hearts," Lizzie said, standing up angrily. "I ban you from Wonderland. You are never to come here again. And if I see you again… off with your head!"

"Yeah, not doing that," Neb said simply, standing up.

"Oh, you want beheaded now? That can be arranged."

"No. I'm not leaving because if I leave, someone's going to be killed."

There was silence between the two of them. Lizzie blinked at what Neb just said and Neb just looked at Lizzie because he felt there was nothing else for him to do with his life. Lizzie didn't have words to say, just stared at Neb, speechless.

"Someone… is going to…"

"Die, unless I figure out who," Neb grumbled. "And if you're the murderer…"

"Who told you that?"

"It's a theory…"

"Well, it's wrong," Lizzie said, making Neb flinch, much to his own surprise. "Who told you someone is going to die? TELL ME NEB!"

"A machine," Neb grumbled. "It calculates the probability of death and distinguishes if it's murder or not."

"And your machine said I was going to kill someone?"

"No… it said you were going to die."

Silence.

"Then why did you think I was going to kill someone?"

"It was a theory. A wrong one, but one I wanted to explore," Neb grumbled. "Obviously, if you aren't going to kill anyone… you're the victim."

"But who would…"

STAB!

(Neb)

Neb jumped, pushing Lizzie out of the way as a giant black sword stabbed where she was standing. Neb moaned as the sword slid through him, grunting in pain. His vision went blurry as he stared at the attacker standing before him.

It was a knight, at least, Neb assumed he was a knight. He was in full body armor colored completely black. He looked huge and his armor intimidating. Neb gasped as the knight withdrew his sword, sending him to the ground.

"Fool," the knight said. "Don't get in my way."

"Lizzie… run…" Neb hissed, struggling to stay awake. This knight… is he the killer? I mean, he did almost try to kill Lizzie… cheeseit, why did I get in the way? I'm no good dead.

"Hmph," the knight said, standing on Neb's chest. "You don't appear to be a hero of any kind. Perhaps he was wrong…"

"Who? Your mom?" Neb said, then groaned. "Cheeseit, I did a your mom joke… that's the worst cliché in the… GAH!" Neb screamed as the knight applied all the pressure in his foot on the gash wound. "Making your foe feel pain is a really bad cliché!"

"Hmph," the knight said, removing his foot from Neb's wound. "I do believe that you are as annoying as he described you to be. I shudder to think how annoying you are in the future."

"I'm an annoying guy. I'm sure I'm voted the most annoying person in this world sometime soon," Neb said dryly. "Now who's this he."

"It matterth not. You are not who shall die tonight," the knight said. He looked up at Lizzie, who was running away as Neb had instructed. "She will pay for her crimes."

Neb raised an eyebrow. "Crimes? What has she done exactly?" Neb asked.

"You talk way too much," the knight said, grabbing his sword and stabbing Neb again. Neb coughed and gasped in massive pain as the knight pushed the sword all the way into him. He removed his hand and turned around, leaving. "I'll retrieve the sword shortly, after your death."

Neb grit his teeth, blood spewing from both wounds. Neb slowly lifted his hand and grabbed the handle of the sword, about to rip it out of his chest. Neb screamed in pain as his entire body was shocked, forcing him to let go of the sword. Neb steamed for a few moments, his eyes fluttering open and shut.

"Try again. I dare you," the knight said. "The Black Knight's sword can only be wielded by the Black Knight. You will die. And then my revenge will be fulfilled."

Neb blinked again. This couldn't be the end. He couldn't die here… not now… he was sure that his death was a lot more dramatic and over something a bit more ridiculous than Lizzie of all people. He couldn't just… die…

(Lizzie)

Lizzie was running blindly from the area, not wanting to get caught in whatever was going on. Whoever Neb was, he could just die for being a creepy stalker. Whoever that knight was seemed to be doing her a favor. Lizzie ran, not bothering to think about Neb dying…

…then stopped.

"He saved my life," Lizzie breathed, then sigh. "Why do creepy stalkers have to save my life?"

Instead of pressing forward, Lizzie turned around and ran back to Neb. She didn't know why she felt so obligated to save him. Maybe it was because she felt like she owed him a life debt. Lizzie didn't care. All she knew was that if she died before the night was offer, she was blaming Neb for it and killing him.

Lizzie slid behind a tree and watched as the Black Knight slid the sword into Neb. Neb screamed in pain and tried grabbing it, only to be shocked. Lizzie stared at the knight and Neb, biting her lip. How could she save Neb and not attract the Black Knight's attention?

"Lizzie?" came a whisper. Lizzie looked up and saw Kitty materialize on a branch above her, looking wide eyed at the scene before her. "Maddie said something was going on and that I needed to help you."

"Kitty, do you think you can distract the knight and get him to leave? Can you also make sure he removes his sword from that guy?" Lizzie whispered desperately to her.

"Yeah… but why?"

"I don't know, just do it!"

Kitty nodded and vanished instantly. Lizzie turned back over to the scene and saw Kitty reappear behind the Black Knight. "Hi!" Kitty giggled. The Black Knight turned and was taken aback by Kitty, who just stood there.

"I suggest you leave," the Black Knight said.

"Ok… no, never mind, not doing it!" Kitty said in a sing song voice.

"If you do not leave, I am required to kill you," the Black Knight warned.

"With what weapon?" Kitty said, sticking her tongue out at the Black Knight. The Black Knight turned and yanked the sword out of Neb's chest, making Neb gasp in pain. Kitty paled as the Black Knight brandished his sword, pointing it at her. "Oh… that weapon."

"Forgive me, mother of this offspring. Your child has served me for the greater good," the Black Knight said in an apologetic manner and then charged after Kitty. Kitty smirked and vanished, appeared a bit of ways from where she was, leading the Black Knight away from where Neb and Lizzie were.

Lizzie quickly fled from her hiding place and grabbed Neb, struggling to lift him to his feet. When she finally managed to do so, Neb glared at her groggily. "I wish you would just be killed already," Neb grumbled. "Then I could just do the paperwork."

"Sorry to disappoint you by saving your life," Lizzie huffed. "So ungrateful."

"I hate your existence."

"Ditto."

Silence.

"Why are you helping me then?"

"…"

"That's what I…"

"Because you risked your life to save mine. No one does that now."

"Chivalry is dead. I don't give cheese about you. I'm just doing my job. I feel nothing about saving you."

"…I don't either. We're even. Now shut up and walk."

"I'm going to pass out instead. Have fun carrying my completely limp body," Neb said and promptly fell unconscious. Lizzie groaned, carefully getting Neb onto her back, not caring that his blood was soaking into her cloths.

"I hate you so #$% much," Lizzie said through gritted teeth.

BN: I think that none of you expected that. You guys keep saying 'Oh, the Rainbow Man is this story's villain' and I'm just like 'Um… no, he's not. There is no Rainbow Man'. Anyway, this chapter really did introduce the main villain of this story. Question is… who is the Black Knight? I mean, Chase is the Red Knight, Darling is the White Knight… who's the Black Knight? Stay tuned!

Also, Neb isn't human in this universe, which I think you guys might have gotten already from 101. While a normal human (Lizzie) would have died with the first slash, it takes more for Neb to be killed. Now we've established that guns can kill Neb (more specifically, his gun), but swords? He can take a few whacks to the chest before he's dead. Just thought I'd clear it up and confirm that Neb isn't dead.

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