Chapter 3: iDEYA

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Nightmare Castle

Throne Room

NiGHTS and Reala drifted into the spacious throne room. Wizeman appeared instantly. "WAAAHH! You scared me, Wizey!" NiGHTS screamed.

Reala slapped his face with his hand. One of Wizeman's eyes twitched.

"NiGHTS, Reala. Do you know why I have called you here?" Wizeman asked as if NiGHTS had never called him "Wizey".

"No. Please tell us, Master Wizeman." Reala said, bowing (Kind of like how he does in JoD)

"Yeah, what Ree said!" NiGHTS said. She was now flying around Wizeman's head. Reala sweatdropped.

"NiGHTS, get down now." Wizeman said, emphasizing the word now.

"NiGHTS…" Reala moaned.

"Yuh-huh, Ree?" NiGHTS asked. Wizeman's Hand's eyes were now glowing red with anger.

"I, uh, think you should get down now…" Reala said, his eye now twitching as well.

"Kaay!" NiGHTS flew down beside her fellow Nightmaren.

"Er, now that that is out of the way, I suppose I should tell you. One of his hands snapped its fingers. 2 golden masks materialized out of thin air, and appeared before the 2 Maren. "These are Persona Masks. They signify loyalty to me. You see, since I gave you 2 free will, you could go and try to harm me. So, as long as you wear these masks, I can see everything you do. I can hear everything you say. I even know what you are thinking. Trust me; this is for the good of Nightmare."

NiGHTS and Reala put on their Persona masks. "Now, you 2 are dismissed." Wizeman said. The two began to drift away, when Wizeman said, "Oh yes, before you go, I have detected a dreamer with a Red Ideya in Mystic Forest. I want you 2 to go retrieve it."

"Wait, I have to go with her?" Reala complained, pointing at NiGHTS, you was flying around in circles, chasing a speech of light that was supposedly fleeing from her. But Wizeman was already gone. Reala grunted. "Ugh… this is going to be a loooong eternity…"

Mystic Forest

NiGHTS and Reala drifted through the twisting paths of Mystic Forest, searched for the dreamer. "Hey, Reala, look at those!" NiGHTS said, pointing at a group of Nightopians. She flew over to them.

"NiGHTS, don't!" Reala yelled as he chased after NiGHTS.

However, NiGHTS crossed one leg over the other, and made a motion like she was playing a flute. A beautiful sound appeared in the air. Reala stopped in his tracks as he heard the sound of the invisible flute. The Nightopians began to dance and sing.

After a few minutes of playing her flute, she stopped, and the Nightopians scattered with happy looks on their faces. "That… was beautiful…" Reala muttered.

"Do ya like it?" NiGHTS asked, smiling.

"Hey. Um, do you know where I am?" NiGHTS and Reala spun around to see a little girl no older than six with shoulder-length brown hair. 5 balls of shining light surrounded her. One was White, one was blue, another was green, yellow, and the final one, which shined the brightest, red.

The 2 Nightmarens nodded at each other. They then lunged at the dreamer, NiGHTS grabbing the Green and Blue ones, and Reala snatching away the others. The girl suddenly vanished in a swirl of darkness.

"Wh-where did she go?" NiGHTS asked.

"She had a bad dream, let me keep it at that." Reala said. NiGHTS stared at the Red Ideya as he stuffed it in his vest, along with the others. NiGHTS did the same.

After a few moments, she grabbed her mask and threw it onto the ground. "NiGHTS! Put your mask on right now!" Reala said, dropping onto his knees, grabbing the mask, and holding it up to NiGHTS.

NiGHTS glared at the mask, but then picked it up and put it back on. "Why do we have to wear these things? I was just created, and I don't want it to be stressful!"

Reala stood up again. "NiGHTS, please. Master Wizeman knows it's for the best."

"No, he doesn't!" NiGHTS screamed, tears coming from her eyes. "He doesn't care about me, I can feel it!" She looked at Reala. "Can't… you feel it, Reala?"

"NiGHTS, please don't cry… it… it makes me feel like I made you do it…" Reala said.

NiGHTS wiped away her tears. "Thanks, Ree."

Suddenly, Reala lunged forward, grabbed NiGHTS by the arms, and placed his lips on hers.

NiGHTS suddenly felt extremely happy. The two stayed like that for a few seconds, and then parted. "Thank you, Reala." NiGHTS said.

"No, you can call me Ree. I don't mind."

And Reala didn't mind. Not at all.

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