Chapter 12: Marie is here
Marie giggled at her brother's shock as he turned around and saw her. "Marie?!" Nathan managed to say. Marie was amazed at how little he had changed in 3 years as she hugged her brother tight and he hugged her back. "How did you get here? Why are you here?" Nathan asked her. Marie let go and said, "Clockwork told me that you were in trouble and would need my help to fight demons." "Demons?" Nathan asked, looking at her as if she was crazy. "Yes, that's what he told me. They're the physical manifestations of evil and sin, created by tears in reality, according to Clockwork. They are created when atomic bombs go off, volcanoes erupt, or when Danny Phantom fought Pariah Dark," Marie explained to him. Nathan then got a look in his eye and went Ghost and flew off. Marie went Ghost herself and quickly followed him.
The two of them flew into a dorm and phased through the walls, stopping at a door where Nathan turned human. Marie did the same and watched Nathan knock on the door. The door was open by a girl who had dyed her hair rainbow colors and Marie heard Lily say, "…last night. It was the bes- *hic* best night of our lives." The rainbow haired girl and another girl in the room whistled and looked at Nathan, who blushed deep red. Marie blushed too when she realized, Lily and Nathan had sex! Nathan pushed past the rainbow haired girl and said, "Lily, that was… what happened to your arm?!" Lily looked at him and said, "I got attacked by a demon, according to Kara." Nathan looked at Lily, then Kara, then at Marie.
Marie blinked then the girl with rainbow hair looked at her, "Who are you supposed to be, and you got a boyfriend?" Marie looked at her and noticed she was checking her out, "I'm Marie, Nathan's sister, and I already have a boyfriend." The rainbow haired girl shrugged a little disappointedly then said, "Want in, we're playing the My Little Pony Drinking Game: you take a shot for every animation mistake, fan favorite pony, there's a song, and a key pony says your word." "HELL NO!" Nathan yelled, pointing a confiscated bottle of vodka at the girl. Nathan then gave the bottle to Marie and picked Lily up and got her in her bed. Lily didn't say anything as he tucked her in. Nathan then stormed out, Marie followed him.
"Who were those girls?" Marie asked. Nathan told her as they walked out, "The girl with the rainbow hair's Melissa, the blonde I don't know, and the third one was Jade. Melissa and Jade are Lily's roommates, no idea about the blonde girl." They were silent until they got to another dorm room. "Look, Marie, it's late. I don't think you should spend tonight with Lily in her dorm. If you want, I can pay for a hotel for the night," Nathan told her. Marie thought about it, she was a little weirded out by Melissa hitting on her and seeing Lily drunk. "I'll take the hotel," Marie said. Nathan got out a credit card and gave it to her. "You have your phone with you?"
Marie got her phone out and was amazed by the great reception and that it still worked in this universe. She logged onto the Internet and found a hotel. "Look, tomorrow, we'll catch up, alright?" Nathan said. "Okay. Take care of yourself," Marie hugged her brother goodbye and flew off to the hotel.