I know what you're thinking, and yes, I'm still alive. Sorry I haven't updated this in a LONG time, but I will try to update it frequently. I don't know why, but I felt like making this part really long compared to others... fits I guess x)

A cast of characters is featured at the end of this chapter and I will include one for every chapter following. Also, I decided on taking requests/recommendations for this story. If you have any characters you'd like to see or any places you'd like Penelope to explore, then let me know in the reviews! Thanks, and enjoy chapter four :D

"Aww, shucks! It looks like we're all out of time today. Well, this has been your old pal, Mickey Mouse! I hope to see each and every one of you next week, right here in my clubhouse!"

"Aaaaaaaand, cut! We're done!"

Penelope had watched a scene in which a mouse with big, round ears, white gloves, red shorts and yellow shoes had talked to a camera until a bell rang and the cameraman yelled that last phrase. When he did say it, Mickey quickly lost his smile and his attitude suddenly changed from merry to grumpy.

"Alright, whose got my cigarette?" he asked in a demanding voice.

Penelope watched herself from a third-person point of view. She was wearing a headset, holding in one hand a box of cigarettes and in the other a lighter. She quickly runs up to Mickey and tilts the box to him, opened with one already pulled out beyond the others. Mickey Mouse takes the cigarette and places it between his lips. Penelope then takes her cue and uses the lighter to light the cigarette. Mickey, seeming relieved, takes a large breath and releases a puff of smoke through his lips.

"That's more like it!" he exclaims as he begins to lose himself in the drug. He then, out of nowhere, turns on Penelope.

"What'cha staring at? Don't ya got anything better to do?" Penelope's spine went stiff and her face was overcome by the look of fear and terror.

"I-I'm so sorry, Mr. Mouse, sir! I'll b-be on my way now" With that, Penelope took off.

Penelope woke up in a daze.

'What kind of a dream was that?'

Penelope started to think. What was with that strange creature with big, round, ears? It kind of looked like a mouse, but why? Why did it wear shorts, but no shirt? She had a feeling she should know who, or what, it was. It said its name, but she'd forgotten it. And why did she work for it? Maybe it had something to do with her life on Earth. I mean, if the living dead and half-elves existed, why not? Then she remembered something important.

"Raine?" she called out. She walked over to her bedroom door and saw it open. She peered inside and saw she wasn't there. "Raine?" she repeated. No answer.

'Where did Raine go?' she thought, almost in a panic. 'Oh man, I hope I can find Raine…'

Barney was flabbergasted.

"Hey, aren't you-!"

"Dude, stay back and let the Teen Titans handle it"

"The Teen Titans… Wow!"

"Where is our Robin? It worries me that he was not at our tower"

"Aw, come on, Starfire. You know how Robin is. Always with the disappearing and coming out of nowhere". After this line was spoken, the green boy turned into a tiger and snarled at the horde that they had surrounded at a comfortable distance.

Then, out of nowhere, a bomb with an "R" collided with the horde's center. They were destroyed.

"Robin!" Starfire exclaimed happily.

"Sorry I'm late, what'd I miss?" he said with a smile.

"Robin, where have you been? I was worried ill" Starfire added.

"I was just out on a walk" he said plainly.

"Wow, I can't believe it! It's actually the Teen Titans! Can I get your guys' autograph?"

Barney was so excited to watch a Teen Titans battle, he had forgotten about the death of his father, only earlier that day.

"Wow, the Teen Titans! Here, in China Town!"

Barney turned to see Tobey and Sue. Before he knew it, Sue had approached him.

"Barney, you're not hurt, are you?" she asked with sympathy.

Barney's excitement vanished. Sue had reminded him of what had happened to his father.

"I'm… fine, but…" Barney drifted off. What was to come next was too painful for him to say.

"But what?" Sue asked. Barney couldn't help it. He started crying.

"Barney! See, you're not ok! You're crying, what's wrong, Barney? You can tell me" Sue blushed slightly as she endearingly placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Dad… he…"

"Something happened to Mr. Wu?" Tobey asked as he placed his autographs from the Teen Titans, minus Raven, in his back pocket.

"He's dead… AND NARUTO KILLED HIM!"

"What?" Sue asked.

"No way! You must've seen something else! Naruto'd never do that!" Tobey protested.

"Naruto'd never do what?" The threesome turned to a familiar voice. Barney grew angry.

"Naruto, Barney's saying you killed Mr. Wu!" Tobey said.

"He was an infected! He was going to hurl if I didn't do something!"

"So what? He would've gotten healthy if you just have given him his space."

"Dude, do you even know what the infected are?" Cyborg asked, cutting into the conversation.

"Well, aren't they just sick?"

There was a silence as Naruto and the Teen Titans stared at Barney. The silence was broken by the Teen Titans alarm going off. Robin answered the call to meet Aqua Lad.

"Robin, I'm in Alchemistan. We've got something I don't know what it is. I mean, it looks like a tank, but it's not! We need baaaa-"

Robin lost the signal.

"Aqua Lad's in trouble! Titans, move!"

The team then fled China Town to investigate the new infected.

"Barney, it's ok that you don't know the infected. They only recently reached China Town" Sue assured.

"Yeah, don't worry. We'll fill you in on all the details!" Tobey said.

"C'mon, Barney! Stop glaring at Naruto! He was right in what he did. He's a good guy"

When Sue said this, she placed her hand on Naruto's back. She regretted it. Her hand came off sticky and smoky.

Penelope finally found Raine in the Iselia schoolhouse. She waited outside for her to finish the lecture, but she quickly grew bored. She returned to her current home and wrote Raine a note saying she was going to explore Symphonia outside of Iselia. As she approached Iselia's exit, she felt a sudden pain in her head. She cringed. Then she swore she heard a male voice calling out her name. The pain intensified; she cried out and fell to her knees. Before she knew it, she had blacked out.

All of a sudden, Penelope found herself in a dark room. She looked around confused, and walked blindly through the darkness. She tripped, and face planted into the hard ground. When she got up, she found blood dripping from her nose. Then she heard soft, distant footsteps. Embarrassed, she wiped off the blood. Penelope was nearly blinded by the sudden rush of light that came through a door Penelope wasn't aware of.

"At last, you have made it here." A tall woman who looked only a few years older appeared in the doorway. She had long brown hair, and a long dark gown. Beneath it, she noticed, were white boots. She elegantly approached Penelope in a way that she couldn't help but stare.

"W-What's going on? I don't know who you are, but you must be mistaken. My name is Penelope. Penelope what, I don't know. I suffer from amnesia…"

"As long as you're from Earth and still in your prime, you're the right one"

"You know about Earth?"

"I don't know if you've realized this, but people from Earth who've traveled here have an amazing power, and I can only hope that yours will be well enough to assist me"

"A-an amazing power? Wh-what do you mean?" Penelope was just getting more and more confused with each second she spent on Imaginationa. She was being bombarded with ninjas, half-elves, the living dead, boys in capes, telepathy, and now, she has a power?

The strange brunette walked up to Penelope and whispered into her ear:

"Lyoko"

Suddenly, Penelope saw a strange symbol. Next, she began to see people's faces in quick repetition. An Asian girl with long, black hair. A boy with short, dark hair. A girl with pink hair. A blonde boy who wore glasses. A boy with spiked blonde hair that had a patch of purple in the lower front. She saw them jump into what looked like a sewer to her. She then saw the boy wearing glasses sit in front of a computer, push a key on the accompanying keyboard, and then a huge flash of white light.

Penelope didn't realize her eyes were bugging out of her head.

"What… just… happened?" Penelope was scared. What was it she just saw? Why did the code "Lyoko" trigger such a bizarre flash?

"A test. If you saw Lyoko, then you have hidden knowledges. Of course, they wouldn't be so hidden if you didn't suffer from amnesia. An unfortunate side effect of traveling from one world to another…" The woman started to daze off, as if to remember something. Her eyes showed pain. The chamber was overcome by an awkward silence.

Penelope had to break it.

"So I'm Penelope and you're…?"

"Forgive me for not introducing myself earlier. That's quite rude of me. I'm Tear Grants" The woman offered a polite bow. Penelope blushed, as she didn't know how to respond to such a gesture.

When they were eye to eye again, Tear returned to her business with Penelope.

"I need your help. An old friend of mine is missing. His name is Luke. Luke Fon Fabre. I want to find him. I know he's alive, he… he has to be… I need someone with your knowledge to help me."

Penelope was stunned. Never in her life had she been asked to do something so important. Nor something she had so little experience in. But Penelope saw something in Tear's eyes. She saw that Tear was worried and scared for Luke. She saw how badly she wanted to find him. That's when Penelope's mind was made.

"I'll help you" Tear smiled then.

"Thank you" she said.

"However," Penelope boldly began, catching Tear's attention, "I have no idea where to start"

Tear's smile faded.

"I haven't any idea where he is. All I know is that he was able to contact you, and that's how I found you"

Penelope looked at Tear stunned.

"That voice was Luke?"

"Yes. When his original was about to die, he received assistance from Lorelei, who was able to save Asch by fusing him with Luke. As a result, Luke received some of Lorelei's blessings, and knew I was using the seventh fonon to bring you here from Earth. He wanted your help, but like I said, he only received a small blessing."

"I'm sorry, but you lost me at 'original'".

Tear sighed and said, "I better explain everything that's happened in Auldrant so we're on the same page"

Cast:

Penelope (oc)

Barney (Three Delivery)

Cyborg (Teen Titans)

Starfire (Teen Titans)

Beast Boy (Teen Titans)

Robin (Teen Titans)

Tobey (Three Delivery)

Sue (Three Delivery)

Raven (Teen Titans)

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto Shippuuden)

Aqua Lad (Teen Titans)

Raine Sage (Tales of Symphonia)

Luke Fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)

Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)

Honorable Mention:

Mickey Mouse

Mr. Wu (Three Delivery)

Yumi (Code Lyoko)

Ulrich (Code Lyoko)

Aelita (Code Lyoko)

Jeremie (Code Lyoko)

Odd (Code Lyoko)

Asch (Tales of the Abyss)

Lorelei (Tales of the Abyss)