Toon Lionel looked around, "Whoa this place looks amazing!"
"I hope you don't mind me asking but where are we exactly?" asked Raven.
"We're in Maginaryworld , more specifically The Temple of Light." Said Nightmare Lionel.
"Wait you mean we are at the Temple of Light? How did you even get in here? I thought all nightmaren are forbidden to be here." Said Jinx.
"I used my epic parkour skills to make it to make it past the guards, also not all are forbidden to be here." Said Nightmare Lionel.
"Oh really? Name one." Said Jinx.
"I'm not sure if he counts but NiGHTS is allowed to be here." Said the Nightmaren.
"Wait, I read that NiGHTS died in a conflict between him and Wizeman, are you saying that he's somehow still alive?" Asked Jinx.
"Oh he's very much alive, just like Wizeman." Replied Nightmare Lionel.
"That didn't answer my question, Also what does Wizeman being still alive have to do with NiGHTS coming back from the dead?" Said Jinx.
Nightmare Lionel shrugged "I don't know, but I think Wizeman said that as long as fear and darkness still exists then him and his work can't be undone or something along those lines."
"Oh I see." Said Jinx.
"Hey where is this Goddess of Dreams you where talking about Lionel?" asked Raven.
"She is probably inside the temple," Lionel opened the door to the temple. "Let's go find her."
The group followed Nightmare Lionel entered the temple and were greeted by Illumina, but rather than her normal human-like appearance she was a pink colored cat with peach colored arms.
"There you are, I was worried something happened to you all." Said Illumina.
"We're fine, The portal just sent us outside the temple." Said Nightmare Lionel.
"That's a relief, I'm glad that everyone got here safely-" Illumina looked down and noticed toon Lionel. "-Lionel, why is your ToonTown counterpart here?"
"He's the friend I told you about!" Said Nightmare Lionel.
Illumina groaned, "It looks like I'm going to have to speak to Wizeman about this..."
"Oh no, please no! I don't want to die!" Whined Nightmare Lionel.
"Who said anything about you dying?" Asked Illumina
"I-" Before the nightmaren could finish his sentence the room filled with dark purple smoke.
Out smoke emerged Wizeman, and like Illumina he too was an animal, only he was a gray dog rather than a pink cat. "You called?"
"Yes, I need you to du-"
One of Wizeman's eyes spots Lionel. "-Lionel! What are you doing out of your lair?!"
"Master Wizeman I can explain!" yelped the nightmaren.
"King Lionel I am truly disappointed in you, you should know better than to sneak off like that, especially when there was only one more day of your punishment." Said Wizeman.
"King Lionel? I thought your name just Lionel, why didn't you bother to tell me your full name?" asked the royal blue cat.
"Huh?," Wizeman looked over to Toon Lionel. "What are you doing here?"
"That's why I've called you here, I need you to Dualize both of the Lionels together to prevent any unbalance in Maginaryworld." Said Illumina
"That's easier said than done, 2nd level nightmaren aren't designed with that ability, another thing worth noting is that I'm going to have to confiscate his Ideya in order to be able to even attempt such a procedure." Said Wizeman
"You know very well that one doesn't need to lose their Ideya to Dualize, you just want his Ideya so you can use it agents Nightopia." Said Illumina
"While both of those statements may be true you have to remember that this is going to be long term, you DO remember the affects that dark magic has on one's Idyea don't you?" Asked Wizeman.
Illumina sighed. "How could I forget..."
"What's this Ideya thing? I would like to know before I lose mine." Asked Lionel.
"Don't worry it's not THAT important." Said Wizeman.
"He's lying Lionel don't listen to him! Giving him your ideya is like selling him your soul! " protested Jinx.
"That doesn't answerer my question, what is it and why is it so important?" Asked Lionel.
"Ideya are round, colored crystal-like orbs that grants one control over their dreams, there are five types, the Yellow Ideya of Hope, the Green Ideya of Growth, the Blue Ideya of Intelligence, the White Ideya of Purity and last but certainly not least there is the Red Ideya of Courage. Red Ideya is extremely uncommon and is the only type of Ideya nightmaren can't steal, in fact there is only one person in all of Maginaryworld who can steal it is Wizeman." Explained Illumina.
"Ah, I get it. I don't think I'm going to need it if I'm going to become half Nightmaren, It might hold my powers back or something like that." Said Lionel.
"Very well then, everyone who isn't Lionel may you please may you exit the temple. Dark magic is hazardous and deadly for mortals to be around." Said Wizeman.
Everyone but Illumina did as told.
"You too Illumina..." Said Wizeman.
"No, i'm not leaveing you alone with the Precioustone! We both know it's power and It's my my sworn duty to protect it from haveing it's power from falling into the wrong hands, those hands being yours." said Illumina.
Wizeman groaned. "Fine, just stay out of my way."
Illumina flew up to the Precioustone and used her wings and body to protect it.
"Lionel, you know what you have to do." Said Wizeman.
King Lionel looked to his master and nodded in agreement, then he turned to face his counterpart, without warning he dashed at him and slashed him in the chest with his long ice-blue claws.
The cat collapsed onto the floor bleeding but not before the four crystal-like orbs emerged from his body.
Illumina looked over to Lionel, "I think that was a bit over the top, he's hardly breathing."
Wizeman looked down at the toon. "He'll live..."
King Lionel stepped closer to Lionel, he looked to Wizeman and said "I'm ready when you are master."
Wizeman focused all six of his eyes on the felines, using his magic he did as he was told to do.
Once the smoke cleared it revealed the now fused Lionel, not much was changed about him however.
"Now that's over with shouldn't you two get going?" Asked Illumina
Both Lionel and Wizeman end up speaking at the same time and they say two different things making neither of them understandable.
"Please, one person at a time!" Said Illumina.
Wizeman glared at Lionel, "Lionel it's rude to talk over someone, especially if it's me."
"Sorry master, I didn't know you were going to be the one speaking, you never give any cues." apologized Lionel.
"Of course I was going to talk, I'm always the one to talk." Said Wizeman.
Lionel lowered his head in shame.
"I really want to know what was so important that you had to speak even though her question was clearly directed at me." Said Wizeman
"I said that I shouldn't leave before I can explain to my friends that I have to work for you now." Said Wizeman.
"He does have a valid reason, I mean they might end up looking for him and end up getting themselves killed." Said Illumina
"This concerns me how?" Asked Wizeman.
"Because you'll be the one held responsible for their deaths. They are looking for YOUR nightmaren after all, and you know very well that you aren't allowed to kill Visitors who are in Maginaryworld while they're awake, even if it's indirect. Another thing worth noting is they're only going to be staying here until their game goes back online, once it's back then they have to be returned back to their world unharmed." Explained Illumina.
"That information would have been to know ahead of time, but no instead all you tell me is that I have to come here as soon as possible and that I have to look like a stupid canine, that's not very professional of you Illumina and you should be ashamed of yourself." Said Wizeman.
"Yeah I admit, I probably should have told you a bit more information but I was more concerned with their being two of Lionel at the time." Said Illumina
"So, is this the part where I get my friends and tell them?" Asked Lionel.
"Yes, get them posthaste." Said Illumina.
Lionel nodded and ran outside.
"Guys come inside, I need to tell you all something." Said Lionel.
As soon as Raven noticed Lionel's wound re ran up to him and tried to take off his shirt.
"Hey! What are you doing?!" Exclaimed Lionel.
Raven managed to get Lionel's shirt off, "I'm trying to save your life!" she used his shirt to stop the bleeding. "There, that should do it."
"What happened, Did Wizeman lash out at you or something?" Asked Jinx.
"There is blood on his paw, perhaps he did this to himself." Said Seymour.
"Don't be silly, I've known Lionel for years and he'd NEVER do that." Said Ralph.
"Actually Seymour's right, It's hard to explain but yes I did slash myself." Said Lionel.
"Why did you have to do that Lionel?" asked Jinx.
"It was the only way I could remove my Ideya." Said Lionel.
"Couldn't Wizeman do that without any physical harm?" Asked jinx.
"Yes but he wanted me to do the task from day one but I messed that up and ended up telling everyone about Disney's plan and the rest is history." Said Lionel.
"Ah, so that's how this adventure began." Said Seymour.
"Yep, now let's head into the temple so I can tell you the important thing." said Lionel.
"Um, Lionel?"
"Yes Raven?" meowed Lionel.
Raven took Lionel's shirt off of his wound and held it out, "I don't think this blood is going to come out..."
"I'm not going to need it anymore so it doesn't matter." Said Lionel.
"So wait, you're going to be running around shirtless from now on?" Asked Ralph.
"Pretty much, it's not that big a deal really, it's not like I'm going pantsless like Reala." Said Lionel
"So what I do with this?" asked Raven.
"You should probably hold onto it" Said Lionel.
Raven nods and together the gang enters the Temple of Light.
"So what is it you need to tell us Lionel?" Asked Jinx.
"Now that I'm part nightmaren I have a lot of responsibilities and because of them I won't be able to see you guys often, or at all, it all depends." Said Lionel.
"Awwww, I'll miss you Lionel." whined Ralph.
Garnet ran up to Lionel and hugged his leg.
Lionel picked up his doodle and hugged him, "I'll miss you most of all Garnet." the nightmaren began to cry.
Garnet whimpered and then licked Lionel, trying to cheer him up.
Seymour stepped forward, "Don't cry Lionel, you made a great sacrifice for us to get here safely and I assure you we'll be strong," the cog looked to the toons. "You will be strong right?"
The toons nod.
Lionel wiped away his tears and set down Garnet. "Thank, I needed that."
"Before we depart, there's something I must ask you Illumina." Said Wizeman.
"And what would that be?" Asked Illumina.
"Well seeing how the Visitor is now under my control that would mean I also have the right to have his Ideya correct?"
"Like I said earlier, the toons need to be in perfect condition if and when their game returns, I know the player won't like her toon being disobedient to her commands. So in short, no" Said Illumina.
Wizeman growled a bit. "This is all SparkleWolf404's fault, if she didn't make a Toon of my Nightmaren in the first place then I wouldn't have to deal with this mess! I'm going to have to give her a real stern talking to..." he looked to his nightmaren. "let's get going Lionel."
Lionel looked to his master and nodded.
With a wave of his hand both him and Lionel were gone.
Illumina flew away from the stone and approached the toons "Well now that that out of the way I should probably get you settled in, I'll come and have NiGHTS-" in to group of toon Seymour caught her attention. "Hey you!"she pointed at the Lawbot.
"Yes?"
"Are you by any chance an actual Cog?" Asked Illumina.
"Of course, why do you ask?" Said Seymour.
"That's what I was afraid of, I thought you were just a hacker who had a bad run-in with Wizeman. I'm going to have to have to send you back to Toontown..." Said Illumina.
"What! Why?!" Asked Seymour.
"You should know, I'm doing this so you won't try to take over Maginaryworld. I alreddy have to deal with Wizeman and his nightmaren, having to deal with cogs AND Nightmaren is too much for me to handle." Said Illumina.
"Oh come on! You're really THAT concerned about me?! I'm not even that powerful, I'm only level 10 and that's nothing! And even if I was max level and rank my power would be nothing compared to yours! Another thing, what made you think that I wanted to take over your world anyway? I mean yes us cogs WERE trying to take over ToonTown but that's only because it's what we are built to do, and seeing how their aren't any higher level cogs to boss me around I'm not going to even try, not that I wanted to. Also why are you going to send me back out off all the group, everyone else are oil thirsty killers! Your logic there is flawed. Also sending me back would be like a death sentence, I snuck out of Lawbot HQ without permission, the punishment for that is extremely strict. Seriously though, I thought you were suppose to be the good ruler..."
"Hey! I'm no killer!" Barked Lab Rat.
Seymour looked to the doodle. "Oh Please, it's Doodles like you who were responsible for Operation Storm Sellbot!"
"I hate to side with the Cog but he's right, The way he worded it made it sound almost like something Wizeman would do." Stated Jinx.
"I..." Illumina was speechless, she didn't know what to say. After thinking a bit she finally found a response. "I did not know cogs were capable of doing more the preprogrammed functions and had their own opinions. My knowledge of Cogs is limited, what I do know is completely based off ToonTown Online's official descriptions. I hope you can forgive me for this misunderstanding."
"I can't believe someone who claims to a Goddess knows so little about us, Isn't it your job to know about all creatures?" Asked Seymour.
Illumina rubbed her neck nervously. "Sort of, It's my job to know their best interests. The reason I don't know about Cogs is because they're robot and are incapable of dreaming, let alone sleeping. Toons dreaming about cogs is out of the question, we both know your kind isn't on good terms with them. Wizeman on the other hand I'm sure knows a lot more then I do seeing how toons tend to have nightmares about the cogs and their plans."
Seymour groaned.
"Enough about that, I see that it's bothering you. Let's get back on the main topic, I've called for NiGHTS to come and pick you guys up. He's going to take you guys to the ToonTown section of Maginaryworld, which is where you'll be staying." Said Illumina.
"Oh cool! When is she coming?" Asked Jinx.
"He should be here soon." Said Illumina.
Not long after she said that there was a knock on the temple's door.
"That must be him." Illumina flew up to the door and greeted him.
"Hello Illumina." NiGHTS took a bow.
"Please, come inside" Illumina motioned her inside.
NiGHTS entered the temple.
"NiGHTS I need you to take these toons to the ToonTown section of Nightopia." Said Illumina.
"Sure!" NiGHTS flew up to the toons. "Are you ready to go?"
The group nodded.
"Okay then, let's get flying." Said NiGHTS.
"Um do we LOOK like we can fly?" Asked Raven rather sternly.
NiGHTS looked to Illumina. "You didn't explain to them about their Ideya?"
"I did, but I was a tat vague. All I said was that it grants them control over their dreams but i wasn't being that specific." Said Illumina.
"Wait is she saying we can basically do whatever we want with the power of our Ideya?" Asked Ralph.
"Pretty much" Said NiGHTS.
"Sweeeeeet! Now let's see, how do we fly again?" Ralph thought for a moment. "Oh wait I remember! We need faith, trust and," Ralph pulled out some pixie dust and sprinkled it on everyone. "PIXIE DUST!~ There we go, now everyone can fly."
"Um Ralph, when did you get that gag? That's a really high level gag, and I know you wouldn't have the patience to level your Toon-Up that high." Asked Raven.
"This is a dream remember? I can do whatever I want, whenever I want." Replied Ralph.
"Okay so now that that's out of the way, let's get going like NiGHTS said." Said Jinx.
The group nodded in agreement.
Seymour opened his propeller.
NiGHTS looked to Seymour. "Are you a cog?!"
"Yeah but don't worry, I'm with the toons." Said Seymour.
"He's telling the truth NiGHTS." Said Illumina.
"If you say so Illumina." Said the purple jester.
Ralph flew up in the air and began to hover. "Let's go!"
The group took flight and flew off.
There you have it, that's the story. The moral of this story is that long as our memories exists in the hearts of the players, then I... and all the toons of Toontown... shall never be erased..., We will always live in your hearts as long as you believe. And who knows, maybe Disney will make ToonTown return? But until then our only hope of returning is you guys, the players. Toons of the world UNITE!
