"Come on, Mary. You have to eat something!" Garry exclaimed looking at the sulking blonde.

"I'm not hungry…" Mary muttered looking at the wooden table.

It had been exactly a year since Ib had sacrificed herself to save her friends. In that time Mary had started living with Garry and tended to act like a little sister. They had visited that art gallery every second weekend for a few months, but not long ago it had closed down due to renovations. Someone had been smoking in the gallery and when asked to stop they threw it away and one of the paintings had caught on fire. No one was quick enough to put it out and soon the whole building was in flames. It was on the news for a while, Mary and Garry were absolutely devastated when they had seen that.

"Mary, please. I know it is hard at the moment. But, you need to eat. You are a real now." Garry said softly.

Mary looked up at the older man, tears were streaming down her face and her lips were quivering.

"No! It should be Ib sitting here right now! I should be the one stuck in the fake world! I don't belong here!" Mary started aggressively rubbing her eyes, causing them to become irritated and itchy.

"Mary! Calm down! This isn't helping the situation!" Garry walked around the table and removed the girls hands from her eyes. "Look, I found something in the mail today."

The purple-haired man put a pamphlet in the blonde's hands.

"Is this…?" She trailed off.

"Yes. They opened up a new art gallery near here. Closer than the other one. They also have another exhibit as well… Guertena." A soft, sad smile played on his lips.

Mary's eyes widened in both shock and surprise. Jumping up from her seat she wrapped her arms, as far as they would go, around Garry. He gently patted her head that was nearly up to his shoulders now.

Since being free from the fake art gallery, Mary had grown quite a bit. Many that had met Mary thought she looked around the age of 12.

"It's officially opening in a couple of days. Would you like to go?" Garry asked looking down at the younger girl.

"Yes!" She exclaimed immediately bouncing around.

Garry laughed, watching the blonde jumping with joy.

"Now, come on. You have to finish eating."

A/N

Hello! So someone asked me to make this into a chapter story, perhaps near the end of last year. So here it is! The next chapter!

I don't know where I am going to go with this, but I thought I kept you guys waiting long enough.

I hope you guys enjoy this story and continue reading it all the way!