A/N Anne Oying, you don't have to apologize for anything. xD I wouldn't have been able to write this story if your OC hadn't caused the trouble. xP

And just a warning, expect this to be a bit darker. I'm listening to the song Rainbow Factory as I write this. It's a My Little Pony fan song, but it's dark/disturbing as heck, and definitely puts me in a mood to write something a bit darker than the fluff of the past few chapters… (Rainbow Factory is on Youtube, btw)

Sonny sat in the living room. There was a computer in the corner of the room, which he was currently using. Janet sat on the couch, reading a book called "Psychiatry for Beginners". Neither one of them had been exactly triumphant when it came to finding the information they needed. Groaning in frustration, Sonny turned to his mother.

"Mom, this is pointless. I haven't found anything."

Janet sighed and nodded, setting her book down. "I know, neither have I." she admitted. However, she suddenly looked very determined. "But… but we can't give up. We've got to keep at this until we've found a way to cure Ansalong. We don't know how dangerous this could get." Sonny nodded in agreement, smiling and turning back to the computer.

Janet picked her book up again. She sighed as she flipped through another page. "I've had the strangest life. Seriously, if there was record in the World Records book for 'strangest life', I'd win it easily. If I could prove that I'm sane, of course." She rolled her eyes, and Sonny could not help but chuckle.

"Yeah, but that's what makes you awesome."

Janet could not help but grin as she continued reading through her book. She was very, very happy to have a son like Sonny. Even if he could be a pain at times.

XXX

After checking in with Janet and Sonny, letting them know that at the moment Ansalong was doing fine, Riff Raff had asked to go back to his house to have some alone time. Sonny and Janet had, of course, allowed him to do this. They knew he had been having a very rough day. A very rough month, actually.

So Riff had gone back to where he lived and walked into his bedroom, where he just sat on his bed thinking. He needed to help Ansalong. She meant the world to him. He could not explain why, but she did. He cared about her more than he had probably ever cared about someone (accept maybe his sister). The thought of something happening to her was unbearably awful.

Riff Raff sighed and looked out the window. The moon was full and high in the sky, and there were very few stars out. The wind was whistling softly, and clouds were gathering. It looked like it was going to rain. Riff had always liked the rain. However, today he was just too worried to think of anything in a positive light.

Suddenly, Riff Raff heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Jumping up, Riff ran to see who was there. To his surprise, it was Ansalong. She was limping as she walked, and her head was down. However, she suddenly noticed Riff, and she lifted her head. There were tears in her eyes and she looked absolutely terrified. Before Riff could say or do anything, Ansalong had run over and fallen into his arms, sobbing.

"Ansalong, what's going on?" asked Riff Raff worriedly. Ansalong sniffed and looked up at Riff. She seemed as if she struggling to speak.

"I… I had to warn you. You… you have to save Nation and Cosmo. You have to." she whimpered. "I remembered. I remembered where I've been. I know… I know where the McKinleys are. You've… you've got to save them. I'm so sorry…"

Riff Raff stared at Ansalong with shock. "What?" he finally managed to ask. "Show me where they are, then." he commanded, his voice gentle. Ansalong shook her head.

"I can't."

"Why not?" asked Riff Raff, puzzled. "Didn't you… didn't you just say you know where they are?"

Ansalong nodded, but looked back up at Riff Raff with a look of pain in her eyes. She opened to mouth to speak, when her pupils suddenly shrunk in size, only for a split second. After this, she fell, sobbing once more. "I can't. She won't let me."

Riff Raff was even more confused than before. "Who's 'she'?" he asked her. "What are you talking about?"

Ansalong shook her head. "I can't explain. I'm not allowed. I've got to go. Got to… make sure they're alright." With these words, Ansalong's pupils went small for another moment, before she turned from Riff Raff, running. Riff, too shocked to say anything else, followed. When the woman realized she was being followed, she turned, shaking her head. Her voice was a bit raspier than usual. "Don't follow me. I'll… I'll hurt you." She started sobbing again as she turned away. "I don't want to hurt you."

Riff Raff began to ignore Ansalong and follow her anyway, when he realized she was write. She had proven to be a threat when her split personality was on, and he did not want to injure himself. Instead, he planned to go find Janet and Sonny. They would help him.

"It'll be okay, Ansalong." he promised, more to himself than the woman he was addressing.

XXX

Ansalong, who had been running for nearly half an hour, slowed down the pace once she got to the outskirts of the town. She looked back, and tears filled her eyes once more. She wanted so much to go back to Riff Raff, but she was unable to. Even if she had the strength to fight her split personality enough to go back, she was scared she would hurt him. She had attacked that innocent guard "accidently", so what if she did the same to Riff? The thought was awful.

Suddenly, a unbearably familiar voice hissed, You idiot. You just let Riff Raff know where everyone is. What if he finds us? What if he saves them? There was a huge amount of anger in her voice. Ansalong, however, grinned with triumph.

"That's exactly what I want to happen!" she screamed, shivering a bit. "I want him to find and destroy you. Destroy me if that's what's necessary. I want you gone, do you hear me? I want to never hear your sorry voice again!" she laughed in a way that sounded mildly insane. When the voice spoke again, there as a small amount of fear creeping into her usually cool tone.

You… you want him to kill you? But… but that will kill me, too!

Ansalong nodded. "Exactly." She panted a bit. "I want you do be killed. I don't want to die, but if that's the only way, I'll be willing to sacrifice my life. I don't want you hurting anyone. I want Transylvania to be safe. I want Riff Raff to be safe." She started panting again. The voice sounded very nervous now.

Whatever. muttered the voice. Just… just get to the cave, already. I bet the prisoners are starving.

Ansalong sighed, knowing there was no point in arguing. However, even as she continued walking, she felt a bit of success. She had communicated with the voice without breaking down into tears, losing control of her own body, or passing out. That was definitely an accomplishment.

XXX

Riff Raff ran into the living room, where Sonny and Janet were still sleepily reading through different ways of helping Ansalong, oblivious to everything that had just happened. The second the two noticed Riff, they turned to look at him. The look of fear told them that something was definitely wrong. Janet stood up. "What's going on?" she asked. Riff Raff opened his mouth to speak when yet another person ran in – the pink-haired nurse. She was panting and looked just as scared as Riff.

"Ansalong's…" she panted. "Ansalong's gone. I… I…" She began sobbing into her hands. Riff Raff realized that she had a very bad cut on her leg, along with what looked like fang marks on her arm. She had been attacked. She sniffed and looked up at Sonny. Bowing humbly, she whimpered, "I'm sorry, your Highness."

Sonny stood up. He stared from Janet, to the nurse, to Riff Raff, before finally turning back to the nurse. "What happened?" he asked her in as calm a tone as he could. The nurse shook her head.

"I… I just came in to give her something to eat… and she was all… weird. I don't know what happened. Her pupils were all small, and she had these… these fangs. And her tongue was all… forked… like a snake's…" She sniffed again. "And she attacked me. Then she… she left. She ran away. She said something about finding you." She turned to Riff Raff. "Did… did she…?"

Riff Raff nodded, and Janet and Sonny stared at him expectantly, dying to know more of the story. Riff sighed. "She did come to see me. She was only half herself, though. Her pupils would go all funny every now and then. She told me that I had to find the McKinleys. I asked her where they were, and she told me 'she' wouldn't let her." He shrugged. "And she wouldn't let me follow her."

Janet and Sonny exchanged glances, before Janet spoke. "We have to find her."

Sonny nodded. "I'm tired of laying low through all of this and watching Ansalong suffer. We've got to go find her, and help her." He turned to Riff Raff. He looked very, very serious. "General, go tell the guards that they are to watch the palace, because the king will be leaving for a few days to do something very important." Riff Raff nodded and exited. He then looked at the pink-haired nurse. "Nurse, you are to go back to the hospital and recover. You're the second one to have gotten bit by Ansalong. She's no venomous, but her fangs are deep, and you might have to recover a bit." The nurse nodded and walked out of the room behind Riff. Sonny then turned to his mother and smiled. "Mom, come with me. We've got to figure out what we're going to do next."

XXX

Ansalong stomped into the cave and looked around. She turned and saw the prison cells. There were five of them all together. A woman in the farthest back was sobbing very softly. Ansalong, who was hardly Ansalong at all anymore, walked over to the cell and sneered, "Pathetic," she hissed. "You deserve to be here, you know. You and your brother screwed up my life. You kept me in that stupid TV show."

The woman in the cell turned to the man also in the cell. She fell into his arms, sobbing harder than before, and Ansalong grinned.

"You're effected too, you know." Ansalong stated. "Not in the same way, of course. Your emotions are all messed up. A normal human being wouldn't be sobbing like a baby right now." She turned to another cell, which was empty accept for one person, who was in the farthest back, looking away from Ansalong. He looked up suddenly when he realized Ansalong was gazing at him. His eyes narrowed.

"Let us go, Ansalong. You know better, I know you do."

Ansalong cackled. "Idiot!" she snapped. "Of all the people in this room, I hate you the most! You left me. I loved you, and I thought you loved me back, but I was wrong. I loved you!"

The man shook his head, trying to keep his voice calm. "You don't understand, Ansalong. I didn't leave you because of the brainwashing. I left you because… because I was confused. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't figure out what all of this meant. You and Nation and Cosmo had all left DTV, claiming you were being brainwashed. I didn't know what to think of all of it. I didn't leave because I didn't love you, I left because I didn't know how to love you."

Ansalong's eyes narrowed, and tears formed in her eyes. "SHUT UP!" she screamed. She was shivering with anger. "YOU HAD A CHOICE! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE! YOU'RE JUST A COWARD!" The man grinned, obviously satisfied by how angry he had made Ansalong.

Ansalong sniffed. "Besides, it's too late. Even if you still love me, my… er… other personality seems to be in love with another. A Transylvanian, actually. General Riff Raff."

Suddenly, the sobbing woman lifted her head, shocked. "That's where we are, isn't it? We're in Transylvania!" She looked completely terrified as she turned to the man in the cell with her. "Oh, we'll never get saved now. No one knows where Transylvania is. Even if Penelope has done everything she possibly can, she won't be able to find us."

Ansalong smirked. "That's right. You're stuck here. Deal with it."

A/N Yeah… dark and depressing and what not. And rushed. I was super busy. I'm currently reading Frankenstein, and I'm supposed to finish it by Wednesday… and I'm only on the 100th page. :( But anyway... yeah. Not much to say about this chapter. It's dark.

And NOTHING will get in the way of Riffsalong. You have probably figured out who the man she was talking to was, and he will NOT get in the way (I don't even ship those two together, don't worry). RIFFSALONG FOREVER! :D

And I don't care if it's spoiling the end: Ansalong's not gonna die. I hate deathfics, so I'm not gonna write one (however, a character will die by the end, but not someone too important, or anyone we really care about by this point).