NiGHTS: Back to Earth
Actuality 14
The song "Dreams Dreams" was indeed written by NiGHTS. It was also NiGHTS' favorite song. The Nightmaren played that very song on his invisible flute, as he thought about the situation with Visitors and Nightmaren, together for love. Of course NiGHTS didn't approve of Nightmaren and Visitor couples. Even if NiGHTS did feel like a matchmaker for Visitors. Just not in the way in which the love would cross dimensions. Very much like Claris and Elliot, nothing would be serious. It wasn't like there would be inter-dimensional marriage or anything in the manner.
NiGHTS was actually waiting for Rebecca in her new Nightopia, yet he suddenly felt some danger around him. The knowledge of danger came to NiGHTS when he saw a Goodle, "shoot," NiGHTS told himself, this wouldn't be very pretty from NiGHTS' educated guess.
Yet the Goodle approached NiGHTS with a fancy orange and black envelope, and gave the envelope to NiGHTS; then it quickly left.
A surprised feeling came to NiGHTS, surprised that the Goodle didn't capture him at all, that was convenient. NiGHTS opened the letter then read it, "and invitation to…" NiGHTS immediately dropped the letter; he had thought too soon, NiGHTS felt like a teenaged child, wanting to cry on a shoulder. Yet NiGHTS felt too strong for that, too…strong to act like a teenager, with a friend taken away from him. Nicholas was only a disguise; there is no real immaturity in him.
Rebecca came into Nightopia, where she saw NiGHTS, who looked a little down. Rebecca ran over to NiGHTS, and then asked, "What's the matter?"
"Rebecca, how long is marriage?" was all NiGHTS asked.
"Well, it matters by the couple," Rebecca answered, "but according to most faiths, its forever."
**
Joy was only told about the conflicting worlds of Nightopia and Nightmare. Yet the first time she had came to either, was that very moment. After a Red Bull crash, all Joy could do was to sleep. Yet Joy wasn't having a nightmare, even if she was in Nightmare, a distorted looking room didn't scare her in the least. She saw Jackle's head appear, that made Joy yelp a little.
"Your passion…is in fashion design and sewing…right?" The head had spoken to the teenage girl.
If the head was going to ask about her talents, Joy was fine with this nightmare, "Well, I am a jack of all trades, I draw, sew and write," Joy was proud of her many talents since most of her friends had only a single talents in their bodies.
"Then, you will design and make the dress for my bride," Jackle commanded Joy.
"Your…bride?" Joy asked, "If you need a dress for her so badly, then what's in it for me?"
"How would you like to never come to Nightmare again?" was Jackle's deal.
"I don't come here often," Joy told Jackle, she was not enthusiastic about the deal, "think of something better."
Jackle knew Joy's talent very well, and he didn't want to lose it to her selfishness, his eyes began to glow red, and he cried out, "how about I don't kill you?"
A twitch came to Joy, "fine," she told the orange Nightmaren, "but you better keep your word!"
"I will," said Jackle, "as long and you keep yours."
Bridget walked by the two, when she recognized Joy, "what are you doing in Nightmare?"
"I may ask the same thing," was Joy's response.
"Well, she would be my bride," Jackle introduced Bridget at Joy, "but it seems like you know each other already."
As Jackle talked, Bridget mouthed out a "help me," to Joy. Bridget needed all of the help she could get, she had no knowledge of Reala helping her, and she had no clue about Pammy and her friends. Joy was a friend of Pammy, and it was best that Joy would know too.
"Well," Joy began to speak to Bridget, "what are you looking for in a dress?"
Bridget shrugged, "I don't know, as long as it fits its fine."
Jackle gave Bridget a slight glare, "how about something to match your eyes?"
Joy looked closely at Bridget's face; it was often difficult to tell one's eye color without looking that closely, "so they're blue?" Joy had concluded.
"I guess," Bridget looked down to the ground. Bridget really didn't care so much about the details. She was glad to marry in her jeans and t-shirt, or even not to get married at all. "But aren't most wedding dresses white?"
Joy wanted to answer that question quite badly, "well, who cares about traditions? We should go for a wild wedding, one that breaks the rules, a wedding like no other…."
"And that is why I hired you," Jackle gave a maniacal laugh. Jackle liked Joy's attitude with the nontraditional. It's a good thing that Joy didn't die tonight, Jackle needed her for the wedding; he knew that for a fact.
***
Even as a rebel, NiGHTS was still the brother of Jackle and Reala, and he still wanted to help Jackle with his mistake. Yet NiGHTS knew that talking to Jackle wouldn't help. Instead, he summoned Will and Helen to execute a plan. Once Will and Helen came to the Dream Gate, NiGHTS told the two the news, "Okay, you won't believe this but, Jackle has gone really crazy and…."
"Is trying to marry Bridget," Helen interrupted the rebellious Nightmaren, "we went to Nightmare last night." Helen said the whole part like it wasn't even news.
"What?" NiGHTS yelled out, "You went to Nightmare without me?" NiGHTS couldn't believe it, Will and Helen were completely vulnerable out in Nightmare. NiGHTS was only glad that they weren't hurt.
"Well, we didn't know that you wanted to come with us," Will implied, "but you would have been welcome to come last night."
If NiGHTS had eyebrows, he would be rubbing them with annoyance, but he continued, "Well, you may have to come to Nightmare again, we have to stop the wedding, somehow."
A void of darkness came to be, and who emerged from the darkness were no other than Reala and Pammy. Reala was hesitant about his announcement, but made it anyway, "NiGHTS, since Pammy wants to help Bridget…" a light pause came to Reala, he really didn't want to admit to this, "I will help you cancel this wedding."
"Well, then," said NiGHTS playfully, "what will you bring to the table?"
Reala looked at Pammy, then gave a blatant comment, "well NiGHTS, how about my paraloop ability to go through different worlds?"
Suddenly, NiGHTS didn't like the idea of working with Reala, but his brother was correct, probably sending Bridget back to the Waking World would make the best escape for the girl. "Okay, then how can we take the girl away from Jackle?"
Pammy rose up her hand excitedly then told the entire group, "I will distract Jackle and the rest of the wedding guests! I have a wonderful talent in distracting people!"
Reala had a worried look on his face, "are you sure?" Reala had asked the girl, "This could be too dangerous for a Visitor like yourself!"
"Aw, you just don't want me to get hurt," Pammy flung her hand, "you're sweet and all, but we must assess the situation at hand. I'm the best distraction, so I must take myself as the bait."
Before Reala could oppose, NiGHTS said, "sure, then Helen's and Will's job will signal Bridget to get out of the way, and I will lead Birdget to Reala, and Reala will send Bridget back to the Waking World. Sounds like a plan?"
Reala gave a slight glare to Pammy, then at NiGHTS, but he nodded his head, "sure, if this will save the girl's life."
**
The next morning, Joy was looking through her sketchbook, she had dreamed of planning a wedding in many different ways. She looked at an empty page, and then began to sketch out a dress. She wanted to take her time with this dress, something that Bridget would like.
Yet something was missing, Joy rubbed her head, then took out her cell phone to call Pammy.
**
Pammy sat down to eat her cereal, when her mother, Tina, came into the kitchen. "So, I've gotten a phone call from Shannon, Devin's mom?"
Pammy had a worried look on her face, she wondered what Devin said, and she really hoped that he didn't say anything about Nightmare, or where Bridget really was located.
"She saw you talking to Devin at the front door," Tina told her daughter.
"And?" Pammy asked, a bit confused about what was so bad about talking to an ex-boyfriend.
A stern look came to Tina, "you're supposed to be grounded, which usually means that you can't leave the house!"
"Oh…" Pammy looked back down to her cereal, she was really going to be in trouble, "I forgot that I was grounded it's just," Pammy hesitated for a moment, and then admitted, "When I've heard that Bridget also went missing, I had to come support him..."
Tina gave a big sigh, "well, if it's to support Devin, I guess I'll let you off the hook…."
Then Pammy's cellphone rang, she looked at the caller ID to see that it was Joy. Pammy answered the phone, "hello?"
"Hey!" Joy chirped up, "have you heard about Bridget and Jackle?"
Pammy stood up, and then walked out of the kitchen, since she didn't want to talk about the very subject in front of her mother. She gave a huge sigh, "yes, I've heard."
"And guess who's planning the wedding?" Joy said in a proud manner.
Pammy blinked in disbelief for a second, she knew who it was Joy, but it was kind of odd that Joy was actually be present in the Dream World. Then she smiled, perhaps this would come to her advantage, "so you're the one planning the wedding?"
"Yep," said Joy, "but I need some help with the dress."
Pammy grinned, "Well, I could help you with the dress, if you help me with Bridget's escape!"
"Escape?" Joy asked, then hesitated when she said "I guess she didn't seem so excited about getting married…"
"So how about making the dress so it's more accessible to run away?" Pammy asked, "A shorter skirt?"
A short pause came to Joy, "The dress that I have looks better long," then Joy came up with an idea, "but she could always rip off half of it to become a mini skirt."
"Yeah," Pammy exclaimed, "sounds great!"
"Yet I still feel like something is missing…" Joy had expressed to Pammy.
"Well, scan me the pictures and I'll think of something," was Pammy's suggestion, she knew that Joy was really into her art, so Pammy would help as much as she could, even if it was for the event she dreaded.
**
The Waking Watcher was alone, after three years of constant use, it stopped being used. At least until Reala picked it up again.
It was to Reala's knowledge that Pammy hated it when he used the Waking Watcher to watch her actives in the World of the Waking. Yet it was difficult to resist seeing her in the Waking World. So Reala tuned the Waking Watcher to Pammy.
Pammy was on the phone with Joy, talking about the wedding, mostly about how Joy can help make Bridget's escape easier.
"So a skirt that can become shorter and she can have ballet flat," Pammy told her friend, "thanks so much for the help!"
Just then, Jackle came into Reala's room, "Hey Reala, what's up?"
Reala stared so deeply into the Waking Watcher, "nothing," he said, and continued to look, entranced by Pammy.
Jackle looked over Reala's shoulder.
In the Waking Watcher, Pammy cheered out to the phone, "and thanks to you, we are sure that Bridget will make her way back to the Waking World."
Jackle gave Reala a glare, "and what are they talking about?"
Reala looked over at Jackle, he suddenly came to realization that Jackle had just found out about the plan. "Well, Jackle, the Visitors do not like you and Bridget marrying, they're afraid that they'll never see their friend again."
Jackle just rolled his eyes, "Oh, 'friend' you say? Bridget doesn't have any friends, except for me of course!"
Reala glared at Jackle back, "well, how about me, Pammy, NiGHTS, Helen and Will? She's over exaggerating; she had made friends since I've met her. She just doesn't realize it!"
"Well, I will find a way to stop you!" cried out Jackle, "I'll tell Wizeman about your defiance!"
"How will Wizeman want to help?" Reala asked, "He wouldn't even care!"
A devious smile came to Jackle, "oh, he cares more than you think."
Reala gave Jackle a "you are crazy" kind of look, "I think we'll be fine." Reala flew away, willing to ignore what is yet to come, for he doubted that Jackle had any power to stop Reala.