Author Note: I'll do my best to explain what's going on this chapter and the next. Hopefully this chapter will make this story different to all the generic Flippy asks out Flaky, Flaky says yes, Flippy flips, Flippy tortures/rapes Flaky, Flaky kills Flippy, the end. Let's hope it's better than that.

Flaky stared at the figure before her. She was identical in every way to Flaky. She had the same wide, Pac-man eyes and the same red quills laced with white dandruff. Flaky was confused, and her 'twin' seemed to know this.
"I suppose you want some answers?" she asked, and Flaky nodded quickly, so fast it almost hurt her head.
"Well you see Flaky, this is a test. I'm here to do what I can to get you to understand that. You are very lucky you aren't dead, had Flippy had his way... I shudder to think of what would've happened to you. To us" she began, as Flaky listened, intrigued but still very confused.
"Flippy is, as you know, a sufferer of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. What Flippy saw back in the war... someone such as yourself would die of fright if you so much as heard a whisper of it. This created what you have all flatteringly named "Evil Flippy". The only way that he can escape, and take permanent control of Flippy's body, is to destroy you" she continued, and Flaky blurted out in anger.
"But why? Why me? What've I done to deserve this?" she wailed. Her twin interrupted her.
"Because you are the key! The key to Flippy retaining control and defeating Evil Flippy rests in you! Don't you think Flippy would have lost his struggle against his evil side a long time ago if he hadn't had something to fight for? Come on Flaky, you're a clever girl! You are what he is fighting for!" she shouted, and Flaky took a step back in shock, not quite able to believe it.
"What do you mean?" she began but yet again her twin interrupted, with a look of disbelief on her face.
"You know Flaky, after being told it so many times I'd have thought that you would have understood. Flippy is in love with you! If he lets Evil take control of him, the first one that Evil will go after is the person that meant the most to Good Flippy! You! Which is why you are the only way he can be defeated. If you die, so does any hope of ever defeating Flippy's demons, and thus... everyone will die. Do you understand now?" the twin asked and Flaky nodded.
"Well I hope you do" said the twin.
"Where are we?" asked Flaky, looking around again.
"You are inside your own mind. At the last second, Good Flippy managed to take enough control of himself to stop Evil from killing you, and instead brought you here" answered the twin.
"Why didn't he just set me free?" asked Flaky.
"What good would that have done? Fifteen minutes later, Evil would have taken back control and tracked you down again. No, Flippy had to bring you here. To set him free. Now what that means, and what you have to do, I don't know. You will have to find out for yourself" said the twin.
"What about you?" asked Flaky.
"What about me? I'm not real, just a figment of your imagination, brought here by Flippy to explain what must be done" answered the twin.
"Why were you crying before I got to you?" asked Flaky, and the twin sighed.
"Questions, questions, questions. Dear Flaky, I may be far braver than the real you, but I weep for what is in store for you sooner than later. I only hope that you can do it. Flippy only hopes that you can do it. I'm so sorry Flaky, but this is all taking place in your mind, and Flippy is in your mind too. He had control over what happens now. I don't think I need to tell you what's at stake now. You must save Flippy. Are you ready?" asked the twin, fixing her eyes on Flaky. Flaky took one last look around, before nodding. The moment she nodded, her twin faded away into nothing, like she was a ghost. Flaky watched anxiously at where her twin had been, before she felt her feet shaking. She could hear a distant rumbling and she looked around wildly, before seeing the horizon move. The ground itself collapsed like a massive earthquake was going on, the ground falling into a bottomless-looking hole below. The falling earth chased after Flaky, who turned and ran away from it, screaming. As she ran, she saw the earthquake catching up with her, swallowing the oak tree and devouring yet more land. But as Flaky kept running, the ground in front and to the side of her collapsed, leaving her isolated on a small rock that stood hundreds of feet above a bottomless pit on all sides. Flaky looked around, from one horizon to the other it was just a giant hole, with Flaky on her little island in the middle. Flaky looked around, before hearing another rumble. She spun around and saw a second island rising up rapidly from the pit. This island rose twice the height of Flaky's one, and on it stood Flippy, who was laughing as he stared at Flaky.
"Hahaha! Let's pit Flippy, veteran of the Great War, against the timid little porcupine Flaky. Let the games begin!" he bellowed.

End of Chapter 4

Hate me for such a short one, but I'm afraid it was a necessity. I'm aiming for smaller posts, which means I can update much quicker, usually daily, unlike many other series. Don't worry; this story is one of my top priorities, and definitely my Priority One fanfic. Update tomorrow. Hopefully.