Isiah: What up? Isiah and Tom here.

Tom: Hey there y'all.

Isiah: And welcome back to Avalor's Continued Nightmare. Last chapter started off wild with Mateo ending up going to the hospital. So now, how will Elena and the others in the palace respond to this?

Tom: Thanks to those who gave support to us for this story. We really appreciate it.

Isiah: Yep. Now let's see what happens next.

Morning in the Palace

Marlena was in the palace courtroom with Elena and the Grand Council explaining what happened with Mateo last night.

"This is terrible! Our royal wizard's in the hospital," Esteban said with worry inside him.

"What did he need to go there for again," Elena asked.

Marlena took a deep breath and answered, "It was for his stitches that was on his stomach I believe."

"Well how is he," Elena asked.

"Well before I came here, my mother informed me that the doctors managed to stop the bleeding and he's now resting," Marlena said. "If you want, I can ask the doctor if you guys can see him."

"I think that would be nice," Francisco nodded his head.

"Yes please," Elena said getting up from her seat.

Visiting Mateo at the Hospital

Rafa was in Mateo's hospital room watching her son relax when one of the doctors walked in. They turned their attention to him and he said, "You have a few more guests that would like to see you, Mateo."

"Sure. Send them in," Mateo said letting out a smile. He then watched as the doctor allowed Elena and the Grand Council to enter the room.

"Hey guys," Mateo said softly.

Elena slowly walked up to her friend and sat next to him saying, "Hey there, Mateo."

"What happened to you," Naomi asked curiously.

Mateo took a deep breath and said, "Honestly...I don't know. I woke up in the middle of the night screaming in paid on my bedroom floor and I felt an insane load of pressure on my stomach. I took a look up and I see blood coming from my stomach onto the bed sheet and floor."

"So the bleeding just happened like that," Esteban asked curiously.

"Yeah. They had to take me to surgery to redo my stitches," Mateo said. "But the good news is it came out as a success."

"That's excellent news," Francisco said calming his nervousness down.

"It sure is. I'm just gonna be in here for a while recovering," Mateo explained. "I also have to take some medicine to get rid of the stomach pains that happens or might happen."

"As long as you make a perfect recovery, we'll wait as long as possible," Luisa said.

"Thanks Mrs. Flores."

"Well I'm off to prepare a get well soon food tray for you Mateo," Luisa said leaving the room with Francisco and Esteban following her. Naomi had something to say and stepped forward to say it.

"Nobody deserves to suffer like this," she said. "Especially after helping save Avalor from a spirit demon."

As soon as he heard the words spirit demon, Mateo thought back to what his dream was last night. There was another version of him saying that he helped Elena kill Nightmare and he must pay the price for it like the other sinners. Mateo then looked at his friends and his mother saying, "Yeah. Hey, could you give me and Elena a few minutes alone?"

"Sure thing," Naomi and Rafa said leaving the room. Elena watched as they left before returning her attention back to Mateo.

"What's on your mind," Elena asked.

Mateo took another deep breath before speaking. "It's about what happened last night."

"Yeah?"

"I went to bed and I had a strange dream about someone," Mateo said.

"Who was it," Elena asked.

"Well, it looked a lot like me. Only he...-," Mateo couldn't find the right words and he tried putting it in the best way he could. "You know how Nightmare looked when we confronted her?"

"Y- Yes...?"

"Well...that's what I kinda saw...as another version of me," Mateo admitted.

"As a spirit demon," Elena predicted.

"He came up to me and said I caused quite the chaos killing Nightmare and saving Shuriki and the Delgados...just like you," Mateo continued explaining.

"Oh," Elena couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Is that how you ended up here? Because of this spirit demon version of you?"

Mateo nodded at this and Elena got up having an idea in her head. "I'll have to summon Zuzo and speak with him on this," she said. "In the meantime, you get some rest."

"Oh I'll need it if I'm gonna stop this spirit demon," Mateo said relaxing himself. Elena tried to let out a small smile before leaving the room.

Over the next Few Days

As the next few days past, Mateo started to heal up slowly and nicely. He was ordered by the doctor to take some medicine to resist any pain that can be in his stomach. He also had to be careful with what he was eating as if his stomach could have a bad reaction to it. But as long as he got his daily naps to relieve the stress to his stomach, the doctor told Mateo that he should be out no later than the end of the week.

But all didn't go as planned on the night before he was released from the hospital. Mateo was sleeping peacefully when he suddenly heard a small evil chuckle. He opened his eyes to see that his spirit demon was in the room with him.

"So...getting back up and running as normal tomorrow, are we," he said with an evil smirk.

"Who are you? And why are you here," Mateo asked.

The spirit demon chuckled again and said, "In case you missed it, I am your spirit demon. You can call me Darkness."

"Darkness? Well why are you torturing me? Leave me alone," Mateo demanded.

"I told you, not until you pay for what you and Princess Elena did to Nightmare," Darkness said.

"Oh c'mon, you hospitalized me," Mateo complained. "Isn't that enough?"

Darkness just stared at Mateo, thinking about his words. "I suppose you're right. You ending up here is enough to avenge Nightmare's death," he admitted. "But it won't stop me from bringing hell to Princess Elena."

"LEAVE MY FRIEND OUT OF THIS," Mateo shouted.

"I shall do no such thing," Darkness refused harshly. "She's the one that killed Nightmare. And now she will suffer the same fate she gave to her."

Mateo angrily looked at Darkness and removed the bed sheet from his body before getting out of the bed. He then quickly walked up to Darkness and attempted to punch him only for the spirit demon to disappear. Mateo was left in shock for what just happened and listened to what Darkness had to say next.

"Have it your way, Mateo. Feel free to try and stop me if you can," he continued. "But nothing will stop me from getting my hands on that sinful princess. And by the way...your other two friends would make nice henchmen for what I have next afterwards."

As soon as he heard Darkness mention his other friends, Mateo looked out the window knowing what he had to do now.

To be continued...

Isiah: Oh snap! Darkness has targeted Mateo's friends!

Tom: Let's hope Mateo can stop him before something bad happens.

Isiah: Right. Everyone, we hope you've enjoyed this chapter. There will be more of it soon so stay tuned for that. If you haven't read Ready for Round 2, go for it if you're a Matena fan. I for real have to make another one of those soon also. We'll keep you posted on that.

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Isiah: As always, until next time.