Here's the next chapter, already. So, you're not gonna kill me, right? RIGHT?
Chapter 33:Revelations
"It's...blank..."G&W said finally, obviously surprised. True to his words, the pages of the book were completely white, Not a single word written in it. Needless to say, it hit the trio's morale quite hard, but Leon was the one who took it hardest.
"Leon...are you alright?"NiGHTS asked softly. Leon sighed sadly as he closed the book.
"Not really,"he muttered.
G&W sighed irritably."Great. Just great,"he muttered in a bitter tone, turning around and dragging his feet as he walked out. The other two looked at each other and followed him. G&W sat against a wall in hallway they were in.
"What were you about to say before we were interuppted?"NiGHTS asked, sitting in midair with her legs crossed. G&W sighed and hung his head sadly.
"First off, do either of you have any idea how old I am?"G&W asked. The two looked at each other with confused expressions, then back at him.
"No one knows how old you are, Game and Watch,"NiGHTS said as Leon shrugged while mumbling "I dunno..."
"I am exactly 14,378,591 years old to this day,"G&W said, causing their jaws to drop to the floor.
"Are-are you kidding...?"NiGHTS asked, completely shocked.
"Do I sound like I'm joking?"G&W asked, his tone dead-serious."You see, Flatzone was the very first dimension in all of existance. Back then, there was no good and evil, we all lived in peace. That's why I had no concept of good and evil before I first met the others. Sure, there were fires and other such disasters in Flatzone, but no one ever purposedly caused them. And every competition we had was for the sake of fun alone; no one competed for the sole purpose of winning. We never had the triviallity of good and evil. We just lived and grew to be what you would consider to be a world of brilliant people. We were happy with the way things were."
"You're telling us nobody even wanted to insult each other?"Leon asked.
"What was there to insult?"G&W questioned."We all looked exactly the same, black and flat. The only difference between us was our shapes, and nobody saw reason to insult that. We accepted each other for the way we were."
"Your world sounds like what most would call paradise,"NiGHTS said.
"That's exactly what it was to us,"G&W said."We lived like this for milennia, then your dimensions came along and developed the concepts of good and evil. Of course, we just ignored you all, not wanting to get mixed up in your affairs."
"Wait, how'd you know when other dimensions started forming?"Leon asked.
"Like I said, despite our ignorance to the concepts other worlds created, the people of my world were very brilliant by the standards of other dimensions, though we never thought much of it,"G&W said."We just kept to ourselves. We figured that since we were rather afraid of you because of your extra dimension, that you're reactions to us probably wouldn't be much different."
"A good idea,"NiGHTS said."I doubt people would have been accepting of something so much different from themselves. But what does all this have to do with your depression?"
"It's just...I miss it..."G&W said, bowing his head sadly."I-...I just don't see the point of all this. Why do we have to fight? I just want things to be like they were before. Simple and happy."
"You poor thing..."NiGHTS said, becoming rather sad herself. Leon was silent, his hood over his head.
"So, now you know,"G&W said."Huh. I actually feel better now that I've talked about it."
"It's always good to get something like that off your chest,"NiGHTS said."You shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing by yourself. You've got plenty of friends. Don't forget that, G&W."The 2-D man smiled to himself."Tell you what. Once this whole thing is over, we'll ask Master Hand for some time off and come back here to relax from all the craziness. Sound good?"
G&W nodded."Thanks, NiGHTS,"he said, then he looked at Leon, noticing that his hood was still on his head."Er...what's wrong with him?"NiGHTS turned to see Leon standing completely still. She floated over to him and looked at his face under his hood to see that his eyes were glazed over, staring down blankly. She pulled his hood off his head and raised an eyebrow.
"Leon, what are you thinking about?"she asked.
"He's thinking right now?"G&W asked."Sure doesn't look like it."Leon turned his head to look in the room where the book was, then he turned around completely and went back inside. Curious, the two others followed him up to the book.
"What are you doing, Leon?"NiGHTS asked.
"S-something about your whole conversation, i-it just seems...familiar somehow,"Leon said shakily, flipping through the pages quickly."I-I-I'm remembering something from before...I..."He held his head, as if in pain."I remember a name. Xinlon."
"What?"G&W asked.
"W-when I got that White Ideya thing, I heard the name Leonokas,"he muttered, a bit more calm."I think they're rela-Oh, shnazz, look at that!"He pointed to a page, which had both names on it in different spots, along with a few lines of faded text."My brot...Xinlon see...mor...dista... May...che...him up...I cou...Yun...hope...noti...crush...Wha...inking...Leonokas...chaos an...fun..."None of them could understand what any of it meant.
"I don't suppose either of you can make heads or tails of this gibberish, huh?"G&W asked. They both shook their heads."Yeah...me neither."
"Well, it's a start,"NiGHTS said."Maybe you'll remember more over time. Let's explore more of this place. What do you say?"They nodded in agreement. Leon closed the book and the trio left the room.
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End of Chapter
I'd say this was a good chapter. Review, plz.
