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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: Seems like last chapter had mostly positive feedback. Good, I thought it was one of the more 'meh' ones. With the plot of this arc thickening and Neb being a complete cheesepuff, let's get this next chapter done, shall we?

Prompt 64: Panic

Kitty was already panicking as it was. With the loss of her locket, she was already afraid what Alistair might say if he saw her without it.

And then Maddie had to go and say, "I wonder if you guys would break up if you don't find it."

"Maddie!" Kitty said. "I'm already freaking out about this! That doesn't help me at all!"

"Sorry, force of habit," Maddie apologized.

Kitty sighed and shook her head. "It's a force of habit to tell people their doom?" Kitty asked. "How come you only pick up habits at the worst of times?"

"Because I'm special," Maddie giggled.

Kitty rolled her eyes and continued forward, Maddie bouncing next to her. Maddie was her friend, but Kitty found Maddie annoying sometimes. Then again, she found everyone annoying sometimes. It was just her being picky.

As Maddie and Kitty continued down the hallway, Alistair was walking down a separate one. He had been busy in taking care of a few things that were important for his classes. He was just thinking to himself when he turned a corner and saw Kitty. He smiled warmly. "Hey Kitty," he called to her.

"Oh no!" Kitty shrieked. "Um… Maddie, what do I do?! Please, help me!"

"Relax! It's all fun and games until balloons take over the world," Maddie said. "Just tell Alistair you lost the locket! He won't be mad, I promise!"

Kitty was already shaking her head before Maddie finished. "No! He'd kill me if he found out I lost his locket!" Kitty said desperately. "Can you distract him while I go find Neb?"

"Kitty…" Maddie said hesitantly.

"Please?" Kitty pouted. Maddie looked at her look for a few minutes before sighing.

"Oh… ok," Maddie said. "Neb's on your guys' normal bench. He's twiddling the locket between his fingers waiting for you. I can distract Alistair for five minutes tops."

Kitty sighed and relief and hugged Maddie as tight as she could. "Thanks. I might be a little mean sometimes… but you're my best friend ever after," Kitty said and rushed off.

"Hey, where's Kitty going?" Alistair asked, walking up next to Maddie.

"Luck licking," Maddie said. Alistair cocked his head to the side. "Pond ducking? Igloo horsing? Giant anaconda ripping?"

"None of those make remote sense," Alistair said flatly.

"I know! This is a random distraction!" Maddie said with a smile. "And I said that in Riddlish, so translate it!"

Alistair frowned and did as Maddie asked. "Maddie… random distraction means random distraction in both languages," he said.

"I know!"

Meanwhile, Kitty was desperately running to get to the bench in time. However, as she monitored her time, she realized she wasn't going to make it. Kitty stopped and panicky looked behind her.

"He's going to find out," she said in defeat. "No way am I going to get to Neb in time…"

You know how to get to Neb.

"Now?! You have really bad timing!" Kitty grumbled.

Quit being a #$% idiot. You know exactly why I am here. You need to get to Neb. I'm telling you how.

Kitty bit her lip. Dark Kitty was right… she did know how to get to Neb. But… was it worth it? "For Alistair… yes. It's always worth it," Kitty nodded.

Ugh. Just die.

Kitty shut her eyes and thought about the bench and where Neb was. She felt a tingling in her arms. She took a breath and was ready to jump for it…

…Good-bye Kitty.

The moment Dark Kitty spoke, Kitty felt her body burst in pain. Kitty screamed as she vanished, feeling ten times worse pain than before. She quickly aborted, slipping out of the teleportation. She gasped for breath, feeling almost too much pain to breathe.

"Well, look who broke the rule of not teleporting? Shame too. I wanted to end this chapter on a happy note."

BN: Things are picking up, Ben can feel it! This chapter I wanted to show that Maddie has Kitty's back, even though Maddie disagrees with Kitty. I also wanted to show that Kitty's willing to do risky things to help Alistair, even if said thing is trivial. Also, Dark Kitty's back… but why? You'll find out next chapter.

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