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Ben's Note of… Something: Ok, lots of news! Still back logged on homework, but I wanted to get this out! Next, KCL, hi! That author on FF you talked about, I actually already talked to them. We talked a bit and I got the whole mirror sites taken care of, so no people stealing from me! Also, what's wattpad? Someone wanted to post this on that site, and since I've never really heard of it, I just wanted to make sure it's not being used for personal profit or anything. Lastly, I jumped the gun. I'm not schizophrenic. As it turns out, I suffer from an anxiety disorder, which makes me worry or over react over things that don't make a lot of sense. It makes a lot of sense now, I was just worried, ya know? Anyway, enough of me, onto the story!
Also, it's come to my attention that we're at seventy-four chapters. I've taken breaks… but whoa. This fic has pretty much blown away records of my fic completion rate… which, considering my ongoing fics, I haven't completely any yet. I'm just so proud I've gotten this far, and I thank all you readers for making me want to complete this so badly.
Prompt 74: Voices
(Kitty)
Screaming… all that screaming…
Kitty couldn't take it. She had been stuck in her head for what seemed to be hours, listening to constant screaming and pain come from the inside. Kitty herself was tied to a wall of her mind. She was in a broken down courtyard that resembled Ever After High. Her's and Alistair's bench lay before her, broken in half.
Kitty moaned in agony. Another high pitched scream was heard and she flinched at the pain. It wasn't so much the scream… but the voices after that made her flinch. Make her DIE… No one cares after what SHE did… Slender was great until SHE came along…
"Oh Kitty, Kitty, Kitty," a voice similar to Kitty's purred. Kitty flinched at the voice of Dark Kitty as a version of Kitty, only bloodied, walked up to her. "You thought I was gone, didn't you? Long gone, gone forever. You thought wrong, you naughty girl. Because I found exactly what I was looking for. And you can't stop me this time, now can you?"
"I… won't… stop… trying," Kitty said weakly.
"You really are a pitiful excuse for a body," Dark Kitty chuckled. "Oh well. I'll make do. I just need to take away a few more prescious things from you and I'm all set."
"What… are you… talking… about?" Kitty managed to say.
"You haven't figured it out yet?" Dark Kitty laughed. However, it was cut short when a faint whisper could be heard. It was so faint Kitty could have easily missed it if the same whisper hadn't shut Dark Kitty up.
Hang on Kitty. I'm coming back, just hang on…
Dark Kitty hissed. "No, no, no! Not him again! Sorry Kitty, I'd love to stay and torture you some more, but this #$% just won't stay away from my prize! UGH! I'll be back shortly. Try to die while I'm gone, ok?"
Dark Kitty vanished from Kitty's sight, leaving Kitty alone. Well, not entirely alone. Kitty screamed in agony again.
The screams hadn't left her.
(Sven)
"B-b-b-b-b-b-but I'm not a-a-a-a-allowed in the girl's dorm!" Sven said fearfully as he followed his girlfriend to her dorm. After some convincing, Maddie managed to get Sven to follow her. As they approached the door, Sven suddenly got cold feet.
"Ah, come on Sven!" Maddie said, rolling her eyes. "We'll only be in there for a minute! I left my monster baking hat in one of my many suitcases! I'm sure Kitty won't mind you in there for a moment."
"I thought N-N-N-N-Neb said to stay out of the c-c-c-c-c-cafeteria," Sven said worriedly as Maddie opened the door.
"Silly, you don't know Neb as well as I do," Maddie giggled. "He doesn't want us in the cafeteria, but he needs us in the cafeteria. At least, I'm seven percent sure that's what he wants, but hey, can't blame a girl for guessing!"
Sven muttered something worriedly as he stepped into the dorm room. Immediately after he stepped inside, he flinched. "M-M-M-M-M-Maddie, I don't like whispering," Sven grumbled, rubbing his head.
"Whispers? I don't whisper silly!" Maddie smiled.
"N-n-n-n-no, the whispers… I don't like them."
Maddie stopped and looked over at her boyfriend. "What whispers? I don't hear anything," she said, dropping her fun voice and replacing it with her serious one.
He can hear us…
She didn't say we'd be heard…
Can I kill him?
"Gah! No death, no death, no death!" Sven screamed, covering his ears.
He can hear us…
Who is he?
He's seen death before…
"No, no, no!" Sven said, shaking his head. "No death! Bad death!"
"Sven? Sven! Listen to my voice!" Maddie said, shaking her boyfriend a little. "I don't hear any whispers so you have to tell me what they're saying, ok?"
She can't hear us…
No…but she can hear HIM…
Interesting combo… she hasn't seen death…
But she has seen HIM…
So has he… but he doesn't know…
"Th-th-th-they s-s-s-said I've s-s-s-seen death," Sven said, shaking his head fiercly. "I c-c-c-c-can hear them b-b-b-because I've seen d-d-d-d-d-death…"
Maddie frowned… only for the realization to hit her. "Hang on… you… you said you killed your parents," Maddie said. Sven shook his head furiously and Maddie grabbed his cheeks. "Sh, I know it's hard for you to remember. You saw them die… but… Kitty saw her dad die… so why can't she hear?"
The mad one knows…
KILL HER!
"No! N-n-n-not Maddie!" Sven screamed. The whispers stopped immediately and Sven's head cleared. Maddie looked at her boyfriend carefully, who wobbled back and forth. "K-K-K-K-Kitty…" Sven groaned.
Maddie turned around and looked at Kitty's bed. Sure enough, Kitty was there… only unconscious with her eyes open. She was sitting against the bed, her head bobbing back and forth. "Uh oh…" Maddie said worriedly.
(Alistair)
"So you're saying you have no idea what's wrong with Sven and Kitty?" Alistair asked Neb. Everyone minus Lizzie were gathered in the girl's dorm. Sven had covered his ears since the whispers had returned and Maddie was comforting him.
"On the contrary, I know exactly what's wrong," Neb said. "I just can't help them."
"And why not?"
"Plot reasons and about two arcs ago I told Kitty I would not help her fight her darkness," Neb said flatly. "I refuse to help her through this because of that promise."
Alistair roughly grabbed Neb's collar. "Screw your promise! Help her now!" Alistair said loudly.
Neb sighed, shaking his head. He snapped his fingers and Alistair tumbled backwards. "No one ever learns," Neb said, shaking his head. "Fine, you want to help her? Be my guest. There's something in the room called wraiths. They only exist in Monster High, but they don't tend to bother anyone because no one can hear them. Only those who have witnessed death can hear a wraith. Kitty and Sven can hear them because they've both seen someone die. I, too, can hear the whispers."
Alistair stared at Neb for a second. "Who did you see die?" Alistair asked.
"No one… you need to know about," Neb said, shaking his head. "The problem is simple. The wraiths have obviously made a deal with someone to infect Kitty's mind. Kitty is going to slowly be eaten away at by the wraiths until her soul no longer exists."
Everyone looked at Neb silently for a moment. "Why would anyone want to do that to Kitty?" Maddie asked, looking over at her friend.
"I would tell you, but that would give away the plot of the next arc," Neb said simply. "If you want to help Kitty, you would need to both stop the wraiths and find Kitty in her subconscious. Plus, considering who we're dealing with, you'd also need to head off the person responsible for hiring the wraiths, who would also be in Kitty's subconscious."
"So three things, all of which done in Kitty's subconscious, before Kitty disappears forever?" Alistair said.
"Pretty much," Neb shrugged. "Oh… and all of it done without my help."
"Yeah, thanks for that," Alistair said, shaking his head. "Fine, how do I get in Kitty's subconscious?"
"Correction: how are you and Sven going to get in Kitty's subconscious?"
"W-w-w-w-w-what?!" Sven asked. "B-b-b-b-b-but!"
"Sven, listen," Neb said sternly. "Alistair can't hear the wraiths. On the off chance he finds Kitty, Kitty won't be able to talk to them because the wraiths are in her head. It sounds a lot worse when wraiths are in you. Seeing as I refuse to help more than I already am, you're the only one who can hear them."
"B-b-b-b-but…" Sven said worriedly.
"What if I went?" Maddie offered. "All we have to do is kill a bug and then I can go with Alistair…"
Neb was already shaking his head before she finished. "The death has to be sentimental," Neb said. "The person has to mean something to you. A bug or stranger won't cut it. For instance, if I up and killed myself right now, it'd work for you Maddie, because we are, despite my better judgment, best friends. However, if we killed Alistair, it probably wouldn't work because you two are close enough."
"Kitty's dying right now and you talk about killing me?" Alistair asked, raising his eyebrow.
"It was an example!" Neb snapped.
"Hang on… you don't care about anyone…" Maddie said.
"Yeah? So?"
"So how come you can hear the wraiths?"
"Not important," Neb said, shaking his head. "Now, Sven, will you go with Alistair?"
Sven looked nervously at Neb, then Alistair. Then, he looked at Maddie, who gave him a sad smile. He sighed. "Ok," he said weakly.
"Now how do we get into her subconscious?" Alistair asked.
Neb smirked. "I know a girl," he said.
"Oh, another secret girlfriend you neglected to tell me about?" Lizzie tsked as she entered the room with a girl with white eyes.
"Oh, come on Lizzie! I wasn't even dating her!"
(Kitty)
The screams continued as Kitty hung limp against the wall. Kitty had nearly given up as the screams continued to tear her mind apart. Tears trickled from Kitty face as she began to lose hope with every second she had to endure the noise…
Go…
Kitty's head jerked up. She knew that voice… it's been so long since she heard it…
Here's a late birthday gift from me…
The shackles holding Kitty to the wall vanished with a bright light. Kitty landed hard on her knees. The girl groaned, but weakly smiled. With the voices continuing to scream, Kitty weakly began walking toward the direction Dark Kitty had went.
BN: Yeah, this chapter was a long one, that's for sure. This one actually sets up several plots, not only for this book, but for some of my other uncompleted ones as well. Kitty being imprisoned inside her own mind by something her mind created is the major plot here, because this one ties in directly with the next arc. Pay attention to things Neb and Dark Kitty say and you might figure it out earlier. The other thing was to establish Sven's role in coming to Monster High. I don't just bring in pointless characters to do pointless things. The whole point of bringing Sven to Monster High was so he could help Kitty since he can hear wraiths. Also, speaking of wraiths, don't ask who Neb saw die. Just don't ask.
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