Annaka

We all settle down, some of us laying on the bed or floor.

I lay back to back with Kealani on the floor.

"You guys want something to drink?" Nya asks.

We all nod and head out of the room and towards the kitchen.

Nya takes our drink orders and begins to make the drinks.

I lean on the couch, next to Alyssa.

"Geez," Alyssa says. "That was crazy!"

I smile. "Yeah."

"But still awesome," Kealani says, as she takes a spot next to me.

"Annaka, what do you want?" Nya asks.

I shrug. "Um...coke, I guess."

I watch as Nya pours coke into a glass cup.

When she's done, she calls me over.

I take the cup and sit down at the table, with the other girls who got their drinks.

I am sitting next to Emily.

I sip my coke, already feeling refreshed.

I watch as everyone gets their drinks, then Nya makes a drink for herself and sits on the other side of me.

"Ok, let's get down to business," Nya says, taking a quick sip of her Snapple. "We need to find out who else has the power. Or, as Lily said it's called, Soul Power. Anyone got ideas?"

"Well, think about this," Kennedy says. "All of us know about Undertale. Who else knows about Undertale at the school?"

"Jacob," Alyssa says.

"Doug," Juliana says.

"Madie," I say.

Kennedy grins and nods. "And we found our people."

"But who would they be?" Mimi asks.

We all think.

"Jacob would be Napstablook," I say. "I remember him saying that he's his favorite character when I was talking to him."

"Yay! And that means that when we go to the underground with him, I can touch his hair!" Alyssa cheers.

I think back to all the times Jacob has gotten annoyed with Alyssa for touching his brown, curly hair, and how Alyssa calls him her 'Fro Friend.'

I smile just thinking about all of those times.

"Yes, yes," Lily says. "But you're missing one big point: What if they don't believe us?"

Everyone falls silent.

"I hadn't thought of that," I say.

Everyone agrees.

Mimi shakes her head. "How bout we just figure out what characters they are first?"

Everyone agrees and we fall silent, deep in thought.

"Madie is Chara," Kennedy says.

Everyone turns their heads to Kennedy.

"That means she may be a bit murderous," Kennedy continues.

She closes her eyes. When she opens them, one of her eyes is glowing blue and she is staring into the distance.

"But if she tries to lay a finger on you guys, I swear, she is so gonna have a bad time."

I stare at Kennedy.

She looks super serious.

Tears start to well in the back of my eyes as I think back to the night.

The night where I cried into my pillow because everyone has(or will)risk their life...except for me.

I tear my gaze away and look out into space, feeling tears fill my eyes.

Why do I even have Soul Power if I can't do anything right? I feel so stupid.

"Annie?"

I look up to the sound of my nickname that Alyssa originally gave me to see it was Alyssa who said my nickname and that the whole group was looking at me.

"You ok?" Alyssa asks, cocking her head.

I swallow hard and tear my gaze away from everyone, feeling the tears. "Fine."

I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn my head to the side to see Nya there.

"Come on, Annie," Nya says.

I bite the inside of my cheek. "I'm fine, ok?" I stand up. "I'll be right back."

I walk to the bathroom, not turning around to look at them once more.

I go into the bathroom and shut the door, then lock it.

Then, I lean against the door and slide to the floor.

I let the tears spill out of my eyes, onto my face as I think of all of their faces as they watched me.

All filled with welcomeness and concern.

Concern...for me.

Kennedy

"Something is wrong."

I close my eyes.

When I open them, my eye stops glowing.

I set my drink down on the table and walk quietly over to the bathroom door.

I put my ear against the door silently to hear crying.

"Annie, please open up," I plead. "What's wrong?"

I hear sniffling, then Annaka's voice saying, "I told you that nothing's wrong. And, if something was to be wrong, you don't have to worry about you."

"Ok, first of all, I don't believe you at all when you say nothing's wrong," I say. "And second, I do have to worry about it because you're my bro. And you can talk to me about anything."

Silence.

Then, I hear the doorknob twisting.

The door opens to reveal Annaka, her face tear stained.

Our eyes lock and we just stare back at each other for a few minutes.

I hold my arms open to her.

More tears escape her eyes as she wraps her arms around me and rests her head on my shoulder.

I embrace her and smile.

"Thanks," Annaka says quietly.

I smile even wider. "This is what I'm here for, bro. I'll always be here for you."

I hear sob a bit.

I squeeze her a bit harder.

Always...

The sight of such vivid emotion in this story fills you with DETERMINATION(and the feels)

(Thanks for reading! Very emotional but I felt I needed to! Anyways, enjoy and stay determined!)