Thomas gasped, nearly fumbling the laptop when he caught sight of Mark. "M-Mar..." He stammered, his words cut short as Mark nodded and flashed a reassuring smile.

"Yep, it's me," He said.

"He came to check on us!" Abby beamed, leaning in closer to the laptop's camera.

"After what had happened, I figured I needed too," Mark said with a nod, as he sat on the couch's armrest. There was no room for him to sit on the couch.

"I'm so glad you came over; this game you've got is amazing!" Abby yelled. "It's so freaky!"

Mei chimed in with a giggle. "Honestly, it's a bit too spooky for my taste," she admitted.

"It's not that scary," Tyler remarked, shaking his head. "I mean, are you guys seriously frightened by those rosy-cheeked robot thingies? Come on..."

Miriam scoffed. "Dude, you were the one to yell the loudest when that "red-cheeked" rabbit jumped at the screen,"

Percy burst into laughter, quickly muffling it with his hand and looking away. Tyler blushed and playfully covered his face.

"Aww, is your boyfriend making you all shy?" Mei teased, with a grin.

Percy's giggles intensified.

"Ugh, Mei shut up!" Tyler playfully pushed her.

Thomas chuckled just watching them on the screen. He wanted to talk to them more, but for some reason, he felt awkward seeing them all through the screen. He didn't know what to say at the moment. If he was there, he'd definitely see what all the fuss was about this game they were playing. But then Thomas realized something. He did not want to bring up to Carter the dream he had, or any of his friends at all-

But maybe Mark would understand. He probably could be the only one to understand it.

"Mark-?" Thomas called out to him.

All eyes, including Mark's, turned toward the laptop's camera. Thomas felt a bit bashful as the room fell silent, with everyone's attention now on him.

"Guys, why are we all staring at him and making the poor boy blush?" Mei broke the silence, her voice filled with amusement, before urging everyone to return to their game.

Thomas sighed, with a small chuckle. "Um... I need to speak to you privately... Mark,"

But then the rest looked back at Mark again.

"Oh? What is it?" Mark asked.

"Yeah, you ok?" Carter asked as he shifted the laptop in his direction.

"No, I... I just need to ask him something,"

Carter nodded, then smiled. "Okay," He handed the laptop to Mark. Thomas could see the laptop moving, and when it went into Mark's hands.

"You can go into my room, it's down the hall where the bathroom is, just left of it," Thomas heard Carter say.

"Alright," Mark said and turned away from them.

Thomas watched the screen until he saw that Mark turned into Carter's room, which he's used to seeing. He's seen that room probably more times than his own. Mark shut the door behind him, then went ahead and sat down on Carter's bed, then adjusted Carter's laptop on his lap. "So, what's up Thomas?"

Thomas modded. "So... I needed to talk to you about something..."

Mark nodded, "Okay, shoot. It's... Not about Nerraw is it?" He asked, arching his eyebrow.

Thomas shook his head, saying no. But then he looked away for a second, then shrugged. "Actually... I do not know..."

"Okay, tell me, I'm here to listen," Mark said.

So, Thomas explained everything about the weird dream he had. He explained how he was inside that weird area with the platform that had the railings with the panels. The weird clouds around him that had names, with electricity flowing through them. He also explained how it felt so real to him- With also saying he experienced a zap when he woke up and everything changed- with him going back to sleep and changing it back.

After he was done talking, he saw Mark looking at him with a very surprised face.

"I-Is... What was that?" Thomas asked. "I need actual answers, and I didn't know who to tell it to, I just thought that maybe you'd be the only person to understand. Is... it Nerraw's doing?"

Mark just shook his head. "N-No Thomas, I don't think that was Nerraw... That was all you..."

Thomas gasped. "All me?"

Mark adjusted himself on the bed. "Thomas, what you just told me... That... You were in the heart of the Fictional Universe... The core if you will."

Thomas tilted his head. "Wait... Huh?!"

"You remember how I explained that your world is 'inspired' by events that happens in my world?"

Thomas tilted his head, but then he gasped, remembering Mark loosely explaining about that. "Yes, I do... You said that when we were in that town with that crimson sky,"

Mark nodded. "Yes. Well, the Fictional Universe... well, most Universes have a control room- For you to mess around with the base code of the Universe you are inside. The Fictional Universe's control room has many branches called "Dimension Nodes". You were inside one of the Dimension Nodes. They link to specific dimensions inside of the said Universe,"

Thomas gasped upon hearing this. "Ok... But... How did I end up there?"

"That's what I wanna know too... " Mark said. "It could be... because you hold this dimension together. I was doing a little bit of research on how the Fictional Universe works, and since your dimension is mashed with another... You are the main star of this dimension. But so is someone else... and that other person is Meilin. She is the other half of what got connected to your world. So both of you are what keeps the world from breaking. the glue holding it together, so tp speak," Mark tried to explain.

"But how... how did I reach inside this... Dimension Node thing?" Thomas probed.

"Only the "main person" on each dimension can have access to the Dimension Nodes. But it hasn't happened before. It was only a theory of mine... Now... I guess it's real...," Mark said blinking. "Wow," He said with a sigh.

"I think I'm the one who should say wow," Thomas sighed. "So... You're saying I'm connected to this world, more than how you previously told me?"

Mark nodded. "Yes... Okay... and do me a favor. If you ever end up there again, do not change anything. Yes, you are supposedly meant to go there, but that doesn't mean you should. You don't understand how it works, and frankly, neither do I. Call yourself lucky that the entire universe didn't self implode on itself from you adding people to the world who never got added in the first place," He said shaking his head. "Cause that would have been catastrophic if that occurred. That line that you said that connected to Carter and you? That was your bond. Your love for each other. Same thing with the other names that connected to you. Those are all the people that have come in your path and made friends with you. Mess with those, and you might as well have killed the space-time continuum,"

Thomas blinked, his eyes widening from hearing all this. "Space time... continuum? So... I... What in the Marty MacFly is this...?" Thomas said shaking his head and looking away.

Mark just chuckled. "Well, time travel and dimensions work differently in real life than it does in the movie. It can be very dangerous. It's why it's so hard to access for normal people because if it ends up in the wrong hands, it's over. For everyone, including the person who decided to play the gods. So please, promise me... do not change anything if you do end up there again," Mark warned.

Thomas nodded earnestly. "I understand. I won't alter anything, I promise."

Mark smiled. "Good, you're very lucky that you got away with what happened last time,"

Thomas had something on his mind. "Um... Do you think Nerraw has... access to that place?"

"Hmm..." Mark said, rubbing his chin. "That... That is a good question, Thomas. I'm not sure. Dark-Blade never mentioned being able to do this, and if he wasn't able to, Nerraw theoretically shouldn't be able to either. But, Dark-Blade still was able to crash dimensions together, and Nerraw can do that as well- It is why yours and Mei's world combined. But... How they did it...? Dark-Blade never gave any reason why, and Nerraw undoubtedly wouldn't say how they can," Mark looked at Thomas. "You... haven't seen him again have you? Carter told me about what you did back in the Skydome. You beat him with the necklace I gave you, and it disappeared?"

Thomas blinked and looked down at the necklace, reaching for it and holding it up. "Yeah, it's strange, right? It just vanished into thin air. How... powerful is this thing?" he wondered aloud.

"That is the thing. It shouldn't be that powerful Thomas," Mark said. "If that were the case, us keyblade users would use necklaces instead of the keybades!" Mark said with a little laugh. "I really don't understand how he got super weak from that. It could have been trying to trick you," Mark nodded after saying that. "Nerraw would definitely do that to make you think it's been defeated," Mark sighed then continued to talk. "It was only a small amount of light I put in that necklace. I had to summon a morsel size of a light magic, the size of a pill, then I crafted it to be in the necklace. I've given a few people who've been a victim to Nerraw, so they could have a least some defense against Nerraw. It was never enough to kill him, just to keep them at bay for the time being, until Sora or I could get back to help,"

Thomas studied the neckless. "Then... Why don't you add more magic to it?"

"I can't. The Light is actually very powerful. It's even more powerful then the Darkness... which is what Nerraw is made of. Extracting the Light out of the keyblade is a very dangerous technique, and if I were going to extract more than the pill size that's inside of your necklace right now, things could get very hazardous,"

Thomas gasped. "O-Oh, I see..."

Mark nodded. "Ok. I'm gonna take you back out to your friends now," He said. "You want to talk to me about anything else?"

Thomas shook his head. "Nah, it was just that, thank you for listening,"

"No problem," Mark said with a smile. "How is your time on the Island by the way?" Mark said as he opened the door, and stepped out of Carter's bedroom.

"It's actually been very good, I'm actually enjoying it here, it's nice," Thomas said smiling.

Mark went back out to the living room. All of Thomas's friends were now doing something else with Mark's phone. They were playing that one video game before, but now they were listening to music on Mark's phone.

"Ugh, you guys are going to spoil yourself of the future now," Mark grunted as he handed Carter his laptop back.

"Hey, it doesn't matter!" Abby yelled. "Your world is literally a different dimension than ours, our future could be different!"

As Carter got his laptop back, he turned it around to face him. Thomas saw Carter softly smiling at him. "You good?" Carter asked softly to him. Thomas nodded with a small smile. "Yeah, I am."

"Thomas! You gotta see this!" Thomas heard Abby make a loud gasp, and yell that loudly. It even startled Carter. Thomas had to chuckle at that.

"Huh? What?" Thomas asked. Carter turned the laptop around, and Thomas could see Abby looking insanely at the screen on Mark's phone.

Thomas blinked. "What is it? I can't see what you're looking at,"

Thomas saw Miriam looking over at the screen. "Oh my god!" She gasped.

Now Thomas was confused.

He saw Mark take a look at the screen. "Oh come on guys, how the hell did you find YouTube...?" Mark said. It seemed like he regretted showing them all whatever this phone thing was to Thomas's friends.

"Look!" Abby yelled. She showed the screen to Thomas. Thomas squinted his eyes. "Wait what?" Thomas said, then he gasped. "Is that... Me?!" He yelled. Thomas was looking at what seemed to be a model train of his engine form. Face, color, number, and all.

"Oh wow..." Carter said.

"Is this what his show is?" Mei asked, looking up at Mark. "You said something about his dimension being a show or something right?"

"Yes, and that is the show. They used model trains to film it," Mark said.

Thomas blinked. "Well... That's rather interesting," Thomas to be honest was feeling a little insecure about being a character in another world, but he felt less self-conscious if it was a model train toy thing for some reason.

"But," Mark started. "Don't watch any and show Thomas, because he might feel a litt-,"

But Abby didn't listen and pressed a video.

Mark just sighed and shook his head.

Abby tapped what seemed to be a song, but her fingers slid on the screen and accidentally skipped parts of the video. "Oops-,"

He's always up to mischief

That cheeky little train

"What?! I AM NOT CHEEKY!" Thomas snapped.

"PIFFFFFFTTTT HAHAHAHAHA!" Thomas heard Carter burst out the loudest laugh he ever heard him eject out of his body. "I always said that you were~," Carter teased.

Everyone started to giggle after that.

Thomas blinked then covered his face.

"What song is this?" Tyler asked.

"The song for his show I guess," Abby said, then she skipped back to the beginning.

It's Thomas the tank engine

Hip, hip, hip, hip, hooray

Chugga-chugga, chugg, chugg, chuff, chuff, chuff

He rides along the way

And when you hear that whistle

It can only be one train

Our favorite little engine

Thomas is his name

Thomas the tank engine rolling along

All of his friends will be coming along

Thomas, we love you-

Thomas blinked. He felt so weird hearing a song sing about him. Especially a song for his engine form. "Oh my god... this is surreal..." Thomas said.

Mark then took the phone from Abby's hands.

"Hey!" Abby yelled with a pout.

"It's not wise to show a resident of the Fictional Universe their movie or show," Mark said. "Although that won't hurt the world, it can leave some feeling like they have no purpose in life..."

Abby pouted. "Sorry..."

"But... you said our world has a movie, right?" Mei asked.

"Ooh! Yeah! Let's watch it!" Abby yelled, laughing maniacally.

"I wouldn't mind too," Pyria said.

Mark sighed and facepalmed. "Trust me, you really don't want to."