Queen hollyberry, the light of passion, found herself in her own kingdom again. The scene was beautiful;the walls were white and shiny, the tapestry was filled with soft and even bold colors, And the marble light brown floor glimmered. It was amazing to be back here again. Hollyberry stood up. "I'm..back?" She walked around in a circle taking it all in. This really was quite nice, but how did she end up here? let alone waking up in the throne room?

One thing hollyberry immediately notice, was how..empty it was. Last she remembered this place was always filled with millions upon millions of cookies. Whether they'd be her family, or her royal knights, or simply a few visitors. This place was too quiet, too lonely, and when she thinks about it, quite dark too. What happened?

"hello? royalberry? tigerberry? tiger lily? princess cookie?...wildberry? " Hollyberry called out as she left the throne room. She explored as much of the palace as she could, but nowhere seemed to inhabit at least one cookie. Hollyberry winced, she was never good alone. Maybe a little alone time in her room before slumber or after a big event could do, but this was different. Hollyberry ran outside. Perhaps there were cookies outside? maybe there was an outdoor event going on and that's where everyone went.

Hollyberry was baffled as she stepped outside. it was a ghost town out there. No one roamed the streets. It was..terrifying. Even when hollyberry had been through much worse and much more horrific, this was awful. All she could do is let worry sink in, wondering where did the citizens go?where did her FAMILY go? were they kidnapped? did they move away? why? are they...dead? oh no they can't be dead, no way.

Hollyberry glanced around, her thoughts getting worse by the second. What happened to them while she was gone? Oh what could've happened? "HELLO?" she screamed out. "IS EVERYONE OKAY?" she continued. No answer. Hollyberry continued to wonder her own kingdom, desperately searching for at least one cookie. She found nothing.

A little later, hollyberry finds her own statue within the kingdom. Something was off. Her face on the statue is pitch black, to the point where she couldn't even define out the features. "what is this?" hollyberry asked herself. hollyberry walked up closer. Did someone vandalize her own statue? could it have been one of her own citizens? or perhaps..all? do they not like her anymore? That could make sense, she did leave them for themselves 15 years ago. She thought they would be better off on their own..was she wrong? she walked up to the statue, looking up at the big black spot.

"this..isn't vandalism? " Hollyberry mumbled confused. The spot from the angle she was at looked more like a hole, despite it not showing off any specific features. Hollyberry started to climb up her statue. By now her face was face to face with the black hole. Her eyes narrowed and she glared at the hole, trying to see if she could see anything.

A few seconds later, four black tendrils shoot out from the hole and grabbed at the back of hollyberry's head, trying to pull her in. Hollyberry let out a startled yelp as she tries to pull herself back. After a few seconds of struggle, her head gets sucked into the hole. Hollyberry starts to scream as more tendrils slither out and grab the rest of her body. Hollyberry couldn't help but start to scream for help as tears weld in her eyes. But no savior came. And much to her dismay, the rest of her gets pulled into the hole, her screams echoed. And soon, the kingdom stayed as empty and as quiet as when she first arrived.

Hollyberry woke up breathless, sugary sweat fall down her head. hollyberry presses a hand to her face as she tries to make sense of it all. Once she finally calms down she notice that she was in her room, and that it was all just a nightmare. Hollyberry groaned. Hollyberry doesn't usually get nightmares, but when she does it always took such a idiotic toll on her. Hollyberry ran her fingers down her long hair. "don't worry holly, it was never real.." she repeated to herself.

Her brain felt a little foggy , but she manage to resurface enough. She wasn't in her palace, nor her kingdom. She has left for actually 16 years now. she was in a different castle in a newly found kingdom. She was reunited with her friends, thanks to a group of kids finding them and bringing them together. She was no longer a queen, but instead a royal advisors and even planner along with the other ancients.

Her room was simple, hot pink walls, a small commoner-type bed, a small brown dresser with a gold mirror on top. a closet right next to her bed. and a small window. Hollyberry sighed, rubbing her arms. "just a night terror...you'll get over it!" She told herself with a small smile. Hollyberry could never stay sad for long, especially with a new day filled with new opportunities. Hollyberry jumped out of bed. She changed into her normal clothes, placed on her boots and gloves, ties her hair up in her usual two buns, and popped two pills from an orange bottle.

She stared at the orange bottle. She knew she would have to tell others eventually, her friends deserved to know. But the idea that her friends finding out that their friend of over 2,000 years was apparently mentally ill and has been taking pills behind their back for the entirety of their friendships was...a little hesitating. She placed the pill bottle into the drawer. not now..not yet. maybe one day.

Hollyberry headed out of her room, shaking off the previous thought. the day went by fine, she had a lot of fun, she hanged out with many cookies, and even got to joke around with the big grump known as dark cacao cookie! but the memory of the nightmare still lingered in the back of her mind. it should've meant nothing, yet hollyberry couldn't forget about it as much as she tries.