I walked up to the locked door and used the key. Luckily, it worked and the door opened, allowing for us to continue our escape.
Charlotte: Nice job Matt. So, are we all still going to my sister’s place in Chrysolia as planned?
Laura: Wait. You were all coming up there to begin with?
Matthew: Ohh yea. With everything that was going on, I guess I forgot to mention that to you.
Laura: It’s alright. It’s just a bit coincidental when you think about it. Makes sense though.
Matthew: Anyways, I deff wanna go there now.
Shelly: I don’t have anywhere else to go so…
Anna: W-We should go quickly, ok? Nostra… isn’t feeling good…
Everyone turned to look at Anna. She looked pale and not too well. But maybe that’s what she was saying about herself when she said it was Nostra. I walked over to her.
Noel: You’re the 1 that doesn’t look good Anna. You’re pale all over.
Matthew: Are you ok Anna?
Anna: N-No- I mean yes! It’s definitely Nostra! She says she’s dizzy and tired…
Noel: Right…
Matthew: Well… If that’s what you say, then I believe you.
Noel gave me a confusing glance. We looked away from Anna and whispered to each other.
Noel: What do you mean “if that’s what you mean, then I believe you.”? You can see it. She’s pale!
Matthew: I know she is Noel but she’s also a little kid and she’s not gonna admit to being sick.
Noel: But-
Matthew: Plus, arguing with her isn’t gonna make things go any faster here. The way I see it, if you agree with her, the faster we can make it to the house and she’ll be able to get better sooner.
Noel: Hmm. I see your point. I guess you’re right.
Charlotte: Are you 2 done having your little talk? We need to hurry it up.
Cain: Right. Lead the way Charlotte dear.~
Charlotte led the way as the rest of us followed her footsteps. I hadn’t seen this part of Reborn before. A lot of the tracks were broken and even more cracks were down here. I was surprised this place was still standing. We went all the way to the end but it was blocked off.
Laura: Another blocked area?
Matthew: I don’t think the key I used before is gonna work on this. It doesn’t even have a keyhole.
Charlotte: Ugh. This place is just 1 door after another, isn’t it. So how in the world do we get through this 1.
Shelly: Um, I-I think I know how…
Matthew: How Shelly?
Shelly: I think I’ve read about these… When the Railnet was made, they didn’t really want people wandering in and out of it.
Matthew: Well… we’re kind of doing that now. Haha.
Shelly: -nervously laughs- Anyways, they made gates like this that would open for trains but not for people.
Charlotte: Well, it’s not like we have a way to just magically transform into trains Shelly.
Shelly: That’s not really how it’s d-done. I think it, um, works on a digital signal. We don’t really need to drive the train itself, but… I think it works if there’s the front of the train on the same track connected to this.
Laura: So all we have to do is make the tracks connect and this will open right?
Shelly: It s-should… But this place is so messy and cracked up… I don’t know if it’s possible. You gotta connect the tracks here. No debris or cracked tracks will work.
Matthew: Don’t worry. I’ll go connect the tracks together. This will be gone soon.
Anna: Please try to hurry up… Nostra feels like she’s getting worse…
Noel: I think if you find the train 1st, it’ll be easier to figure out what tracks to connect it to here Matt.
Matthew: Good idea Noel. Don’t worry Anna. We’ll be there soon. Then we can take care of Nostra.
Laura: Can I come hun?
Matthew: Sure. I think it’ll make things better. Be back as soon as we can guys.
Cain: Good luck you 2! No quick rabbit stops if you know what I mean.~
Laura: Rabbit stops?
Matthew: Umm… Let’s just get going babe huh?
We left the group and went to search for the train. Luckily for us, it didn’t take long to find it.
Matthew: Sweet. We found it.
Laura: Now let’s follow the tracks and see what tracks to switch it to.
As we searched for the right tracks for the train to be on, a curious question flowed into my head.
Matthew: Can I ask you something babe?
Laura: Sure. What is it?
Matthew: How did you get here if both of those doors were closed?
Laura: Well when I came here, they were both opened. They must have closed them sometime after I came through.
Matthew: Ohh. Yea. That makes sense.
Laura: Wait. Did you think that I was part of-
Matthew: What? Part of them? No babe! Never. I was just curious. That’s all.
Laura: Well… alright. Hey. I think we almost got this.
Matthew: How do you know?
Laura: Because the last switch is right in front of the group.
Matthew: Ohh… I knew that.
Laura: Haha. Ohh hun. You’re so silly.
We pulled the lever and the object blocking the way forward suddenly moved which meant we could continue on with our plan of going to the house Charlotte was talking about.
Charlotte: Nice job you 2. Now let’s get out of here.
The group left the tunnel and out into the wilderness. It felt good to be outside for once. But as soon as everyone came out, Heather had Salamence come out, jumped onto it and then flew off into the sky, going who knows where.
Everyone looked on. Some in confusion and some in somewhat anger.
Shelly: Ohh… Umm, Ok then. Bye?
Laura: Well… That’s-
Matthew: Heather… Fuck.
Laura: Why would she do that?
Shelly: -whispering to herself- It’s not like I wanted to help my friend out or anything.
Cain: Aaaaaaand the second she sees moonlight she’s gone. Riiiiight.
Charlotte: Well, what can we do about it?
Matthew: Nothing. Let’s just continue on with our current plan.
Charlotte: I agree. Is everyone ready?
Cain: Actually guys, I’m still gonna go after her. I hope that’s ok. It’s just until I make sure she’s safe.
Matthew: Dude, it wouldn’t feel right if you didn’t go after her. It’s cool. We got things handled here. We’ll see you later man. It’s been fun.
Cain: Thanks Matt.~ Bye everyone.
Charlotte: Later Princess.
Cain walked passed everyone and went out of view.
Everyone looked back to the twins when Noel spoke.
Noel: Guys, she’s practically white.
Anna: N-No, I’m fine! Nostra’s the 1 not feeling good! Remember?
Charlotte: Then let’s keep going. We need to get to safety and make sure “Nostra” can rest. Follow me guys.
Everyone went up north and entered a cave. As everyone walked through the cave, Laura and Charlotte walked up to a metal object. They seemed confused.
Charlotte: This metal junk is new.
Laura: Yea. This wasn’t here before.
Matthew: Jeez. How fast are these Meteor people?
Suddenly, the ground started to shake. Little rocks fell from the top of the cave down to the ground. Luckily no 1 was hurt but everyone wondered what caused that mini earthquake.
Matthew: Earthquakes? This just never stops does it.
Charlotte: Come on. Let’s keep moving. We’re almost there.
We continued up through the cave. There was more metal things inside the cave and more mini earthquakes. When me and Laura caught up, Charlotte was waiting for us.
Laura: What are you doing Charlotte? We’re almost there.
Charlotte: I know. Is it ok if I talk to Matt here for a second?
Laura: Uhh… Yes sure. See you in a bit babe. -kisses Matthew-
Matthew: -kisses back- See ya babe.
I watched as Laura disappeared through a passage and presumably into the light. I turned towards Charlotte but she had a serious look on her face. It took me aback for a second there.
Matthew: Umm… Is everything al-
Charlotte: So you and my sister are together huh? Why?
Matthew: Because we like each other?
Charlotte: Listen to me. She’s 1 of the best sisters anyone could ever hope for and I’ll be damned if she gets her heart broken.
Matthew: Whoa whoa. I would never do that to her Charlotte.
Charlotte: Hmm. We’ll see about that. But I will say this. She seems to have broken out of her shell since you 2 have gotten together. So I guess that’s a positive. Just treat her good and we don’t got a problem. Alright?
Matthew: Trust me Charlotte. I would never do anything to hurt your sister.
Charlotte: I’m gonna hold you to that. Now let’s go. We’re nearly there.
Charlotte raced to the exit of the cave and I followed suit. I made it to the exit of the cave and went outside. The sight was beautiful. I could see the house across a beautiful looking lake. And a lot of pretty flowers. I walked around the lake to get to the house. I caught up to Charlotte again. She seemed to be counting something.
Matthew: Umm… What are you doing Charlotte?
Charlotte: These flower rings… 1, 2, 3… 8. 1, 2… 8… 8… -sighs- Laura’s been at it again. Well before she came looking for us.
Matthew: What do you mean?
Charlotte: I don’t know why but she does a lot of things in eights.
Matthew: Ohh.
Charlotte: Anyways, we’re here. Can’t wait for you to see the inside.
Charlotte ran ahead and I followed. I was at the front door and walked inside. The inside looked fantastic. Lots of cool couches and things. Except there wasn’t any tv here. Which kinda made me upset but we weren’t here for tv. We were here to hideout.
Laura: So? What do you think hun?
Matthew: I love it.
Charlotte: I see you’ve done some… redecorating.
Laura: Well, while I was here, I decided to do that and clean and do a little gardening.
Charlotte: I’ve noticed.
Noel: I don’t mean to interrupt but is there anywhere Anna can lie down? Nostra isn’t feeling better… apparently.
Matthew: Shit. I forgot.
Laura: It’s alright hun. You 2 come with me upstairs. -takes Noel and Anna upstairs-
Charlotte: You might already know this but Laura was kept with us at the orphanage as well until very recently.
Matthew: I figured. She never told me but I figured. I think I met her the day she was leaving.
Shelly: R-Really…?
Matthew: Mhm. I bumped into her and well… I crushed on her.
Charlotte: Alright. Keep the lovey dovey shit for you 2. Not everyone here wants to know the details.
Matthew: Ohh shush Charlotte.
Shelly: Umm, Charlotte? C-Can I ask you something?
Charlotte: What is it?
Shelly: Well… What did happen to your parents?
Matthew: Uhh Shell-
Charlotte: That’s not important right now.
Shelly: O-Oh, I’m sorry…
Laura: -comes back downstairs- Poor thing. She went right to sleep and is running an awful fever…
Matthew: That’s not good.
Charlotte: Don’t we have any medicine around here?
Laura: I checked all the cabinets and we’re all out. But I think the PokeMart in Spinel Town should be selling some.
Matthew: Spinel Town?
Charlotte: Alright. Matt, you should go into town and get some medicine for Anna.
Matthew: Wait. Me? Why should I go?
Charlotte: Just shush and listen to me. Spinel Town is completely separate from the city. Go back through the cave and the way Cain went earlier and you should be able to find it.
Matthew: I’m still waiting on the reason I should be the 1 to go.
Shelly: Umm, I think that there’s a Gym Leader there, if I’m not mistaken…
Matthew: … Sold.
Laura: Ohh hun! Before we go out, you should rest up 1st upstairs with me.
Charlotte: I don’t think there’s any time for… that.
Laura: What? No! I just wanna spend some time with my man.~
Matthew: Yea. We gotta talk though. It’s not bad. Just we need to talk.
Laura: Ohh. Alright. Meet you upstairs then Matthew.
Laura went running upstairs. I walked up the stairs and looked into the other bedrooms before finding the 1 Laura was in. She was sitting on the edge of the bed and patted a spot next to her, indicating for me to sit there next to her. I went over and sat down next to her. We each grabbed each other’s hands and held them.
Laura: I can’t wait to go with you to Spinel Town.
Matthew: About that-
Laura: It’ll be romantic to walk around the forest with you.
Matthew: But the thing is-
Laura: It’s been a while since we’ve been alone.
Matthew: Laura!
Laura: Ohh sorry. Were you trying to say something sweetie?
Matthew: -sighs- You should stay here babe?
Laura: What? Why?
Matthew: I just think that’d be the best idea for now.
Laura: Did… did I do something wrong?
Matthew: No. Of course not hun. You’ve been perfect. I just think you should stay here and keep an eye on everyone here. Plus, you just got your sister back. I think you 2 should spend some time with each other.
Laura: But… But hun.
Matthew: Come on Laura. You know it’s true. You need to spend time with her. I mean, you left here to go in search for her after all. And now that she’s free and here, you wanna just ignore her?
Laura: You’re… You’re right hun. I should spend some time with her.
Matthew: Thank you hun.
Laura: Just… be careful alright?
Matthew: I will be hun.
We both leaned into each other and kissed each other. We sat there for a couple of minutes talking. I knew I had to leave to get the medicine and my next badge. So, I got up, said goodbye to Laura and exited the bedroom. Before going though, I checked into Anna’s bedroom to see how she was doing. Noel looked at me with a worried look on his face.
Matthew: Hey. How’s she doing?
Noel: She fell asleep as soon as she laid down. That man… When he took the pendant, she started to feel sick.
Matthew: Don’t worry. I’m gonna go get some medicine for her. And we’ll get back her pendant. -walks over to Anna- Get better soon dudette. I’m gonna make you feel better.
I exited the room and the house and started to travel towards Spinel Town. This felt weird being by myself again. No 1 around me. No 1 to talk to or joke around with. Just me. It was somewhat late out too so that was a little bit more weird. But I knew I had to get the medicine for Anna. Before entering through a passage, I saw a sign that said “Chrysolia Forest.” I walked through and saw that the train tracks somewhat disappeared. I had to try to go through these trees and little openings. But something weird was going on. Things were disappearing and appearing.
I’d go into 1 area, it’d be blocked off and when I’d go back, that way would be blocked off by a big tree that wasn’t there before.
Maybe the tiredness was getting to me but I felt like it wasn’t that. Something was making these trees and debris disappearing and appearing. I was getting super annoyed with this. I just wanted the medicine and my next gym badge. I was finally seeing new area to the forest.
I started to run through the rest of the way, in hopes that I’d hopefully get through it. Finally, I saw a passage to another area. I stopped in front of it, got on my knees and bowed to it.
I got back up and walked through the passage and entered Spinel Town. It looked weird though. Like there were some things here that didn’t belong. For instance, there was a train in front of me and it was on no tracks. Someone saw me coming through and he came running up to me.
Stranger: No dude. You gotta go. It isn’t safe here.
Matthew: Why? What’s wrong?
Stranger: This town… Things just disappear and appear in different places. You gotta go man. Be safe.
Matthew: Well I came here for medicine. I can’t just leave. Excuse me.
I walked past the man and explored the town. He wasn’t lying. Things were zapping in and out all over the place here. I wondered what in the hell was going on but I just wanted to go do what I came here for and then go back to where everything made sense. I saw the PokeMart. I ran up to it.
As soon as I was like a step or 2 away, the whole mart disappeared. I stood there in disbelief.
Matthew: The… The mart… It just… Wha…
Random woman: Did the mart just disappear? Ohh well. I reckon it should show up somewhere not too far from here.
Matthew: …
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