Haunted Corruption: Livigirl88's Version

Chapter Three: A Blooming Revelation

Derek was terrified. Almost all of his friends had been transformed in some way or another, and he knew that there was no escape whatsoever. I can at LEAST trust Alicia. He thought to himself as he rushed over to the observatory and banged on the door mercilessly. "Alicia! Alicia! I need you now!" He said hurriedly. Alicia then heard this and rushed down, opening the door for her gardener friend.

"What is it you're worried about? If so, you can talk it out with me." Alicia said as she tidied up her long hair. Derek then sat down, took a deep breath, and told his story. "Recently, everyone has been transforming into horrible werewolf versions of themselves and they're hunting me down for some apparent reason!" Derek replied as he drew everything hastily. "I see... but promise not to freak when I say this." Alicia said.

"And what would that be?" Derek asked the young girl as she showed off a poster of the moon phases and the Zodiac. "Our friends have been changed according to their zodiac signs, and apparently since Clarissa, a Scorpio, was corrupted first, the only two left are Virgo and Gemini, and that could mean me and you!" Alicia hastily replied as she showed what she had researched. Derek gasped in horror.

"But promise never to tell the public about this. It could get... Ugh!! It hurts!" Alicia said as she toppled over, feeling the pain of the Semi Corruption that was to happen. "Alicia! You need to go to the bathroom?!" Derek asked. "Yeah... I'll go now. But don't tell anyone just yet." Alicia said, and shut the bathroom door. Meanwhile, Derek knew that Alicia was going to become a Were-bat, and he was right. Moments after, Alicia burst out of the bathroom, now Semi Corrupted and able to fly with ease.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Derek screamed as he ran towards his greenhouse. Before he could even utter a sound, his friends, now Semi Corrupted, were hot on the gardener's heels. "Someone! Do something!!" He said to himself, rushing towards the greenhouse, not realizing his eyes had become yellow with teal pupils. "Is something wrong with me?! No! I've gotta get out of here, fast!" He said, locking the door behind him as the Semi Corrupted inhabitants rushed after him. "I'm sure they won't get me here." He said to himself- but was he ever wrong.

"HELP!!" He screamed as he saw his Semi Corrupted friends attempt to break down the door, and he knew he had to get to at least higher ground. Seeing a nearby palm tree, he climbed up and onto a nearby ledge. "Thank gosh." He said to himself. But it was too late- his friends were inside, snarling and angry. Derek now felt even more in a pickle now... especially since his friends were all Semi Corrupted!

"GUYS! HE WENT THAT WAY!" He shouted, trying to distract his friends turned enemies, directing them at a nearby vase. At once, they crashed through some flowerpots and that bought Derek enough time to get to higher ground. But suddenly, he knew what his gang had come into the greenhouse for- they were looking for him! But fearing that they would attack him, Derek escaped through an open window and slid down onto the ground. Gasping for breath, Derek ran towards the Balan Theatre and into the Overgrown Greenhouse, where he felt safe.

"Whew! That was a close one." He said, drinking a giant dewdrop and eating some nearby honey from a plant. "Derek!!" Replied a voice. It was Stella! She and the others had followed Derek's scent into Wonderworld, and they were going to make him their lunch. "No way are you-" Derek coughed, flower petals coming out. He knew something bigger was waiting for him...