A Dimension in Time

Karma Comes and Goes Like a Merry-Go-Round

☆*:.｡. Chapter 14 .｡.:*☆

Karma Comes and Goes Like a Merry-Go-Round

It had been an hour since the battle for the Time Piece ended with the ghost being "unghosted" (as Hat Kid put it) took place. Dawn assumed it was most likely 5 am in the morning, the sun was going to rise soon; great, that was JUST great. Time really didn't want to be on their side at this moment. This couldn't get any worse, could it? Hope not. "Snatcher...?" Dawn started, trying not to flatline her attempt in starting a conversation with the now former ghoul. "Look, um...  gosh-!" Dawn awkwardly brushed her hand through her thick brunette bangs. Allowing the tufts of hair to flow through her fingers and lace back onto her face with cold sweat. "I know... things..." The cryokinesis  prodigy shuddered a deep breath through her nose, then sharply exhaled through her mouth. Every moment of this living nightmare was making Dawn's skin crawl. "I know stuff's not looking up right now... But uhm- M-maybe things will turn out okay! W-we can try to find something to help. I know we haven't tried anything- yet... We haven't tried anything yet! But that doesn't mean we give up, right?" Snatcher violently snapped his head up at Dawn, causing her to squeak with an equally violent jolt. The snowflake-clipped girl gulped as he furiously burned his yellow gaze into her emerald one. It was as if she'd broken a row of nerves. Dawn had messed up big time... didn't she...? "Are you—! Are you joking or hearing yourself right now, kid?" Snatcher spat out with his usual sarcasm, however... This time there was a heavy coat of venom to it, bitter venom that was laced in arsenic. The former ghost shot a baleful glare that burned into Dawn's emerald green eyes, a cold stare that made the snowflake-clipped girl wince from anxiousness.

"How the heck can ANY of this be okay?!" Snatcher furiously snapped, screaming with a hoarse voice directed at the trio, more specifically, directed at Dawn. A booming voice that usually wouldn't overwhelm the snowflake-clipped girl... did this time. Hat Kid lightly punched the shade with an angered huff. The sensation alone was enough to make Snatcher wince. The former ghost then pierced his furious stare at Hat, giving a low growl as he did. "Don't talk to Dawn like that. She was trying to reassure you and help you!" Snatcher glossed over the words Hat Kid had said with a blinding rage that couldn't be contained. "Help me'? How is any of THIS helpful, kid? unless you can make me a ghost again none of this is helpful!" Snatcher spat, glaring balefully at the trio. Hat Kid and Bow Kid were honestly astonished and reasonably frustrated with Snatcher's attitude. Dawn was genuinely concerned. Snatcher's sentences no longer radiated the sarcasm she was used to. It wasn't even dripping with bitterness that much anymore... it was an emotion Dawn hated seeing, and it was just that: hate. He was glaring at them with so much hatred, that Dawn couldn't stand it, she couldn't bear to look at his hateful glare towards them.

Hat Kid looked over at Dawn, the oldest in the trio stood as if she was ready to burst at the seams and collapse into tears. Hat was obviously madder than ever at her contracted BFF. "Are you KIDDING me right now?!" Hat Kid snapped curtly at Snatcher as Dawn bit her tears back. "You're the one that broke the Time Piece! You're the one being a jerk to Dawn for no reason! And she looks like she's about to cry! What the HECK Snatcher!?" Hat Kid fumed as Bow wearily took a step back. "You were turned human again by the Time Piece, you were the one unmoving for an hour as we sat there, trying to help you!" Snatcher was visibly aggravated. Now wasn't the time to point the finger and toy with blame. Dawn wanted to change the topic, by gods she wanted to. But she was too overwhelmed to butt in and divert the conversation to something else. "Tch... I don't want or even need your pity, kid." Snatcher warned with a threatening voice that seemed to closely resemble his ghostly one; minus the echo. "And I certainly DON'T need your comfort either!" Hat Kid muffled her frustration through an outraged scream. "FINE. Since you think you're doing SO well on your own, we'll leave you to deal with this yourself! We don't don't need to help you. We *chose* to help you!" Dawn felt Hat Kid take her hand, forcefully dragging her out of the situation with Bow Kid by her side. "Come on, let's go. If we change our minds we'll be back but for now: BYE." Hat Kid continued to pull Dawn away from Snatcher; Bow Kid still quickly followed not too far behind them, keeping lookout for both of them while also keeping an eye on the former prince. Once they were a few feet away from the former ghoul, the trio finally had the chance to breathe. Dawn felt her heart ache as it raced. She had a lump in her throat from biting back tears. The self proclaimed snow queen fell to her knees as Hat and Bow were at her aid. They weren't too far from Snatcher, but far enough to where he couldn't hear them. Snatcher couldn't help but stare at the trio as things raced though his mind. He watched as the kids consoled the oldest in their little trio, the snowflake brat.