TPN x OC: "I'm Sorry."

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Breakfast preparations

Everyone rushed to the dining area, well, Emma was walking behind, but still. I looked at Emma with a disappointed look. 'She's just too obvious, I need to talk to her.' I thought as I run towards Emma, waving my hands. I smiled widely as I yelled.:

"Heya Emma!"

"Oh- Hello Collet."

"Hm? What happened? You look scared."

"Ah- It's nothing, don't worry about it."

"I can see that you look sh•tty as f•ck." I pointed at Emma, giggling quietly.

"Collet! We talked about this!" Gilda fixed her glasses and she pointed her pointing-finger at me as she yelled. I chuckled quietly. "Anyways, why are you shaking so much? Are you feeling sick? Do I have to tell mo-" "NO- I mean, please don't. I'm okay." Emma walks past me to help others with breakfast. I then saw Norman, he was smiling, but his hands were clenched, he was obviously nervous and scared, so I wanted to point it out to him, too.

"MORNING NORMANNNN !!!" I yelled, running towards my older sibling.

"Good morning, Collet." Norman smiled warmly.

"What happened? Your hands are clenched and you look.. scared. Are you feeling ill?" I pointed at his hands when I said the word 'clenched' and I asked, tilting my head to the side, trying to look like an innocent and dumb toddler that doesn't know anything.

Norman puts his left hand in his cardigan's pocket and he pats my head with his other hand. "It's okay, you don't need to worry." Norman smiled at me and I did the same.

"Okaay! I'll go now, cyaaaa!" I waved and ran towards the dining hall's exit. I walk out and close the doors behind me. I look down and smile sadly. 'This is for our own good.'

I sighed and walked to my room and took a little piece of paper. I got the nearest pen and started writing something on it. 'I'm sorry Emma, Norman. But I need to do it.' Collet thought to herself as she hugs the paper like a child to it's favourite toy. A tear falls from her eye on the ground. She quickly wiped it off, hearing footsteps. It was her bestie Sherry. She twisted the handle and opened the doors.

"Collet, bestieeeee! breakfast is almost ready! Hurry up or be late!" Sherry puts her arms behind her back and she smiles widely.

" 'kay, I'll be there in a minute!"

"Mhmm~!" Sherry ran away, leaving the doors open.

I then got up, walked out of my room, and skipped through the halls to the dining hall. I threw the piece of paper in mom's right pocket. She noticed immediately and quickly took it out, reading the description of it as fast as she could. She smiled at me and finally announces that it's time for breakfast.

(On the paper)

EMMA

&

NORMAN

KNOWS

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Time skip: free time

When we all got out of the house, I saw that Emma and Norman goes to the forest at the back of the house, they were followed by Ray. I sighed and stared at them for a second.

"Collet, Collet! Can we three play in the forest together?" Sherry yelled as she ran towards me with Phil. "Oh, of course!" "Let's go, then!" We three ran in the forest.

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In the forest (near fences)

We walked on grass, jumping through rocks and talking to eachother. "You know what guys?" I asked, looking at the fences infront of us. "Hm? What is it?" Phil asked as he climbs a rock. "I'm glad I got to know you two." They both smiled at me. "I'm glad that I got to meet you, too!" Sherry giggled. "Well, you know what will happen now, Sherry?" I walked up to her with hands in my cardigan's pockets. My eyes were covered with shadow. "Wh-what?" She asked, kinda terrified of my face. I took out my hand and tapped her shoulder. "TAG! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" I then started to climb a nearby tree. "HEY! Not fair!" Sherry followed me on the tree. As we climbed, Phil laughed at us a bit. When I was nearly at the top - *CRACK* the tree branch that Sherry was on cracked. We all gasped at the sudden break. "UWAAH- WHAT IS HAPPENING?!" Sherry yelled, clearly terrified. I jumped off my branch to her tree branch. I hugged her tightly. "Sherry, do you trust me?" "Y-YES." "ALRIGHT, JUMP!" We two jumped off the branch in sync, Collet held Sherry tightly so Sherry will fall on her if they will land.
As expected, Collet took the fall damage and Sherry landed on her. She hissed from pain a bit. "Sherry are you alright?" I sat down and checked if she had any injuries, bruises or scratches. "Yeah, I'm okay thanks to you! You saved me!" Sherry was clearly amazed at my action. "Hehehe!~ I know I'm a hero, bestie!"
Phil ran up to us. "Are you guys alright?" He asked sitting next to us. "Mhm, we're okay." Sherry tapped my shoulder. "Got you!" "Wha- You cheater!" We three laughed untill we heard a bell, signalling that free time is over. "Let's go back, everyone. Race ya!" Phil yelled and we all rushed towards mama and everyone.

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When (almost) everyone is in one group

We all gathered up near Ray's tree. I, Phil and Sherry sat on grass as Gilda counts how many children are missing. "2 children are missing!" Gilda yelled, making mother look on her 'pocket-watch'. "MAMA!" Mark suddenly yelled. Mother rushed to Mark and kneeled infront of him. "Mark? What happened, dear?" "WHAT DO I DO?! I GOT SEPARATED WITH NAILA IN THE FOREST AND I COULDN'T FIND HER!" Everyone gasped lightly. "Don't worry, Collet will go get her. Everyone, stay put, please." Mama looked at me with a smile as I walked up to her. "Mama, what time is it?"
I asked and mother showed me her tracking device. Now I now where to get Naila. "Mhm!~ Alright, I'll go get Naila now!" I walked to the forest, waving to everyone before I fade away in the forest.

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"Alright ... Mother's tracker device-thingy was showing that Naila is right~..... Here!" I jumped off a tree and rushed to a little cliff where Naila was laying on dirt, she probably fell asleep. "There you are! So you fell asleep here, not surprised. You really did scare Mark, huh?" I started to push Naila back and forth a bit, trying to wake her up. "Naila, wake up, wake up!~ You fell asleep on the ground." "Hm?.. Ah— What happened?-" Naila opened her eyes. She sat down, rubbed her eyes to get her sleepiness away and looked around a bit. "You fell asleep here and you got everyone worried! It's end of free time, by the way." I crossed my arms. "Oh- I'm sorry! Let's go back to others, quickly!" "Mhm." I helped Naila get up and we ran to others. Phil started to run to us, then the others. "It's them!" "Their back!" Children were yelling. I looked at Ray, Emma and Norman, they were staring at me like I was a ghost. I gave them a soft smile. Mother walked towards the house with her 'pocket-watch' in her hand and I followed mother like a dog to its owner. When we went past Norman and Emma, I gave them a cold stare, then went back to my usual smile.

"It's like she knew where Naila was..." Emma whispered. "Wait.. It's not a clock, It's— It's a tracking device.." Emma looked towards mom and Collet, they were going to the house with others.

"Probably.. You're right." Norman clenched his hands. "Do you guys think... Collet knows the secret and she's mother's 'servant' ?.."
Norman asked, looking at his best friend, Emma.

"That's... Not impossible." Emma looked at Norman, clearly scared of the theory.