Twice in a lifetime: Book 2

Confessions.

It was lunch time, and Alexander was making his way to the library at the far end of the dorm building. He had gotten a note telling him to go there, the note was signed Jane Jones, which Alexander would come to learn is Alice's real name, she only being called Alice because she resembles the Lewis Carroll character heavily, and everyone (Lake) just started calling her that. When he reached the library, he found Mr. Anderson standing guard at the door.

"Welcome Alexander." Mr. Anderson said. "Dragon Lady's already inside."

"Wait." Alexander said. "How much do you know?"

"I know way more than you do!" Mr. Anderson bragged. "For instance, you were probably told that sixty percent of the population has some sort of superpower. Well, that's wrong, it's more like one third, and most of them having some power that is practically useless. But I'm rambling again." He put his hands into his pockets. "You'll learn what the meetings about soon, now get in there." Mr. Anderson opened the door and pushed Alexander inside. Alexander looked around and saw Dragon Lady, Yin, Clover, Lake, and Alice all sitting in chairs facing each other. He sat down next to Dragon Lady as Alice began to speak.

"Yin." She said. "Where's Joy? I thought you never left her side."

"She didn't want to come." Yin responded. "We'll just have to tell her this stuff later, just you and me. She said she wasn't ready for this, just getting out of a coma and all."

"Wait." Alexander butted in. "what are we talking about, why are we here?"

"Yeah, how come Yin knows and I don't?" Lake asked. "I thought I was your best friend."

"You are." Alice responded. "And that is why you and Clover are here."

"What about us?" Alexander and Dragon Lady asked simultaneously.

"What I am about to tell you is very important, and you can't tell anyone, don't even talk about it once you exit this room. Now please listen carefully. You've all heard of the theory of the multiverse? Well, it's true, there are many universes. They seem to be vastly different from one another in one way or another. I am from one of these worlds. In my world I was whisked away to what I was told was a school such as this. In reality the United States government was locking up and suppressing the meta human and the supernatural, or anything their science couldn't explain. Our world would never progress to the thriving meta-human society that this world has. They were also keeping extremely intelligent people down there. Eventually what happened was that my father snuck into the facility and found me. With the help of a scientist named Goodman and the human embodiment of human empathy, we escaped. Yin, care to elaborate?" Everyone but Yin was shocked at Alice, who was speaking very calmly. They all turned to face Yin.

"I suppose I should." She said. "I am really Empathy, and I had a brother who was the human embodiment of human apathy, you can probably guess his name. It's hard to recall, and my memory is very fuzzy since It's just now returning. I think my brother signed a contact with Alice's father, and he took the place of my brother in exchange for my brother eternally watching over the void realm or whatever is between universes. Well, while we were escaping the government tried to drop a nuke on us and, somehow by a way I cannot recall, I sacrificed myself to stop the nuke. But my brother brought me to his void. One day I saw Joy, and decided to come here as her younger sister, secretly molding her into the next human embodiment of human empathy. But that has failed, as she can now experience the full emotional spectrum. Now I'm just going to stay here and be her sister and live a real life."

"I'll allow that." Alice said. "I just won't tell anyone that you're Empathy. Now, back to my world, that scientist, Goodman, not exactly the most ethical of people. He discovered how to travel to other universes. He discovered a lot of things. He made sleeper agents under his command, attempting to change the other worlds as he sees fit. So, my father made an organization to stop that, and any other threats to the multiverse. No offense, uncle Empathy, but you brother is terrible at his job."

"None taken." Yin responded. "He drank very heavily while we were talking."

"Anyways, my father sent me here to this world. My real name." Alice sighed. "Is Molly, and I'm a shapeshifter." To everyone but Yin's shock, she started to change form. She turned into a taller, skinner, pale faced woman with twin-tails wearing a small black shirt and roller-bade shoes. "I've been lying for almost two years now. When I got here, I said my name was Jane and that I could only turn into a deer. Lake, Clover, you two are my best friends, so I can't lie to you anymore."

"What about us?" Alexander and Dragon Lady asked simultaneously.

"There's another thing, I'm not the only person from another dimension. Goodman tends to base his sleepers on people he knows, and Dragon Lady, you look like someone I used to know." Dragon Lady gasped.

"What does that mean?" She asked.

"Actually, I think you're something more than a sleeper." Alice, now molly, responded. "I think you broke out of being a sleeper and you have nothing to worry about. But the real reason I brought you here is to warn you of Desmond. He looks a lot like someone I used to know. I have reason to believe he isn't a teenager. Vampires don't age the same as everyone else, and they look like teenagers even when they're like a hundred years old. I should know, I worked with one before I came here. If you ever see Desmond, any of you, do NOT approach him! Instead, get away and ask for help from either me or Mr. Anderson. Now, I've finished. You may leave." She transformed back into Alice as everyone left.