Hypnotism (An Cloud SMP Continuation Au)

Chapter 7

(Third person POV)

Toby made his way out of the base and walked through the small jungle surrounding it.

"I forgot how difficult these vines are to get across..."

Just then, night fell. Toby looked at the sky, and said,

"Shit."

Suddenly, a hypnotised zombie came walking towards him. Toby killed it and ran as fast as he could in a random direction.

"Why did I choose to go out now..."

Toby ran and ran, until he was out of the jungle. Left with no choice, he decided to walk through the desert separating the base from the other buildings.

"I don't want to go back in the jungle to fight all those things! Who knows how powerful they must be now that they're hypnotised -"

"And you're right."

Toby looked around only to find no one there. "Is someone there?" Toby knew whoever had spoken did not want to hurt him, he could tell by their soothing voice.

Just then, a green ghost floated in front of him. This one looked similar to Twilight, except it had ghost deer horns, one broken in half, and a long almost cow-like tail, with a red spot to its forehead.

Toby recognised it immediately. "Cloudy?"

Cloudy smiled and floated next to him. "What are you doing here, Cloudy?"

Cloudy said, "I just decided to visit. Twilight told me that you could see us, so I came to try it out."

"Are there any other ghosts apart from you and Twilight?" Toby asked, hoping that Ember wasn't dead too.

"No, none at all. It's only us." Cloudy responded.

Toby breathed a sigh of relief. Ember still was alive. That would also mean the others were still alive too.

"You should get back now. The others are probably worried about you." Cloudy said. "I'm not going through the jungle filled with mobs again!" Toby exclaimed.

"Just run. You'll probably make it to the main entrance." Cloudy said.

"Well, here goes nothing." Toby said, booking it through the jungle and eventually making it to the main entrance of the base.

Toby went to the supply chests to get a drink of water after his run through the jungle.

"Toby, what are you doing?"

Toby looked around for the source of the voice, and saw Pastel as a bat sitting on top of a chest.

"Pastel! What are you doing here?"

"Looking for blood, but all the animals are now hypnotised, and I can't get anywhere near them. Mind if I take some of your blood?"

"What? No! Anyways, can't you just ambush the animals?"

"I've tried. However they always seem to notice my presence and run away."

"Doesn't Kee have vials if blood in case of an emergency in his house?"

Pastel was quiet for a bit, before facepalming with her wing.

"Can't believe I forgot about that... Well, thanks Toby, see you later!" And Pastel flew out into the night.

Toby decided to go to Clara and check on her as well. He knocked and opened the door.

"Clara, are you here?"

Clara looked up at him from her bed. "What is it, Toby?"

"Can I tell you something?" Toby said, and out from the corner of his eye, he saw Twilight and Cloudy drift through the wall, and were now watching them.

"Does it have something to do with how the hypnosis didn't affect us?" Clara said. "I've already found out most of it. Pastel didn't get hypnotised because she's a vampire. I didn't get hypnotised because I'm a shapeshifter. But I'd like to know why you didn't get hypnotised, please."

"I have the ability to see ghosts. Twilight and Cloudy are right here, next to me, but you can't see them."

Clara was shocked, before saying, "No wonder why it's so cold in here."

Just then, Clara had a look on her face that said she had an idea. "Toby, if you focus hard enough, I think I'll be able to see them too! Probably going to use your energy, but it's worth a shot."

Toby had a look of shock on his face. "I don't know, Clara...who knows how much this is going to take from me."

"Come on, try it out! In case you pass out, I'm here."

"Well, alright."

Toby closed his eyes and focused as hard as he could. The faint forms of Twilight and Cloudy started flickering into focus.

"Cloudy... Twilight..."

"Hello, Clara."

Clara looked at the ghosts and smiled. "Hey Clara, how's Pastel doing?" Twilight asked Clara.

"She's doing... adequately well, I guess. I don't know, knowing that without Kee, she would probably be with you guys." Clara said, trying to suppress tears, either of happiness or sadness.

Twilight laughed. "And Ember? Have you guys have any news about her?"

"None at all. We don't know whether she left voluntarily or was kidnapped. So she's deemed missing for now, until we get a decent source about her whereabouts. All we know, she's not dead, which is a relief. We can't lose any more people."

Toby suddenly gasped as he felt the connection start to snap. The ghosts flickered slightly.

"Wait, are you two going?" Clara said. "I wish we could talk more, but we can't. We're taking too much of Toby's energy. Bye, Clara." Cloudy said.

And just like that, the ghosts faded from view.

Toby opened his eyes and saw the ghosts leave through the wall. "Sorry, Clara..."

"It's okay, Toby, at least I got to talk to them after so long. I missed hearing their voices..."

Toby realised there were some tears on Clara's face, falling slowly downwards.

"Clara? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, just couldn't help it." Clara said.

"I'm going to sleep now, see you in the morning." Toby said, walking towards the door.

"Good night, Toby." Clara said as Toby left.