Chapter 2

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 (Some time has passed, more than 3 months less than a year).

  In the morning a different person greeted us. They look a lot like but everything that was blue is red. I look at them confused.

"Hey I'm Ember, Frost is sick and asked if I could take care of you two." They say avoiding eye contact and grabbing the clipboard.

"You seem fine to me." Ember said writing on the clipboard before putting it back.

"Okay, so Frost wants me to 'play games with you.'" Ember said, pulling out a piece of paper.

D34DM0U53 looks at me before walking closer to Ember. Ember backs away with a glare tord D34DM0U53.

"I don't want you touching me. Ember grumbled.

"Professor told me If P1X3L makes any mistakes to shock them. Ember said, holding up the button.

I flinch in response.

"Well I brought War Ship you and P1X3L can work together to beat me." Ember smirks.

D34DM0U53 sets up the ships on our side. Ember explains the rules and lets us go first. I point at a space for B4. Ember stairs growing impatient. I tap the space again.

"I'm not gonna wait for a response!" Ember said impatiently.

I tap faster and my eyes start to water. Embers expiration changed.

"QUIT THAT TAPPING!" Ember yells.

I begin to cry as I scream in babbles. Ember sighs annoyed before pulling something out of his pocket.

"Guess I have to call Frost to figure out how to calm you down." Ember said walking out of the room.

D34DM0U53 pats me on the back trying to calm me down. I grab their hand gently and begin to breathe slowly. Ember comes back in the room.

"Frost just told me you two don't speak, it would have been nice to know." Ember said with a slight smile.

I backed away further from Ember. Ember notices.

"Well why don't you two play with each other and I'll be your voice." Ember said, trying to focus on something else.

***

"Well I will have to go soon, let's check scores." Ember said, looking at a piece of paper.

"D34DM0U53 has 3 wins and P1X3L has 10." Ember said.

"P1X3L seems to learn from their opponent and strategize well." Ember said, putting the paper away.

"Well I will have to do your check ups and be leaving." Ember said, grabbing the clipboard.

"Okay everything hasn't changed from before." Ember said putting the clipboard back.

"I'll be leaving now but someone else might come in tomorrow. You two are a little much." Ember said with a snicker as he left.

D34DM0U53 and I get ready for bed.

***

D34DM0U53 wakes me up. I sit up as they hand me some food. I begin to naw on the red piece. The piece is very sweet.

***

D34DM0U53 and I finish eating and someone opens the door. They too look like Frost but yellow where the blue was. He closed the door behind him.

"Hi I'm Spark I'm friends with Frost and Ember!" The skeleton says excitedly.

"I brought a deck of playing cards where we could learn numbers and counting as we play a game.

***

Spark teaches us how to play a game. I start to get hungry and D34DM0U53 begins to chew on the cards.

"Oh you two are getting hungry. I got food if you need to eat." Spark said, grabbing his bag.

I can slightly see inside his bag. He has books and paper shoved in there. It looks messy and unorganized. Spark pulls out a wrinkled paper bag.

"Here it is, now I have chips, a ham sandwich, an apple and a cheese stick." Spark said, digging in the bag.

D34DM0U53 grabs the cheese stick and the apple. I just grab the sandwich. Spark smiles and grabs the chips. Spark starts eating his chips and I take a bite of the sandwich.

***

We finished eating. Spark grabs trash from us and throws it away. Spark stares at us in a long silence.

"Uh what do we do now?" Spark asked, grabbing a piece of paper from his pocket.

Professor walks in the room. He glares at Spark. Spark scoots away nervously.

"Why are you here and where is Frost?" Professor asked, continuing to glare at Spark.

"He is sick at home. I'm here for him." Spark answered standing up.

Professor grumbles to himself.

"Do you know what you have to do with them?" Professor growls.

"Y-yes I have a list right here." Spark said, holding up a piece of paper.

Professor stairs at the paper.

"Just get these two to bed!" Professor hisses before storming out of the room.

Spark stairs at D34DM0U53 and I.

"Guess that means time for bed." Spark said with a smile.

D34DM0U53 and I stand up and follow Spark.

"Okay would you like me to tell you a story before bed?" Spak asked with a smile.

D34DM0U53 and I look at each other then nod.

"Great, this story is called The Ugly Duckling."

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