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•20• Salvage Me

4:22PM 10/20/42
-RICKY-

I was walking around town. Looking. We're back to the real world now. The world glowed with bright colors and shimmered with high hopes of a new beginning for spring of the new year. I felt as if I was following myself walking, outside of my body and mind. I could feel myself rationally thinking, but at the same time I knew those suicidal thoughts were leaking into my mind again. We weren't able to find Ryan. They managed to find Ryan-Ashley and Josh's different personalities though. I was angry. Why couldn't we find him? Why? Why was it always me getting hurt? Why do I have to live on in such a terrible world without my Ryan?

I continue walking. I can feel tears pricking at my eyes but I blink them away. I can't cry, he wouldn't want that. What if I just left for good? What if I took just a few too many sleeping pills and lied down for a little while? I'm not sure what I'd lie down on though. I grip the handle of my suitcase in my hand tighter. I have nothing because I lost my everything, why stay in a place that just reminded me of him?

I walk just a little longer. I walk until I find myself at a small little pier. Ryan and I had come here once, but at the time we had to hide underneath on the sand and gravel shore. I remember that being the moment that I finally came to terms with myself, my feelings. I came to terms with loving Ryan, and joining his fight. At that time, I never thought that I'd be back here, sitting on the end of the pier and sobbing, a suitcase next to me and a blade in hand. I know it's wrong. I know we shouldn't have done what we did. I know I shouldn't love him the way I do. I know I shouldn't be willing to sacrifice myself and my life just to find him again. I know it all might come back to bite me in the ass someday but I also know that I don't care. He's my flame, my spark. He's the only thing that lights my path and I can't just let him go without even trying to get him back.

So now I sit here, waiting to be taken to that world we left only days ago. I chant a spell that Angelo gave me. He was the only one to know of my plan. The spell will transport my body and whatever I'm holding to that world along with my soul. Blood trickles down my arms and into the water below. I can start to feel myself losing consciousness, and if I do in fact fall asleep, I don't think I'll ever wake up. Angelo had gotten some bewitched leaves from Maria, they will finalize the spell and take me through dimensions. I crumple half of them in my weak hand, letting the air take them down to the waters below. I hear a whoosh and I'm no longer at the pier in the real world. I look down to see a small locket necklace I stand up on the wooden planks and begin my quest for my beloved. The first words out of my mouth being his name.

"Ryan!?"

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-RYAN-

I looked around for days. Did they leave me? I'm not sure, they probably did. I didn't remember them at first... But then I suddenly did. I miss him. I miss my little raccoon, the way he smiles, walks, talks.. I need to find a way to get back to him.

I'm walking around my old home, just wandering and trying to think of a plan when I hear something in the distance. I ignore it. It couldn't possibly be my name... Right? I start growing sadder. I walk. I walk to a pier, but not just any pier. It's the pier that I finally got to see him. I went to this pier with Ricky before we half died. He started acting differently, it seemed like he just completely opened up to me and finally fully trusted me. I could have stayed there forever with him.

I finally find myself turning down the road that leads to the pier, and then I hear it again, but this time clearer than ever. "RYAN!" I look up from my feet to see Ricky standing on the pier. We stare at each other for a solid minute before running as fast as we can to collide in a tight bear hug and I swear I never felt more overcome with joy.

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-RICKY-

I've been calling for him for hours now. My throat is raw and my lungs burn but I refuse to stop until I find him. I go back to the pier and take a small break. I stand at the edge looking out at the waves for just a moment before turning back around. I start taking a step but stop in my tracks when I see him. I'm frozen. He's walking right towards me and my heart is pounding out of my chest. The only thing I can do is stare until I finally start functioning again and scream, "RYAN!" He looks up and stares directly at me with wide eyes. We both stare for a minute before running and clinging onto each other for dear life. I start tearing up a bit from how happy I am.

"How did you get here?" Ryans voice wavers.

"It doesn't matter okay? I have a way to get us back and we'll be fine." I give him a small kiss as I try and get him off the subject. He just goes along with it, saying a small 'okay'. "You want to do it now?" I pull away from him after our hugging session, to see him nod in response. Luckily he hasn't said anything about my cuts on my arms since I decided to wear a long sleeved shirt. I don't have time to explain that...

We walk over to the pier, standing at the edge. I open my locket necklace and look to Ryan, seeing he has a necklace too. I let some of the wispy substance leak out and swirl around him until we both glow a little, having restored almost 25% of Ryan's life. Sadly though, I only restored 10% of my own. "What did you just do?" Ryans asks worriedly.

"Nothing baby, it's okay just go with it and everything will be okay." I get out an enchanted twig from Angelo. He said that with this twig, I needed to make a cut on both Ryan and I's arms, mix our blood, then break the twig and crumple the last of the enchanted leaves I used to get here. I complete all the steps and soon enough, there's a strong whooshing noise and this death filled world disappears.

We're home, but we're not quite out of the woods just yet.

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AN:
Word Count: 1275 words!
HEY GUYS I FEEL REALLY REALLY BAD ABOUT NOT UPDATING IN FOREVER, BUT IVE JUST BEEN KINDA BUSY I GUESS... BUT I MADE A LONGER CHAPTER TO MAKE UP FOR IT! YAY! Anyways, you may trash me in the comments of ud like(if there are even readers anymore). Also please comment, WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE/READ A SEQUEL??? Now I'm not saying that this is ending anytime soon but please, I need to know. PLEASE COMMENT. I'll talk to you all in the next update :). Xx