Future Mysticons

The Void

          Kitty didn't know how long she'd been in the void before the others appeared. All she knew was that one moment it was her and the darkness and the next Piper, Chrysy and Vivyan were all there.

          "What just happened?" Piper asked.

          "I've been trying to figure that out for some time now. All I can tell you is that there doesn't really seem to be any escape." Kitty told her.

          "I've seen this before." Vivyan spoke up.

          "You have?" Chrysy questioned.

          "Yes, it's a mind void. Our minds have been separated from our bodies, so they fled to this void. Not even my and Mystica's psychic link can penetrate it."

          "So... your link is just... broken?" Piper wondered.

          "Pretty much. I imagine this is what it would feel like if one of us died. Not a pleasant thought."

          "Fascinating; now how do we get out?" Kitty asked.

          "Our minds can only leave this void by returning to our bodies. The spell keeping us from our bodies can only be broken from the outside."

          "So we have to wait around to be rescued." Chrysy grumbled.

          "I know that's not going to go over very well; but yes."

          "I hate that plan." Kitty rubbed her forehead.

          "There are worse. The others aren't just gonna leave us here." Piper was the eternal optimist.

          "The others don't know what's going on." Chrysy pointed out.

          "We don't really know what's going on." Vivyan added.

          "Can't you guys just look on the bright side?"

          "Sorry Pipes, we're all realists." Kitty retorted. A dead silence filled the void. The four looked at each other, unsure what to do next.

          "I'm bored." Piper announced.

          "I've been bored." Kitty replied.

          "I like being bored." Chrysy remarked. Everyone looked at her funny; then Vivyan shook her head.

          "Well... let's just talk." She suggested.

          "About what?" Chrysy asked.

          "You sound like my sister." Vivyan rolled her eyes.

          "Let's talk about ourselves!" Piper suggested.

          "We already know everything about each other." Kitty protested.

          "Nobody truly knows everything about someone else." Vivyan responded, then she frowned, thoughtfully. "Except perhaps for me." She added.

          "Show-off." Chrysy muttered.

          "I've been called worse; Kaddy always calls me a slimy barnacle."

          "Kaddy calls almost everyone a slimy barnacle." Kitty replied, a little sympathetically.

          "See? I didn't know that about either Kaddy or Vivyan." Piper piped up. "Everyone tell us all your nicknames! Excluding things like Mom or Sis or Aunt." Vivyan shrugged.

          "Well, most people just call me Viv or Vivy. Kaddy calls me a slimy barnacle, Mom calls me a wimp or Twin #1. The only other nickname I have is Diamond. Kyle uses it and Mysti calls me that in our heads when she wants to annoy me." She looked over at Chrysy who sighed.

          "Chrysy is my nickname. It's short for Chrysocolla." She frowned, trying to come up with any other nicknames. "I guess Grandpa and Grandma Goldenbraid and Uncles Halite and Ferrus all call me Mini-Em." She finished with a shrug.

          "For the record, I was the one that came up with Chrysy." Kitty declared.

          "Really? I didn't know that." Chrysy replied.

          "Yeah; Em said 'we're going to call her Chrysocolla!' and I said 'that's way too long, she's going by Chrysy!'" That earned some laughs.

          "See? Isn't this fun? We're all learning new stuff about each other and ourselves!" Piper exclaimed.

          "I guess." Kitty replied with a shrug.

          "Okay, my turn! Um... Piper's already a nickname that's short for Pyperia. Then a lot of people call me Pipes as well. And some of the kids in the orphanage call me sparkles 'cause of my pixie blast!" Piper turned to Kitty.

          "I don't really have any nicknames." She replied with a shrug.

          "Then how about nicknames you've given others?" Piper suggested.

          "Z-Star and Chrysy, obviously. Sometimes I call Kasey a big barnacle. Kyle is the big softie and Kaddy is Rosabelle, for some reason."

          "Beautiful rose?" Vivyan chuckled.

          "It fits." Chrysy remarked.

          "Fair point. I call Mystica Mysti, Shaylia is Lia and Everyn is Eve. And... I used to call Aunt Arkayna Auntie Ark." Vivyan blushed slightly at the end. Everyone else burst out laughing.

          "Auntie Ark?" Piper giggled.

          "I was two, I couldn't pronounce her name properly!" Vivyan protested as the others continued laughing.

          "Anyone care to top that?" Kitty asked, a little breathless from laughter.

          "Nope." Chrysy shook her head, smiling.

          "I got nothing." Piper was still giggling.

A/N Well, I was going to write and post this earlier last week; but then I got sick. So here's a rather short chapter exploring where the disappeared people went and what they're up to. I also just wanted to show a bit of their personalities and some time with them just talking. But I'm with Chrysy: talk about what? I'm a very shut-in homeschooler, so I don't know what normal people spend time talking about. Anyways, again, I hope to have the next chapter out soon... but I'm not making any promises this time.