There's No Such Thing As Happy Endings - Book Three of the Why I Run Series

Chapter Twenty-One

OKAY HERE'S A SPEEDY SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR IF YOU WANT TO READ IT OR YOU CAN JUST SKIP RIGHT TO THE CHAPTER IF YA WANT 'KAY BYEE

Morality - Patton - has an idea about how to save the sides in the storage room, as they were all turned into gems after the hellhound attack on the Village where all the sides lived, is currently on shaking ground with Logan, he also has the power of Empathy which is used to detect the feelings of others and can in extreme cases take emotions away

Logic - Logan - has no idea that Virgil killed Roman, on shaky ground with Patton after a succession of constant arguing, has the power of Persuasion which can be used to control others to do what he determines as best

Creativity - Roman - was friends with Logan and Patton early on, however didn't actually live in his room in the Mind Palace until he moved out of Fairy Godmother's Cottage, is currently dead and Virgil is looking for his soul, has the power of Creation which he uses to literally create things out of thin air

Anxiety - Virgil - recovering from a vivid hallucination that involved him and Roman living together, human, and married, he managed to shake himself from the illusion, has the power of Panic which is basically a really loud scream that causes a wave of intense Panic to wash over anything in earshot

Fairy Godmother - who has changed his pronouns to he/him and prefers to be called FG. Both guys traveled through a secret underwater doorway to leave FG's pocket of the Imagination

Deceit - lives in a cave at the corner where the two side of the imagination meet, last seen in FG's pocket of the Imagination with Ollie, current whereabouts unknown

OCD- Ollie - talks in threes, likes math, likes trains, is very close to Sparks as he took care of her while Virgil was at the Mind Palace, grew up in the Dark Palace, has a best-friend named Daisy, last seen in FG's pocket of the Imagination, current whereabouts unknown

Sparks - small, black german shepherd with fiery eyes, Virgil's puppy, cared for by Ollie

Fear - King Incubus - runs the Dark Palace, Virgil and Ollie's dad although is close to neither boy

Fairy Godmother (alternatively called FG) - gender fluid - raised Roman at her cottage, is currently helping Virgil find Roman's soul

Imagination - Iridescent (Iris) - they/them pronouns, friend of Fairy Godmother, as a twin sibling named Luma

Dark Imagination - Luminescent (Luma) - they/them pronouns, was mentioned by Fairy Godmother as being not as... likeable as their twin

Daisy - Ollie's friend who is a nymph, may or may not have a slight crush on Ollie, gives Ollie the nickname "Lee", current whereabouts unknown

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Point of View: Patton, First Person
Timeline: Present Day, While Virgil and Ollie are at Fairy Godmother's

I pushed the door open into the storage room and gasped, once again star-bound by all the gems floating around. The dark wooden themed room was dimly lit, the gems themselves being the only source of light. The multicolored lights were - were beautiful. I felt myself gasp and the tears start to form in my eyes at the sight. They were so beautiful, but it was so sad that this was the best we could do for them.

Well hopefully they won't be here much longer if this works.

"Do you think you can do it?" Logan questioned from behind me. I glanced back at him to see him hovering in the dark wooden doorway, a square of light from the hallway coming from behind him. Sparks - so cute - was sitting at his side, poking his hand playfully with her nose. Logan simply moved his hand away, lifting both his hands to cross them over his chest. I noticed the way his lips curved downwards in worry and I couldn't help wanting to just to kiss him until he smiled again. "Do you think you can save them?"