Chapter Fourteen: Thirty

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A week of Remus' stay in the Dark Side Realm

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A week of Remus' stay in the Dark Side Realm..

Deceit parted the lake and walked down into the aquarium to find Remus happily playing and feeding the sea creatures, he was loving it.

He smiled softly at the sight of the boy before gently knocking on the glass, grabbing his attention.

Remus turned around from feeding a baby octopus, seeing Deceit. He couldn't resist a smile and waved at the snake.

Deceit, smile still plastered on his face, rolled his eyes and waved back. Then gestured for Remus to come out of the water.

"Okay!" Deceit saw Remus mouth, but he couldn't hear him through the glass or the water.

Remus said goodbye to his ocean friends and popped his head out of the water, somehow still completely dry. "What's up, Double D?" He giggled, stepping out of the glass.

"Gross. Don't call me that." Dee said to him and Re giggled in response. "Do you maybe want to do something?" The snake asked him.

Remus tilted his head, a quizzical look on his face. "What do you mean?"

"Like, maybe...a game..? You like those right?" Deceit questioned, raising an eyebrow.

Remus' face lit up and his eyes sparkled. "Really?!"

Deceit nodded. "Anything you want, you pick."

But then Remus' smile faded and he looked down at his hands. "Am I allowed to use my powers? I mean, there were...restrictions in my family when it came to my ideas.." He sighed sadly. Before another memory came to mind and he began to panic. "And that thing I turned into—"

"Hey, I said you could do whatever you wanted here, right?" Deceit reminded him, he wrapped his hands around Remus' for just a moment. "Don't be afraid to use them..embrace them." He smirked.

Remus was hesitant for a moment before he smiled back and nodded, a look of determination on his face. "Okay."

Remus still needed time however. He wasn't going to fully embrace his powers, not yet anyway. He didn't want to give into the darkness when there was even the slightest chance of returning to his family.

Sure, he liked Deceit and the aquarium had made his life with the snake easier, but Remus still wanted to go back to his family.

But that didn't mean he couldn't use his powers for a little game...right?

"I know just what we should play!" Remus smirked, his face one of mischievousness and excitement.

Deceit found his expression rather charming, and returned his smirk.

"Can we go back to mansion? We need a bigger space." Remus asked.

Deceit nodded, wondering what they were doing.

When they arrived, Remus ran into the middle of the room, channelling his inner magic as Deceit watched fascinated.

A beam of green energy burst from Remus and went through the walls and even through Deceit, making his body feel tingly.

Suddenly loud groans were heard from all around the house and something starting banging on the doors. Deceit was alarmed as Remus giggled with excitement.

"Deceit, c'mon!" Remus said, running to the nearest door and locking it, blocking them out.

"Remus, what did you do?!" Deceit grunted as he pushed back against the door.

"This was my favourite game as a kid, I played it when no one was around to see or hear them!"

"See what? What did you conjure?!"

"Zombies!" Remus giggled. "And they're faster than you think, so let's go!" He giggled again, grabbing Deceit's hand and running up the stairs.

The two sides arrived at Remus' room and he ushered Deceit inside, then locked it.

"WHOO!" Remus yelled, loving the adrenaline rush. "That felt AWESOME!"

"So what do we need to do to defeat them?" Deceit asked, catching his breath.

"I've made it like a video game, one hit to the head and then they're poof! Gone!" Remus smiled cheerily. It was kind of...cute. "You get a little upgrade to your weapon with every zombie you kill."

"Do you know how many you've conjured?" Deceit asked him.

"Thirty. So this is just a mini-game." Remus gave a twisted smirk, making Deceit's face flush red. The imaginative side then summoned his morningstar. "Oh, how I've missed this~" He chuckled.

Remus examined his morningstar with sparkling green eyes before he looked back up at Deceit. "Ahem, sorry. I can get carried away, haha.." Remus said, putting his arms behind his back, realising how that must've looked to him.

"Erm.." Deceit shook his head, snapping himself out of his thoughts. "It's quite alright. Shall we?" He gestured to the door, the groans of the zombie's downstairs.

"Oh, most definitely!~" Remus chuckled, pulling open the door as quick as he could and running along the landing and looking over the banister.

"Hi-YA!" He threw his morning star, hitting three of the zombies in one go. "Haha! Thirty points!" Remus cheered, summoning his morningstar back which had grown slightly bigger. "C'mon, Dee!"

"Erm...o-kay?" Deceit followed him down the stairs  and into the crowd of the undead, completely clueless of what he should be doing.

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