Memories ||A BFB/II Crossover AU||

Prologue

  Four made his way through the forest near the contest grounds, he shoved through the plant life which hadn't been touched in years. He finally found the path he was looking for. His paws felt sore after stepping on so many thorns. Four picked up speed as he approached the Contest Grounds for Inanimate Insanity, he would meet with Mephone 4 here and talk about their plans. He heard the slight murmur of voices as he parted a bush to look out at the II contest grounds. Silence fell over the contestants as he stepped out of the bushes, Mephone 4 looked over at him and padded over, all the contestants staring. ''Come on, let's go somewhere, more private.'' Mephone4 said, walking into the forest. Four followed, the deafening silence disturbed him, and he could swear they were being watched. ''So. Plans. We end the show, erase all memory of it, revert them back a few years, just in case.'' Mephone looked over a Four. Four nodded, he had to do this. ''And make sure no other variable knows. We will make them forget...'' Four paused, his stomach in a knot... he couldn't make them forget everything, they all had friends, good ones. ''We make them forget the show. Not friends.'' Four finally concluded, he imagined his contestants, happy, care-free, he knew he had to do this. ''When do we start?'' Mephone asked. Four looked at the sky, it was night, the time least expected for them to do this. ''Now.'' Four said, then locked eyes with Mephone, they just stared at each other. Then Four closed his eyes, the world around him seemed to fade away.

     Four woke up in the middle of his battlegrounds, he saw everyone else waking up too, confused. ''What are we doing here?'' He heard someone say. Four got up and walked to the highest point he could. ''CONTESTANTS!'' He yowled, this was the last time he would call them that... ''You are here because... you have nowhere else to go.'' Four sighed. Leafy pushed her way to the front of the crowd and looked up at Four, her eyes glittering with curiosity. ''What do you mean?'' Leafy asked, Four looked down at her, his stomach heavy with guilt as his lied. ''This is the only place we can live, we can't go back.'' He said softly, then heard a small rustle in the bushes behind him, Mephone stepped out, his contestants behind him. ''And these are your new friends.'' Four said, sighing with relief, the two groups merged and everyone started to talk, As Four watched, he felt someone watching him. Four decided he couldn't take this feeling of being watched and turned towards the trees, where he someone, their fur was pink-ish purple, Four realized who it was. As soon as he saw the person watching him he turned around and broke into a run, not hearing his name being frantically called by X. Four stopped when he arrived at a cliff, panting, he had realized who the number was as well, his arch-nemisis, his rival, his enemy, Five. He sat down and stared over the edge of the cliff, at the bottom were sharp rocks and lava, he was glad he hadn't fallen over. 

Four heard a rustle in the bushes and jumped, but before he could speed off again, he saw it was Two and X.  ''Four, why did you just run off?'' X asked, his tone worried. ''I saw something, well, someone, X, I saw Five. You know how they are about the show.'' Four replied, his voice thick with worry. X sighed, ''Well, I guess we'd better keep the, ending of it, a secret.'' X said, Two looked at the other variables, surprised and actually sort of angry. ''It ended?!'' He was taken aback by this news. ''Yes, it had been to... risky, to continue the show.'' Four replied, he took a deep breath and glanced nervously back from where he had come from. ''Well, we better get back to the... I guess we call them kids now.'' Four said, getting up and making his way back to the clearing, his legs ached and his head was spinning with thoughts. When they arrived back in their clearing, all the kids had split into groups. Four noticed that there were scarcely any big groups, the biggest group he saw was a group of four. Four just shook his head, but he couldn't get rid of the raging worry growing within him. He opened his eyes only when he heard the soft paw-steps of someone hopping up to him, he looked up and saw it was Leafy, only days ago would she avoid everyone and everything, but now she trotted up to everyone, and everyone talked to her as if they had never shunned her. ''Yes, Leafy?'' Four sighed, he really just wanted to sleep now. ''What did you mean... we can't go back?'' Leafy's now usually cheered tone had melted away, her eyes filled with a longing sadness. ''I-it is too different, the other numbers are after me, ever since I left home to illegally start, a project, not the show, mind you, that was... My purpose.'' Four replied, carefully picking his words. ''But, Aren't the old grounds safe?'' Leafy asked, her ears perked, then Firey raced over, skitting to a halt. ''Come on Leafy! Pin and Coiny are about to leave us behind!'' He said quickly, the flames on the tip of his ears slowly rising as he became more excited. Four was hit by the memories of the show as if it were a boulder. He all of a sudden felt tears fill his eyes, he turned and slumped away and Leafy walked away with Firey. Four found a den, this would do until he made houses. He tried to sleep, but despite his burning eyes and drooping eyelids, he couldn't. He just laid his head on his paws and fought sleep instead, deciding it was useless. The light of the full moon was then blocked off, showing a figure outlined by the light, a purple-furred cat with glowing pink eyes. Then it was gone, leaving Four alert, it was certain sleep wouldn't be possible that night.

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I have worked on this idea since AUGUST and it has been quite the build-up, since I JUST finished my writing, also excuse the terrible style of writing, I'm sorry. Anyways, Stay Tuned for more if you like this! and if you didn't, well, you do you ig.