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"..What happened to you guys?"



After the 'little accident' the group went to the graveyard. No words were spoken, they just stay there in silence. No one was doing anything, other than Ashlyn cleaning the cut on her sisters lip. It wasnt as bad as it looked, but it would surely leave a scar, and the brunette thought it looked prettyy badass. When the silence turned even more awkward, Tyler broke it. "So... You think the phantom dimension is influencing us?"

Ashlyn lowered her hand which held the wipe she was cleaning the girls lip with, and sighed. She truly didnt know what was going on, but she had some ideas here and there. "Not only that but.."

". . ."

"...I think we're also impacting the real world as well."

Once again, silence followed the redheads words. She went back to cleaning the cut, before after a moment, she gave the okay to the girl telling her that she was done. As Ashlyn walked away and sat down on a red box, Rylee put a finger on the cut. She was thinking; what happened to her, that made her unable to move? It was like her whole body was paralyzed.. Well, another mistery added to her oh so adventurous life. "..What do we do?"

"I think things started getting out of control after Logan got upset.. Maybe negative emotions can set that kind of reaction off?"

"So we should avoid getting angry?"

"That's a good place to start."

The brunette let out a soft sigh, and at the same time Tyler threw his head back with an annoyed groan. "How are we going to do that when our entire situation is negative?"

"..I also don't think we can afford to be as careful as we have been. I was hoping we could take our time and figure things out as safely as possible, but.. We don't know how the dimension's influence over us will progress or how quickly. Alongside the possibility of us damaging the real world because of that influence. We need to speed things up.."

"..And find a way to Savannah."

SHUT.

"Okay- I think the cooler is ready." Rylee watched her mother with an unamused expression as she held plastic cups in one hand, and some drinks stacked up in the other trying to balance it out. Ashlyn was holding some plastic plates, phone in the other hand. The brunette glared at her sister for not helping her, and not even holding too much stuff, but the redhead only just stuck her tongue out at her, and went back to her phone.

KNOCK KNOCK.

"I'll get it-"

"No, no dad. Let Ashlyn get it, I mean, her hands aren't full, right Ash?" The brunette smirked at her sister who only wore an irked expression, before stomping her way towards the door, and almost throwing the door open. "Hello!- Oh hi Ashlyn." Aidens parents greeted her with a bit of a shocked expression, not expecting the most sociably awkward one to open the door. Meanwhile Rylee was just trying to not to choke while laughing, scaring her mother in the process. After their father finished with whatever he was doing, he went to greet the guests too.

Watching as everyone gathered in the living room, the girl put down the things she was holding.. She didnt want to hold them when they werent even going out at the moment. Their dad was greeting Bens parents, as the brunette looked around. Her eyes caught onto something.. More like someone.

A big smile crossed her lips as she made her way towards Ben, who was holding a little girl. That must be his sister, Lily. Finally standing infront of Ben who was holding the child and next to them Aiden, the girl greeted them. "Hi guys!" Ben waved at her, and Aiden grinned like he usually did. She looked at the small girl, and when the child made eye contact with her, her eyes seemed to sparkle. She giggled and pointed at the brunette before turning to his brother. "Look Ben! Look! She looks just like the princess in your drawings!" Ben seemed to go into a state of shock as he put a hand on the little girls mouth, and shook his head. Rylee, just as confused as Aiden next to her, she smiled nervously. Lily pushed her brothers hand off of her mouth as she reached towards the girl. "Can we play dress-up? Oh, can I please do your make-up too?!"

How could anyone say no to this little girl.. Rylee grinned widely as she took Lily out of her brothers arms, and made a beeline towards her room with the child, basically 'kidnapping' her. As the two finally reached the room, Rylee set the girl down on the edge of her bed and ran towards her closet. Keep in mind, that if you give anything to this girl, she'll treasure it forever. So as she came back, Lilys eyes widened in excitement. The brunette girl took out atleast 10 different princess dresses suited for children. Over the years, she collected different Halloween costumes.. But she always adored princess dresses, so she kept them. Lily ran throught every single dress, deciding on which one she wanted, when her eyes settled on a forest green dress with puff sleeves. "Can I try that one on?"

Of course, once again, not being able to say no (and she wouldnt say no), she helped the kid dress up. Going even as far as brushing her hair and doing a really small make-up when she asked the brunette. "You truly look like a princess, Lily!" The small child giggled as she looked at herself in the big mirror the brown eyes girl had in her room. "Just like the princess in my brothers notebook! Princess Rylee!"

Princess.. Rylee?

The brunette paused for a second as she kept looking at the little girl. Lily turned to the girl, and smiled widely at her. "Now it's your turn!" She laughed a little as she ran towards the girls make-up set, and took the older girls hand. She made her sit down on the floor, while she tried doing her make-up. Her small tongue was out as she focused. The older girl chuckled at her, and just stayed put as the child did her work. B ut one thing was still bugging her.. "Hey Lily.. Which movie is this, 'princess Rylee' in?"

"I don't know.. My brother said he likes drawing from memory, and he doesn't remember where. But he always draws her! Almost his whole book is full of drawings of her.. She really is a pretty princess!" The small child smiled as she took a good look on her work, before pausing for a moment. "And now that I look at you from closer, you truly look like princess Rylee from his drawings!"

She smiled at the child, putting a small tiara on her head.

"And what if I told you.. That my name is Rylee."

She held the small girls hand as they madde their way to the graveyard. Lily was still in the dress, and they still had the make-up on their faces. Tiaras rested on either girls heads as they walked towards the others, giggling and laughing. As Rylee looked around, she noticed that everyone was already there, the twins too.

She greeted them, as the small child ran towards his brother, who picked her up. The little girl was telling him all about the time she spent with the girl. She was showing him the make-up Rylee did for her, and the dress she had given her. She was rambling so fast, it would of had been hard for Ben to catch up... Would of had been, if he was even listening. He was too focused on looking at the girl wearing a tiara on her head as she spoke with Taylor and her family.

"Ben, are you even listening?" Snapping him out of his thoughts, he looked at his younger sibling and nodded. The smaller girl pouted at him, but it was replaced by a grin in a blink of an eye. "I met princess Rylee!" Now was the time for Ben to snap his hand on his siblings mouth once again, but this time sadly Aiden overheard.. As the blonde walked up to them, he smirked at Ben. "Oh, princess Rylee? Who is that?"

"It's the girl Benny draws in his-"

Another hand to the little girls mouth stopped her, as Ben wore a penicked expression on his face. 'Dear god just not Aiden-' But the blonde seemed to be really invested in this. "Ohh, so he draws this.. 'princess Rylee' in his book?"

"Yeah, he-"

"Look a bunny!"

"...I want to pet it!"

"Want me to catch it for you?"

"You can catch it?"

"Of course I can! Just watch."

"5 bucks you can't catch it."

"Grr! Deal! Just watch me, Rylee!"

"...Did you just growl?"

In the end, Rylee was richer with 5 bucks that day. Now the parents were all sitting around the fire, as the kids decided on something to play. They played games, talked, ate, and now in the end when it was nearing 12AM, they just sat down. Lily was braiding Rylee's hair, Ben and Logan were playing cards, the twins were sitting on some tires, and Aiden and Ash just scrolling on their phones. "Do they not realize how late it is? It's almost midnight."

"Alright, let's go. Hey, dad, we're going to the bus quick to grab something. We'll be back in a minute."

"Alright."

"Here. You still remember the chords, right? Do i need to go over them one more time?" Tyler asked as he handed the guitar to Ben. They were all just sitting in different places as they watched Ben. Rylee had her earphones with some music on, trying to calm down a little bit before shifting. Her eyes were closed, her knees were pulled up to her chest, and her face was resting on them, facing towards Ben. The music she was listening to wasn't that loud, so she still could make out what they were saying. She watched Tyler and Ashlyn 'bicker' about something, but she couldnt care less to listen.

'I hope everything will be okay.'



BEEP.

"Was that the rest of the backup supplies?"

"Yep!"

"Then we're good to go."

The jeep was a little small, so two people had to sit in the trunk; Taylor and Logan. In the back seat sat; Ben on the right side, Rylee in the middle, and next to her sat Tyler. In the drivers seat was Ashlyn, and Aiden would sit in the passenger seat once he closed the gate. Ashlyn went over the plan once again with Aiden, hoping he understood what he had to do with the gates and after closing them.

"...Okay. Be careful."

"Yep!"

The car bolted out of the graveyard, as Aiden opened the door and bolted into another direction. The lights on the vehicle turned on, shining brightly as it made the phantoms step away from it. They made it to where they would meet Aiden, as he jumped into the jeep and slammed the door shut. Ashlyn stepped on the glass as lights shined out from every window of the vehicle. The redhead drove with full gas. "Are they following?"

"Y-yeah, but they aren't keeping up." Hearing Logans words, Ashlyn turned fully back to the front, and focused on the road ahead of them. "Okay Logan, we're driving about two hours out right? To the next town?"

"Yes. Me and my grandparents go there often to the antique shops, so I'm familiar with the location and how to get there. I'm not sure if it'll be far enough away, but i think it's a good place for us to start off."

". . ."

"Ashlyn, It's been thirty minutes of silence. Can I PLEASE play some music or something?" The blonde asked as his head rested on the open window of the jeep, flash pointing out. The redhead only rolled her eyes and shook her head. "No, Aiden. We need to stay focused."

"Once you pass the school, you'll take a right."

"Okay."

The brunette didnt feel good. Not that she was dizzy or anything, but there was this.. unsettling feeling deep down in her stomach telling her that this isn't gonna go how they planned it out. Looking out of the windows around her, her eyes locked on the dark red sky, and the deep, jet black forest beneath it.

This won't end well.

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A/N) cant wait for the next few chaps🤭