Noth fell asleep first.

I was getting really sleepy, but I was proud that I stayed up longer than him!

He’s been so busy being big and important.

I really wish we could have done more for him…

All we ended up doing was hurting him when we tried to protect him.

I have to figure out a way to help him better in the future!

I want to become so amazing that everyone can depend on me!

But for now all I can do is hug him while he sleeps and hope he feels better.

After a while I went to the back of the greenhouse to find my friend.

She also must be feeling lonely.

I didn’t visit her for so long!

It’d be bad if she’s mad at me for not coming like I’d promised.

Noth’s secret area was just as I remembered.

The bushes were still so pretty!

I never got used to the pig head and statue though.

I always tried to stay away from that part so I didn’t have to look at them.

It took a while staring at the pretty flower bushes and calling out her name, but eventually my friend came!

We hugged and I apologized.

She’s gotten so much better at hugging!

The bruise she’d left on my back was still there after all this time, so I was secretly happy she’d gotten better.

She said she missed our time together, but she knows that I had to move away so she’s not mad.

And now since Noth brought the villa over, we can meet with each other again! Yay!

My friend was super happy about it, and I am too.

She said any time I feel like I miss her or I’m lonely that she’ll come and take care of me no matter what!

She even said that she’d always keep me safe, and that I’m super important to her.

We’ve become such good friends!

I asked her how much longer until I could get her to meet all my other friends, and she said she’s still not ready yet.

But she’s getting closer for sure.

She said she’s 3 out of 7? And that 4 will come soon?

I didn’t get it really, but I’m happy that she’s already halfway there!

I told my friend about how things have been going here.

She asked me if I hated the head maid for what she did.

I don’t really think I do, though?

My parents kind of did the same thing, in a way, so maybe it didn’t really matter all that much to me.

It hurt that they were disappointed in me, but I didn’t really even know her so I was fine!

It would have been way worse if it was one of my friends that was disappointed in me, though.

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She asked me if I really meant it and said she could hurt them for me, my parents too, even.

But I don’t wanna hurt anyone!

In the end she told me to tell her if I changed my mind.

It’s so nice of her to worry about me like that.

I feel so warm inside having so many people care about me!

I asked what she’s been up to while I’ve been gone, but she told me it wasn’t much.

That makes sense, since she’s only ever in the greenhouse!

She did tell me that she’s been busy looking for something lately, though.

That made less sense!

But apparently her search has gotten a lot easier now that she’s here, so that's great!

I offered to help her find whatever it was she was looking for because we’re friends.

She said it would be a lot easier if I helped! That’s wonderful!

She gave me a petal from one of the pretty bushes's flowers and told me to eat it.

At first I didn’t want to, since Noth might notice that I broke the rules if I touched anything.

But when she said to trust her and that she wouldn’t let me get in trouble, I took a little bite.

We’re friends! I can’t just say no when a friend needs my help!

The petal tasted… squirmy. Almost like it was made out of a bunch of worms.

And then it melted in my mouth, like ice cream!

Once I swallowed it the bruise on my back started hurting, and when I told her about it she said that it was working.

I was happy I was being helpful, but it really hurt a lot!

I tried to run over to Noth because of how much it hurt, but I didn’t make it very far before I fell down.

And when I got up again, I wasn’t me anymore.

I could see and hear but I couldn’t move myself at all!

And as my body started moving around, my voice started talking to me.

It said that it was my friend, and that she was just getting my help.

I told her I didn’t like this, and she said she was sorry, but that this would really really help her out.

Since she needed my help so bad I did my best to stop complaining and hoped that whatever she needed to do was fast.

We left the villa and suddenly I started running.

I ran faster than I’d ever ran before, and I never felt tired or needed to stop.

We ran all the way to the edge of Noth’s territory, cutting our way through the leaves and trees.

And then all of a sudden we stopped in front of a house.

The house looked familiar, like the old ones the town used to have.

My friend shouted something in my voice, and… someone came out.

The way they looked really matched everything I’d heard about demons so far so… maybe it was a demon?

He was really big and burly, unlike the demons everyone else talked about, and his horns were so big!

Once it saw me it immediately called out in every direction and then kneeled.

I could feel my face move into a smile, but I couldn’t tell what expression I was making at all.

I could hear a lot of rustling in the trees around me, but I couldn't see anything because it was so dark.

My friend and the demon talked to each other for a while, and then eventually he looked really shocked.

I wish I could have known what they were saying! How frustrating!

Suddenly my voice told me to close my eyes for a while, and when I tried it actually worked!

I could feel my hands reach out and grab something, and there was a loud crunching noise.

I dropped whatever it was I was holding really fast, but for some reason my hands felt really really wet.

Actually it wasn't just my hands, my clothes and random spots on my skin also felt wet!

I tried to open my eyes in surprise, but they just stayed shut.

At least I was still a good friend who hadn't accidently peeped when my friend said not to.

I could hear a lot of screaming, but my body was already moving away.

Eventually we stopped and my eyes were suddenly opened.

We were still out of the town, but we weren't in the green anymore.

I was still running, but I would catch little peeks at my hands and clothes sometimes.

They were covered in red.

So much red.

Something awful must have happened.

I was so scared of what it could be that I couldn't even say anything.

At some point we stopped running, and my friend said that she was really happy, and that I did a really good job helping her.

She even asked me if there was anything I'd like in return, and promised to clean me up.

But all I could do was cry and say that I wanted to go home.

I was scared, so scared.

I didn't want any more of this.

I wanted things to go back to normal.

My friend just giggled and said okay, and then everything went dark.