In the Earthbound City, in the theatre arena, Theodore started his performance in front of an audience. With a smile on his face, he tapped his book pendant before starting dancing. As he danced, the energy moved around him in a unique way. His energies were slowly changing the scenery of the stage into something different. The audience looked on with great interest.
A hallway of an apartment building slowly appeared to the audience’s sights. It was similar to the looks of the apartment Theodore lived in the physical world. In the apartment hallway, Theodore started dancing around. First he danced on the walls then to the ceiling then to the floor. He was in the process of showing off his dream experience to the crowd.
A group of troops emerged out from every apartment room to dance around him. They had done body spins at some moments. Looking at them up closely, they appeared like a miniature version of Impure Lieutenant Hosjoster. He was the opponent Theodore had fought against back in the Impure Fortress.
The miniature Hosjosters each shot a laser to him. He jumped up to have the lasers hit each other. Their lasers influenced them to bounce up and down repeatedly. With each bounce, they hit their heads to the ceiling then landed on the floor with their feet. They gradually went faster when he was dancing faster. The ceiling slowly was starting to give from the heads that kept hitting it.
Soon, the ceiling broke apart for another place to crash down to them. It looked similar to a dark hallway of the Impure Fortress. It was the same place where Shawn and Theodore were being escorted by Impure Troops.
He moved out of the rubble to continue dancing down the dark hallway. Many Hosjoster-looking troops emerged out of the rubble to follow him. He was dancing on the floor until he was dancing on the walls. The troops stopped to give off strange-looking faces before splitting off to dance on the walls. The first troop went to the right. The second to the left. The third to the right. And so on.
They began to dance on the walls while wiggling their arms and showing off comedic faces. At ceiling height, he was dancing upside down. When the troops met him there, they looked at the ground below. They looked at him angrily for a moment before falling to the ground. Once they hit the ground, they started to bounce around the place like bouncing balls. The troops kept bumping into walls, columns and each other until they ended up in a state of rest.
Theodore flipped three times off the ceiling to land to the ground. He danced the way into a place similar to the Conversion Room. Instead of having cells full of imprisoned people, the cells showed off highly creative artworks.
The first artwork in one cell showed Theodore holding up a blade that was radiating green energies. The image was broken in many colors of the rainbow. Behind him were the deserts. There appeared to be miniature versions of him in the thousands expressing joy and happiness.
The second artwork in the other cell showed a group of what appeared to be 30 people. The people appeared to be happy with their handcuffs broken. They looked like they were running down a grassy hill. Behind them was a dark castle.
The Conversion Device was nowhere to be seen. It was just an open space room.
The troops fixed themselves before following him into the Conversion Room. There, they went over to him who was showing off his dancing. They started to dance around him in circles. Observing them from above, it looked like two circles eclipsing each other. He was in the center of it dancing with a combination of moves.
He then moved around each troop to dance off to the other side of the room. They followed his dancing until he moved off to another direction. The troops ended up slamming onto a wall. Others collided to their peers from behind.
They got to their feet then proceeded in catching up to him. The troop in front once again tripped to the ground. The ones following behind that troop ended up bumping into each other. Some tried to summon their weapons but their ability to use them was lacking. Their fire shots acted like spring toys that went to random areas of the room instead to Theodore.
Theodore returned to the troops to dance around them. They ended up spinning in circles until they burst into sparkles. Sparkles of a variety of colors reached the audience before disappearing.
An entity slowly emerged from the center of the room as a giant monster with sharp fangs and claws. The creature looked exactly like Hosjoster. The difference was that he appeared monster-like with all the fangs and demonic eyes. Compared to Theodore's size, it was three times bigger.
With a grin on his face, Theodore started to dance on Hosjoster’s arm to his head. Theodore jumped off for Hosjoster to pound himself on the head. Hosjoster gave a confused look with eyes moving around randomly and his mouth wide open.
Theodore kicked Hosjoster in the stomach. Hosjoster moved backwards to bent his back. His head lightly touching the floor. Wiggling his arms, it seemed that he had trouble getting back up. Theodore danced around him many times until Hosjoster burst into multicolored lights of the rainbow. Each rainbow was in the shape of Theodore’s heads in various emotions. Such colorful lights went to the audience before fading away.
He stopped dancing to end up in a fixed pose. The stage returned back to normal.
The people cheered on laughing and clapping their hands. His friends clapped while calling out his name. He concluded his performance with a bow.
Theodore: “Thank you! Thank you very much!”
He looked at the judges who were speaking among themselves. They then faced him with satisfying looks.
First Judge: “Great talent! We haven't seen anything as great as this before! This performance was better than the last one. You could have a future in the entertainment business. I give you a pass.”
Theodore laughed.
Second Judge: “I agree. He is very talented. I too give you a pass.”
Theodore looked at the last judge.
Third Judge: “Usually, I’m the nit-picky one. Although it involves the Impure Order which I don’t approve of, I do admit, you have no flaws to your performance. I give you a pass.”
Theodore jumped up and down in excitement.
Theodore: “Thank you all. Thanks!”
He waved his hand to a cheering audience before walking off the stage. Mally and Penelope started to socialize to themselves.
Penelope: “Theodore has really impressed us… I knew he was talented on Earth but here, he’s on a completely different level.”
Mally: “It a great thing to see that Theodore is still himself. Despite what happened to him, he still sees the light side of the situation.”
Penelope: “Let’s go to him. It’s time for us to catch up on things.”
Mally: “I agree.”
While another performance was about to start, Mally and Penelope left their seats to journey out of the theatre area. At another location of the theater area was a waiting area for audition contestants. Some were in their seats socializing with themselves. Some had friends and relatives with them to give some contestants support. Some were either standing or walking around looking eager to start their audition. There was a table set up that contained refreshments like drinks and biscuits.
Mally and Penelope emerged into the area to be met with security.
Security: “VIP Pass.”
Mally: “We are here for Theodore. He is our friend.”
Security: “You must be Mally and Penelope. Your identity matches up with what the soldiers gave to me. You can pass on through.”
Mally and Penelope walked into the room. They pass through many people that were waiting for and preparing for their auditions. Among them, they saw Theodore who appeared to be signing some autographs. In front of him appeared to be two beautiful women who appeared interested in him. He was giving a confident look to his persona as if trying to impress the ladies.
Mally: “There he is. Let’s meet him.”
Penelope agreed with eagerness as they walked towards him.
Back where Theodore was finishing signing the ladies’ autographs, he gave a warm smile to them.
Theodore: “Be in tune for my next performance!!”
Lady: “We will, Bye!”
The ladies giggled as they walked off from him. Theodore started reflecting.
Theodore: “I finally achieved the dream of being an entertainer. I wish my friends could see how great I’ve become.”
Mally: “Hello Theodore.”
Theodore: “More fans. Want a picture or an autograph?”
As he looked up to Mally and Penelope, he looked on with a sense of shock.
Theodore: “Mally…? Penelope…?”
Mally and Penelope looked at him before expressing heart filled happiness.
Mally: “Theodore, we are happy that you are okay. When we saw you in a coma, we thought we had lost you…”
Theodore got up from his chair to hug his friends out of heart filled happiness.
Theodore: “It’s great to see you too. It’s has been a long time… Have you seen my performance? How did you like it?”
Penelope: “I loved it. To see those troops acting like clowns made me laugh. Theodore, you know how to cheer us up.”
Mally: “I find it amusing. It shows that your creative abilities are more enhanced here than in the physical world.”
Theodore: “I'm glad that you enjoyed the play. What makes me happy is seeing you happy.”
Penelope: “How did you arrive here?”
Theodore: “I woke up here after Mansan attacked me. When I knew I couldn’t wake up back to the physical world, I was worried if I had died… Luckily Derry showed me that I’m not really dead but can’t return to physical life… He showed my body in the hospital which was hard to watch… I felt like the physical life I was given was wasted… I was worried about my parents and you… I was worried that me being in a coma would devastate you…
From Derry, I believed it was Mansan that did this to me… Before, I was very angry at him for taking away my physical life… It has gotten really personal… Now, I’m not really angry… At least here I could enjoy what I couldn’t do in the physical world!!”
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Penelope: “It’s great that creep didn’t take away your cheerful attitude.”
Theodore: “How did you come here? Are you here to rescue me?”
Mally: “Somewhat… Just like you, we were injured by Mansan then we woke up here… We found you but now we are faced with a similar situation. We too can’t wake up.”
Theodore: “What’s the deal with him? Why is he preventing us from waking up?”
Penelope: “I think it is because he sees us as a threat to his plans for the physical world. From Derry, we learned that we are the Destined Guardians. It is our purpose to end the Impure Order Threat.”
Theodore: “I got you. Derry told me something about me being a Destined Guardian. I know now that the Impure Troops were after us the entire time…”
Mally: “It could be up to our friends that are back in the physical world to take us back there. They have to find a way to wake us back up to the physical world. If that doesn’t work, we might have to stop the Impure Order in order to return back to physical life.”
Penelope: “When our friends come back to the Dream Existence, we have to make sure they don’t end up getting injured by Mansan. The Impure Members might go to the physical world to cause trouble to it. We need our friends there to protect it.”
Theodore: “This is a lot to take in… Before we can discuss about this, how about we get a bite to eat?”
Mally: “We’re not hungry but thanks. We need to address the situation immediately.”
Theodore: “Hunger is a drag that only happens in the physical world. The people here eat to heal their bodies. When I started to live here, Derry suggested that I have to eat their food every day. He said that it would help nurture and heal my dream body. They are testing if eating their food could help me to wake up to the physical world.”
Mally: “Hmm… It would be interesting to test how our bodies work in this existence.”
Theodore: “Good! We can go to one of the best restaurants for you try out their wonderful food.”
In an area in the Living District, there was a building that appeared like a historical temple. The entire building was radiating with golden light. Golden pillars were located near the entrance. On top of the building, there was a statue of a male figure raising his arms to the sky. It was as if the male figure was gathering power from above. Sparkles of light from the sky were dragged into the hands of the statue.
Inside the building, it had a restaurant setup. It was an environment with walls made of crystal jewels and flooring made of grass. There were trees and plant-life being grown at random areas in the restaurant. The ceiling contained golden light that shined down to the ground. It made the entire environment have daylight. The environment made the place feel natural and as if the people were outside.
Despite the natural environment, most of the people were dressed normally. Only a few people dressed fancy. The people at each table were socializing and enjoying their meals. Some were having a good time there. At one of the tables, the Dream Club Members were sitting down with their food in front of them. Penelope had a hamburger. Mally had meatballs with spaghetti. Theodore had fish with fries. He looked at his friends with a smile.
Penelope took a bit into her hamburger to discover that it wasn’t normal. She observed her food to seem like a hamburger. She once again bit into it again then tasted it. The texture was more enhanced and its taste intense. The same experience Mally had for her food. She kept poking her food with a folk to carefully observe it. She rubbed her fingers on her chin appearing to figure out what she was eating.
Mally: “This food doesn’t seem normal…”
Penelope: “You’re right… This hamburger doesn’t feel like a hamburger.”
Theodore: “It is because your food is not real meat.”
Penelope and Mally looked at Theodore with a look of curiosity.
Theodore: “This is the dream existence. The funny thing is that the people here make their food through energy. They get this energy from the forests outside this city. What you are eating are different forms of energy fused together. This is what Derry told me when I first ate their food.”
Penelope: “So, what am I eating is not a hamburger?”
Theodore: “Nope. It is an energy burger!”
Mally: “I admit, this tastes so good… It tastes better than all the spaghetti and meatballs I’ve tried before. How interesting… This is what I’ve seen in the Mountains of Intelligence. People using technology to create food sources…”
Penelope: “It’s too bad our friends aren’t here to experience this. They would have loved to try this.”
They continued to consume their foods until they were done. As they were about to relax, they saw Theodore glowing in green energy. Soon their bodies glowed in their own respective colors. Penelope glowed in orange energy and Mally glowed in purple energy. Penelope and Mally looked on with shock when they witnessed it.
Penelope: “What’s going on? Why am I glowing in my own color?”
Theodore: “Don’t worry. The energy burger you just ate is healing your dream body. It’s amazing!! I know!!”
Soon the glowing effect ended that they felt that they had more energy.
Penelope: “Wow! This is great! In this existence, eating a hamburger could be healthy for you!”
Mally: “I’m amazed as well… I need to see if I could produce food sources from my own technology… It would help us to heal when we are in the Impure City.”
Theodore: “About that, if you are ready, we can go to my place to have a Dream Club Meeting. I can’t call it a Dream Club Meeting since this more of a dream now… We can talk about what we experienced so we could get catch up on things.”
Mally: “That would work.”
Theodore: “Okay then. Follow me.”
In another area of the Living District of the Earthbound City, there was a house that appeared just like the rest. Inside the house, was an impressive-looking living room. In the living room, there was a cabinet filled with albums revealing music types from dancehall to rock. There was a stack of comic books. Looking at the stack of his work, it showed that Theodore had completed 10 comic books.
There were photos of himself with random people. Some wore fancy outfits while others looked like normal citizens. The first image showed Theodore with a group of people in fancy clothing. They appeared to be in a fancy restaurant eating high quality meals. Among the group, Derry was there.
Another photo showed Theodore having fun with five beautiful women. Each looked attractive in their own unique way. They might be fans that loved his work.
More photos showed the place he was living in. It showed the following things. A fancy backyard full of trees and lovely plants. A bedroom full of high-quality bedding, expensive-looking tabletops and the biggest brand necessities.
On the sofas, Mally and Penelope were looking around impressed by Theodore’s living space.
Mally: “This is amazing that you can have a wealthy lifestyle… I’ve worked so hard to have a decent life on Earth… You on the other hand were able to achieve a great life here easily…”
Theodore: “If it makes you feel better, you can experience this too. To the citizens here, we are treated like royalty.”
Penelope: “I admit… What you have will make even me want to stay in the Dream Existence… At the same time, an easy life doesn’t offer much challenges for me to overcome and test my willpower…”
Theodore: “I prefer to have an exciting and fun life. I finally get to experience what I want here. Now, let’s showcase what we each experience in our time in the Impure City.”
Mally, Penelope and Theodore summoned their books from their book pendants. They opened their books. From that moment, they begin to share information on what they individually experienced in the Impure City.
Mally: “Awakening Book, show to us everything of what we individually experienced during our time in the Impure City.”
Awakening Book: “Can be done. By having your books function as one, I can show you what each of you had to endure there. Just close your eyes so you can experience what I have to show you.”
Mally, Penelope and Theodore closed their eyes as their books started to glow white. The books soon transferred information back and forth among themselves. The Dream Club Members with their eyes closed were able to see what they individually experienced. Once the books returned to normal, the Dream Club Members opened their eyes. Despite seconds went by since they closed their eyes, it felt like they were in that state for a day. Mally, Penelope and Theodore looked at each other appearing ready to discuss on what they had experienced.
Theodore: “Wow… You have awakened your powers too. That’s awesome!! What is amazing is that we are on the Earth’s Moon… So, everything that is happening is on this moon… What is bad is what they are doing to people after they convert them… To think that they would use Humanity to destroy their own world… It’s sickening…”
Penelope: “It’s even more sickening when we are tricked into harming them… From what I saw from your dream experience, most of the Impure Members are forced to serve the Impure Order not by their own choice. This means we can’t harm them…”
Mally: “Then we have to find a way to restrain them. Hopefully, we will find a way to return them back to normal. Theodore, have you discovered anything from the Conversion Device beside it converting people? Is there a reverse function to its design?”
Theodore: “To think of it, I really didn’t get the chance to… Mansan snuck up to me before I could have learned anything from the machine. Even if he didn’t, I’m not much of a technologist… I won’t know what to look for.”
Mally: “Then I have to observe the Conversion Device and the Dream Machine blueprints. I need to figure out how to return people back to normal. We also have to find a way to place people back in their dreams. This is going to help them to wake up from their comas. Figuring out the technologies that I’ve discovered in the Dream World Building could also help us.”
Penelope: “We have to take care of the Impure Order problem first… Especially Mansan… We might not be strong enough to face against him… This is why we need to get stronger… I can summon living beings as my troops but they won’t be enough… They are limited to my own power and abilities… We need reinforcements who are just as skilled as us… The question is how?”
Theodore: “Maybe Derry could help us with that. He’s a nice guy and is willing to do mostly anything to end the Impure Order Threat.”
Mally: “If that is the case then I will have no problem meeting people here that are technologists. They could help me to fully understand these technologies.”
Theodore: “That’s great! Since we had shared to each other what we had learned, I see a connection to what we each experienced. I will spend time alone. I want to figure out how all the pieces of this puzzle fits together. With any luck, I will be able to learn their full Impure Plan.”
Penelope: “How about Kathleen, Martin and Shawn? Do they need to know about our plans?”
Mally: “You’re right… The last thing I want is for them to wake up in the Impure City misinformed. I wonder…”
Mally: “Awakening Book, can you send a message to Kathleen, Shawn and Martin involving what we planned out here.”
Awakening Book: “I’ll try…”
Her Awakening Book glowed white for a while before returning back to normal.
Awakening Book: “I can’t… Something is blocking me from getting to their books…”
Theodore: “That’s what happened to me… When I first came here, I tried to contact you to tell you that I was alright. I haven’t received anything back from you yet…”
Mally: “We have to figure out a way to reach them… Maybe we could ask the Lady of the Light to help us to contact our friends. Maybe she could help us with our Impure Order problem and stopping Mansan.”
Theodore: “Great idea! It would make everything easy for us!”
They placed their Awakening Books together on the fancy table. The table appeared like four men holding up a wooden platform. Once their books were on the table, they closed their eyes before a white light consumed their surroundings. Once they opened their eyes, they found themselves on the World of Transcendence.
On the world, they found themselves sitting on white fluffy mats on the grass. As they looked around their surroundings, they discovered that they were near the Mountains of Intelligence. Mally looked at the mountains reflecting on what she had experienced when she was there.
A bright flash of light got their attention. Out from the light, the Lady of the Light emerged with a warm smile.
Lady of Light: “Hello again Dream Club Members. I’m pleased to see you again.”
Theodore: “I am pleased to see you again too.”
Mally: “We have summoned you because we have a problem with the Impure Order… I wonder if you could help us to stop Mansan.”
Lady of Light: “I can’t interfere in the Dream Existence. Those that dwell in the Pure Existence could only offer guidance and support. The trials you must face alone.”
Mally: “Very well, can you offer us the knowledge to stop Mansan?”
Lady of Light: “Only when you are ready you will be given such knowledge. At this very moment, trust in your experiences in the Dream Existence.”
Mally: “Can you at least help us to reach to our friends in the physical world?”
Lady of Light: “I could only do so through their dream experiences. When the time is right, you need not have to worry about it.”
Mally: “I also have another question. I was learning about the Awakening Book. It is impressive as a book… How were our books created?”
Lady of Light: “Your Awakening Books were created by the Elementary Guardians millenniums ago. The purpose of the Awakening Book is to guide you in your journey. It is also to help you to change your nature into powers. Powers you use throughout your dream experiences. The more experiences you have in the Dream Existence, the more knowledge about the Pure Existence will be revealed to you.
Your books are like the miniature version of yourselves. It is learning and growing when you learn and grow. The wiser you are in the Dream Existence, the more your books can assist you.”
Penelope: “I have a question about the Human Potential. Mansan also showed me that the Earth was a place that builds up the Human Potential. Could you tell us more about this?”
Lady of Light: “What I could reveal to you now is this. The Earth is indeed a place of hardships. It was invented by a race that helped Humanity in their growth progress. They helped to evolve Humanity from their animalistic natures to intelligent species. The greater the hardships faced, the greater the Human Potential one receives. Reflect on your physical lives. They helped you to prepare for what you are facing now.”
Penelope: “So, my time being in that bad neighborhood was meant to toughen me up… I can take that…”
Mally: “Whatever type of race created the Earth would be very disappointed in what’s happening to it… Is this race aware of what's going on?”
Lady of Light: “That’s something you will learn soon. I bid you farewell Dream Club. I will assist you the next time.”
Suddenly, a flash of light consumed them to bring them back to Theodore’s living room. They then started to reflect on the information the Lady of the Light provided to them.
Theodore: “This goes to show you that our Awakening Books continue to surprise us.”
Mally: “We have to see if the people here could help us with our Impure Order problem. I just hope our friends will find a way to become updated with what’s going on here. Since we know what objectives we will commit to here, this meeting is concluded.”
As they were about to get to their feet, a loud explosion caught their attention followed by yells by the public. They could start to hear people crying out in fear and panic. They heard marching as if troops were deployed to take out an emerging threat. The Dream Club Members looked at each other with a look of concern.
Theodore: “That doesn’t sound very good…”
Penelope: “Let’s go and check it out!!”