I saw them.

Jerome, Kirby, Mitch, Sky, Barney, Quentin, Sub.

They were all here.

However, they couldn't see me, but I could see them.

"Though she did bad things, I still miss her, boyo...." Kirby sighed.

I decided to wait and watch the scene unfold, thinking about where to intervene.

Jerome looked at Mitch.  "It's really over."

Mitch chuckled and left for the Grand Hall.  Some readers followed and others disappeared.

I floated after Mitch and watched as he pulled my cloak down, tearing it just a tiny bit.

As he pulled out my phone, I did as well.

I watched the screen as it kept pace with the writing on the phone in Mitch's hand.

"What?"  Jerome asked as he looked over Mitch's shoulder.

Mitch looked through the previous chapters and gasped.  "This is EXACTLY what has been happening to us all this time."

Wow, getting some serious deja vu here.

"I think I understand what this is."  Jerome said.

"What?"

"Here, let me see it."

Mitch handed Jerome the phone and Jerome typed something.

The door leading out appeared on the wall.

Jerome walked over and opened it, going outside.

As the others followed, me included, Jerome said, "Mitch, this phone has been what BeccaWise4 was using to control us this whole time."

"So she really did pit us against one another...."  Mitch muttered.  Kirby was on his head like a hat.

SAH CUTE.

"Yeah, she did...."

"Wes are finally beings free."  Barney exclaimed.

"Wait."  Jerome paused.

NOW!

Now I had to stop Jerome!

"We could bring the others back to life!"

NO!

Slowly, the dead who had been exec

Jerome.  I typed directly after he did.

Jerome froze, and I knew I had altered the plot.

"What the...?"

He backspaced what I wrote and continued.

Slowly, the dead who had been executed or mur

JEROME, STOP!  I typed.

He stared at the phone.

"Who is doing that...?"  He whispered.

Jerome, listen, it's me, BeccaWise4.

Jerome jumped when he read that and everyone gathered around him, looking at the phone.

"What, she's ALIVE?!"  Mitch exclaimed.

Not...exactly.  I typed.  Jerome, please, listen.  DON'T try to revive the dead.  You will get set in a never-ending loop of death and sadness.  I know.  I set the protective program to prevent that from happening.

"H-How did you know I was going to...?"  Jerome muttered.

Because it happened.

They all stared at the screen.

"But...we're all here!  Nothing's happened!"  Quentin said, looking around.  Probably trying to find me.

It's because I have now altered the timeline.  I intervened.  I...stopped the loop.

Jerome looked at the phone and looked around.  "Where are you...?"

I sighed and made myself semi-visible, like the pale blue spirits.

I came from a different timeline.  A timeline parallel to this.  This timeline is a time circle.  Or, at least, it was.  I said.

They all stared at me, the phone typing everything happening.

"Then...what do we do?"  Sky asked.

I smiled.  LIVE.  Do what the dead can no longer do.  They've moved on to the afterlife.  Live for them.  Don't forget them, but don't mourn them forever.

Jerome looked down at the phone in his hands.  "Then...what about this?"

Keep it.  It'll change into a read-only mode, but you should keep an eye on it.  I have a feeling that you'll need it for something.

He nodded and pocketed the phone.

I sighed, feeling lighter than I've ever been before.  You deserve this, Jerome.  After everything that happened, you deserve a happy ending.  Live a happy life with Mitch and Kirby.  Watch over your kingdom, Sky.  Travel the world, Barney.  Make art that could change the world, Sub.  And Quentin...you'll never be able to evolve, but you can use your skills to help others.

I could feel and see myself glowing brighter.

I was finally free from my burden.

Jerome watched me sadly.  "Goodbye...Becca."

I smiled and disappeared.

But I didn't move on.

I opened my eyes to see myself back in the Grand Hall.

The Grand Hall I had just left after sending everyone back.

But...I knew why I didn't move on.

I didn't really want to.

Besides....

What mastermind leaves her castle unattended?