I was sitting in the kitchen when I see Ben running for his life.

Ben turns around and says, "Is she gone?"

Who is she?

Never mind because I know who it is as soon as I see Natalie. My first instinct when I see her is to run so I did just that. I end up dragging Ben along with me since she was obviously after him too.

We run into my room and lock the door. We both collapsed onto the floor almost immediately after we were safe.

"Why is she after you?", I ask Ben.

"Because I'm apparently 'stealing you away from her'!", he yells.

I know that Natalie is trash but would she stoop that low?! Who am I kidding, Of course she would!!

I decided to 'lighten' the mood and say, "Ben why don't you take swimming lessons so you don't drown again."

As soon as I finished that sentence I knew I was in trouble. He unlocked the door and THREW me out. HE LOCKED ME OUT!! I look down the hallway and I see her... All I can think is 'WHY NATALIE?!?'

I run as fast as I can in the other direction but I eventually run into a wall. Thankfully, Ben shows up with Slenderman and because she didn't make any contact with me, she was let off with a warning. She walks away and I see her whisper something to Ben. Slenderman leaves too and it's just me and Ben. Ben is looking down at the floor clenching his fists. He turned around and want I saw filled me with rage. Whatever Natalie said really got to him because he was crying so hard it put Deku to shame

(A/N I really like anime so I had to take whatever chance I could to make a joke about anime. You're not here to see me ramble on though so continue reading

I put my hand on his shoulder and asked, "Ben, are you okay?! What did she say to you?!"

Before I could could get an answer, he darted off towards his room. I tried to run after him but he slammed the door in my face. I knew he wasn't going to open the door so I went back to my room.

5 hours later

"TOBY!!", I heard a voice yell outside my door. I opened the door to see Ben standing there... but something was off. Although he was smiling, I don't think he was too happy. He was...Different from before. Being the dumbass I am, I just shrugged it off.

"What is it?", I asked

"Do you want to hang out today?", he asked.

I nodded and we both headed out the door of the mansion. Something was off but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. We walked around outside and Ben lead he way towards a lake. Alright now I know somethings up. I know Ben and he FOR SURE would not want to hang out near ANY body of water. I think that's the last place he would want to go.

"Are you okay Ben?", I ask concerned.

He nods and smiles as we sit down.

"Okay, If you say so", I mutter under my breath.

Something still didn't feel right. He gave off the same vibe as Natalie which is a bit worrying but it might just be that I'm traumatized from the whole kidnapping thing. Still, we had lots of fun and learned more about each other.

(Clockwork/Natalie's P.O.V

I can't believe Toby is so gullible! I was here pretending to be Ben and Toby wasn't even the slightest bit suspicious. I already know I don't have to be worried about Ben. He seemed to have taken what I said seriously. What a fool! Because of how stupid they both are, I can get some time alone with Toby!!

Ben can be manipulated so easily. I decided to go to the Lake with Toby because I knew he loved it here. If those other pastas had never found us, I could be here with Toby and he'd know it was me but sadly he thinks I'm Ben.

"Ben, why did you choose the Lake to hang out at, I though you hated water.", Toby said.

Dammit he was onto me. I needed an excuse and quick.

"I'm just trying to get over my fear! T-That's all!!", I exclaimed.

He believed it! I can't believe how easy it is to trick Toby! And I thought he was smarter than that. I just had to make sure the others didn't see Ben walking around the mansion at the same time as me and Toby came back. Today is a great day to be alive.

(Ben's P.O.V)

I had finally calmed down after what clockwork said only to find out I had been sitting in my room crying for 5 hours straight!! And right when I was thinking I couldn't do anything that was straight. I head downstairs and go to look for Toby. I don't see him so I check his room. He wasn't there either. I start getting worried and ask everybody around. People kept saying they saw me leave with him a few minutes ago so I started getting nervous. I needed to think about what clockwork said though...

5 hours earlier

Natalie was about to leave when she whispered in my ear, "You better stay away from Toby. if you even dare to think about Toby, you're dead."

Back to the present

I was worried that clockwork had done something. I decided to look around to see if she was there but nobody had seen her. I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this the more I thought about this. I decided it was best to wait for Toby to come back and ask him about all of this. Somethings happening and I just know clockwork is behind it.

To be continued
I know this chapter was a bit longer than usual but I had a lot of ideas for this chapter.