(Pallete's POV)

Crawling into the small space I look at every little piece of the past that was stored within here. From the little paintings on the walls, it was proof that my brother Blueprint had been in here on multiple occasions. You see... It might seem like I have a plan but, I had no idea what was behind that door.

Sliding open the next sliding door I enter a colorful room full of a life that still ghosted there. I knew this was Violet's room... While I grew up I had only looked through the peephole to see his room. Being here for the first time made it feel like I stepped through a painting.

Looking around I see Violet's portrait with a small journal similar to my own. I flip it open to see neat handwriting that was old and withered.

I scan through... and deep in my mind... I could hear Violet

"Dear Diary

I'll be gone soon but, I wanna tell somebody about what's going to happen. It all started when mom sent me to bed without dinner.

I woke up and looked around because I was starving. I looked around for something to eat.

I kept finding things to eat... toothpaste... Fake plants... I kept eating and eating. Then I heard chirping outside my window! It was a barn swallow going back to her nest. I opened up my window and reached out for her and suddenly... I was a cat!

I tried to be quiet but the bird was scared. Mom and Dad didn't even look at me. I jumped and I almost got her. I could tell she was getting really tired. I was up in the big tree... I promised dad I wouldn't climb it anymore. but... all I cared about was eating that momma bird... I gobbled her up...

And suddenly

I was an owl!

First, all I heard was the wind. Then I heard little teeth nibbling in the grass. Rabbits! I imagined his face looking up and seeing me through my talons. I swallowed him up... and I didn't chew one bit. Then I flew off to find something bigger. A momma rabbit! She was almost too big to carry. I started choking but... I COULDN'T STOP EATING.

And suddenly

I was a shark!

I rolled off a cliff and into the ocean. Now I was hungrier than ever. I wanted fat, juicy seals. I tore off her flipper... and it tasted really good. I grabbed on tight...

But I was so hungry... I jumped out of the water! When I opened my eyes everything had changed. Now I was a beast... and I smelled people everywhere. I was big but I moved real quiet. I wanted to stop but... I also didn't. After the last passenger I was still hungry and across the water, I smelt something new... something I had to have. So I swam towards it.

I slithered into the sand and the good smell lead me to an old pipe...

I got closer and closer. All my stomachs started growling.

And suddenly...

I was me again...

I held my breath for a long time but I couldn't hear anything... I think it's waiting for me to fall asleep... but... It's not going to wait much longer... It needs to feed... and we both know...

I

WIll

BE

DELICIOUS..."

I stare at the writing for a bit before opening my journal to sketch a drawing of violet... I'm not sure if I believed in all of that but... I'm sure Outer would have. I got the sense that Outer had spent a lot of time here... well before my mom sealed the doors. I turn to Violet's window and head out onto the house's ledge... This is pretty obvious but, my mom never told me any of these stories. Outer would have but mom didn't like bringing up the past. Though... When we adopted a stray kitten he was the one who named it "Violet..."

I enter Sci and Outer's room... It was a wonder to be here again... I had spent a lot of time here... Pj had died a week before we left but... Outer had already started to memorialize him. Their room was like a museum. When Outer told people Sci had been killed by a dragon, he could have also said that he was building a dragon-shaped slide that collapsed... but he didn't...

Heading into the bathroom I see another wall book. my key works here too. I open it up to see a short story by Sci and Outer.

"There's a secret in this bathroom

It's in the last place you would look.

It isn't in the cupboard

It's hidden in this book!"

The flaps open to show a turner which of course I turn to reveal another passage.

I walk down it to only find another room... two beds... Noah and Moon... I had known Noah had a brother... and that... He never talked about him... I guess he didn't like history any more than my mom...

I go to moon's bed to see one wrinkled piece of lined paper... Noah wrote it... I hear him...

"How I want to remember my brother

-Noah Nightcross

The thing I remember is that when he made up his mind that was it.

My brother said he'd die before he ate another mushroom... and he did.

At Stellar's funeral, we'd said we'd never be afraid again... and he wasn't

I think Moon always wanted to fly...

But that day... He finally made up his mind to do it...

I told him going around was impossible

Maybe if I hadn't said that...

Maybe if the wind hadn't picked up...

Then maybe he'd still be here... but... I doubt it...

I think he had already made up his mind...

That's what I want to remember about my brother...

The day he made up his mind to fly...

And he did..."

Moon's story felt strangely familiar... I remember trying to do the exact same thing... we have a swing near the edge of the cliff... of course there were fences... but if you're trying to loop the swing then...

After the funeral... Outer roped off Moon's half of the room. Noah left at 18... Never setting a foot in the room again.