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*Balloon's P.O.V*

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I'm not sure where I am. 

I thought I was at the cabin, on the couch. I'm pretty sure I was in the cabin. But. I'm not anymore.

I don't know where I'm at. All around me is just.... darkness. It's above me and below me. It almost feels like I'm floating, but I'm not.

'Why am I here?' I think to myself. Wait. I could hear my thoughts. That is super weird, but cool? 

'Hello?' I yell in my thoughts. I hear my thoughts being echoed around me. Kinda scary.

I want to know why I'm here, but at the same time, I don't. I should walk around, maybe it'll lead me somewhere.

So, I start walking in a random direction. Whether that was right or left, I didn't know. I was just walking. 

This darkness felt like it went on forever. I could walk for miles and feel like I didn't make any progress. I keep walking for what felt like hours.

Then, I hear a voice. I don't regonize it. It sounds.... disorted. I walk some more and I can hear even more voices. Now... the voices sound familiar.

Wait. I see light! I run towards the light, which is super blinding. The voices are more louder as I walked through the light.

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Ow.... Wha-?

Where-? 

What? No. 

No. No. Nononononono!

NO!

Why? Why am I here!?

Why am I back at the hotel!?

HOW am I back!?

I don't want to be here!

The voices.... Now I know why they were familiar....

It was coming from all of them... Everyone from the hotel. 

I was standing at the door, the main enterance of the hotel. EVERYONE was staring at me. I couldn't move, or say anything.... I was frozen in place.

Everyone looked normal, but something was wrong. They had this cloud covering their head, so I couldn't see their eyes. They also looked.... disorted? Something about it, made me terrified.

Then, somebody decided to talk.

"Oh look. Balloon is back. How great.", the voice of Nickel said sarcasticlly.

"Wow. That sucks. Why is he back?", the voice of Pickle said.

"He just doesn't get it! Hehehe!", Salt? said.

"Your right Salty Salt! Balloon really IS stupid! Hehehehe!", Pepper? said after.

"Balloon. You're not wanted here! Get lost!", Paintbrush? shouted.

"Y-y-yea! W-w-we a-a-all ha-h-hate y-you!", Bomb? yelled.

"LEAVE! Yea! You Dumb idiot!", Yin-Yang? shouted.

"WE HATE YOU!", Soap? said.

"YOU'RE NOT GOUDA TO US!", Cheesy? shouted, making a pun.

..... They all were yelling insults at me. Left and right, an insult was being thrown. It hurt so bad.... but I can't cry, no matter how bad I want to.

I looked for Trophy, hoping that at least he would accept me back! I still couldn't move, so I had to search hard.

I didn't search for long. He eventually walked up to me. His face.... was the most disorted out of everyone's.

I wanted to call out to him. Hug him, just be in his embrace! .... But I still couldn't move.

Then, he spoke.

"Why? ... Why did you leave me?", Trophy? asked in a sad tone.

"You left me alone! AGAIN! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?", he shouted at me.

I couldn't say anything! I wanted to comfort him! But I couldn't!

"..... Everyone was right.", he flatly stated.

"You're nothing but a manipulater who cares only about himself.", he said.

".... Why was I ever friends with YOU?", he finally confessed.

He then walked away. I wanted to call out! Just do anything! I wanted to run to him, and just cry on his shoulders. I wanted to get out of there. I didn't belong at the hotel.

It felt like I just recieved the biggest blow to the chest ever. Like a knife stabbing my whole body. I felt numb. That hurt worst than what I was used to. 

I'm used to everyone calling me names and insulting me, even if it hurt. But. Trophy calling me things and questioning our friendship? Even if it didn't sound or look like him, it hurt the most.

It finally felt like I was crying. I was sobbing. Everyone felt like they got bigger in size as they all surrounded me. It felt suffocating.

Finally, they all started throwing more insults to me. I was already in a broken state, but this hurt me as well. 

"Leave!"

"You don't belong here!"

"Manipulator!"

"Most hated!"

"Better off alone!"

"Never going to change!"

"NOBODY LIKES YOU!"

More insults came and all I could do was cry. I felt myself move. I took a step back, trying to get away from them.

I take more steps back, until I hit the door. I wanted to open it, but I couldn't find the door knob.

OJ? steps foward. He then speaks.

"I should've just kicked you out. Then maybe everyone here would be happier. You ruin everything!", OJ? confesses.

OJ? then pushes me hard. I then fall through the door. The world became darkness again. I continued to fall.

I could still hear the echoes of everyone chanting insults at me. I tried to cover my ears to block them out. But they got louder.

I was still sobbing. I felt so much guilt from everything. I was such an awful person. I hurt everyone just because I thought that's how you played the game. I hurt Trophy the most. 

I left him alone, again. I should've just let him help me. I should've let Paper help me as well. All they wanted to do was make sure I was okay, but I just had to lie to them both!

'I'm sorry....', I manage to muster.

"I'm so sorry.....", I whisper.

Knife was right, I wasn't capable of change.

"Please! I'm SORRY! TROPHY! I'M SORRY!", I shout.

Nobody responds. The echoes of everyone's voices overlap my crys. I continued to sob.

Until.....

It felt like somebody was calling for me....

"Balloon!"

"WAKE UP!"

"PLEASE!"

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I was still falling. I thought I was to die. It was a nice thought. Dying so all these voices could stop.

But that wasn't the case. As I fell, something happened. I don't know what.

But I soon woke up in a sweat.....

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"AH!"

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*End of Chapter 21*

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