The Rise of Dimentio--Chapter 3-4

CHAPTER 3-4

Nastasia couldn't believe it. Dimentio. Dimentio was back.
She felt dizzy, whether it was from fear, or rage, she wasn't sure. She stumbled backwards, and she grasped the doorknob for support.
How…how could Dimentio be back? The Super Dimentio was destroyed, so Dimentio should as well.
Nastasia slid to the floor, reading the letter again. It didn't say much, only that Dimentio was back, and Mr. L was still alive—
"Alive?!" Nastasia exclaimed. "How?!"
She had to tell someone. She had to get to Merlon to tell him Dimentio was back. She wasn't worried about Mr. L all that much, it was Dimentio who would be a problem.
But Mimi…
Nastasia bit her lip and pulled out her cell phone. She quickly found O'Chunks' information and called him, flipping out of the room and back to her apartment in Flopside. She and O'Chunks lived in two small apartments beside each other, and he was often over at her house watching her TV since he was too cheap to pay for cable himself. While listening to the drawn out 'boop' from her phone, she scoured the small rooms for O'Chunks hoping he was back. She had sent him to pick up more items from Yold Town since the stores in Flipside and Flopside didn't have what she wanted. But he should have been back by now. Where was he?!
No one answered the phone. She tried again, feeling panic rise up in her. Again, the phone wasn't answered.
She pulled at her hair in distress. Dimentio was back, she had to tell someone.
She flipped back out of her apartment and appeared in front of Nolrem's house. She noticed it was dark now, but she didn't care and knocked furiously on the door. A sleepy Nolrem slowly answered and yawned.
"Nastasia?" He said sleepily. "What are you doing? It's 11 o'clock!"
"Dimentio's back!" She hissed. Nolrem blinked and took a step backwards in surprise.
"W-what?!" He exclaimed. "Nastasia, are you sure? Dimentio was—"
She shoved Mimi's note in his face, cutting him off. "O'Chunks and Mimi are missing. Mimi said Dimentio's back, and he's kidnapped her and Mr. L."
"Mr. L as well?" Nolrem said, flabbergasted. "Surely not. Luigi is no longer here."
She huffed. "Yeah, well, we thought Dimentio was no longer here. You said yourself that Queen Jaydes didn't have him. Why didn't we think he had escaped?!"
Nolrem glanced around Flopside and shushed her. "We don't need to frighten anyone."
"Then what are we going to do?!" She snapped.
Nolrem looked away, thinking. "I will talk to Merlon right away. You go back home and get some rest."
"Go back home?!" Nastasia exclaimed. "Are you crazy?! I'm not going back home! Two of my friends are kidnapped by a psycho, and Mr. L is with him too! I can't just—"
"Nastasia, I know you care about O'Chunks and Mimi, but there is nothing for you to do." He stared at her seriously. "I will talk with Merlon, and we will alert Grambi and Queen Jaydes. Now go home and try to calm down."
Nastasia stared at him, angry. "I will not."
"Nastasia," He said in a warning tone, noticing a flip-box appear around her. "Where are you—"
She was gone.
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Dimentio crushed O'Chunks' cell phone under his foot angrily. After hearing O'Chunks annoyingly loud ring tone twice (who knew he liked old country songs?), waking him up, Dimentio was at his wits end. He didn't even know O'Chunks had a cell phone.
He slumped against the wall and slid down to sit. Things were beginning to become complicated. He was lucky to win that fight in Yold Desert. If his magic hadn't worked…
He frowned. Why was his magic dwindling? He wracked his brain trying to think of a solution, or at least an answer to that question. It was fine in the beginning, but why is it acting shorting out on him now? And at the worst moments?
…The book.
It had to be the Dark Prognosticus. Dimentio had the book for so long, he had learned to rely on its spells and powers…But he couldn't use his old powers…He only remembered a few spells from his younger years, anyway. And they were useless.
…Well, there was the hovering spell his parents used and taught him…But as he moved, he would have sparkles follow him. He did NOT want to have that. Especially with Mr. L and Mimi around. They were already becoming suspicious.
He sighed and stared up at the green ceiling, not sure what to do now that he was awake. His thoughts turned to the Dark Prognosticus. Why did he even want the book again? It had failed him once, why even bother with it now? Dimentio shook his head. No, he needed the book. Without it, he'd become weak. The tests he did on himself showed he was growing weaker by the day. Resting seemed to restore some of his magic, and just being in Dimension D helped.
Dimentio glanced back at Mr. L and Mimi once again to make sure they were still tied up before lying down on the hard green tiles. He was sure they couldn't do anything tonight. For now he had to sleep and restore his powers.
Dimentio was just beginning to drift to sleep when he realized this was the first time he had even thought of his parents in several years. He frowned and turned on his side. He didn't want to think of them right now…not ever.


EXTRA

The night passed by with no other interruptions other than a snore from either Mr. L or O'Chunks. Dimentio tossed and turned in his sleep that night, fighting off nightmares; nightmares concerning the Dark Prognosticus, his own powers and weakness, and worse…his parents.
Dimentio is no longer a secret to anyone. Now that Nastasia and Nolrem know, who knows how much longer it would be until his whole plan came crashing down around him?