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AJ watched as the remaining toys surrounded the furnace king and sacrificed themselves. The unlimited number of toys came into contact with it and slowly dissipated into sparkles and dust. They could only see thick steam and sparkles. The scene was beautiful was also sad. When everything was gone. there was only one thing left, the crown compared to the empty space just made it more outstanding. Not only AJ, but other students were staring at it too. Then, a loud creak drew his attention from the crown for a moment, it was the exit that each of them was looking for! Now the exit was there, he looked back to the crown, but a disgusting feeling haunted him and stopped him from staring at it. The heat radiated from it, forming a barrier for anyone who came closer. The terrible feeling just made AJ wanna get out as soon as possible. He ran towards the exit and when he perked back, there were several students obsessed, he knew some of them, but can't go back.

Outside was another total different thing, snowy white paradise with candycanes. "What..happen?" Oh, his brother woke up! "Candycane! Yummmmmmy!" The second head can't wait but snapped off one who is near them. "Um. Tasty, have some?" AJ picked up a little bit and ate it, the taste of it was sweet, maybe too sweet for his taste. The boil frowned while he swallowed the piece. He also snapped off a few more while the second head started chewing here and there.

After a rich snack, AJ allowed himself to fall onto the snow, recalling what happened so far. It was an interesting part-time, he got the chance to make some toys, he got stuck in the nice room which he made a smile when he thought of that. The most exciting part should be the furnace king. However, until now, he didn't get the answer why the toys chose to give up their lives. The smile on his face turned into a serious look.

There was their guide, it meant time to head back. Like the others, he stepped into the portal. The next minute, he could feel the warmness, as if welcoming him.

He is back, to Amityville.



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The vision came and went, leaving Damien to reabsorb the scenery that was forgotten about. green eyes that were able to see student just as bewildered as he was, already the afterimages of a kingdom that didn't exist seemed like a dream, something that would never be.

The furnace king was no more, nothing left, the toys gone as well, the room feeling much more hollow than before, it made the pup ache to get out of there. The other students all looked the same, no odd moments of rampage and flames being emitted into the air.

As far as the hellhound can see, only Xiu seemed to be sporting a trinket that she was fretting over. The look of concern on her face had him walking over to the ghoul. the stride was quickly ceased when the hair on the back of his neck raised in alarm, something in the air felt menacing, coming from the ghoul's direction. it worried him, but at the same time prevented him from getting closer.

She had Riley and shun. Xiu would be fine, Damien assured himself.

He didn't need him around annoying her.

She didn't need him at all.

Admitting it to himself left him with an odd, hollow feeling. A bitter taste began to grow in his mouth, vile and nauseating as he went out of the room and away from his former crush.

"She will be fine."

Not even the piece of candy cane that he suckled came off as sweet when he past by Arel and into the portal home.

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Lumikki was suddenly all to happy to see the office and even more happy when she heard they were still getting paid even if they kinda sucked at their job.

When the items that came out of the bag however were candy canes she winced, she had kinda already taken some of those earlier but oh well it never hurt to have more.

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That had been....quite the experience. If it hadn't been for Sophie holding on to him with her death grip and forcefully dragging Alexander out of the furnace kings chamber of misfit toy sacrificial death, the boil would have surely found himself just like the others, throwing himself at that crown, seeking the power it seemed to promise, much like the Fear shard that was hidden inside of his skull clip only amplified what seemed like 100 fold.

One outside, however, the pull seemed to ease off, disappearing altogether, and soon they found themselves filing through a portal and back to the school. The zomboil still felt uneasy, and cast many glances behind him, hand squeezing Sophie's not just for her reassurance, but for his own as well. What exactly had happened back there? What was that crowns purpose, and why was it's pull so strong and enticing? More students followed them, including some of those who he had seen go for the crown, so he hoped that meant that everything was okay.

"Okay, ya, Soph! I'll talk to you later." He returned the hug, still distracted but plastering a smile across his face as he too reached out to procure a candy cane to shove into his pocket before shuffling away, lost in his own distracted thoughts once more.

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Terra was still not quite sure what had happened, but she got candycanes out of it, which she decided that she rather liked, and headed off into the snow to build a snowman before going back to her room.

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