Chapter Text
Growing up together
Chapter 1: Lying Snake
The mindscape was having a peaceful day and King Creativity; Romulus was enjoying playing with Thomas. Turning the young child's vision to see real lava on the floor, as he hopped from furniture and other objects to avoid the floor. He and Patton doing much the same thing in the imagination where the kid King had made the land lava and littered with objects to jump on. Logan was there too, mostly just sitting in a stuffed chair with a book in his lap rather than joining in on the fun. Apparently the book was on the game the floor is lava. “Come on L. Put that boring book down and play with us.” King Creativity urged.
“I refuse. I must make sure Thomas is aware of the dangers that lava presents should he touch it.” Logic denied, fixing his glasses that got knocked out of place when the Moral side had jumped onto his chair.
“Aww, but he knows that Lolo. That’s why he’s not touching the floor.” Patton laughed, hopping from Logan’s chair and onto a coffee table that was floating by.
“Yes, but what about the rules Mom had set. Thomas could get in trouble, should something happen.” Logan reasoned, holding up his note pad of rules that Thomas’s Mom had set for the boy and his brothers.
“Don’t be a baby, does Thomas seem afraid. He’s having the time of his life!” King Romulus cheered, pointing to the tv that they sometimes used to see through Thomas’s eyes.
A small Thomas was indeed having a fun time jumping from sofa to sofa. “I am the King of Lava jumping!!” The boy cheered.
“Yeah!! Here, here!! Long live King Thomas!!” The child King cheered with Thomas.
“Go Thomas!!” Patton joined in.
Logan rolled his eyes but a small smile made its way on the nerdy boys face as he went back to reading about the game Thomas was enjoying.
“And now, for my most daringest and daring jumps!!” Thomas, announced, pointing to a side table that had some books and a lamp on it, as one of his brothers came running into the room, chasing after a ball that had got away from them.
“Yes! You can do it Thomas!” Romulus cheered. “You’ve never failed before!”
“You can do it!!” Patton joined in.
“And one.” A young Thomas started counting. And the children Sides were all watching in anticipation at the screen. King Romulus no longer holding the imagination in a lave landscape, causing their surrounding to change into a room that closely resembled the livingroom that their Thomas was in. “Two. And three!!” Thomas jumped, and landed clumsily on the table. “Tada!” The young boy cheered, pumping his arms in the air and accidentally knocked over the lamp. The young boy scrambled off the table, accidentally stepping on a broken glass in the process.
“Oh no!” Patton gasped.
“This is unfortunate.” Logan said. Book left forgotten in his hands as they all watched the outcome.
“No! No, nononono!” Romulus chanted.
“This isn’t good. That was Moms favorite lamp.” Patton said, starting to panic.
“What should we do?!” Romulus asked, turning to Logan. “We could get grounded. And we were suppose to go see the new Disney movie tonight. We can’t missed that!”
“But we have to tell the truth. Thomas got hurt.”
“Just a scratch, Pat nothing he can’t handle. He’s King Thomas!” Romulus reasoned.
“Must I remind you that Mom is coming.” Logan pointed out.
“Thomas! What was that?!” Thomas’s Mom asked form another room. It wasn’t long before she came into the room. “Young man, were you jumping on the furniture again?” She asked at seeing the broken lamp.
“Yes. But I didn’t break it!” Thomas said.
The three child Sides gasped. “Thomas lied?!” Patton gasped.
“Well, we wouldn’t want him to miss the new Disney movie now would we?” The three children turned to the new voice that came from behind the couch. Out walked Deceit wearing a bowler hat that was too big and a capulet that dragged behind him slightly. He smiled mischievously at the others. “Right King Romulus?” He said, with a mock bow.
“Deceit! What are you doing here?” Romulus demanded, a small double bladed spear forming in his hand.
The half snake boy laughed at the question. ‘Well, your highness, to make sure Thomas gets to do what he wants.” He said, as he walked fearlessly up to the child King and flicked Romulus’s paper crown off his head. Romulus let out an undignified yel as he placed his crown back on his head.
“Then who did it?” They all looked at the tv at the sound of Thomas’s Mom’s question.
“Tell her your brother did it with the ball.” Deceit said, walking closer to the screen.
“He did it!” Thomas said, pointing at his brother who had stopped playing with the ball and was watching Thomas getting in trouble.
“What?! No I didn’t!! He did it!”
“No! Deceit that’s wrong.” Patton gasped.
“Oh really?” She said, arching a brow.
“Deceit you monster, let him tell the truth!” Romulus demanded.
“Its funny how you think I have that much control.” The young Snake side scoffed.
“We can’t let him get his brother in trouble!” Patton reasoned. “Its not right.”
“Not mention he’s going to have to let her know about the glass in his foot. It could become infected and much more painful should it not get treated.” Logan piped in.
“You know what will happen if you lie, don’t you?” Mom continued. “You’ll grow a tail, and that tail will get longer and longer if you never tell the truth.”
All four Children gulped loudly at that. “Surely she’s just trying to get us to blow our own cover.” Deceit said, dismissively. Turning the tv off so that Thomas’s Mom wouldn’t persuade the other side to hound the Half Snake child more about his presence.
“Ha! Even mom thinks you’re evil!” Romulus jabbed.
“Is that why I wasn’t invited to play?” Deceit asked, crossing his arms. “And I thought you wanted us all to get along. For shame. Especially you Patton. I thought you were the goodie two shoes of the bunch.” Deceit huffed.
“You weren’t invited because you cheat!” Romulus argued.”Just like the snake you are.”
Logan and Patton watched to the two go at it. Having become use to the Creative Side and Deceitful Side’s arguing a long time ago.
“Oh, ouch.” Deceit mocked grabbing at his chest as if hurt.
“Hey, so you guys hear that?” Logan asked. The Logical child was hearing something other than Deceit and Romulus bickering.
“I hear it too!”Patton nodded.
Romulus looked around as he could hear it as well although he never took his eyes off of Deceit, who had placed one hand on his hat as he took casually looked around. The child King narrowed his eyes. “What are you hiding Snake?” He demanded, maybe that was the source of the mumbling.
“Nothing.” Deceit said, hand quickly withdrawing from the over-sized bowler hat. “Absolutely nothing.”
Romulus growled annoyed and jumped the snake boy, pushing him to the floor. “Lies!” He shouted as he jumped.
Deceit’s hat fell off his head as the tumbled to the floor and revealed a purple orb that was hidden inside. It floated up and hovered slightly the incoherent scary mumbling a little louder now that it wasn’t hidden in the hat anymore. The lights in the room darken and the shadows in the room began creeping forward. Annoyed, the Snake boy dusted himself off and grabbed his hat off the ground and putting it back on top of his head. “Now look what you did?” He hissed.
“What I did?!” Romulus shouted. “Your the one who brought it here, therefore your the one who is doing this. Now cut it out!” The Creativity side demanded, pointing his double bladed spear at the purple orb and Snake Side.
“And pray tell what am I doing?” Deceit asked, as he approached to pulsing and mumbling orb slowly, coaxing it close to him and away from the Light Sides, mainly Romulus and his pointy weapon.
“This witch craft!” Romulus said. “Your trying to curse us or something!” He accused.
“King, he wouldn’t do that! Would you Deceit?” Patton said, trying to calm things down.
“Of courssse I would. You heard him. I’m evil remember.” Deceit hissed, backing away when Romulus started advancing. The purple orb glowing brighter and the shadows darkening as the mumbling got louder. “Shhh, shh….I got you.” The Snake boy whispered to the orb as he moved it out of the weapons range. “Your making it worse you idiot. It doesn’t know any better yet.” He snapped at the boy King that was King Creativity
“Um, is that….” Logan began but was interrupted by a fuming Romulus.
“I’m making it worse. I’m not the one who’s threatening us and Thomas with this witchcraft!” Romulus defended. “Now get rid of it before I skin the scales off your ugly face.”
Deceit level the Creative side with a sharp glare. “If we’re talking about looks then it is obviously you that got the lesser end of the deal.” He hissed.
“That doesn’t even make sense, we have the same face.” Logan interjected, he and Patton both coming to put a hand on Romulus’s shoulders. “Beside I do not believe that the purple orb is witchcraft, I don’t believe Deceit is even capable of such a thing.”
“Yeah, kiddo. What Deceit has is a new Side forming.” Patton explained with a soft smile. “Although aren’t we suppose to stay in our room until we are fully formed, Lo?” The moral boy asked.
“Logan nodded, we are, but as you may remember when we watched Romulus formed, the we were able to enter the room and touch the light that was Creativity. We never tested if we could take them out of the room.”
“So its a new Side? But the shadow were moving!!” Romulus said, forgetting about threatening the half snake boy, that was currently running away, now that the Light Sides were distracted.
“Where is the new Side’s room at anyway, Deceit? I’d like to be there when they-” Patton began to ask, but stopped at seeing the spot that Deceit and the orb once stood.
“See?! This is why I don’t like him!!” Romulus said. “Coward!!” He shouted so that the Deceitful side would be able to hear him.
The Logical side sighed. “Come on let’s see if we can find the new door.”
“I doubt it.” Romulus huffed. “Know Jack the Fibber, he’s probably hiding the door.”
“Well, you were a little mean Romulus.” Patton said, grimacing slightly as the words left his mouth.
“What?!” Romulus head whipped around to look at the Moral Side. “He started it!” The boy King defended.
“Regardless on who started it, I think our first priority should be looking for the new door.” Logan interrupted.
“Fiiinnnee.” Romulus conceded. Following his two friends through the mindscape home that they lived in. Not liking being blamed for something that wasn’t his fault. It was that Snakes fault for showing up uninvited and then making Thomas lie. It was the Snakes fault for not telling them about finding a new Side forming.
(Deceit)
Deceit didn’t stop running until he made it back to the subconscious where a home identical to the Lights sides sat. He took calming breathes as he leaned against the front door of his home, and cradled the new purple pulsing orb that was a new Side close. The mumbling calming down slightly now that they were in a calmer environment. Deceit had found the new purple and black door forming early that morning, and had taken a peek in. The room had been dark and a little frightening that he didn’t feel right just leaving the newly forming Side alone. Hadn’t wanted the Side to become conscious alone. He had taken the orb, tucked safely in his hat to the Light Sides, knowing Patton and Logan loved watching a new Side form. He hadn’t expected Romulus to threaten them.
“Sorry, kid. I guess I should have left you in your room, huh?” He said, speaking softly to the orb.
It felt like a bundle of nervousness and fear, in the Deceits yellow gloved hands, and the shadows around the home seemed to like to reach for it.
“Since your room is forming here, I guess I’ll have a new roommate soon. I hope you don't mind lying, I can’t help it sometimes.” He said, happily as he carried the orb back to its room. It was probably safer to leave it there until its was fully formed and conscious enough to roam about. “I can’t wait to meet you. I have a feeling we’re going to be great friends.” He said, as he sat the purple orb back on the bed that was occupying the room. “Romulus is an idiot, so maybe stay away from him when we go out again.” He mumbled mostly to himself, not wanting the new Side to get hurt, just because the boy King Creativity couldn’t get over himself.
Deceit soon left, to prepare the home for a new Side. He would be lying to himself he he said, he wasn’t happy to finely have someone to talk to. A smile plaster on his face the whole time as he began moving things around and sneaking over to the Light Sides to get extra supplies.
TBC
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