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A/N- I'm back! Did y'all miss me? Thanks for the reviews, favs, and follows!
Chandra: I'm so glad you like it! Yeah, I wanted to give them backstory b/c they didn't include that in the show. I really hope there is a next season and that it won't get canceled! Netflix seems to cancel all the good shows, don't they? I did well on my exams! I passed, thank God! Got a C+ on my Algebra 1 exam, which is pretty good considering we only had 8 days to review thanks to covid, unlike the years before us who had a month to review. Most people in my grade got Ds and Fs, so I'm just really glad I got a C.
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-Sam
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
A loud thud was heard and groaning soon followed it. A pile of people landed on the floor and slowly got to their feet. The group consisted of the Mercers, the Peters, and the Pattersons (excluding the three dead boys). It also contained people that the three families had never seen before in their lives.
Everyone climbed to their feet and separated into two groups, looking at each other wearily.
"Who the hell are you?" Ryan asked the strangers with an untrusting glint in his eye. Regan smacked him up at the head for using bad language.
"We should be asking you guys the same thing," a short Latino boy said, narrowing his eyes.
A tall man with salt and pepper hair and icy blue eyes placed his hands on the boy's shoulders. "Mijo, I would advise keeping your mouth shut until we know what is going on."
Ross spoke up. "Yeah, um, speaking of which. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?"
A pretty black girl with almond eyes and long braids snorted. "Don't you think we would tell you if we knew?"
"Well, that depen-" Melissa started to say, only to be interrupted.
"Hey, what's the last thing any of us can remember?" Mary asked the two groups.
Everyone thought for a moment. "That weird girl came and told us that she was working on a project involving Luke, Alex, and Reggie and we are supposed to be a part of it," David said in confusion. "Then she told us to grab her arms and she made the shadows swallow us."
Everyone murmured in agreement. Everyone except the blue-eyed man and the girl with the braids. They just stared at everyone like they were cuckoo.
"Um, what?" Flynn asked. "That never happened to me! I just woke up here when I felt someone sit on me!"
"Oops," Ryan muttered guiltily. The girl glared at him.
The man regarded everyone suspiciously. "Same here, Flynn. I think it's safe to say that you guys are, uh... How should I put this politely?... crazy."
Cries of "Hey!" and "Rude!" went throughout the room.
Carlos silently raised his hand, while his other hand clutched a pretty Latina girl's hand. The girl hadn't spoken at all. She just seemed to be staring at the group with a mix of horror and fascination on her face.
"Um, actually, Dad," the boy said. "The same thing that happened to these people happened to me and Julie."
The man peered down at his son. "Wait, seriously?"
The Latina girl nodded, not taking her eyes off the three families.
The man sighed. "Well, that's nice. A girl that can control shadows dragged us all here to this..." he looked around. "Movie theater?"
Everyone turned around and finally took in their surroundings.
"Why-why are we in a theater?" Melissa asked nervously. "I thought we were gonna do something involving Luke, Alex, and Reggie?"
The Latina girl made an odd choking noise and the other girl and boy started whispering frantically to her, too soft for anyone else to hear. She started replying back to them and they all looked a little panicked but in awe at the same time.
The Latina girl gestured to the families who were still discussing how they got there and their eyes widened even more. The boy said something and that made the Latina girl perk up and start looking around the room. She seemed to be looking for something- or someone- while the other two just watched her anxiously.
Her shoulders slumped and she turned back to the others. The boy patted her arm comfortingly and the other girl had disappointment marring her face.
All of a sudden, a small ball of golden light appeared in the middle of the room. It looked like an electric, smaller version of the sun, and for some reason, it didn't hurt anyone's eyes. Everyone gathered around it in a circle curiously. The ball started to grow bigger and bigger until it was the size of a large beanbag. Everyone started to back away slowly when the ball started to vibrate violently. Wind started blowing and purple swirls of light twirled around in the air making beautiful patterns.
Gold bubbles blew out of the air vents.
A very dramatic, loud version of "The Macarena" started playing in the background.
Everyone clung to each other in fear. "What's happening?!" Melissa shouted with her arms wrapped around Ross, her red hair whipping in the wind that appeared out of nowhere.
Nobody answered. They were all transfixed by the pulsing ball of golden light in front of them.
Then, there was a small pop and the ball burst into a rain of golden sparkles. The sparkles reminded Regan of Tinkerbell's pixie dust from Peter Pan.
In place of the ball stood the girl that had taken everyone to the theater.
"Whoa..." the little boy whispered.
The girl chuckled. She was radiating a purple glow. "Thanks, little dude. I really do like making dramatic entrances. Judging by y'all's reactions, I'm gonna give this entrance a 10/10!"
Everyone blinked and stared at her. The glow dimmed to where it was barely noticeable, but still there.
She was tall, around 5'8, yet her shoulders seemed to be a little uneven. Mary vaguely remembered her saying that she had scoliosis right before she had taken them. The girl had pretty caramel hair that came down to her waist, big hazelnut eyes with long lashes, tan skin, and a wide grin on her face that showed off neon green braces.
She was pretty, but she didn't seem to be trying. She was wearing really light makeup, but she had on pajama pants that were bright pink with dogs on them, fluffy socks, and a light pink T-Shirt that had the faded words 'Self Care' on it and had a faded picture of a basset hound with a towel wrapped around its head doing its nails. The shirt also had small holes all over it, but the females in the room suspected that it was bought like that and that the holes were meant to be a part of the shirt.
"Who are you and where are we?" Audrey demanded fiercely.
The girl rolled her eyes. "I already told you. My name is Samantha but I go by Sam! And it's pretty obvious where we are. We're in a movie theater, duh."
Everyone glared at her and Sam put her hands in the air defensively. "Hey, you ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer."
"Okay, but seriously, where are we?" Melissa and Ross snapped at the same time. They glanced at each other in surprise and Melissa quickly looked away, a light blush dancing on her cheeks.
Sam smirked knowingly as she looked between Ross and Melissa before looking at the entire group. Sam shrugged. "It's complicated. But don't worry. I'll explain everything as soon as I get everyone here. I really don't want to repeat myself."
"There's more people?" Mitch asked faintly.
"Yeah," Sam said. "I forgot to bring them when I was kidnapping- er, I mean borrowing- you guys to get y'all here."
Sam glanced at her wrist like she was checking the time, even though there was no watch on her wrist. "In fact, they should be arriving right... about... now!" She snapped her fingers.
A purple flash of light appeared throughout the room and when it faded, there was a group of people that the three families had never seen before, yet the other group of people instantly recognized them.
"Tía!" The Latino and Latina ran to a Hispanic woman and attacked her with hugs.
"Oh, I have missed you two so much!" she exclaimed, pinching their cheeks. She looked around. "Where are we?"
"Ask her," said Carlos, pointing to Sam.
"Uh, excuse me?!" a girl that reminded everyone of a doll asked in an overly sweet, snobby voice. "Who are you, people? I was about to get my mani-pedi at the spa!"
Everyone made sounds of disgust and turned away from the snobby girl.
There was a man standing behind the girl. He had dark brown, medium-length hair and brown eyes. He also has a trimmed beard. He was staring at the three families with an expression similar to what the Latina girl was wearing on her face a couple of minutes before. "Oh my God," he said to himself.
Everyone turned to look at him curiously. He looked a little familiar to the three families but they couldn't remember where they had met him.
The Latina girl's eyes widened. "Trevor? Carrie? What are you doing here?"
"I-I don't know. But, um, why are there a whole bunch of people that I knew from my childhood and I haven't seen in a decade but they seem to have gotten younger in here with us?"
"Uh, where am I?" a voice chimed in as everyone started freaking out once the man finished his sentence.
The Latina girl, the snobby girl, and the pretty girl with almond eyes whirled around.
"Nick?!" they all shouted.
He gave them a confused smile. "Yep. That's me. So where are we?"
Nick had brownish-blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a letterman's jacket with the number 11 on it as well as the letters LF.
Sam marched up to a small stage in front of the ginormous movie screen. She held out her hand and a beautifully crafted wand appeared in her palm. She pointed it at her throat and said in a clear voice, "Sonorous!"
"Testing, testing, did I do the spell correctly?" she asked herself, her voice booming like thunder across the room.
Everyone immediately quieted down.
"Okay, everyone, I'm gonna need y'all to sit down and talk quietly. I'll explain everything soon but first, I need Julie, Flynn, and Carlos to come with me for a sec."
The three kids got to their feet and everyone shot them concerned and worried looks as they headed to the door Sam was guiding them to.
When Sam saw their looks, she made a face at them. "Stop acting as if I'm gonna kill them. They're some of my favorite characters. I could never do that to them! We'll be gone for about three minutes, don't worry."
Sam led the three kids into a room and closed the door. "Hey, guys!"
"Hi," Julie, Flynn, and Carlos chorused back to her.
"Okay, so y'all are wondering where the boys are, am I correct?" Sam asked.
"How the heck did you know that?" Flynn demanded.
Sam laughed. "Because I'm the one that put those thoughts in your heads!"
"Excuse me?" Julie asked incredulously.
Sam ignored her. "Okay, so here's the deal. I'm gonna make the boys visible to the three of you and no one else. So basically it'll be like how it is usually like for Julie, just adding on Flynn and Carlos, okay?"
Flynn, Carlos, and Julie looked at each other, shrugged, and said, "Okay."
Carlos looked excited. "I can finally see ghosts! They can tell me all about their ghostie-life!" He pumped a fist happily into the air.
Flynn smiled dreamily. "And I can finally have my eye candy longer than three minutes."
Julie gave her a sly look. "Are you sure it's all the guys? 'Cause I have seen you eyeing a certain bass player the longest during our practices."
Flynn spluttered. "That's not-Oh my God-Jules-"
Julie snickered along with Sam and Carlos.
"Okay, I'm gonna get the boys," Sam said, still laughing a little. She snapped her fingers and the boys appeared next to Julie. Carlos looked completely amazed as he saw the ghosts he'd been trying to catch appear right in front of his eyes.
When Julie opened her mouth to explain to the guys what was going on, Luke interrupted. "We already know everything. We were in a room that had a T.V. that showed us everything."
Julie nodded and then a troubled look came over her face. "Wait, Sam."
"Hm?" Sam asked.
"Why aren't you letting the families see the boys? The boys have been wanting to see them for 25 years and now you're just denying them that! They'll see their families but they won't be able to talk to them and the families won't be aware that they're there! Doesn't that seem a little cruel?" Julie asked as the boys turned to look at Sam.
"Yeah, I want to apologize to my parents!" Luke stated.
"I want to talk to my siblings!" Reggie exclaimed.
"And I want to explain to Melissa about what happened!" Alex said, making sure to avoid including his parents.
Sam shook her head. "Sorry, but I can't allow that."
"Why not?" Julie gaped at her.
Sam shrugged. "Because I'm mean. I want to see some suffering before I let anyone see you guys. I want to see how much torture y'all can take knowing that your family is right there yet you can't talk to them."
Everyone blew up at her. "SERIOUSLY?!" they all yelled.
Flynn shook her head in disappointment. "That's just evil!"
Sam grinned. "Yeah, well, there is a reason why most people say that Slytherin is the "evil" house. We can be really cruel when we want to be. But most of the time we're just awesome, sarcastic baddies."
Luke snarled at her. "Let. Me. See. My. Parents."
"No," Sam replied stubbornly.
Luke lunged at her and Reggie and Alex had to hold him back.
Sam rolled her eyes. "Chill, dude, it's only gonna last the first episode. Then, I'll make y'all visible and solid to everyone."
Everyone glared at her once more. "Fine," Luke spat. "You better not break your promise. I'll kill you if you do."
Sam smiled sweetly at him. "Ha, you can try! You're a ghost and I'm immortal! It'll take you a while!"
Luke scowled.
Sam puffed out her cheeks and looked at Luke, her eyes softening a little. "That's not the only reason I'm doing this, dude." Luke looked cocked his head. "I'm doing this because I want real reactions. You know how you do something and a person is all smiley and like "That was amazing!" when on the inside they're like "That was awful!" but they don't want to say it to your face? Well, I want the families' reactions to be realistic, so I made y'all invisible to the families so they would say their thoughts out loud."
"I... I guess that makes sense," Luke sighed. He narrowed his eyes at Sam. "I still don't like you though."
She shrugged. "I don't blame you."
Carlos raised his hand slowly.
"Yeah, little dude?" Sam asked him.
Carlos gulped, a bit intimidated by the immortal, powerful being in front of him. "What did you mean by 'it'll only last one episode'?"
Sam smiled, her neon green braces blinding everyone. "I'll explain that once we get back to everyone. Follow me, peoples!"
Sam led the kids and ghosts out of the room and back into the theater where everyone was chattering nervously.
Sam climbed up onto the stage and did the Sonorous Charm again, while the kids, including the ghosts, made themselves comfortable in their movie recliners. Sam, Julie, Flynn, and Carlos noticed the boys looking longingly at their families, who were completely oblivious that their dead sons were sitting right behind them.
"Hello, everybody! My name is Sam and I know y'all are really confused about what is going on right now, so I'll explain it!"
Everyone looked curious as to why they were here.
Sam smiled. "Well, first, I would like to say that I took two groups from two different times, that's why most of y'all don't recognize each other!"
The room burst into panicked conversation.
"Silence!" Sam screamed.
Everyone quieted down.
"When I say the year that you are from, I want the people from that time to raise their hands, okay?"
"Okay..." Everyone said while looking around the room at the people that were apparently from a different time.
"Okay, people from 1996, raise your hands!"
The three families raised their hands hesitantly. The other group stared at them. "So that's what people wore in the nineties? Uh, ew. Talk about ugly and weird," said the snobby girl.
Melissa looked down at herself, along with everyone else. What's wrong with my clothes? she thought, a little insecure.
"There's nothing wrong with our clothes, Lissa," Ross comforted his girl best friend. "She's just being mean."
"Yeah, okay..." Melissa replied, a little flustered when she realized Ross's arm was around her shoulders.
Sam beamed. "Great! Now people from my own time! Wait, it's not my time anymore because it's now the summer of 2021..."
"That's a little confusing..." David said staring at her.
"Hey, shadow traveling that many people was really hard! It was gonna take a while!" Sam exclaimed.
"Huh," David said, still perplexed.
"Anyway," Sam stated cheerfully. "People from 2020 raise your hands!"
The other group raised their hands. The 1996 group looked shocked. "2020?!" Emily exclaimed.
Sam and the 2020 group nodded.
The 1996 group slumped in their seats. "Oh my God..." Audrey muttered.
Sam clapped her hands. "Okay, now that that is done with, I have some more announcements before we start! First, where we are!"
Everyone sat up straight, eager to learn where on Earth they were.
"We are in limbo! We are not on Earth, we are not in space, we are nowhere."
Everyone gaped at her. She continued talking. "Second of all, y'all need to introduce yourselves! Starting now..."
She pointed to Melissa. Melissa stood up awkwardly. "Um, hi, my name is Melissa Mercer." She sat back down, her face flaming red. Alex wanted to go over and attack her with hugs and kisses and tell her he was sorry for abandoning her, but because of Sam, he couldn't. He could only watch.
Ross stood up. "I'm Ross Peters." Reggie bounced around in his seat like an overexcited puppy when he saw his little brother.
"I'm David Mercer." Alex flinched violently when he remembered the last time he saw his father.
"I'm Audrey Mercer."
"I'm Ryan-"
"And I'm Regan-"
"Peters," they said together. "We're twins." Reggie looked like he was about to burst with happiness when he saw the twins.
"I'm Mary Davis, formerly Peters."
"Hello, everyone. I am John Peters."
"THEY GOT DIVORCED! YES!" Reggie screamed, jumping out of his seat and doing a little happy dance.
"I'm Emily Patterson." Luke's head shot up when he saw his mother. He wanted to give her a big hug but he couldn't, all because of Sam.
"I'm Mitch Patterson." Luke smiled. The last time he saw his father when he was alive was the morning of the day he ran away.
"Great; we are done with the 1996 group!" Sam said. "Now onto 2020!"
She pointed at Julie, who stood up and gave a little wave. "Hi," she said hesitantly. "I'm Julie Molina." She sat back down quickly, not liking the attention.
The pretty black girl with the braids stood up. "Hey, my name is Flynn Amana. I'm Julie's best friend."
Next came Carlos, who was on her left, while there was an "empty" chair between them containing Reggie. The other two ghosts were next to Julie on her right. "I'm Carlos Molina, ghost hunter extraordinaire!"
Next came the blue-eyed man. He stood up. "Hello, I am Ray Molina."
Next came the Hispanic lady. "My name is Victoria Garcia. I am Julie and Carlos's aunt."
Next came the snob. She rolled her eyes, huffed, and elegantly stood up after uncrossing her legs and plastering on a forced smile. "Hello!" she said in a sugary sweet, high-pitched voice. "My name is Carrie Wilson, lead singer of Dirty Candy!" She sat back down, ignoring the eye rolls Flynn and Julie gave her.
Next came the boy with golden hair. "Hi, I'm Nick Raceton." He gave an awkward smile and wave.
Finally, there was the man that came with Carrie. "Hello," he said nervously, looking at the people from '96. "My name is Trevor Wilson."
Luke, Alex, and Reggie growled at their ex-bandmate but of course, no one could hear them except the three kids.
Sam clapped her hands excitedly. "Great, now that everyone knows each other, we can start! Does anyone need to use the bathroom?"
Everyone shook their heads no.
"Lovely, that makes things easier!" Sam said. "Okay, so basically I took y'all here because I want you guys to watch a T.V. show!"
They all stared at her incredulously. "Seriously? That's why we're here?" Mitch asked her.
"Oh, but it's not just any TV show! It's about everyone in this room from 2020 and three boys who died in 1995. Three boys who happen to be your sons!"
Everyone gaped at her. Julie started freaking out. How was everyone going to react when they found out she wasn't in a hologram band like they thought, but in a ghost band?!
"Wait, so this show is about Alex, Reggie, and Luke?" Melissa asked. "How is that possible if it's set in 2020?"
Sam chuckled. "Trust me, after watching this show, you'll believe anything is possible. And it's not just about them. The most important character is actually Julie."
Everyone turned to her in shock and Julie sunk down in her seat while Flynn patted her hand and Reggie tried to hug her. He just passed through of course, but it's the thought that counts.
Popcorn, soda, and candy appeared next to everyone.
"Alrighty, so the bathrooms are over there," Sam said, pointing to the right. "Every time someone says something, the show will pause so y'all won't miss anything. I have a feeling y'all will be talking a lot. If y'all want to sleep or eat stuff that isn't movie food, there are two rooms over there that have bunk beds and a dining hall. Any questions?"
A chorus of "No"s went throughout the room.
"Great, now let's get to the good stuff!" Sam said as a wicked grin spread across her face.
The lights dimmed and Sam bounced over to her own seat, which was in the front next to Melissa.
The screen lit up and everyone leaned forward eagerly. They were all excited to see what waited for them on the Other Side of the movie screen.
A/N- I hope y'all liked it! Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to write about yourself in the third person? (I'm Sam in the fic if you haven't realized.)
PLEASE REVIEW, FAV, AND FOLLOW OR I WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN YOUR COOKIES TURN OUT TO BE RAISINS.
-Sam :)