Other Friends
Little info before we start, this is a sorta AU where Roman doesn’t know he has a twin and no other side but Virgil knows about Janus and Remus. There’s also singing in this, as in Janus and Remus are the one to sing. Also the song is change a bit to fit and make more sense.
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It started as a normal day for Thomas, get up, wash up, get dressed, eat and record. As he stood in his living room with his Sides by his side, something felt different about this particular day, but what?
Patton said his usual dad jokes and tried steering Thomas in the right moral direction.
Logan stated facts about the subject at hand for exposition while simultaneously rolling his eyes at Patton.
Roman gave clever nicknames to others if he wanted to tease them or simply wanted to compliment them (not that he’d admit to doing that).
And Virgil was the usual anxious baby, finding something to ask about in the act of keeping Thomas safe and vigilant.
So what could it be?
There was this gut feeling, something was off.
That something came in the forms of two people, the light that was inside the living room quickly turning dim making everything that much scarier. The four Sides quickly surrounded Thomas as if they were protecting him, although three out of the four didn’t look like they knew from whom they were supposed to be protecting Thomas.
The first person was tall, dressed in a cape, top hat and yellow gloves. One side of his face looked human with a brown eye while the other side was covered in scales like a snake with a glowing yellow eye.
The other was the same height, but dressed similarly to Roman. Only his prince outfit was black with a green sash, decorated with teeth and bones. It reminded Thomas of a trash bag, a disturbing trash bag. He had a silver streak in his hair and Luigi style moustache.
“Well, well, well, let us get a look at the menagerie,” the snake one spoke, his voice sounded lifted, yet Thomas was sure his personality was anything but.
The other one turned towards Patton, “You must be Patton,” then to Logan, “you must be Logan,” then his eyes locked with Roman’s and something flashed through them and it was gone as if it was never there, then he moved to Virgil, “and Thomas’s Anxiety, wow, he accepted you, isn’t that just swell?” His voice was high and raspy, yet it held resentment at the end of his sentence.
Virgil shivered in his spot, “I-it can’t be…”
The two figures laughed as they took a step forward effectively making the Sides take a step back with Thomas, “Oh but it can be! And it is!” The snake spoke once more, “We got a new style and a few new things that will put an end to his happily ever after, once and for all!” The whole living room shook at the booming voice. Who was he? Were they talking about Thomas?
Before the Sides could interject Thomas wiggled from their protective semi circular to speak with the two, “Whoa, whoa! In case you haven’t heard this mindscape is a peaceful-”
He got cut of by the dark prince, as he will call him from now, “Yeah, yeah we’ve heard. We had your little acceptance episode across the mindscape on LOOP!” The dark prince got closer but stopped as a gloved hand pressed itself on his chest.
“We just love that part, where little Virgil spends the rest of his days in this nothing space with a bunch of nobodies!” He chuckled at the last bit and supposedly gave a signal to the other and both sprung into action.
That’s right, we’ve heard the story over and over again;
Gee, it’s swell to finally meet his other friends.
As the two men circled around the five of them, one by one they started separating them from each other.
That’s right, we’ve heard the story, don’t really like how it ends;
Gee, it’s swell to finally meet his other friends.
They were all spun in circles and ended at different places of the living room, coincidentally all of the sides in their usual respective places like in every video.
What did he say about me? What did he say?
The dark prince got all up in Roman’s face while pulling what seemed to be a morningstar. Where the heck did he even pulled that from?!
What did you do without me? What did you do?
The snake person was standing in front of Virgil, but unlike the other he seemed calm, fingers clasping against each other which reminded Thomas of Mr. Burns going ‘Excellent’.
Did you play games without us? What did you play?
That dark prince moved to Logan next, swinging the morningstar at him which Logan luckily avoided by jumping towards Thomas, accidentally colliding with him. He apologised for the collision while the other laughed at them.
Did you think all this time that we wouldn’t find out about you?
Snake stalked towards Patton, almost like a predator stalking his prey. It made Patton move backwards until his back hit the blinds behind him. As the snake got even closer to Morality he snickered when he saw him run towards Logic and Thomas.
That’s right, we’ve heard the story over and over again;
Gee, it’s swell to finally meet his other friends.
The two joined together going after Roman next, trash man wasting no time in swinging yet again, but Creativity was fast when he got his sword out and blocked, going into a full-blown fight with their weapons. Unfortunately Roman didn’t pay attention to the other person as he got pushed to the floor, falling on his side, the sword falling beside him.
Thomas, Patton and Logan helped Roman up, Patton immediately checking for any injuries to which princey thanked him and reassured him he was fine. Virgil was still standing at his spot at the end of the stairs, mouth hanging slightly open in mild shock, he couldn’t believe what was happening in front of his eyes.
“They’re running circles around us!” Thomas’ Logic exclaimed at the others. Thomas never heard his voice sound so concerned and emotional.
Princey huffed, “I’m rusty, give me a break!” His ego was already a little bruised, he definitely didn’t need to hear how it got bruised. Virgil opened his mouth and closed it, as if he were a fish, “It really is them, but they can’t be serious…” He finally spoke out. There was no way this was happening. No way.
“You know them, Virgil?” Thomas asked his anxiety, the confusion and curiosity seeping through him.
“Can you tell us who they are?” Roman was the one asking now.
The question seemed to anger the Luigi look-alike, as he gripped the morningstar tightly in his hands until his knuckles were as white as Virgil’s foundation.
Who are we? Who are we? What are you even saying?
He was yelling at Roman now, shaking his head from side to side. If Thomas didn’t know any better he would’ve said he was hurt at Roman’s question.
We’re the losers of the game you didn’t know you were playing!
Snake joined his friend, putting a hand on his shoulder as the other was shaking in fury. Roman prepared his sword yet again, ready to strike back if any of them acted first.
Let’s play another game this time we get to win,
They were preparing something. Everyone could feel it in their bones, they just don’t know what.
Lives on the line;
Patton was pulled away again.
Winner takes all;
Logan was pulled away again.
Ready or not;
Roman was pulled away again.
Let’s begin!
The ominous cackling came from both of them, each looking at the Sides, then their eyes stopping on Thomas. The cold gaze made a shiver run up Thomas’ spine, he definitely didn’t like this. And by the increase of the anxiety he felt neither did Virgil.
Oh, that’s right we’ve heard the story over and over again.
They both moved to Logan, raising their arms and forcefully pulling them down. Logan, as if in a trance or maybe force, was pulled down as well, disappearing from the living room.
Gee, it’s swell to finally beat his other friends.
Patton was next. Poor Morality already had tears down his red cheeks, the fear evident on his face. They did the same thing again, raising their arms then pulling Patton down as the harshly lowered them down.
Oh, that’s right we’ve heard the story, don’t really like how it ends.
Roman was the third, yet this time they did something different. The dark prince swung the morningstar but this time Roman wasn’t as fast and ended up getting hit at the back oh his head, falling on his knees, clutching his head in pain. Then, like the other times, the two lifted and lowered their arms, sending Roman God knows where.
Gee, it’s swell to finally beat his other.
They turned to Thomas now, he was the only one left. They were getting close to Thomas now, too close to his liking. They wore wicked smiles on their faces, slowly rising their arms, keeping the eye contact with him. Then their arms were down again.
Other;
Suddenly he was pulled down as well, leaving only a panicked shriek looming through the living room.
Other friends.
They turned to Virgil, seeing him like this was exactly what they wanted. Now that their job was done they disappeared.
Virgil was standing in the living room alone.
