As the morning arrives, the contestants stand in the field, waiting for PC and Ruby. As the two hosts finally wake up, they sleepily look down at the contestants via the cameras.

"So..what's the minigame?" asks Cherry as she shuffles her foot. PC groans. "I'll get to that in a minute, twerps!" they say.

"Wow, what a way of good morning." Seb mutters as he pats Ski on the head. "Ahem, sorry about PC. They feel asleep late last night..some sort of mental fight." Ruby says as she takes over the mic.

"But anyways, your challenge today is gonna be a simple game of hide and seek! But with a twist.." she explains. Everyone looks nervously at thw cameras. "What kind of twist..?" asks Estella.

"Basically, one of you will be possessed by some sort of..thing. That person is the seeker. Everyone else shall hide! If someone gets found, depending on the person, they will die or get spared!" Ruby then says.

"So..this person still has part of them inside their conscious mind?" Mari asks, to which Ruby nods. "Yep! It's kinda like PC'S parasite. It only controls their mind; not their whole body." she says.

"If only you knew.." PC scoffs under their breath as they go to sit down. Ruby smiles at them and turns to the contestants

"Wait, but how are we gonna determine the seeker?" asks Aria. Ruby poofs a random wheel with everyone's name on it in the field.

"Here! Just spin the wheel!" Ruby says as she cuts the mic off abruptly. The contestants, having nothing better to do, spin the wheel.
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Ruby walks over to PC, who is now holding their head and wincing. "Dear? What's wrong?" she asks as she pats PC'S shoulder. "YOU'RE GETTING IN THE WAY OF THIS WHOLE GAME! THAT'S WHAT WRONG!" the parasite yells, causing Ruby to step back, startled.

PC shakes their head and looks at Ruby. "Sorry. That was my stupid parasite..it gave me a massive headache last night.." they say as they get up and hug Ruby. Ruby hugs back, a small smile on her face.

"YOU LITTLE- Ugh!" The parasite groans as it decides enough is enough. As PC breaks from the hug, a sudden pain goes through them.

Black ink starts to drip from their mouth and they drop to the floor, confused and scared. "PC!?" Ruby exclaims as she tries to help PC back to the chair.

Soon, their eyes were all black and more ink was starting to come from their mouth, but it was spilling out this time.

"There. That way you can't argue back." The parasite says. Ruby clenched her fist and pounds the chair arm. "Damn you parasite..you will regret hurting PC..just you watch.." she mutters.
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The wheel had landed on Psy. Everyone looked to him, already terrified. "Aw sh*t..and here I was thinking I was gonna be okay." he mumbles.

The cameras turn on and Ruby turns on the mic. "Hey guys..! So, who got choosen?" she asks, trying to mask her anger. "Psy was choosen.." says Dakii as it nudges Psy up to the front.

Ruby examines him for a moment, then nods. As soon as that happens, a loud shriek is heard. Psy drops to the ground, clenching his chest his sudden pain and agony.

After a few grueling moments of silence, Psy gets up and turns to his friends, a scarily wide smile on his face. His hand was out, and a small blue flame was starting to grow in it.

"Now, you have twenty seconds to go hide. Psy can use anything and everything to attack you if he wants, so..uh..go hide." Ruby says as she carelessly waves her hand in a 'go now' manner.

Everyone splits and runs off to hide, while Psy stands there and quietly counts to twenty. As he's counting, he overhears some faint yelling from the mic.

'Huh..wonder what's going on..' He thought as he reaches twenty and starts off.
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Ruby let's out a angered yell as she stomps on the ground with her foot. "THAT DAMN PARASITE! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON IT, I'LL-" she starts but gets interrupted by a eerie laugh.

"Or you'll what? Kill me? If you do, you can kiss PC goodbye as well. And you don't want that, right?" the parasite says as it forces PC to get up and walk to Ruby. "Now, here's the gist. PC doesn't actually love you. They're just saying that because they wanna make you feel better! I would know..I can read their mind." It says in a threatening but menacing tone. Ruby steps back a bit, a small flame forming on her palms.

"Do what you must! But just know..you will have consequences." It says as it directs PC back to the chair and forcefully sits them down.

'Is that really true..? I'll ask PC when they're  themself again..' Ruby thought as she calms down and sits on the floor, a sweating and nervous mess.
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Psy walks around the forest, his flame getting bigger and glowing brighter with every second he spends looking for his friends. As he turns a corner, he runs into Aria.

"Oh..! H- hi Psy!" she stutters out as she backs up. Psy steps closer, a scary smile on his face. He lowers his hand and it touches the grass, setting it ablaze. He then grabs Aria's hand and rushes her to a safer spot.

As he settles down, he looks to see the covered in flames and is now charred. As Psy walks away, Aria scrambles off to another hiding spot.

More walking later, he finds Dakii. Dakii looks at him, fear in her eyes. Psy smiles and grabs her, snapping her neck.

[Sorry NessTheBest404! :<]

He walks away, silently regretting this decision.
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[TIMESKIP]
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Nighttime had arrived, and PC has finally gotten themself back together. They see Ruby, sitting on the floor and crying. They get up and walk over to her, hugging her.

"Ruby? What's wrong?" they ask finally. Ruby sniffles and looks at them, still teary-eyed. "Do..you actually love me? Because that parasite is telling me you don't.." she says, choking back more tears.

"Of course! I love you, and that's not a lie. Don't believe that dumb parasite." PC growls as they hug Ruby tighter.

Ruby hugs back, a small smile on her face. But she couldn't shake the parasite's words put of her head.

She sighs, shrugging it off and continues to hug PC. Soon, the two fall asleep in each other's arms.
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Psy was sitting in one of the trees, crying. He stared at the stars, trying to choke back tears. He hears a noise behind him and turns around to see Jamie there.

"Psy? You alright?" he asks as he hug Psy, who shakes his head. "No, I'm not. I murdered someone today, and.." he says, trailing off as more tears roll down his cheeks.

Jamie hugs him and gives him a peck on the cheek. "Calm down. It's not your fault..besides, knowing PC, they'll probably recover her! Right..?" he says as he stares at Psy.

An eerie silence fell over the two, as Psy uses a portal to get them down. After landing, Psy walks off. Jamie follows, still worried.

'He's really uspet..maybe I shouldn't interfere anymore..' Jamie thought as he lies down and turns off the lamp.
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I'M SO SORRY NessTheBest404! :(
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Chapter 3- me

Word count- 1,253

Book by- me (again)