The Moonstone Library

It was night time, the starry sky, the ambience of crickets, and the sound of the waves, they say that Spooky Month is every month, but there was also a summer coming up, a good night for Streber to relax after The Haunted House Incident, after he got attacked by Bob Velseb, the infamous cannibal, luckily he knew some magic, so he used dark magic to bring back his arm. That night, he was watching something on his TV, probably anime, he was enjoying himself as he was watching the dramatic fight scene unfold, Boo was sitting next to him, purring, and loafing, as she watched the anime with him, Streber sighed, as he gently pats his feline companion. "Y'know, Boo? i'm happy we have something in common, we are both anime lovers!" Streber beamed.

Boo nuzzled his hand, as Streber chuckled at the li'l sign of affection from the cat.

Mid session was cut as Streber heard a noise, a noise that sounded like wind blowing, it was.. it was uncanny, mysterious even, all he saw, was a wisp of blue smoke..

Streber got up from his couch, paused the anime, and went outside to go and investigate, his dark matter arm? ready to strike.

"Who goes there!?" He shouted, his voice shrilled with raspy protectiveness.

He looked around, leaving the front yard of his house, and following the smoke.. Suddenly he slipped, and fell on his rear end, getting up after that fall, he winced and rubbed his back to ease the pain.

"Damn.. that was a fall, why's the concrete so slippery..?" Streber said to himself.

Streber then looked back down at the ground, only to see trails of blood, and some... purple substance mixing in, making an ugly brownish grey.

Streber was terrified at the sight, he was stunned to speak, all he could think was...

"What the fuck..!?"

Then he looked up, to see a shadow on the brick walls, terrified, but ready to strike, he was prepping his dark matter arm for the incoming battle

"Alright! Come on out, bastard! I ain't scared to strike! You met your-"

Streber's monologue of attempted sparring was cut off, as he lowered his arm, only to see a gothic man, he looked around the same age as Streber, he had silver hair with the black roots, fangs like him, and he was wearing all goth with frills, his slick velvet frilled shirt was coated in a pure red, and a nasty purple, stab wounds all over his body, the man was shaking like a leaf in pain, as he was holding his stomach, whimpering and wincing, as if he ate something disgusting, he was limping, Streber backed up, as he eyed him up, and down.

"What... What the....!?"

Streber looked at the man for a minute as he finally called out.

"Hey! Sir, are you okay!?"

The man looked up at Streber, as he was wheezing, before he could walk up to Streber, the pain worsen, he collapsed, and then he blacked out..

"SIR! Hang in there!"

Streber looked around, and then carefully picked up the man bridal style, and walked back home, as he was heading back quickly, his thoughts started to run through his brain like a race.

"Don't you worry, pal, you'll be back to your healthy state, i promise ya!"

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As Streber made it home with the already hurt goth, he gently set him on the couch, he then checked on him to see if anything else was at effect, he gently put his hand on the man's forehead, feeling the slight warmth of his head, he was running a temperature, as if he caught some fever.

"Yeesh, he's runnin' a fever alright..." Streber said.

What the hell was in that purple stuff?

Streber then went into the kitchen, and got out a medical kit, as he took out some gauge bandages, and some medicine for the poor guy, both for the fever, and the cuts that might get infected.

As Streber came back, he got to work, he started by taking out a cloth, and dipped it into the cut medicine, and he gently and carefully wiped off the blood, then after that, he would wrap the wound up with the bandages, he'd repeat this process as he was focused onto helping a friend out, after that he was take out the medicine, and popped it gently into the man's mouth, he swallowed thankfully, Streber looked at his handy work, and observed the man's sleeping figure, he sighed softly.

"Damn it.. i knew i should'a called Patty about this..."

Streber felt bad for not informing Patty, or any of the officers, but he did feel warm inside at the fact that he helped out someone, he looked at Boo, and gently patted her head..

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An hour has past..

Streber was reading yet another chapter of Caliente Vampires, he was getting bored of the whole dramatic part of the reading, he was about to fall to a deep sleep, his deep slumber was stopped after hearing an exhale from the living room.

He got up from his chair, and then walked into the living room, only to see the guy already awake, he was still a bit weak, but he was sitting up a bit, as his face lacked of any energy.

"Oh hey! You're awake! You feelin' alright?"

The man looked at Streber, still silent and looking at the guy with curiosity.

Streber smiled, his smile genuine, and hopeful for the guy's health.

Finally, the man found his voice, his voice deep, and soothing.

"Yeah.. i'm feeling fine, well, for now..."

Streber sighed in relief.

"PHEW!! Thank god, i thought you were gonna be out for a while!" He said happily

The man chuckled softly, he sighed, as he looked at Boo, and Boo gently nuzzled at the man's arm, as he was gently petting the little fella.

"Such a soft li'l guy..." He murmured as he scritched the cat's chin.

Streber chuckled at the sight.

"Yeaaah, Boo's a sweetheart, i'll tell ya that!" Streber winked.

Then he looked at the guy again.

"How'd ya get into this situation anyway, sir?"

The man looked at Streber, and then sighed, he didn't want to explain to Streber, but he did anyway.

"I was walking home last night.. you know, by myself.." The man said, as he gently pulled the cat close to him, and continued.

"And as i was.. i felt like someone in my presence was watching me, stalking me even..."

He looked down, as he was trying to remember the rest of the story, he was a bit shaken after the attack.

"A-As i was continuing my stroll, a man wearing a red sweater, and.. and that mask, it was horrifying, he stabbed me, poisoned me even, and..." Streber knew who he was talking about... Bob Velseb..

That devilish cannibal who ripped off his arm, and ate it on his way out of the haunted house, the rage fuming like no other, as his dark matter arm demanded to seek vengeance, vengeance on the man who hurt the poor goth.. "Kill him, Streber... Just kill him... give this poor man justice Streber... Kill him..."

"kIlL hIm..."

"K̸̢̘̍̏ȋ̵̢̛̬̜̪̘͎͎͖̥͔̘̙̟̓̂̇̀ḽ̷͋̄̃̚͠ľ̸̲̲̺͕͙̺͚̏̃̇̒̄̃̈́̿̃̂̀̊͜ ̵̗̜̜̗̺̝̘͎̥̏̍̓͆̔̒͋ḩ̸̡̢̤͉̖͉̝̯̼̬̥̯̖̎͐̀͂͌͝ͅi̶̺͉͔̓͛̉̃͗̍̎̔͠m̷̧̧̦͊̈̏͊͑͘.̴̛̛͙̭̟̖̍̃̔̏̅̇̈́͆͝.̶̡̨̨̧͔̦͚̬̱̮̩̋̎͐̋̔̉̾̍̕͝͠"

"K̴̤̤̇͠i̸̬̬̎͠L̸̻͈͛̐l̸͚̳̾ ̸͇̞̿H̸̟̻̚ȉ̶̲̼Ḿ̷̜͉"

"KILL HIM!!"

Streber was lost in his track of revenge, as he inhaled, taking a breath, and then he looked at the man, sighing a bit.

"You okay..?"

"Uuuh, yeah, i am, sorry, i just got caught in the moment.." Streber said

The man chuckled, as Streber looked at him.

"That's alright, bud.."

Streber looked at the man, and raised a brow

"Mind tellin' me your name, actually?"

The man smiled.

"Yurushi Shiori."

Streber puts his hands on his hips, and smirked.

"Yurushi, huh? Call me Streber! Y'know, Nerd in German, Aaay?"

Boo meowed softly, as she hopped off the sofa, and walked over to her cat bed, letting out a yawn, and then going to sleep.

Yurushi chuckled softly. "Seems like shes tired.."

"Eh, y'know how Boo is." Streber joked.

April 9th 1999

Aurora Candy Cookie was just done with their job, taking off their jacket in the process, they took a breath, and they did admit, Milky Way Cookie did do fine on the job with them, even though she was a bit lackadaisical at times, the time she was lackadaisical was that she was just helping a group of friends get to the library at the City of Wizard, and when they met Stardust Cookie, they befriended the poor lonely galactic cookie, and hell, even his doughnut friend, they started to worry though, where was Dr. Evilglaze? probably out in the galaxy somewhere.

"That poor dastardly space criminal.." They thought to themselves.

They went to check on Stardust Cookie, and Space Doughnut, to see if they were okay, turns out they've been playing video games to the point of sleeping, they chuckled to themselves, thank god they were okay.

They were about to make some to eat, before they could, they heard knocking on the door, they sighed, kind of annoyed that their grubbing was ruined by some random doohickey on the streets, probably one of the passengers who gave a rightful complaint, or someone else, maybe a trespasser wanting to sell something off of the deep web, but who knows.

They walked out of the door, and it was revealed to be Dr. Evilglaze, who was in his cookie form, referring to himself as E-Glaze Cookie.

"Oh, it's you, what's up?" Aurora Candy Cookie said casually, they weren't angry, or annoyed at the doughnut ball, but they weren't really expecting for him to show up, especially during the evening.

"Nothing much really, i've been doing fine myself, after i reconciled with Stardust Cookie and his two friends.." E-Glaze Cookie said with a shrug.

They talked for a bit, while still thinking of things they could do out of their boredom, then E-Glaze Cookie thought of the best idea, maybe going to that Parfaedian Coffee Shop his friend won't shut their yapper about, his friend being Espresso Cookie, the guy he met in the library, along with another cookie who was crushing on him, Aurora Candy Cookie liked that idea, not bad, so they went to the Parfaedian Café.

The Parfaedian Café

As E-Glaze Cookie, and Aurora Candy Cookie ordered their coffee, and some other things, E-Glaze Cookie was feeling a bit more of that guilt, after that ordeal at the Dream Express, Aurora Candy Cookie looked at him, with a bit of concern.

"You're silent, do you feel alright?"

E-Glaze snapped out of their silence, looking the conductor.

"Well, kind of.." He'd say back, his red eye under his monocle dimming down to a darkish burgundy, and his monocle glass was flickering a bit, already knowing what will happen if he said all of what has happened to him to Aurora Candy Cookie's face, would they think it's fake? would they be mad? would they accuse him of lying? he took a breather.

"What if i were to tell you there was something else that happened, even before, and after that ordeal at the Dream Express..?"

"Huh?"

Aurora Candy Cookie tilted their head, curious to know.

E-Glaze Cookie started with the first thing that's happened to him, he mention Super Cosmo Cookie, that dastardly, fake, wannabe "superhero" from outer space, how he would ruin his plans, even if he was on a day off not doing his usual schemes, after the ordeal at the Dream Express, he launched into the Duskgloom Sea, only for Captain Caviar Cookie to find him as he was still under the water, his cracked demon horned helmet already filled with the saltwater, causing his dough to go soggy, and causing him to gag, feeling sudden guilt for months after that vacation disturbance he caused, after he transformed into a cookie, and reconciled with Space Doughnut, Milky Way Cookie, and Stardust Cookie, then he was found again by Super Cosmo Cookie, who almost pummeled him until he was nothing but dough leaking doughnut jelly, this happened after Dr. Evilglaze met Cotton Candy Cookie, and started building a relationship with him.

he couldn't even remember if it was out of Super Cosmo Cookie's jealousy, or that he wanted more people in Crispia to feed his ego more.

"All that i could say is, even after i redeemed myself, and quit my horrible deeds, he still attacks me, and sabotages me to this very day.."

He looked away from Aurora Candy Cookie, who in return, Aurora Candy Cookie started to feel bad for E-Glaze Cookie, or in his Doughnut Ball form, Dr. Evilglaze.

they knew they shouldn't have called him a "dastardly space criminal", they sighed, hearing the word "redeemed", they gave a soft smile, even though it wasn't shown at all.

"You know, since you've actually changed for the better, and reconciled with my one of my workers, and the two wonderful passengers on my train," They started.

"I used to think you were no good, but, since you have a lover now, and you retired from your villainous schemes, you're quite the gentleman in our book."

E-Glaze Cookie looked up at the conductor, as he heard what they said.

"Quite the gentleman? really?" He said, feeling a bit validated.

Aurora Candy Cookie chuckled.

"Of course, even though you went through a lot, you've completely turn yourself around, and if Super Cosmo Cookie says some deceitful B.S, then he's definitely in the wrong for not giving you a chance to redeem yourself."

Aurora Candy Cookie then puts their hand on his shoulder.

"Honestly, i'm happy that you changed your ways, same with the passengers, and Milky Way Cookie."

Then they finished their sentence with one more thing, regarding his relationship with Cotton Candy Cookie.

"I guess Cotton Candy Cookie was right about you, you really do have a good side in you, and i'm happy for both of you.."

E-Glaze Cookie smiled a bit more, he felt warmth, and forgiveness, he sipped his Galactic Cappuccino, and exhaled.

"Conductor Aurora.."

"What's up?"

E-Glaze Cookie then gave a genuinely grateful smile.

"Thank you.."

Aurora Candy Cookie smiled back, giving him a pat on the back, sure, they were rivals from the start, but after those times that happened to E-Glaze Cookie, or Dr. Evilglaze, they became friends.

It was dark outside, a hot summer, some cold wind at night, February Town was dark with silence, only some cricket noises can be heard, The lights at the annual Lantern Tropic Night Market was closed with nothing but lightless atmosphere, but tomorrow, Red Son would be on his date with Bluebelle, and it would all be sweet love, Red Son was scrolling through his phone, usual posts, same stupid memes that made him chuckle slightly.

"Pfft.. Noodle Boy, you damn peasant.." He muttered slightly.

As it hit eleven, he was getting a bit tired, he laid his phone to rest with its charger, and called it a night.

Red opened his eyes, looking around his room, the door was slightly opened, just a crack, he got out of his bed, and went up to the door, and gently opened it, just a small crack, the lights in this house seem to be turned on..

"During midnight...? Seriously father..?" Red Son whispered to himself.

Red Son walked over to the light switch, and was about to turn off the lights, but before he could turn off the lights..

The lights were flickering, they suddenly turned off, leaving Red Son in complete darkness, but thankfully, he didn't have a flashlight, but a lantern, with just a single candle, he turned on the lantern using his fire ability, and picked up the lantern.

"Yes.. this will come in handy." Red Son slightly chucked.

He walked around the house to find what was causing such a ruckus tonight, hoping that it wasn't Syntax who hacked into the powerplant, or some random bird out of his house, causing the power lines to explode abruptly and cause a power outage, through the hallways, and down stairs, he saw something... something far from his home, he shined his lantern on whatever that thing is, and when he did, he felt his warm blood run cold.

"W-What...!? What is that...??" he said quietly, covering his mouth at the silhouetted monstrosity.

It was a tall looking figure, it was wearing a tattered musical conductor's uniform, its hair was greasy, and looked like it was about to fall off, it had a lanky skinny body, and it had the creepiest smile that would even give an adult nightmares, when it opened its eyes, it had slit pupils, it grinned at Red Son, not with just joy, but... hunger..

It said something in a quiet, raspy voice.

"Don't... sing..."  

"W-what..?!" The thing whispered again, saliva leaving its mouth, already drooling with bloodlust.

"I'll.. wear... your... chords... like.. a.. choker..."

That one line it said to Red Son, made his heart sink to the bottom of his chest, his breaths were hollow, he was almost quivering with fear.

"No.. no... no.. please.. no..!" He said repeatedly, almost at a terrified state.

He quickly slammed the window shut, and ran into his room again, shutting the door, and locking it, his heartrate was risen to a quick speed, trying to catch his breath, shaking with fear.

"W-What does it want my chords for...!? Does it... hate my singing...?"

Red Son realized how well he sang, ever since he was a child, and before he transitioned into a boy, despite his demonic appearance, he sang like an angel, and would bring a guy, or a girl here, to hear him sing a sweet tune with his tender hearted voice, Red Son held his neck, protecting his vocals from that.... monster.

"I... I don't want to die... please don't look for me.. please...!"

He felt the tears welling his eyes, panicking that this monster might get to him, he sobbed softly, hoping that it was a dream, and that this dream would be over, before he could go back to sleep, he heard a banging on the door, and that raspy voice was more louder than when he whispered.

"GIVE ME YOUR CHORDS!!! GIVE ME YOUR CHOOOOORDS!!"

The banging was loud, almost making Red Son feel shaken, he was breathing heavily, that thing knew he went inside to hide.

"PLEASE!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!" he shouted, his hair bursting into flames.

The monster didn't care about the bull demons demands, it punched its way through the door, screeching loudly, grabbing at Red Son, holding him up in the air, its clawed hands proceeding to sink into his neck as he said..

"You... will never... sing... AGAIN!"

And then, it sunk its clawed hand in

Before the monster could rip out his chords, Red Son bolted up from his bed, sitting upwards, he held his neck gently, and then he sighed in relief.

"Thank the bull king... it was just a dream.." He said softly to himself.

After that whole fiasco with that... thing in his nightmare, he was sitting alone at the beach, still wondering why it hated when he sang beautifully, but he still was relieved it was all a dream, then, he heard Bai He.

"Red Boy, what are you doing, why are you just sitting here alone??"

Red sighed.

"Don't mind it, Ghost Lady..."

Bai He only chuckled, and sat next to Red Son.

"Still thinking about you and Blue goin' straight to smoochy face town?"

"W-what..? No!" Red Son blushed a bit, embarrassed at what Bai He said to him.

"I'm messing with you, buddy!"

Red Son had a minute to recompose himself, he exhaled, and looked at Bai He.

"I just had this dream about this... weird thing, it was tall.. lanky.. and it.." Red Son gulped a bit, and got the rest of his nightmarish story out of his chest.

"It wanted to rip out my vocals.. i don't know if it hates when i sing.. or if it wants me to be.. mute.." Red Son finished.

Bai He felt bad, but was determined that the thing from Red Son's nightmare wasn't real.

"You know, if that thing was real? I would have Spider Queen destroy that ugly thing immediately, but hey, you just had a nightmare, so, it wasn't real, so.. you don't have to worry." Bai He smiled.

Red Son chuckled a bit, sighing a bit as well.

"I.. just was relieved, that's all.."

When his beach day was over, he went home and wrote in his journal, his journal of dreams, and nightmares, and he drew a representation of the creature from his nightmare last night, with this writing.

"This nightmare was different, i woke up at three and the lights went out, then i went out of my room, and saw a weird, yet terrifying creature, it had messy hair, a grossly tattered conductor's uniform, you know, the uniform people wear when conducting music? anyway, it had the voice that sound like a character straight out of either a horror movie, or a horror game, or hell, even a horror story, it chased me, and followed me to my room, and it said it wanted my chords, and it was about to rip them out, but before it ripped them out of my neck, i woke up, and thankfully, it was a dream.. some people probably had the same dream as me, and they suffered this... thing's fate, but it wasn't given a name, some people named it either, Theodore, or Mike, or even Simon.. but i thought of this things actual title, since it wants to rip out chords, and do god knows what to them, i'll refer to it as... The Chord Ripper, i know it's terrifying, but it can't be real... right?"  

Red Son closed his journal, and called it another night, hoping that putrid creature wouldn't return...