Hollow looked at Cygnus and Portokáli. "Well then. I suppose it's story time." Hollow said as Helios sat down. "When I was alive I had two main friends. Amethyst and Hare." The way Hollow said their names made it clear how he felt about them. Amethyst: actually liked her and were good friends. Hare: would happily stuff him into a tree at any given moment.

"We met at my cave one night and decided to play truth or dare. Hare suggested it. It didn't go on for very long when Hare dared me to spend the rest of the night in the nearby forest. Amethyst didn't like that idea, it was way to cold. Hare didn't say anything as I left.

"In the forest, it seemed way colder, and I tried to take shelter in a hollow in a tree as it had even started snowing. But eventually I uh, froze to death.

"I wanted revenge on Hare for sending me to my death. And almost had it. You see, Helios had wandered into the forest one day, and decided to help me get my revenge. But when we found Hare, Helios stopped me, saying if I hurt Hare, I would be no better than him. Possibly even worse, since Hare hadn't thought he was sending me to my death, but I knew what I was doing and was wanting to hurt him. I told Hare I couldn't forgive and still hated him, but I wouldn't hurt him. Honestly I think Helios's goal the entire time was to try and get me to not hurt Hare. But yeah, ever since then, Helios and I have been friends, so I guess something good did come from all that." Hollow said.

Hollow looked at Portokáli, laughing a tiny bit. "Well, I did freak him out. Could see the panic on his face clear as day." Hollow said, then hearing what she said next, he looked startled "I- erm, glad you think so." He mumbled then turned away. Great trees, do I like her? I'm freaking dead I cant- he thought, then once again looked startled when Helios said his name. "What?"

"Cygnus just talked to you."

"Oh, uh..." Hollow glanced at Cygnus then back at Helios. "What did he say?"

Helios facepalmed and sighed, "Honestly Hollow, you've never been so distracted before. Anyways, Cygnus thanked you for telling us about your death, commented about how weird it probably was for you to tell us, and then said Portokáli died a similar way but with heat." Helios turned to Cygnus. "Right? Or was it someone else?" Then Helios looked like he realized something and said to Cygnus "Wait a minute, do we like, both have ghost friends, then?"

Hollow froze for a second, completely unsure of everything. What is this strangeness, I can't- I'm literally dead now can I- this is too much, great trees. But I can't leave, not right now, she seems... Scared, and I really don't want to leave, - if only to regain a little sanity - and make her thing she did something wrong- Why do I suddenly care what she thinks?! Hollow thought, completely confused at himself. He's took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. "This... Core, he sounds... Kind of creepy, honestly."

"And coming from you, that sure means something." Helios said, slightly shuddering. It was strange to think of something that could creep out Hollow. It was also strange to see Hollow freaking out like he had obviously been doing just a minute ago. Don't think about it too much, Hollow's fine. Or at least, as fine as a vengeful ghost can be.

When Portokáli stepped closer to him, Hollow immediately began freaking out. Alright, nope, I cannot do this anymore. "I uh- I'll be back, eventually-" Hollow blurted, getting up and walking away.

"Hey, Hollow? Are you-" Helios started.

"Do not talk to me I am freaking out." Hollow said, glaring at Helios. Helios simply blinked and nodded, turning back to Portokáli and Cygnus, now feeling a bit awkward.

"So, Core, what is he like? Other than creepy." Helios asked.

Meanwhile, not very far off, Hollow was lying down with his wings covering his head. Everything is fine, I am perfectly sane, nothing is wrong, I'm just totally freaking out and unable to handle existing apparently.

"Alright, who are you and what the heck are you doing in my garden?" Asked a voice. Hollow uncovered his head and looked up at the dragon speaking. She had red scales with good eyes and freckles. Her wings were orange and red. She had a flower crown and a flower necklace, both made of roses, and a black cloth under each. The dragon also seemed annoyed.

Portokáli flinched when he suddenly left. Had she done something wrong? She did not know. "O-oh. Okay." She took a step back and nearly jumped out of her skin as she had bumped into Core. Core didn't seem bothered by it, surprisingly, only told her, "Don't do it again." She nodded and knew that she wouldn't do it again. She looked up into the sky and walked over to Helios and Cygnus. "Core's weird. He's like a god but way, way worse." She shivered.

Cygnus looked at Portokáli's shiver and lifted up a wing to block the sun from her. This was when he saw the symbol of a claw appear from Portokáli's back and flinched. He took a step back before seeing a rain cloud appear around Portokáli and suddenly start to rain. Appearing from the rain was a large serpent-like dragon but soon appeared to be a Wyvern by the looks of it. Two legs and two wings but then it lifted up the wings and shook away the rain. This was Chrys, a diety and god over storms and shapeshifters. Portokáli didn't seem very awake to see the large god above her. "My brother Core is what you want to know about, correct?" Chrys turned to look at Helios with a completely neutral look plastered on his face. "My brother is a demon. Simple as that."

A god but way, way worse? That's... Extremely creepy. Note to self: Don't mess with Core. Helios thought. So far, this day hadn't gone now he expected. Then again, all he's expected was Hollow meeting Cygnus and apparently Portokáli, who he hadn't known. Now Hollow had gone off to calm himself for some reason and all of a sudden a Wyvern appeared out of rain that seemed to come from nowhere. Helios was still processing all of this when the Wyvern spoke to him. He blinked and asked "Who are you?" He's Core's brother apparently? And Core is a demon? None of this makes sense. I might just have to go and do what Hollow is doing.

What Hollow was doing was being interrogated by a n annoyed, red, gold and orange flower dragon. "My name is Hollow. I didn't know this was your garden. I just came here because I'm in the middle of freaking out." Wait, why was he telling a strange dragon this? " Who are you?" He asked.

"The name's Rose. Now get out of my garden." She said. " Seriously, you're standing on my tulips." Ross watched as Hollow flew out of her patch of flowers and landed next to her. Ross carefully walked over to her tulips to look at the damage, but it was as if the tulips were untouched, gently bending in the slight breeze. "How? How did you not trample my flowers? You were clearly standing on them." She asked.

Hollow sighed. "That's because I'm not actually, uh, alive."