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Chapter 64 - Annie the Punk

Bree led them to the third floor and stopped between the 6th and the 7th door on the right. She placed her hand on the wall, and a golden door burst to life; Bree pushed it open and led her Followers into her Room of Keepsakes.

Orion came to a stop when he saw a mannequin shaped like a Giant Cat; it was dressed up in Full Body Armor with a half-faced Helmet that had cat ears built into it, With a broken War Hammer set in either hand.

"My Armor," Orion said with a shine in his eye.

Bree led the rest of the group to the back, and they came to a stop when they saw what was waiting for them; a Mannequin built in the shape of Annie stood before them; it was wearing a stained paperboy hat, a long pink sweater with Blue and green paint stains on it, a pair of Overalls with only one shoulder strap. It was holding a Metal Bat over its shoulder.

"Behold Annie's original outfit," Bree declared, "or as I like to call it, Punk Annie," Annie looked at the old outfit in silence for a moment.

"I…I don't remember this," she decided as she put her hand on the glass.

"Hmm," Bree pondered for a moment before snapping her fingers with an idea, "back when I first started, I set it up so I was auto-recording while at home base just in case I lost track of something in my inventory, so in theory…" Bree walked behind the Display, her words a mystery to all present, and looked through a chest full of random things relating to Annie. As she did that, Minerva, Sheepy, and Winnie split away from the group to look around and see their representation in the museum. "... let's see, spare eyes, backup limbs," Bree clicked her tongue and instead walked up to the display case and tapped it with her staff; after a moment, a small compartment on the bottom opened up, and a crystal Ball could be seen.

"Here we are; this should be all my saved clips of Annie. I'm shocked it survived the world shift," Bree shook it like a snow globe and, seeming satisfied, handed it over to Annie, who took it in her hand and froze.

"Annie?" Bella asked, placing her hand on her friend's shoulder; in doing so, Bella also stood frozen in place.

"Zoey, you might wanna join then," her piece said Bree began walking away. Zoey hurriedly put her hand on Annie's shoulder, and she froze in place.

Zoey blinked and found she was now standing on the front lawn, with Bella and Annie looking up in silent confusion; she quickly found the source of it when she realized the home island was once again floating in space, with a small two-story house sitting before them instead of the lavish mansion, a small Windmill in the place Winnie's tower should have been.

"What happened?" Annie demanded, looking around in confusion.

"We're in the past," Bella said as she looked at the small hobble of a home before them. "This was Mistress Bree's original home,"

"She used to live in that?" Zoey demanded, "Our poor Mistress," as the maids spoke, a dull clanking noise was heard, and they looked to the source of it; they stared in stunned silence as a Satyr in full body plate mail walked before them, a set of horns poking out of the helmet, around her shoulder a small Kanabo.

"Is that Sheepy?" Bella demanded as she took a step back and stared at the Kanabo.

"That can't be," Zoey decided after a moment of thought. "Sheepy's a Ranger; she couldn't use a Kanabo even if she wanted to. She attacks from afar with her Energy Bow,"

"Then who is that?" Bella demanded. Annie walked up to the Satyr in wonder.

"She has the same horns as Sheepy," Annie said, turning to her friends, who were now looking at the space above her. Annie turned and found a giant hulking form in armor reminiscent of a Samurai; Annie backed away and tripped over herself, falling on her back. She looked up and realized it was a Cat Samurai.

"That must be Orion," Annie rationalized as the original Orion stood in silence with a Warhammer in his clutches, "So then I must be…" Annie watched as her past self joined the duo; she was slouching to one side, wearing the paperboy hat at an angle, and was dragging the bat along the ground, "...a pathetic excuse for a follower," She cried out in abject horror as her past self walked around like she was planning to go smash mailboxes "I look like a thug,"

"You walk like one, too," Zoey agreed as Annie lined up with Orion and Sheepy, slouching to one side like the bat weighed too much for her to carry reasonably.

"What are they lining up for?" Bella wondered as they all stood ready. Suddenly, a dimensional door was ripped open, and They watched as Bree walked onto the island; she was wearing a Green and black Tracksuit, with her hair tied back in large balled-up twin pigtails that ended with a sharp point.

Bree muttered unheard words as she waved her staff around. It was golden and shaped like a European dragon with wings extended out to the side and its mouth wide open. "Yeah, This should do," She decided. "Alright, big day, everyone, Big day," Bree smiled and held up her staff.

Bree reached her hand into her inventory with her free hand and held out a cube towards Annie while she tapped the ground with her staff.

"Equipment Change: Annie, Auto Swap, all Slots," Annie's Clothing began glowing, and white light shot out of the cube and enveloped her; after a moment, Annie stood before them, now wearing a far less personalized Maids outfit. "Unassign'' Annie," Bree said without skipping a beat. "Assign: Interior Guard," Annie stopped slouching and stood proud before heading to the small house.

"Oh, look at you," Bree cried out after Annie "You're so cute in your little maid outfit," The Present day Annie turned red at the remark and looked like she was about to start crying, "Arlgihty then, I best get back to the grind, Gotta get my hands on that Cooking NPC, I'm thinking a Boar Orc," Bree turned away and a dimensional door opened in her path, snow could be seen falling as Bree walked through it. The Vision came to an end, and the Maids returned from their visions.

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