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It started with Sun. Moon had told Eclipse himself, aggressively, screaming and accusingly.

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH SUN?!” Moon stormed into the theater through a portal, charging towards the desk. Monty follows him and quickly grabs him, holding him back. Sunshine, the Sun of this dimension, jumped hearing the shouting and hid behind Eclipse. This made Eclipse roll his eyes, but he let him stay.

“What the fuck is this about?” Eclipse questioned them, raising an eyebrow. He ignored Moon’s shouting, “I haven’t left here, I have my own shit to do. What are you guys talking about?”

“Well-” Monty covers Moon’s mouth, muffling the shouting, “Sun’s missing, and has been for several days, going on a fews weeks. He,” Monty nods towards Moon, " has been going crazy searching for him. He told us he wasn’t going in guns blazing practically. That was clearly a lie” There was more indistinct muffled shouting from Moon.

“Sun’s missing? And you thought… what? That I took him? I haven’t been to your dimension since I visited with Charlie and I’m not going to bother you all. Why do you think I have something to do with it?”

“He’s panicking, throwing darts at the wall. We came to ask for help. Have you heard, seen or detected anything? Anything at all?” Monty asks, slowly loosening his grip on Moon as he calms down. “I’m sorry for how we came in, but we need help”

“Hmm- I hope you’re sorry. You scared the shit out of my dimension’s Sun. And I’m sure the Moon here isn’t too pleased,” Eclipse glares at Moon for a moment, before his stare softened slightly, “But no, I haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary. To be fair, I’ve only been watching what comes in and out of this dimension. I’ll keep observation open for him though”

Moon calms down and stands on his own. “Sorry Eclipse and Sun for screaming. And thanks for the help. We’ll contact you if we find anything” Eclipse nods, already waving them away. Sunshine comes out from behind Eclipse and cheerfully waves bye as Moon and Monty walk back through the portal. “... It’s been awhile since I scared Sun by yelling.”

“It’s been awhile since you yelled at Sun outside of a game, especially Uno,” Monty says, patting his back, “Come on buddy, we’ll look for a bit more and then have dinner with the others,”

……

It’s been weeks since Moon shouted about Sun’s disappearance. Monty came in a few weeks later to inform Eclipse that Moon, Solar and Jack were missing now too. Eclipse became very concerned about this. Someone was clearly targeting the family and found them despite them moving dimensions. Since this person took Jack, Dazzle was sent to Eclipse’s dimension to hide. Charlie was keeping her happy and enjoying her company. Eclipse increased the security around his Pizza Plex, just to be safe. He was never family with them, but he was connected with them, as much as he hated to say so.

And then it happened. One night, he went to bed. The next, he woke up by aggressive shaking, in an overly bright and colorful place. He was wearing something uncomfortable and something was caked on his face. Looking up, standing next to him, holding him by the shoulders, was a person(?) in a red open coat and it had a small, but empty carousel for a head.

“Good morning everyone!! Wake up a report to the big ring! We have a new performer joining us!!” The creature screams.

“A performer? What the fuck are you on about?” Eclipse askes.

“Why you are the newest performer to join my circus! My name is Remington the Ringmaster!" He starts to float above Eclipse, raising his hands into the air, "And I welcome you to the Dawn Circus!”

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“And I welcome you to the Dawn Circus!” Remington shouts, floating above Eclipse, with his hands raised above his head. “I’ll tell you more as soon as the others get here, you clouded light.” Eclipse stares up at Remington, dumbfounded and perplexed. Then he hears noises from his right and he looks over, only to get more confused. Moon and Solar walk out meekly with Jack following behind them, looking nervous, maybe scared?

All of them are wearing such ridiculous outfits, he almost laughs. And then he sees Sun, humming and skipping cheerfully into the room ahead of the others. He was also wearing something ridiculous, but Eclipse was more focused on his face. His smile was too wide, his eyes were too wide. And his white eyes are bright blue and red.

“What the fuck happened to all of you?” Eclipse asks bluntly. He hadn’t meant to be so rude, but he spoke before thinking and wasn’t sure what else to say. Moon glares at him and Solar is more focused on Jack, who was hiding behind his father. Sun gives a big, full body wave that makes Eclipse uncomfortable.

“Eclipse, I’m aware you know Sun, Moon, Solar and Jack. These four are also part of the circus. I would like you to know that you’ll have your own room, open access to the kitchen and training rooms.” Remington explains, using his hands excessively to talk, like an overly animated cartoon, “There is a bed time and you must stay in your own room at night, for safety. Know that you’re safe here and can’t be injured.”

“I- What are you on about?! What kind of prison is this!? What are you planning?!” Eclipse questions Remington, turning to him and shouting up at the creature.

“Tsk tsk, enough of that now” Remington waves his hand through the air and suddenly nothing comes out when Eclipse tries to speak. He grabs at his throat as Remington continues, “As you can see, there are rules and I can punish you if you break them. Like if you interrupt me, you don’t get to speak, at least until I’m done. A common punishment is being put in timeout, though I’m sure you won’t have to deal with that. I have many things to do, so feel free to talk to the others. And before I forget, you will be acting as one of the clowns,” Remington says before disappearing.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN I’M A FUCKING CLOWN?!” Eclipse shouts, then jumps. He hadn’t realized how loud he was being. He looks where Remington was, extremely confused. He turns to Moon and the others, ignoring as Sun greets him. “I’m sorry for shouting. What’s going on?” He physically pushes Sun away, keeping him at an arms length and nods towards him. “And what is he on?”

Moon sighs and crosses his arms. “From what I can tell, we’re in some type of pocket dimension that Remington controls completely. He’s told us before that he controls everything here. And with Sun… he’s in timeout.”

“Timeout?” Eclipse asks?

“He can control us,” Jack says from behind Solar. “He makes us act how he wants us to and forces us to be happy.” Jack hugs Solar tightly and Solar turns to face his son.

“And Moon hasn’t tried to kill him yet?” Eclipse thinks aloud.

“I did try. He froze me mid jump and put me in timeout too. It ends at sundown, and then an hour later is bed” Moon explains.

“So- what did Sun do to get this?” Eclipse asks.

“He’s been trying to escape every day since he got here,” Moon says.

“Why would I want to escape? This place is perfect! We have unlimited food, no work, endless entertainment and can’t get hurt! I love it here!” Sun shouts with too much enthusiasm, spinning on his heel. “Compared to the nightmare of our lives, this is a dream! I never want to leave!”

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So, I don't like the second chapter and have a lot more ideas with this. This is going to be shelved so I can try some new things and ideas, to see what I like. This probably won't be updated for a while and the second chapter will be deleted. Also, sorry I haven't updated A New Kind of Panic Attack, I just got a new job and started college. A new chapter will happen soon though.