Abnormal Norman 5: A Primary End
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Be Norman
Heartstrings Residence
 
"Ughh..."
>Last you remember, you passed out in a convenience store.
>Beating thugs and almost getting killed, your body hurts like hell.
>Wait a minute, where am I?
>Darkness before you, your vision is black
>Am I in a jail cell?
>You feel the thing you're lying down on. It's soft, like a mattress
>Hearing voices around you. It sounds so familiar
>"He's waking up!"
>I lift my eyes from the glorious slumber. My body hurts from the bruises and wounds
>The blur from my eyes leave after a few seconds, and I see a girl in white hair
"Am I dead?...Am I in heaven?"
>The girl pans out, rolling her eyes.
>"NORMAN! YOU'RE ALIVE!"  Brad yells
>Damn, still in purgatorial hell
"Where am I, Brad?"
>"We're in Lyra's house! It's pretty big too!"
"Here. Have some bread."
>You grab a bite of Lyra's offered bread and proceeded to admire her house in respect.
>"Her mom patched you up while you were unconscious. She was really thankful for us for trying to stop the robbers!" Brad said.
>You look down on your  body. It was wrapped in bandages.
>Touching your stomach, you feel a small bullethole on your body.
"Ah...Ahh...Pssshht..."
>"I see you're awake, Norman!" Lyra's mother said
"Y-yeah. Thanks for patching me and...Commander Underwear here"
>"It was no problem, boys, though I have to ask; What were you guys thinking?"
>Understanding the concern, we told her that we just tried to become superheroes, like the comics.
>As you tell her about the costume, you noticed neither of your hands had the ring worn.
>"Oh god, the RING!" I blurt out
>"Oh that? It's with Lyra" Brad reassured you.
>I look from the back of the couch to see her sitting in the dining room, comparing my ring to her locket.
>"Is she okay?" Brad asks her mother.
>"The past few weeks have been very...weird for her" she said as she showed us a broken piece of rock.
>It looked familiar. You take the rock and pocketed it to examine it later.
>She examines the ring, side by side with her locket
>"It's the same" she mumbles to herself
"What is?" I asked her
>"She stands up and proceeds to show the two items on her hands
>"It's the same material! Where did you get this, Norman?"
"It's my...grandfathers"
>She proceeds to mumble again to herself
>I asked her in return.
 "Where did you get the locket?"
>"I...uhh...found it"
"Where?"
>"I don't think we should interrogate the daughter of our doctor" Brad whispered to me
>I quietly nodded to the idea
"Listen, Mrs. Heartstrings, thanks for taking care of us."
>You turned to Lyra.
"Can I have the ring back now?"
>Lyra held on to the ring, saying "Can't I hold on to this...for a day?"
>"I feel...normal whenever I get close to you...I mean your ring"
>After thinking about it, you decided to let her have the ring for a day.
>Her mom did rescue you from possible jail time. I have to question her and her locket tomorrow
>"I'll drop you boys home" her mother insisted.
>We both politely agreed, and then we were off.
 
The very next day
 
>You feel a bit weak.
>Weaker than before.
>The day went on in Canterlot High as you told everything to Rainbow Dash.
>YOU DID WHAT?!?
>"Calm down, Rainbow, it's alright!"
>"ARE YOU CRAZY? YOU COULD HAVE DIED!"
>"Yeah, well Brad was there to pick up the pieces."
>"I can't believe you ditched daily practice to go on a beta test! What the hell?"
>"Look, it's done. I won't ditch your afterschool practice anymore. It hurts alot less than in real life"
>Flutters came to calm Rainbow down
>"W-well, at least he came out alive. You should cheer up Rainbow." Flutters said, staying neutral as usual.
>Rainbow calms herself down, leaning by the lockers.
>"Alright..." She says to you.
>She puts her hand on your shoulder.
> "It's just that, I don't want you to get hurt and all."
>"I know 'mom'." You jokingly replied
>You both stared into each other's eyes, remembering a certain feeling way back.
> A feeling involving a small incident. Unimportant to this one anyway.
>"So what else happened there?" she inquired.
"Well...Brad came to the scene wearing his underwear out, believing it's good luck"
>The two laughed hard as Aryan Beauty enters the scene
>"Well, good morning everyone. I suppose everyone had their breakf-NORMAN...DARLING!"
>She looks at you with shock. You just smile like a child who just hid a pair of scissors
>"What happened to you? You have a black eye and bruises all over your face!"
>At least she doesn't know about the bullet hole in your body
>"I...was attacked by an angry pack of horse enthusiasts."
>"You mean Twilight's whole family?"She replied in a serious tone
>Running out of good lies, you just tell her that you and Brad were mugged
>"Don't worry about it, Aryan. I'm still alive, am I?"
>She grabs a small napkin and brushes some of the dirt off of your face.
>The more she does so, the more you feel a certain...weakening to your bones.
>As she continues to question yesterday, as well as asking if you informed the police about this, Lyra walks by, feeling more normal than before.
"Excuse me Aryan."
>You walk beside her while asking her
>"N-Norman!"
>"Lyra, we need to talk. About yesterday"
>"I don't think now's a good idea"
"Alright. Can I have the ring back now though?"
>Lyra stops, and says
>"Can't I hold on to it for the day?"
"Lyra, it's a...family heirloom. You might lose it"
>"I'm sorry, but this ring. Ever since you came home, the visions have stopped"
>"What visions?"
>"The visions that I get when-"
*RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING*
>Damn, the school bell rings
>"Listen, we'll talk about this later"
>As she runs off, she stops and says
>"...and I know this isn't a family heirloom. You got this from a space rock."
>Stunned by that statement, you were left speechless as Brad grabs you
>"Come on, man!" he said as he pulled you away.
>How the hell did she know that?
 
AFTERHOURS
 
>Managed to catch up to Lyra in archery practice.
>"LYRA!" you yell.
>She responds by pointing the bow and arrow at my face.
"GAH, what the hell?"
>"Oh, sorry Norman"
"We need to talk, fast."You tell her, knowing that Rainbow would be extremely cross with you if you missed out today.
>You both go by a nearby tree, talking in whispers.
"Alright, first of all, how the hell did you know about the meteor, and second of all, where did you get this locket?"
>"Look, all I know is that the day the meteor landed, it's been giving me visions and sleepless nights. The last vision I had was about you and Brad finding the rock"
>She holds the locket tight in her fist
>She continues to explain how the locket ended up in her possession, from the scientist's laboratory to the sea all the way to under the dumpster
>"And ever since I wore the locket, the visions kept coming at me at random, keeping me in danger every day"
"So why don't you just take the locket off?"
>"I can't. Without it, I go blind in an instant."
"What!?"
>She opens the locket to reveal the ring, perfectly fitting the inside of the locket
>"So long as this ring is in, I won't lose my sight.
>She hands me the locket
>"So...you're handicapped without any of these two?"
>Taking the ring from the locket, you notice Lyra going blind based on her pupils
"Look, we don't even know what else these things could do!"
>You take the ring away from the locket.
"Besides, if you lose vision without it, what happens to me if I dont wear the ring?"
>Lyra frowns upon losing the ring.
>You put your arms on her shoulders
>"Look, we're gonna fix this, but first I need to know if something happens to me without the ring"
>She calmly replies alright
>*Ahem*
>You turn around to see Aryan Beauty, seemingly annoyed by something
>"Rainbow Dash told me to fetch you"
>"Right" you told her. Turning back to Lyra, you tell her to call him if something happens,
>As you walk away with Aryan Beauty, she questions your meeting with Lyra
>"What was that all about,"
>You respond "Nothing...nothing at all,"
>As you walk to the valley of pain and misery, you thought about Lyra's predicament, and the fact that you have yet to know what happens to you if you lost the ring
>And then the big question hits you like a truck
>"When was the last time you pissed and took a crap?"
 
End of Chapter 5