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Nina had dragged Scarlett away from the ball to disarm the hopscotch trap, much to Scarlett's annoyance. She just wanted one normal night. She listened to Amber's warnings about the trap before readying herself to complete it. 

"For Nina, for the mask, for Sibuna," Amber finished. 

"Sibuna," the other three repeated. 

Amber was the first to complete the hopscotch, with no mistakes. Scarlett then followed, again, with no mistakes. She had played enough hopscotch as a child to complete the task with ease. Then it was Nina's turn and she froze. 

Chaos then ensued as both Scarlett and Amber began yelling at Nina what was next. The ceiling began to fall. Soon, Nina was back at the start as she had frozen for too long. She got through in the end. 

Fabian was last. He tripped over a root sticking out from the ground. This meant he like Nina had to begin again. He did it correctly the second time around, crawling under the ceiling which had almost trapped them all. 

They were all through and the ceiling began to move back up, causing Scarlett to let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. 

"I thought we were gonna lose you," Nina spoke. 

"No chance," Fabian comforted.

"I'm impressed." Amber interrupted their moment.

"I messed up," Fabian responded. 

"No, I mean I had no idea you could do push-ups," Amber quipped. 

They continued onto where the chasm was. Once there Nina seemed to jump slightly, causing a string of 'what's' to come from the other three. 

"Uh, nothing. Nothing, thankfully," she replied. "I'm just I'm terrified that dream is going to come true."

"No, look, it won't while we're with you. You were alone in the dream, right?" Fabian comforted. 

"How are we ever gonna cross that?" Nina asked, changing the subject.

"Okay, I may hop, but can I just say right now, I don't jump," Amber informed. 

"No, we're not jumping. There must be some way to get across," Fabian voiced.

"Maybe there's a bridge hidden somewhere," Scarlett suggested.

"What's that?" Fabian questioned, pointing to a small ledge. 

"It looks like something goes over there," Nina replied. 

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