Insanity's Call

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chapter 5 has just been released, and chapter 6 is in the making!
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Written by: Miles, proofread by Sby. These are the only two people who have permission to edit this page!
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BLURB
Ink writes music for cartoons. But her job is a lot harder than it seems. She has to work overtime almost every single day, not having any alone time. Everything is even worse when she has to deal with the morons at the studio. She's so close to her breaking point- insanity almost has its talons on her.
Stick owns a cartoon studio, a series of over-appreciated shorts about a little dragon-like critter. He has no consideration for his workers and doesn't seem to care about the dragon who actually made the beloved cartoon character. But things are about to change once the true creator gets his revenge.
Stronghold is the true creator of the characters. He doesn't get any credit- he says it's for the best. Most beg to differ, he's the true creator; but he just says that Stick deserves the fame. But once he finds out what the dragon taking all of his credit is doing, everything is going down in flames.
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THE CHARACTER SECTION CONTAINS SPOILERS. PLEASE WAIT TO READ ALL OF THE STORY BEFORE READING!
CHARACTERS
MAIN CHARACTERSAKA: The... main characters, the main focus, they're the stars.
Ink Heart - Ink Heart is one of the protagonists and the main character of the fanfiction. She is the head of the music department and... has a disliking for just about everything.
Stick - Stick is one of the 'protagonists' and a secondary main character. He's also the founder of the cartoon studio, despite not being the creator of the characters.
Stronghold - Stronghold is one of the protagonists and, while not the main character, still holds more importance than Stick. He's the true creator of the cartoon characters and the co-founder/owner of the studio.
SUPPORTING CHARACTERSAKA: The characters that aren't the main focus but help the plot.
Tiger Lily - Tiger Lily is the Susie Campbell/Allison Pendle based character and a close friend of Ink Heart's. He voices a main character in the cartoon series and is well respected in the studio.
Walnut - Walnut is the character based off of Wally Franks, yet quite different. While mainly being a janitor, he's also a lot of a wanderer and makes sure everything's... normal.
Gracious - Gracious is one of the supports, 
ANTAGONISTS CHARACTERSAKA: The characters that are the villians!
to be announced! - no spoilers yet!
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AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hi guys, it's me, Miles. Just wanted to say thank you for reading this fanfiction! It means a lot to me and I'm very excited to see where this goes.
If you have any suggestions, whether it be about grammar, style of writing, or even plot ideas, just let me know on my message wall or in the comments!
Have a fun time reading! <3
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
 
PART ONE - COMPOSER CHAPTER 1 
Walnut peeked around the corner, into the small corridor where his small supplies closet was placed. Yeesh, if Ink finds out I’m late… He thought, trying to sneak to the closet to grab his cleaning supplies. Unfortunately, he forgot about the creaky door to the closet.
Ink Heart- the music department director- heard this creak, as the closet was right outside her door. She stepped out of the office, staring down the snout of the runty MudWing. “Well, Walnut.” She hissed, her face full of rage and annoyance.
Walnut tried reasoning, but Ink was going to have none of it. She yelled, lunging at the dragon. But, Tiger Lily and Stronghold were in the right place at the right time. Tiger jumped onto Ink’s legs and arms, pinning her down, while Stronghold tried to get Walnut away.
“Ink, what the hell are you doing?” Tiger exclaimed, letting go of the semi-calm SilkWing. “You can’t just start a fight with someone!” He said, putting a talon on her shoulder.
Walnut growled, walking forward. Ink backed up, getting in position to pounce. Stronghold rubbed the bridge of his snout, not realizing what was just about to happen.
The MudWing slashed at her face, leaving a trail of broken scales and blood where he had hit.
“WOAH, WOAH, WOAH!” Tiger Lily shouted, making a barrier between Walnut and Ink Heart. "CALM DOWN, YOU TWO!"
Ink held a talon to her face, feeling odd from the large amount of blood she was losing. “Gah, you little son of a-” She started to say as the world was starting to tilt a little. “Ugh!”
Tiger grabbed the music director, helping her walk down to the infirmary. “This is why you don’t fight other dragons,” Tiger Lily said as the nurse applied bandages to the puncture. As the antiseptic was applied, she flinched, the cold stinging a new feeling to her. “Because this,” He motioned towards her face, “Is what happens as a result.”
Ink rolled her eyes, thanking the nurse. “Mr. Stick would like to see you in his office.” The nurse said, letting Ink and Tiger on their way. Tiger muttered something while Ink nodded, likely a rude statement regarding Stick.
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As Tiger Lily opened the door, he saw Walnut and Stronghold standing there, looking dazed and embarrassed. “Well, hello, Ink Heart.” Stick said, a fake smile across his face. “I’ve heard some news about a… fight?”
I want to punch you straight in that face, Ink thought, gracefully walking up to Stick’s desk. “Yes? What about it?” She said in a polite voice- but with the tiniest bit of saltiness.
“Well, apparently, you were in a fight with Walnut? That’s a serious offense.” Stick said, the fake smile gone.
“OH HO HO,” Ink snarled. “Well, I’m sorry, but he’s the one who ended up doing this!” She pointed at Walnut; starting to pull back the bandage. Tiger Lily put his talon on it, shooting a ‘Don’t you dare’ sort of look at her. She pushed it back on, her face even grumpier than before.
“Stick, I do appreciate the fact that Ink started the fight, but Walnut was the dragon that inflicted the da-” Tiger was interrupted by the LeafWing.
“You know, all of you be quiet.” He said loud and stern, standing up. “Walnut, you’re excused. Ink, you’re being written up. Tiger Lily, same for you for siding with her.” He snapped, writing notes.
Ink opened her mouth to say something, but instead swore under her breath. “I’m leaving early.” She said to Tiger Lily, grabbing her stuff. She lit a cigar, looking at him. “See you later, Lily.” She pushed open her door, just to be stopped by the RainWing.
Tiger brushed up against her, a previously emotionless face now showing the slightest bit of remorse. “Stick’s a jerk. He’s mentally unstable,” He said, his head lowered. “You shouldn’t be in trouble.” He gently poked the bandage.
Ink flinched, moving away from him. “I said, see you later.” Ink whispered, hurrying out the door into the warm, humid air. Heading home, she grabbed the note with her write up. She tore it up, letting the pieces fly in the air. “Screw you too, Stick…”
CHAPTER 2
A few days later, after the incident, more ‘bad’ news came. Gracious- the lyricist- came into Ink Heart’s office. “Ms. Ink?” He shyly said, trying not to tick the director off. “Erm,”
“What is it, Grace?” Ink said, still focusing on writing the music. She sat there, gently humming the tune of what was on the paper to make sure it was correct. “Spit it out or get out.”
“Well, you just kind of need to see.” He said, “It’s in the projector-” He was cut off by Ink scrambling to get up.
“Okay, fine, I’m going.” She said, dashing off to the projector room. She ran through the halls, making as little noise as possible. Quietly, she hopped up the stairs, entering the projection room.
She turned back around, looking at Gracious. “Well. Thank you.” She said, turning back to look at the sleeping projectionist. She looked around, finding nothing to wake him up with. Fine, she thought, I guess it’ll be that.
She ran down the stairs into the recording room, quickly grabbing one of the harmonicas. Then, when she got back up to the small room, she smacked Median with the harmonica. “WAKE UP!” She hissed, setting the harmonica on the ledge.
“Uwah- Ms. Ink!” He yelped, rubbing his eyes.
“What was that? YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SLEEP ON THE JOB! No one is!” She groaned, facepalming. She shook her head, standing up, walking out of the room and into the hall. “Thank you, Grace.”
Gracious nodded, running back to his office to work on lyrics. Lyrics, lyrics, lyrics.
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Later in the evening, while everyone was getting ready to clock out, Ink Heart stayed. “Yes, yes, I’ll go soon. See you later.” She said to anyone asking why she hadn’t left yet. But now was time to get work done.
After checking everyone was gone, she quickly ran into the secret room she called her sanctuary. But the thing is? She didn’t double check.
An hour passed by of her working on music. However, she was quite tired of looking at that stupid sheet of paper. So, picking up the violin, she started to play. A quiet yet bouncy song, something that sounded so smooth and rough at the same time.
Walnut stood there, attracted by the music. Wow, he thought, enjoying the music, She plays really well!
Hours passed by, Walnut listening and Ink Heart playing. At some point unknown, Ink Heart started singing, her voice heavenly and angelic. She sang with violin from the heart, as if it was something she truly loved.
As Walnut went to stand up, however, he was caught. He bumped into a broom, knocking it over with a loud bump. Ink was startled, abruptly stopping her song as she stood up to investigate the noise.
Walnut tried running, but Ink saw him before he got away. “Hey!” She hissed, going after the figure. “Come ‘ere!”
CHAPTER 3
Walnut skidded around the corner, quickly looking behind him. “Yeep!” He squeaked, turning a sharp corner. “Ink I’m sorry-”
“Come back here!” Ink Heart yelled, quickly dashing through the halls of the music department, her talons clicking on the hard surface. “WALNUT!” The dark dragoness seemed to disappear into the shadows as she ran.
Walnut ran through a thin and very long corridor, hardly able to see in the darkness. “I’M SORRY I SWEAR I’M SORRY!” He cried, his talons slipping out from under him. “Ahh!” He yelled, tripping over an ink pipe.
The ink pipe cracked, making a horrible, high-pitched creaking noise. It bursted, the glass shattering as the high pressure ink sprayed out of the pipe. Ink tried, stopping, but it was too late.
The Silkwing growled as she slipped, unaware of the ink beneath her. “Gah!” She yelped, her body skidding across the floor. The dragoness smacked on the floor, her head hitting the wood, producing a loud thunk.
“Urgh…” She said, the world seeming to fade into black.
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“Stronghold, she’s okay, right?” Tiger Lily said, looking at the empath. “Please tell me she’s okay.” Tiger looked at the sleeping Silkwing with sad eyes, odd thoughts going through his head.
“She’ll be fine. I think. I don’t know, I’m not a doctor!” He said, intrigued by Tiger Lily’s emotions. “You have some… complex feelings. So, do you like-”
“SHUT UP SHUT UP-” Tiger said, plugging his ears.
Ink opened her eyes, startled at what had happened. “What th-” She started coughing, her lungs filled with a burning sensation. “Gah! What in the world…? WALNUT!” The Silkwing yelled, her voice raspy as she struggled to get up.
“No offense, but...” Stronghold said, rubbing his eyes. “It’s the middle of the night. Why were you even here?” He said, looking at the ink-covered Silkwing.
“None of your business, that’s what! Now where’s that Mudwi-” She started to say, noticing him in the corner of the room.
“I’m sorry, Ink.” Walnut said, gritting his teeth. He looked at her, a mix of sadness, guilt, and embarrassment on his face. “I didn’t know you’d almost die.”
CHAPTER 4
“Wait a second- I ALMOST DIED?!” She yelled, flaring her wings. She cursed, looking around the room. “WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED WHILE I WAS KNOCKED OUT?”
Gracious turned the corner, realizing what he had missed. Ink Heart’s eye was twitching, along with her arms and tail. There’s something not right with her… He thought, carefully approaching the Silkwing with a towel. “Here… Use this to get cleaned up.”
Tiger Lily looked at the floor, a few scales flickering from their normal orange to a light, pinkish-rose, a talonful to a dark purple, and some to red. Love, guilt, and anger. “Walnut came running for us to come see what happened, since we were just in the main lobby hanging out. He pointed to you, covered in ink… you were hardly breathing,”
Stronghold sighed, easily reading the Rainwing’s palette. “We managed to get most of the ink off, but… it didn’t want to. It sounds like you have a lot of ink in your lungs, too. So… try not to talk.”
“How long was I out?” Ink said. It was… 7 PM last time she checked the clock, right? “Come on, tell me.”
“Well, we found you around eight, and it’s almost one now…” Stronghold said. “You were out for almost five hours, Ink.”
Tiger nodded, most of his scales turning to a dark blue shade. “Let’s… give her some space, alright? Maybe you guys can go out to the other room… I’ll stay here to make sure nothing happens.”
Stronghold, Walnut, and Gracious nodded, quickly running out of the room. “Tiger Lily…” Ink said, her voice weak and shaky, yet obviously embarrassed and slightly… depressed? “What happened to you?”
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After chatting a bit, Ink started acting off. It wasn’t apparent- but she seemed to have a different tone. She was talking a lot more passively but a lot less. She sat there, observing them all, like a wild cat watching its prey as it was preparing to pounce.
Tiger went out of the room, to where the others were. “I don’t know guys… there’s something weird about Ink.”
Gracious nodded. “I noticed. I can’t put a talon on it, but you’re right. Maybe it’s from all the ink that got in her system?”
They were wrong. It wasn’t the ink. It wasn’t anything like that. It was a simple answer.
Insanity was about to wrap its talons around her.
CHAPTER 5
A few hours later, around 5 AM. Everyone sat in the lobby, just staring at each other. Everything was awkwardly silent until Stick arrived. Then it was awkwardly loud.
“Well, what happened here?” Stick said, walking in the building. Tiger Lily, Gracious, Stronghold, Walnut, and the ink-covered Ink Heart sat there, staring at Stick. “I come in this morning to find this going on? You five- explain yourselves this instant!”
“Mr. Stick, we-” Tiger Lily started to say, but was interrupted by Stronghold. His scales turned orange in frustration, but soon back to the cooler, normal orange coat that he wore.
“Stick, don’t worry. It was just a little incident.” Stronghold said, not daring to tell him about the fact that Ink Heart almost died. “Ink came in… early to get some extra work done but one of the pipes bursted and she got covered in ink.”
Walnut chuckled. “Isn’t it funny her name’s Ink Heart and she’s covered in ink…” Tiger Lily and Gracious shot him a ‘shut up’ look. “Sorry…”
“Well then. I suppose we’ll carry on today.” Stick snickered, smiling fakely. Ink silently stared at the Leafwing, not making a peep.
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“Hey, Stronghold?” Tiger Lily asked, poking his head into the Nightwing’s office. “Have you seen Ink? She isn’t in her office. And she’s been acting so strangely lately,”
“Oh no, oh no, oh no,” He mumbled, standing up. “I don’t know. I have to work on-” He gestured to the drawings. “I have to work on this. I know you don’t have anything to do since you work with her. Maybe you can go find her.”
Tiger Lily scowled, but it quickly disappeared as he nodded. “Alright. I’ll come back if I find nothing.” He walked out, slouching- he had no energy to look peppy or perfect today. He was tired, stressed, and most of all: worried for his friend.
“Ink?” He said, poking his head into the projector room. Median shook his head and shrugged. He ran into the main recording room, remembering the shutter. What- OH! Violin, piano, drum, violin.
“EVERYONE OUT!” He yelled, everyone looking at him questioning what he just said. “JUST GET OUT! Wait in the hall.” They snickered, walking out. Quickly, he flew up to the projector, turning it on as he played a note on each of the instruments.
To his surprise, the shutter opened. Poking his head inside, he said in a soft, relieved voice.
“Ink Heart!”
CHAPTER 6
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