You spotted your uncle talking to Poppy and Holly and smiled, today, you were visiting him and was going to stay with him for a few days.

As you got closer, you overheard their conversation.

"I still feel bad, yeah sure the ride on the gondola with Minuet was fun that time, but I still feel bad about what happened in the tunnel of friendship" Synth sighed "I just wish I could get over my fear! Yo!"

You stopped in your tracks, he still hasn't gotten over his fear of the dark yet? You looked at your uncle sadly, feeling bad for him, poor uncle Synth...

Just then Holly spotted you, her sympathetic expression turned into one of pure joy "ah hey there little cutie! What a great surprise!" She exclaimed with excitement, galloping over to you and giving you a hug.

You giggled and hugged back, this also caught the attention of Poppy and Synth, the two trolls turned around and smiled brightly at the sight of you.

"Hey there little cupcake!" Poppy greeted happily, following an excited Synth.

She took you in her arms and gave you a big hug which you gladly returned.

"Ah glow stick! Your here!" Synth exclaimed happily as Poppy handed you over to him and he gave you a big hug.

"It's so good to see you again my glow stick! I missed you a lot!"

You smiled and hugged back, snuggling into his chest "I missed you too uncle Synthe!"

"Awwww!" You heard Poppy and Holly say.

You then frowned as you remembered the conversation that he, Poppy and Holly had. "Uncle Synthe, I...I heard what you and aunt Holly and aunt Poppy were talking about..." you muttered, looking up at your uncle with a sympathetic expression.

Synth froze and looked away with a nervous frown, sighing sadly "yeah...it's true my glow stick, I still haven't over come it..." he confessed, sounding defeated.

You looked at him sadly, feeling even more sorry for him then before "don't worry uncle Synth, I'll help you get over this, I promise" you Said with determination.

Synth gave you a soft, warm smile and kissed you on the cheek, feeling great full that you were willing to help him out. "thank you glow stick"

"And we'll help out again too!" You heard Holly say, seeing the queen of pop and country troll ambassador also looking determined.

You smiled at them, this shouldn't be too hard.

This was impossible...

You stood beside Holly and Poppy, looking at your uncle in concern as he continued to freak out, he had a sleep mask placed over his eyes and was holding a rock to help, but no matter what he held he couldn't seem to calm down...

You frowned worriedly as you watched him squeeze the rock in his hands, hard, panting and sweating.

Holly was holding a timer and was checking how long he was keeping it up, you also peeked at it and saw that he had currently lasted 3 minutes and 30 seconds...

Hopefully he could keep doing well... maybe you could encourage him a little?

"Your doing great uncle Synth!" You said softly, glancing at him and the timer.

The techno ambassador looked over in the direction your voice had came from and a nervous smile appeared on his face "t-thanks glow stick..." however though in that moment, he squeezed the rock so hard that it slipped out of his hands and began bouncing around the room like a ball.

"Take cover!" Holly cried, dropping the timer and ducking down along with Poppy.

At that moment Synth threw his sleeping mask off and rushed to you, quickly pulling you in his arms protectively and covering your small body with his tale so you wouldn't get hurt by the rock, which eventually flew out of the window and disappeared in the distance.

all sighed with relief and got up, Synth was still holding you tightly.

"sorry girls" he sighed, absentmindedly playing with your h/c and green hair.

You hugged him to comfort him "it's ok uncle Synthe" you said softly, snuggling into his chest making him smile a little.

"Alright, let's do this again" Synth said with a sigh, but he looked determined this time as he placed the sleep mask over his eyes.

The same result happened again, he was clutching another rock you had given him tightly, looking petrified once more.

You looked at him sadly, wishing that you could help him through this. Actually, maybe you could?...

You flew over and gently grabbed his free hand with your right one, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"It's ok uncle Synthe, I'm here" you comforted, hoping that it would work.

At the sound of your soft voice and the gentle touch of your hand, Synth felt the anxiety and intense fear settle down and he began to relax, his death grip on the rock was weakening as he grabbed your hand back, gently squeezing it and smiling softly.

"Awwwww!" You heard Poppy and Holly say, seeing them smiling at how cute the moment was.

This went on for a while, you stayed with him the whole time, even sitting on his lap and wrapping your small tale around his waist to give him extra comfort.

Synth still seemed a little nervous but knowing that you were right there with him made him feel a lot better.

Synth then took off the eye mask looking relaxed and happy, he gave you a kiss on the cheek before turning to the country ambassador and queen of pop.

"How'd I do?" He asked, placing his left arm around you.

Holly looked at the timer and smiled "you did great! You managed to get through a full hour! Woohoo!" She cheered in excitement, happily throwing her arms in the air.

You smiled and hugged your uncle tightly "you did it uncle Synthe, I'm proud of you!"

Synth chuckled and hugged back "and it's all thanks to you glow stick, I wouldn't have made it that long without you" he said softly, wrapping his tale around you.

"Alright Synth, this is great! An hour will be just fine if you ever have to deal with the dark in the future!" Holly exclaimed in excitement.

Synth smiled and sighed in relief, gently placing you down "yeah, this is great yo! It's gonna be so much easier now! "How about we all have a rave to celebrate!" Said the techno ambassador, grinning happily.

You, Poppy and Holly instantly agreed to this idea, and began heading to techno Lagoon for said rave.

After the rave was over, you and Synth headed back to his house for the night.

Synth tucked you in bed and read you one of your favourite bedtime stories before giving you a kiss on the cheek "good night my glow stick" he said softly before swimming out of the room and leaving the door slightly open.

You laid down and closed your eyes, preparing to sleep.

But just then, you heard a creepy hissing/growling sound outside, it was unlike any type of creature growling you had ever heard before.

You looked out of your window, hearing the loud hissing/growling noise again, but it sounded louder and closer, and it freaked you out!

Your worst fear had to be any type of new creature you discovered or unfamiliar sea creature sounds, who wouldn't fear that? but the thing with you was that whenever you heard an unfamiliar sound from an unknown creature, it left you petrified.

You didn't know why exactly; maybe it was because you lived in the ocean and any odd unfamiliar sound was to be feared in case it was a predator?

You weren't entirely sure yourself, but you had kept this fear hidden well out of embarrassment, plus you often stayed in crowed places so you never had to deal with this much for it to be a noticeable issue. But this was a lagoon in pop village, and you had heard of some dangerous predators that sometimes lurk around in the day, so who knows what was out there at night...

With that thought in mind; and hearing the loud hissing/growling sound again, that was enough to send you in a full blown panic.

You felt your anxiety skyrocket at an alarming rate, your pupils dilated and your breathing and heartbeat quickened, you stood still, completely frozen with terror.

You quickly shot out of your bed at the speed of a bullet and zoomed into your uncle's room.

Synth was laying in bed reading a book about glow sticks and raves, but suddenly, he noticed a familiar small figure rush into the room. Crawling under the bedsheets and hugging his waist.

Synth quickly placed his book on the bedside table and looked down at you in worry, feeling you tremble against him.

"Glow stick what's the matter?" He asked softly, taking you in his arms.

You only buried your face into his chest, wrapping your small tale around his waist and whimpering in fear.

"Shhh shhh, it's ok" Synth comforted, rubbing your back gently, he wrapped his tale around you to give you extra comfort.

"Uncle S-Synthe, I-I heard something scary..." you managed to whisper, looking up at him with eyes full of fear.

Synth looked a little confused at this, he'd never heard any unsettling sounds down here.

He got out of bed and began walking out of the bedroom "let's go check it out together, ok?" He cooed softly, giving you a soft smile.

You nodded and he continued down the dimly lit hallway.

Once he made it to your room and approached the window,you heard the growling/hissing sound again, you felt the panic in your chest grow and you instinctively clung to your uncle tighter, fearing the worst.

"It's ok glow stick, look" you heard your uncle say softly, stroking your cheek with his free hand.

You looked out of the window once more and saw that it was just a small, harmless looking glitter gator that had swam in front of the window, upon noticing the two of you looking at it, it turned and quickly swam away.

You felt the anxiety disappear and relief wash over you, relaxing at learning that the creature you had been so worried about was just harmless, well, not all creatures were harmless...

"See glow stick? There's nothing to be scared of, it's ok" Synth reassured gently, giving you a warm smile.

You sighed shakily, still a little worried. You knew the lake wasn't like the ocean and the creatures that inhabited techno lagoon were probably completely harmless, but still...

The fear was still there.

Synth appeared to pick up on your nervous expression and frowned worriedly, then he had an idea.

He sat down on your bed and placed you on his lap "listen my glow stick, you don't have to worry about anything hurting you in the lagoon. Me and all the techno trolls here have never encountered something dangerous, so you'll be ok" he reassured soothingly, wrapping his arm around you.

You smiled softly, feeling a little better at hearing that. If what he said was true, then you had nothing to worry about.

You began to feel sleepy and snuggled up to him, falling asleep.

Synth smiled and tucked you back in your bed, giving you a kiss on the cheek.

"Sweet dreams glow stick" he said softly before leaving.

The next day, Synth had noticed that you were still a little nervous about what creatures were in the lagoon; so he came up with a plan.

"Hey glow stick, follow me, I gotta show you something" he said softly, grabbing your hand.

You were confused by this but went with him, wondering what he was planning.

He took you out into a clearing, and suddenly you heard some hissing sounds.

You began to feel scared again and clung to him, looking around in fear.

"It's ok glow stick, it's nothing dangerous, look" he reassured, pointing over in the direction you heard the hissing sound from.

You looks over and saw a sea snake minding its own business.

You felt yourself relaxing a little, but you were still worried.

As time went by, Synth showed you some more creatures and the sounds they made, once you saw that they were all completely harmless, you began to feel more safer in the lagoon.

After the few days had come and gone quite quickly, you had to leave and head back to the LED castle.

And now, both you and Synth waiting for your mom to come pick you up at the cater bus stop. Synth looked at you sadly and gave you a big hug "I'm gonna miss you glow stick" he said with a sad sigh.

You hugged back, also feeling sad at leaving "I'm gonna miss you too uncle Synthe"

Before ether of you could say anything else, the cater bus arrived and you got in.

After saying hi to your mom you rode back home, before going home, you both went shopping together and you went with Lily as she did some of her duties.

On the way home and as you got home and spent some more time with her, you noticed that your mother seemed to be acting weird. She seemed easily frustrated and upset by small things and she seemed tired a lot.

When you asked her if everything was ok, she would just be mumbling something and wouldn't be paying attention.

You looked at her in confusion, feeling suspicious. Once she had left the room for whatever reason, Iris swam out from your hair looking in the direction Lily had swam in suspiciously.

You looked at her and asked "you noticed that too right?"

She nodded "yeah, she's been acting weird before you left with your uncle too, I wonder what it could be...." she pondered before an idea hit her "let's investigate!"

You frowned and shook your head "we shouldn't do that, rainbow, she might have something private going on with her friends or maybe she is just busy with her queen duties, she has gotten a lot busier with those..." you explained.

Iris huffed and looked at you sternly "come on, we have gotta know what's up!"

You sighed "no Iris, we can't"

She huffed and pouted, looking annoyed.

After a while, your dad came back from his duties, when he saw you he smiled and hugged you tightly.

"Hey baby girl, did you have a good time with your uncle?" Asked Trollex, smiling at you.

You hugged back "yeah, it was great as always" you replied happily, snuggling into his chest.

Just then, Lily came back in holding a book and looking tired and frustrated, she said nothing as she tiredly swam to the sea sponge like couch and sat down, reading the book with a worn out expression.

Trollex gently placed you down and swam over to Lily, unlike you and Iris he knew exactly what was going on with her, he had found out a few days ago and recognised the same signs with M/n. He was willing to help hide the surprise from you until Lily was ready to tell you.

He gave her a gentle smile "you feeling ok babe?" He asked softly.

"Yeah..." she replied with a sigh, looking more worn down than before.

He hugged her and whispered something to her while rubbing her back and upper arm. Unfortunately you and Iris didn't hear it and you had a feeling that if both of you would have gone closer to try and hear what he said he would have stopped.

You and Iris exchanged worried and confused glances with each other, and Iris swam over to you and whispered "should we investigate now?"

You nodded slowly, still looking at your mom in worry "yeah..." you whispered back.

Trollex when turned back to you, he put on a fake worried expression so you wouldn't catch on that he knew what was really up. He swam back to you and you both exchanged worried glances, however, this only made you want to investigate more...

You snuck out of the room and began swimming to your parents room with Iris following, hoping to find any clues there.

You quietly opened the door to said room and swam inside, making sure to close it quietly behind you, you looked at Iris and said "you stay at the door and keep watch rainbow, I'll look around"

She nodded but sighed in annoyance, muttering quietly "why do I get the boring job?...."

You chose to ignore her comment and began looking around for anything that could tell you what was going on, you looked under the bed, in the draws and on the coral bedside tables and cabinets but found nothing so far.

However, when you opened the closet, you spotted something; it was a white coral box with techno patterns on it.

You looked at it in confusion, picking it up, you were disappointed when you realised it needed a key to be opened, and during your search you saw no key anywhere.

"What did you find!?" You head Iris whisper/yell from her position next to the door.

You turned to her and whisper/yelled back "a box, but it needs a key to open!..."

Iris sighed and looked disappointed "aww man..." said the beat drop button fish, sinking down slightly.

You placed the box back in the closet the exact way you found it to avoid suspicion from your parents. You had never seen that box before, nether your mom or dad mentioned it, and why was it hidden and locked?

You'd just have to keep investigating and find out a different way.

You swam about of the room with Iris following, and slowly swam around looking for more clues.

You then spotted your mom and decided to follow her, maybe you could find out that way...

You began following her but quickly hid behind a coral pot when you saw your dad approaching her, and luckily you were close so you would be able to hear what they were going to say.

"Do you think Y/n has suspected anything to yet?" You heard your mother ask worriedly.

"No, I don't think so, besides she wouldn't know what the signs meant even if she noticed them anyway. Your just being paranoid, she doesn't know anything yet" you heard your dad reassure gently, this only confused you more, what signs was he talking about?

"yeah, your right, do you think she'll be happy when she finds out? I hope she won't be jealous, or worry that we're replacing her..." you heard Lily say with a worried sigh.

Trollex only smiled "don't worry hun, she'll be so incredibly happy when she finds out, you'll see"

Lily smiled softly "yeah, your right, she is not like that, but I'm just a little worried she will be able to tell if something is wrong..."

"Sure..but her guess would probably be that your not feeling well" said Trollex.

Lily thought for a minute "yeah that sounds right" she then sighed tiredly "Oh Trollex, I am so excited but I have never felt so tried before. I took naps at least twice a day today..and these sicknesses and about how weird I feel. Like, I can feel a lot of things..." she paused with a sigh "it's hard to explain"

Trollex smiled softly "you don't need to. I will cover up your duties for you, if you need a nap or don't feel well"

"thanks. However, if I feel fine I will keep doing my job" she responded with a smile.

Trollex laughed and then stroked her left cheek with his right hand "of course" he chuckled "everything is gonna be alright honey. I will make sure no one suspects a thing"

Lily smiled then nodded. And they both kissed before swimming away.

You and Iris however were both more confused than before. And what did your mom mean by feeling unwell and being tired all the time?...

Since you probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of your parents, maybe you could ask one of your friends?

You didn't want to go too far so you decided to visit Orion, maybe he might know what's wrong.

You and Iris snuck out of the window and began swimming through the LED village, heading to Orion's home.