[Three years later]

No POV:

"To adventure Painty!" Lightbulb exclaimed, running through the school hallway.

"Lightbulb! Stop! You're gonna run into something!" Paintbrush called, running up behind her.

At that very moment, Lightbulb ran into a wall and hit the ground with a thud.

"Oof!"

"What did I tell you Lightbulb? You need to be more careful!" Paintbrush crossed their arms.

"Sorry Painty!" Lightbulb responded, rubbing her head.

Paintbrush helped Lightbulb up.

"Lets go find Fan!" Lightbulb cheerfully said.

"Alright." Paintbrush said with a small laugh, leading Lightbulb.

Eventually theu found Fan talking with Balloon and Nickel.

"Hey guys!" Paintbrush calledz waving them down.

Balloon, Fan, and Nickel looked up to see Lightbulb and Paintbrush.

They then approached them.

"Wait up!" A voice with a slight accent called from behind them.

Suitcase ran up from behind.

Suitcase ended up moving back and reuniting with Balloon.

She rushed to catch up with the others.

"Hey guys!" Suitcase said with a smile.

"Hi Suitcase!" Balloon said, giving her a big hug.

"Is that Suitcase? Whats up my Suitcase buddy!" Lightbulb chimed in.

Suitcase giggled.

"How have you guys been?" Paintbrush asked, holding Lightbulb up to prevent her from falling over.

"We've been good." Nickel said, "Balloon ran into a pole on the way to school though."

Nickel laugued and nudged Balloon a bit.

Balloon's face flushed redder than his normal redish color and he covered his face with his hands.

"It was an accident!" Balloon exclaimed.

"No need to be embarrassed Balloon, it happens to the best of us." Paintbrush said.

"Oh by the way! I made a blog for all of us!" Fan said, pulling out his phone to show everyone

"Oh! it looks cool!" Lightbulb exclaimed.

"You can't even see it Lightbulb." Paintbrush said.

Lightbulb laughed.

"I know, I'm so funny!"

Paintbrush snickered.

"We should ask the others if we could hang out today!" Nickel exclaimed. "Maybe Balloon, Suitcase, and I could watch a horror movie."

Nickel raised his eyebrows when he said that.

Suitcase and Balloon just stared at him.

"Oh come on guys you know I'm kidding." He laughed.

"But seriously we should hang out today."

"I'll text the others!" Fan said.

After Fan texted the others, they agreed to have a late night.

Eventually after a bit longer of talking, they all headed to their classes.

Things were much better in their lives now.

They didn't really have anything to worry about anymore.

Cobs had been charged with kidnapping and murder, and was sent to prison.

Lightbulb ended up becoming really popular and was always being crowded by people, but she didnt mind, she liked the company.

Paintbrush was pretty much Lightbulbs guardian now, they watched over her and made sure she was safe.

Fan became really popular online, and started a personal journal. He would often write about his experiences.

Balloon got used to only having one arm, and his leg was healed. He ended up gaining a lot of friends, and also became pretty popular at school.

Surprisingly, Taco also ended up enrolling at the school, and was one of the smartest students there.

The school was actually torn down and rebuilt somewhere else, where MePhone eventually became the principal and MePad became the vice principal.

Toilet was a councelor, and was suprisingly good at his job, despite not being the brightest at times.

They didnt do picture days anymore, instead they just had the students take photos of themself at home and send them in.

Unfortunately, nobody ever found a way to recover Test Tube.

It was hard, especially on Fan, but he was beginning to get better.

A memorial was created right in front of the school, and every year on the day Test Tube died, they would leave science equipment at the memorial, and have a "science day."

The other students who went through the kidnapping were doing better now, they were all friends with eachother.

Some of them still had to go through therapy, and some of them were left with PTSD, but for the most part, they were alright.

Paintbrush ended up starting an art club, and Lightbulb always came, despite not being able to see.

She enjoyed scribbling on paper though, it gave her something to do.

Fan would often come to take pictures of the artwork people made.

Mic and Pickel ended up becoming friends with Taco again, and Taco apologized for her past mistakes.

Taco jokes about tazers a lot and says she still has the old one.

Still, nobody knows how she got one in the first place.

Once school was over, everyone gathered together to go and hang out at Nickel's house.

Mic and Lightbulb played some board games, with help from Paintbrush of course, while Fan chatted with Balloon.

Suitcase and nickel sat down to watch a movie and the rest of the people just chatted, played games, and ate pizza.

"How's your arm doing?" Fan asked Balloon.

Balloon laughed a bit.

"It's doing fine Fan! Though last halloween, Nickel convinced me to scare some kids with a fake arm." Balloon smiled and kicked his feet.

"Did I win?" Fan heard Lightbulb say from the other side of the room.

Paintbrush glanced down at the game pieces scattered across the board, after Lightbulb insisted she tried on her own.

Mic glanced at Paintbrush, then gave a little nod.

"Uh, yeah! You did! Good job Lightbulb!" Paintbrush laughed nervously and gave Lightbulb a pat on the shoulder.

Lightbulb smiled and gave a little cheer.

Balloon and Fan laughed quietly, happy to see Lightbulb so full of joy again.

"Y'know, I never thought I would end up becoming friends with Nickel." Balloon said, looking back at Fan.

"We've made a lot of unexpected friendships after all this." Fan stated.

Balloon nodded.

Fan and Balloon sat silentlt for a bit.

"So, how have you been?" Balloon asked, giving Fan a little nudge.

Fan paused for a second.

"Well, I've been thinking about Test Tube a lot lately..." Fan said, looking at his feet, "It's been really hard without her."

Balloon gave a sympathetic smile.

"It's gonna be hard for a while, that's something you most likely will never get over, but over time, things will get better." Balloon said.

Fan smiled.

"Thanks Balloon."

After a while, it got dark, and everyone went their seperate ways.

Paintbrush was right.

Some of the pain never would go away.

The memories will still linger.

The scars wont dissapear.

But things were getting better.

Even though it was hard.

They were free...

...and they were together.

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(Sorry the last chapter was kinda rushed, and sorry how short this one was, this one was short because its more of just a closing to the book, BUT there will be one last bonus chapter! It is also going to be kinda short, but I feel like it will be a good ending to the series. Thank you all so much for reading!)