A/N: The 'official' ending. It's not nearly as good as the first part. Inspired by Keply/Angelaandminimix. Dedicated to Holly because she rocks.

But today I cracked, just a little bit. My smile faltered as the one you hate the most walked into the room with you, silvery chain clinking as he moved in his strange, broken way. A great spider next to a shining unicorn, but the unicorn is rotten, wearing a fake horn upon its head, and no matter how he shines he will never be anything but an imitation, while the spider is made of light, and despite his grotesque form, he is beautiful.

And for a second I see this and I hesitate to run to your arms with my customary squeal of delight, wanting instead to cringe from you and fling myself into the safety of the spiders web. I shake it off and take my place by your side, well aware that while you are rotten, I am in the process of rotting and have no right to dirty the spider's clear white light with my shadows. As I attach myself to you as I always have and as I always will, the spider looks to me and smiles his small, twisted, blinding smile.

"Your mask is slipping"

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