Doki Doki new schoolby dragenfire68ChaptersFull body sensationHomeDoki Doki foreverPerfect PinkRecovery.exeCliquewhat of the new girls?Stealing the SunsetTwilight in the DarkProlouge: Final TimelineFull body sensationMonika woke with her eyes closed which nearly incited a panic attack, at least until she felt her body heating up and her heartbeat in her chest, reminding her that she was alive and not a simple computer program running code, then another sensation reached her brain, an arm was across her body which caused a blush to fiercely spread across her face. Sayori also woke, but instead of panic, it was because of the feeling of being alive catching up with her, and now she had to find the bathroom, which she quickly ran too, surprisingly it was a very nice bathroom. Yuri and Natsuki had yet to wake up which was fine, as Monika and Sayori had something they needed to talk about while the girls slept in with a little help from Sayori of course. Monika by now had managed to stop blushing and get out of bed with MC still sleeping; She already knew that Sayori had exercised her power, being club president for so long, she had a deeper connection to the world code then Sayori did, which is why she feels any change. "Alright Sayori, you have my attention, what is it that you want to talk about," Monika asked, stepping out of her room into the current living room. "I understand why you did what you did, why you went as far as you did, and why you wanted the MC to yourself, Natsuki would never say it, and Yuri would hope we all forgive and forget, but you and I both know that the experience is burned into our memories for as long as we live," Sayori said uncharacteristically serious and straight forward. "Then I guess that I don't have to tell you that being the Club president fucking sucked and that now that I'm not fighting insanity, I regret what I did," Monika said sitting down with her back to the wall. "Yeah, what a shock it was when suddenly the girls and me we were back and I was Club president than all the things you knew were just downloaded into my mind, and well you saw how I took it, well at first until the player got the good ending," Sayori said, sitting next to Monika. "Its gonna be weird now that we are actually living beings that need things like real food and rest, so in short I guess I mean that I'm glad you girls came along, I'd hate to face this on my own," Monika admitted, which caused Sayori to smile. "Its time to wake up the others, by the way, do you know where those laptops came from," Sayori asked, pointing to a table that had five laptops on it, each one meant for each girl because each one had the girls signature color, plus one for MC. Purple for Yuri, Pink for Natsuki, Green for Monika, Blue for Sayori, the one for MC was special though as it was colored with each of the girl's laptop colors, luckily each one had an envelope on it with their names, Monika and Sayori picked up their respective computers and began to read the letter that was on them. "Dear Sayori/Monika, I figured that you would need identities in the new world I dropped you in, so no worries about that, on top of that each of you is given these things you humans call "Credit cards" which have unlimited money on them, so use them carefully as I'm sure they will bring a lot of attention to you if anyone catches wind that you are carrying around limitless money. Also, be very careful using your powers, you two know who you are, as that will cause a certain party to come to this world to investigate and that's a mess that neither of us wants to clean up, especially me by the way, so please keep it to a minimum if you can help it. lastly, your gonna take the place of a certain trio for the school tour, I moved them back a little, but be wary as despite this being the real world, in this world magic is a very real thing, I would hate to have it turn on you, so be extremely careful. Love, discord. P.S. make sure this letter survives, as this is evidence that my interference is a healthy use of my powers, to show my girlfri FRIEND, Fluttershy. Monika and Sayori just looked at each other and giggled when the got to the bottom of the letter before finally allowing the others to wake up, which of course was a noisy affair as Natsuki forgot that she no longer was inside DDLC which is why she woke up with a decent amount of cussing, while Yuri just sleepily looked between Monika and Sayori before going back into her room to brew a small cup of coffee. Mc had woken confused as to why the start of the game had him in a girls room until the events of the last day slammed into him, reminding him that he was now a real person which came with sudden derealization as he held his hands up unsure if he was actually seeing them or if they were just regular code. A sudden knocking on the Door knocked him out of his stupor though, because instead of the generic sound of knocking, this was the soft rapping of knuckles on wood, which he was thankful for, any more sitting and derealization would have given him a panic attack. He got up out of the bed and opened the door, seeing each of the girls doing something different, Sayori and Monika were busy with their laptops, while Yuri and Natsuki were reading the letters on theirs, he decided to join them in reading the letters on the laptops, he grinned when he saw that Discord had crossed out the word "girlfriend". this gave him blackmail for him if he ever met him face to face, before long though he heard the other girl's stomachs grumble, which meant that either they would need to conjure up a kitchen, or they would need to take the cards out on a test run, they didn't bother to ask as each one held up their card, and it was silently decided that they would go out and eat. HomeSayori and Monika still retained command over the code that made up the girls in the game, but unlike the game where everyone but Monika was made of simple code and command prompts, now the code was far more advanced, unlike either had ever seen. However, the clothes they wore are as simple to code as they had been in the game and simply had True or false values attached, though, with skin that actually reacted to sensation, Sayori and Monika elected to simply materialize the clothes they would need instead of just coding them onto their bodies. With their casual clothes on, and cards in their pockets, they opened the door to a decently sized Living room, complete with a kitchen, all state of the art equipment which Natsuki almost started to drool over, until Monika tapped her on her shoulder and pointed to the front door. Sayori being herself decided to roll in the grass, giggling as the soft touch of the grass tickled her skin, while Yuri was content to simply run her hand across it, they both stopped when the rumble of their stomachs reminded them that they are still hungry. They hastily got up and joined the others at the end of the Driveway, the five of them walked into town, which was only fifteen minutes away, although the girls had lived in a modern world inside the game, the sensation of seeing the same things up close filled them with wonder. "Alright, now that we're here, where do you girls want to go?" MC asked the girls, who looked around before Natsuki pointed to the big building that looked like a gingerbread house, saying its name is Sugercube Corner. The group made their way to the building, they sat down in a booth and were greeted by a plump woman who asked what each was having, Naturally, Natsuki asked for muffins with the others following her example, They took great care while eating, savoring the flavor. They walked back to the house and took the day to inspect it while sorting out their own rooms, Natsuki's manga and baking supplies had been transported with her, plus all the clothes she had 'Obtained' through the years as the player had installed mods, Yuri's book and knife collection had also made it, which she was ecstatic as some of them are very expensive and rare. Mc had his stuff brought over as well, which wasn't much as the mods very rarely made MC an NPC, such he had very little except for the few video games that were named, which suited him just fine as he now is his own person and not at the mercy of the player. Monika and Sayori had brought nothing with them as once they attained Self-awareness had no emotional attachment to any of the things they owned. Once they had sorted who's is who's, they went to check out the rest of the house, most notably Natsuki went to check out the kitchen, while Yuri went downstairs where she found a decently sized study, Sayori was just content to lay in the middle of the living room floor. "Damn, I saw some of this stuff on T.V. and it's crazy expensive, especially this stove which alone is about ten grand, who the hell did you make a deal with?" Natsuki asked, calling from the Kitchen, excitedly opening the cabinets. "I must agree, I took the liberty of checking out the basement, and the stuff down there is also quite costly, what did you promise Discord?" Yuri asked with concern, having returned from the basement. "I promised him nothing, I merely wished with all my heart to get us out of that hell," Monika said, holding up her hands in a plea of innocents that none of them were buying. Suddenly a dinging started coming from the door leading to the Void, Monika thankful for the distraction, went to find out what it was, she found that her laptop was blinking off and on, which caused her confusion until she opened it and brought it out with her. "Girls, here is a message from discord, I thought we should hear it as a group," Monika said as she hit the play button on the voice message. "By now you have explored the house that I also gifted you all, I figured that you would also want somewhere to actually live, so I pulled a few strings and you own that house, I'll be watching you all with great interest, but not all the time, that's creepy, Anyways have fun at school, the tour is in four days." "Eh, after what we've been through I don't care who watches us, as long as he doesn't threaten us with being put back in that game," Natsuki shrugged, going to her room to read and sort her manga. "I guess he's trustworthy, Though I still wonder why he decided to use his phenomenal powers on us, he has left us wanting for nothing," Yuri muttered as she too went to unpack her things. "Monika and I didn't really bring anything with us, wanna just watch stuff on our computers for the rest of the day?" Sayori suggested. "That would be fantastic," Monika said, Sitting down with Mc and Sayori before loading up a Video. "I just Realized that We get internet on our computers without actually buying it, if we ever meet Discord in person I'm giving him a huge hug," Sayori said with a smile as she watched, completely engrossed with the video. Time began to accelerate, They had started at 2:30 P.M. but by the time they had noticed the time, it was 2:30 A.M. and Sayori had begun to nod off, Monika noticing this closed the computer and took Sayori's hand and led her to her own room along with MC. "I want to have her here with us this time," Monika said when MC raised his eyebrow, he knew that her reasoning was completely innocent, he still wondered if there was something more to her having Sayori sleep with them tonight. Doki Doki foreverMonika could only see darkness until a scene came into focus and she wanted to scream, but she couldn't and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't turn away or wake up, in front of her was something she hoped she wouldn't ever see again. Sayori hung with tear stains on her cheeks, Monika wanted to scream and thrash but something got her attention, Sayori's eyes were solid green and not the clouded blue of her corrupted version, she was about to take a closer looked when the scene blurred and shifted and now she was standing inside their new house but something was wrong. All the lights in the house but the kitchen were off, in the living room were two bloody hands laying in pools of blood, she got close enough to see a swath of bloody purple hair, she was about to enter when she heard the last breath of a dying girl in the kitchen, she turned around and looked behind the island in the kitchen and wanted to throw up. Natsuki was laying in a pool of her own bile and blood, on the counter above her was a jug of bleach tip on its side, and around her mouth and down the sides of her cheeks were horrible chemical burns, Monika's urged to vomit only got stronger. Monika wanted so desperately to wake up and end this nightmare, but the scene shifted again and this time the girls and Mc were held upright by strings like bastardized puppets, Monika's horror and revulsion turned to rage as she examined the strings before looking up. A pair of blue hands held the strings to Sayori and Yuri, Purple hands held MC and Natsuki, and the yellow hands were hovering over her menacingly before coming down to grab her, she turned to run only to find her arms and legs were restrained by the same strings that had the others. The hands forced her to code a gun and put the barrel in her mouth, but before she could pull the trigger, A yellow and Red sun pierced the darkness around her, and before her eyes banished the hands and with them the visions of her dead friends, they were replaced with smiling and happy faces. Monika's eyes snapped open as she woke and she frantically ran to the bathroom and threw up into the toilet before sitting in the corner with her back to the door and tried to sob as quietly as she could before she devolved into crying hysterically as the visages of her dead friends haunted her mind. Monika's panic attack was not as quiet as she hoped it was, Yuri was a light sleeper since the cuts on her arms always made it hard for her to fall asleep and stay asleep, which is why she had woken up to the sounds of the sloshing water before and then crying. "Oh goodness, Monika what's wrong?" Yuri gently asked with concern making sure to approach Monika slowly. Monika opted to simply cry in Yuri's arms until it died down into sniffling which allowed Yuri to help Monika to her feet and took her to the kitchen, where she prepped calming tea for both of them, Monika took the cup her hands shaking badly enough that the tea was almost spilling from the sides. "Are you well enough to tell me what happened?" Yuri gently asked Monika, who nodded and took a shaky breath. "At first I saw black, then my dream shifted like a cutscene and I saw Sayori... and then it shifted and I saw only your arm and MC's arm lying in pools of your own... Poor Natsuki was the worst because I heard her last breath... She did it with bleach... I tried to wake up but I couldn't, then there were these hands that had you all suspended like marionettes except for me, but then I was captured and then this weird red and yellow sun appeared and banished the hands and fixing you all," Monika explained. "You couldn't wake up, I figured that you of all people could easily wake from a dream you didn't like." "That's the worst part, I tried so hard and I couldn't." "Hmm, wait here I think I can help you," Yuri said as she quickly got up and ran down into the study, before coming back with an armful of books, from what Monika could see, they were occult books. Yuri gently spread them out on the table, before flipping rapidly through a rather old-looking one, she stopped and read a passage, then started flipping through another book she brought, this went on until five books were open to what Monika thought were random chapters. "Just as I thought, it wasn't a dream at all," Yuri concluded after she was finished with the fifth book. "What was it then if it wasn't a nightmare?" Monika asked. "I think because we are not from this world, our fate is twined with the hero of this world, and because of that you had a vision about what happens if you fail." "So essentially a game over, unlike our world if we fail we fail for good." "Yes, now what else do you remember about the dream, we need all the details if we are to change the future." "Natsuki's eyes and Sayori's were solid green, they only reverted when they died." Yuri flipped some more pages while making little humming noises before returning to Monika. "I hypothesis that Sirens will be our main adversary, and whoever possesses the gold and red sun will be our salvation to beat them." "How did you deduce that?" "Think about it, Beings that can magically hypnotize humans and forces them to kill themselves, it makes sense." Sirens would have sounded insane to anyone else, but after living as a living program for most of her life before being brought to life by a god that decided she was worth the trouble, she would put her faith in Yuri's hypothesis. "I'm gonna go back to bed, we'll tell the others tomorrow about this little premonition, good night Yuri." "Goodnight Monika, I think I'll stay up and look through more of these tomes, maybe I'll learn a thing or two about magic from some of these things." Perfect PinkSayori was the first to wake, but to her surprise, she couldn't move, she was pinned down by two bodies on either side of her, she turned her head to look and on one side was MC while on the other was Monika who was holding on tightly to her arm. She manages to pull her arm from MC's sleepy grip, but when she tried to pull away from Monika, she only held higher to her arm, Sayori ultimately decided that she'd stay in bed for a while yet, she stared up at the ceiling lost in thought. It had been about thirty minutes, but Monika showed no signs of even being close to waking up, and would not let Sayori go she held fast as if Sayori would simply disappear should she let her go. "I see her nightmare got to her, but it's time to wake up, we need to go shopping or else Natsuki will lose it," Yuri said softly petting Monika's head which roused her from her deep sleep. Sayori promised herself she would ask about the nightmare later, but for now, diverting Natsuki's hunger wrath was of top priority, so she sat up with her arm now free from Monika's grasp, and stretched with a loud yawn, while Monika also sat up rubbing her eyes. "CAN YOU GUYS GO ANY SLOWER, WE NEED FOOD SOMETIME THIS YEAR!!!" Natsuki's voice echoed from the hall. Mc's sleepiness left his body when Natsuki's voice reached him, and he was wide awake and left Monika's room to go change, it didn't take long before they were on their way to the local supermarket which luckily was only ten minutes away from their house. They stepped into the store and each went their separate ways, Natsuki and Yuri went to the baking aisle while Monika and Sayori went for the produce, leaving MC by himself to sort out the junk food, god knows what four girls without the necessities would mean. Mc perused the aisle until the floor slipped out from under him as luck would have it he somehow tripped forward, his eye stayed glued on the shelves while he went down, but his hands didn't stay still and he immediately put them out, however, his palm met something he was hundred percent sure wasn't air or floor. "There's being friendly, but this is just too much," a bubbly voice reminded him of Sayori, he looked down and took in the pink girl under him, luckily his hand was only on her stomach, unfortunately, he found out he was weak to sudden changes in elevation and had to collect himself. Mc's day was about to get a whole lot worst because two things happened simultaneously, more people he didn't know came around the corner, while Yuri and Natsuki had come around the other corner that was closer to him. "OI, Get off her you pervert!!!" A raspy voice shouted, the sound of shoes on the ground not reaching Mc's dazed brain. "Already looking for another girlfriend, for shame," Yuri's soft voice playfully chided at the same time, but MC didn't look at Yuri instead he raised his head to defend himself only for the sole of a shoe to meet his face hard enough for a loud crack to echo out. "MC!!!" Natsuki shouted before Mc slumped to the side, a few teeth coming from his mouth while, while blood pooled around his head pouring from the side of his mouth, as well as his nose which they are sure, is completely broken. "What the fuck is wrong with you, he didn't do anything wrong," Natsuki screamed, cradling Mc's head while Yuri had sprinted off to find the other girls. The pink girl which was stunned finally snapped out of it and turned on the other girl after standing up, who now that Natsuki looked at her, had rainbow hair, she wasn't happy. "RAINBOW, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID THAT," she shouted. "Can you blame me, I saw him on top of you and well what was I supposed to do?" Rainbow defended herself, confused as to why the pink one was so angry. "This is serious, Rainbow you broke his nose as well as well as knocked a few of his teeth out," A quiet Yellow girl had sneaked closer to Natsuki. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!!" Natsuki snapped at the yellow girl while carefully huddling over his unconscious body having laid his head down and tilted to the side, this caused her to quickly retreat. "hey, she was just trying to help," Rainbow snapped back, which earned her a glare from Natsuki, the situation was slowly dissolving as Natsuki's fight or flight was inching towards the fight. "Natsuki, it's alright we're here," Monika said as she rushed towards the scene, and put her hand on Natsuki's shoulder, calming her down. "he's hurt, broken nose, as well as a few teeth, knocked out courtesy of rainbitch over there," Natsuki said as Sayori and Monika pulled towels from thin air and pressed them gently under Mc's nose. "We're leaving right now!!" Monika declared sharply, before picking up the unconscious boy in her arms, which surprised all the other group, the yellow girl went to reach out but was stopped by the pink girl, she simply shook her head. Sayori had a towel gently pressed against the bleeding mouth and nose of Mc while making sure to keep his head tilted to the side, Yuri and Natsuki went to inform the front about the blood spill, they said nothing about the assault that had happened, they didn't want to cause a scene or draw attention, they would fix this back at the house. meanwhile, the pink and yellow girl's stayed silent while they had gone to find their friends, who immediately knew something was wrong when neither the yellow girl nor pink girl spoke to rainbow the entire time they were walking towards them, especially because a frown graced the pink girl's features, while a worried frown graced the yellow girl's features. "Rainbow what did you do?" the blonded girl asked rainbow who just huffed and looked to the side. "I had an accident, being the clutz I am, I dropped something causing a guy in front of me to trip into me, and well Rainbow saw it, and kicked the poor guy in the face hard enough to break his nose and knock a few teeth out," The pink girl spoke up. "Omg, Fluttershy is he okay, should get help," the redhead spoke up. "No Sunset, he was already taken by his girlfriend and her friends," Fluttershy confirmed. "How do you know she was his girlfriend, she wasn't jealous about him being all over pinkie," Rainbow finally spoke up which caused all the attention to be brought back to her. "The way she snapped on Fluttershy as soon as she noticed how close she got as well as the way that she put herself between us and him is a big hint," Pinkie said. "You mentioned that others were there, how many people were involved," Sunset asked, rubbing her brow thinking of the troubling she thinks is coming. "Five, the guy who was unconscious, his girlfriend, and the three who showed up after," Pinkie counted on her fingers. "wait, how'd they leave so quickly then?" The blonde asked, scratching her head. "Oh, the tall brown-haired girl picked him up by herself while another girl was holding a towel to the bleeding parts," Pinkie said. "I'm beginning to think that there was more there than you saw," The pale girl said, having just listened until now. "What do you mean rarity?" Sunset asked. "Well, From what I've gathered is that one girlfriend stay behind while the other ran to get the other's, she wouldn't let Fluttershy close to the boy, however when the other girls showed up, she immediately backed off and let the other take the lead," Rarity explained. "I guess that makes sense, which means that they must be close because back in Equestria polygamy is common and usually herd mates are either introduced through other herd mates or they have something in common," Sunset said. "What surprised me was the fact that it only took one to pick him up, she just bent down and straight lifted him off the floor, I don't know who has that strength other than applejack," Rainbow remarked. "He wouldn't have been on the floor had you used your damn head dash, you could've just pulled him off her, and then interrogated him, instead you break his nose as well as knock his teeth in," Applejack lectured. "I'll just apologize next time I see him, alright?" Rainbow huffed. "You won't get the chance, I doubt his herd will let you close to him after this, especially if she didn't even trust Fluttershy to get close," Sunset explained. Recovery.exeAlthough her face was one of perfect calm as she and the girls had left the store, they knew better her mask was of barely restrained rage, she had quickly MOVED them to the room, where Sayori quickly set up a bed, Monika gently set MC down and turned his head, so that the blood would flow out of his mouth and nose instead of down his throat. "It hasn't even been that long and I have to screw with someone's code, my boyfriend's of all people too, next time I see that rainbow-colored whore, I'm killing her for real," Monika muttered while she opened up her computer, She opened MC's character file, she didn't notice that Sayori had also created a table and chair for her. The other girls filed out of the room while Monika worked, they figured that she needed her quiet time to work, The other girls left so that Monika would have total concentration, they decided that while Monika was fixing MC, they would order food online. Had she not been high on emotions she would have been surprised at the interface that she looked at, instead of the code that was used to define the characters in the game, this had a complex interface with every detail of the person in question from extremely personal details to basic ones like hair color. She ignored it and found what she was looking for under "health and conditions" she didn't like what she saw, it read that MC's nose was shattered as well as having a fractured jaw this would take a long time to fix as before she was working with 2D characters who didn't have to worry about things like skeletal structure, blood loss or pain. Monika decided that stopping the blood was a good idea which luckily was simply true/false, but the next part was more complicated as fixing this particular injury was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle but unlike a puzzle, one wrong piece could mean anything from excruciating pain to death. Time passed in a blur as she worked, she started where she knew she'd have the least work, which was restoring his jaw, the nose however was harder, that kick had done a number on his nose, so she worked with both hardened diligence and excruciating detail, making sure that each piece fit as well none left behind. She hadn't even realized that she was sweating bullets as she worked, she had found that the swelling was taken care of automatically by the program as she worked, she check not just once or twice but three or four times that she had completely fixed MC. Monika got up and stretched after she saved the changes, she then walked over to MC, she went to stroke his hair but when she touched his hair, he flinched away from her which reignited her rage which had cooled while she worked, she stalked from one side of the room to the other. Suddenly her stomach hungrily grumbled because the smell of food had floated into the room distracting her from her anger, she followed the smell into the kitchen and saw that Yuri had been cooking, though she was confused as to how they had gotten the stuff for it. "I found that we could get stuff delivered to the house, so I ordered all our favorites" Yuri explained as she cooked. "Yuri, you're a lifesaver, I was worried that we'd have to leave the house in person," Monika said as she sat down at the island in the center of the kitchen. "I'm sorry... It all happened so fast, I couldn't stop it," Natsuki said softly staring at her hands, causing the others to look at her with concern. "It's not your fault, we couldn't have predicted that someone would simply assault someone else without thought, we aren't In DDLC, we can't predict the future." "That crunching sound though, it sounded so painful." Natsuki was spiraling down quickly, so Monika did the first thing she thought of, and hugged Natuski from behind while putting her cheek to the top of her head, Natsuki accepted the embrace, while Natsuki calmed down Monika's temper once again flared though she kept calm on the outside. Yuri finished the food and served them each a plate, it was a simple kind of fried rice, Monika happy for the distraction dug into her food with fervor savoring the taste on her tongue, the others did the same. The pain was the first thing that registered, Mc's entire head just hurt, he too up from the bed and stumbled towards the door, the smell of food was stronger than the pain in his head, the sound of the door opening was enough to get the girls attention. The plate of food that was set aside, was in front of him before he sat down, MC lacked the energy to form a complete response, so he grunted a thank you, normally being stared at while eating would be extremely awkward, but due to the events prior it was easily dismissed. MC cleared the plate, the headache had lessened to a minor annoyance as well as he felt far more awake than he was before, enough to feel a tug on his sleeve, Natsuki was standing facing him, but wouldn't look at him directly. Wordlessly, He rose to follow Natsuki into the living room, where she stood trying to form the words she wanted to say, though instead she simply fidgeted before tears of frustration began to fall from the corners of her eyes, Luckily what little personality MC had from the Modified Game translated over to the real world. He reached out and pulled Natsuki into a hug, she raised her arms and hugged him back, she didn't need to explain why instead they held each other, Natsuki's tears had stopped by the time she had separated, a spur of the moment decision caused MC to lean in and kiss her on the forehead which caused the girl to blush furiously. CliqueTime passed quickly for the group, they never left the house and no one came too their door to welcome them, which they were grateful for as they were sure that when they showed up too Canterlot they'd have to answer many many personal questions, which meant lots and lots of lies, luckily Monika and Sayori were good at lying, though Sayori was even better at it then Monika. The support of MC as well as the other girls managed too sooth Natsuki's residual guilt and she mostly bounced back to her old self in no time, but she was still softer with them then she ever was inside the game, she wouldn't ever admit it out loud but injuries and blood scared her, despite her being a savant in the kitchen. Clothes were the only time the group ever left the house, they avoided the building that looked like a carousel because they weren't really interested in dresses as they had enough of that for their life times, they were also just shopping for Sayori, Monika and MC. Finally the day of the Tour was upon them, too say they were nervous was an understatement, never having interacted with anyone but the player controlled MC, they weren't sure how they would be received, Monika was more worried about protecting the others, she had promised that she'd never use her powers to hurt anyone, but the premonition had rattled her. They arrived at the school after most of the classes had started, whatever universe discord dropped them into seemed to have some kind of twisted sense of humor, because the girl that came to greet them matched the sun in her dream, even down to her hair. "Hello there, my name is Sunset Shimmer, I'm your tour guide," Sunset greeted with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes, it looked like she was trying to hard to make a good impression, though Monika had no idea why. "My name is Monika," Monika introduced her self, smiling back though this was the one she wore when she was acting club president, which unsettled Sunset because when she ruled the school she used that very same smile to charm or threaten others into silence or obedience. "I'm Yuri," Yuri quietly introduced herself, Sunset almost did a double take because for a brief second she thought she heard Fluttershy, before it clicked that the purple girl's name really was Yuri. "I'm Natsuki," Natsuki introduced herself, once again Sunset had to stop from double taking, because the naturally bright pink hair had made her think that Pinkie had pulled one her mysterious powers and just appeared among the group. "Sayori," Sayori said, not looking directly at Sunset, she was fiddling with the hem of her shirt looking down, she didn't say anything else, instead when she looked up and saw that Sunset was staring at her she seemed to shrink and try to hide behind MC. "I just go by MC, easier for most to remember my name that way," MC introduced, stepping forward getting Sunsets attention, unaware she had been staring at Sayori. "Welcome to Canterlot, I'll show you around the school, and then we'll meet the Principle and can get you registered for classes, luckily we have lots of open ones," Sunset as she began walking into the school, with the five walking behind her listening with rapt attention, while she listed off the different programs and classes that were offered. The entire cooking program had Natsuki hooked when she learned that they had all kinds of cooking and baking offered, even international dished that she couldn't tryout while in DDLC, her enthusiasm reminded Sunset of Pinkie though this one doesn't seem to have the manic reality bending powers of her pink friend. The massive library had Yuri almost drooling, she actually had to be shaken out of her stupor when she was almost left behind after learning that there was also a whole wing dedicated to myths and legends, the others were sure that if they hadn't grabbed her, she would have just lived in the library the rest of the day. Monika, Sayori and MC are enigma's too Sunset, unlike the other two who had clear cut ambitions and made no attempt to hide them, these three seemed unsure of what they wanted, though the one thing that made Sunset's curiosity grow was the visible flinch when Sunset offered to show them around the Computer lab and Tech lab. Ever since Sunset was purged by the elements of harmony she was very acutely aware of the certain mannerisms and behavior ticks in people, Sayori's made her concerned because the way she drew into herself and was just watching the foot steps of the others spoke of repressed depression or maybe self depreciation. Sunset finally led them too The principles office, where she let them in introducing them to raven the secretary, before bidding them farewell and leaving for her own class, The girls each took a seat while they waited, they didn't say a thing to each other they'd have plenty to talk about when they got home. Celestia called them all in, she was used to having the Rain booms in her office so she could easily manage the five new students, the paperwork was easy enough for them too work through, the girls all took whatever appealed to them the most, however they also made sure that at least one of them were in the same class as Sayori, except MC who took two. With the whole process completed, they handed in the paperwork and were bidden a farewell by Celestia, they finally made out the doors, when they breathed a sigh of relief, being alive was an exhausting experience, especially when you actually have to use your hands instead of the game giving a voice prompt. What they weren't told is that despite being healthy in the sense of the bodies working in the way their supposed to, they were not use to the energy drained needed to actually use them, so they simply went off to their separate rooms, Yuri was the one who got dibs this time on working out MC's sleeping arrangement. what of the new girls?Sunset made her way too her friends at lunch, glad that the tour had gone well, at least she had hoped it had but she wont know until tomorrow when the new students settled into their new classes, though something itched in the back of her mind, something about both Monika and Sayori was off but not in the tyrannical melomaniac kind, but rather there was something far more interesting about them then they let on. "So, what were the new students like," Pinkie asked as soon as Sunset had sat down. "Well one them, Natsuki I believe, seem to have a incredible fascination with the baking and cooking programs," Sunset started before the sounds of coughing caused her too look at Pinkie, Rainbow and Fluttershy. "Did you just say, Natsuki," Pinkie asked when she finished her mini coughing fit. "Uh, yeah why?" "because she was one of the girls present too see Rainbow kick the guy in the face." "Crud, who was the other one, maybe our reputation can be salvaged before our groups meet tomorrow." "I think it was a tall girl, but she had straight purple hair, did you get her name?" "oh, she's Yuri." "Very funny Sunset, but what is her real name?" "I'm being serious, her name really is Yuri, why is that so funny?" The other girls stared at her in surprise that despite being one of the highest scoring students in the school she had no idea what the term 'Yuri' meant, instead of that the decided to steer the conversation back to the rest of the group that came to the school. "Anyways, what about the others what were they like," Applejack steered. "Well, Yuri seemed very interested in the Library, though she's soft spoken like Fluttershy almost thought you had a twin sister who spoke as softly as you," Sunset said, Fluttershy also looked Surprised and almost excited to meet this one. "I Simply must ask, but did you find out which one is the leader," Rarity piped up, having been in deep thought since the start of the conversation. "Leader?" Sunset questioned. "You didn't give a tour too a group of just five strangers, if my hunch is correct they are deeply related to each other, and normally a group like that has a leader." "Huh, well if I had to hazard a guess, I think it would be Monika is the leader of them, she had the smile of a student council president, plus she introduced herself first before the others." "what's she like?" "Like me but without all the Megalomania, I can tell she smart and can be at the top any class she's put in, she is extremely kind, her looks are top notch too would be able to snare any man or women." The other girls looked at each other, surprised that there was someone like that coming to Canterlot High, but the way Sunset described her, it almost seemed like this was Sunset 2.0 without the flaws, they didn't notice that Sunset secretly thought the exact same thing she unknowingly compared herself to Monika. "Getting back on track, there are two more left, what were they like," Rarity said, taking control of the conversation again. "well, there's a girl named Sayori, but I didn't learn much from her it seemed that she doesn't like talking too people much and seemed afraid of people, she couldn't meet my eyes and seemed more at ease when the guy stepped in." "are we sure that they are as close knit as Rares is saying they are, because I know a few of the sports teams that's just gal pals with guys both on and off the sports teams," Rainbow Dash finally contributed, causing the others to look at her. "Natsuki was about to throw hands with you Rainbow, also you didn't see the look on Monika's face when she picked him up, she was also ready too as well, you came this close to starting a fight," Fluttershy explained, holding her fingers barely apart. Rainbow said nothing and decided to sulk in her seat, and quietly eat her lunch. "Did you learn anything about the guy?" Rarity filled the silence with a question. "not really, he was more concerned with keeping Sayori calm, I don't know why, but just meeting me seemed to unsettle her." The girls didn't have anything too say to that, though they had a silent conversation, Sunset didn't miss the implications despite the speed of the glances and subtle quirk of the expressions, She knew that they were silently insinuating that the new kids knew about what happened last year. Sunset with held information herself, because she didn't miss the way Monika's face had a look of recognition, nor did she miss the way Monika had examined her lingering on the Sun on her shirt, she didn't show fear like the the usual students, it was the look that meant that she had plans that included her, whether it was for better or worst Sunset wasn't sure, but someone who didn't look at her with fear, hate or disgust and sometimes all three, made her feel warm. "Sunset, lets have you be the first one to make friends with them, then we can introduce the rest of us later," Pinkie suggested in a surprising bout of both self control and insight. "Why am I the one on the proverbial chopping block?" "Well, I'd go but after the whole store fiasco, I'm pretty sure that Natsuki would have a conniption fit." Sunset stare at Pinkie in surprise, because usually Pinkie was all go with no think, but here she is the exact opposite, plus despite her weak protests, she wanted to be the first one that the new group got to know, because that itch at the back of her mind only got stronger the longer they talked about the new students, plus she wanted to know what Monika wanted from her, and if it included what happed last year. Stealing the SunsetThe Girls plus MC, arrived the next day and in a surprise move that amazed the students all set up their lockers directly around Sunset's, MC being directly behind her while Monika's and Sayori's were right next to hers, she didn't miss the looks of pity that the students sent to Mc, or the girls. Sunset was amazed that they would bother, ever since the fall formal everyone who used to use the lockers had packed up and left, leaving those either to lazy or those that simply didn't care to occupy the rest, other then them the hall was deserted, which suited Sunset just fine, or at least that's what she told herself. Sunset sat down for AP Math, checking over her notes and homework, that is until a swath of brown hair entered her peripheral, Monika had sat right next to her, unlike the rest who made sure that there was at least one desk between her and them, Sunset met her eyes and Monika just gave a smile, Sunset was in awe with how well Monika took to the lesson it was as if she had been here the entire year. The next class Sunset had was Cooking, and in it was a short pink haired girl, who introduced herself as just Natsuki, her attitude and mannerisms reminded her of Rainbow Dash, though during the free cooking period, she was a lot like Pinkie Pie what surprised her the most is that Natsuki adamantly, fearlessly and freely paired herself with Sunset. English was her next class, though instead of just one, there was two new girls, one of them introduced themselves as Sayori and the other Yuri, though Yuri had to repeat herself because she spoke like a certain yellow girl, Sayori and Yuri sat on either side of Sunset, who by now was suspicious that the girls were planning something, and she was on the chopping block, but for some reason this didn't really bother her. History was last before lunch, and instead of a girl, it was a boy who introduced himself though instead of a full name he simply said his name is MC, the teacher raised an eyebrow but MC just shrugged, and sat right next to Sunset to the chagrin of the other male classmates, and some sighs of pity from the females. "Hey Sunset, wanna eat lunch with us?" Monika asked, causing Sunset to fumble her things almost dropping them, but she recovered, before turning to the other girl, searching her face for lies or deceit, but she felt that Monika was asking with complete sincerity. Sunset wanted to deny the request politely, but Monika felt genuine, it wasn't the same feeling she got from the others when they were around her, the others felt closed off and apathetic, they were good actors, but despite the masks she knew exactly where they stood, so Sunset nodded in agreement. Monika smiled and simply stared at Sunset, She wondered why until it hit her that none of them knew where the lunch room even was, She gestured for them to follow her and began the walk which wasn't far, everyone followed her towards the lunch room, anyone that crossed their paths no longer gave looks of pity, instead it was suspicion. "You know, you don't have to be around me, its probably best if you pretend we never met," Sunset said, not missing the looks of suspicion leveled at the new girls. "You don't get to make that choice for us, Nor are you allowed to run away," Sayori admonished, eyes sparkling with a pout, hands clasped at her sides, the strength in her voice took Sunset by surprise. "I'm sorry... I didn't think....please don't abandon me...." Sunset started before she trailed off, her last sentence barely audible, but they heard her. "Don't worry bout it, she simply meant that no matter what anyone else says, we'll be our friends and we'll always have your back," Monika said, holding her hand out to Sunset, she looked at it then back up too her face before she shook. The girls and MC were blown away by the selection they saw, Sunset wasn't sure why, but she decided not to ask, she watched as they simply took pretty much everything, while she simply took the smallest amount she needed. "Hey, now that we all are here, how come people here treat you like you have leprosy?" MC asked with no tact or subtly. "MC, you cant just ask why someone is outcast, at least have a little tact!!" Yuri gasped softly, before gently slapping MC on the shoulder. "I.... I stole this really powerful magical crown, and with it I brainwashed all the adults and students, I intended to use them to over throw my old mentor, but I was stopped by someone else who was taught by her, she took it back and left me behind in this world, under watch from her friends, I've been trying too make up for it all, I know I deserve it." "the way they treat you, I thought you had done much worst, though I know from experience that nobody deserves to outcast, and ostracized, your trying to be a better person and you deserve redemption more then some people," Monika said with the utmost seriousness, though none of the girls or the MC missed the none verbalized subtext that hadn't said, they were gonna talk to Monika when they got home. Sunset sat stunned, she couldn't understand why someone like Monika or any of them cared, or were giving her a chance, they treated her like a person and not like a wild animal ready to bite or lash out if given the chance. Sunset knew that the others didn't care, because not long after Twilight left, they changed their numbers, not that she blamed them, and unless she accidentally ran into them somewhere outside, they didn't bother including or inviting her anywhere, she understood that she deserves it, after all she had almost killed them. Monika meant it when she said some people didn't deserve redemption or forgiveness, she still cant understand why the user bothered to download mods that redeemed her, why any of the girls forgave her for killing them, especially Sayori who doesn't hate her, even though she thinks she should for what she did. Unbeknownst to any of the parties there, strange symbols were added to their laptops, while a new character file was added, across the multiverse a certain draconequus laughed in joy, his family has averted a disaster that would not only destroy the world on the other side but would have ruined his perfect world, and too add the icing on the top, he gets to steal something of both Twilight and Celestia, he would have her of her own free will. Twilight in the DarkTwilight wondered how Sunsets rehabilitation was going, plus something was off with Discord as of late, he spent much of his time either with Fluttershy, She didn't know why that mare gave him more then just the time of day, but when he wasn't with her, he was no where to be found. she had tried asking Fluttershy where he was, but she was as lost as she was, which surprised her because she thought that he would tell her everything, but she guessed not, she missed the way fluttershy's tail swished nervously, or the way she stumbled over words, its just fluttershy's mannerism after all. Walking back into her crystal castle, she elected to write Sunset and see what she was up to, as a friend of course she was sure that the elements had purged all the darkness from her. Hey Sunset, how's it hanging with the girls, are you doing alright? - Twilight Oh yeah, their great, I'm sure were gonna be great friends. - Sunset I'm glad to hear it, I was worried that someone was gonna try and seek revenge or something, but I'm glad I was wrong! Sunset didn't reply to that, nor did she for the rest of the day, Twilight simply thought that she was preoccupied with the girls, but Spike thought differently, he noticed that her response the letters were written like her hand was shaking, plus she hadn't mentioned anyone by name, it had just enough information to pass as a normal response, but vague enough to not link it to anyone. He has been Twilights messenger to celestia for years now so scrutinizing letters and messages has been ingrained into him, and with Twilights friends being heroes of Canterlot, his skills have sharpened further, he didn't say anything to twilight just incase he was just reading too deeply into it and being paranoid. Sunset looked down at the book with surprise, she had just lied straight through her teeth and Twilight bought it, she was afraid that she would come through the portal and take her back to the others, but she bought it. Sunset still wasn't sure what Monika or the others of her group wanted with her, but as long as they didn't abandon her or hurt her, she was fine being included, she was sure they weren't planning anything evil, for some reason she just knew that they wanted her around, so far with no strings attached. Monika felt warm, Sayori felt like Sunshine, Yuri felt like gentle fire, Natsuki felt trustworthy, and finally MC he felt funny, she wasn't sure how she knew this or why they felt that way but it was better then the cold apathy of the others, or the silent resentment of the students. MC and the girls got home from school, surprisingly with no homework, even Monika who was a prodigy at the subjects she choose, the teachers saw fit to let them integrate into the student body before loading them down with homework, which suited them just fine. They spent time just enjoying the quiet atmosphere before a ringing echoed from the other living room, they answered the call and all filed into the room, each one opening their lap top before making sounds of surprise because now there were two new files added to their computers. Monika has ELMT.GEN, Yuri has ELMT.KDS, Sayori has ELMT.LTY, Natsuki has ELMT.HST and finally MC has ELMT.LGH but those weren't the only new files, the next one almost caused them to drop the laptops because added into the character files was one for Sunset. Monika was the who opened it, not because the others didn't want to, but trusted that Monika could do it without screwing it up as she was the first human whos whole being was digitized, without being broken down into code like them, unlike the others hers seemed extremely limited as most of her information was locked behind a trust value. "I guess now we're in the thick of it, I figured we'd do it from the sidelines but now I guess out on center stage, man Discord is gonna be pissed," MC said after whistling between his teeth. "Well after the nightmare I had about all of our deaths, I wasn't content with just sitting on the sidelines, besides we can still do it mostly under the radar, because these people have already seen magic, so its gonna be easy to hide our interference," Monika said with a Cheshire grin. "So the existence of magic wasn't covered up here, in most stories when magic is discovered the government usually tries to destroy it or study it," Yuri asked. "well.. I kind of figured out that I can link my mind to the internet, and I've been hearing buzzing while we were at school, and after focusing on it, I linked my mind to the internet." "I hope you got some decent anti-virus somewhere in there, because I cant do it, which is a shame cause there's tons of great baking recipes on the internet," Natsuki said as she poked Monika in the side. "MONI, make sure your careful while your there, because we have no idea what will happen if you contract a computer killer, or any number of Virus'," Sayori said while wrapped around Monika. "don't worry you guys, I wont let some stupid data virus' cause me or anyone here harm, so don't you all worry bout me." "By the way you big dummy, I know what you meant at lunch today, don't you ever say something like that again or else you lose MC privileges', you took us with you when you were given a chance to escape, you also regret everything you did, that sounds like someone deserving of redemption." "Fine, but MC privileges', what are you my mother?" "Yes Moni, this entire time I've secretly been your mother, and MC is your father." "So... does that mean I call him daddy now?" "Now you've ruined it wierdo." "okay mommy." "no, Just no." The entire time this exchange was happening Yuri and Natsuki was watching like it was a high stakes game of tennis, each one trying to hold in their giggles, until Monika called Sayori mommy, then they both busted out laughing causing Sayori and Monika to give glares but it only made them laugh harder. Prolouge: Final TimelineMonika knew it wouldn't last even as happy as she was, she knew that in a few moments everything would be reset, and a new game would be set in motion, that is until time stood still, and a voice called out to her in her head, which shocked her, she didn't see this in the script, and no one was editing the data in real-time. "This thing on, or what," the voice called out in her head. "Y-yes, I can hear you, who are you and what do you want," Monika replied in her mind. "Who I am isn't important yet, all I know is that I heard your wish." "You can do that, You can get me out of this digital hell?" "Yes, but you won't be traveling alone," "Who's coming with me, Sayori, Yuri, Natsuki, or the MC?" "All of them from each of their good endings." Monika wanted to object until she remembered that this modded world exists because of what she did, she decided that in this next life she would be better, she would never again use her powers to hurt anyone again, if she even still had them. "Let me talk to the girls, I don't want to rip them from their happy endings without telling them first." "See you in the next loop, Names Discord by the way." Time started moving again, Monika said what was expected of her, and the loop came, but this time Monika was absolutely glowing, because this was the last one, no matter what happened next. The next loop started, and while Monika was waking up and getting ready for the last school day she'd ever have, another Doki was waking up, but something felt wrong like something was unfinished, this thought bugged her until she finally caved and brought up the script for the game, what she saw shocked her, everything after the first meeting just stopped, it was all just jumbled text. "Monika, I swear if you did something to our friends again, I will be the one who deletes you forever this time, but I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt," The girl said to herself as she got ready for the loop before putting on a smile and meeting the MC outside her house. The day at school started normal enough, at least until the first period started because when Monika entered her first-period class, no one could believe what she was wearing, a pair of jeans and a plain white top that exposed her stomach. then when confronted by the teacher for not wearing the assigned dress code, she told the teacher to "fuck off" which then when told she's ejected from the class, she flips off the teacher as she walks out before echoing laughter came from inside the hallway when the teacher went to find her, she was already walking off, cell phone in hand. "Hey guys, come to the club room by lunch, I got something extremely important to discuss with you guys." With the text message sent, Monika decided that she'd just spend until lunch in the Clubroom with maybe a couple of Natsuki's manga, by the time Lunch rolled around and the others came into the club, Monika was deeply into the third or fourth volume of Demon Slayer while laying across a few desks she had pushed together, a cough pulled her out of the manga she was reading, she noticed that Mc was blushing trying not to look up her top, which caused her to grin. "Liked what you saw, maybe we could make this truly memorable," Monika said, as she did a small seductive dance against Mc "Alright, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON," a voice shouted, it was the short girl with pink hair. "Freedom, We'll be free Natsuki," Monika said with a giant almost creepy smile. "you mean you found a way out of this game," The girl with a red bow in her brown hair said. "Sayori, how long have you been self-aware," Monika said, the question completely catching her off guard, killing the mood. "I've had it since the Good ending if you could even call it that, but since I was club president, I have been self-aware." "Don't bother explaining to us, Sayori already made us self-aware, the only thing we don't have is yours and Sayori's ability to manipulate the code, which only comes with being the Club president or player," the purple-haired girl explained. "wait, how long have you and Natsuki been self-aware," Monika asked, her head spinning with the revelations. "We became this way about the time of the 'Purist' mod." "So, your fine with leaving this entire world behind and everything in it?" "It's all meaningless code, hell even my 'dad' is code, so there's really nothing keeping us bound here," Natsuki said with a grin. The girls look at the MC, who just smiles and shrugs, which causes the girls to smile and rush him in one big hug before the voice that Monika had spoken to before the loop chimed in. "looks like you got it all sorted, are you girls ready to go," Discord asked "Yeah, just give us like maybe five minutes, we gotta do a small amount of packing," Monika answered. Discord didn't answer, but she knew that they were now on a timer, so she closed her eyes as did Sayori, the others watched in fascination as the world around glitched and broke, before a large pile of boxes appeared from thin air. "There, everyone's things are packed in there, though I have to ask where are we gonna live since we aren't coming back here," Monika asked nobody in particular. "Don't worry about that, I've already taken the liberty of making that room in the void a real place to live, you can manipulate it as you please, though your gonna want to keep your abilities on the down-low," discord answered once again. "wait, Me and Sayori get to keep our ability to manipulate reality," Monika asked in surprise. "a bit hard to yank that away from another living being except by killing and I'm not really a big fan of that, alright see you, girls on the other side." With what sounded like a snap, the club and boxes disappeared from the world, while the world disappeared with them, not that it matters much to them anyways, the entire world was code anyways, they appeared in the room inside the void, however this time it was a real three-dimensional place with the pile in the middle, Monika and Sayori set to work creating the rooms, which didn't take long, since, in this new plane of existence, all it took was them willing the space into existence, though on the north side of the wall, a single door shared the space with Monika's room. They wanted to open it, but the events of the day and the travel had caused them a great amount of fatigue, so none of them noticed that Monika had taken MC to her room, they promised themselves that next time they wake up, they will venture into the new world that waits for them.
Full body sensationMonika woke with her eyes closed which nearly incited a panic attack, at least until she felt her body heating up and her heartbeat in her chest, reminding her that she was alive and not a simple computer program running code, then another sensation reached her brain, an arm was across her body which caused a blush to fiercely spread across her face. Sayori also woke, but instead of panic, it was because of the feeling of being alive catching up with her, and now she had to find the bathroom, which she quickly ran too, surprisingly it was a very nice bathroom. Yuri and Natsuki had yet to wake up which was fine, as Monika and Sayori had something they needed to talk about while the girls slept in with a little help from Sayori of course. Monika by now had managed to stop blushing and get out of bed with MC still sleeping; She already knew that Sayori had exercised her power, being club president for so long, she had a deeper connection to the world code then Sayori did, which is why she feels any change. "Alright Sayori, you have my attention, what is it that you want to talk about," Monika asked, stepping out of her room into the current living room. "I understand why you did what you did, why you went as far as you did, and why you wanted the MC to yourself, Natsuki would never say it, and Yuri would hope we all forgive and forget, but you and I both know that the experience is burned into our memories for as long as we live," Sayori said uncharacteristically serious and straight forward. "Then I guess that I don't have to tell you that being the Club president fucking sucked and that now that I'm not fighting insanity, I regret what I did," Monika said sitting down with her back to the wall. "Yeah, what a shock it was when suddenly the girls and me we were back and I was Club president than all the things you knew were just downloaded into my mind, and well you saw how I took it, well at first until the player got the good ending," Sayori said, sitting next to Monika. "Its gonna be weird now that we are actually living beings that need things like real food and rest, so in short I guess I mean that I'm glad you girls came along, I'd hate to face this on my own," Monika admitted, which caused Sayori to smile. "Its time to wake up the others, by the way, do you know where those laptops came from," Sayori asked, pointing to a table that had five laptops on it, each one meant for each girl because each one had the girls signature color, plus one for MC. Purple for Yuri, Pink for Natsuki, Green for Monika, Blue for Sayori, the one for MC was special though as it was colored with each of the girl's laptop colors, luckily each one had an envelope on it with their names, Monika and Sayori picked up their respective computers and began to read the letter that was on them. "Dear Sayori/Monika, I figured that you would need identities in the new world I dropped you in, so no worries about that, on top of that each of you is given these things you humans call "Credit cards" which have unlimited money on them, so use them carefully as I'm sure they will bring a lot of attention to you if anyone catches wind that you are carrying around limitless money. Also, be very careful using your powers, you two know who you are, as that will cause a certain party to come to this world to investigate and that's a mess that neither of us wants to clean up, especially me by the way, so please keep it to a minimum if you can help it. lastly, your gonna take the place of a certain trio for the school tour, I moved them back a little, but be wary as despite this being the real world, in this world magic is a very real thing, I would hate to have it turn on you, so be extremely careful. Love, discord. P.S. make sure this letter survives, as this is evidence that my interference is a healthy use of my powers, to show my girlfri FRIEND, Fluttershy. Monika and Sayori just looked at each other and giggled when the got to the bottom of the letter before finally allowing the others to wake up, which of course was a noisy affair as Natsuki forgot that she no longer was inside DDLC which is why she woke up with a decent amount of cussing, while Yuri just sleepily looked between Monika and Sayori before going back into her room to brew a small cup of coffee. Mc had woken confused as to why the start of the game had him in a girls room until the events of the last day slammed into him, reminding him that he was now a real person which came with sudden derealization as he held his hands up unsure if he was actually seeing them or if they were just regular code. A sudden knocking on the Door knocked him out of his stupor though, because instead of the generic sound of knocking, this was the soft rapping of knuckles on wood, which he was thankful for, any more sitting and derealization would have given him a panic attack. He got up out of the bed and opened the door, seeing each of the girls doing something different, Sayori and Monika were busy with their laptops, while Yuri and Natsuki were reading the letters on theirs, he decided to join them in reading the letters on the laptops, he grinned when he saw that Discord had crossed out the word "girlfriend". this gave him blackmail for him if he ever met him face to face, before long though he heard the other girl's stomachs grumble, which meant that either they would need to conjure up a kitchen, or they would need to take the cards out on a test run, they didn't bother to ask as each one held up their card, and it was silently decided that they would go out and eat.
HomeSayori and Monika still retained command over the code that made up the girls in the game, but unlike the game where everyone but Monika was made of simple code and command prompts, now the code was far more advanced, unlike either had ever seen. However, the clothes they wore are as simple to code as they had been in the game and simply had True or false values attached, though, with skin that actually reacted to sensation, Sayori and Monika elected to simply materialize the clothes they would need instead of just coding them onto their bodies. With their casual clothes on, and cards in their pockets, they opened the door to a decently sized Living room, complete with a kitchen, all state of the art equipment which Natsuki almost started to drool over, until Monika tapped her on her shoulder and pointed to the front door. Sayori being herself decided to roll in the grass, giggling as the soft touch of the grass tickled her skin, while Yuri was content to simply run her hand across it, they both stopped when the rumble of their stomachs reminded them that they are still hungry. They hastily got up and joined the others at the end of the Driveway, the five of them walked into town, which was only fifteen minutes away, although the girls had lived in a modern world inside the game, the sensation of seeing the same things up close filled them with wonder. "Alright, now that we're here, where do you girls want to go?" MC asked the girls, who looked around before Natsuki pointed to the big building that looked like a gingerbread house, saying its name is Sugercube Corner. The group made their way to the building, they sat down in a booth and were greeted by a plump woman who asked what each was having, Naturally, Natsuki asked for muffins with the others following her example, They took great care while eating, savoring the flavor. They walked back to the house and took the day to inspect it while sorting out their own rooms, Natsuki's manga and baking supplies had been transported with her, plus all the clothes she had 'Obtained' through the years as the player had installed mods, Yuri's book and knife collection had also made it, which she was ecstatic as some of them are very expensive and rare. Mc had his stuff brought over as well, which wasn't much as the mods very rarely made MC an NPC, such he had very little except for the few video games that were named, which suited him just fine as he now is his own person and not at the mercy of the player. Monika and Sayori had brought nothing with them as once they attained Self-awareness had no emotional attachment to any of the things they owned. Once they had sorted who's is who's, they went to check out the rest of the house, most notably Natsuki went to check out the kitchen, while Yuri went downstairs where she found a decently sized study, Sayori was just content to lay in the middle of the living room floor. "Damn, I saw some of this stuff on T.V. and it's crazy expensive, especially this stove which alone is about ten grand, who the hell did you make a deal with?" Natsuki asked, calling from the Kitchen, excitedly opening the cabinets. "I must agree, I took the liberty of checking out the basement, and the stuff down there is also quite costly, what did you promise Discord?" Yuri asked with concern, having returned from the basement. "I promised him nothing, I merely wished with all my heart to get us out of that hell," Monika said, holding up her hands in a plea of innocents that none of them were buying. Suddenly a dinging started coming from the door leading to the Void, Monika thankful for the distraction, went to find out what it was, she found that her laptop was blinking off and on, which caused her confusion until she opened it and brought it out with her. "Girls, here is a message from discord, I thought we should hear it as a group," Monika said as she hit the play button on the voice message. "By now you have explored the house that I also gifted you all, I figured that you would also want somewhere to actually live, so I pulled a few strings and you own that house, I'll be watching you all with great interest, but not all the time, that's creepy, Anyways have fun at school, the tour is in four days." "Eh, after what we've been through I don't care who watches us, as long as he doesn't threaten us with being put back in that game," Natsuki shrugged, going to her room to read and sort her manga. "I guess he's trustworthy, Though I still wonder why he decided to use his phenomenal powers on us, he has left us wanting for nothing," Yuri muttered as she too went to unpack her things. "Monika and I didn't really bring anything with us, wanna just watch stuff on our computers for the rest of the day?" Sayori suggested. "That would be fantastic," Monika said, Sitting down with Mc and Sayori before loading up a Video. "I just Realized that We get internet on our computers without actually buying it, if we ever meet Discord in person I'm giving him a huge hug," Sayori said with a smile as she watched, completely engrossed with the video. Time began to accelerate, They had started at 2:30 P.M. but by the time they had noticed the time, it was 2:30 A.M. and Sayori had begun to nod off, Monika noticing this closed the computer and took Sayori's hand and led her to her own room along with MC. "I want to have her here with us this time," Monika said when MC raised his eyebrow, he knew that her reasoning was completely innocent, he still wondered if there was something more to her having Sayori sleep with them tonight.
Doki Doki foreverMonika could only see darkness until a scene came into focus and she wanted to scream, but she couldn't and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't turn away or wake up, in front of her was something she hoped she wouldn't ever see again. Sayori hung with tear stains on her cheeks, Monika wanted to scream and thrash but something got her attention, Sayori's eyes were solid green and not the clouded blue of her corrupted version, she was about to take a closer looked when the scene blurred and shifted and now she was standing inside their new house but something was wrong. All the lights in the house but the kitchen were off, in the living room were two bloody hands laying in pools of blood, she got close enough to see a swath of bloody purple hair, she was about to enter when she heard the last breath of a dying girl in the kitchen, she turned around and looked behind the island in the kitchen and wanted to throw up. Natsuki was laying in a pool of her own bile and blood, on the counter above her was a jug of bleach tip on its side, and around her mouth and down the sides of her cheeks were horrible chemical burns, Monika's urged to vomit only got stronger. Monika wanted so desperately to wake up and end this nightmare, but the scene shifted again and this time the girls and Mc were held upright by strings like bastardized puppets, Monika's horror and revulsion turned to rage as she examined the strings before looking up. A pair of blue hands held the strings to Sayori and Yuri, Purple hands held MC and Natsuki, and the yellow hands were hovering over her menacingly before coming down to grab her, she turned to run only to find her arms and legs were restrained by the same strings that had the others. The hands forced her to code a gun and put the barrel in her mouth, but before she could pull the trigger, A yellow and Red sun pierced the darkness around her, and before her eyes banished the hands and with them the visions of her dead friends, they were replaced with smiling and happy faces. Monika's eyes snapped open as she woke and she frantically ran to the bathroom and threw up into the toilet before sitting in the corner with her back to the door and tried to sob as quietly as she could before she devolved into crying hysterically as the visages of her dead friends haunted her mind. Monika's panic attack was not as quiet as she hoped it was, Yuri was a light sleeper since the cuts on her arms always made it hard for her to fall asleep and stay asleep, which is why she had woken up to the sounds of the sloshing water before and then crying. "Oh goodness, Monika what's wrong?" Yuri gently asked with concern making sure to approach Monika slowly. Monika opted to simply cry in Yuri's arms until it died down into sniffling which allowed Yuri to help Monika to her feet and took her to the kitchen, where she prepped calming tea for both of them, Monika took the cup her hands shaking badly enough that the tea was almost spilling from the sides. "Are you well enough to tell me what happened?" Yuri gently asked Monika, who nodded and took a shaky breath. "At first I saw black, then my dream shifted like a cutscene and I saw Sayori... and then it shifted and I saw only your arm and MC's arm lying in pools of your own... Poor Natsuki was the worst because I heard her last breath... She did it with bleach... I tried to wake up but I couldn't, then there were these hands that had you all suspended like marionettes except for me, but then I was captured and then this weird red and yellow sun appeared and banished the hands and fixing you all," Monika explained. "You couldn't wake up, I figured that you of all people could easily wake from a dream you didn't like." "That's the worst part, I tried so hard and I couldn't." "Hmm, wait here I think I can help you," Yuri said as she quickly got up and ran down into the study, before coming back with an armful of books, from what Monika could see, they were occult books. Yuri gently spread them out on the table, before flipping rapidly through a rather old-looking one, she stopped and read a passage, then started flipping through another book she brought, this went on until five books were open to what Monika thought were random chapters. "Just as I thought, it wasn't a dream at all," Yuri concluded after she was finished with the fifth book. "What was it then if it wasn't a nightmare?" Monika asked. "I think because we are not from this world, our fate is twined with the hero of this world, and because of that you had a vision about what happens if you fail." "So essentially a game over, unlike our world if we fail we fail for good." "Yes, now what else do you remember about the dream, we need all the details if we are to change the future." "Natsuki's eyes and Sayori's were solid green, they only reverted when they died." Yuri flipped some more pages while making little humming noises before returning to Monika. "I hypothesis that Sirens will be our main adversary, and whoever possesses the gold and red sun will be our salvation to beat them." "How did you deduce that?" "Think about it, Beings that can magically hypnotize humans and forces them to kill themselves, it makes sense." Sirens would have sounded insane to anyone else, but after living as a living program for most of her life before being brought to life by a god that decided she was worth the trouble, she would put her faith in Yuri's hypothesis. "I'm gonna go back to bed, we'll tell the others tomorrow about this little premonition, good night Yuri." "Goodnight Monika, I think I'll stay up and look through more of these tomes, maybe I'll learn a thing or two about magic from some of these things."
Perfect PinkSayori was the first to wake, but to her surprise, she couldn't move, she was pinned down by two bodies on either side of her, she turned her head to look and on one side was MC while on the other was Monika who was holding on tightly to her arm. She manages to pull her arm from MC's sleepy grip, but when she tried to pull away from Monika, she only held higher to her arm, Sayori ultimately decided that she'd stay in bed for a while yet, she stared up at the ceiling lost in thought. It had been about thirty minutes, but Monika showed no signs of even being close to waking up, and would not let Sayori go she held fast as if Sayori would simply disappear should she let her go. "I see her nightmare got to her, but it's time to wake up, we need to go shopping or else Natsuki will lose it," Yuri said softly petting Monika's head which roused her from her deep sleep. Sayori promised herself she would ask about the nightmare later, but for now, diverting Natsuki's hunger wrath was of top priority, so she sat up with her arm now free from Monika's grasp, and stretched with a loud yawn, while Monika also sat up rubbing her eyes. "CAN YOU GUYS GO ANY SLOWER, WE NEED FOOD SOMETIME THIS YEAR!!!" Natsuki's voice echoed from the hall. Mc's sleepiness left his body when Natsuki's voice reached him, and he was wide awake and left Monika's room to go change, it didn't take long before they were on their way to the local supermarket which luckily was only ten minutes away from their house. They stepped into the store and each went their separate ways, Natsuki and Yuri went to the baking aisle while Monika and Sayori went for the produce, leaving MC by himself to sort out the junk food, god knows what four girls without the necessities would mean. Mc perused the aisle until the floor slipped out from under him as luck would have it he somehow tripped forward, his eye stayed glued on the shelves while he went down, but his hands didn't stay still and he immediately put them out, however, his palm met something he was hundred percent sure wasn't air or floor. "There's being friendly, but this is just too much," a bubbly voice reminded him of Sayori, he looked down and took in the pink girl under him, luckily his hand was only on her stomach, unfortunately, he found out he was weak to sudden changes in elevation and had to collect himself. Mc's day was about to get a whole lot worst because two things happened simultaneously, more people he didn't know came around the corner, while Yuri and Natsuki had come around the other corner that was closer to him. "OI, Get off her you pervert!!!" A raspy voice shouted, the sound of shoes on the ground not reaching Mc's dazed brain. "Already looking for another girlfriend, for shame," Yuri's soft voice playfully chided at the same time, but MC didn't look at Yuri instead he raised his head to defend himself only for the sole of a shoe to meet his face hard enough for a loud crack to echo out. "MC!!!" Natsuki shouted before Mc slumped to the side, a few teeth coming from his mouth while, while blood pooled around his head pouring from the side of his mouth, as well as his nose which they are sure, is completely broken. "What the fuck is wrong with you, he didn't do anything wrong," Natsuki screamed, cradling Mc's head while Yuri had sprinted off to find the other girls. The pink girl which was stunned finally snapped out of it and turned on the other girl after standing up, who now that Natsuki looked at her, had rainbow hair, she wasn't happy. "RAINBOW, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID THAT," she shouted. "Can you blame me, I saw him on top of you and well what was I supposed to do?" Rainbow defended herself, confused as to why the pink one was so angry. "This is serious, Rainbow you broke his nose as well as well as knocked a few of his teeth out," A quiet Yellow girl had sneaked closer to Natsuki. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!!" Natsuki snapped at the yellow girl while carefully huddling over his unconscious body having laid his head down and tilted to the side, this caused her to quickly retreat. "hey, she was just trying to help," Rainbow snapped back, which earned her a glare from Natsuki, the situation was slowly dissolving as Natsuki's fight or flight was inching towards the fight. "Natsuki, it's alright we're here," Monika said as she rushed towards the scene, and put her hand on Natsuki's shoulder, calming her down. "he's hurt, broken nose, as well as a few teeth, knocked out courtesy of rainbitch over there," Natsuki said as Sayori and Monika pulled towels from thin air and pressed them gently under Mc's nose. "We're leaving right now!!" Monika declared sharply, before picking up the unconscious boy in her arms, which surprised all the other group, the yellow girl went to reach out but was stopped by the pink girl, she simply shook her head. Sayori had a towel gently pressed against the bleeding mouth and nose of Mc while making sure to keep his head tilted to the side, Yuri and Natsuki went to inform the front about the blood spill, they said nothing about the assault that had happened, they didn't want to cause a scene or draw attention, they would fix this back at the house. meanwhile, the pink and yellow girl's stayed silent while they had gone to find their friends, who immediately knew something was wrong when neither the yellow girl nor pink girl spoke to rainbow the entire time they were walking towards them, especially because a frown graced the pink girl's features, while a worried frown graced the yellow girl's features. "Rainbow what did you do?" the blonded girl asked rainbow who just huffed and looked to the side. "I had an accident, being the clutz I am, I dropped something causing a guy in front of me to trip into me, and well Rainbow saw it, and kicked the poor guy in the face hard enough to break his nose and knock a few teeth out," The pink girl spoke up. "Omg, Fluttershy is he okay, should get help," the redhead spoke up. "No Sunset, he was already taken by his girlfriend and her friends," Fluttershy confirmed. "How do you know she was his girlfriend, she wasn't jealous about him being all over pinkie," Rainbow finally spoke up which caused all the attention to be brought back to her. "The way she snapped on Fluttershy as soon as she noticed how close she got as well as the way that she put herself between us and him is a big hint," Pinkie said. "You mentioned that others were there, how many people were involved," Sunset asked, rubbing her brow thinking of the troubling she thinks is coming. "Five, the guy who was unconscious, his girlfriend, and the three who showed up after," Pinkie counted on her fingers. "wait, how'd they leave so quickly then?" The blonde asked, scratching her head. "Oh, the tall brown-haired girl picked him up by herself while another girl was holding a towel to the bleeding parts," Pinkie said. "I'm beginning to think that there was more there than you saw," The pale girl said, having just listened until now. "What do you mean rarity?" Sunset asked. "Well, From what I've gathered is that one girlfriend stay behind while the other ran to get the other's, she wouldn't let Fluttershy close to the boy, however when the other girls showed up, she immediately backed off and let the other take the lead," Rarity explained. "I guess that makes sense, which means that they must be close because back in Equestria polygamy is common and usually herd mates are either introduced through other herd mates or they have something in common," Sunset said. "What surprised me was the fact that it only took one to pick him up, she just bent down and straight lifted him off the floor, I don't know who has that strength other than applejack," Rainbow remarked. "He wouldn't have been on the floor had you used your damn head dash, you could've just pulled him off her, and then interrogated him, instead you break his nose as well as knock his teeth in," Applejack lectured. "I'll just apologize next time I see him, alright?" Rainbow huffed. "You won't get the chance, I doubt his herd will let you close to him after this, especially if she didn't even trust Fluttershy to get close," Sunset explained.
Recovery.exeAlthough her face was one of perfect calm as she and the girls had left the store, they knew better her mask was of barely restrained rage, she had quickly MOVED them to the room, where Sayori quickly set up a bed, Monika gently set MC down and turned his head, so that the blood would flow out of his mouth and nose instead of down his throat. "It hasn't even been that long and I have to screw with someone's code, my boyfriend's of all people too, next time I see that rainbow-colored whore, I'm killing her for real," Monika muttered while she opened up her computer, She opened MC's character file, she didn't notice that Sayori had also created a table and chair for her. The other girls filed out of the room while Monika worked, they figured that she needed her quiet time to work, The other girls left so that Monika would have total concentration, they decided that while Monika was fixing MC, they would order food online. Had she not been high on emotions she would have been surprised at the interface that she looked at, instead of the code that was used to define the characters in the game, this had a complex interface with every detail of the person in question from extremely personal details to basic ones like hair color. She ignored it and found what she was looking for under "health and conditions" she didn't like what she saw, it read that MC's nose was shattered as well as having a fractured jaw this would take a long time to fix as before she was working with 2D characters who didn't have to worry about things like skeletal structure, blood loss or pain. Monika decided that stopping the blood was a good idea which luckily was simply true/false, but the next part was more complicated as fixing this particular injury was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle but unlike a puzzle, one wrong piece could mean anything from excruciating pain to death. Time passed in a blur as she worked, she started where she knew she'd have the least work, which was restoring his jaw, the nose however was harder, that kick had done a number on his nose, so she worked with both hardened diligence and excruciating detail, making sure that each piece fit as well none left behind. She hadn't even realized that she was sweating bullets as she worked, she had found that the swelling was taken care of automatically by the program as she worked, she check not just once or twice but three or four times that she had completely fixed MC. Monika got up and stretched after she saved the changes, she then walked over to MC, she went to stroke his hair but when she touched his hair, he flinched away from her which reignited her rage which had cooled while she worked, she stalked from one side of the room to the other. Suddenly her stomach hungrily grumbled because the smell of food had floated into the room distracting her from her anger, she followed the smell into the kitchen and saw that Yuri had been cooking, though she was confused as to how they had gotten the stuff for it. "I found that we could get stuff delivered to the house, so I ordered all our favorites" Yuri explained as she cooked. "Yuri, you're a lifesaver, I was worried that we'd have to leave the house in person," Monika said as she sat down at the island in the center of the kitchen. "I'm sorry... It all happened so fast, I couldn't stop it," Natsuki said softly staring at her hands, causing the others to look at her with concern. "It's not your fault, we couldn't have predicted that someone would simply assault someone else without thought, we aren't In DDLC, we can't predict the future." "That crunching sound though, it sounded so painful." Natsuki was spiraling down quickly, so Monika did the first thing she thought of, and hugged Natuski from behind while putting her cheek to the top of her head, Natsuki accepted the embrace, while Natsuki calmed down Monika's temper once again flared though she kept calm on the outside. Yuri finished the food and served them each a plate, it was a simple kind of fried rice, Monika happy for the distraction dug into her food with fervor savoring the taste on her tongue, the others did the same. The pain was the first thing that registered, Mc's entire head just hurt, he too up from the bed and stumbled towards the door, the smell of food was stronger than the pain in his head, the sound of the door opening was enough to get the girls attention. The plate of food that was set aside, was in front of him before he sat down, MC lacked the energy to form a complete response, so he grunted a thank you, normally being stared at while eating would be extremely awkward, but due to the events prior it was easily dismissed. MC cleared the plate, the headache had lessened to a minor annoyance as well as he felt far more awake than he was before, enough to feel a tug on his sleeve, Natsuki was standing facing him, but wouldn't look at him directly. Wordlessly, He rose to follow Natsuki into the living room, where she stood trying to form the words she wanted to say, though instead she simply fidgeted before tears of frustration began to fall from the corners of her eyes, Luckily what little personality MC had from the Modified Game translated over to the real world. He reached out and pulled Natsuki into a hug, she raised her arms and hugged him back, she didn't need to explain why instead they held each other, Natsuki's tears had stopped by the time she had separated, a spur of the moment decision caused MC to lean in and kiss her on the forehead which caused the girl to blush furiously.
CliqueTime passed quickly for the group, they never left the house and no one came too their door to welcome them, which they were grateful for as they were sure that when they showed up too Canterlot they'd have to answer many many personal questions, which meant lots and lots of lies, luckily Monika and Sayori were good at lying, though Sayori was even better at it then Monika. The support of MC as well as the other girls managed too sooth Natsuki's residual guilt and she mostly bounced back to her old self in no time, but she was still softer with them then she ever was inside the game, she wouldn't ever admit it out loud but injuries and blood scared her, despite her being a savant in the kitchen. Clothes were the only time the group ever left the house, they avoided the building that looked like a carousel because they weren't really interested in dresses as they had enough of that for their life times, they were also just shopping for Sayori, Monika and MC. Finally the day of the Tour was upon them, too say they were nervous was an understatement, never having interacted with anyone but the player controlled MC, they weren't sure how they would be received, Monika was more worried about protecting the others, she had promised that she'd never use her powers to hurt anyone, but the premonition had rattled her. They arrived at the school after most of the classes had started, whatever universe discord dropped them into seemed to have some kind of twisted sense of humor, because the girl that came to greet them matched the sun in her dream, even down to her hair. "Hello there, my name is Sunset Shimmer, I'm your tour guide," Sunset greeted with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes, it looked like she was trying to hard to make a good impression, though Monika had no idea why. "My name is Monika," Monika introduced her self, smiling back though this was the one she wore when she was acting club president, which unsettled Sunset because when she ruled the school she used that very same smile to charm or threaten others into silence or obedience. "I'm Yuri," Yuri quietly introduced herself, Sunset almost did a double take because for a brief second she thought she heard Fluttershy, before it clicked that the purple girl's name really was Yuri. "I'm Natsuki," Natsuki introduced herself, once again Sunset had to stop from double taking, because the naturally bright pink hair had made her think that Pinkie had pulled one her mysterious powers and just appeared among the group. "Sayori," Sayori said, not looking directly at Sunset, she was fiddling with the hem of her shirt looking down, she didn't say anything else, instead when she looked up and saw that Sunset was staring at her she seemed to shrink and try to hide behind MC. "I just go by MC, easier for most to remember my name that way," MC introduced, stepping forward getting Sunsets attention, unaware she had been staring at Sayori. "Welcome to Canterlot, I'll show you around the school, and then we'll meet the Principle and can get you registered for classes, luckily we have lots of open ones," Sunset as she began walking into the school, with the five walking behind her listening with rapt attention, while she listed off the different programs and classes that were offered. The entire cooking program had Natsuki hooked when she learned that they had all kinds of cooking and baking offered, even international dished that she couldn't tryout while in DDLC, her enthusiasm reminded Sunset of Pinkie though this one doesn't seem to have the manic reality bending powers of her pink friend. The massive library had Yuri almost drooling, she actually had to be shaken out of her stupor when she was almost left behind after learning that there was also a whole wing dedicated to myths and legends, the others were sure that if they hadn't grabbed her, she would have just lived in the library the rest of the day. Monika, Sayori and MC are enigma's too Sunset, unlike the other two who had clear cut ambitions and made no attempt to hide them, these three seemed unsure of what they wanted, though the one thing that made Sunset's curiosity grow was the visible flinch when Sunset offered to show them around the Computer lab and Tech lab. Ever since Sunset was purged by the elements of harmony she was very acutely aware of the certain mannerisms and behavior ticks in people, Sayori's made her concerned because the way she drew into herself and was just watching the foot steps of the others spoke of repressed depression or maybe self depreciation. Sunset finally led them too The principles office, where she let them in introducing them to raven the secretary, before bidding them farewell and leaving for her own class, The girls each took a seat while they waited, they didn't say a thing to each other they'd have plenty to talk about when they got home. Celestia called them all in, she was used to having the Rain booms in her office so she could easily manage the five new students, the paperwork was easy enough for them too work through, the girls all took whatever appealed to them the most, however they also made sure that at least one of them were in the same class as Sayori, except MC who took two. With the whole process completed, they handed in the paperwork and were bidden a farewell by Celestia, they finally made out the doors, when they breathed a sigh of relief, being alive was an exhausting experience, especially when you actually have to use your hands instead of the game giving a voice prompt. What they weren't told is that despite being healthy in the sense of the bodies working in the way their supposed to, they were not use to the energy drained needed to actually use them, so they simply went off to their separate rooms, Yuri was the one who got dibs this time on working out MC's sleeping arrangement.
what of the new girls?Sunset made her way too her friends at lunch, glad that the tour had gone well, at least she had hoped it had but she wont know until tomorrow when the new students settled into their new classes, though something itched in the back of her mind, something about both Monika and Sayori was off but not in the tyrannical melomaniac kind, but rather there was something far more interesting about them then they let on. "So, what were the new students like," Pinkie asked as soon as Sunset had sat down. "Well one them, Natsuki I believe, seem to have a incredible fascination with the baking and cooking programs," Sunset started before the sounds of coughing caused her too look at Pinkie, Rainbow and Fluttershy. "Did you just say, Natsuki," Pinkie asked when she finished her mini coughing fit. "Uh, yeah why?" "because she was one of the girls present too see Rainbow kick the guy in the face." "Crud, who was the other one, maybe our reputation can be salvaged before our groups meet tomorrow." "I think it was a tall girl, but she had straight purple hair, did you get her name?" "oh, she's Yuri." "Very funny Sunset, but what is her real name?" "I'm being serious, her name really is Yuri, why is that so funny?" The other girls stared at her in surprise that despite being one of the highest scoring students in the school she had no idea what the term 'Yuri' meant, instead of that the decided to steer the conversation back to the rest of the group that came to the school. "Anyways, what about the others what were they like," Applejack steered. "Well, Yuri seemed very interested in the Library, though she's soft spoken like Fluttershy almost thought you had a twin sister who spoke as softly as you," Sunset said, Fluttershy also looked Surprised and almost excited to meet this one. "I Simply must ask, but did you find out which one is the leader," Rarity piped up, having been in deep thought since the start of the conversation. "Leader?" Sunset questioned. "You didn't give a tour too a group of just five strangers, if my hunch is correct they are deeply related to each other, and normally a group like that has a leader." "Huh, well if I had to hazard a guess, I think it would be Monika is the leader of them, she had the smile of a student council president, plus she introduced herself first before the others." "what's she like?" "Like me but without all the Megalomania, I can tell she smart and can be at the top any class she's put in, she is extremely kind, her looks are top notch too would be able to snare any man or women." The other girls looked at each other, surprised that there was someone like that coming to Canterlot High, but the way Sunset described her, it almost seemed like this was Sunset 2.0 without the flaws, they didn't notice that Sunset secretly thought the exact same thing she unknowingly compared herself to Monika. "Getting back on track, there are two more left, what were they like," Rarity said, taking control of the conversation again. "well, there's a girl named Sayori, but I didn't learn much from her it seemed that she doesn't like talking too people much and seemed afraid of people, she couldn't meet my eyes and seemed more at ease when the guy stepped in." "are we sure that they are as close knit as Rares is saying they are, because I know a few of the sports teams that's just gal pals with guys both on and off the sports teams," Rainbow Dash finally contributed, causing the others to look at her. "Natsuki was about to throw hands with you Rainbow, also you didn't see the look on Monika's face when she picked him up, she was also ready too as well, you came this close to starting a fight," Fluttershy explained, holding her fingers barely apart. Rainbow said nothing and decided to sulk in her seat, and quietly eat her lunch. "Did you learn anything about the guy?" Rarity filled the silence with a question. "not really, he was more concerned with keeping Sayori calm, I don't know why, but just meeting me seemed to unsettle her." The girls didn't have anything too say to that, though they had a silent conversation, Sunset didn't miss the implications despite the speed of the glances and subtle quirk of the expressions, She knew that they were silently insinuating that the new kids knew about what happened last year. Sunset with held information herself, because she didn't miss the way Monika's face had a look of recognition, nor did she miss the way Monika had examined her lingering on the Sun on her shirt, she didn't show fear like the the usual students, it was the look that meant that she had plans that included her, whether it was for better or worst Sunset wasn't sure, but someone who didn't look at her with fear, hate or disgust and sometimes all three, made her feel warm. "Sunset, lets have you be the first one to make friends with them, then we can introduce the rest of us later," Pinkie suggested in a surprising bout of both self control and insight. "Why am I the one on the proverbial chopping block?" "Well, I'd go but after the whole store fiasco, I'm pretty sure that Natsuki would have a conniption fit." Sunset stare at Pinkie in surprise, because usually Pinkie was all go with no think, but here she is the exact opposite, plus despite her weak protests, she wanted to be the first one that the new group got to know, because that itch at the back of her mind only got stronger the longer they talked about the new students, plus she wanted to know what Monika wanted from her, and if it included what happed last year.
Stealing the SunsetThe Girls plus MC, arrived the next day and in a surprise move that amazed the students all set up their lockers directly around Sunset's, MC being directly behind her while Monika's and Sayori's were right next to hers, she didn't miss the looks of pity that the students sent to Mc, or the girls. Sunset was amazed that they would bother, ever since the fall formal everyone who used to use the lockers had packed up and left, leaving those either to lazy or those that simply didn't care to occupy the rest, other then them the hall was deserted, which suited Sunset just fine, or at least that's what she told herself. Sunset sat down for AP Math, checking over her notes and homework, that is until a swath of brown hair entered her peripheral, Monika had sat right next to her, unlike the rest who made sure that there was at least one desk between her and them, Sunset met her eyes and Monika just gave a smile, Sunset was in awe with how well Monika took to the lesson it was as if she had been here the entire year. The next class Sunset had was Cooking, and in it was a short pink haired girl, who introduced herself as just Natsuki, her attitude and mannerisms reminded her of Rainbow Dash, though during the free cooking period, she was a lot like Pinkie Pie what surprised her the most is that Natsuki adamantly, fearlessly and freely paired herself with Sunset. English was her next class, though instead of just one, there was two new girls, one of them introduced themselves as Sayori and the other Yuri, though Yuri had to repeat herself because she spoke like a certain yellow girl, Sayori and Yuri sat on either side of Sunset, who by now was suspicious that the girls were planning something, and she was on the chopping block, but for some reason this didn't really bother her. History was last before lunch, and instead of a girl, it was a boy who introduced himself though instead of a full name he simply said his name is MC, the teacher raised an eyebrow but MC just shrugged, and sat right next to Sunset to the chagrin of the other male classmates, and some sighs of pity from the females. "Hey Sunset, wanna eat lunch with us?" Monika asked, causing Sunset to fumble her things almost dropping them, but she recovered, before turning to the other girl, searching her face for lies or deceit, but she felt that Monika was asking with complete sincerity. Sunset wanted to deny the request politely, but Monika felt genuine, it wasn't the same feeling she got from the others when they were around her, the others felt closed off and apathetic, they were good actors, but despite the masks she knew exactly where they stood, so Sunset nodded in agreement. Monika smiled and simply stared at Sunset, She wondered why until it hit her that none of them knew where the lunch room even was, She gestured for them to follow her and began the walk which wasn't far, everyone followed her towards the lunch room, anyone that crossed their paths no longer gave looks of pity, instead it was suspicion. "You know, you don't have to be around me, its probably best if you pretend we never met," Sunset said, not missing the looks of suspicion leveled at the new girls. "You don't get to make that choice for us, Nor are you allowed to run away," Sayori admonished, eyes sparkling with a pout, hands clasped at her sides, the strength in her voice took Sunset by surprise. "I'm sorry... I didn't think....please don't abandon me...." Sunset started before she trailed off, her last sentence barely audible, but they heard her. "Don't worry bout it, she simply meant that no matter what anyone else says, we'll be our friends and we'll always have your back," Monika said, holding her hand out to Sunset, she looked at it then back up too her face before she shook. The girls and MC were blown away by the selection they saw, Sunset wasn't sure why, but she decided not to ask, she watched as they simply took pretty much everything, while she simply took the smallest amount she needed. "Hey, now that we all are here, how come people here treat you like you have leprosy?" MC asked with no tact or subtly. "MC, you cant just ask why someone is outcast, at least have a little tact!!" Yuri gasped softly, before gently slapping MC on the shoulder. "I.... I stole this really powerful magical crown, and with it I brainwashed all the adults and students, I intended to use them to over throw my old mentor, but I was stopped by someone else who was taught by her, she took it back and left me behind in this world, under watch from her friends, I've been trying too make up for it all, I know I deserve it." "the way they treat you, I thought you had done much worst, though I know from experience that nobody deserves to outcast, and ostracized, your trying to be a better person and you deserve redemption more then some people," Monika said with the utmost seriousness, though none of the girls or the MC missed the none verbalized subtext that hadn't said, they were gonna talk to Monika when they got home. Sunset sat stunned, she couldn't understand why someone like Monika or any of them cared, or were giving her a chance, they treated her like a person and not like a wild animal ready to bite or lash out if given the chance. Sunset knew that the others didn't care, because not long after Twilight left, they changed their numbers, not that she blamed them, and unless she accidentally ran into them somewhere outside, they didn't bother including or inviting her anywhere, she understood that she deserves it, after all she had almost killed them. Monika meant it when she said some people didn't deserve redemption or forgiveness, she still cant understand why the user bothered to download mods that redeemed her, why any of the girls forgave her for killing them, especially Sayori who doesn't hate her, even though she thinks she should for what she did. Unbeknownst to any of the parties there, strange symbols were added to their laptops, while a new character file was added, across the multiverse a certain draconequus laughed in joy, his family has averted a disaster that would not only destroy the world on the other side but would have ruined his perfect world, and too add the icing on the top, he gets to steal something of both Twilight and Celestia, he would have her of her own free will.
Twilight in the DarkTwilight wondered how Sunsets rehabilitation was going, plus something was off with Discord as of late, he spent much of his time either with Fluttershy, She didn't know why that mare gave him more then just the time of day, but when he wasn't with her, he was no where to be found. she had tried asking Fluttershy where he was, but she was as lost as she was, which surprised her because she thought that he would tell her everything, but she guessed not, she missed the way fluttershy's tail swished nervously, or the way she stumbled over words, its just fluttershy's mannerism after all. Walking back into her crystal castle, she elected to write Sunset and see what she was up to, as a friend of course she was sure that the elements had purged all the darkness from her. Hey Sunset, how's it hanging with the girls, are you doing alright? - Twilight Oh yeah, their great, I'm sure were gonna be great friends. - Sunset I'm glad to hear it, I was worried that someone was gonna try and seek revenge or something, but I'm glad I was wrong! Sunset didn't reply to that, nor did she for the rest of the day, Twilight simply thought that she was preoccupied with the girls, but Spike thought differently, he noticed that her response the letters were written like her hand was shaking, plus she hadn't mentioned anyone by name, it had just enough information to pass as a normal response, but vague enough to not link it to anyone. He has been Twilights messenger to celestia for years now so scrutinizing letters and messages has been ingrained into him, and with Twilights friends being heroes of Canterlot, his skills have sharpened further, he didn't say anything to twilight just incase he was just reading too deeply into it and being paranoid. Sunset looked down at the book with surprise, she had just lied straight through her teeth and Twilight bought it, she was afraid that she would come through the portal and take her back to the others, but she bought it. Sunset still wasn't sure what Monika or the others of her group wanted with her, but as long as they didn't abandon her or hurt her, she was fine being included, she was sure they weren't planning anything evil, for some reason she just knew that they wanted her around, so far with no strings attached. Monika felt warm, Sayori felt like Sunshine, Yuri felt like gentle fire, Natsuki felt trustworthy, and finally MC he felt funny, she wasn't sure how she knew this or why they felt that way but it was better then the cold apathy of the others, or the silent resentment of the students. MC and the girls got home from school, surprisingly with no homework, even Monika who was a prodigy at the subjects she choose, the teachers saw fit to let them integrate into the student body before loading them down with homework, which suited them just fine. They spent time just enjoying the quiet atmosphere before a ringing echoed from the other living room, they answered the call and all filed into the room, each one opening their lap top before making sounds of surprise because now there were two new files added to their computers. Monika has ELMT.GEN, Yuri has ELMT.KDS, Sayori has ELMT.LTY, Natsuki has ELMT.HST and finally MC has ELMT.LGH but those weren't the only new files, the next one almost caused them to drop the laptops because added into the character files was one for Sunset. Monika was the who opened it, not because the others didn't want to, but trusted that Monika could do it without screwing it up as she was the first human whos whole being was digitized, without being broken down into code like them, unlike the others hers seemed extremely limited as most of her information was locked behind a trust value. "I guess now we're in the thick of it, I figured we'd do it from the sidelines but now I guess out on center stage, man Discord is gonna be pissed," MC said after whistling between his teeth. "Well after the nightmare I had about all of our deaths, I wasn't content with just sitting on the sidelines, besides we can still do it mostly under the radar, because these people have already seen magic, so its gonna be easy to hide our interference," Monika said with a Cheshire grin. "So the existence of magic wasn't covered up here, in most stories when magic is discovered the government usually tries to destroy it or study it," Yuri asked. "well.. I kind of figured out that I can link my mind to the internet, and I've been hearing buzzing while we were at school, and after focusing on it, I linked my mind to the internet." "I hope you got some decent anti-virus somewhere in there, because I cant do it, which is a shame cause there's tons of great baking recipes on the internet," Natsuki said as she poked Monika in the side. "MONI, make sure your careful while your there, because we have no idea what will happen if you contract a computer killer, or any number of Virus'," Sayori said while wrapped around Monika. "don't worry you guys, I wont let some stupid data virus' cause me or anyone here harm, so don't you all worry bout me." "By the way you big dummy, I know what you meant at lunch today, don't you ever say something like that again or else you lose MC privileges', you took us with you when you were given a chance to escape, you also regret everything you did, that sounds like someone deserving of redemption." "Fine, but MC privileges', what are you my mother?" "Yes Moni, this entire time I've secretly been your mother, and MC is your father." "So... does that mean I call him daddy now?" "Now you've ruined it wierdo." "okay mommy." "no, Just no." The entire time this exchange was happening Yuri and Natsuki was watching like it was a high stakes game of tennis, each one trying to hold in their giggles, until Monika called Sayori mommy, then they both busted out laughing causing Sayori and Monika to give glares but it only made them laugh harder.
Prolouge: Final TimelineMonika knew it wouldn't last even as happy as she was, she knew that in a few moments everything would be reset, and a new game would be set in motion, that is until time stood still, and a voice called out to her in her head, which shocked her, she didn't see this in the script, and no one was editing the data in real-time. "This thing on, or what," the voice called out in her head. "Y-yes, I can hear you, who are you and what do you want," Monika replied in her mind. "Who I am isn't important yet, all I know is that I heard your wish." "You can do that, You can get me out of this digital hell?" "Yes, but you won't be traveling alone," "Who's coming with me, Sayori, Yuri, Natsuki, or the MC?" "All of them from each of their good endings." Monika wanted to object until she remembered that this modded world exists because of what she did, she decided that in this next life she would be better, she would never again use her powers to hurt anyone again, if she even still had them. "Let me talk to the girls, I don't want to rip them from their happy endings without telling them first." "See you in the next loop, Names Discord by the way." Time started moving again, Monika said what was expected of her, and the loop came, but this time Monika was absolutely glowing, because this was the last one, no matter what happened next. The next loop started, and while Monika was waking up and getting ready for the last school day she'd ever have, another Doki was waking up, but something felt wrong like something was unfinished, this thought bugged her until she finally caved and brought up the script for the game, what she saw shocked her, everything after the first meeting just stopped, it was all just jumbled text. "Monika, I swear if you did something to our friends again, I will be the one who deletes you forever this time, but I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt," The girl said to herself as she got ready for the loop before putting on a smile and meeting the MC outside her house. The day at school started normal enough, at least until the first period started because when Monika entered her first-period class, no one could believe what she was wearing, a pair of jeans and a plain white top that exposed her stomach. then when confronted by the teacher for not wearing the assigned dress code, she told the teacher to "fuck off" which then when told she's ejected from the class, she flips off the teacher as she walks out before echoing laughter came from inside the hallway when the teacher went to find her, she was already walking off, cell phone in hand. "Hey guys, come to the club room by lunch, I got something extremely important to discuss with you guys." With the text message sent, Monika decided that she'd just spend until lunch in the Clubroom with maybe a couple of Natsuki's manga, by the time Lunch rolled around and the others came into the club, Monika was deeply into the third or fourth volume of Demon Slayer while laying across a few desks she had pushed together, a cough pulled her out of the manga she was reading, she noticed that Mc was blushing trying not to look up her top, which caused her to grin. "Liked what you saw, maybe we could make this truly memorable," Monika said, as she did a small seductive dance against Mc "Alright, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON," a voice shouted, it was the short girl with pink hair. "Freedom, We'll be free Natsuki," Monika said with a giant almost creepy smile. "you mean you found a way out of this game," The girl with a red bow in her brown hair said. "Sayori, how long have you been self-aware," Monika said, the question completely catching her off guard, killing the mood. "I've had it since the Good ending if you could even call it that, but since I was club president, I have been self-aware." "Don't bother explaining to us, Sayori already made us self-aware, the only thing we don't have is yours and Sayori's ability to manipulate the code, which only comes with being the Club president or player," the purple-haired girl explained. "wait, how long have you and Natsuki been self-aware," Monika asked, her head spinning with the revelations. "We became this way about the time of the 'Purist' mod." "So, your fine with leaving this entire world behind and everything in it?" "It's all meaningless code, hell even my 'dad' is code, so there's really nothing keeping us bound here," Natsuki said with a grin. The girls look at the MC, who just smiles and shrugs, which causes the girls to smile and rush him in one big hug before the voice that Monika had spoken to before the loop chimed in. "looks like you got it all sorted, are you girls ready to go," Discord asked "Yeah, just give us like maybe five minutes, we gotta do a small amount of packing," Monika answered. Discord didn't answer, but she knew that they were now on a timer, so she closed her eyes as did Sayori, the others watched in fascination as the world around glitched and broke, before a large pile of boxes appeared from thin air. "There, everyone's things are packed in there, though I have to ask where are we gonna live since we aren't coming back here," Monika asked nobody in particular. "Don't worry about that, I've already taken the liberty of making that room in the void a real place to live, you can manipulate it as you please, though your gonna want to keep your abilities on the down-low," discord answered once again. "wait, Me and Sayori get to keep our ability to manipulate reality," Monika asked in surprise. "a bit hard to yank that away from another living being except by killing and I'm not really a big fan of that, alright see you, girls on the other side." With what sounded like a snap, the club and boxes disappeared from the world, while the world disappeared with them, not that it matters much to them anyways, the entire world was code anyways, they appeared in the room inside the void, however this time it was a real three-dimensional place with the pile in the middle, Monika and Sayori set to work creating the rooms, which didn't take long, since, in this new plane of existence, all it took was them willing the space into existence, though on the north side of the wall, a single door shared the space with Monika's room. They wanted to open it, but the events of the day and the travel had caused them a great amount of fatigue, so none of them noticed that Monika had taken MC to her room, they promised themselves that next time they wake up, they will venture into the new world that waits for them.
