Broken Barriers: Grey Heartsby BioQuillFictionChaptersChapter 2: LegalityChapter 3: Dreams and LovesChapter 4: Admin CultureChapter 5: Days to comeChapter 6: Whole and CompleteChapter 7: Grand RoyaltyChapter 8: Prepare For WarChapter 9: SupportChapter 10: A Wedding of PowerChapter 11: FamilyChapter 12: Friends From Before.Chapter 13: PurposeChapter 14: Time's Cracks.Chapter 15: Changes and Battles.Chapter 16: The Admin of ChaosChapter 17: Find HerChapter 18: Found HerChapter 19: The Grey ProblemChapter 21: Steps.Chapter 22: LoveChapter 23: Help From The VoidChapter 24: Bloodless WarChapter 25: Unnornal NormalChapter 26: DatesChapter 27: HyruleChapter 28: Devine Beasts Ruta and RudaniaChapter 29: Divine Beast Naboris: Part 1Chapter 30: IntermissionChapter 31: Divine Beast Naboris Part 2Chapter 32: King's MiracleChapter 1: A Wedding To RememberChapter 20: Reunion (Sex Warning)We Hope To See You AgainChapter 2: LegalitySomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.Chapter 3: Dreams and LovesNight came and Zeke did… well, everything Eclipsa asked. From cleaning to cooking to feeding, washing, and changing the infants. Finally night time came and it was a strange thing. Some wives of Ben's were there staying the night to get to know the rest, and everyone was mostly sleeping on top of one another in a way that was comfortable. Eclipsa though was between her husband Blitz and Zeke, Zeke being asleep already and she had them in her arms. Zeke fell asleep very fast, almost by will it seemed. Sleeping at least they looked peacefully, granted Eclipsa was resting Zeke head on her breast as she was used to her husband's doing that, Zeke did not have any perverted geim of bliss her husband's got when they slept this way with her. Zeke was just, plainly asleep. Eclipsa sighed, petting Zeke's hair. “I want to help you so much…” She whispers softly, her eyes shining in the night. “You don't sleep peacefully… Even I, will all my worrying and pain, have learned that. You are quite literally surrounded by those who love you… Please, if there is anything above a admin that actually cares, please let these plans work… not for me, but for Zeke… He deserves the respite we have right now.” Eclipsa began to sleep, preparing for a dive to Zeke's dreams. Whatever they were. Once the dive began Eclipsa ended up atop Twilight towns train station tower. At the corner sat Zeke, bit it was just them and the tower. Total void surrounded them. Eclipsa slithered over and sat next to Zeke. “Twilight Town's clock tower… so many memories on this tower. Yet not a single one had me here.” Eclipsa spoke after a moment. Zeke was silent, just gazing into the void around them. To Eclipsa's surprise she heard the bells ring, their loud yet gentle tone echoing on the emptiness around them. So Eclipsa sat, listening to the chimes before gently resting her head on Zeke's shoulder. “After a while it all faded.” Zeke spoke. “Now it's just this.” “Yeah… But you are not alone you know?” Eclipsa said, willing dream versions of their family, making sure that Hearts Care and Celestia were in the group. “Every single one of us are something to fight for, to die for, but most importantly, to Live for.” “I know. This isn't why my dreams started fading. It's them.” Zeke said, the dark void creeping up the tower and doesn't from the top slowly. “Why then? Please Zeke… I have always hated seeing others suffer, especially since I know how suffering feels. Why is this like this?” Eclipsa said, her hands clenched tightly. “Well, where else would I go when asleep?” Zeke said the void now at their feet. It swallowed them, then a flash of light sent it away, and Eclipsa found herself in a city of floating connecting cities atop The clearest water, each large city connected to one another. “Welcome to Skala, the afterlife of hearts.” “What am I doing here, unless… you never truly dream anymore, do you?” Eclipsa guessed. “I never have really. Dreams were few and far between for me. But since becoming Kingdom Hearts my dreams always fade away, and I end up here.” Zeke lead Eclipsa around, this world/city was so bizarre, all the dead who have yet to be reborn, or do not want to be reborn, walked around as if it was any other day, food of all kinds was available, nothing was charged, it was a paradise, every building was something for everyone. Finally they went to the castle, this is where the other twenty Zeke is tied to were, as well as some other figures of importance. “Wow… it's almost too good to be legal.” Eclipsa chuckled as they neared the entrance to the castle. Upon entering she saw Alucard, playing Poker with Meliodas and Raven... from Teen Titans. Eclipsa was keeping her cool as she slithered over to them, Following Zeke. “Hey Crimson Fucker, what's up?” Eclipsa said as she leaned over to look at Alucard's hand. He placed his cards face down. “Nice try.” He said. “Sup? You know me and Meliodas already.” “Yo!” Meliodas said with a wave. “And this emo chick here is Raven. Half human half demon hellspawn of an ancient ritual and a night of demonic rape.” “Shut up…” Raven grunted. “Meh, not even on top ten worst daddy issues I've heard, but hey, could be worse. Could be such a insane little monkey that even the authors have given up controlling you.” Eclipsa chuckled. “I'm Eclipsa.” “Nice to meet you.” Raven said. “As you can see til we get a turn in the body we all just sort of kill time here. We are still working on an exact schedule for this.” “Could be worse. I mean, at least you all can switch out with Zeke sometimes until you do get your own body. I'd understand and help you do whatever it is. Oh and Alucard, Saris and Miss Hellsing both share a room in my place when you want to visit.” Eclipsa informed the Ozzy Osbourne looking motherfucker. “Ha! Knew they were bi. Anyway thanks for the info” Alucard said with a wave. Zeke then lead me to a large web in the corner ceiling. Here a man in a black and red Spiderman suit webbed down. His suit had a hoodie as part of it. “Hi.” They said, offering a hand. “Miles Morals. Aka, Spiderman.” “Heh, hey. Name's Eclipsa, but I bet all of you know that in some form or another.” The Naga said to the SpiderMan, shaking his hand. “Yeah. We all share a body, and therefore memories. We like to think of it as we're all split personalities now.” Miles said. Sitting on a table was Trixie, literally on the table sharpening… is that a giant tooth? Eclipsa pondered. “Hey Trix, what's up?” Eclipsa asked, making sure to stay within distance of Zeke so they don't have to end up teleported again “Tending to Dragon's tooth.” She said. “It's a weapons I picked up on a world where it was just Zeke and I. We made it a Keyblade and, well, it's one of my favorites.” “Heh, I'm glad you found something to care for. Though, as much as I like my X blade and Zeke… I personally miss my chats with the twin keyblades of light and dark.” Eclipsa admits. “Yeah… so, what brings you here?” “Well, I was trying to dive into Zeke's dreams, and ended up here after his dream faded.” The Naga explained. “Ah. Yeah. So, looking for ways to make Zeke happy?” “Yeah… Lyra and I have a few plans to try… I just hope any of them work…” Eclipsa said, sounding much more down as her eyes for a split second lost their usual mirth. “Well, I don’t know if what you try will work, all I know is that when Zeke and I shared a body… I felt him… he was… happy. Truly happy. Not to be back in the world, have a body… because he wasn’t, well, him. He prefered himself look like me than himself. Granted he hated how sensitive my tits are, even I hate that most times, and womans clothes… not for either of us.” “Should I tell you their physical body is now futa? And girl, you must have been shopping at the wrong places because female clothes are So much more comfier than men's, let me tell you.” Eclipsa chuckled. “When your testicals are the size of oranges and your stiffy is as long as your own arm, it’s not exactly the best option.” She countered. “So, Zeke being like me now… if he changed species then you know he really hates himself… always did wonder how they would look as a pony though.” “They haven't changed species yet… but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Though… they seemed to get inspired when I told them to do what Zeke wants, not Zeke Ventral.” “Well to be honest when it came to activities to do, he always did what his wives wanted, or what I did. He never knew what he wanted.” “One moment, don't want him hearing the whole plan…” Eclipsa says before snapping, a bubble of sound nullification around the two. “There. Now, that plays into the plan…” She says before explaining all that Lyra and Eclipsa planned earlier. “Ah…” Trixie said. “But how are you going to get them into actively seeking what they want? Also how are you going to keep tricking him down your throat? Zeke will catch on quick. To your belly therapy attempts.” “First time I will make a 'Mistake and swallow a fork whole and ask him if he would retrieve it. Then, another time I will have one of the kid help me and ask him, saying they're being too stubborn to leave. I will find ways, I always do. Push comes to shove… I swallow him playfully and hold him in, even as he fights.” “Hm. I guess that can work but how long when it comes to that do you plan on holding him in there? I mean, don’t get me wrong he needs to learn to handle relaxing times, but he’s as stubborn as you. It could take DAYS if not longer before he even calms down.” “And I have a dieing pregnant mare I've been holding on to for nearly two months. I… I just want to see a genuine smile on his face again… the only time I saw that was after we drawed in our fight.” Eclipsa said, sitting next to Trixie and sounding more depressed. “I see… in that case, there is one thing I know you and Zeke both can do that can get him a smile at least.” “That is?” “Well, you’re living Kingdom Hearts game practically. Find those old games and maybe if it’s out there this third one you’ve all been waiting forever for and just play them all. Watch some movies, game, hell give him a lap dance, surprisingly the best at those is Fluttershy, something that makes him feel like he isn’t himself.” “I can try. I mean, it wouldn't hurt.” Eclipsa said “Besides, it'd be interesting learning to lap dance as a Naga. I could always change to human if I need to though.” “Huh… how would that even work? Where would you even learn?” Leaving Trixie to her thoughts, Eclipsa spotted a face she saw once in town… Starlight. Mane still a mess and fur unkempt, just sitting in a corner doing nothing really. It was… saddening. “I'll figure it out, ask my family maybe, but Trix, could we continue this later?” Eclipsa asked. “Sure.” She said as Eclipsa headed over to Starlight. The Naga grunted as she sat next to the pink and purple mare. “What has you so down?” “We...remember. Know what all our fused reflections did when we became...this.” She said. “So? We all have done some messed up stuff.” “Many of mine… all made the same mistakes, some succeeding in a goal I once believed in, others taking it way too far, others finding redemption, others… small few, lucky to have never had the thought pass their mind. It’s just so…. Upsetting that so many of… me, all made and did the same horrible things.” “And yet, even with all that, you should count that as lucky. Think of it like this.” Eclipsa began “So many beings out there, they never have a consistency. Hell, the other me's are all enslaved and produced by what is basically a cosmic dictatorship. Yet, I seem to recall the you from my world. You were hurting, alone, suffering. Then, one day, you found a bag of bits in the porch with a note. Do you remember what it said?” “Not fully.” She said. “Something about hope or happiness I think?” “Close… I remember that note clearly, mostly because of the smile it put on your face. 'Don't blame yourself. Happiness comes to those who hold hope. I know what it feels like to lose everything, to be left in the dark, thinking on what I could have done, or should have. Those don't matter, not really. So hold your head high. Those you've lost, even if you've done wrong by them, they wouldn't want you to give up on everything. Please, take these bits. Build yourself back up. And learn to be happy again.’” Eclipsa said with a soft smile, not even looking towards Starlight. “Right.” She said, laying down now. “I was going to use them to move to someplace isolated… I don’t think I should be around others.” With a sigh Eclipsa wrapped her tail around Starlight and brought her into a hug. “None of that…” “Look.” Starlight said, breaking Eclipsa’s hug. “I know you’re trying and all, but even if I wanted help I… don’t want any right now. Maybe sometime later but for now… I’d rather be alone.” She said, back to Eclipsa as she sat back down. “And that is exactly why I can't leave.” Eclipsa said, sitting down but respecting space. “You and Zeke, two peas in a pod. You can't get over the fact that you made one consistent mistake, and Zeke refuses to accept that he can relax, even if it is caused by PTSD.” “I know my mistakes. I made a whole town of ponies give up their cutie marks. When the heartless came… No one could escape. They were all too slow, too weak… all the same… because I made them that way. I only escaped because of my hypocrisy. I kept mine, just painted over it so I could use the spell that removed them… Two Hundred adults, fifty foals, ten pregnant mothers… and nine newborn died that day because of my ideals…” “Wrong. They died because of me.” Eclipsa said. “Want to know something? Their deaths… the deaths of all who died because of the heartless on my world… they are my fault. I handed my children, friends and family keyblades, attracting the heartless. Then, all because I couldn't handle the regret of losing time after time, I trained, and trained, and trained. I trained until I forgot the very reason why I fight. I, the strongest warrior in my Equestria, I, Wielder of the twin keyblades Oblivion and Oathkeeper, The one who harmonized Light and dark without training, the one who promised to defend my home till my last breath, the one who constantly held back beings that threatened the multiverse at large, left. I came back home and I couldn't recognize it. Old friends were dead. My mentor had resigned. My kids grew up without me. I missed the birth of my children. I let everyone die because of my mistake. I let everyone down. I let you down. So don't you dare take all the blame for that… when I am just as guilty…” Eclipsa ranted, not even knowing when tears started to stream down her eyes. “I thought I was over that… apparently not…” “...Even if you were there, they still would have died. Our town was not on any maps, and only way to know it’s location was to stumble upon it. Even if you were there… nopony would have been able to find us anyway…” “You don't know that...I might not have been able to save everyone but if I could have saved one life, just one, maybe I wouldn't feel as guilty. But no, every single last life those days are on my head. Not yours, not Celestia's, not anyone's but me.” “Spare me the explanations. may someday I'll want help… but not now...not any day soon.” “Just because you don't want help doesn't mean you don't need it. So suck it up buttercup, I'm here until I wake up.” Eclipsa said, her eyes flashing. “Leave me alone…” Starlight said, her horn lighting up as she vanished in a flash of purple. “God's, she and Zeke are so alike…” Eclipsa sighed, staying seated on the floor. Eventually Eclipsa got up, looking around and found Core and Unum, the two having a meal at a table for two. “Oh, Hey Eclipsa.” Core said. “Well, if it isn't my favorite master and wedding crasher.” Eclipsa said with a smirk. “Looking lovely as ever Unum.” “Eclipsa.” Unum said. “So, what brings you here?” Core asked, taking a bite of grilled duck. “Eh… I was going to try and help Zeke with his PTSD by going into his dreams… and it kinda faded until we both ended up here.” Eclipsa explained. “Yeah. That happens.” Core said, placing his fork down. “It's a side effect of having the whole afterlife of hearts within your body.” “He still has so much to learn about this place too.” Unum added, drinking her water. “He'll learn. He always does…. Eventually.” Eclipsa giggled. “Hope I’m not interrupting your meal too much.” “It's more of a date.” Unum said. “Been apart cause, well, death, we felt the need of dating again to rekindle our flame. So far so good.” “Yeah. Not like you can have a repeat of singing, joining together during a event, and eventual drunken sex like last time.” Eclipsa chuckled, the fond memory of a time that felt like an eternity ago. “Well this time around the sex isn't drunken.” Unum said. “Hehe...yeah…” Core said with heavy blush. “We will talk later about the details.” Eclipsa winked at Unum. “I'm happy you two are back together. It… it sucked getting you two together after I knew what was to come “ “Eh. Otherwise Zeke wouldn't have existed.” Unum said. “Wait what?” Core asked. “Yup. Hi great great, infinite greats grandpa.” Eclipsa said with a giggle. “... What?!?!?!!?!?” “I'll let you know when that realization has settled.” Unum said, Patting her husband's head as he seemed frozen. Eclipsa giggled. “We so broke him. Hope you got the warranty.” “Heh. Later.” Looking around more I came across someone just resting against a wall. Large red spiked glasses on his head. “Hey there.” They said. “Hey. I'm Eclipsa, just going around and meeting or checking in with the others with Zeke. Who are you if I may ask?” The Naga said, slithering over to him. “Simon. What do you do?” “What do I do?” Eclipsa cocked her head. “Depends, what do you mean by that?” “Job. Am a digger, have been my whole life.” “Oh.. well I'm loads of things. A father and mother, A warrior and Guardian, A teacher, a goddess, the creator, guardian, and admin of grey, Tamer of Insanity, the list goes on. I am simply Eclipsa.” The Naga said with a smile. “Sad. You stretch yourself so thin being so many things, but at least you sum it all up by stating it's just you.” They said with a smile. “You know Zeke does want help right?” “I know mentally… it just feels like he doesn't at times...then he agrees to what the therapist suggested, diving right into what is hopefully recovery. I just don't know at times.” Eclipsa sighed, leaning on a pillar. “Neither does he. Right now he's trying to figure out who he is, not who others have formed him into. So his mind is flipping between a blank canvas and the one he's stared at his whole life, trying to make one and see if anything from the old can can even fit. If it was me I'd give him a nice hard punch to the jaw, but that's just me. You need to heal him how you do.” “I have a few plans in motion, besides, Zeke is now my husband. That'd be domestic abuse.” Eclipsa said with a mirthful smile. “Heh. Well your choices.” Keeping along I came across...Leon...Scott… Kennedy… “Uh, hi?” He waved. “Hi.” Eclipsa waved. “So, how's this whole thing treating you?” “Well not having the ability to get drunk kinda sucks but other than that it's mostly just boring.” Leon complained. “I can imagine.” Eclipsa said, pondering what to ask next. “I'm not in the mood to talk really. Move along.” Leon said. A bit hurt but deciding not to argue, Eclipsa left Leon alone as she looked for the others. This castle was large and she wondered who else was here. Turning a corner she spotted, sitting in a window sill with a chessboard between them, a young Eraqus… and Xehanort. Eclipsa leaned on the doorframe as she watched the two now boys play the strange game. It looked like chess, but the pieces made no sense, as well as their movements. ‘And does that one have my divine sign? The winged snake wrapped around a multi-toned sword?’ “You know you have only ever won against me once Eraqus.” Xehanort said with a laugh. “Yes but I've picked up some more tricks since we last played.” Was Eraqus's reply. The piece with my symbol on it suddenly vanished in a flash, appearing next to a peice that was one of many, a hand, and knocked it over. “Heh. So you have.” Xehanort chuckled. He then looked over to me. “Ah, Eclipsa. What brings you here?” “Originally to try and help Zeke more, but after that backfired I decided to meet and greet everyone else.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “Ah. Tell me, do you play Battlefield?” “The FPS with destructible buildings and is soo much better than COD its not even funny?” Eclipsa asked. Xehanort chuckled. “No, Battlefield is much like chess. Eraqus and I played this often. Each match is said to predict the outcome of future battles.” “In that case, no I have not… heh, if that piece is supposed to be me, it is a wonder either of you can control it. The only thing you can count on with me in a fight is that I have zero self preservation when it comes to those I care about.” “We don't.” Eraqus said, moving a piece. “The pieces move us, to where they are destined to be in the for told battle.” “Huh… If I may ask, what battle is represented here?” the naga said, looking over the board. “Don't know.” Xehanort said. “It has yet to happen, so we don't know who will be fighting who, or for what reason. All we know is that the white pieces belong to those who fight for justice, and the dark pieces are those who fight for selfish claims.” “Fair enough.” Eclipsa said, looking again at the pieces. “Though… pieces si essent in loco, tum ad extremum ... Sentio vero praecepta sunt quae facta, semper erit rumpitur, sic cum aliis griseo boost extremum spiritum eius, transiens coronam de regina et alii.” “Hm?” The two asked. “Don’t ask. Even I don’t know what I am saying when I go on those tangents.” Eclipsa said with a chuckle.” “You know, there is one person who might be able to help you In helping Zeke.” Xehanort said. “Who?” “Peccator.” “Who is Peccator?” “Oh, right. You know him as The Master of Masters.” “Oh him?” I said with a tired sigh. “Guess I needed to chat with great times infinity great grand uncle anyways….” Making her way around Eclipsa managed to find him. He was in a room filled with floating orbs, each shifting images every so often. “So great times infinity grandpa, what you up to?” Eclipsa said from directly behind him. “Uncle.” He said, messing with an orb. “And you are here why?” “A couple reasons. Meeting everyone, saying hello… but mainly trying to help Zeke.” Eclipsa admitted with a sigh. “And what exactly do you want to help him with?” Peccator asked. “I… Sigh, I want him to be able to enjoy this moment of peace, no matter how long or short it is. I want him to smile for something besides our fight, and not have to fake even a fraction of it. I want him to know that it is okay to accept peace, and over all… I want to lessen his suffering. He doesn't talk about it much, but everytime I look at him I can tell. Even kingdom hearts can’t fool my heart.” The naga said. Peccator laughed. “Good luck with that. Last chick to tell that to Zeke and made him believe it died in front of of him. He can't even remember it.” At this Eclipsa had to physically cool herself, her tail stopping mere centimeters from his neck in a nanosecond. “I will help Zeke. He and I are now paired for life, in more than one way. He is family. And I protect my family, even from themselves.” She smirked. “Something I believe you failed and didn't even care to do.” “Didn't you hear me? The last girl Zeke loved and heard that from died in front of him, and he can't even remember it because those Nexus fucks altered your world's timeline. Heck that girl might not even exist anymore for all we know.” Peccator sighed. “Look, you want to help Zeke, find that chick. Don't ask me how, I don't know. All I do know is that she was Zeke's first love in that timeline before Nexus altered it by giving your ancestors the Psychopath blood. Bro God filled me in before he died, and some of Zeke's memories from said timeline are fragmented in here.” He took out a cracked orb from the deal he sat at, tossing it to Eclipsa. “Here. That's all I could scavenge.” “I… thanks… and sorry. Even after learning discipline, I still act without thinking… a boon and curse I guess.” She chuckled “Eh. Good luck finding her though. Like I said, she might not even exist anymore.” “If I can even find a memory… there are perks to being a admin.” Eclipsa smiled, her eyes glowing grey for a moment. She could feel there was... something. Where or what she could not tell… she would need help. “Thanks Uncle Peccator…. You know, you should meet your family sometime. Who knows… you might like them.” “Eh. The only family I did have I sent to die in a war I started. Even my own son…” “Oh and Luxu is alright. He is dating one of Ben’s Sweetie Belle's if you ever want to see him.” “Doubt he wants to see me.” “That may be… but you two need to see each other. You need to show your regret, and he needs to let go of some of his baggage that he has been carrying around with him since those days.” Eclipsa said in her motherly tone. “hehehe. That's the thing. I regret nothing.” “And why is that?” Eclipsa said, not even a hint of judgement in her voice. “Because as of me joining this little mashup, My worst nightmare has been realized, what I tried to prevent still transpired, so now that I know all that effort and sacrifice was in vain, I just don't care anymore.” “And what was it you wanted to prevent prevent?” “Zeke becoming a human X-blade. If I destroyed the X-blade back in the first war… it it just fucking appeared… none of this would have happened.” “Yeah… but frankly, think on this. If you destroyed X, yes Zeke would have stayed mortal and human. Yes, many of the universe’s suffering would have ended…. But then something else would have taken its place. And then another, and another. There is always something. So, why bother worrying about what is to come? About what has happened? Just enjoy the now… its much better than living your life filled with regret, anger, sadness, or just numb. Just… ponder on visiting Luxu, alright?” Eclipsa said, patting him on the shoulder before turning around. “Heh. Doesn't matter.” He said, placing a finger on his right eye. “I forged the Gazing Eye and the No Name Keyblades. A Keyblade to see the future, and one to travel too it. I see all the outcomes. Fact is, I don't have a happy ending in all of this. I've seen it all already, now, Just have to wait til it happens.” “And maybe, it is that attitude that is the cause of it… we all have the power to change fate. Some just have more than others… and Uncle, tell me this. You have seen all possibilities right? Then tell me this.” She said before disrupting all the fate around her with a flash of her eyes. “Have you ever predicted what I do?” “Yes. A lot of kids… seriously, damn… you might have or develop a problem later on…” “Okay besides the kids…. Cause like seriously, at this point everyone knows thats gonna be a thing with how much I like sex.” Eclipsa groans, her hand to her forehead. “You become a literal living sleeping bag… so glad I can't feel what Zeke does out there when I'm in here.” “It’s actually pretty relaxing and comfortable if you don't have PTSD like Zeke.” Eclipsa shrugged. “And let's not forget the soon to come incest but that's another big bag of shit.” “Meh, Genetic rewriting gets rid of the taboo for me.” “But the awkwardness remains.” Peccator said with a wave of his arm. “And FYI, I'm not talking about you and Zeke.” “So me and Ben? Or is there another yet to come?” “Well you've only known this guy and his wife since you were a foal…” “........ dont tell me my brother is now my mother and husband……” Eclipsa said. “ding ding! We have a winner, your prize? Nine to sixty three incest babies by your own sibling. And four by Cadence.” “....that last one kinky, but over all…. God damn my relationship with Shining gets more and more complicated by the chapter.” “Just wait til you wake up. Hehehe. It will get even worse.” Peccator said, spinning back to his orb. “Speaking of. Three, two, one…” Eclipsa woke up…. Mouth to mouth with Zeke's Twilight…. Error, 404, Eclipsa.EXE not found…. She would have been panicking and freaking out…. But she was too tired to give a damn right at that moment. “Gods I swear the authors take enjoyment in my complicated incest relationships…” Eclipsa sighed quietly, trying to not wake anyone. She saw Zeke was folding clothes, awake and dressed. They looked over, seeing Eclipsa was awake. “Morning. You have a visitor.” “I can see that, ass.” Eclipsa said playfully “Why if I may ask?” “Twilight? She rolled there when I got up. But I am referring to an actual visitor. Your Brother and Cadence are here.” Eclipsa sighs, remembering what went on clearly. “Damn, and here I was not wanting to wake up my twin sister… wife…. God why did I ask to be reborn…” Shaking Twilight, she woke up, looking at Eclipsa then wrapping her arms around her waist. “Hey there~” She cooed hotly. “Someone woke up frisky.” Zeke said chuckling. “I had dreams.” Twilight said simply, squeezing her grip around Eclipsa's waist, their breasts squeezing into one another's. Eclipsa's were clearly bigger, almost giving the illusion they were swallowing Twilight's by comparison. “You know how I get when I have those kinds of dreams Zeke.” “Yeah, I know, it's why you have seven kids by me alone…” Zeke replied with a chuckle. “Still don't know why half Keyblade kids only take two months to mature than birth? Must be the magic or... something.” “....Twilight, I know we are married now, but frankly my Twilight was my twin sister turned mother. Give me a little more time, okay?” Eclipsa explains despite the blush on her face. “Oh I know...but your Twilight didn’t have fingers.” She said, tracing up one digit from the base of Eclipsa’s with/tail up her back to her neck, the whole thing gave Eclipsa a shiver. “Shining and Cadence are waiting for me??’ Eclipsa said, grasping at straws to get out of this for now. “Yeah. Been for the past hour.” Zeke said, still folding clothes. “Exactly. So please can this wait?” Eclipsa begged. “Fine.” Twilight said, letting Eclipsa go, but as she was getting off the bed gave her a playful smack on the area where her butt would be, though that area did hae smaller, softer scales for flexibility reasons, making it felt the same as getting a slap on the rear. “I am looking forward to what you can do with that tail though.” Eclipsa froze, sighed before sending a tiny dew drop worth of gray at Twilight, making it to have a single goal, sexually tease the hell out of Twilight while still giving her access to gray. “Enjoy.” “I actually feel sorry for Rune over there.” Zeke said, motioning over to his sleeping perverted wife as they and Eclipsa left the room. Heading downstairs they saw Shining Armor and Cadence sitting in the kitchen…. Both feeding a tiny, baby Alicorn… “Well… guess we know why they visited.” “Shining, Cadence, is that?” Eclipsa asked quietly, slithering over. “You’re an Auntie little bro...sis… Still confused.” Shining said as Cadence giggled. “Her name is Flurry Heart.” Cadence said. “And we feel the need to have you help...supervise her.” “She is adorable…. But what do you mean by supervise?” Eclipsa asks. Shining and Cadence looked at one another, Cadence using one of her wings to tickle the infants nose, at first laughing, Flurry then began to sneeze. Once she did, her horn lit up, a blast of the purest magic Eclipsa has ever felt then blew a hole in the side of her kitchen the size of the Mystery Machine. The blast also went through the neighbors house behind Eclipsa’s and some miles into town. “Yup… That makes sense…” Zeke said. With a snap Eclipsa teleported the blast over to them, suspended in time magic and started to repair the homes. “I’ve fought many things, used many things. Hell I created my own power from scratch. This however? What in all the realms have you been feeding her?! Pure, undiluted mana, class Zetta, from a untrained infant?!” “...Some of my own milk, recently mashed peas and a piece of cotton candy once?” Cadence said. “One second… Scan.” Eclipsa said, activating the ability. Flurry Heart. Level: 1 HP:5/5 Def:0 Mag:??? “You broke my ability…. It physically can't tell how much magic she has…..” “Let me try.” Zeke said, placing a finger over the infant's chest, a bright glow coming from her as he analyzed her. When he removed his hand the glow faded, leaving the infant giggling. “Well this might be the reason. Her heart is old, I mean OLD. Old hearts often lead to carrying certain aspects from prior incarations over to the next. Possibly a heart of many rebirths as a mage or something kin to them?” “That is the only thing that makes sense, unless one of her old incarnations was the guardian of Mana.” Zeke placed a hand over Flurry’s chest again, the glow reappeared, but he took less time than before. “Does Merlin count?” “..... Looks like I found my future element of magic…” Eclipsa muttered, remembering the quest the tree of harmony gave her. “So, besides death lazers, anything else?” “She can carry us when flying.” Shining said. “Her screams broke the Crystals in the crystal Empire.” Cadence added. “She can teleport with pinpoint accuracy and without any delay between them.” “Her shield spells give Shinings a run for his munny and then some.” “.... oh she and I are going to get along just fine, wouldn't you say shining?” Eclipsa chuckled, making Shining shiver from the memories. “A little too well…” Shining Groaned. “In any case it’s why we are here.” Cadence said. “Flurry Heart threw a temper tantrum and nearly broke the Crystal Heart. We figured you and Aunti Luna could either have some means to place a limiter on her, or manage to teach her controle?” “I might have a way to help her learn control… though, just a warning, whether or not it works it will make her even more powerful.” Eclipsa told them while scratching the little balls of death’s ears with a smile. “Well it’s either this or risk her accidentally harming the kingdom, herself, or others.” “Heh… might give me practice for when my own are born soon.” Eclipsa chuckled before breathing and relaxing, going still and serine…. Something that honestly creeped out Shining, him having seen Eclipsa most of his/her life be a aggressive, fun loving adrenaline junky. Gently, Her hands reached down and began to caress and swirl over Flurry, faintly glowing trails of gray being left in their wake as Eclipsa began to sing gently. ”Someone tell me Someone show me Someone let me know Who I'm supposed to be If you know me You can take me To the deep blue sky Over the big blue sea ------------I know | If you've seen ---Where I'll be | In the future ------Oh please | Tell me ---I can dream | What you see there ----------I'm lost | Within ----And behind | All the madness But I've found | I can shine ---------My light | In the darkness Into the hour of night Where my pain gets left behind I won't give up the fight I'll just say that I don't mind What would you do to me If I set the universe free Come sit next to me Behold your galaxy ------------I know | If you've seen ---Where I'll be | In the future ------Oh please | Tell me ---I can dream | What you see there ----------I'm lost | Within ----And behind | All the madness But I've found | I can shine ---------My light | In the darkness ------------I know | If you've seen ---Where I'll be | In the future ------Oh please | Tell me ---I can dream | What you see there ----------I'm lost | Within ----And behind | All the madness But I've found | I can shine ---------My light | In the darkness” Zeke stretched. “Not to interrupt the good moment… but you are also an hour late for Work Eclipsa…” Zeke pointed out. “....Shiza.” Eclipsa cussed in german. “Cheer is soo going to have my scales for this…” She said, expediting the process. “There. Her magic is boosted by gray, making her on par with some mid tier gods, however because all gray bows to me, I have made sure that hers will convert all excess mana into gray until she is of age to where I can train her to use it properly. Once that happens, I doubt even some admins will be able to handle her raw magic.” “Cool…” Shining said, Eclipsa rapidly raiding the fridge, then wrapping her tail around Zeke and rushing out, carrying them like that while rushing to the school. When they arrived the Students were outside, training under someone Eclipsa did not Expect. Ban, one of Meliodas’s friends and allies in arms. “Ban? Was I already fired?” Eclipsa said “No, I just covered for your ass.” He said, watching the kids practice swing motions. “Figured if this land is mostly sunshine and rainbows I best pass the time teaching the youth how to be as violent as possible.” “Heh… sadly, while it is mostly Sunshine and rainbows, when those clouds come… they never truly leave.” Eclipsa sighed, setting down Zeke. “Eh, either way you two are here now. I‘m gonna head into this Everfree forest place and see if anything there can keep up in a fight.” Ban said, walking off into the forest. “Well that was unexpected.” Zeke said as Eclipsa let them go. “So what is your lesson plan for today?” Eclipsa pulled out her notes. “I had two, which do you think, tapping into their souls to unlock the path to their potential, or live sparing?” “Actually I think a demonstration of non-Keyblade based attacks and such should be best. I know a lot from training when I was younger and I’d like to...pass them on.” “Hmm, I guess producing a weapon from your own soul can wait till next week.” Eclipsa said, writing it down. “Ready when you are.” “Alright. Anyone here have a training sword I can use?” Zeke asked. Eclipsa was about to hand him one before handing him a different one. “Almost gave you one of Cutting Winds…” “Hm.” Zeke nodded, feeling the dull wood. “This will do.” They then moved over to a large tree nearby. “Now then, pay attention closely.” Zeke said, grabbing the short training sword in both hands and readying to swing. Eclipsa felt no energy at all from Zeke, who let it all drop to nonexistent levels, as to not aid the demonstration. Zeke rushed, fast, no aid from his powers in his speed as he swung at the tree. Nothing seemed to happen, until the trunk splintered, still standing as the training sword broke. “Alright, who saw it?” Zeke asked. Eclipsa chuckled as three of them raised their hands besides herself. “Of course you three would notice it.” “Alright, what did you see then Eclipsa?” “Simple. One strike became three as the exact moment of impact.” “Yes. Can anyone guess how?” “What about you Eclipsa?” Eclipsa the naga asked the Dragon/pony hybrid “Uh… you really have three?” She said. “No. There was, and is one blade, then there was three. Who can tell me how I made one blade slash three times at once?” Zeke asked again. “What about you Esmerelda?” Eclipsa said, pointing to the earth pony covered in sunscreen. “Um… you were fast?” She offered. “To be blunt. Yes. This attack was made and perfected by one of my ancestors who needed to ensure their for was dead, and my family always did things overkill, so, they developed a sword technique that right before impact you rapidly shift the wrist, or blade...neck, ugh, biology. Anyway, but doing so, they were able to make a single blade slice three areas of their does at once, ensuring if one slash was blocked, the other two, or at least one, would be fatal. To accomplish this, they trained themselves to maneuver their joints and speed to actually be fast enough to bypass anyone without a well trained eye.” “Or not biologically gifted.’ Eclipsa nodded, having heard of the technique from Josh once. “The trick is in speed, reaction time, and timing in how you shift your weapon to hit the three targets. While one point of impact looks like it hit the same as the others, in fact, one hits first, then the second, and lastly the third, and as they are cutting in, shift the blade. This is why the tree splintered rather than was left with slices, why the training sword broke. Now imagine this with a real sword on a real person. Pretty messy huh?” “Here, do it with this one.” Eclipsa said, handing him Cutting Wind’s “Trust me…” “Alright.” Zeke said, taking the modified training sword and performing the attack again, this time the tree shattered into three chunks, and the sword remained whole. “Hm. Good quality.” “That would be my son’s… our son’s work… though he is banned from doing it at school.” “If he grew up with my parents he'd already have his own workshop making swords way worse than this.” Zeke laughed. “And yet he isnt.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “So he can do what he wants… Anyways, kids, do you understand?” There was some nods, and the main thing that was needed here was speed, so they trained their endurance and stamina to utilize the technique. Zeke sighed, humming a tune. “Sooo… Enjoying yourself?” The naga asked, making sure the kids were getting the theory right. “I guess.” Zeke said simply. “Not much of a answer there.” Eclipsa said summoning some chairs for the two. Zeke took a seat. “I guess my mind is mostly wandering.” “Well, if you ever want to talk my butler, you can.” Eclipsa giggled, nudging the futa keyblade. “I dunno. Last night I woke it remembering this tune of… a song I think. Don't know the words though.” “Well, go ahead and hum it. There is a chance I may recognize it.” Eclipsa said, keeping a eye on the kids “Alright.” Zeke hummed the tune. Eclipsa felt it was... familiar, though not sure why in the slightest. She knew she heard it also...but not where or when, and no lyrics came to mind. “It… I know it as well… but I’m just as stuck as you… but now that I heard it, I cant seem to get it out of my head.” Eclipsa said softly. “I feel like someone sang it to me once… I just can't remember who. Maybe it was from a TV show?” “I don’t know… hell I don’t even know what I am feeling, just that I am.” “Hmm.” The two pondered it for a while, wondering why this song felt so close to them. The class went on mostly with just basic speed exercise, some students Improved and some were sore from the training. When the day was over Eclipsa took Zeke to someplace that might be fun. An arcade. “I haven't seen one of these in years.” Zeke said, looking over all the titles. “I may or may not have come over often to destress.” Eclipsa said, glancing at a 9999999 score with the initials ECS before it faded back to the game preview. “Heh. Wonder if it's here…?” Zeke said, Looking around the arcade, finding a large shooter set up for up to five people. The title read ‘Dust’ in large dirt colored words. “Oh hell yes.” “Oh, haven't gotten around to playing this one yet.” Eclipsa said, looking it over. “It’s an Arena shooter. You go through each level of wasteland raiders to gather supplies for your settlement, the more players the harder it gets, and if you all make it to the final arena you get the max score and tipple your tokens back.” Zeke said, picking up the large plastic wired gun shaped controller. “Hey, we should call another three over, just to have the full squad.” Eclipsa suggested. “Nah, I’m pretty good at it, but if you wanna play too then grab a gun.” Eclipsa’s eyes flashed, her face having her old grin. “This party is getting crazy!” Suddenly they turned as the sound of a jukebox being smashed by a white haired foal who was eating pizza. “Weird.” After inserting the tokens needed the game started, the screen was split into two, Zeke’s character on the right, Eclipsa’s on the left. The characters moved on their own, Zeke and Eclipsa aimed and shot. The first Arena was a rundown super market, the heads of thirty all generic looking raiders were at the top, and under it an HP bar for the two. “Careful, one player, these guys just have handguns, two, they have rifles.” Zeke said, aiming around in a slow circle for the first raider to show their head. Eclipsa breathed in before breathing out, cutting out all sounds save for that of the game and zeke, her body relaxed and in a position one would expect a disciplined sniper to take before with a flick and a snap that impressed everyone that the controller didn't break, cracked a headshot to the first enemy raider. Immediately, six raiders appeared, Zeke taking out four as Eclipsa took out the last two. “Careful, you only regain ammo when you pass a fallen raider, so try not to miss.” “Right.” Eclipsa replied, using every bit of training she received from josh to react to even the slightest pixel movement. Nine more popped up, immediately the duo reacted, each shot fired was at the head, earning double points, and extra ammo. “Say, when did you get good at aiming?” Zeke said with a smirk. “Left for dead world with Josh, as well as actually providing a strategy to him, though I needed to learn to provide overwatch while he commanded a group of NPC’s in a military simulator.” Eclipsa replied, never once stopping the barrage. “Oh, my Christmas when I was nine.” Zeke jokes, shooting several more, the reward chest in sight, guarded by a large, fat raider with two assaults rifles. “”Trick with this guy is aim for his eyes, he'll miss over half the time.” “Right. So, there a story behind that Christmas?” Eclipsa asked as she focused her bursts to the right eye while Zeke went for the left. “Let’s just say there is a reason the US retired fort knocks as their gold vault.” “Oh that. Yeah had to recreate the robber to get back oblivion and oathkeeper.” Eclipsa said casually. “Long story short: I was a idiot.” In no time the stage boss was dead, the loot collected and the next stage was loading. “Before it begins we can get some upgrades with our points. I typically take the rifles. You?” “Either sniper or pistol, depending on what they got.” Eclipsa replied, looking at the list. “On this stage two players give them shotguns and pistols.” “Got it.” Eclipsa said, opting for the sniper due to her mood. With the rifles the two were clearing the arena quickly, at some point the jukebox began playing a solo action guitar song in sync with the game. “Heh, okay who did that?” Zeke chuckled at the irony of the events. Eclipsa spared a glance to see the same white haired kid it the already broken jukebox, causing it to somehow work again. “Huh.” she said, turning back in time to snipe a enemy about to shoot. The boss of this stage was the same as the last, but with attack dogs and two harder raider allies. Still, while Eclipsa fell with the dogs, Zeke took out the two harder raiders then went for the boss, Eclipsa joining in once the dogs were dead. As the next stage loaded Zeke stretched. “Heh, if only the real thing left no recoil.” Eclipsa paused… that phrase for, some reason gave her a slight headache… as if she heard that before too. “Today is weird, even for me.” Eclipsa muttered to herself before upgrading the sniper, for some reason the sniper calling to her more and more she played. As she and Zeke played time flew by. Soon the duo had maxed out snipers and we're on the final stage. All raiders were armored, with Miniguns, attack dogs, and less ammo. “Oh I love this boss.” Eclipsa winced, her head giving a throb for some reason as she raised her rifle. “A-any tricks?” Eclipsa asked, not even noticing her slight stutter. “None that I've found.” Zeke said. “It's almost here. Watch for the barrels.” Before Eclipsa could answer, a giant mutated and armored raider appeared on screen, one arm infused with a Minigun and the other grabbing barrels stacked along a high platform. “Heh. This is gonna suck.” Zeke said, a genuine smile on his face. ‘Heh. This is gonna suck.’ The line rang out in Eclipsa’s head as white noise filled her ears. “Don’t give up just yet lover boy.” Eclipsa said, unable to stop herself. Zeke laughed, looking over at Eclipsa, then froze. He saw the blurred silhouette of another. Frozen, he dropped the controller, right at a barrel hit his character, the game over screen appeared on his side. But what Eclipsa saw was tears flowing from Zeke's eyes. He didn't even realize it. Eclipsa too dropped her controler, clutching her head as chaos rang out in her head. “What is happening….” Zeke, snapping out of their stupor, quickly helped Eclipsa get back up. “Maybe… maybe that's enough games for today.” He said, feeling the tears on his cheek. “What… I… I never cry?” “Zeke… remember that picnic under the full moon…” Eclipsa mumbled, not even realizing everything coming out her mouth. “I don't know what is going on.” The Naga turned into her human form feeling the need for it at that moment as she continued to hold her head. “”The one where we-” Zeke cut themselves off, clutching their head now. “What the? But… We never met until after all this god and multiverse crap…… This doesn’t make sense…” “Our first time you were so shy…. No no we never even have had sex, let alone you be shy about it…” Eclipsa said leaning on Zeke as tears ran down her eyes. “Your dad about killed me… What the hell...am I remembering?” Zeke said, tripping over themselves. “Woah!” They looked up, seeing Cript standing over them. “Shit, now I know why the Radist took a detour… The hell happened to you two?” “Dad?” Eclipsa asked before crying out, her air flickering to a different shade and style for a moment before returning. “Why do we have these memories… what is happening….” Eclipsa whimpered, clutching onto Zeke like a lifeline. “Hm.” Cript said, looking at them both. “I think I know, but we need to make a small pitstop first.” Cript said, snapping their fingers as the three of them were inside what looked like an office building, Cubicles for as far as anyone could see. “That SoB should be around here somewhere.” “Zeke, slow down the car, we lost them…” Eclipsa mumbled, still holding on to him. “N-no, can’t let them see me…” Zeke grunted. “Ah, there you are.” Cript said, pulling out of a Cubical a small cube of sorts. “This should clear up this whole mess.” He placed it in front of the two, the cube spun itself around a few times before opening, a display screen showed some images. “Hmm…” Cript said, reading this over, sighing. “That’s what I thought… Shit…” “What is it?” Eclipsa asked as her eyes even flickered into a blue before back to red. “Well, these memories aren’t someone else's, they are yours.” Cript said. “Apparently in your reality, back when you were all mortals, Nexus was testing Zeke out, but labeled him a failure, rather than dispose of him, they altered time… bold move for them. Anyway, this is why Zeke’s family has inborn Psychopath blood, they gave it to his early ancestor.” “The witch...and the potion… she was Nexus?” Zeke asked. “Yup. This changed history, but to be sure they made sure the reason he strayed from their initial testing, Marcy, was never born… Didn’t stop her heart and soul from taking another vessel through.” Cript said, looking over to Eclipsa. “It makes sense, you adapted to female life way too quickly, and the idea of marrying Zeke you embraced without question. Becoming Admins must have allowed you some of the memories to return to you, even though they don’t exist in the current flow of time.” ‘Marcy, get out, run, something is wrong! The world… ash… up into the sky… something…. NEXUS’ “It's true…” Eclipsa said, turning to look towards zeke, tears in her eyes. ‘Marcy!’ ‘Zeke, no no no.. zeke…’ “Nexus deleted the timeline… but it wasn't quick and painless….” “I...Gah!” Zeke hit the ground, forcing themselves up as Memories returned. “I remember… It happened… twice… The first time… I ran away to you… I was happy...for a whole year… but my family found me… my grandfather killed you… I changed into a Psychopath… I killed him then… Then It happened all over again, but my eyes were the Ventral red… I still found you, but that’s when they warned me personally… I ignored them… and they made you...fade…” “It hurts… I used to wake up with phantom pains all over my body… But I just accepted it…. Zeke.” Eclipsa said, her form for a moment changing to that of how she used to be. “Hehe… I remember how you found me out.” Zeke said, starting to chuckle as more memories flowed back. “You tried to scare me in the shower… Hehe… You took one look at what I was packing down there and hopped in… Heheh.” Zeke looked at her, she was five foot seven, long blond hair, deep blue eyes, and a glowing complexion. “You were a pervert then, and now.” They said, placing a hand on their cheek. Eclipsa choked on her breath as both her memories finally settled “And you are still a dolt…” She said, placing her hand over his. “Talk about destined to be.” Cript said, tossing the Cube back into the cubical it came from. “I mean...damn. This is me levels of unlikeliness.” “Heh… well, at least I’m not as reluctant to tap that ass.” Eclipsa chuckled. “Though I am keeping the name Eclipsa… makes it easy for family and the readers.” “Heh… You know, I’m remembering a lot of your fetishes… also your browser history, dear lord you had way too much porn.” “Makes sense now of why I never bat a eye at fetishes … and why I’ve always been secretly jealous of Rune…” Eclipsa admitted before turning to Cript. “Dad… thanks. That was starting to hurt a lot.” “Well yeah, remembering things that no longer exist would do that. Welp, back to Equestria with you two.” Cript said with a snap of their fingers. Eclipsa and Zeke was back outside the Arcade, Eclipsa in her Naga form and Zeke still both genders. “...Heh, so… what now?” Zeke asked. “I feel like I owe you a lot for falling for me literally three times, and dying twice because of me…” “Hmmm, well then… let’s collect~” The naga said before grabbing their thrice timed lover by the shirt and kissing them with passion. Zeke didn’t resist, holding Eclipsa as tight as they could. Zeke and Eclipsa finally stopped, both panting. “Is it wrong to ask… how good are you with that tongue now that it’s as long as an arm?” They asked with a grin. “Hehe, lets just say, I’d be surprised if you find the energy to return the favor with that nice stick you got down there~” Eclipsa giggled slurly “Try me.” Zeke breathed into Eclipsa’s ear, making her shiver from her head to the end of her tail. “Thats it, Twilight be damned.” Eclipsa said, snapping and teleporting them to their bedroom and immediately starting to strip Zeke down, moaning the entire way. “Hmm...I wonder?” Zeke said, a grin on their face as they unhooked Eclipsa’s bra, giving a light yet firm scratch over where the hooks were on her back, making her Eclipsa pur. “Hehe. You still love that.” “Only you could ever make this feel good~” Eclipsa said, nuzzling Zeke as she purred. “Umm… Did we miss something?” Scotch asked, both Eclipsa’s husbands and Zeke’s wives were all in the room. “Either way, don’t mind us.” Rune added. Eclipsa giggled. “Lets just say that apparently nothing, not even a cosmic order that can fuck with time, could keep us apart.” Eclipsa purred out while using her tail to grab a collar and hand it to Zeke. “So...we missed a lot?” Celestia asked. “I think we should give them the room.” Star said, having to help the others drag Rune out of there. “My eternal guardian….” Eclipsa smiled handing him the collar. “You always liked being the dom.” “Hmm…” Zeke smiled, placing the Collar on Eclipsa, chuckling as it already had their name engraved on it. “Let me guess, Blitz?” Zeke chuckled. “Scotch actually, Blitz was sex while floating in air.” Eclipsa chuckled. “Zero G sex? Now I’m interested. Dash likes it on clouds, softer than silk.” Zeke said. “hehe, so, what first… master~” Zeke shivered at hearing that. Smiling as he pat Eclipsa on the head. “Hmm. Well, what does a naughty girl like you deserve? Can you prove to me you can be a good girl?” “Oh yes master!” Eclipsa said before leaning back and presenting her sex to her long time mate for the first time in this timeline.“Now now, that’s a little too eger. First I want you to put on a little show first. Hmm… How far can you slid your own tail in there?” Eclipsa blushed before moving her tail end over her pussy, getting herself lubed up before with a blush and biting the bottom lip, started to slowly tail fu herself. “L-like this master?” “Yes. Now then, slid it in, until you can’t slide any more in. I am very curious to as how… stretchy, you are like this.” With a blush she continued to push in as more and more of her tail disappeared, a noticeable bulge starting to appear as the tail starts to get thicker and thicker, moans escaping the naga's mouth. Zeke watched in genuine surprise as now, a little over half her tail was inside her own vagina, and her lips stretched wide enough to easily fit a small car tire. “Wow. Is there even a bottom in there?” Zeke asked with a grin. “Naga’s can literally rebirth full grown people so…. Maybe?” “Well I’m impressed.” Zeke said, starting the pull Eclipsa’s tail out of her, the sudden, and semi rapid movement nearly made the Naga cum then and there. “Now...If I remember correctly you always liked the feeling of a hand in there.” Zeke then with ease placed their whole right hand within Eclipsa’s nethers, the Naga covering her mouth in response, the circular massage Zeke was giving her insides gave her waves of pleasure, and memories of the timelines before. Eclipsa moaned and panted, pleasuring herself never feeling the same as a lover... especially from her soulmate. “S-so good…” “My my, so lose. Did your own tail do a number on you?” “M-maybe? Oh!” She cried out. Zeke removed a thumb, and rubbed it against her winker, using their free arm, wrapped it around her waist, and brought her in close. Being part female, Zeke was noticeably wet themselves, and just like when they shared a body with Trixie, blushed as their breasts pressed against one another. “Heh, they are a lot bigger than before. Weren’t you a C cup before?” “Pregnancy as s-swallowed myself, now a DD… though I could always change it if you want master.” Eclipsa panted. “Hm. I think this is kinda backwards.” Zeke chuckled. “I am the Keyblade here, but, whatever makes you happy.” Zeke said, removing their hand from Eclipsa’s depths and using the same hand to grope her breast. Eclipsa moaned as milk leaked slightly on to Zeke's hand. “You are more than my keyblade, and always will be my good bad boy.” She said, using one of her old saying as Marcy. “Heh. As long as you’re my small town canyon girl.” Zeke replied with his phrase from before. Zeke leaned in, giving a long wet kiss to Eclipsa before backing up, and taking a seat on the bed. “Now, it’s time we get to the main event, but just before, a little…taste” Zeke said, letting their eleven inch long member out. “Ever packing heat love~” “It’s not my gun this time~” “Oh I think it is… you are still gonna shoot something out of it~” “That depends, if you are good, I’ll let you choose~” Zeke teased as Eclipsa bent down to his member. “First, I’d like to see how your tongue can work it now~” With a giggle and choosing to ignore the slight crack in the door as a camera lens could be seen out of the corner of Eclipsa's eyes, Eclipsa bent down, leaving soft kisses all the way up and down the long shaft before unrolling her tongue as it gave a long lick. The little lick turned into several before the entire snake tongue wrapped around the cock, massaging and licking it in a spiral. “Woah...holy crap…” Zeke groaned, gritting their teeth as Eclipsa worked up and down his member. “Heh, it kinda feels like when Rune got the girls to all give me a blowjob at once.” “And there's more tongue~” Eclipsa giggled before wrapping the cock entirely in tongue. “Woah… Heh, thank god I’m good at holding it back. Feels a lot like Rune’s insides.” (“Oh I am so taking notes…”) a voice was barely heard as eclipsa continued to tongue Zeke before using all remaining length to lick Zeke's pussy while still keeping the cock wrapped. “Gagh!” Zeke said in shock, unconsciously thrusting upward, shoving all his member down Eclipsa’s throat. Eclipsa was happy to no longer have a gag reflex. With a moan she immediately began to suck while her tongue continued to work the very sensitive pussy of her master and lover. Zeke was biting their own finger. Their few experiences as a female before made one thing clear. The baby factory doors were their total weakness. While the sensitive tits were something to get used too, but the lips between the legs Zeke would never get used too. This new pleasure made holding back hard, and Zeke pulled Eclipsa off of themselves, panting. “Shit… Not used to that area getting attention…” Zeke painted. “Oh, was it too much for now?” Eclipsa asked “Well, to be fair the one time I was female and Unum knocked me up I...don’t actually remember that part. You’d have to ask her how that went.” Zeke said, wiping some sweat off their . “Alright. I think there’s just one question right now in all honesty…” “Yes? I'm a open book… quite literally.” “Heh… Are we ready for kids? I men, yes we already have kids, you’re pregnant as is but… if you and I have kids… they’d be born Admins, X-blades, balance/Grey infused powerhouses… We don’t even fully understand what we could do let alone that kind of power.” “I'm not afraid… In every life, I always ignored the past, and found no point in worrying about the future. All I know is right now, right here, I love you. I always have, even if I didn't realize it in my third life.” “I know...but what about Ben? Heck I got a...shower call from them the other day when Celestia was in there with me and… they’re like me now… and my god those clothes were...well, either his Rarity had a field day of they are embracing that cleavage...multi cleavage… It’s like a mini version of his mom Den…” “Kinky.” “Yes but besides the point… If we are going to have kids then… shouldn’t Ben be here for that too? You and I are doing this because we apparently are three times timeline lovers… We don’t have that kind of special connection with Ben… I want to make one like that before anything like us all birthing possibly the most powerful beings in creation second to, or even surpassing Cript.” “Then let's spend more time with them… if I could learn to love, and you could learn… well I could always be willing to learn for Ben. But on the topic of kids…. I have waited three lifetimes for your kids, I'm not waiting another.” “You won’t have to… I don’t want you too either. I remember your first failed pregnancy test. You were sad, them immediately jumped me again to try again… despite you still needed to finish your senior year in those timelines…” “Hehe, yeah...Oh and Zeke? FYI? I can be impregnated by nine different males at the same time baby factory style, so the Excuse I'm pregnant already doesn't apply.” “.... Ehehe..erm…” Zeke said, scratching the back of their head as Eclipsa remembered Zeke had a pregnancy fetish. She smiled, going to take full advantage of that here and now to get her way. “Oh come on now, admit it, you want to knock me up, keep me having little Naga keychains. You can't wait to feel my bloating belly, my broadening hips, everything. So master~ claim your prize~” the Naga tempted, rubbing her sex against the 11 incher. Despite grabbing her breasts in response, Zeke was clearly in a conflicting state of mind. Eclipsa grinned, sealing the deal by shifting her form ever so slightly. She moved all her unborn Currently developing children, and even Spoiled, up to her anthro half, the results gave her the appearance of a heavily pregnant female. Zeke's face became a hot red, his members reaction was a now raging stiffer, that Eclipsa lowered sex over, and slid it in till she reached the end, their bodies tightly connected at their pelvis. Eclipsa took this moment to also change her eyes, her pupils now two pink hearts. Zeke's higher brain functions seemed to sense, giving into his bodies desires and lusts. Slowly Zeke began moving, gaining enough room to thrust upwards. Once it was made, he slid out, his love moaning loudly before letting out a strong bliss filled cry of ecstasy, Zeke now rapidly thrusting upwards into his love, each thrust Eclipsa moaned, the two tightened their holds on one another, Zeke around her now enlarged upper belly area, their head partly buried under the nagas breasts, and Eclipsa tried to move more of Zeke's head into her breasts, trying to get them to drink from her. At some point, unbeknownst to both, the room began to fill with their respective raw energies. Balance and Grey. Their energies began crossing, merging and flowing between the two, and a third, unseen energy joined in shortly after. Nothingness. Eclipsa noticed Zeke's eyes changed, from Red to a bright pink. Zeke was also giving Eclipsa a look she was just giving him. A look that said one simple thing. ”Screw me!” Zeke yelled, voice filled with a sluttery tone the likes of which Eclipsa never heard from them before. And she liked it. Rapidly reaching a hand to under where Eclipsa’s filled holes was. She yelped, feeling her skin grow out… and she wasn’t doing it. Realizing Zeke was altering her she realized she was given her own member, two inches longer than Zeke’s and a full inch thick. Before she could retort, Zeke slid off of her, and onto her newfound member. Eclipsa gasped, the feeling both familiar and all the more pleasuring that ever as a solo male. Each thrust acted as a sliding motion on her own newfound member, Zeke didn’t fit it all, but took in three quarters as slowly Eclipsa started to thrust in tandem with Zeke's own, her hands roughly grabbing the X-blade's ass. Zeke let out a loud moan, Eclipsa feeling a slight thing, like a jolt of sorts within her center. It made her scream, multiplying the pleasure in a way Eclipsa never experienced. She came, both female and male parts at once, the resulting pressure of cum from Eclipsa’s member made Zeke do the same. Both wombs filled as one. With a pant and lack of breath, the two looked at each other before going again, never breaking eye contact. At some point the two fell asleep. Waking up Eclipsa had fixed her form to normal, Zeke now face pressed firmly and smiling between Eclipsa’s slightly cum covered cleavage, milk still leaking from them. The sheets were a mess, dried stickiness covered them both. Eclipsa smiled softly, proud, and too happy to put into words are seeing that smile again. Faint tears of joy welled up in her eyes as a single one fell down her cheek and landed on her lover. Zeke began to stir from that, upon waking immediately gave Eclipsa a deep kiss, his breath and mouth still tasted like Eclipsa’s sex organs. “Morning… You played dirty with that pregnancy look.” Zeke waid with a smile. “Heh, yeah well, something had to get you to crack.” Eclipsa said humorously before wondering why she can feel where her children are. “Heh...agh.” Zeke moaned, letting go of Eclipsa and clutching their stomach. “It feels like someone pounded my stomach with a jackhammer.” “Oh…. Oh boy… get to a toilet love, I have a feeling I know-” It was too late, Zeke began hurling, though, it wasn’t vomit per say… rather, liquid Darkness… and Light. “Fuck…. Huh, that’s new. The twins had real vomit...” Before Eclipsa could reply, The liquid darkness vomit morphed into Shadow Heartless, quickly scurrying out of the room. “A heartless! Kill it!” Yelled Cutting Wood as an army of running hooves and feet hit the floor outside. The light, however, morphed into something unexpected… a Starlight Keyblade Keychain. “That was… oh god.” Eclipsa says before throwing up liquid Gray, it forming into a some floating ball of energy. “Fuck...What happened?” Zeke asked, trying to move their legs to stand, only to see they were stuck together by long dried ‘fluids’. “What the… what exactly did we do last night? Honestly I kinda...blacked out after you made yourself a super preggo and… everything after that is largely a blur…” “One moment.” Eclipsa says, dismissing the soon to be grey creature to the realm of Gray. “ Now, movie time because I only remember the beginning.” Eclipsa says, creating a projection of what happened last night for both to see. Zeke’s jaw dropped as it got to the part where he gave Eclipsa a penis, then looked in horror as she began ramming it inside them until it formed a repeating bulge on each thrust. “Well… that explained why I feel like a jackhammer went to town on my insides…” “Oh and it was strange… the air was so saturated with light, dark, Gray and nothingness… it felt pleasant but… I think more than us banding happened last night… seriously why do I hear Rune whispering from behind the SOUNDPROOF room!” Eclipsa say with a exasperated sigh and trying to summon Better half… for instead Kingdom key D appearing in her hand… “Uhm…. The hell?” “Hey, that’s one of my regular ones.” Zeke said. “Get back here-” Zeke fell backwards, Lunatic appearing in their grasp. “The fuck?!” “Uh…. Zeke….. is that Ben's castle in the distance?” Eclipsa said worried, looking out the window to see a great huge castle surrounded by thorns and nothingness. Zeke, managing to pry their legs free from their sticky bindings and looking outside, seeing the giant palace towering high above the skyline. “I...think? I’ve never seen it but if the Nobody symbols are anything to go off of… I’d say yes…” “What the fuck happened…” “I’m gonna say… sex combined our realms… even with context… that is very, very strange to say.” “But we never even banged Ben yet! That was next on the to bang list!” “... Don't compare lists with Rune… please..” Eclipsa giggled, the exasperation in Zeke's voice breaking the stress building around them before the two heard a knock on the door. Suddenly the door was completely shot down by heavy guys fire. And walking into the room was a man and a woman… who Zeke thought were dead. “Yikes this room smells like sex!” Yelled the man. “Mom...dad?!?!” Zeke yelled. “Well, we kinda had a night long session and never got around to cleaning up.” Eclipsa said shamelessly Groaning, Zeke quickly hid under the dirty bed sheets. “Eclipsa, this is my mom and dad… Marry and Barry Ventral…” “Holy shit… your brother has some kinks but that is an unexpected product of his testes.” Marry said, pointing at Eclipsa. “Oh this wasn't him.” Eclipsa says, shifting to their old human form of a brown haired deep red eyes boy. “This was Josh, and this is how you two could have a chance at remembering me.” She said before turning in to her oldest form of Marcy. “Huh, looks a lot like Josh when we were kids.” Barry said. “Awh. Your so cute as a girl! I always wanted a daughter… and now-” Marry said, ripping the sheets off of Zeke, who yelped, trying to cover themselves only to get a bear hug from their mom. “And now I've got one… sorta, eh, close enough. Zeke you smell like a cum dumpster.” Zeke's face turned red with complete embarrassment. “Oh we both ended up as a pair of those.” Eclipsa said, shifting back into Naga with a playful grin before snapping and cleaning all the cum stains, but purposely keeping the smell. “Why are you two here…. How are you two here?!” Zeke asked, still naked and getting hugged by their mother. “Oh, when that tank driving basted shit at the house we ended up with this old guy saying he was God, and that despite us having a vast, Vast criminal history, because we weren't part of the chaos that day he was giving us a free pass to other worlds and powers.” Barry said. “We've been using our powers to travel the multiverse and steal. Got a nice stockpile set up.” Marry added, now grabbing Zeke by the boobs. “Wow Zeke, they're so firm! You get that from me.” “Kill me now…” Zeke muttered. “Not in your life my good bad boy.” Eclipsa chucked, slithering over and giving them a kiss. “Better?” “No. Still naked. Still getting sized up by my own mom… and Rune is recording.” Zeke pointed to an air duct on the wall, a noticeable small red light faintly glowing through the graits. “Both are from the feel of it… god damn it Zeke how do you ever stop feeling where everyone is?!” Eclipsa said, feeling the hearts of everyone within a ten Mile radius “Heh. Wait till you hear their thoughts. I really had to tune it all out after hearing Rune's.” Zeke said, slipping out of his mother's grasp. “God's this is weird even by our standards… So, Marry, Barry, or should I say mom and dad, want to head on down and taste some fine cooking, Naga style buffet?” Eclipsa offered. “Oh we'd love too.” Marry said. “I'd like to meet the fine ladies my son has been breeding with!” Barry added. “...Eclipsa?” Zeke asked. “Yes Zeke?” The Naga said, already getting out clothes for the two. “Is your stomach sound proof?” “Mostly, unless you shout loud enough to echo across realms.” “Good.” Zeke said, tossing the clothing and forcing their way down Eclipsa's throat, Zeke's parents jaw dropped as soon just their child's feet were left out, and then down the throat they went. “Is that...normal or?” Marry asked. “For Naga like myself? Totally. For Zeke…” Eclipsa got a small happy smile, filled with pride. “Nope. Oh, and don't worry, Naga don't digest others, it's taboo. One of our stomachs literally is for healing. I have a few of my children and a healing pregnant mare in there already.” “One of?” Barry questioned. “How many do you have?” “Three. One for healing, one for storage, one to actually eat. Hell we Naga can swallow ourselves. It's how we molt, and how those with less than average breasts grow them.”Eclipsa said, practically skipping over to the door, her fanged smile never leaving her face. “Was that the first time you've swallowed Zeke?” Marry asked, following. “No, but last time the peaceful nature of it freaked him out till he forced me to up Chuck him.” She said, using her tail to fling a memory crystal to Rune, containing her pov from last night. “Ah. Yeah Zeke has never taken moments of peace well.” Barry said. “We once had a solid week of no police noticing us, Zeke was paranoid as hell.” “I know, heh one time I swear we had lost the cops after a confirmation with your grandfather and he just kept driving… you know I need to sort through my memories some time…” The Naga said thoughtfully. “Hm. Well, how many other… nagas? How many others like you are here anyway?” Marry asked. At that Eclipsa winced. “Right now there are More dire wolves than Naga, partly thanks to Ben and his adoption and birth rates, but Naga… maybe enough for a single planet or two, if you find us all. As for here, the only other Naga is my adopted sister who works at the hospital, and some of my children.” “Huh… weird. So you don’t reproduce much? I thought snakes can have like up to six or eight eggs?” Barry questioned aloud. “Well we give live birth, but we can produce a lot of kids… problem is only a few of us are fertile, let alone female.” Eclipsa said, making her way to the kitchen, giving a kiss to her Scootaloo's head as the Pegasus Naga ran past. “Oh, bad gender ratio then?” Marry asked. “Basically. Hell we've even adapted to hold nine different male's children because of it. I could be seen as a fertility goddess with the fact that I feel like the … oh the number has increased to fifteen now children, that at least five of them will be female.” “Nine different fathers?! Damn...wonder how much child support one of you could collect from all those men?” “If it wasn't for herding, probably enough to throw a wrench tire kingdom to bankruptcy.” Eclipsa giggled before snapping. “Stopza.” She said before starting to cook at a rapid pace, pouring out all her overwhelming happiness and pride into every dish as she prepared what others would call a feast…. And this family call breakfast. She wiped her brow as the spell ended, the table all set up. “Well-WOAH!” Barry said, seeing the sudden buffet laid out. “I...shouldn’t ask. At this rate sanity is out the window huh?” “Oh I used a high powered time spell boosted by my natural power of Gray, and cooked.” Eclipsa shrugged “...We have so much to learn.” Marry added. Meanwhile, inside Eclipsa’s healing Stomach Zeke was getting to know Spoiled, who now showed her pregnancy more so than before. “So you mainly just take naps?” Zeke asked. “Mostly. Sometimes when the kids slid in here by mistake they bring a phone or something and I watch whatever they watch. Sometimes they leave me their game systems but they only last a few hours and without fingers I’m not very good.” Spoiled replied. “It’s always oily/slimy, but it’s not unwelcomed, kinda like putting on lotion and special oils.” “I can see that.” Zeke said, looking at their slime/oil coated hand. Their member was already hard again, the wet, soft environment just touched them right everywhere. “I assume you also...enjoy yourself while here?” “Depending on how she moved she does the work for me. Last night I had the most amazing chain orgasems I’ve ever experianced… It was also the only series of chain orgasems I’ve ever had.” “Yeah, that would have been me and her going at it. We kidna found out some stuff happened involving other lives and timelines that we were soulmates torn apart.” “Oh, well that makes sense. Heh, guess I was an unseen third party in all of that then huh?” “Heh, as long as you aren’t angry about it.” “If I survive this birth… I don’t think I’d mind it again~ I mean… My husband is gone, I’ve accepted it, had a lot of time to reflect and think about my life… I realized I am not what I wanted to be. I became stuck up and prissy to fit into with the ponies my husband dealt with, and it changed me and I didn’t even realize I was hurting my own daughter. So, If I survive this, this… mystery baby and I would like to…” “You want to be a part of this family?” “If you’ll have me?” “I doubt Eclipsa will say no, and neither can I, for two reasons.” “Oh thank you.” Spoiled said, wrapping hooved around Zeke in a hug, and getting a face full of their cleavage. “Oh… How do you live with them always swollen and so high up?” “Biology…” Back with Eclipsa, the meal was going well. Marry and Barry kept telling more stories of Zeke from their childhood. “So when he was five, Zeke actually thought the washing machine was for baths… We didn’t find him to he was on the spin cycle. At that point he felt like he was on one of those large spinning rides at a carnival.” Marry laughed. “He threw up and yelled ‘again, again’.” “That's adorable.” Eclipsa said between chuckles. By now the whole family minus most of Ben's family, some were here still, we're at the table, the Naga and dire wolf kids seemingly fly in a competition to see who could eat more of the amazing meal. “So I take it last night Zeke's eyes changed to pink at some point.” Unum asked. “Yeah… how did you guess?” Eclipsa asked. “When he was a girl with me and I was male for it, how he had the twins, the second I slid inside them I saw their eyes change pink and they just changed into some kind of sex addicted slut… nearly broke my pelvis too.” “Ah. He gets that from my side of the family.” Marry said. “The women in my side just can't help it. We get turned on and aroused and suddenly we're humping anything that can slide inside us. And I mean any and every hole too.” “Every...hole…” Barry replied with a slight tone of horror. “I have a titanium pelvis after Zeke's older brother was conceived.” Eclipsa chuckled. The door to Ben castle opened, and now the female/male dire wolf themselves walked in. Eclipsa could hear the whistles all around the table. “Hiss.” Eclipsa said in her form of a 'woof’. Chapter 4: Admin Culture“Can’t go anywhere without people whistling huh…” Ben grumbled, wearing his enchanted clothes so his ‘full assets’ weren’t on display even with him being fully clothed. “Also, who’s hissing at me?” He wondered while looking around for who hissed at them. “That would be me.” Eclipsa declared proudly. “My version of a woof~” “Well…” Ben blushed a little. “How are you doing Eclipsa? And...what do you think?” “Hm. Well, you clearly wanted some attention from us… you got it from me, and when Zeke gets out I’m sure they’ll find it equally attractive?” “I’m not doing this for attention, even if a lot of people would treat me as a sex goddess.” Ben said sheepishly. “But...being a Den Mother is something special...also thank god for enchantments…” Ben muttered. “Hm. Well if you’ll all excuse me, I’ll take Ben out so we can walk and talk.” Eclipsa said with a flick of her tail as she and Ben exited the house. “So hot stuff, why the change? Oh and as of last night, I am a chick with a dick, blame Zeke.” Eclipsa said as they walked out and in the direction of this ponyville’s park. “Well...talked to some people. Them saying ‘take a step in Zeke’s shoes’ and...well I’m like this now.” Ben said. “A seven foot tall Den Mother that needs magical undergarments to make sure all my parts aren’t constantly hanging out.” Ben said nervously. “Yeah, so glad for internal testicles. But hey, as long as you like it that is what matters.” Eclipsa said with a warm, not even flirty smile. “Well, I’ve gotten closer to Nancy.” The dire wolf said honestly. “Who would be one of your aunts...that sounds weird how I’m the mother/father of your aunt…” “Trust me, with my family dynamic, that is tame.” Eclipsa said seriously. “Oh, on happy news… I made Zeke smile, and found out that he and I are basically soulmates.” Ben looked at Eclipsa for a moment. “Um...does this happen to involve...time shenanigans? Like...say one time Zeke went Psycho and murdered his grampa time shenanigans?” He asked, remembering how Zeke really did like this one girl when he was doing some Heart searching stuff a long time ago. Eclipsa winced. “Yeah, wasn't fun getting that particular memory back… But simply, yes, there is a reason I adapted to femininity like it was second nature… cause it used to be.” “Sorry to bring that up but...now I know why I saw all of that.” Ben said honestly. “Weird how foreshadowing works huh?” “Yeah, Authors are a bunch of Lazy, and obvious asshats… but I can't be mad at them… I’m happier than I have been in a long time.” The naga smiled “And all we needed to do was grow a pair of tits.” The den mother chuckled. “Or...in my case, going from a six to a fifty in less than ten seconds.” He said honestly. “By the by, where’s Zeke? I thought you two literally couldn’t be away from each other?” “We aren't. He climbed on in on his own accord!” Eclipsa said, hugging herself and giggling in pride. “I’ve...also talked with some of my wives about that…” The futa dire wolf brought up. “And...they said I should give it a try...and I’m willing to but...I kind of doubt I can fit anymore given how big I am…” Eclipsa deadpanned and raised an eyebrow. “Love, I can swallow all 20 feet of myself, I think you can fit.” “Um...I mean you just regrew a pair so I can make a dick joke now…” Ben said honestly. “But I won’t...also jesus that’s a lot.” He said honestly. “So uh...a thing happened not too long ago…” Ben brought up before bringing out a ball of Nothingness...but it had Darkness and Light inside surrounded by Nothingness Thorns and Grey. “Oh, so we really do have all of each others powers… that'll be fun…. So… how long till I can tap that fluffy ass?” The Naga asked, looking over Ben with hunger. Ben blushed a little. “I’m...still new to being a woman…” He said nervously. “I haven’t even had full sex with anyone given my dick is now able to be registered as a blunt weapon.” Ben sighed out. “Love…. Naga are naturally elastic. We can quite literally fit almost anything and anyone inside or mouths and vag.” Eclipsa said, summoning a book on Naga Biology “Well I don’t fully know things about Naga.” Ben pouted. “Sorry for not knowing things...plus the fact I haven’t even talked to you for like...ever to be perfectly honest.” Ben said, feeling a little bad about that. “Here...Date first, then we can talk about banging alright? I’d like to catch up ya know?” Eclipsa sighed before giving Ben a smile. “I don’t mind, besides, I don’t know about you, but I just want to relax in the park for now sooo.” Another snap and Eclipsa has a blanket and basket in her hands. “Picnic?” “I’d love it.” Ben smiled gently. “But I always try to have a date with beautiful ladies before doing the dirty...best to know who your with before sharing something special ya know?” “First things first, one moment.” She said before closing her eyes. ‘Zeke, you want out? Ben is here.’ ‘Uh, sure...got clothes? I jumped in here nude…’ Zeke replied. “Does he need clothes or something?” Ben asked, not knowing what stomach Zeke was in and thinking he might have either lost his clothes or something else. “Yeah, he jumped in naked after his parents showed up.” “Oh, I hope everything went well.” Ben said while snapping his fingers, creating some clothes fit for Zeke. “Tell him I’ve got his clothes…” Ben also brought out a towel. “And a towel to dry him off…” ‘Ben got you some clothes and a towel for the oils.’ Eclipsa informed. ‘Great, send them down or something then get me out.’ Zeke replied. Eclipsa took the clothes and swallowed them down to Zeke, having Ben hold the towel ready. “Alright...this is gonna be a bit new.” Ben muttered. Zeke managed to get dressed within the alien confines of Eclipsa’s healing stomach, saying goodby to the healing Spoiled before getting pulled out, drying off. Ben didn’t realize the clothes he crafted, giving Zeke a black and light blue version of his own cloak, only with one area to show of a single pair of breasts rather than eight. “Well… is this gonna be a get up or?” Zeke asked. “I guess since they were made with you in mind, they can morph to your tastes.” Eclipsa guessed. “Anyways my Good Bad boy, wanna go on a date with our fluffy puppy?” “Sure. So long as there’s you~” Zeke said, giving Eclipsa a quick peck on her lower lip. “Glad you two are happy.” Ben said, honestly happy for the two but hoping not to feel like the third wheel here when he wanted to help make this work. “Don’t worry Ben, This date isn't about Zeke and I, this date is about us and you. I want our union to work… and although right now I do not love you as much as I love Zeke, I hope to someday soon love you both equally.” Eclipsa smiled, slithering over and wrapping around the wolf. “Keeping that in mind, allow me to make the first move Eclipsa, formerly Marcy, made on me when we went on our first date.” Zeke said rapidly standing next to the Dire wolf, and wrapped an arm around their lower waist, resting their palm on Ben’s hip. “Shall we?” Zeke asked, motioning their arm out. “Um…” Ben wasn’t fully sure what was going on. “Normally I’m the one that does the forward things…” He said, not sure what Eclipsa...or Marcy did their first date. “Heh, relax, they were just extremely flirty… very flirty. Besides, you’re a sexy shemale now, embrace the female side a bit more.” “‘I’m supposed to be the man, I’m supposed to be the one doing all the nice things for you two.” Ben said. “You know, making you two happy, safe...and so much more.” He said, the two seeing what Ben truly thought ‘being the man’ meant to him. “Now sure I’m also a woman but still…” “Ben, love, you can still be that, but being ‘The Man’ doesn’t mean we can’t treat you and make you feel special as well.” Eclipsa said softly as they started for the park. “I know I know.” Ben said while following along. “Tell you what, how about for this whole day, try to accept both, be the male you want to be that treats your love's right, but also try and be the Ben we want to also make feel special.” “I’m not that special, it’s you two that’s special.” Ben said with a little blush. “To Quote Jenny, ‘Bitch shut up and let me love you.’” Zeke said, giving Ben a surprise kiss, the Dire wolf’s face turning full red with blush. “And to Quote me, ‘We are all special, Normal is boring, and you sure as hell ain't boring.’” She said before giving Ben’s ass a light slap with her tail. Ben yipped at the slap and pouted at Eclipsa. “The heck?” He grumbled, Eclipsa knowing now how soft and big it was. “But...fine, I’ll try.” The trio made it to the park, setting up next to a small artificial river made for aesthetics. “Now then, what’s to snack on?” Zeke asked. “Don't know, I just scanned all our code and tried to plan out a proper brunch for all of us mixed with stuff we all like.” Eclipsa said with a shrug. “And Ben, before you ask, I learned by being insane.” “I haven’t learned a thing about Code.” Zeke stated. “Its hard if you don't get the power force fed into you.” Eclipsa says, setting up the blanket and starting to unpack the basket of holding, bringing out a few meats she doesnt recognize but Ben does, some chocolates and Paopu fruit, and Mushroom pizza. “Oh you two will love this meat.” Ben said happily. “These meats are from the Dire Wolf home world, you would not believe how good it is.” “What’s it called… and why is it blue?” Zeke asked, looking the kabab of blue meat over. “Smells gooood~” Eclipsa says, she having some predator instinct much like Ben. “Eating it raw was already delicious, cooked meat is even better.” Ben said happily as he grabbed a kebab as well and eating the meat happily. Eclipsa puts one aside for her to try while cutting up the Paopu for the three to share. “Well, I certainly can't wait to share this with you two.” “Oh...Heh, I forgot this was a thing. It’s funny, with how you and I kept returning to one another, it’s like we had shared one prior somehow on earth huh?” Zeke said, taking his piece and looking it over. “Should I?” Ben asked, trying to stay positive but being a natural pessimist wasn’t helping him. “Please Ben, for me?” Eclipsa asked, holding her piece as well while looking at Ben. Ben smiled gently. “Alright.” He said while gently taking the piece of Paopu Fruit. “On three.” Zeke said, the three of them holding the fruit to their mouths. “One...Two...Three.” They each took a bite. At that moment it felt like not only did Zeke and Eclipsa know even MORE about one another, but also Ben, and he felt like he knew more about them… he felt attached to them, and they to Ben. “Who knew this was magic…” Ben said honestly. “But...the fruit is nice.” “Glad I beat my addiction to it… it was, and still is a part of my pregnancy cravings…. But I kinda went overboard with it… I’m glad I was able to share it with you all instead of having it outright.” Eclipsa said “I have to admit, I always wondered how these tasted.” Zeke said, finishing their piece. “So, Ben, you find out you can use our abilities and weapons too?” Zeke asked, summoning Lunatic. “I have a feeling I’m the one that started this chain of events.” Ben said honestly. “Summoned X, who panicked, summoned Guardian which was cool, I also practically Classed up a Samurai Nobody into a Shogun with Grey.” Ben explained. “Oh and Nobodies can use Keyblades now, I tested it and they can wield Keyblades fine somehow.” “Oh you just used the booster power of gray huh? Did you tap into what I call the ocean?” Eclipsa asked. “Wonder how we can better combo this all? There has to be combinations we can make here…” Zeke thought aloud. “That will be fun trying out.” Eclipsa smiled. “You have no idea what sort of shenanigans will be brought here.” ben said honestly. “Fun fact,” Zeke said. “This morning thanks to Eclipsa taking full advantage of all my fetishes, we’re both knocked up now. My morning vomit is literally liquid darkness, and light. The darkness became a shadow Heartless the kids killed and the Light became a Starlight Keyblade.” “Well then…” Ben blinked. “That’s...a thing…” Ben said, feeling a bit more like a third wheel now even after eating the fruit given what was just said. “But good for you two, I’m sure you had fun.” “Ben...Why don’t you tell me some about yourself. I find it cheeky that I only know alot about you through 4th wall breaking and… well… if we are going to connect, I want to know you for you.” Eclipsa said, resting her head on the wolf’s lap. “What do you want to know about me?” Ben asked, the den mothers thighs behind big and soft enough to be pillows in their own right. “Cause there’s a lot I could say about myself...doubt some would be positive but still.” “Hmm… How about something we can all relate too. What was your Mark of Mastery exam like?” Zeke asked. “I fought Rejection, my dark half, but then when I finally stopped rejecting things...Joy came back.” Ben said. “Bastard had a cheeky ability of ‘rejecting’ damage back at me before I realised the gimmick.” “Heh. Pretty litteral. I first fought my own brother… then had to leave a perfect illusion of my dream life, then… I forget the last thing, but there was also another part in a Memory Skyscraper place… who did I fight there?” “I don't know… But I had two marks of mastery. My first one had me kill myself. The other had me answering questions KH one style before I had to learn… well, that's a lesson I’m taking to my grave.” Eclipsa said, taking a sip of a smoothie before nuzzling Ben. “Hmm… Okay, next question. Who was your first wife, or girlfriend Ben?” “That would be Luna and Twilight, given the two were dating at the time they wanted me to join in.” Ben said. “Yours?” “It was a group thing. Most of the mane six, Rune, Hearts Care, and Celestia and Luna. It was mostly for killing that Bara jack ass’s Nobody.” “Luna. I dived into her heart to free her from Nightmare Moon, and we hit it off from there.” Eclipsa said, happily cuddling the wolfy. “Soft~” “My fur is a lot softer.” Ben said honestly. “But also my thighs could crush watermelons I mean seriously…” Ben muttered, looking at his thighs again and thinking they were pretty big. “Well, I think they’re beautiful, just like the rest of you.” Eclipsa says, kissing Ben’s cheek. “Thank you.” Ben smiled gently. “Alright so...what was the first world you went to?” He asked. “Cause the first world I went to was Radiant Garden, before Terranort turned a bunch of people into Nobodies.” “If I remember correctly… I think it was either Olympus Coliseum, or Twilight Town?” Zeke pondered, seeing Ben’s arm and seeing how soft the fur was, rested their head on Ben’s lap as well. “If your this soft, mind if I collect the shedding? This would make an amazing blanket or pillow.” “Jeez, I know it’s soft but it can’t be that soft.” Ben chuckled a little. “Wonder how you feel without these clothes covering~” “I know I'm wanting to learn, but Zeke, let's wait till after the date, then we will make it so he can't walk~” Eclipsa giggled before sighing in content. “I love you two.” “Um...just a quickie thing...I was told that if I get pregnant I’ll...get bigger.” Ben brought up nervously, not sure what they’ll think about that. “Bigger how?” Zeke asked. “I wasn’t explained most of it but...yes.” Ben said, not fully knowing what would happen to be honest. “Yes! I'm not the only one who will grow till the day they die! Woo!” Eclipsa shot up, cheering before sighing and laying back down, her fluffy mate just too comfortable. “So… I'm gonna stay the small one here?” Zeke asked. “You could always will yourself to grow, like you willed me to grow a dick bigger than yours.” Eclipsa shrugged. “... I still don't remember doing that… apparently when I'm fucked vaginally I get… a bit wild.” Zeke said, shifting a bit to get comfortable. “Wild how?” Ben asked, given he has over two thousand wives he wasn’t sure what ‘wild’ meant anymore. “I can explain this one.” Eclipsa said before making a projection of her POV from last night. “Don't worry,only we can see it.” She said, summoning popcorn. “Oh?” Ben raised an eyebrow...before seeing a lot of it. “Christ…” “Yikes… surprised I didn't hurt you Eclipsa.” Zeke said. “Are you kidding? That was awesome!” Eclipsa said blissfully. “Besides, that? Nothing compared to being broken down and regenerated over and over again on a molecular level… becoming a god sucks, just fyi.” “Yes, yes it does.” Ben said honestly. “Hurts like a bitch to be honest...but this is gonna be a long night if it goes that way.” “Oh like you will complain wolfy.” Eclipsa giggled. “From what your wives have said, you are a total sexaholic.” “I blame me talking in my sleep…” Ben grumbled. “Seriously, lot’s of things I didn’t want them to know…” Ben sighed out. “But I try not to be a total sexaholic…” “Just as long as it's not Rune's level…” Zeke sighed, looking up at the clouds. “Do you two ever wonder what life would have been like have we never met one another?” “Boring probably. I would have gone through the stuff in the show, just basically being a co-hero for thing that changed.” Eclipsa shrugged. “I would have still been King of Nothingness so mine might have still been interesting.” Ben said. “Albeit I probably would have done more world hoping to be perfectly honest.” “How about we do that?” Zeke asked. “I've done a bit but not too much. Let's make a list of words we knew from earth, and travel to them.” “It will never end at that point.” Ben brought up. “Like...good lord there’s a lot of Worlds just from me alone.” “I haven't visited that much really. I mean, besides all forms of Equestria, the first world I ever visited was Traverse Town, then hell, a few other worlds I never got the name of, and destiny islands.” Eclipsa listed off “I only went to Nowhere which is destroyed...I went to Yggdrasil, a place from an Anime called ‘Overlord’...which is also destroyed...I went to Destiny Island, StoryShift Undertale if my research is correct, Radiant Garden...Hawaii from Lilo and Stitch actually…” Ben thought if there was any other worlds he went to. “Still feels like I barely went to other worlds to be honest.” Ben brought up. “So...what worlds do you two even want to go to? There’s a lot of places.” “Soul Eater, Olympus Colosseum, Traverse Town, Twilight Town, Destiny Islands and… Spirited Away, as well as Fallout at one point.” Zeke recalled. “Wow, considering all we've done, we really haven't traveled at all huh?” Eclipsa commented “Yeah pretty much.” Ben shrugged. “Maybe it was either because I’m too busy or I have a new fear of getting more wives from other worlds.” “Well we never really had a moments peace. Between bad guys, conflicts, etc, we just never had the free time. I guess.” Zeke sighed. “Even though there were plenty of moments we weren’t doing anything...at least, for me I had plenty of time to do things.” Ben said honestly. “Well, I think I know what our next date is.” Eclipsa smiled. “Road trip anyone?” “Road trip.” Ben nodded with a smile. “Not sure road trip is the proper word, but eh, sounds fun.” Zeke added. “Great! I'll start making the plans tomorrow.” Eclipsa beamed happily. “So how long are you gonna be here til your castle needs ya Ben?” “No idea. I can just have the hundreds of clones solve my problems back there while I spend time with you two.” Ben brought up. “If that's the case why not just have your clones do the hard work and you stay here, relaxing and family stuff? I know I don't miss all the paperwork from Daybreak.” “Besides, in about oh… five more lines we are gonna end up in the bedroom anyways and I'm sorry but you will not be able to work today… Trust me as a three time girl, guy, and now herm, you will be in Bliss and sore tomorrow morning.” Eclipsa informed. 5…. “Your confidant.” Zeke said. 4…. “And here I was hoping for maybe a little more time actually talking and getting to know each other.” Ben said honestly. 3... “To be fair, how long did any of us last against our wives before screwing? I managed to avoid sex till marriage but there was groping. A lot of groping.” 2…. “Oh and Zeke, it's a good thing you go crazy in sex because of what is about to start.” Eclipsa commented. 1… “Well...can’t wait.” Ben said, getting a bit nervous about the lack of ‘practice’ with the female bits. 0. “ Don't worry love, after all, heat teaches you everything~” Eclipsa said, her voice smooth and slurry, as she starts to pant with lust, her body giving of the tale tell smell of heat. Many other females around started producing similar smells as Eclipsa started to kiss Ben passionately. Ben was shocked at Eclipsa being in heat and the sudden kiss, but just shrugged it off and kissed back just as passionately. Eclipsa let her hands make slow trails over Ben's body, tiny caresses, little things that drive more pleasure while her tail gently starts to rub Zeke, not wanting to leave them out. The wolf did the same, trailing his hands down Eclipsa’s body wanting to get familiar with his new wife. Placing up a quick illusion to hide them all. Zeke then went up next to Ben and Eclipsa, the Second pair of hands feeling their body made Ben shutter with in unfamiliar, but not unwanted pleasure. Zeke began to embrace Ben, giving them a light hickey on the neck. “Curse you heat…” Ben muttered, taking off his cloak cause this is where it was going. “This is going to be wonderful…” Ben muttered while moving a hand over and groping Zeke’s ass. Panting. Zeke began helping the wolf and the Naga undress. Both Eclipsa and Zeke nearly got pushed over as Ben's true assets popped out of their enchanted coverings. “Woah…” Zeke gasped, taking a pair and squeezing them. “Your boob jobs must be amazing~” “Yes...I have eight tits...and their all big…” Ben blushed brightly, given that he was trying his best not to be affected by the heat but milk was coming out of the den mothers breasts at this point. “Like...pretty big...and I can just...lactate healing milk cause why not.” “Oh I likey~” Eclipsa purred before latching onto a teat, one of her hands trailing down before grazing the wolf's cunny. Ben shuddered at the touch, the wolf’s cock at full mast at this point. “I’m...trying not to make this heat worse for myself…” The poor den mother said nervously. Eclipsa broke off before giving Ben a sympathetic look. “If you don't want to do this we won't.” “I didn’t say that...I was just warned that...first heat would be a problem.” Ben said sheepishly. “I want to share this special moment with you two...if you’ll have me.” The wolf said while putting a gentle paw on Eclipsa’s cheek. “Nothing more special that your first time with real sex in that form.” Zeke said, cuddling the dire wolf. “Just as long as you are enjoying it.” ”Thank you.” Ben said with a warm smile. “Now...how do we start here?” He asked, never having done things as a futa before. “Well, first, let’s get you used to your new parts~” Eclipsa says before slipping a single digit into the already drenched pussy. Ben yipped at the sudden intrusion. “C-careful...I haven’t...done anything with that yet…” Ben blushed as red as can be, the wolfs nethers clamping down on the lone digit. “Like...even when me and Twilight were testing toy’s...didn’t touch that yet…” “Which is why I won't do more than a finger until we loosen you up.” Eclipsa said, caringly, if lustfully. “Also...just a little warning…” Ben said. “If I uh…’let go’ so to speak...two things might happen...I might become a raging sex machine because of the heat and…” Ben looked away in embarrassment. “I might…produce too much…” He said, Eclipsa and Zeke seeing a cute wolf acting like it’s his first time again. “Oh this will be fun… no no Lance no-” The trio finally gave into exhaustion after the intense love making. Both Zeke and Ben gave into their perverse sexual nature. To which Eclipsa enjoyed whole heartedly. Ben was now changed, a Den Mother Direwolf. Now they stood easy sixteen feet tall, and everything else about them matched their new size. Eclipsa and Zeke could SIT on Ben's top breasts, and use them like beds. As the three embraced each other in afterglow, they noticed the sun gently setting. “Two things...A, should we try to uh...fix the ground?” Ben brough up, given that the ground around them had noticeable cracks. “And two...really? Only half a day?” The wolf panted gently. “Eclipsa.” Zeke sighed from their resting spot atop Ben's top left boob. “Thanks for that rubber spell… made everything so much… Fuller…” “Welcome, just don’t have Twilight ask me about it… wouldn't be able to tell her how…” Said the naga, her tail wrapped around her lovers and gently massaging them. “Well...glad you two had fun with this.” Ben said with a little smile. “But...sorry if I was a bit...rough.” The wolf said nervously. “I feel much better because of Eclipsa's spell so no worries.” Zeke said. “So glad I put up that illusion spell to hide us.” “But I’m a bit concerned people noticed the possible earthquakes because of it.” Ben brought up nervously. “Meh, fuck them. We had fun, we enjoyed ourselves, and no children saw. I call it a win… also, do know you can will your body to change Ben, but this is how you will always go back to.” Eclipsa informed the now giant wolf. “I know I have my anthro form and my feral form.” Ben said to Eclipsa. “But...just glad you two had fun.” “You kidding? I've had lots of sex, but not only was this the best sex I've ever had… it also felt the most special with the two of you.” Eclipsa says with a blush, embarrassed to admit that. “All the sex I have...it’s always special for me.” Ben said. “Even after so many times...it’s a special bonding moment...it’s important for people who love each other.” “Given that how much are we gonna screw?” Zeke asked. “Still… I can confidently say that I not only stole Your Virginity… but that I officially love you.” Eclipsa smiled. “Heh, that face you made when I got you in your ass was priceless Ben.” Zeke chuckled, starting to clean off before dressing. “We should get going, I imagine the kids and family are wondering where we are.” “I’m surprised you two were enjoying my size.” Ben brought up. “And yeah we probably should...but should we go world hopping after we get cleaned up and see our family?” “Sure! Maybe some new worlds formed during the merge, after all my realm was mostly empty, just filled to the brim with energy, almost like a grey version of the Final World.” “The what?” Zeke asked. “Sounds like it’s...basically the after life?” Ben asked curiously. “I know it’s in KH3, which I thankfully have and have been playing, but I didn’t get that far.” “That is it, we are having you lot play it after our world hopping.” Eclipsa deadpanned. “Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.” Zeke interrupted. “You mean to tell you two have Kingdom Hearts FUCKING 3, and didn't bother even telling me?!” “You are literally Kingdom Hearts, plus we thought you already had it.” Ben said sheepishly. “Even the foretellers should have it by now.” Eclipsa shrugged. “Well I’m sorry my parents aren’t reality breaking super beings who can get me things that didn't come out yet back on earth…” Zeke pouted. “Hey, at least you'll be able to play it soon love.” Eclipsa smiled, snapping and being rid of most of the stains before getting dressed herself. “I didn’t get my copy from Cript.” Ben said while cleaning his cloak. “Don’t remember where I got it honestly, but it wasn’t from him.” “Then who did it come from?” Zeke asked, fixing up the cloak a bit before they were finally dressed. “I mean...Jenny probably would know.” Ben shrugged while finishing cleaning up his cloak and putting it on. “Oh yeah… I haven’t seen that little dork in… christ forever…” Zeke remembered. “How is she by the way? Last time I saw her she was on TV, parashoot jumping out of… Well, what and why isn’t important there…” “She is doing splendid.” Ben said. “My little trouble maker, who has...currently knocked up Sweetie Belle...Joy cause he decided to be both genders cause apparently herms is a new trend here.” Ben shrugged. “Ha! Oh that is so her… Wait, she’s eleven how and why?!” “Time flows differently before now Zeke. A hour here was a day there.” Eclipsa informed him. “Given that… I can’t math that… christ at least with all our realms fused time is stable and the same for us all now… Oh, and Eclipsa, mind if I remake that list?” “Which one? I have many.” Eclipsa says cripticly “I remember in the other two timelines We made a list of normal things for us to do that I never got to do because of my family and life there. We never got to do any of it because Either family showed up and… then Nexus the other time…” “I don't see why not … but only if we include Ben into them.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “I’d love to join...also Jenny’s like nineteen now.” Ben brought up. “Along with Joy and his own harem.” “Sure...and Nineteen? Christ I owe her so many birthday gifts…” Zeke sighed. “And as per usual I’m broke too.” “Not any more~ I may or may not be loaded, and Ben is a literal king, I’m sure you inherited a metric fuck ton of money.” “No.” Zeke said plainly. “My whole life my money came from others, including my loved ones, for one reason or another. Majority of which I actually gave to charities, most of it came from drugs, slavery, gun sales, etc… Number one on my list was have a real job, remember Eclipsa? I’d like to earn my money for once.” “I’m pretty sure Jenny would just be happy if you spent some time with her.” Ben said. “I know my cousin… she’d be happier with a Rare pokemon card…” Zeke laughed. “Well, you already have a job as a teaching assistant. We just need to work out pay with cheer and you'll be fine.” Eclipsa smiled. “Cool… How much does that pay anyway? Is it a daily or hourly thing? I never quite understood how Equestria deals payments for Employees.” “Don’t know.” Ben shrugged. “But I can help increase the pay by giving funds to help the school if you want.” “Sure, seems fine to me. Zeke?” “Feels like cheating…” Zeke said. “Well… how about something else. You already got a job… so why don't we prank off Jenny, and reward her with, I don't know… a rare Pokemon card that I found on a post apocalyptic world?” “Which?” “Basically Left for Dead.” Eclipsa told them. “Sounds simple enough.” Ben said honestly. “Hope Jenny will find this enjoyable.” “So long as it’s a rare trading card of any kind, she will… actually… Hey, do either of you know how to get back to our old earth? I remember I found Ben there when I finally got out of Boletaria. I wanna see if something is still there.” “Well, let's try it.” Eclipsa said opening a…. DT something. It seemed like a mix of all the powers each had. “Forgot my doors change with my powers….” “Just a quick warning...Old Earth is a baren hellscape filled with immortal undead.” Ben said. “I know this full well since I went back to Earth...good thing I know Necromancy spells and Divine spells.” “Dark Souls much?” Eclipsa said, slithering on through. “Oh yeah.” Ben said while going through as well. “It’s pretty bad...like really bad.” “Suits us perfectly.” Zeke said, being the first of the trio to enter. They were in a barren ruins of some large place, concrete and metal were all the decorated and landmarked the dust covered area. “Oh yeah, this is my family’s hell/heaven…” “Wonder what monsters will be here…” Ben wondered curiously. “Undead normally roam at night, so we better be quick.” “RIght then… So where are we? Because we need to be in Death Valley California to see if it’s still there.” “No idea.” Ben said honestly. “I haven’t even been anywhere near this far east.” The trio managed to figure out they were in California, by looking over just a bit of the ruins. They were in Disneyland. A sense of sadness and irony hit them as they quickly left on Keyblade glider to the location Zeke remembered, finding a hidden, and well fortified abandoned missile silo. “This place was abandoned after the Cold War.” Zeke said, managing to get the facilities batteries working to give some light. “Family has been using it as a storehouse for generations. Jenny likely kept her stuff in the lower floors. This place was starting to get pretty packed.” The lower floors looked far better off than the upper ones, and once finding a door with Jenny’s name on it, they gathered the boxes of her personal belongings, some toys, games, at least two thousand different kinds of trading cards. As they were grabbing the last of it all, Eclipsa saw one door with Zeke’s name on it. “Hey Zeke, you stored stuff here too?” “Yeah. Mostly old computers and a few collectibles I picked up.” Zeke replied. “I’m shocked they lasted this long.” Ben brought up. “It’s been literal millions of years with nuclear war, divine judgement, and a lot of other things.” He said. “These old silos are five feet thick with lead and steel walls, add on top of the natural rock and dirt outside. Plus the family added in a vacuum system to pressurise this place once the doors are closed. There’s stuff here from when they first took it over.” Zeke said, opening their rooms door. Inside was much less than Jenny’s. Laptops, some manga books and a small wooden sword lay scattered about. “Hey, I remember this.” Zeke said, picking up the wood sword, it’s age still showed despite the preservation of the building. Zeke held it carefully. “I made this after I played Kingdom Hearts one. I wanted a replica of Sora and Riku’s wooden swords.” They remembered with a smile. “Well that’s nice.” Ben said, not wanting to call Zeke a nerd given he would have loved to do something like that when he was a kid but couldn’t. “I'm happy you can find things from your past you still are attached to Zeke.” Eclipsa said, giving Zeke a loving hug. “Heh. Me too.” Zeke replied. Taking what they were after the trio made it back to Equestria, where Zeke and Ben placed the items of Jenny's into a spare room. “Alright. Now just to call Jenny.” “Hey Jenny, I found your Secret Stash.” Ben called out, knowing full well that statement would make her rush here as soon as possible either to tell him ‘what do you think’, ‘I didn’t do anything’ or ‘I was looking for this forever’. “The foot stuff is all Joy's!” Jenny yelped appearing in a flash between the trio. Zeke was jaw dropped. The little goofball cousin he remembered really was all grown up now. “Merry Birthmas.” Ben said while motioning to Zeke and all of Jenny’s shit. “And really? Didn’t think you were into feet.” Blushing, the young dire wolf saw Zeke, at first not recognizing them with the gender swap, but a look at their eyes made hers widen. “Zeke… holy shit you did go full herm.” “Hehe… eh, well what can I say…” Zeke said, suddenly hugged by Jenny. Zeke hugged back tightly. “My God you got tall.” “And fluffy.” Jenny chuckled. They broke the hug and Zeke helped Jenny look through all her cards. They ranged from sports to trading and collectors cards. “I haven't seen these in years. Each pack I stole whenever mom and dad took me on our 'shopping’ sprees.” Jenny chuckled. “So, how do you like your gifts?” Ben asked gently, enjoying seeing her look through old things. “Whoa wait, is that a Alpha Black Lotus?” Ben asked in surprise, seeing one of the old cards “Yup!” Jenny declared proudly. “Stole that from a collector up in Philadelphia. Nice guy.” “Not fully surprised you stole the thing.” Ben said. “Things expensive as fuck, twenty seven thousand normally.” “That was when you all left earth. I checked recently with the assistant and this card is now worth fifty thousand rem.” “Rem?” Zeke asked. “Basically Reality’s Currency. Can be used as a substitute for all other known currency wherever you are.” Ben explained simply. “Wow… sounds like Cryptocurrency on steroids.” Zeke replied. “You'll get used to it.” Eclipsa said. “It will only get worse from here on out.” Ben said honestly. “And I haven’t even brought up all the shit you can buy just from the Assistant’s market place alone.” Catching Zeke’s interest, Zeke looked over the devices on both Eclipsa’s and Ben’s arms. Impressed and completely shocked by everything the small device was capable of. “Shit… You can even buy houses here and they just...appear?” Zeke asked. “Yeah pretty much.” Ben said honestly. “Most expensive thing is, if memory serves, a Nuclear Handgun.” Ben said honestly. “Called The Mouse.” “I am not gonna ask…” Zeke sighed. Jenny left some hours later, and the trio spent time around the home, mainly watching Tv and talking. “So, what shows do you two like?” Ben asked simply, given they were watching tv at the moment he might as well bring it up. “I’m Weeb trash mostly, but there are a few shows I like here and there, a few reality competition shows, that kind of stuff.” Eclipsa said. “Aren’t we all weeb trash at this point?” Ben asked. “But I am also Weeb trash, so let’s talk anime.” “Right then, what Type? Horror, fantasy, harem. what?” “Can’t stand horror.” Ben said. “Even though I literally saved the Horror Admin from a Delete…” He grumbled. “But just to name like three off the top of my head...adventure, harem...and Isekai cause there are some really good ones.” Ben said honestly. “Also since...well we’re basically Isekai protagonists.” “I didn't watch much anime… mostly just cartoons.” Zeke admitted. “Either cartoons or video games.” “Well, which cartoons?” The naga asked. “Cause there are dozens, which 2000’s or 90’s cartoons did you watch?” Ben asked. “Let’s see… Dexter's lab, Fosters home for imaginary friends, Ben 10, and American Dragon Jake Long. Those were always at the top of my list watch lists when they were on.” “Those were good ones.” Eclipsa nodded sagely “Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Swat Kats...jeez there’s a lot I can name.” Ben said honestly. “I’m not even gonna begin to list mine… with three lives I’ve had quite a list built up.” Eclipsa chuckled. “True.” Ben said honestly. “There must have been quite a bit of difference between those times and now.” “This show is weird.” Zeke said, the show displaying was a large guy hacking away demons. “Most of it is him screaming then swinging his sword around.” “Besides, demons are much, much more grotesk then that… sept’ for succubus. They are hot, but Incubus….” Eclipsa shuddered. “Okay so what is this? A documentary on Barbarians or something?” Ben asked. “Or is this some show about Doom Guy’s ancestor?” “Let's see…” Zeke said, clicking info on the control. “Berzerk? Never heard of it.” “Wait…. Fuck I wasn’t paying attention, this is Bezerk? As is, Guts, the basicly medieval doomguy?!” Eclipsa said, sitting up. “Huh. This show doesn't do him justice. Looks a lot taller in person.” “Oh wait, I remember this.” Ben said. “Yeah it’s the one where the main character was literally born from his long dead mothers hanging corpse, and then it only get’s worse as he grows up.” “And the only love of his life was raped to the point of her mind breaking in front of him by what was his best friend turned demon lord.” Eclipsa said. “And that was during the entire group of mercenaries lead by said new demon lord was being slaughtered and devoured by demons, as well as having him lose an eye and having to cut his own arm off.” “And that was only part one.” “Yeah… I know… he’s one of my Twenty…” Zeke said. Both Eclipsa and Ben looking at Zeke with wide eyes. “I’m sorry but we didn’t know.” Ben said nervously. “I am so sorry…” He said quickly. Eclipsa just went silent. “You know…. I never knew why I liked the show considering that it reminded me too much of what happened to my own mother…. But, yea… sorry…” She said before reaching to the remote. “Don’t apologize to me. Apologize to him. Give me a sec.” Zeke was covered in darkness, form morphing to a taller, more built body, finally as the darkness vanished, Gutz appeared, opening his eyes and looking around. “Small house.” He said. “Uh...sorry…” Ben said sheepishly. “Don’t worry about it. I already killed Griffith before this happened to me, so the past is past. I was just clearing out the remaining demons before this happened. Have to admit, that Nobody of Zeke’s can fight. Might have been evil, but I can respect someone with proper sword skills.” “So…” Eclipsa began. “What do you want to do now that everything you strived for is completed?” Eclipsa asked the man who could probably tear her in half before he became a part of kingdom hearts. “Honestly I’m content with never even appearing here again. I’ve fought so much, killed many, too many. I’m done fighting for as long as I can help it. Mostly when inside Skala I’m watching over the children awaiting rebirth.” “Then… how about instead of being a fighter…. You become a Guardian?” Eclipsa offered. “Zeke, and in turn the rest of us, are going to eventually find a way for the rest of you to be free once more if you desire. Maybe you can try to protect and build instead of actively looking for a fight.” “As nice as a thought as it it, it’s just that. A thought. When our hearts all reunited, becoming Kingdom hearts again, truly, we lost that as our hearts. We’re more like Split personalities now. Maybe we’ll fade, maybe not. But to free us… I don’t think I’d care either way.” The naga sighed before smiling and cuddling up to Ben. “I hope you find something to care about… because not having anything it….. Well, lets just say I know that feeling, and I would rather die than to have it again.” Ben cuddled up to Eclipsa happily as well. “You have all the time in the world, and all the power honestly...so you can do whatever you want now that you have a chance to be happy.” “Happiness comes from the company of others. I may be part of twenty people, but I still feel loneliness. I am now, what I have always been. A weapon. Never expected that to become so literal. As I said, I’m content with being alone, avoiding conflict for as long as I can, and remembering the better memories in my life.” Gutz said with a smile. “Now that I really am alone, lacking purpose… I’ve never felt more at peace.” “Being a peace and being happy are not the same… but I’ve learned to not force these issues.” Eclipsa said before gently resting a hand on his shoulder. “Just...Sigh…. Keep an open mind alright? Maybe its the mother in me, maybe it’s the fact that I feel a sense of kinship with you, but I just want you, and everyone to be able to be truly happy.” “That is a noble and honorable ideal… but in my life, I’ve learned such ideals, are ment for children, and children only.” Gutz was covered in darkness, shifting back into Zeke. “What I miss? I literally have no idea what the others do when out, or what they do when I’m out.” Zeke asked. “Gutz just said he’d rather be alone, completely missing that he can literally do anything...like say bring the woman he loves back to life or back to sanity or whatever and be happy with her without any threats ruining it.” Ben brought up. “Cause you know, being a literal God is so nifty when you take the time to think about all the crap you can do.” “He told me she died?” Zeke said. “Haven’t seen her in here.” Zeke said, placing a hand over their heart. “So...either she was already reborn, or her heart...didn’t make it here…” “Admin.” Ben brought up. “We’re all admins correct? We can just literally figure out her condition right?” Ben asked, still not knowing much about what Admins can do. “And you can do that when and who taught you?” “Lord and a guy named Player both explained to me that, when your an Admin you can do basically anything without any repercussions.” Ben said honestly. “Even so, what would that do to Gutz? I’d imagine seeing a dead loved one isn’t exactly good for a Psyche like his.” “I’m just bringing it up.” Ben said honestly. “Get some closure out of it, even if she’s not fully there for him...I suppose just them having a little time to talk would help more than just him wanting to sit in a corner after everything and wish to fade away.” “Guys, Loves, calm down. Ben, I don't think abusing our power like that is good. It makes us no better than the ones you and I killed to get our power, but on the same hand Zeke, I wish there was something we could do to help him.” Eclipsa said, playing the midigator. “I know people like Gutz guys… trust me… they don’t want closure, they want to forget.” Zeke sighed. “And for someone like me I didn’t get a fucking choice.” Ben said bluntly. “Sure I haven’t had even a billionth of a hard time like Gutz, but I wanted to forget, but getting closure helps a lot more than throwing a pity party...several of my wives have told me that repeatedly.” Ben said, most of his life having been wanting to forget but having closure forced on him anyways. “If Gutz decides to change his mind, then that’s fine, for now, let’s not press on his issue. Moving to another topic… how did you two get those?” Zeke asked, pointing at their Assistants. “Oh, given to us when we joined Cript’s family. All of my kids have one, they just usually have them in their hidden state… I can order one for you if you want.” Eclipsa offered. “It helps a lot.” Ben said honestly. “Full of damn near everything you need.” “Sure, I mean...can you? These things look...expensive.” Zeke questioned. “I’m pretty sure we can buy one.” Ben said while checking his assistant to see if it was true or not. Ben searched… surprised as the Assistant was not in the market app. Everything under the word Assistant was displayed BUT the device. “Huh...that’s interesting.” “What?” Zeke asked, moving over to Ben. “Apparently you can’t just buy the thing.” Ben said honestly. “Now while that’s fine enough, there isn’t even any mention to the thing here which is kinda weird.” “Maybe it's something like an ID card?” Zeke offered. “Maybe…” Ben muttered, trying to at least find anything about the piece of tech on his arm and wondering how to even get one if your not apart of Cript’s family. After some searching Ben found something. Under Unity Law KXZ8, anyone wishing to obtain an Assistant must do so through legal channels at any authorized Freak Inc. government office. Those found with tampered or hacked Assistants will be federally prosecuted and fined up to 8.7 Million Rem and sentenced to a minimum 30 years jail time. “Okay...so that does and doesn’t explain somethings.” Ben frowned. “This better not cause problems…” “It basically says to get one we have to go to these official buildings right?” Zeke questioned aloud. “Where is one?” “No idea…” Ben said while checking to see where one of these official buildings were. A short search later one was located on… Twilight Town? Ben's Twilight Town to be exact. “That’s a little strange. My realms Twilight Town has one of the buildings…” “That is pretty weird.” “Well...I suppose that means we’re going to Twilight Town then, and then we’re going somewhere to train our new powers cause I want to know what we can do.” Ben said honestly. “Same.” Zeke said. “Woo! Admin Trinity let's go!” Eclipsa said, her mood swings starting to appear as she grabs the two with her tail before opening a DTE (Door to Everything) and jumping in. “Excited aren’t we?” Ben chuckled. “Are you kidding? Of course I'm excited! I mean, besides the three trips and the cutie mark crusaders, how many people even qualify to use the Trinity?” The Naga said quickly, practically a buzzing ball of energy. “I have no idea to be perfectly honest.” Ben said honestly. After arriving in Twilight Town the trio noticed it was… different. Electronic billboards and neon signs lit up the normally shady areas. People of all races, human and alien, walked the streets, street performers displayed their craft for passer bys. Shops were busy and bustling, and flying vehicles flew across the sky. Wait. What? “How in the ever loving…” Zeke asked. “No clue...I’m confused.” Ben frowned, not expecting all this to happen. “Seriously, how the hell did this all suddenly happen?” “Maybe we should ask someone.” Zeke spoke aloud. They then tapped on a passer bys arm. “Excuse me, but how did Twilight Town get like this?” “Like this? Oh you must be new. About a month back a company came in and started investing in every shop in town. Then they set up these fancy teleportation gates all over and the economy just skyrocketed. People from other worlds moved in and pass through all the time, with all the business, everyone could afford to upgrade advertisement and the town itself.” The pedestrian explained. “Good to know.” Ben said honestly. “Jeez...how a humble town turned into this over a month is still surprising.” “A good economy can do that.” Eclipsa said. “That's progress.” “And where is the freak inc. building?” Zeke asked. “Just up by the train station.” The pedestrian said. “Thank you.” Zeke said as the person took their leave. “Well that was simple enough...how much you want to bet the employees will panic at seeing two of us having these things?” Ben asked while motioning to his and Eclipsa’s assistants. “How so?” Eclipsa asked as the trio headed to the train station. “Apparently people can’t just have these things and you can go to jail for thirty years for having an unlicensed one.” “Sounds right.” Zeke said. The trio arrived at the train station, a new building added on the side titled as Freak Inc. rested next to the station building, matching the design of the next door building and blended fairly well. Upon entering it was rather simplistic on the inside. A receptionist sat at a large desk surrounded by a waiting room of sorts. “Can I help you?” The lady, middle aged, asked, not looking away from her computer screen. “Yes.” Ben said before thinking about what he was gonna say. “We were wondering where we could get him an Assistant if at all possible.” Ben said while motioning to Zeke. “Fill out this form first.” She said, giving them a single sheet of paper and pen. It was a fairly standard document of needed information. Zeke filled it out and gave it to the lady, who then slid it through another device the brought out two small items. A fingerprint scanner and some form of needle? “Fingerprints and blood sample please.” The lady asked. At hearing finger prints, Eclipsa and Ben turned to Zeke, who was noticeably pale. Criminal history. “I don’t think your past will cause any problems to be perfectly honest.” Ben said honestly. “Especially with what you’ve done to help people.” Sighing, Zeke let the machine scan their fingerprints, and surprisingly the needle pierced the skin and Drew out some blood, which was red, and had a white glow and dark aura about it. “Let's see here.” She said, typing on the computer. “Zeke Ventral, father Barry Ventral, mother Marry Ventral, maiden name Shiver. And you are wanted for two hundred and nine confirmed accounts of hacking, assisted Robbery, grand theft and drug and slave trafficking.” she said casually as Zeke was a mix of blush and pale. “Which the statute of limitation has been long since passed correct?” Ben asked honestly. “Given that his criminal acts have happened on a completely different world and time works a lot differently between worlds.” “A nine billion rem bounty.” She continued. “Over nine thousand rem in unpaid fines and traffic tickets, illegal possession of government grade weaponry, lack of government issued birth certificate and social security card. No current residency, and a few suspect accounts in currently open police cases.” She finished. She then sifted through her desk before taking out an Assistant, though it was different, having a black and orange color to it as opposed to Eclipsa's and Ben's white. “Here you go.” “Wait what?” Zeke asked. “Don't get confused now. This assistant is linked to Freak inc. criminal patrol servers. Act out and you'll be jailed in a heartbeat.” “Even if he’s married to two of Cript’s kids?” Ben asked. “And the King of Nothingness as well as the God of Grey?” Ben asked, thinking that ‘diplomatic immunity’ was a thing in this situation or something along those lines so they wouldn’t treat Zeke like a criminal after all the good he’s done. “Hmm.” She typed on the computer again. “King of Nothingness, God of Grey… You two are also children of the founder. Legally being a child of Cript means you'd get a free pass but even with your marriage and status the rules state that Zeke is to be registered as a criminal on patrol. Legally you can be authorized as their parole officer or keeper, but in the eyes of the law Zeke Ventral is a criminal and will be registered as such.” “At least parole is better than jail.” Zeke said. “It's still bullshit.” Eclipsa hissed. “Actually a lot of this is null.” Ben said. “Cause all of Zeke’s actual criminal acts took place on Earth, a world that has been long since dead and burned for a few million years. So mind if I ask where a lot of these reports came from?” Ben asked honestly, knowing Zeke would be on parole but just wanting to figure this part out. “From his DNA. Every illegal thing Zeke has done is kept in his memories. The fingerprint scanner also scans the brain through the nervous system and compiles a report. So long as Zeke remembers doing these things somewhere in their mind, we know what to do. The only reason they are on parole is because of their recent years of good deeds.” The lady explained. “Alright, I’m just making sure on how things worked.” Ben said with a raised hand. “Thank you ma’am, do we need to pay or do anything because of the Assistant or is it just to make sure he’s kept watch?” “No fees, but one or someone has to register as his watcher.” “Dibs!” Eclipsa said, taking the form from the lady and filling it out. Once it entered the scanning machine, Eclipsa's Assistant had a new application on her Assistant. She could see what was on Zeke's. “Darn.” Ben chuckled a little. “Will that be all?” The lady asked. “Anything else you two?” Ben asked curiously. “No.” Zeke and Eclipsa said. As they exited Zeke looked over the device, surprised at all it's features and simplicity. “It's like a cell phone.” Zeke said, looking through apps. “Pretty much.” Ben shrugged. “But a lot better.” “Wonder if I can still log into my old YouTube account.” Zeke questioned, finding the app and after a quick download managed to log in. “Cool! All my playlists are still here.” “Alrighty then.” Ben nodded. “There’s a lot of things in the Assistant that you’ll need to learn about.” “Like?” Zeke asked. “Literally everything on there.” Ben said honestly. “Here’s two things about them. I was told that it’s damn near impossible to steal cause apparently it’s also a god damn Transformer, and also,” Ben tapped his assistant, and it turned into a nice looking bracelet with a heart locket on it. “You can disguise it as anything you want.” “Cool. Makes those sifi techs look old by comparison huh?” Zeke questioned, looking through the store app. “So is there anything in the store here you can get for free?” “Um...not sure really.” Ben said honestly. “I’ve just had so much money and spent it on things that cost so little I didn’t really care to check.” “Hm.” Zeke hummed, looking at a few items that were for free mostly old clothes, some junked furniture and appliances, kittens. “Reminds me of Craigslist.” “Maybe.” Ben shrugged. “I wouldn’t know, never went on Craigslist.” “Really?” Zeke asked, stretching. “ So, I guess next is heading to the place Eclipsa made that we fought it, and try out moves there.” “Yes. Yes, all the yes.” Eclipsa said opening a DTE. Once in the Ben took notice how this place was empty. Nothing at all was here. Which made sense, it's a place for very powerful beings to fight and go all out. “Well someone’s gonna regret me having all this space to let loose.” Ben said with a warm smile, Zeke and Eclipsa feeling a massive amount of energy suddenly emanate from Ben, like a massive weight was taken off him to let his power flow freely. “Surprised you even bother holding back.” Zeke said. “Figured you didn't care about holding back.” “Training with Agamemnon taught me a few things, like how if I’m near beings of Void and my power is running rampant then bad things happen.” Ben said honestly. “Plus it’s good to see how enemies go from cocky one moment to scared shitless the second when you stop dicking around.” Ben chuckled a little. “Hm. Fair enough I guess. I do want to try out some spells I learned back when Daybreak was returned back to its proper glory.” Zeke thought aloud. “They are a lot of fun.” “Oh?” Ben asked. “What do you mean by that?” “Heh… well.” Zeke summoned X, and in a jump, fell into non-existent water, emerging atop a giant wooden ship lit up like a Christmas tree and then let it spin around several times before it ended. “Hehe… that always makes me dizzy.” Zeke laughed with a goofy smile. “Oh yeah, the rides. Those were in KH3 actually.” Ben said honestly. “Well they are fun, and surprisingly overpowered.” Zeke added. “That looked amazing.” Eclipsa said with a wide smile. “It’s a fun thing.” Ben shrugged. “Too bad you can still get hit through it.” “Eh.” Zeke shrugged. “So, what do you gottagotta show then Ben?” “What do I have to show?” Ben asked curiously. “Well…” Ben raised his hand up, all thirteen of his weapons appearing before slowly overlapping and fusing together till it turned into a big keyblade greatsword. “This is a fun thing I can do. Fuse all thirteen of my weapons together to make a kick ass greatsword.” “Compensating much?” Zeke laughed. “Oh! Let me try something.” Eclipsa summoned Better Half, coating the X-Blade in grey before spinning it above her, creating a vortex that she then flung to an empty space, the vortex of grey growing larger as it moved along til it dispersed and exploded. “Cool.” Ben said. “That is rather interesting.” “Looks good for crowd control.” Zeke added. “Yep.” Ben nodded. “Hmm...I wonder…” Ben channeled Grey and Nothingness, mixing them together as the Drive Form activated, Ben going into King Valor Form but with Grey mixed in with it. The result gave Ben's clothes a more pinkish color rather than red, Nothingness thorns sparked all along his body, Reunion and Duskblade in both hands as No Heart was strapped to Ben's back with Grey chains of energy. “Woah… nice.” Zeke said with a thumbs up. “I approve.” Eclipsa said. “Wonder why No Heart is on my back?” Ben wondered, gently twirling Reunion and Duskblade in his hands as he felt raw power radiate from his den mother body. “Maybe it's for a combo or finisher?” Zeke questioned. “Huh… I wonder…” “What?” Ben asked curiously, seeing two chains were actually latched onto the keyblades he was wielding. “I was wondering, given how I am, what would my drive forms be like? Like Anti, and such?” “One way to find out.” Eclipsa said. Nodding, Zeke began focusing, activating his Anti form. The result created a shockwave of darkness, nearly knocking over Ben and Eclipsa as Drezke emerged. “Okay… and hi.” Drezke said. “Why am out here?” “Drive forms...and hi.” Ben said while looking at the dark half of Zeke. “That makes sense. Unlike most people's darknesses ours have intelligence and personality, so it makes sense Drezke would emerge out.” Eclipsa noted. “So, how long you got Drezke?” “As in a timer…” Drezke pondered, feeling their magic and form magic winding away. “Between four and ten… years…” “Well...that’s a thing.” Ben said nervously. “Relax. I can shift back at will. Zeke will be back out whenever I want, and I honestly don't want to be out here too long. No offence but being physical, tangible, and having a body is kinda… not for me. Especially this body.” Drezke motioned to their shemale form, a black haired version of Zeke, attire skin tight clothing. “Seriously the fuck.” “Awh. But you look hot.” Eclipsa said happily. “Still… no… I'll just stick around for an hour. Till then… what's going on here anyway?” “Training to see what we can do now that a lot of things have happened.” Ben said honestly. “Also,” Ben moved over and slapped Drezke. “That’s for all the bullshit you put me, my friends and my family through. Sorry but I didn’t get to do it before, I sure as hell had time to do it now.” Ben huffed. “Fair's fair…” Drezke said, rubbing their cheek. “Well, wanna see some of my moves? I had a lot of time to work on some.” “Sure.” Eclipsa said. Nodding, Drezke put space between themself and Ben and Eclipsa. Breathing in deeply before charging up darkness before unleashing it as dark portals around them, Massive hands came out of each punching and slashing at whatever for quote the range before it ended. “I call that one Grasp. Figured it would be a good finisher.” “Looks like one of my abilities.” Ben said. “Except it’s Nothingness thorns instead of Darkness.” “Huh. Weird.” Drezke said. “I also got this.” Drezke said, a DTD opening up behind them as what looked like a dark side and Cerberus had a child and gave it two more heads. “They're called Hell Hounds. Found them in the place where the realm of darkness and void touch. They're heartless, but void has altered them.” “Right then.” Ben said. “Not the weirdest thing I’ve seen.” “Puppy!” Eclipsa said with joy. “Anything else?” “Hmm… well, sorta.” Drezke said, taking a step backwards as a series of after images were left behind, all the fakes now moving around, hiding the original. They dispersed quickly. “Just some simple illusions on that end.” “Seems simple enough.” Ben said honestly. “It is. It's mostly for if I need to strategize quickly or need a breather, the multiple copies give me a little time at least.” “Makes sense.” Ben shrugged. “Oh by the by, I’m hunting down Agents of Nexus in my own home...and their skills at hiding aren’t helping them.” Ben brought up, wanting to bring up that but not fully sure if he should bring up the part where Joy was sent to the infirmary because of something he couldn’t understand. “Oh I am already planning on taking the fight to them… Fate needs to be freed from her slavery.” Eclipsa said, her mood swinging to the point where the bloodlust was physically felt in her tone. “Just wanted you two to know cause it is important.” “That is a weird sentence.” Drezke said. “Welp, later… I guess.” With that, Drezke canceled the Drive form, Zeke popping back in a flash of light. “That was… unique.” Zeke said. “Oh yeah it was… huh, I guess it's my turn to do my drive.” Eclipsa said, back to calm. “I was actually wondering if Grey did anything special with Grey.” Ben brought up honestly. “One way to find out.” Eclipsa says before activating her drive. A pillar of energy erupted from the Naga, her coat becoming white, silver, gray, and black as phantom versions of many different keyblades floated behind her. Oathkeeper and Oblivion in her hands, her arms covered in nothingness thorns as Better Half floated behind her. “Overkill…. Really Lance? This was the best you could come up with?” “It’s probably better than my Xin would do.” Ben brought up while taking a deep breath. “Well, let’s see a True King form.” Ben said before Ben’s entire form was surrounded by Nothingness thorns, creating a dense sphere before shattering, showing Ben in his True King armor fit for his new herm body, the armor pure white with Nothingness Thorns coiling around it in a constant state of motion as he held No Heart and his King Greatsword keyblade in both hands. “Ho fuck, simplistic but the power...sweet lord.” Ben brought up, which was true cause it was the True King Drive form and it was crazy powerful. When Ben looked over himself he noticed that wings were furled up against his back, the same wings that the Nothingness Dragon from KH2 had, but when he spread them they were more full, beautiful and threatening than holly, metallic and cold like the dragon’s. “Okay, the wings are a nice touch.” “Nice! Zeke, you want to do the honors? Or should I show my form so we can all duel all out!” Eclipsa says, disbanding her final form. “Honestly no. I'd rather watch the two of you fight. I wanna mess with the Assistant I got.” Zeke said, looking over the new device mounted on their arm. “I’d recommend...going way the fuck back cause hot damn these forms are strong...and they’re not even using our other powers to help them.” “Oh it's alright.” Eclipsa said before cracking her neck, her eyes flashing red as her body slowly changed to a being of pure energy, gray covering her being save for her red eyes. Her power wasn't as much as Ben's, but it was constantly growing with no end in sight. “You ready love?” Ben closed his eyes, smiling as his eyes changed into the gold and blue of humanity and black and red of a psychopath, a sudden burst of power erupting from him as he got into his two weapon stance. "Ready when you are my love." Ben said. "You sure this world won't break if we clash?" “Trust me, I designed this pocket dimension to absorb any and all energy to reinforce the dimension. Zeke and I already fought all out here before.” Eclipsa said in her multi toned voice, her grey aura spreading and getting constantly stronger even as they spoke. “Alrighty then.” Ben said before vanishing, swinging both of his keyblades down onto Eclipsa rather strongly. Eclipsa Summoned Better half and instead of slicing, or blocking, dropped down into a portal of grey before appearing above Ben. “Now now, that was rude, coming at me so suddenly.” “I know full well your just buying time so your stronger than me with Grey.” Ben said honestly. “Better stop the constant growing before it gets too much.” “Oh that's the thing about Grey, it doesn't stop. The ocean will grow.” Eclipsa said before snapping. “Everything is Grey.” Suddenly the world became many shades of grey, the only color being Eclipsa's eyes before swinging her blade, the force of the grey being enough to destroy an entire universe. Ben, due to a lot of force of habits, crossed both of his weapons in an attempt to block the attack, not wanting to chance his own durability and his armors durability. “Don’t care if I’m an admin clad in super armor, gonna try to block it…” Ben muttered nervously. The attack landed and Ben felt as if the wieght of the world was crashing into him like a speeding train. By the time the attack finished, gray smoke was coming off his armor and weapons, and if any bit of his skin was showing, it would be as well as Eclipsa took a moment to get her breath. “Whew, that one I need to build stamina on. But hey, you now know you can handle me going full out, now, hit me with your best. If I can handle it, then we really begin, how about that?” Even though Ben’s face was covered by a pretty cool looking helmet Eclipsa could tell he was a bit worried. “You sure?” He asked. “I...I don’t want to hurt you...or worse.” Ben said, gripping his keyblades harder as the name of an attack came to mind. “I can handle it love. Trust me, I may not have dope armor, but I have my own ways to defend myself.” Eclipsa reassured him. “Alright…” Ben said. “Let’s...hope for the best.” Ben said before taking a deep breath, before taking another one as he slowly lifted his Greatsword up. “I’m sorry…” Ben muttered. “Emptiness…” The word echoed as he swung down, his Greatsword colliding with the ‘ground’ as it seemed to go through Eclipsa...only for Eclipsa to feel like enough energy to destroy half a realm could be felt as what looked like a mirage of his sword swung down at her. Eclipsa grind as she pumped all her energy, having the endless gray enhance and boost her bunker ability. “Now this is like it!” She said as she opened her arms, casting a barrier, switching her keyblades for a sniper, and morphing to a humanoid form. The actual swing connected with the barrier, and the entire world shuddered from the massive amount of energy colliding against the barrier, Eclipsa seeing the thing cracking rather quickly as the attack just kept going towards her. ”Please don’t get hurt…” Ben thought to himself, fearing the attack was too much even though she clearly asked for it. Eclipsa's smile never vanished even as spiderwebs of cracks appeared over the dome. She whooped even as it broke and it crashed into her, her eye having a live to them that only one other being had seen, and they were in the realm with them. “Now this is like it!” She cried out dispute the pain. “I can't tell if she's pumped for a fight or getting some sexual arousal from this… likely both.” Zeke said, under their own protective dome looking through all the new YouTube videos. “Shit, Markiplier made videos for over forty years? I got a lot to catch up on.” “A little bit from column a, a little bit from column b.”Eclipsa said with a grin as she aimed the sniper and fired, the bullet leaving a red trail as the bullet itself infused with gray, drew onto Ben Ben cut the bullet in half in a blur of motion. “Thank god your okay.” Ben sighed out, so glad she wasn't hurt. “I feared I swung too hard.” “Oh don't get me wrong, it hurt like a bitch… But at the same time I want to know if you can maintain that power. Who knows, you might actually make me submit~” Eclipsa said in a husky tone, switching back to Better Half and charging in, closing the distance in a flash. “Well...don’t push it.” Ben said while blocking their attack. "But...I have no idea how long I can push this...it just feels natural." Ben said as they slashed at Eclipsa with No Heart.t “Then all the better love~ That means you are comfortable not holding back!” She says, splitting Better half, dual wielding the keyblade as one half blocked No heart and the other raised to slice down. “I don’t want to hurt you though.” Ben said worriedly as he blocked. “Noughts Dance, First Step…” Ben suddenly vanished, dodging the attack and appearing behind Eclipsa. “Gone with the Wind.” Ben said as it felt like a sudden maelstrom of blades rushed at Eclipsa. “Equilibrium.” Eclipsa said, summoning Oblivion and Oathkeeper, both shining with light and dark while her body produced massive amounts of Grey. Using the keyblades, Eclipsa launched waves of energy from the bladed, intent on not blocking the blade coming for her, but on sending attacks strait towards Ben. Ben directed his attacks and deflected the attacks but also managing to cause small cuts on her body. “Using Light and Dark as well huh? And here I wanted to stick with Nothingness to start with.” Ben said honestly, Eclipsa knowing full well that the small cuts are a combination of her own attack as well as Ben not wanting to seriously hurt her. “Well, I’m not going to be pulling any punches love. It is impossible for one to truly train and improve if they don't give it their all…” The naga said, letting that hang for a bit before charging back in with Better Half. “If you say so.” Ben said honestly, Foudre appearing...as over a thousand of the tiny little kunai's appeared behind Ben. “Let’s see how my other weapons work in this form.” Ben said before all thousand kunai shot at Eclipsa as fast as lightning if not faster. Eclipsa just smiled wide before charging. “Berserker.” Eclipsa said before ignoring the scratches, and one or two that actually pierced her skin, charging straight for Ben. “Total Eclipse.” the snake woman shouted before a image of the darkest back and the brightest white fusing appeared. With a slice, enough gray to kill an embodiment crashed into Ben, Eclipsa actually licking the slightly bleeding scratches. Ben skidded back about...fifty feet away, thankful to have Frozen Pride at the last second. “God damn that hurt.” Ben said. “And I blocked it to.” “Ocean of Gray: enhance.” Eclipsa said, reality shattering for a moment as behind her, a seemingly ocean of energy stretching as far as the eye could see appeared, before it all started to pour out and be absorbed into Eclipsa as she stood, powering up. “Alright alright fine.” Ben said. “Hyper Mighty G.” Ben said before a barrier seemed to appear in front of him, Eclipsa sensing a lot of self buffs to him. “And...hmm, I wonder…” Ben muttered as he put his two keyblades into the ground. “Tides of Nothing, Act 1:” Ben muttered as Eclipsa felt a sudden rush of energy pouring into Ben. “Entropy’s Tsunami.” He said as he grabbed both keyblades and ripped them out of the ground, and what looked like a Tsunami of Twilight Thorns just appeared and rushed towards Eclipsa, the one who made it feeling like chunks of reality breaking apart from the attack before righting itself. Meanwhile, Zeke sat watching Markiplier's Vanished playlist, laughing their ass off. They were not even paying attention to the fight at this point. Eclipsa stood still, absorbing more and more grey. When the wave was mere inches away, She raised her keyblade up and combined her magic with the grey. “Zetta Stop!” She commanded, everything freezing, everything save for a small bubble around Zeke, so to not piss him off. Teleporting past the wave, She began to wail on Ben with gray infused attacks, going faster and faster before finishing with “Everything is Grey.” Hitting Ben one last time as the spell finished. Ben flew by, before skidding to a halt about three miles away as he held his keyblades him, his armor looking pretty beat up. “Thank christ for stop immunity…” Ben muttered as he used his wings and shoved his forearm bones back into his arms and healed them back up. “Fucking ow…” “Nice attack love. Really, that would have sucked.” Eclipsa said, sitting on the frozen wave. “Wonder if this game is still around?” Zeke muttered, still paying no attention to their two loves battle, figuring either one would take a dive for the other, or a tie would be the outcome in the end. Sadly neither happened as an ass ton of energy suddenly erupted from Ben as he grabbed his head and howled in pain. “Gah! The fuck!?!” ”I’ll make them pay…” Only Ben heard a voice as he looked around, wondering who the hell was talking. “Who...the hell?” Ben muttered in a daze, before looking at Zeke and unbridled rage and a sense of abandonment crashed into him. “Zeke…” Ben growled, standing back up as he grabbed his two weapons and walked towards him in a way neither him nor Eclipsa saw, and Eclipsa knew full well something was horribly wrong...and the sudden involvement of music didn’t help. I’m leaving this Hell and Holy Metal Guides My Sword “Zeke…” Ben growled, the den mother mentally trying their damndest to stop whoever has just randomly taking control of their body with no signs of it working. Zeke was oblivious to what was happening, still watching Markiplier scream in pure terror at the game he was playing. “Still running…” Ben muttered in his daze, seeing disjointed visions of Zeke sitting there and Zeke running away from something. “You abandoned us…” Ben growled as he raised his Greatsword up as it crackled with Nothingness, Grey and Darkness and swung down really hard, hard enough to cause space time to distort and cause Existence, even outside their bubble of protected Grey, to shudder. Eclipsa in a flash was in front of the attack, casting a reflect with all the grey her heart could handle. “Ben, what the hell!” “He ran....” Ben muttered. “He abandoned us…” Ben muttered as flashes of Eclipsa...dying in his arms caused tears to fall. “He should have helped…” Ben was in a daze as the Reflect damage didn’t seem to do jack all to him as he tried to swing towards Zeke again. Zeke, looking up in time quickly avoided with a roll to the side, getting to their feet and warping next to Eclipsa. “Geeze. What's with Ben?” “You abandoned me…” Ben muttered in a daze, moving past Eclipsa rather quickly and swinging at Zeke again. “And you’ll pay for it…” Ducking, Zeke stayed on the evasive, dodging whenever Ben swung. He noted that Ben was attacking with a more professional attack style than normal. “Keep running...that’s all you do…” Ben muttered, taking a step as Nothingness Thorns lashed out from underneath Zeke as he slashed with both blades again, way faster and a lot stronger than what he sensed during his and Eclipsa’s sparring at Zeke. Zeke, having dodged and now moved far enough away, immediately warped back to Eclipsa. “Yeah Ben's clearly left the building.” Zeke said, taking Eclipsa's hand. “Hit him hard.” They said. Shifting to their X-Blade form. Ben kept seeing more visions from...someone’s point of view, the only thing Ben could do to show he was still there...was cry as he saw his family either abandon him, die...or seeing their blood on his hands for some unknown reason. “I’ll...I’ll make it right…” Ben muttered sadly. “Everyone….everyone will be happy again…” He muttered. “Ben, I Know you are in there. Zeke knows you are in there, and I’m not giving up. Till my heart explodes!” Eclipsa said, becoming a shining pillar of Grey as she dual wielded X blades, Zeke and Better Half. Ben saw Eclipsa again, visions flooding his mind of wonderful times they spent together...and then the day she died. “I...I won’t let you die…” Ben muttered as he swayed to the side rather low, so low Eclipsa thought he’d fall on his side, but he was swift and swung No Heart with great speed using the force behind the sway and the rising motion of his swing, but Eclipsa could tell it was...less lethal than when he tried to attack Zeke. “I'm not going to die! Please Ben, talk to me, break free!” Eclipsa said, not attacking, simply blocking and deflecting. "I don't think he is in full control. I can't explain it, but it feels like he has two of his own heart inside him." Zeke spoke, their X-Blade form placing their voice right inside Eclipsa's head. "Then our Ben is in there! Our hearts can reach him!" Eclipsa responded, ever stubborn, ever defiant. "Zeke ran...when I needed him most…" Ben muttered while struggling to break free of his binds as he kept seeing visions of someone else as he kept attacking Eclipsa, the moments of hesitation brief but noticeable. Eclipsa sighed before opening her arms and planting the X-blades on the ground. "Strike me down then Ben. Zeke can not be apart from me. If he ran, then I did too. Please Ben, we are calling out to you!" Eclipsa said, a grey light appearing from her heart and launching itself into Ben. “Eclipsa!” Ben shouted out to her as his heart reached out to hers, his body going stock still as the unknown assailant was struggling against the visions of good things happening...of their children growing up and helping be the family they all wanted. Taking advantage, Eclipsa took Ben into a hug, Zeke shifting back and doing the same. Symbols glowed around them as all their powers spiked. Trinity was activated, however, this was different. This was the power of Trinity, focused into a Cure Spell. When it was cast Ben felt like rushing waves of calming emotions flowed through them, the assailant, unable to maintain their rage, vanished from Ben, leaving them to collapse into Eclipsa and Zeke's arms. Ben broke out into a heavy sob as he grabbed them into a bone crushing hug. “Oh god...I’m...I’m so sorry...I don’t…” Ben sobbed. "Shh, it's alright. You're safe now. We are safe " Eclipsa hushed, rubbing the giant wolf's back. "Ben… what was that. I felt two of your heart's inside you." Zeke said. "As far as I know you don't have any Reflections, so… what did you see, feel, hear?" “I...saw a lot of things.” Ben sniffled. “The happy times...the bad times...Eclipsa’s death and you abandoning me like an asshole…” Ben cried harder. “I...I don’t know what happened...I’m sorry...I’m so sorry…” "Not enough to stop yourself from calling me an asshole, so at least there's no severe damage to you then." Zeke sighed out. "Still, we should get you checked out. I can only think of two people capable of doing that, and as far as I know we only have the contact info of one of them." “I’m sorry but...the vision showed you just...running while I was holding Eclipsa’s body…” Ben sighed out, trying to pull himself together. “And...I don’t know who or why did this...but maybe...Cript would know?” "Morbid. Let's see where Cript is." Zeke said, taking Eclipsa's Assistant, and therefore arm. A few taps later. "And… convenient?" “Wh-what?” Ben asked. “Also...I’m gonna need like...an entire acre of ice cream...fuck me…” Ben sniffled, tears having long since matted the fur on his cheeks. "If I'm reading this right Cript is… at our house?" “Why...would he be at home?” Ben asked, his armor having disappeared after the Trinity healed him. "No idea. It's Cript, does he even need a reason for the shit he does?" “A little?” Ben asked. “But...we should...go see what he wants…” Nodding, Eclipsa opened a gateway home. Upon walking through the trio saw a bizarre sight. Cript in sweatpants, and a white shirt that said 'Too old for this'. “Why is Cript...replaced by a hipster?” Ben asked, rubbing some tears out of his eyes. "I am retired." Cript started, messing with a rubix cube. "Meaning from now on, your fights are yours. I'll give advice, maybe some stuff, but physical help, nope. You three are on your own there." Cript said, managing to turn one side a solid blue, the others still a mess. "God I hate these things." “And yet we have a problem…” Ben brought up. “Like the fact...someone took control of me and tried to kill Zeke.” He brought up. "Oh yeah felt that." Cript said. "And hesitated with me." Eclipsa added "Expected." “Why do you say that?” Ben asked. “And...what were those visions I saw?” "Ugh you guys are kids." They sighed, having messed up their whole color side now. "Here's a fun fact. When an admin time travels typically, they don't. Their code does not agree with it " "Time Travel? You're telling me someone was reckless enough to try and change the past? Don't they realize time travel like that creates bootstrap paradox? It solves itself as it was always meant to happen." Eclipsa groaned. "Most admins have never been one for thinking clearly." Cript said, trying to complete another side. "When an Admin travels back in time, if it's their own realm, their code and past self's codes sometimes try and merge. They think it's an error, so it tried to correct itself, like the human immune system. I don't have this issue as unlike every other admin save for you three, We were not born admins and made our realms after, so we can travel to any point in time before our birth and it's safe." “Okay so...that didn’t really answer our question…” Ben brought up. “But thanks for the explanation on that.” Cript rolled their eyes. "He means you came from the future to now Ben." Zeke answered for Cript. "A future you has issues with me." "And that's why you're the smart one." Cript said. "Hey! I'm smart! I just prefer to not flaunt it." Eclipsa grumbled, pouting. “And I’m also smart, but sometimes it’s hard when people forget to get to the fucking point half the time.” Ben sniffled, still pretty fucked up from what happened. “So...future me huh? I have a feeling there’s more to this...than just Zeke running from me and Eclipsa’s dead body…” "Well that's his past, your future. Maybe." Crip said. "Future is always changing, and with a fateless as a spouse, my future was never even written. Literally, ask our authors. But Ben, sweetie?" Eclipsa said, cupping her hands on the dire wolf's face to look at the Naga's. "We are all meant to die one day. That is inevitable even for the timeless, and I accept that. I could die with no regrets so long as I died protecting that in which I love, and that there is someone left to watch over them. When I do die, please don't hurt yourself over it. That goes double for you Zeke. You may have lost me many times, but that is no excuse." Eclipsa said, turning her head to her other mate. "From the sounds of it, both of you mourn my death negatively. I would rather lose everything then for you two to give everything up over me." “Well...from the song that was blaring in my head...it kind of sounded like my future self...wanted to make sure whatever happened to you didn’t.” Ben said honestly. “But...our kids were so happy...but then…” Ben winced and put a hand to his head. “Still hurts…” "Well that will go away on it's own in a few hours." Cript said, suddenly everyone looked at the pulsation that emerged then receded back into their arm. "Oh. Well that's not good." "Okay….what the actual fuck?" Eclipsa said "That's one of two things. Either my symbiotic Parasites are acting up… or-" Cript's head then exploded, skull fragments and greymatter slathering the trio as the backed up in shock. An arm emerging from the neck of Cript's body. “WHY!?!” Ben shouted. “And nope!” Ben started as he pulled out No Heart and tried to stab whoever the fuck was coming out of Cript. “No, no, go fuck yourself evil brain thing!” As Ben swung the arm managed to grab No Hearts tip...and broke it, the X-blades body cracking but staying whole as another arm emerged, and began splitting Cript's body in half. “I mean, why the fuck not when this thing literally has Code in it because it’s literally me.” Ben frowned as the X-blade regenerated it’s tip. “Also seriously, the actual fuck is going on?” "Pretty sure something out of Alien vs Predator." Zeke said, no weapon summoned but ready to call one. Once Cript's body was open enough, whatever this was came out. It looked human, a blood covered human as they crawled out the torn open body. "Gah fuck!" They wheezed, finally fully out. "For fucks sake, that was unpleasant." The mystery person said, standing up. "Whoo! Alright. Finally out of him." “And who the hell are you?” Ben asked bluntly. “Cause...seriously, the fuck dude?” "Towel, towel…." They muttered, looking for something to wipe off Cript's blood. "Using this." They said, ripping the cloak off Ben's back and cleaning themselves off. "What year is it?" “Bitch! That was a brand new cloak to!” Ben yelled at the guy. “And again, who the fuck are you? And why did you suddenly burst from Cript?” "One moment." They said, taking a deep breath. And snapping their fingers. The blood was all gone from their body and clothes. They had tan skin coloring, jet black hair, green eyes, and wore a black shirt with brown cargo pants. "Ah, still got it. Now then… who the fuck are you three and why should I care?" “The moment Cript says ‘I’m retired’, some jack off randomly appearing from his body like an Alien…” Ben sighed out. "Wait he did?!" They said, looking at Cript's slowly recovering body then back to Ben. "Ha! Oh I could not have timed that better." Ben just stabbed the guy with No Heart. “Yeah, how about no~.” Ben said slowly. "Well that's rude." They said, unphased by Ben's attack, tapping no heart…And shattering it to shards. "Seriously, who are you three anyway?" Ben took a deep breath. “How about we start with you are okay?” Ben asked. “You literally started all of this by doing your best Chest Burster impression.” Ben said while No Heart reformed from the shards, Code being rather apparent to the guy "Ah, another Admin. Good on you." They said, patting Ben on the head. "I'm Jericho. Admin of War." Ben looked at him, and then looked at Cript, then back to him as he thought for a moment. “Okay so why should we even bother?” Ben asked bluntly, Jericho knowing full well what the herm meant. "It's a self proclaimed title." Cript finally spoke as their head reformed. "Shit that hurt." "Only because you didn't agree with my plan back when we spoke… how long ago was that?" "Whatever it was, might as well get introductions done. I'm Eclipse, Admin of Grey, the dire wolf that you've been insulting is one of my mates, Ben, admin of Nothingness, and this is Zeke, Admin of Hearts and current Kingdom Hearts, and also one of my mates. Now, please explain before I introduce you to a 4th wall breaking attack in which Lance will have to deal with your pathetic ass for insulting a member of my family." Eclipsa said early calmly despite the glowing red of her eyes. "First off, pleasure. Secondly how long was I inside you Cript!?" Jericho asked. "Three years." Cript replied. "Ah, thank you… expected longer." "I expected you to have died." "Well I'm just like you, so that's unlikely." “So again, because we can obviously tell how strong this guy is...why are we even bothering at this point?” Ben asked again. “Cause hey, Cript can solve everyone’s problems without much issue, and as he’s said before he’s constantly holding back, while you on the other hand don’t seem that nice about it.” "Jericho wanted to create another Admin war." Cript said. "The first one nearly killed all the eldest admins off, their survivors splitting and making the Realms we have today. Jericho wants to create another one, a means of resetting the whole of creation and void to square one so he can see what happened the first time around. Wants to know where Admins came from, how they even came to be in the first place." "And, yet such fascinating, critical knowledge you prevented from being acquired. Pitty." Jericho said with a smile,but also sighing. "Ben means why are we even bothering to get stronger and bothering to train our massive pool of powers when there is a being just like us but better in every way, right down to shattering a weapon that is supposed to be a reality "fuck you too" button." Eclipsa said bluntly “Okay first off you two, get a room cause honestly, who fucking cares.” Ben said bluntly. “But my question was more along the lines of ‘why are we bothering when another Cript just appeared and is apparently a war mongering asshole?’.” Ben said. "Yeah, that too." Eclipsa agreed, charging grey and linking it to Zeke and Ben subtly, boosting them in a infinite loop as they talked to the admin, just in case. "Because he wants his war and as he makes his side strong enough he'll be making his enemies stronger also." Cript said, snapping their fingers to clean all the splattered blood. "He helps both sides to make sure it's a good show." “And yet he can, oh I don’t know, murder everything and everyone without much contest cause he’s basically you but edgier?” Ben brought up. "Awe, but where is the fun in that?" Jericho asked, now circling the trio. "You see in my realm, the former Admin before I killed them and took their code and title was obsessed with war, much like myself, and loved chess. Made kingdoms each play the role of a piece and fight on his chess board, my home realm." “Okay...and then what?” Ben asked. “Cause what your saying...sounds really boring, repetitive, and won’t really ‘do’ anything really.” Ben brought up. "Battle is only satisfying when something is on the line, in this case, it was lives of kingdoms… tell me I'm wrong." Eclipsa said coldly. "Close, but no." Jericho said. "It's only satisfying when you and your opponent can play on the same level." “But then it gets boring, dull, and no one wants to play anymore, even the most blood thirsty.” Ben brought up. “War can only go on for so long before everything just stops playing that game, things end…” Ben remembered holding Eclipsa’s dead body. “Nothing can last forever…” "Ding. That's it. Nothing can last. Eventually my Admin got bored and decided to change things up. He made himself one of the pieces, not the player. This is when I came in, having already been through eighty nine different wars he made in my life since I could remember, actually taking down the king of Kings, gave me the best checkmate one can win." “Cool...so how does it feel being a piece that can just beat everything else?” Ben frowned. “Cause again, your entire ‘thing’ is just going to end, along with all other wars you might instigate cause you yourself are your own worst problem. You can’t be beaten cause your edgy Cript, so why even bother with this?” "Yes. That's the proper way of thinking about it. If all things end, then why not let them all end the way it began." “It didn’t start with conflict.” Ben brought up. “But whatever, I know I can’t tell you your wrong or change your mind, cause honestly you're not the one who can say ‘how things will end’ but you’ll damn well try to anyways.” Ben rolled his eyes. "Sadly there is see truth to Jericho's ideology. The admin war is what let the survivors learn to develop and use their code properly, had that never happened they'd never have learned to create or destroy and we'd all not be here at all." Cript spoke up. “I call bullshit on that a hundred percent.” Ben said bluntly. “Cause, just like the cave man bashing two rocks together to make fire, Admins would have figured out how to create and destroy without the war.” Ben brought up. "You're assuming those cavemen weren't trying to kill each other when they made that discovery." Ben just rubbed his temple’s. “Don’t even know why I’m bothering to argue when I know how this ends…” Ben grumbled. "Alright, I'm nipping this in the bud right now." Eclipsa said. "Listen up asshole number I don't give a fuck, I'll be the first to admit that there is some good that comes from war. Innovation, discovery, some of the best medicines and transportation all stem from war…. However, War is filled with loss. With pain and despair. Families torn apart for a multitude of reasons." "Hmm. I can see the level of thickness in your heads is too much for you two to comprehend. Save for the quiet one, they know just by observation." Jericho pointed at Zeke. "Now then, what will it take for me to get through your thick skulls?" “You want a war, and while war’s can be fine for somethings, the war you want...that’s not going to solve anything for anybody.” Ben said. “There’s a difference between a war for something important, and a war just to get your rocks off, and your war is something to get your rocks off to, plus...this sounds more like a grab for attention than anything.” Ben said. “Your an edgy Cript, so you want attention cause you won’t hold back...but what’s worse than having all the powers in the world, but no one will take you seriously?” Jericho smirked. "If no one wants to take me seriously then I'll just have to make them. No point in fighting the enemy if they can't respect or fear you with hate in their eyes." “That’s the problem with you.” Ben said bluntly. “Again, your Cript, and from what I’ve been told and saw, Cript can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, without any repercussions. So we can’t take you seriously because, hey presto, you can just do whatever you want and no one can stop you.” Ben said honestly. "I know. There in fun in that now is there. So I'll make my enemies as strong as myself and my allies." “And that is possible?” Ben asked honestly. “Cause as far as I’ve seen...even when things are supposed to be as strong as Cript, they’re not.” "Cript has his secrets. I'm willing to share mine. We both got powerful through trials and combat. But we have something in common." “Nexus making you stupid strong cause reasons?” Ben asked honestly, thinking about his one traitor and having to think about who might be watching Zeke and Eclipsa. “Cause that might be a thing you have in common.” "Jericho has no ties to Nexus." Cript chimed in, picking up his rubix cube again "I was born with Copy Cat and Generation abilities together, naturally. Pure chance and luck. No genetic altering or mutations." Jericho stated. “Oh, I also have CopyCat...but I was kind of given it...but Copy is boring when you really think about it.” Ben brought up. “Agamemnon kind of proved that…” Ben muttered. “So, your going to be making all of Nexus into Admins and...what, you’ll just freely hand us all your powers?” "When you're proven worthy. Cript will too." "Wait I am?" Cript said. "Ugh, fine." “Yeah, ‘proven worthy’.” Ben rolled his eyes. “Haven’t heard that one before getting said powers immediately.” Ben said, having prior experience with such a thing. "Hm. Well, we will see. Oh right. I think a punishment is in order for all the insulting. What's suitable?" “You’ve been told worse, been through worse...is a punishment really necessary when it’s below you at this point?” Ben asked honestly. "I am you're bad guy after all. Can't let the hero's off easy now can I?" “It wouldn’t be fair considering the situation can be seen as a grown man with an M-16 going up against a six year old with a foam sword.” Ben brought up honestly. “But whatever you want as long as it’s not too far…” "What, you think I'm going to hurt you or your realm Physically? Oh no, no no. I'll hit you where I know it will hurt." Jericho said as they vanished. “So he’s going to do exactly what I think he’s going to do…” Ben sighed out while pinching the bridge of his nose. “Christ…” Just then alarms went off all outside. "Well, that's not good." Cript said. "Best check on your loved ones." “Clones are already on it.” Ben said. “I have tens of thousands at this point...but either three things happened...he physically attacked them...mentally attacked them, or kidnapped them...cause that’s how you’d get to me…” "Who would he have taken?" Zeke asked. "There are three hearts missing. I can't tell who yet." “Three…” Ben clenched his fists. “He better be good at hiding...cause whoever or whatever he has that’s keeping them is going to wish they never existed…” "Sire!" Consequence spoke with worry as they appeared in a blaze of Nothingness thorns. "The children! Nancy, Nyx and Eclipse Jr have all vanished!" Eclipsa shut up entirely, her eyes darkening as even her soulmates could feel the level of bloodlust radiating off the normally carefree one. "So… that's the way you want to play….alright. fine. You just opened Pandora's Box…" 'Total Eclipse: Vengeance Edition.' Eclipsa said as she suddenly brought everything to bare, the 4th wall struggling to keep in place with the level of energy being produced. Ben wasn’t helping either as the Den Mother, who would have normally screamed something, was only silent as the same power radiated off of him as his King Armor appeared on him in his moment of pure unadulterated rage. Zeke fell to the floor. No power radiated off of them, just… Disbelief. Ben looked at Zeke and just picked him up gently. “We’re going to get them back…” Ben said simply, nothing in his words held any other meaning besides cold hard fact. "How?" Zeke asked. "This is someone like Cript, how?" "Play along." Cript spoke up, gaining their attention. "Jericho isn't a complete monster. They'll stay safe, play along how he wants, and he'll likely give them back to you." “No.” Ben stated. “He crossed a line.” The Den Mother said. “We will find them...and Jericho will pay.” "I can't stop you but you won't be happy with that outcome." “What? He’ll kill our children if we try to save them?” Ben frowned. "No. You forget he is an admin too, he could alter time. He could raise those three, to kill you three. I doubt you want to find your kids all grown up shoving daggers in your guts." “If he even touches a single hair on my pups heads, I will make him regret ever being born.” Ben growled, and Cript had this unnerving feeling Ben could do that. "Even so, right now he has the ace in his sleeve. What do you three have other than anger, trauma and unborn children?" Ben looked at Eclipsa worriedly, knowing she was pregnant and fearing she would get hurt. “Besides those things? Well...several things, Will, Trinity is also a thing, our combined powers we haven’t fully tested…” Ben brought up. “He kidnapped our children...you should know full well to at least two of us it’s like he just committed Existence wide Genocide right?” "Yeah. Shouldn't have pissed him off. Wonder who his allies will be?" “Nexus for a start cause their desperate for attention at the moment.” Ben brought up. “And we ‘pissed him off’? What, is his ego that fragile or something that not taking him seriously caused this?” Ben said, Nexus now actively trying to do things to catch people’s attention and this being way too much for what Ben said to Jericho. "If I called you an edgy version of Zele would you have taken offence?" Ben looked at Zeke and thought for a moment. “No, cause I’m pretty sure ‘edgy’ for Zeke would involve things that his family hasn’t done like not murdering people for instance.” Ben brought up, thinking ‘edgy’ would be the exact opposite of what Zeke has dealt with in his life. “At least, how I think it would be the exact opposite of what he’s experienced. Normal people see ‘edgy’ as what the stereotype is, which is the opposite of their views in some cases...so the opposite of Zeke’s view for ‘Edgy’ would probably be sunshine and rainbows.” Ben brought up. “Or if you wanted to use one of its definitions, then yes I am either tense, nervous, or irritable.” Ben said, his voice finally coming back as he just added more to a simple fuck off question. "So, what are you three going to do now? Three kids gone, more on the way, and you have little to no allies on your level." “Might have one by proxy…” Ben brought up. “But...I should go see the Foretellers and John...like I’ve been meaning to for months but life kept being a bitch…” Ben grumbled. “Then there’s all the allies we can make as strong...all the creations we can make cause of several things…” Ben brought up. “But we’re going to get our kids back damn it.” Ben said bluntly, Cript having married a Den Mother knowing full well how stubborn they are when their children are in danger. "He will pay…Fuck with me all you want, hell, break my mind and change who I am… but don't you dare lay a hand on my family…" Eclipsa said, her power still growing due to the nature of Grey. “Your...still pregnant Eclipsa.” Ben brought up, still as furious as Eclipsa was but still worried about her. “I know...we’re both so unbelievably furious but...you have children to take care of…” "And we don't?" Zele questioned. "Ben, it would be irresponsible for us to leave the other kids when we just lost three." “I have enough clones taking care of all of them, as well as finding that Nexus traitor…” Ben said. “But I...I want to save my babies…” "This is a dilemma for you three. Question is what to do now?" Cript asked. “And your just going to sit there and let your problem do as it pleases?” Ben asked Cript. “Cause I don’t know your history with that fuck but this…” Ben took a deep breath, not wanting to say it’s Cripts fault when no one knew this would happen. Cript took a deep breath and began speaking. "Jericho appeared about five years back. He was the only ever person other than me to become an admin at the time. We got along well enough and could go out against one another without worry. We were on even footing. He began researching what little information there was on the admins of old, long dead dating back to during and before the Admin war. He and I were the only ones at this level of power, and how those texts described the admins from them, made them paint us as rookies." “Well alrighty then.” Ben said honestly. “So he wants to remake that...why though? Even if his point is ‘ending everything’ there’s still the fact that it probably won’t cause what he think it’ll do.” "He and I share the same addiction to combat and adrenaline. We love to feel our hearts race in the heat of combat. The only difference is he embraces it, and I hate it. If my heart rate and power go above a certain cap at the same time my Nexus Bio-programming kicks in. I forget friend from foe and attack everything." “And...haven’t you just, ya know, figured out how to stop that?” Ben asked. “Cause as far as I know, you’ve had an eternity to solve that little problem, either with powers, items, or just removing it from your own self.” Ben brought up. “And before you say ‘it’s not that simple’, you literally have all the time, power, and resources to get rid of it.” "It's linked to my power itself. The only way to get rid of it is to remove all my powers and abilities, and frankly A, that would hurt and B, it's not that easy." "I don't give a damn .." Eclipsa said quietly. " Our babies were taken by that bastard. Right now we need to look after the others… but he wont die, no. Death would be a mercy compared to what I have planned…" she said before cutting open a portal. "And you are going where?" Cript asked. “We’re going to find our kids.” Ben stated. “My clones will help keep the kids in line, but Eclipsa’s going and I’m going to make sure she stays safe.” "And somehow you know where to look?" “It’s better than sitting here doing fuck all when our kids are in danger.” Ben brought up. “Jericho might not hurt them, but he might do just as you said for shits and giggles. I’m not going to let my baby girl fall down the same path again just because you couldn’t properly deal with the fucker.” Ben said, not knowing if the bastard could die but knowing full well there were hundreds of ways besides ‘imprisonment in one’s own body’. "You didn't hear me Ben. We are spending time with our children. We will prepare… he wants war? He doesn't know what he just signed up for…" Eclipsa said, nothing but cold in her voice. "Don't challenge a Ventral to their own game, especially with family involved." Ben sighed out. “Even though I’d...rather be hunting down my children at the moment…” Everything Ben was screamed for him to run off to god knows where and save his pups before they were hurt. “But...can I at least send something to search for them?” The den mother asked. “If I don’t know someone or something is looking for them it’s gonna drive me up a wall more than my pups being gone already is…” "They are likely in a different realm, without knowing which specifically you'll be jumping around like a blind rabbit." “Again, better than doing nothing…” Ben said, his Den Mother instincts screaming at him to just run off anywhere to find them. "Look if you are going to get stronger to face this asshole you will need more than just your current allies which consists of you three and John, the Foretellers, and Okami." Cript said, taking a notebook out of his Assistant and writing something down. "This is a list of names of Admins I know will want to help us. They were there when I first fought Jericho, and they know how dangerous he is." “Thank you, but couldn’t you also...ya know, give Admin powers to our family’s to help out?” Ben asked honestly. “Cause Jericho is probably gonna do that to Nexus...and even though I’d rather not have my family get into this fight...sadly they might have to…” “I can't give the Admin powers or code away. Either they inherit it by having a realm passed to them or killing an admin like you three, or they forfeit their entire existence here to become Admins. I can make them at least on par but they won't have any Code or proper use of their newfound power levels." “Of course…” Ben muttered. "Hmm… well, I can think of one way, but it's very unorthodox." “Have we ever been ‘orthodox’ to begin with?” Ben deadpanned. "It's similar to how we got you your soul back, but rather than a different body to allow you to, well, stay an adult, they will have to be reborn. Only three of all my wives are also Admins, if they are reborn from them, memories in tact of course, and grow up in the family I'd be able to have them trained and ensure you they will be able to protect themselves." “Okay never mind.” Ben said. “Rather not have that...whole thing be a debacle and a half...unless you two have anything to say about that.” Ben brought up to Zeke and Eclipsa. "I don't know…" Zeke said unsure, still noticeable in shock. "Well if you all really need an alternative then there is only one other being in all of creation and void that can do something." Cript said, now having three sides completed on their cube. “I mean, until I make one.” Ben muttered to himself, already having had so many idea’s for new kinds of creatures to create. “But what? Are you wanting to make Delete’s our allies all of a sudden?” "Quick question." Cript said, standing up. "What does an Admin pray too?" “I don’t know, cause Admin’s are literally God.” Ben brought up. "True. But every race has a religion. Admins too. They pray too and believe in two special beings. One known as Belief, the other called The Mother." “I mean, that’s kind of cheating when you literally believe in the concept of ‘belief’...and The Mother sounds pretty obvious…” Ben brought up. "According to the religion, Belief is the source of Admins code, and the Mother created the first Admins, she is their beginning and end." “Okay that...makes sense I suppose...but why would The Mother be the end? Is someone going to kill her or is she going to kill everyone?” Ben asked honestly. "Not exactly. Admins Don't have souls or hearts like creations. Those were made as a means to… recycle life energy, for lack of a better phrase, rather, their code returns to her, and her womb holds all the code of Admins yet to be, and long since dead. Meanwhile Belief fuels that code to give it the power to create and destroy." “Alrighty then.” Ben said honestly. “Sounds simple enough.” "If anyone can grant your request without consequence it's them." "Where are they then?" Zeke asked. “Probably in the Center of Existance where no one can find them.” Ben took a wild guess but it obvious. "No that’s too obvious. They exist, or live, however you want to put it, in Crawfellow. I can't exactly explain what that place is, but it's a place only I and Lord have ever been too. Let's just say that place gave us quote the shock upon arrival." “Cool, where is it?” Ben asked simply. “I’ll send a clone off there while I help my kids with Eclipsa and Zeke.” Cript took a deep breath, finishing the cube. It then began floating, altering itself until it glowed a golden color, and slowly a doorway opened before it. "Through here. Be careful, the things there gave me and Lord hell." "Guardians?" Zeke questioned "Yes. Ten of them guard The Mother and Belief, make it passed them and you can speak with them." “Sounds simple enough.” Ben said honestly. "In words and on paper yes. Getting through those guardians is the hard part. Ben, I'm going to say this once, do not underestimate any of them, no matter what, do not hold back. You'll be dead otherwise." A clone of Ben’s appeared. “That’s why I said a clone will go.” Ben said while the Clone doned the King’s armor, but Cript could tell there was also a lot more magic and power surrounding the clone. “I’m fast and going to literal God’s home needs prep.” Ben said while the prepared Clone walked through the portal. "Good luck. Oh yeah, here." Cript said, tossing the clone a pouch. "Give that to Belief when you meet them, I owe them it." The clone grabbed the pouch. “Alright, let’s hope the Guardians will at least allow me to give this to them before immediately attacking me.” The clone muttered as it entered the portal straight to the new world. "Well." Cript said, catching the toy rubix cube as the portal closed. "Now that that is taken care of, I'm gonna go for a walk." “Just make sure you don’t get lost or make it too enthusiastic.” Ben said while heading off to take care of his kids. "I'm gonna check on Blake." Zeke said. "Let's go then." Eclipsa said. Ben looked at both Zeke and Eclipsa, remembering what happened before all this bullshit came up...and sent out his spies to hunt down his future self and to search for their kids. “I’ll...make sure you all stay safe…” Ben muttered so quietly no one but himself heard it. Chapter 5: Days to comeWhile Ben was off with family and searching for Mother and Belief, Zeke and Eclipsa were with their own children, Zeke cradling a clearly sad Blake, his twin missing has put him into a depressed state, as it has Zeke. Eclipsa kept looking towards where Eclipse Jr's crib was, it's emptiness almost haunting her as it sat there. She just couldn't leave it. A piece of her missing. Eclipsa let a tear run down her face as her blue hair gained faded gray highlights. “Eclipse….” "Why them specifically?" Zele questioned aloud. "I doubt he just took three at random… so why them specifically?" "Don't know… but it doesn't matter really why. It happened. I lost one of my children…" Eclipsa said, feeling hollow. "I think it does." Zeke said, fixing up Blake's hair. "As far as we know the kids only relation is their potential. Nancy, my reborn aunt who likely would have kept up in her skills, only with power to boot, Nix, my daughter and only other female X-Blade aside from myself, and Eclipse Jr. Yours and Shy's son and having been given your name would have had quite the expectations placed on them." “Jr… He is a survivor…. I can feel it. If he's anything like me, it doesn't matter his age, he is probably giving his captor’s hell.” Eclipsa chuckled, though the laugh felt forced, weak, empty. "But what are his plans for them?" Zeke questioned as they moved over and laid their head on a part of Eclipsa's tail. "He said something about gathering allies… who would he gather. I'm going to assume among Admins he might not be that popular, even if Nexus accepts him, they'd be lacking the needed skills Admins have." “Not like they need it. Nexus spans entire realms. Hell, they enslaved Fate herself. I… I just hope they aren't raised to be against us. I… I wouldn't be able to handle killing my own child…” Eclipsa said, tears starting to silently trail down her face. "If that's Jericho's idea, it might be so. Question is will we see them grown up sooner, or they were meant to age over time?" “Don’t really care right now… heh… heheheheh…. I used to think I knew dispair and depression…. I didn’t know the meaning of the words.” "You're not alone in this Eclipsa. All of us are affected. I just want to know… why didn't you or Ben take Jericho seriously? I mean the guy literally split Cript in half escaping from him, that should have been the first major red flag?" “You of all people should know that Zeke… I put on a mask. I hid just how afraid I was with an act of confidence, cockyness, arrogance…. I pretend like it isn't much of a threat… then normally they give me time… heh, hasn’t been working that way….. Zeke… I’m scared. I am truly terrified, and for the first time in a long time, there is nothing I can do to fix it.” Zeke took a breath, pondering their next words. "I guess that's my advantage. I grew up always in danger. Everyone everywhere I went was terrified of me and my family, every cop and military Person on every continent wanted us dead. When that realization first hit me, I was so scared… but as time went on, I learned that I was ignoring the fear, treated it like just another day. The timelines where we met… you being the first person who saw who I saw… and didn't get scared. You scared me, that was the first time I felt scared in years." "Would you believe me if I told you I was probably just as scared. But then I looked into your eyes… and all fear faded." Eclipsa said, transforming into her human form of Marcy. "Zeke… I need a hug…" Zeke stood up, giving Eclipsa/Marcy a hug and not letting go of her or Blake. "Promise me Eclipsa… no more masks. No more facades. I only want to see and be with the real you, flaws and all." Eclipsa hugged back, not even hiding her snobs as tears continued to fall down her face. “I always needed to be strong. I needed to protect everything. I-I didn't want to lose everything all over again and again… and it's starting again. I lost one of my children. I couldn't protect my baby! I-I worked so hard, gained all this power, for nothing!” She cries, the gray tips of her once pure blue hair starting to grow more prevalent. "Not for nothing." Zele said softly in Eclipsa's ears. "Next threat that pops up, I want you to show it and everyone around the time that you lost being with family. The time gathering this power, was not wasted. Unleash hell. Just try not to destroy the neighborhood, okay?" “I already missed most of my children’s lives as their parent… but I’ll try.” Eclipsa says with a sniff before chuckling mirthlessly “No promises on the survival of the neighborhood.” "Please? I'd like to not have to move… again. Done that enough in life as is I'd like to have one stationary place to call home." “I know. I don't want to lose the house I built with my own two hands anyways.” Eclipsa smiled slightly, despite the tears. "And, ya know, crown funding." Zeke chuckled. “Nope. My own money, and my own work…. Was a long month with the help of magic.” Eclipsa said, shuttering from the memory. "Damn. And hey… we will find them. Of Jr is anything like you, he'll be a wild card, if Nix is anything like me, she'll be observant enough to know something is up, and if Nancy is still… My aunt Nancy well… yeah, she can handle herself." Eclipsa rested her head below Zeke’s chin. “Thank you Zeke… though I still won't be a hundred percent until we have them back.” She admitted sadly. "Neither will I." Zeke agreed. "I'm only calm right now because… this actually isn't the first time someone I care about has been taking from me hostage wise." With a sigh, Eclipsa changed back into her naga form. “We will be strong… after all, Don't want all this time and enemy making to be for nothing.” She said with a small chuckle. Not a full laugh that Zeke was used to hearing, but at least not hollow like earlier. "I have to ask… what happens to Spoiled when you do that? Does she shrink or gets squished in there or…?" “Oh, now that I have full control over my transformations, I simply keep my internals that of a naga while having my external that of a human. Simple after having a clone practice it and give me the memories.” "Yeah but shouldn't your gut have been… the size of a truck tire given both Spoiled, her kid, and yours? You were flat belly." “Not to mention Chrysalis… she won't leave….” "Wait What?" “Apparently this world’s Chrysalis was daughter to one of the X-blade war survivors… and is currently corrupting Oblivion. To the point to where I wont be able to summon him or better half while around her. She also is a abusive fuck and didn’t even teach her daughter that love was an emotion, just food. Hell Chrysalis doesn't even know how to feel love, or anything really save for hunger and fear.” "Yikes… seems like mine lucked out then." “Yeah… still need to go kill the bitch and free oblivion… hell just mentioning that fuck I can feel Oblivion’s rage and guilt, and I dont have all you’re powers, just some.” Eclipsa said, placing a hand over her heart. "Yeah. This whole thing is pretty odd, but useful." Zeke said, giving Eclipsa a kiss. "So… what are we going to do with your Chrysalis? I promised Spoiled a place in the family if she survives, what about her?" “I want her to be able to make her own decisions, but she won't leave me, simply because, in a way, I love everything, even my enemies… except the bastard who took my baby and myself.” Eclipsa admitted to the last two. "Heh. Well guess she's not leaving then. Maybe my Chrysalis can talk to her. She didn't have the exact same life but her mom was also a big bitch, just not a Keyblade war survivor." “Worth a try.” Eclipsa shrugged before looking at the crib. With a sorrowful sigh she finally leaves the room. “Come on love… being here won't help anyone.” Zeke nodded, placing Blake with Book Work as he and Eclipsa went off. The others were all by the door to Ben's castle. "There you two are." Zeke's Twilight spoke. "Ben called everyone to his castle for some reason." “Sigh… he probably wants to pull an offensive already. It will fail without planning and preparation.” Eclipsa sighed out. "To be fair we don't typically plan things that far out either." Zeke said. “I’m not going to half ass it. Not with our kids on the line.” Eclipsa said firmly as she slithered in the direction of the portal/door. As they arrived they saw all of Ben's wives were here also… it was a lot. "Christ, how does he have this many?" Zele asked. “Read the stories, Ben is quite literally married to well over half his entire realm pre merge.” Eclipsa said, tossing a book titled Life of a Nobody at Zeke. "... I have all the questions…" Eclipsa just shrugged as she slithered into the meeting. “So, what is going on?” "No idea." Twilight replied. They watched as suddenly several hundred of Ben's Starfish clones began making a parameter around them all. "I don't like this…" Zele muttered. “Glad you feel the same…” Eclipsa said, prepared to summon a barrier due to the air of unease she was feeling. They watched as Ben brought out a flag bearing an outline of a hand with a blue dot in it's palm. "What… is that? A flag?" “Blue dot on hand… god damn it!” Eclipsa hissed quietly, her eye twitching in anger. They watched as Ben suddenly began burning it, making Eclipsa a little happy to see that. A few minutes passed until three blurs raced to the stage. Zeke and Eclipsa's hearts sank to their stomachs. Zele saw Rune up there… Eclipsa saw, Butterscotch... “No… no no… please don't tell me.” Eclipsa said, anyone with the ability to see souls seeing the powerful red outline over her soul flicker and fade. “Scotch?” Eclipsa said, loud enough to be heard. As Ben had his clones close in on the trio on stage, Rune grabbed the other two, arm lighting up with magic and symbols. "Wait, that's-!" Zele said, as dozens of portals opened up around the entirety of Ben's kingdom, and bizarre little robot machines poured out seemingly endlessly. "Summon gates!" Zeke yelled, summoning X. Eclipsa just stood there in shock, unable to move as weight pressed heavily on her chest. “Scotch…. Please don't tell me.” Eclipsa said, not caring if she could or could not be heard over the panicked cries. With the machines attacking the trio on stage bolted, Ben chasing them on foot and disappearing from Eclipsa's sight. Zeke was slashing at the machines, they fell easily, but he quickly noticed their intact pieces kept moving, moving towards other fallen bots, scrapping and rebuilding themselves. "Fucking Iron Giant rip off!" Zeke yelled, stomping one into a pancake before rushing to move Eclipsa from getting hit by one. "Come on babe, don't freeze up on me now." Zeke said as he tried to get Eclipsa to respond. The red faded from her eyes as she stood up, her blue hair now gray, only the roots still being blue. “I… I can’t….” She said, tearing up as energy started to built up around her, the gray powering itself, the other wives, and Zeke to insane degrees as she continued to cry. The energy was creating a visible grey light where her heart was as tears dripped onto the rubbled floor below her. "Eclipsa look at me, Look at me!" Zeke yelled, shaking her till she made eye contact with him. "You promised me that next threat you would show whatever Enemy that popped up that all this power you gained was not worth the loss you suffered. I need you to make good on that promise now." Eclipsa looked at Zeke, before looking at her hands. “.....okay….” She said as she clenched them into fists. Complex Spell circles started to surround Eclipsa, each being pushed to its limits with grey as the room seemed to get colder by the second. “Fine… but remember Zeke…. I fight for my family… so what do I do when one might have been the trator?” She didn't wait for a response before she breathed out. “Everything is Grey: Eternal Ice” Suddenly, the spells unleashed as the shear force of the mana caused the entire realm to tremor. All the robots attacking suddenly found themselves frozen in ice so cold, even the big bang wouldn't melt it. “There… for now.” she said as the ice continued to freeze and travel through the portals. Shortly after that. Zeke clutched their head, screaming as in the distance something exploded with the force of a tactical nuke. "Fuck! Rune blew up her Keyblade!" “Oh… right… Rune as well…” Eclipsa said, only she sounded… Off. The last of the color faded from her as she sounded monotone, near lifeless. “I suppose we should go help then…” Eclipsa said her arms hanging limply at her sides. The pain faded as Zeke felt Ben had somehow fixed Rune's old Keyblade. "Damn it." He said as new portals opened up, Psychopaths pouring from these ones. "EClipSa." Zeke said, his eyes shifting Red. He spun around faster than she noticed. "YoU beTTeR GrIT tHosE teeTH?" Zeke said through the Psychopath blood, delivering a Psychopath, Grey, Balance, Nothingness… and Humanity fueled punch to his lovers cheek. The impact was strong enough to slam Eclipsa's face into the side of a building. Zeke then quickly used the same force to knock a Psychopath trying to attack them into orbit. "We AlL gO thRouGh oUr oWN perSonAL HeLlS. If We gIvE uP bE caUsE of WhaT wE fEel wE caN'T HanDle, thEn we Don'T dEservE to staNd anD bE whErE wE aRe nOw!" Eclipsa picked herself up out of the rubble, panting as she wiped some blood of her cheek. SHe stared down at the red stain on her fur before closing her eyes. When she opened them again, while her hair body and soul still remained missing color, her eyes were back to their insanity filled blood red. Wincing, she slithered over. "Thank you love, and I’m sorry in advance, but I always wanted to do this to the hive mind.” Eclipsa said before kissing Zeke… and empowering her Insanity, using the grey as a battering ram to brute force her way into the hive mind, corrupt it with insanity. Each bash of the ramb caused a throb in her head but she continued, mentally seeing the cracks begin to form on the wall separating her Insanity from the rest of the Psychopaths. “Just,.... A Little…. More…” She said with a cry, growing weak physically as she started to feel something wrong with her body, yet somehow it was strengthening her mental attack. The wall shattered as all the nearby Psychopaths began crying out from Eclipsa's attack on their hive mind. After a whole some fled while others tried to keep their run of Carnage up. "Best way to kill Psychopaths is with a Psychopath." Zeke said, letting someone else take the wheel. Emerging from the shift came a hail of bullets hitting multiple Psychopaths, followed by long pistols and white gloves. "Hey there ya sons of beaches!" Alucard said as he popped out. "Did somebody order a badass?!" “No, I ordered a noble knight, but I guess you’ll do- gahh!” Eclipsa cried out as her entire lower half felt tight, her lower half now unable to support her as her Insanity continued to attack and corrupt more and more of the hive mind. "Woah there cinnamon tits what's happening?" Alucard asked, genuine worry on his face despite the comment. “I-I think the babies chose the wrong fucking time to want out!” Eclipsa yelled out as her mental attacks were systematically causing soldiers to drop vegetables, but not enough to keep herself safe. "Oh fuck that is not my area of expertise. I prefer to put the baby in I have no idea how to help it out." Alucard said as he fired several bullets into the mouth of a still moving Psychopath trying to attack them. "Look between the robots and red eyed fucks I can't help ya, I can defend you but unfortunately you might be on your own on the delivery part." He said, taking several more shots. Suddenly more portals opened as what looked like soldiers were marching out of them, each bearing Nexus marking. "And now there's these A-holes." “Son of a fucking cunt fuckity fucking bastards!” Eclipsa screamed out as she sent out a rage furled line of Grey to Alucard. “Go wild and let me deal with this fucking shit you useless fuck!” Eclipsa said before crying out again. "Well since you asked so nicely." Alucard said, placing his hands together. "I always wanted to try this!" He said, the Grey powering himself. His heart glowing bright as suddenly massive blue DTL's appeared around them. "Reverse Rebirth. Charge!" Suddenly from Alucards portals countless Keyblade wielders, bodies made from light and darkness, creating Silhouettes of who they were before came marching out, each wielding their Keyblades. "Kill them all, let that dickwad God sort them out!" Alucard commanded as the past Keyblades wielders charged. “Holy fuuuuuucck” Eclipsa whimpered and cried, feeling herself dilate as she started to breath heavily. “Oh gods!” As the Silhouette wielders attacked Alucard summoned Keyblades commanded them in waves to strike as well. He looked over at Eclipsa, and winced a bit. "Fiiine. Seras Victoria! Get your big titied police girl ass over here now! You master/Sugar daddy gave you an order!" Said female vampire appeared immediately. "Master!" Seras said with a salute. "Help snake boobs here with her birthing children." Alucard said, Seras nodding and moving to Eclipse's side. "It's alright mum. I have a surprisingly large amount of experience in this." “Oh yeah? Ever help give birth to fifteen?!” Eclipsa yelled, not thinking really at all. "Yes! Cerberus, damn dog was the size of New York and I made sure all those mutts were alive on birth!" “Well aint hat just peachy- FUCK!” She cried out as she felt something the size of a watermelon start to push towards the entrance, or in this case, exit. Seras widened her eyes, gazing lower down Eclipsa's tail. "Shit the mum inside you is birthing too!" “Cause of course why fucking not!” Eclipsa cried out before regurgitating Spoiled so she could get help as well. Seras began pondering options, then had an idea. "Mum! Permission to use your own biology against you mum!" “Fuck it fine!” Eclipsa cried out as it felt like every muscle in her body was on fire. Ceras's vampiric arm that was largely energy pulsated, then shoved itself down her vaginal lips, spreading them wide, surprisingly pain free to Eclipsa's surprise, and reached the first foal, her arm scooping them out, then sliding inside Eclipsa's womb and taking out the rest. In one rapid motion all fifteen were birthed at once, Seras using her arm cut the umbilical cords and clean them quickly, and each crying bundle of life was handed to Eclipsa. Using the same arm to shove it down Eclipsa's throat and pull out Spoiled. Despite the tiredness and emotions Eclipsa felt, she was still mortified to see Spoiled's condition. Her skin was covered in Nothingness thorns and splotches of darkness. "Spoiled?" Eclipsa panted out, trying to get the mare to respond to something. "It… hurts…" She wheezed out, coughing up liquid Nothingness and Darkness as she cried blood. The veins along her body darkened and became fully visible, her fur coat turned snow white as he mane and tail turned a pale silver. Transferring her babies to be held in her tail, Eclipsa reached out and held on to Spoild’s hoof, ignoring the agony of the act. “You ... got this… For Tiara…. For your baby…” Eclipsa said over the chaos around them. Spoiled began pushing, each push changed her. First her colors, now more mutation like. Horns emerged from her head, her teeth once flat now sharp like needles, her hooves grew talons like a griffon and her legs scaled over like those on a drake. The head of the baby was coming out, and Eclipsa saw the pony ears, head… arms. The infant was born. A body that of an anthropomorphic equine sprawled on the ground, it's crying summoned Heartless and Nobodies alike. “Seras… please help Alucard… I’ll keep us safe.” Eclipsa said, casting a shield that was only being held up by the grey strengthening it. “Spoiled… you did it…” The infant had Spoiled's colors, but only her coat, their mane was the same dirty blond as Zeke's. Kexez, Eclipsa thought. It held a black heart symbol on it's chest. Spoiled was breathing, slowly and steady thankfully. Carefully, Eclipsa levitated the colt into Spoiled’s arms. “You did it… "B-bearly…" she heaved, looking at the colt. "You… were way worse… than Tiara…" Spoiled said, looking over her newfound body. "What… happened to me?" “Don’t know… but it doesn't look to bad…. Heh… a mama bear … so, what is their name?” Eclipsa said, nuzzling Spoiled, not caring that her own hand is bleeding from nothingness thorns and the claws. "I was giving that most of my thoughts. I kept leaning towards Dairy." “Dairy… adorable name.” Eclipsa says, looking at her fifteen children, some pony naga, two with human torso’s, and three with wolf torso’s. “They are beautiful.” Eclipsa says with tears in her eyes. "Some birth." Spoiled says, the chaos around them settling some, the robots and Psychopaths are gone, it's just some still attacking soldiers. Alucard was picking them off from distance from his range limit to Eclipsa. "The Nazies were more fun." He grumbled. “Sorry Ally. Maybe next time we can both go on a bloodbath.” Eclipsa apologized, currently feeding her children. "Yeah well not a lot of things can give me a thrill. Those Psychopaths on the other hand were fun. So, what's your next move?" “I don’t know.” Eclipsa said, not taking her bloody hand away from Spoiled. "You lost your child. The mommy daddy of that child is a traitor to you, and then pervert co wife you thought a good friend was using you." Alucard said, kneeling down to Eclipsa. "If I were you I'd want answers, and if I don't like what I get, I'd start killing." “I… don’t have my will to fight anymore. My children have always been my priority, and getting Jr back is the only reason I keep trying… but Scotch… why. Why would he do this to me, to our family.” Eclipsa said, trying not to cry and worry her babies. "The same reason anyone would. Loss of respect." “I...I tried everything to protect my family….” Eclipsa said, depressed. "But did you try actually being there for them? To stay to ensure they were safe?" “I tried! Hell, until recently I spent a whole year with them, unwilling to leave again for extended time!” Eclipsa shouted before having to calm down her babies. "Was that before, or after you fucked up?" “After…” “Then there’s your answer. You were gone for fist a few days, then weeks, then months. Then lastly a full year, and in that year so many bad things happened. How hard would it have been to just ask for the help? To have asked for the teachers to teach you at home like in the first days after meeting Zeke? In the end, you just didn’t think about the consequences.” Eclipsa just sat there, silently weeping as all the guilt and self hate came back, fueled by betrayal, and the knowledge that it was all her fault. Just as quickly as she began crying Alucard stood up, kicking her square in the jaw hard enough to break it and knock out two teeth. "Don't take that weepy self loathing bullshit with me bitch. Yes, you fucked up. Now own it, learn from it, make it strengthen you, fuel your drive to strive for what you still care for, to fix your mistake. And if you can't fix that, make one you can fix. Rebuild yourself until when you look back at where you started you can't even fathom having been such a little bitch." Alucard then kneeled before her. "Entegra may be my Master, but you are my, our weider. Prove to me, to use you still deserve that right and stand the fuck up like the half man/woman/sexy snake beast you are. If I've been able to do it then surely you can too. Now then," Alucard raised his head, looking Eclipsa dead in the eyes. "Are you our wielder, or are you some cry baby bitch who loses once and gives up" After healing her teeth, Eclipsa sighed. “You’re an ass, you know that?” She says with a chuckle before grabbing Alucard and dragging him down to her level. “Next time don’t kick me in front of the babies.” She said, headbutting him, chiping a fang and making him look like a human, evil Discord. "Heh. Now there's the Eclipsa I like to see. Wild and kind all in one. Now then, got a plan?" “Currently? Recover, and maybe take a nap. Heck, maybe invite spoiled into the family, safer for her and the child. Do be a dear and look after us, giving birth is exhausting.” Eclipsa says, her eyelids growing heavy. "Right then." The next day Eclipsa woke up, fed the kids, and saw that Tokoyami was the one in control, out and about today. “Hey Toko, How are you holding up?” Eclipsa asked, depression still laced in her voice, though it didn’t have the same hopelessness of the previous day. “Please call me by my full name.” he asked, reading a book without a title on it. “I’m not big on nicknames.” “Meh, alright Tokoyami.” Eclipsa shrugged before sitting down in her chair and letting out a long sigh. “Heard it was a long day yesterday. A lot has happened. Seems the enemy has made their move, now what should ours be?” “I don’t know. It...It’s still hard to believe that Scotch betrayed us.” Eclipsa said, taking a glance to the place that he normally sat. “Everyone has a reason for their actions, whatever theirs, we might figure out someday. Till then I got word that a lot of people, even worlds, are vanishing. Ben has shared the list and a name , several actually, come up from my world.” “We should visit. Besides, it’d be nice to catch up and see them again for you.” Eclipsa suggested “I was thinking the same thing. Besides that I also want to investigate this personally. Inform some people and maybe even see my parents.” “Alright then, give me a moment to check on the kids and then we can go.” Eclipsa said with a stretch. Eclipsa checked on the infants, each was well and fed. As she was placing the last of them down she turned, seeing Star was the doorway. “Going on a trip?” They asked. “Yeah.. Tokoyami wants to check on his home… Star, did...Did you know Scotch was going to do this? Any hints?” Eclipsa asked, not meeting Star’s eyes. Star gave a sigh, shaking their head. "I used to pride myself on my ability to read others, but I misread Scotch completely. I could not have seen or predicted this at all. I do believe there is still hope for them." “So do I Star… how is Blitz handling it? He and Scotch were closer than even you and I.” "Blitz is… well, it's hard to say. I know they have been friends from foalhood but Blitz, from. What I can pry out of them, never even knew Fluttershy was in this Nexus thing. There was no hints or even anything in the background. All Blitz can think of is that her special 'summer camp' and 'home schooling' might have been the only times Fluttershy was in her Nexus life. From Ben's version of me, has said it seems Nexus was a lot more complicated than we thought. He saw Coco's memories when fighting the Void Key and saw it was actually fairly nice. Nice people, fun upbringing. Apparently there was some kind of civil war after someone named Vincent died and after that all I know is that Coco was very close to someone named Krot and she trusted him like family. Getting that much out of Ben's ice cream binge was hard enough for the other me." “Heh… Thank Alucard that I’m not the same right now.. It… you and scotch were my first loves of this life. And though I was never home, it… filled me with joy to be welcomed home every time, even when I didn't deserve it. But now I have to wonder if it was all a lie, for Scotch at least.” Eclipsa sighed. "You'll have to ask them yourself, whenever if ever they reappear." "Something tells me they will… for one reason or another." Eclipsa sighed, giving Star a kiss before heading off. Tokoyami had the portal ready and they entered, arriving just outside the school they first failed to protect him at. "Been a while." "That it has. I wonder how Daybreak has helped the people here. Quirks are one things we, even a century after their appearance, still try to adjust to, but Keyblades are a ballpark all in their own right." Tokoyami said. “Makes your world seem so much smaller.” Eclipsa said. “Every world seems so much smaller now.” Tokoyami said. “Being connected to them all, to Everyone… it’s overwhelming. I’ve spent a lot of time researching and living in the dark, my Quirk was for a longtime a double edged sword, while powerful and very ranged, it’s also more wild and dangerous in the dark, within the realm inside my chest, our hear, I’ve learned about the deepest depths of true darkness, the ones that meet the void...and I learned I can control that wild nature of my Quirk, and that of all the other versions of me with similar,even vastly different quirks. It’s strange, but even though I can control it, I still fear it.” “Great power is something to fear. In the wrong hands it can be devastating.” Eclipsa agreed. “Of course, obtaining such power… always comes at some price.” “True words.” Tokoyami said. “So, why are you here anyway?” “We’ve all been sensing hearts of those who follow Evil have been vanishing. No trace, not able to be located no matter where we search. Its almost like they never existed at all.” “Really?” Eclipsa asked. “Like who?” “On myworld, for example, it’s some high profile individuals. The leader of whom is known as All For One, and his disciple Shigaraki, as well as nearly every major, even minor villains have vanished.” “Must be Jericho.” Eclipsa said, her expression now more serious. “You want to look for confirmation?” “Not exactly.” Tokoyami said, walking into the Student Dorm building. “I need to speak with Bakugo.” “Bakugo?” Ecipsa asked. “A former classmate of mine, stubborn and violent, hard headed, but tactical and learning." “Heh, sounds like me back in the day… then I grew up. Learned the consequences of my actions… and even now am paying for it.” "We all pay for our mistakes in some form or another. Some repayments are worse than others." They stopped outside the door with the name Bakugou over it and Tokoyami knocked. The door opened. "Bird boy? Been a while." Bakugo, a wild haired angry looking teen spoke. "What brings you to my door and how fast can you leave?" "I was wondering that also?" Eclipsa asked. "I need to speak with you." Tokoyami asked simply. "Well what is it?" Bakugo asked annoyed. "All of you…" Tokoyami said, as if clarifying something. Bakugo just opened his eyes a bit. Sighed and hung his head low. "Fine." He said, summoning No Name. "That's the same Keyblade the Tiara's have." Eclipsa said. "Yes. One person from each world and all their reflections has this Keyblade." Tokoyami said. "They keep an eye on things for their respective world. Stop and cause events to transpire as needed. They watch over time itself. Still can't believe you're this world's TimeWalker, Bakugo." "Shut up." He hissed. He raised No Name, it flashing a blue light twice before a portal opened behind him in the style of a clock. "Head in there. I'll be waiting for you five years from now." "What?" Eclipsa asked. "Terminology for time traveling is… confusing." Tokoyami said, he and Eclipsa entering the portal. Once though they were met with a cloak wearing Bakugo, much older, the cloak black but held designs of blue hour glasses that seemed to tick away slowly. "Took ya long enough." "It was one second…" Eclipsa said. "Five years for me." Bakugo said. "Yeash, well come on, and what is it you wanted to talk about?" "Where is One for All? I know his heart and many others are missing from this world, the same is happening on many other worlds as well." Tokoyami said. "Tsk. Yeah we know about that. And the short of it, is Jericho. He's picking them up faster than we can predict. All traces of them gone too." "Physical or Temporal?" Tokoyami asked. Bakugo grinned. "Smart bird. Both actually, which is weird, hiding physical tracks is easy, but Temporal tracks? Only other time walkers can do that. No one in our organization can do that, so it's likely a third party." "I see." Tokoyami said. “Any leads?” Eclipsa asked. “A few, but nothing solid just yet.” Bakugo said. “We’ll inform you when we know.” “So in the next few seconds?” Eclipsa asked jokingly. Bakugo just smiled. “Maybe, we’ll see where it goes.” Chapter 6: Whole and CompleteTokoyami still had two days in control. The system they used to decide things was purely luck based, like gambling. Everyone first played chance for who went in what order, and then again for how many days. Or day, for the really unlucky. In order it was Tokoyami for three days, Clemintine for two, Alucard for three, Zeke for five, Mors for one, Raven for two, Eran for two, Miles for five, Starlight for one, Unum for three, Core for three, Raga for six… Wait a minute… “I had an idea.” Eclipsa said, getting Tokoyami’s attention. “You know how my heart is the optional piece to yours, right?” “Yes. What of it?” Tokoyami asked. “Well if we… finished that, put them together we’d be one person, but I have starfish clones, so wouldn’t that mean I could just, make a clone for each of us and we wouldn't have to wait to see a certain someone or explore, then we can just do that?” “That...might work. I’ll tell the others, give me a moment.” Tokoyami said, his eyes glowing black and white for a while before he blinked and they were normal. “They are up for it. Will definitely help get around this obstacle.” "Yeah, I thought the same." Eclipsa said. "Are you sure you want this though? You didn't want this outcome originally because of how we are now." "I know, I know but… I've been thinking lately. We are up against one vary… worrying enemy and whatever foot soldiers and allies he can get, some.might be a cake walk others might not, and I don't know if I'll be able to tell the difference. Zeke knows I hide my fears and worry with confidence and sarcasm…" "But you promised him no more hiding your true emotions, no more masks." Tokoyami said with an understanding nod. "I need to be more serious. I need to take this seriously, and with all of us able to be out at once we'd be a damn near unstoppable group, and in proper teams we can deal with multiple threats. Including Zeke there are twenty one people all sharing a body in you, with me that's twenty two and in groups of two that's eleven teams of powerful fighters. Each person able to summon countless Keyblades… even shift into them if needed to add extra firepower." "I see what you mean." Tokoyami said in thought. "That plan is well thought out. How long have you been thinking about this?" "Honestly, since I gave birth. I just kept thinking, what would be the most efficient way of both helping and fighting while also keeping my family safe. Zeke and I can do so much and I don't want to dance and avoid the issues anymore. I'm going to tackle them head on. Besides, it helps you all also, gives you your freedoms and some sense of life back." Tokoyami said nothing, but nodded with a small smile across his...beak. "Alright then. Shall we get started then?" "Yeah… but not here, ya know, just in case." "Okay then, where?" Eclipsa smiled. "I have a world in mind." Summoning Oathkeeper, Eclipsa opened a DTG(Door to Grey) and the 'duo' entered, exiting, while Tokoyami knew the world, he was surprised to see it, but he has never been there before. The Keyblade Graveyard. "Why here?" Tokoyami asked. "I've heard the stories, but why here?" "Irony really. This place has a dark past, but I don't think that should define the future this world can have."Eclipsa said, slithering around, taking a deep breath. "Alright, I'm ready." She said, holding out her hand. Nodding, Tokoyami was about to reach for her hand, but stopped. "If you don't mind, there is someone else who should be out for this." Tokoyami said, without a word becoming cloaked in darkness. A short time later, emerging from it was, Zeke. "Are you really sure about this Eclipsa?" Zeke asked. "Yes. Like I told Tokoyami, and like I promised to you, it's time to take this more seriously, we need to work together and this way we can, we all can. And Zeke." "Hm?" Zeke asked. "I want you to promise me, don't hold back what you can do either. I know what you can do is scary, and it scares you, but so long as I am here, so long of all of our loved ones are here with us, you don't have reason to fear what you can do. So from now on, don't hold back, okay?" Eclipsa asked, placing both hands on Zeke's shoulders, the Naga making herself even with Zeke's eyes. Silent for a bit, Zeke took in a large breath. "Okay Eclipsa." They said, giving the Naga a quick kiss, the Naga making it a longer passionate one, and then, Everything went white. Grasping, Eclipsa shot upright. She felt… stronger. So much stronger, on a level she didn't, couldn't quite understand. Her heart felt… different, it felt… complete. Whole, as if parts that were missing were now there. The rush of the power sent a shiver from.the back of her neck all the way down to her tails end, and goosebumps across her skin, her upper half a coat standing on edge as pure power flooded her. Calming herself down from the sudden power high, she looked around, seeing her love, Zeke, laid next to her on the ground in an almost blissful unconsciousness. As the dust and debris cleared. The others all began appearing around her, Alucard, Core, Umum, Tokoyami, Trixie, Starlight, all of them. Relieved, Eclipsa gave a long content sigh and a few happy giggles. Her risk payed off. Sliding over some, she lifted Zeke's head and rested it atop her long lower body. Not waking up but breathing, she began caressing Zeke's head, silently singing an all too familiar song. "When you walk away, you don't hear me say, please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight… it's hard to let it go." The softly sung song seemed to be keeping Zeke at ease, their slumber looking more relaxed, as we're the others. When the song was over Eclipsa smiled. "Is this how you have always felt Zeke? This intense, overflowing power?" She asked her still slumbering love. "It's unbelievable. I… I see why you were afraid to go all out. Makes me wonder if you even did back in our dual…" Eclipsa said in thought before shaking her head. "Doesn't matter anymore anyways. We all can, and will do so much good for everyone. Our world keeps getting bigger and more dangerous, but as long as we are all together, we will make it through this, and all that is to come." Chapter 7: Grand RoyaltyWith everyone now able to move around and be free, it was time to get down to important business. And the path to beginning, was reaching Zeke and Eclipsa’s door. Knock. Knock. Knock. “Wonder who that is?” Meliodas asked, a pint of booze in hand leaned against the couch watching TV. “If it’s not hookers I’m not interested.” Alucard said, flipping channels from the couch. “Might be a salesman?” Eclipsa said, her house once again cramped with company, but at least it was comfortable. Company was nice, and family was better. “None of the above.” Zeke said, standing up from the couch. “I knew they’d find me sooner or later.” He said, walking over to the door and opening it. “Hello, Squall.” “That’s Leon.” The figure said, looking over Zeke. “It’s been a while.” “Pissed I’m sure?” “Mildly. Knowing you, you already know why I’m here. Right?” “You want me to both return to Daybreak, and officially make me the sole leader, a king, correct?” “Down to a T. Glad you haven’t lost your edge or observational skills.” “Hmm…” “Zeke?” Eclipsa spoke up, slithering up to them. Exhaling, Zeke looked at Squall. “Fine, but there are some things I think you do, or perhaps do not know.” “I know that you and about twenty others are all sharing a body…” Squall said, looking into the house. “Though I’m guessing that situation has changed in some way?” “Yeah. we can all move with our own bodies again, though we all still share both a heart and a link of sorts.” “Makes sense.” “I accept, but Daybreaks government is going to go under some serious rebuilding.” Zeke said, clearly and confidently. “I expected as much. Shall we get to work?” Squall asked. “Yes.” “A Grand Royal Crown?” Eclipsa asked. “It works like this.” Zeke said, the two sitting at the dinner table, hours after the talk with Squall, Cid and other Daybreak officials. “All of us here will be made kings and Queens over Daybreak, marriage is allowed, of course, into and within the crown. Each ruler will govern different areas of the whole government, their own council and all that as well to help.” “I see. I think?” Eclipsa said, sipping a milkshake. “I will be governing Scouts, like before with Daybreak. You will be governing youth programs.” “Youth programs?” “Charities for children's hospitals, playgrounds, education and orphanages.” Zeke explained. “Ah. Got it.” “Meliodas will be in charge of front line defense squads. Their training and deployment. Leon S. Kennedy will be in charge of homeland security. Mors is in charge of diplomatic relations with other worlds, realms and such. Core is in charge of darkness defence and safety in the field while Unum does the same, but with light. Vincent will be in charge of imports and exports. Grathon will handle local authorities, the head of all police in a sense. Xehanort will be with the Time Walkers, given his experience in the field of time travel and that Keyblade of his Time walkers were happy to accept him, though they are independent of us, so any information gained will be vague as to not disrupt too much.” “Ugh, gave me a headache already just thinking about it.” Eclipsa said, rubbing her left temple. “Peccator, or the Master of Masters, will be an advisor to all. Trixie is in charge of both troup and citizen moral. Starlight Glimmer, while receiving therapy as well, is in charge of spellcraft development. Raga is also receiving therapy and when she is ready will take over government propaganda.” “Propaganda?” “Yes, fliers and such about recruitments. Nothing too stressful for her. Guts is in charge of training the advanced soldiers, anyone who is dubbed a Prism Knight or higher received training from him. Simon is in charge of, at his request, resources. Mines, wood, food, things like that on this and other worlds. Tokoyami will be in charge of our bases, cities and defenses in the Realm of Darkness colonies." "Colonies in the realm of darkness? Is that even safe?" "Actually since I and the others became this, both time has begun to flow at a normal pace there as well as portals appearing there that are not only safe for those unprotected to enter, but the heartless there have also calmed down significantly. It reacted to becoming complete. Now they don't attack unless provoked." "Huh. Cool." "Clementine is in charge of reconstruction of worlds that underwent apocalyptic events, as well as wiping out deadly threats and issues the world has because of what cause the apocalypse in the first place. Her first mission will be her own homeworld. Raven is in charge of research of both enemy tech and strategies as well as dark arts understandings. Miles is in charge of rescue operations and objective capture missions. Eren will be as he was before, a scout of sorts but for the battle zone. Taking out key enemy defenses while also reporting things back to us. Lastly Alucard is in charge of all heavy powered strike teams for tactical attacks on key enemy strongholds and manufacturing facilities. And with that we have what each king or queen will be personally governing as well as most of the government for Daybreak and hopefully The Kingdom of Nothingness to agree." "We are married to Ben so he would be in on this right?" "They would, and what they govern I already have an idea in mind. Not to mention with the new Nexus Templar under my command we already have the makings of an army." "The makings of one? It sounds like we have a good one." "Not good enough." Zeke said darkly. "Something I noticed about how Jericho handled things when he first appeared. He didn't seem determined or vengeful… he seemed to be just acting a part." "Acting a part? Zeke he took our kids!" "I know that but think about it, out of everything he could have done, destroyed the realm, nearly killed us, killed us. But he takes the kids, emotionally hurts us, but also gives us a chance to… fight back. This is playing a role and half assed at that." "So what? This isn't a real threat?" "There is, but not from Jericho. From someone else." "Someone more dangerous than a person with all of Cript's level of power? Who could that be?" "No idea. But whoever it is, they are our real enemy, someone who's pulling the strings behind the grand puppet show, and moving the chess prices for the face of the enemy." "How do you do it? Read and understand so much just by staying quiet?" "I listen. I read the body language. Jericho put on a good facade but there was one thing he couldn't hide. His eyes. They were the eyes of someone speaking words they did not care about." "Can you… teach me that?" "I can try." Everything was set up, all that was needed was for a sit down with Ben about the plans and merger between Daybreak and the Nothingness kingdom. By marriage and therefore politics they were one kingdom already but a meeting still had to be done about it. "I hate paperwork." Zeke sighed. "We all do." Mors said, here for both political and support reasons. "At least I have my body back. Been so long. Since I’ve had real fingers.” Entering the meeting room, the two waited shortly before Ben finally appeared. “So I have a literal ass ton of news to talk about at the moment, and a lot of things that are weird.” Ben said honestly, people seeing the Den Mother walking more...femininly than their normal stride. “I’m sure you do.” Zeke said, sitting up as Ben took a seat next to them. “But first we should talk about the Grand Crown… you did read the file I sent you right?” “Yes yes.” Ben said honestly. “But onto something that’s actually important…” The wolf took a deep breath. “More important than the proper governmental unification of Daybreak and your Kingdom?” Zeke asked with a raised eyebrow. “If I...don’t have kids...like me myself giving birth...I’ll…” Ben sniffled. “I’ll never be able to have kids ever again...cause Den Mother biology...and you know for a fact I see family as ‘more important’ than a bunch of retarded paper work…” Zeke’s raised brow became a worried expression. “I… I’m sorry. I… so what are you going to do? Are you going to have like Eclipsa, one clone pregnant and others not or…?” “What’s retarded is that, apparently, if one get’s pregnant, they all do...some fucking how cause that’s not how biology, or magic works...cause never get an actual fucking explaination on Starfish Clones…” “... But, but if you’re pregnant, and if what I’m reading is right, have to stay pregnant… you can’t fight…” “You know full fucking well I’ll figure something out.” Ben stated, Zeke having a strange sense of Deja Vu with that response. “Yeah but direct battles would put you and all the kids in danger. You’d either have to adapt a ranged style for ALL your weapons or...something…” “Cript’s curse states that, if your pregnant, even a normal human being, they can tank a SuperNova, and the kids ten times that. So compounding that with my own natural tankyness, which I still need to work on because of some other reasons why I can either take a hit like a champ or fall over like a piece of fucking tissue paper, and all the other crap I can do...well you can see why that probably won’t be a problem.” Ben shrugged. “Yeah but even so, fighting in Late stage pregnancy would be near impossible, and if you give birth during it, you’re vulnerable.” “Part two of Cript’s Curse for women, they can give birth whenever the fuck they want.” Ben brought up. “Huh...that’s a… that’s a thing…” Zeke said, rubbing the back of their neck. “Still, public image of you pregnant and in combat would be political suicide.” “Just like how Cript figured out how to make a ‘Mother’, which is apparently a super Construct that can take in all of a selected person’s harem, yes I know, I’m married to one of them, I can figure that out and have it be in one of my Starfish clones or in that specific ‘Mother’...or whatever it’s called I completely forgot the proper name.” Ben shrugged. “Either way, this does lead into what I had in mind for your role in the Grand Crown. It’s far less paperwork.” Zeke said, immediately perking Ben up. “Yay, no paperwork makes me a happy wolf.” Ben made happiness noises at not doing paperwork anymore. “Heh, you’re role I had in mind is a simple one really. To be blunt, you’ll be both the Kingdom and Government Mascot. Pictures for propaganda posters, TV interviews, just keeping yourself cute and lovely, all that. The people of your world here already have high respect for you, and those in Daybreak all consider you a valued member, and those from Eclipsa’s reflection find you largely adorable. We can use that as a means of both political and social strong arms on rival Admins realms and their peoples and or government.” “So basically what I’ve been doing?” Ben asked honestly. “In a sense, only a few papers to work on, most likely largely autographs. You’ll be working very close with Raga, once she’s done with her therapy sessions… But that’s only part of what the Grand Royal Crown does.” “Good thing I has clones...also I’m gonna need therapy...like...a fucking lot to be honest…” “I’ll tell Lyra…” Zeke said softly. “The primary, secret, role of the Royal Crown is dealing with the one pulling the strings behind Jericho.” “Oh yeah, there’s most definitely someone pulling the strings here.” Ben nodded. “Hell, I was the one that suggested it to Cript, and he went off to make some calls.” They said, keeping the two sources to himself just in case someone was listening. “Good. If it checks out we may have to yank him out of retirement.” Zeke said. “Guess I wasn’t needed after all.” Mors said oddly happily. “Heh, yeah this went smoother than expected.” Zeke said. “I’ll take my leave then. You two can wrap this up on your own I see.” Mors said, the ancient Keyblade wielder standing up and leaving the room. “Heh, the is so happy to have a real body again.” Zeke chuckled. “Good to know.” Ben nodded. “But onto other business...have you...randomly remembered things that...shouldn’t be there?” The Den Mother asked. “Like...for me, I randomly said Eclipsa’s…’real name’ when I don’t remember either of you saying it…” He said. “Huh. Maybe you just heard it offhand in a conversation?” Zeke said. “But, I do have to ask… when are you gonna… get knocked up… and with who?” Zeke asked. “Fuck if I know, I know, and fucked if I know.” I shrugged. “Probably you and Eclipsa...and then I put some buns in your ovens as well to make it fair.” “Already did for Eclipsa. She gave birth during that whole event with Scotch, Coco and Rune.” “They are precious.” Ben said with a warm smile, given that he was tending to the kids with one of his clones he had spent some time with them. “But now that you two are married to me...well...Cript’s curse kinda sorta makes it so...when kids happen, millions are made…” “Damn… Well… so what now then?” “Well...I can talk about all the crap I’ve been up to, because it is a lot.” Ben said honestly. “If you want too. We haven’t had a simple talk in a long time. You’ve been so distant lately.” “Well that’s from a combination of many, many things.” Ben said honestly. “But...to start with, Mega Giants are a thing...I get to take care of two wonderful children that were just resurrected from their mother because their souls were in Skysplitter...don’t ask.” Ben said nervously. “I got a Giant Girlfriend after we got into a pretty big bar fight...cuddles are very nice.” Ben chuckled a little. “And...well there’s a lot of other shit, like Tanya wanting to send children after me because they know I won’t fight them...completely forgetting that I can still beat them in other ways.” The wolf explained. “So...let’s go to you before I start rambling more.” “Nothing much on my end really. Been spending a lot of time with Eclipsa, which is nice, and everyone is doing their part well. Krot has a base of his pinpointed. As his expected defenses are up but damaged. He suspects Nexus tried to break in. Seemed to have failed given the amount of corpses around… I’ll be deploying Alucard, he will be the distractions for what’s left of outside defences, which is still most of the heavy artillery and minefields. Meanwhile Krot and some soldiers Meliodas will select based on their skills will accompany him inside to disable the security from the control room.” “We need to spend more time together…” Ben said honestly and a little sadly. “I know.” Zeke said, wrapping an arm around Ben’s torso and pulling them closer. “Well, you got about a solid month before Raga can work so… wanna mess around?” “That depends, what do you mean by ‘mess around’?” Ben asked curiously. “Cause we totally can if you want.” Zeke placed his first finger and thumb on Ben’s chin, smiling as he looked them right in the eyes. “That depends, how badly do you want kids?” “How badly do you want kids?” Ben asked huskily. “Remember, I have a certified club down there rearing to show you and Marcy a wonderful time.” “I’ve already had kids by Unum… wife unum not first wielder/ancestor unum… Really got to find a nickname for her… Heh. Either way, how about we start kissing, and see where it goes?” Zeke said, the line familiar to both, but neither knew why or cared to ask. “Well then you better pucker up.” Ben grinned, leaning down and kissing Zeke lovingly. Afterglow was a hell of a thing, Ben learned. As a female, it felt much better than male. More...fulfilling, no pun intended. “So...how did that feel?” Ben panted, given they both did each other. “Pretty sure you need that thing shrunk.” Zeke replied half awake, their whole body under Ben’s breasts. “But these can stay~” They said, groping the large jugs of their lover. “Oh you loved it.” Ben giggled. “Screamed loud enough when the knot went in.” “Because it felt like a train went in there.” Zeke chuckled, digging their way out from Under the massive cleavage. Once half way out they sighed happily. “Moments like this are… nice. Too few and far between. Honestly makes me feel normal.” “Yeah...way too far for me to be honest…” Ben sighed out. “Well then, let’s change that.” Zeke said, finishing getting out from under Ben, but falling on them, giving them a face full of their cleavage. “Heh, not as big as your biggest but… coveres enough of that cute snout you have.” “Titties are nice.” Ben smiled, nuzzling into Zeke’s breasts as he also groped Zeke’s rump happily. “And butts are also nice.” “Heh… not used to that sensation…” Zeke said. After a few more hours of post sex groping and cuddeling, the two finally got up and dressed, Ben noticing something. Zeke still wore only mens clothing. Even the underwear. “You really have to try Rarity and Co-” Ben took a deep breath, trying not to just break down at that. “Rarity and Coco made some really comfy panty boxers and enchanted bra’s...so fucking comfy and soft.” Zeke sighed, giving Ben a kiss for comfort. “We will find that damned Keyblade. Wanna know why and how?” Zeke asked, slipping their shirt on. “We have it’s creator on our side. If it has a weakness, he’ll know it. And when we find it, we can exploit it to hell.” “Gonna need to slap the bastard for this crap...but when we get some good explanations here...I’m going to take Void Key, break it over my knee, and slowly mutilate that giant fucking eye.” Ben growled. “Sounds like a plan.” Zeke said, tossing Ben their multi-Bra and shirt. “I need to talk with Peccator about that. Even though Raga isn’t due to work for a month we can get a start without her. Pinkie and Twin both scheduled all three of our realms Photo Finishes to picture you. Your and My Rarity are designing outfits and all that while the studio where this is all gonna happen gets built. We also are discussing on a larger castle, make a true stand on both our might and image to the enemy.” “Alrighty then, but can’t I just stick with my cloak?” Ben asked. “While dresses are nice I’d like to keep my signature look ya know?” “You can but image wise you’d look more appealing to the people in formal dresses. The Rarities are up for giving you some lessons and all that, but what you wear when the cameras are off is your choice.” Zeke said, getting their shoes on. “You’ll also be working pretty closely with Eclipsa since she is in charge of anything involving children, education, orphanages, children's hospitals and all that.” “Yeah I’m going to be doing that a lot.” Ben said honestly. “While the dresses might be fine...gonna be a bit of a pain sometimes.” “Especially with heels. I envy Eclipsa for not having feet or legs… Heh. Though when she was Marcy they were quite the eye catcher~” “No, whether it was back when we first dated to now, heel’s are not for me.” Ben shook his head. “Even if they look fancy, nothing can stop a good ol pair of shoes or boots.” Ben said honestly. “I don’t like the idea either but fact is if you show up wearing an elegant dress but have boots or shoes on, it’s social suicide. Paparazzis and newspapers will be all over it for months.” “Okay that makes literally no sense and you know that.” Ben said honestly. “People don’t make sense Ben.” “Yeah, but I don’t care.” Ben said honestly. “Hell, I’ll even go barefoot given I’m a Dire Wolf, and if they bitch and moan about wardrobe I’ll just bring up what’s more important, wardrobe or us actually doing our fucking jobs right.” Ben frowned. “To certain people both are important, or mainly appearances. Just because they are citizens of the kingdom does not mean they like and or all accept us. There will always be gossip and bad press no matter what we do. Simple fact of politics and high society.” “Fuck high society.” Ben frowned. “But not from Eclipsa’s or Daybreak, and all the unified worlds, and fact is while most are indeed jack asses, they have no illegal workings in their business. It’s the ones who can both play by the rules and use them against us that are the worry. Which is why this year's first Grand Galla, like the Grand Galloping Gala but more… larger, still fancy, is gonna be a pain.” “Your not changing my mind on this you know that right?” Ben asked. “Also, that’s a lie and you know it about ‘High Society’ not doing illegal bullshit, cause hey guess what? Ninety percent of my worlds ‘Noble House’ was filled with a bunch of illegal shit. “You’re world.” Zeke spoke up, clarifying. “DIfferent reflections, different lives, same people. In one reflection Tiara’s mom was loving, in mine she became the villain she is, in yours, she died buying her daughter some new dresses. Simple fact, when dealing with a Multiverse, everything is a possibility. And ruling one is the real challenge.” “This all boils down to ‘how petty and childish will high society be, when this Gala is going to involve literally everyone in our new Kingdom’.” Ben pointed out. “This isn’t just a ‘High Society’ party, this Gala is going to involve everyone, from high society to the lower class. Or are we just going to ignore the trillions of people just for a select thousand?” Ben asked honestly. “The Grand Gala on paper is just that, a High society event, but it’s more than that in execution.” “All of our Pinkie’s are planning this, it’s not gonna just be ‘High Society’.” Ben interjected rather quickly. “Which is why it’s not a party, it’s a test.” “A test?” Ben asked. “We have three reflections of Equestrian Nobels, but also Nobles from other worlds that are attending. In short how each interact and how each got to where they are is what is important. The guest list alone let us weed out over half of who actually deserved their nobility ranks and titles. The party itself will tell on if they should keep it. This will let us weed out the loyal from the back stabbers.” “So let me wear normal shoes.” Ben started. “Cause the Definition of Nobility is, and I quote ‘The quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank.’, so what would everyone think of people suddenly acting like children about something that means literally nothing in the grander scheme of things?” Ben asked honestly. “This test is looking for their state of Mind and their Character, am I correct?” “Exactly. I guess a pair of sneakers will fit right in after all.” Zeke laughed. “They won’t be bargain bin, they will be really nice shoes. At least my Rarity has been working in more shoe details, so they will be pretty good and comfy without them being either uncomfortable heels or field work boots and stuff like that.” Ben shrugged. “Yeah. The best part about all of this is that once their Nobility is taken, a law within the Grand Crown makes it so we cease all funds, property and possessions from the former nobles, meaning they can’t do anything against us after the fact. This will affect thousands of people across a lot of worlds, and all three of our now fused reflections/realms. Of course, work and housing will be given so they can continue to make a living, but the life of nobility will be lost to them unless they can prove to the grand crown they are deserving of it again. Political backlash and public opinions will waver on this deeply. But nothing that won’t be sorted out after matters move onto this upcoming war.” “This is kind of why I wanted to bring in the common folk, to show how Nobility actually works for the Common Man rather than the soul crushing expectations some Noble’s are under...or to those assholes that are backstabbers or worse.” “Hmm… it would reveal more on their character and personality based on their reactions and interactions with them… smart thinking.” “And all of this stemmed from me not wanting to wear heels.” Ben laughed. “Heh, you always tangent off, but most of the time it pays off.” “Most?” Ben asked honestly. “Sometimes it just devolves into a rant that goes in circles… sorry, but that has happened.” “I know, and this all just circled into me being right.” Ben giggled. “It feels great to be right sometimes.” “Sometimes…” Zeke said. Once they were fully clothes they fixed up their shirt a bit. “I’m gonna go have that talk with Peccator now. You should meet up with the Rarities.” “Alright.” Ben nodded. “And...maybe we can donate some fancy clothes to the specific people we’re inviting that aren’t of high society, if they either don’t have the money or proper attire or something along those lines.” “I might have an idea for that. It’s best if the nobles see that as a surprise, catch them off guard and see what happens. Till then, I’ll see you at dinner.” Zeke said, leaving the room. “See you at Dinner.” Ben said while heading off to find Rarities. Chapter 8: Prepare For WarWhen Peccator wasn’t advising or giving his vague vissions He’s in his lab, a place where he kept studying Keyblades and how to improve upon them. His lab was a simple room, a Keyblade forge in the corner, many boxes and such packed with Synthesis ingredients, and some new ingredients from Cript’s world. And lots, and lots of blank books to write in. Zeke knocked on the door. “Peccator. We need to talk.” “Come in.” He said, the door opening by itself as Zeke entered immediately. He was at his desk, looking over a fragment of an ingredient and writing down observations. “So, this is about Void Key, right?” “Yes… How did you make it? I know why you made it, but how? What weakness does it have that we can exploit?” “Hmm… I don’t remember. I know why I made it, this vary outcome… I wanted to avoid it, stick to the original path… didn’t work out. THose memories are...fuzzy. Like looking through TV static. But I made it from something someone gave me.” “Who? And what?” “Who is fuzzy also, but what is clear as day. Heh. It was the hilt of a broken Keyblade, one I do not know of. I never found out what it originally was, but it was a Keyblade of the Void.” “But that-” “Not like Void Key itself. This one was made like others, but infused with void in the forge, the Light and Darkness within it was acting like a… what’s a good example… a Pipe, keeping the wild and unpredictable void in check. I wasn’t able to remake it perfectly, it wasn’t able to draw power from the void itself, so I had to make its power supply.” “The artificial void?” “Yup. Little was known about the King of Nothingness back then, but I had to take advantage of what leads I could find, few hundred years of research and searching I find a single Fragment of the old Kings Nothingness infused Armor, forged from metal existing only in Nothingness. I used that as the bases, and saw what happened when I put in some void. I got a very interesting result.” “What? Don’t they cancel each other out?” “Not like we originally thought. Under closer inspection, they joined together, like a reunion long awaited and became pure blank code.” “Blank code?” “Yes. This accidental discovery lead to me learning about how Admins and out own realities are constructed, but at the time I put all of that on the side for a more...grimm idea. I discovered something while experimenting. This blank code was easily susceptible to emotions. Positive emotions made it act as it should, forming whatever and everything. But negative emotions… devolved it.” “Devolved… wait, so does that mean this Blank Code stuff is just…” “Yup, the Void itself. That means somewhere in that vast eternal abyss of corrupt, twisted hellscape… is the being who made it. Who or what though is beyond me.” Zeke took a seat, processing this discovery. “So… Void IS code but…” “Think of it like this code is still in its infancy, pure and innocent, then something or someone changed it to become what it is. Dark, full of malice and hatred. Whatever did this is something I don’t think I want to know about, but knowing us that will happen.” “Then, you used this Blank code to create the artificial void… how is it different or resistant to Nothingness then?” “I made it resistant to Nothingness by keeping just enough code in there to make it so, in short… you can say I made something almost akin to a Delete or an Admin, something in between the two, just enough code to have that needed resistance, just enough void to do what I built it for.” “How?” “Lots of time, lots of research.” “And help from someone you don’t even remember?” “Yeah. And that pisses me off, normally I can remember everything… but not that assholes face, name or even voice. Either they made me forget or I don’t want to remember.” “EIther way… So what weakness does it have?” “Aside from needing a wielder to do anything… Code.” “Code?” “It has enough Code in it still for the resistance, an amalgamation between a Delete and an Admin. If an Admin or someone can Hack it’s core, meaning you’d have to know where the damned thing went, you could change the code inside it and the whole thing would fall apart.” “Okay, and we have to know where you stached that big ass eye?” “Originally I stashed it in Halloween Town, seemed fitting, but when I returned just before we were all fused together by your Nobody, it was gone. And ONLY the artificial void, all my other experiments were still in their hiding places. Not long after that Kexez found me and, the rest is history.” “So someone stole it, somehow knowing where you hid it… So got any suspects there?” “None. Wish I did, but I got nothing.” “Crap… Well, thanks anyway. Let me know if you remember anything at all.” “I will. See you around Zeke.” As the day went on it was more and more clear to the population that the crown was preparing. Many worlds were receiving heavy fortifications, but it seemed none of it was enough. “Damn it…” Zeke sighed from within his office. “I’d feel prepared if this were not Admin warfare. I’m going in blind here, there has to be someone who has a book or something akin to that so I’m not just wasting time and resources…” Zeke sighed, looking over the newest fortification plans for their new castle. “Hmmm… Lord or Cript might know something, or someone who can help with this. Cript already has countless armies because of that Freak inc thing he’s got, and Lord has… god knows what up his sleeve. One of them has to know what I need to do, and we need Cript out of retirement anyway… Question is how easy or hard will this be?” Zeke got up, heading over to Eclipsa’s office across the hall from his own. As always, Zeke knocked first. “Come in.” Eclipsa called, sounding flustered. Chickling, Zeke entered. Inside Eclipsa had two piles of paperwork. A taller undone, unread and approved/Rejected pile, and a smaller read approved/rejected pile. “Having fun?” Zeke asked. “Paper work is the devil’s greatest achievement…” Eclipsa groaned. “I know this is all for kids and such but THIS many forms?” “Got to make sure everything gets down. We are the crown, unlike the US or other governments, all citizen requests and large project to the kingdom have to be approved by the crown. And this is just the stuff specific for you, larger projects regarding multiple or all of our areas will be dealt with in monthly Grand Crown meetings.” “Feels more like a business than a kingdom.” “Bit of both is true when running a kingdom, leading people and keeping them safe. But I’ve come to offer you a break.” “Is it sex? Cause I could use that kind of distraction about now.” Eclipsa asked, the tip of her snake tail waving a little. “Sadly no. I need to talk to Cript and Lord.” “Oh. Time for war?” “Preparing for it. Cript and lord both as people and what each can offer are invaluable as both assets, alies, and resources.” “Yeah I can see that.” Eclispa said, getting up from her desk. “If it gets me out of all this paperwork for a while.” Eclipsa opened up a portal to Cript, and the duo entered. They arrived at a beach of sorts, Cript sitting on a rock looking out into the sea. “Was wondering when you’d show up.” “I’m sure you know why we are here?” Zeke asked. “Yeah. Lord already agreed to it, and after some searching and a little experiment… so am I.” They sighed, shaking their head. “GUess retirement just isn’t in the cards for me…” “That was easy.” Eclipsa said. “So, how’s this going to work?” “You’ll need a unified force, both in terms of realms and people, Zeke, you thinking what I’m thinking?” Cript asked. “Yeah… but, question is are you considering the same details I am?” “Sadly.” Cript sighed. “What? What am I missing here?” “In order for use to work as a unified force, the best and fastest rate to prepare properly is to unify my realm and yours… meaning I’d have to become one of your Grand Royal Crown.” “But, wait, how? Isn’t the only way into the Grand Crown through marriage and being born into it?” “Yup.” Cript and Zeke both said at the same time. “So...who?” “Has to be me.” Zeke sighed. “Cript is both yours and Ben’s parent both genetically and legally. Marrying your own child might have been alright both publicly and politically long ago but these days it’s not so well accepted.” “Zeke… are you sure about this?” “It will just be for show.” Cript spoke up. “Hopefully… On the bright side with these new...changes. You can all be with your moms again, Gleaming, Den, it’s a bright side to look forward to.” “So this is more than just a Grand Crown…?” Eclipsa asked, realization hitting her. “When the Admin war hits… We will be the primary defence and strike force…” “And everyone else will be dealing with the Admins creations made for this war or dragged into it.” Zeke sighed. “No stronger allies than Cript or Lord. Having both gives us an edge, and it means we can train like hell with the best.” “So is the same for lord?” Eclipsa asked. Cript laughed. “Hell no. Lord will be given a Knighthood under us, and made the arms Master of the kingdom. The weapons he makes are far deadlier than mine.” “Oh… okay… So will every Admin we need as an allie… be married in?” “Likely.” Cript said. “When Admins marry, like with you three, your realms fuse together, making both share a single realm, making them much stronger than before within their realm. From what I know some Admins forced marriage on weaker ones solely to take advantage of this. We will have too also, but this is based on a mix of necessity and possible interest in each other. Based on how things go, it could just be for show or could become something for any who do join in.” “A kingdom of people of all kinds across all worlds...ruled by a Crown of Admins…” Eclipsa said. “Already sounds like a legend.” “Maybe one day it will be.” Cript said. “The pages are still blank ahead of us, and we just got passed the prologue of our stories. Now, the rest begins.” “But Lord won’t be married in? But he is an Admin.” “Yes but he has no realm of his own.” Cript said. “He gave it to me, it’s not his, so if he did marry in, it would not change anything for us power wise.” “Power wise… you want us to become as strong as you… don’t you?” Eclipsa asked. “There is someone, something pulling the strings here more twisted than I expected… I need to warn Jericho.” “But Jericho is the enemy-” “Like me he was playing his role needed by the cycle.” Cript cut in. “Someone...something has changed this cycle. I saw it when… Heh, well you three will remember soon enough. But what I felt, what I sensed… for the first time in a long time… scared me.” “Something scared you? What are we dealing with then?” Zeke asked. “Honestly… I have no idea. But whatever it is, we need to stop it and for one I don’t think myself alone can pull this off. Whatever this thing is… is older than the void and as far as I know, NOTHING should be older than the void. Not even the past Mothers and Beliefs of prior cycles.” “Can we stop something like that though?” Eclipsa asked. “Together… A lot of us might… might… wait… maybe we don’t have to worry about that…” “Worry about what?” Zeke asked. “Dying?” “What is going to happen is… unavoidable. But dying might be avoided. If you’re like me in every way…” “Remove our deaths…” Eclipsa said. “Just us or… Everyones?” “I don’t know… I’ll need to talk with the Admin of Death.” “There’s an Admin of Death?” Eclipsa asked. “I should not be surprised but… wow…” “Yeah but don’t worry, she’s on our side.” “Well now, that leaves one thing left.” Zeke spoke up, face a bit red. “WHen’s the wedding…?” “Once I get Jericho and make sure he is okay.” “So just to clarify Jericho is not the bad guy, he’s just doing what he has to do for this Cycle to complete itself so you two become these… uber powerful beings and make another existence to start this all over again?” Eclipsa asked. “Yup. Don’t worry, we’ll bring your kids back too.” Cript said, standing up. “Someone under Jericho is working for the ones pulling the strings behind him. He’s in danger, and unlike me, at least for now, he CAN die, and none of us can have that happen.” “This war just got a whole lot more interesting.” Zeke said in thought. “What or who is our real enemy then?” “Whoever they are… they want a fight. Well we are going to give them one.” Cript said, taking leave. “Well then… now what?” Eclipsa asked. “I’d offer sex on the beach but the mood kinda died for that.” “Ben already screwed me after I screwed them. I’m just wondering when I’ll start acting and showing pregnancy… yikes this is gonna be all kinds of weird.” Eclipsa wrapped her tail around Zeke. “It will all be alright. You heard Cript, together we can beat this threat.” “I know… I just worry.” “We all worry. There’s no need too when we are together.” Chapter 9: SupportEclipsa whooped triumphantly. Before her, all the massive amount of paperwork lay done, completed. “Finally.” She sighed as she leaned back in her chair and look out her window, thinking over the conversation Zeke and herself had with Cript. “I became an admin so protect my family, and possibly caused one of my loves to betray me because of it, yet I need to get stronger still to protect them… what a cruel twist of fate for the fateless.” Eclipsa thought out loud as her eyes closed. “Welcome to my world.” Ben said while entering the room. “I have brought cookies.” The dire wolf said while bringing out Eclipsa’s favorite type of cookies. “Freshly made as well.” “Oh you know how to treat a lady, though not all that surprising, what are you at now, a few million, and the special ones in the high double digits?” Eclipsa said with a coy smile as she used her tail to pick up three and bring them over to her. “Thank you love.” “Because of Cript marrying Zeke and joining our family...we all have the biggest harem ever.” Ben chuckled. “But before Cript, I had about...two thousand plus wives? Sadly don’t remember the pin point number but still.” “Honestly though, what should we expect when our father is the Admin of Love. Hell, from what I heard, we are such scrubs compared to most Admins.” Eclipsa said with a mirthless chuckle. “Here I thought grey was special, but I guess it’s really more of a suport power huh?” “Grey is special, believe me.” Ben said honestly. “And support powers can still be amazing. Plus we ain’t scrubs, everyone else is for thinking that.” The den mother pointed out. “So, busy today or do you want to go on a date?” “Just finished all the paperwork, So we better get to it before more show up!” Eclipsa said, brightening up as her tail wrapped around the Dire Wolf and squeezed lightly to hug. Ben smiled and patted her tail. “Well then let’s get going.” Ben said while picking up Eclipsa bridal style and heading out. “Where do you want to go if I may ask? There’s a lot of places to go and have fun.” “Really anywhere not an office.” Eclipsa shivered. “Comfy chair, boring everything else.” “Alright, off to somewhere.” Ben said before opening a DTN and walking in. After a hop skip and a portal Ben brought Eclipsa to a giant open space of tree’s, plains, and wildlife. “Welcome to my homeworld.” Ben said with a smile. “Wow… its beautiful.” Eclipsa said, feeling the energies of the world. “So much life, natural order, and tradition… its amazing Ben.” “And the food is fucking delicious, both cooked and raw.” Ben said warmly. “Given we’re both predators, want to go on a hunt?” With a snap, Eclipsa was rid of her clothes and stretched. “Oh Grey, this is nice and we haven't even started. This world really loves those who accept instinct.” Ben shifted into their primal form and stretched happily. “Oh yeah, it is a wonderful to just let go and be free.” Eclipsa smiled before closing her eyes, letting out a deep breath before opening her eyes, her eye slits constricted as she gave a soft hiss to her wolf mate, nodding her head. Ben nodded, before heading off to show their mate some really nifty hunting spots with all the good food. Ben actually talked about several of the species and how they tasted and just from body language Eclipsa could tell Ben was super happy. Eclipsa saw one rich meal and smiled before calculating the path the creature would take, hiding in a tree above it to lunge like the snake she is. Ben also hid in the shadows, stalking the meal to make sure it didn’t escape when Eclipsa lunged and attacked it. Right when it was above her, Eclipsa pounced, constricting around her prey as she injected her paralysis venom into it with a loud hiss. The animal panicked and tried to flee before Ben lunged forward and took out it’s legs, causing it to topple over and weakly struggle as the poison took its course through it’s system. Eclipsa panted heavily as she licked the blood off her face, smiling at the taste as she wrapped her tail around the preys neck and with a quick look into its eyes in respect, snapped its neck, a painless death for an honored prey. Ben nodded, glad the prey was given a swift and painless death. “Cooked or raw?” Ben asked simply, wondering if Eclipsa would sooner eat the damn thing whole. “Raw, never had, want to try.” Eclipsa said equally as simple, her brain almost forgetting talking was a thing due to instinct. Ben nodded, letting Eclipsa take the first bite. “Your kill, you first.” Resisting the urge to swallow it whole, Eclipsa nodded before with a slight hiss, tearring into the belly… and felt nirvana from the taste. Eclipsa nodded to her mate, giving permission to dig in before diving back into gorge herself. Ben was ever so happy to indulge as he also started to eat the raw heavenly meal. “God, so good.” Ben moaned happily as he kept eating. “I know right.” Eclipsa said, not even caring that her grey fur was being dyed a shade of red from the blood, just happy eating their catch. “There so many more delicious things to eat, like my favorite being one of the giant turtles here.” Ben brought up happily. “And luckily all these animal’s breed like rabbits so population control isn’t needed.” “Hehe, must be a thing with that planet. I seem to recall a certain sexy goddess of a man-wolf having a metric fuck ton of children themselves~” Eclipsa said playfully. “I wonder who that could be?” Ben joked with a warm and loving smile. “Well, I heard that they did find a mate in a sexy Snake goddess that has more names and titles than necessary, but that could just be rumor.” Eclpsa said, going back to eating as her tail wrapped gently around Ben, squeezing like a massage. “I love you.” Ben just openly said, going back to eating as well as his own tail was wagging like mad in pure joy. Eclipsa just smiled and went back to eating. When the meal was nothing but scraps and bones, Eclpsa sighed happily. “That was good~” Eclipsa said in bliss, the smell of blood heavy on her. Ben burped loudly. “Excuse me.” He said sheepishly. “But yes, that was really good.” Ben said honestly. “Now...to wash off the smell of blood cause damn.” “Oh you know you like it~” Eclipsa giggled. “Lead the way my mate.” “Alright, onwards to some water.” Ben said with a smile while getting up and leading Eclipsa off to a river. “By the by...have you been randomly...remembering things?” Ben brought up. “Like, random things that seems normal but you’re sure you didn’t know that before?” “Yeah, yeah I know that the only time that happened was when...when…” Eclipsa trailed off before looking at Ben. “Ben, what is my name?” Eclipsa asked with a serious look. “This name or your actual name?” Ben asked. “No, just say the first name that comes to mind when you see me. Speak from the heart.” Ben opened his mouth, but then closed it as he felt conflicted about what he was feeling. “Marcy?” Ben asked. “Oh shit.” Eclipsa said. “Okay okay, we can take care of that if it gets worse. For now, lets go bathe off this blood.” “Zeke brought up that I probably just heard him or you say it so I just said it out loud...funnily enough I actually didn’t know what your favorite kind of cookies were before...but now I do somehow.” Ben mentioned while moving a branch out of the way with his muzzle and showing a crystal clear river. Eclipsa just had a look of concern on her face as she slithered into the water. “Just… be sure to tell me if it gets bad enough to cause headaches. If it gets that far… well I remember what Cript did, I should be able to replicate it.” “Alright.” Ben nodded gently, before turning around and gently nuzzling Eclipsa. “But...even if something bad is happening to me...just know I’m still me, your loving den mother mate.” “Oh you will always be you love, Just like that I will always be Marcy, and Colin, and Eclipse. I will always be who I am, so I know you will be the same.” The naga said, cuddling up to the wolf before getting a smirk. With a flick of her tail, Eclipsa took Ben’s legs out from under him, dunking him into the pool with a laugh. Ben brought his head back up above the water. “Bitch.” Ben laughed as he shifted into his anthro form and grabbed Eclipsa’s tail and yanked her into the water. “Wait shit!” Ben yelped, forgetting that Eclipsa was part snake so that means she might be cold blooded. Eclipsa burst out laughing. “I’m fine ben, got enough pony in me to not be cold blooded… would really suck if I was, considering my attuned element of magic is ice.” She giggled “But you warm my heart so much.” Ben said lovingly. “But that would be cool yes.” Eclipsa giggled. “You’re sweet Diane.” She said before catching what she said but putting it off to the side to see Ben’s reaction. Ben looked at Eclipsa. “Why...does that name sound familiar?” Ben asked. “Like...you calling me that...my names Ben..the hell?” The Den mother shook her head. “It’s just as I feared.” Eclipsa said under her breath. “It’s nothing Ben. lets enjoy our day together, and later grab Zeke. Besides, would be best if he was here anyways, Author knows that they give us the biggest plot armor when he is around.” “True, also...I forgot, are you pregnant?” Ben asked randomly. “Not anymore, I kinda gave birth during that whole battle.” Eclipsa admitted. “Um...well to start, I’m kinda...pregnant with Zeke’s kid...and I was wondering…” Ben tried to find words. “Normal this crap happens because spur of the moment...asking just feels weird…” Ben sighed out. “What is it love, you know you can ask me anything.” Eclipsa said caringly. “Because I’m an idiot...for some reason I was gonna ask...can you bare my children?” Ben asked. “I mean...Zeke has your kids, I’m having Zeke’s kids...for some reason I like trends and I’m an idiot for saying things…” Ben whined, Eclipsa seeing Ben acting more like an emberessed pup than the sex goddess he is. Eclipsa smiled and slithered over to Ben, turning her form into her true admin form, a body made of wispy grey energy and code. “I would be honored to have your children you adorkable pup you.” Eclipsa said with a soft smile, her voice having a slight echo effect due to her form. Ben looked up at Eclipsa and smiled gently. “Thank you my love.” Ben said lovingly. “I...honestly didn’t mean for this day to turn into us both fucking like mad for...god knows how long…” The den mother said sheepishly. “So…” "Come here you." Eclipsa said before grabbing the anthro wolf by his chest and bring him into a passionate kiss. Ben kissed back just as passionately, wrapping his arms around his lovely lady, their hands trailing around Eclipsa’s body to feel everything about them in their admin form. The 'skin' was soft to the touch, yet every part of the body still felt as though it could be squeezed. The body was ever morphing and changing, yet maintained the eyes, the blood red eyes looking lovingly at the wolf. "Tell me my love, what form would you rather me be in? An anthro pony, my naga, or my human form? In this form, I can take whichever with no energy spent. I could even try being a wolf myself, though it won't be permanent." Eclipsa said, her hands trailing down her mate. “As long as I’m with you, you can be whatever you want.” Ben said lovingly, their Den mother form being big, soft and curvy in all the right places as Eclipsa felt them up. With a thoughtful grin, Eclipsa's wispy form condensed into a silver-furred dire wolf, with red eyes and, strangely, a bit of a BBW body type. "Odd, but not uncomfortable." Eclipsa commented. Ben blinked at how Eclipsa looked. “Fucking…” Ben took a deep breath. “Why must you taunt me?” Ben asked, Eclipsa seeing his dick twitching in arousal at the beautiful display. "Believe it or not, I was just focusing on Dire Wolf, this happened by itself." Eclipsa giggles before panting from the smells her mate was giving off, her entire body going into a forced heat. "Oh that smells good~" “We are going to have some fun.” Ben smiled warmly as he kissed Eclipsa again, this time going down and groping Eclipsa’s new fluffy buns, his dick gently rubbing between the two of them. Eclipsa gasped and moaned into the kiss, every nerve feeling like it's on pleasurable fire from the heat, feeling her mate use her making her humm happily. Ben broke the kiss and lightly panted. “Lay down.” Ben said to Eclipsa. “Now.” Ben growled with need. With a submissive yip Eclipsa quickly left the water and laid down on the beach of the pool, tail flagged and her moist wolf cunny glistening. Her tail wagged as she saw the hunger in her mate, her sex goddess’s eyes, growing more submisive to her alpha by the second. Ben got down and kissed Eclipsa again on the lips, then started to leave loving but dominant kissed down her body all the way down to her honey pot. “Someone’s excited.” Ben said with a predatory grin. “Aren’t you my loving mate?” The alpha asked before using his tongue to please Eclipsa before the real fun began. Eclipsa gasped before nodding, saying with panted breath. “Yes Alpha.”as her tail wagged, her claws digging into the ground around them as she moaned in pleasure. Ben pulled back and savored their mates taste. “Paopu fruit?” Ben blinked, making sure that’s what Eclipsa tasted like. “You taste like Paopu fruit.” “Do you like it alpha?” Eclipsa asked. “It’s probably due to how much I ate the fruit… it was my pregnancy craving alpha.” “Don’t remind me of pregnancy cravings...I’m gonna have to deal with that later.” Ben grumbled. “But right now.” Ben started as he put his dire wolf cock on top of Eclipsa’s cunt. “We have some fucking to do.” Eclipsa’s eyes lit up as she started panting and whining, her tail flagged as she all but begged for the wolffy dick. Ben chuckled at how needy Eclipsa was. “So my mate wants.” Ben started as he pulled back, lining up his dick with her entrance. “So she shall receive.” He said before pushing his wolf cock into his mate. Eclipsa gave out a small cry in pleasure, the burning in her pussy subsiding but not gone as she lovingly nipped as her alpha's nape, her muscles underneath her squish contracting strongly around the Den Mother's rod. Ben groaned happily at how tight Eclipsa was. “Damn your tight.” The wolf growled as he pulled back and pushed back into Eclipsa’s steaming cunt. “Must have really wanted it didn’t you?” "Yes Alpha! I want to bare you strong pups! Breed me alpha!" Eclipsa moaned loudly, not caring if anyone wound to hear. She is being claimed by her alpha, they should be jealous, not her embarrassed. Why would she be embarrassed about being breed by her alpha? Her Alpha was more than happy to oblige, starting to pound her pussy like there was no tomorrow, the urge to breed his willing bitch growing too strong to ignore. Ben groaned and growled, slamming into his lover before it was time and Ben forced his knot into Eclipsa, making damn well sure his seed wouldn’t leave as he came like a damn fire hose. Eclipsa let out a howl of pleasure as she was filled, her belly visibly swelling from the seed as her tongue rolled out in bliss. The only sign of her being alive being the rise and fall of her chest, and her panting and mewing. Ben panted heavily as he stayed knotted in her, hugging the one he loved. When she finally came to, Eclipsa nuzzled Ben lovingly. "That was…. Wow…" “That...yeah…” Ben panted heavily as he nuzzled Eclipsa. “I love you.” "And I love you… heh, who would have thought that me, being with a supermodel body in every version of myself, would have a BBW body as a wolf." She giggled. “Look at me, I’m a BBW Amazon here basically.” Ben giggled as well. “But you’re a supermodel to me as well since your so sexy.” "Flattery will get you everywhere love." Eclipsa giggled. “Well it’s gotten me here, and I couldn’t be happier.” Ben said happily. “So...we should probably actually take a bath now and...maybe head back to Zeke to figure some stuff out?” "Sure… but I’m not changing bodies for a bit… I can see why you like this." Eclipsa chuckled “The fluff is nice.” Ben smiled warmly as he took a moment and got his knot out of Eclipsa carefully so they could get to a shower. After the shower, and a little more shower sex, Eclipsa and Ben walked side by side, following their heart's conection to wherever Zeke was at the time. The two reached Zeke's office. Upon reaching the door and opening it they saw Zeke sitting at their desk, a chess board set up, and pieces moving. "Hey Zeke!" Eclipsa said, wanting to surprise him with her silver wolf form. “How you doing Zeke?” Ben asked with a warm smile. "Testing battle strategies." They said, not looking up and moving a pawn, the other sides Knight moving closer to it. “Look at Eclipsa real quick, look at how beautiful she is.” Ben brought up while motioning to her. Eclipsa stood, her arms behind her back and a small, slightly nervous smile on her muzzle. Looking up, Zeke did a double take on what he saw. "Wow. And why?" “She’s amazing looking...and she chose this form when I...knocked her up.” Ben said sheepishly. "Ah… you two horny bitches…" Zeke said with a chuckle. "And you can't say it's wrong." "Hehe, can't argue with fact." Eclipsa giggled before sighing. "Zeke, we have a problem." “Look at me and tell me...what’s my name?” Ben asked Zeke. "Dia-..." "Now you see the problem. The same thing that happens to us is happening to Ben." “Okay so you both think my name is Diane, when I have been Ben all my life...even though I’m having weird memory’s pop up here and there…” Ben frowned. “So seriously...the fuck is going on?” "... This is like when I and Eclipsa started remembering things from the timelines that were erased." Zeke said. "You have been called Ben your entire life yes… but you maybe weren't in a past life, one where Marcy existed." “That should also be impossible cause Joy is my only previous life, we can even ask a Death to prove it.” Ben said worriedly. "Timelines work different than past lives." Zeke said. "While similar it's not the point in time, it's all the same time, but different outcomes." "Nexus deleted entire timelines because I as Marcy fucked up their plans. That means Marcy never existed, yet my heart remembers. That must be happening with you now." Eclipsa explained. "Question is, who exactly was Diane?" “Cript...mentioned something about a favor he owed me.” Ben brought up. “When I was doing my trials, one of the Admins brought up something about my past, but Cript stopped him rather quickly, and told him that ‘I’ll remember’...” He explained. "So Cript either did something… or made something new." Zeke pondered. "But why?" "Diane, Diane… Wait, it… I remember someone by that name, but not what they look like or how I know them." Eclipsa and Ben both shed a tear at those words. "Why are you crying?" “What?” Ben blinked while rubbing away tears. ”I...I don’t know, why are you crying?” "Probably both for similar reasons, but for now… no clue." Eclipsa said, leaning on Ben. Ben gently wrapped an arm around Eclipsa. “It’s alright sis…” Ben said, before looking terribly confused. “Uh...what? I didn’t mean to say that, the fuck?” "Looks like we have our answer as to why we cried." Eclipsa sniffed. “So...what? We were sister’s or something?” Ben asked, trying to stop himself from crying but couldn’t help it. "Ben, Diane, do you trust me?" Eclipsa/Marcy asked. “Yes I do.” Ben/Diane nodded. Marcy nodded as she placed her hands on either side of Diane's, and moved her forehead to her own, turning back into her human form with her blonde hair and blue eyes. The two hearts touched and dived into memories long erased, the third of Zeke's heart joining as the memories all three shared, of how the two sisters in one timeline shared a lover, and grew closer because of it. Of how they were kicked out of their parents home because of their unorthodox relationship, and stayed together despite the hardship. Everything all three of them had done together merging, being remembered, becoming whole before they were pulled back to reality. When the three of them came back to reality Ben looked...a lot different than his original human form. Diane looked like a woman in her mid twenties, her skin the same color as Marcy’s, piercing turquoize eyes, long black hair that was pulled up into a ponytail, a strong athletic body for her six feet of height, perky C cup breasts, but her face still looked soft and gentle even with her athletic build. “So...how do I look?” Diane asked gently. "Beautiful as always sis." Marcy cried as he held her sister and lover, her blonde hair a mess and her E cup pressed against the larger muscled woman. “Come on sis, no need to cry.” Diane said gently. “Besides, I should be upset that even in this timeline your still sexier than me like this.” Diane chuckled. The two looked at Zeke, who unlike them, looked horrified. "I remember how you died in that timeline." Zeke said quietly. "Grandpa shot you both dead… just like he did in the one before. Diane, you were pregnant already." Zeke said, his arms and fingers becoming covered in a dark black ooze, the two witnessing it felt it as Psychopath power, but it did not look it. "If he wasn't dead already…" He said, gripping the edge of his desk so hard, it broke, making a shockwave that left it splinters, cracking the floor nearly open and flattening the nearby metal filing cabinets. Marcy and Diane have never seen Zeke this filled with wrath, and it rightfully scared them. “Zeke, he’s dead, we have her back, we have each other back, everything is fine.” Eclipsa said, slowly walking towards him. “I’m right here, how about instead of being all pissy you give me a hug.” Ben said honestly. “The old fucks dead, and probably burning in whatever hell he put himself in.” He said honestly. “Also...just want to point out I knocked up my sister...well good thing Incest isn’t a thing for us anymore right?” Eclipsa stared at her sister and lover before breaking out into laughter. “Sis, we were already in a insestial relationship when we both realized we both loved Zeke.” She smiled before turning back to Zeke. “Everything is fine.” “Okay fine, but the difference is now is that I have a dick that can be considered a club, so yeah, I’d say everything is fine.” Ben chuckled. Breathing slowly, Zeke calmed down, though the odd ooz did not leave, he relaxed a bit. "I know… I just can't unsee you both dead. Not again…" “Don’t worry, you won’t lose us again.” Ben said honestly. Zeke ran up, hugging Diane. "I swear I won't." "And it all comes back full circle." The trio turned to what was supposed to be Zeke's ruined office, now fixed completely with Cript sitting on the desk. "Took longer than I expected." “Okay are you actually going to tell me what the hell is going on Cript?” Ben asked honestly. "Sure." They said simply. "A short no longer existing timeline ago when you were still on your trial with the Admin of Speed you said you wished to have the same kind of connection Zeke and Marcy have, so, I showed up and offered. You were hesitant but accepted. So, like with Marcy, I made sure for two timelines that I had to pull a lot of strings to find, I made Ben, technically not exist, and instead, you were born as Marcy's little sister. Only by a year though." “Little…” Eclipsa said, looking up at the taller woman. "Yeah. The first timeline played out as expected. You formed a strong taboo bond on that world with your sister, then Zeke came along and you two found both not only a great guy, but also a means to stay together. Then, when Nexus came along they erased both Marcy and Diane, making you both be born as Ben and Colin. " “At least I picked up on that little trick you did with Zeke and I before it got to the point where it started to hurt.” Eclipsa sighed before giving a weary smile. “We already knew our lives have been tampered with and messed with from the start, what is an extra one, especially when it was so positive?” “So my life was fucked with by Nexus...than it was fucked with by Nexus again...then it was fucked with by Cript...all because Nexus fucked with...for fuck sakes can I have a simple fucking back story? Seriously I had to actively remember how my life went to shit three times, now I’m someone completely different?” Ben groaned loudly. “Christ almighty…” "Don't you dare-" "Sup!" Said Jesus who entered. "No." Cript said, kicking them out the door. "Just no." Eclipsa got on her toes and kissed Ben on the lips. “It’ll be okay sis. Besides, our life is already a poorly written fanfiction with no planning done into it’s story, might as well look towards the bright side of things… such as you no longer need to feel conflicted of guy and girl now since you have lived and have memories of both!” "Well this certainly has been… an interesting day." Zeke said, parting their hug with Ben. "So, what now?" “Who wants ice cream?” Ben suggested. "Sure. Souls use a break from strategizing." Zeke said. "You had me at ice cream!" Eclipsa said, ever the sweet tooth no matter what life. “Alright, ice cream it is.” Ben smiled. “Now the question is, which ice cream place?” "Before you go I have something to tell you three first." Cript said. “Let’s hope it’s not vague…” Ben muttered. “What do you need to tell us?” "When one rewrites a prior timeline that was erased it's not actually gone. There is a place where such realities are shoved, stuck in a sort of limbo outside of time itself. Everyone.and Everything there stuck in a stasis of sorts. If at all you want to see it, just ask." “Well then...that’s interesting.” Ben brought up. “Oh, but quick question, how do you do that...merging with your wives? I just wanted to know because of...a little thing I wanted to test.” "I'll show you after the wedding. But what is it you want to test?" “Curious if I can...teach them things that way...make it faster by sharing memories and experience ya know?” He brought up. "Even sharing memories is not the same as training and experience." Cript said. "I'll show you what to do, and how to do it, but for them to actually be able to use it properly they have to train still." “Of course…” Ben muttered. “Oh well, there goes that idea.” "Speaking of the wedding there is something I need to ask." "What?" Eclipsa asked. "Eclipsa and Zeke share not just heart and powers, but also Abilities. Zeke has Amplify but has not unlocked it, and I have Generation already maxed. If myself, you two, and Ben all fuse we can still exist like how you are now, but we'd share Everything, meaning also you'd be far stronger." Eclipsa took her true form of a silver wisp being before saying. "So we would be one being, yet separate? I… don't know." She said in her echoed voice. "Kinda. Think of it like split personality, but each personality, thanks to Starfish Clone, can have their own body in their own form, and if one dies they can emerged out from another, so long as one of us are alive, we can come back and keep fighting." “Well...that makes sense I suppose.” Ben nodded. “But I’m not sure either...cause even though I’m someone else I’m still Ben, the pessimist who can see something going wrong.” "Plus, no offence Cript and Zeke, but individuality is something I cherish, even those who worship me know this, even extremists. I don't know how I'd react to something like that." "You fused with Zeke and are taking it fine." Cript pointed out. "You have your own body, and shared and enhanced power and respect for the others as well because of that. You also understand why Zeke held back when you wake up, you felt his power, your power. You understood why Zeke always held back." “I don’t know that, but all I know is that Zeke doesn’t like fighting and or doesn’t like solving his problems when he has the power to.” Ben shrugged. "I'd be okay with it." Zeke said, surprising Ben and Eclipsa. "I made a promise, no more holding back." “You sure?” Ben asked honestly. “I know you don’t want to hold back but still.” “Will you continue to not hold back, even after I boost you to all high hell?” Eclipsa asked, staring into his eyes, red meeting red. "I am never losing anyone again." Zeke said, voice and eyes filled with determination. "I lost both of you twice over because I held back, I could have saved you both back in those timelines, but I held back and didn't take action. Not anymore. I'm not losing anyone ever again." “Well...Eclipsa? What do you think?” Ben asked curiously. “I… Alright. If it means to protect my family, I don’t mind doing it to you two as well.” Eclipsa says, looking at Cript and Ben. “Well looks like we’re all doing this.” Ben said honestly. “Great.” Cript said. “It will be done at the wedding, and, heads up, expect a… Well, just expect some shock from the sudden power up. We need all the power we can against this enemy.” “Yeah, so far the big bads are a bitch, and you that went crazy.” Ben said honestly. “So...let’s get going then.” “Tomorrow, still increasing my family. How about you guys? I can make yours stronger, while they are admins already I can still give them a biologically stronger body.” “I’ll ask them, as for the kids, go ahead.” Eclipsa said, sending a message with her assistant. “Okay so me and Cript are gonna have a problem with the kids cause...both of us have too fucking many.” Ben said sheepishly. “Don’t worry about it.” Cript said. “It will work out.” “So.. what now?” Eclipsa asked, rubbing her arm, causing some gray smoke to disperse from her form before fading. “For now, take this.” Cript said, handing the trio a single book. “This is a list of all the dead Admins. We’ll need their help.” “Cool, we’re gonna need...maybe all of them.” Ben said honestly. “So, how will I be of help? I mean, yeah I’ll have all your powers, but I’m only good a Grey, and its mostly support based.” Eclipsa asked “An ability that, after the fuse, you will be able to use of mine. It’s called Weaponize. Exactly as it says, it can let you make Grey more than just a booster, it can make it a weapon, in any form of combat. Plus, if Zeke activates his Amplify, and with my generation, add your Grey too it… I’m sure you can imagine that outcome.” “Well I’m not really special, I only have the thing that’s just as ancient as Void is and can do a lot of other things.” Ben brought up. “And we can figure out what it is then. If it’s as old as void, then it’s from the first cycle, meaning it has to have a source somewhere.” “Like how the new source of grey is me?” Eclipsa asked. “Yes. Everything has a source, once this fuse and wedding has passed, Ben and I can go find this source. A Heart of Nothingness as it were.” “Well we know the Heart of Void is a crazed Mother...shot in the dark, who thinks Nothingness is Belief?” Ben asked honestly. “If that is the case, they are either something akin to comatose or, despite Nothingness as an energy itself, and as old as it is, too weak to make contact properly. Question is, what happened?” Cript pondered. “Age?” Zeke offered. “You can’t die, but Jericho can, this has been stated so Jericho from the first cycle could have just gotten too old?” “A possibility.” Cript said. “Maybe.” Ben shrugged. “We’ll figure it out when we get there I suppose.” “So…. Ice cream?” Eclipsa asked “Ice cream.” Ben nodded. “Sure.” Cript said, snapping their fingers as they all received a ten scooped stacked cones, each scoop the size of a baseball and the cone the size of a 32 oz cup. And was waffle with a chocolate inner layer. “Enjoy.” Cript said, taking a lick of theirs. “Yay!” Ben cheered as he enjoyed his ice cream. “Today was an interesting day.” Eclipsa hummed “A very interesting day.” Ben said honestly. “Impregnated my sister...figured out why I was having mind problems and figured out I have a sister...and now a lot of other things.” Ben said honestly. “So about a normal day for us.” “So we have a lot of work to do.” Zeke said, eating theirs. “One job at a time.” “One job at a time is something we never do, especially me.” Ben rolled his eyes. “Because we were up against a wall before. Now, now it’s an even battlefield.” “Before it starts to get more one sided than a fucking mobeus stripe in our favor once Asmith get’s done with all those Original Omnitrix’s or whatever other power boosts or plot mcguffins we’ll get.” Ben brought up. “For every one we get, our enemy gets three.” Cript said, already half way done with their ice cream. “To keep it even, we need to gather allies. Meaning one thing. The other Cycles, the powerful people, the other Mothers and Beliefs there, we can get allies from them, but the enemy will also get their own aids. A double edged sword, but a necessity.” “That’s what they all say, before the good guys just steam roll the bad guys until the final fight.” Ben said. “I’ve read enough stories and played enough games to know that’ll happen.” “No… somehow, I feel this will be different. I mean, come on, this is a war of being that can create multiverses, and yet there is something more powerful pulling strings…. Make you think how deep this will go.” Eclipsa said, staring at her bowl. “Not to mention we still have Future Me running around doing whatever the hell...which now feels more...understandable given the newer info we’ve got right now.” “In short, the workload is still there, but now we can divide it up.” Cript said. “So, the offer about your wives?” “Sure.” Zeke said. “The image of an Alicorn Pinkie Pie and the others is… very interesting.” “My wives are already admins but...might as well, might need to ask them first but I’m sure they’ll be fine with it.” Ben shrugged. “This will be something.” Cript said. A small smirk across their face. “A fight that lasts.” “It’ll most definitely be a thing.” Ben said honestly while finishing up his ice cream. Chapter 10: A Wedding of PowerThe next day arrived and preparation were being made, since as early as three in the morning the kingdom cooks were over their fires making large platters of food and drink. Both the people and the royals were setting up for this, an Admin wedding. Zeke was being fitted for a special kind of dress, a mix between a gowned and a tux. The designs were all still being edited to both be stylish and look flawless. “I have zero fashion sense.” Zeke sighed. “Trust me, sometimes you just need to look good and not give a damn about fashion.” Ben brought up. “Yeah but a half gown half tux dress is hard to get down.” Zeke said, looking over at Ben, who was actually starting to show. “That was fast…” “Yes, yes it was.” Eclipsa said with a nod, back to her Naga form. “I blame Cript’s curse, given that pregnancy is shown rather quickly.” Ben sighed out. “So anyways, did you really need to go with the half and half?” Ben asked curiously. “Both Genders, besides, it’s something different.” Zeke said. “Alrighty then.” Ben nodded. “This is going to be wonderful, your marrying yourself basically.” “Har har…” Zeke said in a monotone voice. “Either way, whatever comes of this we will be on even ground with Cript and therefore a lot of other bad guys.” “Right then.” Ben nodded. “My other timeline self is gonna flip when they learn this…” Ben muttered worriedly. “So what are we gonna do after the wedding?” Eclipsa asked. “Training.” Zeke said. “We will be getting in one moment, one kiss, more power than what could have ever thought of getting, trying to use it all at once is going to have a backlash, so we’ll need to learn to control it.” “Right then.” Ben nodded. “Can’t wait for all that to happen, gonna be a little weird sharing a body for...however long.” “With Starfish clones all of five seconds.” “Yeah.” Ben nodded. “Makes sense that’ll be that fast.” “Yeah.” Eclipsa said. “When Zeke and I fused I woke up in my own body still, Starfish Cloning kicked right in and we all were in bodies of our own.” “That’s interesting...hmm...I wonder what’ll happen to my other clones given I have five of them out still.” Ben wondered. “Dunno, all I do know is that what happens next will be a game changer.” Zeke said. “By the way, did you see the others? All Alicorns, damn.” “They’re all having a lot of fun with their new alicorn powers.” Ben brought up. “Rune, the Alicorn of Sex… at least one was who she said she was.” Zeke said. “Yeah, of course she would.” Ben chuckled. Eclipsa slithered over to Zeke. “I’m sorry your Rune was… wasn’t who she said.” “I pride myself on a few things.” Zeke said softly. “Reading people, being able to tell what kind of person they are, I’m pretty damn good at that, you know this… Rune was the first person who ever fooled me, and it ended badly.” “She fooled us all.” “Yeah. Out of the three of us, Ben lucked out with Coco. At least someone wasn’t betrayed.” “And I still somehow managed to fuck it up in the end.” Ben frowned. “That was Void Key’s doing, it’s resistance to you gave it that edge, but we will find it’s fucking heart and shatter it. If I were to wager a guess as to where it is, I’d say it’s near or even with the Void Mother. Safest place for that little parasite.” “So how do we get to it?” Eclipsa asked. “Time, luck, and a lot of good soldiers.” Zeke said. “But mind if I ask why you sounded like you didn’t like me because of that?” Ben asked honestly. “Like seriously...rude.” “I’m sorry. It’s just… Guess I just still haven’t gotten over it.” Zeke sighed. “She was the first, one of the first people I saved when arriving in Equestria. To think that someone who has been there from the beginning was tricking me this whole time is just… not easy to process.” “Believe me...it’s never easy.” Ben sighed out. “I’m just...glad Coco actually gave a damn…” “Onto a lighter topic.” Eclipsa spoke up. “There is food literally everywhere.” “I know. I could smell pastries and cooking meat when I woke up and I still smell it.” Zeke said with a bit of a chuckle. “And it is glorious.” Ben sighed out happily. “Food from all over, especially from my home world.” “Yeah. They have all kinds of crazy stuff out there. Pretty sure I saw a Pizza burrito on my way here.” “Well then.” Ben said. “I was too focused on all the ways people used my world’s meat...it smelled too good.” “Now that seems interesting.” Zeke said. “It really is.” Ben agreed. “Not much longer before the dress is done and then the wedding is at sunset so, we’ll have time to have some fun.” “Besides that, there is something I want to give you two, for good luck.” Eclipsa said before pulling out something the two had never seen. It looked like a shard of a crystal, one that looked as if it had swirling grey smoke inside of it. “Pure crystals of grey… I had made them shortly after creating the Grey and well… even if we all will be gaining grey after this, i just wanted a reassurance that you both had a trump card.” She said, attaching them both to necklaces before presenting them to Ben and Zeke. “They’re so small.” Zeke said, placing theirs on. “But they feel like there’s a nuke around my neck. Dare I ask how?” “Because it is constantly building its own power and is a shard of True Grey, not the diluted shit I normally use by combining it with light, dark and magic.” Eclipsa said with a smirk. “Ouch, my pride.” Zeke chuckled. “I can technically point out your light and dark powers are nothing but children compared to Nothingness.” Ben brought up,. “Thanks… just what I need, my power and entire thing as an Admin insulted.” Zeke sighed. “Welcome to my world.” Ben said honestly. “And you know I love you.” “Here love.” Eclipsa said, holding Zeke’s hands. “Close your eyes. Feel your balance, and cut out the rest. Let everything else fade, worries, pain,joy, nothing remains save for your balanced aspect. Now feel it, try and grab it as if it were solid, watch it crystalize inside your hand, and create your pure element.” Zeke took a deep breath. Holding out a hand as three gems formed, one of pure light, the other of pure darkness, and the third was like a chess board, spotted of pure darkness and light. “Figured might as well.” Zeke said. “Fancy.” Ben said gently. “But...sorry for sounding rude…” “Doesn’t matter.” Zeke said, tossing the Gem of Light to Ben and the Gem of Darkness to Eclipsa. “If I am right, the Light one should act as a purifier, a hand held version of X’s own Reject Darkness. The Gem of Darkness is both a buffer for damage, though comes with some rage, and summons Pureblood heartless. Balanced one.” They said, holding up the Balance Gem. “Does both but also can revive. Person dies, it helps by storing the heart, and with Ben’s gem there, should be able to bring them back.” “We are all better than our parts…” Eclipsa said before giving Zeke a kiss. “You ready for this, truly?” “Yeah. Not like I haven’t been in a wedding before, besides, you and Ben also get to be with your moms again, so win win for you and me.” “Who wants to guess Jericho is gonna do what I accidentally did for your wedding?” Ben brought up. “Hopefully not like Core in mine… still bitter at him for that.” Eclipsa grumbled. “Oh I’m marrying them too.” Zeke said. “Cript and them talked, figured it would be best if the rules this time around for this cycle best change.” “Oh? And how will they change?” Ben asked curiously. “By marrying me, and fusing their hearts with ours. They will be both Mother and Belief in one body, same as us, but not one body cause Starfish Clones. That’s a pretty handy ability. Meaning…” “Oh for the love of Grey just how many people are going to share a being before the end of this.” Eclipsa asked Bioquil, Xinrick, and Lancerot. “Am I the only one here who doesn’t break the fourth wall… or even know how to?” Zeke asked. “You’ll figure it out sooner or later.” Ben shrugged. “Actually rather annoying when you learn it, especially when you realize that the entirety of all existence it dictated by a couple of idiots that can't keep one story idea consistent.” Eclipsa grumbled. “Oh you have no idea.” Ben sighed out. “Seriously, like the writers had this nice concept at first, than it just devolved into this because they didn’t plan it out.” Ben said. “Not that it’s a problem because we’re all happy but still.” “... Yeah I’d rather not…” Zeke said. “You’ll do it sooner or later.” Ben shrugged. “Probably on accident to be honest.” “Hopefully not.” Zeke said. “Join us~” Eclipsa cooed in a false evil tone. “No…” “Finished!” Rarity said, bringing in the dress/Tux. It was all white, the top part looked like a gown and was made from Tuxedo fabrics and the lower half was like that of a wedding dress, but less fluffy and more like a skirt. “How is it?” “Amazing.” Zeke said, taking it. “Thanks for making this so last minute.” “Think nothing of it love.” Rarity said, giving Zeke a kiss before rushing off. “Well it looks great.” Ben said honestly. “Put it on!” Eclipsa cheered. Quickly changing, Zeke emerged, and both Ben and Eclipsa saw elegance and beauty before them. Zeke’s hair was long, and placed in under the thrown back vale. “So… how is it?” Zeke asked. “You look amazing.” Ben said warmly. “Stunning.” Eclipsa said in agreement. “Heh, well, glad I look good. Best part is, stain proof enchantment, simple and very useful. Let’s go eat and just have some fun before this whole thing goes down.” Zeke said. “Don’t need to tell me twice.” Ben said happily. “Let’s pig out!” Eclipsa said happily. As they walked the castle samples and drinks were tasted and eaten. While Ben stuck to the sodas, and beets, Zeke to both Eclipsa and Ben’s surprise was drinking Asgardian Ale. “What?” Zeke asked, drinking their fourth cup. “Surprised that’s your fourth considering that’s strong stuff...although we’re admins so it probably means fuck all.” Ben shrugged. “Once immune to booze, forever immune to booze. Besides, tastes just like my Uncle Joe’s Irish Ale.” “Seriously?” Eclipsa asked. Zeke nodded. “Yup. Always said the trick was a lot of hops, a gallon of moonshine, and five years of fermentation.” “Good man.” Ben nodded. “Nothing like well prepared booze to help spice up a party...even though I’d rather not get drunk until after the wedding.” “Heh, well, to each their own.” Zeke said, taking a bite of some cheese. “Well as long as you aren’t wasted before the vows, it’s alright in my opinion.” Eclipsa said. “That would be for the best.” Ben said before eating a well cooked piece of meat from one of the animals in his home world. “So good.” “Wonder how Cript is preparing?” Zeke pondered. “And Jericho…” “No idea.” Ben shrugged. “If I were to guess they already have their dresses, question is will Jericho end up like us or stay male?” Eclipsa pondered, drinking soda. “Probably stay male all things considered.” Ben shrugged. “Dunno. You didn’t.” Zeke said. “I know I know.” Ben said honestly. “So, any thoughts on what we will do right after the wedding?” “What I want to do is go check on the Foretellers and John, because we haven’t seen them in...oh god how long has it been?” Ben asked worriedly. “Might do the same.” Eclipsa said. “That would be a good idea.” Zeke said. “Talk some things out.” “More like ‘telling them what the fuck’s been going on’.” Ben said honestly. “Seriously, I doubt they even know a third of what we’ve been up to, if not less.” “Been so long since we spoke with anyone. Aside from one another.” Zeke said. “I am...worried about this now.” Ben said nervously. “Just hope nothing bad will happen when we talk…” "Oh it will… I can almost promise it since you said that… welp, no time like the present to prepare something I've been working on. If things go wrong." Eclipsa shrugged. “Really hate how your probably right…” Ben sighed out. “What have you been working on?” Zeke asked. "Oh… a weapon. One that would surprise even some of the big wig admins considering I made it with the sole purpose to make Jericho pay." Eclipsa said calmly as she drank from her Devil's Poison. “I...really need to actually stop going through all the ‘hypotheticals’ and ‘theories’ and actually get to testing with all my shit…” Ben sighed out. "I could help you later love, I'm still discovering about my powers as well." Eclipsa smiled. “And I’m discovering a lot of what Nothingness actually is under the surface level...and everything we know at the moment is barely ‘surface level’, like it would be a beach going straight into the deepest pit in any ocean ever.” Ben sighed out. “Such is life.” Zeke sighed. “So now that Jericho is on our side, what are we going to use it on?” “Jericho cause he needs to be smacked for kidnapping our kids.” Ben said casually while taking a sip of his drink. "He may be on our side now… and I will forgive him. But, I won't forget. Which is why my prototype weapon is now finished and waiting for a test run." Eclipsa said cripticly. “Still gonna kick Jericho in the dick.” Ben frowned. “Then I’ll forgive him.” Ben shrugged. “So anyways, who else is ready for the...sudden influx of both wives and kids?” Ben asked honestly. "No, especially since I will be marrying all my parents and some of my siblings and sharing a body with them technically. But it is better than the alternative." Eclipsa sighed. “I’m a little desensitized to this because of my family currently, both from the ‘marrying family’, and ‘too many kids’.” Ben shrugged. “I stopped caring about that kind of crap a long time ago.” Zeke said. “Still, some training with Cript and Jericho will be hard, but worth it.” "Welp, I was already aboard the incest train, might as well come to station." Eclipsa joked. “Yeah...it only gets worse.” Ben chuckled. “But it’s always a splendid thing when there is literally no problems with it...now the only problem is...what’s all our soon to be wives gonna think?” Ben asked. “Whatever the case, it’s going to be something.” Zeke said, eating some tuna. "Well, I'm ready to see this through." Eclipsa said, summoning a revolver that it's very presence set everyone's hair on end, checked that is was loaded, before dispersing it. "...What?" Eclipsa asked when everyone looked at her. “Yeah… a weapon at a wedding… really?” "We all have keyblades, and some of us are. We are all packing." Eclipsa shrugged like the Ventral she was. “What, are we suddenly in Texas?” Ben joked. “This is gonna be interesting.” Zeke said with a smile, sipping their ale. The wedding was an hour away, preparations done and now it was just the count down. Surprisingly wedding gifts of all kinds were given, though not required or even recommended. Just gifts from the people. Zeke, Eclipsa and Ben were all together in the waiting room before the wedding was to begin and the people were either turning on their TV’s, Radios, or taking their seats in the Castle Chapple. “One hour. Heh, more nervous than ever.” Zeke said. “It happens.” Ben said honestly. “It will be fine, but, before this it’s best if Ben and I go give Jericho that little punishment he deserved before the wedding, so it starts off with a clean slate.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “Don’t worry, we’ll make sure that he’s fine enough to walk.” Ben said, both Eclipsa and Zeke knowing Ben would sooner rip Jericho’s head off for kidnapping their kids. “Give him some slack. I hate him for taking Nix too, but he was playing his part for the cycle, it’s not exactly something you typically have a choice about unless shit like this happens.” Zeke said. "Besides that I want to test my prototype. I built it to fight against admins, and I want to see if it works." Eclipsa shrugged, trying to find some excuse. “And you know I have no excuse. I just want to beat him because I’m more invested in being a parent because of me being a Den mother.” Ben said honestly. “You two know you can’t actually hurt him as you are currently right?” Zeke asked. Eclipsa chuckled darkly before summoning the revolver again, along with a knife. "Check these out would you love? You'll see why I think that yes, I can hurt him… and in a long enough fight, maybe even kill him if it was on the table, which I know it isn't." “But killing him can’t happen either. You know if he dies, creation kinda, blows up, right?” “Zeke, we’re literally just going to smack him upside the head really fucking hard. We’re not going to kill him or injure him...too badly.” Ben said honestly. Zeke sighed. “Well you two go do what you want.” “Thank you.” Ben said, giving Zeke a quick hug before heading out to find Jericho. As Eclipsa wandered the halls, looking for Jericho, they chatted a bit. “So, what are you going to do first?” Eclipsa asked, spinning the ammo barrel. “What are you gonna do first? Cause honestly, having the chance to do this...I don’t know what to do to end this unending rage.” Ben growled. “To start off, a few well aimed bullets into their body.” Eclipsa said. “Maybe a few stabs.” “Remember, we can’t kill him.” Ben brought up. “But I’ll probably just do something natural I don’t know…” “I won’t, just make them suffer.” “And he will suffer.” Ben said honestly. “So… where are they though?” “No idea…” Ben sighed out. “Probably hiding because they’d rather not have Jericho get his ass beat...or in bed with some ‘pre celebration’ or something.” “Heh. Whatever the case, they can’t hide!” “They can’t.” Ben said honestly. “We will find them, and when we do, Jericho is going to be in a lot of pain.” As the two looked around, and eventually found Jericho at one of the balconies that overlooked the kingdom. They were alone, and female, or both, neither could tell from looking. But Ben recognized their scent. “Alright Jericho, we’re going to need a talk.” Ben frowned. “I know you came for some payback… for your kids…” They said. “Eclipsa has a special Revolver and Knife, not going to lie, it’s impressive, will hurt, but can’t kill me. Neither the gun or knife can. Go ahead, not going to stop you.” “Works for me!” Eclipsa said, pulling out the gun. “We’ll make sure you can still be presentable for the wedding proper.” Ben said as he cracked his knuckles. Eclipsa fired a shot, hitting Jericho in the shoulder, while he was bleeding, they didn’t flinch or move. Ben moved over and Nothingness charged fist and slammed it into the back of Jericho’s head as hard as he could. While Jericho’s head did move down from the impact, more damage was done to the balcony than Jericho physically. “You have no idea...how much pain you made me go through…” Ben growled. “I have an idea.” Jericho said, but only that. Eclipsa Fired more shots. “What idea?” Ben growled. “Does it matter? Neither of you would care to listen.” Jericho said, Eclipsa shooting more shots into Jericho, putting them gun away before rushing in for a stab. “Depends, if it’s really important than you can tell us.” Ben frowned. “Let’s call this payback for kidnapping our kids. But after that we’re all cool okay?” “Sure.” Jericho said, Eclipsa stabbing him several times hard. “Why...Don’t...You...REACT!” Eclipsa shouted, her stabs slowing now. “Let me guess...you’ve already been through this?” Ben asked Jericho honestly. “In a sense.” They said, Eclipsa stopping her stabbing now. “Before I even became an Admin, my realm was an endless battlefield. We fought solely for the amusement and sport of our Admin… The only way to make it to adulthood was to kill one another. First time I killed was when I was six.” “Th-that young?” Eclipsa asked. “Most were younger. We didn’t live there, we just fought. Scavenged food and killed for it. That was our existence.” “Okay then…” Ben muttered. “So...continue…” “When I was seventeen… I met someone. Most just fucked to have kids to continue the Admins sick game… she and I… had something different. Love was a myth in my realm, but she made it reality. Our kid, was taken by the Admins personal warriors, people taken at birth and raised as his deadliest fighters, just one of his knights could have killed you both effortlessly. My wife and I fought across the entire realm to reach our son… She died along the way, and when I found them, our son should have been five at the time, but he had the body of someone thirty, built like a tank and not only didn’t care I was his father… nearly killed me because he saw me as weak.” Jericho inhaled. “I killed him, and then went after our Admin. We fought for a whole year, and finally I managed to impale that self righteous assholes body on my sword and picked his head on a spear.” “Well good thing he was murdered, and I doubt his knight was that strong.” Ben frowned. “You didn’t know War…” Jericho muttered. “There was a reason he survived the first Admin war, he didn’t just make the word, he started it. He was the one who killed the Admin of Death. Even after he was dead… my rage never stopped. I admit, I went insane, and Cript stopped me. While trapped within them, unable to escape, all I could do was talk with them. Over time, hatred and wrath faded… and I began to get close to Cript. They were a lot like my late wife. A wildcard, and sometimes just too strong. When we realized our purpose, The Mother and Belief, I felt something I never had before. Hope.” “So...what? You wanted to do what that old fuck did and steal children?” Ben asked. “In prior Cycles I didn’t break my insanity until after the second Admin war… so, I had to play that role, and improvised. Yes, I took your kids, but I kept them healthy, happy, fed them a bit too much in all honesty… But I took them because I wanted to take care of a child again. I had mine taken away forever, yours were going to be returned. While I hurt you emotionally, you didn't have to suffer like I did. No one should experience that.” With a tired sigh, Eclipsa unsummoned weapons. "Fuck me… Curagrey" Eclipsa said, casting a grey infused curaga over Jericho. "Oh and heads up, I'm honestly getting tired of ex-villians being so relatable and being married to me and mine." The naga said as she started to turn around and leave. "Jericho. I forgive you. But I won't forget what you did. Especially since you started me to strive for power all over again, the very thing that tore my family apart. I won't forget… but you can make up for it. How, no clue, that's on you." She said before she left, never once looking at Jericho. “I can tell you where Scotch is.” Jericho said, not turning to look at Eclipsa either, but making her stop. “Mind if I interject with Nancy constantly asking for more food?” Ben asked nervously. “Cause I asked her that...and she answered with ‘she wanted more food’.” He pointed out. “But please...tell us where Scotch is if that’s alright.” Eclipsa stayed silent but, judging from the lack of movement, was listening. “Before Cript picked me and your kids up, she was stationed at Nexus Base Kite, it’s built on your old world, new, and they were researching the unique ghosts there. She, he, whatever gender they are now, they were there as security. I’m sure you can find it, right?” Eclipsa pulls out a wayfinder and looks at it. "Of course… I just…. Every time I think of them… I just wonder why. I'm not like Ben and Zeke. I was never planned, never thought of, weak. So weak that the only thing I had going for me was I was a stubborn little bitch who had a keyblade. Why would they do this to me, to our family…" Eclipsa said, her hand shaking as tears fell from her face. “Personal hatred.” Jericho said. “I went over their file, same with Rune and Coco’s. Rune’s an insane bitch, in short, but Scotch. Their mother died in that Heartless invasion while you were gone, and while their dad was Nexus, they were a scientist, no real Combat experience to speak up. He died a month later from the injuries. If I were to wager a guess, they blamed you for it, and thought you a threat to themselves and your kids. She was with Eclipse Jr just about every day before all this.” “So basically she’s like Coco, who still cares about Eclipsa and their family...but is too closed off and blinded to realize no one’s truly to blame?” Ben asked. "That is wrong Ben. That time, that period of time… it was all my fault. I couldn't handle being the weak link. Of being the comic relief, of just accepting the gifts I was given. No, I had to get stronger." Eclipsa started to giggle, before full on laughing insanely, her Insanity slipping. "I caused so much pain and death! I caused Celestia to give up! Caused my children to learn war, to the point where my children hate the calm life! Caused Tiara's father to die and nearly killed Spoiled! I caused it all, and now I have caused one of the biggest loves of my life, one I shared a Paopu with, to hate me, to see me as the threat I am! Doesn't it make you just want to laugh!" She said before laughing, tears leaking out of her eyes as she clutched the wayfinder to her heart. “Than it’s not your fault.” Ben stated bluntly. “You wanted to work hard to protect your family, you wanted to stop being seen as a joke and be taken seriously. None of this is your fault when circumstances just decided to dick you over.” Ben frowned. “It’s like saying ‘hey, I want to go to the gym, wait why the fuck did people suddenly break into my house?’. It’s not your fault you wanted to become strong to protect your family, and it’s not your fault that shit happened because you weren’t there...hell, to be perfectly honest, I have a feeling some demented fuck planned to attack your world while you were away.” Ben stated, walking over and putting a gentle hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder. “Believe me...I know what it’s like to have the world turn on you for something outside of your control...and even though I would have given up a long ass time ago...I kept going, facing all the bullshit that was thrown my way and trying to figure out how to solve it...and right now…there might still be a chance for Scotch to come back.” Eclipsa stopped laughing and simply broke down. "That training is the biggest regret in my life… now to know it is the cause of more pain… it's unbearable." “If you believe that, then jump off this balcony.” Jericho said. “If there is one thing I know, it’s that no matter how badly we screw up, we have to keep moving forward, even as our sins and regrets crush us as we carry them on our backs. Even if we are just barely inching, keep moving. The moment you stop moving is the moment you truly become worthless.” Jericho finally moved, turning around and walking passed Eclipsa. “Don’t let the dead down, they didn’t die that day to watch their hero break down like worthless trash.” Jericho said, leaving back into the castle. “I have a wedding to attend, if you want to keep moving forward, get up, and be there. If not for yourself, for your family and the ones who died. They expect better from you than this.” WIth that, Jericho was gone into the castle. Leaving Eclipsa and Ben alone on the Balcony. “Well...that’s one way to see it…” Ben muttered. "How do you do it?" Eclipsa asked. "Zeke, Cript, Jericho… you. How do you keep moving?" “Me? Well I already see myself as a worthless piece of shit, but I keep my expectations between sea level and rock bottom.” Ben said honestly. “So when things happen, I’m either proven right, or pleasantly surprised. I’ve fucked up before...a lot really, but I know for a fact that if I just stop...I’ll be right back where I started, my heart dying and me not caring about anything.” Ben explained simply. "... I made a promise to Zeke. No more masks. I'll be taking things seriously from now on. If I give up, I'm not trying hard enough to be serious. If they can promise me they won't be holding back, then I have to keep mine." Eclipsa said, getting up and drying off her eyes. "I won't be a hypocrite, I won't be the comic relief. I'll be the hero all of the dead believed me to be." “And all the living still believe you are.” Ben said, gently hugging Eclipsa. “Especially me.” "Thank you, Ben, Diane." Eclipsa said, returning the hug. "Come on, we have a wedding to attend, and then, some jobs to do." Eclipsa said, taking Ben's hand and heading to the wedding. Ben nodded while following along. “Yeah, we have a lot of work to do...after the wedding.” The duo reached the wedding, taking their place next to Zeke on one side while Cript and Jericho were on the other. To their surprise, Lord was there, a tuxedo somehow over their armor. "Alright, let's get this over quick. I hate ceremonies." Lord said. "How… did you get a tux over your armor?" Eclipsa asked. "Not important." Lord replied. "Now, time for the mandatory lines here. Dearly betrothed, you stand before one another for one reason and one reason only, while this reason is cause enough to allow this wedding, what becomes of this union is up to you all, but know this can never be reversed, you will all be bound to one another both by marriage and by code. Cript, Admin of Love, Jericho, Admin or war, Do you accept these terms?" "I do." Cript said. "I do." Jericho said. "Zeke, Admin of Balance, Eclipsa, Admin of Grey, Ben, Admin of Nothingness, do you accept these terms?" Lord asked the trio. “I do.” The Den Mother nodded. "I do." Zeke said. "I do." Eclipsa said with a nod. "Then by Mother's kindness, by Belief's power, these Admins here shall be known as one, one realm, one Code, but all family. Kiss the… bride? Groom? Either." Cript gave Jericho a kiss, then walked over to Zeke. "Ready?" "Nope but life is short." Zeke replied. “Wouldn’t we all be immortal because of this?” Ben brought up. “Cause we’re all going to share a body...and that would include Cript’s ‘unable to die’ thing right?” Ben brought up. "No we will, just really difficult." Eclipsa said glancing over to the side, seeing a smiling woman that no one else could see if they tried. “See something?” Ben asked gently, knowing when Eclipsa saw something that caught their attention. Eclipsa just smiled at Fate and turned back to the others. "Just an old friend." Ben nodded. “I understand…” The wolf said, seeing their own unknown person that no one else could see. “Looks like we’re all getting visitors…” Ben muttered, the person’s features all but hidden even to the keenest eye...but Ben knew it was his Future Self. “And some are probably questioning so many things.” Cript and Zeke kissed, Code filled the air and Ben and Eclipsa felt the energy. It was incomprehensible. The two felt their hearts, code, all of it mix into one with each other's amd Cript's, Jericho's, their wives, every member of one another's family. The power rush caused Eclipsa to hit the floor, and Ben to catch themselves on their knees. This power, was impossible. And void mother is still stronger than Cript. That thought scared the two. With the kiss over, Cript took in a deep breath. "Not bad." "I've had experience." Zeke said. “Well...that’s quite a bit.” Ben groaned. "How do you have this much power? All the time?" Eclipsa asked. "All the time? Eh, you just get used to it." Cript said, taking another deep breath. "If you two don't mind, I'd like to do a little redecorating?" “A ‘little’?” Ben deadpanned. "Define little?" Eclipsa asked. "In short, if our enemy is the void itself, then our creation should not only be a place of building and life, but a fortress that can keep it safe." “So the very place we’re all in?” Ben asked. “You do know that my entire realm is Nothingness right? As in, the very opposite of Void and we’re all in it?” "And what better defence around it than that." Cript said. "So, you all game or…?" “We were gonna have to prepare anyways.” Ben shrugged. "That we do." Eclipsa said, finally able to get themselves up. "Sounds perfect." Zeke said with a smile. "Sweet." Cript said happily, clapping their hands together. "You might wanna cover your eyes." Cript said, putting both hands into the air as crackling Electricity and Code flooded the entirety of creation. "Best. View. Ever!" Cript yelled. The group was atop a tower balcony. For quite literally as far as anyone could see, they were in a castle of sorts, massive and a mix of classic and modern materials. They oversaw one area of this castle that went on for as far as they could see. "One fortress protecting all of creation within it. We've made a move, now we will see what Vincent and that Void Mother bitch do." “Watch as they magically pull something out of their ass that makes no sense.” Ben rolled his eyes. "This is… wow." Zeke said. "What's beyond this castle?" "Inside this castle is creation itself, each world in their own now connected to one another like one, and the very edge of this castle is the void itself. To be safe I utilized some tech I developed so we don't have to worry about resources." "This is… amazing." Eclipsa said. “It is pretty.” Ben said honestly. "I used a lot of Pure Nothingness to fortify both the outer and inner walls, anything Void wants in it will have to break through the deployment doors." Cript said. "All the world's inside are safe and also act as a power supply." Jericho said. "So long as they spin and hold life this place gets power for it's weapons and to keep the Nothingness up. Under that are the resources fields, endless minerals and fertile land for crops to feed everyone." "This is perfect." Eclipsa said with a smile "It's our home." Zeke said. “Yes it is.” Ben said warmly. “A grand home.” "Let's get inside." Cript said. "Time to make sure you lot.know how to use the power you now all possess." "Good idea." Zeke said. "No arguments here." Eclipsa said. “Sounds about right.” Ben nodded. “Time to test out all our new powers.” "Welcome to training grounds Seven!" Cript announced as the group found themselves in a seemingly lifeless ravine filled area of sorts. "One of countless unique training grounds, this one is mainly for going all out, so don't be afraid to hold back." “So…” Ben started before making a ball of energy and then chucking the thing as hard as he could. After about five seconds it finally hit something…”Jesus hell!” Ben yelped, the explosion being a fuck lot more bigger than he originally thought it would be. “I didn’t even put that much energy into it…” "Welcome to my world." Cript said. "This also goes for general things. Catch!" Cript said, throwing something to Zeke. Zeke caught it, and an audible crunch was heard. Opening their hand, they saw small chunks of what it was, and sand. "That was a Critse Diamond, damn about six thousand times more hard and dense than a normal one." "... Shit." Zeke said, looking over the rubble. “I mean...while that’s interesting, I’m pretty sure any of us could have crushed it without this power up.” Ben brought up honestly. "This will be a simple exercise." Jericho said, raising a hand up to face them. "Punch my hand as hard as you can." Ben did exactly that, spinning around from his original position and just flooring his fist straight towards Jericho’s hand. The impact sent debris and dust high into the air and far our for miles. How far or high was uncertain, but when it cleared Jericho was gripping Ben's fist. "Not bad. Felt that all the way to my shoulder. But the goal here is to knock me either off balance or over. We all have the same amount of power, yes, but you three still can't focus all of it into both attack, and defence, it's not being used properly." “Oh yeah?” Ben asked before summoning Skysplitter and tapping the little ‘button’ on the weapon. “How about this.” Ben said before swinging it like a baseball bat at his palm, everyone feeling like Ben’s power was suddenly tripled as all the stored energy from the weapon flowed into Ben. The impact was bigger than before, when the dust settled Ben and Jericho both had Skysplitters. "Remember, we are facing a terrible enemy. While you improved with a weapon, if you can't prove to me without one you can knock me over, then you're the weak link." “Rude.” Ben frowned. “And you have no idea what I can do.” Ben growled. "We are the same person now. Yes. I. Do." Ben rolled his eyes as he took a deep breath, energy pulsating from him as he took another. “Fine...if that’s what you want.” Ben said as he summoned his King Greatsword. He brought his sword up to his mouth as he said...something. The words seemed to just not be there, as if they never existed as Ben walked past Jericho. The moment Ben took his final step, Jericho felt...something ram into him, something very familiar to him as it was all focused straight into him. The blast nearly knocked back Eclipsa, Zeke and Cript. The dust taking a long time settling. Ben and Jericho were both still standing, Jericho having blocked with his arm but Ben's blade was half way into his arm. “Congratulations, you still failed. This was training without a weapon. You like jumping the gun huh?" "Ben… Your blade…" Eclipsa said, seeing the glowing cracks along the blade. "Ben, disperse it now unless you want that thing to shatter!" Ben disbanded the blade and looked at Jericho. “Maybe still have a bit of pent of rage from when you stole my kids.” Ben frowned. “I’m a Den Mother, and you don’t steal their fucking kids.” Ben growled. “So, who wants to go next after Jericho’s arm heals?” "Ben, for the love of- they are now his children to you know?!" Eclipsa yelled. “I am still pissed!” Ben shouted. “Maybe not fully because of the Den Mother but because, again, I failed my family!” "Then be pissed Diane! But if you failed them then so did Zeke, and so did I. You are not to blame for every little problem, for every little thing that goes bad, it is not your fault. So sit down, apologize to your MATE, and stop being so selfish!" Eclipsa drilled into Ben. Ben really wanted to argue, he really did, but just glared at Eclipsa. “Fine.” Ben grumbled begrudgingly. “Just like before…” He grumbled. “Sorry.” He said to Jericho simply. "Good." Eclipsa said, slithering over and giving Ben a hug, holding the large wolf close. "I hate seeing you hurt sis, please, stop blaming yourself for things you can't control, as hypocritical as that sounds." “I know, I know…” Ben sighed out. “Probably not going to stop, but hey, at least you learned something from me which is a scary thought…” "Either way, til you can cool off, you've failed a basic training exercise." Jericho said, there wound healing up on it's own. "Zeke, you want to give it a try?" "Sure." Zeke said, walking over towards Jericho, who had their palm raised up. Zeke took a firm stance, focusing power into their arm, shoulder and torso and hitting. Zeke saw the impact and it forced Jericho's arm back, but noticed it made one of their feet lose their placement. Taking advantage, Zeke added a kick to Jericho's look leg, causing the Admin to spin like a tornado for a while. When Jericho finally stopped spinning they fell backwards. "Good use of quick time reactions…" They said dizzily. "Nicely done Zeke." Eclipsa clapped, expecting as much. "Okay I'm good." Jericho said, standing up and shaking off the remaining dizziness. "Okay so like the others, well, not Ben." Jericho said, raising up his palm again. Eclipsa nodded before slithering into position. With a few calming breaths she focused. She felt all the power, all the energy, all the code run through her veins. She then one by one activated each and every power, Insanity, Humanity, Light, Dark, Balance, Nothing, Magic, and finally, Grey. She then activated Generation and Amplify, combining it with grey. The simple act of this causing cracks to appear on her skin like as if she was made of glass, before charging and unleashing the full force of the built up energy. The impact wasn't flashy, in fact it almost looked like nothing happened, save for one major thing. Jericho was completely missing. "Where… did they go?" Zeke asked before the whole room started to shake. "The hell?!" "And now the room needs repairs…" Cript said. "That was Jericho slamming into and likely through the wall… over ninety sextillion miles away… But wow… control AND full force… your arm sore?" Cript asked Eclipsa. “Nailed it.” Ben chuckled. "No it's perfectly- holy fuck everything hurts!" Eclipsa said, her body still cracked with the crack, instead of bleeding power, now bleeding for real. “Okay so…” Ben muttered as he brought out his Lexicon. “Let’s get you patched up.” Ben said while casting several healing spells in hopes to help Eclipsa. "Hmm." Cript hummed. "Looks like your body hasn't adapted to all the power just yet. Strange…. Wait, did you use both Generation AND Amplify?" "And grey, yes." Eclipsa said, still on the ground but better. "ARE YOU FUCKING SUICIDAL?!" Cript screamed. "Those two abilities have never even been in the same host let alone used together!" "That's what everyone said about light and dark too." Eclipsa wheezed. “Only you Eclipsa.” Ben chuckled a little as he kept healing Eclipsa. “Only you.” "Is Jericho going to be okay?" Zeke asked. "He'll need some time in the recovery ward, but he'll be fine. Neither of us are used to, well, fighting others of our own power level." Cript said. "Or beyond due to three broken abilities. Thank you Diane." Eclipsa said, sitting up. "No problem." Ben/Diane said. "Okay seriously, I know I shouldn't...but seriously, who the fuck am I?" The wolf frowned. "Names. All depend on who you identify as more." Cript said. "Oh no, this is worse than that." Ben said. "I've had to be told my backstory three fucking times, first time was fine, it was to say my parents were murdered, second time was weird, telling me that my light was keeping me alive, and the third time was just retarded. Vincent sent my psychopath reflection to cause this shit? What, was my backstory to fucking vanilla the writers needed to shoe horn in other things? And now I'm Diane as Well! Seriously who the fuck am I?" "My lover, my friend, and more importantly, whomever you choose to be. I learned long ago backstory means jack shit, I mean, accordingly my heart was originally made as a backup should Zeke fail or go evil for KH to be rebuilt, but I don't care. You are whoever you want to be, my sis, or just Ben, it's up to you." Eclipsa said, wincing as she stretched. “Don’t move too much. Your still not fully recovered.” Ben said nervously. “But...I’m sorry for wanting some fucking consistancy for once.” Ben sighed out. “Before I became Diane, three times I was told my backstory was horribly wrong...does my depressing life needs to be more depressing?” "So… being with me, being with your family is depressing? Honestly if people came in and told me I was a slut in an old life I would care because I'm not now." Eclipsa explained. “That’s not what I meant and you know it.” Ben rolled his eyes. “But again...consistency is something that I really want but never get cause apparently that’s boring.” The wolf sighed out. “I’m sorry for rambling...I just needed to get that off my chest even though I’m probably going to rant about it again.” "It's okay love… it gave Cript time to process that I just compared generation and amplify to how I made Grey." Eclipsa giggled. “I mean...that’s basically what it is right?” Ben asked honestly. "Yeah but kinda nerfed." Cript said. "So, looks like I have the general of what you each need to work on." "What then?" Zeke asked. "Zeke, you need to work on learning to let go and let lose in a fight sometimes. For Eclipsa you need practice in combining energy, and Ben, you need mental exercises." “Oh you have no idea what mental gymnastics a therapist is going to have to do to fix me.” Ben said honestly. "So, what now?" "Wait how was it needed?! And how do I not know how to combine energy, that is quite literally how I made Grey!" Eclipsa exclaimed before wincing. "Ow my ribs…" "You need to learn your limits and how to grow them, surpass and make them harder to hit." Cript said simply. "Any more energy and you'd have miscarried." Ben panicked at hearing that suddenly. “Please tell me their okay.” Ben said quickly. "They are, for now, but that much energy had to have radiated into one of them. Not enough to hurt or kill, but one or two will be born with a stronger bond to one of the energies Eclipsa generated." “I’m...glad their fine.” Ben sighed out thankfully. "Very will probably be one as it was a part of each and every energy, including itself… but I concede your point." The naga sighed. “Alright.” Ben nodded. “So...there goes training for today I suppose.” "Seems so." Cript sighed. “Alright, that was a good time.” Ben said honestly. "We'll pick this up after Jericho is healed." Cript said, teleporting over to them. "I guess we should get back to paperwork as usual." Zeke said. Eclipsa gave a loud groan, and it wasn't out of pain. Chapter 11: FamilyThe next few hours after that training incident was spent in the offices. Zeke went along with their work, Eclipsa begrudgingly did hers, and while Ben had little they mostly helped out before heading off to bed. Zeke and Eclipsa left alone with their paperwork. “Ugh, how can you do this all day?” Eclipsa groaned. “It’s kinda like when I’m hacking. A lot of reading is involved when hacking, not just fast typing.” Zeke said, signing another document. “How you feeling?” “Still a bit sore, but not nearly as bad as earlier. Yesh… Power comes at a price. I nearly…” “You were eger. Nothing serious became of it, and Ben’s Greatsword Keyblade will be repaired soon.” Zeke said. “Everything worked out.” “I guess but… All this power. I’m just...worried, when I’ll face Scotch.” “At least you’ll be talking to them…” “... I take it you have a more… bloody idea for Rune?” “Bloody isn’t exactly how i’d put it.” As the two wrapped up their documents for the day, there was a knock at the door. “Wonder who that is?” Eclipsa asked, turning to Zeke… only to not see them. “Uhhh…” The door was suddenly blasted open. “Zeke! We’re here!” Zeke’s mother entered from the smoke, Zeke’s father entering behind. “And we got candy!” Zeke’s dad said. “... Really?” Eclipsa asked, realizing why Zeke was gone now. “Where is Zeke? Twilight told us he was here.” Mary said. “He was…” Eclipsa said. The parents sighed. “Darn it, and we were going to go invite him camping.” Bary said. “Well… why don’t I go with you two?” Eclipsa said. “My...family life is complicated to say the least, so this might be fun. I’ve never even been camping before.” “Huh, well you are a Ventral.” Mary said. “Alright, this can help us get to know you also! Pack your things, we’ll be waiting at the shuttle.” With that, Mary and Bary left, Eclipsa snapping her fingers and fixing the door. “Camping huh… This will be fun. Now… where the hell did Zeke go?” Meanwhile, Elsewhere. Zeke sat within the Castle Library, having evaded his parents they began researching and studying spells and enchantments. Magic was still their weak area. Eclipsa packed mostly a few clothes and it was all tops and such, given her lower snake half was unable to be clothed. The shuttle was Ben’s castle’s main hanger for all kinds of vehicles. Finding Zeke’s parents, she slithered aboard and they were off. “So, where are we camping at?” Eclipsa asked, having informed her family she was going camping and planned on sending texts when possible. “This little planet known as Kegg.” Bary said. “We found it while exploring around before we found out about you and Zeke and all this, so we thought it was a perfect place to catch up and have some fun.” “You’ll love it. Poison swamps, man eating plants, monsters all around, and freezing cold nights that drop below zero.” Mary said. “That’s camping?” Eclipsa asked. “It is for us.” Bary said. “We used to go camping in the most dangerous areas back on earth. MT. Everest, Death Valley, Amazon rainforest, true story, we found both a long lost tribe of cannibalistic humans… that we ended up killing all but most of the women and children. And on our fourth camping there we found actual amazonian warrior women.” “Wait, seriously?” Eclipsa asked with interest. “Oh yeah.” Mary said. “I was treated fairly and Bary and the boys were all nearly killed on the spot, but Ventrals. The ones they left conscious were all kinds of broken in their limbs. Their queen, the strongest warrior, Zeke roundhouse kicked into the wall of their own temple. Broke her nose, sprained her back and dislocated her arm.” “Yikes! What did they do?” “They ended up giving them some respect, though I think that Queen had a crush on Zeke after that… or wanted to crush him. Hard to tell, they typically only find a stray male and screw for a kid and that’s it, but I like to think she liked him. Zeke always did like taller girls.” “Oh really?” Eclipsa said with a cheeky grin, knowing full well she AND Ben were both much taller than Zeke… Come to think of it, so are most of the Equestrian wives from his reflection. Eclipsa thought, knowing that Ben, even in human form was taller than most of his reflections ones save for Celestia and Luna in his reflection originally, while Zeke’s were half a foot taller on average, and his Celestia and Luna were a foot to a foot and a half taller than him. “I wonder why?” “Oh, remember when we camped in New York.” Bary said. “You camped in New York? How did that work?” Eclipsa asked. “Set up camp atop a tall building, bring lots of rope and zipline equipment, Bungee Jump down for free Hot dogs, pizza or whatever else the poor saps have in their hands below, move to the next before the cops climb up, and if they bring out a helicopter, hey, free helicopter!” Mary said. “Oh my god that is amazing!” Eclipsa said. “This is going to be fun.” “Yeah.” Bary said. “Just wish Zeke was here. I always thought they loved it when we went camping.” “I’m sure they do.” Eclipsa said, trying to reassure her lovers parents. “He’s just busy lately.” “I know. I just wish we could spend more time with them.” Mary said. “We used to always be together.” “... Did Zeke ever tell you he never wanted to lead the Ventral family, before all of this?” “Always.” Mary said. “A blood soaked destiny is what the Ventrals call the heads of the family. Those who inherit it just add to the ocean. He never wanted that. To be fair, who would? But the world hated us. Dead or alive we were worth several million each to bounty hunters. Not many tried. I remember when he ran away this one time. He was in this small town out in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. He was actually living with a police officer who was taking care of him, given he was so young back then. Though, not that young I guess.” Eclipsa stayed quiet… knowing this was the time when Zeke SHOULD have met her as Marcy, and Ben as Diane. “I remember that.” Bary said. “Poor guy. He knew who Zeke was but didn’t care, said he felt like, somehow, they were family already. We talked for a while. That man lived a hard life. He and his wife tried twice for children and twice she miscarried. The second time she was almost due. Wife was so heartbroken she died of a broken heart. Both would have been daughters.” Bary said, giving a sigh. “He lived on because something told him to. Made him to. I found out a month after we picked up Zeke from him that he hanged himself. No letter, no nothing, just found a week after not showing up for work in his house hung from the stairs. Cops there swear it was us who did it but we didn’t… he was a good guy. Would have made a great dad had his kids lived.” “You… have no idea why he killed himself?” Eclipsa asked, trying to hold back tears. “Not a clue. Maybe whatever was telling him to keep on going finally stopped telling him to stay strong. Maybe he was just meant to meet and look after Zeke for that short year. I visited his grave once, left some flowers and a bottle of scotch, a brand he was drinking when we talked. Hope whatever demons what were haunting him all those years rot in hell for killing such a good guy.” Equipsa stayed quiet, tears running down her face silently and without end. She felt her nails digging into her hand and drawing blood as she remembered all those memories. Good and bad memories of her time as Marcy flooding, her father as Marcy… The landing was simple. They were atop a large hill, or perhaps a small mountain. Setting up camp they set up tents, two large tents and a small parrimater fence. Once all was set up Vary started up a campfire. "Hey Eclipsa. You ever start one of these?" "Once. Normally I just use a little magic but one time, in an old life, my sister bet I couldn't make one. I was always the more feminine one of us, but I couldn't turn down a dare. Five attempts later I finally got it lit… as well as our tents and food and clothes." Eclipsa chuckled. “Hah. My uncle Joseph would have liked you. He was a pyro… set fire to the white house once, not for a job, solely because he was drunk.” "Yet, believe it or not, the magic element attuned to me was ice, and I am a pretty damn good cook if I am to brag." Eclipsa sighed. "God's… been forever since I could just take time to destress besides sex." The naga said, stretching to pop her back. “I can relate.” Mary said. “Before I met Bary and we married, my only destresser was vibrators and porn.Working in a family that sold slaves to foren elites was highway, high stress.” “Hehe, Sounds about right. Back when I was Colin, I was just empty, so what stress I had I got rid of through gaming, and music, and the occasional writing. But kinda hard to find anytime for anything anymore.” Eclipsa said, staring into the small flame. “Everything I’ve done, everything I will ever do, I wonder if it was all worth it. I know I regret none of it, but…” “It’s impossible to not have regrets.” Bary said, tending to the fire. “No one can truly live a regretless life.” “I know that…. But I just feel like I’ve always been just… Useless. I mean, I helped Zeke get over himself but everything I touch eventually falls apart. Only need to look at both my past lives for proof of that… hell, even this life with Scotch.” Eclipsa said, letting out her heart and worries to her family. “Everyone worries about their family falling apart.” Mary said. “We did that often with Zeke. In our family the only path for generations was crime. Zeke wanted something else, and we worried if he chased a normal life, one slip up would kill him.” “In my first life, I was killed by Grandaddy-in-law, in my second I was killed by Zeke’s brother in a tank, in both I caused so much death around me.” Eclipsa dead paned. “That doesn’t surprise me.” Bary sighed. “Dilen and Dad were almost the same person at times, equilin cruelty and skill. Was scary how alike the two are.” “Funny how my death has always been at the hands of family. Makes one wonder… if I need to, could I kill Scotch?” “There’s the million dollar question.” Mary said. “In the end it depends, do they still have a place in your heart? And if they do, who would you value if such a situation happened. Them, or those who stayed with you?” “I don’t know… I caused them to leave. I killed their family. Could I finish it…”? Eclipsa sighed. “Sorry for being a downer. Kinda promised Zeke I would drop the masks and show how I feel at all times.” “It’s okay. Are they really all alone now though? No grandparents or cousins?” Bary asked. “I can check real fast if you want, maybe they might shed some light on what’s up?” “No no, its fine. I guess I’m not looking forward to having to kill more of my family, directly or not.” Eclipsa said. “Who said you have to kill? You could imprison them. I hear Cript has the perfect kind of prison for beings of all kinds of power, called The Vault.” “...I believe in freedom. Freedom of choice, freedom to be who you are, freedom of an honorable death. Hell, part of the reason why I have a sub kink is the lack of freedom is exsotic to me… I don’t know what I would prefer, his death, or him never again knowing freedom.” “Whatever you choose, it’s your choice that will either end or spare the life of another.” “Story of my life.” Eclipsa chuckled before singing gently. ”Breath, should I take a deep? Faith, should I take a leap? Taste, what a bittersweet All my, all my life Let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Oh, let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Won't be long, won't be long I'm almost here Watch me cry all my tears Watch me cry all my tears Lose, soon have nothing to Space, this is what I choose A mile, could you walk in my shoes All your, all your life Let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Oh, let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Won't be long, won't be long I'm almost here Watch me cry all my tears” Aftercamp was a bit more fortified Bary handed Eclipsa a gas mask. “We’re going hunting now. Swamp gas here is as deadly as they come. But one species of frog lives here that is not only immune to the fog gas but also is said to taste like duck and goat meat.” Eclipsa nodded, taking the gask mask in her hands and placing it over her face… looking quite creepy with her lower snake half adding to the effect. “How do I look?” “Kinda like a comic book bad guy.” Bary laughed, placing his own gas mask on. “Let’s do.” He said, handing me a rather odd looking rifle. He headed down from our camp to the swamp below. It was all fog, no real trees or plants to be seen. The water, if you can call it that, was so thick. Even my snake lower half, that was largely pure muscle was having a hard time slithering through it. “So, how has Zeke been?” “Better than I have seen them in a long time, but still not as happy as when I first met him a… long time ago.” Eclipsa said honestly. "I see. Know what's bothering him?" “Oh just betrayal, the ever looming presence of a threat to all life, running a reality sized country, the works.” Eclipsa said with a slight chuckle. "Betrayal?" "Yeah… Ben, Zeke and I… one of each of our spouses worked for Nexus. Zeke's was the worst because Coco didn't want to, and Although Scotch hates me, his love for me was genuine...at least at a time. Rune though… that Sociopath never cared at all." Eclipsa explained while focusing on everything around them though subtle pulses of grey. “What a bitch.” Bary huffed. “Wish Zeke would just talk to us about this kind of stuff. Kid has always been distant between us, the only person they were ever close too was Jenny and Nathen.” “Heh, I barely get him to talk, and I’ve known him for three lifetimes.” Eclipsa chuckled before sensing something with her pulses, her red eyes glowing faintly behind her gas mask. “Got something…” "Is it the frog?" Bary said, lifting his gun. “If a frog is about the size of Celestia’s ass, yes.” Eclipsa said, her echolocation use of grey outlining a rather large figure. "Just one will make us a good meal." “5 degrees northwest, about a klick away, it feels our disturbing of the water and is slowly hopping this way.” Eclipsa said, her eye glow bright enough to be faintly seen through her gas mask, making sure she looked like a damn villian with it on. "Skin is slimy smooth but hard. Aim for its nostrils, even the things eyes can be bulletproof." Eclipsa nodded before taking a breath and recalling every time she had shot a sniper… which is scarily a lot since her old life’s mother, the one of Marcy’s, was an ex assassin…. A deep breath, let it fall, everything shuts out, all sound, all feeling, all reality. Lift up the rifle. Don't see a target, see it’s every movement, every muscle, every heartbeat through its veins. Aim for your mark. Time it. Time it so their action leads into your bullet. Take a deep breath, let out yours as they let out their last, and fire. The bullet zoomed through the fog, letting out a last roar the frog fell into the swamp much dead. Bary and Eclipsa began heading over. "Nice shot. You are Josh's kid… still not gonna get used to all that." “Hehe, also Heaven Lawson's child. But hey, still, food." Eclipsa chuckled before slinging the rifle over her shoulder. "Either way, you have skills." Bary said. "I better." Was all Eclipsa responded with before they found the body. "Quite the monster." Lifting it up with her tail, they began back to camp. As we were heading back Eclipsa was remembering the old days, back before when it was just Twilight and Eclipse… 'I should call her.' Eclipsa thought. After they made it back to camp, and after a long time searching for the one specific Twilight, Eclipsa hit call. "Hi Eclipsa. Yes I know it's Eclipsa now. Always wanted a sister." Twilight answered with a laugh. “Hehe, yeah I know, especially after that genderswap prank.” Eclipsa giggled. “Hows it going sis… or is it ‘hunny’ now… or Mom? God this hurts my head.” "Whichever is fine. In all honesty out of all the research and talking I have done since this whole thing started, I learned love has no limits or walls, and those who put them on it are just narrow minded." “Still annoying when my sister is my mother yet also my wife, but honestly I’m glad to hear from you again sis… I kinda miss the old days you know?” "Need a cheat sheet for advanced magics again?" Twilight chuckled. “Hehe, sis, by now my magic is a cheat sheet.” Eclipsa chuckled, sending a small sample of pure grey over for Twilight to see. "Thanks. So, something on your mind? If you want I can teleport over for a talk in person?" “No it’s fine, spending time with Zeke’s parents right now. I just...Sigh. Have you heard about Scotch?” "Yes… yes I have. It was surprising to us all. I found out their brother knew nothing of it. Surprising really." “It hurts… and its my fault. And I don't know if I could kill them if I need to.” Eclipsa said over the assistant, not caring if the other two hear. also brb "I don't think it will come to that." “They hate me… enough to actively betray me… to want me dead, even if they love me.” "I don't think so, Because the element of Kindness is still glowing strong. If Fluttershy was thinking like you said, it would have faded like when Rarity passed away." “Heh, just a reminder that I still need to listen to Harmony and find the new element bearers.” Eclipsa remembered. “But yeah… but Kindness can be what they believe they are doing.” "Whatever the case, there is one thing that I know still makes Fluttershy, Fluttershy. After the reveal I checked on her cottage. The only animal friend missing was Angel Bunny, and the others were still well kept and fed. I think she is still taking care of them." “And I know she still loves the kids, they are the whole reason she betrayed, because my lifestyle endangers them.” Eclipsa said. "So does hers. I don't think she realizes that fully." “No, she doesnt…” Eclipsa sighs. “I just miss the simpler times, back when I was just a Keyblade wielding mortal saving the day and getting the princess, forming a small but loving herd… now, everything is so… big.” "Was that a sex joke?" “Could be~” Eclipsa chuckled. “But you get my drift.” "Yeah. So, I hear you had your first kids already. I was actually thinking of heading down over to see them. We do live in the same place now." "Hehe, yeah… they are beautiful. They will like their momma-aunty." Eclipsa said, her warm, happy smile being felt even through the call. "I can't wait to see them." “They are so precious sis. I know you'll adore them." "I know I will. I look forward to seeing you again soon." "Me too." Chapter 12: Friends From Before.Zeke emerged from the DTL and onto Radiant Gardens main garden. The flowers in bloom amd kept so through magic, fountains and such both for cosmetic Appel and to deliver water to all the plant life. "Alright, sewer entrance has to be somewhere around here. A manhole cover at least?" Zeke questioned, calling forth their power as an admin, speaking to the world. "Come on, where are they, you can tell me." The world replied, an image of the beast lurking the sewers rushed into Zeke's mind, as well as a path to them. Grinning, Zeke rushed towards the sewer entrance, a Manhole cover lead them down into the smelly depths. Rushing through the filth and muck, soon obvious tracks began showing up along the walls and ground. Rushing more so, Zeke found themselves in a large overhang metal floor, overhang above a mass drop where the water poured down into a large hole. “If this isn’t the perfect arena…” Zeke said, hearing the framilier chaotic movements of a being of darkness nearby. Looking up, they ducked back, avoiding a slash down attack. Before him was the first of these heartless. In its hands, a twisted and corrupted looking Fenrir. ”There you are, Father, Mother. My creator.” it said, walking towards Zeke while dragging Fenrir across the ground. “Hey.” Zeke said, summoning X. “So you know why I’m here.” ”Yes. To kill us. Reclaim our siblings.” It said, waving Fenrir around a bit. ”We know your combat, your attacks, your- GAH!” It roared, a Kingdom Key shot into its shoulder, disbanding quickly. Zeke stood a distance away, X shifted halfway into its glider form so it was a bow, not a sword. “I know. But you and I both know, my aim’s better.” It roared, and the battle began, Zeke keeping distance as much as possible and shooting off Keyblades like arrows through X’s bow form. The heartless summoned forth dark tendrils all around as portals to the realm of darkness opened up, it shifting across the battlefield fast with Dark Rush. The extra enemies made Zeke jump to the air, taking aim downwards. “Light’s Tears!” Zeke said, the single shot splitting into thousands of light projectiles, taking out the tendrils and hitting the heartless. It countered by shooting off Darkness Magic. “Frost’s Dark Night!” The heartless roared, casting a halestorm of black ice that froze all the water around and was making vision and sound hard to make out. Zeke tried to keep the fight on even grounds, shifting into a defensive formation to hopefully react in time. "Shit." He huffed, their breath freezing as they spoke. ”What is it Father? Mother?” The heartless taunted, it’s voice everywhere as one by one, hundreds of yellow eyes could be seen in the shadows. ”Black Blood of Death.” The voices said, the ground below Zeke starting to be covered in a black, oily substance. "Crap." Zeke said, aiming X, still in it's bow form down at the ground. "Reject Darkness!" They said, a shot of pure light hitting the darkness as the two began twirling and spinning around each other, forming a large bubble of sorts but also letting Zeke see the heartless. "Found you!" They said, taking aim. "Return to the Darkness that birthed you! Return to my heart!" They said, drawing back their shot. ”NO!” It yelled, a hint of genuine fear in its voice as it raised Fenrir to protect itself. "Consume Darkness. Come forth Light Basilisk!" Zeke fired, a massive snake of light rushed at the heartless, mouth opening wide as it closed in on the monster. With an unholy, scream that would traumatize any other being, the heartless was consumed, darkness peeling back to show a young teen, before it two was consumed, leaving only a now purified Fenrir on the floor where the heartless once stood. Zeke walked over, picking up Fenrir and disbanding it. "One down." He said, sighing. "It is not going to be easy dealing with the others. The one who has Discord especially. Maybe I should consider help?" Heading out, Zeke was climbing out the Manhole cover when suddenly, a rush of wind and a trail of yellow lightning passed them. "The fuck?!" They said, catching themselves from falling back down the hole. As Zeke got themselves back out, the blur of yellow lightning rushed back over to him. "Oh come on…" As Zeke was ready for another fight, the blue stopped right in front of them, and once the lighting faded, they saw a familiar face. Small, skinny framed guy, blue jeans, messy black hair, red shirt. “What the hell... Zeke?” Spoke the guy. "Nathan? Holy fuck?! Where have you been?! And why are you so fast you make lightning?" “Ever watched or read The Flash?” Nathan said, in a blur of lightning causing him to be next to his old friend. “God, it's been ages… when did you become a chick?” “That’s a LONG story and despite living it, I still don’t fully understand it. Also you know I never read or watched super hero stuff. So, heh, God sent you out as some… Speedster?” “That's the proper term, yes.” Nathan said, nodding. “So, you left earth as… a chick?” “This happened much later on… like I said, long story. But I just finished fighting a Heartless version of me, and I have some more to deal with. Wanna help?” “Hell yes! We need to catch up. Where to next?” Nathan asked, rubbing their hands together eagerly. “The Badlands of a world known as The Keyblade Graveyard.” Zeke said with a smile, summoning X and opening a DTL. “Oh, so you asked for that… Sweet.” Nathan said, zooming into the DTL as Zeke followed. The dusty air hit Nathan like razors. An unnatural darkness filled the air, chilling them to the core. “Yeesh. This Heartless versions of you… how strong are they?” “As strong as I am.” Zeke said, closing the DTL behind them as they looked around. “Just follow the darkness. The stronger it gets, the closer we are to it. Hopefully this is the one who has Discord.” “Discord?” A person from the world I was placed on, he was turned into a Keyblade. It’s a long story but hopefully I can find the one that has him.” “Ah. Gotcha. I’ll rush around for a quick search.” Nathan said, in a flash of red zoomed deep into the badlands, and after a minute or so, rushed back. “Alright, I think I found it, I recognized it’s weapon, a Starlight, so not your friend, but it’s not alone.” “I can handle the heartless it can summon, they obey me.” “I don’t think those were heartless...” “Hm?” Nathan rushed Zeke with them, atop a high rock formation, Zeke was a bit dizzy from the sudden movement, but recovered quickly and shook it off. Looking down, they saw the heartless, as well as someone Zeke knew about. Tanya. “Who’s the kid?” “Tanya. She’s… not on our side. She’s psychotic. Don’t let her age dupe you, she will kill you, but what is she doing here?” “Is she working for that thing?” “No, she works for Vincent.” “Let me guess, another bad guy of yours.” “One of too fucking many.” “So, how do we go about this?” “We need to know what they are talking about.” “Hmm...” Nathan hummed, raiding their pockets but finding nothing. “Damn it, left it back home.” “What?” “I had this spy tool I got after knocking out some robbers back on the world I was placed on. It’s been useful, but I left it charging back home.” “We’ll just have to wait.” “Can’t we take them? My speed, your skill, should be fair.” “Should and will be are two vary different things. Tanya is stronger and faster than she gives off. And the Heartless me, well it’s as skilled as I am, I barely beat that last one back at Radiant Garden.” “Hmm… I might have an idea.” “What?” “I can move so fast time completely freezes for me, it’s called Flash Time. I can use it to knock out Tanya, then deal some damage to your Heartless so you can go in for the kill. I can only do it for at most a minute in normal time flow, but for me it will feel like half an hour.” “That can work, and bringing in Tanya for interrogation and imprisonment will be a huge win for us. Alright Nathan, when you’re ready.” “I always am.” Nathan said, giving a grin as their eyes flashed with red lightning. Zeke looked back at the scene below, blinking and seeing Tanya on the ground already, not moving and bound by duct tape restraints, and the Heartless staggering a bit. Nathan was already down there, barely standing. “He wasn’t kidding.” Zeke said, rushing down and summoning Chains of Light, wrapping the Heartless up tightly then, upon landing and tugging on the chain, pulled the heartless full force into the tip of X, impaling it half way before it faded, the Starlight loosing it’s dark aura and falling to the ground. Once the heartless’s form was gone, Zeke picked up the Starlight, and disbanded it. “That was smooth and clean.” “Yeah...” Nathan said, breathing deeply. “Worked perfectly. Damn… Flash Time takes the most out of me.” Zeke pat his friend on the back, helping them up. “Come on, let’s take Tanya there to Daybreak, before she wakes up.” Back at Daybreak, Tanya woke up to much more restrictive restraints, Nothingness infused cuffs and just for good measure, a code nullifying choker so any Admin based powers she can use are useless. Anti-magic wards were also decorated around her cell and even along her body for safe measure. She would not speak, but speaking isn’t the only way Daybreak can get information. Zeke and Nathan took a break out in the town, Nathan seeing the amazingly huge city Zeke co-ruled with the others as well as got his own Keyblade, ironically called, Flash Point. “Gotta say, it’s impressive the son of criminals ended up ruling basically the whole of creation.” “Yeah well, not my first career path.” Zeke said with a chuckle. “That speed of yours must come in real handy.” “Was a bitch to master but once I did it has.” “So, that’s two down, three to go.” “Between my speed and abilities, your tactics and power, they won’t stand a chance.” “Yeah… so, you still mad we never teamed up back on earth?” “Hey, I was an idiot high school kid and you were the son of a criminal son who could hack anything and plan effectively. In all honesty it was just so we could keep hanging out. Doing hero work and hanging out is better though.” “Just pays less.” “Ugh. Don’t remind me.” Nathan laughed. “Back home I have a part time job to get the over ten thousand calories of food I need to eat a day to fuel me and my speed.” “Damn! Buffet places must hate you.” “I’m banned from all but four.” He laughed. “You know, this kingdom rewards heroism. How’s about you quit your day job and work for Daybreak. Far as I know there isn’t anybody with your kind of powers in Daybreak’s armies.” “How much am I getting paid?” Zeke took out their assistant, the upgrade making it something akin to a tattoo in appearance, but all it’s functions were still the same. A screen appeared and Zeke wrote out the numbers. Then showed it to Nathan. He whistled. “Is that a month?” “An hour.” “Deal!” Chapter 13: PurposeEclipsa took a Relaxed breath as she slithered off of the ship. “That was fun, thank you.” She says to her in laws. It was nice, not having to worry about stress, or the next big threat, all while feeding her darkness that she has been neglecting. She turns from the couple waving her off as they went to look for Zeke to see Cript, power walking towards her with an odd look on his face. “Hey Cript, what's with that look?” "Talk. Now." They said bluntly, yanking hard on the Naga's pony ear, the pain from both a sensitive area being harshly treated and the weight of her body being pulled by it made her tear up as she was dragged to an empty office room. "Ow ow ow! What the hell Cript?!" Eclipsa yelled when the door shut and their husband/father let go. Cript proceeded to check the palms of her hands, searching for something. "Nothing? That can't be right." "Cript, I love you, but for once in the time I have known you give me a straight answer. What the hell was that for and why are you checking my palms." Eclipsa said, her once happy mood now sour. "When you were generating power I blocked it from the others, and for the first time in much too long I was feeling more power than I could have handled. I haven't hurt like that since I took a big bang head on. In short you generated and was using more power than what I use. I'm making sure you're not a secret Nexus project." "Cript, we've been over this. To Nexus I'm a glitch, something that they could not control or plan out. But what are you saying, that I was able to handle more power than even you?" Eclipsa asked, now looking at Cript with a bewildered look. "Yes. In the past Glitches like you can be powerful but that much power should be impossible even for a glitch." Eclipsa took a seat in a chair. "That's…. Okay what the hell am I? I get that Lance and Bio agreed to finally put me on even footing with everyone but now surpassing them? Cript, what am I?" Eclipsa asked, looking at her own hands, expecting a blue dot to appear at any moment. "To quote Lord. Fuck if I know." "....would Nexus even know? Would anyone?" "No clue." Cript said, scratching his head. "Past experience tells me that this will reveal itself in time. Typically works." "Heh, gods right when I feel I know what I am, something else happens. I guess I know how Ben feels now." Eclipsa chuckled darkly. "So, any tests you want to run?" "Nothing for the time being. The downside to this family is the constant pregnancy state. I have an idea for a work around to that but I'll explain later. Oh, Zeke and some speedy guy came back a bit ago… they had Tanya in cuffs. She's in Cell 21. Wanna try and get her to talk?" "I don't know the first thing about her…" Eclipsa admitted "Not sure how much use I would be without a profile of the person in question." "Fair enough. Wanna see Zeke and his friend? Think they're still at the bar?" "I get what you are doing but no thanks. Let Zeke have this moment with his friend. He needs small moments like this." Eclipsa said with a small, warm smile. "So what are you gonna do then?" "Well…. I remember the Nexus attack. For a moment I was able to breach the hive mind of the psychopaths. Maybe more insanities like me would be able to be a counter for them." "It's a possibility. But only you and one other has ever dived into those hive minds and got out alright." "Who is the other?" Eclipsa asked. "... Someone we're not discussing." Cript huffed. "Come on Cript, think about it. I was able to make a hole, I can do it again, and this time, the hive will be swarmed with a bunch of crazies all singing circus for a psycho." Eclipsa said with a grin "I'm not speaking to that rat bastard or a self proclaimed 'scientist' ever. And I suggest you don't go looking for them. Men like him are best forgotten from history." "Alright alright… so, wanna help me gather Insanities or wanna test my limits as safely as we can while I am carrying?" "The later. Should also help with some experiments I've been neglecting." "Alright. Any suggestions of where to start for the Insanities?" "Psychopaths and Insanities hive minds resonate on a near identical mental frequency. Either Lord or Cane would be able to help you there." "Got it… and Cript… What do I tell Ben, Zeke, hell even Joy. I read their chapters…. I don't want to become that." Eclipsa said with fear on her face. "You're talking about the D.R.E.A.M project? Look, all we know is that you generated more power than what I make, so let's not panic unless something happens that leads to that kind of outcome, alright?" Cript said calmly. "....alright." Eclipsa sighed. "I'm going to go find Lord. Hopefully I'm just insanely strong and that's that." Lord's office/room was just a door that teleported the user to his personal weird white void town place. Eclipsa saw him sitting on a bench tinkering with a small item. "Hey Lord, whatchu working on?" Eclipsa said, leaning over his shoulder, either not noticing or not carrying that her breasts were resting on his shoulder. "EMP proof molecular Splicer. Now get your tits off me." He huffed. "Oh, sorry bout that." Eclipsa chuckled. "Think you can take a break for a moment? I have an idea so crazy it might just work." "Over my dead body." Lord hissed. "What, I didn't even say anything yet?" Eclipsa smirked. "I'm planning on gathering the Insanities to combat the psychopaths, you in?" “Good luck finding enough. Psychopaths find them and gather them up and use them like attack dogs.” "Even better." Eclipsa said with a wide grin, her own Insanity showing a bit. "They think they can control the uncontrollable, that they are untouchable. Thing is about Insanity, while it may be weaker than psychopath, it spreads, it gathers, and builds. We all have that itch. The tinny little voice in the back of our heads just wanting to stop logic, to create anarchy, to rebel. And you know what they say about genius and madness~" Eclipsa starts to giggle, the red energy of Insanity mixing with her grey, amplifying it and practically becoming a beacon. "Care to help me out? Wanna help cause some chaos in their ranks, to help the Insanities break free, and break into the psychopath's hive mind like I did once before?" “Not while you’re pregnant.” Suddenly the black, grey and red energy fades. "Oh boo, you and Cript, killjoys the lot of you." Eclipsa said, folding her arms with a playful pout. “Not our fault you’re ignorant to the side effects of power while pregnant.” Lord said, his tinkering done as they put the item away. “Follow me.” With a raised eyebrow, Eclipsa followed lord through his room of white. "Where are we heading?" Lord lead me into one of the buildings, inside was a lot of laboratory equipment… and various cages with all kinds of beasts in them. “When you live as long as I have you take up hobbies to keep things interesting. Around Era five when I made the realm Cript now owns, I began researching the monsters that appeared without my doing. Including a little on Psychopaths and Insanities.” "Oh? And what did you learn?" Eclipsa asked, looking around, the playful manner gone. “The younger they turn, the stronger the bond.” He took a cover off an orb, inside… Eclipsa threw up. Infants. Insanities Infants. Bloody and roaring scratching at the glass confines of their cage. “Once turned a Psychopath and Insanity’s host body becomes infertile. So any host that’s pregnant, or compatible while pregnant they infect the weaker host, solely to either kill the resistant mother, or to see how their power grows as the host body ages from infancy to adulthood. Use that power too much, and all your children… the ones you are carrying will be born as this. No such thing as an identity for them being turned so young, no mind of their own, just the Psychopath or Insanity hide mind.” "How…" Eclipsa said, looking down at her stomach. "How have they not been effected, how was I not affected. I've had this forever, I gave birth to children who have the Insanity, I've felt it in them. Those… those aren't children, yet I feel them. I feel their souls, their heart's, what they are crying out and it-" Eclipsa throws up again, this time because of more than initial disgust. "How can I even have children?" “It takes a complete conversion for the infertility to kick in. The first time your Keyblades stepped in and stopped it, the others have been shere dumb luck. Power no matter the source comes at a price to you… or others.” Lord said, throwing the cover back over the cage. “Why do you think Cript wanted to retire so badly?” "Then Lord, I wanna bring something up with you that Cript told me not long ago. You see… I was able to combine Generation, Grey, and Amplify along with everything else, including Insanity, all at the same time without dying, while he was actually hurt, as in has felt more pain then the time he first took a big bang to the face." Eclipsa said, sitting down to settle down her stomach. “I know. I felt that too. There have only ever been two beings in existence to ever or could have even pulled off what you did. An Nonexistent, and the sole D.R.E.A.M project survivor. As far as I can tell, you’re neither.” "Then what the hell am I? I mean, I guess I know how Ben feels now but the difference is he knows what, not who." Eclipsa said, her hands clenching into fists on her lap. "What am I? Some sick scientists secret project? Reality trying to balance out? Or whatever a Nonexistent is? What am I?" “Fuck if I know. But whatever you are, at least you’re on our side. That we can at least take comfort in.” Eclipsa was silent for a moment. "What the hell, aren't you and Cript supposed to dump exposition on us whenever something confusing happens?!" She yelled before sighing, her anger flare dying as quickly as it had arrived. "I'm just scared you know? I read Joy's chapter, I know the basics of what project D.R.E.A.M. did and what they became… and I don't want to become that. But even now I feel it. I feel grey, generation and amply all working together with my other powers. I can feel my powers growing with no sign of stopping, just waiting for something, and I don't know what that something is. For all I know I could be a ticking time bomb, just waiting until all the admins in existence to be together before erasing it all, like the Void Mother. Hell I could even be a proto void mother for all we know." “Doubt it. You’re more like Cript mark two at this point, minus the Nexus handywork.” "Yeah, only Cript knows what he is." Eclipsa sighed before 'standing' back up. "So I'm once again an unknown. And I can't do anything while pregnant but due to me having an active sex life I doubt there will be a moment where I am not. What's next, I accidentally made myself a soul weapon I've been using without my knowledge?" "Eh. Whatever comes next just remember, it's not just your life on the line in a fight." Lord said, taking his leave. "I know that… I know it all too well…" Eclipsa sighed once he was out of ear shot before opening a DTG. However, it hurt. Her arm burned as she cried out, grey flames covering her arm before she was dragged in, the portal closing behind her. Eclipsa was in… someplace. Wherever it was, it was cold and dark. She couldn't feel anyone like normal… her own power was barely there. The strangest part though… she was human. Marcy. Feeling around the floor was old wood, half rotten. Dust and icey cold was all she could feel along the ground. "Well. That's interesting." Someone spoke, female. Young and stern. "Who's there, what did you do to me?!" Eclipsa yelled, standing up and getting into a defensive stance. "It's not everyday someone from your reality comes here. Or can even survive the trip." Suddenly, the loud sound of a train in the distance echoed into the building. The rumbling shook the building a bit, causing a window to shatter, enough light to show it was night, clear moonlight shone into the room. Eclipsa saw the other, or at least, part of their face. Short cut black hair, thin frame and wearing winter clothes. "They call you Eclipsa, right?" "One of many names, but yes, that is the usual one." Eclipsa said, still on the defensive. "Where the hell am I, and what happened to my powers? I can't feel any of it." "That's normal. For the first few weeks, but you won't be here that long." She said, taking out a phone and browsing it. "Grey Hearts, right?" "Wait…. How do you know the name of the story?" Eclipsa said, her stance falling as she took a step back. "Even other fourth wall breakers don't know that." "The fourth wall? Still can't believe that's what they call it." She tossed the phone over to Eclipsa. On screen was… the story… her story. "Got an idea as to where you are now protagonist?" "The hell am I doing on Lance and Bio's earth?!" Eclipsa cried out. "This reality is called Primary. A place where the concept of magic, powers and even admins are fantasy. Of course, that fantasy is the reality of which you and I come from." "But…. How did I get here? I tried opening a portal before it started hurting, then I was dragged in." "Rifts between this and that reality are only able to be opened by the one this reality would call god. The only acception being you and I it seems. To keep you from causing chaos, or more likely, dying, I pulled you here." "I was dying?" Eclipsa said, leaning on a wall before sitting down. "Great, can't even do an ability I've done a billion times without being a danger to everyone, including myself." Eclipsa chuckled mirthlessly. "Either way, you can't stay here. Even on this side there are people hunting us down." "Who would hunt down characters from shitty fanfics? No offense, never read your story. Don't even know your name." Eclipsa said. "People looking to utilize and abuse the powers of our home reality. People like you and I carry that heavy burden. No matter the reality people can be selfish and idiotic, but cann't you blame them. The power of true gods is in our hands, we can reshape this world easily, but doing so would destroy our home. At least hiding from Nexus is easier here than over there." "Oh yeah… back home we are getting ready to go to war with them. A war of the realm's, if you didn't already read that." Eclipsa said. "Besides being insanely powerful, why are you hiding from Nexus? Who even are you?" "You should know. You can read the chapters." Eclipsa closed her eyes before opening them with recognition. "So… you are the one. The Survivor." Eclipsa said, now feeling guilty about assuming about what the Survivor would be like. "I have to hide from people. Rarely get to talk. The Russian winters and isolation make this the perfect place to hide out on this world." "You could come back with me once I'm good to go. We are at war with Nexus already, and once they have been taken care of, you won't have anything to fear of them again." Eclipsa suggested. "And no, I don't want you in a combat roll… I guess I'm just empathic. I don't want anyone to have to suffer over something not their fault." "That's a nice offer, but I have a role here." "I can respect that… heh, we both know I learned that lesson the hard way, not to run from responsibility." Eclipsa chuckled. "So… Why did you save me?" "I have a role here. You have one there. It's as simple as that." "Heh, I find it hilarious that you know about a role that I don't even know I have, when I don't even know what I am anymore." Eclipsa said, laughing pure and simple at turn of events, letting out all the stresses that have been built up in pure laugher. "It's simple what you are Eclipsa. You and I are the same, I for helping this reality, and you for helping the one we come from. We exist to improve the lives and worlds we are on." "So… we are basically the positivity of our reality's… but when there is a positive…." Eclipsa's words died on her lips. "Both realities are negative by nature. A sad truth. One we have to conflict with." "Well ain't that a big ol' bag of responsibility." Eclipsa said before getting a faint smile. "Could be worse I guess. I could have been the one destined to destroy our reality." Eclipsa said, her blue eyes looking across to survivor. "So, what do I need to know for the time I am in your domain?" She asked with respect. "After this you won't ever be able to return here." She said, helping Eclipsa up. "Here." She tapped Eclipse's hand, a glowing white dot appeared. "This will store the excess power you are generating and allow you to still use a normal amount. Use the stored energy at the right time. You'll know when." "Alright, thank you. Hey… even if I won't be able to visit, know you will always be welcome. You are always welcome home." Eclipsa said with a smile, giving the thinner framed woman a caring hug. "I'll keep up with what you are going through." She said, shaking the phone. "You'd best go home now." She said, raising a hand and opening a much weaker portal, or rather, rift, back home. "it won't stay open long. This reality reacts especially negatively to laws and power than does not belong here." "Hey… stay safe. I would hate for someone to be hurt because I gave away their hiding spot." Eclipsa said with a smile as she stood in front of the rift. "Relax. It's just the world governments. I can handle those idiots." She chuckled. Eclipsa chuckled along with her before taking a breath and going through, going home. Chapter 14: Time's Cracks.Zeke felt the sudden absence of Grey, and Eclipsa like a punch to the gut. Worry hitting them, he had Nathan speed around while Zeke checked the castle for her, or Ben. "Zeke! Holy fuck!" Ben shouted as he appeared near Zeke with Diane in his arms. "Where's Eclipsa!?" "I have no-... Wait what?" Zeke said, looking between Ben and Diane. "Uh… is this Cript related?" "Diane has my powers and made things happen." Ben frowned. "That makes less sense than Cript stuff." "Zeke… how are your boobs bigger than mine?" Diane asked. "Cause sex logic I guess." Zeke said. "Explanation later, right now Eclipsa as well as Grey itself is missing!" "There's literally only 2 ways for things to happen. Either Deletes appeared somehow...or Eclipsa knows something from Joy by literally reading his chapter." Ben brought up. "I never know what you or Eclipsa are talking about when you two do that…" Zeke said. "It's a stupid trope." Diane said looking Ben dead in the eyes. "It happens." Ben said honestly. "Whatever you two are talking about… it's not helping!" Zeke shouted. "Ben, can't you smell Eclipsa? Like where she was last." "I don't know, my clones are busy doing other things and I was busy both finding another Cript and dealing with Diane problems." I frowned, "Aren't you two supposed to be the same person or something?" "Or something…" Diane hissed. "I'm more like his Nobody though…" "Oh… that's uh… that's actually kinda interesting." Zeke said. "So you can do everything Ben can?" "Everything and then some." She stated proudly. "And then when I'm able to do something people don't know there's a problem." Ben frowned. "Okay just stop it you two idiots." Zeke huffed. "Ben, Diane, make up." "Only if we get therapy." Diane asked "Uh… why?" "It will make Ben suffer a bit." "I'm already getting therapy the hell are you talking about?" He asked honestly. "God I'm so glad those timeline resets didn't screw with me the way it did with you…" Zeke muttered. "Alright focus! Where could Eclipsa have gone? Was she kidnapped or… god forbid…" "I really hate...that I know what might have happened…" Ben sighed out. "Ben if it's another fourth wall bullshit, I love you but shove it unlike you I see this place as reality." "Well the problem is...from what I learned from Joy...Eclipsa might have went passed the Source Wall...She knows about Project Dream." "Gone for a few hours and stuff happens without me." Zeke groaned. "Well what I this source wall and how in our green Earth is it relevant to Eclipsa being gone?" “Because The Survivor is surprisingly good company.” Eclipsa said, a rush of power filling the world as grey returned at full force as she stepped out of a rift. "Eclipsa!" Ben yipped as he hug tackled the naga. "Where did you go?" “Careful!” Eclipsa said, falling back and holding her wolfy tight. "What… happened exactly?" Zeke asked. "I'd like to know as well." Ben said while nuzzling Eclipsa lovingly. "Also Diane is here in person." Ben brought up. “Hi sis?” Eclipsa said, looking to the side at Diane. "Marcy and Zeke are here also, though no idea where Ben put them." Diane said. "I made sure to send them to family." Ben said. "Okay explain that can of worms after Eclipsa tells us what happened." Zeke said. "I will." Ben nodded while looking back to Eclipsa. "Okay, please explain. You scared us to hell." “It's a long story… basically I accidently overloaded a DTG and inorder to keep me alive, the Dream Survivor pulled me into a different reality… the very one that our authors came from. She helped me out before sending me back here.” Eclipsa summarized "I know Dream had something to do." Ben said. "But wait, both the survivor and...where our authors came from?" “Yeah… Their earth… even saw our story…. Creepy let me tell you.” Eclipsa shuddered. "Sounds about right." Ben said honestly. "So...how different was it from our earth?" “I don't know, we were in a random shack in russia.” “Not surprised it’s Russia.” Zeke said. “Anyways, are you okay? How long was I gone here?” Eclipsa asked with concern "Long enough for us to panic when you and all Grey in existence disappeared." Ben said honestly. “Wow…. I’m sorry.” Eclipsa said sheepishly "Yeah...just a bit." Ben sighed out. "We were worried…" “At least you’re back…. Now…” Zeke turned to Ben and Diane. “Explain...Now…” "Okay so...a lot has happened." Ben said sheepishly. "So to start, apparently Diane thought I was some 'fake life' because she believes I should be content with everything I have when...well my life explained how easy it is to take away someone's joy." I said honestly. "Diane is...a bit more better at explaining this." Ben said nervously. “When Ben got his Nothingness abilities I phased in and out of consciousness. When he met you Zeke, I woke up fully. I’ve watched him go through so much… have so many reasons to be happy… and they just aren’t. I managed to use code to start bringing the old timeline back… but not me. I’m basically a Nobody. No heart, or soul.” "And yet she also knows why I'm scared of things, like how the reason my family is still alive is paper thin at best." Ben brought up. Eclipsa turned into Marcy, only she kept her red eyes. “You two need to stop. As for you Diane, enough of the bullshit. I get mad as Ben all the time for similar reasons to you, But you don't understand him apparently.” She said as she stood up, petting ben and scratching behind the Dire wolf’s ears. “Ben is a dork, a dense, lovable idiot. But that's just it. Ben is Ben. They are afraid to lose everything, hell I am afraid. I wake up every day in the fetal position, in tears, afraid by any number of things that could take them away. But while I ignore it and try to create, Ben focuses on it and intends on destroying those who would take it away.” Eclipsa kisses Ben softly while looking into his eyes with a small smile. “Our stalwart protector. Though he does need to learn how to relax without sex.” Eclipsa chuckles. "I'm trying...now can you keep scratching please? You know that spots too good." Ben chuckled, always enjoying some ear scratches. "And yeah...Eclipsa's right about this. I remember how my parents were murdered, without anyone knowing and...how I felt like it was my fault...I don't want that to happen again." “While I agree with Diane on some parts, I’ve learned to just accept that too much is just not in my control. What I can do, I’ll do, and what I can’t, I’ll try anyway.” Zeke said. “Even so… How can I live like this? No soul, Ben has my heart… and this body isn’t even able to have kids? And the others? The Zeke and Marcy I brought back? What about them?” Diane asked. “Go live with them sis.” Eclipsa said, smiling at Diane. “Be happy. If any struggles arise, I will find a way to help. But you two, I swear it is a problem no matter the incarnation, need to learn to let go.” Eclipsa sighs, still scratching ben. “It was a hard lesson, but still one worth learning, especially since of the powers we wield.” Says the Admin of Grey, showing an almost motherly and zen quality to herself as she had a small smile of peace, then realization. “Letting go… of course…” She mutters to herself. “Hm?” Zeke asked. “I’ll figure something out later Diane...but what’s up Eclipsa?” Ben asked curiously. "Oh nothing." Eclipsa lied, her nervous tick of her wrist twitching giving her away. “Your a terrible liar.” Ben said. “Please, tell us what’s wrong…” Ben said as he noted something on her hand when he noticed the twitch. “What’s that on your hand?” Eclipsa sighed before showing her hand, the white dot clearly visible. "Don't freak out." "What is… that?" Zeke asked. “It’s not blue so it’s not Nexus…” Ben said as he looked at the white dot. “But...I can sense an asston of power focused into that thing...did your new friend give it to you?” “Yes. She made it so I could handle my power. All my excess power I put out will be stored here for some type of emergency.” Eclipsa explained. “An emergency? Like in case of power spazzing or in case of world ending stuff?” Zeke asked. Ben looked at Eclipsa and that dot, remembering the whole point of why his future self came back. “We’ll all know what that emergency will be...and I hate how I can guess what that emergency will be…” “So… aside from me being in the dark, what are we going to do now? There’s Eclipsa and Marcy, two people from two different timelines, the later erased, same for Ben and Diane, and now another me… I mean, what happens if Eclipsa and Marcy make contact? Does she become a Naga of Grey or something also or…?” “I mean, we can test that right now if you want.” Ben said honestly. “I know where the other Zeke and Marcy are at the moment if you want to see them.” Zeke opened their mouth, closing it quickly to ponder something. “Part of me says yes… the other is unsure.” “Scared old habits will spring up?” Ben asked cheekily. “What old habits?” Zeke asked. “Wait, that’s probably just me then….” Ben frowned. “Never mind, just an in joke I suppose.” “Well… this is going to be interesting.” “Yes it will.” Ben nodded. “Going to be kind of funny to.” “Well, go on get them.” “Kind of thought we were all going to meet them and not me just going out and bringing them here.” Ben said honestly. “Ben is right, better go to them as to not freak them out too much. After all, we all know how protective you get.” Eclipsa giggled, nudging Zeke. “Out of the three of us, I am pretty sure Ben is more protective.” Zeke said. “Now has that protectiveness gone up since I became a den mother or been the same as before I became a den mother?” Ben hummed in thought as he opened a portal to where Marcy and Zeke were. “Well, let’s get going.” Nodding, Zeke and Eclipsa, as well as Diane, walked through. Where the other Zeke and Marcy were, was a large spare ‘room’ of the castle. “Holy...” Marcy said. “Shit…” Other Zeke finished. “Yeah so, here’s this timeline’s version of you two, and here’s Diane.” Ben said while motioning to Diane, Zeke and Eclipsa. “Did… did I always look that much like Cript?” Zeke asked. “Who?” The other Zeke asked. “Someone you’ll meet later, and yes, yes you do.” Ben said honestly to Zeke. “Okay, so being in the same general area isn’t causing problems…” Ben started before looking over to Marcy and Eclipsa, wondering what their reaction to this is. “Maybe it’s contact based?” Diane questions aloud, gaining the attention of everyone. “What? Just because my… condition is different doesn’t mean it’s not at least somewhat similar. What I started… Can’t be stopped but I theorized given the similar code structures we all still share, it’s the reason why when I woke up I could also utilize Ben’s powers.” Eclipsa looked at the Marcy before closing her eyes. “We are not exact though. That I know.” She said, feeling the new power awakening in her absent in the other her. “Hi me, I’m you.” She said with a smile and an outstretched hand. “Hi…” Marcy said, reaching out a hand as well. When they touched there was a strong spark of Grey and Code, Marcy hitting the ground fast as her legs fused and stretched out, morphing into a naga’s tail. Colors same as Eclipsa’s but her upper half remained human. When it ended, she nearly fell over trying to get back up. “Shit!” “Yeah, that sucked when I first had to learn.” Eclipsa chuckled before helping herself up. “I’ll teach you how to move, and once you got that down, how to change back.” “Some say that Marcy’s breast size grew three sizes this day.” Ben pointed out in the ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ narrator voice. “Oh love, if you wanted them big you know you just need to ask.” Eclipsa said with a wink and a slight sway of her hips. “Your perfect as is my love.” Ben smiled. “But as you know...I do love some cushion for the pushin if you know what I mean.” “Wow you’re openly perverted… even moreso.” Other Zeke said. “So how is this even going to work for me? I mean unlike you two, we share a name?” “He...Me… we have a point?” Zeke said. “The only difference between us at the moment is experience and well, physical gender appearance.” “So most likely a name change.” Ben suggested. “And you know nothing of how openly perverted me, Eclipsa and our Zeke is...Diane would know that full well.” Ben chuckled. “Quite.” Diane said. “So anyways, onto more pressing matters, how has your stay been so far?” Ben asked the two time displaced people. “Plumbing and water is good.” Marcy said, trying to keep her balance as a naga now. “Damn… I liked those pants…” “So what happens to me?” Other Zeke asked. “Also as for name… call me whatever.” “How about our Zeke gets a name change? I mean, I changed my name multiple times, Ben was born into this life as Ben, it would help keep us seperated.” Eclipsa suggests as she starts to teach her other self how to keep balance and slyther as a naga “Mine?” Zeke asked. “I mean… what else can I be called?” “I’ve never been good with names honestly.” Ben said simply. “How about Ventral? Take your last name as your first.” Eclipsa suggests “Simple enough.” Ben said. "That name doesn't exactly carry fond memories for me." Zeke said. "Hmm… why not call me what I am? Kingdom Hearts. Or just Heart for short?" “If you’re sure love.” Eclipsa shrugged. “A bit on the nose but what works for you.” "I'd prefer it over Ventral any day of the year." Zeke, now Heart, Said with a nod. To everyone's surprise, their hair suddenly gained a glowing blue streak through it. "And that's… new?" They said, messing with the glowing streak of hair. “Probably your heart reflecting your choice.” Eclipsa said, flicking it before giggling. “It looks nice on you though.” "I wonder if this is it or will it be more?" "There will probably be more." Ben said honestly. “I think it looks cool.” Eclipsa said, now having gotten Marcy to at least have balance. "It does honestly." Ben nodded. "Huh. Well,guess it's… his turn." Heart said, turning to Zeke. "You ready?" "I… guess." Zeke said, the two touching hands. A flash of Darkness and Light sparked between their fingers as Zeke suddenly hit the ground. His body glowed, flashing between blue, black and white for some time. Tattoo like images appeared along his arms of chains of light. When it ended Zeke was breathing heavy. "Yeah, it sucked for me also." Heart said, helping Zeke up. "At least I'm not one of a kind anymore. Excluding my kids cause that is… a whole other can of worms on exactly what they are." "Jesus I can see everything and what everyone is doing!" Zeke said in shock. "Yeah… you kinda tune it out after a week." "That is… weird." “You get used to it.” Ben said simply. “Speak for yourself, it’s still weird for me, just a weird that doesn't affect me anymore.” Eclipsa groaned. “And it’ll only get weirder.” Ben said honestly. “Cause it always gets weirder.” “Oh and Marcy, be careful with Grey. While it is weak at first, every single second of every day it gets more and more powerful, boosting everything about you or any powers you find.” Eclipsa warned the blonde naga. “Believe me, it boosts everything.” Ben brought up. "Was that a sex joke?" Heart asked. “It could be honestly.” Ben shrugged. “Grey is a special thing...but if you want to take it that way that’s also fine.” “Well it kinda does. I mean, it helps with my shape changing… still confused as to why my dire wolf form is BBW, but eh, at least it turns a certain wolfy on.” Eclipsa shrugged, making a seat out of Grey for all to sit if they want to. “Listen…” Ben started. “Eclipsa’s right...and there’s nothing wrong with that.” "Onto other topics, what now? I assume Eclipsa trains Marcy, I train Zeke and Ben and Diane heads off to therapy?" Heart asked. “Sounds about right.” Ben nodded. “Do we need to do anything or talk about anything else?” "Nothing comes to mind." Heart said. "Oh Marcy, if you want to have human legs again, close your eyes, imagine every detail about the shape you want, focus on the wellspring in your chest and snap your fingers." Eclipsa informed her. "Really you don't need to snap, but it helps focus the magic when you start out." "I… will give this a try before messing with magic." Marcy said. “Cool.” Ben nodded. “Got anything to say about all of this Diane?’ "Other than more will show up. People from our timeline." Diane added. "It's gonna be quite the shitshow." “Well that’s gonna be a bit annoying to sort through…” Ben sighed out. "Meh we dealt with worse." Eclipsa shrugged before wrapping her tail around Heart and Ben, giving soft squeezes and lustful eyes. "Now if you excuse us, I believe these three have some pent up energy needing out~" She said before opening a DTG before anyone could utter a sound. "Soo… Diane… Zeke… wanna test out our new bodies?" Marcy asked the two. Chapter 15: Changes and Battles.With the events done Heart ran back towards Nathen, th two discussing how to deal with the next Heartless as Eclipsa came up to the two. “Hey, what’s all the commotion? You are awfully eager to get away for someone who was blissed out.” Eclipsa teased as she strolled up. “Oh, sorry.” Heart said. “Eclipsa, meet Nathen.” Heart said, placing a hand on the new figure, to Eclipsa. Shoulder. “Nathen, Eclipsa… one of many spouses…” “Half snake half pony human… eh, seen weirder on the internet.” Nathen shrugged. “Eclipsa, this is one of my very few real friends back from earth. God sent him off with speed. Nathen nodded, demonstrating this by in a flash of yellow lightning, ran around the two fifty times in under four seconds before stopping. “I’m fast.” They said simply with a shrug. “Hopefully not in bed.” Eclipsa said with a playful smile “Eheh… Not into...anybody really. Asexual.” Nathen said. “We were going to hunt down the third Zeke Heartless. It’s at the Enchanted Domain.” “Oh… Point me in a direction.” Eclipsa said seriously, almost scaring Nathen of how quick this flirty, playful woman went to serious, stone cold killer in a snap. “One of them has Discord.” Heart said. “He was last with Drezke then after he and Lake reunited he vanished. These things do have Keyblades so he has to be stuck with one of them.” “Typical…” Eclipsa scoffed before summoning Oblivion and Oathkeeper, smiling at her old friends. “Lets get going.” With a nod, Heart opened a DTL to the enchanted domain. They arrived in the forest near the castle. “Now, where is the fucker hiding?” Heart asked. “I’ll do a quick recon.” Nathen said, zooming off in a blink. “So…. How did you two meet?” Eclipsa asked as Nathen ran off “Well, my family kinda… broke into his house, tied up his parents and used his place as a hide out for a few...months…” Heart said, scratching the back of their head. “And that lead to a friendship?” Eclipsa said with a cocked head “Well we were both really little at the time. While yes my parents did hold both him and his family hostage they didn’t malnourished or kill them. They had TV, bathroom, food, at some point they even started helping my folks in planning jobs, since Nathens dad was an electrician and his mom a truck driver. Around that time we actually started playing and had a lot in common. We visited lots of times and I called him often.” "Huh. Well that's a thing." Eclipsa said, having learned long ago to just accept things. "So he is basically flash huh? Heh, if his metabolism changed to match then he would love a Naga style meal. We mean it when we say all you can eat." "I assume." Heart shrugged. After a solid three minute, Nathen rushed back. "It's not in or around the castle." He said. "But guards have reported a supposed monster sighting in the Forest some miles from here." “Might be our heartless.” Eclipsa said, stating the obvious. “Alright so, uh, you two don’t get motion sickness right?” They shook their heads, and suddenly in a blur the three were within the darkness of the woods. “Well… that’s something.” Eclipsa said. “Felt like Teleporting.” Heart said. “I don't mind really, having done that, it is really only dimension and time hoping that takes me half a second to orientate by my view.” Eclipsa said before getting a weird thought. “Hey, Nathen, wanna go faster without a penalty to your metabolism?” "Ah, no thanks. My speed comes from the speed force and it doesn't exactly like it when I try and tamper with my speed or body in anyway." Nathen said. "It's a long story. So, wonder where this guy is hiding?" "I'll guess a cave or abandoned hut/cottage." Heart said. "My money Is on cave." Nathen said. They sped into the woods, then back almost immediately. "You have GOT to see this one…" Running into the woods, Eclipsa and Heart both nearly froze, seeing Heartless crawling around… cubed heartless with lines of red code running along them. "Okay… RE coded sucked but it's block enemies sucked way worse." Heart said, summoning X. "You got a weapon Nathen?" Eclipsa asked. "Uh, never really needed one before." Nathen answered nervously. "Take this." Heart said, handing their friend a Starlight Keyblade. "Trust me, it will be able to keep up." "Thanks." They said, taking it as the Keyblade flashed white once he took it. Accepting their new wielder. "Heh. Lighter than I expected." "That's everyone's reaction." Heart chuckled. "Alright, You deal with the blocks and Eclipsa and I look for this jackass. Once you're done join up with us." "Got it. Be back in… a flash." They jokes, ruching off. "He's got puns." Eclipsa nodded. "He always did." Heart laughed. Eclipsa and Heart rushed through the heartless, Nathen zooming around, hacking them just as they appeared. Once the two made it to the cave they were hit by a blast… a blast of code infused darkness. Emerging from the cave was the Heartless, darkness and code flowing over them. "Ever closer to our goal, dear father." It said with a maniacal happiness. "Shit!" Heart yelped, dodging more blasts as it pulled out Way to Dawn, delivering a dark slash that made various more cubed digital heartless. "I got the small fry, you take out the big bad!" Nathen said, appearing for a second then taking on the spawning heartless. Getting up, Eclipsa and Heart began attacking the heartless. Eclipsa using Oathkeeper and Oblivion to try and keep in on the defense so Heart could land a blow, but it's speed was boosted by the code it was using. Heart and Eclipsa would not give up though. Their attacks boosted by Eclipsa's grey, the Heartless's defence starting to break. As the shift in dynamic was about to hit, suddenly, Heart stopped, giving the Heartless the needed edge to attack, and blast Heart and Eclipsa into the nearby trees. "Heart, what gives?" Eclipsa groaned, looking over to Heart, eyes widening at what she saw. Hearts legs began morphing into a long snake like tail, their upper half grew long fluffy fur as their face shifted into something more wolf like, and, to Hearts complete embarrassment, their shirt broke, tearing as their chest not only grew, but six more breasts room up the entirety of their torso. "You pick now to shapeshift into a sexy anthro?!" "This was not intentional it just happened!" Heart yelled back, the two dodging another attack, but in this new form Heart had trouble moving. "Fuck how do I stay upright?!" As the Heartless began to swipe an attack again, Eclipsa met it, crossing Keyblades as she flowed both Grey and Code into herself. The stalemate was gaining friction, Nathen was occupied with the unending swarm of cube heartless and Heart was unable to even stand upright in the sudden new form. Suddenly, Eclipsa heard the wisp and foosh of something shot by springs and the sound of released pressurized air. Suddenly a blur passed behind the heartless, their eyes wide as their head suddenly began sliding off their neck. Their body began to dissolve back into darkness, and Way to Dawn returned to Heart. Looking, Eclipsa saw Erin, also wielding Oathkeeper and Oblivion. "Are you alright? We all felt Ze- er, Heart suddenly panic. I was already in the lanes between sonI rushed over." Erin said, looking around and seeing Heart, then covering their eyes. "Shit, what happened?!" "I honestly… Don't know…" Eclipsa said with a sigh, looking at the topless Heart still flopping around trying to gain some balance. "But I think I like it." Chapter 16: The Admin of ChaosAfter some time with Ben left Heart busy for the week, Eclipsa was determined to deal with these last two Heartless. Nathen tagging along for no reason Eclipsa could understand. The two were on Traverse Town, the final world of the Heartless that was on a world. “Looks way better than the game.” Nathen said, looking around at what was familiar and what was different compared to how the games portrayed this world. "Yeah… and please ignore the giant chasm." Eclipsa said, wincing at the line of housing still not repaired from the first time Eclipsa used a X-blade. "Anyways, let's bag em and tag em." "Just where are they though?" Nathen asked. "If I were to guess, someplace not well traveled… hey, remember that cave that acted as another entrance into Merlin's house? That seems likely." Eclipsa said with a snap. "Hmm. This is before KH1, so maybe. Not likely anyone is there. Well, let's check it out." Eclipsa smiled before snapping, teleporting them into the cave. “Here we are.” It was empty...mostly. where Merlin's house was meant to be, sat a swirling vortex of darkness… and Void. The void there was weak, yes, but Eclipsa felt it was supercharging the darkness. "That doesn't look good." Nathen said, summoning Starlight. “No it isn’t.” Eclipsa said, summoning Better Half before walking up to it and placing her hand into the Void. Upon touching it, her arm burned. An internal burn that hit deep into her code. She backed off, the black vine line scorcharks on her arm slowly fading. "How do we close this if you can't even touch it?" Nahen asked. “Maybe…” Eclipsa said before focusing, grey pouring out of her as for a split second, She let all of her might out, the shear weight of her power shaking the entire world before it condenses at the end of Better half, Cracks of gray spreading through the blade as excess power is flowed into Eclipsa’s mark. With a stab, all that power, including Nothingness and Grey poured into the void. It all swirled around for a while before, something began happening. It was becoming unstable. Suddenly through… Shooting out from the portal came something that knocked Eclipsa into the wall back at the caves entrance. "About time." That voice… Eclipsa thought, looking up and seeing… Herself. Colin. A large number 4 tattooed on the left side of his face. "About time I get a field test." They said, sparking and clashing replica versions of Oathkeeper and Oblivion, their colors inverted. The Heartless came out right behind them. "Clock is ticking." They said with a playful malice. Eclipsa looked at their copy before chuckling. “Oh this is rich. Nathen, Hold off the heartless, I’ll show this wanna be why you can’t copy perfection~” Eclipsa said, her eyes and grin going predatory. "I'll do what I can." Nathen said, zooming off towards the Heartless, matching his speed with their own trail of darkness. The clone looked at me with a smile. "Shall we?" The clone asked, sparking their copy Keyblades, void tainted darkness's flowing over them. Eclipsa summoned a shield into their free hand, pounding Better Half on it like a greek warrior. “Lets dance. Try to keep up!” Eclipsa said, letting her grey start to power up more. They fought each other, a spike of energy cracking the walls of the cave and making the water itself levitate up as if gravity no longer held power. Each clang broke the cave more and more as Nahen struggled against the Heartless. It's artificial speed matching his as the two raced and fought across the breaking walls and floating water. Eclipsa hissed as she blocked another strike before stabbing forward, using her tail to snap as suddenly hundreds of copies of Oblivion and Oathkeeper started to flow behind her. “Sick em.” The Keyblades went out to attack the clone, they smirked. Arching their back in a grotesque way as suddenly, this haphazard looking version of the Dark Guardian bursting from their body in a splash of blood, this version had purple skin, red eyes, arms had another pair of replica Oathkeeper and Oblivion bound to it's arms and rather than a heart shaped hole in it's chest, it held a shape closer to a Keyhole. It battled Oath and Oblivion while the clone kept attacking me. "I've been waiting for this moment since I emerged from the production lines." The clone said, eyes shifting to a dark red. "I was handcrafted for this very moment." "Oh? And what pray tell are you hoping to achieve?" Eclipsa said, her eyes turning silver as grey started to infuse with every strike, each getting exponentially more powerful. Right now they are at realm breaker power, and increasing, all in the span of half a second. "Data collection… and sample extraction." They smirked, suddenly rushing the Naga as she saw this clone take an actual BITE from her aura of grey, swallowing it. "hehehehe. That's my purpose complete." They said, big the clone and Dark Guardian copy readying themselves. "Everything else I get is just extra for mother." "Oh why thank you for that~" Eclipsa says with a smile before taking control of the grey from inside them. "You forget. Everything is Grey. I am Grey." She said, her eyes becoming hard, mercyless before she ripped it out, along with all the darkness and void. "Is everything grey though?" It asked, still smiling and collapsed as the grey reached her. The burning returned, but worse as it flowed into the naga. The void was eating away her grey, the pain made her drop Better Half as she tried to use Nothingness to counter the Voids almost poison like effect on Eclipsa. "No… no you are not taking this from me!" Eclipsa growled before activating everything, cracks appearing over her body as the mark worked overtime. "-------------------" Eclipsa said as she reached her true power, filling the void, nullifying it, and trying to force it into submission. It was failing. It hit her like a brick… void is not part of grey… it came before it… Desperate, she began scratching at her own skin, making deep gashes to try and remove it. As it was making its way to her neck… Blinking, Eclipsa looked up, seeing the clone, back up and in that earlier stance as before. The grey, darkness and void ripped out of it. It was deja vu, and suddenly before it reached her, she was suddenly across the cave, hitting and making the walls where she stood before melt. "Rewinding time… " Nathen said, taking deep breaths. "First time I got it to work." "Thanks… I got in over my head there." Eclipsa said, massaging her arms and neck. "What to do about it though…." "Well, thankfully, whatever that was is dead… just leaves Heartless speedy there… and that." Nathen said, pointing at the portal the fast Heartless was running around. Restabilizing get it. "I think… I think if I run fast enough the opposite way I can destabilize it and close it, you just have to keep Speedy there busy." Eclipsa took a breath, letting her grey open, and Nathen saw the universe of grey before she condenced it into herself, her soul, everything. She unsummoned her weapons, her body glowing. "When in doubt, your body and heart are your greatest weapons." Eclipsa said, her voice echoing as she made her body into a soul weapon, and charged at the heartless as equal speed. At this speed, Eclipsa saw the world almost as if time was still, the Heartless gave a growl as he rushed off, trying to stay ahead of the Naga. Nathen for to work, moving faster and faster around the portal, slowly but surely, it began to destabilize again. Seeing what was happening, the Heartless tried to stop it, Eclipsa got in the way. "You want to know why I fight so hard? Why I refuse to die, even when I have been erased from existence?" Eclipsa spoke out loud, knowing that it was possible for Nexus to listen from the copy's body. She grabbed the heartless by the head and smashed him into a dead stop on the ground. "It's because no matter how much you break me. No matter the time, place, or body, I will always stand up for those I love, for those whom I have always been with. Go ahead and try to kill me. Last time you did that? I just came back stronger." The heartless growled as it tried to get up… Without thinking, Eclipsa raised up her tail, suddenly ethereal Keyblade tips spied out from under her scales, spinning in a loud rotation, much like a chainsaw, and she impaled the heartless this way. It’s body shredded and remains faded away as the portal closed. New Limit Attack Unlocked: AP Piercing Key. "That's new." Eclipsa commented as her body stopped glowing, her eyes though not changing back. "Nathen, you good?" “Speed Healing…” They huffed, laid on the floor, clothes nearly burned off completely, and skin as if the just came out of a house fire. “Just need a few… hours…” "Grey Curaga." Eclipsa cast over him, green mist falling over him His wounds healed, but his clothes were still tattered. “Shit. God made those speed friction resistant…” He said, looking over the clothes. “That vortex must have burned them.” "Don't worry, when we get back to Daybreak, we can set you up with some more, and make them stronger." Eclipsa said with a smile, reaching and hand down to lift him up. "Now, how many skill points do I have… haven't checked in ages…." Eclipsa muttered before checking her assistant. Skill Points: 77,982 "......Well shit. Time to actually use these ..." Eclipsa muttered before looking over to see what to put them in. A trip back to Daybreak and getting Nathen some new, better clothes to resist speed friction, the skill points mostly allocated, and now, the two were pondering on where in The Lanes Between is the final heartless and, Discord. The one at Traverse Town had Pumpkin Head, which was kinda disappointing. As Eclipsa pondered she heard someone calling her name. Turning to the side she smiled. "Hey Star, Blitz, you two okay?" She asked her gender bent spouses. While they were Futa, they kept their male names to keep them separate from the others. "Sup sexy." Blitz said. "We heard you have been busy." Star added. "Is something happening?" “Well, I have yet to find and talk to Scotch, I apparently am this Universe’s Positive to the reality full of negitives, just found out that Void of any kind in me will cause me to try and kill myself to get it out, and am currently hunting Heart’s heartlesses to get back Discord. So its a typical Tuesday.” Eclipsa said with a shrug. "Huh…" Star said. "Well, do you know where this final Heartless is?" “Somewhere in the Lanes Between. Who knows where they are.” Eclipsa admitted "Well, they are a Heartless, where would one of those things go in such a vast place?" Blitz said. "I know if I had that much free space to fly around in, I'd need a rest on a cloud or something someplace comfy." “....Wait, what is a resting place in the lanes between!” Eclipsa said, hit by inspiration. "Mostly asteroids and such." Star said. "The largest ones are typically used as rest stops but there are a few that aren't touched because of hazardous materials in them." Eclipsa pulled up her Assistant and started looking specifically for the Hazardous ones, marking each on their map. “This might just be it.” In her searching she came across one candidate better than the others. A large asteroid called CCK78. It's rich In Dark Electronium. An Ore she remembered came from Cript's realm. It spawns Shadow Creatures and if mined ,wrong will explode. A dangerous source of darkness. “Bingo.” The fly there had to be by ship. Eclipsa nor Nathen had ever traveled by spaceship before. It amazed the two at how much like a private airplane it was. The flight would take a while, and it left the two together. There was an admitted awkward silence for a while. “So…. How’s Starlight liking you?” Eclipsa asked, looking at the keyblade. "Good. I think. It comes when I call for it so I assume that's good." He replied. "So you were like Ze- er, Heart, before?" “Like him how?” Eclipsa asked "Ya know. Human. Dude." “Oh yeah. I was also a Dude once upon a time.” Eclipsa said with a smile "So, what world did you pick when God picked you up as the world went to hell?" “Equestria with Oblivion and Oathkeeper. Ended up as Twilight’s fraternal twin.” "Twin huh? What was that like?" "Back on Earth I was an only child, so being reborn as a twin was… nice. I have an older brother who lives and looks out for me, even though I don't need it, powers wise we are on quite different planes these days. And Twilight as my sister has been the best second life ever. She's such a dork, worries a lot about the little insignificant things, but I love her. I've had to remind her to calm down so often it often feels like I'm the only one who could calm her down. Then Spike came along and heh, a little brother who the family basically raised all together. Shining and I got him into Comics, Heh, Twi taught him how to read before that. Dad, pony dad, taught him to write, and mom showed him how to cook." "Sounds like you prefer your life in Equestria over your life from earth." "My life from earth was… not that good." Eclipsa said, sighing as she began slouching in her seat. “Being a bastard, red eyed Ventral sucked. Watching my mom die in a snuff film before my eyes was worse. Being the cause of it destroyed me. I had no friends even as I got older, no one adopted me even when I got contacts to hide my red eyes. My only escape was Kh, and later MLP. Hell, when the End of the world happened, I saw the chaos outside my apartment, and all I did was close my blinds and get back on my game, not caring.” "Heh. I was at ground zero. Worked in the city and when shit hit the fan, it hit the ground. I was running with the panic, not even sure how but next thing I knew I was meeting God." “Oh I burned to death. Let me tell you, not fun.” Eclipsa chuckled "I still think I must have been shot." Nathen said. "I asked for Speed and had him dropped me off in The Flash's world. He and I teamed up but I often just ran across helping out outside Star City. It had the most Meta Humans but there were still some outside the city and country." “Very noble.” Eclipsa nodded approvingly They shrugged. "I once asked Zeke if he'd take me into the world he lived in. Criminals, I know those skills of his could have been used for good, but he didn't want to risk my life, and he was pretty dense on the matter. Guess in the end though he still became the hero I knew he could be." "He has a way of becoming what people expect him to be." That thought was meant to be factual, but stung bitterly on Eclipsa's mouth. He was always what others expected, never what he wanted. Those Nexus hands of fate still had Heart in their grip, and she would die ripping them off if that was what it took. They arrived at the asteroid, immediately were attacked by Shadow Creatures. While they had numbers they also fell fast, easily. The two were much stronger than the monsters here, but their source was all around them, Eclipsa could destroy the blasted place bit between the blast from.the unstable dark ore would send her flying several billion light-years away, likely kill Nathen, and that heartless would escape. They needed to search, but with an unending wave it was a matter of how, how to pull off the impossible. As the battling reached into the hours, both parties felt an ever growing tiredness. They needed help, But how to- Snap. In a sudden flash, every Shadow Creature was missing. Gone, and none were showing up. "Did we win?" Nathen asked, tired as they fell to the ground. "No… who was?" Eclipsa asked. "It's about fucking time!" That voice. Eclipsa knew it well, not quote Hearts, but also, a familiar one. Soon, the Heart Heartless showed up. But it's colors, it's eyes… those horns and wings. "Discord?!" Eclipsa asked in surprise. "Well duh. What were you expecting?" They draconequus Keyblade asked sarcastically. "How are you...what?" "When those Heartless things were made and this one took me, I could feel it's ever growing darkness. It came here to feed off the darkness and negativity of the Dark Electronium to power up. But l, lucky for me, this darkness is very very chaotic." "You… as it ate the darkness you also got powered up!" Eclipsa said with wide eyes. "Yup! All the chaos already in me, add what it was eating just powered me enough to possess them, once I had access to my own magic again after I took over I made this body my own. I can still shift to a Keyblade form, but at least now I have a body again." "How long have you been like this?" "Few months." "What?! You mean to tell me that you could have come home at any moment?! Why didn't you go back to Heart?!" "Because, A, this asteroid is Rich in chaotic darkness. I and my reflections are the only chaotic darkness allowed in this reality! And B, after I felt Zeke, well, Heart now, become Kingdom Hearts and the Admin of Balance, I knew if I wanted to keep helping, I needed to be on your levels." "You… have been trying to become an Admin?" "Discord! The Admin of Chaos! Has a nice ring to it huh?" He chuckled. "This asteroid has been feeding me the power since I thought of that plan. It's harmless to me, but these fucking rocks don't drain easy. I drain one section and the next thing I know I come back after draining another and it's recharged!" "That… would be a problem." Eclipsa said. "Why not just eat it?" Nathen asked, half asleep. "Eat it? Hmm… crazy, I like it!" Discord said happily. "So, how you gonna pull that off?" Eclipsa asked. "First, let's hope aboard your ship, then I can get to work." They did just that, Nathen crashing asleep as they flew a fair distance from the asteroid. Once they were far enough, Discord took two fingers, acted as if they were going to grab the rock with them… then actually did, the once massive asteroid of chaotic darkness now a marble sized ball between his fingers. Nathen was too tired to question the act and Eclipsa just shrugged it off as Discord swallowed the small orb. Eclipsa felt the rush of power enter Discord. The Chaos in him multiplying to incredible levels. He was ready to take on Code. With a nod, Eclipsa set course back home to have The Mother make Discord an admin, but they did enjoy a feast first of many food items Discord popped into the ship at will. Both Eclipsa and Nathan are their body weight easily in food. When they arrived home the trio quickly made their way to The Mother's statue. "She uses a statue to talk and act. She as well as all of us are using starfish clones to both be safe inside a hidden area within Nothingness, and also be out here to do our jobs and such." Eclipsa said. "I guess that makes sense. Keeps the kids safe, right?" Discord said with a nod. "That is correct." The Mother statue said, moving and talking now. "My, an Admin to be standing here. Am I correct in that assumption?" "Yes." Eclipsa said. "Then come. Claim your Code." She said, reaching a hand out to Discord as a ball of pure Code formed in her hand. Discord took it, the rush of power hurt, but they endured. The Mother had left the Statue body already, her job done as Discord was now an Admin. The Admin of Chaos. Eclipsa's Assistant beeped. "Hm?" She pondered, looking at it. Skill Tree Unlocked: Chaos Code. Race Skill Tree Unlocked: Draconequus. "... Wait what?" Eclipsa asked. Chapter 17: Find HerWith Discord back the Heartless Hearts now finally gone, Eclipsa wasn't quite sure what to do next. Heart was with Ben off doing stuff in the Void, And the rest of the family was working in one way or another. She sighed before pulling up her Assistant, keen to check and learn about those new paths, as well as ones that She already had unlocked. She noticed in Weapon Abilities that there was a branch for Keyblades and x-blades. While Oathkeeper and Oblivion were under Keyblades, and Better Half was under X-blades, Zeke, nor any of the others like here were there. Eclipsa pondered this, they are weapons, but also people. Maybe there isn't a branch they fall under? She thought, lazily flipping through branches and abilities. She flipped until she came across the ones she obtained last night. Chaos and Dragoniqus abilities. With a shrug she looked them over. Most of them were self explanatory, but the Chaos Magic ability did make her ponder what kind of fun she could get into. She put some points into the skill tree before turning and turning until she found Grey, looking it over. After all, it is her, and she is, other than her lovers, the only one who can use its abilities besides enhancement. It's be interesting to see what that assistant has to say about them. The first tier was for reinforcements and boosting, second tier allowed for special Grey based spell castings and weapon forging, the other eight tiers were locked it seemed. More to learn, She wondered how to unlock them Must be either potential based or mastery based? She thought, deciding to test out the Chaos magic since that is what is available. She felt the unstable, unpredictability of the chaos magic now activate, and it made her harmony based unicorn side almost lurch in surprise, but she powered through, and the unease soon began to subside. Soon, she tried casting Megaflare- SPLAT! Blinking, Ecipsa was suddenly covered in chocolate frosting and dotted by strawberries. “Okay… Should have expected that. Chaos magic… Hmm..Maybe…” Eclipa tried to use it to cast a ‘spell’ for frosting and strawberries… and got it “Well, so that idea is out.” She said, licking the fruit and frosting off in pinkie pie fashion. After a bit of failed attempts later, Eclipsa had an idea. “I’m thinking too logically. That's the problem. So what if I just… let go?” She didn’t even bother thinking of a spell, just casting magic outwards as a barrage of Ice magic hit the wall across from her. Still not a Mega Flare, but closer. So when I want something like an attack spell, I get something random, when I want something random, that does happen, and when I don’t want anything it does an attack spell? It feels like there is a pattern but that can’t be all of it. Eclipsa sighed before focusing on chaos magic, shaping it, thinking of instead of mega flare, turning her target into a mega flare. She tried on a vase, and to her joy, it did, the vase becoming a ball of fire, now exploding. Thinking for a moment, she sent out a wave of bubbles, that once they were far away, changed into tiny megaflare balls, each exploding. She quickly fixed the walls and things. So long as the process is random or chaotic, a desired result can be obtained. “Oh this is so gonna be fun to play with.” Eclipsa said before remembering that tail attack she did where her tail became a chainsaw of keyblades. “How did I do that though?” She looked though her skill trees to see if it was there, but no, it wasn’t anywhere. It was quite a cool attack, but how to do it again? Does it even have a name? She pondered for a while, thinking that maybe it was a spur of the moment attack… or… Looking through she found another tab under Abilities, Limits. Here it was, Lights Carnage. Lights Carnage. Naga based race exclusive. Once you have Mastered a Keyblade, and obtained a X-blade, your power over the light and allegiance to Kingdom Hearts shine. Your tail will spike with ethereal keyblades, and they will spin with blinding speed, delivering the same carnage into darkness and evil that your foe has done. "That's why it was so effective to that wannabe Clone." Eclipsa muttered The other limits were about the same, but there were many more, all locked however. This did give Eclipsa the chance to practice with the Wayfinder, as well as summoning Nobodies and Heartless. Eclipsa practiced and practiced and practiced. Each time discovering or learning something new, but eventually she stopped. This was just like before. Too focused on getting stronger, on getting the power to save those who need saving are left to suffer. She took a breather, deciding maybe it was time to head off to visit some old friends. While the city was new, and nothing like her old Ponyville, Eclipsa managed to find Wolf’s shop, the building hasn’t changed at all. That made her happy. She slithered in, seeing Nightmare Moon at the desk again. “Well, hello there Queen Eclipsa.” She laughed. “What brings you here this time?” "Please, we are family. No queen, no my goddess, just Eclipsa." Eclipsa said with a smile and roll of her eyes. She snorted. “Bitch I know.” She said, tapping the ring on her horn, it was like Eclipsa’s. “We’re members too. Lyra offered and to be fair, we could use the help with the kids, plus Wolf’s new body is hot.... Kinda like yours, but smaller chest.” Eclipsa smirked. "Does Wolf still go by he or she?" “They don't care, but they did get into lipstick, and frankly I’m surprised how good it looks on them.” "........Of all the things I forgot to get back into, it was makeup." Eclipsa says with a thousand yard stare. "Sister then, got it." “They’re out back. Forge as usual, just don’t get too intimidated.” Nightmare Moon chuckled. "Please, it's me. If anything I will cat call or try and one up them." Eclipsa said with a smirk before giving Nightmare a hug. "It's been too long, you know?" “Yeah, but you have paperwork, otherwise I’d be seeing you around the bedroom~” She cooed with a laugh as Eclipsa headed out back. The forge area was the same as before, clean and kept up, but there was a difference. Wolf, their male figure was now like Eclipsa’s. Female appearance but she could tell they were both genders, but Eclipsa realized what Moon had meant when she said not to be intimidated. While size wise, bust, height, and body, Eclipsa was larger… Wolf was ripped! Like a female bodybuilder that rivaled the male ones, strong tones muscles, but not off putting in their size either. They were working on a Starlight Keyblade. Eclipsa fanned herself before cat calling and laughing. "Hey Wolf!" They turned around. “Eclipsa!” They said, giving Eclipsa a big hug. Yup… my spine is broken now… Eclipsa thought, trying to hug Wolf back but failing as her arms were stuck in the hug. Wolf finally let go, letting her spine reform and air returns. “How’s it been, as you can see I’m doing pretty well.” Wolf said. It was then Eclipsa noticed their lipstick. It was just a few shades darker than their normal colors, but was enough to pop out and complement their natural coat colors. "Heh, I see you got into the one thing I always meant to do, but never got around to doing." Eclipsa said, gesturing to the lipstick. "And I'm doing well enough…Shy left for Nexus, I'm apparently the universal positive force, and I apparently can produce so much power it scares Cript. Also some other timeline me's are running around, I believe I even saw one that was how I used to look as a unicorn." “Huh. Neat. That explains a lot actually… Anyway, what’s this about Shy and Nexus?” Eclipsa sighed "Remember when I was missing for a year? Shy… her parents were some of the ones caught in the slaughter. She blames me more than I blame myself, and thinks of me as a threat to the kids, that if I just rolled over for Nexus and never got involved, never left, then her children would be safe, and her parents alive. Doesn't help that her parents were members of Nexus in the first place." “Hmm… You might wanna talk to Psychoshy about this then, out of anyone here who would have something to say about that, she would. She was Fluttershy’s dark half.” "True. I'll be sure to talk to her before I leave. What's up with you?" Eclipsa said, trying to change topic. “Same old same old. Working the forge, since joining your family handling the kids has been SO much easier, and learned how to make other Key-armerments.” Eclipsa thought for a moment. "Wanna try to make a Keyblade of Grey?" “A Keyblade of Grey? Huh, well I’ve tinkered with the idea, can’t be any different than one of light, darkness or both. I’ll just need a new flame sources to add to my forge to allow that.” Eclipsa smiled before focusing. Around her, Wolf got a glimpse of just how large grey had become. It was its own realm at this point, and as Eclipsa let a practical tsunami Cascade into her hand, the source continued to grow still before she cut it out. Eclipsa worked the grey in her hand, creating three things out of it. One, a chunk of metal with swirling, smokey images moving and changing, the second a pure crystal of Grey, and the third a everburning fire, with grey as the source. "Will this work?" “Perfect.” Wolf said with surprise, taking the fire and placing it in the forge. It changed the forge, making it larger, and even allowing for single fires, mixed and the like. “It should take me a few days to design, then build it.” Wolf said. "If you need more metal or crystal, let me know… what should we even name the metal…" Eclipsa hummed. “Dunno, maybe give an idea to Cript or Lord.” Wolf shrugged. "Maybe. Anyways, I'll leave you to it… I need to go talk to Psycho." Eclipsa sighed, not looking forward to it. “She’s in the house.” Wolf said as Eclipsa nodded, heading inside. Once inside she saw Psycho there. Her mane was a crimson red, coat a pale yellow, eyes a deep yellow. She almost looked like a different pony, but she was, is part of Shy. She was watching movies on the TV, some kind of reality show about a family, Eclipsa thinks. "Hey Psycho, long time no see." Eclipsa said, trying and failing to keep guilt out of her eyes. She looked over at them, shrugging as she kept watching her show. “What brings you here?” "Besides saying hi and checking up on family…. Well Wolf suggested I talk to you… about Shy." The naga said, unsure what to do. “About what exactly?” She asked, now looking at me. "Do you know she left and joined Nexus? She hates me now." Eclipsa said before it all started to pour out. "With Rune it was bad because she was lying to us, all of us forever, and Coco didn't want to do it any more ...but Shy was my fault. During that year when I left, shy's… your parents died. Parents that also so happened to be citizens of Nexus. She sees me as a threat to her children, and blames me for her parents death. Had I just rolled over and accepted Nexus, not get involved in the greater Multiverse, our children would be safe but no, I had to get involved, I had to get stronger… I had to ignore my family and put all of them in danger. She hates me more than I hate myself.” She didn’t say anything for a bit, but looked back at the show. “That sounds about right.” She finally said Matter of Factly. "What am I supposed to do… I try and be happy, I try to move on but I can't. Every victory feels hollow, every inch forced. Shy was perfect, is perfect… and I lost her because I was too blind by my own sense of self worthlessness to focus on what I had." Eclipsa said, crying now. It seriously didn't help that her head was replacing Psycho's colors with that of the butterscotch mare he fell in love with. "She isn't." Eclipsa looked up back at Psycho. "What should I do…. Please, you are the only one who could help me." "No I'm not." Psycho said. "There are others." "But you are the only one who knows her entirely." Eclipsa said before looking down. "There is not a second that goes by that I dont regret my decision to leave. If Scootaloo and the other older children hadn't joined the fight already, I would have been convincing the others to give in if it meant that Shy would come back." "Ugh. You really don't get it, do you?" Psycho asked. "Think about it like this. Nexus erased you from existence, reset your timeline what, three times? Target your loved ones and lover of three timelines, possibly your kids…" "Nexus hates me simply because they can not predict or control me. The only thing predictable is that I will always find Ben and Zeke, and I with fight tooth and nail to protect my family." Eclipsa nod "I know Shy thinks of me as a threat to the kids simply by existing." "Hmm. Try saying that sentence backwards." Psycho said. Eclipsa couldn't help getting a smart ass smile "Existing by simply kids the to threat a as me of thinks Shy know I?" "Har har. You aren't wrong about Shy thinking that about you, but it's not out of hatred. It's out of obligation." Psycho started. "Think about it, there are Nexus people still here, most in those bases but others hiding among us, and given even with Starfish clones, it takes time to get from point A to B, what is stopping them from taking her kids back?" Eclipsa suddenly had fury enter eye eyes Asher body began to crack like glass, the excess power being transferred to her white mark as everything combined into one swirling pool of emotional energy. "I have marked each and every one of the children that came from me, Blitz, Star and Shy, and working on the others. I found out that energy blocking can't block grey, just make it dormant, allowing me to find them and destroy any who would DARE take my children." She growled out before taking a breath, the powers slowly fading as she calmed down. "I get her fear… but leaving them, leaving me…. Star, blitz… all it does is separate." "Ugh. You're stupid." Psycho said. "Let me ask you this, do you know what Fluttershy's rank is?" "No… to be honest after I found out she worked for Nexus, I kinda just took that at face value." Eclipsa admitted "Her rank is a General, one of only ten. One is her, the other was Krott, and the other eight are with Vincent in the void, now, with the Nothingness barrier, they can't communicate with them, so they have to take orders from the only general of Nexus still available, that being…?" "Shy…" Eclipsa said, any remnants of anger fading slowly into sorrow. "But then… then why did she bother with me? The glitch that they can't ever seen to get rid of? The being that Everytime they destroy it, even remove it from existence, keeps coming back stronger?" "Nexus and love are both tricky, she had to make sure that, in Nexus's eyes, she felt Nothing for you, that it was all for research and data, otherwise, they wouldn't listen to her." "And now? In the past that made sense, just as it makes sense that they need a leader now, but you can't fake that hate in her eyes." "After a while of telling yourself the same thing over and over again enough times, anyone will end up believing their own lies." "She's lying to herself… Psycho, I have a stupid, stupid idea and I want your opinion on it." Eclipsa said, the determined look in her eyes that the other mare knows from Wolf, all sense of sorrow, self pity and anger replaced by passion. "Since when do you ask before acting?" She asked with a chuckle. Eclipsa just smiled "I'm gonna get into Nexus. Maybe find a way to excuse my white dot as to why it's not blue. See things from the other side and maybe, eventually find Shy, and just talk. If she listens, great. If not, then at least I have some piece of mind." "You're a retard." Psycho said bluntly. Eclipsa shrugged "Hey, it got me this far." She chuckled before sighing. "What do you suggest then." "For starters, have you, oh I don't know, tried using the sleeping worlds to find and talk to here? Nexus doesn't have bases there." Eclipsa proceeded to face palm "Gods I really am an idiot.... Now that you mention it, when was the last time I slept…." Eclipsa asked herself. Psycho just shrugged. "So, gonna head off then?" "I'm going to try. I just… I need to make this right. Thanks Psycho." Eclipsa said with a soft smile. "Eh. Well, good luck." Eclipsa teleported to the realm of Grey, one one place that she could have total peace and quiet before making a beach for the ocean and falling asleep. "I'm coming shy." Eclipsa had never been in the sleeping realm before. She found herself in the kingdom, but her body was that of Marcy's, and the sky was a beautiful starry night with a bright full moon. This, was not where she needed to be, she needed to find the passageways to others dreams… something she did not know how to do. "Gonna find a Luna or shy." Eclipsa said, her brain working overtime as she started to explore the kingdom looking for them. She wasn't having much luck, most of the people here were either soldiers on patrol or just random sleep walkers. As Eclipsa looked, she soon saw… Vinyl?! Eclipsa saw her old ponyville friend, that hard to miss Keyblade in hoof as she was having a smoke next to a wall. "Hey Scratch! Long time no see!" Eclipsa said with a smile, walking up to the pony. Looking over to her, Vinyl smiles. "Hey there Queenie. What brings you to my neck of the woods?" Vinyl asked in a mocking tone. Of course, it was soon replaced by a cheerful laugh. "Still can't believe the stallion that got Princess Luna to resign from being a Princess for motherhood, did a rule 63 and became a queen." "Believe me, wasn't planned." Eclipsa chuckled. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know how to find specific people in the dream realm, would you?" "Depends on if they are asleep. Who ya looking for?" “Fluttershy, or Scotch, whichever name they go by.” “Hmm… I remember seeing them walking around back at Prankster's Paradise.” Vinyl thought aloud. “That was a few days ago. Might be able to find something there.” With a tap of her Keyblade, a swirling portal of multiple bright colors opening on the floor. Jumping in, Eclipsa and Vinyl dived, soon seeing, then landing on Prankster's Paradise, children running along everywhere, playing, laughing. “Like it? Daybreak renovated it so it is a real carnaval now, endless play every night.” "It's really cool." Eclipsa said absent mindedly, looking around for any sign of the one they still loved. "Hey, we'll find her." Vinyl said, giving a gentle shove to Eclipsa's hip. "I know some regulars here, they will know where she was last and when." Chapter 18: Found HerFluttershy sighed. She came to this place often, when she missed her children. She'd sit on benches, watching them all play and enjoy one another. Her attire was different. Gone was the long pink mane she was known for, now cut short, just slightly above her neck. A captains tan cap on her head, and the same tan colored suit adorned her upper body. Her tail was also cut short. A high ranked, decorated Nexus member. She had known Nexus her whole life, living a double life. A blonde human woman with eyes as blue as the ocean walked over before sitting on the bench across from Fluttershy. "Got to love watching kids play around, wouldn't you agree?" She smirked, laughing lightly. "You have to know my uniform. Why talk to me?" The woman smiled before gesturing around. "I don't see a battlefield. I don't see walls between realms. As far as I am concerned, we are just two beings having a chat, regardless of who you are in the waking world." "Unlike most here, I'm not actually hiding my physical appearance. Don't need to." "Heh, yeah, was a shocker when I came here looking like this. After all that's happened, I didn't expect for the dream realm to default me to this appearance." The woman chuckled. "So, what's up. I've been around enough beings and children to know when something is bothering them. It's the stiffness of you posture, stiffer than even military folk, the tightness of your neck, and the look in your eye." "Nexus isn't most Military." She replied. "This place sometimes helps me remember." "Remember what? Good times I hope." "The reason I returned to Nexus to begin with. I… was out, by sheer luck, for a long time." "If luck brought you out, why go back?" The woman said, a strange undertone in the question that Fluttershy couldn't put her finger on. "Because… the one who I trusted to keep me and my family safe… wasn't there when we needed them most… and because I was too weak to do it myself." "Don't blame yourself… it's something that took me years to learn is to stop blaming myself for things that were out of my control." She said with a somber tone, one that rang alarm bells in fluttershy's head but she still just couldn't figure out why. "I don't blame myself. I blame them. A Heartless almost stole the heart of our baby… and where was he? I don't even know. And that's the worst part. They'd leave, to get stronger 'for us' they'd say proudly, fail once… and leave again and we'd have no idea." The woman looked down at the floor, leaning forward before saying with a slight crack in her voice. "They…. Probally have that as the sol number one regret in their life. The time when they were needed most, and failed everyone because they could see what was in front of them. The time when not only their family and friends were in danger, but also their spouses family. And they let it all fall because they just could accept that they had all they needed already." Tears began to fall from Eclipsa's face. "Shy… I don't ask for forgiveness. I didn't…. I don't deserve it. And I know why you can't come back even if you did forgive me…" the blue eyes faded to the red as she turned to Shy. "I…. I am at your mercy, because sorry…. Doesn't cut it for betraying those who loved me." Still and silent, there was a long, defining pause. Suddenly, Eclipsa's eyes went white. She backed up, knowing she took some, not much, but some damage. Her sight returning, Fluttershy stood ready to charge, a long, bright pink sword radiating pure magic in her bite, her wings shifting from their butter yellow to a metalic chrome, and their eyes, flooding with rivers of tears. "This is low… so low Eclipsa… changing forms, hissing, just to hide?" "I didn't change forms. I spoke the truth, the dream realm out me into the form of one of my old lives." Eclipsa said, not summoning so much as a mote of her power, just standing there, her eyes creating their own rivers as she looked at shy. "Listen to me, you selfish bastard. You betrayed my trust, you left your family… for something as stupid as power and strength. Tell me… did you find it?" "Even if I did, it wasn't worth the cost." Eclipsa said, lowering her head as grey acted on its own, showing Shy just what Eclipsa had gained. "If I could I would throw it all away. It wasn't worth it." "Heh. So if it's so worthless to you now… let me help you choke on it!" Shy slashed her sword, a massive energy blast that destroyed the ground and uplifted the soil underneath, the impact blasted Eclipsa through several buildings, noticing that she hit innocent people and some were dazed or heart from her attack. "Grey mass curaga." Eclipsa simply said, healing all those who were hurt before walking her way back through the rubble, a shallow slash across her chest that she didn't pay any attention to. Through the dust and rubble walked Shy, blade glowing brightly as mana flowed into it. “What? No witty banter or even your prized Keyblades?” "No. I am not going to fight you, and I stopped joking around in fights a while ago." Eclipsa said calmly despite her blood dripping onto the floor below and tears in her eyes. “That’s a joke.” She said, her now metallic feathers starting to crackle with energy and vibrate. "You know, everyone who is born into Nexus has some unique genetic alterations. Guess what metal makes up my feathers.” She said, flapping as the energy from her wings blew out at Eclipsa in a massive shockwave, blasting her through several buildings and landing inthe destroyed bench of a park. "Grey mass curaga." Eclipsa said again, healing those who were caught in the path as she stood up from the bench, her arm having protected her belly instinctually, but not healing herself. "And I don't know. And I don't care. I just care that it is you." “Vibranium. Maybe not the strongest, but it’s unique trait was just one thing that makes it useful.” She said, her wings charging again. “When I was four, they made me test the limits I could go. Just a foal, and my wings when fully charged leveled mountains. Course, they broke. Painful, and being metallic they don’t exactly heal fast. I wasn’t even built for combat, modified for recon. No one ever thought it strange that I could understand all animals, back home some spoke words, others their primal tongues, didn’t matter, no better way to gather intel than speaking to the wildlife.” Eclipsa's face turned to shock before anger before her powers started to change, and Fluttershy felt it all. She felt everything, Grey, magic, light, dark, Insanity, even code become fueled into Eclipsa, so much power that the very foundations of reality began to year around her as excess power flowed into a white dot on her hand. "You know, I think I know, but I need to ask. Did you ever love me? Nexus, time after time has tried to get rid of me. They erased me from existence countless times, and each time I just came back. Nexus hates me because I am something they couldn't calculate, couldn't truly clone, predict, or even destroy permanently. Did you ever care? Or were you hoping to use me. Turn me into a weapon for Nexus, or just a resource. Grey is a ever replicating and boosting power source. Priceless in even a single droplet." Eclipsa asked, her body becoming Naga to handle the amount of power flowing through her even as it almost starts to become suffocating in its strength. “At one time I did care. At one time, I did love you… but you broke my heart Eclipse. Your family needed you, I needed you… and you weren’t there. I can’t trust you.” Shy said, tears forming in her eyes. Eclipsa blurred towards shy, the mare raising her sword defensively. What she couldn't have expected was for the naga to go next to her, her eyes barely catching the "I'm sorry" before Eclipsa was behind her, and as she turned blood splattered across her face. Eclipsa's blood, as a sword made up of a sliver of that ancient Void impaled into her shoulder, a deep slice across the naga's chest. With a roar Eclipsa slammed all her built up power against the blade shattering it before ripping it out. "No one touches my WIFE!" She roared her insanity showing as she took the broken top of the blade and ran it through the would be assassin. They ducked, suddenly slipping passed her and gaining distance. “Should have guessed.” They said, giving a clap. “Ever the thorn in our side.” Eclipsa took a breath, making her insanity work with her instead of control her as her powers sky rocketed beyond safe levels. "And I will ever be so." She said, willing herself via code to be behind the assassin and her tail erupted in light, the teath of keyblades at it's end as she tried to impale the assassin while swiping with the broken blade still in her grip. To her surprise, the attacks phased through them. Summoning Better half to her other hand, she sliced again, adding grey to the mix. "You all have torn my life apart again, and again, and again. No more." “You, are the anomaly that has cropped up again, and again, and again in our work. Hehehe. You think Marcy, Collin, they were not your first times screwing with us.” "And we won't be the last." Eclipsa said, her voice echoing with all the voices of all the lives they had lived. "You have killed us, deleted us, erased us from existence, tortured us, even went deep enough to remove our code, and still we rise." “Yes. Like the little glitch you are.” At that, the eclipse smirked. "And we are proud of it." It said before everything, even the assassin froze. They watched as Eclipsa split again and again, each one a different version. The unicorn Eclipse, Marcy, Colin, and countless others before they all raised a hand upwards, grey pooling from all those deleted timelines and realities into the current Eclipsa's pool, on all their hands a white dot. "We are eternal. We always have, and always be. We are defenders of our reality, and thus have only a single thing to say to you." Eclipsa, Marcy, Eclipse and Colin all smirked a smile that Shy fell in love with. ''You dun fucked up." The assassin seemed to be concerned now. “Shit, she’s actually able to access it all. This is gonna be trouble.” They muttered. Fluttershy kept a distance, observing as she seemed to be planning something. Eclipsa suddenly was behind the person again, this time their phase ability was rendered useless by Eclipsa’s overflowing Grey. With a single swing of her arm, the assassin was now in two, and finally, her power began to calm as the many past versions of her now faded away. With the assassin delt with, the color returned to the world, Eclipsa’s hair stoped flowing, and her eyes turned from a shining silver grey to red. Before fluttershy could react, Eclipsa collapsed forward, her wounds all reopening all at once. “Flutter….shy….” Eclipsa rasped out though the pain as she let out a cry before darkness over took her vison, a figure of fluttershy walking towards her. Chapter 19: The Grey Problem“God...what’s Heart and Eclipsa going to say about this?” King, formerly known as Ben, grumbled in worry as he walked out of a DTN back home with Cript. “I’m guessing ‘fuck’ and ‘shit’.” Cript said, messing with their newfound wings. “How do you even fly with three pairs of wings?” “Very carefully I’m told.” Eclipsa said, slithering down the hall towards the two. “How are two loves of my life?” “Oh you know...gave up my name to learn about Nulls and why End Glitches happen…” King sighed out. “I chose King, Cript picked it out and I’m unoriginal with names.” I said while hugging Eclipsa quickly. “Woah there! I may be a starfish while the original body sleeps, but I can still die you know!” She says, her back popping from the hug. “Alright the fuck am I looking at?” Heart asked, motioning to Cript’s new form. “Cause that’s fucking awesome.” “Um...a lot to explain, and also sorry...I just need a hug.” King said while nuzzling Eclipsa. “So...I’m King first of all Heart.” “Oddly fits.” Heart shrugged. “Now, about this mess that crawled out of Dante’s Inferno.” Heart motioned back to Cript. “I am right here…” Cript huffed. “Cript had to give up his Suppressors so...now he looks like that.” I said honestly. “But onto why Existence keeps resetting...well...Grey apparently has ‘space issues’.” “How… What does that even mean? Grey right now is barely enough to fill the passific ocean on a normal earth.” Eclipsa asked, a little bit of hurt creeping into her voice. The Den Mother looked worried now. “I don’t know all of it but...Jenny, a Null, yes that is a whole can of worms in an of itself, told me that after each Cycle, Grey just keeps getting bigger and bigger before it just kind of...overtakes everything. So that’s why existence Resets...if that makes sense.” Eclipsa shakes her head. “No no that…. That can’t be right…” “I mean...it makes sense when you think about it.” King sighed out. “Even with what limited info I have on Grey...it’s constantly expanding, slowly but surely...but apparently, from what Jenny told me...it’s been growing faster each Cycle…” King sighed out. “And I don’t know why...your the only one I know that knows all the intricate parts of Grey, and it’s also you...that’s the main answer to the solution I have that the ‘higher ups’ are too lazy to start.” Eclipsa went over to a chair before sitting. “Every cycle I have felt grey, even the one’s where I never left earth I have felt it, maybe even used it a little in secret…. Now the very thing that defined my existence besides my family and friends… is the very thing that’s ended this reality over and over again?” “I mean...technically no. Grey isn’t the one that’s causing it to end.” King explained quickly. “But...no matter how I try to explain it, it’ll sound like that…” The dire wolf sighed out. “So...my solution to this problem, is have Grey be it’s own ‘Storage Space’...god saying things like it’s just a bunch of computer talk is weird.” King shook his head at how silly it sounded. “So basically it’s own hard drive or external?” Eclipsa asked “Well, first we need to find where the damn things go out there in the machine.” Lord spoke up. Eclipsa also finds him odd looking without his armor. “Given Cript is now max power 24/7, he can go do that.” Cript rolled their eyes. “Sure. After that, we’ll need to reopen the Ethernet portal… yeesh…” “Okay I might as well ask, what is the Ethernet Portal?” King asked curiously. “Think about it.” Lord said. “We’re basically programs, in a computer, we’ve seen the machine, ours, the Ethernet takes us to others.” “Think Wreck it Ralph 2.” Cript added. “So the Internet but… No basically the Internet.” Heart said. “Yup.” “Cause that’s what we need, more talk of being in the Matrix when we got out of the Matrix.” King joked. Eclipsa shook her head. “I’m still hung up on the fact I’m basically the herald of the end… hell I’d been called a glitch countless times… guess it wasn't wrong huh?” She said with a humorless chuckle. “Oh no, you’re not a Glitch.” King said. “I’ve seen Glitches, actually killed one...you are not a Glitch, you are...an Embodiment.” King said. “You are the Physical Manifestation of Grey, and all the possibilities it holds. Grey isn’t ‘The Endbringer’...it’s all just an Overflow, of energy, space, and a lot of other things. Could have happened with Void dozens of times.” “Void does not self replicate.” Eclipsa sighed before her eyes turned silver. “Great, the original me is using Grey in the dream realm.” “And...why is that?” King asked nervously. "Fluttershy." Heart said. "Her heart is there, sleeping. In a sense." “Ah...so you probably went ape shit against someone who might have tried to kill her?” King asked curiously. “Well she is a Nexus general…. One could say THE nexus general.” Eclipsa said with a frown. “And no, not yet at least. She demanded to know If I finally achieved the power I was after. And I showed her.” “Sounds about right.” King nodded. "That can only go as well as one can expect." Heart said. "And it most likely did." ng said simply. Eclipsa sighed sadly. "Back onto topic, what do we do?" “Well what I was thinking, is what if we made Grey it’s own Storage Device? Keeping itself contained by it’s own energy, and also increasing it’s own space by the exact same power it’s constantly producing.” "It's possible but we'll need to study Grey more, and with the limited info we have, a lot of tests have to be done." Cript said. "Alternatively we can try and build a new storage device and move It there or find one out in the ethernet." Lord added. "doing all three gives us better odds. Not great odds but better than zero." “Well either way.” King shrugged. “It’s better than doing bad things...and it’s better than Eclipsa being sad.” "Heh, sorry King. I won't be much help, I haven't even discovered half of what grey can do." Eclipsa said, ignoring the slight sound of cracking glass as small cracks start to appear over her body. Everyone else in the room could feel Eclipsa was going all out in the dream realm if it was affecting a starfish like this. King gently put a hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder as he poured energy into keeping the clone from breaking. “Your not breaking on me...and don’t worry, I barely know half of it either.” Eclipsa just as gently took King’s hand off. “Don’t worry, its gonna hurt like a bitch later, but I made sure the babies are okay. I’m not die-” She cut off as for a moment, no powers could be felt from Eclipsa. Then they all felt it. Then they saw it as a tear in reality formed, showing those gathered just what was happening, of how herself in the dream real as well as countless others all having the glowing silver eyes and a white dot on their hand started pooling grey from all the deleted timelines, all the cycles, all the grey in the system they call reality. It was so overwhelming that even the physical world began to shake, tremors being felt across the system they call reality. “Jesus fuck!” King yelped in surprise at the overwhelming amount of power. "Not good…" King winced as he tried to keep his realm up and the barriers protecting it holding. "Well, that's concerning." Heart said. "No shit…" King grumbled. They saw through the tear Eclipsa's smirk, saying something before she dashed towards someone and cut them clean in half, nothing else affected as the tremors suddenly cut out. Then they watched in horror as the starfish disappeared into a wisp of grey and Eclipsa fell, blood spurting from wounds on her chest before the tear closed. The starfish clone then poofed in a huff of grey. "... She'll be fine." Cript said. King slowly looked at Cript. No words left their mouth as he opened a portal and dove into it, straight to where Eclipsa is cause Eclipsa was most certainly not okay. King arrived just in time to see Fluttershy, carrying Eclipsa's body as a portal closed behind her. Suddenly everyone got an alert on their assistant. It read: ECLIPSA, EMBODIMENT OF GREY. LOCATION: Nexus, ??? “God damn it!” King shouted in rage. “I could have done something…” The den mother muttered sadly. Cript pulled King back through the portal they had just came through. "I told you, she will be fine King. My Foresight ability has never been wrong yet." “‘She’ll be fine’, she was just fucking captured by Scotch after pulling all the Grey from past Cycles.” King frowned. “Tell me, what part of that is ‘she’ll be fine’?” "The part where Scotch was bothering with her." Cript pointed out. "If Scotch didn't care, she would have just left Eclipsa there. Trust me, this will all work out." “And you magically know how?” King asked, really scared for Ecilpsa’s safety. "Admin of Love, remember? While it was brief, I felt Scotch's love for Eclipsa, still there, just in conflict." “I...still could have done something…” King sighed out. "Relax, this will all work out fine. Until then, let's focus on what we can do for now." Cript said, giving me a pat on the shoulder. "Lord and I will reopen the Ethernet portal and finish up some work here before we start heading out to explore it. I'll explore the different…. Let's call them Servers, to see if they have spare Storage Drives, Lord will look through the machine and find where ours is. After that it will be a simple matter of scanning the damn thing to… see how long we have til it fills up. That will tell us how long we have before the next major glitch to reset everything will appear. By then Eclipsa will be back and we can study Grey more and work on that self expanding storage idea of yours King." “Alright…” King sighed out. "So, you're a X-Blade too now King?" Lord asked. “Yes I am.” King nodded. "Alright then. Let's finish up your weapons then outfit you with one of those Gems like Heart has." Lord said, opening a portal to his personal white void world and motioning for Cript and King to follow. "Time to get back to business." Cript said. King sighed out. “Alright…” The den mother said, worried about Eclipsa and even more worried about his little ‘side project’ in Grey now. Chapter 21: Steps.Eclipsa didn't remember much after her attack. She recalled Fluttershy walking towards her, then black. The next flash of memory she remembers seeing a metallic grey floor and Shy in a yelling match with someone. Finally she remembered seeing Flutter’s eyes looking into her own with worry. It was unknown to Eclipsa when it was she awoke again, only that everything was pain. “Pain, lots of pain.” She said with a raspy voice as she looked around. She was on a medical bed, one long enough that her tail fit on it with room. IVs and monitors hooked up along her body. Looking around she was the only one in the room. “Where… am I?” she croaked out before attempting to sit up. “Shy?” "I don't recommend that." A voice spoke. Shakily she turned. Eyes widening as she saw it was an armored Nexus Soldier. They physically in the armor had a humanoid look. Eclipsa had to bite back instinct. “Alright…” She said, laying back down as she stared up at the ceiling. “Thanks for indirectly answering a question, by the way.” "Only reason you aren't in a cell is because General Shy ordered you here. Course she let us take the security measures." “Am I privy to such measures? If not I understand, Wouldn’t want those at your mercy to know or plan ways around you.” Eclipsa said with a small chuckle before wincing. “Yeah, no laughing.” "We don't know a lot about your Grey, but we've connected samples. Ran a few tests. Your wombs are made so they can not be broken… from the outside. One microscope bomb strong enough to blow up half a galaxy that is to those tests were made. And placed in your womb; took it like sperm. One wrong move, kiss your unborns bye bye." Eclipsa went silent, and even though she wasn't moving from her spot on the bed, the guard could feel the pure, refined rage and bloodlust at that. “Very well.” She said as the overpowering feeling faded as quickly as it came. "The general will be here in an hour. Here." They said, dropping a book on Eclipsa's stomach. "Nothing to do but wait." “Thanks.” Eclipsa mumbled before picking up the book and reading the title. The hour passed by, Shy walking in and disbanding the guard. "I take it you were informed about the safety measure?" She asked. "Yes, though of anything you could do, that was quite possibly the lowest." Eclipsa said, turning a page of the book. "If I didn't you'd still be bleeding and in a cell. Moral these days is quite low, something of a victory had to happen, less a riot start. As is bringing you here about near started one." "And what victory did you achieve?" Eclipsa asked, memorizing her page before shutting the book. "A means to keep you in line while you're here." Eclipsa sighed and looked over to Shy. "So what happens now? In all but name I am a P.O.W, and one that Nexus has leverage on." "Well, normally we'd Radio this in, and Vincent would stop by, but thanks to King's measures, Radio is dead. So, we're taking plan B." "And that is?" Eclipsa asked, her red eyes looking over at shy. Without missing a beat, Shy tossed a large jumpsuit at Eclipsa. One built for a Naga of her size. "Labor. Lot of work to be done. This base was built to house sixteen thousand soldiers. There's just twenty here." Eclipsa nodded. "Not what I hoped but better than I feared." Eclipsa stretched. "Half expected to be a lab rat or soldier. But there lies another thing… Shy, what will be come of us?" "Us? Mind being specific?" Eclipsa sighed "I want us to be a family again one day. I want to prove to you that I learned my lesson, that I'm better than the idiot I was. I want to gain your trust again… but trust is a fickle thing. So, after I'm all healed… will I just be a laborer to you, Fluttershy the mare? Not the general, but the mare who fell in love with a idiot with good intentions." "...I can't just forgive and Forget Eclipsa. I won't. But, I will see if what you said has truth. I do want to be able to see my kids again, but I want to make sure you CAN keep them safe. So, work here to see why I left. See how the Nexus I was raised in works, and work to rebuild it. Then, you'll be earning my trust back." Eclipsa nodded "I won't let you down again… any rules regarding my abilities I should know?" "Can't use any. Not without my say so, less that bomb in you go off. If any of the others do physically harm you, or try to, first you are free to incapassitate them. Your first job is the engine room with… the C.R.I.P.T…" Eclipsa nodded before trying to sit up again. "No powers, self defence only, and do my job. Heh, I miss when life was so simple, you?" "Wasn't really simple, but the slow moments, yeah. That I do. Come on then." Shy said, leading Eclipsa out. Exiting that room nearly gave Eclipsa Vertigo. The hall was like a balcony, overseeing a massive what looked like a city going on for litteral countless miles both up and across. "Mind the quietness. Like I said, we're understaffed." "I can see that. At least it limits potential assassin's like that dick I killed." Eclipsa commented, slithering a respectful distance back so to not piss of the few guards there were. “That was clearly someone sent by Vincent or other. Given we haven’t had contact with any other uppers, or even the other bases, likely they’ve already cut us off. In the end only Vincent’s little circle were the ones who mattered. The rest of us are all disposable.” "Hmmm…. What…. Oh king is gonna kill me…. What if during whatever free periods I have I help by fixing your radio? I know you have tried your hardest, I don't want it to go to waste." Eclipsa said, being subtle for any listening ears but Shy understood. “If you mean to contact the others, sorry but no. Since we’re basically on our own now, lockdown protocols are in place. System detects tampering it fries the hardware.” "Well that's not productive. Ah well." Eclipsa shrugged. "So, anything specifically you want me to work on?" “The engine room. You and our resident C.R.I.P.T. will be working on keeping the power up. Engine is meant to be overlooked by a bare minimum of two hundred people. You two will be the only ones there.” "Damn. King really did a number here." Eclipsa said before following shy into a building. “King hasn’t been here. This is all that made it to Base Leviathan.” "Do I want to know?" "It's just a name." Eclipsa nodded as they walked into the engine room. "I'm afraid to ask, but is the C.R.I.P.T. another clone of Cript, or do they look different? Also… how has Nexus been treating it's general pre assassination attempt." "All of the C.R.I.P.T.s look identical. Difference in hair and eyes color mainly, rarely gender or race. And you mean about trying to kill is in the sleeping worlds?" "Yes, that." Eclipsa said, a slight hiss in her voice as the memory. "Attacking me would have been one thing, but you….hisssss" "Like I said. Everyone still in these bases and not in Vincent's inner circle are disposable." Shy said, leading us to an elevator and pressing a button. It then began to zoom down. "I get that. I just hate it. You are anything but disposable, same with the other lives here. Hell even the Cripts deserve a chance to live." Eclipsa said. "Some do. Depends on their value to Vincent." The elevator stopped. The doors opened, and Shy and Eclipsa headed down this hallway. "And you, the sole surviving general, have no value to him?" Eclipsa said with a shake of her head. "Sole surviving? No, there are others, but they are in his inner circle." ".... Wow Psycho Shy is behind in her info." Eclipsa chuckled. "She is doing good by the way, happy with nightmare and Wolf." "Good. She deserves it." Eclipsa smiled before they walked in, seeing the Cript in the room, waiting for them. "Here we go." This Cript was a red head. Green eyes and of course, freckles. "Guid day! th' heel is 'at lassie daein' haur?!” They said, a thick scottish accent in their speech. "That wasn't expected." Eclipsa said with a smile, pleasantly surprised. “This is C.R.I.P.T #77KL45P0. But everyone calls them Red.” Shy said. “They’re only abilities relate to engineering and advanced electrical engineering.” "Helpful for the current problem." Eclipsa admitted. "My name is Eclipsa, and yes, I'll be the one helping you out here." “Thes is th' help Ah gie efter a year ay workin' aloyn in thes heel?” "Better than no help." Eclipsa said with a shrug. "Besides, it'd be nice to learn something besides teaching, parenting, and being a Warrior for once." "Best get to it. Dinner is at seven." Shy said, walking back into the elevator." “You heard her. What do you need me to do?” Eclipsa said with a stretch. "Follaw me." They said, leading her through all the large engines and machines. Eclipsa hummed a tune in her head as she followed the Cript through, feeling surprisingly calm despite where she was and what was inside of her. "Each engine haur powers a different section ay thes place. th' a body that's bin causin' th' most he'll fur me is th' scran an' water replicatur." The Cript called Red said, showing a large machine where water and some sort of other fluid were in tanks. Eclipsa started to look it over. "What has been the problem with it?" “Da whole tin keeps leakin hout da grub fluid. dat's wot we use in da processors in da kitchun to make our grub, everythin from meat to veggies.” Eclipsa circled it before compressing herself impossibly into the machine. "Huh… there's your problem. There is a Micro crack in the casing due to a misaligned gear. Get me some material and tools and I can patch it right up." With a nod, Red headed off, gathering the tools and materials as Eclipsa repaired the device. The rest of the work went underway as she and Red continued to fix and repair the other minor issues around. Untill… BOOM!! "Och buck th' devil wi' his ain tale!" Red screamed, smoke and scrap from the section where a generator once stood spread out. Red kicking a price if scrap in anger. "'at was th' feckin' trolley generatur! they'll be pished tae hae tae donner!" "If I could access my powers I could help, but kinda ordered not to touch them. And I don't want my unborns to explode." Eclipsa sighed after popping her shoulder back into it's socket. "We'll hae tae build th' hin' frae scart." Eclipsa sighed before feeling something welling up in her heart. "Well then, we better get started." She said, having a small smile before she started to hum, and that him became music before she began to sing. "Reach for my hand. I'll soar away Into the dawn Oh I wish I could stay." Eclipsa sang, her voice reaching across the entire base as a heartsong began, Red watching as she how, Eclipsa was repairing the machine little by little. "Here in cherished halls, In peaceful days I fear the edge of Dawn Knowing time betrays." Her voice rang out with a energy of its own, the entire facility gaining power as lights pulsed intime with the music appearing from seemingly nowhere. Her voice echoed through the vast emptiness of the base. At first the soldiers annoyed by this began listening to the lyrics, the soothing sound of her voice and began to relax, listening with some semblance of entertainment as she worked away. Red, surprised by this, didn’t sing along but simply worked alongside Eclipsa. Time passed in what felt like ages but was less than an hour, the generator completed and turned on. Whipping sweat off her brow, Eclipsa turned to see her singing drew a crowd. "Well that's done." She said, whipping her hands on a rag. “Weel i'll be, that's a brammer sit ay pipes ye got thaur.” Red said, giving Eclipsa a clap of applause. At this Eclipsa blushed. "Oh it was nothing, really. I just… sang from the heart." She said, her eyes catching fluttershy in the crowd. Shy gave a nod, heading off as she saw the generator was working. Over the next few days things went along like that on and off. Eclipsa largely won over most of the bunker with her singing. Popular demand moved her from maintenance to radio, sole job to make and sing songs as all they had in the bunker was already either outdated or in poor taste. In this time though Eclipsa kept receiving migraines, and ended up in the med bay again. This time they saw the actual doctor. A lady named Heather, long green hair and yellow eyes. “So, migraines yes?” She asked Eclipsa. "Yeah, and I can't for the life of me figure out why." She said with a sigh. "I haven't had one since, well, forever." “Hmm. It is unusual.” She said, pulling out a small device. A blue light waved over Eclipsa’s head. “Hmm… Oh, that’s the reason then.” "Well, don't wait for dramatic pauses doc." Eclipsa said with a warm smile, though still asking for the info. “You have a mental link to your family, right?” She asked. "Well, yeah. I haven't used it since I came here but there is that connection." Eclipsa confirmed “Well it seems largely passive, sharing memories and experiences with one another, but their does appear to be a reference directive. Basically if someone learns something relating to you, then that information is meant to be received by you instantly, but the base is blocking it, so your mind is trying to revive corrupted data. Unable to make sense of it, migraines seem to be a side effect.” "Well shit. What can we do about it, it's not like I'll be allowed to access it, and frankly the migraines have been getting worse." Eclipsa said with a frown. “I’ll have to talk to General Shy about it. Til then, in your case, this should lessen them.” She said, placing a headband looking thing on me. I could sense some magic, an enchantment on it, and thankfully they did lessen, but were there as more of an annoyance than an inconvenience. "Thanks doc. I hope shy is open to the idea, if even for a few minutes a day." Eclipsa said thing a sigh. "Wonder what it is they learned." “Wait here while I call her.” A quick call brought Shy to the medbay. Shy was informed about the cause of my migraines. She sighed. “Well, alright.” She then used her wing, bringing out a control device and clicking it. “Your womb bomb is deactivated. Once you connect, learn this information, it goes back on.” She said simply. "I understand, thank you shy." Eclipsa said with a nod and a smile before letting her mind connect to her family's, trying to get the unfiltered info ASAP. Eclipsa connected. Instantly, the information entering her mind… And dread filled her. The doctor and Fluttershy seeing this. “What’s wrong?” The doctor asked. "I… what…." Eclipsa said, not wanting to believe it. "No…. That… I'm not…" “Eclipsa?” Fluttershy asked. "The truth of grey…. Vincent created it, and it created me. All this time, all these wars, resets, death, all of it a distraction while grey and I grow stronger and large enough to do one final true reset, an end to everything." Eclipsa said, sitting down. "I am the Omega. The end." The doctor looked at Eclipsa. Fluttershy walking up to her, holding up a hoof. “Show me.” She said. Eclipsa took a shaky breath, the memories long suppressed by her own power coming to her as she pressed her forehead to Shy's, showing her both Eclipsa's long lost memories, as well as the conversation King had with a certain mushroom. When it was over, Shy took a step back for a moment, taking a deep breath. “So, that is Vincent’s true goal then. All this, just killing time and playing. I knew we were disposable… but this. I’ll be back.” Eclipsa watched her go before curling up into a ball and crying, not even noticing that shy never rearmed the bomb. After a moment, the speakers came on, Shy’s voice filling them. ”Attention fellow Nexus members. We have been abandoned, we have been written off. We have known this for some time now, but kept out loyalties to our home. But recent information has shown me, our home, our loyalties, all a lie. This information informed me that our once great leader Vincent not only writ us off like dirt under the shoe, but also that we are not his first Nexus, not his first organization. We are playthings to him, time killers and fillers to cause chaos while his true plan, Grey Itself, fills our reality to the point we can never come back. We have been betrayed by the very man, the very monster we swore loyalty too. If you still honor your loyalties to this demon, I command you, take your gun and shoot yourself! But for those who still desire life, for those who still want, need purpose, for those who want Payback, meet me in the medbay. That is all.” Eclipsa whipped her eyes as she saw one by one, every single soldier walk into the medbay, every single person who had heard Eclipsa sing, some who in these past few weeks had even become friends with the Naga prisoner. Even Red walked through the doors, hanging in the back of the room. "Everyone… You are all willing to leave, even if it possibly means fighting your old comrades?" “If it means Ah dornt hae tae wark fur these losers anymair, coont me in.” Red said, earning a few playful hits from the others. “If we’re trash to him, let’s make him regret tossing us.” The very guard Eclipsa first woke up to seeing said. “Looks like you just have a talent for winning people over.” Shy said, walking back into the room and up to Eclipsa. “Even people who hate you.” "I just be me. Funny how being me is what could end up ending everything." Eclipsa chuckled, remembering her promise to shy, heart and the others to not hide her emotions anymore. She slithered over and hugged shy, tears still streaming down her face. “Hey, this doesn’t fix EVERYTHING, but it at least earns you a date.” Shy said with a laugh. "Thank you, all of you." Eclipsa said turning to the rest of them. "Do I open a portal to home, or how do we do this?" “First lets get that bomb out.” In the background, a rubber glove snapping as it was placed on echoed. Eclipsa gulped. Chapter 22: LoveEclipsa was happy to be back home. Granted, the Nexus she arrived with were under a temporary inspection and detainment by the Nexus Templar Krot runs, but she knew hey wouldn't be there for long, it was just to test their now non-existent loyalties to Vincent and gather information. The main thing she didn't like was that after Shy was released from it she got an apartment near the castle rather than in it. Well, she did say she had earned a date. Not fixed everything. "Hello Eclipsa." Heart said, slithering up to their snake pony love, wrapping their tails together. "Looks like you're back." They said, hugging Eclipsa from behind. "Yeah, I am. And though shy and I aren't fixed… we do have a date planned." Eclipsa said, nuzzling heart before a sad look crossed her face. "Heart…. The truth of grey…." "I know, I connect to our cloud shared memories too. And so? Cript and I are made by that bastard too, sons of him even! Just means we are that much closer together." Heart said, hugging Eclipsa tighter. "I just…. I can't believe that in a sense I am his first born child, made solly to end all of reality." "He made you as a weapon against reality, yeah. But, you have a mind and will all your own. This means his ultimate weapon can be used against him." "Yeah… yeah your right." Eclipsa said with a small smile. "Now then," Heart gave Eclipsa a quick kiss. "We have some things to do. Also, notice anything different?" Heart asked. A quick glance, Eclipsa didn't notice anything, until a bit more looking showed that, between the breast fluff of their top breasts, was a green Gem in their body. "A gem that is both hot and strange at the same time." Eclipsa pointed out. "Yup! Ever see that Rising of the Sheild Hero Anime? Those gems on their weapons are apparently powerful Admin Artifacts. Lord and Cript replicated them and since I am a weapon, I had one installed. Helps to figure out what my weapon form can even do." "That's cool! Heh, feeling left out now. You, King, and everyone else in this family have a weapon form, while I just use better half, Oblivion and Oathkeeper, and soon a keyblades made of grey that Wolf is working on." Eclipsa chuckled "Oh, is that so?" Heart said, now hugging Eclipsa from the front. Eclipsa's torso slid between Heart's lower breasts, and their top knockers squished against one another. Eclipsa had to admit, this happy, flirty and openly affectionate Heart was a major turn on. "Just saw the word, love~" Heart whispered into Eclipsa and ear. Eclipsa had to bite her lip to keep from cumming right there. "Damn heart… and having one would be amazing." With a nod, Heart backed up a bit, letting go from the tense hug and opened a DTL above Eclipsa. A rusted Keyblade fell in her arms. "That doesn't get easier apparently…" Heart sighed, Eclipsa pinned down and the two somewhere on the moon. "An hour off what it took me with King at least." "What… what happened? I blanked after the rusted blade fell into my arms." Eclipsa said with a groan, shaking her head. "Happens. Since our marriage/fusion thing your heart is also Balanced now, and once a Keyblade that lost its Wielder touches you, they all rush to you. They possess you til I can shove the mini version of my heart inside your chest, bright side," Heart squeezed their hand, making Eclipsa blush as she realized heart was gripping a breast of hers. "I swear you are a living marshmallow." Eclipsa giggles, a hot blush on her face. "Ask King about my dire wolf form sometime. Apparently it is the only form where I go from supermodel, to thicc with a whole load of C's." "Sexy." Heart said, helping Eclipsa up. "maybe we should experiment with different forms more often. But for now, let's see your new weapon form. First time is tricky, but just don't feel your body as flesh and bones… and scales, feel it as the metal, the fire of your life and experience that have forged you into the person you are." Eclipsa nodded before closing her eyes, her thoughts powerful enough to be heard by heart. 'what am I…. I have been forged form the most blackest dark, and shine with some of the brightest of lights. I have been both a hellish demon, betraying those I swore to protect, and also a angelic savior to my loved ones and those I nurtured. I am Oblivion. I am Oathkeeper. I am light. I am dark. I. Am. Grey.' Eclipsa started to pulsate with a grey light as slowly, her body was changed into that of a blade, a X-blade. Her form looked similar ins shape to Hearts, but the open slot of the crossing blades held an orb of pure Grey, the blades themselves were constructed of a snakes body. The handles were outstretched angle and demon wings, their hinge in the middle the grip. And her keychain, a single Grey Heart. Heart picked her up. The motion was unusual to Eclipsa, and to her surprise, it felt like Heart was holding her hand rather than anything else. "You look good." Heart said. "Thanks. Feels… strange yet natural. I have no clue how to discribe it." "Heh, you'll get used to it. Now then, off to Lord's workshop." Lord was working on his replacement armor in peace, a rarity for him, when suddenly… His door burst open in a blast of Grey fueled fire. "Well your most basic fire spell even packs a punch." Heart said as they entered. Lord rolled their eyes. "Eclipsa this time?" "Yup." Heart said. "Hey this is my first time being in weapon form, it's not like I was like this before now." "Gemstone?" Lord asked, taking one out of a box. Nodding, Heart placed Eclipsa on the table. Lord walked over, placing the gem on her hilt. Once on, Eclipsa felt a rush, a surge in her code at the gem attached itself to every numeral of her being. After it was over, she shifted back, he stone in the same general location as Heart's, her's more light green with clouds of grey spotted within. "That was…. Wow… you two sure you:re not trying to get me hot and bothered?" Eclipsa asked. "She might, you're not my type." Lord said, heaving back to their armor project. "It's a side goal." Heart said with a laugh. "Now then, there is something I wanted to test out, may I?" Heart asked, reaching out a hand. Eclipsa smiled. "You never need to ask, you know." Eclipsa said, taking her lover's hand. Heart shifted into his weapon form. An alert on Eclipsa's hud. User King Log signed out. User Eclipsa Log signed In. "I thought so. What one Wielder modifies me with is different than the other. So can't share progress from each other then. Huh." "That's a bit disappointing, but not the worst." Eclipsa commented. Heart shifted back to normal. "Now then, let's see Oathkeeper, Oblivion, and Better Half please?" "Come on out you three." Eclipsa said, summoning better half to her hand while the other two floated behind her. "Perfect. Now for the fun part. Come on." Heart said, leading Eclipsa to the back where a strange looking forge was set up. "Lord's personal forge. Those larger things are for the raw materials, and we just insert the weapon like so. Oh, almost forgot." Heart floating three of those gems over, placing one on Oathkeeper, one on Oblivion, and one on Better Half. He then placed them into the forge. In their huds, a selection menu popped up. "And all the different options for upgrading and expanding upon them are here. He has it linked with the crowns personal supply of materials, which thanks to King and Cript is borderline unlimited." "So we are going to upgrade these three?" Eclipsa asked. "Yes. Oh, also do you want them to combine? You'd only be able to wield one at a time but with a special glove you can wield two at a time From their place inside the gemstone. It's up to you. Or you wanna ask them?" "I want their opinion. Oblivion and Oathkeeper may be twins, but that's different from sharing a body, not to mention better half is the silent type." Eclipsa said before turning to the weapons. "Well you three, thoughts?" "We'll have other bodies, besides it's an excuses to endlessly annoy her." Oblivion said with a laugh. "Har har brother. But it would be the perfect opertinity to explore what we are fully capable of." Oathkeeper said. "Hmm…"Heart hummed. "Actually, I might have an idea." "Oh? Well don't leave us in suspense." Eclipsa said with a smile. "It's an idea I've had for a while. Extract the concioucness of the Keyblades into their own bodies. The only acceptions being, well, X-blades like us. They'd be almost human. Almost., They can still do things like Keyblades but just not shift like we can." "So, do that to Oblivion and Oathkeeper?" Eclipsa asked "All Keyblades. I'm thinking I can sorta link the weapon to the person body but only mentally, not physically." "That can work." Oblivion said. "Yes. Yes it can." Oathkeeper agreed. "Then what are we waiting for?" Eclipsa said with a smile. "It's about time those two lost their virginities anyways." With a laugh, Heart touched their heart, the Heart of All Worlds, feeling and reaching every Keyblade in existence. They gave a simple three word order that changed everything. "Split, Form, live." "Having flesh is weird." Oblivion said, feeling their new body. While still looking somewhat male, their female aspects showed also. To Eclipsa's surprise Heart managed to also affect them. They were now able to wield themselves, by reaching into their gem and pulling out an etherial version of their X-Blade form. Oathkeeper and Oblivion could also do this. This etherial form when fed into a gem, allowed the weapon to shift into that weapon itself but have full mental controle given Heart and Eclipsa, as well as the other X-blades are all sentient. Better Half also seemed to have a body form, but preferred their weapon form. Their body form looked a lot like Eclipsa, but their colors were akin to Oathkeeper and Oblivion. It also turns out if two Keyblades have a child, they can either come out as one or the other, or a new mixture of the two combines. Each Keyblade of a specific line, such as Oath and Oblivion, as long as there was a decendant alive who was that Keyblade, they Keyblade would live. If not, the Keyblade weapon would vanish. Of course, genetics means this can be avoided with luck and even revived, but that's a mix of magic and biology for another time. This rule also applied to the X-blades. "Productive day." Eclipsa said with a giggle. "And Oblivion, being metal is equally weird to me." "Fair enough." "I understand their use but why are they so bouncy?" Oath asked, groping her own chest with confusion. "I just don't quite get why they need to be so delicate." "Because they are ment to store and produce food for infants, and double as pleasure spots on the body." Eclipsa said casually. "What now though heart?" "Now… huh… well depends." A DTL opened up, and X, in a body form, same colors as before but now a Floof Noodle like Heart, entered. Their colors were gold on the body with blue hair and eyes. "Heart… why?" X asked. "All hands on deck. If our very weapons need bodies to join this fight, then so be it." "I know that but why am I now a Floof Noodle also?!" "That… I'm actually not sure why." Eclipsa was too busy having a nose bleed to respond with anything but a thumbs up. X just sighed, looking over at Oath and Oblivion. "I see you two are also with a body." "Three actually." Oblivion said. Looking a bit more back, in a coil of their own body, sat Better Half, looking much like Eclipsa and looking over their body. "Huh. Well, things just got interesting. I guess. So, whan now?" X asked. "Now… I guess we explore. World has a lot to offer and it will be a while before we begin a major battle. Dungeons with heartless I can't control, Shadow Creatures, Nobodies that Don't obey King, all kinds of fun stuff to fight." "You all live life for your own while you can. In a sense your chains are broken. Take up a job, hobies, lovers. Enjoy life." Eclipsa told the keyblades with a motherly smile, nosebleed not wistanding. "Pretty sure these mean we are in a relationship." Oblivion pointed out, they, Oath, X and even Better half all had rings. "That was not me." Heart stated instantly. "My money is on Lyra…" X sighed. "Hey, not the worst thing ever." Eclipsa shrugged, leaning into Heart's side. "Well, in that case, you all head home, get aqanted and adjusted. Once you have Eclipsa and I can help you train. Til then." Heart said with a wave. Nodding, X opened a DTL, leading Better Half, Oath and Oblivion back home. Meanwhile, Eclipsa upgraded their old weapon bodies, fusing them to the Better Half one and maxing them out each. Heart did the same for the X-Blade. "Hey… I just realized. Our Keyblade armor might not fit anymore." "Oh I though ahead. Already commissioned Wolf for new sets for the lot of us." Eclipsa said before turning her arm into a blade and back. "Oh. Cool. So, wanna explore a dungeon?" "Why not. Gives us a chance to see how I fair in combat." Eclipsa says before turning into her keyblades form. Nodding, Heart sorted through various Dungeons known, finding one and smiling. "Oh I know the game this Is from." He said, opening a DTL and heading through. Once through, Eclipsa noticed they were at a large set of doors built into a large stone wall. Set in the far corner of a village. The doors opened and Heart headed in happily. The dungeon was cave like, torches lit the way and over all it was atmospheric. "Nice place." Eclipsa said. "Still not used to being a weapon in the litteral sense." "I'm not completely used to it either, but overall it's not that bad." Heart said, turning a corner and finding a doorway carved into the cave, a fair sized chamber with a large bat and a beast carrying a large stone weapon. Grinning, Heart made quick work of the bat with just a whack from their tail, and cleaved the beast in half with Eclipsa. They dropped some money, very little. Some loot that wasn't expeced was a potion. "That's not a normal drop item. Must be new given this isn't the game I remember." Heart said with a shrug. "I wonder what else has changed… oh we both forgot to check the abilities I have as a X-blade." Eclipsa said suddenly. "Oh yeah." Heart said, tapping the gem as Eclipsa's weapon Menu came up. It was set up exactly like their own and King's. Their skill trees and variation trees were all locked save for Naga and Equine, and Snake. "Hmm." He thought, looking around and seeing a wing from that bat. Picking it up, the placed it over Eclipsa's Gem, and it absorbed it. Eclipsa, could taste that bad flesh. Nothing special, average. At that a new branch opened up. With many variation branches popping up but all locked save for the one. Poison Bat Eclipsa. Selecting it altered Eclipsa's weapon form, shifting to a purple color and gaining small decorative wings along certain ends and edges. Eclipsa could feel the venom flow through her like this. "Okay so that works like in the show." "Huh, was almost expecting a unique ability or skill. Oh well, still useful." "Definitely." Heart said, continuing onwards. As the two made their way down, Eclipsa gained a few extra form variations. Bomb Form, Slime Form, Bone Form and Specter form. Bomb form makes each hit a small scale explosion, Slime Form makes their attacks unable to be parried, bone form gives an ice effect to attacks and swings much faster, but physical damage is less, and specter form ignores physical defences. "You know, one day, when the fate of reality isn't at stake, I want you, me, king, and all our original spouses to go on a vacation. Of course followed by a whole family one… poor galaxy…" Eclipsa hummed after some time, having just learned that if she tried to strike along with Heart, the effects were compounded. “Sounds nice. Course, given the size of our family is it even a good idea to leave that hidden not a tardis pocket dimension thing Cript made? We’d take up several planets not including the kids.” Heart laughed. Eclipsa couldn't help but laugh along with her. "I missed feeling this happy." “I haven’t been so happy in a long time. So, what do you think the boss will be. I doubt it’s the same one as in the game, or maybe just some other version of them?” "whatever they are, I have a surprise for you when we beat them." Eclipsa said, a michivious tone in her voice. “Oh, then are you still all hot and bothered?” "Darling, love, it's me. When it comes to you, when am I NOT hot and bothered?" Eclipsa deadpanned. “Then shall we tend to it, or later?” "Later, there is something I want to do to make it special." The dungeon was easy, low level with simple loot and enemies. Even the ‘cursed’ floors weren’t much of an issue at all. In no time at all the two reached the Boss room. “Well, we’re here.” Heart said. "Yep. Been pretty easy so far. Haven't even needed to tap into all these abilities I feel inside of me." “So, what did you want to do here?” Heart asked. Entering. The boss was the same as in the game, the giant wings and horned fluff ball that looked like a giant winges, horned guinea pig. Heart felt Eclipsa shake and vibrate with power. "Okay, using some modified grey, mixed with code and this strange ability just called 'Heart's Requiem,' I do think we can beat him easy, even if Vincent himself buffed this monster." Eclipsa infromed her. "Cool, but isn't that Overkill, dungeon is easy and this boss should be too." "have you never watched anime? Sometimes the easiest dungeon's hold the deadliest secrets. I'm not taking chances "] "Is that a sword art online reference?" Heart asked as they readied a stance. The usual, fire balls, dash and flying bash attacks they knew from the game. Though now it had area of effect added to them and like in the games the floor would break under them with every hit the ground took. "Well, ready when you are." "Right!" Eclipsa said before she started to pulsate in time to Heart's own heart beat. "Woah, this is a rush." Eclipsa said, both feeling the info dump of the other's fighting .experiences. In a swift powerful slash, the shockwave of grey and balance obliterated the floor boss. Eclipsa felt rather tired after that. Their huds showing the dungeon was cleared as the back exit now opened. A treasure chest holding various weapons and items from this world's game counterpart Heart knew. "This was fun." Heart said, Eclipsa shifting back to her body form. "We need to do this more often." "Yeah…. Sure…." Eclipsa says while panting. "I now feel for keyblades, holy hell…" "Heh. All that hot and bothered drain out of you already?" Heart asked, messing with a sword made from bone. "Oh fuck no. Just breathless." Eclipsa chuckled, wrapping around Heart with a slutry smile. "Good, there's something I've been wanting to try for a bit now. May I?" Heart asked, taking the tip of Eclipsa's tail. Eclipsa bit her lips and let out a gentle hiss in excitement. "Yes, you may." Eclipsa said, panting hotly already. With lust in their smile, Heart opened their mouth, tongue wetly sliding around the tip of Eclipsa's tail. Wet licks turning to gentle kisses, and soon Heart began swallowing Eclipsa's tail. The Naga blushing mad as her tail felt the tight confines of her lovers maw. They swallowed more, lifting their head up to show the neck bulge Eclipsa's tail was making, turning the Naga on even more. Then, Heart pulled her tail out. A slimy saliva layer covering the tip well. "That was so hot." Eclipsa said, the futa Naga already having a stiffy. "Glad you like it, but you're not going down there." Heart said, trailing Eclipsa's tail through their cleavage and down to their vaginal lips. "You're going here." They finished, sliding Eclipsa's tail in, and greedily pulling the rest of her snake half in. The heat alone was enough to match Eclipsa's already burning blush, the tight confines stretch made Heart shiver as Eclipsa began coiling herself inside their flesh tunnel. Soon Heart had most of Eclipsa's snake half inside them, leaving just the sections with Eclipsa own vaginal lips and stiff member out. Heart held her just above their own stiff member. "Ready?" Instead of responding, Eclipsa dove forward, engilfing Heart's cock in her mouth as she began to suck, one free hand grabbing their ass and the other stroking the base of the cock, all while moaning in delight. "Ooooooh~ Bad girl breaking the rules? Best be ready to take the punishment." Heart said, both their hands on Eclipsa's head as he forced her all the way down on their member, just her upper torso and arms above sticking out of Hearts vag as Eclipsa now had Hearts member down to the base in her throat. Eclipsa moaned deeply, the hot walls massaging every muscle all while she was dominated by the assertive Heart she hadn't seen in forever. She sucked and deep throated the cock, her throat massaging every inch while her moans vibrated and pleasured her lover that much more. Heart once again grabbed Eclipsa by the head, pulling her up, but never off, their member and bringing her back down on it with barely force as Eclipsa submitted. They then kept one hand on Eclipsa's head, using the other to force her arms into their vag and even slip her breasts in there as well, leaving just Eclipsa's head and neck out. "Such a bad girl. Look at you, just a head outside my vag sucking on my dick. If I knew you'd wanted in this badly I would have teased you more~ No matter, Rune, she's back in case you didn't know, helped teach me a few new spells and found out I have a few fun abilities to try out. Turns out there is an entire skill tree for sex, each fetish in a branch and I picked a few that will come into play well here." Eclipsa's ears flicked in responce, telling heart she was listening as she continued to slurp and moan like a bitch in heat around the cock. "First, this little ability. Nagas and Floof Noodles can learn it. Much like we can grow Multiple stomaches, the same can be done about our wombs. So you'll be sliding in there after I blow my load down your needy throat. Secondly, this." Heart snapped their fingers, Eclipsa's whole body began to feel small, highly pleasurable tingles across her body inside Heart's vag. "Something Cript gave me long ago was the power over the Electronium, or electricity element. Right now my vag is pulsating with a special voltage of electricity, targeting every pleasure receptor in your body, don't worry if you blow a load in there you'll just get it where it needs to go." Eclipsa froze in pleasure, her mind muddled slightly from just how much pleasure she was receiving. Her body squirmed in delight, pleasuring Heart that much more as her mind fired blanks, focused on pleasure and pleasuring. Eclipsa began blowing her own loads inside Heart, and all over herself, both her nethers and member could not stop leaking. "Oooooh~ Yes! Like that, pleasure me!" Heart said, grabbing Eclipsa's head again and rapidly lifting and slamming her down onto their base. "Next is a mix between a spell and am ability. Hyper- Ngh, Fertility!" Heart came, Eclipsa's eyes widening as their Hyper Fertility forced gallons of Heart's sperm into each of Eclipsa's stomaches, stretching them and her to bursting. She dared not let a single drop spill, even in her pleasure enduced state of mind. She sucked Heart's member clean, finally as it popped out, clean and wet. "Good girl~" Heart purred, petting Eclipsa's head. "Now you can have your reward." They said, shoving Eclipsa's head all the way inside their vag. Inside Heart's neithers, Eclipsa slid inside the new womb Heart made just for her, curling into a coiled ball as her tight and slimy enclosure was even harder than the vagina. Cords crawled over her. One entering her neithers, one covering her member, one inserting itself on her belly button. Two latching to her nipples, and one slipping into her mouth. She felt her body experience an orgasem again, hot jizz flowing inside her vag and into her womb from the cord inserted there, her own jizz getting pleasurably pumped out of her and off elsewhere, her teats getting sucked of their milk, which Eclipsa tasted as the liquid entering her mouth from that cord. "Cript's Lyra actually taught me this little set up." Heart said, their voice clear as day to her despite the flesh walls between them. She then felt her surroundings fill with liquid. "I'm not unbirthing you, not fully. I'll just both caring for you and pleasuring you, you are my pet after all~" Heart raised their tail to their face, giving a kiss to where Eclipsa was under. "Be a good girl and I'll let you play in the FUN cage like this again. Be bad and, well, Rune and Lyra taught me a lot, so we'll see what I decide to do with you. Don't worry, you won't miss your Date with Shy. I promise that. But you'll be in there for a while, your sperm is pumped into me, your milk feeding yourself, mixed with a little of your own cum, my cum is pumping inside your womb constantly, and the umbilical cord linking us is how you can hear me so well. You can talk too." "Yes master~ I promise to be a good slut for you from now on!" Eclipsa moaned through the cord "Good. I'll be exploring the rest of this world's Dungeons. Nestalgia and all. You just stay there and Don't worry you're sexy little tits my pet." Heart cooed, slithering out of the dungeon and off to explore. Eclipsa came again from the words spoken alone, letting herself let go and swim in the pleasure, her mind a submissive haze. It didn't take long for her to daze off into a blissful slumber, her dreams only intensifying her pleasure. Heart cleared each dungeon with the same childhood joy they had when first exploring this world as a game. Even the difficult secret dungeon was finally cleared by them. All in all they had fun, bit from the joy of reliving childhood victories, only better, and from their pet Eclipsa, happily squirming inside their own special womb cage Heart made for them. They had forgotten how fun it was to be dominant over their love. They would never hurt them, of course, but some spanking would have to be required as disaplan if needed, or wanted. With all dungeons cleared, Heart returned home, their own personal bed Chambers, while not needed, was kept as a luxury or for storage and private affairs. They placed all their new toys away, some light cleaning, and went to the private bathroom. A massage tub greeted them as they filled it to the brim with hot, but not boiling water. They slithered inside, resting happily against the edge. "Alright, time to come out." Heart said. Eclipsa awoken to her world shake and squeeze tight, the cords popping off her and liquid drain away as she was squeezed out back up Hearts neithers and out into the world. Hot water hit her face, and when she emerged it was between Heart's many breasts, head stopping between their top set and torso engulfed by the rest as the rest of her slid out lazily out of Heart and into their shared bath. Heart greeted her with a kiss. "Have fun on your special cage my pet?" In responce Eclipsa purred and nuzzled Heart, her mind still enwrapped in bliss. "Yes master, it was amazing~" she said with a slight giggle. "Good." Heart said, moving their arms so she was squished between their many breasts. "Now then, drink up." Heart said, guiding Eclipsa's mouth to their nipple. Eclipsa happy latched on, her own stretched nipples rubbing against her master as the milk flowed into her gullet with gusto. "Mmmmhh. Slowly now," Heart said, wrapping an arm around Eclipsa's shoulder not touching them at this feeding angle. "Good." Eclipsa hummed in pleasure as she relaxed her feeding and just let whatever felt right happen, a slight sound coming from her that sounded like. "Master~" “Always and forever.” Heart said, giving Eclipsa a kiss. With her feeding done Heart cleaned Eclipsa up, brushed her mane and fur, and dried her off. Eclipsa sat happily on the large bed, feeling particularly pleased and content as Heart rummaged though various shelves and boxes. "Looking for something specific master?" Eclipsa ask, by now having regained some sense, but even so, enjoyed being a submissive today. “Just something I remembered.” They said, opening another one, finding what they needed and slithering over to Eclipsa with it. “Close your eyes love.” Eclipsa obeyed with a smile, her tail coiling in excitement. She felt Heart wrap something around her neck, tighten it barely, not enough to hurt but enough to stay on. “Open your eyes.” Opening, Eclipsa saw she was now sporting a black leather choker, her name stitched in thick grey threading. There was also a small latch. “The latch is for is we decide to display you.” Heart said with a bit of a wicked tone. Eclipsa's heart pounded in her chest, first out of fear, memories from old lives coming to surface, then she turned to Heart, and it pounded for a different reason. This was not those times, and Heart, Heart was one whom she would already give her everything to. Eclipsa smiled happily, her trust in Heart, and her own genuine want and excitement over this development snuffing out the bad that dared threaten her happiness. "I love it master!" “I’m happy!” Heart said, scooping Eclipsa up in a hug, twirling around with her and wrapping their tails around one another as they fell into the bed. Heart kept Eclipsa right against their chest, between all their breasts, where they knew she belonged. Where all his loves belonged. “It’s made from… shit, I think Pinkie called it Galfornic Leather? Something like that, all I know is that it won’t break, stretches like rubber.” Eclipsa hummed in happiness. "Thank you master. I'm the luckiest pet alive, having a master like you." Eclipsa said, a single happy tear trailing down her face. “Glad to hear it. Now, your master needs cuddles.” Heart said, their grip on Eclipsa ever tighter. Eclipsa could hear Heart’s heartbeat, the soothing rhythm relacing her to sleep at Heart used magic to cover them with blankets, close the curtains, and the two drifted into a happy slumber. Chapter 23: Help From The VoidCript stood at the border between deepest void and creation. Hollow's home. The chaotic balance and beauty ruined by corpses and blood from the front lines spilling out. "Hollow!" Cript called out. “Yes?” Hollow said standing right behind him. "Hey there. God this mess…" Cript said, looking around. “Seen worse in the Void.” Hollow said. “But yes. This is a mess. Why’d you call me?” "Two reasons. One has to do with these bastards." Cript said, pushing away the floating corpse of a Nexus monster. "We need you help to-" Cript turned, shooting off a powerful pyromancy spell, obliterating a hidden assassin. "Sneak passed the front lines, and take them further on and expand into their territory." “I have some ways. I’ve been keeping an eye on Max as well. His Kings are currently hitting some Nexus facilities. At least he isn’t with Nexus.” Hollow said as he snaps his fingers cause spikes to kill some invisible monsters. "That's good." Cript sighed with relief. "So, how many ways?" “Not many. The Mother made a few artifacts that will detect most ways to enter. A few of the only other ways are either completely hidden from them or under serious guard.” He said. "Good. Any artifacts that can help the others with Void Attacks? King's Adventure into the Heroes Tomb has given them more than enough raw void materials." “Hm. A couple. Some I’ve made myself or discovered. One can convert Void into another energy source. I’ve made a few copies of it and it powers some defenses I’ve made. It’s like comparing a AA battery to a Nuclear Reactor. Another thing I found is an artifact that allows specific teleportation in Void, but for only up to five different areas.” Hollow said. "Better than none. Got a spare armory or two? Against the Nexus brats we can deal with that, but any Deletes or Void Beast will need either Nothingness or Void weapons to kill." “I have an armory hidden on a Dishonored world, and I know the irony, unfortunately a large Nexus platoon is sitting on it with their own armory. My holds not only an assortment of void weapons, a few void artifact weapons that I was planning on giving John. One of which is the same dagger...that created me.” Hollow said. "Good. We can get Nexus off that easy. Oh. A bit ago when King explored Coco's memories, he learned Void Key was hidden in the bottom of a well of sorts. Know any in the void that have any significance?" “A well? Hmm.” Hollow put his hand on his chin and thought of that. “Possibly. Depending on if it’s an actual well or if the place is called a well or something like that?” "Just that it looked like an old well and was likely in the Void Mother's territory." Cript said. “I’ll look into it when I get the chance. For now one of the hidden ways is through a special temple. It’s one of those bigger on the inside temples. It has many different openings in the void. One is in my territory.” Hollow said. "That will work great for sending troops. Setting up bases, supply shipments. Any other or that the only one?" “It’s the safest. The other two are… difficult. They have a machine like race in them that quickly adapt to any damage. They also pack a very mean punch with their attacks. Every Avatar I send in there gets destroyed. Farthest I got was two exits and..a vault of some kind. Not the only one either. I can’t open them and I doubt you could either.” Hollow says. "You know you'll lose that bet." Cript laughed. "Now, on to something of greater importance." “Like what?” Hollow asked. Cript oddly crossed their arms, there was a bright flash of light, and there was a baby in their arms. "Look how cute our daughter is!" Hollow looks at the little girl before giving Cript a deadpanned glare. “...did you seriously just bring/summon a baby to the front lines?” "Check again." Cript said, Hollow seeing they were now elsewhere, outside a small house surrounded by grassy flatland. “Where are we?” Hollow asked as he looked around. "You don't recognize your own childhood home?" Cript asked, opening the house door, inside brought back floods of memories to Hollow, the toys, the beds, the crack in the wall from when he and Core pushed God into it. That memory made him chuckle. “...it’s been so long I forgot. Time passes differently in the void. I completely forgot this place.” Hollow said looking around the house. “So one of your Clones stays here and raises her?” "Actually they raise her and the others back home." “Then why bring us here?” He asked "Little trip down memory lane. You know Core is back and alive. Still have no idea how Kexez pulled that off. And as part of a plan I have to break/erase history, meaning no more time travel, God will too. I want them all to see our kids." Hollow looked at his daughter. She looked human, her head with small amounts of jet black hair growing, deep brown eyes. She was dressed in a small pink shirt branded with a Hello Kitty, and a clean diaper. Cript placed her in a small, new and modern little playpen, filled with fluffy blankets and stuffed animals. “Never imagined I’d have a kid.” Hollow said, looking at her. “Kids, actually… You forget how my family… and me, breed right? That one time load from you gave me enough to have several… billion.” Cript said, wrapping her up in blankets. “Carla here was just the first born.” “Any of them touched with Void?” Hollow asked. Curious to know if they inherited it. “Most yes, but it all varies actually. Carla here is one of the stronger ones, she already has her own Void reserves she’ll be able to utilize once she’s older, for now it’s just there. For others the most they have is Void Resistance.” Hollow nods. "Well, that's good at least." "I think it's good, and the ones who don't take after you void wise take after you looks wise." "Hmm… In any case, this doesn't mean I'm joining your family." "Awh. Well, guess I expected that. Though, if you ever wanna just cuddle or a little something extra, or to just check in, give me a call." Cript said, a snap of their fingers as what looked like an old flip phone with void symbols scratched into its plastic appeared in his hand. "I'm the only number in there. Sorry it couldn't be more fancy, but it's not exactly easy mixing void with modern tech." “Unless you know what you're doing.” Hollow pocketing the phone. “On another matter how’s the others training?” "Heart, Eclipsa and King have all done impressively. While King turned himself into an immortal like me to pull it off, it works out considering it would have taken much longer Via normal method. That being said, Lord discovered a lot about how the storage drive stores data. Us. It's interesting to say the least." “Good to hear. Johns is going well also. Trying to get his body and base form stronger to better use his power. He is currently looking for me so I’ll have an avatar of mine appear for him. The other Kings of his are still searching for the last kings. While the one John found, Asura, is training to use Void as a substitute for Mantra.” Hollow said. "Huh. Looks like for now things are going well. Hey Hollow?" “If you weren’t holding Carla here I’d hit you for just saying that cliche jinx you just did.” Hollow deadpanned. "I did say for now. I expect things to go south at some point soonish. But, that's besides the point. Hollow, I've been… well, it's not a cure, but it's like a treatment, if you are interested." “Treatment for what?” Hollow asked. "Well… I know you can't be cured of your void, doing so might kill you, but you can have it suppressed from my attempt on you taught me. So, I managed to make these." Cript pulled out a white pill bottle from their Assistant. The label said it was for Hollow, held fifty tablets and that was all. "It's basically Pure Nothingness in small pill form. Take one and for three or six hours of the day, you'll be basically human. You can still use void but it will be significantly weaker and using it reducing the amount of time you have to feel human. They're yours, if you want to take them or not. I just remember how… happy you seemed when you were human for that day and thought, even if it's for a few hours a day, it would be something." “I’ll think about it.” Hollow said looking round the field. “Thanks..though.” Author's Note I am sure some of you saw this post from Xinrick or others if you follow them, but I will be posting this story and all others on hiatus to stockpile chapters so we can all release weekly chapter posts. Unsure on the length but we hope you keep us all bookmarked so when we do start posting, you will be notified. Chapter 24: Bloodless WarHeart sighed, reading over the paperwork. While paperwork was normally relaxing to them, after better accepting themself and their life, it was more of a drull than before. While he did have Starfish clones with his girls, kids and off doing whatever, they still found the paperwork side of the kingdom the most boring part about being omnipresent. As mentioned in Article FF9:07Y, Section 14, the new tax raise on raw materials will keep weapons and armor sales high as to- Heart dropped their head to the table. “Fuck this is redicules. I used to enjoy this work… how?” With a sigh Heart skimmed over the document. It could be summed up as higher taxes on raw materials to keep premade products in demand on the public's open market. "Denied." Heart said, stamping it so and tossing it into the reject pile. They continued this cycle for roughly four hours before the business hours of their office were done with. With a gleefully giggle and smile they headed off to partake in much more fun activities. The private rooms Lyra made for everyone was extremely nice. Heart already had his own private room but these private rooms for two or more groups of people have a great experience for getting to know everyone and enjoy each other much better and efficiently. Heart was wrapped around their chubby sun goddess Celestia. Being bigger than her, Heart took every Advantage, but today was simple cuddles and watching TV. "Why does he always yell at the cooks?" Celestia asked. "Mix between being entertaining and taking the profession way too seriously." Heart said. "I feel like I knew a chef just like him well bafortmetting you and the Nobody attacks on Equestria." "Really?" "Yeah. I can not remember their name though. But they were almost exactly like this Ramsay fellow." "Huh. Cool." Heart said, stretching their arms a bit before sliding between their coiled body, slithering in their own coiled body getting behind Celestia and hugging her and themselves by tightening their hold. "Love you." "And I love you." She cooed as the two kept watching TV. The places in the safe room went out far more than just grouped bedrooms, raising reality, and many more. Fact is there was also Den's hunting realm, and dungeons to practice fighting in, explore and enjoy. Heart was in such a dungeon, practicing blending their abilities and biology to adapt existing fighting styles. As a result as well as all the Keyblades and Key Armerments they can summon, they can also summon King's weapons, all within a partly fused state with their own body. A comparable example is like Wolverine and their claws, but across the entirety of their body. It made combat easier while also giving a unique adaptation to close combat. All in all, it made for some useful combat advantages. “Okay so Keyblades, along the arms, tail, back. Foundre on the knuckles can act like claws as well as along the fingers. Lunatic and/or Sky Splitter on the end of my tail. Frozen Pride on my humanoid back, that is my weakest area. So nine more combinations or locations along by body for some kind of attacks or defence.” They said to themselves. They will have to speak with King about training with their weapons. Heart took a break, heading to Den's hunting realm to mostly relax, enjoying the endless nature as they rested under a tree. The front lines were something bad. A purgatory of seemingly endless combat. Neither side able to push inwards into the others territory. Heart sighed. "At this rate the war isn't going anywhere. Then again that's likely what Vincent wants. Kill time to set up for the glitch. Cript better act on his plan soon." They got up, and headed off elsewhere. Opening a DTL they arrived to the sounds of gunfire, pained screams, inhuman roars, and deafening explosions. The front line. The space between creation and the void only spanned across a few light-years of space, while far, it was still small in comparison. In the time since it began, many a worlds, large-scale Ware ships and buts from creation and void blended together, forming a solid ground that became the front lines. A battleground littered with blood and corpses. "Heart?" Turning, Heart saw Cript approach them. "Surprised to see you here." "Got a little board. I wanted to… test something." Heart said, bringing out Second Chance. "I know Lyra, King, Coco, Kexez and Jericho have one. I have one because despite what it isz it is still a Keyblade, but what about the one you made?" "I'll need it for the time break." "How so?" "It's a few stages but no way simple. First, requires documenting all of time, future and history." "How?" Heart asked, surprised to hear that. "Long story short, Time Walkers and Grimm Reapers have now united. I'll explain in more detail later, but stage two is break time, and I will need Second Chance to help… clean up everything." "You mean all the displaced people, good and bad?" "Yes and… their is one thing but I'll need to talk to everyone else about it first before I actually break time. Well, two things hopefully the Foretellers will show up after your spat some time ago with them." Heart sighed, that was an unpleasant memory. "That aside, mind if I offer up a way to… piss Vincent off before you do what you're doing?" "If it's a way to further disappoint dear old dad then yes, what's your idea?" "Nexus, even his True Nexus that follow him blindly are pawns to him. Doesn't care if they are dead or alive either way, so, let's not kill, but save." Heart said, lifting up Second Chance. "I wanna see what he thinks when we win this war without further bloodshed." Cript smiled. "That would indeed piss him off." "Shall we?" Heart asked, giving Cript a hand to grasp. Cript took it, and into the battle they ran. The soldiers here were a mixed bag. Brave, afraid, trying to stay alive and having made peace with their approaching deaths. The trenches were littered in bullet casings, discarded and broken blades, fire arms of all variations and whatever supply crates made it there, which often wasn't many. As the bullets flew by, spells rained fire and the screams of Allie and Enemy alike filled their air, a strong sense of dread hung constantly in the air. Another wave and push from the enemy of the Void came by to claim the front most trenches. Low on medication, food and ammunition, the soldiers of the front trench felt their ends nearing. "Get down!" They looked, leaping high into the air, one of their rulers, Kingdom Hearts, and Cript, arrived. The sight of them began to allow hope to enter the soldiers hearts as Heart and Cript slashed across with Second Chance. The special Keyblade sending out massive energy waves over the front trench and at the approaching Void enemies. In multiple flashes of light where Nexus soldiers, and various Void residents once stood, now for a brief moment showed infants of all their respective races. Cript snapped his fingers, the infants vanished from the front lines and off to safety. "Come on men. You know my motto! No one is left behind! Dead or alive!" At those words, hope filled the soldiers, they stood, Cript sending out weapons, medicine, munitions, and food to all the trench soldiers. "Keep them occupied and destructed, Cript and I will get them." Heart said. Nodding, the soldiers began firing and Cript and Heart ran in. This was no slaughter, this was Salvation. Chapter 25: Unnornal Normal"Heart…" "Zeke…" It was an awkward meeting. Heart, formally Zeke, and Zeke, formally an alternative timeline where he met and loved Diane and Marcy, not also Eclipsa and King. "So, this is strange." Zeke said. "Yeah, it is." Heart agreed. "So, how's life?" "Been good, actually It's why I am here. As you know many Earths from God's mind were sent into creation after he died, including alternative timeline versions and all that. But, point is that Earth, our earth, is still just floating there uninhabited. I was thinking we should rebuild it." "That is a good idea. But not everyone from earth back then is even around anymore. The only ones likely left around from then are still those God shoved into reality, and we don't know how many that actually was." "Yeah but… still, we have to do something. Heart, we can finally do the things we've always wanted, and that includes things from back on Earth." "True. How can we though? We don't have Cript's skills as Admins, nowhere near that level." "I actually managed to talk to some Time Walkers, and they agreed to return Earth to it's proper state, exactly how it was the day God picked you up out of it." "People too?" Heart questioned, now getting excited. "Yes actually, save for those who left of fell out like our family and ect." "Well, then let's get to it. Got your list still?" "Yup!" Seeing earth restored back to life, December twelfth, twenty-twelve. "Looks good. Now then, time to have some fun!" Heart said, looking their list over. Thankfully the Time Walkers did alter the perceptions of everyone returned, so beings like how Heart is were always normal, allowing fast/instantaneous adjustment to reality. "Okay so what happened?" King asked while exiting a DTN near Heart. “Hey King!” Heart said, wrapping partly around the dire wolf and giving them a kiss. “Earth is back, Time Walkers doing and set back to december twelfth, twenty twqelve, only no craziness, no copies of us around and thanks to a little magic everyone can look at us and think it’s normal. Helps with the adjustment to how reality is.” “Alrighty then...that’s something.” King said honestly. “And cool, that’s good to know.” “Yeah. Zeke’s idea. So we will be completing my list of things I’ve always wanted to do way ago. Wanna tag along? We can make a date of it.” “Sure.” King said honestly. “I should...check on Diane one of these days...I haven’t checked on her in a while sadly, been too busy.” “Heh. Well then, let’s get going.” Heart said, pulling out a small old notebook. “Let’s see…” “Alright, so what’s the first thing you want to do?” King asked curiously. “Heh! Movies! Never got to set foot in a theater.” “Really?” I asked curiously. “Seriously, have none of you ever decided to pick up disguises or something?” “Tried. Failed. So, what to watch? This is your hometown I believe, so where is the theater?” “It would be over here.” King said while heading off towards the movie theatre. Walking up, King found it funny how giddy Heart was, from the simple act of buying the tickets to the snack choices and even messing with the small arcade corner while they waited to watch Silent Hill: Revelations. “My cousin Mark had arcades like this.” Heart said, playing MRS. Pacman. “Collected them, stole them.” “Sounds about right.” I nodded. “Now if memory serves, in our realm where time actually went way past twenty twelve, the Silent Hill movie kinda sucks.” King said while trying to remember all the things he immediately looked into that happened after twenty twelve. “Not watching it for the scares, more for the fun of it. Love watching the movies that are CGI heavy and seeing if they are at least well made or meh.” “It’s live action you know that right?” I asked curiously. “Seriously?” “Yeah, there might be some CGI in it, but it’s all live action.” King said honestly. “Huh. Well either way, still should be fun.” The two played the arcade games til the movie started. King was right, the movie was bad, but Heart enjoyed it nonetheless, even enjoying their time next to and with King, who enjoyed the movie more being with a loved one. The two left the movies with a laugh, holding hands. “That feel like a teenage stereotype?” Heart asked. "A little, but I'm happy." King said happily. "Same, I never got to have a teenage life. Never really got to have a life. Oh! Next item!" Heart said, taking their book out and crossing off the movie theater. "Next check item, car make out session, and lead that to car sex. You wanna be the football player or the cheerleader for this little role-play~" “I always wanted to see you as a cheerleader.” King chuckled. “So I’ll be the football player.” "Ooh. Then you go buy a nice hotride while I do a little shopping~" “Sure.” King nodded. “Always wanted to buy a nice car, but never had the money...also will we be humans when we do this to actually fit in the car?” "Hmm… why not humans." Heart said, shifting to their first, original female form, a well healthy bodied female human, long blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. "Go full male for the fun of it~" “Alright.” King said while shifting back into their human form, a simple healthy male body that looked like they were exercising for two years and looked well built and strong. “Hope I’m not too ‘stereotypical’.” King said sheepishly. Heart got on their toes, giving King a well placed deep kiss. "Looking forward to seeing you naked without boobs, never got to feel you up before~" With that, Heart left towards a small Strip Mall across the road, King smiling while they headed over to the car dealership. “Alright, so which car should I get…” King muttered while looking around the dealership. "Hello there sir. Anything of interest?" A dealer said, walking up to me. “Got anything that could impress a girl? Got a serious date tonight and I don’t want to let her down.” "Oh, romantic are you? Well what's this girl like? Is she a love bug, social advocate, wild child?" “She is all of that and so much more.” King sighed out dreamily. "Heh. Well in that case a convertible will keep her adrenaline going, a truck will let her know you got money and, given your figure adds to her knowledge you are quite the hard worker, or, you want something stylish, classic, and powerful?" “Can never go wrong with the classics am I right?” King pointed out. "Then may I recommend this old beauty?" The dealer said, walking me over to a light blue Ford mustang. "Engine runs, got a lot of miles, but does need a little work on the suspension. Other than that, it's good. 60k, wanna work on a payment plan inside?" “It’s perfect.” King said with a smile while looking over the Mustang. “But Sixty Grand?” The den mother in disguise asked, wondering if he should just pull out all the money right now or just work through the plan. "It's a classic. And for it's condition, even with the miles on it the condition of the engine and all original parts, would typically go for much more." King nodded, the dealer about shit themselves as he took out the full sixty grand. Inside the paperwork was filled and King drove off with the keys. One of the few things King did remember from the few times browsing Cript's company digital store, he did find one helpful item. A small device that, once placed on a car converts it to modern engines. All electric, but keeps the roar and triples the power. “Ah, that’s better.” King smiled. “Thing needed a quick tune up.” As King drove up to the mall, their jaws dropped. Heart now wore a mini skirt, blue sneakers, a tight fit but complementing pink top, hair done up in a single well braided ponytail. Their face was well done with red lipstick and perfectly applied eyeliner. Heart walked up to the passenger window, a walk that showed off their hips. "Well hey there handsome~" King gave a low whistle. “Damn, you look amazing.” "Anything for my babe." Heart said, taking a seat inside of thef car. "So, where is a nice, isolated, romantic place we can make out at, then fuck at?" “Well…” King started while driving off to a good spot. “I think I got a good spot.” The drive was a while but the two arrived at an abandoned drive in theater. The lot abandoned by the bank and town but kept clean and in use by teens for privacy or to watch movies from their own projectors on the large screen. "This is cool." Heart said. “Yeah, sadly it was abandoned but everyone’s still using it for what it’s used for.” I said with a smile. “Just enjoying movies and the privacy.” "Well privacy is all we need~" Heart said, taking a seat on King's lap, their back against the driver's side door, arms wrapped around his neck and torso as they began a passionate kiss, alone together and uninterrupted. King kissed back passionately, wrapping one arm around Heart's waste and one hand reaching down and grabbing her plump ass. Heart moaned, enjoying the passionate make out session as the felt over King's torso. "Looks like your human form got quite the upgrade~" Heart teased, putting their hand under King's shirt and feeling more of their love. “Thankfully all my training actually translated to my other forms. No shapeshifting involved, just pure me.” King said warmly. "Hmmm. That's hot~" Heart said lustfully. As Heart moved to have King laid down across the long single seat of the car, getting on top of them they smiled, lifting up and off their shirt. No bra. Heart smiled as they then began to feel and squeeze Heart's busty chest, making her blush a deep red that turned both on even moreso. “Still wonderful.” King said warmly, fondling the big breasts happily and just loving the feel of the fleshy orbs. Nodding, Heart then unbuttoned King's pants, pulling down the zipper and unleashing the flesh rod inside. It wasn't as long or big as their dire wolf form, but by human standards it was big. Heart happily gave it a quick hand stroke, ensuring it was ready as they moved their skirt up, and underwear to the side and rose up, and slid down onto King's member. Both parties moaning happily as King's rod entered Heart's moist tunnel. "This count as cowgirl style?" Heart asked with a goofy smile. “Yes, yes it does.” King moaned happily. “You're still so god damn tight…” "Heh, well then, time to get riding~" Heart said, placing both hands on King's chest as they in a slow rhythmic motion went up and down along his member, grunts and moans accompanied sexual slaps that filled the car with a lustful musk. King groaned happily, reaching around and groping Hearts ass roughly as he enjoyed her riding him. With a firm hold on Heart's ass, King thrusted upwards, sending a jolt of pleasure into Heart as he began applying force. Drool and a tongue fell out of Heart's mouth as King kept pounding, bringing her down enough to rest their breasts just under King's neck. The two lovers began to kiss again, passionately as they locked lips and wrestled tongues. King moaned loudly, thrusting faster and harder into Heart as he felt his climax building very quickly. Heart and King began slamming hard against one another, as both their limits were reached, Heart grabbed King tightly, her climax clenching King's rod as he flooded her womb with semen. Pumping more after the first shot went in. With both done Heart and King kept kissing lovingly, Heart sleepily resting their head on King's cheat. "Next time… I'm the jock, and you'll be a big tittied Goth GF." "Sure." I panted. "Love you." With both those crossed off and Heart and King cleaned off, the two went off to do other things. The next was one King was happy to help with. Applying for a Library Card. "So this is your town library?" Heart asked, the building old, but large and went up a story and below two. "Yep, and it's basically been a second home to me." I smiled. "So you know where all the really good books are shelved?" Heart asked. "Oh yeah." King nodded while showing Heart around the library. King noticed every book Heart looked over they read at a much slower pace than they knew Heart could read at, but shrugged it off. Heart was enjoying themselves, savoring the little things they never got to before. As King was reading The Hunger Games, Heart was reading a King Arthur book. "How are you liking the books?" King asked curiously. "This is great. It's so peaceful here. And way more fun than reading pirated Ebooks books." "So...you literally haven't read a single book when you were back home?" King asked. "Physical books, mostly stolen gun manuals, old school books and Dummies Guide To- books. Running from the law since birth leaves little time for self enjoyment." "No I meant when you were in Equestria when you had all the time in the world." King said. "You...never decided to do half this crap when you had the time?" "Well, when I first arrived it was in ruins, then went to Traverse town and picked up people who lost their worlds, found myself basically in charge of a new breed of Keyblade Wielders, making contact with the other worlds, gaining allies, ect. After a while all my free time was either with the kids or with the girls." “Sounds about right.” King shrugged. "So, I take it you have read all these books already?" Heart asked, looking back at all the shelves. “Yes, several times.” King said honestly. "Cool. So, onto the next thing?" “Sure.” King nodded. “What’s going to happen now?” "Next would be buy my own house." "Seriously?" King deadpanned. "Yeah. I've lived in cars, abandoned buildings and houses where the family was off on vacation for years. The castle is home but I would like to buy one of my own." "Alright alright." King nodded. "Want something fancy or some normal house?" "Depends, got a list of available houses in this town?" "Well…" King pulled out a laptop and checked the listings real quick. There was, in total of the town, seven houses for sale. Two were more modern, nice houses with lots of yard space, the others were in known suburban areas. "Hmm…" Heart hummed, looking them over. "I think I will take them all." “You do know that’ll be weird to the people right?” King brought up. “Buying seven houses that you’ll probably never use.” "I'll rent them out. But it's not like we can't afford it. Besides, once Cript begins merging earth here with the kingdom it won't be the weirdest thing ever." "True." King shrugged. "But it'll be weird for everyone here given time frames." "Just something they will have to adjust to." Heart shrugged. Much like the car dealer, the salesmen of the houses all about shit themselves when we paid in cash upfront. They didn't even think such a thing was possible. The main house Heart and King now resided in was one of the larger new houses. New, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, pool, three car garage. "Now for furniture." Heart said, the two standing in the empty living room. "This one we can use the Assistant for." "Cool." King nodded as they helped decorate the place. Everything looked perfect, and to take a break King and Heart cuddled in their new bedroom, both still in their human forms. "One of many homes." Heart said, cuddled up to King in their arms on the bed. "Yep, and they are all ours." King smiled warmly, happy to cuddle his love. "It feels nice to actually have places to call home." Heart quickly checked a few things off the list. "In a while we can do the next thing. Gardening." "Gardening is nice " King said honestly. "I've dabbled in it every once in a while." "Imagine the yard. Tree, flowers, beautiful grass, fruit trees, Berry bushes. Grape and strawberry vines hugging the tree trunks. It will look amazing." “Well thankfully we have about four acres of land from all the houses we bought.” King shrugged. Heart sighed happily, cuddling into King more. "Let's just take a quick cuddle break for half an hour more then… oh shoot." Heart said. King looked around, the sun was almost gone as the clocks began to read six thirty in the afternoon. "Well, guess we can wait til the morning for that. Either way, lets us still do other stuff." “Well what other stuff do you want to do?” King asked while cuddling more with Heart. "Well, given we don't need to sleep let's do house stuff. I can cook some stuff and then we can just watch TV all night." “Sounds good.” King nodded. “There should be some stuff on...god, twenty twelve shows and movies…” "Heh." Heart laughed. Half an hour passed before King and Heart got up and out of bed. The two started to cook. The kitchen was large and spaces enough for the both of them to cook. Heart was making a large stewpot, and King was working on an oven grilled rib rack. "It feels so strange, just cooking." Heart said with a smile. “Eh, it happens.” King shrugged. “Now I can show you how much I’ve learned about making ribs cause they are so good.” "And I can show you that you can make soup out of anything." Heart replied happily. “Soup and Ribs, sounds like a nice dinner.” King chuckled. "So, where did you learn to cook ribs?" “From several teachers, a whole lotta books, and a crap ton of trial and error.” King said simply. “Heh. I learned in my spare time and a lot of stolen food. Five star restaurants stock so much they largely don’t even realize when they are missing product unless it’s wine.” “Sounds about right.” King nodded. Heart gave King a taste of the soup. Hearty and thick from all the meat, and flavor from the seasonings and vegetables. “Learned to make this from a cookbook of an italian cook my dad stole food and his cookbook from.” “Tastes good.” King nodded. “Try the ribs, hope I got the sauce down right.” Heart took a bite of the rib meat. The sauce is sweet with a tang and a spicy aftertaste, the meat soft and the outer skin a light crispy taste. “It’s good! You made that sauce?” “Yes I did.” King nodded. “Took me a while but glad it’s good.” Once it was all done, the two sat down and ate. Ate and talked about their lives before 2012, some of the things they did after before meeting one another. “So I tell Shining, if he values his mental image of his sister, don’t enter that room, and as I crash on the guest bed, I hear a scream and a thunk, and Twilight yelling ‘Shining! That lube was not for you!’.” Heart said, the two laughing. “Oh my god, I cannot believe that happened.” King laughed uproariously. “I got way too good avoiding their advances. Course once I married them and stopped avoiding them I started quickly learning how to keep them all happy, both in the bed and in life.” “And I was really good in bed and a train wreck with a lot of emotional stuff.” King sighed out. “Natural endurance or stamina? Or spells and a lot of porn?” Heart asked with a laugh. “Yes.” King shrugged. “It started with magic cause...well first time and all, then natural endurance kind of took over.” “Heh. I find it funny, Luna was your first time, Celestia was mine. Well, she was the one to swipe my V-card first, the others all went in like a line or something. Memories of that were fuzzy. First time having sex and first time in an orgy.” “First was Luna, then an orgy with Twilight Rarity, Pinkie, Luna and Zecora...then too much sex after that.” “I know the feeling.” Heart said with a laugh. “Course these days sex is more just part of our lives and not so much awkward or social tabo.” “Oh yeah, it’s very different.” King said honestly. “If you could tell your past 2012 self anything, what would it be?” “Your story is long, and hard, and you’ll be about as long and hard for the infinite amount of wives you'll have.” King joked. Heart laughed. "I'd tell my past self to not be such a stick in the mud." "True." King shrugged. "But we all learn new things." "And I have learned to enjoy life. So, I'm ready for dessert, you?" "Yes I am." King smiled. "What kind of dessert do you want?" "Well, we can enjoy something sweet, or, you sit on the couch and in about… five minutes I show you how good this body looks in various skimpy outfits, and we enjoy that til sunrise? Hubby's choice." “Hmm...tempting.” King said honestly. “Not sure which is better, a bunch of ice cream or you in skimpy outfits.” "And sex of course. I'm feeling especially kinky, guess I get horny when I'm happy." Heart said with a small laugh. "A compromise then. You sit down with snacks on that couch, and I will go get changed. Sounds like a plan?" “Sounds like a plan.” King nodded with a smile. King happily got up and over to the couch while Heart went to the next room to Change. King unzipping their pants and taking out their semi erect cock and their balls as well. He happily munched away at some snack foods, waiting for Heart to arrive, and wondered what and how little they would be wearing. “Wonder what clothes she’ll pick?” King wondered to themselves, thinking of all the lewd clothes they might choose. A few minutes passed and Heart emerged out. Their outfit was a single price outfit, long fishnet stockings up to their rear, a clear opening made to expose their nethers and ass. Their torso wrapped in skintight latex that pushed their breasts up. And a black choker was around their neck, made of a flimsy cloth material. "Like?" Heart said, standing with legs spread wide enough to show her wet pussy was ready and waiting. “I didn’t know you were for dessert.” King said, his semi hard cock now at full mast at the sexy display. "And I will happily eat mine now." Heart said, getting to their knees and taking King's Cock in one hand, slowly stroking it while cupping his balls, giving gentle movements to the body parts. “Ah, that feels nice.” King moaned happily. “You are amazing at this hon.” Heart then began licking their lips, giving gentle kisses to King's balls, moving to the base of his rode, and up along the shaft til she reached the head, where she then let her wet tongue hang out, and lick from King's balls to the tip of his cock, getting the meat stick wet and trembling under the pleasure. Once every side had been licked wet she didn't waste time, opening wide as she took all of King's Cock inside her mouth and partly down her throat. Moaning happily Heart began bobbing her head rapidly, one hand keeping hold of King's balls and the other giving herself a deep fingering. King moaned happily, gently rubbing Heart’s head lovingly. “Just like that.” As Heart sloppily bobbed up and down King's Cock, the moved their hand that was holding his balls to aid in the with the other in getting their pussy drenched. Heart bobbed hard, using their tongue to get both King's testicals in their mouth as they sucked hard. King felt the pressure building up, enjoying every second as Heart went back to bobbing along their member. As King was about to cum, Heart gave one last hard bob down to King's base, Letting all their cum flow down their throat and letting their body and Symbi take care of where it goes, mainly, into their womb. Heart sucked the remaining sperm out of King's Cock from that load, a sloppy pop when they came off. "Ready for the next dress?" “Next dress please.” King panted happily. "BRB." Heart said, happily running back to the nearby room. “Well this is going to be a fun night.” King chuckled while drinking some water. Some minutes later, Heart reemerged, again, dressed in latex, but also with arms bound by Velcro restraints, boots on mute no form of clothing around the waist whatsoever, the same latex too pushed their breasts up. And a blindfold covered their eyes. They made it to sit on King's lap. "Have your way with me, my King~" Heart purred, her lustful words to King who was already discarding their shirt and pants and underwear. “Didn’t think you were into bondage.” King said while immediately placing Heart onto the couch they were on and shoving their dick straight into her cunt. "Mugh~!" Heart moaned as King proceeded to declare he owned her cunt, pounding it hard and relentless as Heart continued to moan happily in bliss. King was having his way, grabbing her ass tightly, lifting her up to suck her tit and drink from it. "Yes~ yes! Harder, fill me with cum like a water balloon!" King growled in response, doubling their efforts in pounding Heart’s pussy to give her exactly what she wanted. Heart and King both felt Symbie giving some aid to that request. King felt his balls swell some, making pressure build as Symbie increased his cum production. Heart felt her I sides burning as King pounded her, enjoying every moment, every thrust with whore worthy lust. The pressure became impossible for King to hold back, and so he let it flood Heart's insides, pounding still as his cum inflated her, like a balloon. Heart twitched and gurgled as their belly stretched out, breaking the latex clothing as it swelled to the size of nine months pregnant with triplets. When King's cum finally stopped flowing he fell next to Heart, arms barely able to wrap around her massive, jiggling cum filled gut. “How’d...you like that?” King panted. "Hmmmuhg…" Was all Heart could reply. The two stayed that was all night, Heart letting King grope and fuck them, expanding their already swollen belly. When morning came King swelled Heart up to the size of a loveseat. Heart enjoyed it immensely. “Feel like a water balloon?” King asked with a smile. "I feel like a cum dumpster and I fucking love it~" Heart said happily. “Glad you love it.” King said honestly. “I...was a little nervous you wouldn’t like this kind of thing to be honest.” "Well, I learned back on that Pokemon world to embrace my life for what it is rather than what I wanted it to be. Now then, mind doing me a favor?" “What is that?” King asked curiously. Heart smiled, shifting their legs back into a Naga tail. Just their legs. They kept their upper half human as their swollen cum belly quickly flattened back out. "You fucked me all night King." Heart said, slithering up to King, grabbing them and placing their head between their breasts. "Care to take a rest for a while?" She asked, her tongue now snake like and gave King's face a lick. “Sure.” King sighed out warmly as he cuddled up with Heart. Smiling, Heart gave King a strong hug before engulfing his head, his torso and legs following fast til he was inside one of Heart's many bellies. "You rest up in there now, okay? I'm gonna get the gardening supplies. When I let you out, mind being that Big Titied goth gf you said you'd be in the car yesterday?" “Okay okay fine.” King said from inside Heart. With a smile and nod, Heart put on a bra and shirt then slithered out of the house. Driving as a Naga was not hard at all, and after a quick run by the Home Depot, Heart was in the front yard, gardening supplies and plants all laid about ready to be used. "Alright King, let's see that thicc juicy goth GF body." Heart said with a smile, using their tongue to pull King out. As King came out, Heart’s jaw dropped. Thicc and juicy were very apt to say the least, with E cup breasts straining against a black ‘Metallica’ T-shirt without a bra, thighs as plump as a basketball straining against dark purple thigh high socks, gorgeous black hair that both has a bang covering one of their eyes and a long ponytail, blue jeans slightly torn at the knees, plain black shoes, just enough fat on her not too call her ‘fat’ but ‘packed’, and finally an ass that looks like it’s wanting to escape their leather prison and jiggle without end. “Like it dweeb?” King asked in a sexy goth tone. "Hot… also Goth looks, perfect. Goth attitude… tone it down kinda?" Heart asked, shifting back to human form, taking their original human male form. “Oh you're no fun.” I chuckled. “So anyways, big titties, thicc as hell thighs, and I even tested it, this ass does not quite jiggling.” King said with a quick little sashay of their hips and the jeans looked like they wanted to cry. "Damn girl, looking forward to making all that jiggle. Anyway, grab a shovel and let's start making this place look like paradise." “Alright.” King nodded while grabbing a shovel and getting to work. “Gonna suck working in black clothing in the middle of the day…” “It’s not like you can’t just say no to feeling hot from work and all that.” Heart shrugged. “Even if you miss out on the chance of seeing me have to work with no shirt on?” King teased. “As much as I would love that, while our neighbors are far away, anyone who drives by would see.” “Alright fine.” King said. “No flaunting these jugs out in public.” King shrugged. “But after I’m done being your goth gf, we’re doing something I’ve always wanted to do but...never had the chance to.” “What’s that?” Heart asked. “Um…” King blushed. “Well...you going back to being my girlfriend and...well...fucking in public…” King muttered the last part. “Seriously? We could basically do that back home in front of the others. Or does it have to be strangers?” “It...sadly has to be strangers.” King blushed brighter. “It could either be ‘keeping it hidden in front of people’, or just full blown not caring who sees...I don’t know why I get off to that…” King said nervously. “I mean...we could have technically done it back home in front of our people...don’t even get me started on a weird fantasy I’ve had during court sessions…” King started to work to get out of their embarrassment cycle as Heart knew exactly what King was talking about. Heart chuckled a little. “Pretty sure having sex in front of our kingdom would damage your reputation as the crown’s face… though it does give me an idea, a way of having that without them knowing it’s us.” “I mean, even if I’m the Crown’s face, I have openly talked about free love, and exhibitionism is more ‘by area’ kind of thing.” King mentioned. “Remember, just because I do talk shows doesn’t mean I haven’t also done a lot of photo shoots with lewd outfits.” “I know that, but full on showing it all out there and skimpy outfit photos are two diffrent things. EIther way, here.” Heart said, from their Assistant they pulled out a magazine. Shapeshifters Lovely. Extremely sexual graphic pictures of high ranked people in the government/crown but they were all various shapeshifters. “It’s not like we can’t shapeshift anyway. So, they are holding their theater showing, basically they will be having a packed audience of perverts watching shapeshifters looking like many in the crown. You are actually one of the crowd favorite forms, with yours truly in third place.” “So who’s second?” King asked, honestly not surprised at how they were the crowd favorite all things considered. “As of our marriage to Cript, your Zecora.” Heart said. “Huh, surprising.” King said honestly. “I sadly haven’t checked on Zecora, but she must be pretty big.” King shrugged. “So basically this theatre is where I could live out my exhibitionist fantasy? Oh those poor shapeshifters.” “Pretty much. Twin, Pinkie, yours and mine, and Rune all go there as shapeshifters when in reality they are going there as themselves. Fact is, it’s boomed into a mini porn company Rune started. Both your and mine where they advertise the ladies and herms and such as shapeshifters when in actuality it’s the real deal royalty gone wild. Lyra loved it while Heart just shook their head, something about some planet all over again or something.” “Sounds about right.” King shrugged. “But what planet?” “Don’t know, was a little busy flipping through the magazin and loving my and your Celestia’s making out on the center page.” "Sounds about right." King shrugged. "Still find it kinda strange that those videos and magazines sell so much… then again maybe not." “It’s porn, why not.” King shrugged. "That's what I realized." Heart and King went about working on the yard, front and back. As the day went in the trees, flowers, and other plants were set up. King had to admit, it all looked lovely. With that all done Heart placed a blanket under their new tree, sandwiches and soda's to eat as they sat beside one another, Heart enjoying this form King was in greatly. “This is nice.” King said warmly as they enjoyed their food after a hard day’s work. "It sure is." Heart said, wrapped in King's arms and legs in their sitting position. In a sense King was keeping Heart close, their massive breasts almost swallowing Heart from their torso up and thighs covering their legs. “How’s it feel being the little spoon for once?” King asked with a grin. "I was largely the little Spoon. Have to be when you have a herd. But this is nice, super soft and comfy. Molds to my form perfectly." “Also because you like being in between big soft squishy titties?” King teased. "Who wouldn't?" Heart asked, giving a light pat to King's breasts, the two mountains jiggling for a minute after the pat. "Being able to shapeshift and alter forms is the best." “Shapeshifting is always fun.” King chuckled. “Most useful ability I learned, and hell I know an even better version of the basic shape shifting from my King abilities.” "Yeah…" Heart said, resting happily. Both King and Heart's assistants rang. Heart took a fast look. "Oh wow." “Oh?” King hummed curiously. “What’s up?” "Cript's gonna start a new update. It will allow us to share Skill Trees when we are married to someone." “That won’t lead to broken things at all.” King said offhandedly. "Well it has to have nerfs, right?" “Probably will be sub tree’s instead of full.” King shrugged. "Likely." Heart said. Once the update finished he looked it over. The long, long many "seeds" of the other skill trees were present. Taping one made it sprout, and from there it upgraded like a normal one. "Well, start from square one then. Cool." “Sounds about right.” King said while starting to fill in the skill trees. “Would you believe me if I said, even after maxing out all the skill tree’s I could, I still have too many skill points from years of leveling and not using a single skill point?” "Sounds about right." Heart said, doing the same but for my Skill tree they now have access to. “Yeah, but now that we’re all one person we all technically have maxed out skill points...also we now have our fusion’s skill trees given some of them are new races.” "Well, at least it makes sense for us to be able to have access to Skill trees. So, wanna try out the new pool? I wanna see that hot body in a two piece swimsuit." “Of course.” King said. “Can’t wait to show off all of this to you.” "Then let's head in, change and head on out to the backyard pool." Heart said, the two getting up and heading off. Being male Heart had a simple pair of swim trunks. With King, they had a pretty standard two piece swimsuit all things considered, even if it was damn near a thong given their proportions, and Heart saw every wonderful inch of it and enjoyed every curve and jiggle that came with it. "Need sunscreen?" Heart asked. “You know me so well.” King said with a little grin as they laid down on a towel. “Make sure to get everything, not need to burn up in this sun.” Grinning, Heart took out several sunscreen bottles, knowing more may be needed, and began applying it. King enjoyed the physical contact, and enjoying it even more so as Heart massaged the sunscreen onto them. "Rarity actually taught me how to massage. Given at the time there was no spa's and all that." “Well she certainly knew what she was teaching.” King sighed out happily. "She's had enough to memorize what to do." Heart said, reaching more thrilling areas. Lower to King's rear, their hands sinking into the thickness of King's ass as he rubbed in the sunscreen. Getting to the thighs and teasing as they rubbed in between King's legs. “That feels nice, hopefully your hands don’t get lost down there.” King chuckled. "Heh." Was all Heart replied. Once King's backside was completely covered, they turned around, and that's when the fun began. Heart starting at the head, working down the way to King's breasts. Once there two bottles were emptied and the top thrown aside. Heart used both hands to firmly and thoroughly massage every inch of King's milk makers. King gave a content sigh, loving how much Heart was rubbing their breasts as a small trickle of breast milk flowed out. “Oh uh...I keep forgetting about that…” King said sheepishly. "I'd drink it, but the sunscreen will kill the flavor." Heart said with a sigh, finishing up King's breasts before moving into their belly. Giving King a little tickle before slipping lower. Another bottle emptied, now King laid naked as Heart massaged in the remainder sunscreen on their thighs, leg's, feet, and once it was done began rubbing between King's legs. Their vaginal lips dripped with need and desire. "You sure enjoyed it." Heart said, tracing a finger around King's nethers. “Not my fault it felt good.” King moaned softly. "So, shall I, or will we take this inside?" “You know you want to take me by the pool.” King said seductively. “So come on Heart, fuck me.” Nodding, Heart pulled their trunks down, letting their rod, already at full mast, fall out. It was about the same as King's when male. Heart gave King's neithers a quick fingering, making sure the juices flowed before placing the tip at the entrance. In a slow single thrust, Heart put every inch of their dick inside King, who moaned happily. "God you're soaked and so hot. You wanted this well before the massage Haven't you?" “Listen, I’ve been wanting to fuck myself since I managed to see myself in a mirror.” King said. "And something tells you you have since Starfish clones." Heart said, pinning King down and keeping a hand on each breast, squeezing their nipples as milk squirted out. Heart began thrusting hard, in a fast thrusting motion as they kept squeezing the milk out of King. King moaned happily, loving how Heart is taking them right now. “Don’t be...too rough on my tits.” King moaned. "You love it~" Heart purred, now groping and moving their hands along all of King's breasts, keeping the force needed to keep their milk squirting out as the pounded their cunt harder and faster. “Well then fuck me harder.” King moaned happily. Heart gladly obayed, King feeling them thrust hard enough to make their ass move in waves as they groped and squeezed their breasts, King's milk flowing out in mini rivers along their body and to the floor. The minutes flew by, both Heart and King enjoying the poolside lustful fun. Soon a few hours had already passed and King's milk formed a large puddle under the two that mixed with her pussy juices. Heart had already blown three loads in the time that passed, and each new load he pumped into King made him go faster, harder. At three hours, Heart pulled out of King, turning her around and shoving his cock into her ass to the base, and proceeded to pound it with the same force and speed as he did her cunt. “So fuck swimming for the day?” King asked in between how rough Heart is,. Heart didn't answer, rather kept pounding away, pumping. A load down King's ass and kept going. King had no idea Heart liked being rough, but they enjoyed it greatly. “Glad you're having fun Heart.” King said lovingly, their ass jiggling like jello in an earthquake. More hours passed and the sun began getting Low. Heart had blown four loads into King's ass, between their cunt and ass King looked easily four months pregnant, their cum stuffed insides swelling just adding to their pleasure. Finally, Heart pulled out of King's ass, flipping them back over and standing over them. Getting on their knees and almost sitting on their bloated belly, they took King's breasts in hand and began thrusting between them, milking them as they did so. King put the book she was reading to the side, looking up at Heart. “Enjoying yourself there hon?” King asked, given how long they’ve been fucking their big tittied goth gf. "You might wanna move the book sexy~" Heart huffed, King moving it aside as Heart blew a load right into their face, still thrusting more so as more of Heart’s cum was blasted onto King's face. King opened their mouth and let any of Heart’s seed fly into her mouth. When Heart saw them doing this, they slid further, King getting a face full of their own breasts while Heart deepthroated King, slapping their balls against King's chin and pumping cum down King's hungry mouth. The moon was high up when Heart finally stopped, happily carrying the largely cum bloated King inside and onto the bed where Heart let King squish them under their breasts and cum swollen belly. “And here I was wondering if we were going to swim.” King chuckled. "Oh we will. You helped me cross a lot off my list these past few days, so I'll return the favor. Tomorrow, you, me, the secret not shapeshifters porn studio and theater, and a crowd of how every many you want watching. Filmed and then sold where you can enjoy in knowing you are both the crown face and crown slut like the rest of us~" Heart cooed to King from under their breasts and cum inflated belly. King smiled warmly, before shifting back into their Den Mother form, their belly flattening but it was replaced by the wonderfully warm floof as King cuddled with Heart. “Thank you.” Heart shifted back to A Floof Noodle, gently wrapping around King as the two slept for tomorrow. Chapter 26: Dates"You'll do fine Eclipsa." Heart said, brushing the hair of their love Eclipsa, who sat in a pile of their own coiled lower half in front of a mirror. Their clothes consisted of a bright blue and pink dress, all one piece. Red lipstick and black eyeliner decorated her face. "I hope. Shy was really hurt by my mistakes, I'm happy she sees I've changed and wants to reconnect but I'm just so worried." Eclipsa said with a sigh. "You two have a son together, even if a spark can't be ignited Jr will bind you two forever, be it a separated relationship or a married one." "I'd prefer married. Jr needs his mom." "Even with a joint custody relationship he'd have her and you two can still stay friends, but remember, Sparks can take a while to burn back into fire. Remember that this is likely gonna take a while." "I figured." "So where are you two meeting at?" "Mocana Altrive. This fancy place in the upper food district of the kingdom. "Upper as in it's floating or flying in the air?" "Both I guess. Upper these days means it's in the sky not high class. Central is ground and lower means literally underground." "She is a Pegasus, guess being in the air is just second nature." "True, but the lower district has the best smokehouses." "You and I will go there someday then." "Yes, yes we should." "Good, but right now the focus is Fluttershy. Remember everything about her. Favorite flowers, foods, perfumes, everything." "Right. So a bouquet of Lavender and maybe a box of chocolate covered strawberries." "Save the sugar coated fruit for date two, too much right away will set you off as desperate." "I am desperate." "Either way. Don't immediately talk about old times unless she brings them up and don't use Jr as some playing card." "I'd never." "Good. Just making sure. Well, best I can do." Heart said, Eclipsa hair in a long beautiful bun and ponytail combo that shined a little in the light. "It looks great!" Eclipsa said, looking her hair over. "Good. Well, go get her lovebird." Eclipsa sat across from Fluttershy at the restaurant, it had been booked entirely, as so no autograph searching citizens or fans would ask for pictures, autographs or just disrupt the date. "Good call making this private." Fluttershy said, the mare dressed in a stunning tight dark red dress, with a sky blue set of eyeliner and lipstick to complement her dress. "Heh, well the downside to being a famous Royal and all." Eclipsa said with a scratch to the back of her head. "Have to admit, this place is amazing. Since this Kingdom got off its feet, even with starfish clones I've been extremely busy. Paperwork and meetings and ugh." "I can imagine. So, what is it you oversee exactly?" "Mostly things involving the children of the kingdom. School fundings, parks, ect." "I see. Explains why the public parks look akin to carnivals." Eclipsa chuckled. "Yeah well between what King had when he inherited his castle and such from the prior Nothingness King and Cript's own fortune with his company and such keeping the people and therefore children happy and well isn't an issue. Though Leon handles security, both at the war front and domestic." "So each of you all handle something? Even Star and Blitz?" "Heh, yeah. Blitz deals with anything up in the air, be them jets, beings with flight capabilities, or buildings. Star like the other reflections make sure to protect the ethereal aspects, watching over the dreams of the people to keep moral but to also deal with anything that might try and infiltrate from the dream realm." "Keeps busy then. Good." Fluttershy said as they took a sip of their drink. "It's been nice to work with Krott again, been making use of the men back at base and the base itself." "And you're okay with that, right?" "After your display and hard work plus what we found out about Vincent, yeah. Nexus has always looked out for their own, yet he was willing and did leave us for dead so, better off traitors than dead anyway.” “True. So… what was it like, growing up in Nexus?” “Heh. A double life really. Summers, weekends and holidays was with Nexus, schooling and all that. Then came to Equestria normal days, more school and all that. Grew up learning my ABC’s and advanced space travel at the same time.” “Yeesh.” “Heh, was easy to keep good grades on Equestria. So despite the work I had a lot of free time. They get all the education stuff out of the way by age ten or so, after that is combat training and simulations, then graduation after five or six years of that then we go on actual missions.” “So by age fifteen you were already an active agent?” “Yeah. They start you off easy, recon and intelligence gathering. Prove your skills worthy and you move onto target missions. Capture or elimination. Have the smarts for it and they put you in the labs, working on anything from power to weapons to ships to serums to… anything and everything.” “They stick you in a lab then?” “Twice. First time was called Project Run. It was the serum that they use to make their Speedsters, it was me and about seven hundred others working on it. I mostly just made sure the stabilizers did their job when bonding to the host. God… Four hundred and sixty people, people nexus abducted were killed in the testing.” “Christ…” “The, second was called Project Phobo. Was a more efficient version of our light shooters.” “Light shooters? Like Laser guns?” “Sorta, rather than shooting out a beam of electrical energy these guns absorbed actual light from around us and fired it in a concentrated ultra violet radioactive blast. If it didn’t incinerate you you were left with a fifth degree burn and most likely full body cancer.” “Ouch… I mean, effective and impressive but ouch.” “Yeah. The version the team I was on made managed to charge it’s full clip in about seven seconds in direct sunlight, eleven inside a building so long as there was light.” “Huh…” “Those were the only times I was put in the labs, the rest I did target missions and foot soldier work and just accepted the promotions as they came.” “So you’ve seen… way more bloodshed and death than I expected.” “Nexus and death just kinda co-exist. Or Nexus causes Death. Either way.” The date went along well for the two, the more Eclipsa heard about Scotch’s past the more she knew the real mare they first fell for. The date came to an end and Scotch returned to their home at the Nexus base and Eclipsa to her room with Heart. Heart was playing a game when Eclipsa entered. “Hey! So, how’s it go?” WIth a smile Eclipsa slithered up to Heart, wrapping her tail around Heart’s tightly. “Good, think we’re on the right track. Got another date lined up for next month.” “Great. Feeling better?” “Lots. I’m hoping things work out well.” “They well, now, what shall we do?” Heart asked, taking Eclipsa by the chin and looking them in the eyes. Eclipsa smiled, a lustful giggling escaping her throat. “Well, that depends, have I been a good girl today~?” “Oh, you have been a very, very good girl~” Chapter 27: Hyrule"Starlight get back in here!" Trixie called out. This room held within it Heart, Trixie, and Starlight, the trio was an oddball, and made up three of the twenty pieces of Kingdom Hearts. Trixie and Heart were well accustomed to one another having shared a body long before the fusion and later marriage fusion allowing them individual bodies thanks to Starfish Clones. Starlight however was always rather distant, the fusion revealed many truths to her, and even before, hardships befell her. Hence her ever persistent need to stand on the balcony while it rained. "Fine…" Starlight huffed as she walked back in. "Seriously Starlight, you'll catch a cold or something doing that." "We're Admins, we don't catch colds unless we want to." Starlight countered. "Yeah well, first time for everything." "I will swallow the both of you, again, if you don't stop bickering." Heart huffed from the bed, a switch in their hands and the sounds of Breath of the Wild coming from the device speakers. "Swallow her, not me!" Trixie barked. "I wouldn't care or mind." Starlight sighed. "Trixie if you really wanna keep Starlight close and not always in the rain, or shower, or just moping around then you swallow her." Heart argued. "I'm not a Naga!" "That has stopped literally no one else in this family, lest you forget we all share abilities we just have to unlock them." "How come you just don't call it Vore?" Starlight asked. "This isn't a majority porn story. Majority lewd yes but not all porn. Things like Swallowing or us all being herms and such is just to show how things seen as fetish or erotic basically become normal when in daily life." Heart said. "... Since when did you start breaking the fourth wall?" Trixie asked. "Since I started actually liking myself and my life." Heart said, pausing their game. "Okay, game groove is ruined so, Starlight, wanna tell us how those Therapy sessions are going? Cause from where Trixie and I stand it's looking kinda… not good." Starlight sighed, jumping into the couch and laying on it. "I mean, compared to before at least I talk now." "Sometimes." Trixie grumbled. "But I still know all those deaths that day are my fault. And in so many other versions of what I was doing it was all so… so bad. So horrible." "Hm. So for all the bad you and the other versions of you did, you feel like you shouldn't try to be happy or find enjoyment?" Heart asked. "Well, yeah that sounds about right." "Then why don't you go out there and help someone or something?" Trixie asked. "Like?" Starlight asked. "Helping the front lines is one. Fixing issues with other worlds not yet a part of this world are one, or even just public appearances. You'd be surprised how just seeing one of us royals out on the streets makes people happy." Heart said. "But that doesn't really help people. At least the appearance of one anyway." "Helps morale among the citizens and keeps peace of mind." Trixie countered. "Look, how about to get you more out of this funk we go traveling. See this world and why we are Fighting for it, the people we are Fighting for." “Alright, so that gives me way too many places to look.” Starlight frowned. "Arguably yes… so, where do we start is the real question." Heart asked. "You both know the place more than me, where do you think I should start?" "Hmm…" Heart pondered, then looked at their Switch. "I think I have an idea." They said, smiling now. "What's the place?" She inquired. "Hyrule, Breath of the Wild version." In a flash of brights lights, a dark and humid tomb was shown light as a DTL opened within it. Out came Heart, Trixie and following behind was Starlight. "Isn't this the starting place?" Trixie asked. "Yup." Heart said with a nod. “Starting off at square one huh?” Starlight asked. “But what are we doing here?” "Well, this is one of many versions of this world that is different. And the difference here is…" Heart slammed the large pod nearby, the device opening up, revealing a Hylian skeleton in the liquid. "Yeah this thing didn't work…" "Gross…" Trixie said. “So this world is fucked if my knowledge of Legend of Zelda is anything to go by.” She said honestly. “Or has the hero been reincarnated yet?” "No, but that is where you come in." Heart said, pointing to Starlight. "You are gonna resurrect them, and then help them on their journey." "Wait, so what are we gonna do?" Trixie asked. "Watch and give support." Heart said. “Alrighty then.” She nodded while starting to use her magic. “Hopefully I can do this correctly.” She said while her horn glowed with Nothingness and Kingdom Hearts light to try and resurrect the Hero. The skeleton was wrapped in Nothingness, flesh and life returning to the bones as it's soup did as well, and in a flash of blue light so did their heart. Link was alive again, still sleeping and would awaken soon. "Perfect. Now remember, we are gonna be watching Starlight, and if you need help just call." Heart said. Starlight turned to where they and Trixie were, and they were gone. “And then they leave without telling me what I’m supposed to do…” Starlight grumbled. “Yeah, put the world back in order by bringing the hero back, job well done…now what?” "Ugh." Turning back, Starlight saw Link begin to stir and wake up. Link spotted Her, surprised. "Who… where are we?" They asked. Amnesia, that's consistent at least. Starlight thought. “Uh, hi.” She started. “Welcome to the waking world. What do you remember?” "Uhhm… Not much. My name is… Link, I think… but… I can't recall much else." Link said, climbing out of the pod chamber. "Who are you?" “I’m Starlight Glimmer.” She introduced herself. “So, you’ve been asleep for...a while now.” "How long? And where are we?" Link asked, looking around. “No idea and no idea.” Starlight sighed out. ”Maybe a super convenient plot voice will give us some advice.” Starlight thought to herself. As Link looked around, they spotted the small pedestal, atop it a device. Walking over, he saw as a rune covered stone above it began to glow, a liquid of some sort formed a single stop at the bottom, falling and splashing onto the device, which lit up with a glow of it's own. The door before them opened and the device flipped around and lifted upward, letting Link take it. "Well, I suppose it's that way to leave." Starlight said simply. "Looks like." Link said, taking the device aa they Starlight walked out of the damp cave like area. When the two emerged, sunlight was peaking over the horizon, light filling the sky all around as the dawn emerged. It was a lovely sight. "Woah." Link said, looking around. “It is pretty.” She said honestly. As the two looked around, down the hill they emerged from was a small camp of sorts, a large elderly man sat next to a campfire. "Who's that?" Link wondered as he and Starlight walked down the hill. “No idea, let’s ask.” Starlight said while walking over to the elder. “Hello?” "Ho. Hello there. My two strangers walk to this old man's camp, and out of a sealed cave that's been locked for years. The things you see when you get to live old. I imagine you must be hungry. Please, take a roasted apple." The old man said, motioning to the several apples roared a golden brown on sticks. “Thank you.” Starlight nodded as she picked up one of the apples with her magic, just to make sure it wasn’t anything but a roasted apple. Once she did, she took a bite, the Apple's natural sugars and flavors roasted in this way reminded her a lot of apple pie. "Pardon me, but is that a sheikah slate you have there?" The old man asked. Link looked to the device strapped to his pants loop. "I guess. I don't know what it's called. I just woke up and this thing, and Starlight here were with me in this sealed room." "I see, and you, Starlight. In all my years I've never seen a creature quite like you. How did you get inside this sealed chamber?" “Um...magic?” Starlight asked nervously. "Magic eh? Heh, not many can use magic so free and wildly these days. In any case, so, do you know what a sheikah slate does my boy?" "No." Link said with a sight, then remembered. "It uh, opens doors?" Psst, I can do that just by touching them. Anything with a lock, magic or physical. Starlight thought to Herself. "Yes, and much more. There is an old ruin nearby that I think your sheikah slate can wake up from it's one hundred year slumber. You can't miss it, just right around here." “So we’re going treasure hunting now?” Starlight inquired. The old man laughed. "I'd like to go myself but at my age these old bones can barely take the cold, let alone a climb and a long walk." “So where are we?” Starlight asked curiously. "This land is known as Hyrule. The area we are in is known as the Hyrule Ridge." “Cool.” Starlight nodded. “Everything looks so nice and peaceful.” She said, even though her new instincts told her that massive things were going horribly wrong. "In the daylight hours, yes, mostly. Night brings it's own terrors and monsters roam the lands guarding roads and many things of the like. Travel is a dangerous thing, but necessary if one is to live." “Is there anyone else out here?” Starlight asked curiously. “This seems like a lot of open land not taken by anyone...I don’t see a town at all.” "It's just me up here on the ridge. Myself, the ruins, and the monsters and wildlife up here. Not many can climb the ridge side and those who can are far off with their own problems." “That’s...not good.” Starlight said nervously. "No, it's not." Link said, eating their roasted apple, listening more than talking. "No, but this ridge hasn't been home to anyone long before the great calamity one hundred years ago, so it's not so tragic." The old man said. "Land sure heals quick for a ‘Great Calamity’, even if it was a hundred years.” She said honestly. "It was not the land that was harmed, more, it was it's people." The old man said, now looking into the fire. "Thousands of years ago, a great demon rose from the depths of the darkness, Calamity Gannon. Our ancestors created machines and weapons to fend the demon off. Of these, four great, Divine beasts were crafted, and with them, four champions and a hero wielding a sword that can deal away darkness, Gannon was defeated. One hundred years ago, the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda, discovered a prophecy that told of Gammon's return. The first sign had already appeared, the Divine beasts were unearthed from their thousand year slumber. She found four new champions to stop the calamity, and a hero to wield the sword that seals the darkness." "They lost." Link said absentmindedly. The old man nodded. "They lost, one thing was missing. Princess Zelda held within her bloodline the power of the TriForce, the final piece needed to slay or seal Gannon for good. She did not unlock this power, until it was almost too late." The old man looked to the horizon. The others did too, in the distance, a massive castle swirling with darkness and evil stood. "That is Hyrule Castle, in all it's ruined glory, and prison to Calamity Gannon, and, the Princess." ”So that’s why…” She thought to herself. “So what? To save the world just kill the massive thing?” "Only the champion can slay Gannon, and they have likely left this world. This is why I ask you to test your sheikah slate, if it awakens the ruins nearby, then it is the same as that Hylian champion. If you are up for it, then maybe you can pick up that mantle." "I will." Link said, no thought or questions in mind. “Alright.” Starlight nodded. “So, where are these ruins you talked about?” "Follow the road down that way and look for a structure half buried in rocks and inside is a pedestal with a rune covered stone hanging above it. It's got a perfect fitting for a sheikah slate to be inserted." “Alright.” She nodded. “Thank you...uh, I’m sorry, what’s your name?” "Oh, just call me Gramps. It would be nice to hear that from someone. I'm certainly old enough for it." With that, he gave a hearty, yet sad laugh. “Alright Gramps.” Starlight nodded. “Come on Link, let’s get going to the Ruins.” Once the two finished eating they made their way down the road and over to the ruins. Along the way two red creatures, Moblins, the two learned, attacked them. Using a wood cutters axe borrowed from the elderly man, Link swung. The creature was not sliced in half, rather knocked aside as Starlight used her magic to levitate the other, keeping it harmlessly at Bay. “Jeez, this is almost too easy.” She chuckled as the thing kept trying to reach her but couldn’t. She watched as Link delivered another hit to the still moving Moblin. She was surprised, seeing it's body fall limp, become covered in this dark ooze, not quite darkness but close. In a poof of smoke, the body was gone, leaving a small pile of various body parts. Mostly bones. "So, you gonna…?" Link asked, motioning to floating Moblin. “Oh, sorry.” She said while using a bit of her magic as Link saw the aura around it glow a little brighter around its head as she broke its neck. “And done.” Like the one Link killed, it too poofed into a small pile of bones and this time no guts. The two continued on, finding the ruins. Climbing inside the rocky ruins they were met with a podium and hanging rune covered rock much like from within the chamber, and Link placed the sheikah slate onto it. There was a rumble. "Uhh…" Link questioned. “I hope that means it worked.” She said nervously while looking towards the rune covered rock. Suddenly, the rocks around them broke, the rubble flying off, revealing a covered stage where two long large arms raised from the sides to the head, and suddenly, the whole stage raised up high into the sky. The tower glowed to life with blue energy, and soon the rune stone above the podium glowed, dropping a glow of blue liquid data as it fell into sheikah slate. The screen glowed, showing a new area, a map of sorts appearing as a new area lit up from the largely black. It showed the landscapes, rivers, Forrest, everything from the general area. “Huh...that’s interesting.” She said honestly. The sheikah slate popped open, ready for Link to take it. He did. "Ho. Impressive." Turning, the two saw the elderly man atop the sudden tower nearby them. "So it is the same sheikah slate." “You know, for an old man you certainly got here quick.” Starlight pointed out. "I haven't lived as long as I have without learning a trick or two." He said with pride. "In any case, I was right. This was a region tower, a relic well before the great calamity. A relic from our ancestors." “Fascinating.” Starlight said while looking over the watch tower carefully to see all it’s inner workings. "There is a task I have for you." The elder asked. "What?" Link asked. "There are more ruins around, shrines, locked and the key to opening them is a sheikah slate, I've heard legends say they hold treasures. Mind fetching them for me?" “Sure, seems simple enough.” She said honestly. "What kind of treasures are there?" Link asked. "No idea." The elderly man said. “Well, looks like we’ll have to find out for ourselves.” Starlight said simply. "Where are these shrines?" Link asked. "Hm." The old man said, looking around. "Your sheikah slate, it has its map feature. And a camera. From here you should be able to see the shrines, stone glowing with an orange light. If you wait til night they will be far easier to find. Or, look for them now. There are four in the general area here but they dot all of Hyrule all from shore to shore." “Oh boy, that sounds like a lot of searching for stuff.” The unicorn said honestly. "Sounds like fun." Link said with a smile. “I’m sure it will.” Starlight said simply. “So, where’s the closest shrine?” She wondered while looking at the map that was still displayed. Four shrines, each set along very different areas from each other, a long distance from one another. The higher up mountain area was freezing cold. While Starlight felt no cold due to her newfound resistance, Link could not say the same. Thankfully a quicky chopped tree, a touch and a few pieces of flint got Link to and from that shrine high up in the cold. They each had trials. Puzzles, combat, often a mix of both. Weapons Link found either from the various Moblins roaming about or within the shrines themselves. These shrines also gave upgrades into Links sheikah slate. A magnet, bombs, square and round oddly, make small ice pillars on anybody if water, no matter how small or thin, and a sorta time freeze that locks a large object In place so Link can hit it so many times, and therefore send it flying. “Looks like these shrines are a lot more useful than I first thought.” Starlight hummed. “New abilities and let’s you get stronger...wonder if these will help you remember as well…” The unicorn hummed to herself curiously. "Maybe." Link said in wonder. He also had clothes, a simple shirt and shorts but it was better than just their under shorts. “Have you remembered anything yet if I may ask?” She brought up. "Nope." Link said with a sigh. “Alright.” Starlight nodded. “Well, I’m sure you’ll figure out your past...hopefully.” She said nervously, having a bad feeling that he won’t ever remember given he stayed dead for god knows how long. "Well, what are these then?" Link asked, holding four small black grey orbs that had a symbol of wings spread out. The orbs, as far as Starlight could tell, were pure life energy. Uncommon as this energy would normally be collected through Necromantic means yet these orbs held or showed no signs of having been harvested with dark magic. Rather it was more likely gifted by a god of some kind. “Well we got them from those ancient people…” She hummed. “I suppose they would be...whatever life essence they had left to make you stronger...either that or a god is helping you.” She shrugged. "Goddess." Link said, blinking at the surprise knowledge. "Hyrule… has a Goddess. Heh, well that's something I remember at least. Aside from fighting, Don't remember learning where to fight though." “Well you were in a tomb of some sort, so you must have been highly regarded with the ruling people.” Starlight pointed out. "Maybe… where is that old guy?" Link asked, looking around the old church where he said to meet them. There in the back stood a weathered yet standing statue of Hyrule's goddess. There were no fine details, and the statue glowed with a holy light. "Oh… don't think I've ever seen that before." “Well it’s certainly glowing like someone’s there.” Starlight brought up. “Hello?” There was no audible voice, but one echoed inside Starlight and Link's head. And Starlight nearly face hoofed at hearing the ever familiar voice of Trixie speak. Keeping her internal groaning internal, Link gave the statue the four orbs, and was rewarded with four gold and red heart containers he absorbed. "Normally it's four orbs for one heart or stamina container. Yeah I hated that so one for one." Heart's voice said to her through their link. ”Why am I not surprised you two are the goddess here?” Starlight mentally asked Heart. "Well, not originally. There was a different Goddess here but she's actually already a part of the family so when Trixie and I found out we asked her to step in the sorta role here for it and she agreed. Trixie does the voice when turning in spirit orbs and such and I will basically help in other ways." Heart replied. ”Well that’s not going to get awkward when I figure out the religion here.” Starlight mentally told him. When the light faded, "Ho!" Looking up, Link and Starlight saw the old man, standing above high on the still standing bell tower of the church. "Up here you two." He called down to them. "How did you get up there?" Link asked in surprise. "I made an updraft. Set a small patch of tall grass ablaze and the heat makes up updraft strong enough you can ride it with a glider. It's how I get around so fast." Link and Starlight exchanged a look. "Huh. Old and smart. Guess those do go hand in hand." Link said with a shrug. “You’d be surprised how true certain sayings are.” Starlight said honestly. “So how have you been Gramps?” "Well. Better than I have in years. Get on up here, I have a reward for ya both." The climb up was simple, and once there Link and Starlight saw the old man looking out the bell tower window. The twisted black prison of Hyrule Castle in the distance. "Starlight, Link, you two have arrived at grand time. Though, Starlight, your arrival has been unexpected, but very much welcome all the same. I can tell you have a power within you, much like, or even stronger than Link here." “I’m not that strong.” Starlight said humbly, needing to thank King for teaching her how to hide her powers which could involve bench pressing planets. "In any case, I feel I must tell you both something you two should know, but Link especially." The elderly man said, removing his cloak. There was a blinding white light and when Starlight and Link blinked, the elderly man looked larger, adorned with royal attire and a crown atop his head, befitting a king. His body glowed with ethereal blue light and Starlight realized she was looking at a ghost, a soul keeping itself within the land of the living, but this specter held no anger. "I am, no, I was King Rhoam. Link, you were once the personal guard and champion of Hyrule who wielded the sword that seals away darkness. A hundred years ago, we failed, despite the preparation and effort Gannon won and to this day my daughter, using the power of her bloodline to keep the full force of Gannon at Bay. Link, you must regain your strength, free the Divine beasts and save princess Zelda, my daughter, and your charge. And save all of Hyrule and the world." “No wonder why you knew so much...you're a Lingering Will” Starlight said honestly. “Is there anyone else out there who can help us?” "Me? The…" Link pondered, looking around in worry. "I… I don't remember any of this… but I will try." Link said. "Thank you, Link." Rhoam said with a nod. "As for your question Starlight, the only ones who can are the four champions, but like me, they have all died at Gannon's hand. Free their Divine beasts, and their wills can help you land a devastating blow to Gannon when the time comes to face them." An idea formed in Starlight's head. The soul is here. He just needs the body, and his heart. Both easily available to her. She would be damned if this old man could not hug his daughter when she was saved. “Alright King, now don’t panic.” Starlight said as her horn started to light up. “I’ve done this before once.” She said while starting to bring the king back to life with her powers like she did with Link. Starlight sent a blast of Balance and Nothingness at the ghost. There was a surge of light as the form of the old king became a light silhouette and then faded. Much as he appeared as a ghost was back as living. "Woah…" Link said. "By the… goddess." The king said, looking at himself then to Starlight. He was plain, then smiled. "Seems there is always something new to discover no matter how old you get." “Yeah, there’s no way I’m going to just let you not be able to hug your daughter after we kick Gannon’s ass.” Starlight stated. "I thank you kindly Starlight. As old as I may be I believe I can give something to these efforts." “I mean, besides having the ruler of an entire Kingdom come back to life, spurring his people to start fighting against the darkness plaguing their land and bringing other kingdom’s into an open revolt against those that would see this beautiful land destroyed?” Starlight asked. "Hyrule is one land yes but aside from Hyrulians are just one race, one of five. Each their own kingdom. Maybe some of the old rulers there were still alive, if so odds are good. Meaning only the Gerudo would be an issue." “Gerudo?” Starlight asked curiously. “Who are they?” "Race of desert dwelling warriors. All female, mostly. Once or twice a generation one will be born male, but that's rare. No males are allowed in their city walls, once any male children born to the tribe are adults they must leave. Hardly they ever locate far from their home, or even the desert. It's nothing personal, they are strong with tradition and pride." “They should probably change that…” She said nervously. “Especially given the current circumstances.” "That's doubtful to change. You can't undo a traditional lifestyle as there's with just words. But, we'll cross that bridge when we get there." The king said with a sigh. "Come now, we must prepare." "For?" Link asked. "I'll need to make two more gliders, plus gather weapons and food for the trip." Starlight thought for a moment. Keyblade them now or later? That was her question. “You don’t need to make me a glider.” She said while her hooves softly glowed as she started to levitate. “Also uh...do you want to have something important now or later? Like...really important?” The two looked at one another. "What is it?" Link asked. “It would be...this.” She sighed out while a Keyblade, Diamond Dust, started to float near her. “Have either of you heard of a ‘Keyblade’?” "Key...blade?" Link asked. "Hmm. I am unsure. Sadly all and any records of mystical weapons and such were in the castle and, well, it's unlikely anything in there aside from my daughter and Gannon is in there." The king said. “Alright.” She nodded. “So I can give you these weapons, they are magical weapons that can lock or unlock anything, it’s magic so you can use spells with it, and it’s unbreakable.” She said honestly. “Really?” The king asked in surprise. ”Well, they can break but it takes a lot to break a Keyblade.” “Pretty much yeah.” Starlight said honestly. “But these can break actually, just under such asinine circumstances that it might as well be unbreakable.” She said simply. “So you two want one?” “Sure. Would be better than Moblin weapons.” Link said. Over the next few days Starlight began teaching the old king and young knight about keyblades. Link learned quickly. The king was good at spell casting but had a low mana reserve. As such Link received Kingdom Key, and the king received, fitting enough, Royal Radiance. “Alright you two, how do you feel with your new companions?” Starlight asked the four of them, given that she’s part Kingdom Hearts, she can understand Keyblades. “It feels… natural.” Link said. “I can tell there are still so many secrets and abilities it holds. I doubt one can unlock them all in a single lifetime.” The king said. Starlight nodded, taking note how the king's keyblade was larger than it’s default size. She always thought that was a neat ability the keyblades did to be perfect size for their wielders. “Alright, so where to first?” Starlight asked curiously. "The nearest village is Kakariko Village. It's mountain location left it largely untouched by the calamity. The road there won't be easy though." The king said. "Gliders." Link reminded. That made the king give a laugh. "I can hear Revali turning in his grave." “So start flying off to Kakariko Village?” She asked curiously. "Yes. Hmm… hopefully there is someone still there who can help us. I doubt even after all these years she's dead." The king muttered in thought. “Who’s dead?” Starlight asked nervously. "Not dead. Preferably. Impa. A friend of Link's from before. She was young back then so odds are if she is alive still she's over a hundred years old and knows exactly what must be done." "You don't know what to do?" Link asked. "I lived shortly after the calamity began then roamed the ridge til you emerged to aid you. Only maybe… three people ever explored the ridge in those hundred years and they just hunted and gathered." The king replied. “Hmm…” Starlight hummed while summoning her Glider. “Well, we won’t get answers just by sitting around now will we?” With gliders out the trio flew overhead. Stopping only when Link's sheikah slate lit up, detecting a new shrine and letting Link enter to clear it. On the way Link found two and arrived in Kakariko village. There was also a shrine there which Link cleared. Looking around Link pondered. "Do we have any money?" Link asked. This is cheating and I don't care. Starlight thought with a smile, pondering if this world still uses Rupees or Rem. “Question, what currency do people use?” Starlight asked curiously. "Don't know. Before the calamity it was Rupees, not sure if that changed." The king wondered. It's Rem. Cript did a thing for me to shift that… among other things. Heart said. ”And what are those ‘among other things’?” Starlight mentally asked Heart while using her magic to bring out a humble looking coin bag. “So how much money do you want?” Shadow Creatures, more mini bosses. Apparently he wants to test you as well as this world and such. There are some fights he said only you can do so, careful. Also Dungeons… like, Dungeons we deal with dungeons all themed like, well, Zelda stuff. They are obsessed with dungeons. Heart replied. "How much can you spare? Or have?" Link asked. “Now that is...a difficult thing to answer, but what I can tell you.” She said while opening the back and turning it upside down to start a cascade of Rem to dump out of it. “Is Yes.” The town was happy, beyond happy for the flux in business. Shortly after buying everything in the stores, Link got a proper set of armor. A good with cloak, traveling vest and leggings with boots. Then they met with Impa. The elderly woman was thin as bones, but clearly still living on and likely had a fair amount of years left in her. "Link? Is that you?" She asked, looking at him, then turning to the king. "My word… my king… how? Link I can see but… my king, I saw you die in the castle that day. I saw your corpse." She said shakily. “Sup.” Starlight said while trotting up. “My name is Starlight Glimmer Elder.” She said with a polite bow to her elder. "My word… a unicorn before my eyes. Heh, either I've died or I've lost my mind finally." Impa said. "This is not the afterlife, nor an illusion of your mind Impa." The king said, walking up to and kneeling down to her. "This is life. Starlight here is a gift from the goddess to aid us in Calamity Gannon's defeat." That's actually a pretty good cover story. Heart said with surprise. “And right now, we need all hands on deck.” Starlight said honestly. “I’m here to bring back the heroes of old to fight back against the growing threat to this world, either from the Afterlife, or from the ravages of Time.” Starlight said simply. “Gramps here talked quite a bit about you and your past exploits Elder Impa.” "Oh, heh. Back then I was in training still. Sadly after the calamity I spent many years fending off the Yiga Clan…" Tone in her voice at this clan was like venom, and the King himself looked enraged by the name. "Those snakes still slither." He said with anger. “Who are the Yiga? And I suppose they aren’t willing to talk?” Starlight asked curiously, Impa getting a feeling that from the unicorns' more colorful looks that peaceful solutions were more applicable where she came from. Impa sighed. Clearly the topic pained her. "Once, this village was twice its size. Then, there was a… differing of opinion. The discovery of the prophecy split the people. Many wanted to arm against it, others wanted to embrace it. They took the skills and style of combat this village had taught for untold years and turned them into a means to kill and slay. The result was the Yiga clan, a clan of assassins that don't just kill, but kill in the name of Calamity Gannon. They are, or at least have a strong hand in his resurrection. The night of the calamity, they killed along with Gannon. Set the land itself on fire across all of Hyrule in one night they killed thousands, and for ten long years would terrorize and kill as they wanted. These days they still kill but only when targeting caravans along the roads." “So how much do you want to kill them for helping cause all of this?” Starlight asked curiously. "Once, I would have said such deaths were deserved. But, many of its current members were born into their way of life, they know nothing else but kill and worship Gannon. Death is more of a mercy for them knowing that." “That’s...terrible.” The unicorn sighed out sadly. “So...how about my offer?” "In my old age, I have hatred from memories and experiences but I know better than to act on them. All I can say is that who you come across, a Yiga, deal with them as you see fit." “And if I can give you back your youth to fight once again?” Starlight asked curiously. "I'd deny." She said. "I've lived, I've loved, I've had my life. I have no desire to extend it. Besides, I can't leave to fight. As an elder, I am in charge of the village, and I will spend my last years here." She said with a content smile. "Now, it looks like you three have work ahead of you." “We have a whole lot of work to do.” Starlight said honestly. “Like getting the Four Guardians back under control.” "Yes." Impa said with a nod. The rest of the day was spent talking strategy and where to go first. “Alright, so we have four giant robots, each being a bird, horse, lizard and elephant at practically the four corners of this place…” Starlight said while looking over the Map. "Camel and yes." The king said. "None will be very easy, however with your resources I believe you can easily enter and complete their puzzle locks to regain control." "The question is, where to start? We have just the one Sheikah slate." Impa said. Starlight pondered for a moment. "Say, is there another shrine nearby?" She asked. "Yes. It's a walk but not too far. Why?" "I wanna test something." Starlight said, heading out, Link following behind. It was a walk and a glide to the nearby shrine. Once there Starlight tapped the pedistol. To her own and Link's surprise, it flashed blue, the door opening as Link saw the shrine appear within his Sheikah slate. "So it is just a lock." Starlight said with a smile. "And this means… what?" Link asked. "Hopefully, you can be in at least two places at once." Chapter 28: Devine Beasts Ruta and Rudania"So we hit Ruta first then?" Link asked. "Yes. The Zora live long and their king should still be alive." The king said. "He is." Impa said. "He is old but alive and well." "Hopefully we can easily reach them and get their help." Starlight said with a nod. "Second will be Rudania, deep within Death Mountain. Only those well stocked with Fireproof potions or wearing special clothing can even enter the area further in." The king said. "I'm fireproof." Starlight said with a small grin. "Why am I not surprised." Link said with a chuckle. "Plus I can open portals." Starlight added. A quick demonstration with DTL's showed the others. "So long as Link has his Keyblade out I can appear in Ruta and Rudania. We can take both at once." "And from there I assume the same can be done for Medoh and Naboris." The king asked. "Easily." Starlight confirmed. "Alright then." Link said. "The king and I will head off to the Zora dominion, and Starlight will head off for Death Mountain." Death Mountain was… hot. This head would in fact boil/cook any normal person alive. Thankfully Starlight was not normal. She was an Admin, and a Living X-blade, so the heat didn't affect her. She actually barely felt it. It was more like it was just a muggy day if even that. She didn't expect people to actually live inside an active Volcano, but then again she had never seen a Goron before. The round stone backed beings thrived in the heat of the lava and apparently could tough out any and all harsh environments. They mined the mountains of gems that Starlight felt were all strong, easily the same quality of gems from Equestria, and good for enchantments too. Upon arriving she met with the village elder who had some sever back pain. Starlight never studied Medical spells but a Curaga fixed him up for now. "Thank you little horse." The elder Goron said. "I am Bludo, Chief of the village. What brings a creature like yourself here?" "I actually need to reach and get inside Divine Beast Rudania." The chief was quite taken back. "You need to enter the Divine Beast? As much as that would relive things here I don't see how you can." "You can say I have the keys to the thing." Starlight said with a smirk. "Really?" Heart asked. "Yes." Starlight replied mentally. "Hmm… even so we'd have to stop the thing for a time. For that I'll need-" Before Bludo could continue, there was a mechanical roar. Looking Up, Starlight saw the Divine Beast. Rudania looked like a lizard, walking atop Death Mountains volcanic spewing top like it was harmless water. It let out another roar as suddenly Large lava rocks flew out, many hitting without aim while others aimed at the village. Starlight's horn lot up brightly, catching the rocks well before they reached the village and tossing them into lava pools some distance away. "Thank blasted Rudania is gonna make the volcano blow real bad one of these days!" Bludo roared angerly, then yiped as his back pain spiked. "Ouch…" Starlight cast another Curaga. "So to prevent a second Calamity via Volcano… care to help me get inside to either turn it off or reclaim it from Gannon?" "I'm too old for this." Bludo grumbled. "You'll have to find Yubono, he was supposed to be back with my pain medication hours ago. Boy is afraid of his own shadow and likely is hiding from Moblins. How he is kin to Champion Daruk I will never know." "Wait, he's related to Daruk?" "Yes. Yubono is Daruk's grandson. He inherited Daruk's special power, able to summon an unbreakable Sheild around his body. Daruk used it to charge head first into his enemies without fear. Yubono uses it whenever a pebble is flung cause he's scared he'll get hurt." "Courage and Bravery aren't always first or even second nature." "True, but the boy can't be like this forever. I know I promised his parents I'd look after him but I'm old, and won't be long for this world much longer. The boy needs to grow and become a man before I pass. Otherwise I'll have failed his parents." Starlight hummed at that. "Well, maybe I can help. You said he is needed for dealing with the Divine Beast, right?" "Yes. His inherited Sheild ability makes it so we can launch him like a cannon ball at the Divine Beast. A few hits and the thing will back off for a day or two." Starlight blinked at that. "You… shoot him out of a cannon at an ancient machine of war possessed by a being of death and chaos… and he lets you?" "Heh, at first he hated it. These days though it's a normal job. Once every few days, about three or four hits and repeat." "Sounds brave to me." "That was the point. Sadly Yubono doesn't even realize what he is doing. Keeping the village safe with his acts. It's not that he is incapable of bravery, it's that he does the bravest things and doesn't realize it." "Huh… well, I'll go find him. With his help I hopefully will be able to get into Rudania." "Good luck to you small horse." There was an Audible pop from the elder. "Owwwh…" He groaned. Starlight cast another Curaga and was off. Finding Yubono was easy, Starlight easily removing the Moblins and opening the cave he was in. Somehow he got a bunch of rocks blocking the entrance. "Yubono?" Starlight asked. He was large, but smaller than most of the other Goron, so he must have been younger. He was covered in a hexegonle sphere that covered his whole body as he shook inside it, scared and turned away from the cave entrance. He turned slowly, seeing Starlight. "Uh… a pony?" He asked, barrier still holding up but not shaking as he looked at Starlight. "Hi, I'm Starlight." She said with a smile. "You can talk?" He asked, curiosity beating his fear as his barrier dropped and he turned, standing at full height now and looking at Starlight. "I've never seen a talking pony before." "Well I've never seen a Goron before arriving in this village. The elder asked me to find you, about his pain medicine." Yubono's eyes went wide. "Oh my gosh! I got so scared I forgot I came here for his medicine! He must be hurting badly." "I helped him a bit. Little bit of healing magic I know helped but not much." "You can do magic?" "Yeah. I am a Unicorn." Starlight said, pointing a good at her horn. "That's a nifty looking barrier you can make." "Oh, you saw that? Yeah, I inherited it from my grandfather. It's unbreakable. I mostly just use it when I'm scared though." "Chief told me you also use it when fending off Rudania." "Oh, well, yeah but it scares me every time. I just pull up my barrier and keep my eyes closed. I'm a cowered…" "A cowered wouldn't let themselves get shot out of a cannon at an ancient demon possessed war machine on the weekly basis. You're braver than you give yourself credit for." Yubono blushed a bit. "You sound like chief." "Come on, let's get him that medicine then you and me are gonna deal with that Divine Beast." "Huh? How?" "Might." Starlight said, pointing a hoof at Yubono. "And magic." She finished, pointing a good at herself. After giving the medicine to the chief the two headed off. Here Starlight spotted several flying machines with eyes the scanned the ground below. She remembered Impa talking about the Guardians, this one the Skywater type. They were tough. All Guardians had a weak spot, their eyes which were both to track and see targets as well as fire a powerful energy blast at them. By all means they were well made, and strong. Too bad for them Starlight was stronger, though, this did give her an idea. “Hey Yubono, if I can bring those things down, think you can break them?” “Me?!” Yubono shreaked. “I-I can't hurt those things! They fly, and are super tough!” “Your shield is tougher and you are a Goron, a race with strength matched by few others if any.” Starlight pointed out. “Well, yeah but I can’t hit it with my bare hands! I’d need a weapon or something and all the tools and weapons are back in the village.” “I can give you a weapon.” “But, I don’t see one on you.” Starlight smirked. “It’s a special kind of weapon. One that won’t break, at least not in normal combat.” “Like my sheild power?” “Kinda, yeah.” Starlight nodded. Starlight let unseen magic take place, her heart, a heart she now shared, reached out and met Yubono’s, the young goron was brave at his core, and his heart pure. She called to the Keyblades, and one responded. A flash and Yubono was looking at a large, long keyblade. It’s handles small boulders wrapped around the hand grip, the hilt of the blade decorated with an ore deposit splitting as the blade rose up easy seven feet tall, and three feet wide at its widest girth towards the top. It was similar to a that of a goron sword, til the top cracked and opened up to a miniature version of Death Mountain, Divine Beast Rudania standing across the top of the weapon, it’s lights its true blue colors as it seemed to look out from it’s spot. Dangling from the base, a Keychain depicting a lizard silhouette with a glowing blue eye was showing. Starlight looked the Keyblade over. It seemed to have been pre built already, and hearing it’s story understood. The original champions of the divine beasts who sealed it so long ago were also Keyblade wielders, and after sealing the calamity the first time, died when they answered the call to the keyblade war. She smiled, happy it has a new wielder. “It’s called, Goron Pride.” Starlight said. Yubono looked the weapon over, awe struck at its craftsmanship and beauty. “And… you’re just giving it to me?” He asked. “It chose you.” Starlight corrected. “These types of weapons choose their wielders. It chose you.” Yubono was silent for a long time, finally they reached out, taking Goron Pride in his hands. He felt the link between himself and the Keyblade instantly. Holding it made him feel… safe, and brave. “Wow…” Starlight nodded. “Let’s go!” Reaching Rudania would have been challenging, however, Starlight’s magic easily took out the airborne Guardians and Yubono got to take two out with the accidental learning of Strike Raid. Once at the first cannon Starlight helped Yubono inside, and he formed himself into a ball and activated his barrier power. With proper aiming and a Megaflare down the small shoot ment for explosion to launch Yubono, the young Goron was selt flying hard and fast into the ancient war machine. She winced, worried for the young Goron until she saw them hit, bounce off the impact and roll down the volcano’s side and off to a safe spot. When they stopped their barrier fell and Yubono stood looking dizzy. “That always makes me see everything all spin~” They said. Starlight laughed a little at that. The next few cannon fires at the divine beast were the same more or less. Finally after the final hit the divine beast retreated inside the volcano. Yubono following Starlight over to them til she was at an unactivated warp pad, and a shekha slate pedestal. “This is the spot.” She said. “How do we get inside?” Yubono asked. “Hmm…” Starlight thought, tapping the pedestal with a hoof. While the door opened, the warp pad did not activate. “Figures. I’ll be right back, I have to go check on Link.” “Link? You mean like the hero of the Hylians from a hundred years ago?” “The very same.” “... Wait, what?!” “Long story.” Starlight said with a bit of a laugh. With a flash her horn lit up and opened up a DTL to the Zora Dominion. “You coming?” “Where… does that go? What is it?” “It’s a portal, and it’s just at the Zora Dominion entrance. Link is there working to get Divine Beast Ruta open.” “Wow… I’ve never left Death Mountain…” Starlight gave Yubono a smile. “If you don’t want to, I understand.” “I…” Yubono started, looking at where he was, the Keyblade in his hand… and then to Starlight, and found himself smiling. “I’m gonna make Grandpa so proud!” The Zora dominion was nothing like Death Mountain. Where Death Mountain was hot, lava flowing constantly and the ever present heat ready to set all wood a blaze and cook any raw meat left out too long, here was a chilly wet rain that downpoured constantly, soaking everything in endless water. Yubono felt like they were taking a bath from how much water was washing the dirt and grime of home off his skin. “Wow, this is so different from Death Mountain.” They stated. “Yeah.” Starlight said, casting a spell to keep the water off them both, but she was already soaked, a sensation that didn’t bother her much. “Come on, let’s go find Link.” The two didn’t have to look far, as Link was speaking to a tall, red and white Zora male, who gave the hero a sharp toothed smile that, oddly was comforting and even twinkled in the sunless rain. “Link!” Starlight called, he and the Zora male turning to see Starlight and Yubono arriving. “We got Rudania down, but your Sheikah Slate needs to activate the warp and the internal stuff.” “Are these friends of yours Link?” The zora male asked. His smile ever present on his face. “This is Starlight, I told you about her.” Link said to the zora male. “Starlight, this is Sidon, he’s the prince of the Zora, and champion Mipha’s younger brother.” Starlight looked up at the zora prince… she saw it, he definitely looked royal. “So, over a hundred years old?” “And still have much life ahead of me!” Sidon declared proudly. “This is Yubono, he’s champion Daruk’s grandson.” Starlight introduced the young goron. “Hi.” He said shyly. “By the goddess! The hero of light, aided by a being of magic and a descendent of one of the champions! How inspiring!” Sidon said, his twinkling smile making sure all eyes were on him. “Link, you are truly blessed to have such help in your journey!” “You wanna tag along?” Starlight offered, Link turning to her. “What? It’s only fair. Sidon is Mipha’s brother, he should be there when reclaiming Ruta.” “You’d truly have me join on your adventure!” Sidon said, on their knees now and hunched over to be at Link’s eye level. Link simply shrugged. “Sure, it will all go by faster, plus, like Starlight said, it’s fitting you’d be there.” He then turned to Yubono. “You’re gonna be there for Rudania?” Yubono nodded. “Starlight is helping me be brave, and I want to make grandfather proud!” The young goran said proudly. Link noticed the goron’s Keyblade, then looked at Sidon, then Starlight. “You’d best give Sidon one too. He’ll need a good weapon.” “A weapon?” Sidon asked, standing back up. “Yes, to face the dangers ahead I will need a weapon of my own! Much like your own Link!” “I think I know just the one.” Starlight said with a smile. Repeating the process with Yubono, Sidon’s keyblade came in a flash of light. The Keyblade’s handle was thin, having a one sided hand guard over the normal two sides, the hand guard itself seemed to be almost made from water as it looped around the hand grip, up over the thin blade that seemed to be part of the grip. The glowing water looped around gracefully around the shaft like blade, reaching the tip, a Zora style trident that had the water splashing off the right side of it, taking shape of a Zora head silhouette. It’s keychain was an elephant silhouette, with a glowing blue eye in it’s center. “It’s called Splash Force.” Starlight said. Blinking out of his stupor, Sidon took the keyblade, feeling the link between himself and the weapon. “Yes, this is a weapon of a true Zora worrier!” He declared, raising it high into the sky… right as Lightning struck the blade. There was a flash and Sidon froze, expecting electrocution but instead saw as the weapon took the lighting and seemed to store it along its water decore. “Uhh… what happened?” He asked dumbly. Starlight looked the Keyblade over, hearing the weapons speak to her and explain. “It’s its special ability, Absorption. It can absorb cast magic and store it to shoot back out or to cause the spells elemental damage to be inflicted on an enemy when hit physically.” “Wow…” Sidon said, looking the Keyblade over, and smiled even wider. “I will take great care of this weapon miss Starlight.” She chuckled. “It chose you, it’s gonna take care of you.” She said, earning a snort from Link. “Either way!” Sidon said, regaining his usual attitude. “Can mine do anything like that?” Yubono asked. Starlight caught Goron’s Pride speak it’s ability. “It’s ability is called Meltdown. Basically hitting rocks or anything made from stone or metal will make it melt to slag. But leave things like gems, fossils, ect alone.” Yubono looked the weapon over at hearing that. “I am so getting mining duty when this is all done.” “Do you have everything to get to Ruta?” Starlight asked Link. “Yeah. The shock arrows were hard to get, but I got all I needed.” “... You do know Keyblades can cast Lightning magic… right?” Link stared at Starlight. “Did I not… teach you that?” Link’s hand met his forehead. Dealing with Ruta was easy, shooting the shock arrows from glider rather than Sidon’s back. Soon Ruta was down as well. Landing on the warp pad, Link activated it and opened Ruta up. Starlight quickly opened a DTL back to Rudania and even though the door was open, Link used the slate to activate the warp pad. “Which do we take?” Link asked. Starlight thought for a time. ”What would the others do… think outside the box… Think like… like an admin… She looked at Link’s Sheikah slate. “I have an idea. Can I see your slate real fast?” Nodding, Link handed the slate over to Starlight. Taking it in her magic, she used her abilities as an Admin to scan the device over, coping all it’s code and taking the copy, and giving it a physical form. She smiled as soon, floating before her were two sheikah slates. Link just stared at her as she returned the first. “How did you…” “At this point, would explaining what I am actually answer your questions?” Link opened their mouth… then closed it again. “Fair enough…” “So this way we can get everything set up on both sides then join you for fighting whatever is inside Ruta then we rush via DTL over to Rudania to deal with it’s guardian ganna monster.” Starlight said. “You believe that Gannon placed a monster within the Divine Beasts?” Sidon asked. “Something killed the Champions, and I doubt it was just Gannon’s darkness sludge alone.” “I will avenge my sister! That vial monster dies within hours!” Sidon said, raising his Keyblade to the sky again… as another bolt of lightning struck it and was absorbed into the weapon, keeping Sidon unharmed. “That still scares me…” He admitted. “Me too…” Yubono whimpered, his large body trying to hide behind the much smaller Starlight. Starlight pet the large Goron. “Come on Yubono, once we unlock Rudania we head back here to help Sidon and Link deal with whatever monster is inside Ruta, then we avenge your grandfather.” Starlight said. Yubono gave her a nod, and the two entered the DTL back to Rudania. The Divine beast was as they left it. Door open from Starlight’s Keyblade abilities but once the copy Sheikah Slate was used the teleport pad lit up. The two entered. "Well now, you two aren't who I was expecting. No not at all!" A booming voice if pride spoke out from the air. "Ghost!" Yubono yelped, actually managing to get under Starlight in his panic and now wore the smaller unicorn as a hat. Starlight laughed a bit at the situation. "He isn't wrong is he?" She asked out to the unseen specter. "Yes sadly. I am Daruk, Champion of the Goron. I was expecting someone else to enter this place, not a follow Goron and a small talking horse." "Daruk?" Yubono asked, his fear subsiding as he stood. Starlight, still atop him, looked like a hat. "My grandfather?" "Grandfather… then you're my…" A flash of blue, the mighty Goron Daruk stood before Yubono and Starlight, his spectral form showing all the glory of his might from life. "Family." "Mind standing still for a moment there Daruk?" Starlight asked, horn glowing with Balance and Nothingness. A beam of the two energies hit the spectral Daruk, glowing bright as bones, flesh and their heart returned to them. Daruk took the first breath he had in over a hundred years, looking his hands and body over. "I'm… alive." "S- Starlight… how did you…?" Yubono asked. "Not the first ghost I've resurrected. Plus, it takes more of a load off of Link in the battle against Ganon." "Link is alive then?" Daruk asked as Starlight gave a confirming nod. "I see, and he is where?" "Dealing with Ruta. Hopefully once we reach the thing here that killed you we can get him over here. Sidon will probably have to sit back on this one, being a Zora and all." "Sidon… Mipha's little brother? Has he finally grown into a proper man?" "He's an adult, pretty well built too." "Good for him! He was such a scrawny little thing a hundred years ago." Daruk chuckled, looking Yubono over, and smiled. "It's good to see you grandson." "It's good to see you too grandpa." Yubono said, also smiling, a few years falling. "I've always heard so much about you… I wanted to be like you, but I was never able. At least, not til I met Starlight here." Yubono said, giving a pet to Starlight, still acting as a hat on his head. "In one day I've had more courage than I have in my whole life." "Don't be like me Yubono, surpass me." Daruk said, tearing up too as the two hugged. Starlight remained silent, letting the two be happy. Her sins were nowhere near atones for, the blood not even close to paid for. But this, this was progress. With Daruk's knowledge of the Divine beast’s terminal locations and all the puzzle locks, the trio made it through the beast with complete ease, stopping before reaching the central Terminal. “Ready to meet back up with Link?” Starlight asked Daruk. “Definitely. The little guy is a real brother, I can’t wait to see him again.” Daruk answered. “Good but, there is something you should know.” Starlight sighed. “Link… is missing memories. Most of them really, I don’t know how much he actually remembers but just don’t get upset at what he might say.” Daruk was silent for a time, but eventually chuckled. “So the little brother lost his memories, and he still went on to save the kingdom? Heh, memories or not, Link is still Link, he hasn’t changed. I’m sure I can jog a few of his memories back.” Starlight opened the portal, and walking through Daruk, Yubono, and Starlight saw Sidon and Link waving at them from the entrance pad to Ruta. Between Sidon and Link was a glowing blue figure. A quick Teleport over, and Starlight saw the young, smaller Zora female. “Hi.” Starlight said to Mipha’s spirit, a flash of her horn glowing Balance blue and Nothingness grey and the ghost of Mipha glowed bright, regaining life once again. “Man that gets easier every time.” “Sister!” Sidon said, hugging the smaller female zora. "I… how?" Mipha asked. "Starlight's… powerful. That's about all I can say there really." Link said with a shrug. "Honestly how she does this stuff just brings more questions than answers." “Well, hey there Link.” Daruk said as he walked up to the worrier. “I was told you’d likely wouldn’t remember me.” “I… Don't." Link said sadly. "I barely remember things about Mipha and that was only after seeing her statue, and then meeting her ghost." "Hmm. Well, if that's the case then the same should go for myself. When we can, let's talk and I'll show you all the places we used to hang out on Death Mountain, might jog a few of your pebbles back in place." He then turned to Mipha and Sidon. "Sidon, you got tall. Glad to see you finally got your growth spurt, though I didn't think you'd get this tall." The Goron said, comparing his height to Sidon's, the Zora being half an inch higher. "Heh, still not as tall as father." Sidon said with a laugh. "Hah! Fair enough. Now then, let's get some payback." Daruk said, a grin appearing on their face as they punched a fist into their own palm. "Don't you need your weapons first?" Starlight asked. "Oh… right." “Don’t worry Grandpa, The Elder has your sword.” Yubono said. “Ah, yes. Father has your spear as well sister.” Sidon said to Mipha. “Oh the look on his face when he sees you.” “I hope his heart can handle it.” Mipha said with some worry. Needless to say, the return of Daruk to the Goron, and Mipha to the Zora, caused quite the… event. The Goron and Zora both declared a massive feast to be held in honor of their heroes and family returned from death, but such pleasantries had to wait til after the DIvine Beasts were freed. Ruta had already been cleared. Link, Mipha, Sidon, Daruk, Yubono and Starlight all stood before the final terminal. “So I just tap the slate against that and it’s free?” Link asked. “No… something is inside that.” Starlight said, her eyes spotting a darkness hiding within that device, waiting. “Something not friendly.” “Waterblight.” Mipha said, clenching her grip on her spear and taking a single step back. “When Gannon’s darkness defiled this relic, a beast emerged from it. It is what killed me.” “Same for me.” Daruk said. “Fireblight.” “Looks like the other Divine Beasts will have one in them too.” “It killed you all alone… It can’t kill you when you’ve got an army.” Link said, summoning their Kingdom Key and walking up to the terminal. Once they raised the slate to the machine dark energy began flowing out, above them formed a sicking mix of darkness and metal, one arm infused with a spear that glowed with a powerful blue energy. A single pulsating eye that irradiated hatred staring out at them all. It gave an unnatural howl and raised it’s weaponized appendage to swing. This time, the beast was outmatched. There is always a reason to celebrate, even in the dark times of the Post Calamity Hyrule. Today, two of the four champions returned to life, Link the Hero also returned, Divine Beasts Ruta and Rudania were freed. In one night, half of Hyrule can now know ease in the night, safety in the day. Portals between The Zora Dominion and Death Mountain stood open to allow the passage of food and drink between the two races, courtesy of Starlight, who sat at a table with Link. “Surprised you aren’t celebrating.” Starlight said as she drank from a mug, the begrudge was a fine win, one that she could enjoy the taste of, but never it’s intoxication. “I assume it’s the same reason as with you?” Link asked, giving the unicorn a smile as he too drank the fine Zora wine. “No real connections. What about Mipha? I thought you remembered her?” “I remember enough to know her but… You see how she looks at me. I don’t know how much I am still missing. Daruk showed me a lot back in Death Mountain but… nothing. It feels like I’m not the same person they knew, and maybe I’m not.” “Heh. Sometimes I wish I had your problems.” “Hm?” “... Back before I became so… well, what I am now-” “A talking unicorn capable of reviving the dead without evil side effects and can ive out insainly powerful magical weapons with just a thought?” “Link, please. I’ve always been a talking unicorn.” Starlight said with a laugh. “But the rest… yeah, before that, I ran a town.” “Far off outside of Hyrule's territory?” “Try another planet.” Starlight said with a sigh. “Yup, I’m an alien.” “I believe it.” “Oh thanks.” Starlight said, rolling her eyes with a smile as Link laughed. “It was… it wasn’t a nice town. I basically ran it like a tyrant. Everyone had to be exactly the same. Mane styles, walking speed, cooking skills, tailoring skills, if anyone was different, being better or worse than anyone, it was shunned and to enforce this I… took away their talents…” “Took away their talents?” “In my world, we get these marks, the same one you see on my flank when we discover what our special talent is, what we surpass at and what makes us special. I hated them. Mine was in magic, and I was a hypocrite. I took everyone else's marks, but not just the mark, the power and parts of that pony that made them… able to do anything. And I replaced it with what can basically be summed up as a curse. I genuinely thought it was a better way of life than having to live being lesser than others or so above others in skill you were hated. I didn’t even remove mine, just covered it up. Then… Monsters attacked. I survived because…” “You still had yours.” Link finished. “I watched them die… I could have saved at least some of them, used my magic, broke open the cutie mark vault and maybe… but I was too concerned about my damn image and ideals that… When the Keybladers arrived and finished off the monsters that stuck around… They found me by the vault. It was empty, when their owners died the cutie marks vanished… I watched each one fade and… Just wanted to sit there and die. Almost did. Wanted to but Daybreak is real good at saving people, so, I lived. A few months later I get abducted, and merged into a single body with… countless other versions of me, different races, ideals, personalities. Memories of so many lives I know, people I loved, all poured into me. Sometimes I remember them all and hope they drown out my memories, the memories of the versions of me that did as bad as I did… and so much worse.” “So the guilt of not only your own sins… but all the others.” “It builds up.They are… all me, in identity, mind, body, soul, heart, ect. But the ones that still hurt the most are the ones I know were my screw ups, my village…” “So you want atonement then.” “I want punishment… But, Atonement is what I am walking towards.” “That in itself is a punishment.” Link said, taking another swig of wine as Starlight looked back up at them. “Because real Atonement is unobtainable. To work to try and reach the unreachable is a torture and punishment the lkes of which no prison or torment can match.” “You sound like you have personal experience with that…” “I… Heh… Yeah, I do. I remember.” “Guess not even memory loss can remove the sins huh?” “Never.” Link said with a smile, he and Starlight lifting their cups. “To atonement.” “To eternal self punishment and torment.” She said, the cups lightly bumping before the two drank. Chapter 29: Divine Beast Naboris: Part 1The desert sands burned under foot and hoof as Link, Starlight, and Yunobo walked through the Gerudo desert. "Your kingdom has some weird geology." Starlight said. "How so?" Link asked. "From what I've gathered there's an active volcano you mine, a thick jungle south east, this desert, large plains with either grasslands or forests, the muddy swamp/waterfall rich mountains, mountains, high up valleys/hills, and a nice coastal beach area dotted with islands. It's just a surprising mishmash of locations." "That's just how it's always been." Yubono said. "What about outside Hyrule?" "Nobody knows. Some have explored and told tales about places like here in Hyrule, others say once you leave the borders there's just a dead wasteland out there. And endless sea if you sail it." "That's not the case." Starlight said, stopping as she dug her hooves into the sand. This world's heart was old, and told stories about the other lands outside this one, the kingdoms that rose and fell over thousands of years. "There are other kingdoms, Gorons, Zora, hyliens, so many all scattered so far away." "Let me guess, one of your mystery abilities?" Link asked. "I can talk to the heart of the world, and it's so old, the oldest I've ever actually seen and felt." “Really?” Yubono asked in surprise as he looked at the sand around him. “Not surprised.” Link said with a sigh and a chuckle. “So how am I supposed to get into the Gerudo Village when they only allow females into the village?” Starlight turned to look at Link and pondered. “I’ll be good. Male Goron’s enter all the time, they don’t really care about my race’s genders.” “Why?” Link asked. “Not sure really.” Yubono shrugged. “Well, guess if I have to I can crossdress… think you can magic me a set of female gerudo clothes?” “Maybe… but…” Starlight smirked at Link. “I have a better idea.” “What?” Link asked, taking a nervous step back. “Relax, it will only be temporary.” “What are you going to do?” Starlight lit her horn. “Just relax and keep your shirt and pants on.” "Alright, you three can enter." The guard told the trip as they walked in. "I feel so… wrong." Link said, their voice a higher pitch than before and arms covering their upper torso, trying to hide the lumps under their shirt. On closer inspection Link's face was also softer, more rounded and their figure more feminine. "Oh please, it will just last until we're done here." Starlight said. "Take it as a learning experience. How many males do you know get the opportunity to be a female?" "I still don't get how women can walk around with these bouncing everywhere." Link said, dropping their arms and showing their female form was well equipped for their figure and build. "Bras. We should get you one then." The group make a quick stop at a clothing store where link found a simple set of female undergarments they put up with extreme embarrassment before also purchasing a set of Gerudo clothing. In their female form the clothing would get Link the eye of males and females alike. "This is so embarrassing. Everyone is looking at me…" Link groaned. "You do look really attractive as a girl Link, are you really so surprised? Didn't girls also look at you when you are a guy?" "Well, yeah but typically I'd ignore them. Like this though it's hard not to notice them looking…" The trio made their way up to the grand palace of the village, where the young chief, Riju, was seated. "Now, who are you three? A Vai, a Goron, and a… unicorn?” “Hi!” Starlight said with a wave. “I’m starlight, this big guy here is Yunobo, and this lovely Vai here is Link.” Link groaned… “Link, strange. I know that is typically a Voe name for Hyruliens, I did not know Vai also took it.” Riju said, surprised. “Heh, yeah, about that…” Link sighed. He pulled out the Sheika Sleight, showing it to her. “I’m that Link… Starlight here has… powers. Magic… She turned me into a Vai to get into town.” “Please.” The larger Gerudo female next to Riju said. “No such magic exists, and with breasts and hips like that, you are a tried and true Vai." Starlight and Yunobo tried very hard not to laugh at Link’s blush. After composing herself Starlight began speaking again. "I assure you, this is Link, personal guard of Princess Zelda and one of the Champions of Hyrule. If it's proof you want I am more than capable of displaying my magic." “Please let her display it.” Link said quickly, hoping to be turned back into a Voe so he wouldn’t be stared at like this. "Hm, alright, let's see." The guard said. Starlight lit her horn, the Guard flashed, and when the light faded the Vai guard was now a Voe. They blushed, but many of the other nearby Vai all started covering their noses. "Told you." Starlight said. "I… stand corrected…" The guard said, noticing the looks the others were giving them. “No~, you were supposed to do it on me.” Link whined to Starlight. "Oh hush you'll be fine." Starlight quipped. "So, wanna change back?" "...Give me an hour… two max." The guard said. "Fair." Starlight shrugged "Anyway…" Riju said, cleaning her own bloody nose. "So, you really are Link. And with such a powerful magical creature at your side. Impressive." “Yes...yes I am.” Link nodded. “And I’m here to ask for your help, your highness.” They said with a careful bow. "Hm, since you seem so… effective, I have a task for you three. Recently, my mother's helmet, and my crown, was stolen by the Yiga Clan." “Cause why wouldn’t those banana bastards just mind their own business…” Link groaned. "So it seems. If you three can fetch my crown and clear them out of their hideout towards the north edge of the desert." “Works for me.” Link nodded. "But, Link must remain a Vai during this mission." "Deal." Starlight said before Link could protest. "Excellent. I wish you all luck." With that the trio headed out, and once hey we're outside the city, Link promptly started yelling. “What did I do to deserve this Hylia!?!” Link yelled to the heavens. “I’m a guy, I shouldn’t have to deal with this crap…” "Awh, come on, you look cute." Starlight said. "And I think the Queen likes seeing you as a Vai." "Just be glad the others aren't here to see you like this." Yubono said. “I’m pretty sure at least two of them are laughing at me…” Link groaned. “I’m also sure it’s Revali mostly...feather brained bastard…” Link grumbled, even though he enjoyed the rivalry, Revali sometimes took their rivalry a little too seriously. "Maybe. So, think this Yoga base will be hard?" "Probably." Starlight said. “If there anything like they were a hundred years ago...then most likely.” Link said honestly. "Well, I got my shield ability, Starlight has Magic, and Link is carrying a small arsenal and a Keyblade… oddly I think we'll be fine." Yubono said. “Don’t underestimate ninja’s.” Link started. “Trust me...Impa made sure I knew that.” Link shuddered a bit at remembering her training regiment. "Well, they seem more assassin's than Ninjas. But same concept I guess." Starlight shrugged. “Either way.” Link stated. “We’ll have to be careful here.” "Fair. And if worse comes to worse I bet Link can flash them and get the guys stunned at least." Starlight said, making Yubono chuckle as Link's face went red. “Let’s not do this crap…” Link grumbled. "Come on, you're sexy, own it!" “I don’t want to be a woman to begin with!” Link snapped. “I was only okay in the barest sense cause I’d rather not have death glares thrown my way by the Gerudo...but this…” Link shook his head. “At this point it’s just me being forced into it, and that’s even worse than just doing it because ‘no guys allowed’ effectively.” "Which does make me wonder why the queen asked you to stay like that while on mission?" Yubono thought aloud. "Me thinks the queens hips swing in both directions." Starlight said with a chuckle. “Who knows…” Link sighed out. It was night fall when the trio arrived at the hidden Yiga Clan base. Link changed into some armor that thankfully still fit him and once they entered, freed a captured Gurado guard and once she was free began- "Stopza." Starlight cast, freezing all the Yiga in the room in place. "Well, that was easy." Yubono said. “Let’s hope it stays this easy.” Link said carefully. "It's only temporary, best to disarm, tie and lock them All up still." Starlight said. Once the frozen Yiga were unarmed, tied and locked up they moved along to the next room. The processes were repeated and upon arriving ad the next to final room, the group spotted… "This is a lot of Mighty Bananas…" Yubono said as the trio looked at the small mountain atop a short legged table on this rooms second floor. "Why though…?" Starlight asked. “Honestly, no idea.” Link shrugged. “They’ve always really liked Banana’s for some reason.” "Should we take them?" “Would be funny to see them freak out about all their lost banana’s.” Link said honestly. "If we find some nuts we can make some great banana bread." Yubono added. "Well, that settles it." Starlight said, popping in a bag of holding with her magic and tucking away all the Mighty Bananas inside. "Okay, one room left." The trio went off, dealing with the last Yiga before arriving at a massive opening with a large hole in the middle. "That's pretty deep." Yubono said, looking over the edge. “And that’s where they dump all their prisoners.” Link said. “I don’t know if that’s true, I’m just guessing cause why else would they have a massive fuck off hole here?” "Ten Rupees say they wanna fill it with bananas." Starlight said. “Lewd.” Link joked. "How?" Yubono said. "One word and you are getting a banana in all four of your holes." Starlight muttered to Link. “Where’s the fourth?” Link muttered in concern. "Think about it…" She growled. Mentally, Link was counting, then realized. “Please no…” Link shuddered in worry. "What is this?!" The trio turned, seeing a Yiga Clan member, far taller and larger… and fatter than prior members the three encountered. “Kohga!?” Link yelped, drawing one of their weapons quickly at seeing the fat Yiga Master. "Yes I'm Kohga, and… prey tell, who are you? I know you aren't a member, none of the women here are that hot. Well, save Agitha but she's on a special mission in the south." “I’m here cause you stole important things from the Gerudo.” Link stated, so painfully honest and ready to kick his ass. "What? Odd, I was expecting the Queen, or her head guard at least, not a Hylian babe, a unicorn and a Goron." “I’m going to enjoy kicking your overweight ass a lot more than I should.” Link started. "Ha! I'd like to see you try my blonde hottie!" Link promptly ran in attacking and screaming. "Aren't you gonna, you know, freeze him?" Yubono asked Starlight. "Nah, he needs this." Starlight said, magic summoning some drinks for her and Yubono. Link pulled out a bomb from their Sheika slate and threw it at Kohga strongly, which Kohga dodged it rather swiftly for a fat guy, only for Link to stasis the bomb behind Kohga, which caused the Yiga master to look a little confused as to why they stasised the bomb specifically, which gave Link enough of a chance to drive their foot into their stomach, knocking them back just enough that the ensuing detonation blasted him right back into Link’s waiting shield to the face. With Kohga stunned Link promptly broke several collected weapons over the Yiga Masters head before kicking them over near the hole. Before he fell in though, he began to levitate. "Haha! Bet ya didn't know I can fly did ya bitch!" “I did actually.” Link said honestly. “Other than I’ve seen it before, it’s the only reason you're so fat for being a ‘ninja’.” "Have we fought before?" Kohga asked. “Let me remind you.” Link said as they pulled out a bow and arrow and took aim. “Cause I’m pretty sure you’ll remember why you couldn’t be an asshole to me before.” She said as she fired an arrow straight at Kohga’s right knee. Link fired, hitting them right in the knee cap. "Ahhh! My knee! Wait, only one Hylian bastard has ever shot me with an arrow in the knee! You!" He looked over at Link. "Are the daughter and or granddaughter of that bastard Link!" Yubono and Starlight face palmed and face hoofed respectively while Link fell over at the blunt stupidity. "How is he this dumb?" Yubono asked. "I don't even know how he's a master of anything." Starlight groaned. “I can answer one of those.” Link called out as they got up. “Don’t you dare!” Kohga snapped. “Kohga used to be a respectable Yiga, until he took an arrow to the knee.” Link said with a shit eating grin. "I'm still respectable and I'll prove it!" Kohga yelled, reaching in their back pocket and pulling out- "Is that a giant Mighty Banana?" Yubono asked. "Yes!" Kohga declared, the fruit easily six pounds based on its size alone. "The biggest ever grown!" He then ate it… in one bite. He then began to glow with a golden aura. "Behold the power of the Super Mighty Banana!" "... Huh, dumbest reference I've ever seen." Starlight said. “I’m not sure how to feel about...what I just witnessed.” Link started. “Like...seriously dude...not only did you unhinge your jaw like a snake...you took it all down your throat all at once…” Any further comment was halted as Link was now dodging flaming bombs and multiple doppelgangers of Kohga. "Well this sucks…" Link muttered carefully as they pulled out a bow and bomb arrow, leaping up and firing it at a flaming bomb next to a doppelganger and causing the bigger explosion to knock them out. With the Yiga Master stunned, Link sent several bomb arrows at the large being before summoning their Keyblade and rushing in for a combo. “Take this!” Link shouted as their Keyblade glowed brightly, a blade made of pure energy extending from the Keyblade as the Yiga Master was staggered back by all the bomb arrows as she did her signature tornado slash at Kohga. The Yiga Master staggered for a moment before stopping just shy of the edge of the hole. "You are a feisty little one. If I was a younger man, this would have been far easier." “And by ‘younger’, you mean just as fat?” Link asked. "Yes, well funny thing about fat." He said, looking like he was sucking in his gut… and his gut morphed into an eight pack of abs. "Depending on your exercise and diet, it's just for show." Kohga said, a puff of smoke and petals as a large katana formed in his hand. "Now, bring it bitch!" “Then come at me if you have the balls.” Link said as they prepared for Kohga to attack with their new katana. Master Kohga breathed deeply, their blade slowly changing to a red hue as they then rushed at Link faster than they expected. “Faster sure.” Link started, as they sidestepped Kohga’s swing as time seemed to slow down for Link. “But I’m still faster.” The genderbent hylian grinned as they dashed forward and went into a Sword Flurry, using the blunt end of their Keyblade and smacking Kohga ten times. Before Kohga could retaliate, Link clashed against their katana with their Keyblade, shattering the weapon to shards. “This...this is impossible! This is madness!” Kohga said incredulously, not believing this bitch was able to shatter his prized Katana. “This is madness?” Link asked. “No, this isn’t madness.” Link growled. “This! Is! HYRULE!” Link said as she spartan kicked Kogha straight down the hole. Master Kohga, before falling into the hole, was slammed with a large boulder by Starlight as he fell in screaming. Link looked back over to Yubono and Starlight. Yubono held up a sign with a large number 8 on it while Starlight held up a 4 in her magic. “That was more than a collective twelve.” Link pouted. “But...jeez, that was a bit tougher than I originally thought.” "Because he was stronger than you originally thought or because you were baffled at his combat skills and lack of intelligence?" Starlight asked. “I remember his clones and flaming bombs, but I don’t remember him being able to buff himself up or that Katana, normally the physical combat was with Sooga…” Link said. "Ah. Well, still kinda funny he thought you were either your daughter or granddaughter." Starlight said. "It's not too hard to believe I guess, it has been a hundred years and you are female at the moment so it makes some sense." Yubono added. “True.” Link nodded. “Too bad I...never got to propose…” Link sighed out bitterly. "To who?" “I don’t know...all I know is that I had this on me.” She said while bringing up a pretty nice looking ring. “Don’t know why I have it but...kind of guessed it was for something along those lines.” "Hm, maybe you'll remember later on." Starlight said. In a puff of smoke a chest popped out of the dirt. Opening it, inside was the stolen helmet. With that in tow the trio made it back to the Gerudo Village and returned it. "Excellent." Queen Riju said, placing the helmet atop a mannequin head. "Now then, I imagine you three are here for the Divine Beast, Naboris. You wish to destroy Gannon's control over it, yes?" "That's the plan." Starlight said. “That’s what I’m here to do from what people keep telling me.” Link said honestly. "I see. The defenses of Naboris are tricky. Thankfully, you already brought me what will help offset that." She said, motioning to the helmet. "As you know, my mother was attuned to the power of Lightning, but not immune to it. Her helmet when worn by her blood will generate a field protecting her and a few others from the lightning. With this myself and one or two others can safely ride sand seals close enough to shoot off Electric arrows, disabling Naboris long enough for you and your friends to enter." “Sounds good.” Link nodded. “But...are you sure there isn’t another way? I’d rather not have you get hurt because of this.” The hyrulian said worriedly, his concern for other’s safety at the forefront for them. "While the helmet to others can give resistance to lightning only my mother and I can wear this and generate the protective field." Riju said. "We can begin the attack tomorrow. Something tells me you have plenty of arrows." “I can always use more.” Link said honestly. "Hm. Well, for tonight we feast and prepare, we attack at sunrise tomorrow." And so the festivities were kept simple but plenty was available to eat and drink. Riju, after a few drinks of wine was opening more, showing her age, well, physical age. Gerudo age a bit slower than Hylians. “Having fun there Riju?” Link asked the queen. "Heh, for the first time in years…" She sighed, nursing her newest drink. "I was so young when I took the throne. By Gerudo standards I'm still young. A hundred years and not even half my growing is done yet…" "Must have been hard ruling this place after your mother passed." Starlight said, quickly drinking her fifteenth drink and grabbing another. She was happy, while incapable of getting drunk, she did still enjoy the flavors. "I had to keep my grieving behind walls, after all, everyone was looking to me, and with Hyrule fallen and all the monsters… and Naboris… it was a hard time for everyone." “That...really sucks…” Link sighed out, taking another swig of their drink. "You know…" Starlight started, drinking her drink down to the past drop. "I can bring her back.” Riju looked up at Starlight. "What… do you mean?" "Your mother. The other divine Beast heroes, two beasts we freed already, their ghosts were stuck inside keeping the worst of that Gannon junk at bay, but once she's free I can revive her. You saw what I did with your guard- fuck I forgot about them!" "Don't worry about her… he has been enjoying themselves all day. I am expecting most of the guard will be requiring time off soon due to pregnancies…" She laughed. "But… can you really?" "I already brought back Mipha and Daruk. And the old king of Hyrule as well. Once her ghost reveals herself I can revive her easily. She can, if you want, take over ruling the Gerudo again and you can be your age." Riju looked thoughtful about this information. "Mother…" She muttered. “You don’t have to answer right now.” Link brought up. “You can take your time with it...it’s a heavy decision.” "Honestly… I'd like that. I've dreamed about that so many times… the… hope that it might be reality… I don't really know how to process that…" “You can process it when you're hugging your mother after so long.” Link brought up. “Sound like a plan?” "Heh… Yeah. Starlight, what are you, if I may ask?" "Hm?" Starlight hummed. "I'm a Unicorn." "And, is that all?" "It's all that's relevant." She said. “Which at the moment is fine, cause as long as we can deal with Gannon the better.” Link nodded. "Well then, it is late, and young Yubono is already asleep." Riju sighed. "Tomorrow is a big day." “A really big day.” Link nodded in agreement. "Then, shall we get some rest?" Riju asked, helping Link up. Starlight grinned a little, claiming a pile of pillows as her bed and nodding off for a moment. She had a feeling she knew what Riju was going to do. And she wouldn't interfere. "And that's about what's happened so far." Starlight said, the sleeping world she was in was a simple cafe where she and King sat enjoying sweets and tea. “Sounds like you’ve got your hooves full with what you're willing to add in.” King said honestly. "Well, it feels… nice, doing some actual good for once. Helping Link and them get stronger while also making sure not to do all the work for them." “Understandable.” King nodded. “Always good to have a change of pace.” "It has helped I'll admit… so, anything special up with you?" “Just doing a whole lot of things, still thinking of starting another Admin Game but want to get done with my current one at the moment, just prepping to beat Clockwerk and finish the ‘Thieveius Racoonus’ arc.” "Hm. Anything special happen?" “Well...besides me making that deal with Vincent as Kite which still concerns me even if I’m getting a whole lot out of it, last time there was a chapter about Kite it was leaving off on me feeling better about knowing my family didn’t think I was different after I revealed who I truly was.” King explained. “But that was technically a long time ago.” "...okay?" Starlight said. "That aside, how has everyone been?" “Gonna need to be a little more specific there.” King pointed out. “Cause we were just talking about my family as a Cooper.” "I mean like Heart and Trixie and all them." Starlight stated. "I haven't seen them in a while. I know we're connected and I can feel that they're fine but I'd like to hear some news honestly." “Heart’s doing good, doing paperwork and just hanging out...and Trixie...gonna need to be a bit more specific with which Trixie cause there’s your Trixie then there’s my Trixie.” King said sheepishly. "Aren't they the same since we all fused with our reflections as well?" Starlight asked. “I...okay that whole thing was literal ages ago.” King said defensively. “But Trixie is doing well, helping me with my stuff, enjoying showing off magic and stuff like that cause she’s still a born stage magician that’s for sure.” “Fair enough. Last I heard she and Pinkie Pie were working on managing the Kingdom’s entertainment and such. I’ve been wondering, at the rate we’re going, this Gannon thing is gonna get wrapped up quickly… what do I do after?” “Break the curse?” King brought up. “Cause if memory serves, Ganondorf was based on Demise waging war against Hylia for some reason. You could try and figure that out so shit doesn’t hit the fan again.” “And after that?” “Up to you.” King shrugged. “Hard to say what comes next sometimes, but there’s always something new to do.” “...” Starlight stayed quiet, looking down at her tea with a sad expression as she used her magic to spin the teaspoon inside the cup without reason. “And when they… pass?” She asked, staring into her tea. “Even with the… longer lifespans… you, me… we’ll still outlive them in some way, shape and form… I know I’m part of one of an afterlife… but, still…” “Not if their world is a part of ours.” King brought up. “Cause there is a way around that.” “Even so… For the first time in a long time… I feel happy… and, I don’t know how to stay happy without messing what I have up.” “Trust me...I’ve felt that way for as long as I can remember.” King sighed out. “But...if I’ve learned anything from all of this, it’s to trust the people who make you happy, and do your best.” “... Heh, hard to believe I used to believe I had all the answers and that my logic was so sound… now, I’d question everything two, three, four times over… but, with Link, Yubono, I don't do that…” “Same here.” King said honestly. “I still do it...but I’ve been getting better, cause I have people I can trust.” King said honestly. “And it sounds like you trust the both of them a lot.” The den mother said as they took a sip of their tea. “Yubono is like a kid, shy but full of positivity and dreams, even when afraid, he’s doing his best. And Link, he’s like me. He’s so full of regret and self hatred, that keeping focused on fixing what he failed to do a hundred years ago is keeping him from drowning in it. We both want to atone for our mistakes… course, atonement is a myth.” “That’s a lie and you know it.” King stated bluntly. “Is it?” Starlight asked, looking up at King now. “Then tell me, for your mistakes, do you honestly, truly feel you have atoned for them? For the deaths? The mistakes? … For the lost time?” She sighed. “It doesn’t matter who believes you have atoned… if you don’t believe it yourself.” “It...depends really.” King said carefully. “Like...let’s take Nancy as an example. My first kill, and I regretted it for so long...but now, I’m her parent and I couldn’t be happier, cause I was able to atone for my mistake and help give Nancy the life she truly wanted.” The wolf explained. “The mistakes? I’ve made too many to count, and lost time? Why do you think when Lyra finally let me have any number of Starfish Clones I had so many just bolting around?” King chuckled at their little freedom with that. “But this isn’t about me at the moment...why don’t you believe you can atone?” “Because… I’m afraid if I do, then who I was before is who I'll be again…” “So you're scared that history will repeat itself?” King asked. “Just because I’m an admin now doesn’t mean I’m immune to mistakes. I can never wash my hooves of my mistakes… All I can do, is learn to live with them, and carry them for this eternity I’ll be living. We all have sins to bear, right?” “Now you're just being overdramatic.” King deadpanned. “Not as overdramatic as Luna when she literally created a Tantabus to make her relive her past as Nightmare Moon but overdramatic nonetheless.” King stated, putting down their tea cup. “And you’re any better?” Starlight asked with a laugh. “In this situation yes.” King said honestly. “And here’s why, you believe that history will repeat itself if you don’t constantly drag yourself through the dirt, having it haunt your every step to make sure you don’t do it again, like Luna using the Tantabus to make her relive the day she became Nightmare Moon, while I, slowly but surely, have accepted that I fucked up, and moved past it to become a better person.” King explained. “So tell me...are you going to let your past sins haunt you till it actively interferes with what you're doing, the niggling fear of you going back to what you used to be controlling your every step? Or are you going to admit you screwed up, and with the help of your friends and family, become a better person and not be chained by your past?” Starlight smiled, looking down at her tea. “Why not both? It may not be healthy… but, it’s what I find peace with.” “You can’t because it’s literally a ‘one or the other’ at this point.” King told her. “Now sure, people can find peace with things in one way or another...but what you just said doesn’t entirely make sense.” “Maybe not, but it’s what makes me happy.” “If it works for you, than great...but sooner or later, you’re going to have to make a choice on what matters more.” King told Starlight softly. Chapter 30: IntermissionThe simple breeze blower through the patio l, wind chimes ringing with the wind. A familiar, but slightly different looking Floof Noodle, half Naga, Half Dire Wolf, rested on a chair reading a book. They sat between two women. One a brown haired, brown eyed beauty on his right, and on their left, a brown haired with a grey stripe in her hair, and chrome grey eyes. The three sat in on the patio of a fair sized house, a large grassy field surrounded by nothing but trees, grass and flowers. It was only the three of them on this worlds and it was how they liked it. “I...still can’t believe this is all real…” Diane said softly. "After so long… our dream came true." Zeke chucked as the two leaned against them. Their new body was an adjustment, but their two loves help them adjust quickly. "Still can't believe it's just us in this whole world. Fairy tales do come true huh?" Mercy laughed. “And all we needed was me about to destroy an entire timeline.” Diane brought up. "The things we do for love." Zeke laughed. "So, aside from reading and enjoying the breeze, anything you gal's wanna do before the sun goes down?" “Well, there’s a whole lot of things we can do.” Diane said. "Hiking, swimming, fishing, hunting, roleplay Adam and Eve… and Lilith~" Marcy added. "If that's how it went in the bible I bet human history would have been so different." Zeke laughed. “Ah yes, Marcy coming in with her signature horniness.” Diane chuckled. "Would you have me any other way?" Marcy asked. “Nope.” Diane smiled. “Cause you're my horny lady.” "Mine too." Zeke added, taking both in their arms into a massive hug. It quickly devolved into a group laugh before finally the three got up and began walking along the trail woods. Well, slithering, in Zeke's case. The trio enjoyed the various sights and sounds their personal world offered. They soon arrived at a lake where the group began enjoying the crystal clear waters. "Been hiding out in the woods a lot back on earth. Rarely ever saw water this clear and tasty." Zeke said as he took another drink from the lake. “Considering this world was just made, and there hasn’t been any pollution out and about to ruin it.” Diane shrugged. "Definitely our own Garden of Eden." Marcy added, picking some wild berries off a nearby bush and eating them. "And no nasty, pesky poisonous plants to worry about." “Only thing we have to worry about is our extremely floofy snake of a boyfriend here.” Diane chuckled, lightly petting their Floof Noodle. "Do I still qualify as a Boyfriend given I got both sets down there and tits?" Zeke asked. “Can you still plow us harder than a beast of burden during harvest season?” Diane asked. "Among other things now too, yeah. Still not entirely used to this new Floor Noodle biology. Losing legs was weird enough. Suddenly being an eight breasted hermaphrodite wolf snake is still… surreal. What about you two? How'd you two stay human when your others are a giant wolf and a pony naga?" “Uh…” Diane frowned. “Actually yeah, cause from what I heard King was actually reborn as a Den Mother because he needed to get his soul back…” Diane frowned. “So uh...not sure why it didn’t affect me but it affected you.” "I think it has to do with how we're connected to this timeline version of us. Aka Heart, King and Eclipsa. For Heart and Zeke their whole schtick is about Balance, being the same with one another so I guess when Zeke's balanced heart synced with Heart's, it triggered the transformation. As for Diane and I, I think we connect differently. After all, Nothingness already holds the dead or Purgatory Timelines so maybe it doesn't sync up like Balance does. As for me… well, I can feel Connected to the Grey energy, but it's like… different. Like rather than being able to draw power from it, I'm linked to it but not powered by it. Kinda like a wire or fuse is missing. If that made any sense." Marcy explained. "I guess it makes some sense. Cause of my heart I'm passively balanced with my other self, and Nothingness doesn't require a Balance to function properly." Zeke summarized. “Fair enough.” Diane nodded. “Also explains why I was...kinda sorta able to do all the shit I did before getting you two back.” "I suppose… speaking of, are you able to use all of King's weapons too Diane, or just replica ones?" “I think Replica ones.” She said as she raised a hand and brought out Foudre. “But I’m not a hundred percent sure…” "Huh. Weird. So, shall we swim or fish?" Zeke asked. "How about we cuddle?" Marcy suggested. "Cuddles are always nice." Diane smiled. Zeke chuckled. "Alright, but either if you grops, fondles or sucks my tits I am gonna retaliate." They informed as the three rested on the nearby soft grass. Marcy and Diane did think Zeke's transformation was strange at first, but that was quickly forgotten. Now they quite enjoy their new form, in many ways. Zeke rested as the big spoon, with Diane right next to Zeke almost in between their eight breasts and Marcy rested hugging Diane from the other end, happily squeezing both as close into Zeke's newfound busty bosom as possible. "This is nice." Diane sighed out happily. "It's really relaxing." Marcy agreed. The trio slept by the lake til dark, and when it was Zeke got up and made the group a fair sized fire. Once they had it lit and going l, foraged more berries and fruits from the nearby foliage. Fed and rested, despite the dark neither felt like leaving their impromptu campsite. The three sat next to one another in blissful joy. With a smirk, Marcy reached a hand onto one of Zeke's breasts, and squeezed the large soft orb gently. "I did warn you didn't I?" Zeke replied with their own smirk. "You most certainly did~" Marcy admitted, her blush growing red as she unbuttoned her shirt. Zeke felt another hand touch one of their many breasts, and turned to spot Diane as the only other culprit. Her fingers massaging the milk maker eagerly as she too began to undress with a growing blush. "Titty soft and warm." Diane said happily. "And now it's time to fully enjoy ourselves." The trio quickly disrobed what clothes they wore, and soon Zeke lay on their back as Marcy and Diane claimed their squishy soft mounds and reached their head. Without hesitation Marcy began kissing Zeke deeply. Diane, not wanting to be left out, happily began groping and kissing their loves various tits, suckling when they felt it right to give them extra pleasure. After a brief, passionate moment the two switched. Diane now greedily kissed and claimed Zeke's lips for her own, and Marcy began gently yet passionately squeezing and kissing her lovers assets. The three kept at this, switching off between kissing lips and fondling breasts until Zeke's member emerged, hard and ready for the true fun. Zeke was already fairly gifted for a male, but their new body granted them three extra inches and almost four in girth. Marcy and Diane, on their first night with Zeke in this form, knew they were going to forever enjoy their love's new biology. It helped greatly that their counterparts taught them many spells to enhance the fun. “So, do we want to go one at a time, or do we want to see Zeke have two pussy pounders?” Diane asked, considering one of the spells they were taught was letting Zeke grow a second dick like a snake would have. "Well, it's night out. How's about I just start off with Marcy," Zeke started, using their long snake tongue to give a playful, sexual lick along the woman's torso. "And you can… warm up your tent for the night." Zeke finished, a hand used to open the large entrance beneath their member. Zeke's own vagina was large, as expected given their species and size now. Large enough for a person, or several, to slip in and spend a night, or months even. "Once Marcy is nutted and in, you'll be next Diane." “Can’t wait.” Diane said warmly, going below Zeke to their private area. “Still can’t believe Floof Noodles Biology sometimes…” Diane muttered to herself with a smile. Still laid on their back, Zeke felt Marcy position herself above his member, grinning madly as the tip entered and she slid down. Thanks to magic and spells, she slid down and housed his thirteen inch, four inch girthed rod inside her overstretched body. The bulge she had was easily seen from the outside, and by habit she happily patted the bulge in her stomach. She let out a moan of pure Bliss as every nerve was triggered and every inch of her vaginal walls was stretched and effortlessly tried to clench into the massive rod it housed. Diane took in the sight of Marcy, her legs spread wide as she was atop Zeke's member. Grinning, she began her end of this, and couldn't wait for her turn. Getting into position behind Marcy, Diane now rested face to hole with the lips of Zeke's pussy. Already the sweet scent if moistening juices filled her nose. With a grin, she took both hands, one on each end of the lips and pulled them open. It always amazed her just how wide they could stretch. Made her wonder what kind of monster is normally meant to be stuffing this hole. She took another deep breath before reaching her head inside, tongue hung out and trailed it along the walls. Zeke jolted at the sensation. So new yet so rich and potent, it made them thrust Marcy up and down, soon falling into a rhythm as Diane licked their vaginal walls while Marcy mindlessly giggled and moaned from an overdose of pleasure. Soon Diane was almost drinking the juices that Zeke was producing, smiling as her grip became weakest by the liquids. Soon Zeke let out one last thrust, pumping Marcy with what was an inhuman amount of sperm directly into her womb. His love swelled as it already nine months pregnant with twins. "Guess… we're finally… gonna be… parents…" Marcy said with a tired pant of exhaustion. Diane smiled, standing up and helping Marcy up off the still hard member. An audible pop echoed as Diane pulled Marcy up and off Zeke's cock, a fair flow of cum leading out from her gaping pussy. Sitting up some, Zeke helped Diane by placing Marcy's feet Into the wet, welcoming vaginal lips of their pussy. Marcy's legs slid in effortlessly, and soon the cum bloated stomach slipped in too. Soon all that remained was her face, sinking into her loves nethers with a blissful smile. Marcy was now inside Zeke's vagina, and soon slipped into their womb as well. Diane felt Marcy slide down, all the way through from the outside. It was an incredible thing to witness, and reminded her that Zeke's snake half was easy forty to fifty feet long. "Hmm~ you ready?" Zeke asked, Diane turning to see the Floof Noodle and their still hard, needy cock throbbing. "Yes please." Diane said readily. Zeke took Diane by the hands, leading the needy girl to their arms where they hugged and kissed her as she arranged herself properly, and slid herself onto Zeke's rod. Diane moaned in bliss as she felt herself packed by the stick of meat. She felt the same stretching and stomach bulge Marcy had received. Zeke let her adjust to it for a while, and soon, began to thrust up and down, holding Diane in a hug as their tongue invaded and tasted all of her mouth. Diane enjoyed the flavor of Zeke's lips, happily thinking about it and moaning at the quickly speeding rod ramming between her legs. Right as Zeke began to speed of for the climax, he let go of Diane and placed his hands along her thighs, his fingers pressing deep into her rear as Diane screamed in ecstasy as Zeke and her came. Much like Marcy, Diane now sported an almost nine month with twins bloated stomach. She weakly rubbed the liquid filled bulge that was her womb, Zeke helping pull her off his now spent member. The two spent some time in afterglow hugging and kissing, Diane slipping her feet into Zeke's vaginal lips, slipping in slowly to join Marcy in Zeke's womb. "We really should do this more often." Zeke shuttered as Diane slipped in further. Her cum bloated stomach only stopping her for a short moment before it was also inside and she felt herself slipping deeper and deeper into her loves nethers. "Oh yeah...we need to do this more." Diane sighed out in bliss. In no time at all Diane was with the soft, wet darkness of Zeke's vagina. She felt herself slip through an expanding hole and soon slipped into Zeke's womb, where a pair of arms wrap around her. "Night Diane." Marcy murmurd with a yawn as she cuddled up to Diane. “Night…” Diane yawned, cuddling up to Marcy happily and drifting off. “This...is the life…” Chapter 31: Divine Beast Naboris Part 2The next morning, Starlight, Link, Yunobo and chief Riju were greeting the big day with a meal. Today, they would reclaim Divine Beast Naboris, and Riju's mother. "Today's the day…" Link said carefully. "It shouldn't be any more difficult than Ruta and Rudania." Starlight brought up. "We can get done even quicker thanks to my magic and Riju's helmet." "It should be easier...but what if Ganon is doing something to make it more difficult?" Link inquired. "Cause the past two have been simple enough and I still don't know if he's just a mindless monster or smart cause he left those guardians behind." "I think it's because Princess Zelda is keeping him at bay mostly. Aside from the occasional blood moon, seems Gannon only has power in the Divine beasts and the Guardian Robots he infected before. The Moblins and such are an annoyance but manageable." Riju stated. "It would make sense." Starlight nodded. “That’s...fair.” Link conceded. “So he’s mostly stuck in the Divine Beasts and whatever is in them...so it should just be smooth sailing mostly.” "Well… there are other things we can do. There's probably a lot of people around Hyrule that need help in some way, shape and form." Starlight added. “True…” Link said with some thought. “I...do remember there were some message boards back in town and some of the Stables we were at.” Starlight nodded, smiling. She knew delaying the final battle was selfish, but she wanted just a little more time with her friends, before the uncertainty of after the monstrous Gannon is defeated. “Plus, depending on how things go, we might find more allies to help us fight Gannon.” Link shrugged. “Or maybe weirdly find Gannon Worshipers...which seems like a weird case of Deja Vu for me when I don’t remember much…” Link shook his head, confused as to why he thought Gannon Cultists sounded so familiar when he could have sworn there wasn’t any. "Huh. Speaking of help, would you care to join us Riju?" Starlight asked. "In the fight? What could I do?" Riju asked. With a flash of her horn, Starlight bestowed Riju with Abaddon Plasma. A fast, rapid combo keyblade. "With this a whole lot and then some." “Trust me, it works amazingly.” Link said to Riju simply. "Even I can fight with a Keyblade." Yunobo added. “Plus, Keyblades are magic so...it can help with your Lightning Abilities and your Mask.” Link mentioned. "You had me at magic." Riju said as she grabbed and lifted the weapon. "Shall we do some training before heading off? Best we teach her some basics before the big fight." Starlight suggested with a grin. “Yes we shall.” Link nodded, getting up and readying to teach her some very important thing’s when it comes to using a sword. "I know how to use a sword, but given this one is magic I will take the lessons anyway. Plus it will lete see how fast and flexible Link is as a Vai for myself~" Riju said, earning a blush from the still genderbent hylian and a laugh from the others. "Speaking of, should I… change your guard back yet or are they good?" Starlight asked. "I imagine they are quite happy with their new gender. Plus, thanks to that there has been quite a number of Vai asking for the same treatment, and if you are willing, this sudden shift in the population's gender will force my hand to remove that silly rule about no males allowed in the city." "Fair enough." Link nodded. “As long as they’re all happy about it.” As Link gave Riju lessons, Starlight watched them battle from afar, sighing happily as she looked out at her friends. "You really don't want it to end, do you?" She turned, seeing Cript there. "Don't worry, they can't see or hear me." "Am I that transparent?" Starlight sighed out. "I can't blame you. After what you and the others all went through." "Yeah…" Starlight sighed. "This is...really nice and simple…" "Wonder how you'll hang out after Gannon is beat?" "I'd rather...not think of that…" Starlight said bitterly. "What if you didn't have to leave. Or rather, what if I could make it last just a bit longer for you all?" "You can?" Starlight gasped, wanting to know if there was a way to keep being with her new friends longer. "There is a… project, I've been working on. Simulations are promising but I need to run an IRL beta test. If this is done properly, we can extend your time with them as well as grow them in power. We'll need all the help we can when the final battle arrives…" “Yeah...we’re really going to need it.” Starlight nodded in agreement. "The best part is, all you all have to do is beat Ganon, free Zelda and I can handle the rest from there." “Fair enough. Beat the big bad, save Link’s girlfriend, it should be simple.” "And once that's done I can see how well this test will run. It won't be too challenging, after all this is more of a beta run anyway. So, mind if I ask? What makes you so much happier here than back home?" “Well...this is simpler if that...makes sense.” She said softly. “I’m with friends...I’m doing something good...I don’t have the fate of the universe on my mind…” "Fair. Funny enough this would be less stressful. You can have a happy life here, this world is old, but peaceful and still has so many more years to live and explore. Hmm… actually, that sounds like a good idea." Cript said as he turned to Starlight. "How would you like to do something similar to what you're doing here? Helping the heroes?" “That would be good.” Starlight nodded. “What do you have in mind?” Cript began explaining the idea to Starlight. The overall goal and her role to be played. It was a simple, but Important one. She smiled, feeling a purpose and goal fill her. "And remember, when the war is over, you'll still have a job to do. Not Heart, nore King or Eclipsa know what's to come after. You are one of the few I have told." Cript explained with a smile. “Wow…” Starlight blinked. “You saying even those three don’t know...this is probably really big and important.” "In the long run, yes. It will be. When this war is over we will all have a future and a part to play. Being able to both see the future and calculate all possible outcomes, but at least I can make some good come out of it." “Cool.” She nodded. “This is going to be amazing...but...what’ll everyone else think about this?” Starlight asked carefully. “They’re still my family…” "I imagine King might argue against it, but see the value in the end. Eclipsa will probably accept it, and Heart will more than likely accept it. In the end, we will still have a job to do, but it will be simpler, easier than now." “King would try and argue…” Starlight chuckled and shook her head. “Probably think we’re just copying the Matrix or something.” Cript shrugged. "He won't like it but in the end he can't deny it will help a lot. So, ready to get to work then Starlight?" “Ready as I’ll ever be.” Starlight nodded. With a nod, Cript and Starlight shook hand and hoof. Cript then vanished as Starlight looked at her Assistant mark just above her hoof. Within the center space was now the symbol of her new job. An infinity loop. “My new life huh?” Starlight muttered. “This is gonna be...honestly good.” Naboris marched along the sands of the Gurato desert, it's mechanical body tirelessly marching as it's inner workings generated electricity that sent raw, unfiltered electricity at anything metal or organic within it's range. "I always forget how tall these things are." Starlight noted as she looked up at the Mega Mecha Camel. “I know we’re in a Desert but...why a Camel?” Link asked curiously. "Ask the ancients." Riju said with a shrug. "The field my helmet will generate is limited. It's normally meant for just a single person so Link will have to stay close while we sand surf around the Divine Beast to disable the protective systems." “That’s fair.” Starlight nodded. “And I’ll be able to keep cover using my magic to redirect any lightning coming my way.” And so, the group got to work, Riju and the still genderbent Link road on sand seals and Shields to surf along the sandy grounds. The helmet Riju wore began working instantly, deflecting the electricity while Starlight's own magic did the same. In no time at all between the two the defences went down, and soon the group made it into Naboris proper. "Ugh… why did these ancients make the insides of all these things gigantic puzzles…" Starlight groaned as she saw the bizarre and mechanical insides of Naboris. "I mean, it's a good deterrent I suppose but it is kinda ridiculous." Yunobo added. "Were the other two like this?" Riju asked as she looked around. “Yes…” Link groaned. “Well...let’s get on with this…” The group quickly made their way into Naboris, activating puzzles and terminals to gain more and more control over the divine beast. After a while, the group made their way to the final terminal where, in a rush of dark energy and vile slime, emerged the floating figure of Thunderblight Ganon, welding sword and shield that shot out lightning all around. "So, this is the beast that killed my mother…" Riju said as she readied her Keyblade. "And we're going to kill it." Link said. "And save your mother's soul." The group acted fast. Yunobo used their Shield ability to deflect the extremely fast attacks of the blight monster. Riju's helm kept her protected from it's lighting attacks while Starlight used her magic to lift the metal bars it tried to use to rapidly chain rush electricity at them back at it. She found it odd it was not so immune to electricity as it should have been. Between the four the Blight was defeated, and soon the spirit of Riju's mother, Urbosa, appeared. Starlight immediately cast her magic, reviving the long dead Queen and Riju for the first time in years, embraced her mother in a warm hug. "You have done so well, young one." Urbosa said as she affectionately pat her daughter's head. Once the Blight Ganon was defeated, and Naboris returned to normal, aiming it's cannon towards Hyrule castle like the other two Divine Beasts, they returned to the Gerudo Town, where Urbosa was recrowned, the law banning males was lifted, twenty eight Vai were then changed to males, and Link was returned to manhood. Riju made a choice. She wanted to grow stronger, and would do so traveling with Link, Starlight and Yubono. "I will visit often mother." Riju said, holding her mother's hand. "Starlight taught me how to use DTL's, or portals, so it will not be long before I see you again." "And we'll make sure she's kept safe." Link said, super glad to have his male bits back but thinking more about others at the moment. Urbosa nodded. "I trust you Link, though, it does sadden me to know how little you remember from before. I knew at the time Calamity Ganon hit you the hardest, but I did not believe it would cause you to forget so much." “It’s...slow going with my memories…” Link sighed out. “Although I’m surprised I wouldn’t remember you or...how you kept trying to have Zelda be more honest with her feelings.” Link said, rubbing his temple carefully as a memory flashed in his mind, a brief moment where he was hiding in the shadow’s dressed up as a Gerudo Female and heard the two talking, something about ‘being honest with your feelings’ and ‘talk to Link’ coming to mind but it was spotty at best. "Hm, well that's good at least. Well, be safe Link, Riju, Yubono, and Starlight. I owe you a debt I can never repay." Blushing, Starlight waved it off. "Don't worry about it, just live and spend time with Riju." "I shall." Urbosa nodded. "When she returns to visit." “We’ll make sure she visits regularly.” Link nodded. With that, the group headed off, walking along the sands and back towards the central area of Hyrule. "So, this just leaves Medoh in the mountains." Yubono stated. "The hike there will not be pleasant." Riju stated. “It could be worse.” Link said honestly. “But...we’re going from a scorching hot desert to probably a really cold mountain...boo.” Chapter 32: King's Miracle"I know you like my tail, but is there a reason you're almost dry humping it?" Heart asked as King clung to their lower half like a second skin. “Because I need something to feel better…to not feel like I’ve been used and abused…” King explained sadly. "Still can't believe they did the whole book." Heart said, patting King's head as they were moving from the kitchen to the couch, using their long lower half to drop King onto the seat next to them. “At least they gave me a chance to…at least attempt to revive four of our kids…” The den mother said sadly. “Cause apparently…when Lord said he took everything from me…he meant everything...and it was in Rune’s book…” "Well, the two of them are Admins of Fetishes, and yes, Fetishes, so I guess that would have happened at some point. Accident or not. And I'm sure Lyra had a part in you being able to revive them. She is a Goddess of children so, she wouldn't let them stay dead." “But…even if I’m the Admin of Nothingness, one of the many area’s that revolves around the soul…” King said bitterly. “I…we couldn’t bring them back fully…they’re missing pieces of their soul’s and I don’t know how to fix it…they’re hurting in ways I can’t imagine, and not just physically…” "Well, Cript told me there hasn't been an Admin of Souls in…ever. Likely not since the first cycle and all he really knew about them was how to get them to multiply in a similar way to, well, having a kid but… given what happened with you… well, maybe you can make an artificial soul? Didn't a few Undertale AU's do that?" “Yeah, and I would love to figure that out…” King sighed. “I…I’m just so tired…” "Wanna nap on the bed, here on me or in me?" Heart asked. “On you…” King said. “I…I need someone…” The wolf whimpered. “And…it kinda hurts how I’m probably never going to forgive either Rune’s…even if it is all Lords fault…” "Knowing Lord, I doubt he cares if you do or not." Heart shrugged as King laid down, resting their head atop their lowest breast to use as a pillow. "I was gonna watch Turning Red. Think you'll be up enough to watch it with me?" “Yes.” King nodded. “I need something nice and sweet after…everything.” The two watched the movie in silence, only the movie and the crunch of popcorn and sip of soda made any noise. When it ended, Heart quickly put on another movie. Movie after movie well until King fell asleep. Heart sighed as they held onto King's sleeping form. "What can we do…" They muttered, thinking about how best to help King and the four children. King awoke with a yawn and the scent of bacon in their nose. “Oh the sweet smell of bacon.” King smiled happily. As they got up and opened their eyes they saw Heart in the kitchen, massive trays of fried bacon filled multiple plates. "Morning. For being, well, beings not needing sleep you sure did sleep in." “Yeah…it’s been a trying time.” The den mother shrugged. “Especially when half of that trial was me being unable to sleep because of the cold.” "Fair." Heart said, picking up two of the many stacked plates and placing them before King, who began eating them readily. "So… I was thinking over the last… week you slept." “Damn, a week?” King asked in surprise even through a mouthful of food. "Well, technically eight days but it was late afternoon when you fell asleep so I don't count it. Anyway, I was thinking on how to best help make new souls… and realized there are really only two people in existence that can help you." “Who?” The wolf asked all too readily and quickly. "Well, based on the info in that scroll, Vincent would be one but I doubt he'd want to help you. Especially for a personal reason. Which leaves the only other being in existence as old as him… Lord." “Oh come the fuck on…” King growled. “I’d sooner split his skull in half right now…” "I know, but he is the only being old and strong enough to make it work, plus he is on our side unlike Vincent. Plus, if this all works out well, there could be a new Admin of souls, the first in forever." “I mean…that would be great.” King nodded. “Well, they all should be finishing up destroying the Chaos God’s in the Warhammer 40K world that’s just outside our borders…hopefully the many races there will be at least friendly enough to not try to be hostile immediately.” "Weird. Well, come on, eat up and then let's head off to Lord's lab." Heart said, putting a handful of bacon into King's mouth. “Alright.” King nodded. “And also…well I sent them their cause I wanted to see how…badly their souls were affected against the very being’s that embodied what they were cursed with.” "And I'm guessing it's bad." Heart said, heading back to the kitchen, putting more bacon on the skillet to fry. “So bad that they not only killed those Chaos Gods, metaphysical embodiments of certain aspects in that world, but did so by using ‘cleansed’ versions of their powers. Like Smoke using the Ultimate Plague to literally purify an entire realm that’s supposed to be of Rot, Decay and Death, Obsidian using Ultra Violence to spread Non-Lethal Mercy to those that deserved it, Apollo bringing Understanding to the Unknowable, and then Angel…well it was a little extreme when the last one literally devoured the Chaos God of Excess because they couldn’t feel anything.” King sighed out. “And each one’s powers are based on how…they died as either infants or…in the womb…” "That would do it… still, it's actually surprising that being born without or with so little of a soul did that to them." “It might also have to do with how they were ‘born’, cause Smoke was killed by an insane cocktail of every disease, virus, and parasite those two could come up with, Obsidian…” King put a hand on their stomach. “Was literally beaten out of me…Apollo was killed due to magically infused psychic powers cause that’s a thing…and Angel…” King shuddered in horror, tears forming in their eyes again. “I know…we’re supposed to be relaxing, and not talking about a bunch of grimdark bullshit…especially me…but my little Angel was…” "Don't think about it." Heart said, their tail coming up and shoving more bacon Into King's mouth. "Relaxing and with luck, this will get them their souls back. Try and think about that, getting them new souls." King thought about it, how they’re fully healed soul’s could either get them back to normal, or if they were stuck with those powers…at least end their pain they were constantly going through, Smoke’s eternal torment as he decayed and regenerated with such insane speeds, Obsidian’s burning, insatiable thirst for martial combat, Apollo’s frail physique literally making them unable to do much without their powers…or Angel’s ability to feel literally anything. “Seeing them all smile again…with genuine joy as their pain is gone…it would be the best thing to happen for me at the moment.” "Then eat up." Heart said, quickly placing two more huge plates of fried deliciousness before me. “You know just how to cheer me and my stomach up.” I chuckled. "King, please, I'm a Floof Noodle. Food and happiness are my specialty." Heart said with a chuckle, finishing off the last of the raw bacon and now bringing out eggs. “You are a wonder Heart.” "If I'm being honest, I also binge watched a lot of Cooking Channel while you were out and now I just want to cook everything." Heart admitted. "Also, if you get fat, good. More for me to grab~" “Exactly.” King chuckled happily. After a long and filling breakfast King and Heart finally began making their way to Lord's lab. Upon entering they saw all the various items and objects around the two and Lord, seated at a desk in his new form as he worked on some small machine. “Sup asshole.” King stated simply. "Nothing much." They responded plainly. "So, what brings you two fucks to my lab?" “Because we’re going to be doing something insanely stupid, and that’s getting my kid’s soul’s fully healed, and considering it was exclusively your fault, you have to help us.” "And you plan on doing that how?" He asked, not even looking back at King or Heart as they tinkered with the machine on the table. “By making a new Admin of Souls.” "You want to make an Admin of Souls?" Lord asked, finally turning to look at King. "Huh. That's… actually not a bad plan." “Considering it’s most likely the only way to fix them, cause even my powers of Soul’s and Lyra…neither of us could do anything to fully give them their full soul’s back.” "Well, yeah in terms of soul death it's almost the equivalent to complete code deletion. Not exactly the same but pretty similar. I remember the first, and so far only Admin of Souls explained it as the soul being a far more mailable variation of code for mortal life to learn about and use. Course it wasn't and he was just stupid smart and made the soul way more complex than he lead on." “Fair enough.” King nodded. “So how are we going to start this? Cause as far as I know, I’d really not like to commit genocide on a planetary scale to gather enough soul’s to artificially create one.” "Bitch please you basically do it all the time. Er, making new souls, not the genocide thing… that's my thing. Anyways. So, new souls are made the same way most life is made. Sperm hits egg, multiplies. It's basically the same, but usually this happens alongside the bodies growth. Unless Reincarnation happens, then once the sperm and egg mix the reborn soul gets yeeted into it while a new body grows for it." “Alright…so how will this help us create a literal Admin?” "Well, now that I think about it it's kinda easy, you just need to make a form of a being that can create souls in a 'womb' of sorts the same way you all make kids, and just make sure the souls it makes lack bodies so they don't imprint on anything until they are placed within a body. “That sounds…correct.” I nodded. “Not sure how we’re going to do that because that’s a lot more complicated than one would think.” "I… might have an idea." Lord started. "The original Admin of Hearts, from way back in Cycle 1, was very similar to the Admin of Souls. Hence why the heart you deal with is akin to a soul, yet the soul stays inside the body making a Nobody, aka, your shtick. If you two make one of those Fusion things, I'm willing to bed with some minor code modifying that entity can do exactly what we need." “Huh…that…sounds a lot simpler than it has…literally any right to be.” King frowned. "Well, odds are the solution was going to be easier than expected." Heart stated. "So, what do you say, wanna make Kart into the new Admin of Souls?" “If it’ll help my kids then sure.” King nodded. Kart was, for some reason, always in feral form despite King often fusing in anthro form. They looked themselves over, their larger than normal Dire Wolf Den Mother body only matched in size by the hulking long and fuzzy snake tail where a normal tail would be. "Ya broke my roof." Lord said, the large fusion noticing the partly broken lab around them. “While I’d say sorry, you still fucked with King to such a royally degree that you literally forced four of their children to be murdered.” Kart stated bluntly. "Does it look like that bothers me?" Lord replied flatly. "They asked for the power and trials Cript has. I gave it to them. That power has a price, if they regret it, not my fault." Lord said, snapping his fingers as suddenly Kart found themselves on their back. "Now hold still. I gotta modify your code and possibly add some stuff." “You still don’t fuck with a Den Mother’s children asshole.” Kart countered. "Yeah yeah. This is gonna tingle." Lord said, Kart now struggling not to twitch or laugh at the odd feeling through their body. Thankfully it didn't last long. “Alright, that was a lot of tickles, so what’s new with me?” "I'm not done yet." Lord stated. "In order for this to work you'll need to be a unique individual from King and Heart. Kart the fusion will still exist, but Kart you will be your own independent entity. I need to mix and change a lot of stuff here. Thankfully since Nothingness and Balance are two sides of the same coin, in a sense, it won't be too difficult to mix the two and create a new energy that should allow you to create and store new souls within you." “Getting some weird Yu Yu Hakusho vibes with your explanation…” Kart pointed out. "Whatever helps you understand the process." “Fine.” Kart nodded. “So…when I become the Admin of Souls…what’s gonna happen?” "Well, if it's anything like the last one you'll generate raw, un-imprinted souls within you that you can use to then place within gods, mortals, animals, planets, lesser Admins, ECT. Anything that has a soul basically. Or can have one. And because King's doing this cause of their kids I'm adding in a script similar to how The Mother's Womb works where there's basically a copy of the person's soul in you at all times as well. In a sense you'll basically be a less powerful but still important variant of The Mother." “Wow.” Kart said in surprise. "Yeah." Lord said plainly as Kart felt another odd but short tingling along their body. As they laid there, they had to admit there was genuinely little Heart and King knew about Lord aside from he was ancient, powerful, and trained Cript. “So…” Kart started. “Besides being a raging asshole…who are you?” Kart asked, such a simple phrase holding a whole lot more meaning that Lord picked up on. "I am whatever I need to be whenever I'm needed." He replied flatly. “That’s not really much to go on ya know?” Kart pointed out. “Come on, who are you really? Not just some ‘I’m here, whatever’ kind of deal…who are you really?” "That depends on what form I have at the time or what job I have to take." He stated simply. Another tingle went through Kart but again it was short lived. “Yeah, I’m not asking about that.” Kart stated simply. “I’m asking who you are as a person, not whatever form you’ve taken or what job you have, but who are you?” "Is there a point to me telling you or why you want to know?" “The point is that King and Heart know shockingly little about who you are, or what your about besides being ancient, powerful, trained Cript, and just kind of a vague asshole.” "Live as long as I have and vague asshole becomes a default personality." Lord stated. "Besides, how much would you believe if I told you?" “That all depends on how nonsensical it is, cause Heart and King have seen some shit.” "And yet they haven't seen everything." Lord said. He was quite for a while before talking again. "How much do you know about the Dream Project Nexus did?" “Even though King and Joy have found numerous amounts of paper’s from Nexus about it, even managing to get a lot of the redacted parts out of it…not much really.” She explained. "You destroyed them?" Lord asked. “After King memorized every single bit of information from those papers, from what was allowed to all the redacted stuff.” Kart answered. “He did not like what he was reading.” "Don't tell Cript that. He will erase your memories. He's done it before." Lord warned, before continuing. "Well, like all things, best to start at the beginning. How much do you know about this world, and I don't mean this machine. I mean the one outside it." “Well…considering Grey’s evil half is going to be chucking thing’s from the Outside world at King sooner or later…” Kart said, going through King’s memories on what Grey told him. “Grey said it’s an uninhabitable deathtrap filled with creatures of unimaginable power, to the point that even Grey in all it’s power mid way through fucking with the Machine…couldn’t really stand up to the damn things.” "More or less. What exists outside this machine is a world filled with a primal, unfiltered imagination. For lack of a better word." Lord said with a laugh. "It's chaotic, making things sentient beings just can't comprehend or fathom. After all, imagination without something intelligent behind it is unpredictable and unknowable." “So why haven’t we randomly seen Mister Mxyzptlk or other such being’s of pure Imagination just appear in here whenever they please?” "Heh, that's not how it works Kart. See, that wild and unpredictable imagination is only half of what makes up the outside reality. Like the machines have realms, multiverse, so do does it. For the unknowable, unpredictable imagination, there also must exist the knowable, the predictable and the factual." “The machines are the knowable and predictable stuff?” Kart asked. “And whoever the hell made them?” "Close. They are but pockets of the true other side of this reality. See, while this side can only naturally breed the monsters outside, the other side was able to breed something different. Something with intelligence, something smart and clever, that can see and be aware of the logical world around it. The original, first sentient life. But, like this world held two sides, so to did they. Over time they began to wonder and ask what if's. They began to imagine what their world would be like if it were different. That wonder and thoughts linked them to the other side of their existence, and for the first time ever, intelligence began to mold raw Imagination. Stories, fantasy, all existing in a place real to it but not to the one making the story, and yet the story affected the world of it's maker in ways that birthed creativity. What was fantasy many sought to make fact. The two worlds, the two halves were improving and building one another up in ways alone they'd have never achieved." “So the Fourth Wall?” Kart inquired. “Cause…that’s kinda sounding like the Fourth Wall.” "Kind of. What you perceive as a fourth wall would be the barrier that keeps the two halves, Imagination and Fact, separate. Now tell me, what would happen if one of those beings from the Knowable, predictable, factual reality appeared in the unknowable, unpredictable imagination?" “Well…they’d be fucking stoked.” Kart answered. “It’s almost like there's at least ten different people that were in a situation like that before all this nonsense happened.” Kart explained, due to God’s Matrix style nonsense, King, Heart, Eclipsa and many many others went through a world just like that. "Yes but there is a difference." Lord said. "King, Eclipse, Heart, and all the others were on the same level, the same, well, everything. You all had to work to become what they became. The ones like that, come here as beings stronger than anything. Because here, all they need to do is imagine it, will it and reality bends to make it so. Erasing and rewriting itself to follow what they want and will to exist. They had many names for what they were. Gods, All Makers, even the name Admin was one used to describe them. They were unstoppable, and unrivaled in power. It's these first beings that built this machine. Well, one of them. Each built their own. Now all that seems to remain is this one." “That’s…disturbing.” "Now, let me ask you. Why do you think this and the other machines were built?" “Uh…to have some normalcy?” Kart guessed. “Cause even in a realm of unfiltered imagination…too much nonsense can do bad things to people.” "I guess that's part of the reason. The main one however was to preserve the imagination of their world, their home reality was creating and pouring into this reality. They built the machines to collect and house them all, safe from the full force unknown of the reality outside. They were built to be havens for the world's their people made, Intentionally or not. But, that all changed the day… I showed up." “What did you do?” "I existed." Lord said, another tingle, a slightly painful one flowed through Kart's body and ended just as fast. "The machine didn't just collect the imagination and world's their home reality, for those with a will and an imagination strong enough it pulled their minds too. One being, like them, but in mind only with a body made and born from imagination, unlike them who came here flesh and blood, soul and mind all together. I was an oddity, a curiosity. I was like them but not, I could be in both Imagination and Fact just by Dreaming. Sleep there I was here. Sleep here I was there. I even learned you could pull it off by day dreaming if you were good enough at that. I was never as powerful as them but I was still powerful… but my body, was discovered to be just as… moldable, as the rest of Imagination." “And I can immediately see what bad thing’s are going to happen.” Kart sighed. "You don't need to remind me. I lived it." Lord stated firmly. "At first, they had the decency to experiment when I was asleep here. But after a while they stopped caring about secrecy. Not all of them did though. Some were against it, and tried to fix the damage. But others like me started popping up. It… became a fight to keep them from suffering like I did. Then, it became a war. I don't remember much after that war started but all I remember was waking up in the first cycle. No idea how much time had even passed and even if a body of mine did die I'd reincarnate endlessly in whatever was available or of my choosing. For a while I lived life in Factual reality as normal… then, I died, and found myself here. Permanently." “O-oh…” I started. “That’s…that’s definitely a thing…” "I discovered beings like me, Dreamers, we're often called, if we die back home, we're stuck here. And if we die here, well, the link is broken and we can't come back." “Damn.” Kart said in surprise. “And…can anyone do this? Or is it just some special few?” "It takes a special person, back in Factual Reality, to get picked up here. They can technically achieve this whenever but it's easier with children, I've noticed. Still, adults can manage it and with practice, arrive here. A weak link is still a link. All that's really needed is a strong imagination and the desire to see all it can offer." “That’s…interesting.” "Well, that's my story. Satisfied?" Lord asked as a few more tingles hot Kart and finally ended some minutes later. “Well…I’m satisfied with knowing your backstory.” Kart said. “So…you’re just roaming around being whoever you want?” "Not really. It took a while but I found out I'm drawn to other Dreamers. And I will either look after or train them to achieve some grand goal." “Right then.” Kart nodded. “Good to know there’s…a whole lot more to this weird world than we already knew…” "Yes well, it's none of your concern regardless." Lord said. Another slightly painful tingle gone as fast as it happened. “Kind of is if it involves special Souls.” Kart started. "No. It doesn't." Lord stated. “And when it does become my problem?” Kart frowned. “Cause the fact we’re talking about this…” "Never." Lord said. Kart sighed out. “You’re not going to budge on this are you?” "The only person I trust with this is Cript. I don't care how strong you get, what you do or become capable of. I will never trust you lot with the Dreamers." “This’ll bite you in the ass sooner or later you know that right?” "It bit harder when I let too many people know." Lord replied. "Too many mistakes. Too many dead." “O-oh…” Kart muttered. "Do yourself a favor. Let this go. You have your own shit to deal with." “It’s gonna be a bitch if we magically have to deal with one…” Kart muttered. “So how goes the coding?” "Thankfully, well." “That’s good, cause those tingles are getting a bit painful.” Kart pointed out. "That's expected. I am adding, splicing and rewriting bits and pieces of your code to make this works." “Right then.” Kart nodded. “How long do you think this’ll take?” "Well, thankfully it looks like the Admin of Hearts code isn't too different now from how it was way back when, and the Nothingness here has some stuff I can repurpose. Maybe thirty minutes or an hour? Depends on how long it takes me to safely add and edit stuff." “Understandable.” Kart nodded. “Let’s hope this will all work out in the end…” The remainder of the time was spent in silence. Kart occasionally feeling either a painful tingle or ticklish one. When it was finally over, Kart felt different. They felt… alone, for lack of a better word. They still had both Heart and King's memories, but could no longer sense the two through the Starfish Clones hive-like mind. They also felt their powers, that of Balance and Nothingness were different, weaker, yet still they felt a new power, something completely new to them and them alone. “This…is very different…” Kart said. “I…also feel…alone…” "Well yeah. You started off as just a fusion, now you kinda aren't anymore. While before you could differentiate between what parts of you came from Heart of King, you won't be able to do that any more as now that you aren't really a fusion anymore, your code doesn't have to keep the two codes separate anymore for when/if you split up, cause you can't split up any more cause as far as your code is concerned you're not a fusion being, you're just a being." “Right…” Kart nodded carefully. “So…how do I work my wonders now?” "You should be passively generating souls, and once you get one made I can analyze it and make sure it is actually a soul." "Cool." Kart nodded. "And King is probably getting his four soul chipped children as…proof of concept for my new powers." "Most likely." Lord shrugged. "Can't wait to help out." Kart said readily. "Yay for you. Now are you gonna fix my roof?" Kart was with Heart and King. It felt weird to them to not sense them as they were used to, but she was still happy to be with the two. "So, how long til you make a soul?' Heart asked. "No idea." Kart shrugged. "But when it does happen…I have my kids on standby." King added. "So, what do we do until then?" Heart asked. "Hang out?" Kart suggested. "I'm my own person now so…gonna have to figure out my own likes and dislikes from you two." "That's fair." The trio spent time together, watching movies, playing games and even cooking together. Several hours passed before Kart felt they had produced their first soul. And by late in the night they had the four King needed. "Alright." Kart said. "I've finished all four souls." Kart said readily. "Oh thank god…" King sighed out thankfully. "Come in kids." Each teenagers walked in, all of them equine dire wolf hybrids, but physically the all ended there as each one was physically changed due to their birth and fractured souls. Smoke, the oldest, had his fur tainted green from illness, his body looking more like a zombie rotting away as patches of fur were gone and left small parasite colonies acting like some rotting shell for him where his fur couldn't, a simple looking flower blessed by a Goddess of Life the only thing on his body not rotting away or somehow cycling back to looking healthy enough to not fall off. “Yes mother?” Obsidian, the second oldest, his fur tainted red and black as if blood and bruises were apart of his fur, he was the biggest and bulkiest of the four who looked like self restraint was the only thing keep himself from mindlessly attacking those around him in a state of panic induced rage, his eyes pleading for some solitude from the pain and voices. “What…do you want?” The third, Apollo, was a gaunt greyish brown wolf that was damn near skin and bones, everything about them had their physicality thrown out the window but magically and psychically they were extraordinary powerful, the only reason why he was able to move around and do many thing’s was due to his psychic and magical abilities. “Did you finally come up with a solution?” Then Angel, the youngest and only female of the four, was a blue furred with patches of brown, and looked completely healthy compared to the other’s, a warm smile on her face…but cold unfeeling eyes begging for any feeling in the world, her body hiding scars and pain as she was a black hole of any and all feeling and emotion. “Are…are we going to be better?” *Yes, thanks to Kart here. Former fusion of your mom and I, now her own being and the first new Admin of Souls since the first cycle." Heart explained, motioning towards Kart. “Oh…oh god…” Kart muttered, seeing all four of them and going beyond the physical, seeing into their souls and…how many holes they had. “How…how are you all…still functioning?” “My plagues can recycle everything into life again.” Smoke said. “Self Restraint that can even put Cript to shame.” Obsidian growled. Somewhere in creation, Cript took offense. “Magical and Psychic Prowess.” Apollo said. “Spite.” Angel said in fake happiness. "Well, how does this work?" Heart asked. Kart let out a breath, letting the energy flow and act on it's own. It flowed from Kart's belly towards the four, splitting into four lines of energy until it reached them and began flowing into them. Slowly but visibly they began to change. Smoke began looking less and less ill. Obsidian began to calm, Apollo's body grew more and more mass, and Angel's body began completely growing a healthy coat as she sighed, feeling increasing levels of peace. When it was done, the four were transformed into healthy Dire Wolves. Their powers still present, if a tad weaker. Not that they cared. “The…illness is gone?” Smoke asked, looking over himself quickly. “The voices…the pain…” Obsidian teared up. “It’s gone…” “I…I can actually move?” Apollo asked, stretching and moving his body in many ways, as he was weirdly flexible. “I…I can feel…” Angel muttered, feeling warm fresh tears as she lightly patted herself, emotions and her sense of touch telling her that she was in fact able to feel like a normal person, both physically and emotionally. King quickly embraced their four children, glad something good came out of all that suffering. Chapter 1: A Wedding To RememberAuthor's Note So if anyone here who has followed all three stories is wondering we did this as a means to A, make it so you don't have to read three separate stories anymore to stay up to date in terms of what's going on for these characters at least, Xinrick and Lancerot are still writing their respective characters and I mine. While this set up is.... unexpected it was too fitting for the stories for something like this to happen and it just honestly was all we could think of to make more sense than all our characters suddenly living together for no real reason. B, was too hilarious to honestly pass up, and C, you might have noticed this story is rated M as in M my god, we are getting serious here. Yes, yes we are. While we will have much more serious scenes we will be more streamline in terms of what is actually happening. Hopefully. Hope you all continue with and enjoy what's to come. Chapter 1: A Wedding To Remember Zeke came to five hours later, immediately shifting back to human form. He looked better off than Eclipsa. Least he was able to stand. Eclipsa still can’t barely lean up. “I’ve never felt this sore… ever.” Zeke said, turning his head till his neck gave an audible pop. “Ahhh. Much better.” “I see you are awake, you lucky prick.” Eclipsa said good naturedly. “Lucky… yeah that’s the right word.” Zeke laughed, taking a seat in the rooms only chair. “So, what next? I mean, you’re my wielder now so… what next?” “I was actually waiting for you to wake up to discuss that. You can ask Oath and Oblivion, I almost never do anything without them knowing…. Most of the time.” “Okay…” Zeke said, Oathkeeper and Oblivion appearing around us. “Oh, Speak of the devil's. Hey Oblivion, think I'm strong enough to free you yet?” Eclipsa chuckled, her Amazonian body being evidence of her strength. ”With Zeke as your Key, that Psychotic bitch doesn't stand a chance!” “Good, because I'm going to have Zeke wield X while I use Oath. What is the fun in finishing it up fast… I want that bitch to suffer for all she has done, not be atomized.” Eclipsa said, her red eyes giving off a small glow for a moment before going back to normal. “Oh and Zeke, the reason we need to talk is… complicated. Apparently you can't be 15ft away from be before warping back over into my hand. And I don't want to separate you from your family anymore than I want to leave mine.” “Wait, really?” Zeke asked, walking about fifteen feet away, then vanishing in a puff of light… and was on top of Eclipsa’s hand, then quickly jumped off. “Did you just squeeze my ass?” “Maybe but that's not the point.” Eclipsa said like nothing happened. “The point is I don't want your family to suffer, and frankly I'd kill off Cript and bring a total end to creation before I leave mine alone again.” “So… what, we move in families and all?” “I was thinking something, and thanks to Oath, and a bit of rattling around pornhub and 4chan, came up with a few ideas.” “Already I’m terrified.” Eclipsa laughed “I'm kidding. About the pornhub and 4chan part at least. One option is to create a housing situation where both families live in the same building, with our room being the border between. We just pull up a temporary wall or something when we want some privacy from the other. Another option that works for both of us is…. Well it'd take some getting used to and me rewriting my own genetics a bit before I even follow through, but we could combine our families in a… expansive way.” Meanwhile, With Cript. Cript was spending time with his Lyra, his first love and wife. Then, felt a shiver. “What was that?” Lyra asked. “My running Gag is about to be known by another…” He replied. “...?” Back with Eclipsa and Zeke. “... If I could I’d bang my head against the wall it I cracked it open…” Zeke replied. “Look, I'm not 100% on board either, but it's one of the few ways I see this working without some kind of heartache… besides I'm terrified if Scotch and Rune end up in the same room to plan… anything.” “... And like that I can hear Alucard making plans…” “Ali, buddy, trust me, you think I'm freaky, you don't know the definition. And that's just Rune alone. Take you. Multiply by a googlian, real number look it up, and that still isn't enough if those two planed anything.” “And like that I’m missing the ability to bleed and self harm myself…” “Well have any better ideas? I'm all ears.” Eclipsa says, folding her arms under her bust. “...This is still… Oh god it’s Jacklen and Miles all over again…” “Who?” Eclipsa asks, cocking her head. “Okay...back in 1885, Jacklen and Miles Ventral were two of the best criminals before my mom and dad, married criminals I mean… But they weren't known FULLY for their crimes… They were cousins… Had six kids, surprisingly all survived. One’s my great grandfather. Meaning that is also yours…” “And history is destined repeat…. Oh shit….” Eclipsa says with a groan. “At least I can now modify my own genetics on the fly but holy fuck. Insest runs in the family….” “Yeah…” “First my brother becomes my mother, and my sister also becomes my mother, then my dad becomes my mom. Then my wives become my husbands and now there is a chance my cousin…. Not finishing that until we confirm it is the only choice we have that works.” Eclipsa rants. “Already your family dynamic is MUCH worse than mine ever was.” “Tell me about it…” Eclipsa groans. “So, any new ideas, or are we going to hiding from Scotch and Rune for eternity?” “...”Zeke rubbed his eyes. “As much as I hate to say this… I’m also twenty other people… This should probably be a choice between my twenty others… and our others…” “Well in sure Alucard is practically orgasming at the idea, so we can have him confirmed.” Eclipsa sighs. “But yeah. Let's get the others out of the way before we go to our lovers.” “Well first let’s get our Lovers. AFter that, well… Jesus who else has to deal with this kind of bizarre anime harem BS?” Elsewhere, Cript sneezed. “I can think of someone….” Eclipsa before sighing. “So… my folks or yours first?” “Yours. You’re my welder so… yeah… Give me a sec first. Wanna try something.” Zeke said, clenching his fist as the purest Darkness and Light covered it, spinning around each other rapidly as he punched his own face with it, the shockwave about destroying the room and caving in half the ceiling. “Didn’t work! Still alive! Ouch…” He spoke from the ground. “You know, you could ask me to power up that attack next time.” Eclipsa says before snapping and repairing the hospital. “Nah, if it’s not a proper self suicide that dishonors our Asian ancestors… and yes, we still have some that are living over there.” Eclipsa sighed, slowly slithering up to the large, if modest orphanage turned house. “Here we are. Hopefully pregnant me is alright.” “I imagine she is.” Zeke said walking next to Eclipsa. “I had X send a message to have my girls come here… God this is so… weird…” “And you never truly get used to it, just adapt.” Eclipsa sighed before walking in. “I'm home!” Eclipsa was tackled by both kids and husbands, Zeke side stepping right before that storm flew out the door. “Yikes.” Eclipsa groaned. “Pain, lots of pain…” She said from within the cuddle pile of Nagas and Ponies. “Okay… Hi.” Zeke waved. Everyone went inside, Zeke’s family arriving after ten minutes or so. Then the talking began, each of the twenty people within Zeke got a speak, and deals and conditions were made… next month, their families merged… With Zeke now knowing slightly how to feels to be Cript, and Eclipsa now needing to be fit into a dress. “So soon Meliodas will need to aquire his love, and Alucard will see if His master and Seras are up for this,” Zeke’s Luna listed off, the man himself a shade of red no human should be able to make. Elsewhere, with Cript. “Welcome to my hell… Get used to it.” Back with Eclipsa. “Alright, I'm marrying my cousin…. Fun.” Eclipsa sighs as she wears a dress complimenting her scales to get used to dresses before the wedding. “Raven needs to grab her Beast Boy,” Zeke’s Luna continued. “And The others just have a few bits of unfinished business on their homes to take care of before hand.” “I wanna blame Cript but in all honesty I should have seen this coming.” Zeke said from his corner in the room he was huddled into. Seeing a man that muscular and tall curled up in a corner like a sad child was…. Depressing, for all parties involved. “Zeke, come on. It could be worse…. Their could be a law that in order to bring peace you need to marry everyone…” “I know you didn’t just take a jab ad Ben.” Zeke chuckled. “Also being connected to every heart means I know all of your memories and thoughts… Pretty sure it’s considered Masterbating Dashes.” Both Zeke’s Dash and Eclipsa’s Blitz blushed madly. “Is selfsest insest or the ultimate form of narcissism?” Eclipsa wondered. “In my experience, just a quick means to scratch and itch!” Rune said, making everyone present facepalm. “Rune… You are so going to get along with Alucard.” Eclipsa groaned. “This is every form of hell…” Zeke muttered. “Bitches I’m home!” Alucard cried out into the halls of Hellsing. Kicking the doors down and on top of two guards. “Where’s my Netflix account at?” “You are about to see the only people you give two shits about in your world, and you first bring up Netflix?” Eclipsa asks in her human form, walking over the doors, ignoring the groans of the guards. “Eh, if all goes well I’ll be screwing the both of them within the hour… week tops.” Alucard said, walking casually. “Ah, I see the first floor men's room have new urinals installed.” Passing by said room, Eclipsa saw each urinal has a taxidermied human head above them. “Glad to see Integra hasn’t changed her sense of style.” “Huh.” Was the only thing Eclipsa had to comment before she reacted on instincts, catching a blonde, red eyes woman by the face and smashing her into a wall with a growl, Gray flowing off her body. “The fuck!” “Oh, Seras.” Alucard said, turning around. “There you are.” “Master?” The woman said, turning into some kind of mist, escaping from Eclipsa’s grasp and reforming before Alucard. “Master! Oh where have you been?! You went out for Smokes and porn two months ago!?” “Long story short, I’m even harder to kill than before, and I’m in a huge ass big tittied harem. Care to join in?” “So you're Seras… huh. No wonder you only called her Big tittied police girl until we all strapped you down and read your memories….” Eclipsa says, not bothering with tact. Saras looked over at Eclipsa. “Uh, Master? Who’s she? Another new Vampire?” “Nope, something way more powerful… and way more sexy~” “Oie!” Sares said, giving Alucard a light whack on the head. “So, what’s this about a harem then?” “First off where’s Integra, I got a gift for her and I’m gonna make sure she blows me for it!” Alucard then ran off making Curly noises from the three stooges. “So… love cannons?” Eclipsa asks before the two start to follow the crazy Vamp. “My main gun is a large anti-tank rifle. My other guns are fully automatic cannons. Yes.” “You and I are going to get along just fine.” Eclipsa says with a smile, her red eyes flashing as she wraps a arm over the Vampire's shoulders and warps them over to Alucard before he gets too far ahead. 'Don't want him teleporting into my hand….again.’ Alucard’s gift to Integra was restoration. Somehow Alucard found the fountain of youth while out getting Smokes and porn before Kexez grabbed him. This gave Integra her body from her mid Twenties, and now let her age slowly. She accepted the harem, to everyone's, especially Alucard’s surprise. “Wait… are you fucking with me?” “Alucard I’ve been a virgin since we met, that’s a literal lifetime ago, now I’m youthful again, I’m not even sure if I can still be your Master given what you are now. Frankly put, I’m going to make sure that when you finally get hitched, you finally follow through on all those promises you made to me, jokes or no.” “Oh I promise that when I’m done with you, you’ll be immobile for years.” Alucard practically purred. “Good. So, is Seras in on this.” “Yes mam!” Seras said. “Well then… God's…alright. Welcome to the family.” Eclipsa says with a genuine, if stressed smile “Great! Wait! Am I restricted to these two only?” “No Alucard… But besides myself, these two are the only two that you can randomly screw when in the mood.” Eclipsa said with a sigh, knowing all her hubbies and Rune would take him up on it. “Are these the only two I’m allowed to bring?” “....I want to say no…. But that would be too unfair to you…. Just don't bring too many please? I like my wooden, simple home and it's already going to have to change.” “Hmm…” “Who do you even have in mind?” Integra asked. “Some regular hookers, and the queen.” “The queen?” “Heck yeah, we’ve fucked back when I was a chick, and I have a second bottle of youth water. Later!” Alucard said, teleporting… only to appear about fourteen feet from Eclipsa. “Oh right… fuck…” “Yep… At least you didn't end up in my hand again.” After gathering the Queen, and three of Alucards favorite hookers, Candi, Sahrah, and Melody, each looked more like models than hookers, we dropped everyone off at my place, then Alucard let Meliodas take over. “Woah. Can’t wait to see how Elizabeth reacts to this.” He said. “Or anyone else who ends up joining…. I'm not going to have just a large house after this, am I?” Eclipsa sighes “I just have love for Elizabeth, but I am a perv so, hehe.” He laughed. “So, shall we go?” “Sure. Just remember I used to be a guy before perving on me.” Eclipsa says before snapping and teleporting them to Meliodas's world. “Hmm… Welp, anyway, let’s get going. Eclipsa nods and let's the short man lead the way. The two appeared from a DTL in front of a large green roofed tavern in the shape of a witches hat. “Here we are, the Boar Hat Tavern.” “Huh. Neat… it's a actual boar's hate, isn't it?” Eclipsa says, noting the very slight disturbance in the dirt around the tavern. “Yup. Our Mascot, a talking pig named Hawk, his mom is the boar the tavern sits on. Whenever we need to move, we move.” “Cool. Well, let's head on it to pick up who will probably be the most normal person being added.” Eclipsa says, walking over to the door, still in human form. Once inside I was introduced to the other Seven Deadly Sins. Diane the Giant, The Serpent Sin of Envy, who thanks to a potion was normal human sized. Ban, Fox sin of greed and immortal thanks to the fountain of youth on this world. King, fairy king and grizzly sin of sloth. Huh, no wings? Gowther, Goat sin of lust and a living doll created by magic and a deadly array of mental abilities. Merlain, Boar sin of gluttony and DAMN she’s sexy. Also I think she drooled when I mentioned magic foreign to this world… And Lastly was Escanor, the Lion sin of pride and was… well built. Then there was Elizabeth, an apasol of the gods, meaning she had god-like powers, and can even revive the dead to an extent. “So that’s what happened?” Elizabeth asked. “So you’re saying there’s a whole array of other worlds to learn from?” Merlain asked. “Let me put it this way…. Everything is Gray.” I said as I let this world get a small taste of Gray, covering it entirely so the only color was the red of my eyes, and they could all feel the power it possessed before making it all vanish. “And that's just Gray, the super booster. It's actually more powerful when added to other energies.” “Oh. Well I’d go to this other world just to learn what I can.” “Where lady Merlan goes I go.” Escanor said. “I’d go just to see the new sights.” Ban said. “I’d go, but only if Diane goes.” King said. “I think it would be fun.” Diane said. “I’d like in on this Harem.” Ban did a spit take while everyone else just about have their jaws hit the floor at Gowther's response. “Of course…. Why do you want in? I could understand if Merilan wanted in, if only to learn from some very, very adept mages as well as myself, but why you?” Eclipsa said, pinching her brow. “Because I am a doll. I have no heart, and often wished to learn the human emotion known as Love.” Gowther said. “While my powers all focus mainly on my opponents mentality, I myself understand little to nothing about human emotions or the human heart.” “If a heart is something you’ll need I think Zeke can figure something out.” Meliodas said. “Oh yeah, Zeke, that person that is a part of Meliodas we mentioned, yeah he is, now anyway, the literal embodiment of everyone's Heart, good or bad, doesn't matter.” Eclipsa said. “Oh? So, are you saying that it is possible for me to obtain a heart, and experience emotion truly?” “It is entirely possible… but something tells me you already have one… it just needs to be unlocked.” Eclipsa says, summoning her personal X-blade and having a beam of Gray shoot out the tip and into Gowther's chest. “Even nobodies, beings who have had their heart removed from them, eventually grow them. Made sense that you would as well.” She says before twisting the key, and the sound of something unlocking was heard by all. When she removed her X-blade Gowther was still for a bit, then his… her? Eclipsa was not sure, but their eyes livened up. “Holy crap, my chest feels heavy…” That alone dropped jaws. “Welcome to the life of having a unlocked heart.” Eclipsa said with a smile “I had no idea having a heart would feel this heavy. Interesting.” Gowther began thinking. Days passed and the group, group referring to all the people Zeke can switch out with, dealt with a few details here and there. Clementine got Aj enrolled in my school, or rather, the school I work at, Miles, aka Spiderman, just told his parents and, needless to say, that was… an event, but they understood. He wasn’t exactly the same kid they knew anymore. Their son truly anymore. Raven picked up her Beast Boy, and explained the situation. Everyone was rather surprised but in the end it all worked out, she would still try and Hero when able anyway. Leon, as in Leon S FUCKING Kennedy just picked up some things from his home and sent an Email to his colleagues about him no longer being able to work, but will take on any threats he comes across. Simon paid his wife's grave a visit, simply telling all that happened to the gravestone before heading off, head held high with a large smile on his face. Guts just went to his world and killed some demons then was okay with everything. Eren picked up his friends, they already being part of Daybreak had Keyblades and he figured the change would be good for them, they have a lot of bad memories from their birth world. Trixie just picked up her waggon, the old thing falling apart but it was her only possession. Starlight Glimmer didn’t want to do much, just visit her dad and, that was it. The Master of Masters… just took a look at where Daybreak once was. Giving a heavy sigh. Xehanort looked over the Land of Departure, wondering where did his ideals and morality get so clouded. Mors visited his son, who was now living at his own place in Death City. Tokoyami, we explained everything to the school and his family, and he would visit, but for now, he wanted a match. Him versus his whole class. He was a good fighter, and his Dark Shadow was even more powerful that before, the Sunlight or light in general no longer weakening it. He was also able to summon Dark Guardian. Something useful and even more overpowered as it could also use the others in their X-blade forms. In total Tokoyami, himself, Dark Shadow and Dark Guardian, could wield a total of Six of their twenty X-blade stuck allies at once. That would make for some interesting combos. Needless to say, it was almost one sided, until this Madoria kid came up with a really clever plan, that almost worked, but just not enough. “Nice job all of you.” I said, slithering up. “You almost got him there.” “I figured dodging his weapons was the way to go.” He mumbled through his own daze. “Somehow I figured you’d be the closest to a win Madoria.” Tokoyami said. The rest of the time was spent with laughs and after that, we left… Now it’s just waiting til the wedding is ready. Eclipsa and Zeke felt awkward enough about the ordeal, but it was to be expected in all honesty. One Week Later “Not used to being the one in a dress…. Oh God's what if something goes wrong like last marriage… what if another threat appears and oh god I am panicking when I am about to marry my fucking cousin!” Eclipsa ranted as some of her bridesmaids helped her into her dress. “Think about how I feel.” Zeke called out from the other room, the walls thin enough to here even normal conversations of Ponyvilles Town Hall. “Yeah well… sigh, we both are to blame for this. Thankfully genetics can fuck off but still… Could be worse. I only need to change the house to a small mansion. We could have had more kids and wives and husbands and be forced to have a castle.” “Don’t jinx it.” “.... I hope I didn't…” Eclipsa says before her dress is finished. “So, run it by me again how we are going to pull this off without you teleporting back to me?” “Since you and I are the herd matriarchs, meaning that according to both my Equestria’s and your Equestria’s herd marriage customs, all we have to do is kiss that that’s it..” “Any more rules and laws we need to know?” “Not really, rule just states that so long as all parties during the kiss are herd matriarch, the act is legal. They designed this law on both our Equestrias it seems when herds would actually marry into one another to start up small kingdoms and such.” “Oh. At least it won't be complicated then.” Eclipsa sighed “Yeah, they made it really simple. So long as each member of the kiss is a herd matriarch, the marriage will be legal… Still can’t believe we’re doing this…” “It could always be worse…. But I agree, this is not how I imagined my sequel to turn out it's first chapter.” “At this point I am used to unexpected popup marriages… this is a curve ball though…” “I know right? Well, I'm ready when you are. Ready to face the music?” Eclipsa asked as her dress was finished. “I have no idea. I mean, we’ve never even gone on a date… god that alone sounds so cringy…” “Hey, we will figure this shit out. We are doing this for our families, remember that. We will grow used to it along the way.” Eclipsa said, trying to reassure Zeke. “Probably… this is just so weird. I mean, it shouldn’t be that weird. I mean, we didn’t even grow up together in the family so we don’t have too much history…” “Not to mention when Cript adopted me I biologically was no longer a Ventral. So the only weird thing about this is we saw each other as family already.” “Yeah… Nothing genetically taboo there… This is just...weird…” “....At least neither of us are ugly. You at least are actually quite the looker.” Eclipsa confessed as she made her way to the door. “Heh… yeah, cause that’s a concern…” Zeke groaned. “This must be how childhood friends who are put into arranged marriages with each other must feel on their wedding day huh?” “Only worse I bet. But enough stalling. If this is the price I pay for my family to be happy, so be it.” She says, opening the door. “Guess we can agree there.” Zeke said, exiting the next door room and into the hallway. Eclipsa did the same. Zeke wore a white and black Tux, A, ironically, Heartless symbol Bowtie and a blue flower attached to the Tuxedo pocket. Eclipsa was in her naga form,dress floating just above the part of her that slithered on the floor. Her dress grey but with designs like stars within it, shimmering in even faint light as her vale held designs of rose flower outlines. “Rarity?” Zeke asked. “....no…. She died in childbirth. One of my daughters made it with Fancy Pants supplying the material.” Eclipsa said with a little depression and resignation in her voice. “Oh… Well, my Rarity is a wife, so… sorry if that gets awkward…” “Not, it'll be fine. I know how the Multiverse works. Just don't be surprised if I choke up the first time I hear her voice.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “That’s fair. So, what about her baby?” “Fancy's kid. Rare was being a surrogate mother, up holding her title of generosity till the end.” Eclipsa said, her small smile never leaving her face. “Oh… Did they already pick the kid up?” “They were there in the hospital that day. But enough on death. Rares wouldn't want to ruin a day like this with depressing talk. Let's just… find a way to enjoy this.” Eclipsa said, her voice having a tone that Zeke has never heard from Eclipsa. That of caring yet pleading. “Hmm… Hey.” Zeke said, placing a hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder. “I know in your life, you've lost a lot. But you gained more. I’m sure neither of us expected to have families. I mean, heck, I was expecting to literally die before all of this. Yet, here I am. ANd here you are. We both have people we fell in love with, and children we’d happily, proudly die for. Things get better.” “Heh, yeah. And now we are eons old admins who probably are one of the few threats to whatever the next big bad is. You know… maybe us being together won't be too bad. We both love our families. We both are massively fuck-off powerful alone, let alone together, and we'll keep each other in check. And the emotions can be forged in time… and if Rune has her way, in bed.” Eclipsa says the last part with a giggle, her voice sounding actually beautiful dispute the crass language. “Heh, assuming Rune doesn't rape us both first.” Zeke half-joked. “Well here we are.” Eclipsa said, standing in front of a set of doors, beyond being the families and the altar, purely for traditional reasons. “Yup… So, this is kind of...strange to ask…” “Hm? What is it, Cold feet?” Eclipsa jokes, nudging the human X-blade. “No, sorta? Uh… Well, I just… god this is awkward…” “Come on, we can't leave them waiting all day.” Eclipsa said with a chuckle. “Screw it.” Zeke said, grabbing Eclipsa’s head, and planting a kiss right on her lips. The action surprised her. For a bit she didn’t know what to do, then, slowly, leaned into it, the two soon acting as if it was not their first. Zeke, as soon as he started it, ended it, taking a step back, face blushed. Eclipsa fished for a moment. “I… wow… wasn't that supposed to wait till the altar?” She said, her fingers brushing her lips. “It’s another...Ventral family thing. Lot of times weddings are rushed. It’s tradition that if something happens before the kiss can happen, to kiss before hand so it counts at least to us. Most Ventral weddings are crashed by FBI, CIA, Interpol, you name it…” “Or Core for me…. Still salty about that by the way.” Eclipsa said, directed at the ex-villain in question. “So… Shall we...my love?” She said, throwing caution to the wind “We’ve come this far… Just, do yourself a favor. If Rune wants to show you her Fetish book… run. Don’t care how perverted you are… just run.” “Hey could be worse. I could have a Rune of my own. I just have three stallions who were horny enough to try anial on each other… and forget the lube.” Eclipsa chuckles before opening the door, the music starting as all heads turned towards the pair. Zeke chuckled. “If I remember… number sixty two, lubeless anal in her book… Like I said, run.” Eclipsa just smirked and chuckled before slithering forward alongside Zeke. To her left, her family and close friends, Even Josh and Aurora made it, though Josh looked like he/she couldn't stop chuckling at the sight as they took pictures. Zeke just flipped off his uncle/aunt. “So… shall we get started?” “Let's. Besides, don't want josh to have even more pictures to show the rest of the family.” Eclipsa said with a smile as they started down the aisle The music began playing, the audience had their eyes on the two. Wives of Zeke, Husbands of Eclipsa, children of both. Before them stood Eclipsa’s Blue Blood, levitating a book before him. “Eclipsa. Sir.” Blueblood said. “Hey Bluey. Thanks for making time for this last minute.” Eclipsa whispered to him. “You’re welcome. Now then, pardon but I’ve never actually done this before.” Blueblood said, flipping through some pages. “Ah.” He said, finding his page, and clearing his throat. “Dearly Beloveds, we are gathered here today not just to wear a mare… and a stallion…” There was a bit of a chuckle from everyone. “But also the unification of two herds. Is Each person present their herds matriarch or selected by said matriarch?” “I am.” Eclipsa said, Blitz, Star and Scotch all nodding with smiles. “As am I.” Zeke said. “Good. This marriage shall unite not just the marrying parties, but also their herds. Wives shall be married to one another as if joining the herds individually, children shall from here on be known as siblings, brothers and sisters, and so on and so forth.” He flipped the page. “Do the matriarchs have any personal vows they’d like to share?” Eclipsa took a breath “Zeke, Ever since the day we met, we have fought alongside one another. That day, and the years proceeding, we grew as friends, companions, and even saw each other as family before we even knew my parentage. You picked me up whenever I fell, and I was always there to kick your head in when you got out of line.” She said, chuckling and pausing to breathe. “Even if being together was never something we planned to have happened… it is something I do not see us regretting. Not now. Not eons from now. I am ready to spend my days with you, if you are ready to spend yours with me.” Taking a bit of breath and colting thoughts, Zeke spoke. “Eclipsa. When I met you, you were a cocky thing that, despite not having them anymore still has the balls to do what others would rather not.” Everyone laughed. “After our dual, you snapped me out of my life long mentality. In that, I realized… we compliment each other. You’re one kind of crazy and I’m another. Yet, at the same time we share so much in common it’s almost scary. After today we’ll share not just the rest of our lives… but our families, children, and, someday, learn to share love between one and another. Be that day sooner than what should be healthy, given the trends, or years from now.” Eclipsa smiled a genuine, happy smile before looking back at Blue, and back at Zeke, Crimson orbs meeting Crimson. “Now, are there any who deny this joining of herds? Speak now, or forever hold your peace.” No one, no interruptions, nothing. “Then by the power vested in me, I pronounce these two husband and wife, and their herds conjoined. All Matriarchs may now kiss, and solidify this herd’s unity and marriage.” “Heh… I keep expecting something to go wrong right around now…” Eclipsa said with a nerve filled chuckle. “Same…” Zeke said, the two leaning in for a kiss. The two were just an inch from their kiss, eyes closed. Time seemed to slow. Finally, they kissed. Something felt… off though. Zeke knew Eclipsa has some coat fluff on her, but it wasn’t this… thick, and Eclipsa knew Zeke did not have a beard. The two opened their eyes, only to see themselves in a three-way kiss with the Dire wolf himself Ben. The three all jumped back. “The fuck?!” Zeke yelped. “..........it was too good to be true. Lance, why can't I have a normal wedding for once…..” Eclipsa groaned, her face buried in her hands “Excuse me, but what the fuck?” Ben asked while looking around...seeing that he was in a church and Eclipse and Zeke were dressed for a wedding. “Oh...uh…” Ben wasn’t sure how to respond. “Ta-da~?” He said nervously, before he just got a silly grin on his face and face palmed. “God damn it…” He chuckled. Chapter 20: Reunion (Sex Warning)Having Rune back, and knowing now that her love was true, meant the world to Heart. To be a prisoner and having only existed for so short a time, built to love them then sent into a cage forever. That's an existence only Nexus could plan for someone. "I can't wait for the others to see you again." Heart said, Rune taking a ride on their large tail half. "I just hope they aren't angry or holding a grudge." Rune sighed. Being free from that other Rune, was a weight heavier than dwarf star alloy, lifted away and freed from her mind, and now body. "Relax. Hey, you all forgave Twilight really fast for that whole Charlie thing, Chrysalis tried to impersonate Twilight and not an hour later she's one of the brides." "I guess." "And Coco has been going well also. No hard feelings between them or us at all." "I hope she's not scared of me. She knew the… other Rune well, and…" "Hey." Heart said, using their tail to move Rune over in front of them while keeping them on their tail. "Coco did know the old Rune, but she also got to know you. My Rune. She had to have known that the only things you and her shared were a name and body." "She did… but still." Heart smiled, giving a kiss to Rune. "It will all be fine. I promise.” “I doubt it, cause with Charlie...it was to fill a void we lost without you...and Chrysalis just wanted to be loved after that whole tragedy.” She pointed out. “This...is a lot different…” "And with Coco? King was able to bring her back. Besides, it wasn't you in control when all this happened. You aren't at fault." “With Coco, she still loved King, and was hesitant on leaving even when our cover was blown, and then Void Key was involved, damned parasite.” Rune growled. “But with me...I shattered one of your Keyblades and was antagonistic, even if I wasn’t involved…” She sighed out. “But...thank you for holding onto hope for me.” "Heh, the shattering Keyblade did hurt, but I had a hunch something was off when the other you took over. Being connected to all hearts has its perks, and I knew something was off when the love I felt, you, was missing suddenly from them. Emotions Don't have switches like that, so something wasn't adding up, but I didn't expect Nexus to have made a heart, you, to cover the one that can't feel love." “I understand.” She said, still not sure how the others will feel about this. "If it's too hard to talk about… just, how long have YOU Rune, existed? I doubt you've been with her since birth." “Ever since I was assigned to watch over you.” She said honestly. “Needed to be convincing to get proper details and data on you.” "So, shortly before even meeting me?" “Yep.” She nodded. “My...other self was a bit put off with having to ‘share room’, but she got a kick out of how much you cared about me when the ‘real me’ was a complete cunt waffle.” "I see she rubbed off on you in terms of language. Speaking of, when you were in control and having all that sex, was she pissed or indifferent?" “Little bit of column A, little bit of column B, and a bit of her laughing her ass off not believing you were that gullible.” She said honestly. “Only small ways I could rebel...and it was always a treat.” "Well, looking forward to your first time having sex without that shebitch in your head?" Heart asked, hugging Rune into their six breasted chest. “Yes I am.” She giggled. “And we’re going to have all the fun.” "I'm glad. So, my having six tits crosses number sixty four off your list then?" Heart asked, summoning Runes little black fetish book. Sixty four was Multiple Breasts. "I never got rid of it. We never even moved your stuff really." “I think King beat you to the punch on that one.” She chuckled. “I mean, have you seen the tits on that wolf?” "True, they do have that extra set just to show off." Heart laughed. “If the covers King has made before I left were anything, I’m pretty sure he likes to show off.” She giggled. “And who wouldn’t with a body like that?” "Which reminds me, back when Bitch Rune showed up in the Pokemon world, your body looked more… bouncy than normal, and she wore some rather tight, revealing clothes. Was that you?" “Yes...but that was because she wanted to fuck with you.” She said honestly. “She was laughing at how much you couldn’t do anything.” "Well she's gone now, and you can literally be naked for all I care when I get you with the others. Which reminds me. Remember number eighty two?" Heart asked, opening their mouth wide. “Finally,” She said happily as she pulled a string Heart didn’t notice before...and all of her clothes fell off. “You have no idea how nice it is to not wear stuffy clothes.” She said happily. With a nod and a playful lick, Heart's lips soon stretched over Rune's head, passed the jaws and into the throat. The tight squishy, wet and hot confines were everything she fantasized as soon her breasts squeezed into Hearts mouth as more of her went down. Her torso slid in, stopped by her butt, but even it slid in and down went the rest of her. Rune enjoyed the fun of being inside Heart while it lasted. Soon their tongue wrapped around her and she was pulled out. She was somewhere else though. An endless bedroom where pillows, bedsheets, random pools, hot tubs, and every mare and woman from their massive family was… and they were all naked. She was in heaven. "Told you, no clothes." Heart said, their shirt also gone but was wearing a bra. Rune took a moment. “I...think I came a little…” She said breathlessly, her cheeks flushed as Heart could easily tell the puddle that was steadily growing at Rune’s feet was confirmation enough. "More than a little." “I...don’t deserve this…” She said softly. "Yes you do-" "Rune!" The loud, familiar voice of a pink mare screamed, tackling Rune and squeezing their assets together. "You're back!" Pinkie said happily. “It’s...nice to see you again Pinkie.” Rune said honestly. “How are you doing?” "Been fantastic! Cript becoming part of this family was the best idea ever! We all get starfish clones to do everything with and all kinds of cool stuff!" “Yeah...starfish clones are indeed interesting.” Rune said honestly. "Come on, I gotta show you around!" Pinkie said, suddenly she and Rune were elsewhere, Heart wasn't around them anymore. "As you can see, this is the Bedroom, but we also call it the sex room. It's where 70% of our sex happens, and as you can see," Pinkie motioned down, Rune now just noticing her eleven inch long member. "We all get a penis, the shortest is ten inches long around here. Longest is two whole feet. Not counting King who's like three or so." Pinkie explained. "And yes these cannons are fertile and ready to impregnate. It has made sex so much more fun." Rune drooled slightly at this before shaking her head. “When did this happen?” She asked nervously. "After Heart married Cript, merging our families and to help us make more kids and future Heroes, and cause Lyra is as kinky as you this has become a standard here. Speaking of, where's your ring?" “R-ring?” She asked, looking at her hands before noticing a...sad truth. “That bitch threw it away…” "What?! What a cunt. Well, come on, let's get you a new one and a penis to go with it!" “You know...I never thought I would hear those words...and it’s honestly funnier when you say it Pinkie.” Rune chuckled. "Come on then, let's go." Pinkie said, taking Rune's hand and off they ran. Rune didn't know who or what Pinkie was looking for, but a large part of her didn't seem to care that much. "Rune?" There's a voice that surprised Rune. Turning she saw… nipple. Woah. Heart was right, Celestia gained a lot more weight. Despite this though, all the fat went to the right places. Celestia was now the definition of dummy thick… and sexy fat. "It is you!" She said, getting up from her spot on the bed/floor and giving Rune a hug. Her weight and such made it feel like a bear hug, and her belly was smooth and soft. No stretch marks either. “Celestia...seriously, how do you make sure it all stays even?” Rune asked. "A little magic helps." She said with a chuckle. Rune then felt a poke… that's easy a foot and a half. "It's good to see you. We've missed you." “It’s...nice to be back…” She said while surprised Celestia was a foot and a half hard. “But...why is everyone so...welcoming of me?” She asked nervously. "At first, we were hurt. Of course." Celestia said, Lessing me go. She sat down and sat Rune down on her thigh. "But after a time, when Heart told us of his hunch about you, two hearts, one body, a copy of the original but could feel love and express it, sadness and grief changed to hopefulness. You are important to us Rune, your plans and antics made Heart open his to ours. You made him happy. Made us happy. We all loved you as much as we loved Heart, and each other." “W-well…” She blushed, wondering why these people were so trusting even if Heart was right. “But...why me?” "Why not you?" Celestia asked, giving Rune a soft cheek kiss. "This family is big, and we need to make sure everyone in it is happy. In the time you've been gone, we've all been a bit unhappy. You especially." “Well...alright.” She said gently. “Thank you…” She said softly. “Um...do you...lactate?” She asked sheepishly, that one fetish being a personal guilty pleasure that she would do even if it wasn’t sexual. "All the time. Comes with the penis." She laughed. "And the unending pregnancies." “Sounds...nice.” She said while latching onto Celestia’s nipple and starting to suck on it like a child would their mother, tearing up at how much love and support she was getting even after she did terrible things in the name of Nexus. The milking Rune did with Celestia lasted an hour, her belly quite large as a result. Pinkie made it back with the ring. ”Oh, that was fast.” Rune said to Pinkie who got her a new ring. "It's been an hour." Pinkie said, placing the ring on Rune's finger. Instantly Rune's breasts seemed to swell slightly as milk filled them. And emerging from her loins was a thirteen inch long member, and a nice sized pair of testes. Behind them, her vagina. "Looking good." “Well...I do my best to look good.” Rune said sheepishly. "Now then, off to the other areas!" Pinkie said. The room Rune and Pinkie were in now was filled with doctors and starfish clones of all the others. "This is the birthing room. All our conceived kids are born through these starfish clone bodies. Since we're linked to them too, we're birthing them. Look, there's me!" Pinkie said, waving to herself on the birthing bed. “Sweet lord, how many kids have you all had while I was gone?” She asked in surprise. "Way more! You have some catching up to do." Pinkie said, tanking Rune's arm, suddenly making a Starfish clone of her and adding her to the birthing beds. Oh wow that's weird. Also this birthing bed is so soft… Rune thought. The next room Rune realized she was in a nightgown, sexy looking and easy to pull the breasts out. "And this is the nursery. We have the most starfish clone here." Everywhere was so many, a mother and their father, some with a copy of Heart, or others, And each pair with a baby each. “Wow…” Rune blinked in surprise. "Speaking of." Pinkie said. The two teleporting and here were… Heart, many Hearts, each holding theirs and Rune's several kids. They grew so big, big were still babies. "I believe you can clone yourself?" Pinkie asked. “Um...yes, I can.” She said as she cut her hand and brought out some clones from her blood. Each clone went to a Heart, and for the first time in a long time, held her children. The tears started, and happiness filled her. “I...I can’t believe this is real…” She cried happily. "One last room." Pinkie said, taking me, leaving the others with my kids. Starfish clones are useful. "And this is the childhood room." Pinkie said, a large glowing blue orb above them. “This...is amazing.” She said as she saw all the children out and about having fun. "It's a time bubble. Once they are old enough to walk in the nursery the pair take them here where they can live out a normal childhood, and we retain all the memories. Once they're eighteen, they leave to head out into the world, carrying a fair amount of money to start off life, a job somewhere in the castle or crown, and all that stuff." Pinkie said. "This place can only be reached by those with that linked bellies ability like Heart and King. No other entrance." “So...this place is completely safe from everything?” She asked. "Yup." “Wow…” She said, “That’s...that’s amazing.” "King, Heart, Cript, all of us wanted to make sure this was the safest place in all of creation. So we did. Now then." Pinkie said. Suddenly she and Rune were back in the bedroom. Both naked as Pinkie pushed Rune over, she fell onto the soft blankets, pillows and such. Suddenly she felt her newfound member stiffen as Pinkie wrapped her cleavage around it. "Let's start adding to your baby count, shall we?" “Oh you have no idea how much I missed this.” Rune moaned happily at the soft titties around her new dick. Once it reached its full hardness, Pinkie began stroking Rune's new member with her breasts, each time she reached it's tip giving it a kiss or a lick, teasing Rune and giggling at her reactions from it. Rune was not used to these sensations, and felt her build up reaching peak quickly. Pinkie noticed this, stopping and moved down, giving her testicles some attention now. Gentle licks and curls with her tongue. It felt great, but then Rune saw her now braless six breasted love slither just over her. "Having fun?" Heart asked. “Yes, yes I am.” Rune moaned happily. "You know, these aren't just for show. They also mean I have this now~" Heart said, slithering over Rune, showing her an exposed and moist baby maker. Heart then slithered back to Rune's eye level. "And it works~" Heart then slid Rune's tip into their vaginal lips, and quickly plunged down, taking it all to the base, giving Pinkie Pie below a now eyes full of Rune's balls. She didn't mind. "Woah. I can't believe for so long I kept saying no to this one." Heart said, gripping Rune's left breast and right butt cheek, squeezing both. “Except for that...one time.” She groaned. “With...Unum.” She moaned happily at all the wonderful sensations assaulting her. “Oh I owed her, that was reluctant.” Heart said, lifting up some before hitting back down to the base. “Now then, do you mind?” Heart asked. It was then Rune noticed their new member. It was longer than before. Thicker too. Heart then grabbed both Rune’s breasts, the tip and upper shaft in Rune’s cleavage. “This brings back memories.” “Yes, yes it does.” She said while kissing the tip that poked out of her tits. “Very happy memories.” At that moment, Pinkie decided to move from Rune’s balls to her neithers. The simple lick, hitting with the new and other sensations made Rune cum, in both genitals. Heart shivered at the sensation. Rune bared five kids with them, now they’ll bare the children this time… for a bit. Rune was in euphoria, Heart lifting her up and placing their tip to her neithers. “It’s bigger this time. You ready?” They asked, Rune’s position being held in Heart’s arms, between their breasts and just a short distance from having Heart’s member insider her. “I’m always ready.” She said lovingly. Slowly, Heart lowered Rune, sliding her onto his member. The member now filling her much more than before. Rune went down to the base. After a moment to become accustomed to it, Heart raised her up, halfway up his member, then dropped her down, the sensation and impact on her insides sent waves of pleasure she had missed dearly. Heart did all the work for her, lifting her up, lowering her fast, dropping her. Thrusting into her. Their new largely muscular body gave them much more force in their movements. Drool left her mouth as she grew a happy smile of afterglow, having came twice before Heart finally came. The enjoyable warm sensation filling her, making her happy as the volume of jizz made her bloat a fair bit. With it over, Heart slid out of her, curning their lower half around her and giving Rune a true full body hug. “Welcome back.” They said happily to Rune, who rested between their breasts and in their tail’s embrace. “Thank you…” She moaned happily. “And cum inflation...thought you weren’t a fan of that either?” "I've learned recently that if I kept denying what I am and what I am becoming, I'll never just be happy. I've spent so much of my time just trying to be normal, but then, when I saved you, I realized if I was normal like I always wanted; I couldn't have saved you, or anyone. So, While I might hesitate or worry, I'm gonna stop trying to be normal, a normal human, and just be normal me." “Did King finally get that through your thick skull?” She asked honestly. “Cause if it’s anyone, King is the only one who would be so blunt and stubborn until you learned a lesson.” "Half their work. The other clicked when I pulled you free from that bitches heart. She wasn't putting this body to good use anyway." Heart said, giving a slight slap to a small bit of Rune's exposed butt. She moaned softly. “Still...sensitive my love.” She said softly. “But..I love you...and thank you for saving me.” "Let's rest then. We have a lot more sex to make up for later." “We have all the sex to make up for.” She said while gently groping one of Hearts many breasts. We Hope To See You AgainEclipse 'stood center stage, looking up to you, the reader. A solemn but happy smile on her face. "Hello everyone. It's been a while. I'm sorry to say but it looks like Grey Hearts, and Secret Reports, will be ending with this chapter. It's been a wild ride, a change of authors and a long journey, but I don't want you to feel upset or unfulfilled. Bio and Xin will continue my, Hearts and others stories in this universe in Xinrick's Life of a Nobody, given Heart and I appear there more often than not and King makes multiple appearances in our own recently, it made sense. A link will be provided below just in case. https://www.fimfiction.net/story/366829/life-of-a-nobody "Now then, for those of you who want to see the end of the Breath of the Wild mini Ark with Starlight, that will also continue in Life of a Nobody and while Secret Reports may still appear here and there on LoN, it won't be regular or often. "Now, I know this road is long and many people have come and gone over the, wow, years it's been, but don't fret. The authors won't leave the major story unfinished and at a currently undetermined time in the future, a sort of Reboot or 'Final Mix' rewrite version of this and hopefully the other connected stories will be released, but likely on Fanfiction and AO3 given how distant the MLP theme of the story has gotten lately. "While the ending you get here may not leave you completely satisfied or even happy, we promise you an ending and that even though this isn't fully goodbye, this is the end of this and Secret Reports. Heart and I will still appear with our own stuff in Life of a Nobody and in the Foretellers Continuation story BioQuillFiction will be writing and posting as Fear Ripper is moving onto other things. Link below. https://www.fimfiction.net/story/518603/foretellers-continuation "I wish all you readers the best of luck, for without you and my authors my existence would be incomplete and frozen in an unfinished moment. Thank you all, and I hope you all continue on with me, til The End."
Chapter 3: Dreams and LovesNight came and Zeke did… well, everything Eclipsa asked. From cleaning to cooking to feeding, washing, and changing the infants. Finally night time came and it was a strange thing. Some wives of Ben's were there staying the night to get to know the rest, and everyone was mostly sleeping on top of one another in a way that was comfortable. Eclipsa though was between her husband Blitz and Zeke, Zeke being asleep already and she had them in her arms. Zeke fell asleep very fast, almost by will it seemed. Sleeping at least they looked peacefully, granted Eclipsa was resting Zeke head on her breast as she was used to her husband's doing that, Zeke did not have any perverted geim of bliss her husband's got when they slept this way with her. Zeke was just, plainly asleep. Eclipsa sighed, petting Zeke's hair. “I want to help you so much…” She whispers softly, her eyes shining in the night. “You don't sleep peacefully… Even I, will all my worrying and pain, have learned that. You are quite literally surrounded by those who love you… Please, if there is anything above a admin that actually cares, please let these plans work… not for me, but for Zeke… He deserves the respite we have right now.” Eclipsa began to sleep, preparing for a dive to Zeke's dreams. Whatever they were. Once the dive began Eclipsa ended up atop Twilight towns train station tower. At the corner sat Zeke, bit it was just them and the tower. Total void surrounded them. Eclipsa slithered over and sat next to Zeke. “Twilight Town's clock tower… so many memories on this tower. Yet not a single one had me here.” Eclipsa spoke after a moment. Zeke was silent, just gazing into the void around them. To Eclipsa's surprise she heard the bells ring, their loud yet gentle tone echoing on the emptiness around them. So Eclipsa sat, listening to the chimes before gently resting her head on Zeke's shoulder. “After a while it all faded.” Zeke spoke. “Now it's just this.” “Yeah… But you are not alone you know?” Eclipsa said, willing dream versions of their family, making sure that Hearts Care and Celestia were in the group. “Every single one of us are something to fight for, to die for, but most importantly, to Live for.” “I know. This isn't why my dreams started fading. It's them.” Zeke said, the dark void creeping up the tower and doesn't from the top slowly. “Why then? Please Zeke… I have always hated seeing others suffer, especially since I know how suffering feels. Why is this like this?” Eclipsa said, her hands clenched tightly. “Well, where else would I go when asleep?” Zeke said the void now at their feet. It swallowed them, then a flash of light sent it away, and Eclipsa found herself in a city of floating connecting cities atop The clearest water, each large city connected to one another. “Welcome to Skala, the afterlife of hearts.” “What am I doing here, unless… you never truly dream anymore, do you?” Eclipsa guessed. “I never have really. Dreams were few and far between for me. But since becoming Kingdom Hearts my dreams always fade away, and I end up here.” Zeke lead Eclipsa around, this world/city was so bizarre, all the dead who have yet to be reborn, or do not want to be reborn, walked around as if it was any other day, food of all kinds was available, nothing was charged, it was a paradise, every building was something for everyone. Finally they went to the castle, this is where the other twenty Zeke is tied to were, as well as some other figures of importance. “Wow… it's almost too good to be legal.” Eclipsa chuckled as they neared the entrance to the castle. Upon entering she saw Alucard, playing Poker with Meliodas and Raven... from Teen Titans. Eclipsa was keeping her cool as she slithered over to them, Following Zeke. “Hey Crimson Fucker, what's up?” Eclipsa said as she leaned over to look at Alucard's hand. He placed his cards face down. “Nice try.” He said. “Sup? You know me and Meliodas already.” “Yo!” Meliodas said with a wave. “And this emo chick here is Raven. Half human half demon hellspawn of an ancient ritual and a night of demonic rape.” “Shut up…” Raven grunted. “Meh, not even on top ten worst daddy issues I've heard, but hey, could be worse. Could be such a insane little monkey that even the authors have given up controlling you.” Eclipsa chuckled. “I'm Eclipsa.” “Nice to meet you.” Raven said. “As you can see til we get a turn in the body we all just sort of kill time here. We are still working on an exact schedule for this.” “Could be worse. I mean, at least you all can switch out with Zeke sometimes until you do get your own body. I'd understand and help you do whatever it is. Oh and Alucard, Saris and Miss Hellsing both share a room in my place when you want to visit.” Eclipsa informed the Ozzy Osbourne looking motherfucker. “Ha! Knew they were bi. Anyway thanks for the info” Alucard said with a wave. Zeke then lead me to a large web in the corner ceiling. Here a man in a black and red Spiderman suit webbed down. His suit had a hoodie as part of it. “Hi.” They said, offering a hand. “Miles Morals. Aka, Spiderman.” “Heh, hey. Name's Eclipsa, but I bet all of you know that in some form or another.” The Naga said to the SpiderMan, shaking his hand. “Yeah. We all share a body, and therefore memories. We like to think of it as we're all split personalities now.” Miles said. Sitting on a table was Trixie, literally on the table sharpening… is that a giant tooth? Eclipsa pondered. “Hey Trix, what's up?” Eclipsa asked, making sure to stay within distance of Zeke so they don't have to end up teleported again “Tending to Dragon's tooth.” She said. “It's a weapons I picked up on a world where it was just Zeke and I. We made it a Keyblade and, well, it's one of my favorites.” “Heh, I'm glad you found something to care for. Though, as much as I like my X blade and Zeke… I personally miss my chats with the twin keyblades of light and dark.” Eclipsa admits. “Yeah… so, what brings you here?” “Well, I was trying to dive into Zeke's dreams, and ended up here after his dream faded.” The Naga explained. “Ah. Yeah. So, looking for ways to make Zeke happy?” “Yeah… Lyra and I have a few plans to try… I just hope any of them work…” Eclipsa said, sounding much more down as her eyes for a split second lost their usual mirth. “Well, I don’t know if what you try will work, all I know is that when Zeke and I shared a body… I felt him… he was… happy. Truly happy. Not to be back in the world, have a body… because he wasn’t, well, him. He prefered himself look like me than himself. Granted he hated how sensitive my tits are, even I hate that most times, and womans clothes… not for either of us.” “Should I tell you their physical body is now futa? And girl, you must have been shopping at the wrong places because female clothes are So much more comfier than men's, let me tell you.” Eclipsa chuckled. “When your testicals are the size of oranges and your stiffy is as long as your own arm, it’s not exactly the best option.” She countered. “So, Zeke being like me now… if he changed species then you know he really hates himself… always did wonder how they would look as a pony though.” “They haven't changed species yet… but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Though… they seemed to get inspired when I told them to do what Zeke wants, not Zeke Ventral.” “Well to be honest when it came to activities to do, he always did what his wives wanted, or what I did. He never knew what he wanted.” “One moment, don't want him hearing the whole plan…” Eclipsa says before snapping, a bubble of sound nullification around the two. “There. Now, that plays into the plan…” She says before explaining all that Lyra and Eclipsa planned earlier. “Ah…” Trixie said. “But how are you going to get them into actively seeking what they want? Also how are you going to keep tricking him down your throat? Zeke will catch on quick. To your belly therapy attempts.” “First time I will make a 'Mistake and swallow a fork whole and ask him if he would retrieve it. Then, another time I will have one of the kid help me and ask him, saying they're being too stubborn to leave. I will find ways, I always do. Push comes to shove… I swallow him playfully and hold him in, even as he fights.” “Hm. I guess that can work but how long when it comes to that do you plan on holding him in there? I mean, don’t get me wrong he needs to learn to handle relaxing times, but he’s as stubborn as you. It could take DAYS if not longer before he even calms down.” “And I have a dieing pregnant mare I've been holding on to for nearly two months. I… I just want to see a genuine smile on his face again… the only time I saw that was after we drawed in our fight.” Eclipsa said, sitting next to Trixie and sounding more depressed. “I see… in that case, there is one thing I know you and Zeke both can do that can get him a smile at least.” “That is?” “Well, you’re living Kingdom Hearts game practically. Find those old games and maybe if it’s out there this third one you’ve all been waiting forever for and just play them all. Watch some movies, game, hell give him a lap dance, surprisingly the best at those is Fluttershy, something that makes him feel like he isn’t himself.” “I can try. I mean, it wouldn't hurt.” Eclipsa said “Besides, it'd be interesting learning to lap dance as a Naga. I could always change to human if I need to though.” “Huh… how would that even work? Where would you even learn?” Leaving Trixie to her thoughts, Eclipsa spotted a face she saw once in town… Starlight. Mane still a mess and fur unkempt, just sitting in a corner doing nothing really. It was… saddening. “I'll figure it out, ask my family maybe, but Trix, could we continue this later?” Eclipsa asked. “Sure.” She said as Eclipsa headed over to Starlight. The Naga grunted as she sat next to the pink and purple mare. “What has you so down?” “We...remember. Know what all our fused reflections did when we became...this.” She said. “So? We all have done some messed up stuff.” “Many of mine… all made the same mistakes, some succeeding in a goal I once believed in, others taking it way too far, others finding redemption, others… small few, lucky to have never had the thought pass their mind. It’s just so…. Upsetting that so many of… me, all made and did the same horrible things.” “And yet, even with all that, you should count that as lucky. Think of it like this.” Eclipsa began “So many beings out there, they never have a consistency. Hell, the other me's are all enslaved and produced by what is basically a cosmic dictatorship. Yet, I seem to recall the you from my world. You were hurting, alone, suffering. Then, one day, you found a bag of bits in the porch with a note. Do you remember what it said?” “Not fully.” She said. “Something about hope or happiness I think?” “Close… I remember that note clearly, mostly because of the smile it put on your face. 'Don't blame yourself. Happiness comes to those who hold hope. I know what it feels like to lose everything, to be left in the dark, thinking on what I could have done, or should have. Those don't matter, not really. So hold your head high. Those you've lost, even if you've done wrong by them, they wouldn't want you to give up on everything. Please, take these bits. Build yourself back up. And learn to be happy again.’” Eclipsa said with a soft smile, not even looking towards Starlight. “Right.” She said, laying down now. “I was going to use them to move to someplace isolated… I don’t think I should be around others.” With a sigh Eclipsa wrapped her tail around Starlight and brought her into a hug. “None of that…” “Look.” Starlight said, breaking Eclipsa’s hug. “I know you’re trying and all, but even if I wanted help I… don’t want any right now. Maybe sometime later but for now… I’d rather be alone.” She said, back to Eclipsa as she sat back down. “And that is exactly why I can't leave.” Eclipsa said, sitting down but respecting space. “You and Zeke, two peas in a pod. You can't get over the fact that you made one consistent mistake, and Zeke refuses to accept that he can relax, even if it is caused by PTSD.” “I know my mistakes. I made a whole town of ponies give up their cutie marks. When the heartless came… No one could escape. They were all too slow, too weak… all the same… because I made them that way. I only escaped because of my hypocrisy. I kept mine, just painted over it so I could use the spell that removed them… Two Hundred adults, fifty foals, ten pregnant mothers… and nine newborn died that day because of my ideals…” “Wrong. They died because of me.” Eclipsa said. “Want to know something? Their deaths… the deaths of all who died because of the heartless on my world… they are my fault. I handed my children, friends and family keyblades, attracting the heartless. Then, all because I couldn't handle the regret of losing time after time, I trained, and trained, and trained. I trained until I forgot the very reason why I fight. I, the strongest warrior in my Equestria, I, Wielder of the twin keyblades Oblivion and Oathkeeper, The one who harmonized Light and dark without training, the one who promised to defend my home till my last breath, the one who constantly held back beings that threatened the multiverse at large, left. I came back home and I couldn't recognize it. Old friends were dead. My mentor had resigned. My kids grew up without me. I missed the birth of my children. I let everyone die because of my mistake. I let everyone down. I let you down. So don't you dare take all the blame for that… when I am just as guilty…” Eclipsa ranted, not even knowing when tears started to stream down her eyes. “I thought I was over that… apparently not…” “...Even if you were there, they still would have died. Our town was not on any maps, and only way to know it’s location was to stumble upon it. Even if you were there… nopony would have been able to find us anyway…” “You don't know that...I might not have been able to save everyone but if I could have saved one life, just one, maybe I wouldn't feel as guilty. But no, every single last life those days are on my head. Not yours, not Celestia's, not anyone's but me.” “Spare me the explanations. may someday I'll want help… but not now...not any day soon.” “Just because you don't want help doesn't mean you don't need it. So suck it up buttercup, I'm here until I wake up.” Eclipsa said, her eyes flashing. “Leave me alone…” Starlight said, her horn lighting up as she vanished in a flash of purple. “God's, she and Zeke are so alike…” Eclipsa sighed, staying seated on the floor. Eventually Eclipsa got up, looking around and found Core and Unum, the two having a meal at a table for two. “Oh, Hey Eclipsa.” Core said. “Well, if it isn't my favorite master and wedding crasher.” Eclipsa said with a smirk. “Looking lovely as ever Unum.” “Eclipsa.” Unum said. “So, what brings you here?” Core asked, taking a bite of grilled duck. “Eh… I was going to try and help Zeke with his PTSD by going into his dreams… and it kinda faded until we both ended up here.” Eclipsa explained. “Yeah. That happens.” Core said, placing his fork down. “It's a side effect of having the whole afterlife of hearts within your body.” “He still has so much to learn about this place too.” Unum added, drinking her water. “He'll learn. He always does…. Eventually.” Eclipsa giggled. “Hope I’m not interrupting your meal too much.” “It's more of a date.” Unum said. “Been apart cause, well, death, we felt the need of dating again to rekindle our flame. So far so good.” “Yeah. Not like you can have a repeat of singing, joining together during a event, and eventual drunken sex like last time.” Eclipsa chuckled, the fond memory of a time that felt like an eternity ago. “Well this time around the sex isn't drunken.” Unum said. “Hehe...yeah…” Core said with heavy blush. “We will talk later about the details.” Eclipsa winked at Unum. “I'm happy you two are back together. It… it sucked getting you two together after I knew what was to come “ “Eh. Otherwise Zeke wouldn't have existed.” Unum said. “Wait what?” Core asked. “Yup. Hi great great, infinite greats grandpa.” Eclipsa said with a giggle. “... What?!?!?!!?!?” “I'll let you know when that realization has settled.” Unum said, Patting her husband's head as he seemed frozen. Eclipsa giggled. “We so broke him. Hope you got the warranty.” “Heh. Later.” Looking around more I came across someone just resting against a wall. Large red spiked glasses on his head. “Hey there.” They said. “Hey. I'm Eclipsa, just going around and meeting or checking in with the others with Zeke. Who are you if I may ask?” The Naga said, slithering over to him. “Simon. What do you do?” “What do I do?” Eclipsa cocked her head. “Depends, what do you mean by that?” “Job. Am a digger, have been my whole life.” “Oh.. well I'm loads of things. A father and mother, A warrior and Guardian, A teacher, a goddess, the creator, guardian, and admin of grey, Tamer of Insanity, the list goes on. I am simply Eclipsa.” The Naga said with a smile. “Sad. You stretch yourself so thin being so many things, but at least you sum it all up by stating it's just you.” They said with a smile. “You know Zeke does want help right?” “I know mentally… it just feels like he doesn't at times...then he agrees to what the therapist suggested, diving right into what is hopefully recovery. I just don't know at times.” Eclipsa sighed, leaning on a pillar. “Neither does he. Right now he's trying to figure out who he is, not who others have formed him into. So his mind is flipping between a blank canvas and the one he's stared at his whole life, trying to make one and see if anything from the old can can even fit. If it was me I'd give him a nice hard punch to the jaw, but that's just me. You need to heal him how you do.” “I have a few plans in motion, besides, Zeke is now my husband. That'd be domestic abuse.” Eclipsa said with a mirthful smile. “Heh. Well your choices.” Keeping along I came across...Leon...Scott… Kennedy… “Uh, hi?” He waved. “Hi.” Eclipsa waved. “So, how's this whole thing treating you?” “Well not having the ability to get drunk kinda sucks but other than that it's mostly just boring.” Leon complained. “I can imagine.” Eclipsa said, pondering what to ask next. “I'm not in the mood to talk really. Move along.” Leon said. A bit hurt but deciding not to argue, Eclipsa left Leon alone as she looked for the others. This castle was large and she wondered who else was here. Turning a corner she spotted, sitting in a window sill with a chessboard between them, a young Eraqus… and Xehanort. Eclipsa leaned on the doorframe as she watched the two now boys play the strange game. It looked like chess, but the pieces made no sense, as well as their movements. ‘And does that one have my divine sign? The winged snake wrapped around a multi-toned sword?’ “You know you have only ever won against me once Eraqus.” Xehanort said with a laugh. “Yes but I've picked up some more tricks since we last played.” Was Eraqus's reply. The piece with my symbol on it suddenly vanished in a flash, appearing next to a peice that was one of many, a hand, and knocked it over. “Heh. So you have.” Xehanort chuckled. He then looked over to me. “Ah, Eclipsa. What brings you here?” “Originally to try and help Zeke more, but after that backfired I decided to meet and greet everyone else.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “Ah. Tell me, do you play Battlefield?” “The FPS with destructible buildings and is soo much better than COD its not even funny?” Eclipsa asked. Xehanort chuckled. “No, Battlefield is much like chess. Eraqus and I played this often. Each match is said to predict the outcome of future battles.” “In that case, no I have not… heh, if that piece is supposed to be me, it is a wonder either of you can control it. The only thing you can count on with me in a fight is that I have zero self preservation when it comes to those I care about.” “We don't.” Eraqus said, moving a piece. “The pieces move us, to where they are destined to be in the for told battle.” “Huh… If I may ask, what battle is represented here?” the naga said, looking over the board. “Don't know.” Xehanort said. “It has yet to happen, so we don't know who will be fighting who, or for what reason. All we know is that the white pieces belong to those who fight for justice, and the dark pieces are those who fight for selfish claims.” “Fair enough.” Eclipsa said, looking again at the pieces. “Though… pieces si essent in loco, tum ad extremum ... Sentio vero praecepta sunt quae facta, semper erit rumpitur, sic cum aliis griseo boost extremum spiritum eius, transiens coronam de regina et alii.” “Hm?” The two asked. “Don’t ask. Even I don’t know what I am saying when I go on those tangents.” Eclipsa said with a chuckle.” “You know, there is one person who might be able to help you In helping Zeke.” Xehanort said. “Who?” “Peccator.” “Who is Peccator?” “Oh, right. You know him as The Master of Masters.” “Oh him?” I said with a tired sigh. “Guess I needed to chat with great times infinity great grand uncle anyways….” Making her way around Eclipsa managed to find him. He was in a room filled with floating orbs, each shifting images every so often. “So great times infinity grandpa, what you up to?” Eclipsa said from directly behind him. “Uncle.” He said, messing with an orb. “And you are here why?” “A couple reasons. Meeting everyone, saying hello… but mainly trying to help Zeke.” Eclipsa admitted with a sigh. “And what exactly do you want to help him with?” Peccator asked. “I… Sigh, I want him to be able to enjoy this moment of peace, no matter how long or short it is. I want him to smile for something besides our fight, and not have to fake even a fraction of it. I want him to know that it is okay to accept peace, and over all… I want to lessen his suffering. He doesn't talk about it much, but everytime I look at him I can tell. Even kingdom hearts can’t fool my heart.” The naga said. Peccator laughed. “Good luck with that. Last chick to tell that to Zeke and made him believe it died in front of of him. He can't even remember it.” At this Eclipsa had to physically cool herself, her tail stopping mere centimeters from his neck in a nanosecond. “I will help Zeke. He and I are now paired for life, in more than one way. He is family. And I protect my family, even from themselves.” She smirked. “Something I believe you failed and didn't even care to do.” “Didn't you hear me? The last girl Zeke loved and heard that from died in front of him, and he can't even remember it because those Nexus fucks altered your world's timeline. Heck that girl might not even exist anymore for all we know.” Peccator sighed. “Look, you want to help Zeke, find that chick. Don't ask me how, I don't know. All I do know is that she was Zeke's first love in that timeline before Nexus altered it by giving your ancestors the Psychopath blood. Bro God filled me in before he died, and some of Zeke's memories from said timeline are fragmented in here.” He took out a cracked orb from the deal he sat at, tossing it to Eclipsa. “Here. That's all I could scavenge.” “I… thanks… and sorry. Even after learning discipline, I still act without thinking… a boon and curse I guess.” She chuckled “Eh. Good luck finding her though. Like I said, she might not even exist anymore.” “If I can even find a memory… there are perks to being a admin.” Eclipsa smiled, her eyes glowing grey for a moment. She could feel there was... something. Where or what she could not tell… she would need help. “Thanks Uncle Peccator…. You know, you should meet your family sometime. Who knows… you might like them.” “Eh. The only family I did have I sent to die in a war I started. Even my own son…” “Oh and Luxu is alright. He is dating one of Ben’s Sweetie Belle's if you ever want to see him.” “Doubt he wants to see me.” “That may be… but you two need to see each other. You need to show your regret, and he needs to let go of some of his baggage that he has been carrying around with him since those days.” Eclipsa said in her motherly tone. “hehehe. That's the thing. I regret nothing.” “And why is that?” Eclipsa said, not even a hint of judgement in her voice. “Because as of me joining this little mashup, My worst nightmare has been realized, what I tried to prevent still transpired, so now that I know all that effort and sacrifice was in vain, I just don't care anymore.” “And what was it you wanted to prevent prevent?” “Zeke becoming a human X-blade. If I destroyed the X-blade back in the first war… it it just fucking appeared… none of this would have happened.” “Yeah… but frankly, think on this. If you destroyed X, yes Zeke would have stayed mortal and human. Yes, many of the universe’s suffering would have ended…. But then something else would have taken its place. And then another, and another. There is always something. So, why bother worrying about what is to come? About what has happened? Just enjoy the now… its much better than living your life filled with regret, anger, sadness, or just numb. Just… ponder on visiting Luxu, alright?” Eclipsa said, patting him on the shoulder before turning around. “Heh. Doesn't matter.” He said, placing a finger on his right eye. “I forged the Gazing Eye and the No Name Keyblades. A Keyblade to see the future, and one to travel too it. I see all the outcomes. Fact is, I don't have a happy ending in all of this. I've seen it all already, now, Just have to wait til it happens.” “And maybe, it is that attitude that is the cause of it… we all have the power to change fate. Some just have more than others… and Uncle, tell me this. You have seen all possibilities right? Then tell me this.” She said before disrupting all the fate around her with a flash of her eyes. “Have you ever predicted what I do?” “Yes. A lot of kids… seriously, damn… you might have or develop a problem later on…” “Okay besides the kids…. Cause like seriously, at this point everyone knows thats gonna be a thing with how much I like sex.” Eclipsa groans, her hand to her forehead. “You become a literal living sleeping bag… so glad I can't feel what Zeke does out there when I'm in here.” “It’s actually pretty relaxing and comfortable if you don't have PTSD like Zeke.” Eclipsa shrugged. “And let's not forget the soon to come incest but that's another big bag of shit.” “Meh, Genetic rewriting gets rid of the taboo for me.” “But the awkwardness remains.” Peccator said with a wave of his arm. “And FYI, I'm not talking about you and Zeke.” “So me and Ben? Or is there another yet to come?” “Well you've only known this guy and his wife since you were a foal…” “........ dont tell me my brother is now my mother and husband……” Eclipsa said. “ding ding! We have a winner, your prize? Nine to sixty three incest babies by your own sibling. And four by Cadence.” “....that last one kinky, but over all…. God damn my relationship with Shining gets more and more complicated by the chapter.” “Just wait til you wake up. Hehehe. It will get even worse.” Peccator said, spinning back to his orb. “Speaking of. Three, two, one…” Eclipsa woke up…. Mouth to mouth with Zeke's Twilight…. Error, 404, Eclipsa.EXE not found…. She would have been panicking and freaking out…. But she was too tired to give a damn right at that moment. “Gods I swear the authors take enjoyment in my complicated incest relationships…” Eclipsa sighed quietly, trying to not wake anyone. She saw Zeke was folding clothes, awake and dressed. They looked over, seeing Eclipsa was awake. “Morning. You have a visitor.” “I can see that, ass.” Eclipsa said playfully “Why if I may ask?” “Twilight? She rolled there when I got up. But I am referring to an actual visitor. Your Brother and Cadence are here.” Eclipsa sighs, remembering what went on clearly. “Damn, and here I was not wanting to wake up my twin sister… wife…. God why did I ask to be reborn…” Shaking Twilight, she woke up, looking at Eclipsa then wrapping her arms around her waist. “Hey there~” She cooed hotly. “Someone woke up frisky.” Zeke said chuckling. “I had dreams.” Twilight said simply, squeezing her grip around Eclipsa's waist, their breasts squeezing into one another's. Eclipsa's were clearly bigger, almost giving the illusion they were swallowing Twilight's by comparison. “You know how I get when I have those kinds of dreams Zeke.” “Yeah, I know, it's why you have seven kids by me alone…” Zeke replied with a chuckle. “Still don't know why half Keyblade kids only take two months to mature than birth? Must be the magic or... something.” “....Twilight, I know we are married now, but frankly my Twilight was my twin sister turned mother. Give me a little more time, okay?” Eclipsa explains despite the blush on her face. “Oh I know...but your Twilight didn’t have fingers.” She said, tracing up one digit from the base of Eclipsa’s with/tail up her back to her neck, the whole thing gave Eclipsa a shiver. “Shining and Cadence are waiting for me??’ Eclipsa said, grasping at straws to get out of this for now. “Yeah. Been for the past hour.” Zeke said, still folding clothes. “Exactly. So please can this wait?” Eclipsa begged. “Fine.” Twilight said, letting Eclipsa go, but as she was getting off the bed gave her a playful smack on the area where her butt would be, though that area did hae smaller, softer scales for flexibility reasons, making it felt the same as getting a slap on the rear. “I am looking forward to what you can do with that tail though.” Eclipsa froze, sighed before sending a tiny dew drop worth of gray at Twilight, making it to have a single goal, sexually tease the hell out of Twilight while still giving her access to gray. “Enjoy.” “I actually feel sorry for Rune over there.” Zeke said, motioning over to his sleeping perverted wife as they and Eclipsa left the room. Heading downstairs they saw Shining Armor and Cadence sitting in the kitchen…. Both feeding a tiny, baby Alicorn… “Well… guess we know why they visited.” “Shining, Cadence, is that?” Eclipsa asked quietly, slithering over. “You’re an Auntie little bro...sis… Still confused.” Shining said as Cadence giggled. “Her name is Flurry Heart.” Cadence said. “And we feel the need to have you help...supervise her.” “She is adorable…. But what do you mean by supervise?” Eclipsa asks. Shining and Cadence looked at one another, Cadence using one of her wings to tickle the infants nose, at first laughing, Flurry then began to sneeze. Once she did, her horn lit up, a blast of the purest magic Eclipsa has ever felt then blew a hole in the side of her kitchen the size of the Mystery Machine. The blast also went through the neighbors house behind Eclipsa’s and some miles into town. “Yup… That makes sense…” Zeke said. With a snap Eclipsa teleported the blast over to them, suspended in time magic and started to repair the homes. “I’ve fought many things, used many things. Hell I created my own power from scratch. This however? What in all the realms have you been feeding her?! Pure, undiluted mana, class Zetta, from a untrained infant?!” “...Some of my own milk, recently mashed peas and a piece of cotton candy once?” Cadence said. “One second… Scan.” Eclipsa said, activating the ability. Flurry Heart. Level: 1 HP:5/5 Def:0 Mag:??? “You broke my ability…. It physically can't tell how much magic she has…..” “Let me try.” Zeke said, placing a finger over the infant's chest, a bright glow coming from her as he analyzed her. When he removed his hand the glow faded, leaving the infant giggling. “Well this might be the reason. Her heart is old, I mean OLD. Old hearts often lead to carrying certain aspects from prior incarations over to the next. Possibly a heart of many rebirths as a mage or something kin to them?” “That is the only thing that makes sense, unless one of her old incarnations was the guardian of Mana.” Zeke placed a hand over Flurry’s chest again, the glow reappeared, but he took less time than before. “Does Merlin count?” “..... Looks like I found my future element of magic…” Eclipsa muttered, remembering the quest the tree of harmony gave her. “So, besides death lazers, anything else?” “She can carry us when flying.” Shining said. “Her screams broke the Crystals in the crystal Empire.” Cadence added. “She can teleport with pinpoint accuracy and without any delay between them.” “Her shield spells give Shinings a run for his munny and then some.” “.... oh she and I are going to get along just fine, wouldn't you say shining?” Eclipsa chuckled, making Shining shiver from the memories. “A little too well…” Shining Groaned. “In any case it’s why we are here.” Cadence said. “Flurry Heart threw a temper tantrum and nearly broke the Crystal Heart. We figured you and Aunti Luna could either have some means to place a limiter on her, or manage to teach her controle?” “I might have a way to help her learn control… though, just a warning, whether or not it works it will make her even more powerful.” Eclipsa told them while scratching the little balls of death’s ears with a smile. “Well it’s either this or risk her accidentally harming the kingdom, herself, or others.” “Heh… might give me practice for when my own are born soon.” Eclipsa chuckled before breathing and relaxing, going still and serine…. Something that honestly creeped out Shining, him having seen Eclipsa most of his/her life be a aggressive, fun loving adrenaline junky. Gently, Her hands reached down and began to caress and swirl over Flurry, faintly glowing trails of gray being left in their wake as Eclipsa began to sing gently. ”Someone tell me Someone show me Someone let me know Who I'm supposed to be If you know me You can take me To the deep blue sky Over the big blue sea ------------I know | If you've seen ---Where I'll be | In the future ------Oh please | Tell me ---I can dream | What you see there ----------I'm lost | Within ----And behind | All the madness But I've found | I can shine ---------My light | In the darkness Into the hour of night Where my pain gets left behind I won't give up the fight I'll just say that I don't mind What would you do to me If I set the universe free Come sit next to me Behold your galaxy ------------I know | If you've seen ---Where I'll be | In the future ------Oh please | Tell me ---I can dream | What you see there ----------I'm lost | Within ----And behind | All the madness But I've found | I can shine ---------My light | In the darkness ------------I know | If you've seen ---Where I'll be | In the future ------Oh please | Tell me ---I can dream | What you see there ----------I'm lost | Within ----And behind | All the madness But I've found | I can shine ---------My light | In the darkness” Zeke stretched. “Not to interrupt the good moment… but you are also an hour late for Work Eclipsa…” Zeke pointed out. “....Shiza.” Eclipsa cussed in german. “Cheer is soo going to have my scales for this…” She said, expediting the process. “There. Her magic is boosted by gray, making her on par with some mid tier gods, however because all gray bows to me, I have made sure that hers will convert all excess mana into gray until she is of age to where I can train her to use it properly. Once that happens, I doubt even some admins will be able to handle her raw magic.” “Cool…” Shining said, Eclipsa rapidly raiding the fridge, then wrapping her tail around Zeke and rushing out, carrying them like that while rushing to the school. When they arrived the Students were outside, training under someone Eclipsa did not Expect. Ban, one of Meliodas’s friends and allies in arms. “Ban? Was I already fired?” Eclipsa said “No, I just covered for your ass.” He said, watching the kids practice swing motions. “Figured if this land is mostly sunshine and rainbows I best pass the time teaching the youth how to be as violent as possible.” “Heh… sadly, while it is mostly Sunshine and rainbows, when those clouds come… they never truly leave.” Eclipsa sighed, setting down Zeke. “Eh, either way you two are here now. I‘m gonna head into this Everfree forest place and see if anything there can keep up in a fight.” Ban said, walking off into the forest. “Well that was unexpected.” Zeke said as Eclipsa let them go. “So what is your lesson plan for today?” Eclipsa pulled out her notes. “I had two, which do you think, tapping into their souls to unlock the path to their potential, or live sparing?” “Actually I think a demonstration of non-Keyblade based attacks and such should be best. I know a lot from training when I was younger and I’d like to...pass them on.” “Hmm, I guess producing a weapon from your own soul can wait till next week.” Eclipsa said, writing it down. “Ready when you are.” “Alright. Anyone here have a training sword I can use?” Zeke asked. Eclipsa was about to hand him one before handing him a different one. “Almost gave you one of Cutting Winds…” “Hm.” Zeke nodded, feeling the dull wood. “This will do.” They then moved over to a large tree nearby. “Now then, pay attention closely.” Zeke said, grabbing the short training sword in both hands and readying to swing. Eclipsa felt no energy at all from Zeke, who let it all drop to nonexistent levels, as to not aid the demonstration. Zeke rushed, fast, no aid from his powers in his speed as he swung at the tree. Nothing seemed to happen, until the trunk splintered, still standing as the training sword broke. “Alright, who saw it?” Zeke asked. Eclipsa chuckled as three of them raised their hands besides herself. “Of course you three would notice it.” “Alright, what did you see then Eclipsa?” “Simple. One strike became three as the exact moment of impact.” “Yes. Can anyone guess how?” “What about you Eclipsa?” Eclipsa the naga asked the Dragon/pony hybrid “Uh… you really have three?” She said. “No. There was, and is one blade, then there was three. Who can tell me how I made one blade slash three times at once?” Zeke asked again. “What about you Esmerelda?” Eclipsa said, pointing to the earth pony covered in sunscreen. “Um… you were fast?” She offered. “To be blunt. Yes. This attack was made and perfected by one of my ancestors who needed to ensure their for was dead, and my family always did things overkill, so, they developed a sword technique that right before impact you rapidly shift the wrist, or blade...neck, ugh, biology. Anyway, but doing so, they were able to make a single blade slice three areas of their does at once, ensuring if one slash was blocked, the other two, or at least one, would be fatal. To accomplish this, they trained themselves to maneuver their joints and speed to actually be fast enough to bypass anyone without a well trained eye.” “Or not biologically gifted.’ Eclipsa nodded, having heard of the technique from Josh once. “The trick is in speed, reaction time, and timing in how you shift your weapon to hit the three targets. While one point of impact looks like it hit the same as the others, in fact, one hits first, then the second, and lastly the third, and as they are cutting in, shift the blade. This is why the tree splintered rather than was left with slices, why the training sword broke. Now imagine this with a real sword on a real person. Pretty messy huh?” “Here, do it with this one.” Eclipsa said, handing him Cutting Wind’s “Trust me…” “Alright.” Zeke said, taking the modified training sword and performing the attack again, this time the tree shattered into three chunks, and the sword remained whole. “Hm. Good quality.” “That would be my son’s… our son’s work… though he is banned from doing it at school.” “If he grew up with my parents he'd already have his own workshop making swords way worse than this.” Zeke laughed. “And yet he isnt.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “So he can do what he wants… Anyways, kids, do you understand?” There was some nods, and the main thing that was needed here was speed, so they trained their endurance and stamina to utilize the technique. Zeke sighed, humming a tune. “Sooo… Enjoying yourself?” The naga asked, making sure the kids were getting the theory right. “I guess.” Zeke said simply. “Not much of a answer there.” Eclipsa said summoning some chairs for the two. Zeke took a seat. “I guess my mind is mostly wandering.” “Well, if you ever want to talk my butler, you can.” Eclipsa giggled, nudging the futa keyblade. “I dunno. Last night I woke it remembering this tune of… a song I think. Don't know the words though.” “Well, go ahead and hum it. There is a chance I may recognize it.” Eclipsa said, keeping a eye on the kids “Alright.” Zeke hummed the tune. Eclipsa felt it was... familiar, though not sure why in the slightest. She knew she heard it also...but not where or when, and no lyrics came to mind. “It… I know it as well… but I’m just as stuck as you… but now that I heard it, I cant seem to get it out of my head.” Eclipsa said softly. “I feel like someone sang it to me once… I just can't remember who. Maybe it was from a TV show?” “I don’t know… hell I don’t even know what I am feeling, just that I am.” “Hmm.” The two pondered it for a while, wondering why this song felt so close to them. The class went on mostly with just basic speed exercise, some students Improved and some were sore from the training. When the day was over Eclipsa took Zeke to someplace that might be fun. An arcade. “I haven't seen one of these in years.” Zeke said, looking over all the titles. “I may or may not have come over often to destress.” Eclipsa said, glancing at a 9999999 score with the initials ECS before it faded back to the game preview. “Heh. Wonder if it's here…?” Zeke said, Looking around the arcade, finding a large shooter set up for up to five people. The title read ‘Dust’ in large dirt colored words. “Oh hell yes.” “Oh, haven't gotten around to playing this one yet.” Eclipsa said, looking it over. “It’s an Arena shooter. You go through each level of wasteland raiders to gather supplies for your settlement, the more players the harder it gets, and if you all make it to the final arena you get the max score and tipple your tokens back.” Zeke said, picking up the large plastic wired gun shaped controller. “Hey, we should call another three over, just to have the full squad.” Eclipsa suggested. “Nah, I’m pretty good at it, but if you wanna play too then grab a gun.” Eclipsa’s eyes flashed, her face having her old grin. “This party is getting crazy!” Suddenly they turned as the sound of a jukebox being smashed by a white haired foal who was eating pizza. “Weird.” After inserting the tokens needed the game started, the screen was split into two, Zeke’s character on the right, Eclipsa’s on the left. The characters moved on their own, Zeke and Eclipsa aimed and shot. The first Arena was a rundown super market, the heads of thirty all generic looking raiders were at the top, and under it an HP bar for the two. “Careful, one player, these guys just have handguns, two, they have rifles.” Zeke said, aiming around in a slow circle for the first raider to show their head. Eclipsa breathed in before breathing out, cutting out all sounds save for that of the game and zeke, her body relaxed and in a position one would expect a disciplined sniper to take before with a flick and a snap that impressed everyone that the controller didn't break, cracked a headshot to the first enemy raider. Immediately, six raiders appeared, Zeke taking out four as Eclipsa took out the last two. “Careful, you only regain ammo when you pass a fallen raider, so try not to miss.” “Right.” Eclipsa replied, using every bit of training she received from josh to react to even the slightest pixel movement. Nine more popped up, immediately the duo reacted, each shot fired was at the head, earning double points, and extra ammo. “Say, when did you get good at aiming?” Zeke said with a smirk. “Left for dead world with Josh, as well as actually providing a strategy to him, though I needed to learn to provide overwatch while he commanded a group of NPC’s in a military simulator.” Eclipsa replied, never once stopping the barrage. “Oh, my Christmas when I was nine.” Zeke jokes, shooting several more, the reward chest in sight, guarded by a large, fat raider with two assaults rifles. “”Trick with this guy is aim for his eyes, he'll miss over half the time.” “Right. So, there a story behind that Christmas?” Eclipsa asked as she focused her bursts to the right eye while Zeke went for the left. “Let’s just say there is a reason the US retired fort knocks as their gold vault.” “Oh that. Yeah had to recreate the robber to get back oblivion and oathkeeper.” Eclipsa said casually. “Long story short: I was a idiot.” In no time the stage boss was dead, the loot collected and the next stage was loading. “Before it begins we can get some upgrades with our points. I typically take the rifles. You?” “Either sniper or pistol, depending on what they got.” Eclipsa replied, looking at the list. “On this stage two players give them shotguns and pistols.” “Got it.” Eclipsa said, opting for the sniper due to her mood. With the rifles the two were clearing the arena quickly, at some point the jukebox began playing a solo action guitar song in sync with the game. “Heh, okay who did that?” Zeke chuckled at the irony of the events. Eclipsa spared a glance to see the same white haired kid it the already broken jukebox, causing it to somehow work again. “Huh.” she said, turning back in time to snipe a enemy about to shoot. The boss of this stage was the same as the last, but with attack dogs and two harder raider allies. Still, while Eclipsa fell with the dogs, Zeke took out the two harder raiders then went for the boss, Eclipsa joining in once the dogs were dead. As the next stage loaded Zeke stretched. “Heh, if only the real thing left no recoil.” Eclipsa paused… that phrase for, some reason gave her a slight headache… as if she heard that before too. “Today is weird, even for me.” Eclipsa muttered to herself before upgrading the sniper, for some reason the sniper calling to her more and more she played. As she and Zeke played time flew by. Soon the duo had maxed out snipers and we're on the final stage. All raiders were armored, with Miniguns, attack dogs, and less ammo. “Oh I love this boss.” Eclipsa winced, her head giving a throb for some reason as she raised her rifle. “A-any tricks?” Eclipsa asked, not even noticing her slight stutter. “None that I've found.” Zeke said. “It's almost here. Watch for the barrels.” Before Eclipsa could answer, a giant mutated and armored raider appeared on screen, one arm infused with a Minigun and the other grabbing barrels stacked along a high platform. “Heh. This is gonna suck.” Zeke said, a genuine smile on his face. ‘Heh. This is gonna suck.’ The line rang out in Eclipsa’s head as white noise filled her ears. “Don’t give up just yet lover boy.” Eclipsa said, unable to stop herself. Zeke laughed, looking over at Eclipsa, then froze. He saw the blurred silhouette of another. Frozen, he dropped the controller, right at a barrel hit his character, the game over screen appeared on his side. But what Eclipsa saw was tears flowing from Zeke's eyes. He didn't even realize it. Eclipsa too dropped her controler, clutching her head as chaos rang out in her head. “What is happening….” Zeke, snapping out of their stupor, quickly helped Eclipsa get back up. “Maybe… maybe that's enough games for today.” He said, feeling the tears on his cheek. “What… I… I never cry?” “Zeke… remember that picnic under the full moon…” Eclipsa mumbled, not even realizing everything coming out her mouth. “I don't know what is going on.” The Naga turned into her human form feeling the need for it at that moment as she continued to hold her head. “”The one where we-” Zeke cut themselves off, clutching their head now. “What the? But… We never met until after all this god and multiverse crap…… This doesn’t make sense…” “Our first time you were so shy…. No no we never even have had sex, let alone you be shy about it…” Eclipsa said leaning on Zeke as tears ran down her eyes. “Your dad about killed me… What the hell...am I remembering?” Zeke said, tripping over themselves. “Woah!” They looked up, seeing Cript standing over them. “Shit, now I know why the Radist took a detour… The hell happened to you two?” “Dad?” Eclipsa asked before crying out, her air flickering to a different shade and style for a moment before returning. “Why do we have these memories… what is happening….” Eclipsa whimpered, clutching onto Zeke like a lifeline. “Hm.” Cript said, looking at them both. “I think I know, but we need to make a small pitstop first.” Cript said, snapping their fingers as the three of them were inside what looked like an office building, Cubicles for as far as anyone could see. “That SoB should be around here somewhere.” “Zeke, slow down the car, we lost them…” Eclipsa mumbled, still holding on to him. “N-no, can’t let them see me…” Zeke grunted. “Ah, there you are.” Cript said, pulling out of a Cubical a small cube of sorts. “This should clear up this whole mess.” He placed it in front of the two, the cube spun itself around a few times before opening, a display screen showed some images. “Hmm…” Cript said, reading this over, sighing. “That’s what I thought… Shit…” “What is it?” Eclipsa asked as her eyes even flickered into a blue before back to red. “Well, these memories aren’t someone else's, they are yours.” Cript said. “Apparently in your reality, back when you were all mortals, Nexus was testing Zeke out, but labeled him a failure, rather than dispose of him, they altered time… bold move for them. Anyway, this is why Zeke’s family has inborn Psychopath blood, they gave it to his early ancestor.” “The witch...and the potion… she was Nexus?” Zeke asked. “Yup. This changed history, but to be sure they made sure the reason he strayed from their initial testing, Marcy, was never born… Didn’t stop her heart and soul from taking another vessel through.” Cript said, looking over to Eclipsa. “It makes sense, you adapted to female life way too quickly, and the idea of marrying Zeke you embraced without question. Becoming Admins must have allowed you some of the memories to return to you, even though they don’t exist in the current flow of time.” ‘Marcy, get out, run, something is wrong! The world… ash… up into the sky… something…. NEXUS’ “It's true…” Eclipsa said, turning to look towards zeke, tears in her eyes. ‘Marcy!’ ‘Zeke, no no no.. zeke…’ “Nexus deleted the timeline… but it wasn't quick and painless….” “I...Gah!” Zeke hit the ground, forcing themselves up as Memories returned. “I remember… It happened… twice… The first time… I ran away to you… I was happy...for a whole year… but my family found me… my grandfather killed you… I changed into a Psychopath… I killed him then… Then It happened all over again, but my eyes were the Ventral red… I still found you, but that’s when they warned me personally… I ignored them… and they made you...fade…” “It hurts… I used to wake up with phantom pains all over my body… But I just accepted it…. Zeke.” Eclipsa said, her form for a moment changing to that of how she used to be. “Hehe… I remember how you found me out.” Zeke said, starting to chuckle as more memories flowed back. “You tried to scare me in the shower… Hehe… You took one look at what I was packing down there and hopped in… Heheh.” Zeke looked at her, she was five foot seven, long blond hair, deep blue eyes, and a glowing complexion. “You were a pervert then, and now.” They said, placing a hand on their cheek. Eclipsa choked on her breath as both her memories finally settled “And you are still a dolt…” She said, placing her hand over his. “Talk about destined to be.” Cript said, tossing the Cube back into the cubical it came from. “I mean...damn. This is me levels of unlikeliness.” “Heh… well, at least I’m not as reluctant to tap that ass.” Eclipsa chuckled. “Though I am keeping the name Eclipsa… makes it easy for family and the readers.” “Heh… You know, I’m remembering a lot of your fetishes… also your browser history, dear lord you had way too much porn.” “Makes sense now of why I never bat a eye at fetishes … and why I’ve always been secretly jealous of Rune…” Eclipsa admitted before turning to Cript. “Dad… thanks. That was starting to hurt a lot.” “Well yeah, remembering things that no longer exist would do that. Welp, back to Equestria with you two.” Cript said with a snap of their fingers. Eclipsa and Zeke was back outside the Arcade, Eclipsa in her Naga form and Zeke still both genders. “...Heh, so… what now?” Zeke asked. “I feel like I owe you a lot for falling for me literally three times, and dying twice because of me…” “Hmmm, well then… let’s collect~” The naga said before grabbing their thrice timed lover by the shirt and kissing them with passion. Zeke didn’t resist, holding Eclipsa as tight as they could. Zeke and Eclipsa finally stopped, both panting. “Is it wrong to ask… how good are you with that tongue now that it’s as long as an arm?” They asked with a grin. “Hehe, lets just say, I’d be surprised if you find the energy to return the favor with that nice stick you got down there~” Eclipsa giggled slurly “Try me.” Zeke breathed into Eclipsa’s ear, making her shiver from her head to the end of her tail. “Thats it, Twilight be damned.” Eclipsa said, snapping and teleporting them to their bedroom and immediately starting to strip Zeke down, moaning the entire way. “Hmm...I wonder?” Zeke said, a grin on their face as they unhooked Eclipsa’s bra, giving a light yet firm scratch over where the hooks were on her back, making her Eclipsa pur. “Hehe. You still love that.” “Only you could ever make this feel good~” Eclipsa said, nuzzling Zeke as she purred. “Umm… Did we miss something?” Scotch asked, both Eclipsa’s husbands and Zeke’s wives were all in the room. “Either way, don’t mind us.” Rune added. Eclipsa giggled. “Lets just say that apparently nothing, not even a cosmic order that can fuck with time, could keep us apart.” Eclipsa purred out while using her tail to grab a collar and hand it to Zeke. “So...we missed a lot?” Celestia asked. “I think we should give them the room.” Star said, having to help the others drag Rune out of there. “My eternal guardian….” Eclipsa smiled handing him the collar. “You always liked being the dom.” “Hmm…” Zeke smiled, placing the Collar on Eclipsa, chuckling as it already had their name engraved on it. “Let me guess, Blitz?” Zeke chuckled. “Scotch actually, Blitz was sex while floating in air.” Eclipsa chuckled. “Zero G sex? Now I’m interested. Dash likes it on clouds, softer than silk.” Zeke said. “hehe, so, what first… master~” Zeke shivered at hearing that. Smiling as he pat Eclipsa on the head. “Hmm. Well, what does a naughty girl like you deserve? Can you prove to me you can be a good girl?” “Oh yes master!” Eclipsa said before leaning back and presenting her sex to her long time mate for the first time in this timeline.“Now now, that’s a little too eger. First I want you to put on a little show first. Hmm… How far can you slid your own tail in there?” Eclipsa blushed before moving her tail end over her pussy, getting herself lubed up before with a blush and biting the bottom lip, started to slowly tail fu herself. “L-like this master?” “Yes. Now then, slid it in, until you can’t slide any more in. I am very curious to as how… stretchy, you are like this.” With a blush she continued to push in as more and more of her tail disappeared, a noticeable bulge starting to appear as the tail starts to get thicker and thicker, moans escaping the naga's mouth. Zeke watched in genuine surprise as now, a little over half her tail was inside her own vagina, and her lips stretched wide enough to easily fit a small car tire. “Wow. Is there even a bottom in there?” Zeke asked with a grin. “Naga’s can literally rebirth full grown people so…. Maybe?” “Well I’m impressed.” Zeke said, starting the pull Eclipsa’s tail out of her, the sudden, and semi rapid movement nearly made the Naga cum then and there. “Now...If I remember correctly you always liked the feeling of a hand in there.” Zeke then with ease placed their whole right hand within Eclipsa’s nethers, the Naga covering her mouth in response, the circular massage Zeke was giving her insides gave her waves of pleasure, and memories of the timelines before. Eclipsa moaned and panted, pleasuring herself never feeling the same as a lover... especially from her soulmate. “S-so good…” “My my, so lose. Did your own tail do a number on you?” “M-maybe? Oh!” She cried out. Zeke removed a thumb, and rubbed it against her winker, using their free arm, wrapped it around her waist, and brought her in close. Being part female, Zeke was noticeably wet themselves, and just like when they shared a body with Trixie, blushed as their breasts pressed against one another. “Heh, they are a lot bigger than before. Weren’t you a C cup before?” “Pregnancy as s-swallowed myself, now a DD… though I could always change it if you want master.” Eclipsa panted. “Hm. I think this is kinda backwards.” Zeke chuckled. “I am the Keyblade here, but, whatever makes you happy.” Zeke said, removing their hand from Eclipsa’s depths and using the same hand to grope her breast. Eclipsa moaned as milk leaked slightly on to Zeke's hand. “You are more than my keyblade, and always will be my good bad boy.” She said, using one of her old saying as Marcy. “Heh. As long as you’re my small town canyon girl.” Zeke replied with his phrase from before. Zeke leaned in, giving a long wet kiss to Eclipsa before backing up, and taking a seat on the bed. “Now, it’s time we get to the main event, but just before, a little…taste” Zeke said, letting their eleven inch long member out. “Ever packing heat love~” “It’s not my gun this time~” “Oh I think it is… you are still gonna shoot something out of it~” “That depends, if you are good, I’ll let you choose~” Zeke teased as Eclipsa bent down to his member. “First, I’d like to see how your tongue can work it now~” With a giggle and choosing to ignore the slight crack in the door as a camera lens could be seen out of the corner of Eclipsa's eyes, Eclipsa bent down, leaving soft kisses all the way up and down the long shaft before unrolling her tongue as it gave a long lick. The little lick turned into several before the entire snake tongue wrapped around the cock, massaging and licking it in a spiral. “Woah...holy crap…” Zeke groaned, gritting their teeth as Eclipsa worked up and down his member. “Heh, it kinda feels like when Rune got the girls to all give me a blowjob at once.” “And there's more tongue~” Eclipsa giggled before wrapping the cock entirely in tongue. “Woah… Heh, thank god I’m good at holding it back. Feels a lot like Rune’s insides.” (“Oh I am so taking notes…”) a voice was barely heard as eclipsa continued to tongue Zeke before using all remaining length to lick Zeke's pussy while still keeping the cock wrapped. “Gagh!” Zeke said in shock, unconsciously thrusting upward, shoving all his member down Eclipsa’s throat. Eclipsa was happy to no longer have a gag reflex. With a moan she immediately began to suck while her tongue continued to work the very sensitive pussy of her master and lover. Zeke was biting their own finger. Their few experiences as a female before made one thing clear. The baby factory doors were their total weakness. While the sensitive tits were something to get used too, but the lips between the legs Zeke would never get used too. This new pleasure made holding back hard, and Zeke pulled Eclipsa off of themselves, panting. “Shit… Not used to that area getting attention…” Zeke painted. “Oh, was it too much for now?” Eclipsa asked “Well, to be fair the one time I was female and Unum knocked me up I...don’t actually remember that part. You’d have to ask her how that went.” Zeke said, wiping some sweat off their . “Alright. I think there’s just one question right now in all honesty…” “Yes? I'm a open book… quite literally.” “Heh… Are we ready for kids? I men, yes we already have kids, you’re pregnant as is but… if you and I have kids… they’d be born Admins, X-blades, balance/Grey infused powerhouses… We don’t even fully understand what we could do let alone that kind of power.” “I'm not afraid… In every life, I always ignored the past, and found no point in worrying about the future. All I know is right now, right here, I love you. I always have, even if I didn't realize it in my third life.” “I know...but what about Ben? Heck I got a...shower call from them the other day when Celestia was in there with me and… they’re like me now… and my god those clothes were...well, either his Rarity had a field day of they are embracing that cleavage...multi cleavage… It’s like a mini version of his mom Den…” “Kinky.” “Yes but besides the point… If we are going to have kids then… shouldn’t Ben be here for that too? You and I are doing this because we apparently are three times timeline lovers… We don’t have that kind of special connection with Ben… I want to make one like that before anything like us all birthing possibly the most powerful beings in creation second to, or even surpassing Cript.” “Then let's spend more time with them… if I could learn to love, and you could learn… well I could always be willing to learn for Ben. But on the topic of kids…. I have waited three lifetimes for your kids, I'm not waiting another.” “You won’t have to… I don’t want you too either. I remember your first failed pregnancy test. You were sad, them immediately jumped me again to try again… despite you still needed to finish your senior year in those timelines…” “Hehe, yeah...Oh and Zeke? FYI? I can be impregnated by nine different males at the same time baby factory style, so the Excuse I'm pregnant already doesn't apply.” “.... Ehehe..erm…” Zeke said, scratching the back of their head as Eclipsa remembered Zeke had a pregnancy fetish. She smiled, going to take full advantage of that here and now to get her way. “Oh come on now, admit it, you want to knock me up, keep me having little Naga keychains. You can't wait to feel my bloating belly, my broadening hips, everything. So master~ claim your prize~” the Naga tempted, rubbing her sex against the 11 incher. Despite grabbing her breasts in response, Zeke was clearly in a conflicting state of mind. Eclipsa grinned, sealing the deal by shifting her form ever so slightly. She moved all her unborn Currently developing children, and even Spoiled, up to her anthro half, the results gave her the appearance of a heavily pregnant female. Zeke's face became a hot red, his members reaction was a now raging stiffer, that Eclipsa lowered sex over, and slid it in till she reached the end, their bodies tightly connected at their pelvis. Eclipsa took this moment to also change her eyes, her pupils now two pink hearts. Zeke's higher brain functions seemed to sense, giving into his bodies desires and lusts. Slowly Zeke began moving, gaining enough room to thrust upwards. Once it was made, he slid out, his love moaning loudly before letting out a strong bliss filled cry of ecstasy, Zeke now rapidly thrusting upwards into his love, each thrust Eclipsa moaned, the two tightened their holds on one another, Zeke around her now enlarged upper belly area, their head partly buried under the nagas breasts, and Eclipsa tried to move more of Zeke's head into her breasts, trying to get them to drink from her. At some point, unbeknownst to both, the room began to fill with their respective raw energies. Balance and Grey. Their energies began crossing, merging and flowing between the two, and a third, unseen energy joined in shortly after. Nothingness. Eclipsa noticed Zeke's eyes changed, from Red to a bright pink. Zeke was also giving Eclipsa a look she was just giving him. A look that said one simple thing. ”Screw me!” Zeke yelled, voice filled with a sluttery tone the likes of which Eclipsa never heard from them before. And she liked it. Rapidly reaching a hand to under where Eclipsa’s filled holes was. She yelped, feeling her skin grow out… and she wasn’t doing it. Realizing Zeke was altering her she realized she was given her own member, two inches longer than Zeke’s and a full inch thick. Before she could retort, Zeke slid off of her, and onto her newfound member. Eclipsa gasped, the feeling both familiar and all the more pleasuring that ever as a solo male. Each thrust acted as a sliding motion on her own newfound member, Zeke didn’t fit it all, but took in three quarters as slowly Eclipsa started to thrust in tandem with Zeke's own, her hands roughly grabbing the X-blade's ass. Zeke let out a loud moan, Eclipsa feeling a slight thing, like a jolt of sorts within her center. It made her scream, multiplying the pleasure in a way Eclipsa never experienced. She came, both female and male parts at once, the resulting pressure of cum from Eclipsa’s member made Zeke do the same. Both wombs filled as one. With a pant and lack of breath, the two looked at each other before going again, never breaking eye contact. At some point the two fell asleep. Waking up Eclipsa had fixed her form to normal, Zeke now face pressed firmly and smiling between Eclipsa’s slightly cum covered cleavage, milk still leaking from them. The sheets were a mess, dried stickiness covered them both. Eclipsa smiled softly, proud, and too happy to put into words are seeing that smile again. Faint tears of joy welled up in her eyes as a single one fell down her cheek and landed on her lover. Zeke began to stir from that, upon waking immediately gave Eclipsa a deep kiss, his breath and mouth still tasted like Eclipsa’s sex organs. “Morning… You played dirty with that pregnancy look.” Zeke waid with a smile. “Heh, yeah well, something had to get you to crack.” Eclipsa said humorously before wondering why she can feel where her children are. “Heh...agh.” Zeke moaned, letting go of Eclipsa and clutching their stomach. “It feels like someone pounded my stomach with a jackhammer.” “Oh…. Oh boy… get to a toilet love, I have a feeling I know-” It was too late, Zeke began hurling, though, it wasn’t vomit per say… rather, liquid Darkness… and Light. “Fuck…. Huh, that’s new. The twins had real vomit...” Before Eclipsa could reply, The liquid darkness vomit morphed into Shadow Heartless, quickly scurrying out of the room. “A heartless! Kill it!” Yelled Cutting Wood as an army of running hooves and feet hit the floor outside. The light, however, morphed into something unexpected… a Starlight Keyblade Keychain. “That was… oh god.” Eclipsa says before throwing up liquid Gray, it forming into a some floating ball of energy. “Fuck...What happened?” Zeke asked, trying to move their legs to stand, only to see they were stuck together by long dried ‘fluids’. “What the… what exactly did we do last night? Honestly I kinda...blacked out after you made yourself a super preggo and… everything after that is largely a blur…” “One moment.” Eclipsa says, dismissing the soon to be grey creature to the realm of Gray. “ Now, movie time because I only remember the beginning.” Eclipsa says, creating a projection of what happened last night for both to see. Zeke’s jaw dropped as it got to the part where he gave Eclipsa a penis, then looked in horror as she began ramming it inside them until it formed a repeating bulge on each thrust. “Well… that explained why I feel like a jackhammer went to town on my insides…” “Oh and it was strange… the air was so saturated with light, dark, Gray and nothingness… it felt pleasant but… I think more than us banding happened last night… seriously why do I hear Rune whispering from behind the SOUNDPROOF room!” Eclipsa say with a exasperated sigh and trying to summon Better half… for instead Kingdom key D appearing in her hand… “Uhm…. The hell?” “Hey, that’s one of my regular ones.” Zeke said. “Get back here-” Zeke fell backwards, Lunatic appearing in their grasp. “The fuck?!” “Uh…. Zeke….. is that Ben's castle in the distance?” Eclipsa said worried, looking out the window to see a great huge castle surrounded by thorns and nothingness. Zeke, managing to pry their legs free from their sticky bindings and looking outside, seeing the giant palace towering high above the skyline. “I...think? I’ve never seen it but if the Nobody symbols are anything to go off of… I’d say yes…” “What the fuck happened…” “I’m gonna say… sex combined our realms… even with context… that is very, very strange to say.” “But we never even banged Ben yet! That was next on the to bang list!” “... Don't compare lists with Rune… please..” Eclipsa giggled, the exasperation in Zeke's voice breaking the stress building around them before the two heard a knock on the door. Suddenly the door was completely shot down by heavy guys fire. And walking into the room was a man and a woman… who Zeke thought were dead. “Yikes this room smells like sex!” Yelled the man. “Mom...dad?!?!” Zeke yelled. “Well, we kinda had a night long session and never got around to cleaning up.” Eclipsa said shamelessly Groaning, Zeke quickly hid under the dirty bed sheets. “Eclipsa, this is my mom and dad… Marry and Barry Ventral…” “Holy shit… your brother has some kinks but that is an unexpected product of his testes.” Marry said, pointing at Eclipsa. “Oh this wasn't him.” Eclipsa says, shifting to their old human form of a brown haired deep red eyes boy. “This was Josh, and this is how you two could have a chance at remembering me.” She said before turning in to her oldest form of Marcy. “Huh, looks a lot like Josh when we were kids.” Barry said. “Awh. Your so cute as a girl! I always wanted a daughter… and now-” Marry said, ripping the sheets off of Zeke, who yelped, trying to cover themselves only to get a bear hug from their mom. “And now I've got one… sorta, eh, close enough. Zeke you smell like a cum dumpster.” Zeke's face turned red with complete embarrassment. “Oh we both ended up as a pair of those.” Eclipsa said, shifting back into Naga with a playful grin before snapping and cleaning all the cum stains, but purposely keeping the smell. “Why are you two here…. How are you two here?!” Zeke asked, still naked and getting hugged by their mother. “Oh, when that tank driving basted shit at the house we ended up with this old guy saying he was God, and that despite us having a vast, Vast criminal history, because we weren't part of the chaos that day he was giving us a free pass to other worlds and powers.” Barry said. “We've been using our powers to travel the multiverse and steal. Got a nice stockpile set up.” Marry added, now grabbing Zeke by the boobs. “Wow Zeke, they're so firm! You get that from me.” “Kill me now…” Zeke muttered. “Not in your life my good bad boy.” Eclipsa chucked, slithering over and giving them a kiss. “Better?” “No. Still naked. Still getting sized up by my own mom… and Rune is recording.” Zeke pointed to an air duct on the wall, a noticeable small red light faintly glowing through the graits. “Both are from the feel of it… god damn it Zeke how do you ever stop feeling where everyone is?!” Eclipsa said, feeling the hearts of everyone within a ten Mile radius “Heh. Wait till you hear their thoughts. I really had to tune it all out after hearing Rune's.” Zeke said, slipping out of his mother's grasp. “God's this is weird even by our standards… So, Marry, Barry, or should I say mom and dad, want to head on down and taste some fine cooking, Naga style buffet?” Eclipsa offered. “Oh we'd love too.” Marry said. “I'd like to meet the fine ladies my son has been breeding with!” Barry added. “...Eclipsa?” Zeke asked. “Yes Zeke?” The Naga said, already getting out clothes for the two. “Is your stomach sound proof?” “Mostly, unless you shout loud enough to echo across realms.” “Good.” Zeke said, tossing the clothing and forcing their way down Eclipsa's throat, Zeke's parents jaw dropped as soon just their child's feet were left out, and then down the throat they went. “Is that...normal or?” Marry asked. “For Naga like myself? Totally. For Zeke…” Eclipsa got a small happy smile, filled with pride. “Nope. Oh, and don't worry, Naga don't digest others, it's taboo. One of our stomachs literally is for healing. I have a few of my children and a healing pregnant mare in there already.” “One of?” Barry questioned. “How many do you have?” “Three. One for healing, one for storage, one to actually eat. Hell we Naga can swallow ourselves. It's how we molt, and how those with less than average breasts grow them.”Eclipsa said, practically skipping over to the door, her fanged smile never leaving her face. “Was that the first time you've swallowed Zeke?” Marry asked, following. “No, but last time the peaceful nature of it freaked him out till he forced me to up Chuck him.” She said, using her tail to fling a memory crystal to Rune, containing her pov from last night. “Ah. Yeah Zeke has never taken moments of peace well.” Barry said. “We once had a solid week of no police noticing us, Zeke was paranoid as hell.” “I know, heh one time I swear we had lost the cops after a confirmation with your grandfather and he just kept driving… you know I need to sort through my memories some time…” The Naga said thoughtfully. “Hm. Well, how many other… nagas? How many others like you are here anyway?” Marry asked. At that Eclipsa winced. “Right now there are More dire wolves than Naga, partly thanks to Ben and his adoption and birth rates, but Naga… maybe enough for a single planet or two, if you find us all. As for here, the only other Naga is my adopted sister who works at the hospital, and some of my children.” “Huh… weird. So you don’t reproduce much? I thought snakes can have like up to six or eight eggs?” Barry questioned aloud. “Well we give live birth, but we can produce a lot of kids… problem is only a few of us are fertile, let alone female.” Eclipsa said, making her way to the kitchen, giving a kiss to her Scootaloo's head as the Pegasus Naga ran past. “Oh, bad gender ratio then?” Marry asked. “Basically. Hell we've even adapted to hold nine different male's children because of it. I could be seen as a fertility goddess with the fact that I feel like the … oh the number has increased to fifteen now children, that at least five of them will be female.” “Nine different fathers?! Damn...wonder how much child support one of you could collect from all those men?” “If it wasn't for herding, probably enough to throw a wrench tire kingdom to bankruptcy.” Eclipsa giggled before snapping. “Stopza.” She said before starting to cook at a rapid pace, pouring out all her overwhelming happiness and pride into every dish as she prepared what others would call a feast…. And this family call breakfast. She wiped her brow as the spell ended, the table all set up. “Well-WOAH!” Barry said, seeing the sudden buffet laid out. “I...shouldn’t ask. At this rate sanity is out the window huh?” “Oh I used a high powered time spell boosted by my natural power of Gray, and cooked.” Eclipsa shrugged “...We have so much to learn.” Marry added. Meanwhile, inside Eclipsa’s healing Stomach Zeke was getting to know Spoiled, who now showed her pregnancy more so than before. “So you mainly just take naps?” Zeke asked. “Mostly. Sometimes when the kids slid in here by mistake they bring a phone or something and I watch whatever they watch. Sometimes they leave me their game systems but they only last a few hours and without fingers I’m not very good.” Spoiled replied. “It’s always oily/slimy, but it’s not unwelcomed, kinda like putting on lotion and special oils.” “I can see that.” Zeke said, looking at their slime/oil coated hand. Their member was already hard again, the wet, soft environment just touched them right everywhere. “I assume you also...enjoy yourself while here?” “Depending on how she moved she does the work for me. Last night I had the most amazing chain orgasems I’ve ever experianced… It was also the only series of chain orgasems I’ve ever had.” “Yeah, that would have been me and her going at it. We kidna found out some stuff happened involving other lives and timelines that we were soulmates torn apart.” “Oh, well that makes sense. Heh, guess I was an unseen third party in all of that then huh?” “Heh, as long as you aren’t angry about it.” “If I survive this birth… I don’t think I’d mind it again~ I mean… My husband is gone, I’ve accepted it, had a lot of time to reflect and think about my life… I realized I am not what I wanted to be. I became stuck up and prissy to fit into with the ponies my husband dealt with, and it changed me and I didn’t even realize I was hurting my own daughter. So, If I survive this, this… mystery baby and I would like to…” “You want to be a part of this family?” “If you’ll have me?” “I doubt Eclipsa will say no, and neither can I, for two reasons.” “Oh thank you.” Spoiled said, wrapping hooved around Zeke in a hug, and getting a face full of their cleavage. “Oh… How do you live with them always swollen and so high up?” “Biology…” Back with Eclipsa, the meal was going well. Marry and Barry kept telling more stories of Zeke from their childhood. “So when he was five, Zeke actually thought the washing machine was for baths… We didn’t find him to he was on the spin cycle. At that point he felt like he was on one of those large spinning rides at a carnival.” Marry laughed. “He threw up and yelled ‘again, again’.” “That's adorable.” Eclipsa said between chuckles. By now the whole family minus most of Ben's family, some were here still, we're at the table, the Naga and dire wolf kids seemingly fly in a competition to see who could eat more of the amazing meal. “So I take it last night Zeke's eyes changed to pink at some point.” Unum asked. “Yeah… how did you guess?” Eclipsa asked. “When he was a girl with me and I was male for it, how he had the twins, the second I slid inside them I saw their eyes change pink and they just changed into some kind of sex addicted slut… nearly broke my pelvis too.” “Ah. He gets that from my side of the family.” Marry said. “The women in my side just can't help it. We get turned on and aroused and suddenly we're humping anything that can slide inside us. And I mean any and every hole too.” “Every...hole…” Barry replied with a slight tone of horror. “I have a titanium pelvis after Zeke's older brother was conceived.” Eclipsa chuckled. The door to Ben castle opened, and now the female/male dire wolf themselves walked in. Eclipsa could hear the whistles all around the table. “Hiss.” Eclipsa said in her form of a 'woof’.
Chapter 4: Admin Culture“Can’t go anywhere without people whistling huh…” Ben grumbled, wearing his enchanted clothes so his ‘full assets’ weren’t on display even with him being fully clothed. “Also, who’s hissing at me?” He wondered while looking around for who hissed at them. “That would be me.” Eclipsa declared proudly. “My version of a woof~” “Well…” Ben blushed a little. “How are you doing Eclipsa? And...what do you think?” “Hm. Well, you clearly wanted some attention from us… you got it from me, and when Zeke gets out I’m sure they’ll find it equally attractive?” “I’m not doing this for attention, even if a lot of people would treat me as a sex goddess.” Ben said sheepishly. “But...being a Den Mother is something special...also thank god for enchantments…” Ben muttered. “Hm. Well if you’ll all excuse me, I’ll take Ben out so we can walk and talk.” Eclipsa said with a flick of her tail as she and Ben exited the house. “So hot stuff, why the change? Oh and as of last night, I am a chick with a dick, blame Zeke.” Eclipsa said as they walked out and in the direction of this ponyville’s park. “Well...talked to some people. Them saying ‘take a step in Zeke’s shoes’ and...well I’m like this now.” Ben said. “A seven foot tall Den Mother that needs magical undergarments to make sure all my parts aren’t constantly hanging out.” Ben said nervously. “Yeah, so glad for internal testicles. But hey, as long as you like it that is what matters.” Eclipsa said with a warm, not even flirty smile. “Well, I’ve gotten closer to Nancy.” The dire wolf said honestly. “Who would be one of your aunts...that sounds weird how I’m the mother/father of your aunt…” “Trust me, with my family dynamic, that is tame.” Eclipsa said seriously. “Oh, on happy news… I made Zeke smile, and found out that he and I are basically soulmates.” Ben looked at Eclipsa for a moment. “Um...does this happen to involve...time shenanigans? Like...say one time Zeke went Psycho and murdered his grampa time shenanigans?” He asked, remembering how Zeke really did like this one girl when he was doing some Heart searching stuff a long time ago. Eclipsa winced. “Yeah, wasn't fun getting that particular memory back… But simply, yes, there is a reason I adapted to femininity like it was second nature… cause it used to be.” “Sorry to bring that up but...now I know why I saw all of that.” Ben said honestly. “Weird how foreshadowing works huh?” “Yeah, Authors are a bunch of Lazy, and obvious asshats… but I can't be mad at them… I’m happier than I have been in a long time.” The naga smiled “And all we needed to do was grow a pair of tits.” The den mother chuckled. “Or...in my case, going from a six to a fifty in less than ten seconds.” He said honestly. “By the by, where’s Zeke? I thought you two literally couldn’t be away from each other?” “We aren't. He climbed on in on his own accord!” Eclipsa said, hugging herself and giggling in pride. “I’ve...also talked with some of my wives about that…” The futa dire wolf brought up. “And...they said I should give it a try...and I’m willing to but...I kind of doubt I can fit anymore given how big I am…” Eclipsa deadpanned and raised an eyebrow. “Love, I can swallow all 20 feet of myself, I think you can fit.” “Um...I mean you just regrew a pair so I can make a dick joke now…” Ben said honestly. “But I won’t...also jesus that’s a lot.” He said honestly. “So uh...a thing happened not too long ago…” Ben brought up before bringing out a ball of Nothingness...but it had Darkness and Light inside surrounded by Nothingness Thorns and Grey. “Oh, so we really do have all of each others powers… that'll be fun…. So… how long till I can tap that fluffy ass?” The Naga asked, looking over Ben with hunger. Ben blushed a little. “I’m...still new to being a woman…” He said nervously. “I haven’t even had full sex with anyone given my dick is now able to be registered as a blunt weapon.” Ben sighed out. “Love…. Naga are naturally elastic. We can quite literally fit almost anything and anyone inside or mouths and vag.” Eclipsa said, summoning a book on Naga Biology “Well I don’t fully know things about Naga.” Ben pouted. “Sorry for not knowing things...plus the fact I haven’t even talked to you for like...ever to be perfectly honest.” Ben said, feeling a little bad about that. “Here...Date first, then we can talk about banging alright? I’d like to catch up ya know?” Eclipsa sighed before giving Ben a smile. “I don’t mind, besides, I don’t know about you, but I just want to relax in the park for now sooo.” Another snap and Eclipsa has a blanket and basket in her hands. “Picnic?” “I’d love it.” Ben smiled gently. “But I always try to have a date with beautiful ladies before doing the dirty...best to know who your with before sharing something special ya know?” “First things first, one moment.” She said before closing her eyes. ‘Zeke, you want out? Ben is here.’ ‘Uh, sure...got clothes? I jumped in here nude…’ Zeke replied. “Does he need clothes or something?” Ben asked, not knowing what stomach Zeke was in and thinking he might have either lost his clothes or something else. “Yeah, he jumped in naked after his parents showed up.” “Oh, I hope everything went well.” Ben said while snapping his fingers, creating some clothes fit for Zeke. “Tell him I’ve got his clothes…” Ben also brought out a towel. “And a towel to dry him off…” ‘Ben got you some clothes and a towel for the oils.’ Eclipsa informed. ‘Great, send them down or something then get me out.’ Zeke replied. Eclipsa took the clothes and swallowed them down to Zeke, having Ben hold the towel ready. “Alright...this is gonna be a bit new.” Ben muttered. Zeke managed to get dressed within the alien confines of Eclipsa’s healing stomach, saying goodby to the healing Spoiled before getting pulled out, drying off. Ben didn’t realize the clothes he crafted, giving Zeke a black and light blue version of his own cloak, only with one area to show of a single pair of breasts rather than eight. “Well… is this gonna be a get up or?” Zeke asked. “I guess since they were made with you in mind, they can morph to your tastes.” Eclipsa guessed. “Anyways my Good Bad boy, wanna go on a date with our fluffy puppy?” “Sure. So long as there’s you~” Zeke said, giving Eclipsa a quick peck on her lower lip. “Glad you two are happy.” Ben said, honestly happy for the two but hoping not to feel like the third wheel here when he wanted to help make this work. “Don’t worry Ben, This date isn't about Zeke and I, this date is about us and you. I want our union to work… and although right now I do not love you as much as I love Zeke, I hope to someday soon love you both equally.” Eclipsa smiled, slithering over and wrapping around the wolf. “Keeping that in mind, allow me to make the first move Eclipsa, formerly Marcy, made on me when we went on our first date.” Zeke said rapidly standing next to the Dire wolf, and wrapped an arm around their lower waist, resting their palm on Ben’s hip. “Shall we?” Zeke asked, motioning their arm out. “Um…” Ben wasn’t fully sure what was going on. “Normally I’m the one that does the forward things…” He said, not sure what Eclipsa...or Marcy did their first date. “Heh, relax, they were just extremely flirty… very flirty. Besides, you’re a sexy shemale now, embrace the female side a bit more.” “‘I’m supposed to be the man, I’m supposed to be the one doing all the nice things for you two.” Ben said. “You know, making you two happy, safe...and so much more.” He said, the two seeing what Ben truly thought ‘being the man’ meant to him. “Now sure I’m also a woman but still…” “Ben, love, you can still be that, but being ‘The Man’ doesn’t mean we can’t treat you and make you feel special as well.” Eclipsa said softly as they started for the park. “I know I know.” Ben said while following along. “Tell you what, how about for this whole day, try to accept both, be the male you want to be that treats your love's right, but also try and be the Ben we want to also make feel special.” “I’m not that special, it’s you two that’s special.” Ben said with a little blush. “To Quote Jenny, ‘Bitch shut up and let me love you.’” Zeke said, giving Ben a surprise kiss, the Dire wolf’s face turning full red with blush. “And to Quote me, ‘We are all special, Normal is boring, and you sure as hell ain't boring.’” She said before giving Ben’s ass a light slap with her tail. Ben yipped at the slap and pouted at Eclipsa. “The heck?” He grumbled, Eclipsa knowing now how soft and big it was. “But...fine, I’ll try.” The trio made it to the park, setting up next to a small artificial river made for aesthetics. “Now then, what’s to snack on?” Zeke asked. “Don't know, I just scanned all our code and tried to plan out a proper brunch for all of us mixed with stuff we all like.” Eclipsa said with a shrug. “And Ben, before you ask, I learned by being insane.” “I haven’t learned a thing about Code.” Zeke stated. “Its hard if you don't get the power force fed into you.” Eclipsa says, setting up the blanket and starting to unpack the basket of holding, bringing out a few meats she doesnt recognize but Ben does, some chocolates and Paopu fruit, and Mushroom pizza. “Oh you two will love this meat.” Ben said happily. “These meats are from the Dire Wolf home world, you would not believe how good it is.” “What’s it called… and why is it blue?” Zeke asked, looking the kabab of blue meat over. “Smells gooood~” Eclipsa says, she having some predator instinct much like Ben. “Eating it raw was already delicious, cooked meat is even better.” Ben said happily as he grabbed a kebab as well and eating the meat happily. Eclipsa puts one aside for her to try while cutting up the Paopu for the three to share. “Well, I certainly can't wait to share this with you two.” “Oh...Heh, I forgot this was a thing. It’s funny, with how you and I kept returning to one another, it’s like we had shared one prior somehow on earth huh?” Zeke said, taking his piece and looking it over. “Should I?” Ben asked, trying to stay positive but being a natural pessimist wasn’t helping him. “Please Ben, for me?” Eclipsa asked, holding her piece as well while looking at Ben. Ben smiled gently. “Alright.” He said while gently taking the piece of Paopu Fruit. “On three.” Zeke said, the three of them holding the fruit to their mouths. “One...Two...Three.” They each took a bite. At that moment it felt like not only did Zeke and Eclipsa know even MORE about one another, but also Ben, and he felt like he knew more about them… he felt attached to them, and they to Ben. “Who knew this was magic…” Ben said honestly. “But...the fruit is nice.” “Glad I beat my addiction to it… it was, and still is a part of my pregnancy cravings…. But I kinda went overboard with it… I’m glad I was able to share it with you all instead of having it outright.” Eclipsa said “I have to admit, I always wondered how these tasted.” Zeke said, finishing their piece. “So, Ben, you find out you can use our abilities and weapons too?” Zeke asked, summoning Lunatic. “I have a feeling I’m the one that started this chain of events.” Ben said honestly. “Summoned X, who panicked, summoned Guardian which was cool, I also practically Classed up a Samurai Nobody into a Shogun with Grey.” Ben explained. “Oh and Nobodies can use Keyblades now, I tested it and they can wield Keyblades fine somehow.” “Oh you just used the booster power of gray huh? Did you tap into what I call the ocean?” Eclipsa asked. “Wonder how we can better combo this all? There has to be combinations we can make here…” Zeke thought aloud. “That will be fun trying out.” Eclipsa smiled. “You have no idea what sort of shenanigans will be brought here.” ben said honestly. “Fun fact,” Zeke said. “This morning thanks to Eclipsa taking full advantage of all my fetishes, we’re both knocked up now. My morning vomit is literally liquid darkness, and light. The darkness became a shadow Heartless the kids killed and the Light became a Starlight Keyblade.” “Well then…” Ben blinked. “That’s...a thing…” Ben said, feeling a bit more like a third wheel now even after eating the fruit given what was just said. “But good for you two, I’m sure you had fun.” “Ben...Why don’t you tell me some about yourself. I find it cheeky that I only know alot about you through 4th wall breaking and… well… if we are going to connect, I want to know you for you.” Eclipsa said, resting her head on the wolf’s lap. “What do you want to know about me?” Ben asked, the den mothers thighs behind big and soft enough to be pillows in their own right. “Cause there’s a lot I could say about myself...doubt some would be positive but still.” “Hmm… How about something we can all relate too. What was your Mark of Mastery exam like?” Zeke asked. “I fought Rejection, my dark half, but then when I finally stopped rejecting things...Joy came back.” Ben said. “Bastard had a cheeky ability of ‘rejecting’ damage back at me before I realised the gimmick.” “Heh. Pretty litteral. I first fought my own brother… then had to leave a perfect illusion of my dream life, then… I forget the last thing, but there was also another part in a Memory Skyscraper place… who did I fight there?” “I don't know… But I had two marks of mastery. My first one had me kill myself. The other had me answering questions KH one style before I had to learn… well, that's a lesson I’m taking to my grave.” Eclipsa said, taking a sip of a smoothie before nuzzling Ben. “Hmm… Okay, next question. Who was your first wife, or girlfriend Ben?” “That would be Luna and Twilight, given the two were dating at the time they wanted me to join in.” Ben said. “Yours?” “It was a group thing. Most of the mane six, Rune, Hearts Care, and Celestia and Luna. It was mostly for killing that Bara jack ass’s Nobody.” “Luna. I dived into her heart to free her from Nightmare Moon, and we hit it off from there.” Eclipsa said, happily cuddling the wolfy. “Soft~” “My fur is a lot softer.” Ben said honestly. “But also my thighs could crush watermelons I mean seriously…” Ben muttered, looking at his thighs again and thinking they were pretty big. “Well, I think they’re beautiful, just like the rest of you.” Eclipsa says, kissing Ben’s cheek. “Thank you.” Ben smiled gently. “Alright so...what was the first world you went to?” He asked. “Cause the first world I went to was Radiant Garden, before Terranort turned a bunch of people into Nobodies.” “If I remember correctly… I think it was either Olympus Coliseum, or Twilight Town?” Zeke pondered, seeing Ben’s arm and seeing how soft the fur was, rested their head on Ben’s lap as well. “If your this soft, mind if I collect the shedding? This would make an amazing blanket or pillow.” “Jeez, I know it’s soft but it can’t be that soft.” Ben chuckled a little. “Wonder how you feel without these clothes covering~” “I know I'm wanting to learn, but Zeke, let's wait till after the date, then we will make it so he can't walk~” Eclipsa giggled before sighing in content. “I love you two.” “Um...just a quickie thing...I was told that if I get pregnant I’ll...get bigger.” Ben brought up nervously, not sure what they’ll think about that. “Bigger how?” Zeke asked. “I wasn’t explained most of it but...yes.” Ben said, not fully knowing what would happen to be honest. “Yes! I'm not the only one who will grow till the day they die! Woo!” Eclipsa shot up, cheering before sighing and laying back down, her fluffy mate just too comfortable. “So… I'm gonna stay the small one here?” Zeke asked. “You could always will yourself to grow, like you willed me to grow a dick bigger than yours.” Eclipsa shrugged. “... I still don't remember doing that… apparently when I'm fucked vaginally I get… a bit wild.” Zeke said, shifting a bit to get comfortable. “Wild how?” Ben asked, given he has over two thousand wives he wasn’t sure what ‘wild’ meant anymore. “I can explain this one.” Eclipsa said before making a projection of her POV from last night. “Don't worry,only we can see it.” She said, summoning popcorn. “Oh?” Ben raised an eyebrow...before seeing a lot of it. “Christ…” “Yikes… surprised I didn't hurt you Eclipsa.” Zeke said. “Are you kidding? That was awesome!” Eclipsa said blissfully. “Besides, that? Nothing compared to being broken down and regenerated over and over again on a molecular level… becoming a god sucks, just fyi.” “Yes, yes it does.” Ben said honestly. “Hurts like a bitch to be honest...but this is gonna be a long night if it goes that way.” “Oh like you will complain wolfy.” Eclipsa giggled. “From what your wives have said, you are a total sexaholic.” “I blame me talking in my sleep…” Ben grumbled. “Seriously, lot’s of things I didn’t want them to know…” Ben sighed out. “But I try not to be a total sexaholic…” “Just as long as it's not Rune's level…” Zeke sighed, looking up at the clouds. “Do you two ever wonder what life would have been like have we never met one another?” “Boring probably. I would have gone through the stuff in the show, just basically being a co-hero for thing that changed.” Eclipsa shrugged. “I would have still been King of Nothingness so mine might have still been interesting.” Ben said. “Albeit I probably would have done more world hoping to be perfectly honest.” “How about we do that?” Zeke asked. “I've done a bit but not too much. Let's make a list of words we knew from earth, and travel to them.” “It will never end at that point.” Ben brought up. “Like...good lord there’s a lot of Worlds just from me alone.” “I haven't visited that much really. I mean, besides all forms of Equestria, the first world I ever visited was Traverse Town, then hell, a few other worlds I never got the name of, and destiny islands.” Eclipsa listed off “I only went to Nowhere which is destroyed...I went to Yggdrasil, a place from an Anime called ‘Overlord’...which is also destroyed...I went to Destiny Island, StoryShift Undertale if my research is correct, Radiant Garden...Hawaii from Lilo and Stitch actually…” Ben thought if there was any other worlds he went to. “Still feels like I barely went to other worlds to be honest.” Ben brought up. “So...what worlds do you two even want to go to? There’s a lot of places.” “Soul Eater, Olympus Colosseum, Traverse Town, Twilight Town, Destiny Islands and… Spirited Away, as well as Fallout at one point.” Zeke recalled. “Wow, considering all we've done, we really haven't traveled at all huh?” Eclipsa commented “Yeah pretty much.” Ben shrugged. “Maybe it was either because I’m too busy or I have a new fear of getting more wives from other worlds.” “Well we never really had a moments peace. Between bad guys, conflicts, etc, we just never had the free time. I guess.” Zeke sighed. “Even though there were plenty of moments we weren’t doing anything...at least, for me I had plenty of time to do things.” Ben said honestly. “Well, I think I know what our next date is.” Eclipsa smiled. “Road trip anyone?” “Road trip.” Ben nodded with a smile. “Not sure road trip is the proper word, but eh, sounds fun.” Zeke added. “Great! I'll start making the plans tomorrow.” Eclipsa beamed happily. “So how long are you gonna be here til your castle needs ya Ben?” “No idea. I can just have the hundreds of clones solve my problems back there while I spend time with you two.” Ben brought up. “If that's the case why not just have your clones do the hard work and you stay here, relaxing and family stuff? I know I don't miss all the paperwork from Daybreak.” “Besides, in about oh… five more lines we are gonna end up in the bedroom anyways and I'm sorry but you will not be able to work today… Trust me as a three time girl, guy, and now herm, you will be in Bliss and sore tomorrow morning.” Eclipsa informed. 5…. “Your confidant.” Zeke said. 4…. “And here I was hoping for maybe a little more time actually talking and getting to know each other.” Ben said honestly. 3... “To be fair, how long did any of us last against our wives before screwing? I managed to avoid sex till marriage but there was groping. A lot of groping.” 2…. “Oh and Zeke, it's a good thing you go crazy in sex because of what is about to start.” Eclipsa commented. 1… “Well...can’t wait.” Ben said, getting a bit nervous about the lack of ‘practice’ with the female bits. 0. “ Don't worry love, after all, heat teaches you everything~” Eclipsa said, her voice smooth and slurry, as she starts to pant with lust, her body giving of the tale tell smell of heat. Many other females around started producing similar smells as Eclipsa started to kiss Ben passionately. Ben was shocked at Eclipsa being in heat and the sudden kiss, but just shrugged it off and kissed back just as passionately. Eclipsa let her hands make slow trails over Ben's body, tiny caresses, little things that drive more pleasure while her tail gently starts to rub Zeke, not wanting to leave them out. The wolf did the same, trailing his hands down Eclipsa’s body wanting to get familiar with his new wife. Placing up a quick illusion to hide them all. Zeke then went up next to Ben and Eclipsa, the Second pair of hands feeling their body made Ben shutter with in unfamiliar, but not unwanted pleasure. Zeke began to embrace Ben, giving them a light hickey on the neck. “Curse you heat…” Ben muttered, taking off his cloak cause this is where it was going. “This is going to be wonderful…” Ben muttered while moving a hand over and groping Zeke’s ass. Panting. Zeke began helping the wolf and the Naga undress. Both Eclipsa and Zeke nearly got pushed over as Ben's true assets popped out of their enchanted coverings. “Woah…” Zeke gasped, taking a pair and squeezing them. “Your boob jobs must be amazing~” “Yes...I have eight tits...and their all big…” Ben blushed brightly, given that he was trying his best not to be affected by the heat but milk was coming out of the den mothers breasts at this point. “Like...pretty big...and I can just...lactate healing milk cause why not.” “Oh I likey~” Eclipsa purred before latching onto a teat, one of her hands trailing down before grazing the wolf's cunny. Ben shuddered at the touch, the wolf’s cock at full mast at this point. “I’m...trying not to make this heat worse for myself…” The poor den mother said nervously. Eclipsa broke off before giving Ben a sympathetic look. “If you don't want to do this we won't.” “I didn’t say that...I was just warned that...first heat would be a problem.” Ben said sheepishly. “I want to share this special moment with you two...if you’ll have me.” The wolf said while putting a gentle paw on Eclipsa’s cheek. “Nothing more special that your first time with real sex in that form.” Zeke said, cuddling the dire wolf. “Just as long as you are enjoying it.” ”Thank you.” Ben said with a warm smile. “Now...how do we start here?” He asked, never having done things as a futa before. “Well, first, let’s get you used to your new parts~” Eclipsa says before slipping a single digit into the already drenched pussy. Ben yipped at the sudden intrusion. “C-careful...I haven’t...done anything with that yet…” Ben blushed as red as can be, the wolfs nethers clamping down on the lone digit. “Like...even when me and Twilight were testing toy’s...didn’t touch that yet…” “Which is why I won't do more than a finger until we loosen you up.” Eclipsa said, caringly, if lustfully. “Also...just a little warning…” Ben said. “If I uh…’let go’ so to speak...two things might happen...I might become a raging sex machine because of the heat and…” Ben looked away in embarrassment. “I might…produce too much…” He said, Eclipsa and Zeke seeing a cute wolf acting like it’s his first time again. “Oh this will be fun… no no Lance no-” The trio finally gave into exhaustion after the intense love making. Both Zeke and Ben gave into their perverse sexual nature. To which Eclipsa enjoyed whole heartedly. Ben was now changed, a Den Mother Direwolf. Now they stood easy sixteen feet tall, and everything else about them matched their new size. Eclipsa and Zeke could SIT on Ben's top breasts, and use them like beds. As the three embraced each other in afterglow, they noticed the sun gently setting. “Two things...A, should we try to uh...fix the ground?” Ben brough up, given that the ground around them had noticeable cracks. “And two...really? Only half a day?” The wolf panted gently. “Eclipsa.” Zeke sighed from their resting spot atop Ben's top left boob. “Thanks for that rubber spell… made everything so much… Fuller…” “Welcome, just don’t have Twilight ask me about it… wouldn't be able to tell her how…” Said the naga, her tail wrapped around her lovers and gently massaging them. “Well...glad you two had fun with this.” Ben said with a little smile. “But...sorry if I was a bit...rough.” The wolf said nervously. “I feel much better because of Eclipsa's spell so no worries.” Zeke said. “So glad I put up that illusion spell to hide us.” “But I’m a bit concerned people noticed the possible earthquakes because of it.” Ben brought up nervously. “Meh, fuck them. We had fun, we enjoyed ourselves, and no children saw. I call it a win… also, do know you can will your body to change Ben, but this is how you will always go back to.” Eclipsa informed the now giant wolf. “I know I have my anthro form and my feral form.” Ben said to Eclipsa. “But...just glad you two had fun.” “You kidding? I've had lots of sex, but not only was this the best sex I've ever had… it also felt the most special with the two of you.” Eclipsa says with a blush, embarrassed to admit that. “All the sex I have...it’s always special for me.” Ben said. “Even after so many times...it’s a special bonding moment...it’s important for people who love each other.” “Given that how much are we gonna screw?” Zeke asked. “Still… I can confidently say that I not only stole Your Virginity… but that I officially love you.” Eclipsa smiled. “Heh, that face you made when I got you in your ass was priceless Ben.” Zeke chuckled, starting to clean off before dressing. “We should get going, I imagine the kids and family are wondering where we are.” “I’m surprised you two were enjoying my size.” Ben brought up. “And yeah we probably should...but should we go world hopping after we get cleaned up and see our family?” “Sure! Maybe some new worlds formed during the merge, after all my realm was mostly empty, just filled to the brim with energy, almost like a grey version of the Final World.” “The what?” Zeke asked. “Sounds like it’s...basically the after life?” Ben asked curiously. “I know it’s in KH3, which I thankfully have and have been playing, but I didn’t get that far.” “That is it, we are having you lot play it after our world hopping.” Eclipsa deadpanned. “Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.” Zeke interrupted. “You mean to tell you two have Kingdom Hearts FUCKING 3, and didn't bother even telling me?!” “You are literally Kingdom Hearts, plus we thought you already had it.” Ben said sheepishly. “Even the foretellers should have it by now.” Eclipsa shrugged. “Well I’m sorry my parents aren’t reality breaking super beings who can get me things that didn't come out yet back on earth…” Zeke pouted. “Hey, at least you'll be able to play it soon love.” Eclipsa smiled, snapping and being rid of most of the stains before getting dressed herself. “I didn’t get my copy from Cript.” Ben said while cleaning his cloak. “Don’t remember where I got it honestly, but it wasn’t from him.” “Then who did it come from?” Zeke asked, fixing up the cloak a bit before they were finally dressed. “I mean...Jenny probably would know.” Ben shrugged while finishing cleaning up his cloak and putting it on. “Oh yeah… I haven’t seen that little dork in… christ forever…” Zeke remembered. “How is she by the way? Last time I saw her she was on TV, parashoot jumping out of… Well, what and why isn’t important there…” “She is doing splendid.” Ben said. “My little trouble maker, who has...currently knocked up Sweetie Belle...Joy cause he decided to be both genders cause apparently herms is a new trend here.” Ben shrugged. “Ha! Oh that is so her… Wait, she’s eleven how and why?!” “Time flows differently before now Zeke. A hour here was a day there.” Eclipsa informed him. “Given that… I can’t math that… christ at least with all our realms fused time is stable and the same for us all now… Oh, and Eclipsa, mind if I remake that list?” “Which one? I have many.” Eclipsa says cripticly “I remember in the other two timelines We made a list of normal things for us to do that I never got to do because of my family and life there. We never got to do any of it because Either family showed up and… then Nexus the other time…” “I don't see why not … but only if we include Ben into them.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “I’d love to join...also Jenny’s like nineteen now.” Ben brought up. “Along with Joy and his own harem.” “Sure...and Nineteen? Christ I owe her so many birthday gifts…” Zeke sighed. “And as per usual I’m broke too.” “Not any more~ I may or may not be loaded, and Ben is a literal king, I’m sure you inherited a metric fuck ton of money.” “No.” Zeke said plainly. “My whole life my money came from others, including my loved ones, for one reason or another. Majority of which I actually gave to charities, most of it came from drugs, slavery, gun sales, etc… Number one on my list was have a real job, remember Eclipsa? I’d like to earn my money for once.” “I’m pretty sure Jenny would just be happy if you spent some time with her.” Ben said. “I know my cousin… she’d be happier with a Rare pokemon card…” Zeke laughed. “Well, you already have a job as a teaching assistant. We just need to work out pay with cheer and you'll be fine.” Eclipsa smiled. “Cool… How much does that pay anyway? Is it a daily or hourly thing? I never quite understood how Equestria deals payments for Employees.” “Don’t know.” Ben shrugged. “But I can help increase the pay by giving funds to help the school if you want.” “Sure, seems fine to me. Zeke?” “Feels like cheating…” Zeke said. “Well… how about something else. You already got a job… so why don't we prank off Jenny, and reward her with, I don't know… a rare Pokemon card that I found on a post apocalyptic world?” “Which?” “Basically Left for Dead.” Eclipsa told them. “Sounds simple enough.” Ben said honestly. “Hope Jenny will find this enjoyable.” “So long as it’s a rare trading card of any kind, she will… actually… Hey, do either of you know how to get back to our old earth? I remember I found Ben there when I finally got out of Boletaria. I wanna see if something is still there.” “Well, let's try it.” Eclipsa said opening a…. DT something. It seemed like a mix of all the powers each had. “Forgot my doors change with my powers….” “Just a quick warning...Old Earth is a baren hellscape filled with immortal undead.” Ben said. “I know this full well since I went back to Earth...good thing I know Necromancy spells and Divine spells.” “Dark Souls much?” Eclipsa said, slithering on through. “Oh yeah.” Ben said while going through as well. “It’s pretty bad...like really bad.” “Suits us perfectly.” Zeke said, being the first of the trio to enter. They were in a barren ruins of some large place, concrete and metal were all the decorated and landmarked the dust covered area. “Oh yeah, this is my family’s hell/heaven…” “Wonder what monsters will be here…” Ben wondered curiously. “Undead normally roam at night, so we better be quick.” “RIght then… So where are we? Because we need to be in Death Valley California to see if it’s still there.” “No idea.” Ben said honestly. “I haven’t even been anywhere near this far east.” The trio managed to figure out they were in California, by looking over just a bit of the ruins. They were in Disneyland. A sense of sadness and irony hit them as they quickly left on Keyblade glider to the location Zeke remembered, finding a hidden, and well fortified abandoned missile silo. “This place was abandoned after the Cold War.” Zeke said, managing to get the facilities batteries working to give some light. “Family has been using it as a storehouse for generations. Jenny likely kept her stuff in the lower floors. This place was starting to get pretty packed.” The lower floors looked far better off than the upper ones, and once finding a door with Jenny’s name on it, they gathered the boxes of her personal belongings, some toys, games, at least two thousand different kinds of trading cards. As they were grabbing the last of it all, Eclipsa saw one door with Zeke’s name on it. “Hey Zeke, you stored stuff here too?” “Yeah. Mostly old computers and a few collectibles I picked up.” Zeke replied. “I’m shocked they lasted this long.” Ben brought up. “It’s been literal millions of years with nuclear war, divine judgement, and a lot of other things.” He said. “These old silos are five feet thick with lead and steel walls, add on top of the natural rock and dirt outside. Plus the family added in a vacuum system to pressurise this place once the doors are closed. There’s stuff here from when they first took it over.” Zeke said, opening their rooms door. Inside was much less than Jenny’s. Laptops, some manga books and a small wooden sword lay scattered about. “Hey, I remember this.” Zeke said, picking up the wood sword, it’s age still showed despite the preservation of the building. Zeke held it carefully. “I made this after I played Kingdom Hearts one. I wanted a replica of Sora and Riku’s wooden swords.” They remembered with a smile. “Well that’s nice.” Ben said, not wanting to call Zeke a nerd given he would have loved to do something like that when he was a kid but couldn’t. “I'm happy you can find things from your past you still are attached to Zeke.” Eclipsa said, giving Zeke a loving hug. “Heh. Me too.” Zeke replied. Taking what they were after the trio made it back to Equestria, where Zeke and Ben placed the items of Jenny's into a spare room. “Alright. Now just to call Jenny.” “Hey Jenny, I found your Secret Stash.” Ben called out, knowing full well that statement would make her rush here as soon as possible either to tell him ‘what do you think’, ‘I didn’t do anything’ or ‘I was looking for this forever’. “The foot stuff is all Joy's!” Jenny yelped appearing in a flash between the trio. Zeke was jaw dropped. The little goofball cousin he remembered really was all grown up now. “Merry Birthmas.” Ben said while motioning to Zeke and all of Jenny’s shit. “And really? Didn’t think you were into feet.” Blushing, the young dire wolf saw Zeke, at first not recognizing them with the gender swap, but a look at their eyes made hers widen. “Zeke… holy shit you did go full herm.” “Hehe… eh, well what can I say…” Zeke said, suddenly hugged by Jenny. Zeke hugged back tightly. “My God you got tall.” “And fluffy.” Jenny chuckled. They broke the hug and Zeke helped Jenny look through all her cards. They ranged from sports to trading and collectors cards. “I haven't seen these in years. Each pack I stole whenever mom and dad took me on our 'shopping’ sprees.” Jenny chuckled. “So, how do you like your gifts?” Ben asked gently, enjoying seeing her look through old things. “Whoa wait, is that a Alpha Black Lotus?” Ben asked in surprise, seeing one of the old cards “Yup!” Jenny declared proudly. “Stole that from a collector up in Philadelphia. Nice guy.” “Not fully surprised you stole the thing.” Ben said. “Things expensive as fuck, twenty seven thousand normally.” “That was when you all left earth. I checked recently with the assistant and this card is now worth fifty thousand rem.” “Rem?” Zeke asked. “Basically Reality’s Currency. Can be used as a substitute for all other known currency wherever you are.” Ben explained simply. “Wow… sounds like Cryptocurrency on steroids.” Zeke replied. “You'll get used to it.” Eclipsa said. “It will only get worse from here on out.” Ben said honestly. “And I haven’t even brought up all the shit you can buy just from the Assistant’s market place alone.” Catching Zeke’s interest, Zeke looked over the devices on both Eclipsa’s and Ben’s arms. Impressed and completely shocked by everything the small device was capable of. “Shit… You can even buy houses here and they just...appear?” Zeke asked. “Yeah pretty much.” Ben said honestly. “Most expensive thing is, if memory serves, a Nuclear Handgun.” Ben said honestly. “Called The Mouse.” “I am not gonna ask…” Zeke sighed. Jenny left some hours later, and the trio spent time around the home, mainly watching Tv and talking. “So, what shows do you two like?” Ben asked simply, given they were watching tv at the moment he might as well bring it up. “I’m Weeb trash mostly, but there are a few shows I like here and there, a few reality competition shows, that kind of stuff.” Eclipsa said. “Aren’t we all weeb trash at this point?” Ben asked. “But I am also Weeb trash, so let’s talk anime.” “Right then, what Type? Horror, fantasy, harem. what?” “Can’t stand horror.” Ben said. “Even though I literally saved the Horror Admin from a Delete…” He grumbled. “But just to name like three off the top of my head...adventure, harem...and Isekai cause there are some really good ones.” Ben said honestly. “Also since...well we’re basically Isekai protagonists.” “I didn't watch much anime… mostly just cartoons.” Zeke admitted. “Either cartoons or video games.” “Well, which cartoons?” The naga asked. “Cause there are dozens, which 2000’s or 90’s cartoons did you watch?” Ben asked. “Let’s see… Dexter's lab, Fosters home for imaginary friends, Ben 10, and American Dragon Jake Long. Those were always at the top of my list watch lists when they were on.” “Those were good ones.” Eclipsa nodded sagely “Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Swat Kats...jeez there’s a lot I can name.” Ben said honestly. “I’m not even gonna begin to list mine… with three lives I’ve had quite a list built up.” Eclipsa chuckled. “True.” Ben said honestly. “There must have been quite a bit of difference between those times and now.” “This show is weird.” Zeke said, the show displaying was a large guy hacking away demons. “Most of it is him screaming then swinging his sword around.” “Besides, demons are much, much more grotesk then that… sept’ for succubus. They are hot, but Incubus….” Eclipsa shuddered. “Okay so what is this? A documentary on Barbarians or something?” Ben asked. “Or is this some show about Doom Guy’s ancestor?” “Let's see…” Zeke said, clicking info on the control. “Berzerk? Never heard of it.” “Wait…. Fuck I wasn’t paying attention, this is Bezerk? As is, Guts, the basicly medieval doomguy?!” Eclipsa said, sitting up. “Huh. This show doesn't do him justice. Looks a lot taller in person.” “Oh wait, I remember this.” Ben said. “Yeah it’s the one where the main character was literally born from his long dead mothers hanging corpse, and then it only get’s worse as he grows up.” “And the only love of his life was raped to the point of her mind breaking in front of him by what was his best friend turned demon lord.” Eclipsa said. “And that was during the entire group of mercenaries lead by said new demon lord was being slaughtered and devoured by demons, as well as having him lose an eye and having to cut his own arm off.” “And that was only part one.” “Yeah… I know… he’s one of my Twenty…” Zeke said. Both Eclipsa and Ben looking at Zeke with wide eyes. “I’m sorry but we didn’t know.” Ben said nervously. “I am so sorry…” He said quickly. Eclipsa just went silent. “You know…. I never knew why I liked the show considering that it reminded me too much of what happened to my own mother…. But, yea… sorry…” She said before reaching to the remote. “Don’t apologize to me. Apologize to him. Give me a sec.” Zeke was covered in darkness, form morphing to a taller, more built body, finally as the darkness vanished, Gutz appeared, opening his eyes and looking around. “Small house.” He said. “Uh...sorry…” Ben said sheepishly. “Don’t worry about it. I already killed Griffith before this happened to me, so the past is past. I was just clearing out the remaining demons before this happened. Have to admit, that Nobody of Zeke’s can fight. Might have been evil, but I can respect someone with proper sword skills.” “So…” Eclipsa began. “What do you want to do now that everything you strived for is completed?” Eclipsa asked the man who could probably tear her in half before he became a part of kingdom hearts. “Honestly I’m content with never even appearing here again. I’ve fought so much, killed many, too many. I’m done fighting for as long as I can help it. Mostly when inside Skala I’m watching over the children awaiting rebirth.” “Then… how about instead of being a fighter…. You become a Guardian?” Eclipsa offered. “Zeke, and in turn the rest of us, are going to eventually find a way for the rest of you to be free once more if you desire. Maybe you can try to protect and build instead of actively looking for a fight.” “As nice as a thought as it it, it’s just that. A thought. When our hearts all reunited, becoming Kingdom hearts again, truly, we lost that as our hearts. We’re more like Split personalities now. Maybe we’ll fade, maybe not. But to free us… I don’t think I’d care either way.” The naga sighed before smiling and cuddling up to Ben. “I hope you find something to care about… because not having anything it….. Well, lets just say I know that feeling, and I would rather die than to have it again.” Ben cuddled up to Eclipsa happily as well. “You have all the time in the world, and all the power honestly...so you can do whatever you want now that you have a chance to be happy.” “Happiness comes from the company of others. I may be part of twenty people, but I still feel loneliness. I am now, what I have always been. A weapon. Never expected that to become so literal. As I said, I’m content with being alone, avoiding conflict for as long as I can, and remembering the better memories in my life.” Gutz said with a smile. “Now that I really am alone, lacking purpose… I’ve never felt more at peace.” “Being a peace and being happy are not the same… but I’ve learned to not force these issues.” Eclipsa said before gently resting a hand on his shoulder. “Just...Sigh…. Keep an open mind alright? Maybe its the mother in me, maybe it’s the fact that I feel a sense of kinship with you, but I just want you, and everyone to be able to be truly happy.” “That is a noble and honorable ideal… but in my life, I’ve learned such ideals, are ment for children, and children only.” Gutz was covered in darkness, shifting back into Zeke. “What I miss? I literally have no idea what the others do when out, or what they do when I’m out.” Zeke asked. “Gutz just said he’d rather be alone, completely missing that he can literally do anything...like say bring the woman he loves back to life or back to sanity or whatever and be happy with her without any threats ruining it.” Ben brought up. “Cause you know, being a literal God is so nifty when you take the time to think about all the crap you can do.” “He told me she died?” Zeke said. “Haven’t seen her in here.” Zeke said, placing a hand over their heart. “So...either she was already reborn, or her heart...didn’t make it here…” “Admin.” Ben brought up. “We’re all admins correct? We can just literally figure out her condition right?” Ben asked, still not knowing much about what Admins can do. “And you can do that when and who taught you?” “Lord and a guy named Player both explained to me that, when your an Admin you can do basically anything without any repercussions.” Ben said honestly. “Even so, what would that do to Gutz? I’d imagine seeing a dead loved one isn’t exactly good for a Psyche like his.” “I’m just bringing it up.” Ben said honestly. “Get some closure out of it, even if she’s not fully there for him...I suppose just them having a little time to talk would help more than just him wanting to sit in a corner after everything and wish to fade away.” “Guys, Loves, calm down. Ben, I don't think abusing our power like that is good. It makes us no better than the ones you and I killed to get our power, but on the same hand Zeke, I wish there was something we could do to help him.” Eclipsa said, playing the midigator. “I know people like Gutz guys… trust me… they don’t want closure, they want to forget.” Zeke sighed. “And for someone like me I didn’t get a fucking choice.” Ben said bluntly. “Sure I haven’t had even a billionth of a hard time like Gutz, but I wanted to forget, but getting closure helps a lot more than throwing a pity party...several of my wives have told me that repeatedly.” Ben said, most of his life having been wanting to forget but having closure forced on him anyways. “If Gutz decides to change his mind, then that’s fine, for now, let’s not press on his issue. Moving to another topic… how did you two get those?” Zeke asked, pointing at their Assistants. “Oh, given to us when we joined Cript’s family. All of my kids have one, they just usually have them in their hidden state… I can order one for you if you want.” Eclipsa offered. “It helps a lot.” Ben said honestly. “Full of damn near everything you need.” “Sure, I mean...can you? These things look...expensive.” Zeke questioned. “I’m pretty sure we can buy one.” Ben said while checking his assistant to see if it was true or not. Ben searched… surprised as the Assistant was not in the market app. Everything under the word Assistant was displayed BUT the device. “Huh...that’s interesting.” “What?” Zeke asked, moving over to Ben. “Apparently you can’t just buy the thing.” Ben said honestly. “Now while that’s fine enough, there isn’t even any mention to the thing here which is kinda weird.” “Maybe it's something like an ID card?” Zeke offered. “Maybe…” Ben muttered, trying to at least find anything about the piece of tech on his arm and wondering how to even get one if your not apart of Cript’s family. After some searching Ben found something. Under Unity Law KXZ8, anyone wishing to obtain an Assistant must do so through legal channels at any authorized Freak Inc. government office. Those found with tampered or hacked Assistants will be federally prosecuted and fined up to 8.7 Million Rem and sentenced to a minimum 30 years jail time. “Okay...so that does and doesn’t explain somethings.” Ben frowned. “This better not cause problems…” “It basically says to get one we have to go to these official buildings right?” Zeke questioned aloud. “Where is one?” “No idea…” Ben said while checking to see where one of these official buildings were. A short search later one was located on… Twilight Town? Ben's Twilight Town to be exact. “That’s a little strange. My realms Twilight Town has one of the buildings…” “That is pretty weird.” “Well...I suppose that means we’re going to Twilight Town then, and then we’re going somewhere to train our new powers cause I want to know what we can do.” Ben said honestly. “Same.” Zeke said. “Woo! Admin Trinity let's go!” Eclipsa said, her mood swings starting to appear as she grabs the two with her tail before opening a DTE (Door to Everything) and jumping in. “Excited aren’t we?” Ben chuckled. “Are you kidding? Of course I'm excited! I mean, besides the three trips and the cutie mark crusaders, how many people even qualify to use the Trinity?” The Naga said quickly, practically a buzzing ball of energy. “I have no idea to be perfectly honest.” Ben said honestly. After arriving in Twilight Town the trio noticed it was… different. Electronic billboards and neon signs lit up the normally shady areas. People of all races, human and alien, walked the streets, street performers displayed their craft for passer bys. Shops were busy and bustling, and flying vehicles flew across the sky. Wait. What? “How in the ever loving…” Zeke asked. “No clue...I’m confused.” Ben frowned, not expecting all this to happen. “Seriously, how the hell did this all suddenly happen?” “Maybe we should ask someone.” Zeke spoke aloud. They then tapped on a passer bys arm. “Excuse me, but how did Twilight Town get like this?” “Like this? Oh you must be new. About a month back a company came in and started investing in every shop in town. Then they set up these fancy teleportation gates all over and the economy just skyrocketed. People from other worlds moved in and pass through all the time, with all the business, everyone could afford to upgrade advertisement and the town itself.” The pedestrian explained. “Good to know.” Ben said honestly. “Jeez...how a humble town turned into this over a month is still surprising.” “A good economy can do that.” Eclipsa said. “That's progress.” “And where is the freak inc. building?” Zeke asked. “Just up by the train station.” The pedestrian said. “Thank you.” Zeke said as the person took their leave. “Well that was simple enough...how much you want to bet the employees will panic at seeing two of us having these things?” Ben asked while motioning to his and Eclipsa’s assistants. “How so?” Eclipsa asked as the trio headed to the train station. “Apparently people can’t just have these things and you can go to jail for thirty years for having an unlicensed one.” “Sounds right.” Zeke said. The trio arrived at the train station, a new building added on the side titled as Freak Inc. rested next to the station building, matching the design of the next door building and blended fairly well. Upon entering it was rather simplistic on the inside. A receptionist sat at a large desk surrounded by a waiting room of sorts. “Can I help you?” The lady, middle aged, asked, not looking away from her computer screen. “Yes.” Ben said before thinking about what he was gonna say. “We were wondering where we could get him an Assistant if at all possible.” Ben said while motioning to Zeke. “Fill out this form first.” She said, giving them a single sheet of paper and pen. It was a fairly standard document of needed information. Zeke filled it out and gave it to the lady, who then slid it through another device the brought out two small items. A fingerprint scanner and some form of needle? “Fingerprints and blood sample please.” The lady asked. At hearing finger prints, Eclipsa and Ben turned to Zeke, who was noticeably pale. Criminal history. “I don’t think your past will cause any problems to be perfectly honest.” Ben said honestly. “Especially with what you’ve done to help people.” Sighing, Zeke let the machine scan their fingerprints, and surprisingly the needle pierced the skin and Drew out some blood, which was red, and had a white glow and dark aura about it. “Let's see here.” She said, typing on the computer. “Zeke Ventral, father Barry Ventral, mother Marry Ventral, maiden name Shiver. And you are wanted for two hundred and nine confirmed accounts of hacking, assisted Robbery, grand theft and drug and slave trafficking.” she said casually as Zeke was a mix of blush and pale. “Which the statute of limitation has been long since passed correct?” Ben asked honestly. “Given that his criminal acts have happened on a completely different world and time works a lot differently between worlds.” “A nine billion rem bounty.” She continued. “Over nine thousand rem in unpaid fines and traffic tickets, illegal possession of government grade weaponry, lack of government issued birth certificate and social security card. No current residency, and a few suspect accounts in currently open police cases.” She finished. She then sifted through her desk before taking out an Assistant, though it was different, having a black and orange color to it as opposed to Eclipsa's and Ben's white. “Here you go.” “Wait what?” Zeke asked. “Don't get confused now. This assistant is linked to Freak inc. criminal patrol servers. Act out and you'll be jailed in a heartbeat.” “Even if he’s married to two of Cript’s kids?” Ben asked. “And the King of Nothingness as well as the God of Grey?” Ben asked, thinking that ‘diplomatic immunity’ was a thing in this situation or something along those lines so they wouldn’t treat Zeke like a criminal after all the good he’s done. “Hmm.” She typed on the computer again. “King of Nothingness, God of Grey… You two are also children of the founder. Legally being a child of Cript means you'd get a free pass but even with your marriage and status the rules state that Zeke is to be registered as a criminal on patrol. Legally you can be authorized as their parole officer or keeper, but in the eyes of the law Zeke Ventral is a criminal and will be registered as such.” “At least parole is better than jail.” Zeke said. “It's still bullshit.” Eclipsa hissed. “Actually a lot of this is null.” Ben said. “Cause all of Zeke’s actual criminal acts took place on Earth, a world that has been long since dead and burned for a few million years. So mind if I ask where a lot of these reports came from?” Ben asked honestly, knowing Zeke would be on parole but just wanting to figure this part out. “From his DNA. Every illegal thing Zeke has done is kept in his memories. The fingerprint scanner also scans the brain through the nervous system and compiles a report. So long as Zeke remembers doing these things somewhere in their mind, we know what to do. The only reason they are on parole is because of their recent years of good deeds.” The lady explained. “Alright, I’m just making sure on how things worked.” Ben said with a raised hand. “Thank you ma’am, do we need to pay or do anything because of the Assistant or is it just to make sure he’s kept watch?” “No fees, but one or someone has to register as his watcher.” “Dibs!” Eclipsa said, taking the form from the lady and filling it out. Once it entered the scanning machine, Eclipsa's Assistant had a new application on her Assistant. She could see what was on Zeke's. “Darn.” Ben chuckled a little. “Will that be all?” The lady asked. “Anything else you two?” Ben asked curiously. “No.” Zeke and Eclipsa said. As they exited Zeke looked over the device, surprised at all it's features and simplicity. “It's like a cell phone.” Zeke said, looking through apps. “Pretty much.” Ben shrugged. “But a lot better.” “Wonder if I can still log into my old YouTube account.” Zeke questioned, finding the app and after a quick download managed to log in. “Cool! All my playlists are still here.” “Alrighty then.” Ben nodded. “There’s a lot of things in the Assistant that you’ll need to learn about.” “Like?” Zeke asked. “Literally everything on there.” Ben said honestly. “Here’s two things about them. I was told that it’s damn near impossible to steal cause apparently it’s also a god damn Transformer, and also,” Ben tapped his assistant, and it turned into a nice looking bracelet with a heart locket on it. “You can disguise it as anything you want.” “Cool. Makes those sifi techs look old by comparison huh?” Zeke questioned, looking through the store app. “So is there anything in the store here you can get for free?” “Um...not sure really.” Ben said honestly. “I’ve just had so much money and spent it on things that cost so little I didn’t really care to check.” “Hm.” Zeke hummed, looking at a few items that were for free mostly old clothes, some junked furniture and appliances, kittens. “Reminds me of Craigslist.” “Maybe.” Ben shrugged. “I wouldn’t know, never went on Craigslist.” “Really?” Zeke asked, stretching. “ So, I guess next is heading to the place Eclipsa made that we fought it, and try out moves there.” “Yes. Yes, all the yes.” Eclipsa said opening a DTE. Once in the Ben took notice how this place was empty. Nothing at all was here. Which made sense, it's a place for very powerful beings to fight and go all out. “Well someone’s gonna regret me having all this space to let loose.” Ben said with a warm smile, Zeke and Eclipsa feeling a massive amount of energy suddenly emanate from Ben, like a massive weight was taken off him to let his power flow freely. “Surprised you even bother holding back.” Zeke said. “Figured you didn't care about holding back.” “Training with Agamemnon taught me a few things, like how if I’m near beings of Void and my power is running rampant then bad things happen.” Ben said honestly. “Plus it’s good to see how enemies go from cocky one moment to scared shitless the second when you stop dicking around.” Ben chuckled a little. “Hm. Fair enough I guess. I do want to try out some spells I learned back when Daybreak was returned back to its proper glory.” Zeke thought aloud. “They are a lot of fun.” “Oh?” Ben asked. “What do you mean by that?” “Heh… well.” Zeke summoned X, and in a jump, fell into non-existent water, emerging atop a giant wooden ship lit up like a Christmas tree and then let it spin around several times before it ended. “Hehe… that always makes me dizzy.” Zeke laughed with a goofy smile. “Oh yeah, the rides. Those were in KH3 actually.” Ben said honestly. “Well they are fun, and surprisingly overpowered.” Zeke added. “That looked amazing.” Eclipsa said with a wide smile. “It’s a fun thing.” Ben shrugged. “Too bad you can still get hit through it.” “Eh.” Zeke shrugged. “So, what do you gottagotta show then Ben?” “What do I have to show?” Ben asked curiously. “Well…” Ben raised his hand up, all thirteen of his weapons appearing before slowly overlapping and fusing together till it turned into a big keyblade greatsword. “This is a fun thing I can do. Fuse all thirteen of my weapons together to make a kick ass greatsword.” “Compensating much?” Zeke laughed. “Oh! Let me try something.” Eclipsa summoned Better Half, coating the X-Blade in grey before spinning it above her, creating a vortex that she then flung to an empty space, the vortex of grey growing larger as it moved along til it dispersed and exploded. “Cool.” Ben said. “That is rather interesting.” “Looks good for crowd control.” Zeke added. “Yep.” Ben nodded. “Hmm...I wonder…” Ben channeled Grey and Nothingness, mixing them together as the Drive Form activated, Ben going into King Valor Form but with Grey mixed in with it. The result gave Ben's clothes a more pinkish color rather than red, Nothingness thorns sparked all along his body, Reunion and Duskblade in both hands as No Heart was strapped to Ben's back with Grey chains of energy. “Woah… nice.” Zeke said with a thumbs up. “I approve.” Eclipsa said. “Wonder why No Heart is on my back?” Ben wondered, gently twirling Reunion and Duskblade in his hands as he felt raw power radiate from his den mother body. “Maybe it's for a combo or finisher?” Zeke questioned. “Huh… I wonder…” “What?” Ben asked curiously, seeing two chains were actually latched onto the keyblades he was wielding. “I was wondering, given how I am, what would my drive forms be like? Like Anti, and such?” “One way to find out.” Eclipsa said. Nodding, Zeke began focusing, activating his Anti form. The result created a shockwave of darkness, nearly knocking over Ben and Eclipsa as Drezke emerged. “Okay… and hi.” Drezke said. “Why am out here?” “Drive forms...and hi.” Ben said while looking at the dark half of Zeke. “That makes sense. Unlike most people's darknesses ours have intelligence and personality, so it makes sense Drezke would emerge out.” Eclipsa noted. “So, how long you got Drezke?” “As in a timer…” Drezke pondered, feeling their magic and form magic winding away. “Between four and ten… years…” “Well...that’s a thing.” Ben said nervously. “Relax. I can shift back at will. Zeke will be back out whenever I want, and I honestly don't want to be out here too long. No offence but being physical, tangible, and having a body is kinda… not for me. Especially this body.” Drezke motioned to their shemale form, a black haired version of Zeke, attire skin tight clothing. “Seriously the fuck.” “Awh. But you look hot.” Eclipsa said happily. “Still… no… I'll just stick around for an hour. Till then… what's going on here anyway?” “Training to see what we can do now that a lot of things have happened.” Ben said honestly. “Also,” Ben moved over and slapped Drezke. “That’s for all the bullshit you put me, my friends and my family through. Sorry but I didn’t get to do it before, I sure as hell had time to do it now.” Ben huffed. “Fair's fair…” Drezke said, rubbing their cheek. “Well, wanna see some of my moves? I had a lot of time to work on some.” “Sure.” Eclipsa said. Nodding, Drezke put space between themself and Ben and Eclipsa. Breathing in deeply before charging up darkness before unleashing it as dark portals around them, Massive hands came out of each punching and slashing at whatever for quote the range before it ended. “I call that one Grasp. Figured it would be a good finisher.” “Looks like one of my abilities.” Ben said. “Except it’s Nothingness thorns instead of Darkness.” “Huh. Weird.” Drezke said. “I also got this.” Drezke said, a DTD opening up behind them as what looked like a dark side and Cerberus had a child and gave it two more heads. “They're called Hell Hounds. Found them in the place where the realm of darkness and void touch. They're heartless, but void has altered them.” “Right then.” Ben said. “Not the weirdest thing I’ve seen.” “Puppy!” Eclipsa said with joy. “Anything else?” “Hmm… well, sorta.” Drezke said, taking a step backwards as a series of after images were left behind, all the fakes now moving around, hiding the original. They dispersed quickly. “Just some simple illusions on that end.” “Seems simple enough.” Ben said honestly. “It is. It's mostly for if I need to strategize quickly or need a breather, the multiple copies give me a little time at least.” “Makes sense.” Ben shrugged. “Oh by the by, I’m hunting down Agents of Nexus in my own home...and their skills at hiding aren’t helping them.” Ben brought up, wanting to bring up that but not fully sure if he should bring up the part where Joy was sent to the infirmary because of something he couldn’t understand. “Oh I am already planning on taking the fight to them… Fate needs to be freed from her slavery.” Eclipsa said, her mood swinging to the point where the bloodlust was physically felt in her tone. “Just wanted you two to know cause it is important.” “That is a weird sentence.” Drezke said. “Welp, later… I guess.” With that, Drezke canceled the Drive form, Zeke popping back in a flash of light. “That was… unique.” Zeke said. “Oh yeah it was… huh, I guess it's my turn to do my drive.” Eclipsa said, back to calm. “I was actually wondering if Grey did anything special with Grey.” Ben brought up honestly. “One way to find out.” Eclipsa says before activating her drive. A pillar of energy erupted from the Naga, her coat becoming white, silver, gray, and black as phantom versions of many different keyblades floated behind her. Oathkeeper and Oblivion in her hands, her arms covered in nothingness thorns as Better Half floated behind her. “Overkill…. Really Lance? This was the best you could come up with?” “It’s probably better than my Xin would do.” Ben brought up while taking a deep breath. “Well, let’s see a True King form.” Ben said before Ben’s entire form was surrounded by Nothingness thorns, creating a dense sphere before shattering, showing Ben in his True King armor fit for his new herm body, the armor pure white with Nothingness Thorns coiling around it in a constant state of motion as he held No Heart and his King Greatsword keyblade in both hands. “Ho fuck, simplistic but the power...sweet lord.” Ben brought up, which was true cause it was the True King Drive form and it was crazy powerful. When Ben looked over himself he noticed that wings were furled up against his back, the same wings that the Nothingness Dragon from KH2 had, but when he spread them they were more full, beautiful and threatening than holly, metallic and cold like the dragon’s. “Okay, the wings are a nice touch.” “Nice! Zeke, you want to do the honors? Or should I show my form so we can all duel all out!” Eclipsa says, disbanding her final form. “Honestly no. I'd rather watch the two of you fight. I wanna mess with the Assistant I got.” Zeke said, looking over the new device mounted on their arm. “I’d recommend...going way the fuck back cause hot damn these forms are strong...and they’re not even using our other powers to help them.” “Oh it's alright.” Eclipsa said before cracking her neck, her eyes flashing red as her body slowly changed to a being of pure energy, gray covering her being save for her red eyes. Her power wasn't as much as Ben's, but it was constantly growing with no end in sight. “You ready love?” Ben closed his eyes, smiling as his eyes changed into the gold and blue of humanity and black and red of a psychopath, a sudden burst of power erupting from him as he got into his two weapon stance. "Ready when you are my love." Ben said. "You sure this world won't break if we clash?" “Trust me, I designed this pocket dimension to absorb any and all energy to reinforce the dimension. Zeke and I already fought all out here before.” Eclipsa said in her multi toned voice, her grey aura spreading and getting constantly stronger even as they spoke. “Alrighty then.” Ben said before vanishing, swinging both of his keyblades down onto Eclipsa rather strongly. Eclipsa Summoned Better half and instead of slicing, or blocking, dropped down into a portal of grey before appearing above Ben. “Now now, that was rude, coming at me so suddenly.” “I know full well your just buying time so your stronger than me with Grey.” Ben said honestly. “Better stop the constant growing before it gets too much.” “Oh that's the thing about Grey, it doesn't stop. The ocean will grow.” Eclipsa said before snapping. “Everything is Grey.” Suddenly the world became many shades of grey, the only color being Eclipsa's eyes before swinging her blade, the force of the grey being enough to destroy an entire universe. Ben, due to a lot of force of habits, crossed both of his weapons in an attempt to block the attack, not wanting to chance his own durability and his armors durability. “Don’t care if I’m an admin clad in super armor, gonna try to block it…” Ben muttered nervously. The attack landed and Ben felt as if the wieght of the world was crashing into him like a speeding train. By the time the attack finished, gray smoke was coming off his armor and weapons, and if any bit of his skin was showing, it would be as well as Eclipsa took a moment to get her breath. “Whew, that one I need to build stamina on. But hey, you now know you can handle me going full out, now, hit me with your best. If I can handle it, then we really begin, how about that?” Even though Ben’s face was covered by a pretty cool looking helmet Eclipsa could tell he was a bit worried. “You sure?” He asked. “I...I don’t want to hurt you...or worse.” Ben said, gripping his keyblades harder as the name of an attack came to mind. “I can handle it love. Trust me, I may not have dope armor, but I have my own ways to defend myself.” Eclipsa reassured him. “Alright…” Ben said. “Let’s...hope for the best.” Ben said before taking a deep breath, before taking another one as he slowly lifted his Greatsword up. “I’m sorry…” Ben muttered. “Emptiness…” The word echoed as he swung down, his Greatsword colliding with the ‘ground’ as it seemed to go through Eclipsa...only for Eclipsa to feel like enough energy to destroy half a realm could be felt as what looked like a mirage of his sword swung down at her. Eclipsa grind as she pumped all her energy, having the endless gray enhance and boost her bunker ability. “Now this is like it!” She said as she opened her arms, casting a barrier, switching her keyblades for a sniper, and morphing to a humanoid form. The actual swing connected with the barrier, and the entire world shuddered from the massive amount of energy colliding against the barrier, Eclipsa seeing the thing cracking rather quickly as the attack just kept going towards her. ”Please don’t get hurt…” Ben thought to himself, fearing the attack was too much even though she clearly asked for it. Eclipsa's smile never vanished even as spiderwebs of cracks appeared over the dome. She whooped even as it broke and it crashed into her, her eye having a live to them that only one other being had seen, and they were in the realm with them. “Now this is like it!” She cried out dispute the pain. “I can't tell if she's pumped for a fight or getting some sexual arousal from this… likely both.” Zeke said, under their own protective dome looking through all the new YouTube videos. “Shit, Markiplier made videos for over forty years? I got a lot to catch up on.” “A little bit from column a, a little bit from column b.”Eclipsa said with a grin as she aimed the sniper and fired, the bullet leaving a red trail as the bullet itself infused with gray, drew onto Ben Ben cut the bullet in half in a blur of motion. “Thank god your okay.” Ben sighed out, so glad she wasn't hurt. “I feared I swung too hard.” “Oh don't get me wrong, it hurt like a bitch… But at the same time I want to know if you can maintain that power. Who knows, you might actually make me submit~” Eclipsa said in a husky tone, switching back to Better Half and charging in, closing the distance in a flash. “Well...don’t push it.” Ben said while blocking their attack. "But...I have no idea how long I can push this...it just feels natural." Ben said as they slashed at Eclipsa with No Heart.t “Then all the better love~ That means you are comfortable not holding back!” She says, splitting Better half, dual wielding the keyblade as one half blocked No heart and the other raised to slice down. “I don’t want to hurt you though.” Ben said worriedly as he blocked. “Noughts Dance, First Step…” Ben suddenly vanished, dodging the attack and appearing behind Eclipsa. “Gone with the Wind.” Ben said as it felt like a sudden maelstrom of blades rushed at Eclipsa. “Equilibrium.” Eclipsa said, summoning Oblivion and Oathkeeper, both shining with light and dark while her body produced massive amounts of Grey. Using the keyblades, Eclipsa launched waves of energy from the bladed, intent on not blocking the blade coming for her, but on sending attacks strait towards Ben. Ben directed his attacks and deflected the attacks but also managing to cause small cuts on her body. “Using Light and Dark as well huh? And here I wanted to stick with Nothingness to start with.” Ben said honestly, Eclipsa knowing full well that the small cuts are a combination of her own attack as well as Ben not wanting to seriously hurt her. “Well, I’m not going to be pulling any punches love. It is impossible for one to truly train and improve if they don't give it their all…” The naga said, letting that hang for a bit before charging back in with Better Half. “If you say so.” Ben said honestly, Foudre appearing...as over a thousand of the tiny little kunai's appeared behind Ben. “Let’s see how my other weapons work in this form.” Ben said before all thousand kunai shot at Eclipsa as fast as lightning if not faster. Eclipsa just smiled wide before charging. “Berserker.” Eclipsa said before ignoring the scratches, and one or two that actually pierced her skin, charging straight for Ben. “Total Eclipse.” the snake woman shouted before a image of the darkest back and the brightest white fusing appeared. With a slice, enough gray to kill an embodiment crashed into Ben, Eclipsa actually licking the slightly bleeding scratches. Ben skidded back about...fifty feet away, thankful to have Frozen Pride at the last second. “God damn that hurt.” Ben said. “And I blocked it to.” “Ocean of Gray: enhance.” Eclipsa said, reality shattering for a moment as behind her, a seemingly ocean of energy stretching as far as the eye could see appeared, before it all started to pour out and be absorbed into Eclipsa as she stood, powering up. “Alright alright fine.” Ben said. “Hyper Mighty G.” Ben said before a barrier seemed to appear in front of him, Eclipsa sensing a lot of self buffs to him. “And...hmm, I wonder…” Ben muttered as he put his two keyblades into the ground. “Tides of Nothing, Act 1:” Ben muttered as Eclipsa felt a sudden rush of energy pouring into Ben. “Entropy’s Tsunami.” He said as he grabbed both keyblades and ripped them out of the ground, and what looked like a Tsunami of Twilight Thorns just appeared and rushed towards Eclipsa, the one who made it feeling like chunks of reality breaking apart from the attack before righting itself. Meanwhile, Zeke sat watching Markiplier's Vanished playlist, laughing their ass off. They were not even paying attention to the fight at this point. Eclipsa stood still, absorbing more and more grey. When the wave was mere inches away, She raised her keyblade up and combined her magic with the grey. “Zetta Stop!” She commanded, everything freezing, everything save for a small bubble around Zeke, so to not piss him off. Teleporting past the wave, She began to wail on Ben with gray infused attacks, going faster and faster before finishing with “Everything is Grey.” Hitting Ben one last time as the spell finished. Ben flew by, before skidding to a halt about three miles away as he held his keyblades him, his armor looking pretty beat up. “Thank christ for stop immunity…” Ben muttered as he used his wings and shoved his forearm bones back into his arms and healed them back up. “Fucking ow…” “Nice attack love. Really, that would have sucked.” Eclipsa said, sitting on the frozen wave. “Wonder if this game is still around?” Zeke muttered, still paying no attention to their two loves battle, figuring either one would take a dive for the other, or a tie would be the outcome in the end. Sadly neither happened as an ass ton of energy suddenly erupted from Ben as he grabbed his head and howled in pain. “Gah! The fuck!?!” ”I’ll make them pay…” Only Ben heard a voice as he looked around, wondering who the hell was talking. “Who...the hell?” Ben muttered in a daze, before looking at Zeke and unbridled rage and a sense of abandonment crashed into him. “Zeke…” Ben growled, standing back up as he grabbed his two weapons and walked towards him in a way neither him nor Eclipsa saw, and Eclipsa knew full well something was horribly wrong...and the sudden involvement of music didn’t help. I’m leaving this Hell and Holy Metal Guides My Sword “Zeke…” Ben growled, the den mother mentally trying their damndest to stop whoever has just randomly taking control of their body with no signs of it working. Zeke was oblivious to what was happening, still watching Markiplier scream in pure terror at the game he was playing. “Still running…” Ben muttered in his daze, seeing disjointed visions of Zeke sitting there and Zeke running away from something. “You abandoned us…” Ben growled as he raised his Greatsword up as it crackled with Nothingness, Grey and Darkness and swung down really hard, hard enough to cause space time to distort and cause Existence, even outside their bubble of protected Grey, to shudder. Eclipsa in a flash was in front of the attack, casting a reflect with all the grey her heart could handle. “Ben, what the hell!” “He ran....” Ben muttered. “He abandoned us…” Ben muttered as flashes of Eclipsa...dying in his arms caused tears to fall. “He should have helped…” Ben was in a daze as the Reflect damage didn’t seem to do jack all to him as he tried to swing towards Zeke again. Zeke, looking up in time quickly avoided with a roll to the side, getting to their feet and warping next to Eclipsa. “Geeze. What's with Ben?” “You abandoned me…” Ben muttered in a daze, moving past Eclipsa rather quickly and swinging at Zeke again. “And you’ll pay for it…” Ducking, Zeke stayed on the evasive, dodging whenever Ben swung. He noted that Ben was attacking with a more professional attack style than normal. “Keep running...that’s all you do…” Ben muttered, taking a step as Nothingness Thorns lashed out from underneath Zeke as he slashed with both blades again, way faster and a lot stronger than what he sensed during his and Eclipsa’s sparring at Zeke. Zeke, having dodged and now moved far enough away, immediately warped back to Eclipsa. “Yeah Ben's clearly left the building.” Zeke said, taking Eclipsa's hand. “Hit him hard.” They said. Shifting to their X-Blade form. Ben kept seeing more visions from...someone’s point of view, the only thing Ben could do to show he was still there...was cry as he saw his family either abandon him, die...or seeing their blood on his hands for some unknown reason. “I’ll...I’ll make it right…” Ben muttered sadly. “Everyone….everyone will be happy again…” He muttered. “Ben, I Know you are in there. Zeke knows you are in there, and I’m not giving up. Till my heart explodes!” Eclipsa said, becoming a shining pillar of Grey as she dual wielded X blades, Zeke and Better Half. Ben saw Eclipsa again, visions flooding his mind of wonderful times they spent together...and then the day she died. “I...I won’t let you die…” Ben muttered as he swayed to the side rather low, so low Eclipsa thought he’d fall on his side, but he was swift and swung No Heart with great speed using the force behind the sway and the rising motion of his swing, but Eclipsa could tell it was...less lethal than when he tried to attack Zeke. “I'm not going to die! Please Ben, talk to me, break free!” Eclipsa said, not attacking, simply blocking and deflecting. "I don't think he is in full control. I can't explain it, but it feels like he has two of his own heart inside him." Zeke spoke, their X-Blade form placing their voice right inside Eclipsa's head. "Then our Ben is in there! Our hearts can reach him!" Eclipsa responded, ever stubborn, ever defiant. "Zeke ran...when I needed him most…" Ben muttered while struggling to break free of his binds as he kept seeing visions of someone else as he kept attacking Eclipsa, the moments of hesitation brief but noticeable. Eclipsa sighed before opening her arms and planting the X-blades on the ground. "Strike me down then Ben. Zeke can not be apart from me. If he ran, then I did too. Please Ben, we are calling out to you!" Eclipsa said, a grey light appearing from her heart and launching itself into Ben. “Eclipsa!” Ben shouted out to her as his heart reached out to hers, his body going stock still as the unknown assailant was struggling against the visions of good things happening...of their children growing up and helping be the family they all wanted. Taking advantage, Eclipsa took Ben into a hug, Zeke shifting back and doing the same. Symbols glowed around them as all their powers spiked. Trinity was activated, however, this was different. This was the power of Trinity, focused into a Cure Spell. When it was cast Ben felt like rushing waves of calming emotions flowed through them, the assailant, unable to maintain their rage, vanished from Ben, leaving them to collapse into Eclipsa and Zeke's arms. Ben broke out into a heavy sob as he grabbed them into a bone crushing hug. “Oh god...I’m...I’m so sorry...I don’t…” Ben sobbed. "Shh, it's alright. You're safe now. We are safe " Eclipsa hushed, rubbing the giant wolf's back. "Ben… what was that. I felt two of your heart's inside you." Zeke said. "As far as I know you don't have any Reflections, so… what did you see, feel, hear?" “I...saw a lot of things.” Ben sniffled. “The happy times...the bad times...Eclipsa’s death and you abandoning me like an asshole…” Ben cried harder. “I...I don’t know what happened...I’m sorry...I’m so sorry…” "Not enough to stop yourself from calling me an asshole, so at least there's no severe damage to you then." Zeke sighed out. "Still, we should get you checked out. I can only think of two people capable of doing that, and as far as I know we only have the contact info of one of them." “I’m sorry but...the vision showed you just...running while I was holding Eclipsa’s body…” Ben sighed out, trying to pull himself together. “And...I don’t know who or why did this...but maybe...Cript would know?” "Morbid. Let's see where Cript is." Zeke said, taking Eclipsa's Assistant, and therefore arm. A few taps later. "And… convenient?" “Wh-what?” Ben asked. “Also...I’m gonna need like...an entire acre of ice cream...fuck me…” Ben sniffled, tears having long since matted the fur on his cheeks. "If I'm reading this right Cript is… at our house?" “Why...would he be at home?” Ben asked, his armor having disappeared after the Trinity healed him. "No idea. It's Cript, does he even need a reason for the shit he does?" “A little?” Ben asked. “But...we should...go see what he wants…” Nodding, Eclipsa opened a gateway home. Upon walking through the trio saw a bizarre sight. Cript in sweatpants, and a white shirt that said 'Too old for this'. “Why is Cript...replaced by a hipster?” Ben asked, rubbing some tears out of his eyes. "I am retired." Cript started, messing with a rubix cube. "Meaning from now on, your fights are yours. I'll give advice, maybe some stuff, but physical help, nope. You three are on your own there." Cript said, managing to turn one side a solid blue, the others still a mess. "God I hate these things." “And yet we have a problem…” Ben brought up. “Like the fact...someone took control of me and tried to kill Zeke.” He brought up. "Oh yeah felt that." Cript said. "And hesitated with me." Eclipsa added "Expected." “Why do you say that?” Ben asked. “And...what were those visions I saw?” "Ugh you guys are kids." They sighed, having messed up their whole color side now. "Here's a fun fact. When an admin time travels typically, they don't. Their code does not agree with it " "Time Travel? You're telling me someone was reckless enough to try and change the past? Don't they realize time travel like that creates bootstrap paradox? It solves itself as it was always meant to happen." Eclipsa groaned. "Most admins have never been one for thinking clearly." Cript said, trying to complete another side. "When an Admin travels back in time, if it's their own realm, their code and past self's codes sometimes try and merge. They think it's an error, so it tried to correct itself, like the human immune system. I don't have this issue as unlike every other admin save for you three, We were not born admins and made our realms after, so we can travel to any point in time before our birth and it's safe." “Okay so...that didn’t really answer our question…” Ben brought up. “But thanks for the explanation on that.” Cript rolled their eyes. "He means you came from the future to now Ben." Zeke answered for Cript. "A future you has issues with me." "And that's why you're the smart one." Cript said. "Hey! I'm smart! I just prefer to not flaunt it." Eclipsa grumbled, pouting. “And I’m also smart, but sometimes it’s hard when people forget to get to the fucking point half the time.” Ben sniffled, still pretty fucked up from what happened. “So...future me huh? I have a feeling there’s more to this...than just Zeke running from me and Eclipsa’s dead body…” "Well that's his past, your future. Maybe." Crip said. "Future is always changing, and with a fateless as a spouse, my future was never even written. Literally, ask our authors. But Ben, sweetie?" Eclipsa said, cupping her hands on the dire wolf's face to look at the Naga's. "We are all meant to die one day. That is inevitable even for the timeless, and I accept that. I could die with no regrets so long as I died protecting that in which I love, and that there is someone left to watch over them. When I do die, please don't hurt yourself over it. That goes double for you Zeke. You may have lost me many times, but that is no excuse." Eclipsa said, turning her head to her other mate. "From the sounds of it, both of you mourn my death negatively. I would rather lose everything then for you two to give everything up over me." “Well...from the song that was blaring in my head...it kind of sounded like my future self...wanted to make sure whatever happened to you didn’t.” Ben said honestly. “But...our kids were so happy...but then…” Ben winced and put a hand to his head. “Still hurts…” "Well that will go away on it's own in a few hours." Cript said, suddenly everyone looked at the pulsation that emerged then receded back into their arm. "Oh. Well that's not good." "Okay….what the actual fuck?" Eclipsa said "That's one of two things. Either my symbiotic Parasites are acting up… or-" Cript's head then exploded, skull fragments and greymatter slathering the trio as the backed up in shock. An arm emerging from the neck of Cript's body. “WHY!?!” Ben shouted. “And nope!” Ben started as he pulled out No Heart and tried to stab whoever the fuck was coming out of Cript. “No, no, go fuck yourself evil brain thing!” As Ben swung the arm managed to grab No Hearts tip...and broke it, the X-blades body cracking but staying whole as another arm emerged, and began splitting Cript's body in half. “I mean, why the fuck not when this thing literally has Code in it because it’s literally me.” Ben frowned as the X-blade regenerated it’s tip. “Also seriously, the actual fuck is going on?” "Pretty sure something out of Alien vs Predator." Zeke said, no weapon summoned but ready to call one. Once Cript's body was open enough, whatever this was came out. It looked human, a blood covered human as they crawled out the torn open body. "Gah fuck!" They wheezed, finally fully out. "For fucks sake, that was unpleasant." The mystery person said, standing up. "Whoo! Alright. Finally out of him." “And who the hell are you?” Ben asked bluntly. “Cause...seriously, the fuck dude?” "Towel, towel…." They muttered, looking for something to wipe off Cript's blood. "Using this." They said, ripping the cloak off Ben's back and cleaning themselves off. "What year is it?" “Bitch! That was a brand new cloak to!” Ben yelled at the guy. “And again, who the fuck are you? And why did you suddenly burst from Cript?” "One moment." They said, taking a deep breath. And snapping their fingers. The blood was all gone from their body and clothes. They had tan skin coloring, jet black hair, green eyes, and wore a black shirt with brown cargo pants. "Ah, still got it. Now then… who the fuck are you three and why should I care?" “The moment Cript says ‘I’m retired’, some jack off randomly appearing from his body like an Alien…” Ben sighed out. "Wait he did?!" They said, looking at Cript's slowly recovering body then back to Ben. "Ha! Oh I could not have timed that better." Ben just stabbed the guy with No Heart. “Yeah, how about no~.” Ben said slowly. "Well that's rude." They said, unphased by Ben's attack, tapping no heart…And shattering it to shards. "Seriously, who are you three anyway?" Ben took a deep breath. “How about we start with you are okay?” Ben asked. “You literally started all of this by doing your best Chest Burster impression.” Ben said while No Heart reformed from the shards, Code being rather apparent to the guy "Ah, another Admin. Good on you." They said, patting Ben on the head. "I'm Jericho. Admin of War." Ben looked at him, and then looked at Cript, then back to him as he thought for a moment. “Okay so why should we even bother?” Ben asked bluntly, Jericho knowing full well what the herm meant. "It's a self proclaimed title." Cript finally spoke as their head reformed. "Shit that hurt." "Only because you didn't agree with my plan back when we spoke… how long ago was that?" "Whatever it was, might as well get introductions done. I'm Eclipse, Admin of Grey, the dire wolf that you've been insulting is one of my mates, Ben, admin of Nothingness, and this is Zeke, Admin of Hearts and current Kingdom Hearts, and also one of my mates. Now, please explain before I introduce you to a 4th wall breaking attack in which Lance will have to deal with your pathetic ass for insulting a member of my family." Eclipsa said early calmly despite the glowing red of her eyes. "First off, pleasure. Secondly how long was I inside you Cript!?" Jericho asked. "Three years." Cript replied. "Ah, thank you… expected longer." "I expected you to have died." "Well I'm just like you, so that's unlikely." “So again, because we can obviously tell how strong this guy is...why are we even bothering at this point?” Ben asked again. “Cause hey, Cript can solve everyone’s problems without much issue, and as he’s said before he’s constantly holding back, while you on the other hand don’t seem that nice about it.” "Jericho wanted to create another Admin war." Cript said. "The first one nearly killed all the eldest admins off, their survivors splitting and making the Realms we have today. Jericho wants to create another one, a means of resetting the whole of creation and void to square one so he can see what happened the first time around. Wants to know where Admins came from, how they even came to be in the first place." "And, yet such fascinating, critical knowledge you prevented from being acquired. Pitty." Jericho said with a smile,but also sighing. "Ben means why are we even bothering to get stronger and bothering to train our massive pool of powers when there is a being just like us but better in every way, right down to shattering a weapon that is supposed to be a reality "fuck you too" button." Eclipsa said bluntly “Okay first off you two, get a room cause honestly, who fucking cares.” Ben said bluntly. “But my question was more along the lines of ‘why are we bothering when another Cript just appeared and is apparently a war mongering asshole?’.” Ben said. "Yeah, that too." Eclipsa agreed, charging grey and linking it to Zeke and Ben subtly, boosting them in a infinite loop as they talked to the admin, just in case. "Because he wants his war and as he makes his side strong enough he'll be making his enemies stronger also." Cript said, snapping their fingers to clean all the splattered blood. "He helps both sides to make sure it's a good show." “And yet he can, oh I don’t know, murder everything and everyone without much contest cause he’s basically you but edgier?” Ben brought up. "Awe, but where is the fun in that?" Jericho asked, now circling the trio. "You see in my realm, the former Admin before I killed them and took their code and title was obsessed with war, much like myself, and loved chess. Made kingdoms each play the role of a piece and fight on his chess board, my home realm." “Okay...and then what?” Ben asked. “Cause what your saying...sounds really boring, repetitive, and won’t really ‘do’ anything really.” Ben brought up. "Battle is only satisfying when something is on the line, in this case, it was lives of kingdoms… tell me I'm wrong." Eclipsa said coldly. "Close, but no." Jericho said. "It's only satisfying when you and your opponent can play on the same level." “But then it gets boring, dull, and no one wants to play anymore, even the most blood thirsty.” Ben brought up. “War can only go on for so long before everything just stops playing that game, things end…” Ben remembered holding Eclipsa’s dead body. “Nothing can last forever…” "Ding. That's it. Nothing can last. Eventually my Admin got bored and decided to change things up. He made himself one of the pieces, not the player. This is when I came in, having already been through eighty nine different wars he made in my life since I could remember, actually taking down the king of Kings, gave me the best checkmate one can win." “Cool...so how does it feel being a piece that can just beat everything else?” Ben frowned. “Cause again, your entire ‘thing’ is just going to end, along with all other wars you might instigate cause you yourself are your own worst problem. You can’t be beaten cause your edgy Cript, so why even bother with this?” "Yes. That's the proper way of thinking about it. If all things end, then why not let them all end the way it began." “It didn’t start with conflict.” Ben brought up. “But whatever, I know I can’t tell you your wrong or change your mind, cause honestly you're not the one who can say ‘how things will end’ but you’ll damn well try to anyways.” Ben rolled his eyes. "Sadly there is see truth to Jericho's ideology. The admin war is what let the survivors learn to develop and use their code properly, had that never happened they'd never have learned to create or destroy and we'd all not be here at all." Cript spoke up. “I call bullshit on that a hundred percent.” Ben said bluntly. “Cause, just like the cave man bashing two rocks together to make fire, Admins would have figured out how to create and destroy without the war.” Ben brought up. "You're assuming those cavemen weren't trying to kill each other when they made that discovery." Ben just rubbed his temple’s. “Don’t even know why I’m bothering to argue when I know how this ends…” Ben grumbled. "Alright, I'm nipping this in the bud right now." Eclipsa said. "Listen up asshole number I don't give a fuck, I'll be the first to admit that there is some good that comes from war. Innovation, discovery, some of the best medicines and transportation all stem from war…. However, War is filled with loss. With pain and despair. Families torn apart for a multitude of reasons." "Hmm. I can see the level of thickness in your heads is too much for you two to comprehend. Save for the quiet one, they know just by observation." Jericho pointed at Zeke. "Now then, what will it take for me to get through your thick skulls?" “You want a war, and while war’s can be fine for somethings, the war you want...that’s not going to solve anything for anybody.” Ben said. “There’s a difference between a war for something important, and a war just to get your rocks off, and your war is something to get your rocks off to, plus...this sounds more like a grab for attention than anything.” Ben said. “Your an edgy Cript, so you want attention cause you won’t hold back...but what’s worse than having all the powers in the world, but no one will take you seriously?” Jericho smirked. "If no one wants to take me seriously then I'll just have to make them. No point in fighting the enemy if they can't respect or fear you with hate in their eyes." “That’s the problem with you.” Ben said bluntly. “Again, your Cript, and from what I’ve been told and saw, Cript can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, without any repercussions. So we can’t take you seriously because, hey presto, you can just do whatever you want and no one can stop you.” Ben said honestly. "I know. There in fun in that now is there. So I'll make my enemies as strong as myself and my allies." “And that is possible?” Ben asked honestly. “Cause as far as I’ve seen...even when things are supposed to be as strong as Cript, they’re not.” "Cript has his secrets. I'm willing to share mine. We both got powerful through trials and combat. But we have something in common." “Nexus making you stupid strong cause reasons?” Ben asked honestly, thinking about his one traitor and having to think about who might be watching Zeke and Eclipsa. “Cause that might be a thing you have in common.” "Jericho has no ties to Nexus." Cript chimed in, picking up his rubix cube again "I was born with Copy Cat and Generation abilities together, naturally. Pure chance and luck. No genetic altering or mutations." Jericho stated. “Oh, I also have CopyCat...but I was kind of given it...but Copy is boring when you really think about it.” Ben brought up. “Agamemnon kind of proved that…” Ben muttered. “So, your going to be making all of Nexus into Admins and...what, you’ll just freely hand us all your powers?” "When you're proven worthy. Cript will too." "Wait I am?" Cript said. "Ugh, fine." “Yeah, ‘proven worthy’.” Ben rolled his eyes. “Haven’t heard that one before getting said powers immediately.” Ben said, having prior experience with such a thing. "Hm. Well, we will see. Oh right. I think a punishment is in order for all the insulting. What's suitable?" “You’ve been told worse, been through worse...is a punishment really necessary when it’s below you at this point?” Ben asked honestly. "I am you're bad guy after all. Can't let the hero's off easy now can I?" “It wouldn’t be fair considering the situation can be seen as a grown man with an M-16 going up against a six year old with a foam sword.” Ben brought up honestly. “But whatever you want as long as it’s not too far…” "What, you think I'm going to hurt you or your realm Physically? Oh no, no no. I'll hit you where I know it will hurt." Jericho said as they vanished. “So he’s going to do exactly what I think he’s going to do…” Ben sighed out while pinching the bridge of his nose. “Christ…” Just then alarms went off all outside. "Well, that's not good." Cript said. "Best check on your loved ones." “Clones are already on it.” Ben said. “I have tens of thousands at this point...but either three things happened...he physically attacked them...mentally attacked them, or kidnapped them...cause that’s how you’d get to me…” "Who would he have taken?" Zeke asked. "There are three hearts missing. I can't tell who yet." “Three…” Ben clenched his fists. “He better be good at hiding...cause whoever or whatever he has that’s keeping them is going to wish they never existed…” "Sire!" Consequence spoke with worry as they appeared in a blaze of Nothingness thorns. "The children! Nancy, Nyx and Eclipse Jr have all vanished!" Eclipsa shut up entirely, her eyes darkening as even her soulmates could feel the level of bloodlust radiating off the normally carefree one. "So… that's the way you want to play….alright. fine. You just opened Pandora's Box…" 'Total Eclipse: Vengeance Edition.' Eclipsa said as she suddenly brought everything to bare, the 4th wall struggling to keep in place with the level of energy being produced. Ben wasn’t helping either as the Den Mother, who would have normally screamed something, was only silent as the same power radiated off of him as his King Armor appeared on him in his moment of pure unadulterated rage. Zeke fell to the floor. No power radiated off of them, just… Disbelief. Ben looked at Zeke and just picked him up gently. “We’re going to get them back…” Ben said simply, nothing in his words held any other meaning besides cold hard fact. "How?" Zeke asked. "This is someone like Cript, how?" "Play along." Cript spoke up, gaining their attention. "Jericho isn't a complete monster. They'll stay safe, play along how he wants, and he'll likely give them back to you." “No.” Ben stated. “He crossed a line.” The Den Mother said. “We will find them...and Jericho will pay.” "I can't stop you but you won't be happy with that outcome." “What? He’ll kill our children if we try to save them?” Ben frowned. "No. You forget he is an admin too, he could alter time. He could raise those three, to kill you three. I doubt you want to find your kids all grown up shoving daggers in your guts." “If he even touches a single hair on my pups heads, I will make him regret ever being born.” Ben growled, and Cript had this unnerving feeling Ben could do that. "Even so, right now he has the ace in his sleeve. What do you three have other than anger, trauma and unborn children?" Ben looked at Eclipsa worriedly, knowing she was pregnant and fearing she would get hurt. “Besides those things? Well...several things, Will, Trinity is also a thing, our combined powers we haven’t fully tested…” Ben brought up. “He kidnapped our children...you should know full well to at least two of us it’s like he just committed Existence wide Genocide right?” "Yeah. Shouldn't have pissed him off. Wonder who his allies will be?" “Nexus for a start cause their desperate for attention at the moment.” Ben brought up. “And we ‘pissed him off’? What, is his ego that fragile or something that not taking him seriously caused this?” Ben said, Nexus now actively trying to do things to catch people’s attention and this being way too much for what Ben said to Jericho. "If I called you an edgy version of Zele would you have taken offence?" Ben looked at Zeke and thought for a moment. “No, cause I’m pretty sure ‘edgy’ for Zeke would involve things that his family hasn’t done like not murdering people for instance.” Ben brought up, thinking ‘edgy’ would be the exact opposite of what Zeke has dealt with in his life. “At least, how I think it would be the exact opposite of what he’s experienced. Normal people see ‘edgy’ as what the stereotype is, which is the opposite of their views in some cases...so the opposite of Zeke’s view for ‘Edgy’ would probably be sunshine and rainbows.” Ben brought up. “Or if you wanted to use one of its definitions, then yes I am either tense, nervous, or irritable.” Ben said, his voice finally coming back as he just added more to a simple fuck off question. "So, what are you three going to do now? Three kids gone, more on the way, and you have little to no allies on your level." “Might have one by proxy…” Ben brought up. “But...I should go see the Foretellers and John...like I’ve been meaning to for months but life kept being a bitch…” Ben grumbled. “Then there’s all the allies we can make as strong...all the creations we can make cause of several things…” Ben brought up. “But we’re going to get our kids back damn it.” Ben said bluntly, Cript having married a Den Mother knowing full well how stubborn they are when their children are in danger. "He will pay…Fuck with me all you want, hell, break my mind and change who I am… but don't you dare lay a hand on my family…" Eclipsa said, her power still growing due to the nature of Grey. “Your...still pregnant Eclipsa.” Ben brought up, still as furious as Eclipsa was but still worried about her. “I know...we’re both so unbelievably furious but...you have children to take care of…” "And we don't?" Zele questioned. "Ben, it would be irresponsible for us to leave the other kids when we just lost three." “I have enough clones taking care of all of them, as well as finding that Nexus traitor…” Ben said. “But I...I want to save my babies…” "This is a dilemma for you three. Question is what to do now?" Cript asked. “And your just going to sit there and let your problem do as it pleases?” Ben asked Cript. “Cause I don’t know your history with that fuck but this…” Ben took a deep breath, not wanting to say it’s Cripts fault when no one knew this would happen. Cript took a deep breath and began speaking. "Jericho appeared about five years back. He was the only ever person other than me to become an admin at the time. We got along well enough and could go out against one another without worry. We were on even footing. He began researching what little information there was on the admins of old, long dead dating back to during and before the Admin war. He and I were the only ones at this level of power, and how those texts described the admins from them, made them paint us as rookies." “Well alrighty then.” Ben said honestly. “So he wants to remake that...why though? Even if his point is ‘ending everything’ there’s still the fact that it probably won’t cause what he think it’ll do.” "He and I share the same addiction to combat and adrenaline. We love to feel our hearts race in the heat of combat. The only difference is he embraces it, and I hate it. If my heart rate and power go above a certain cap at the same time my Nexus Bio-programming kicks in. I forget friend from foe and attack everything." “And...haven’t you just, ya know, figured out how to stop that?” Ben asked. “Cause as far as I know, you’ve had an eternity to solve that little problem, either with powers, items, or just removing it from your own self.” Ben brought up. “And before you say ‘it’s not that simple’, you literally have all the time, power, and resources to get rid of it.” "It's linked to my power itself. The only way to get rid of it is to remove all my powers and abilities, and frankly A, that would hurt and B, it's not that easy." "I don't give a damn .." Eclipsa said quietly. " Our babies were taken by that bastard. Right now we need to look after the others… but he wont die, no. Death would be a mercy compared to what I have planned…" she said before cutting open a portal. "And you are going where?" Cript asked. “We’re going to find our kids.” Ben stated. “My clones will help keep the kids in line, but Eclipsa’s going and I’m going to make sure she stays safe.” "And somehow you know where to look?" “It’s better than sitting here doing fuck all when our kids are in danger.” Ben brought up. “Jericho might not hurt them, but he might do just as you said for shits and giggles. I’m not going to let my baby girl fall down the same path again just because you couldn’t properly deal with the fucker.” Ben said, not knowing if the bastard could die but knowing full well there were hundreds of ways besides ‘imprisonment in one’s own body’. "You didn't hear me Ben. We are spending time with our children. We will prepare… he wants war? He doesn't know what he just signed up for…" Eclipsa said, nothing but cold in her voice. "Don't challenge a Ventral to their own game, especially with family involved." Ben sighed out. “Even though I’d...rather be hunting down my children at the moment…” Everything Ben was screamed for him to run off to god knows where and save his pups before they were hurt. “But...can I at least send something to search for them?” The den mother asked. “If I don’t know someone or something is looking for them it’s gonna drive me up a wall more than my pups being gone already is…” "They are likely in a different realm, without knowing which specifically you'll be jumping around like a blind rabbit." “Again, better than doing nothing…” Ben said, his Den Mother instincts screaming at him to just run off anywhere to find them. "Look if you are going to get stronger to face this asshole you will need more than just your current allies which consists of you three and John, the Foretellers, and Okami." Cript said, taking a notebook out of his Assistant and writing something down. "This is a list of names of Admins I know will want to help us. They were there when I first fought Jericho, and they know how dangerous he is." “Thank you, but couldn’t you also...ya know, give Admin powers to our family’s to help out?” Ben asked honestly. “Cause Jericho is probably gonna do that to Nexus...and even though I’d rather not have my family get into this fight...sadly they might have to…” “I can't give the Admin powers or code away. Either they inherit it by having a realm passed to them or killing an admin like you three, or they forfeit their entire existence here to become Admins. I can make them at least on par but they won't have any Code or proper use of their newfound power levels." “Of course…” Ben muttered. "Hmm… well, I can think of one way, but it's very unorthodox." “Have we ever been ‘orthodox’ to begin with?” Ben deadpanned. "It's similar to how we got you your soul back, but rather than a different body to allow you to, well, stay an adult, they will have to be reborn. Only three of all my wives are also Admins, if they are reborn from them, memories in tact of course, and grow up in the family I'd be able to have them trained and ensure you they will be able to protect themselves." “Okay never mind.” Ben said. “Rather not have that...whole thing be a debacle and a half...unless you two have anything to say about that.” Ben brought up to Zeke and Eclipsa. "I don't know…" Zeke said unsure, still noticeable in shock. "Well if you all really need an alternative then there is only one other being in all of creation and void that can do something." Cript said, now having three sides completed on their cube. “I mean, until I make one.” Ben muttered to himself, already having had so many idea’s for new kinds of creatures to create. “But what? Are you wanting to make Delete’s our allies all of a sudden?” "Quick question." Cript said, standing up. "What does an Admin pray too?" “I don’t know, cause Admin’s are literally God.” Ben brought up. "True. But every race has a religion. Admins too. They pray too and believe in two special beings. One known as Belief, the other called The Mother." “I mean, that’s kind of cheating when you literally believe in the concept of ‘belief’...and The Mother sounds pretty obvious…” Ben brought up. "According to the religion, Belief is the source of Admins code, and the Mother created the first Admins, she is their beginning and end." “Okay that...makes sense I suppose...but why would The Mother be the end? Is someone going to kill her or is she going to kill everyone?” Ben asked honestly. "Not exactly. Admins Don't have souls or hearts like creations. Those were made as a means to… recycle life energy, for lack of a better phrase, rather, their code returns to her, and her womb holds all the code of Admins yet to be, and long since dead. Meanwhile Belief fuels that code to give it the power to create and destroy." “Alrighty then.” Ben said honestly. “Sounds simple enough.” "If anyone can grant your request without consequence it's them." "Where are they then?" Zeke asked. “Probably in the Center of Existance where no one can find them.” Ben took a wild guess but it obvious. "No that’s too obvious. They exist, or live, however you want to put it, in Crawfellow. I can't exactly explain what that place is, but it's a place only I and Lord have ever been too. Let's just say that place gave us quote the shock upon arrival." “Cool, where is it?” Ben asked simply. “I’ll send a clone off there while I help my kids with Eclipsa and Zeke.” Cript took a deep breath, finishing the cube. It then began floating, altering itself until it glowed a golden color, and slowly a doorway opened before it. "Through here. Be careful, the things there gave me and Lord hell." "Guardians?" Zeke questioned "Yes. Ten of them guard The Mother and Belief, make it passed them and you can speak with them." “Sounds simple enough.” Ben said honestly. "In words and on paper yes. Getting through those guardians is the hard part. Ben, I'm going to say this once, do not underestimate any of them, no matter what, do not hold back. You'll be dead otherwise." A clone of Ben’s appeared. “That’s why I said a clone will go.” Ben said while the Clone doned the King’s armor, but Cript could tell there was also a lot more magic and power surrounding the clone. “I’m fast and going to literal God’s home needs prep.” Ben said while the prepared Clone walked through the portal. "Good luck. Oh yeah, here." Cript said, tossing the clone a pouch. "Give that to Belief when you meet them, I owe them it." The clone grabbed the pouch. “Alright, let’s hope the Guardians will at least allow me to give this to them before immediately attacking me.” The clone muttered as it entered the portal straight to the new world. "Well." Cript said, catching the toy rubix cube as the portal closed. "Now that that is taken care of, I'm gonna go for a walk." “Just make sure you don’t get lost or make it too enthusiastic.” Ben said while heading off to take care of his kids. "I'm gonna check on Blake." Zeke said. "Let's go then." Eclipsa said. Ben looked at both Zeke and Eclipsa, remembering what happened before all this bullshit came up...and sent out his spies to hunt down his future self and to search for their kids. “I’ll...make sure you all stay safe…” Ben muttered so quietly no one but himself heard it.
Chapter 5: Days to comeWhile Ben was off with family and searching for Mother and Belief, Zeke and Eclipsa were with their own children, Zeke cradling a clearly sad Blake, his twin missing has put him into a depressed state, as it has Zeke. Eclipsa kept looking towards where Eclipse Jr's crib was, it's emptiness almost haunting her as it sat there. She just couldn't leave it. A piece of her missing. Eclipsa let a tear run down her face as her blue hair gained faded gray highlights. “Eclipse….” "Why them specifically?" Zele questioned aloud. "I doubt he just took three at random… so why them specifically?" "Don't know… but it doesn't matter really why. It happened. I lost one of my children…" Eclipsa said, feeling hollow. "I think it does." Zeke said, fixing up Blake's hair. "As far as we know the kids only relation is their potential. Nancy, my reborn aunt who likely would have kept up in her skills, only with power to boot, Nix, my daughter and only other female X-Blade aside from myself, and Eclipse Jr. Yours and Shy's son and having been given your name would have had quite the expectations placed on them." “Jr… He is a survivor…. I can feel it. If he's anything like me, it doesn't matter his age, he is probably giving his captor’s hell.” Eclipsa chuckled, though the laugh felt forced, weak, empty. "But what are his plans for them?" Zeke questioned as they moved over and laid their head on a part of Eclipsa's tail. "He said something about gathering allies… who would he gather. I'm going to assume among Admins he might not be that popular, even if Nexus accepts him, they'd be lacking the needed skills Admins have." “Not like they need it. Nexus spans entire realms. Hell, they enslaved Fate herself. I… I just hope they aren't raised to be against us. I… I wouldn't be able to handle killing my own child…” Eclipsa said, tears starting to silently trail down her face. "If that's Jericho's idea, it might be so. Question is will we see them grown up sooner, or they were meant to age over time?" “Don’t really care right now… heh… heheheheh…. I used to think I knew dispair and depression…. I didn’t know the meaning of the words.” "You're not alone in this Eclipsa. All of us are affected. I just want to know… why didn't you or Ben take Jericho seriously? I mean the guy literally split Cript in half escaping from him, that should have been the first major red flag?" “You of all people should know that Zeke… I put on a mask. I hid just how afraid I was with an act of confidence, cockyness, arrogance…. I pretend like it isn't much of a threat… then normally they give me time… heh, hasn’t been working that way….. Zeke… I’m scared. I am truly terrified, and for the first time in a long time, there is nothing I can do to fix it.” Zeke took a breath, pondering their next words. "I guess that's my advantage. I grew up always in danger. Everyone everywhere I went was terrified of me and my family, every cop and military Person on every continent wanted us dead. When that realization first hit me, I was so scared… but as time went on, I learned that I was ignoring the fear, treated it like just another day. The timelines where we met… you being the first person who saw who I saw… and didn't get scared. You scared me, that was the first time I felt scared in years." "Would you believe me if I told you I was probably just as scared. But then I looked into your eyes… and all fear faded." Eclipsa said, transforming into her human form of Marcy. "Zeke… I need a hug…" Zeke stood up, giving Eclipsa/Marcy a hug and not letting go of her or Blake. "Promise me Eclipsa… no more masks. No more facades. I only want to see and be with the real you, flaws and all." Eclipsa hugged back, not even hiding her snobs as tears continued to fall down her face. “I always needed to be strong. I needed to protect everything. I-I didn't want to lose everything all over again and again… and it's starting again. I lost one of my children. I couldn't protect my baby! I-I worked so hard, gained all this power, for nothing!” She cries, the gray tips of her once pure blue hair starting to grow more prevalent. "Not for nothing." Zele said softly in Eclipsa's ears. "Next threat that pops up, I want you to show it and everyone around the time that you lost being with family. The time gathering this power, was not wasted. Unleash hell. Just try not to destroy the neighborhood, okay?" “I already missed most of my children’s lives as their parent… but I’ll try.” Eclipsa says with a sniff before chuckling mirthlessly “No promises on the survival of the neighborhood.” "Please? I'd like to not have to move… again. Done that enough in life as is I'd like to have one stationary place to call home." “I know. I don't want to lose the house I built with my own two hands anyways.” Eclipsa smiled slightly, despite the tears. "And, ya know, crown funding." Zeke chuckled. “Nope. My own money, and my own work…. Was a long month with the help of magic.” Eclipsa said, shuttering from the memory. "Damn. And hey… we will find them. Of Jr is anything like you, he'll be a wild card, if Nix is anything like me, she'll be observant enough to know something is up, and if Nancy is still… My aunt Nancy well… yeah, she can handle herself." Eclipsa rested her head below Zeke’s chin. “Thank you Zeke… though I still won't be a hundred percent until we have them back.” She admitted sadly. "Neither will I." Zeke agreed. "I'm only calm right now because… this actually isn't the first time someone I care about has been taking from me hostage wise." With a sigh, Eclipsa changed back into her naga form. “We will be strong… after all, Don't want all this time and enemy making to be for nothing.” She said with a small chuckle. Not a full laugh that Zeke was used to hearing, but at least not hollow like earlier. "I have to ask… what happens to Spoiled when you do that? Does she shrink or gets squished in there or…?" “Oh, now that I have full control over my transformations, I simply keep my internals that of a naga while having my external that of a human. Simple after having a clone practice it and give me the memories.” "Yeah but shouldn't your gut have been… the size of a truck tire given both Spoiled, her kid, and yours? You were flat belly." “Not to mention Chrysalis… she won't leave….” "Wait What?" “Apparently this world’s Chrysalis was daughter to one of the X-blade war survivors… and is currently corrupting Oblivion. To the point to where I wont be able to summon him or better half while around her. She also is a abusive fuck and didn’t even teach her daughter that love was an emotion, just food. Hell Chrysalis doesn't even know how to feel love, or anything really save for hunger and fear.” "Yikes… seems like mine lucked out then." “Yeah… still need to go kill the bitch and free oblivion… hell just mentioning that fuck I can feel Oblivion’s rage and guilt, and I dont have all you’re powers, just some.” Eclipsa said, placing a hand over her heart. "Yeah. This whole thing is pretty odd, but useful." Zeke said, giving Eclipsa a kiss. "So… what are we going to do with your Chrysalis? I promised Spoiled a place in the family if she survives, what about her?" “I want her to be able to make her own decisions, but she won't leave me, simply because, in a way, I love everything, even my enemies… except the bastard who took my baby and myself.” Eclipsa admitted to the last two. "Heh. Well guess she's not leaving then. Maybe my Chrysalis can talk to her. She didn't have the exact same life but her mom was also a big bitch, just not a Keyblade war survivor." “Worth a try.” Eclipsa shrugged before looking at the crib. With a sorrowful sigh she finally leaves the room. “Come on love… being here won't help anyone.” Zeke nodded, placing Blake with Book Work as he and Eclipsa went off. The others were all by the door to Ben's castle. "There you two are." Zeke's Twilight spoke. "Ben called everyone to his castle for some reason." “Sigh… he probably wants to pull an offensive already. It will fail without planning and preparation.” Eclipsa sighed out. "To be fair we don't typically plan things that far out either." Zeke said. “I’m not going to half ass it. Not with our kids on the line.” Eclipsa said firmly as she slithered in the direction of the portal/door. As they arrived they saw all of Ben's wives were here also… it was a lot. "Christ, how does he have this many?" Zele asked. “Read the stories, Ben is quite literally married to well over half his entire realm pre merge.” Eclipsa said, tossing a book titled Life of a Nobody at Zeke. "... I have all the questions…" Eclipsa just shrugged as she slithered into the meeting. “So, what is going on?” "No idea." Twilight replied. They watched as suddenly several hundred of Ben's Starfish clones began making a parameter around them all. "I don't like this…" Zele muttered. “Glad you feel the same…” Eclipsa said, prepared to summon a barrier due to the air of unease she was feeling. They watched as Ben brought out a flag bearing an outline of a hand with a blue dot in it's palm. "What… is that? A flag?" “Blue dot on hand… god damn it!” Eclipsa hissed quietly, her eye twitching in anger. They watched as Ben suddenly began burning it, making Eclipsa a little happy to see that. A few minutes passed until three blurs raced to the stage. Zeke and Eclipsa's hearts sank to their stomachs. Zele saw Rune up there… Eclipsa saw, Butterscotch... “No… no no… please don't tell me.” Eclipsa said, anyone with the ability to see souls seeing the powerful red outline over her soul flicker and fade. “Scotch?” Eclipsa said, loud enough to be heard. As Ben had his clones close in on the trio on stage, Rune grabbed the other two, arm lighting up with magic and symbols. "Wait, that's-!" Zele said, as dozens of portals opened up around the entirety of Ben's kingdom, and bizarre little robot machines poured out seemingly endlessly. "Summon gates!" Zeke yelled, summoning X. Eclipsa just stood there in shock, unable to move as weight pressed heavily on her chest. “Scotch…. Please don't tell me.” Eclipsa said, not caring if she could or could not be heard over the panicked cries. With the machines attacking the trio on stage bolted, Ben chasing them on foot and disappearing from Eclipsa's sight. Zeke was slashing at the machines, they fell easily, but he quickly noticed their intact pieces kept moving, moving towards other fallen bots, scrapping and rebuilding themselves. "Fucking Iron Giant rip off!" Zeke yelled, stomping one into a pancake before rushing to move Eclipsa from getting hit by one. "Come on babe, don't freeze up on me now." Zeke said as he tried to get Eclipsa to respond. The red faded from her eyes as she stood up, her blue hair now gray, only the roots still being blue. “I… I can’t….” She said, tearing up as energy started to built up around her, the gray powering itself, the other wives, and Zeke to insane degrees as she continued to cry. The energy was creating a visible grey light where her heart was as tears dripped onto the rubbled floor below her. "Eclipsa look at me, Look at me!" Zeke yelled, shaking her till she made eye contact with him. "You promised me that next threat you would show whatever Enemy that popped up that all this power you gained was not worth the loss you suffered. I need you to make good on that promise now." Eclipsa looked at Zeke, before looking at her hands. “.....okay….” She said as she clenched them into fists. Complex Spell circles started to surround Eclipsa, each being pushed to its limits with grey as the room seemed to get colder by the second. “Fine… but remember Zeke…. I fight for my family… so what do I do when one might have been the trator?” She didn't wait for a response before she breathed out. “Everything is Grey: Eternal Ice” Suddenly, the spells unleashed as the shear force of the mana caused the entire realm to tremor. All the robots attacking suddenly found themselves frozen in ice so cold, even the big bang wouldn't melt it. “There… for now.” she said as the ice continued to freeze and travel through the portals. Shortly after that. Zeke clutched their head, screaming as in the distance something exploded with the force of a tactical nuke. "Fuck! Rune blew up her Keyblade!" “Oh… right… Rune as well…” Eclipsa said, only she sounded… Off. The last of the color faded from her as she sounded monotone, near lifeless. “I suppose we should go help then…” Eclipsa said her arms hanging limply at her sides. The pain faded as Zeke felt Ben had somehow fixed Rune's old Keyblade. "Damn it." He said as new portals opened up, Psychopaths pouring from these ones. "EClipSa." Zeke said, his eyes shifting Red. He spun around faster than she noticed. "YoU beTTeR GrIT tHosE teeTH?" Zeke said through the Psychopath blood, delivering a Psychopath, Grey, Balance, Nothingness… and Humanity fueled punch to his lovers cheek. The impact was strong enough to slam Eclipsa's face into the side of a building. Zeke then quickly used the same force to knock a Psychopath trying to attack them into orbit. "We AlL gO thRouGh oUr oWN perSonAL HeLlS. If We gIvE uP bE caUsE of WhaT wE fEel wE caN'T HanDle, thEn we Don'T dEservE to staNd anD bE whErE wE aRe nOw!" Eclipsa picked herself up out of the rubble, panting as she wiped some blood of her cheek. SHe stared down at the red stain on her fur before closing her eyes. When she opened them again, while her hair body and soul still remained missing color, her eyes were back to their insanity filled blood red. Wincing, she slithered over. "Thank you love, and I’m sorry in advance, but I always wanted to do this to the hive mind.” Eclipsa said before kissing Zeke… and empowering her Insanity, using the grey as a battering ram to brute force her way into the hive mind, corrupt it with insanity. Each bash of the ramb caused a throb in her head but she continued, mentally seeing the cracks begin to form on the wall separating her Insanity from the rest of the Psychopaths. “Just,.... A Little…. More…” She said with a cry, growing weak physically as she started to feel something wrong with her body, yet somehow it was strengthening her mental attack. The wall shattered as all the nearby Psychopaths began crying out from Eclipsa's attack on their hive mind. After a whole some fled while others tried to keep their run of Carnage up. "Best way to kill Psychopaths is with a Psychopath." Zeke said, letting someone else take the wheel. Emerging from the shift came a hail of bullets hitting multiple Psychopaths, followed by long pistols and white gloves. "Hey there ya sons of beaches!" Alucard said as he popped out. "Did somebody order a badass?!" “No, I ordered a noble knight, but I guess you’ll do- gahh!” Eclipsa cried out as her entire lower half felt tight, her lower half now unable to support her as her Insanity continued to attack and corrupt more and more of the hive mind. "Woah there cinnamon tits what's happening?" Alucard asked, genuine worry on his face despite the comment. “I-I think the babies chose the wrong fucking time to want out!” Eclipsa yelled out as her mental attacks were systematically causing soldiers to drop vegetables, but not enough to keep herself safe. "Oh fuck that is not my area of expertise. I prefer to put the baby in I have no idea how to help it out." Alucard said as he fired several bullets into the mouth of a still moving Psychopath trying to attack them. "Look between the robots and red eyed fucks I can't help ya, I can defend you but unfortunately you might be on your own on the delivery part." He said, taking several more shots. Suddenly more portals opened as what looked like soldiers were marching out of them, each bearing Nexus marking. "And now there's these A-holes." “Son of a fucking cunt fuckity fucking bastards!” Eclipsa screamed out as she sent out a rage furled line of Grey to Alucard. “Go wild and let me deal with this fucking shit you useless fuck!” Eclipsa said before crying out again. "Well since you asked so nicely." Alucard said, placing his hands together. "I always wanted to try this!" He said, the Grey powering himself. His heart glowing bright as suddenly massive blue DTL's appeared around them. "Reverse Rebirth. Charge!" Suddenly from Alucards portals countless Keyblade wielders, bodies made from light and darkness, creating Silhouettes of who they were before came marching out, each wielding their Keyblades. "Kill them all, let that dickwad God sort them out!" Alucard commanded as the past Keyblades wielders charged. “Holy fuuuuuucck” Eclipsa whimpered and cried, feeling herself dilate as she started to breath heavily. “Oh gods!” As the Silhouette wielders attacked Alucard summoned Keyblades commanded them in waves to strike as well. He looked over at Eclipsa, and winced a bit. "Fiiine. Seras Victoria! Get your big titied police girl ass over here now! You master/Sugar daddy gave you an order!" Said female vampire appeared immediately. "Master!" Seras said with a salute. "Help snake boobs here with her birthing children." Alucard said, Seras nodding and moving to Eclipse's side. "It's alright mum. I have a surprisingly large amount of experience in this." “Oh yeah? Ever help give birth to fifteen?!” Eclipsa yelled, not thinking really at all. "Yes! Cerberus, damn dog was the size of New York and I made sure all those mutts were alive on birth!" “Well aint hat just peachy- FUCK!” She cried out as she felt something the size of a watermelon start to push towards the entrance, or in this case, exit. Seras widened her eyes, gazing lower down Eclipsa's tail. "Shit the mum inside you is birthing too!" “Cause of course why fucking not!” Eclipsa cried out before regurgitating Spoiled so she could get help as well. Seras began pondering options, then had an idea. "Mum! Permission to use your own biology against you mum!" “Fuck it fine!” Eclipsa cried out as it felt like every muscle in her body was on fire. Ceras's vampiric arm that was largely energy pulsated, then shoved itself down her vaginal lips, spreading them wide, surprisingly pain free to Eclipsa's surprise, and reached the first foal, her arm scooping them out, then sliding inside Eclipsa's womb and taking out the rest. In one rapid motion all fifteen were birthed at once, Seras using her arm cut the umbilical cords and clean them quickly, and each crying bundle of life was handed to Eclipsa. Using the same arm to shove it down Eclipsa's throat and pull out Spoiled. Despite the tiredness and emotions Eclipsa felt, she was still mortified to see Spoiled's condition. Her skin was covered in Nothingness thorns and splotches of darkness. "Spoiled?" Eclipsa panted out, trying to get the mare to respond to something. "It… hurts…" She wheezed out, coughing up liquid Nothingness and Darkness as she cried blood. The veins along her body darkened and became fully visible, her fur coat turned snow white as he mane and tail turned a pale silver. Transferring her babies to be held in her tail, Eclipsa reached out and held on to Spoild’s hoof, ignoring the agony of the act. “You ... got this… For Tiara…. For your baby…” Eclipsa said over the chaos around them. Spoiled began pushing, each push changed her. First her colors, now more mutation like. Horns emerged from her head, her teeth once flat now sharp like needles, her hooves grew talons like a griffon and her legs scaled over like those on a drake. The head of the baby was coming out, and Eclipsa saw the pony ears, head… arms. The infant was born. A body that of an anthropomorphic equine sprawled on the ground, it's crying summoned Heartless and Nobodies alike. “Seras… please help Alucard… I’ll keep us safe.” Eclipsa said, casting a shield that was only being held up by the grey strengthening it. “Spoiled… you did it…” The infant had Spoiled's colors, but only her coat, their mane was the same dirty blond as Zeke's. Kexez, Eclipsa thought. It held a black heart symbol on it's chest. Spoiled was breathing, slowly and steady thankfully. Carefully, Eclipsa levitated the colt into Spoiled’s arms. “You did it… "B-bearly…" she heaved, looking at the colt. "You… were way worse… than Tiara…" Spoiled said, looking over her newfound body. "What… happened to me?" “Don’t know… but it doesn't look to bad…. Heh… a mama bear … so, what is their name?” Eclipsa said, nuzzling Spoiled, not caring that her own hand is bleeding from nothingness thorns and the claws. "I was giving that most of my thoughts. I kept leaning towards Dairy." “Dairy… adorable name.” Eclipsa says, looking at her fifteen children, some pony naga, two with human torso’s, and three with wolf torso’s. “They are beautiful.” Eclipsa says with tears in her eyes. "Some birth." Spoiled says, the chaos around them settling some, the robots and Psychopaths are gone, it's just some still attacking soldiers. Alucard was picking them off from distance from his range limit to Eclipsa. "The Nazies were more fun." He grumbled. “Sorry Ally. Maybe next time we can both go on a bloodbath.” Eclipsa apologized, currently feeding her children. "Yeah well not a lot of things can give me a thrill. Those Psychopaths on the other hand were fun. So, what's your next move?" “I don’t know.” Eclipsa said, not taking her bloody hand away from Spoiled. "You lost your child. The mommy daddy of that child is a traitor to you, and then pervert co wife you thought a good friend was using you." Alucard said, kneeling down to Eclipsa. "If I were you I'd want answers, and if I don't like what I get, I'd start killing." “I… don’t have my will to fight anymore. My children have always been my priority, and getting Jr back is the only reason I keep trying… but Scotch… why. Why would he do this to me, to our family.” Eclipsa said, trying not to cry and worry her babies. "The same reason anyone would. Loss of respect." “I...I tried everything to protect my family….” Eclipsa said, depressed. "But did you try actually being there for them? To stay to ensure they were safe?" “I tried! Hell, until recently I spent a whole year with them, unwilling to leave again for extended time!” Eclipsa shouted before having to calm down her babies. "Was that before, or after you fucked up?" “After…” “Then there’s your answer. You were gone for fist a few days, then weeks, then months. Then lastly a full year, and in that year so many bad things happened. How hard would it have been to just ask for the help? To have asked for the teachers to teach you at home like in the first days after meeting Zeke? In the end, you just didn’t think about the consequences.” Eclipsa just sat there, silently weeping as all the guilt and self hate came back, fueled by betrayal, and the knowledge that it was all her fault. Just as quickly as she began crying Alucard stood up, kicking her square in the jaw hard enough to break it and knock out two teeth. "Don't take that weepy self loathing bullshit with me bitch. Yes, you fucked up. Now own it, learn from it, make it strengthen you, fuel your drive to strive for what you still care for, to fix your mistake. And if you can't fix that, make one you can fix. Rebuild yourself until when you look back at where you started you can't even fathom having been such a little bitch." Alucard then kneeled before her. "Entegra may be my Master, but you are my, our weider. Prove to me, to use you still deserve that right and stand the fuck up like the half man/woman/sexy snake beast you are. If I've been able to do it then surely you can too. Now then," Alucard raised his head, looking Eclipsa dead in the eyes. "Are you our wielder, or are you some cry baby bitch who loses once and gives up" After healing her teeth, Eclipsa sighed. “You’re an ass, you know that?” She says with a chuckle before grabbing Alucard and dragging him down to her level. “Next time don’t kick me in front of the babies.” She said, headbutting him, chiping a fang and making him look like a human, evil Discord. "Heh. Now there's the Eclipsa I like to see. Wild and kind all in one. Now then, got a plan?" “Currently? Recover, and maybe take a nap. Heck, maybe invite spoiled into the family, safer for her and the child. Do be a dear and look after us, giving birth is exhausting.” Eclipsa says, her eyelids growing heavy. "Right then." The next day Eclipsa woke up, fed the kids, and saw that Tokoyami was the one in control, out and about today. “Hey Toko, How are you holding up?” Eclipsa asked, depression still laced in her voice, though it didn’t have the same hopelessness of the previous day. “Please call me by my full name.” he asked, reading a book without a title on it. “I’m not big on nicknames.” “Meh, alright Tokoyami.” Eclipsa shrugged before sitting down in her chair and letting out a long sigh. “Heard it was a long day yesterday. A lot has happened. Seems the enemy has made their move, now what should ours be?” “I don’t know. It...It’s still hard to believe that Scotch betrayed us.” Eclipsa said, taking a glance to the place that he normally sat. “Everyone has a reason for their actions, whatever theirs, we might figure out someday. Till then I got word that a lot of people, even worlds, are vanishing. Ben has shared the list and a name , several actually, come up from my world.” “We should visit. Besides, it’d be nice to catch up and see them again for you.” Eclipsa suggested “I was thinking the same thing. Besides that I also want to investigate this personally. Inform some people and maybe even see my parents.” “Alright then, give me a moment to check on the kids and then we can go.” Eclipsa said with a stretch. Eclipsa checked on the infants, each was well and fed. As she was placing the last of them down she turned, seeing Star was the doorway. “Going on a trip?” They asked. “Yeah.. Tokoyami wants to check on his home… Star, did...Did you know Scotch was going to do this? Any hints?” Eclipsa asked, not meeting Star’s eyes. Star gave a sigh, shaking their head. "I used to pride myself on my ability to read others, but I misread Scotch completely. I could not have seen or predicted this at all. I do believe there is still hope for them." “So do I Star… how is Blitz handling it? He and Scotch were closer than even you and I.” "Blitz is… well, it's hard to say. I know they have been friends from foalhood but Blitz, from. What I can pry out of them, never even knew Fluttershy was in this Nexus thing. There was no hints or even anything in the background. All Blitz can think of is that her special 'summer camp' and 'home schooling' might have been the only times Fluttershy was in her Nexus life. From Ben's version of me, has said it seems Nexus was a lot more complicated than we thought. He saw Coco's memories when fighting the Void Key and saw it was actually fairly nice. Nice people, fun upbringing. Apparently there was some kind of civil war after someone named Vincent died and after that all I know is that Coco was very close to someone named Krot and she trusted him like family. Getting that much out of Ben's ice cream binge was hard enough for the other me." “Heh… Thank Alucard that I’m not the same right now.. It… you and scotch were my first loves of this life. And though I was never home, it… filled me with joy to be welcomed home every time, even when I didn't deserve it. But now I have to wonder if it was all a lie, for Scotch at least.” Eclipsa sighed. "You'll have to ask them yourself, whenever if ever they reappear." "Something tells me they will… for one reason or another." Eclipsa sighed, giving Star a kiss before heading off. Tokoyami had the portal ready and they entered, arriving just outside the school they first failed to protect him at. "Been a while." "That it has. I wonder how Daybreak has helped the people here. Quirks are one things we, even a century after their appearance, still try to adjust to, but Keyblades are a ballpark all in their own right." Tokoyami said. “Makes your world seem so much smaller.” Eclipsa said. “Every world seems so much smaller now.” Tokoyami said. “Being connected to them all, to Everyone… it’s overwhelming. I’ve spent a lot of time researching and living in the dark, my Quirk was for a longtime a double edged sword, while powerful and very ranged, it’s also more wild and dangerous in the dark, within the realm inside my chest, our hear, I’ve learned about the deepest depths of true darkness, the ones that meet the void...and I learned I can control that wild nature of my Quirk, and that of all the other versions of me with similar,even vastly different quirks. It’s strange, but even though I can control it, I still fear it.” “Great power is something to fear. In the wrong hands it can be devastating.” Eclipsa agreed. “Of course, obtaining such power… always comes at some price.” “True words.” Tokoyami said. “So, why are you here anyway?” “We’ve all been sensing hearts of those who follow Evil have been vanishing. No trace, not able to be located no matter where we search. Its almost like they never existed at all.” “Really?” Eclipsa asked. “Like who?” “On myworld, for example, it’s some high profile individuals. The leader of whom is known as All For One, and his disciple Shigaraki, as well as nearly every major, even minor villains have vanished.” “Must be Jericho.” Eclipsa said, her expression now more serious. “You want to look for confirmation?” “Not exactly.” Tokoyami said, walking into the Student Dorm building. “I need to speak with Bakugo.” “Bakugo?” Ecipsa asked. “A former classmate of mine, stubborn and violent, hard headed, but tactical and learning." “Heh, sounds like me back in the day… then I grew up. Learned the consequences of my actions… and even now am paying for it.” "We all pay for our mistakes in some form or another. Some repayments are worse than others." They stopped outside the door with the name Bakugou over it and Tokoyami knocked. The door opened. "Bird boy? Been a while." Bakugo, a wild haired angry looking teen spoke. "What brings you to my door and how fast can you leave?" "I was wondering that also?" Eclipsa asked. "I need to speak with you." Tokoyami asked simply. "Well what is it?" Bakugo asked annoyed. "All of you…" Tokoyami said, as if clarifying something. Bakugo just opened his eyes a bit. Sighed and hung his head low. "Fine." He said, summoning No Name. "That's the same Keyblade the Tiara's have." Eclipsa said. "Yes. One person from each world and all their reflections has this Keyblade." Tokoyami said. "They keep an eye on things for their respective world. Stop and cause events to transpire as needed. They watch over time itself. Still can't believe you're this world's TimeWalker, Bakugo." "Shut up." He hissed. He raised No Name, it flashing a blue light twice before a portal opened behind him in the style of a clock. "Head in there. I'll be waiting for you five years from now." "What?" Eclipsa asked. "Terminology for time traveling is… confusing." Tokoyami said, he and Eclipsa entering the portal. Once though they were met with a cloak wearing Bakugo, much older, the cloak black but held designs of blue hour glasses that seemed to tick away slowly. "Took ya long enough." "It was one second…" Eclipsa said. "Five years for me." Bakugo said. "Yeash, well come on, and what is it you wanted to talk about?" "Where is One for All? I know his heart and many others are missing from this world, the same is happening on many other worlds as well." Tokoyami said. "Tsk. Yeah we know about that. And the short of it, is Jericho. He's picking them up faster than we can predict. All traces of them gone too." "Physical or Temporal?" Tokoyami asked. Bakugo grinned. "Smart bird. Both actually, which is weird, hiding physical tracks is easy, but Temporal tracks? Only other time walkers can do that. No one in our organization can do that, so it's likely a third party." "I see." Tokoyami said. “Any leads?” Eclipsa asked. “A few, but nothing solid just yet.” Bakugo said. “We’ll inform you when we know.” “So in the next few seconds?” Eclipsa asked jokingly. Bakugo just smiled. “Maybe, we’ll see where it goes.”
Chapter 6: Whole and CompleteTokoyami still had two days in control. The system they used to decide things was purely luck based, like gambling. Everyone first played chance for who went in what order, and then again for how many days. Or day, for the really unlucky. In order it was Tokoyami for three days, Clemintine for two, Alucard for three, Zeke for five, Mors for one, Raven for two, Eran for two, Miles for five, Starlight for one, Unum for three, Core for three, Raga for six… Wait a minute… “I had an idea.” Eclipsa said, getting Tokoyami’s attention. “You know how my heart is the optional piece to yours, right?” “Yes. What of it?” Tokoyami asked. “Well if we… finished that, put them together we’d be one person, but I have starfish clones, so wouldn’t that mean I could just, make a clone for each of us and we wouldn't have to wait to see a certain someone or explore, then we can just do that?” “That...might work. I’ll tell the others, give me a moment.” Tokoyami said, his eyes glowing black and white for a while before he blinked and they were normal. “They are up for it. Will definitely help get around this obstacle.” "Yeah, I thought the same." Eclipsa said. "Are you sure you want this though? You didn't want this outcome originally because of how we are now." "I know, I know but… I've been thinking lately. We are up against one vary… worrying enemy and whatever foot soldiers and allies he can get, some.might be a cake walk others might not, and I don't know if I'll be able to tell the difference. Zeke knows I hide my fears and worry with confidence and sarcasm…" "But you promised him no more hiding your true emotions, no more masks." Tokoyami said with an understanding nod. "I need to be more serious. I need to take this seriously, and with all of us able to be out at once we'd be a damn near unstoppable group, and in proper teams we can deal with multiple threats. Including Zeke there are twenty one people all sharing a body in you, with me that's twenty two and in groups of two that's eleven teams of powerful fighters. Each person able to summon countless Keyblades… even shift into them if needed to add extra firepower." "I see what you mean." Tokoyami said in thought. "That plan is well thought out. How long have you been thinking about this?" "Honestly, since I gave birth. I just kept thinking, what would be the most efficient way of both helping and fighting while also keeping my family safe. Zeke and I can do so much and I don't want to dance and avoid the issues anymore. I'm going to tackle them head on. Besides, it helps you all also, gives you your freedoms and some sense of life back." Tokoyami said nothing, but nodded with a small smile across his...beak. "Alright then. Shall we get started then?" "Yeah… but not here, ya know, just in case." "Okay then, where?" Eclipsa smiled. "I have a world in mind." Summoning Oathkeeper, Eclipsa opened a DTG(Door to Grey) and the 'duo' entered, exiting, while Tokoyami knew the world, he was surprised to see it, but he has never been there before. The Keyblade Graveyard. "Why here?" Tokoyami asked. "I've heard the stories, but why here?" "Irony really. This place has a dark past, but I don't think that should define the future this world can have."Eclipsa said, slithering around, taking a deep breath. "Alright, I'm ready." She said, holding out her hand. Nodding, Tokoyami was about to reach for her hand, but stopped. "If you don't mind, there is someone else who should be out for this." Tokoyami said, without a word becoming cloaked in darkness. A short time later, emerging from it was, Zeke. "Are you really sure about this Eclipsa?" Zeke asked. "Yes. Like I told Tokoyami, and like I promised to you, it's time to take this more seriously, we need to work together and this way we can, we all can. And Zeke." "Hm?" Zeke asked. "I want you to promise me, don't hold back what you can do either. I know what you can do is scary, and it scares you, but so long as I am here, so long of all of our loved ones are here with us, you don't have reason to fear what you can do. So from now on, don't hold back, okay?" Eclipsa asked, placing both hands on Zeke's shoulders, the Naga making herself even with Zeke's eyes. Silent for a bit, Zeke took in a large breath. "Okay Eclipsa." They said, giving the Naga a quick kiss, the Naga making it a longer passionate one, and then, Everything went white. Grasping, Eclipsa shot upright. She felt… stronger. So much stronger, on a level she didn't, couldn't quite understand. Her heart felt… different, it felt… complete. Whole, as if parts that were missing were now there. The rush of the power sent a shiver from.the back of her neck all the way down to her tails end, and goosebumps across her skin, her upper half a coat standing on edge as pure power flooded her. Calming herself down from the sudden power high, she looked around, seeing her love, Zeke, laid next to her on the ground in an almost blissful unconsciousness. As the dust and debris cleared. The others all began appearing around her, Alucard, Core, Umum, Tokoyami, Trixie, Starlight, all of them. Relieved, Eclipsa gave a long content sigh and a few happy giggles. Her risk payed off. Sliding over some, she lifted Zeke's head and rested it atop her long lower body. Not waking up but breathing, she began caressing Zeke's head, silently singing an all too familiar song. "When you walk away, you don't hear me say, please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight… it's hard to let it go." The softly sung song seemed to be keeping Zeke at ease, their slumber looking more relaxed, as we're the others. When the song was over Eclipsa smiled. "Is this how you have always felt Zeke? This intense, overflowing power?" She asked her still slumbering love. "It's unbelievable. I… I see why you were afraid to go all out. Makes me wonder if you even did back in our dual…" Eclipsa said in thought before shaking her head. "Doesn't matter anymore anyways. We all can, and will do so much good for everyone. Our world keeps getting bigger and more dangerous, but as long as we are all together, we will make it through this, and all that is to come."
Chapter 7: Grand RoyaltyWith everyone now able to move around and be free, it was time to get down to important business. And the path to beginning, was reaching Zeke and Eclipsa’s door. Knock. Knock. Knock. “Wonder who that is?” Meliodas asked, a pint of booze in hand leaned against the couch watching TV. “If it’s not hookers I’m not interested.” Alucard said, flipping channels from the couch. “Might be a salesman?” Eclipsa said, her house once again cramped with company, but at least it was comfortable. Company was nice, and family was better. “None of the above.” Zeke said, standing up from the couch. “I knew they’d find me sooner or later.” He said, walking over to the door and opening it. “Hello, Squall.” “That’s Leon.” The figure said, looking over Zeke. “It’s been a while.” “Pissed I’m sure?” “Mildly. Knowing you, you already know why I’m here. Right?” “You want me to both return to Daybreak, and officially make me the sole leader, a king, correct?” “Down to a T. Glad you haven’t lost your edge or observational skills.” “Hmm…” “Zeke?” Eclipsa spoke up, slithering up to them. Exhaling, Zeke looked at Squall. “Fine, but there are some things I think you do, or perhaps do not know.” “I know that you and about twenty others are all sharing a body…” Squall said, looking into the house. “Though I’m guessing that situation has changed in some way?” “Yeah. we can all move with our own bodies again, though we all still share both a heart and a link of sorts.” “Makes sense.” “I accept, but Daybreaks government is going to go under some serious rebuilding.” Zeke said, clearly and confidently. “I expected as much. Shall we get to work?” Squall asked. “Yes.” “A Grand Royal Crown?” Eclipsa asked. “It works like this.” Zeke said, the two sitting at the dinner table, hours after the talk with Squall, Cid and other Daybreak officials. “All of us here will be made kings and Queens over Daybreak, marriage is allowed, of course, into and within the crown. Each ruler will govern different areas of the whole government, their own council and all that as well to help.” “I see. I think?” Eclipsa said, sipping a milkshake. “I will be governing Scouts, like before with Daybreak. You will be governing youth programs.” “Youth programs?” “Charities for children's hospitals, playgrounds, education and orphanages.” Zeke explained. “Ah. Got it.” “Meliodas will be in charge of front line defense squads. Their training and deployment. Leon S. Kennedy will be in charge of homeland security. Mors is in charge of diplomatic relations with other worlds, realms and such. Core is in charge of darkness defence and safety in the field while Unum does the same, but with light. Vincent will be in charge of imports and exports. Grathon will handle local authorities, the head of all police in a sense. Xehanort will be with the Time Walkers, given his experience in the field of time travel and that Keyblade of his Time walkers were happy to accept him, though they are independent of us, so any information gained will be vague as to not disrupt too much.” “Ugh, gave me a headache already just thinking about it.” Eclipsa said, rubbing her left temple. “Peccator, or the Master of Masters, will be an advisor to all. Trixie is in charge of both troup and citizen moral. Starlight Glimmer, while receiving therapy as well, is in charge of spellcraft development. Raga is also receiving therapy and when she is ready will take over government propaganda.” “Propaganda?” “Yes, fliers and such about recruitments. Nothing too stressful for her. Guts is in charge of training the advanced soldiers, anyone who is dubbed a Prism Knight or higher received training from him. Simon is in charge of, at his request, resources. Mines, wood, food, things like that on this and other worlds. Tokoyami will be in charge of our bases, cities and defenses in the Realm of Darkness colonies." "Colonies in the realm of darkness? Is that even safe?" "Actually since I and the others became this, both time has begun to flow at a normal pace there as well as portals appearing there that are not only safe for those unprotected to enter, but the heartless there have also calmed down significantly. It reacted to becoming complete. Now they don't attack unless provoked." "Huh. Cool." "Clementine is in charge of reconstruction of worlds that underwent apocalyptic events, as well as wiping out deadly threats and issues the world has because of what cause the apocalypse in the first place. Her first mission will be her own homeworld. Raven is in charge of research of both enemy tech and strategies as well as dark arts understandings. Miles is in charge of rescue operations and objective capture missions. Eren will be as he was before, a scout of sorts but for the battle zone. Taking out key enemy defenses while also reporting things back to us. Lastly Alucard is in charge of all heavy powered strike teams for tactical attacks on key enemy strongholds and manufacturing facilities. And with that we have what each king or queen will be personally governing as well as most of the government for Daybreak and hopefully The Kingdom of Nothingness to agree." "We are married to Ben so he would be in on this right?" "They would, and what they govern I already have an idea in mind. Not to mention with the new Nexus Templar under my command we already have the makings of an army." "The makings of one? It sounds like we have a good one." "Not good enough." Zeke said darkly. "Something I noticed about how Jericho handled things when he first appeared. He didn't seem determined or vengeful… he seemed to be just acting a part." "Acting a part? Zeke he took our kids!" "I know that but think about it, out of everything he could have done, destroyed the realm, nearly killed us, killed us. But he takes the kids, emotionally hurts us, but also gives us a chance to… fight back. This is playing a role and half assed at that." "So what? This isn't a real threat?" "There is, but not from Jericho. From someone else." "Someone more dangerous than a person with all of Cript's level of power? Who could that be?" "No idea. But whoever it is, they are our real enemy, someone who's pulling the strings behind the grand puppet show, and moving the chess prices for the face of the enemy." "How do you do it? Read and understand so much just by staying quiet?" "I listen. I read the body language. Jericho put on a good facade but there was one thing he couldn't hide. His eyes. They were the eyes of someone speaking words they did not care about." "Can you… teach me that?" "I can try." Everything was set up, all that was needed was for a sit down with Ben about the plans and merger between Daybreak and the Nothingness kingdom. By marriage and therefore politics they were one kingdom already but a meeting still had to be done about it. "I hate paperwork." Zeke sighed. "We all do." Mors said, here for both political and support reasons. "At least I have my body back. Been so long. Since I’ve had real fingers.” Entering the meeting room, the two waited shortly before Ben finally appeared. “So I have a literal ass ton of news to talk about at the moment, and a lot of things that are weird.” Ben said honestly, people seeing the Den Mother walking more...femininly than their normal stride. “I’m sure you do.” Zeke said, sitting up as Ben took a seat next to them. “But first we should talk about the Grand Crown… you did read the file I sent you right?” “Yes yes.” Ben said honestly. “But onto something that’s actually important…” The wolf took a deep breath. “More important than the proper governmental unification of Daybreak and your Kingdom?” Zeke asked with a raised eyebrow. “If I...don’t have kids...like me myself giving birth...I’ll…” Ben sniffled. “I’ll never be able to have kids ever again...cause Den Mother biology...and you know for a fact I see family as ‘more important’ than a bunch of retarded paper work…” Zeke’s raised brow became a worried expression. “I… I’m sorry. I… so what are you going to do? Are you going to have like Eclipsa, one clone pregnant and others not or…?” “What’s retarded is that, apparently, if one get’s pregnant, they all do...some fucking how cause that’s not how biology, or magic works...cause never get an actual fucking explaination on Starfish Clones…” “... But, but if you’re pregnant, and if what I’m reading is right, have to stay pregnant… you can’t fight…” “You know full fucking well I’ll figure something out.” Ben stated, Zeke having a strange sense of Deja Vu with that response. “Yeah but direct battles would put you and all the kids in danger. You’d either have to adapt a ranged style for ALL your weapons or...something…” “Cript’s curse states that, if your pregnant, even a normal human being, they can tank a SuperNova, and the kids ten times that. So compounding that with my own natural tankyness, which I still need to work on because of some other reasons why I can either take a hit like a champ or fall over like a piece of fucking tissue paper, and all the other crap I can do...well you can see why that probably won’t be a problem.” Ben shrugged. “Yeah but even so, fighting in Late stage pregnancy would be near impossible, and if you give birth during it, you’re vulnerable.” “Part two of Cript’s Curse for women, they can give birth whenever the fuck they want.” Ben brought up. “Huh...that’s a… that’s a thing…” Zeke said, rubbing the back of their neck. “Still, public image of you pregnant and in combat would be political suicide.” “Just like how Cript figured out how to make a ‘Mother’, which is apparently a super Construct that can take in all of a selected person’s harem, yes I know, I’m married to one of them, I can figure that out and have it be in one of my Starfish clones or in that specific ‘Mother’...or whatever it’s called I completely forgot the proper name.” Ben shrugged. “Either way, this does lead into what I had in mind for your role in the Grand Crown. It’s far less paperwork.” Zeke said, immediately perking Ben up. “Yay, no paperwork makes me a happy wolf.” Ben made happiness noises at not doing paperwork anymore. “Heh, you’re role I had in mind is a simple one really. To be blunt, you’ll be both the Kingdom and Government Mascot. Pictures for propaganda posters, TV interviews, just keeping yourself cute and lovely, all that. The people of your world here already have high respect for you, and those in Daybreak all consider you a valued member, and those from Eclipsa’s reflection find you largely adorable. We can use that as a means of both political and social strong arms on rival Admins realms and their peoples and or government.” “So basically what I’ve been doing?” Ben asked honestly. “In a sense, only a few papers to work on, most likely largely autographs. You’ll be working very close with Raga, once she’s done with her therapy sessions… But that’s only part of what the Grand Royal Crown does.” “Good thing I has clones...also I’m gonna need therapy...like...a fucking lot to be honest…” “I’ll tell Lyra…” Zeke said softly. “The primary, secret, role of the Royal Crown is dealing with the one pulling the strings behind Jericho.” “Oh yeah, there’s most definitely someone pulling the strings here.” Ben nodded. “Hell, I was the one that suggested it to Cript, and he went off to make some calls.” They said, keeping the two sources to himself just in case someone was listening. “Good. If it checks out we may have to yank him out of retirement.” Zeke said. “Guess I wasn’t needed after all.” Mors said oddly happily. “Heh, yeah this went smoother than expected.” Zeke said. “I’ll take my leave then. You two can wrap this up on your own I see.” Mors said, the ancient Keyblade wielder standing up and leaving the room. “Heh, the is so happy to have a real body again.” Zeke chuckled. “Good to know.” Ben nodded. “But onto other business...have you...randomly remembered things that...shouldn’t be there?” The Den Mother asked. “Like...for me, I randomly said Eclipsa’s…’real name’ when I don’t remember either of you saying it…” He said. “Huh. Maybe you just heard it offhand in a conversation?” Zeke said. “But, I do have to ask… when are you gonna… get knocked up… and with who?” Zeke asked. “Fuck if I know, I know, and fucked if I know.” I shrugged. “Probably you and Eclipsa...and then I put some buns in your ovens as well to make it fair.” “Already did for Eclipsa. She gave birth during that whole event with Scotch, Coco and Rune.” “They are precious.” Ben said with a warm smile, given that he was tending to the kids with one of his clones he had spent some time with them. “But now that you two are married to me...well...Cript’s curse kinda sorta makes it so...when kids happen, millions are made…” “Damn… Well… so what now then?” “Well...I can talk about all the crap I’ve been up to, because it is a lot.” Ben said honestly. “If you want too. We haven’t had a simple talk in a long time. You’ve been so distant lately.” “Well that’s from a combination of many, many things.” Ben said honestly. “But...to start with, Mega Giants are a thing...I get to take care of two wonderful children that were just resurrected from their mother because their souls were in Skysplitter...don’t ask.” Ben said nervously. “I got a Giant Girlfriend after we got into a pretty big bar fight...cuddles are very nice.” Ben chuckled a little. “And...well there’s a lot of other shit, like Tanya wanting to send children after me because they know I won’t fight them...completely forgetting that I can still beat them in other ways.” The wolf explained. “So...let’s go to you before I start rambling more.” “Nothing much on my end really. Been spending a lot of time with Eclipsa, which is nice, and everyone is doing their part well. Krot has a base of his pinpointed. As his expected defenses are up but damaged. He suspects Nexus tried to break in. Seemed to have failed given the amount of corpses around… I’ll be deploying Alucard, he will be the distractions for what’s left of outside defences, which is still most of the heavy artillery and minefields. Meanwhile Krot and some soldiers Meliodas will select based on their skills will accompany him inside to disable the security from the control room.” “We need to spend more time together…” Ben said honestly and a little sadly. “I know.” Zeke said, wrapping an arm around Ben’s torso and pulling them closer. “Well, you got about a solid month before Raga can work so… wanna mess around?” “That depends, what do you mean by ‘mess around’?” Ben asked curiously. “Cause we totally can if you want.” Zeke placed his first finger and thumb on Ben’s chin, smiling as he looked them right in the eyes. “That depends, how badly do you want kids?” “How badly do you want kids?” Ben asked huskily. “Remember, I have a certified club down there rearing to show you and Marcy a wonderful time.” “I’ve already had kids by Unum… wife unum not first wielder/ancestor unum… Really got to find a nickname for her… Heh. Either way, how about we start kissing, and see where it goes?” Zeke said, the line familiar to both, but neither knew why or cared to ask. “Well then you better pucker up.” Ben grinned, leaning down and kissing Zeke lovingly. Afterglow was a hell of a thing, Ben learned. As a female, it felt much better than male. More...fulfilling, no pun intended. “So...how did that feel?” Ben panted, given they both did each other. “Pretty sure you need that thing shrunk.” Zeke replied half awake, their whole body under Ben’s breasts. “But these can stay~” They said, groping the large jugs of their lover. “Oh you loved it.” Ben giggled. “Screamed loud enough when the knot went in.” “Because it felt like a train went in there.” Zeke chuckled, digging their way out from Under the massive cleavage. Once half way out they sighed happily. “Moments like this are… nice. Too few and far between. Honestly makes me feel normal.” “Yeah...way too far for me to be honest…” Ben sighed out. “Well then, let’s change that.” Zeke said, finishing getting out from under Ben, but falling on them, giving them a face full of their cleavage. “Heh, not as big as your biggest but… coveres enough of that cute snout you have.” “Titties are nice.” Ben smiled, nuzzling into Zeke’s breasts as he also groped Zeke’s rump happily. “And butts are also nice.” “Heh… not used to that sensation…” Zeke said. After a few more hours of post sex groping and cuddeling, the two finally got up and dressed, Ben noticing something. Zeke still wore only mens clothing. Even the underwear. “You really have to try Rarity and Co-” Ben took a deep breath, trying not to just break down at that. “Rarity and Coco made some really comfy panty boxers and enchanted bra’s...so fucking comfy and soft.” Zeke sighed, giving Ben a kiss for comfort. “We will find that damned Keyblade. Wanna know why and how?” Zeke asked, slipping their shirt on. “We have it’s creator on our side. If it has a weakness, he’ll know it. And when we find it, we can exploit it to hell.” “Gonna need to slap the bastard for this crap...but when we get some good explanations here...I’m going to take Void Key, break it over my knee, and slowly mutilate that giant fucking eye.” Ben growled. “Sounds like a plan.” Zeke said, tossing Ben their multi-Bra and shirt. “I need to talk with Peccator about that. Even though Raga isn’t due to work for a month we can get a start without her. Pinkie and Twin both scheduled all three of our realms Photo Finishes to picture you. Your and My Rarity are designing outfits and all that while the studio where this is all gonna happen gets built. We also are discussing on a larger castle, make a true stand on both our might and image to the enemy.” “Alrighty then, but can’t I just stick with my cloak?” Ben asked. “While dresses are nice I’d like to keep my signature look ya know?” “You can but image wise you’d look more appealing to the people in formal dresses. The Rarities are up for giving you some lessons and all that, but what you wear when the cameras are off is your choice.” Zeke said, getting their shoes on. “You’ll also be working pretty closely with Eclipsa since she is in charge of anything involving children, education, orphanages, children's hospitals and all that.” “Yeah I’m going to be doing that a lot.” Ben said honestly. “While the dresses might be fine...gonna be a bit of a pain sometimes.” “Especially with heels. I envy Eclipsa for not having feet or legs… Heh. Though when she was Marcy they were quite the eye catcher~” “No, whether it was back when we first dated to now, heel’s are not for me.” Ben shook his head. “Even if they look fancy, nothing can stop a good ol pair of shoes or boots.” Ben said honestly. “I don’t like the idea either but fact is if you show up wearing an elegant dress but have boots or shoes on, it’s social suicide. Paparazzis and newspapers will be all over it for months.” “Okay that makes literally no sense and you know that.” Ben said honestly. “People don’t make sense Ben.” “Yeah, but I don’t care.” Ben said honestly. “Hell, I’ll even go barefoot given I’m a Dire Wolf, and if they bitch and moan about wardrobe I’ll just bring up what’s more important, wardrobe or us actually doing our fucking jobs right.” Ben frowned. “To certain people both are important, or mainly appearances. Just because they are citizens of the kingdom does not mean they like and or all accept us. There will always be gossip and bad press no matter what we do. Simple fact of politics and high society.” “Fuck high society.” Ben frowned. “But not from Eclipsa’s or Daybreak, and all the unified worlds, and fact is while most are indeed jack asses, they have no illegal workings in their business. It’s the ones who can both play by the rules and use them against us that are the worry. Which is why this year's first Grand Galla, like the Grand Galloping Gala but more… larger, still fancy, is gonna be a pain.” “Your not changing my mind on this you know that right?” Ben asked. “Also, that’s a lie and you know it about ‘High Society’ not doing illegal bullshit, cause hey guess what? Ninety percent of my worlds ‘Noble House’ was filled with a bunch of illegal shit. “You’re world.” Zeke spoke up, clarifying. “DIfferent reflections, different lives, same people. In one reflection Tiara’s mom was loving, in mine she became the villain she is, in yours, she died buying her daughter some new dresses. Simple fact, when dealing with a Multiverse, everything is a possibility. And ruling one is the real challenge.” “This all boils down to ‘how petty and childish will high society be, when this Gala is going to involve literally everyone in our new Kingdom’.” Ben pointed out. “This isn’t just a ‘High Society’ party, this Gala is going to involve everyone, from high society to the lower class. Or are we just going to ignore the trillions of people just for a select thousand?” Ben asked honestly. “The Grand Gala on paper is just that, a High society event, but it’s more than that in execution.” “All of our Pinkie’s are planning this, it’s not gonna just be ‘High Society’.” Ben interjected rather quickly. “Which is why it’s not a party, it’s a test.” “A test?” Ben asked. “We have three reflections of Equestrian Nobels, but also Nobles from other worlds that are attending. In short how each interact and how each got to where they are is what is important. The guest list alone let us weed out over half of who actually deserved their nobility ranks and titles. The party itself will tell on if they should keep it. This will let us weed out the loyal from the back stabbers.” “So let me wear normal shoes.” Ben started. “Cause the Definition of Nobility is, and I quote ‘The quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank.’, so what would everyone think of people suddenly acting like children about something that means literally nothing in the grander scheme of things?” Ben asked honestly. “This test is looking for their state of Mind and their Character, am I correct?” “Exactly. I guess a pair of sneakers will fit right in after all.” Zeke laughed. “They won’t be bargain bin, they will be really nice shoes. At least my Rarity has been working in more shoe details, so they will be pretty good and comfy without them being either uncomfortable heels or field work boots and stuff like that.” Ben shrugged. “Yeah. The best part about all of this is that once their Nobility is taken, a law within the Grand Crown makes it so we cease all funds, property and possessions from the former nobles, meaning they can’t do anything against us after the fact. This will affect thousands of people across a lot of worlds, and all three of our now fused reflections/realms. Of course, work and housing will be given so they can continue to make a living, but the life of nobility will be lost to them unless they can prove to the grand crown they are deserving of it again. Political backlash and public opinions will waver on this deeply. But nothing that won’t be sorted out after matters move onto this upcoming war.” “This is kind of why I wanted to bring in the common folk, to show how Nobility actually works for the Common Man rather than the soul crushing expectations some Noble’s are under...or to those assholes that are backstabbers or worse.” “Hmm… it would reveal more on their character and personality based on their reactions and interactions with them… smart thinking.” “And all of this stemmed from me not wanting to wear heels.” Ben laughed. “Heh, you always tangent off, but most of the time it pays off.” “Most?” Ben asked honestly. “Sometimes it just devolves into a rant that goes in circles… sorry, but that has happened.” “I know, and this all just circled into me being right.” Ben giggled. “It feels great to be right sometimes.” “Sometimes…” Zeke said. Once they were fully clothes they fixed up their shirt a bit. “I’m gonna go have that talk with Peccator now. You should meet up with the Rarities.” “Alright.” Ben nodded. “And...maybe we can donate some fancy clothes to the specific people we’re inviting that aren’t of high society, if they either don’t have the money or proper attire or something along those lines.” “I might have an idea for that. It’s best if the nobles see that as a surprise, catch them off guard and see what happens. Till then, I’ll see you at dinner.” Zeke said, leaving the room. “See you at Dinner.” Ben said while heading off to find Rarities.
Chapter 8: Prepare For WarWhen Peccator wasn’t advising or giving his vague vissions He’s in his lab, a place where he kept studying Keyblades and how to improve upon them. His lab was a simple room, a Keyblade forge in the corner, many boxes and such packed with Synthesis ingredients, and some new ingredients from Cript’s world. And lots, and lots of blank books to write in. Zeke knocked on the door. “Peccator. We need to talk.” “Come in.” He said, the door opening by itself as Zeke entered immediately. He was at his desk, looking over a fragment of an ingredient and writing down observations. “So, this is about Void Key, right?” “Yes… How did you make it? I know why you made it, but how? What weakness does it have that we can exploit?” “Hmm… I don’t remember. I know why I made it, this vary outcome… I wanted to avoid it, stick to the original path… didn’t work out. THose memories are...fuzzy. Like looking through TV static. But I made it from something someone gave me.” “Who? And what?” “Who is fuzzy also, but what is clear as day. Heh. It was the hilt of a broken Keyblade, one I do not know of. I never found out what it originally was, but it was a Keyblade of the Void.” “But that-” “Not like Void Key itself. This one was made like others, but infused with void in the forge, the Light and Darkness within it was acting like a… what’s a good example… a Pipe, keeping the wild and unpredictable void in check. I wasn’t able to remake it perfectly, it wasn’t able to draw power from the void itself, so I had to make its power supply.” “The artificial void?” “Yup. Little was known about the King of Nothingness back then, but I had to take advantage of what leads I could find, few hundred years of research and searching I find a single Fragment of the old Kings Nothingness infused Armor, forged from metal existing only in Nothingness. I used that as the bases, and saw what happened when I put in some void. I got a very interesting result.” “What? Don’t they cancel each other out?” “Not like we originally thought. Under closer inspection, they joined together, like a reunion long awaited and became pure blank code.” “Blank code?” “Yes. This accidental discovery lead to me learning about how Admins and out own realities are constructed, but at the time I put all of that on the side for a more...grimm idea. I discovered something while experimenting. This blank code was easily susceptible to emotions. Positive emotions made it act as it should, forming whatever and everything. But negative emotions… devolved it.” “Devolved… wait, so does that mean this Blank Code stuff is just…” “Yup, the Void itself. That means somewhere in that vast eternal abyss of corrupt, twisted hellscape… is the being who made it. Who or what though is beyond me.” Zeke took a seat, processing this discovery. “So… Void IS code but…” “Think of it like this code is still in its infancy, pure and innocent, then something or someone changed it to become what it is. Dark, full of malice and hatred. Whatever did this is something I don’t think I want to know about, but knowing us that will happen.” “Then, you used this Blank code to create the artificial void… how is it different or resistant to Nothingness then?” “I made it resistant to Nothingness by keeping just enough code in there to make it so, in short… you can say I made something almost akin to a Delete or an Admin, something in between the two, just enough code to have that needed resistance, just enough void to do what I built it for.” “How?” “Lots of time, lots of research.” “And help from someone you don’t even remember?” “Yeah. And that pisses me off, normally I can remember everything… but not that assholes face, name or even voice. Either they made me forget or I don’t want to remember.” “EIther way… So what weakness does it have?” “Aside from needing a wielder to do anything… Code.” “Code?” “It has enough Code in it still for the resistance, an amalgamation between a Delete and an Admin. If an Admin or someone can Hack it’s core, meaning you’d have to know where the damned thing went, you could change the code inside it and the whole thing would fall apart.” “Okay, and we have to know where you stached that big ass eye?” “Originally I stashed it in Halloween Town, seemed fitting, but when I returned just before we were all fused together by your Nobody, it was gone. And ONLY the artificial void, all my other experiments were still in their hiding places. Not long after that Kexez found me and, the rest is history.” “So someone stole it, somehow knowing where you hid it… So got any suspects there?” “None. Wish I did, but I got nothing.” “Crap… Well, thanks anyway. Let me know if you remember anything at all.” “I will. See you around Zeke.” As the day went on it was more and more clear to the population that the crown was preparing. Many worlds were receiving heavy fortifications, but it seemed none of it was enough. “Damn it…” Zeke sighed from within his office. “I’d feel prepared if this were not Admin warfare. I’m going in blind here, there has to be someone who has a book or something akin to that so I’m not just wasting time and resources…” Zeke sighed, looking over the newest fortification plans for their new castle. “Hmmm… Lord or Cript might know something, or someone who can help with this. Cript already has countless armies because of that Freak inc thing he’s got, and Lord has… god knows what up his sleeve. One of them has to know what I need to do, and we need Cript out of retirement anyway… Question is how easy or hard will this be?” Zeke got up, heading over to Eclipsa’s office across the hall from his own. As always, Zeke knocked first. “Come in.” Eclipsa called, sounding flustered. Chickling, Zeke entered. Inside Eclipsa had two piles of paperwork. A taller undone, unread and approved/Rejected pile, and a smaller read approved/rejected pile. “Having fun?” Zeke asked. “Paper work is the devil’s greatest achievement…” Eclipsa groaned. “I know this is all for kids and such but THIS many forms?” “Got to make sure everything gets down. We are the crown, unlike the US or other governments, all citizen requests and large project to the kingdom have to be approved by the crown. And this is just the stuff specific for you, larger projects regarding multiple or all of our areas will be dealt with in monthly Grand Crown meetings.” “Feels more like a business than a kingdom.” “Bit of both is true when running a kingdom, leading people and keeping them safe. But I’ve come to offer you a break.” “Is it sex? Cause I could use that kind of distraction about now.” Eclipsa asked, the tip of her snake tail waving a little. “Sadly no. I need to talk to Cript and Lord.” “Oh. Time for war?” “Preparing for it. Cript and lord both as people and what each can offer are invaluable as both assets, alies, and resources.” “Yeah I can see that.” Eclispa said, getting up from her desk. “If it gets me out of all this paperwork for a while.” Eclipsa opened up a portal to Cript, and the duo entered. They arrived at a beach of sorts, Cript sitting on a rock looking out into the sea. “Was wondering when you’d show up.” “I’m sure you know why we are here?” Zeke asked. “Yeah. Lord already agreed to it, and after some searching and a little experiment… so am I.” They sighed, shaking their head. “GUess retirement just isn’t in the cards for me…” “That was easy.” Eclipsa said. “So, how’s this going to work?” “You’ll need a unified force, both in terms of realms and people, Zeke, you thinking what I’m thinking?” Cript asked. “Yeah… but, question is are you considering the same details I am?” “Sadly.” Cript sighed. “What? What am I missing here?” “In order for use to work as a unified force, the best and fastest rate to prepare properly is to unify my realm and yours… meaning I’d have to become one of your Grand Royal Crown.” “But, wait, how? Isn’t the only way into the Grand Crown through marriage and being born into it?” “Yup.” Cript and Zeke both said at the same time. “So...who?” “Has to be me.” Zeke sighed. “Cript is both yours and Ben’s parent both genetically and legally. Marrying your own child might have been alright both publicly and politically long ago but these days it’s not so well accepted.” “Zeke… are you sure about this?” “It will just be for show.” Cript spoke up. “Hopefully… On the bright side with these new...changes. You can all be with your moms again, Gleaming, Den, it’s a bright side to look forward to.” “So this is more than just a Grand Crown…?” Eclipsa asked, realization hitting her. “When the Admin war hits… We will be the primary defence and strike force…” “And everyone else will be dealing with the Admins creations made for this war or dragged into it.” Zeke sighed. “No stronger allies than Cript or Lord. Having both gives us an edge, and it means we can train like hell with the best.” “So is the same for lord?” Eclipsa asked. Cript laughed. “Hell no. Lord will be given a Knighthood under us, and made the arms Master of the kingdom. The weapons he makes are far deadlier than mine.” “Oh… okay… So will every Admin we need as an allie… be married in?” “Likely.” Cript said. “When Admins marry, like with you three, your realms fuse together, making both share a single realm, making them much stronger than before within their realm. From what I know some Admins forced marriage on weaker ones solely to take advantage of this. We will have too also, but this is based on a mix of necessity and possible interest in each other. Based on how things go, it could just be for show or could become something for any who do join in.” “A kingdom of people of all kinds across all worlds...ruled by a Crown of Admins…” Eclipsa said. “Already sounds like a legend.” “Maybe one day it will be.” Cript said. “The pages are still blank ahead of us, and we just got passed the prologue of our stories. Now, the rest begins.” “But Lord won’t be married in? But he is an Admin.” “Yes but he has no realm of his own.” Cript said. “He gave it to me, it’s not his, so if he did marry in, it would not change anything for us power wise.” “Power wise… you want us to become as strong as you… don’t you?” Eclipsa asked. “There is someone, something pulling the strings here more twisted than I expected… I need to warn Jericho.” “But Jericho is the enemy-” “Like me he was playing his role needed by the cycle.” Cript cut in. “Someone...something has changed this cycle. I saw it when… Heh, well you three will remember soon enough. But what I felt, what I sensed… for the first time in a long time… scared me.” “Something scared you? What are we dealing with then?” Zeke asked. “Honestly… I have no idea. But whatever it is, we need to stop it and for one I don’t think myself alone can pull this off. Whatever this thing is… is older than the void and as far as I know, NOTHING should be older than the void. Not even the past Mothers and Beliefs of prior cycles.” “Can we stop something like that though?” Eclipsa asked. “Together… A lot of us might… might… wait… maybe we don’t have to worry about that…” “Worry about what?” Zeke asked. “Dying?” “What is going to happen is… unavoidable. But dying might be avoided. If you’re like me in every way…” “Remove our deaths…” Eclipsa said. “Just us or… Everyones?” “I don’t know… I’ll need to talk with the Admin of Death.” “There’s an Admin of Death?” Eclipsa asked. “I should not be surprised but… wow…” “Yeah but don’t worry, she’s on our side.” “Well now, that leaves one thing left.” Zeke spoke up, face a bit red. “WHen’s the wedding…?” “Once I get Jericho and make sure he is okay.” “So just to clarify Jericho is not the bad guy, he’s just doing what he has to do for this Cycle to complete itself so you two become these… uber powerful beings and make another existence to start this all over again?” Eclipsa asked. “Yup. Don’t worry, we’ll bring your kids back too.” Cript said, standing up. “Someone under Jericho is working for the ones pulling the strings behind him. He’s in danger, and unlike me, at least for now, he CAN die, and none of us can have that happen.” “This war just got a whole lot more interesting.” Zeke said in thought. “What or who is our real enemy then?” “Whoever they are… they want a fight. Well we are going to give them one.” Cript said, taking leave. “Well then… now what?” Eclipsa asked. “I’d offer sex on the beach but the mood kinda died for that.” “Ben already screwed me after I screwed them. I’m just wondering when I’ll start acting and showing pregnancy… yikes this is gonna be all kinds of weird.” Eclipsa wrapped her tail around Zeke. “It will all be alright. You heard Cript, together we can beat this threat.” “I know… I just worry.” “We all worry. There’s no need too when we are together.”
Chapter 9: SupportEclipsa whooped triumphantly. Before her, all the massive amount of paperwork lay done, completed. “Finally.” She sighed as she leaned back in her chair and look out her window, thinking over the conversation Zeke and herself had with Cript. “I became an admin so protect my family, and possibly caused one of my loves to betray me because of it, yet I need to get stronger still to protect them… what a cruel twist of fate for the fateless.” Eclipsa thought out loud as her eyes closed. “Welcome to my world.” Ben said while entering the room. “I have brought cookies.” The dire wolf said while bringing out Eclipsa’s favorite type of cookies. “Freshly made as well.” “Oh you know how to treat a lady, though not all that surprising, what are you at now, a few million, and the special ones in the high double digits?” Eclipsa said with a coy smile as she used her tail to pick up three and bring them over to her. “Thank you love.” “Because of Cript marrying Zeke and joining our family...we all have the biggest harem ever.” Ben chuckled. “But before Cript, I had about...two thousand plus wives? Sadly don’t remember the pin point number but still.” “Honestly though, what should we expect when our father is the Admin of Love. Hell, from what I heard, we are such scrubs compared to most Admins.” Eclipsa said with a mirthless chuckle. “Here I thought grey was special, but I guess it’s really more of a suport power huh?” “Grey is special, believe me.” Ben said honestly. “And support powers can still be amazing. Plus we ain’t scrubs, everyone else is for thinking that.” The den mother pointed out. “So, busy today or do you want to go on a date?” “Just finished all the paperwork, So we better get to it before more show up!” Eclipsa said, brightening up as her tail wrapped around the Dire Wolf and squeezed lightly to hug. Ben smiled and patted her tail. “Well then let’s get going.” Ben said while picking up Eclipsa bridal style and heading out. “Where do you want to go if I may ask? There’s a lot of places to go and have fun.” “Really anywhere not an office.” Eclipsa shivered. “Comfy chair, boring everything else.” “Alright, off to somewhere.” Ben said before opening a DTN and walking in. After a hop skip and a portal Ben brought Eclipsa to a giant open space of tree’s, plains, and wildlife. “Welcome to my homeworld.” Ben said with a smile. “Wow… its beautiful.” Eclipsa said, feeling the energies of the world. “So much life, natural order, and tradition… its amazing Ben.” “And the food is fucking delicious, both cooked and raw.” Ben said warmly. “Given we’re both predators, want to go on a hunt?” With a snap, Eclipsa was rid of her clothes and stretched. “Oh Grey, this is nice and we haven't even started. This world really loves those who accept instinct.” Ben shifted into their primal form and stretched happily. “Oh yeah, it is a wonderful to just let go and be free.” Eclipsa smiled before closing her eyes, letting out a deep breath before opening her eyes, her eye slits constricted as she gave a soft hiss to her wolf mate, nodding her head. Ben nodded, before heading off to show their mate some really nifty hunting spots with all the good food. Ben actually talked about several of the species and how they tasted and just from body language Eclipsa could tell Ben was super happy. Eclipsa saw one rich meal and smiled before calculating the path the creature would take, hiding in a tree above it to lunge like the snake she is. Ben also hid in the shadows, stalking the meal to make sure it didn’t escape when Eclipsa lunged and attacked it. Right when it was above her, Eclipsa pounced, constricting around her prey as she injected her paralysis venom into it with a loud hiss. The animal panicked and tried to flee before Ben lunged forward and took out it’s legs, causing it to topple over and weakly struggle as the poison took its course through it’s system. Eclipsa panted heavily as she licked the blood off her face, smiling at the taste as she wrapped her tail around the preys neck and with a quick look into its eyes in respect, snapped its neck, a painless death for an honored prey. Ben nodded, glad the prey was given a swift and painless death. “Cooked or raw?” Ben asked simply, wondering if Eclipsa would sooner eat the damn thing whole. “Raw, never had, want to try.” Eclipsa said equally as simple, her brain almost forgetting talking was a thing due to instinct. Ben nodded, letting Eclipsa take the first bite. “Your kill, you first.” Resisting the urge to swallow it whole, Eclipsa nodded before with a slight hiss, tearring into the belly… and felt nirvana from the taste. Eclipsa nodded to her mate, giving permission to dig in before diving back into gorge herself. Ben was ever so happy to indulge as he also started to eat the raw heavenly meal. “God, so good.” Ben moaned happily as he kept eating. “I know right.” Eclipsa said, not even caring that her grey fur was being dyed a shade of red from the blood, just happy eating their catch. “There so many more delicious things to eat, like my favorite being one of the giant turtles here.” Ben brought up happily. “And luckily all these animal’s breed like rabbits so population control isn’t needed.” “Hehe, must be a thing with that planet. I seem to recall a certain sexy goddess of a man-wolf having a metric fuck ton of children themselves~” Eclipsa said playfully. “I wonder who that could be?” Ben joked with a warm and loving smile. “Well, I heard that they did find a mate in a sexy Snake goddess that has more names and titles than necessary, but that could just be rumor.” Eclpsa said, going back to eating as her tail wrapped gently around Ben, squeezing like a massage. “I love you.” Ben just openly said, going back to eating as well as his own tail was wagging like mad in pure joy. Eclipsa just smiled and went back to eating. When the meal was nothing but scraps and bones, Eclpsa sighed happily. “That was good~” Eclipsa said in bliss, the smell of blood heavy on her. Ben burped loudly. “Excuse me.” He said sheepishly. “But yes, that was really good.” Ben said honestly. “Now...to wash off the smell of blood cause damn.” “Oh you know you like it~” Eclipsa giggled. “Lead the way my mate.” “Alright, onwards to some water.” Ben said with a smile while getting up and leading Eclipsa off to a river. “By the by...have you been randomly...remembering things?” Ben brought up. “Like, random things that seems normal but you’re sure you didn’t know that before?” “Yeah, yeah I know that the only time that happened was when...when…” Eclipsa trailed off before looking at Ben. “Ben, what is my name?” Eclipsa asked with a serious look. “This name or your actual name?” Ben asked. “No, just say the first name that comes to mind when you see me. Speak from the heart.” Ben opened his mouth, but then closed it as he felt conflicted about what he was feeling. “Marcy?” Ben asked. “Oh shit.” Eclipsa said. “Okay okay, we can take care of that if it gets worse. For now, lets go bathe off this blood.” “Zeke brought up that I probably just heard him or you say it so I just said it out loud...funnily enough I actually didn’t know what your favorite kind of cookies were before...but now I do somehow.” Ben mentioned while moving a branch out of the way with his muzzle and showing a crystal clear river. Eclipsa just had a look of concern on her face as she slithered into the water. “Just… be sure to tell me if it gets bad enough to cause headaches. If it gets that far… well I remember what Cript did, I should be able to replicate it.” “Alright.” Ben nodded gently, before turning around and gently nuzzling Eclipsa. “But...even if something bad is happening to me...just know I’m still me, your loving den mother mate.” “Oh you will always be you love, Just like that I will always be Marcy, and Colin, and Eclipse. I will always be who I am, so I know you will be the same.” The naga said, cuddling up to the wolf before getting a smirk. With a flick of her tail, Eclipsa took Ben’s legs out from under him, dunking him into the pool with a laugh. Ben brought his head back up above the water. “Bitch.” Ben laughed as he shifted into his anthro form and grabbed Eclipsa’s tail and yanked her into the water. “Wait shit!” Ben yelped, forgetting that Eclipsa was part snake so that means she might be cold blooded. Eclipsa burst out laughing. “I’m fine ben, got enough pony in me to not be cold blooded… would really suck if I was, considering my attuned element of magic is ice.” She giggled “But you warm my heart so much.” Ben said lovingly. “But that would be cool yes.” Eclipsa giggled. “You’re sweet Diane.” She said before catching what she said but putting it off to the side to see Ben’s reaction. Ben looked at Eclipsa. “Why...does that name sound familiar?” Ben asked. “Like...you calling me that...my names Ben..the hell?” The Den mother shook her head. “It’s just as I feared.” Eclipsa said under her breath. “It’s nothing Ben. lets enjoy our day together, and later grab Zeke. Besides, would be best if he was here anyways, Author knows that they give us the biggest plot armor when he is around.” “True, also...I forgot, are you pregnant?” Ben asked randomly. “Not anymore, I kinda gave birth during that whole battle.” Eclipsa admitted. “Um...well to start, I’m kinda...pregnant with Zeke’s kid...and I was wondering…” Ben tried to find words. “Normal this crap happens because spur of the moment...asking just feels weird…” Ben sighed out. “What is it love, you know you can ask me anything.” Eclipsa said caringly. “Because I’m an idiot...for some reason I was gonna ask...can you bare my children?” Ben asked. “I mean...Zeke has your kids, I’m having Zeke’s kids...for some reason I like trends and I’m an idiot for saying things…” Ben whined, Eclipsa seeing Ben acting more like an emberessed pup than the sex goddess he is. Eclipsa smiled and slithered over to Ben, turning her form into her true admin form, a body made of wispy grey energy and code. “I would be honored to have your children you adorkable pup you.” Eclipsa said with a soft smile, her voice having a slight echo effect due to her form. Ben looked up at Eclipsa and smiled gently. “Thank you my love.” Ben said lovingly. “I...honestly didn’t mean for this day to turn into us both fucking like mad for...god knows how long…” The den mother said sheepishly. “So…” "Come here you." Eclipsa said before grabbing the anthro wolf by his chest and bring him into a passionate kiss. Ben kissed back just as passionately, wrapping his arms around his lovely lady, their hands trailing around Eclipsa’s body to feel everything about them in their admin form. The 'skin' was soft to the touch, yet every part of the body still felt as though it could be squeezed. The body was ever morphing and changing, yet maintained the eyes, the blood red eyes looking lovingly at the wolf. "Tell me my love, what form would you rather me be in? An anthro pony, my naga, or my human form? In this form, I can take whichever with no energy spent. I could even try being a wolf myself, though it won't be permanent." Eclipsa said, her hands trailing down her mate. “As long as I’m with you, you can be whatever you want.” Ben said lovingly, their Den mother form being big, soft and curvy in all the right places as Eclipsa felt them up. With a thoughtful grin, Eclipsa's wispy form condensed into a silver-furred dire wolf, with red eyes and, strangely, a bit of a BBW body type. "Odd, but not uncomfortable." Eclipsa commented. Ben blinked at how Eclipsa looked. “Fucking…” Ben took a deep breath. “Why must you taunt me?” Ben asked, Eclipsa seeing his dick twitching in arousal at the beautiful display. "Believe it or not, I was just focusing on Dire Wolf, this happened by itself." Eclipsa giggles before panting from the smells her mate was giving off, her entire body going into a forced heat. "Oh that smells good~" “We are going to have some fun.” Ben smiled warmly as he kissed Eclipsa again, this time going down and groping Eclipsa’s new fluffy buns, his dick gently rubbing between the two of them. Eclipsa gasped and moaned into the kiss, every nerve feeling like it's on pleasurable fire from the heat, feeling her mate use her making her humm happily. Ben broke the kiss and lightly panted. “Lay down.” Ben said to Eclipsa. “Now.” Ben growled with need. With a submissive yip Eclipsa quickly left the water and laid down on the beach of the pool, tail flagged and her moist wolf cunny glistening. Her tail wagged as she saw the hunger in her mate, her sex goddess’s eyes, growing more submisive to her alpha by the second. Ben got down and kissed Eclipsa again on the lips, then started to leave loving but dominant kissed down her body all the way down to her honey pot. “Someone’s excited.” Ben said with a predatory grin. “Aren’t you my loving mate?” The alpha asked before using his tongue to please Eclipsa before the real fun began. Eclipsa gasped before nodding, saying with panted breath. “Yes Alpha.”as her tail wagged, her claws digging into the ground around them as she moaned in pleasure. Ben pulled back and savored their mates taste. “Paopu fruit?” Ben blinked, making sure that’s what Eclipsa tasted like. “You taste like Paopu fruit.” “Do you like it alpha?” Eclipsa asked. “It’s probably due to how much I ate the fruit… it was my pregnancy craving alpha.” “Don’t remind me of pregnancy cravings...I’m gonna have to deal with that later.” Ben grumbled. “But right now.” Ben started as he put his dire wolf cock on top of Eclipsa’s cunt. “We have some fucking to do.” Eclipsa’s eyes lit up as she started panting and whining, her tail flagged as she all but begged for the wolffy dick. Ben chuckled at how needy Eclipsa was. “So my mate wants.” Ben started as he pulled back, lining up his dick with her entrance. “So she shall receive.” He said before pushing his wolf cock into his mate. Eclipsa gave out a small cry in pleasure, the burning in her pussy subsiding but not gone as she lovingly nipped as her alpha's nape, her muscles underneath her squish contracting strongly around the Den Mother's rod. Ben groaned happily at how tight Eclipsa was. “Damn your tight.” The wolf growled as he pulled back and pushed back into Eclipsa’s steaming cunt. “Must have really wanted it didn’t you?” "Yes Alpha! I want to bare you strong pups! Breed me alpha!" Eclipsa moaned loudly, not caring if anyone wound to hear. She is being claimed by her alpha, they should be jealous, not her embarrassed. Why would she be embarrassed about being breed by her alpha? Her Alpha was more than happy to oblige, starting to pound her pussy like there was no tomorrow, the urge to breed his willing bitch growing too strong to ignore. Ben groaned and growled, slamming into his lover before it was time and Ben forced his knot into Eclipsa, making damn well sure his seed wouldn’t leave as he came like a damn fire hose. Eclipsa let out a howl of pleasure as she was filled, her belly visibly swelling from the seed as her tongue rolled out in bliss. The only sign of her being alive being the rise and fall of her chest, and her panting and mewing. Ben panted heavily as he stayed knotted in her, hugging the one he loved. When she finally came to, Eclipsa nuzzled Ben lovingly. "That was…. Wow…" “That...yeah…” Ben panted heavily as he nuzzled Eclipsa. “I love you.” "And I love you… heh, who would have thought that me, being with a supermodel body in every version of myself, would have a BBW body as a wolf." She giggled. “Look at me, I’m a BBW Amazon here basically.” Ben giggled as well. “But you’re a supermodel to me as well since your so sexy.” "Flattery will get you everywhere love." Eclipsa giggled. “Well it’s gotten me here, and I couldn’t be happier.” Ben said happily. “So...we should probably actually take a bath now and...maybe head back to Zeke to figure some stuff out?” "Sure… but I’m not changing bodies for a bit… I can see why you like this." Eclipsa chuckled “The fluff is nice.” Ben smiled warmly as he took a moment and got his knot out of Eclipsa carefully so they could get to a shower. After the shower, and a little more shower sex, Eclipsa and Ben walked side by side, following their heart's conection to wherever Zeke was at the time. The two reached Zeke's office. Upon reaching the door and opening it they saw Zeke sitting at their desk, a chess board set up, and pieces moving. "Hey Zeke!" Eclipsa said, wanting to surprise him with her silver wolf form. “How you doing Zeke?” Ben asked with a warm smile. "Testing battle strategies." They said, not looking up and moving a pawn, the other sides Knight moving closer to it. “Look at Eclipsa real quick, look at how beautiful she is.” Ben brought up while motioning to her. Eclipsa stood, her arms behind her back and a small, slightly nervous smile on her muzzle. Looking up, Zeke did a double take on what he saw. "Wow. And why?" “She’s amazing looking...and she chose this form when I...knocked her up.” Ben said sheepishly. "Ah… you two horny bitches…" Zeke said with a chuckle. "And you can't say it's wrong." "Hehe, can't argue with fact." Eclipsa giggled before sighing. "Zeke, we have a problem." “Look at me and tell me...what’s my name?” Ben asked Zeke. "Dia-..." "Now you see the problem. The same thing that happens to us is happening to Ben." “Okay so you both think my name is Diane, when I have been Ben all my life...even though I’m having weird memory’s pop up here and there…” Ben frowned. “So seriously...the fuck is going on?” "... This is like when I and Eclipsa started remembering things from the timelines that were erased." Zeke said. "You have been called Ben your entire life yes… but you maybe weren't in a past life, one where Marcy existed." “That should also be impossible cause Joy is my only previous life, we can even ask a Death to prove it.” Ben said worriedly. "Timelines work different than past lives." Zeke said. "While similar it's not the point in time, it's all the same time, but different outcomes." "Nexus deleted entire timelines because I as Marcy fucked up their plans. That means Marcy never existed, yet my heart remembers. That must be happening with you now." Eclipsa explained. "Question is, who exactly was Diane?" “Cript...mentioned something about a favor he owed me.” Ben brought up. “When I was doing my trials, one of the Admins brought up something about my past, but Cript stopped him rather quickly, and told him that ‘I’ll remember’...” He explained. "So Cript either did something… or made something new." Zeke pondered. "But why?" "Diane, Diane… Wait, it… I remember someone by that name, but not what they look like or how I know them." Eclipsa and Ben both shed a tear at those words. "Why are you crying?" “What?” Ben blinked while rubbing away tears. ”I...I don’t know, why are you crying?” "Probably both for similar reasons, but for now… no clue." Eclipsa said, leaning on Ben. Ben gently wrapped an arm around Eclipsa. “It’s alright sis…” Ben said, before looking terribly confused. “Uh...what? I didn’t mean to say that, the fuck?” "Looks like we have our answer as to why we cried." Eclipsa sniffed. “So...what? We were sister’s or something?” Ben asked, trying to stop himself from crying but couldn’t help it. "Ben, Diane, do you trust me?" Eclipsa/Marcy asked. “Yes I do.” Ben/Diane nodded. Marcy nodded as she placed her hands on either side of Diane's, and moved her forehead to her own, turning back into her human form with her blonde hair and blue eyes. The two hearts touched and dived into memories long erased, the third of Zeke's heart joining as the memories all three shared, of how the two sisters in one timeline shared a lover, and grew closer because of it. Of how they were kicked out of their parents home because of their unorthodox relationship, and stayed together despite the hardship. Everything all three of them had done together merging, being remembered, becoming whole before they were pulled back to reality. When the three of them came back to reality Ben looked...a lot different than his original human form. Diane looked like a woman in her mid twenties, her skin the same color as Marcy’s, piercing turquoize eyes, long black hair that was pulled up into a ponytail, a strong athletic body for her six feet of height, perky C cup breasts, but her face still looked soft and gentle even with her athletic build. “So...how do I look?” Diane asked gently. "Beautiful as always sis." Marcy cried as he held her sister and lover, her blonde hair a mess and her E cup pressed against the larger muscled woman. “Come on sis, no need to cry.” Diane said gently. “Besides, I should be upset that even in this timeline your still sexier than me like this.” Diane chuckled. The two looked at Zeke, who unlike them, looked horrified. "I remember how you died in that timeline." Zeke said quietly. "Grandpa shot you both dead… just like he did in the one before. Diane, you were pregnant already." Zeke said, his arms and fingers becoming covered in a dark black ooze, the two witnessing it felt it as Psychopath power, but it did not look it. "If he wasn't dead already…" He said, gripping the edge of his desk so hard, it broke, making a shockwave that left it splinters, cracking the floor nearly open and flattening the nearby metal filing cabinets. Marcy and Diane have never seen Zeke this filled with wrath, and it rightfully scared them. “Zeke, he’s dead, we have her back, we have each other back, everything is fine.” Eclipsa said, slowly walking towards him. “I’m right here, how about instead of being all pissy you give me a hug.” Ben said honestly. “The old fucks dead, and probably burning in whatever hell he put himself in.” He said honestly. “Also...just want to point out I knocked up my sister...well good thing Incest isn’t a thing for us anymore right?” Eclipsa stared at her sister and lover before breaking out into laughter. “Sis, we were already in a insestial relationship when we both realized we both loved Zeke.” She smiled before turning back to Zeke. “Everything is fine.” “Okay fine, but the difference is now is that I have a dick that can be considered a club, so yeah, I’d say everything is fine.” Ben chuckled. Breathing slowly, Zeke calmed down, though the odd ooz did not leave, he relaxed a bit. "I know… I just can't unsee you both dead. Not again…" “Don’t worry, you won’t lose us again.” Ben said honestly. Zeke ran up, hugging Diane. "I swear I won't." "And it all comes back full circle." The trio turned to what was supposed to be Zeke's ruined office, now fixed completely with Cript sitting on the desk. "Took longer than I expected." “Okay are you actually going to tell me what the hell is going on Cript?” Ben asked honestly. "Sure." They said simply. "A short no longer existing timeline ago when you were still on your trial with the Admin of Speed you said you wished to have the same kind of connection Zeke and Marcy have, so, I showed up and offered. You were hesitant but accepted. So, like with Marcy, I made sure for two timelines that I had to pull a lot of strings to find, I made Ben, technically not exist, and instead, you were born as Marcy's little sister. Only by a year though." “Little…” Eclipsa said, looking up at the taller woman. "Yeah. The first timeline played out as expected. You formed a strong taboo bond on that world with your sister, then Zeke came along and you two found both not only a great guy, but also a means to stay together. Then, when Nexus came along they erased both Marcy and Diane, making you both be born as Ben and Colin. " “At least I picked up on that little trick you did with Zeke and I before it got to the point where it started to hurt.” Eclipsa sighed before giving a weary smile. “We already knew our lives have been tampered with and messed with from the start, what is an extra one, especially when it was so positive?” “So my life was fucked with by Nexus...than it was fucked with by Nexus again...then it was fucked with by Cript...all because Nexus fucked with...for fuck sakes can I have a simple fucking back story? Seriously I had to actively remember how my life went to shit three times, now I’m someone completely different?” Ben groaned loudly. “Christ almighty…” "Don't you dare-" "Sup!" Said Jesus who entered. "No." Cript said, kicking them out the door. "Just no." Eclipsa got on her toes and kissed Ben on the lips. “It’ll be okay sis. Besides, our life is already a poorly written fanfiction with no planning done into it’s story, might as well look towards the bright side of things… such as you no longer need to feel conflicted of guy and girl now since you have lived and have memories of both!” "Well this certainly has been… an interesting day." Zeke said, parting their hug with Ben. "So, what now?" “Who wants ice cream?” Ben suggested. "Sure. Souls use a break from strategizing." Zeke said. "You had me at ice cream!" Eclipsa said, ever the sweet tooth no matter what life. “Alright, ice cream it is.” Ben smiled. “Now the question is, which ice cream place?” "Before you go I have something to tell you three first." Cript said. “Let’s hope it’s not vague…” Ben muttered. “What do you need to tell us?” "When one rewrites a prior timeline that was erased it's not actually gone. There is a place where such realities are shoved, stuck in a sort of limbo outside of time itself. Everyone.and Everything there stuck in a stasis of sorts. If at all you want to see it, just ask." “Well then...that’s interesting.” Ben brought up. “Oh, but quick question, how do you do that...merging with your wives? I just wanted to know because of...a little thing I wanted to test.” "I'll show you after the wedding. But what is it you want to test?" “Curious if I can...teach them things that way...make it faster by sharing memories and experience ya know?” He brought up. "Even sharing memories is not the same as training and experience." Cript said. "I'll show you what to do, and how to do it, but for them to actually be able to use it properly they have to train still." “Of course…” Ben muttered. “Oh well, there goes that idea.” "Speaking of the wedding there is something I need to ask." "What?" Eclipsa asked. "Eclipsa and Zeke share not just heart and powers, but also Abilities. Zeke has Amplify but has not unlocked it, and I have Generation already maxed. If myself, you two, and Ben all fuse we can still exist like how you are now, but we'd share Everything, meaning also you'd be far stronger." Eclipsa took her true form of a silver wisp being before saying. "So we would be one being, yet separate? I… don't know." She said in her echoed voice. "Kinda. Think of it like split personality, but each personality, thanks to Starfish Clone, can have their own body in their own form, and if one dies they can emerged out from another, so long as one of us are alive, we can come back and keep fighting." “Well...that makes sense I suppose.” Ben nodded. “But I’m not sure either...cause even though I’m someone else I’m still Ben, the pessimist who can see something going wrong.” "Plus, no offence Cript and Zeke, but individuality is something I cherish, even those who worship me know this, even extremists. I don't know how I'd react to something like that." "You fused with Zeke and are taking it fine." Cript pointed out. "You have your own body, and shared and enhanced power and respect for the others as well because of that. You also understand why Zeke held back when you wake up, you felt his power, your power. You understood why Zeke always held back." “I don’t know that, but all I know is that Zeke doesn’t like fighting and or doesn’t like solving his problems when he has the power to.” Ben shrugged. "I'd be okay with it." Zeke said, surprising Ben and Eclipsa. "I made a promise, no more holding back." “You sure?” Ben asked honestly. “I know you don’t want to hold back but still.” “Will you continue to not hold back, even after I boost you to all high hell?” Eclipsa asked, staring into his eyes, red meeting red. "I am never losing anyone again." Zeke said, voice and eyes filled with determination. "I lost both of you twice over because I held back, I could have saved you both back in those timelines, but I held back and didn't take action. Not anymore. I'm not losing anyone ever again." “Well...Eclipsa? What do you think?” Ben asked curiously. “I… Alright. If it means to protect my family, I don’t mind doing it to you two as well.” Eclipsa says, looking at Cript and Ben. “Well looks like we’re all doing this.” Ben said honestly. “Great.” Cript said. “It will be done at the wedding, and, heads up, expect a… Well, just expect some shock from the sudden power up. We need all the power we can against this enemy.” “Yeah, so far the big bads are a bitch, and you that went crazy.” Ben said honestly. “So...let’s get going then.” “Tomorrow, still increasing my family. How about you guys? I can make yours stronger, while they are admins already I can still give them a biologically stronger body.” “I’ll ask them, as for the kids, go ahead.” Eclipsa said, sending a message with her assistant. “Okay so me and Cript are gonna have a problem with the kids cause...both of us have too fucking many.” Ben said sheepishly. “Don’t worry about it.” Cript said. “It will work out.” “So.. what now?” Eclipsa asked, rubbing her arm, causing some gray smoke to disperse from her form before fading. “For now, take this.” Cript said, handing the trio a single book. “This is a list of all the dead Admins. We’ll need their help.” “Cool, we’re gonna need...maybe all of them.” Ben said honestly. “So, how will I be of help? I mean, yeah I’ll have all your powers, but I’m only good a Grey, and its mostly support based.” Eclipsa asked “An ability that, after the fuse, you will be able to use of mine. It’s called Weaponize. Exactly as it says, it can let you make Grey more than just a booster, it can make it a weapon, in any form of combat. Plus, if Zeke activates his Amplify, and with my generation, add your Grey too it… I’m sure you can imagine that outcome.” “Well I’m not really special, I only have the thing that’s just as ancient as Void is and can do a lot of other things.” Ben brought up. “And we can figure out what it is then. If it’s as old as void, then it’s from the first cycle, meaning it has to have a source somewhere.” “Like how the new source of grey is me?” Eclipsa asked. “Yes. Everything has a source, once this fuse and wedding has passed, Ben and I can go find this source. A Heart of Nothingness as it were.” “Well we know the Heart of Void is a crazed Mother...shot in the dark, who thinks Nothingness is Belief?” Ben asked honestly. “If that is the case, they are either something akin to comatose or, despite Nothingness as an energy itself, and as old as it is, too weak to make contact properly. Question is, what happened?” Cript pondered. “Age?” Zeke offered. “You can’t die, but Jericho can, this has been stated so Jericho from the first cycle could have just gotten too old?” “A possibility.” Cript said. “Maybe.” Ben shrugged. “We’ll figure it out when we get there I suppose.” “So…. Ice cream?” Eclipsa asked “Ice cream.” Ben nodded. “Sure.” Cript said, snapping their fingers as they all received a ten scooped stacked cones, each scoop the size of a baseball and the cone the size of a 32 oz cup. And was waffle with a chocolate inner layer. “Enjoy.” Cript said, taking a lick of theirs. “Yay!” Ben cheered as he enjoyed his ice cream. “Today was an interesting day.” Eclipsa hummed “A very interesting day.” Ben said honestly. “Impregnated my sister...figured out why I was having mind problems and figured out I have a sister...and now a lot of other things.” Ben said honestly. “So about a normal day for us.” “So we have a lot of work to do.” Zeke said, eating theirs. “One job at a time.” “One job at a time is something we never do, especially me.” Ben rolled his eyes. “Because we were up against a wall before. Now, now it’s an even battlefield.” “Before it starts to get more one sided than a fucking mobeus stripe in our favor once Asmith get’s done with all those Original Omnitrix’s or whatever other power boosts or plot mcguffins we’ll get.” Ben brought up. “For every one we get, our enemy gets three.” Cript said, already half way done with their ice cream. “To keep it even, we need to gather allies. Meaning one thing. The other Cycles, the powerful people, the other Mothers and Beliefs there, we can get allies from them, but the enemy will also get their own aids. A double edged sword, but a necessity.” “That’s what they all say, before the good guys just steam roll the bad guys until the final fight.” Ben said. “I’ve read enough stories and played enough games to know that’ll happen.” “No… somehow, I feel this will be different. I mean, come on, this is a war of being that can create multiverses, and yet there is something more powerful pulling strings…. Make you think how deep this will go.” Eclipsa said, staring at her bowl. “Not to mention we still have Future Me running around doing whatever the hell...which now feels more...understandable given the newer info we’ve got right now.” “In short, the workload is still there, but now we can divide it up.” Cript said. “So, the offer about your wives?” “Sure.” Zeke said. “The image of an Alicorn Pinkie Pie and the others is… very interesting.” “My wives are already admins but...might as well, might need to ask them first but I’m sure they’ll be fine with it.” Ben shrugged. “This will be something.” Cript said. A small smirk across their face. “A fight that lasts.” “It’ll most definitely be a thing.” Ben said honestly while finishing up his ice cream.
Chapter 10: A Wedding of PowerThe next day arrived and preparation were being made, since as early as three in the morning the kingdom cooks were over their fires making large platters of food and drink. Both the people and the royals were setting up for this, an Admin wedding. Zeke was being fitted for a special kind of dress, a mix between a gowned and a tux. The designs were all still being edited to both be stylish and look flawless. “I have zero fashion sense.” Zeke sighed. “Trust me, sometimes you just need to look good and not give a damn about fashion.” Ben brought up. “Yeah but a half gown half tux dress is hard to get down.” Zeke said, looking over at Ben, who was actually starting to show. “That was fast…” “Yes, yes it was.” Eclipsa said with a nod, back to her Naga form. “I blame Cript’s curse, given that pregnancy is shown rather quickly.” Ben sighed out. “So anyways, did you really need to go with the half and half?” Ben asked curiously. “Both Genders, besides, it’s something different.” Zeke said. “Alrighty then.” Ben nodded. “This is going to be wonderful, your marrying yourself basically.” “Har har…” Zeke said in a monotone voice. “Either way, whatever comes of this we will be on even ground with Cript and therefore a lot of other bad guys.” “Right then.” Ben nodded. “My other timeline self is gonna flip when they learn this…” Ben muttered worriedly. “So what are we gonna do after the wedding?” Eclipsa asked. “Training.” Zeke said. “We will be getting in one moment, one kiss, more power than what could have ever thought of getting, trying to use it all at once is going to have a backlash, so we’ll need to learn to control it.” “Right then.” Ben nodded. “Can’t wait for all that to happen, gonna be a little weird sharing a body for...however long.” “With Starfish clones all of five seconds.” “Yeah.” Ben nodded. “Makes sense that’ll be that fast.” “Yeah.” Eclipsa said. “When Zeke and I fused I woke up in my own body still, Starfish Cloning kicked right in and we all were in bodies of our own.” “That’s interesting...hmm...I wonder what’ll happen to my other clones given I have five of them out still.” Ben wondered. “Dunno, all I do know is that what happens next will be a game changer.” Zeke said. “By the way, did you see the others? All Alicorns, damn.” “They’re all having a lot of fun with their new alicorn powers.” Ben brought up. “Rune, the Alicorn of Sex… at least one was who she said she was.” Zeke said. “Yeah, of course she would.” Ben chuckled. Eclipsa slithered over to Zeke. “I’m sorry your Rune was… wasn’t who she said.” “I pride myself on a few things.” Zeke said softly. “Reading people, being able to tell what kind of person they are, I’m pretty damn good at that, you know this… Rune was the first person who ever fooled me, and it ended badly.” “She fooled us all.” “Yeah. Out of the three of us, Ben lucked out with Coco. At least someone wasn’t betrayed.” “And I still somehow managed to fuck it up in the end.” Ben frowned. “That was Void Key’s doing, it’s resistance to you gave it that edge, but we will find it’s fucking heart and shatter it. If I were to wager a guess as to where it is, I’d say it’s near or even with the Void Mother. Safest place for that little parasite.” “So how do we get to it?” Eclipsa asked. “Time, luck, and a lot of good soldiers.” Zeke said. “But mind if I ask why you sounded like you didn’t like me because of that?” Ben asked honestly. “Like seriously...rude.” “I’m sorry. It’s just… Guess I just still haven’t gotten over it.” Zeke sighed. “She was the first, one of the first people I saved when arriving in Equestria. To think that someone who has been there from the beginning was tricking me this whole time is just… not easy to process.” “Believe me...it’s never easy.” Ben sighed out. “I’m just...glad Coco actually gave a damn…” “Onto a lighter topic.” Eclipsa spoke up. “There is food literally everywhere.” “I know. I could smell pastries and cooking meat when I woke up and I still smell it.” Zeke said with a bit of a chuckle. “And it is glorious.” Ben sighed out happily. “Food from all over, especially from my home world.” “Yeah. They have all kinds of crazy stuff out there. Pretty sure I saw a Pizza burrito on my way here.” “Well then.” Ben said. “I was too focused on all the ways people used my world’s meat...it smelled too good.” “Now that seems interesting.” Zeke said. “It really is.” Ben agreed. “Not much longer before the dress is done and then the wedding is at sunset so, we’ll have time to have some fun.” “Besides that, there is something I want to give you two, for good luck.” Eclipsa said before pulling out something the two had never seen. It looked like a shard of a crystal, one that looked as if it had swirling grey smoke inside of it. “Pure crystals of grey… I had made them shortly after creating the Grey and well… even if we all will be gaining grey after this, i just wanted a reassurance that you both had a trump card.” She said, attaching them both to necklaces before presenting them to Ben and Zeke. “They’re so small.” Zeke said, placing theirs on. “But they feel like there’s a nuke around my neck. Dare I ask how?” “Because it is constantly building its own power and is a shard of True Grey, not the diluted shit I normally use by combining it with light, dark and magic.” Eclipsa said with a smirk. “Ouch, my pride.” Zeke chuckled. “I can technically point out your light and dark powers are nothing but children compared to Nothingness.” Ben brought up,. “Thanks… just what I need, my power and entire thing as an Admin insulted.” Zeke sighed. “Welcome to my world.” Ben said honestly. “And you know I love you.” “Here love.” Eclipsa said, holding Zeke’s hands. “Close your eyes. Feel your balance, and cut out the rest. Let everything else fade, worries, pain,joy, nothing remains save for your balanced aspect. Now feel it, try and grab it as if it were solid, watch it crystalize inside your hand, and create your pure element.” Zeke took a deep breath. Holding out a hand as three gems formed, one of pure light, the other of pure darkness, and the third was like a chess board, spotted of pure darkness and light. “Figured might as well.” Zeke said. “Fancy.” Ben said gently. “But...sorry for sounding rude…” “Doesn’t matter.” Zeke said, tossing the Gem of Light to Ben and the Gem of Darkness to Eclipsa. “If I am right, the Light one should act as a purifier, a hand held version of X’s own Reject Darkness. The Gem of Darkness is both a buffer for damage, though comes with some rage, and summons Pureblood heartless. Balanced one.” They said, holding up the Balance Gem. “Does both but also can revive. Person dies, it helps by storing the heart, and with Ben’s gem there, should be able to bring them back.” “We are all better than our parts…” Eclipsa said before giving Zeke a kiss. “You ready for this, truly?” “Yeah. Not like I haven’t been in a wedding before, besides, you and Ben also get to be with your moms again, so win win for you and me.” “Who wants to guess Jericho is gonna do what I accidentally did for your wedding?” Ben brought up. “Hopefully not like Core in mine… still bitter at him for that.” Eclipsa grumbled. “Oh I’m marrying them too.” Zeke said. “Cript and them talked, figured it would be best if the rules this time around for this cycle best change.” “Oh? And how will they change?” Ben asked curiously. “By marrying me, and fusing their hearts with ours. They will be both Mother and Belief in one body, same as us, but not one body cause Starfish Clones. That’s a pretty handy ability. Meaning…” “Oh for the love of Grey just how many people are going to share a being before the end of this.” Eclipsa asked Bioquil, Xinrick, and Lancerot. “Am I the only one here who doesn’t break the fourth wall… or even know how to?” Zeke asked. “You’ll figure it out sooner or later.” Ben shrugged. “Actually rather annoying when you learn it, especially when you realize that the entirety of all existence it dictated by a couple of idiots that can't keep one story idea consistent.” Eclipsa grumbled. “Oh you have no idea.” Ben sighed out. “Seriously, like the writers had this nice concept at first, than it just devolved into this because they didn’t plan it out.” Ben said. “Not that it’s a problem because we’re all happy but still.” “... Yeah I’d rather not…” Zeke said. “You’ll do it sooner or later.” Ben shrugged. “Probably on accident to be honest.” “Hopefully not.” Zeke said. “Join us~” Eclipsa cooed in a false evil tone. “No…” “Finished!” Rarity said, bringing in the dress/Tux. It was all white, the top part looked like a gown and was made from Tuxedo fabrics and the lower half was like that of a wedding dress, but less fluffy and more like a skirt. “How is it?” “Amazing.” Zeke said, taking it. “Thanks for making this so last minute.” “Think nothing of it love.” Rarity said, giving Zeke a kiss before rushing off. “Well it looks great.” Ben said honestly. “Put it on!” Eclipsa cheered. Quickly changing, Zeke emerged, and both Ben and Eclipsa saw elegance and beauty before them. Zeke’s hair was long, and placed in under the thrown back vale. “So… how is it?” Zeke asked. “You look amazing.” Ben said warmly. “Stunning.” Eclipsa said in agreement. “Heh, well, glad I look good. Best part is, stain proof enchantment, simple and very useful. Let’s go eat and just have some fun before this whole thing goes down.” Zeke said. “Don’t need to tell me twice.” Ben said happily. “Let’s pig out!” Eclipsa said happily. As they walked the castle samples and drinks were tasted and eaten. While Ben stuck to the sodas, and beets, Zeke to both Eclipsa and Ben’s surprise was drinking Asgardian Ale. “What?” Zeke asked, drinking their fourth cup. “Surprised that’s your fourth considering that’s strong stuff...although we’re admins so it probably means fuck all.” Ben shrugged. “Once immune to booze, forever immune to booze. Besides, tastes just like my Uncle Joe’s Irish Ale.” “Seriously?” Eclipsa asked. Zeke nodded. “Yup. Always said the trick was a lot of hops, a gallon of moonshine, and five years of fermentation.” “Good man.” Ben nodded. “Nothing like well prepared booze to help spice up a party...even though I’d rather not get drunk until after the wedding.” “Heh, well, to each their own.” Zeke said, taking a bite of some cheese. “Well as long as you aren’t wasted before the vows, it’s alright in my opinion.” Eclipsa said. “That would be for the best.” Ben said before eating a well cooked piece of meat from one of the animals in his home world. “So good.” “Wonder how Cript is preparing?” Zeke pondered. “And Jericho…” “No idea.” Ben shrugged. “If I were to guess they already have their dresses, question is will Jericho end up like us or stay male?” Eclipsa pondered, drinking soda. “Probably stay male all things considered.” Ben shrugged. “Dunno. You didn’t.” Zeke said. “I know I know.” Ben said honestly. “So, any thoughts on what we will do right after the wedding?” “What I want to do is go check on the Foretellers and John, because we haven’t seen them in...oh god how long has it been?” Ben asked worriedly. “Might do the same.” Eclipsa said. “That would be a good idea.” Zeke said. “Talk some things out.” “More like ‘telling them what the fuck’s been going on’.” Ben said honestly. “Seriously, I doubt they even know a third of what we’ve been up to, if not less.” “Been so long since we spoke with anyone. Aside from one another.” Zeke said. “I am...worried about this now.” Ben said nervously. “Just hope nothing bad will happen when we talk…” "Oh it will… I can almost promise it since you said that… welp, no time like the present to prepare something I've been working on. If things go wrong." Eclipsa shrugged. “Really hate how your probably right…” Ben sighed out. “What have you been working on?” Zeke asked. "Oh… a weapon. One that would surprise even some of the big wig admins considering I made it with the sole purpose to make Jericho pay." Eclipsa said calmly as she drank from her Devil's Poison. “I...really need to actually stop going through all the ‘hypotheticals’ and ‘theories’ and actually get to testing with all my shit…” Ben sighed out. "I could help you later love, I'm still discovering about my powers as well." Eclipsa smiled. “And I’m discovering a lot of what Nothingness actually is under the surface level...and everything we know at the moment is barely ‘surface level’, like it would be a beach going straight into the deepest pit in any ocean ever.” Ben sighed out. “Such is life.” Zeke sighed. “So now that Jericho is on our side, what are we going to use it on?” “Jericho cause he needs to be smacked for kidnapping our kids.” Ben said casually while taking a sip of his drink. "He may be on our side now… and I will forgive him. But, I won't forget. Which is why my prototype weapon is now finished and waiting for a test run." Eclipsa said cripticly. “Still gonna kick Jericho in the dick.” Ben frowned. “Then I’ll forgive him.” Ben shrugged. “So anyways, who else is ready for the...sudden influx of both wives and kids?” Ben asked honestly. "No, especially since I will be marrying all my parents and some of my siblings and sharing a body with them technically. But it is better than the alternative." Eclipsa sighed. “I’m a little desensitized to this because of my family currently, both from the ‘marrying family’, and ‘too many kids’.” Ben shrugged. “I stopped caring about that kind of crap a long time ago.” Zeke said. “Still, some training with Cript and Jericho will be hard, but worth it.” "Welp, I was already aboard the incest train, might as well come to station." Eclipsa joked. “Yeah...it only gets worse.” Ben chuckled. “But it’s always a splendid thing when there is literally no problems with it...now the only problem is...what’s all our soon to be wives gonna think?” Ben asked. “Whatever the case, it’s going to be something.” Zeke said, eating some tuna. "Well, I'm ready to see this through." Eclipsa said, summoning a revolver that it's very presence set everyone's hair on end, checked that is was loaded, before dispersing it. "...What?" Eclipsa asked when everyone looked at her. “Yeah… a weapon at a wedding… really?” "We all have keyblades, and some of us are. We are all packing." Eclipsa shrugged like the Ventral she was. “What, are we suddenly in Texas?” Ben joked. “This is gonna be interesting.” Zeke said with a smile, sipping their ale. The wedding was an hour away, preparations done and now it was just the count down. Surprisingly wedding gifts of all kinds were given, though not required or even recommended. Just gifts from the people. Zeke, Eclipsa and Ben were all together in the waiting room before the wedding was to begin and the people were either turning on their TV’s, Radios, or taking their seats in the Castle Chapple. “One hour. Heh, more nervous than ever.” Zeke said. “It happens.” Ben said honestly. “It will be fine, but, before this it’s best if Ben and I go give Jericho that little punishment he deserved before the wedding, so it starts off with a clean slate.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “Don’t worry, we’ll make sure that he’s fine enough to walk.” Ben said, both Eclipsa and Zeke knowing Ben would sooner rip Jericho’s head off for kidnapping their kids. “Give him some slack. I hate him for taking Nix too, but he was playing his part for the cycle, it’s not exactly something you typically have a choice about unless shit like this happens.” Zeke said. "Besides that I want to test my prototype. I built it to fight against admins, and I want to see if it works." Eclipsa shrugged, trying to find some excuse. “And you know I have no excuse. I just want to beat him because I’m more invested in being a parent because of me being a Den mother.” Ben said honestly. “You two know you can’t actually hurt him as you are currently right?” Zeke asked. Eclipsa chuckled darkly before summoning the revolver again, along with a knife. "Check these out would you love? You'll see why I think that yes, I can hurt him… and in a long enough fight, maybe even kill him if it was on the table, which I know it isn't." “But killing him can’t happen either. You know if he dies, creation kinda, blows up, right?” “Zeke, we’re literally just going to smack him upside the head really fucking hard. We’re not going to kill him or injure him...too badly.” Ben said honestly. Zeke sighed. “Well you two go do what you want.” “Thank you.” Ben said, giving Zeke a quick hug before heading out to find Jericho. As Eclipsa wandered the halls, looking for Jericho, they chatted a bit. “So, what are you going to do first?” Eclipsa asked, spinning the ammo barrel. “What are you gonna do first? Cause honestly, having the chance to do this...I don’t know what to do to end this unending rage.” Ben growled. “To start off, a few well aimed bullets into their body.” Eclipsa said. “Maybe a few stabs.” “Remember, we can’t kill him.” Ben brought up. “But I’ll probably just do something natural I don’t know…” “I won’t, just make them suffer.” “And he will suffer.” Ben said honestly. “So… where are they though?” “No idea…” Ben sighed out. “Probably hiding because they’d rather not have Jericho get his ass beat...or in bed with some ‘pre celebration’ or something.” “Heh. Whatever the case, they can’t hide!” “They can’t.” Ben said honestly. “We will find them, and when we do, Jericho is going to be in a lot of pain.” As the two looked around, and eventually found Jericho at one of the balconies that overlooked the kingdom. They were alone, and female, or both, neither could tell from looking. But Ben recognized their scent. “Alright Jericho, we’re going to need a talk.” Ben frowned. “I know you came for some payback… for your kids…” They said. “Eclipsa has a special Revolver and Knife, not going to lie, it’s impressive, will hurt, but can’t kill me. Neither the gun or knife can. Go ahead, not going to stop you.” “Works for me!” Eclipsa said, pulling out the gun. “We’ll make sure you can still be presentable for the wedding proper.” Ben said as he cracked his knuckles. Eclipsa fired a shot, hitting Jericho in the shoulder, while he was bleeding, they didn’t flinch or move. Ben moved over and Nothingness charged fist and slammed it into the back of Jericho’s head as hard as he could. While Jericho’s head did move down from the impact, more damage was done to the balcony than Jericho physically. “You have no idea...how much pain you made me go through…” Ben growled. “I have an idea.” Jericho said, but only that. Eclipsa Fired more shots. “What idea?” Ben growled. “Does it matter? Neither of you would care to listen.” Jericho said, Eclipsa shooting more shots into Jericho, putting them gun away before rushing in for a stab. “Depends, if it’s really important than you can tell us.” Ben frowned. “Let’s call this payback for kidnapping our kids. But after that we’re all cool okay?” “Sure.” Jericho said, Eclipsa stabbing him several times hard. “Why...Don’t...You...REACT!” Eclipsa shouted, her stabs slowing now. “Let me guess...you’ve already been through this?” Ben asked Jericho honestly. “In a sense.” They said, Eclipsa stopping her stabbing now. “Before I even became an Admin, my realm was an endless battlefield. We fought solely for the amusement and sport of our Admin… The only way to make it to adulthood was to kill one another. First time I killed was when I was six.” “Th-that young?” Eclipsa asked. “Most were younger. We didn’t live there, we just fought. Scavenged food and killed for it. That was our existence.” “Okay then…” Ben muttered. “So...continue…” “When I was seventeen… I met someone. Most just fucked to have kids to continue the Admins sick game… she and I… had something different. Love was a myth in my realm, but she made it reality. Our kid, was taken by the Admins personal warriors, people taken at birth and raised as his deadliest fighters, just one of his knights could have killed you both effortlessly. My wife and I fought across the entire realm to reach our son… She died along the way, and when I found them, our son should have been five at the time, but he had the body of someone thirty, built like a tank and not only didn’t care I was his father… nearly killed me because he saw me as weak.” Jericho inhaled. “I killed him, and then went after our Admin. We fought for a whole year, and finally I managed to impale that self righteous assholes body on my sword and picked his head on a spear.” “Well good thing he was murdered, and I doubt his knight was that strong.” Ben frowned. “You didn’t know War…” Jericho muttered. “There was a reason he survived the first Admin war, he didn’t just make the word, he started it. He was the one who killed the Admin of Death. Even after he was dead… my rage never stopped. I admit, I went insane, and Cript stopped me. While trapped within them, unable to escape, all I could do was talk with them. Over time, hatred and wrath faded… and I began to get close to Cript. They were a lot like my late wife. A wildcard, and sometimes just too strong. When we realized our purpose, The Mother and Belief, I felt something I never had before. Hope.” “So...what? You wanted to do what that old fuck did and steal children?” Ben asked. “In prior Cycles I didn’t break my insanity until after the second Admin war… so, I had to play that role, and improvised. Yes, I took your kids, but I kept them healthy, happy, fed them a bit too much in all honesty… But I took them because I wanted to take care of a child again. I had mine taken away forever, yours were going to be returned. While I hurt you emotionally, you didn't have to suffer like I did. No one should experience that.” With a tired sigh, Eclipsa unsummoned weapons. "Fuck me… Curagrey" Eclipsa said, casting a grey infused curaga over Jericho. "Oh and heads up, I'm honestly getting tired of ex-villians being so relatable and being married to me and mine." The naga said as she started to turn around and leave. "Jericho. I forgive you. But I won't forget what you did. Especially since you started me to strive for power all over again, the very thing that tore my family apart. I won't forget… but you can make up for it. How, no clue, that's on you." She said before she left, never once looking at Jericho. “I can tell you where Scotch is.” Jericho said, not turning to look at Eclipsa either, but making her stop. “Mind if I interject with Nancy constantly asking for more food?” Ben asked nervously. “Cause I asked her that...and she answered with ‘she wanted more food’.” He pointed out. “But please...tell us where Scotch is if that’s alright.” Eclipsa stayed silent but, judging from the lack of movement, was listening. “Before Cript picked me and your kids up, she was stationed at Nexus Base Kite, it’s built on your old world, new, and they were researching the unique ghosts there. She, he, whatever gender they are now, they were there as security. I’m sure you can find it, right?” Eclipsa pulls out a wayfinder and looks at it. "Of course… I just…. Every time I think of them… I just wonder why. I'm not like Ben and Zeke. I was never planned, never thought of, weak. So weak that the only thing I had going for me was I was a stubborn little bitch who had a keyblade. Why would they do this to me, to our family…" Eclipsa said, her hand shaking as tears fell from her face. “Personal hatred.” Jericho said. “I went over their file, same with Rune and Coco’s. Rune’s an insane bitch, in short, but Scotch. Their mother died in that Heartless invasion while you were gone, and while their dad was Nexus, they were a scientist, no real Combat experience to speak up. He died a month later from the injuries. If I were to wager a guess, they blamed you for it, and thought you a threat to themselves and your kids. She was with Eclipse Jr just about every day before all this.” “So basically she’s like Coco, who still cares about Eclipsa and their family...but is too closed off and blinded to realize no one’s truly to blame?” Ben asked. "That is wrong Ben. That time, that period of time… it was all my fault. I couldn't handle being the weak link. Of being the comic relief, of just accepting the gifts I was given. No, I had to get stronger." Eclipsa started to giggle, before full on laughing insanely, her Insanity slipping. "I caused so much pain and death! I caused Celestia to give up! Caused my children to learn war, to the point where my children hate the calm life! Caused Tiara's father to die and nearly killed Spoiled! I caused it all, and now I have caused one of the biggest loves of my life, one I shared a Paopu with, to hate me, to see me as the threat I am! Doesn't it make you just want to laugh!" She said before laughing, tears leaking out of her eyes as she clutched the wayfinder to her heart. “Than it’s not your fault.” Ben stated bluntly. “You wanted to work hard to protect your family, you wanted to stop being seen as a joke and be taken seriously. None of this is your fault when circumstances just decided to dick you over.” Ben frowned. “It’s like saying ‘hey, I want to go to the gym, wait why the fuck did people suddenly break into my house?’. It’s not your fault you wanted to become strong to protect your family, and it’s not your fault that shit happened because you weren’t there...hell, to be perfectly honest, I have a feeling some demented fuck planned to attack your world while you were away.” Ben stated, walking over and putting a gentle hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder. “Believe me...I know what it’s like to have the world turn on you for something outside of your control...and even though I would have given up a long ass time ago...I kept going, facing all the bullshit that was thrown my way and trying to figure out how to solve it...and right now…there might still be a chance for Scotch to come back.” Eclipsa stopped laughing and simply broke down. "That training is the biggest regret in my life… now to know it is the cause of more pain… it's unbearable." “If you believe that, then jump off this balcony.” Jericho said. “If there is one thing I know, it’s that no matter how badly we screw up, we have to keep moving forward, even as our sins and regrets crush us as we carry them on our backs. Even if we are just barely inching, keep moving. The moment you stop moving is the moment you truly become worthless.” Jericho finally moved, turning around and walking passed Eclipsa. “Don’t let the dead down, they didn’t die that day to watch their hero break down like worthless trash.” Jericho said, leaving back into the castle. “I have a wedding to attend, if you want to keep moving forward, get up, and be there. If not for yourself, for your family and the ones who died. They expect better from you than this.” WIth that, Jericho was gone into the castle. Leaving Eclipsa and Ben alone on the Balcony. “Well...that’s one way to see it…” Ben muttered. "How do you do it?" Eclipsa asked. "Zeke, Cript, Jericho… you. How do you keep moving?" “Me? Well I already see myself as a worthless piece of shit, but I keep my expectations between sea level and rock bottom.” Ben said honestly. “So when things happen, I’m either proven right, or pleasantly surprised. I’ve fucked up before...a lot really, but I know for a fact that if I just stop...I’ll be right back where I started, my heart dying and me not caring about anything.” Ben explained simply. "... I made a promise to Zeke. No more masks. I'll be taking things seriously from now on. If I give up, I'm not trying hard enough to be serious. If they can promise me they won't be holding back, then I have to keep mine." Eclipsa said, getting up and drying off her eyes. "I won't be a hypocrite, I won't be the comic relief. I'll be the hero all of the dead believed me to be." “And all the living still believe you are.” Ben said, gently hugging Eclipsa. “Especially me.” "Thank you, Ben, Diane." Eclipsa said, returning the hug. "Come on, we have a wedding to attend, and then, some jobs to do." Eclipsa said, taking Ben's hand and heading to the wedding. Ben nodded while following along. “Yeah, we have a lot of work to do...after the wedding.” The duo reached the wedding, taking their place next to Zeke on one side while Cript and Jericho were on the other. To their surprise, Lord was there, a tuxedo somehow over their armor. "Alright, let's get this over quick. I hate ceremonies." Lord said. "How… did you get a tux over your armor?" Eclipsa asked. "Not important." Lord replied. "Now, time for the mandatory lines here. Dearly betrothed, you stand before one another for one reason and one reason only, while this reason is cause enough to allow this wedding, what becomes of this union is up to you all, but know this can never be reversed, you will all be bound to one another both by marriage and by code. Cript, Admin of Love, Jericho, Admin or war, Do you accept these terms?" "I do." Cript said. "I do." Jericho said. "Zeke, Admin of Balance, Eclipsa, Admin of Grey, Ben, Admin of Nothingness, do you accept these terms?" Lord asked the trio. “I do.” The Den Mother nodded. "I do." Zeke said. "I do." Eclipsa said with a nod. "Then by Mother's kindness, by Belief's power, these Admins here shall be known as one, one realm, one Code, but all family. Kiss the… bride? Groom? Either." Cript gave Jericho a kiss, then walked over to Zeke. "Ready?" "Nope but life is short." Zeke replied. “Wouldn’t we all be immortal because of this?” Ben brought up. “Cause we’re all going to share a body...and that would include Cript’s ‘unable to die’ thing right?” Ben brought up. "No we will, just really difficult." Eclipsa said glancing over to the side, seeing a smiling woman that no one else could see if they tried. “See something?” Ben asked gently, knowing when Eclipsa saw something that caught their attention. Eclipsa just smiled at Fate and turned back to the others. "Just an old friend." Ben nodded. “I understand…” The wolf said, seeing their own unknown person that no one else could see. “Looks like we’re all getting visitors…” Ben muttered, the person’s features all but hidden even to the keenest eye...but Ben knew it was his Future Self. “And some are probably questioning so many things.” Cript and Zeke kissed, Code filled the air and Ben and Eclipsa felt the energy. It was incomprehensible. The two felt their hearts, code, all of it mix into one with each other's amd Cript's, Jericho's, their wives, every member of one another's family. The power rush caused Eclipsa to hit the floor, and Ben to catch themselves on their knees. This power, was impossible. And void mother is still stronger than Cript. That thought scared the two. With the kiss over, Cript took in a deep breath. "Not bad." "I've had experience." Zeke said. “Well...that’s quite a bit.” Ben groaned. "How do you have this much power? All the time?" Eclipsa asked. "All the time? Eh, you just get used to it." Cript said, taking another deep breath. "If you two don't mind, I'd like to do a little redecorating?" “A ‘little’?” Ben deadpanned. "Define little?" Eclipsa asked. "In short, if our enemy is the void itself, then our creation should not only be a place of building and life, but a fortress that can keep it safe." “So the very place we’re all in?” Ben asked. “You do know that my entire realm is Nothingness right? As in, the very opposite of Void and we’re all in it?” "And what better defence around it than that." Cript said. "So, you all game or…?" “We were gonna have to prepare anyways.” Ben shrugged. "That we do." Eclipsa said, finally able to get themselves up. "Sounds perfect." Zeke said with a smile. "Sweet." Cript said happily, clapping their hands together. "You might wanna cover your eyes." Cript said, putting both hands into the air as crackling Electricity and Code flooded the entirety of creation. "Best. View. Ever!" Cript yelled. The group was atop a tower balcony. For quite literally as far as anyone could see, they were in a castle of sorts, massive and a mix of classic and modern materials. They oversaw one area of this castle that went on for as far as they could see. "One fortress protecting all of creation within it. We've made a move, now we will see what Vincent and that Void Mother bitch do." “Watch as they magically pull something out of their ass that makes no sense.” Ben rolled his eyes. "This is… wow." Zeke said. "What's beyond this castle?" "Inside this castle is creation itself, each world in their own now connected to one another like one, and the very edge of this castle is the void itself. To be safe I utilized some tech I developed so we don't have to worry about resources." "This is… amazing." Eclipsa said. “It is pretty.” Ben said honestly. "I used a lot of Pure Nothingness to fortify both the outer and inner walls, anything Void wants in it will have to break through the deployment doors." Cript said. "All the world's inside are safe and also act as a power supply." Jericho said. "So long as they spin and hold life this place gets power for it's weapons and to keep the Nothingness up. Under that are the resources fields, endless minerals and fertile land for crops to feed everyone." "This is perfect." Eclipsa said with a smile "It's our home." Zeke said. “Yes it is.” Ben said warmly. “A grand home.” "Let's get inside." Cript said. "Time to make sure you lot.know how to use the power you now all possess." "Good idea." Zeke said. "No arguments here." Eclipsa said. “Sounds about right.” Ben nodded. “Time to test out all our new powers.” "Welcome to training grounds Seven!" Cript announced as the group found themselves in a seemingly lifeless ravine filled area of sorts. "One of countless unique training grounds, this one is mainly for going all out, so don't be afraid to hold back." “So…” Ben started before making a ball of energy and then chucking the thing as hard as he could. After about five seconds it finally hit something…”Jesus hell!” Ben yelped, the explosion being a fuck lot more bigger than he originally thought it would be. “I didn’t even put that much energy into it…” "Welcome to my world." Cript said. "This also goes for general things. Catch!" Cript said, throwing something to Zeke. Zeke caught it, and an audible crunch was heard. Opening their hand, they saw small chunks of what it was, and sand. "That was a Critse Diamond, damn about six thousand times more hard and dense than a normal one." "... Shit." Zeke said, looking over the rubble. “I mean...while that’s interesting, I’m pretty sure any of us could have crushed it without this power up.” Ben brought up honestly. "This will be a simple exercise." Jericho said, raising a hand up to face them. "Punch my hand as hard as you can." Ben did exactly that, spinning around from his original position and just flooring his fist straight towards Jericho’s hand. The impact sent debris and dust high into the air and far our for miles. How far or high was uncertain, but when it cleared Jericho was gripping Ben's fist. "Not bad. Felt that all the way to my shoulder. But the goal here is to knock me either off balance or over. We all have the same amount of power, yes, but you three still can't focus all of it into both attack, and defence, it's not being used properly." “Oh yeah?” Ben asked before summoning Skysplitter and tapping the little ‘button’ on the weapon. “How about this.” Ben said before swinging it like a baseball bat at his palm, everyone feeling like Ben’s power was suddenly tripled as all the stored energy from the weapon flowed into Ben. The impact was bigger than before, when the dust settled Ben and Jericho both had Skysplitters. "Remember, we are facing a terrible enemy. While you improved with a weapon, if you can't prove to me without one you can knock me over, then you're the weak link." “Rude.” Ben frowned. “And you have no idea what I can do.” Ben growled. "We are the same person now. Yes. I. Do." Ben rolled his eyes as he took a deep breath, energy pulsating from him as he took another. “Fine...if that’s what you want.” Ben said as he summoned his King Greatsword. He brought his sword up to his mouth as he said...something. The words seemed to just not be there, as if they never existed as Ben walked past Jericho. The moment Ben took his final step, Jericho felt...something ram into him, something very familiar to him as it was all focused straight into him. The blast nearly knocked back Eclipsa, Zeke and Cript. The dust taking a long time settling. Ben and Jericho were both still standing, Jericho having blocked with his arm but Ben's blade was half way into his arm. “Congratulations, you still failed. This was training without a weapon. You like jumping the gun huh?" "Ben… Your blade…" Eclipsa said, seeing the glowing cracks along the blade. "Ben, disperse it now unless you want that thing to shatter!" Ben disbanded the blade and looked at Jericho. “Maybe still have a bit of pent of rage from when you stole my kids.” Ben frowned. “I’m a Den Mother, and you don’t steal their fucking kids.” Ben growled. “So, who wants to go next after Jericho’s arm heals?” "Ben, for the love of- they are now his children to you know?!" Eclipsa yelled. “I am still pissed!” Ben shouted. “Maybe not fully because of the Den Mother but because, again, I failed my family!” "Then be pissed Diane! But if you failed them then so did Zeke, and so did I. You are not to blame for every little problem, for every little thing that goes bad, it is not your fault. So sit down, apologize to your MATE, and stop being so selfish!" Eclipsa drilled into Ben. Ben really wanted to argue, he really did, but just glared at Eclipsa. “Fine.” Ben grumbled begrudgingly. “Just like before…” He grumbled. “Sorry.” He said to Jericho simply. "Good." Eclipsa said, slithering over and giving Ben a hug, holding the large wolf close. "I hate seeing you hurt sis, please, stop blaming yourself for things you can't control, as hypocritical as that sounds." “I know, I know…” Ben sighed out. “Probably not going to stop, but hey, at least you learned something from me which is a scary thought…” "Either way, til you can cool off, you've failed a basic training exercise." Jericho said, there wound healing up on it's own. "Zeke, you want to give it a try?" "Sure." Zeke said, walking over towards Jericho, who had their palm raised up. Zeke took a firm stance, focusing power into their arm, shoulder and torso and hitting. Zeke saw the impact and it forced Jericho's arm back, but noticed it made one of their feet lose their placement. Taking advantage, Zeke added a kick to Jericho's look leg, causing the Admin to spin like a tornado for a while. When Jericho finally stopped spinning they fell backwards. "Good use of quick time reactions…" They said dizzily. "Nicely done Zeke." Eclipsa clapped, expecting as much. "Okay I'm good." Jericho said, standing up and shaking off the remaining dizziness. "Okay so like the others, well, not Ben." Jericho said, raising up his palm again. Eclipsa nodded before slithering into position. With a few calming breaths she focused. She felt all the power, all the energy, all the code run through her veins. She then one by one activated each and every power, Insanity, Humanity, Light, Dark, Balance, Nothing, Magic, and finally, Grey. She then activated Generation and Amplify, combining it with grey. The simple act of this causing cracks to appear on her skin like as if she was made of glass, before charging and unleashing the full force of the built up energy. The impact wasn't flashy, in fact it almost looked like nothing happened, save for one major thing. Jericho was completely missing. "Where… did they go?" Zeke asked before the whole room started to shake. "The hell?!" "And now the room needs repairs…" Cript said. "That was Jericho slamming into and likely through the wall… over ninety sextillion miles away… But wow… control AND full force… your arm sore?" Cript asked Eclipsa. “Nailed it.” Ben chuckled. "No it's perfectly- holy fuck everything hurts!" Eclipsa said, her body still cracked with the crack, instead of bleeding power, now bleeding for real. “Okay so…” Ben muttered as he brought out his Lexicon. “Let’s get you patched up.” Ben said while casting several healing spells in hopes to help Eclipsa. "Hmm." Cript hummed. "Looks like your body hasn't adapted to all the power just yet. Strange…. Wait, did you use both Generation AND Amplify?" "And grey, yes." Eclipsa said, still on the ground but better. "ARE YOU FUCKING SUICIDAL?!" Cript screamed. "Those two abilities have never even been in the same host let alone used together!" "That's what everyone said about light and dark too." Eclipsa wheezed. “Only you Eclipsa.” Ben chuckled a little as he kept healing Eclipsa. “Only you.” "Is Jericho going to be okay?" Zeke asked. "He'll need some time in the recovery ward, but he'll be fine. Neither of us are used to, well, fighting others of our own power level." Cript said. "Or beyond due to three broken abilities. Thank you Diane." Eclipsa said, sitting up. "No problem." Ben/Diane said. "Okay seriously, I know I shouldn't...but seriously, who the fuck am I?" The wolf frowned. "Names. All depend on who you identify as more." Cript said. "Oh no, this is worse than that." Ben said. "I've had to be told my backstory three fucking times, first time was fine, it was to say my parents were murdered, second time was weird, telling me that my light was keeping me alive, and the third time was just retarded. Vincent sent my psychopath reflection to cause this shit? What, was my backstory to fucking vanilla the writers needed to shoe horn in other things? And now I'm Diane as Well! Seriously who the fuck am I?" "My lover, my friend, and more importantly, whomever you choose to be. I learned long ago backstory means jack shit, I mean, accordingly my heart was originally made as a backup should Zeke fail or go evil for KH to be rebuilt, but I don't care. You are whoever you want to be, my sis, or just Ben, it's up to you." Eclipsa said, wincing as she stretched. “Don’t move too much. Your still not fully recovered.” Ben said nervously. “But...I’m sorry for wanting some fucking consistancy for once.” Ben sighed out. “Before I became Diane, three times I was told my backstory was horribly wrong...does my depressing life needs to be more depressing?” "So… being with me, being with your family is depressing? Honestly if people came in and told me I was a slut in an old life I would care because I'm not now." Eclipsa explained. “That’s not what I meant and you know it.” Ben rolled his eyes. “But again...consistency is something that I really want but never get cause apparently that’s boring.” The wolf sighed out. “I’m sorry for rambling...I just needed to get that off my chest even though I’m probably going to rant about it again.” "It's okay love… it gave Cript time to process that I just compared generation and amplify to how I made Grey." Eclipsa giggled. “I mean...that’s basically what it is right?” Ben asked honestly. "Yeah but kinda nerfed." Cript said. "So, looks like I have the general of what you each need to work on." "What then?" Zeke asked. "Zeke, you need to work on learning to let go and let lose in a fight sometimes. For Eclipsa you need practice in combining energy, and Ben, you need mental exercises." “Oh you have no idea what mental gymnastics a therapist is going to have to do to fix me.” Ben said honestly. "So, what now?" "Wait how was it needed?! And how do I not know how to combine energy, that is quite literally how I made Grey!" Eclipsa exclaimed before wincing. "Ow my ribs…" "You need to learn your limits and how to grow them, surpass and make them harder to hit." Cript said simply. "Any more energy and you'd have miscarried." Ben panicked at hearing that suddenly. “Please tell me their okay.” Ben said quickly. "They are, for now, but that much energy had to have radiated into one of them. Not enough to hurt or kill, but one or two will be born with a stronger bond to one of the energies Eclipsa generated." “I’m...glad their fine.” Ben sighed out thankfully. "Very will probably be one as it was a part of each and every energy, including itself… but I concede your point." The naga sighed. “Alright.” Ben nodded. “So...there goes training for today I suppose.” "Seems so." Cript sighed. “Alright, that was a good time.” Ben said honestly. "We'll pick this up after Jericho is healed." Cript said, teleporting over to them. "I guess we should get back to paperwork as usual." Zeke said. Eclipsa gave a loud groan, and it wasn't out of pain.
Chapter 11: FamilyThe next few hours after that training incident was spent in the offices. Zeke went along with their work, Eclipsa begrudgingly did hers, and while Ben had little they mostly helped out before heading off to bed. Zeke and Eclipsa left alone with their paperwork. “Ugh, how can you do this all day?” Eclipsa groaned. “It’s kinda like when I’m hacking. A lot of reading is involved when hacking, not just fast typing.” Zeke said, signing another document. “How you feeling?” “Still a bit sore, but not nearly as bad as earlier. Yesh… Power comes at a price. I nearly…” “You were eger. Nothing serious became of it, and Ben’s Greatsword Keyblade will be repaired soon.” Zeke said. “Everything worked out.” “I guess but… All this power. I’m just...worried, when I’ll face Scotch.” “At least you’ll be talking to them…” “... I take it you have a more… bloody idea for Rune?” “Bloody isn’t exactly how i’d put it.” As the two wrapped up their documents for the day, there was a knock at the door. “Wonder who that is?” Eclipsa asked, turning to Zeke… only to not see them. “Uhhh…” The door was suddenly blasted open. “Zeke! We’re here!” Zeke’s mother entered from the smoke, Zeke’s father entering behind. “And we got candy!” Zeke’s dad said. “... Really?” Eclipsa asked, realizing why Zeke was gone now. “Where is Zeke? Twilight told us he was here.” Mary said. “He was…” Eclipsa said. The parents sighed. “Darn it, and we were going to go invite him camping.” Bary said. “Well… why don’t I go with you two?” Eclipsa said. “My...family life is complicated to say the least, so this might be fun. I’ve never even been camping before.” “Huh, well you are a Ventral.” Mary said. “Alright, this can help us get to know you also! Pack your things, we’ll be waiting at the shuttle.” With that, Mary and Bary left, Eclipsa snapping her fingers and fixing the door. “Camping huh… This will be fun. Now… where the hell did Zeke go?” Meanwhile, Elsewhere. Zeke sat within the Castle Library, having evaded his parents they began researching and studying spells and enchantments. Magic was still their weak area. Eclipsa packed mostly a few clothes and it was all tops and such, given her lower snake half was unable to be clothed. The shuttle was Ben’s castle’s main hanger for all kinds of vehicles. Finding Zeke’s parents, she slithered aboard and they were off. “So, where are we camping at?” Eclipsa asked, having informed her family she was going camping and planned on sending texts when possible. “This little planet known as Kegg.” Bary said. “We found it while exploring around before we found out about you and Zeke and all this, so we thought it was a perfect place to catch up and have some fun.” “You’ll love it. Poison swamps, man eating plants, monsters all around, and freezing cold nights that drop below zero.” Mary said. “That’s camping?” Eclipsa asked. “It is for us.” Bary said. “We used to go camping in the most dangerous areas back on earth. MT. Everest, Death Valley, Amazon rainforest, true story, we found both a long lost tribe of cannibalistic humans… that we ended up killing all but most of the women and children. And on our fourth camping there we found actual amazonian warrior women.” “Wait, seriously?” Eclipsa asked with interest. “Oh yeah.” Mary said. “I was treated fairly and Bary and the boys were all nearly killed on the spot, but Ventrals. The ones they left conscious were all kinds of broken in their limbs. Their queen, the strongest warrior, Zeke roundhouse kicked into the wall of their own temple. Broke her nose, sprained her back and dislocated her arm.” “Yikes! What did they do?” “They ended up giving them some respect, though I think that Queen had a crush on Zeke after that… or wanted to crush him. Hard to tell, they typically only find a stray male and screw for a kid and that’s it, but I like to think she liked him. Zeke always did like taller girls.” “Oh really?” Eclipsa said with a cheeky grin, knowing full well she AND Ben were both much taller than Zeke… Come to think of it, so are most of the Equestrian wives from his reflection. Eclipsa thought, knowing that Ben, even in human form was taller than most of his reflections ones save for Celestia and Luna in his reflection originally, while Zeke’s were half a foot taller on average, and his Celestia and Luna were a foot to a foot and a half taller than him. “I wonder why?” “Oh, remember when we camped in New York.” Bary said. “You camped in New York? How did that work?” Eclipsa asked. “Set up camp atop a tall building, bring lots of rope and zipline equipment, Bungee Jump down for free Hot dogs, pizza or whatever else the poor saps have in their hands below, move to the next before the cops climb up, and if they bring out a helicopter, hey, free helicopter!” Mary said. “Oh my god that is amazing!” Eclipsa said. “This is going to be fun.” “Yeah.” Bary said. “Just wish Zeke was here. I always thought they loved it when we went camping.” “I’m sure they do.” Eclipsa said, trying to reassure her lovers parents. “He’s just busy lately.” “I know. I just wish we could spend more time with them.” Mary said. “We used to always be together.” “... Did Zeke ever tell you he never wanted to lead the Ventral family, before all of this?” “Always.” Mary said. “A blood soaked destiny is what the Ventrals call the heads of the family. Those who inherit it just add to the ocean. He never wanted that. To be fair, who would? But the world hated us. Dead or alive we were worth several million each to bounty hunters. Not many tried. I remember when he ran away this one time. He was in this small town out in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. He was actually living with a police officer who was taking care of him, given he was so young back then. Though, not that young I guess.” Eclipsa stayed quiet… knowing this was the time when Zeke SHOULD have met her as Marcy, and Ben as Diane. “I remember that.” Bary said. “Poor guy. He knew who Zeke was but didn’t care, said he felt like, somehow, they were family already. We talked for a while. That man lived a hard life. He and his wife tried twice for children and twice she miscarried. The second time she was almost due. Wife was so heartbroken she died of a broken heart. Both would have been daughters.” Bary said, giving a sigh. “He lived on because something told him to. Made him to. I found out a month after we picked up Zeke from him that he hanged himself. No letter, no nothing, just found a week after not showing up for work in his house hung from the stairs. Cops there swear it was us who did it but we didn’t… he was a good guy. Would have made a great dad had his kids lived.” “You… have no idea why he killed himself?” Eclipsa asked, trying to hold back tears. “Not a clue. Maybe whatever was telling him to keep on going finally stopped telling him to stay strong. Maybe he was just meant to meet and look after Zeke for that short year. I visited his grave once, left some flowers and a bottle of scotch, a brand he was drinking when we talked. Hope whatever demons what were haunting him all those years rot in hell for killing such a good guy.” Equipsa stayed quiet, tears running down her face silently and without end. She felt her nails digging into her hand and drawing blood as she remembered all those memories. Good and bad memories of her time as Marcy flooding, her father as Marcy… The landing was simple. They were atop a large hill, or perhaps a small mountain. Setting up camp they set up tents, two large tents and a small parrimater fence. Once all was set up Vary started up a campfire. "Hey Eclipsa. You ever start one of these?" "Once. Normally I just use a little magic but one time, in an old life, my sister bet I couldn't make one. I was always the more feminine one of us, but I couldn't turn down a dare. Five attempts later I finally got it lit… as well as our tents and food and clothes." Eclipsa chuckled. “Hah. My uncle Joseph would have liked you. He was a pyro… set fire to the white house once, not for a job, solely because he was drunk.” "Yet, believe it or not, the magic element attuned to me was ice, and I am a pretty damn good cook if I am to brag." Eclipsa sighed. "God's… been forever since I could just take time to destress besides sex." The naga said, stretching to pop her back. “I can relate.” Mary said. “Before I met Bary and we married, my only destresser was vibrators and porn.Working in a family that sold slaves to foren elites was highway, high stress.” “Hehe, Sounds about right. Back when I was Colin, I was just empty, so what stress I had I got rid of through gaming, and music, and the occasional writing. But kinda hard to find anytime for anything anymore.” Eclipsa said, staring into the small flame. “Everything I’ve done, everything I will ever do, I wonder if it was all worth it. I know I regret none of it, but…” “It’s impossible to not have regrets.” Bary said, tending to the fire. “No one can truly live a regretless life.” “I know that…. But I just feel like I’ve always been just… Useless. I mean, I helped Zeke get over himself but everything I touch eventually falls apart. Only need to look at both my past lives for proof of that… hell, even this life with Scotch.” Eclipsa said, letting out her heart and worries to her family. “Everyone worries about their family falling apart.” Mary said. “We did that often with Zeke. In our family the only path for generations was crime. Zeke wanted something else, and we worried if he chased a normal life, one slip up would kill him.” “In my first life, I was killed by Grandaddy-in-law, in my second I was killed by Zeke’s brother in a tank, in both I caused so much death around me.” Eclipsa dead paned. “That doesn’t surprise me.” Bary sighed. “Dilen and Dad were almost the same person at times, equilin cruelty and skill. Was scary how alike the two are.” “Funny how my death has always been at the hands of family. Makes one wonder… if I need to, could I kill Scotch?” “There’s the million dollar question.” Mary said. “In the end it depends, do they still have a place in your heart? And if they do, who would you value if such a situation happened. Them, or those who stayed with you?” “I don’t know… I caused them to leave. I killed their family. Could I finish it…”? Eclipsa sighed. “Sorry for being a downer. Kinda promised Zeke I would drop the masks and show how I feel at all times.” “It’s okay. Are they really all alone now though? No grandparents or cousins?” Bary asked. “I can check real fast if you want, maybe they might shed some light on what’s up?” “No no, its fine. I guess I’m not looking forward to having to kill more of my family, directly or not.” Eclipsa said. “Who said you have to kill? You could imprison them. I hear Cript has the perfect kind of prison for beings of all kinds of power, called The Vault.” “...I believe in freedom. Freedom of choice, freedom to be who you are, freedom of an honorable death. Hell, part of the reason why I have a sub kink is the lack of freedom is exsotic to me… I don’t know what I would prefer, his death, or him never again knowing freedom.” “Whatever you choose, it’s your choice that will either end or spare the life of another.” “Story of my life.” Eclipsa chuckled before singing gently. ”Breath, should I take a deep? Faith, should I take a leap? Taste, what a bittersweet All my, all my life Let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Oh, let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Won't be long, won't be long I'm almost here Watch me cry all my tears Watch me cry all my tears Lose, soon have nothing to Space, this is what I choose A mile, could you walk in my shoes All your, all your life Let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Oh, let me face, let me face Let me face my fears Won't be long, won't be long I'm almost here Watch me cry all my tears” Aftercamp was a bit more fortified Bary handed Eclipsa a gas mask. “We’re going hunting now. Swamp gas here is as deadly as they come. But one species of frog lives here that is not only immune to the fog gas but also is said to taste like duck and goat meat.” Eclipsa nodded, taking the gask mask in her hands and placing it over her face… looking quite creepy with her lower snake half adding to the effect. “How do I look?” “Kinda like a comic book bad guy.” Bary laughed, placing his own gas mask on. “Let’s do.” He said, handing me a rather odd looking rifle. He headed down from our camp to the swamp below. It was all fog, no real trees or plants to be seen. The water, if you can call it that, was so thick. Even my snake lower half, that was largely pure muscle was having a hard time slithering through it. “So, how has Zeke been?” “Better than I have seen them in a long time, but still not as happy as when I first met him a… long time ago.” Eclipsa said honestly. "I see. Know what's bothering him?" “Oh just betrayal, the ever looming presence of a threat to all life, running a reality sized country, the works.” Eclipsa said with a slight chuckle. "Betrayal?" "Yeah… Ben, Zeke and I… one of each of our spouses worked for Nexus. Zeke's was the worst because Coco didn't want to, and Although Scotch hates me, his love for me was genuine...at least at a time. Rune though… that Sociopath never cared at all." Eclipsa explained while focusing on everything around them though subtle pulses of grey. “What a bitch.” Bary huffed. “Wish Zeke would just talk to us about this kind of stuff. Kid has always been distant between us, the only person they were ever close too was Jenny and Nathen.” “Heh, I barely get him to talk, and I’ve known him for three lifetimes.” Eclipsa chuckled before sensing something with her pulses, her red eyes glowing faintly behind her gas mask. “Got something…” "Is it the frog?" Bary said, lifting his gun. “If a frog is about the size of Celestia’s ass, yes.” Eclipsa said, her echolocation use of grey outlining a rather large figure. "Just one will make us a good meal." “5 degrees northwest, about a klick away, it feels our disturbing of the water and is slowly hopping this way.” Eclipsa said, her eye glow bright enough to be faintly seen through her gas mask, making sure she looked like a damn villian with it on. "Skin is slimy smooth but hard. Aim for its nostrils, even the things eyes can be bulletproof." Eclipsa nodded before taking a breath and recalling every time she had shot a sniper… which is scarily a lot since her old life’s mother, the one of Marcy’s, was an ex assassin…. A deep breath, let it fall, everything shuts out, all sound, all feeling, all reality. Lift up the rifle. Don't see a target, see it’s every movement, every muscle, every heartbeat through its veins. Aim for your mark. Time it. Time it so their action leads into your bullet. Take a deep breath, let out yours as they let out their last, and fire. The bullet zoomed through the fog, letting out a last roar the frog fell into the swamp much dead. Bary and Eclipsa began heading over. "Nice shot. You are Josh's kid… still not gonna get used to all that." “Hehe, also Heaven Lawson's child. But hey, still, food." Eclipsa chuckled before slinging the rifle over her shoulder. "Either way, you have skills." Bary said. "I better." Was all Eclipsa responded with before they found the body. "Quite the monster." Lifting it up with her tail, they began back to camp. As we were heading back Eclipsa was remembering the old days, back before when it was just Twilight and Eclipse… 'I should call her.' Eclipsa thought. After they made it back to camp, and after a long time searching for the one specific Twilight, Eclipsa hit call. "Hi Eclipsa. Yes I know it's Eclipsa now. Always wanted a sister." Twilight answered with a laugh. “Hehe, yeah I know, especially after that genderswap prank.” Eclipsa giggled. “Hows it going sis… or is it ‘hunny’ now… or Mom? God this hurts my head.” "Whichever is fine. In all honesty out of all the research and talking I have done since this whole thing started, I learned love has no limits or walls, and those who put them on it are just narrow minded." “Still annoying when my sister is my mother yet also my wife, but honestly I’m glad to hear from you again sis… I kinda miss the old days you know?” "Need a cheat sheet for advanced magics again?" Twilight chuckled. “Hehe, sis, by now my magic is a cheat sheet.” Eclipsa chuckled, sending a small sample of pure grey over for Twilight to see. "Thanks. So, something on your mind? If you want I can teleport over for a talk in person?" “No it’s fine, spending time with Zeke’s parents right now. I just...Sigh. Have you heard about Scotch?” "Yes… yes I have. It was surprising to us all. I found out their brother knew nothing of it. Surprising really." “It hurts… and its my fault. And I don't know if I could kill them if I need to.” Eclipsa said over the assistant, not caring if the other two hear. also brb "I don't think it will come to that." “They hate me… enough to actively betray me… to want me dead, even if they love me.” "I don't think so, Because the element of Kindness is still glowing strong. If Fluttershy was thinking like you said, it would have faded like when Rarity passed away." “Heh, just a reminder that I still need to listen to Harmony and find the new element bearers.” Eclipsa remembered. “But yeah… but Kindness can be what they believe they are doing.” "Whatever the case, there is one thing that I know still makes Fluttershy, Fluttershy. After the reveal I checked on her cottage. The only animal friend missing was Angel Bunny, and the others were still well kept and fed. I think she is still taking care of them." “And I know she still loves the kids, they are the whole reason she betrayed, because my lifestyle endangers them.” Eclipsa said. "So does hers. I don't think she realizes that fully." “No, she doesnt…” Eclipsa sighs. “I just miss the simpler times, back when I was just a Keyblade wielding mortal saving the day and getting the princess, forming a small but loving herd… now, everything is so… big.” "Was that a sex joke?" “Could be~” Eclipsa chuckled. “But you get my drift.” "Yeah. So, I hear you had your first kids already. I was actually thinking of heading down over to see them. We do live in the same place now." "Hehe, yeah… they are beautiful. They will like their momma-aunty." Eclipsa said, her warm, happy smile being felt even through the call. "I can't wait to see them." “They are so precious sis. I know you'll adore them." "I know I will. I look forward to seeing you again soon." "Me too."
Chapter 12: Friends From Before.Zeke emerged from the DTL and onto Radiant Gardens main garden. The flowers in bloom amd kept so through magic, fountains and such both for cosmetic Appel and to deliver water to all the plant life. "Alright, sewer entrance has to be somewhere around here. A manhole cover at least?" Zeke questioned, calling forth their power as an admin, speaking to the world. "Come on, where are they, you can tell me." The world replied, an image of the beast lurking the sewers rushed into Zeke's mind, as well as a path to them. Grinning, Zeke rushed towards the sewer entrance, a Manhole cover lead them down into the smelly depths. Rushing through the filth and muck, soon obvious tracks began showing up along the walls and ground. Rushing more so, Zeke found themselves in a large overhang metal floor, overhang above a mass drop where the water poured down into a large hole. “If this isn’t the perfect arena…” Zeke said, hearing the framilier chaotic movements of a being of darkness nearby. Looking up, they ducked back, avoiding a slash down attack. Before him was the first of these heartless. In its hands, a twisted and corrupted looking Fenrir. ”There you are, Father, Mother. My creator.” it said, walking towards Zeke while dragging Fenrir across the ground. “Hey.” Zeke said, summoning X. “So you know why I’m here.” ”Yes. To kill us. Reclaim our siblings.” It said, waving Fenrir around a bit. ”We know your combat, your attacks, your- GAH!” It roared, a Kingdom Key shot into its shoulder, disbanding quickly. Zeke stood a distance away, X shifted halfway into its glider form so it was a bow, not a sword. “I know. But you and I both know, my aim’s better.” It roared, and the battle began, Zeke keeping distance as much as possible and shooting off Keyblades like arrows through X’s bow form. The heartless summoned forth dark tendrils all around as portals to the realm of darkness opened up, it shifting across the battlefield fast with Dark Rush. The extra enemies made Zeke jump to the air, taking aim downwards. “Light’s Tears!” Zeke said, the single shot splitting into thousands of light projectiles, taking out the tendrils and hitting the heartless. It countered by shooting off Darkness Magic. “Frost’s Dark Night!” The heartless roared, casting a halestorm of black ice that froze all the water around and was making vision and sound hard to make out. Zeke tried to keep the fight on even grounds, shifting into a defensive formation to hopefully react in time. "Shit." He huffed, their breath freezing as they spoke. ”What is it Father? Mother?” The heartless taunted, it’s voice everywhere as one by one, hundreds of yellow eyes could be seen in the shadows. ”Black Blood of Death.” The voices said, the ground below Zeke starting to be covered in a black, oily substance. "Crap." Zeke said, aiming X, still in it's bow form down at the ground. "Reject Darkness!" They said, a shot of pure light hitting the darkness as the two began twirling and spinning around each other, forming a large bubble of sorts but also letting Zeke see the heartless. "Found you!" They said, taking aim. "Return to the Darkness that birthed you! Return to my heart!" They said, drawing back their shot. ”NO!” It yelled, a hint of genuine fear in its voice as it raised Fenrir to protect itself. "Consume Darkness. Come forth Light Basilisk!" Zeke fired, a massive snake of light rushed at the heartless, mouth opening wide as it closed in on the monster. With an unholy, scream that would traumatize any other being, the heartless was consumed, darkness peeling back to show a young teen, before it two was consumed, leaving only a now purified Fenrir on the floor where the heartless once stood. Zeke walked over, picking up Fenrir and disbanding it. "One down." He said, sighing. "It is not going to be easy dealing with the others. The one who has Discord especially. Maybe I should consider help?" Heading out, Zeke was climbing out the Manhole cover when suddenly, a rush of wind and a trail of yellow lightning passed them. "The fuck?!" They said, catching themselves from falling back down the hole. As Zeke got themselves back out, the blur of yellow lightning rushed back over to him. "Oh come on…" As Zeke was ready for another fight, the blue stopped right in front of them, and once the lighting faded, they saw a familiar face. Small, skinny framed guy, blue jeans, messy black hair, red shirt. “What the hell... Zeke?” Spoke the guy. "Nathan? Holy fuck?! Where have you been?! And why are you so fast you make lightning?" “Ever watched or read The Flash?” Nathan said, in a blur of lightning causing him to be next to his old friend. “God, it's been ages… when did you become a chick?” “That’s a LONG story and despite living it, I still don’t fully understand it. Also you know I never read or watched super hero stuff. So, heh, God sent you out as some… Speedster?” “That's the proper term, yes.” Nathan said, nodding. “So, you left earth as… a chick?” “This happened much later on… like I said, long story. But I just finished fighting a Heartless version of me, and I have some more to deal with. Wanna help?” “Hell yes! We need to catch up. Where to next?” Nathan asked, rubbing their hands together eagerly. “The Badlands of a world known as The Keyblade Graveyard.” Zeke said with a smile, summoning X and opening a DTL. “Oh, so you asked for that… Sweet.” Nathan said, zooming into the DTL as Zeke followed. The dusty air hit Nathan like razors. An unnatural darkness filled the air, chilling them to the core. “Yeesh. This Heartless versions of you… how strong are they?” “As strong as I am.” Zeke said, closing the DTL behind them as they looked around. “Just follow the darkness. The stronger it gets, the closer we are to it. Hopefully this is the one who has Discord.” “Discord?” A person from the world I was placed on, he was turned into a Keyblade. It’s a long story but hopefully I can find the one that has him.” “Ah. Gotcha. I’ll rush around for a quick search.” Nathan said, in a flash of red zoomed deep into the badlands, and after a minute or so, rushed back. “Alright, I think I found it, I recognized it’s weapon, a Starlight, so not your friend, but it’s not alone.” “I can handle the heartless it can summon, they obey me.” “I don’t think those were heartless...” “Hm?” Nathan rushed Zeke with them, atop a high rock formation, Zeke was a bit dizzy from the sudden movement, but recovered quickly and shook it off. Looking down, they saw the heartless, as well as someone Zeke knew about. Tanya. “Who’s the kid?” “Tanya. She’s… not on our side. She’s psychotic. Don’t let her age dupe you, she will kill you, but what is she doing here?” “Is she working for that thing?” “No, she works for Vincent.” “Let me guess, another bad guy of yours.” “One of too fucking many.” “So, how do we go about this?” “We need to know what they are talking about.” “Hmm...” Nathan hummed, raiding their pockets but finding nothing. “Damn it, left it back home.” “What?” “I had this spy tool I got after knocking out some robbers back on the world I was placed on. It’s been useful, but I left it charging back home.” “We’ll just have to wait.” “Can’t we take them? My speed, your skill, should be fair.” “Should and will be are two vary different things. Tanya is stronger and faster than she gives off. And the Heartless me, well it’s as skilled as I am, I barely beat that last one back at Radiant Garden.” “Hmm… I might have an idea.” “What?” “I can move so fast time completely freezes for me, it’s called Flash Time. I can use it to knock out Tanya, then deal some damage to your Heartless so you can go in for the kill. I can only do it for at most a minute in normal time flow, but for me it will feel like half an hour.” “That can work, and bringing in Tanya for interrogation and imprisonment will be a huge win for us. Alright Nathan, when you’re ready.” “I always am.” Nathan said, giving a grin as their eyes flashed with red lightning. Zeke looked back at the scene below, blinking and seeing Tanya on the ground already, not moving and bound by duct tape restraints, and the Heartless staggering a bit. Nathan was already down there, barely standing. “He wasn’t kidding.” Zeke said, rushing down and summoning Chains of Light, wrapping the Heartless up tightly then, upon landing and tugging on the chain, pulled the heartless full force into the tip of X, impaling it half way before it faded, the Starlight loosing it’s dark aura and falling to the ground. Once the heartless’s form was gone, Zeke picked up the Starlight, and disbanded it. “That was smooth and clean.” “Yeah...” Nathan said, breathing deeply. “Worked perfectly. Damn… Flash Time takes the most out of me.” Zeke pat his friend on the back, helping them up. “Come on, let’s take Tanya there to Daybreak, before she wakes up.” Back at Daybreak, Tanya woke up to much more restrictive restraints, Nothingness infused cuffs and just for good measure, a code nullifying choker so any Admin based powers she can use are useless. Anti-magic wards were also decorated around her cell and even along her body for safe measure. She would not speak, but speaking isn’t the only way Daybreak can get information. Zeke and Nathan took a break out in the town, Nathan seeing the amazingly huge city Zeke co-ruled with the others as well as got his own Keyblade, ironically called, Flash Point. “Gotta say, it’s impressive the son of criminals ended up ruling basically the whole of creation.” “Yeah well, not my first career path.” Zeke said with a chuckle. “That speed of yours must come in real handy.” “Was a bitch to master but once I did it has.” “So, that’s two down, three to go.” “Between my speed and abilities, your tactics and power, they won’t stand a chance.” “Yeah… so, you still mad we never teamed up back on earth?” “Hey, I was an idiot high school kid and you were the son of a criminal son who could hack anything and plan effectively. In all honesty it was just so we could keep hanging out. Doing hero work and hanging out is better though.” “Just pays less.” “Ugh. Don’t remind me.” Nathan laughed. “Back home I have a part time job to get the over ten thousand calories of food I need to eat a day to fuel me and my speed.” “Damn! Buffet places must hate you.” “I’m banned from all but four.” He laughed. “You know, this kingdom rewards heroism. How’s about you quit your day job and work for Daybreak. Far as I know there isn’t anybody with your kind of powers in Daybreak’s armies.” “How much am I getting paid?” Zeke took out their assistant, the upgrade making it something akin to a tattoo in appearance, but all it’s functions were still the same. A screen appeared and Zeke wrote out the numbers. Then showed it to Nathan. He whistled. “Is that a month?” “An hour.” “Deal!”
Chapter 13: PurposeEclipsa took a Relaxed breath as she slithered off of the ship. “That was fun, thank you.” She says to her in laws. It was nice, not having to worry about stress, or the next big threat, all while feeding her darkness that she has been neglecting. She turns from the couple waving her off as they went to look for Zeke to see Cript, power walking towards her with an odd look on his face. “Hey Cript, what's with that look?” "Talk. Now." They said bluntly, yanking hard on the Naga's pony ear, the pain from both a sensitive area being harshly treated and the weight of her body being pulled by it made her tear up as she was dragged to an empty office room. "Ow ow ow! What the hell Cript?!" Eclipsa yelled when the door shut and their husband/father let go. Cript proceeded to check the palms of her hands, searching for something. "Nothing? That can't be right." "Cript, I love you, but for once in the time I have known you give me a straight answer. What the hell was that for and why are you checking my palms." Eclipsa said, her once happy mood now sour. "When you were generating power I blocked it from the others, and for the first time in much too long I was feeling more power than I could have handled. I haven't hurt like that since I took a big bang head on. In short you generated and was using more power than what I use. I'm making sure you're not a secret Nexus project." "Cript, we've been over this. To Nexus I'm a glitch, something that they could not control or plan out. But what are you saying, that I was able to handle more power than even you?" Eclipsa asked, now looking at Cript with a bewildered look. "Yes. In the past Glitches like you can be powerful but that much power should be impossible even for a glitch." Eclipsa took a seat in a chair. "That's…. Okay what the hell am I? I get that Lance and Bio agreed to finally put me on even footing with everyone but now surpassing them? Cript, what am I?" Eclipsa asked, looking at her own hands, expecting a blue dot to appear at any moment. "To quote Lord. Fuck if I know." "....would Nexus even know? Would anyone?" "No clue." Cript said, scratching his head. "Past experience tells me that this will reveal itself in time. Typically works." "Heh, gods right when I feel I know what I am, something else happens. I guess I know how Ben feels now." Eclipsa chuckled darkly. "So, any tests you want to run?" "Nothing for the time being. The downside to this family is the constant pregnancy state. I have an idea for a work around to that but I'll explain later. Oh, Zeke and some speedy guy came back a bit ago… they had Tanya in cuffs. She's in Cell 21. Wanna try and get her to talk?" "I don't know the first thing about her…" Eclipsa admitted "Not sure how much use I would be without a profile of the person in question." "Fair enough. Wanna see Zeke and his friend? Think they're still at the bar?" "I get what you are doing but no thanks. Let Zeke have this moment with his friend. He needs small moments like this." Eclipsa said with a small, warm smile. "So what are you gonna do then?" "Well…. I remember the Nexus attack. For a moment I was able to breach the hive mind of the psychopaths. Maybe more insanities like me would be able to be a counter for them." "It's a possibility. But only you and one other has ever dived into those hive minds and got out alright." "Who is the other?" Eclipsa asked. "... Someone we're not discussing." Cript huffed. "Come on Cript, think about it. I was able to make a hole, I can do it again, and this time, the hive will be swarmed with a bunch of crazies all singing circus for a psycho." Eclipsa said with a grin "I'm not speaking to that rat bastard or a self proclaimed 'scientist' ever. And I suggest you don't go looking for them. Men like him are best forgotten from history." "Alright alright… so, wanna help me gather Insanities or wanna test my limits as safely as we can while I am carrying?" "The later. Should also help with some experiments I've been neglecting." "Alright. Any suggestions of where to start for the Insanities?" "Psychopaths and Insanities hive minds resonate on a near identical mental frequency. Either Lord or Cane would be able to help you there." "Got it… and Cript… What do I tell Ben, Zeke, hell even Joy. I read their chapters…. I don't want to become that." Eclipsa said with fear on her face. "You're talking about the D.R.E.A.M project? Look, all we know is that you generated more power than what I make, so let's not panic unless something happens that leads to that kind of outcome, alright?" Cript said calmly. "....alright." Eclipsa sighed. "I'm going to go find Lord. Hopefully I'm just insanely strong and that's that." Lord's office/room was just a door that teleported the user to his personal weird white void town place. Eclipsa saw him sitting on a bench tinkering with a small item. "Hey Lord, whatchu working on?" Eclipsa said, leaning over his shoulder, either not noticing or not carrying that her breasts were resting on his shoulder. "EMP proof molecular Splicer. Now get your tits off me." He huffed. "Oh, sorry bout that." Eclipsa chuckled. "Think you can take a break for a moment? I have an idea so crazy it might just work." "Over my dead body." Lord hissed. "What, I didn't even say anything yet?" Eclipsa smirked. "I'm planning on gathering the Insanities to combat the psychopaths, you in?" “Good luck finding enough. Psychopaths find them and gather them up and use them like attack dogs.” "Even better." Eclipsa said with a wide grin, her own Insanity showing a bit. "They think they can control the uncontrollable, that they are untouchable. Thing is about Insanity, while it may be weaker than psychopath, it spreads, it gathers, and builds. We all have that itch. The tinny little voice in the back of our heads just wanting to stop logic, to create anarchy, to rebel. And you know what they say about genius and madness~" Eclipsa starts to giggle, the red energy of Insanity mixing with her grey, amplifying it and practically becoming a beacon. "Care to help me out? Wanna help cause some chaos in their ranks, to help the Insanities break free, and break into the psychopath's hive mind like I did once before?" “Not while you’re pregnant.” Suddenly the black, grey and red energy fades. "Oh boo, you and Cript, killjoys the lot of you." Eclipsa said, folding her arms with a playful pout. “Not our fault you’re ignorant to the side effects of power while pregnant.” Lord said, his tinkering done as they put the item away. “Follow me.” With a raised eyebrow, Eclipsa followed lord through his room of white. "Where are we heading?" Lord lead me into one of the buildings, inside was a lot of laboratory equipment… and various cages with all kinds of beasts in them. “When you live as long as I have you take up hobbies to keep things interesting. Around Era five when I made the realm Cript now owns, I began researching the monsters that appeared without my doing. Including a little on Psychopaths and Insanities.” "Oh? And what did you learn?" Eclipsa asked, looking around, the playful manner gone. “The younger they turn, the stronger the bond.” He took a cover off an orb, inside… Eclipsa threw up. Infants. Insanities Infants. Bloody and roaring scratching at the glass confines of their cage. “Once turned a Psychopath and Insanity’s host body becomes infertile. So any host that’s pregnant, or compatible while pregnant they infect the weaker host, solely to either kill the resistant mother, or to see how their power grows as the host body ages from infancy to adulthood. Use that power too much, and all your children… the ones you are carrying will be born as this. No such thing as an identity for them being turned so young, no mind of their own, just the Psychopath or Insanity hide mind.” "How…" Eclipsa said, looking down at her stomach. "How have they not been effected, how was I not affected. I've had this forever, I gave birth to children who have the Insanity, I've felt it in them. Those… those aren't children, yet I feel them. I feel their souls, their heart's, what they are crying out and it-" Eclipsa throws up again, this time because of more than initial disgust. "How can I even have children?" “It takes a complete conversion for the infertility to kick in. The first time your Keyblades stepped in and stopped it, the others have been shere dumb luck. Power no matter the source comes at a price to you… or others.” Lord said, throwing the cover back over the cage. “Why do you think Cript wanted to retire so badly?” "Then Lord, I wanna bring something up with you that Cript told me not long ago. You see… I was able to combine Generation, Grey, and Amplify along with everything else, including Insanity, all at the same time without dying, while he was actually hurt, as in has felt more pain then the time he first took a big bang to the face." Eclipsa said, sitting down to settle down her stomach. “I know. I felt that too. There have only ever been two beings in existence to ever or could have even pulled off what you did. An Nonexistent, and the sole D.R.E.A.M project survivor. As far as I can tell, you’re neither.” "Then what the hell am I? I mean, I guess I know how Ben feels now but the difference is he knows what, not who." Eclipsa said, her hands clenching into fists on her lap. "What am I? Some sick scientists secret project? Reality trying to balance out? Or whatever a Nonexistent is? What am I?" “Fuck if I know. But whatever you are, at least you’re on our side. That we can at least take comfort in.” Eclipsa was silent for a moment. "What the hell, aren't you and Cript supposed to dump exposition on us whenever something confusing happens?!" She yelled before sighing, her anger flare dying as quickly as it had arrived. "I'm just scared you know? I read Joy's chapter, I know the basics of what project D.R.E.A.M. did and what they became… and I don't want to become that. But even now I feel it. I feel grey, generation and amply all working together with my other powers. I can feel my powers growing with no sign of stopping, just waiting for something, and I don't know what that something is. For all I know I could be a ticking time bomb, just waiting until all the admins in existence to be together before erasing it all, like the Void Mother. Hell I could even be a proto void mother for all we know." “Doubt it. You’re more like Cript mark two at this point, minus the Nexus handywork.” "Yeah, only Cript knows what he is." Eclipsa sighed before 'standing' back up. "So I'm once again an unknown. And I can't do anything while pregnant but due to me having an active sex life I doubt there will be a moment where I am not. What's next, I accidentally made myself a soul weapon I've been using without my knowledge?" "Eh. Whatever comes next just remember, it's not just your life on the line in a fight." Lord said, taking his leave. "I know that… I know it all too well…" Eclipsa sighed once he was out of ear shot before opening a DTG. However, it hurt. Her arm burned as she cried out, grey flames covering her arm before she was dragged in, the portal closing behind her. Eclipsa was in… someplace. Wherever it was, it was cold and dark. She couldn't feel anyone like normal… her own power was barely there. The strangest part though… she was human. Marcy. Feeling around the floor was old wood, half rotten. Dust and icey cold was all she could feel along the ground. "Well. That's interesting." Someone spoke, female. Young and stern. "Who's there, what did you do to me?!" Eclipsa yelled, standing up and getting into a defensive stance. "It's not everyday someone from your reality comes here. Or can even survive the trip." Suddenly, the loud sound of a train in the distance echoed into the building. The rumbling shook the building a bit, causing a window to shatter, enough light to show it was night, clear moonlight shone into the room. Eclipsa saw the other, or at least, part of their face. Short cut black hair, thin frame and wearing winter clothes. "They call you Eclipsa, right?" "One of many names, but yes, that is the usual one." Eclipsa said, still on the defensive. "Where the hell am I, and what happened to my powers? I can't feel any of it." "That's normal. For the first few weeks, but you won't be here that long." She said, taking out a phone and browsing it. "Grey Hearts, right?" "Wait…. How do you know the name of the story?" Eclipsa said, her stance falling as she took a step back. "Even other fourth wall breakers don't know that." "The fourth wall? Still can't believe that's what they call it." She tossed the phone over to Eclipsa. On screen was… the story… her story. "Got an idea as to where you are now protagonist?" "The hell am I doing on Lance and Bio's earth?!" Eclipsa cried out. "This reality is called Primary. A place where the concept of magic, powers and even admins are fantasy. Of course, that fantasy is the reality of which you and I come from." "But…. How did I get here? I tried opening a portal before it started hurting, then I was dragged in." "Rifts between this and that reality are only able to be opened by the one this reality would call god. The only acception being you and I it seems. To keep you from causing chaos, or more likely, dying, I pulled you here." "I was dying?" Eclipsa said, leaning on a wall before sitting down. "Great, can't even do an ability I've done a billion times without being a danger to everyone, including myself." Eclipsa chuckled mirthlessly. "Either way, you can't stay here. Even on this side there are people hunting us down." "Who would hunt down characters from shitty fanfics? No offense, never read your story. Don't even know your name." Eclipsa said. "People looking to utilize and abuse the powers of our home reality. People like you and I carry that heavy burden. No matter the reality people can be selfish and idiotic, but cann't you blame them. The power of true gods is in our hands, we can reshape this world easily, but doing so would destroy our home. At least hiding from Nexus is easier here than over there." "Oh yeah… back home we are getting ready to go to war with them. A war of the realm's, if you didn't already read that." Eclipsa said. "Besides being insanely powerful, why are you hiding from Nexus? Who even are you?" "You should know. You can read the chapters." Eclipsa closed her eyes before opening them with recognition. "So… you are the one. The Survivor." Eclipsa said, now feeling guilty about assuming about what the Survivor would be like. "I have to hide from people. Rarely get to talk. The Russian winters and isolation make this the perfect place to hide out on this world." "You could come back with me once I'm good to go. We are at war with Nexus already, and once they have been taken care of, you won't have anything to fear of them again." Eclipsa suggested. "And no, I don't want you in a combat roll… I guess I'm just empathic. I don't want anyone to have to suffer over something not their fault." "That's a nice offer, but I have a role here." "I can respect that… heh, we both know I learned that lesson the hard way, not to run from responsibility." Eclipsa chuckled. "So… Why did you save me?" "I have a role here. You have one there. It's as simple as that." "Heh, I find it hilarious that you know about a role that I don't even know I have, when I don't even know what I am anymore." Eclipsa said, laughing pure and simple at turn of events, letting out all the stresses that have been built up in pure laugher. "It's simple what you are Eclipsa. You and I are the same, I for helping this reality, and you for helping the one we come from. We exist to improve the lives and worlds we are on." "So… we are basically the positivity of our reality's… but when there is a positive…." Eclipsa's words died on her lips. "Both realities are negative by nature. A sad truth. One we have to conflict with." "Well ain't that a big ol' bag of responsibility." Eclipsa said before getting a faint smile. "Could be worse I guess. I could have been the one destined to destroy our reality." Eclipsa said, her blue eyes looking across to survivor. "So, what do I need to know for the time I am in your domain?" She asked with respect. "After this you won't ever be able to return here." She said, helping Eclipsa up. "Here." She tapped Eclipse's hand, a glowing white dot appeared. "This will store the excess power you are generating and allow you to still use a normal amount. Use the stored energy at the right time. You'll know when." "Alright, thank you. Hey… even if I won't be able to visit, know you will always be welcome. You are always welcome home." Eclipsa said with a smile, giving the thinner framed woman a caring hug. "I'll keep up with what you are going through." She said, shaking the phone. "You'd best go home now." She said, raising a hand and opening a much weaker portal, or rather, rift, back home. "it won't stay open long. This reality reacts especially negatively to laws and power than does not belong here." "Hey… stay safe. I would hate for someone to be hurt because I gave away their hiding spot." Eclipsa said with a smile as she stood in front of the rift. "Relax. It's just the world governments. I can handle those idiots." She chuckled. Eclipsa chuckled along with her before taking a breath and going through, going home.
Chapter 14: Time's Cracks.Zeke felt the sudden absence of Grey, and Eclipsa like a punch to the gut. Worry hitting them, he had Nathan speed around while Zeke checked the castle for her, or Ben. "Zeke! Holy fuck!" Ben shouted as he appeared near Zeke with Diane in his arms. "Where's Eclipsa!?" "I have no-... Wait what?" Zeke said, looking between Ben and Diane. "Uh… is this Cript related?" "Diane has my powers and made things happen." Ben frowned. "That makes less sense than Cript stuff." "Zeke… how are your boobs bigger than mine?" Diane asked. "Cause sex logic I guess." Zeke said. "Explanation later, right now Eclipsa as well as Grey itself is missing!" "There's literally only 2 ways for things to happen. Either Deletes appeared somehow...or Eclipsa knows something from Joy by literally reading his chapter." Ben brought up. "I never know what you or Eclipsa are talking about when you two do that…" Zeke said. "It's a stupid trope." Diane said looking Ben dead in the eyes. "It happens." Ben said honestly. "Whatever you two are talking about… it's not helping!" Zeke shouted. "Ben, can't you smell Eclipsa? Like where she was last." "I don't know, my clones are busy doing other things and I was busy both finding another Cript and dealing with Diane problems." I frowned, "Aren't you two supposed to be the same person or something?" "Or something…" Diane hissed. "I'm more like his Nobody though…" "Oh… that's uh… that's actually kinda interesting." Zeke said. "So you can do everything Ben can?" "Everything and then some." She stated proudly. "And then when I'm able to do something people don't know there's a problem." Ben frowned. "Okay just stop it you two idiots." Zeke huffed. "Ben, Diane, make up." "Only if we get therapy." Diane asked "Uh… why?" "It will make Ben suffer a bit." "I'm already getting therapy the hell are you talking about?" He asked honestly. "God I'm so glad those timeline resets didn't screw with me the way it did with you…" Zeke muttered. "Alright focus! Where could Eclipsa have gone? Was she kidnapped or… god forbid…" "I really hate...that I know what might have happened…" Ben sighed out. "Ben if it's another fourth wall bullshit, I love you but shove it unlike you I see this place as reality." "Well the problem is...from what I learned from Joy...Eclipsa might have went passed the Source Wall...She knows about Project Dream." "Gone for a few hours and stuff happens without me." Zeke groaned. "Well what I this source wall and how in our green Earth is it relevant to Eclipsa being gone?" “Because The Survivor is surprisingly good company.” Eclipsa said, a rush of power filling the world as grey returned at full force as she stepped out of a rift. "Eclipsa!" Ben yipped as he hug tackled the naga. "Where did you go?" “Careful!” Eclipsa said, falling back and holding her wolfy tight. "What… happened exactly?" Zeke asked. "I'd like to know as well." Ben said while nuzzling Eclipsa lovingly. "Also Diane is here in person." Ben brought up. “Hi sis?” Eclipsa said, looking to the side at Diane. "Marcy and Zeke are here also, though no idea where Ben put them." Diane said. "I made sure to send them to family." Ben said. "Okay explain that can of worms after Eclipsa tells us what happened." Zeke said. "I will." Ben nodded while looking back to Eclipsa. "Okay, please explain. You scared us to hell." “It's a long story… basically I accidently overloaded a DTG and inorder to keep me alive, the Dream Survivor pulled me into a different reality… the very one that our authors came from. She helped me out before sending me back here.” Eclipsa summarized "I know Dream had something to do." Ben said. "But wait, both the survivor and...where our authors came from?" “Yeah… Their earth… even saw our story…. Creepy let me tell you.” Eclipsa shuddered. "Sounds about right." Ben said honestly. "So...how different was it from our earth?" “I don't know, we were in a random shack in russia.” “Not surprised it’s Russia.” Zeke said. “Anyways, are you okay? How long was I gone here?” Eclipsa asked with concern "Long enough for us to panic when you and all Grey in existence disappeared." Ben said honestly. “Wow…. I’m sorry.” Eclipsa said sheepishly "Yeah...just a bit." Ben sighed out. "We were worried…" “At least you’re back…. Now…” Zeke turned to Ben and Diane. “Explain...Now…” "Okay so...a lot has happened." Ben said sheepishly. "So to start, apparently Diane thought I was some 'fake life' because she believes I should be content with everything I have when...well my life explained how easy it is to take away someone's joy." I said honestly. "Diane is...a bit more better at explaining this." Ben said nervously. “When Ben got his Nothingness abilities I phased in and out of consciousness. When he met you Zeke, I woke up fully. I’ve watched him go through so much… have so many reasons to be happy… and they just aren’t. I managed to use code to start bringing the old timeline back… but not me. I’m basically a Nobody. No heart, or soul.” "And yet she also knows why I'm scared of things, like how the reason my family is still alive is paper thin at best." Ben brought up. Eclipsa turned into Marcy, only she kept her red eyes. “You two need to stop. As for you Diane, enough of the bullshit. I get mad as Ben all the time for similar reasons to you, But you don't understand him apparently.” She said as she stood up, petting ben and scratching behind the Dire wolf’s ears. “Ben is a dork, a dense, lovable idiot. But that's just it. Ben is Ben. They are afraid to lose everything, hell I am afraid. I wake up every day in the fetal position, in tears, afraid by any number of things that could take them away. But while I ignore it and try to create, Ben focuses on it and intends on destroying those who would take it away.” Eclipsa kisses Ben softly while looking into his eyes with a small smile. “Our stalwart protector. Though he does need to learn how to relax without sex.” Eclipsa chuckles. "I'm trying...now can you keep scratching please? You know that spots too good." Ben chuckled, always enjoying some ear scratches. "And yeah...Eclipsa's right about this. I remember how my parents were murdered, without anyone knowing and...how I felt like it was my fault...I don't want that to happen again." “While I agree with Diane on some parts, I’ve learned to just accept that too much is just not in my control. What I can do, I’ll do, and what I can’t, I’ll try anyway.” Zeke said. “Even so… How can I live like this? No soul, Ben has my heart… and this body isn’t even able to have kids? And the others? The Zeke and Marcy I brought back? What about them?” Diane asked. “Go live with them sis.” Eclipsa said, smiling at Diane. “Be happy. If any struggles arise, I will find a way to help. But you two, I swear it is a problem no matter the incarnation, need to learn to let go.” Eclipsa sighs, still scratching ben. “It was a hard lesson, but still one worth learning, especially since of the powers we wield.” Says the Admin of Grey, showing an almost motherly and zen quality to herself as she had a small smile of peace, then realization. “Letting go… of course…” She mutters to herself. “Hm?” Zeke asked. “I’ll figure something out later Diane...but what’s up Eclipsa?” Ben asked curiously. "Oh nothing." Eclipsa lied, her nervous tick of her wrist twitching giving her away. “Your a terrible liar.” Ben said. “Please, tell us what’s wrong…” Ben said as he noted something on her hand when he noticed the twitch. “What’s that on your hand?” Eclipsa sighed before showing her hand, the white dot clearly visible. "Don't freak out." "What is… that?" Zeke asked. “It’s not blue so it’s not Nexus…” Ben said as he looked at the white dot. “But...I can sense an asston of power focused into that thing...did your new friend give it to you?” “Yes. She made it so I could handle my power. All my excess power I put out will be stored here for some type of emergency.” Eclipsa explained. “An emergency? Like in case of power spazzing or in case of world ending stuff?” Zeke asked. Ben looked at Eclipsa and that dot, remembering the whole point of why his future self came back. “We’ll all know what that emergency will be...and I hate how I can guess what that emergency will be…” “So… aside from me being in the dark, what are we going to do now? There’s Eclipsa and Marcy, two people from two different timelines, the later erased, same for Ben and Diane, and now another me… I mean, what happens if Eclipsa and Marcy make contact? Does she become a Naga of Grey or something also or…?” “I mean, we can test that right now if you want.” Ben said honestly. “I know where the other Zeke and Marcy are at the moment if you want to see them.” Zeke opened their mouth, closing it quickly to ponder something. “Part of me says yes… the other is unsure.” “Scared old habits will spring up?” Ben asked cheekily. “What old habits?” Zeke asked. “Wait, that’s probably just me then….” Ben frowned. “Never mind, just an in joke I suppose.” “Well… this is going to be interesting.” “Yes it will.” Ben nodded. “Going to be kind of funny to.” “Well, go on get them.” “Kind of thought we were all going to meet them and not me just going out and bringing them here.” Ben said honestly. “Ben is right, better go to them as to not freak them out too much. After all, we all know how protective you get.” Eclipsa giggled, nudging Zeke. “Out of the three of us, I am pretty sure Ben is more protective.” Zeke said. “Now has that protectiveness gone up since I became a den mother or been the same as before I became a den mother?” Ben hummed in thought as he opened a portal to where Marcy and Zeke were. “Well, let’s get going.” Nodding, Zeke and Eclipsa, as well as Diane, walked through. Where the other Zeke and Marcy were, was a large spare ‘room’ of the castle. “Holy...” Marcy said. “Shit…” Other Zeke finished. “Yeah so, here’s this timeline’s version of you two, and here’s Diane.” Ben said while motioning to Diane, Zeke and Eclipsa. “Did… did I always look that much like Cript?” Zeke asked. “Who?” The other Zeke asked. “Someone you’ll meet later, and yes, yes you do.” Ben said honestly to Zeke. “Okay, so being in the same general area isn’t causing problems…” Ben started before looking over to Marcy and Eclipsa, wondering what their reaction to this is. “Maybe it’s contact based?” Diane questions aloud, gaining the attention of everyone. “What? Just because my… condition is different doesn’t mean it’s not at least somewhat similar. What I started… Can’t be stopped but I theorized given the similar code structures we all still share, it’s the reason why when I woke up I could also utilize Ben’s powers.” Eclipsa looked at the Marcy before closing her eyes. “We are not exact though. That I know.” She said, feeling the new power awakening in her absent in the other her. “Hi me, I’m you.” She said with a smile and an outstretched hand. “Hi…” Marcy said, reaching out a hand as well. When they touched there was a strong spark of Grey and Code, Marcy hitting the ground fast as her legs fused and stretched out, morphing into a naga’s tail. Colors same as Eclipsa’s but her upper half remained human. When it ended, she nearly fell over trying to get back up. “Shit!” “Yeah, that sucked when I first had to learn.” Eclipsa chuckled before helping herself up. “I’ll teach you how to move, and once you got that down, how to change back.” “Some say that Marcy’s breast size grew three sizes this day.” Ben pointed out in the ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ narrator voice. “Oh love, if you wanted them big you know you just need to ask.” Eclipsa said with a wink and a slight sway of her hips. “Your perfect as is my love.” Ben smiled. “But as you know...I do love some cushion for the pushin if you know what I mean.” “Wow you’re openly perverted… even moreso.” Other Zeke said. “So how is this even going to work for me? I mean unlike you two, we share a name?” “He...Me… we have a point?” Zeke said. “The only difference between us at the moment is experience and well, physical gender appearance.” “So most likely a name change.” Ben suggested. “And you know nothing of how openly perverted me, Eclipsa and our Zeke is...Diane would know that full well.” Ben chuckled. “Quite.” Diane said. “So anyways, onto more pressing matters, how has your stay been so far?” Ben asked the two time displaced people. “Plumbing and water is good.” Marcy said, trying to keep her balance as a naga now. “Damn… I liked those pants…” “So what happens to me?” Other Zeke asked. “Also as for name… call me whatever.” “How about our Zeke gets a name change? I mean, I changed my name multiple times, Ben was born into this life as Ben, it would help keep us seperated.” Eclipsa suggests as she starts to teach her other self how to keep balance and slyther as a naga “Mine?” Zeke asked. “I mean… what else can I be called?” “I’ve never been good with names honestly.” Ben said simply. “How about Ventral? Take your last name as your first.” Eclipsa suggests “Simple enough.” Ben said. "That name doesn't exactly carry fond memories for me." Zeke said. "Hmm… why not call me what I am? Kingdom Hearts. Or just Heart for short?" “If you’re sure love.” Eclipsa shrugged. “A bit on the nose but what works for you.” "I'd prefer it over Ventral any day of the year." Zeke, now Heart, Said with a nod. To everyone's surprise, their hair suddenly gained a glowing blue streak through it. "And that's… new?" They said, messing with the glowing streak of hair. “Probably your heart reflecting your choice.” Eclipsa said, flicking it before giggling. “It looks nice on you though.” "I wonder if this is it or will it be more?" "There will probably be more." Ben said honestly. “I think it looks cool.” Eclipsa said, now having gotten Marcy to at least have balance. "It does honestly." Ben nodded. "Huh. Well,guess it's… his turn." Heart said, turning to Zeke. "You ready?" "I… guess." Zeke said, the two touching hands. A flash of Darkness and Light sparked between their fingers as Zeke suddenly hit the ground. His body glowed, flashing between blue, black and white for some time. Tattoo like images appeared along his arms of chains of light. When it ended Zeke was breathing heavy. "Yeah, it sucked for me also." Heart said, helping Zeke up. "At least I'm not one of a kind anymore. Excluding my kids cause that is… a whole other can of worms on exactly what they are." "Jesus I can see everything and what everyone is doing!" Zeke said in shock. "Yeah… you kinda tune it out after a week." "That is… weird." “You get used to it.” Ben said simply. “Speak for yourself, it’s still weird for me, just a weird that doesn't affect me anymore.” Eclipsa groaned. “And it’ll only get weirder.” Ben said honestly. “Cause it always gets weirder.” “Oh and Marcy, be careful with Grey. While it is weak at first, every single second of every day it gets more and more powerful, boosting everything about you or any powers you find.” Eclipsa warned the blonde naga. “Believe me, it boosts everything.” Ben brought up. "Was that a sex joke?" Heart asked. “It could be honestly.” Ben shrugged. “Grey is a special thing...but if you want to take it that way that’s also fine.” “Well it kinda does. I mean, it helps with my shape changing… still confused as to why my dire wolf form is BBW, but eh, at least it turns a certain wolfy on.” Eclipsa shrugged, making a seat out of Grey for all to sit if they want to. “Listen…” Ben started. “Eclipsa’s right...and there’s nothing wrong with that.” "Onto other topics, what now? I assume Eclipsa trains Marcy, I train Zeke and Ben and Diane heads off to therapy?" Heart asked. “Sounds about right.” Ben nodded. “Do we need to do anything or talk about anything else?” "Nothing comes to mind." Heart said. "Oh Marcy, if you want to have human legs again, close your eyes, imagine every detail about the shape you want, focus on the wellspring in your chest and snap your fingers." Eclipsa informed her. "Really you don't need to snap, but it helps focus the magic when you start out." "I… will give this a try before messing with magic." Marcy said. “Cool.” Ben nodded. “Got anything to say about all of this Diane?’ "Other than more will show up. People from our timeline." Diane added. "It's gonna be quite the shitshow." “Well that’s gonna be a bit annoying to sort through…” Ben sighed out. "Meh we dealt with worse." Eclipsa shrugged before wrapping her tail around Heart and Ben, giving soft squeezes and lustful eyes. "Now if you excuse us, I believe these three have some pent up energy needing out~" She said before opening a DTG before anyone could utter a sound. "Soo… Diane… Zeke… wanna test out our new bodies?" Marcy asked the two.
Chapter 15: Changes and Battles.With the events done Heart ran back towards Nathen, th two discussing how to deal with the next Heartless as Eclipsa came up to the two. “Hey, what’s all the commotion? You are awfully eager to get away for someone who was blissed out.” Eclipsa teased as she strolled up. “Oh, sorry.” Heart said. “Eclipsa, meet Nathen.” Heart said, placing a hand on the new figure, to Eclipsa. Shoulder. “Nathen, Eclipsa… one of many spouses…” “Half snake half pony human… eh, seen weirder on the internet.” Nathen shrugged. “Eclipsa, this is one of my very few real friends back from earth. God sent him off with speed. Nathen nodded, demonstrating this by in a flash of yellow lightning, ran around the two fifty times in under four seconds before stopping. “I’m fast.” They said simply with a shrug. “Hopefully not in bed.” Eclipsa said with a playful smile “Eheh… Not into...anybody really. Asexual.” Nathen said. “We were going to hunt down the third Zeke Heartless. It’s at the Enchanted Domain.” “Oh… Point me in a direction.” Eclipsa said seriously, almost scaring Nathen of how quick this flirty, playful woman went to serious, stone cold killer in a snap. “One of them has Discord.” Heart said. “He was last with Drezke then after he and Lake reunited he vanished. These things do have Keyblades so he has to be stuck with one of them.” “Typical…” Eclipsa scoffed before summoning Oblivion and Oathkeeper, smiling at her old friends. “Lets get going.” With a nod, Heart opened a DTL to the enchanted domain. They arrived in the forest near the castle. “Now, where is the fucker hiding?” Heart asked. “I’ll do a quick recon.” Nathen said, zooming off in a blink. “So…. How did you two meet?” Eclipsa asked as Nathen ran off “Well, my family kinda… broke into his house, tied up his parents and used his place as a hide out for a few...months…” Heart said, scratching the back of their head. “And that lead to a friendship?” Eclipsa said with a cocked head “Well we were both really little at the time. While yes my parents did hold both him and his family hostage they didn’t malnourished or kill them. They had TV, bathroom, food, at some point they even started helping my folks in planning jobs, since Nathens dad was an electrician and his mom a truck driver. Around that time we actually started playing and had a lot in common. We visited lots of times and I called him often.” "Huh. Well that's a thing." Eclipsa said, having learned long ago to just accept things. "So he is basically flash huh? Heh, if his metabolism changed to match then he would love a Naga style meal. We mean it when we say all you can eat." "I assume." Heart shrugged. After a solid three minute, Nathen rushed back. "It's not in or around the castle." He said. "But guards have reported a supposed monster sighting in the Forest some miles from here." “Might be our heartless.” Eclipsa said, stating the obvious. “Alright so, uh, you two don’t get motion sickness right?” They shook their heads, and suddenly in a blur the three were within the darkness of the woods. “Well… that’s something.” Eclipsa said. “Felt like Teleporting.” Heart said. “I don't mind really, having done that, it is really only dimension and time hoping that takes me half a second to orientate by my view.” Eclipsa said before getting a weird thought. “Hey, Nathen, wanna go faster without a penalty to your metabolism?” "Ah, no thanks. My speed comes from the speed force and it doesn't exactly like it when I try and tamper with my speed or body in anyway." Nathen said. "It's a long story. So, wonder where this guy is hiding?" "I'll guess a cave or abandoned hut/cottage." Heart said. "My money Is on cave." Nathen said. They sped into the woods, then back almost immediately. "You have GOT to see this one…" Running into the woods, Eclipsa and Heart both nearly froze, seeing Heartless crawling around… cubed heartless with lines of red code running along them. "Okay… RE coded sucked but it's block enemies sucked way worse." Heart said, summoning X. "You got a weapon Nathen?" Eclipsa asked. "Uh, never really needed one before." Nathen answered nervously. "Take this." Heart said, handing their friend a Starlight Keyblade. "Trust me, it will be able to keep up." "Thanks." They said, taking it as the Keyblade flashed white once he took it. Accepting their new wielder. "Heh. Lighter than I expected." "That's everyone's reaction." Heart chuckled. "Alright, You deal with the blocks and Eclipsa and I look for this jackass. Once you're done join up with us." "Got it. Be back in… a flash." They jokes, ruching off. "He's got puns." Eclipsa nodded. "He always did." Heart laughed. Eclipsa and Heart rushed through the heartless, Nathen zooming around, hacking them just as they appeared. Once the two made it to the cave they were hit by a blast… a blast of code infused darkness. Emerging from the cave was the Heartless, darkness and code flowing over them. "Ever closer to our goal, dear father." It said with a maniacal happiness. "Shit!" Heart yelped, dodging more blasts as it pulled out Way to Dawn, delivering a dark slash that made various more cubed digital heartless. "I got the small fry, you take out the big bad!" Nathen said, appearing for a second then taking on the spawning heartless. Getting up, Eclipsa and Heart began attacking the heartless. Eclipsa using Oathkeeper and Oblivion to try and keep in on the defense so Heart could land a blow, but it's speed was boosted by the code it was using. Heart and Eclipsa would not give up though. Their attacks boosted by Eclipsa's grey, the Heartless's defence starting to break. As the shift in dynamic was about to hit, suddenly, Heart stopped, giving the Heartless the needed edge to attack, and blast Heart and Eclipsa into the nearby trees. "Heart, what gives?" Eclipsa groaned, looking over to Heart, eyes widening at what she saw. Hearts legs began morphing into a long snake like tail, their upper half grew long fluffy fur as their face shifted into something more wolf like, and, to Hearts complete embarrassment, their shirt broke, tearing as their chest not only grew, but six more breasts room up the entirety of their torso. "You pick now to shapeshift into a sexy anthro?!" "This was not intentional it just happened!" Heart yelled back, the two dodging another attack, but in this new form Heart had trouble moving. "Fuck how do I stay upright?!" As the Heartless began to swipe an attack again, Eclipsa met it, crossing Keyblades as she flowed both Grey and Code into herself. The stalemate was gaining friction, Nathen was occupied with the unending swarm of cube heartless and Heart was unable to even stand upright in the sudden new form. Suddenly, Eclipsa heard the wisp and foosh of something shot by springs and the sound of released pressurized air. Suddenly a blur passed behind the heartless, their eyes wide as their head suddenly began sliding off their neck. Their body began to dissolve back into darkness, and Way to Dawn returned to Heart. Looking, Eclipsa saw Erin, also wielding Oathkeeper and Oblivion. "Are you alright? We all felt Ze- er, Heart suddenly panic. I was already in the lanes between sonI rushed over." Erin said, looking around and seeing Heart, then covering their eyes. "Shit, what happened?!" "I honestly… Don't know…" Eclipsa said with a sigh, looking at the topless Heart still flopping around trying to gain some balance. "But I think I like it."
Chapter 16: The Admin of ChaosAfter some time with Ben left Heart busy for the week, Eclipsa was determined to deal with these last two Heartless. Nathen tagging along for no reason Eclipsa could understand. The two were on Traverse Town, the final world of the Heartless that was on a world. “Looks way better than the game.” Nathen said, looking around at what was familiar and what was different compared to how the games portrayed this world. "Yeah… and please ignore the giant chasm." Eclipsa said, wincing at the line of housing still not repaired from the first time Eclipsa used a X-blade. "Anyways, let's bag em and tag em." "Just where are they though?" Nathen asked. "If I were to guess, someplace not well traveled… hey, remember that cave that acted as another entrance into Merlin's house? That seems likely." Eclipsa said with a snap. "Hmm. This is before KH1, so maybe. Not likely anyone is there. Well, let's check it out." Eclipsa smiled before snapping, teleporting them into the cave. “Here we are.” It was empty...mostly. where Merlin's house was meant to be, sat a swirling vortex of darkness… and Void. The void there was weak, yes, but Eclipsa felt it was supercharging the darkness. "That doesn't look good." Nathen said, summoning Starlight. “No it isn’t.” Eclipsa said, summoning Better Half before walking up to it and placing her hand into the Void. Upon touching it, her arm burned. An internal burn that hit deep into her code. She backed off, the black vine line scorcharks on her arm slowly fading. "How do we close this if you can't even touch it?" Nahen asked. “Maybe…” Eclipsa said before focusing, grey pouring out of her as for a split second, She let all of her might out, the shear weight of her power shaking the entire world before it condenses at the end of Better half, Cracks of gray spreading through the blade as excess power is flowed into Eclipsa’s mark. With a stab, all that power, including Nothingness and Grey poured into the void. It all swirled around for a while before, something began happening. It was becoming unstable. Suddenly through… Shooting out from the portal came something that knocked Eclipsa into the wall back at the caves entrance. "About time." That voice… Eclipsa thought, looking up and seeing… Herself. Colin. A large number 4 tattooed on the left side of his face. "About time I get a field test." They said, sparking and clashing replica versions of Oathkeeper and Oblivion, their colors inverted. The Heartless came out right behind them. "Clock is ticking." They said with a playful malice. Eclipsa looked at their copy before chuckling. “Oh this is rich. Nathen, Hold off the heartless, I’ll show this wanna be why you can’t copy perfection~” Eclipsa said, her eyes and grin going predatory. "I'll do what I can." Nathen said, zooming off towards the Heartless, matching his speed with their own trail of darkness. The clone looked at me with a smile. "Shall we?" The clone asked, sparking their copy Keyblades, void tainted darkness's flowing over them. Eclipsa summoned a shield into their free hand, pounding Better Half on it like a greek warrior. “Lets dance. Try to keep up!” Eclipsa said, letting her grey start to power up more. They fought each other, a spike of energy cracking the walls of the cave and making the water itself levitate up as if gravity no longer held power. Each clang broke the cave more and more as Nahen struggled against the Heartless. It's artificial speed matching his as the two raced and fought across the breaking walls and floating water. Eclipsa hissed as she blocked another strike before stabbing forward, using her tail to snap as suddenly hundreds of copies of Oblivion and Oathkeeper started to flow behind her. “Sick em.” The Keyblades went out to attack the clone, they smirked. Arching their back in a grotesque way as suddenly, this haphazard looking version of the Dark Guardian bursting from their body in a splash of blood, this version had purple skin, red eyes, arms had another pair of replica Oathkeeper and Oblivion bound to it's arms and rather than a heart shaped hole in it's chest, it held a shape closer to a Keyhole. It battled Oath and Oblivion while the clone kept attacking me. "I've been waiting for this moment since I emerged from the production lines." The clone said, eyes shifting to a dark red. "I was handcrafted for this very moment." "Oh? And what pray tell are you hoping to achieve?" Eclipsa said, her eyes turning silver as grey started to infuse with every strike, each getting exponentially more powerful. Right now they are at realm breaker power, and increasing, all in the span of half a second. "Data collection… and sample extraction." They smirked, suddenly rushing the Naga as she saw this clone take an actual BITE from her aura of grey, swallowing it. "hehehehe. That's my purpose complete." They said, big the clone and Dark Guardian copy readying themselves. "Everything else I get is just extra for mother." "Oh why thank you for that~" Eclipsa says with a smile before taking control of the grey from inside them. "You forget. Everything is Grey. I am Grey." She said, her eyes becoming hard, mercyless before she ripped it out, along with all the darkness and void. "Is everything grey though?" It asked, still smiling and collapsed as the grey reached her. The burning returned, but worse as it flowed into the naga. The void was eating away her grey, the pain made her drop Better Half as she tried to use Nothingness to counter the Voids almost poison like effect on Eclipsa. "No… no you are not taking this from me!" Eclipsa growled before activating everything, cracks appearing over her body as the mark worked overtime. "-------------------" Eclipsa said as she reached her true power, filling the void, nullifying it, and trying to force it into submission. It was failing. It hit her like a brick… void is not part of grey… it came before it… Desperate, she began scratching at her own skin, making deep gashes to try and remove it. As it was making its way to her neck… Blinking, Eclipsa looked up, seeing the clone, back up and in that earlier stance as before. The grey, darkness and void ripped out of it. It was deja vu, and suddenly before it reached her, she was suddenly across the cave, hitting and making the walls where she stood before melt. "Rewinding time… " Nathen said, taking deep breaths. "First time I got it to work." "Thanks… I got in over my head there." Eclipsa said, massaging her arms and neck. "What to do about it though…." "Well, thankfully, whatever that was is dead… just leaves Heartless speedy there… and that." Nathen said, pointing at the portal the fast Heartless was running around. Restabilizing get it. "I think… I think if I run fast enough the opposite way I can destabilize it and close it, you just have to keep Speedy there busy." Eclipsa took a breath, letting her grey open, and Nathen saw the universe of grey before she condenced it into herself, her soul, everything. She unsummoned her weapons, her body glowing. "When in doubt, your body and heart are your greatest weapons." Eclipsa said, her voice echoing as she made her body into a soul weapon, and charged at the heartless as equal speed. At this speed, Eclipsa saw the world almost as if time was still, the Heartless gave a growl as he rushed off, trying to stay ahead of the Naga. Nathen for to work, moving faster and faster around the portal, slowly but surely, it began to destabilize again. Seeing what was happening, the Heartless tried to stop it, Eclipsa got in the way. "You want to know why I fight so hard? Why I refuse to die, even when I have been erased from existence?" Eclipsa spoke out loud, knowing that it was possible for Nexus to listen from the copy's body. She grabbed the heartless by the head and smashed him into a dead stop on the ground. "It's because no matter how much you break me. No matter the time, place, or body, I will always stand up for those I love, for those whom I have always been with. Go ahead and try to kill me. Last time you did that? I just came back stronger." The heartless growled as it tried to get up… Without thinking, Eclipsa raised up her tail, suddenly ethereal Keyblade tips spied out from under her scales, spinning in a loud rotation, much like a chainsaw, and she impaled the heartless this way. It’s body shredded and remains faded away as the portal closed. New Limit Attack Unlocked: AP Piercing Key. "That's new." Eclipsa commented as her body stopped glowing, her eyes though not changing back. "Nathen, you good?" “Speed Healing…” They huffed, laid on the floor, clothes nearly burned off completely, and skin as if the just came out of a house fire. “Just need a few… hours…” "Grey Curaga." Eclipsa cast over him, green mist falling over him His wounds healed, but his clothes were still tattered. “Shit. God made those speed friction resistant…” He said, looking over the clothes. “That vortex must have burned them.” "Don't worry, when we get back to Daybreak, we can set you up with some more, and make them stronger." Eclipsa said with a smile, reaching and hand down to lift him up. "Now, how many skill points do I have… haven't checked in ages…." Eclipsa muttered before checking her assistant. Skill Points: 77,982 "......Well shit. Time to actually use these ..." Eclipsa muttered before looking over to see what to put them in. A trip back to Daybreak and getting Nathen some new, better clothes to resist speed friction, the skill points mostly allocated, and now, the two were pondering on where in The Lanes Between is the final heartless and, Discord. The one at Traverse Town had Pumpkin Head, which was kinda disappointing. As Eclipsa pondered she heard someone calling her name. Turning to the side she smiled. "Hey Star, Blitz, you two okay?" She asked her gender bent spouses. While they were Futa, they kept their male names to keep them separate from the others. "Sup sexy." Blitz said. "We heard you have been busy." Star added. "Is something happening?" “Well, I have yet to find and talk to Scotch, I apparently am this Universe’s Positive to the reality full of negitives, just found out that Void of any kind in me will cause me to try and kill myself to get it out, and am currently hunting Heart’s heartlesses to get back Discord. So its a typical Tuesday.” Eclipsa said with a shrug. "Huh…" Star said. "Well, do you know where this final Heartless is?" “Somewhere in the Lanes Between. Who knows where they are.” Eclipsa admitted "Well, they are a Heartless, where would one of those things go in such a vast place?" Blitz said. "I know if I had that much free space to fly around in, I'd need a rest on a cloud or something someplace comfy." “....Wait, what is a resting place in the lanes between!” Eclipsa said, hit by inspiration. "Mostly asteroids and such." Star said. "The largest ones are typically used as rest stops but there are a few that aren't touched because of hazardous materials in them." Eclipsa pulled up her Assistant and started looking specifically for the Hazardous ones, marking each on their map. “This might just be it.” In her searching she came across one candidate better than the others. A large asteroid called CCK78. It's rich In Dark Electronium. An Ore she remembered came from Cript's realm. It spawns Shadow Creatures and if mined ,wrong will explode. A dangerous source of darkness. “Bingo.” The fly there had to be by ship. Eclipsa nor Nathen had ever traveled by spaceship before. It amazed the two at how much like a private airplane it was. The flight would take a while, and it left the two together. There was an admitted awkward silence for a while. “So…. How’s Starlight liking you?” Eclipsa asked, looking at the keyblade. "Good. I think. It comes when I call for it so I assume that's good." He replied. "So you were like Ze- er, Heart, before?" “Like him how?” Eclipsa asked "Ya know. Human. Dude." “Oh yeah. I was also a Dude once upon a time.” Eclipsa said with a smile "So, what world did you pick when God picked you up as the world went to hell?" “Equestria with Oblivion and Oathkeeper. Ended up as Twilight’s fraternal twin.” "Twin huh? What was that like?" "Back on Earth I was an only child, so being reborn as a twin was… nice. I have an older brother who lives and looks out for me, even though I don't need it, powers wise we are on quite different planes these days. And Twilight as my sister has been the best second life ever. She's such a dork, worries a lot about the little insignificant things, but I love her. I've had to remind her to calm down so often it often feels like I'm the only one who could calm her down. Then Spike came along and heh, a little brother who the family basically raised all together. Shining and I got him into Comics, Heh, Twi taught him how to read before that. Dad, pony dad, taught him to write, and mom showed him how to cook." "Sounds like you prefer your life in Equestria over your life from earth." "My life from earth was… not that good." Eclipsa said, sighing as she began slouching in her seat. “Being a bastard, red eyed Ventral sucked. Watching my mom die in a snuff film before my eyes was worse. Being the cause of it destroyed me. I had no friends even as I got older, no one adopted me even when I got contacts to hide my red eyes. My only escape was Kh, and later MLP. Hell, when the End of the world happened, I saw the chaos outside my apartment, and all I did was close my blinds and get back on my game, not caring.” "Heh. I was at ground zero. Worked in the city and when shit hit the fan, it hit the ground. I was running with the panic, not even sure how but next thing I knew I was meeting God." “Oh I burned to death. Let me tell you, not fun.” Eclipsa chuckled "I still think I must have been shot." Nathen said. "I asked for Speed and had him dropped me off in The Flash's world. He and I teamed up but I often just ran across helping out outside Star City. It had the most Meta Humans but there were still some outside the city and country." “Very noble.” Eclipsa nodded approvingly They shrugged. "I once asked Zeke if he'd take me into the world he lived in. Criminals, I know those skills of his could have been used for good, but he didn't want to risk my life, and he was pretty dense on the matter. Guess in the end though he still became the hero I knew he could be." "He has a way of becoming what people expect him to be." That thought was meant to be factual, but stung bitterly on Eclipsa's mouth. He was always what others expected, never what he wanted. Those Nexus hands of fate still had Heart in their grip, and she would die ripping them off if that was what it took. They arrived at the asteroid, immediately were attacked by Shadow Creatures. While they had numbers they also fell fast, easily. The two were much stronger than the monsters here, but their source was all around them, Eclipsa could destroy the blasted place bit between the blast from.the unstable dark ore would send her flying several billion light-years away, likely kill Nathen, and that heartless would escape. They needed to search, but with an unending wave it was a matter of how, how to pull off the impossible. As the battling reached into the hours, both parties felt an ever growing tiredness. They needed help, But how to- Snap. In a sudden flash, every Shadow Creature was missing. Gone, and none were showing up. "Did we win?" Nathen asked, tired as they fell to the ground. "No… who was?" Eclipsa asked. "It's about fucking time!" That voice. Eclipsa knew it well, not quote Hearts, but also, a familiar one. Soon, the Heart Heartless showed up. But it's colors, it's eyes… those horns and wings. "Discord?!" Eclipsa asked in surprise. "Well duh. What were you expecting?" They draconequus Keyblade asked sarcastically. "How are you...what?" "When those Heartless things were made and this one took me, I could feel it's ever growing darkness. It came here to feed off the darkness and negativity of the Dark Electronium to power up. But l, lucky for me, this darkness is very very chaotic." "You… as it ate the darkness you also got powered up!" Eclipsa said with wide eyes. "Yup! All the chaos already in me, add what it was eating just powered me enough to possess them, once I had access to my own magic again after I took over I made this body my own. I can still shift to a Keyblade form, but at least now I have a body again." "How long have you been like this?" "Few months." "What?! You mean to tell me that you could have come home at any moment?! Why didn't you go back to Heart?!" "Because, A, this asteroid is Rich in chaotic darkness. I and my reflections are the only chaotic darkness allowed in this reality! And B, after I felt Zeke, well, Heart now, become Kingdom Hearts and the Admin of Balance, I knew if I wanted to keep helping, I needed to be on your levels." "You… have been trying to become an Admin?" "Discord! The Admin of Chaos! Has a nice ring to it huh?" He chuckled. "This asteroid has been feeding me the power since I thought of that plan. It's harmless to me, but these fucking rocks don't drain easy. I drain one section and the next thing I know I come back after draining another and it's recharged!" "That… would be a problem." Eclipsa said. "Why not just eat it?" Nathen asked, half asleep. "Eat it? Hmm… crazy, I like it!" Discord said happily. "So, how you gonna pull that off?" Eclipsa asked. "First, let's hope aboard your ship, then I can get to work." They did just that, Nathen crashing asleep as they flew a fair distance from the asteroid. Once they were far enough, Discord took two fingers, acted as if they were going to grab the rock with them… then actually did, the once massive asteroid of chaotic darkness now a marble sized ball between his fingers. Nathen was too tired to question the act and Eclipsa just shrugged it off as Discord swallowed the small orb. Eclipsa felt the rush of power enter Discord. The Chaos in him multiplying to incredible levels. He was ready to take on Code. With a nod, Eclipsa set course back home to have The Mother make Discord an admin, but they did enjoy a feast first of many food items Discord popped into the ship at will. Both Eclipsa and Nathan are their body weight easily in food. When they arrived home the trio quickly made their way to The Mother's statue. "She uses a statue to talk and act. She as well as all of us are using starfish clones to both be safe inside a hidden area within Nothingness, and also be out here to do our jobs and such." Eclipsa said. "I guess that makes sense. Keeps the kids safe, right?" Discord said with a nod. "That is correct." The Mother statue said, moving and talking now. "My, an Admin to be standing here. Am I correct in that assumption?" "Yes." Eclipsa said. "Then come. Claim your Code." She said, reaching a hand out to Discord as a ball of pure Code formed in her hand. Discord took it, the rush of power hurt, but they endured. The Mother had left the Statue body already, her job done as Discord was now an Admin. The Admin of Chaos. Eclipsa's Assistant beeped. "Hm?" She pondered, looking at it. Skill Tree Unlocked: Chaos Code. Race Skill Tree Unlocked: Draconequus. "... Wait what?" Eclipsa asked.
Chapter 17: Find HerWith Discord back the Heartless Hearts now finally gone, Eclipsa wasn't quite sure what to do next. Heart was with Ben off doing stuff in the Void, And the rest of the family was working in one way or another. She sighed before pulling up her Assistant, keen to check and learn about those new paths, as well as ones that She already had unlocked. She noticed in Weapon Abilities that there was a branch for Keyblades and x-blades. While Oathkeeper and Oblivion were under Keyblades, and Better Half was under X-blades, Zeke, nor any of the others like here were there. Eclipsa pondered this, they are weapons, but also people. Maybe there isn't a branch they fall under? She thought, lazily flipping through branches and abilities. She flipped until she came across the ones she obtained last night. Chaos and Dragoniqus abilities. With a shrug she looked them over. Most of them were self explanatory, but the Chaos Magic ability did make her ponder what kind of fun she could get into. She put some points into the skill tree before turning and turning until she found Grey, looking it over. After all, it is her, and she is, other than her lovers, the only one who can use its abilities besides enhancement. It's be interesting to see what that assistant has to say about them. The first tier was for reinforcements and boosting, second tier allowed for special Grey based spell castings and weapon forging, the other eight tiers were locked it seemed. More to learn, She wondered how to unlock them Must be either potential based or mastery based? She thought, deciding to test out the Chaos magic since that is what is available. She felt the unstable, unpredictability of the chaos magic now activate, and it made her harmony based unicorn side almost lurch in surprise, but she powered through, and the unease soon began to subside. Soon, she tried casting Megaflare- SPLAT! Blinking, Ecipsa was suddenly covered in chocolate frosting and dotted by strawberries. “Okay… Should have expected that. Chaos magic… Hmm..Maybe…” Eclipa tried to use it to cast a ‘spell’ for frosting and strawberries… and got it “Well, so that idea is out.” She said, licking the fruit and frosting off in pinkie pie fashion. After a bit of failed attempts later, Eclipsa had an idea. “I’m thinking too logically. That's the problem. So what if I just… let go?” She didn’t even bother thinking of a spell, just casting magic outwards as a barrage of Ice magic hit the wall across from her. Still not a Mega Flare, but closer. So when I want something like an attack spell, I get something random, when I want something random, that does happen, and when I don’t want anything it does an attack spell? It feels like there is a pattern but that can’t be all of it. Eclipsa sighed before focusing on chaos magic, shaping it, thinking of instead of mega flare, turning her target into a mega flare. She tried on a vase, and to her joy, it did, the vase becoming a ball of fire, now exploding. Thinking for a moment, she sent out a wave of bubbles, that once they were far away, changed into tiny megaflare balls, each exploding. She quickly fixed the walls and things. So long as the process is random or chaotic, a desired result can be obtained. “Oh this is so gonna be fun to play with.” Eclipsa said before remembering that tail attack she did where her tail became a chainsaw of keyblades. “How did I do that though?” She looked though her skill trees to see if it was there, but no, it wasn’t anywhere. It was quite a cool attack, but how to do it again? Does it even have a name? She pondered for a while, thinking that maybe it was a spur of the moment attack… or… Looking through she found another tab under Abilities, Limits. Here it was, Lights Carnage. Lights Carnage. Naga based race exclusive. Once you have Mastered a Keyblade, and obtained a X-blade, your power over the light and allegiance to Kingdom Hearts shine. Your tail will spike with ethereal keyblades, and they will spin with blinding speed, delivering the same carnage into darkness and evil that your foe has done. "That's why it was so effective to that wannabe Clone." Eclipsa muttered The other limits were about the same, but there were many more, all locked however. This did give Eclipsa the chance to practice with the Wayfinder, as well as summoning Nobodies and Heartless. Eclipsa practiced and practiced and practiced. Each time discovering or learning something new, but eventually she stopped. This was just like before. Too focused on getting stronger, on getting the power to save those who need saving are left to suffer. She took a breather, deciding maybe it was time to head off to visit some old friends. While the city was new, and nothing like her old Ponyville, Eclipsa managed to find Wolf’s shop, the building hasn’t changed at all. That made her happy. She slithered in, seeing Nightmare Moon at the desk again. “Well, hello there Queen Eclipsa.” She laughed. “What brings you here this time?” "Please, we are family. No queen, no my goddess, just Eclipsa." Eclipsa said with a smile and roll of her eyes. She snorted. “Bitch I know.” She said, tapping the ring on her horn, it was like Eclipsa’s. “We’re members too. Lyra offered and to be fair, we could use the help with the kids, plus Wolf’s new body is hot.... Kinda like yours, but smaller chest.” Eclipsa smirked. "Does Wolf still go by he or she?" “They don't care, but they did get into lipstick, and frankly I’m surprised how good it looks on them.” "........Of all the things I forgot to get back into, it was makeup." Eclipsa says with a thousand yard stare. "Sister then, got it." “They’re out back. Forge as usual, just don’t get too intimidated.” Nightmare Moon chuckled. "Please, it's me. If anything I will cat call or try and one up them." Eclipsa said with a smirk before giving Nightmare a hug. "It's been too long, you know?" “Yeah, but you have paperwork, otherwise I’d be seeing you around the bedroom~” She cooed with a laugh as Eclipsa headed out back. The forge area was the same as before, clean and kept up, but there was a difference. Wolf, their male figure was now like Eclipsa’s. Female appearance but she could tell they were both genders, but Eclipsa realized what Moon had meant when she said not to be intimidated. While size wise, bust, height, and body, Eclipsa was larger… Wolf was ripped! Like a female bodybuilder that rivaled the male ones, strong tones muscles, but not off putting in their size either. They were working on a Starlight Keyblade. Eclipsa fanned herself before cat calling and laughing. "Hey Wolf!" They turned around. “Eclipsa!” They said, giving Eclipsa a big hug. Yup… my spine is broken now… Eclipsa thought, trying to hug Wolf back but failing as her arms were stuck in the hug. Wolf finally let go, letting her spine reform and air returns. “How’s it been, as you can see I’m doing pretty well.” Wolf said. It was then Eclipsa noticed their lipstick. It was just a few shades darker than their normal colors, but was enough to pop out and complement their natural coat colors. "Heh, I see you got into the one thing I always meant to do, but never got around to doing." Eclipsa said, gesturing to the lipstick. "And I'm doing well enough…Shy left for Nexus, I'm apparently the universal positive force, and I apparently can produce so much power it scares Cript. Also some other timeline me's are running around, I believe I even saw one that was how I used to look as a unicorn." “Huh. Neat. That explains a lot actually… Anyway, what’s this about Shy and Nexus?” Eclipsa sighed "Remember when I was missing for a year? Shy… her parents were some of the ones caught in the slaughter. She blames me more than I blame myself, and thinks of me as a threat to the kids, that if I just rolled over for Nexus and never got involved, never left, then her children would be safe, and her parents alive. Doesn't help that her parents were members of Nexus in the first place." “Hmm… You might wanna talk to Psychoshy about this then, out of anyone here who would have something to say about that, she would. She was Fluttershy’s dark half.” "True. I'll be sure to talk to her before I leave. What's up with you?" Eclipsa said, trying to change topic. “Same old same old. Working the forge, since joining your family handling the kids has been SO much easier, and learned how to make other Key-armerments.” Eclipsa thought for a moment. "Wanna try to make a Keyblade of Grey?" “A Keyblade of Grey? Huh, well I’ve tinkered with the idea, can’t be any different than one of light, darkness or both. I’ll just need a new flame sources to add to my forge to allow that.” Eclipsa smiled before focusing. Around her, Wolf got a glimpse of just how large grey had become. It was its own realm at this point, and as Eclipsa let a practical tsunami Cascade into her hand, the source continued to grow still before she cut it out. Eclipsa worked the grey in her hand, creating three things out of it. One, a chunk of metal with swirling, smokey images moving and changing, the second a pure crystal of Grey, and the third a everburning fire, with grey as the source. "Will this work?" “Perfect.” Wolf said with surprise, taking the fire and placing it in the forge. It changed the forge, making it larger, and even allowing for single fires, mixed and the like. “It should take me a few days to design, then build it.” Wolf said. "If you need more metal or crystal, let me know… what should we even name the metal…" Eclipsa hummed. “Dunno, maybe give an idea to Cript or Lord.” Wolf shrugged. "Maybe. Anyways, I'll leave you to it… I need to go talk to Psycho." Eclipsa sighed, not looking forward to it. “She’s in the house.” Wolf said as Eclipsa nodded, heading inside. Once inside she saw Psycho there. Her mane was a crimson red, coat a pale yellow, eyes a deep yellow. She almost looked like a different pony, but she was, is part of Shy. She was watching movies on the TV, some kind of reality show about a family, Eclipsa thinks. "Hey Psycho, long time no see." Eclipsa said, trying and failing to keep guilt out of her eyes. She looked over at them, shrugging as she kept watching her show. “What brings you here?” "Besides saying hi and checking up on family…. Well Wolf suggested I talk to you… about Shy." The naga said, unsure what to do. “About what exactly?” She asked, now looking at me. "Do you know she left and joined Nexus? She hates me now." Eclipsa said before it all started to pour out. "With Rune it was bad because she was lying to us, all of us forever, and Coco didn't want to do it any more ...but Shy was my fault. During that year when I left, shy's… your parents died. Parents that also so happened to be citizens of Nexus. She sees me as a threat to her children, and blames me for her parents death. Had I just rolled over and accepted Nexus, not get involved in the greater Multiverse, our children would be safe but no, I had to get involved, I had to get stronger… I had to ignore my family and put all of them in danger. She hates me more than I hate myself.” She didn’t say anything for a bit, but looked back at the show. “That sounds about right.” She finally said Matter of Factly. "What am I supposed to do… I try and be happy, I try to move on but I can't. Every victory feels hollow, every inch forced. Shy was perfect, is perfect… and I lost her because I was too blind by my own sense of self worthlessness to focus on what I had." Eclipsa said, crying now. It seriously didn't help that her head was replacing Psycho's colors with that of the butterscotch mare he fell in love with. "She isn't." Eclipsa looked up back at Psycho. "What should I do…. Please, you are the only one who could help me." "No I'm not." Psycho said. "There are others." "But you are the only one who knows her entirely." Eclipsa said before looking down. "There is not a second that goes by that I dont regret my decision to leave. If Scootaloo and the other older children hadn't joined the fight already, I would have been convincing the others to give in if it meant that Shy would come back." "Ugh. You really don't get it, do you?" Psycho asked. "Think about it like this. Nexus erased you from existence, reset your timeline what, three times? Target your loved ones and lover of three timelines, possibly your kids…" "Nexus hates me simply because they can not predict or control me. The only thing predictable is that I will always find Ben and Zeke, and I with fight tooth and nail to protect my family." Eclipsa nod "I know Shy thinks of me as a threat to the kids simply by existing." "Hmm. Try saying that sentence backwards." Psycho said. Eclipsa couldn't help getting a smart ass smile "Existing by simply kids the to threat a as me of thinks Shy know I?" "Har har. You aren't wrong about Shy thinking that about you, but it's not out of hatred. It's out of obligation." Psycho started. "Think about it, there are Nexus people still here, most in those bases but others hiding among us, and given even with Starfish clones, it takes time to get from point A to B, what is stopping them from taking her kids back?" Eclipsa suddenly had fury enter eye eyes Asher body began to crack like glass, the excess power being transferred to her white mark as everything combined into one swirling pool of emotional energy. "I have marked each and every one of the children that came from me, Blitz, Star and Shy, and working on the others. I found out that energy blocking can't block grey, just make it dormant, allowing me to find them and destroy any who would DARE take my children." She growled out before taking a breath, the powers slowly fading as she calmed down. "I get her fear… but leaving them, leaving me…. Star, blitz… all it does is separate." "Ugh. You're stupid." Psycho said. "Let me ask you this, do you know what Fluttershy's rank is?" "No… to be honest after I found out she worked for Nexus, I kinda just took that at face value." Eclipsa admitted "Her rank is a General, one of only ten. One is her, the other was Krott, and the other eight are with Vincent in the void, now, with the Nothingness barrier, they can't communicate with them, so they have to take orders from the only general of Nexus still available, that being…?" "Shy…" Eclipsa said, any remnants of anger fading slowly into sorrow. "But then… then why did she bother with me? The glitch that they can't ever seen to get rid of? The being that Everytime they destroy it, even remove it from existence, keeps coming back stronger?" "Nexus and love are both tricky, she had to make sure that, in Nexus's eyes, she felt Nothing for you, that it was all for research and data, otherwise, they wouldn't listen to her." "And now? In the past that made sense, just as it makes sense that they need a leader now, but you can't fake that hate in her eyes." "After a while of telling yourself the same thing over and over again enough times, anyone will end up believing their own lies." "She's lying to herself… Psycho, I have a stupid, stupid idea and I want your opinion on it." Eclipsa said, the determined look in her eyes that the other mare knows from Wolf, all sense of sorrow, self pity and anger replaced by passion. "Since when do you ask before acting?" She asked with a chuckle. Eclipsa just smiled "I'm gonna get into Nexus. Maybe find a way to excuse my white dot as to why it's not blue. See things from the other side and maybe, eventually find Shy, and just talk. If she listens, great. If not, then at least I have some piece of mind." "You're a retard." Psycho said bluntly. Eclipsa shrugged "Hey, it got me this far." She chuckled before sighing. "What do you suggest then." "For starters, have you, oh I don't know, tried using the sleeping worlds to find and talk to here? Nexus doesn't have bases there." Eclipsa proceeded to face palm "Gods I really am an idiot.... Now that you mention it, when was the last time I slept…." Eclipsa asked herself. Psycho just shrugged. "So, gonna head off then?" "I'm going to try. I just… I need to make this right. Thanks Psycho." Eclipsa said with a soft smile. "Eh. Well, good luck." Eclipsa teleported to the realm of Grey, one one place that she could have total peace and quiet before making a beach for the ocean and falling asleep. "I'm coming shy." Eclipsa had never been in the sleeping realm before. She found herself in the kingdom, but her body was that of Marcy's, and the sky was a beautiful starry night with a bright full moon. This, was not where she needed to be, she needed to find the passageways to others dreams… something she did not know how to do. "Gonna find a Luna or shy." Eclipsa said, her brain working overtime as she started to explore the kingdom looking for them. She wasn't having much luck, most of the people here were either soldiers on patrol or just random sleep walkers. As Eclipsa looked, she soon saw… Vinyl?! Eclipsa saw her old ponyville friend, that hard to miss Keyblade in hoof as she was having a smoke next to a wall. "Hey Scratch! Long time no see!" Eclipsa said with a smile, walking up to the pony. Looking over to her, Vinyl smiles. "Hey there Queenie. What brings you to my neck of the woods?" Vinyl asked in a mocking tone. Of course, it was soon replaced by a cheerful laugh. "Still can't believe the stallion that got Princess Luna to resign from being a Princess for motherhood, did a rule 63 and became a queen." "Believe me, wasn't planned." Eclipsa chuckled. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know how to find specific people in the dream realm, would you?" "Depends on if they are asleep. Who ya looking for?" “Fluttershy, or Scotch, whichever name they go by.” “Hmm… I remember seeing them walking around back at Prankster's Paradise.” Vinyl thought aloud. “That was a few days ago. Might be able to find something there.” With a tap of her Keyblade, a swirling portal of multiple bright colors opening on the floor. Jumping in, Eclipsa and Vinyl dived, soon seeing, then landing on Prankster's Paradise, children running along everywhere, playing, laughing. “Like it? Daybreak renovated it so it is a real carnaval now, endless play every night.” "It's really cool." Eclipsa said absent mindedly, looking around for any sign of the one they still loved. "Hey, we'll find her." Vinyl said, giving a gentle shove to Eclipsa's hip. "I know some regulars here, they will know where she was last and when."
Chapter 18: Found HerFluttershy sighed. She came to this place often, when she missed her children. She'd sit on benches, watching them all play and enjoy one another. Her attire was different. Gone was the long pink mane she was known for, now cut short, just slightly above her neck. A captains tan cap on her head, and the same tan colored suit adorned her upper body. Her tail was also cut short. A high ranked, decorated Nexus member. She had known Nexus her whole life, living a double life. A blonde human woman with eyes as blue as the ocean walked over before sitting on the bench across from Fluttershy. "Got to love watching kids play around, wouldn't you agree?" She smirked, laughing lightly. "You have to know my uniform. Why talk to me?" The woman smiled before gesturing around. "I don't see a battlefield. I don't see walls between realms. As far as I am concerned, we are just two beings having a chat, regardless of who you are in the waking world." "Unlike most here, I'm not actually hiding my physical appearance. Don't need to." "Heh, yeah, was a shocker when I came here looking like this. After all that's happened, I didn't expect for the dream realm to default me to this appearance." The woman chuckled. "So, what's up. I've been around enough beings and children to know when something is bothering them. It's the stiffness of you posture, stiffer than even military folk, the tightness of your neck, and the look in your eye." "Nexus isn't most Military." She replied. "This place sometimes helps me remember." "Remember what? Good times I hope." "The reason I returned to Nexus to begin with. I… was out, by sheer luck, for a long time." "If luck brought you out, why go back?" The woman said, a strange undertone in the question that Fluttershy couldn't put her finger on. "Because… the one who I trusted to keep me and my family safe… wasn't there when we needed them most… and because I was too weak to do it myself." "Don't blame yourself… it's something that took me years to learn is to stop blaming myself for things that were out of my control." She said with a somber tone, one that rang alarm bells in fluttershy's head but she still just couldn't figure out why. "I don't blame myself. I blame them. A Heartless almost stole the heart of our baby… and where was he? I don't even know. And that's the worst part. They'd leave, to get stronger 'for us' they'd say proudly, fail once… and leave again and we'd have no idea." The woman looked down at the floor, leaning forward before saying with a slight crack in her voice. "They…. Probally have that as the sol number one regret in their life. The time when they were needed most, and failed everyone because they could see what was in front of them. The time when not only their family and friends were in danger, but also their spouses family. And they let it all fall because they just could accept that they had all they needed already." Tears began to fall from Eclipsa's face. "Shy… I don't ask for forgiveness. I didn't…. I don't deserve it. And I know why you can't come back even if you did forgive me…" the blue eyes faded to the red as she turned to Shy. "I…. I am at your mercy, because sorry…. Doesn't cut it for betraying those who loved me." Still and silent, there was a long, defining pause. Suddenly, Eclipsa's eyes went white. She backed up, knowing she took some, not much, but some damage. Her sight returning, Fluttershy stood ready to charge, a long, bright pink sword radiating pure magic in her bite, her wings shifting from their butter yellow to a metalic chrome, and their eyes, flooding with rivers of tears. "This is low… so low Eclipsa… changing forms, hissing, just to hide?" "I didn't change forms. I spoke the truth, the dream realm out me into the form of one of my old lives." Eclipsa said, not summoning so much as a mote of her power, just standing there, her eyes creating their own rivers as she looked at shy. "Listen to me, you selfish bastard. You betrayed my trust, you left your family… for something as stupid as power and strength. Tell me… did you find it?" "Even if I did, it wasn't worth the cost." Eclipsa said, lowering her head as grey acted on its own, showing Shy just what Eclipsa had gained. "If I could I would throw it all away. It wasn't worth it." "Heh. So if it's so worthless to you now… let me help you choke on it!" Shy slashed her sword, a massive energy blast that destroyed the ground and uplifted the soil underneath, the impact blasted Eclipsa through several buildings, noticing that she hit innocent people and some were dazed or heart from her attack. "Grey mass curaga." Eclipsa simply said, healing all those who were hurt before walking her way back through the rubble, a shallow slash across her chest that she didn't pay any attention to. Through the dust and rubble walked Shy, blade glowing brightly as mana flowed into it. “What? No witty banter or even your prized Keyblades?” "No. I am not going to fight you, and I stopped joking around in fights a while ago." Eclipsa said calmly despite her blood dripping onto the floor below and tears in her eyes. “That’s a joke.” She said, her now metallic feathers starting to crackle with energy and vibrate. "You know, everyone who is born into Nexus has some unique genetic alterations. Guess what metal makes up my feathers.” She said, flapping as the energy from her wings blew out at Eclipsa in a massive shockwave, blasting her through several buildings and landing inthe destroyed bench of a park. "Grey mass curaga." Eclipsa said again, healing those who were caught in the path as she stood up from the bench, her arm having protected her belly instinctually, but not healing herself. "And I don't know. And I don't care. I just care that it is you." “Vibranium. Maybe not the strongest, but it’s unique trait was just one thing that makes it useful.” She said, her wings charging again. “When I was four, they made me test the limits I could go. Just a foal, and my wings when fully charged leveled mountains. Course, they broke. Painful, and being metallic they don’t exactly heal fast. I wasn’t even built for combat, modified for recon. No one ever thought it strange that I could understand all animals, back home some spoke words, others their primal tongues, didn’t matter, no better way to gather intel than speaking to the wildlife.” Eclipsa's face turned to shock before anger before her powers started to change, and Fluttershy felt it all. She felt everything, Grey, magic, light, dark, Insanity, even code become fueled into Eclipsa, so much power that the very foundations of reality began to year around her as excess power flowed into a white dot on her hand. "You know, I think I know, but I need to ask. Did you ever love me? Nexus, time after time has tried to get rid of me. They erased me from existence countless times, and each time I just came back. Nexus hates me because I am something they couldn't calculate, couldn't truly clone, predict, or even destroy permanently. Did you ever care? Or were you hoping to use me. Turn me into a weapon for Nexus, or just a resource. Grey is a ever replicating and boosting power source. Priceless in even a single droplet." Eclipsa asked, her body becoming Naga to handle the amount of power flowing through her even as it almost starts to become suffocating in its strength. “At one time I did care. At one time, I did love you… but you broke my heart Eclipse. Your family needed you, I needed you… and you weren’t there. I can’t trust you.” Shy said, tears forming in her eyes. Eclipsa blurred towards shy, the mare raising her sword defensively. What she couldn't have expected was for the naga to go next to her, her eyes barely catching the "I'm sorry" before Eclipsa was behind her, and as she turned blood splattered across her face. Eclipsa's blood, as a sword made up of a sliver of that ancient Void impaled into her shoulder, a deep slice across the naga's chest. With a roar Eclipsa slammed all her built up power against the blade shattering it before ripping it out. "No one touches my WIFE!" She roared her insanity showing as she took the broken top of the blade and ran it through the would be assassin. They ducked, suddenly slipping passed her and gaining distance. “Should have guessed.” They said, giving a clap. “Ever the thorn in our side.” Eclipsa took a breath, making her insanity work with her instead of control her as her powers sky rocketed beyond safe levels. "And I will ever be so." She said, willing herself via code to be behind the assassin and her tail erupted in light, the teath of keyblades at it's end as she tried to impale the assassin while swiping with the broken blade still in her grip. To her surprise, the attacks phased through them. Summoning Better half to her other hand, she sliced again, adding grey to the mix. "You all have torn my life apart again, and again, and again. No more." “You, are the anomaly that has cropped up again, and again, and again in our work. Hehehe. You think Marcy, Collin, they were not your first times screwing with us.” "And we won't be the last." Eclipsa said, her voice echoing with all the voices of all the lives they had lived. "You have killed us, deleted us, erased us from existence, tortured us, even went deep enough to remove our code, and still we rise." “Yes. Like the little glitch you are.” At that, the eclipse smirked. "And we are proud of it." It said before everything, even the assassin froze. They watched as Eclipsa split again and again, each one a different version. The unicorn Eclipse, Marcy, Colin, and countless others before they all raised a hand upwards, grey pooling from all those deleted timelines and realities into the current Eclipsa's pool, on all their hands a white dot. "We are eternal. We always have, and always be. We are defenders of our reality, and thus have only a single thing to say to you." Eclipsa, Marcy, Eclipse and Colin all smirked a smile that Shy fell in love with. ''You dun fucked up." The assassin seemed to be concerned now. “Shit, she’s actually able to access it all. This is gonna be trouble.” They muttered. Fluttershy kept a distance, observing as she seemed to be planning something. Eclipsa suddenly was behind the person again, this time their phase ability was rendered useless by Eclipsa’s overflowing Grey. With a single swing of her arm, the assassin was now in two, and finally, her power began to calm as the many past versions of her now faded away. With the assassin delt with, the color returned to the world, Eclipsa’s hair stoped flowing, and her eyes turned from a shining silver grey to red. Before fluttershy could react, Eclipsa collapsed forward, her wounds all reopening all at once. “Flutter….shy….” Eclipsa rasped out though the pain as she let out a cry before darkness over took her vison, a figure of fluttershy walking towards her.
Chapter 19: The Grey Problem“God...what’s Heart and Eclipsa going to say about this?” King, formerly known as Ben, grumbled in worry as he walked out of a DTN back home with Cript. “I’m guessing ‘fuck’ and ‘shit’.” Cript said, messing with their newfound wings. “How do you even fly with three pairs of wings?” “Very carefully I’m told.” Eclipsa said, slithering down the hall towards the two. “How are two loves of my life?” “Oh you know...gave up my name to learn about Nulls and why End Glitches happen…” King sighed out. “I chose King, Cript picked it out and I’m unoriginal with names.” I said while hugging Eclipsa quickly. “Woah there! I may be a starfish while the original body sleeps, but I can still die you know!” She says, her back popping from the hug. “Alright the fuck am I looking at?” Heart asked, motioning to Cript’s new form. “Cause that’s fucking awesome.” “Um...a lot to explain, and also sorry...I just need a hug.” King said while nuzzling Eclipsa. “So...I’m King first of all Heart.” “Oddly fits.” Heart shrugged. “Now, about this mess that crawled out of Dante’s Inferno.” Heart motioned back to Cript. “I am right here…” Cript huffed. “Cript had to give up his Suppressors so...now he looks like that.” I said honestly. “But onto why Existence keeps resetting...well...Grey apparently has ‘space issues’.” “How… What does that even mean? Grey right now is barely enough to fill the passific ocean on a normal earth.” Eclipsa asked, a little bit of hurt creeping into her voice. The Den Mother looked worried now. “I don’t know all of it but...Jenny, a Null, yes that is a whole can of worms in an of itself, told me that after each Cycle, Grey just keeps getting bigger and bigger before it just kind of...overtakes everything. So that’s why existence Resets...if that makes sense.” Eclipsa shakes her head. “No no that…. That can’t be right…” “I mean...it makes sense when you think about it.” King sighed out. “Even with what limited info I have on Grey...it’s constantly expanding, slowly but surely...but apparently, from what Jenny told me...it’s been growing faster each Cycle…” King sighed out. “And I don’t know why...your the only one I know that knows all the intricate parts of Grey, and it’s also you...that’s the main answer to the solution I have that the ‘higher ups’ are too lazy to start.” Eclipsa went over to a chair before sitting. “Every cycle I have felt grey, even the one’s where I never left earth I have felt it, maybe even used it a little in secret…. Now the very thing that defined my existence besides my family and friends… is the very thing that’s ended this reality over and over again?” “I mean...technically no. Grey isn’t the one that’s causing it to end.” King explained quickly. “But...no matter how I try to explain it, it’ll sound like that…” The dire wolf sighed out. “So...my solution to this problem, is have Grey be it’s own ‘Storage Space’...god saying things like it’s just a bunch of computer talk is weird.” King shook his head at how silly it sounded. “So basically it’s own hard drive or external?” Eclipsa asked “Well, first we need to find where the damn things go out there in the machine.” Lord spoke up. Eclipsa also finds him odd looking without his armor. “Given Cript is now max power 24/7, he can go do that.” Cript rolled their eyes. “Sure. After that, we’ll need to reopen the Ethernet portal… yeesh…” “Okay I might as well ask, what is the Ethernet Portal?” King asked curiously. “Think about it.” Lord said. “We’re basically programs, in a computer, we’ve seen the machine, ours, the Ethernet takes us to others.” “Think Wreck it Ralph 2.” Cript added. “So the Internet but… No basically the Internet.” Heart said. “Yup.” “Cause that’s what we need, more talk of being in the Matrix when we got out of the Matrix.” King joked. Eclipsa shook her head. “I’m still hung up on the fact I’m basically the herald of the end… hell I’d been called a glitch countless times… guess it wasn't wrong huh?” She said with a humorless chuckle. “Oh no, you’re not a Glitch.” King said. “I’ve seen Glitches, actually killed one...you are not a Glitch, you are...an Embodiment.” King said. “You are the Physical Manifestation of Grey, and all the possibilities it holds. Grey isn’t ‘The Endbringer’...it’s all just an Overflow, of energy, space, and a lot of other things. Could have happened with Void dozens of times.” “Void does not self replicate.” Eclipsa sighed before her eyes turned silver. “Great, the original me is using Grey in the dream realm.” “And...why is that?” King asked nervously. "Fluttershy." Heart said. "Her heart is there, sleeping. In a sense." “Ah...so you probably went ape shit against someone who might have tried to kill her?” King asked curiously. “Well she is a Nexus general…. One could say THE nexus general.” Eclipsa said with a frown. “And no, not yet at least. She demanded to know If I finally achieved the power I was after. And I showed her.” “Sounds about right.” King nodded. "That can only go as well as one can expect." Heart said. "And it most likely did." ng said simply. Eclipsa sighed sadly. "Back onto topic, what do we do?" “Well what I was thinking, is what if we made Grey it’s own Storage Device? Keeping itself contained by it’s own energy, and also increasing it’s own space by the exact same power it’s constantly producing.” "It's possible but we'll need to study Grey more, and with the limited info we have, a lot of tests have to be done." Cript said. "Alternatively we can try and build a new storage device and move It there or find one out in the ethernet." Lord added. "doing all three gives us better odds. Not great odds but better than zero." “Well either way.” King shrugged. “It’s better than doing bad things...and it’s better than Eclipsa being sad.” "Heh, sorry King. I won't be much help, I haven't even discovered half of what grey can do." Eclipsa said, ignoring the slight sound of cracking glass as small cracks start to appear over her body. Everyone else in the room could feel Eclipsa was going all out in the dream realm if it was affecting a starfish like this. King gently put a hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder as he poured energy into keeping the clone from breaking. “Your not breaking on me...and don’t worry, I barely know half of it either.” Eclipsa just as gently took King’s hand off. “Don’t worry, its gonna hurt like a bitch later, but I made sure the babies are okay. I’m not die-” She cut off as for a moment, no powers could be felt from Eclipsa. Then they all felt it. Then they saw it as a tear in reality formed, showing those gathered just what was happening, of how herself in the dream real as well as countless others all having the glowing silver eyes and a white dot on their hand started pooling grey from all the deleted timelines, all the cycles, all the grey in the system they call reality. It was so overwhelming that even the physical world began to shake, tremors being felt across the system they call reality. “Jesus fuck!” King yelped in surprise at the overwhelming amount of power. "Not good…" King winced as he tried to keep his realm up and the barriers protecting it holding. "Well, that's concerning." Heart said. "No shit…" King grumbled. They saw through the tear Eclipsa's smirk, saying something before she dashed towards someone and cut them clean in half, nothing else affected as the tremors suddenly cut out. Then they watched in horror as the starfish disappeared into a wisp of grey and Eclipsa fell, blood spurting from wounds on her chest before the tear closed. The starfish clone then poofed in a huff of grey. "... She'll be fine." Cript said. King slowly looked at Cript. No words left their mouth as he opened a portal and dove into it, straight to where Eclipsa is cause Eclipsa was most certainly not okay. King arrived just in time to see Fluttershy, carrying Eclipsa's body as a portal closed behind her. Suddenly everyone got an alert on their assistant. It read: ECLIPSA, EMBODIMENT OF GREY. LOCATION: Nexus, ??? “God damn it!” King shouted in rage. “I could have done something…” The den mother muttered sadly. Cript pulled King back through the portal they had just came through. "I told you, she will be fine King. My Foresight ability has never been wrong yet." “‘She’ll be fine’, she was just fucking captured by Scotch after pulling all the Grey from past Cycles.” King frowned. “Tell me, what part of that is ‘she’ll be fine’?” "The part where Scotch was bothering with her." Cript pointed out. "If Scotch didn't care, she would have just left Eclipsa there. Trust me, this will all work out." “And you magically know how?” King asked, really scared for Ecilpsa’s safety. "Admin of Love, remember? While it was brief, I felt Scotch's love for Eclipsa, still there, just in conflict." “I...still could have done something…” King sighed out. "Relax, this will all work out fine. Until then, let's focus on what we can do for now." Cript said, giving me a pat on the shoulder. "Lord and I will reopen the Ethernet portal and finish up some work here before we start heading out to explore it. I'll explore the different…. Let's call them Servers, to see if they have spare Storage Drives, Lord will look through the machine and find where ours is. After that it will be a simple matter of scanning the damn thing to… see how long we have til it fills up. That will tell us how long we have before the next major glitch to reset everything will appear. By then Eclipsa will be back and we can study Grey more and work on that self expanding storage idea of yours King." “Alright…” King sighed out. "So, you're a X-Blade too now King?" Lord asked. “Yes I am.” King nodded. "Alright then. Let's finish up your weapons then outfit you with one of those Gems like Heart has." Lord said, opening a portal to his personal white void world and motioning for Cript and King to follow. "Time to get back to business." Cript said. King sighed out. “Alright…” The den mother said, worried about Eclipsa and even more worried about his little ‘side project’ in Grey now.
Chapter 21: Steps.Eclipsa didn't remember much after her attack. She recalled Fluttershy walking towards her, then black. The next flash of memory she remembers seeing a metallic grey floor and Shy in a yelling match with someone. Finally she remembered seeing Flutter’s eyes looking into her own with worry. It was unknown to Eclipsa when it was she awoke again, only that everything was pain. “Pain, lots of pain.” She said with a raspy voice as she looked around. She was on a medical bed, one long enough that her tail fit on it with room. IVs and monitors hooked up along her body. Looking around she was the only one in the room. “Where… am I?” she croaked out before attempting to sit up. “Shy?” "I don't recommend that." A voice spoke. Shakily she turned. Eyes widening as she saw it was an armored Nexus Soldier. They physically in the armor had a humanoid look. Eclipsa had to bite back instinct. “Alright…” She said, laying back down as she stared up at the ceiling. “Thanks for indirectly answering a question, by the way.” "Only reason you aren't in a cell is because General Shy ordered you here. Course she let us take the security measures." “Am I privy to such measures? If not I understand, Wouldn’t want those at your mercy to know or plan ways around you.” Eclipsa said with a small chuckle before wincing. “Yeah, no laughing.” "We don't know a lot about your Grey, but we've connected samples. Ran a few tests. Your wombs are made so they can not be broken… from the outside. One microscope bomb strong enough to blow up half a galaxy that is to those tests were made. And placed in your womb; took it like sperm. One wrong move, kiss your unborns bye bye." Eclipsa went silent, and even though she wasn't moving from her spot on the bed, the guard could feel the pure, refined rage and bloodlust at that. “Very well.” She said as the overpowering feeling faded as quickly as it came. "The general will be here in an hour. Here." They said, dropping a book on Eclipsa's stomach. "Nothing to do but wait." “Thanks.” Eclipsa mumbled before picking up the book and reading the title. The hour passed by, Shy walking in and disbanding the guard. "I take it you were informed about the safety measure?" She asked. "Yes, though of anything you could do, that was quite possibly the lowest." Eclipsa said, turning a page of the book. "If I didn't you'd still be bleeding and in a cell. Moral these days is quite low, something of a victory had to happen, less a riot start. As is bringing you here about near started one." "And what victory did you achieve?" Eclipsa asked, memorizing her page before shutting the book. "A means to keep you in line while you're here." Eclipsa sighed and looked over to Shy. "So what happens now? In all but name I am a P.O.W, and one that Nexus has leverage on." "Well, normally we'd Radio this in, and Vincent would stop by, but thanks to King's measures, Radio is dead. So, we're taking plan B." "And that is?" Eclipsa asked, her red eyes looking over at shy. Without missing a beat, Shy tossed a large jumpsuit at Eclipsa. One built for a Naga of her size. "Labor. Lot of work to be done. This base was built to house sixteen thousand soldiers. There's just twenty here." Eclipsa nodded. "Not what I hoped but better than I feared." Eclipsa stretched. "Half expected to be a lab rat or soldier. But there lies another thing… Shy, what will be come of us?" "Us? Mind being specific?" Eclipsa sighed "I want us to be a family again one day. I want to prove to you that I learned my lesson, that I'm better than the idiot I was. I want to gain your trust again… but trust is a fickle thing. So, after I'm all healed… will I just be a laborer to you, Fluttershy the mare? Not the general, but the mare who fell in love with a idiot with good intentions." "...I can't just forgive and Forget Eclipsa. I won't. But, I will see if what you said has truth. I do want to be able to see my kids again, but I want to make sure you CAN keep them safe. So, work here to see why I left. See how the Nexus I was raised in works, and work to rebuild it. Then, you'll be earning my trust back." Eclipsa nodded "I won't let you down again… any rules regarding my abilities I should know?" "Can't use any. Not without my say so, less that bomb in you go off. If any of the others do physically harm you, or try to, first you are free to incapassitate them. Your first job is the engine room with… the C.R.I.P.T…" Eclipsa nodded before trying to sit up again. "No powers, self defence only, and do my job. Heh, I miss when life was so simple, you?" "Wasn't really simple, but the slow moments, yeah. That I do. Come on then." Shy said, leading Eclipsa out. Exiting that room nearly gave Eclipsa Vertigo. The hall was like a balcony, overseeing a massive what looked like a city going on for litteral countless miles both up and across. "Mind the quietness. Like I said, we're understaffed." "I can see that. At least it limits potential assassin's like that dick I killed." Eclipsa commented, slithering a respectful distance back so to not piss of the few guards there were. “That was clearly someone sent by Vincent or other. Given we haven’t had contact with any other uppers, or even the other bases, likely they’ve already cut us off. In the end only Vincent’s little circle were the ones who mattered. The rest of us are all disposable.” "Hmmm…. What…. Oh king is gonna kill me…. What if during whatever free periods I have I help by fixing your radio? I know you have tried your hardest, I don't want it to go to waste." Eclipsa said, being subtle for any listening ears but Shy understood. “If you mean to contact the others, sorry but no. Since we’re basically on our own now, lockdown protocols are in place. System detects tampering it fries the hardware.” "Well that's not productive. Ah well." Eclipsa shrugged. "So, anything specifically you want me to work on?" “The engine room. You and our resident C.R.I.P.T. will be working on keeping the power up. Engine is meant to be overlooked by a bare minimum of two hundred people. You two will be the only ones there.” "Damn. King really did a number here." Eclipsa said before following shy into a building. “King hasn’t been here. This is all that made it to Base Leviathan.” "Do I want to know?" "It's just a name." Eclipsa nodded as they walked into the engine room. "I'm afraid to ask, but is the C.R.I.P.T. another clone of Cript, or do they look different? Also… how has Nexus been treating it's general pre assassination attempt." "All of the C.R.I.P.T.s look identical. Difference in hair and eyes color mainly, rarely gender or race. And you mean about trying to kill is in the sleeping worlds?" "Yes, that." Eclipsa said, a slight hiss in her voice as the memory. "Attacking me would have been one thing, but you….hisssss" "Like I said. Everyone still in these bases and not in Vincent's inner circle are disposable." Shy said, leading us to an elevator and pressing a button. It then began to zoom down. "I get that. I just hate it. You are anything but disposable, same with the other lives here. Hell even the Cripts deserve a chance to live." Eclipsa said. "Some do. Depends on their value to Vincent." The elevator stopped. The doors opened, and Shy and Eclipsa headed down this hallway. "And you, the sole surviving general, have no value to him?" Eclipsa said with a shake of her head. "Sole surviving? No, there are others, but they are in his inner circle." ".... Wow Psycho Shy is behind in her info." Eclipsa chuckled. "She is doing good by the way, happy with nightmare and Wolf." "Good. She deserves it." Eclipsa smiled before they walked in, seeing the Cript in the room, waiting for them. "Here we go." This Cript was a red head. Green eyes and of course, freckles. "Guid day! th' heel is 'at lassie daein' haur?!” They said, a thick scottish accent in their speech. "That wasn't expected." Eclipsa said with a smile, pleasantly surprised. “This is C.R.I.P.T #77KL45P0. But everyone calls them Red.” Shy said. “They’re only abilities relate to engineering and advanced electrical engineering.” "Helpful for the current problem." Eclipsa admitted. "My name is Eclipsa, and yes, I'll be the one helping you out here." “Thes is th' help Ah gie efter a year ay workin' aloyn in thes heel?” "Better than no help." Eclipsa said with a shrug. "Besides, it'd be nice to learn something besides teaching, parenting, and being a Warrior for once." "Best get to it. Dinner is at seven." Shy said, walking back into the elevator." “You heard her. What do you need me to do?” Eclipsa said with a stretch. "Follaw me." They said, leading her through all the large engines and machines. Eclipsa hummed a tune in her head as she followed the Cript through, feeling surprisingly calm despite where she was and what was inside of her. "Each engine haur powers a different section ay thes place. th' a body that's bin causin' th' most he'll fur me is th' scran an' water replicatur." The Cript called Red said, showing a large machine where water and some sort of other fluid were in tanks. Eclipsa started to look it over. "What has been the problem with it?" “Da whole tin keeps leakin hout da grub fluid. dat's wot we use in da processors in da kitchun to make our grub, everythin from meat to veggies.” Eclipsa circled it before compressing herself impossibly into the machine. "Huh… there's your problem. There is a Micro crack in the casing due to a misaligned gear. Get me some material and tools and I can patch it right up." With a nod, Red headed off, gathering the tools and materials as Eclipsa repaired the device. The rest of the work went underway as she and Red continued to fix and repair the other minor issues around. Untill… BOOM!! "Och buck th' devil wi' his ain tale!" Red screamed, smoke and scrap from the section where a generator once stood spread out. Red kicking a price if scrap in anger. "'at was th' feckin' trolley generatur! they'll be pished tae hae tae donner!" "If I could access my powers I could help, but kinda ordered not to touch them. And I don't want my unborns to explode." Eclipsa sighed after popping her shoulder back into it's socket. "We'll hae tae build th' hin' frae scart." Eclipsa sighed before feeling something welling up in her heart. "Well then, we better get started." She said, having a small smile before she started to hum, and that him became music before she began to sing. "Reach for my hand. I'll soar away Into the dawn Oh I wish I could stay." Eclipsa sang, her voice reaching across the entire base as a heartsong began, Red watching as she how, Eclipsa was repairing the machine little by little. "Here in cherished halls, In peaceful days I fear the edge of Dawn Knowing time betrays." Her voice rang out with a energy of its own, the entire facility gaining power as lights pulsed intime with the music appearing from seemingly nowhere. Her voice echoed through the vast emptiness of the base. At first the soldiers annoyed by this began listening to the lyrics, the soothing sound of her voice and began to relax, listening with some semblance of entertainment as she worked away. Red, surprised by this, didn’t sing along but simply worked alongside Eclipsa. Time passed in what felt like ages but was less than an hour, the generator completed and turned on. Whipping sweat off her brow, Eclipsa turned to see her singing drew a crowd. "Well that's done." She said, whipping her hands on a rag. “Weel i'll be, that's a brammer sit ay pipes ye got thaur.” Red said, giving Eclipsa a clap of applause. At this Eclipsa blushed. "Oh it was nothing, really. I just… sang from the heart." She said, her eyes catching fluttershy in the crowd. Shy gave a nod, heading off as she saw the generator was working. Over the next few days things went along like that on and off. Eclipsa largely won over most of the bunker with her singing. Popular demand moved her from maintenance to radio, sole job to make and sing songs as all they had in the bunker was already either outdated or in poor taste. In this time though Eclipsa kept receiving migraines, and ended up in the med bay again. This time they saw the actual doctor. A lady named Heather, long green hair and yellow eyes. “So, migraines yes?” She asked Eclipsa. "Yeah, and I can't for the life of me figure out why." She said with a sigh. "I haven't had one since, well, forever." “Hmm. It is unusual.” She said, pulling out a small device. A blue light waved over Eclipsa’s head. “Hmm… Oh, that’s the reason then.” "Well, don't wait for dramatic pauses doc." Eclipsa said with a warm smile, though still asking for the info. “You have a mental link to your family, right?” She asked. "Well, yeah. I haven't used it since I came here but there is that connection." Eclipsa confirmed “Well it seems largely passive, sharing memories and experiences with one another, but their does appear to be a reference directive. Basically if someone learns something relating to you, then that information is meant to be received by you instantly, but the base is blocking it, so your mind is trying to revive corrupted data. Unable to make sense of it, migraines seem to be a side effect.” "Well shit. What can we do about it, it's not like I'll be allowed to access it, and frankly the migraines have been getting worse." Eclipsa said with a frown. “I’ll have to talk to General Shy about it. Til then, in your case, this should lessen them.” She said, placing a headband looking thing on me. I could sense some magic, an enchantment on it, and thankfully they did lessen, but were there as more of an annoyance than an inconvenience. "Thanks doc. I hope shy is open to the idea, if even for a few minutes a day." Eclipsa said thing a sigh. "Wonder what it is they learned." “Wait here while I call her.” A quick call brought Shy to the medbay. Shy was informed about the cause of my migraines. She sighed. “Well, alright.” She then used her wing, bringing out a control device and clicking it. “Your womb bomb is deactivated. Once you connect, learn this information, it goes back on.” She said simply. "I understand, thank you shy." Eclipsa said with a nod and a smile before letting her mind connect to her family's, trying to get the unfiltered info ASAP. Eclipsa connected. Instantly, the information entering her mind… And dread filled her. The doctor and Fluttershy seeing this. “What’s wrong?” The doctor asked. "I… what…." Eclipsa said, not wanting to believe it. "No…. That… I'm not…" “Eclipsa?” Fluttershy asked. "The truth of grey…. Vincent created it, and it created me. All this time, all these wars, resets, death, all of it a distraction while grey and I grow stronger and large enough to do one final true reset, an end to everything." Eclipsa said, sitting down. "I am the Omega. The end." The doctor looked at Eclipsa. Fluttershy walking up to her, holding up a hoof. “Show me.” She said. Eclipsa took a shaky breath, the memories long suppressed by her own power coming to her as she pressed her forehead to Shy's, showing her both Eclipsa's long lost memories, as well as the conversation King had with a certain mushroom. When it was over, Shy took a step back for a moment, taking a deep breath. “So, that is Vincent’s true goal then. All this, just killing time and playing. I knew we were disposable… but this. I’ll be back.” Eclipsa watched her go before curling up into a ball and crying, not even noticing that shy never rearmed the bomb. After a moment, the speakers came on, Shy’s voice filling them. ”Attention fellow Nexus members. We have been abandoned, we have been written off. We have known this for some time now, but kept out loyalties to our home. But recent information has shown me, our home, our loyalties, all a lie. This information informed me that our once great leader Vincent not only writ us off like dirt under the shoe, but also that we are not his first Nexus, not his first organization. We are playthings to him, time killers and fillers to cause chaos while his true plan, Grey Itself, fills our reality to the point we can never come back. We have been betrayed by the very man, the very monster we swore loyalty too. If you still honor your loyalties to this demon, I command you, take your gun and shoot yourself! But for those who still desire life, for those who still want, need purpose, for those who want Payback, meet me in the medbay. That is all.” Eclipsa whipped her eyes as she saw one by one, every single soldier walk into the medbay, every single person who had heard Eclipsa sing, some who in these past few weeks had even become friends with the Naga prisoner. Even Red walked through the doors, hanging in the back of the room. "Everyone… You are all willing to leave, even if it possibly means fighting your old comrades?" “If it means Ah dornt hae tae wark fur these losers anymair, coont me in.” Red said, earning a few playful hits from the others. “If we’re trash to him, let’s make him regret tossing us.” The very guard Eclipsa first woke up to seeing said. “Looks like you just have a talent for winning people over.” Shy said, walking back into the room and up to Eclipsa. “Even people who hate you.” "I just be me. Funny how being me is what could end up ending everything." Eclipsa chuckled, remembering her promise to shy, heart and the others to not hide her emotions anymore. She slithered over and hugged shy, tears still streaming down her face. “Hey, this doesn’t fix EVERYTHING, but it at least earns you a date.” Shy said with a laugh. "Thank you, all of you." Eclipsa said turning to the rest of them. "Do I open a portal to home, or how do we do this?" “First lets get that bomb out.” In the background, a rubber glove snapping as it was placed on echoed. Eclipsa gulped.
Chapter 22: LoveEclipsa was happy to be back home. Granted, the Nexus she arrived with were under a temporary inspection and detainment by the Nexus Templar Krot runs, but she knew hey wouldn't be there for long, it was just to test their now non-existent loyalties to Vincent and gather information. The main thing she didn't like was that after Shy was released from it she got an apartment near the castle rather than in it. Well, she did say she had earned a date. Not fixed everything. "Hello Eclipsa." Heart said, slithering up to their snake pony love, wrapping their tails together. "Looks like you're back." They said, hugging Eclipsa from behind. "Yeah, I am. And though shy and I aren't fixed… we do have a date planned." Eclipsa said, nuzzling heart before a sad look crossed her face. "Heart…. The truth of grey…." "I know, I connect to our cloud shared memories too. And so? Cript and I are made by that bastard too, sons of him even! Just means we are that much closer together." Heart said, hugging Eclipsa tighter. "I just…. I can't believe that in a sense I am his first born child, made solly to end all of reality." "He made you as a weapon against reality, yeah. But, you have a mind and will all your own. This means his ultimate weapon can be used against him." "Yeah… yeah your right." Eclipsa said with a small smile. "Now then," Heart gave Eclipsa a quick kiss. "We have some things to do. Also, notice anything different?" Heart asked. A quick glance, Eclipsa didn't notice anything, until a bit more looking showed that, between the breast fluff of their top breasts, was a green Gem in their body. "A gem that is both hot and strange at the same time." Eclipsa pointed out. "Yup! Ever see that Rising of the Sheild Hero Anime? Those gems on their weapons are apparently powerful Admin Artifacts. Lord and Cript replicated them and since I am a weapon, I had one installed. Helps to figure out what my weapon form can even do." "That's cool! Heh, feeling left out now. You, King, and everyone else in this family have a weapon form, while I just use better half, Oblivion and Oathkeeper, and soon a keyblades made of grey that Wolf is working on." Eclipsa chuckled "Oh, is that so?" Heart said, now hugging Eclipsa from the front. Eclipsa's torso slid between Heart's lower breasts, and their top knockers squished against one another. Eclipsa had to admit, this happy, flirty and openly affectionate Heart was a major turn on. "Just saw the word, love~" Heart whispered into Eclipsa and ear. Eclipsa had to bite her lip to keep from cumming right there. "Damn heart… and having one would be amazing." With a nod, Heart backed up a bit, letting go from the tense hug and opened a DTL above Eclipsa. A rusted Keyblade fell in her arms. "That doesn't get easier apparently…" Heart sighed, Eclipsa pinned down and the two somewhere on the moon. "An hour off what it took me with King at least." "What… what happened? I blanked after the rusted blade fell into my arms." Eclipsa said with a groan, shaking her head. "Happens. Since our marriage/fusion thing your heart is also Balanced now, and once a Keyblade that lost its Wielder touches you, they all rush to you. They possess you til I can shove the mini version of my heart inside your chest, bright side," Heart squeezed their hand, making Eclipsa blush as she realized heart was gripping a breast of hers. "I swear you are a living marshmallow." Eclipsa giggles, a hot blush on her face. "Ask King about my dire wolf form sometime. Apparently it is the only form where I go from supermodel, to thicc with a whole load of C's." "Sexy." Heart said, helping Eclipsa up. "maybe we should experiment with different forms more often. But for now, let's see your new weapon form. First time is tricky, but just don't feel your body as flesh and bones… and scales, feel it as the metal, the fire of your life and experience that have forged you into the person you are." Eclipsa nodded before closing her eyes, her thoughts powerful enough to be heard by heart. 'what am I…. I have been forged form the most blackest dark, and shine with some of the brightest of lights. I have been both a hellish demon, betraying those I swore to protect, and also a angelic savior to my loved ones and those I nurtured. I am Oblivion. I am Oathkeeper. I am light. I am dark. I. Am. Grey.' Eclipsa started to pulsate with a grey light as slowly, her body was changed into that of a blade, a X-blade. Her form looked similar ins shape to Hearts, but the open slot of the crossing blades held an orb of pure Grey, the blades themselves were constructed of a snakes body. The handles were outstretched angle and demon wings, their hinge in the middle the grip. And her keychain, a single Grey Heart. Heart picked her up. The motion was unusual to Eclipsa, and to her surprise, it felt like Heart was holding her hand rather than anything else. "You look good." Heart said. "Thanks. Feels… strange yet natural. I have no clue how to discribe it." "Heh, you'll get used to it. Now then, off to Lord's workshop." Lord was working on his replacement armor in peace, a rarity for him, when suddenly… His door burst open in a blast of Grey fueled fire. "Well your most basic fire spell even packs a punch." Heart said as they entered. Lord rolled their eyes. "Eclipsa this time?" "Yup." Heart said. "Hey this is my first time being in weapon form, it's not like I was like this before now." "Gemstone?" Lord asked, taking one out of a box. Nodding, Heart placed Eclipsa on the table. Lord walked over, placing the gem on her hilt. Once on, Eclipsa felt a rush, a surge in her code at the gem attached itself to every numeral of her being. After it was over, she shifted back, he stone in the same general location as Heart's, her's more light green with clouds of grey spotted within. "That was…. Wow… you two sure you:re not trying to get me hot and bothered?" Eclipsa asked. "She might, you're not my type." Lord said, heaving back to their armor project. "It's a side goal." Heart said with a laugh. "Now then, there is something I wanted to test out, may I?" Heart asked, reaching out a hand. Eclipsa smiled. "You never need to ask, you know." Eclipsa said, taking her lover's hand. Heart shifted into his weapon form. An alert on Eclipsa's hud. User King Log signed out. User Eclipsa Log signed In. "I thought so. What one Wielder modifies me with is different than the other. So can't share progress from each other then. Huh." "That's a bit disappointing, but not the worst." Eclipsa commented. Heart shifted back to normal. "Now then, let's see Oathkeeper, Oblivion, and Better Half please?" "Come on out you three." Eclipsa said, summoning better half to her hand while the other two floated behind her. "Perfect. Now for the fun part. Come on." Heart said, leading Eclipsa to the back where a strange looking forge was set up. "Lord's personal forge. Those larger things are for the raw materials, and we just insert the weapon like so. Oh, almost forgot." Heart floating three of those gems over, placing one on Oathkeeper, one on Oblivion, and one on Better Half. He then placed them into the forge. In their huds, a selection menu popped up. "And all the different options for upgrading and expanding upon them are here. He has it linked with the crowns personal supply of materials, which thanks to King and Cript is borderline unlimited." "So we are going to upgrade these three?" Eclipsa asked. "Yes. Oh, also do you want them to combine? You'd only be able to wield one at a time but with a special glove you can wield two at a time From their place inside the gemstone. It's up to you. Or you wanna ask them?" "I want their opinion. Oblivion and Oathkeeper may be twins, but that's different from sharing a body, not to mention better half is the silent type." Eclipsa said before turning to the weapons. "Well you three, thoughts?" "We'll have other bodies, besides it's an excuses to endlessly annoy her." Oblivion said with a laugh. "Har har brother. But it would be the perfect opertinity to explore what we are fully capable of." Oathkeeper said. "Hmm…"Heart hummed. "Actually, I might have an idea." "Oh? Well don't leave us in suspense." Eclipsa said with a smile. "It's an idea I've had for a while. Extract the concioucness of the Keyblades into their own bodies. The only acceptions being, well, X-blades like us. They'd be almost human. Almost., They can still do things like Keyblades but just not shift like we can." "So, do that to Oblivion and Oathkeeper?" Eclipsa asked "All Keyblades. I'm thinking I can sorta link the weapon to the person body but only mentally, not physically." "That can work." Oblivion said. "Yes. Yes it can." Oathkeeper agreed. "Then what are we waiting for?" Eclipsa said with a smile. "It's about time those two lost their virginities anyways." With a laugh, Heart touched their heart, the Heart of All Worlds, feeling and reaching every Keyblade in existence. They gave a simple three word order that changed everything. "Split, Form, live." "Having flesh is weird." Oblivion said, feeling their new body. While still looking somewhat male, their female aspects showed also. To Eclipsa's surprise Heart managed to also affect them. They were now able to wield themselves, by reaching into their gem and pulling out an etherial version of their X-Blade form. Oathkeeper and Oblivion could also do this. This etherial form when fed into a gem, allowed the weapon to shift into that weapon itself but have full mental controle given Heart and Eclipsa, as well as the other X-blades are all sentient. Better Half also seemed to have a body form, but preferred their weapon form. Their body form looked a lot like Eclipsa, but their colors were akin to Oathkeeper and Oblivion. It also turns out if two Keyblades have a child, they can either come out as one or the other, or a new mixture of the two combines. Each Keyblade of a specific line, such as Oath and Oblivion, as long as there was a decendant alive who was that Keyblade, they Keyblade would live. If not, the Keyblade weapon would vanish. Of course, genetics means this can be avoided with luck and even revived, but that's a mix of magic and biology for another time. This rule also applied to the X-blades. "Productive day." Eclipsa said with a giggle. "And Oblivion, being metal is equally weird to me." "Fair enough." "I understand their use but why are they so bouncy?" Oath asked, groping her own chest with confusion. "I just don't quite get why they need to be so delicate." "Because they are ment to store and produce food for infants, and double as pleasure spots on the body." Eclipsa said casually. "What now though heart?" "Now… huh… well depends." A DTL opened up, and X, in a body form, same colors as before but now a Floof Noodle like Heart, entered. Their colors were gold on the body with blue hair and eyes. "Heart… why?" X asked. "All hands on deck. If our very weapons need bodies to join this fight, then so be it." "I know that but why am I now a Floof Noodle also?!" "That… I'm actually not sure why." Eclipsa was too busy having a nose bleed to respond with anything but a thumbs up. X just sighed, looking over at Oath and Oblivion. "I see you two are also with a body." "Three actually." Oblivion said. Looking a bit more back, in a coil of their own body, sat Better Half, looking much like Eclipsa and looking over their body. "Huh. Well, things just got interesting. I guess. So, whan now?" X asked. "Now… I guess we explore. World has a lot to offer and it will be a while before we begin a major battle. Dungeons with heartless I can't control, Shadow Creatures, Nobodies that Don't obey King, all kinds of fun stuff to fight." "You all live life for your own while you can. In a sense your chains are broken. Take up a job, hobies, lovers. Enjoy life." Eclipsa told the keyblades with a motherly smile, nosebleed not wistanding. "Pretty sure these mean we are in a relationship." Oblivion pointed out, they, Oath, X and even Better half all had rings. "That was not me." Heart stated instantly. "My money is on Lyra…" X sighed. "Hey, not the worst thing ever." Eclipsa shrugged, leaning into Heart's side. "Well, in that case, you all head home, get aqanted and adjusted. Once you have Eclipsa and I can help you train. Til then." Heart said with a wave. Nodding, X opened a DTL, leading Better Half, Oath and Oblivion back home. Meanwhile, Eclipsa upgraded their old weapon bodies, fusing them to the Better Half one and maxing them out each. Heart did the same for the X-Blade. "Hey… I just realized. Our Keyblade armor might not fit anymore." "Oh I though ahead. Already commissioned Wolf for new sets for the lot of us." Eclipsa said before turning her arm into a blade and back. "Oh. Cool. So, wanna explore a dungeon?" "Why not. Gives us a chance to see how I fair in combat." Eclipsa says before turning into her keyblades form. Nodding, Heart sorted through various Dungeons known, finding one and smiling. "Oh I know the game this Is from." He said, opening a DTL and heading through. Once through, Eclipsa noticed they were at a large set of doors built into a large stone wall. Set in the far corner of a village. The doors opened and Heart headed in happily. The dungeon was cave like, torches lit the way and over all it was atmospheric. "Nice place." Eclipsa said. "Still not used to being a weapon in the litteral sense." "I'm not completely used to it either, but overall it's not that bad." Heart said, turning a corner and finding a doorway carved into the cave, a fair sized chamber with a large bat and a beast carrying a large stone weapon. Grinning, Heart made quick work of the bat with just a whack from their tail, and cleaved the beast in half with Eclipsa. They dropped some money, very little. Some loot that wasn't expeced was a potion. "That's not a normal drop item. Must be new given this isn't the game I remember." Heart said with a shrug. "I wonder what else has changed… oh we both forgot to check the abilities I have as a X-blade." Eclipsa said suddenly. "Oh yeah." Heart said, tapping the gem as Eclipsa's weapon Menu came up. It was set up exactly like their own and King's. Their skill trees and variation trees were all locked save for Naga and Equine, and Snake. "Hmm." He thought, looking around and seeing a wing from that bat. Picking it up, the placed it over Eclipsa's Gem, and it absorbed it. Eclipsa, could taste that bad flesh. Nothing special, average. At that a new branch opened up. With many variation branches popping up but all locked save for the one. Poison Bat Eclipsa. Selecting it altered Eclipsa's weapon form, shifting to a purple color and gaining small decorative wings along certain ends and edges. Eclipsa could feel the venom flow through her like this. "Okay so that works like in the show." "Huh, was almost expecting a unique ability or skill. Oh well, still useful." "Definitely." Heart said, continuing onwards. As the two made their way down, Eclipsa gained a few extra form variations. Bomb Form, Slime Form, Bone Form and Specter form. Bomb form makes each hit a small scale explosion, Slime Form makes their attacks unable to be parried, bone form gives an ice effect to attacks and swings much faster, but physical damage is less, and specter form ignores physical defences. "You know, one day, when the fate of reality isn't at stake, I want you, me, king, and all our original spouses to go on a vacation. Of course followed by a whole family one… poor galaxy…" Eclipsa hummed after some time, having just learned that if she tried to strike along with Heart, the effects were compounded. “Sounds nice. Course, given the size of our family is it even a good idea to leave that hidden not a tardis pocket dimension thing Cript made? We’d take up several planets not including the kids.” Heart laughed. Eclipsa couldn't help but laugh along with her. "I missed feeling this happy." “I haven’t been so happy in a long time. So, what do you think the boss will be. I doubt it’s the same one as in the game, or maybe just some other version of them?” "whatever they are, I have a surprise for you when we beat them." Eclipsa said, a michivious tone in her voice. “Oh, then are you still all hot and bothered?” "Darling, love, it's me. When it comes to you, when am I NOT hot and bothered?" Eclipsa deadpanned. “Then shall we tend to it, or later?” "Later, there is something I want to do to make it special." The dungeon was easy, low level with simple loot and enemies. Even the ‘cursed’ floors weren’t much of an issue at all. In no time at all the two reached the Boss room. “Well, we’re here.” Heart said. "Yep. Been pretty easy so far. Haven't even needed to tap into all these abilities I feel inside of me." “So, what did you want to do here?” Heart asked. Entering. The boss was the same as in the game, the giant wings and horned fluff ball that looked like a giant winges, horned guinea pig. Heart felt Eclipsa shake and vibrate with power. "Okay, using some modified grey, mixed with code and this strange ability just called 'Heart's Requiem,' I do think we can beat him easy, even if Vincent himself buffed this monster." Eclipsa infromed her. "Cool, but isn't that Overkill, dungeon is easy and this boss should be too." "have you never watched anime? Sometimes the easiest dungeon's hold the deadliest secrets. I'm not taking chances "] "Is that a sword art online reference?" Heart asked as they readied a stance. The usual, fire balls, dash and flying bash attacks they knew from the game. Though now it had area of effect added to them and like in the games the floor would break under them with every hit the ground took. "Well, ready when you are." "Right!" Eclipsa said before she started to pulsate in time to Heart's own heart beat. "Woah, this is a rush." Eclipsa said, both feeling the info dump of the other's fighting .experiences. In a swift powerful slash, the shockwave of grey and balance obliterated the floor boss. Eclipsa felt rather tired after that. Their huds showing the dungeon was cleared as the back exit now opened. A treasure chest holding various weapons and items from this world's game counterpart Heart knew. "This was fun." Heart said, Eclipsa shifting back to her body form. "We need to do this more often." "Yeah…. Sure…." Eclipsa says while panting. "I now feel for keyblades, holy hell…" "Heh. All that hot and bothered drain out of you already?" Heart asked, messing with a sword made from bone. "Oh fuck no. Just breathless." Eclipsa chuckled, wrapping around Heart with a slutry smile. "Good, there's something I've been wanting to try for a bit now. May I?" Heart asked, taking the tip of Eclipsa's tail. Eclipsa bit her lips and let out a gentle hiss in excitement. "Yes, you may." Eclipsa said, panting hotly already. With lust in their smile, Heart opened their mouth, tongue wetly sliding around the tip of Eclipsa's tail. Wet licks turning to gentle kisses, and soon Heart began swallowing Eclipsa's tail. The Naga blushing mad as her tail felt the tight confines of her lovers maw. They swallowed more, lifting their head up to show the neck bulge Eclipsa's tail was making, turning the Naga on even more. Then, Heart pulled her tail out. A slimy saliva layer covering the tip well. "That was so hot." Eclipsa said, the futa Naga already having a stiffy. "Glad you like it, but you're not going down there." Heart said, trailing Eclipsa's tail through their cleavage and down to their vaginal lips. "You're going here." They finished, sliding Eclipsa's tail in, and greedily pulling the rest of her snake half in. The heat alone was enough to match Eclipsa's already burning blush, the tight confines stretch made Heart shiver as Eclipsa began coiling herself inside their flesh tunnel. Soon Heart had most of Eclipsa's snake half inside them, leaving just the sections with Eclipsa own vaginal lips and stiff member out. Heart held her just above their own stiff member. "Ready?" Instead of responding, Eclipsa dove forward, engilfing Heart's cock in her mouth as she began to suck, one free hand grabbing their ass and the other stroking the base of the cock, all while moaning in delight. "Ooooooh~ Bad girl breaking the rules? Best be ready to take the punishment." Heart said, both their hands on Eclipsa's head as he forced her all the way down on their member, just her upper torso and arms above sticking out of Hearts vag as Eclipsa now had Hearts member down to the base in her throat. Eclipsa moaned deeply, the hot walls massaging every muscle all while she was dominated by the assertive Heart she hadn't seen in forever. She sucked and deep throated the cock, her throat massaging every inch while her moans vibrated and pleasured her lover that much more. Heart once again grabbed Eclipsa by the head, pulling her up, but never off, their member and bringing her back down on it with barely force as Eclipsa submitted. They then kept one hand on Eclipsa's head, using the other to force her arms into their vag and even slip her breasts in there as well, leaving just Eclipsa's head and neck out. "Such a bad girl. Look at you, just a head outside my vag sucking on my dick. If I knew you'd wanted in this badly I would have teased you more~ No matter, Rune, she's back in case you didn't know, helped teach me a few new spells and found out I have a few fun abilities to try out. Turns out there is an entire skill tree for sex, each fetish in a branch and I picked a few that will come into play well here." Eclipsa's ears flicked in responce, telling heart she was listening as she continued to slurp and moan like a bitch in heat around the cock. "First, this little ability. Nagas and Floof Noodles can learn it. Much like we can grow Multiple stomaches, the same can be done about our wombs. So you'll be sliding in there after I blow my load down your needy throat. Secondly, this." Heart snapped their fingers, Eclipsa's whole body began to feel small, highly pleasurable tingles across her body inside Heart's vag. "Something Cript gave me long ago was the power over the Electronium, or electricity element. Right now my vag is pulsating with a special voltage of electricity, targeting every pleasure receptor in your body, don't worry if you blow a load in there you'll just get it where it needs to go." Eclipsa froze in pleasure, her mind muddled slightly from just how much pleasure she was receiving. Her body squirmed in delight, pleasuring Heart that much more as her mind fired blanks, focused on pleasure and pleasuring. Eclipsa began blowing her own loads inside Heart, and all over herself, both her nethers and member could not stop leaking. "Oooooh~ Yes! Like that, pleasure me!" Heart said, grabbing Eclipsa's head again and rapidly lifting and slamming her down onto their base. "Next is a mix between a spell and am ability. Hyper- Ngh, Fertility!" Heart came, Eclipsa's eyes widening as their Hyper Fertility forced gallons of Heart's sperm into each of Eclipsa's stomaches, stretching them and her to bursting. She dared not let a single drop spill, even in her pleasure enduced state of mind. She sucked Heart's member clean, finally as it popped out, clean and wet. "Good girl~" Heart purred, petting Eclipsa's head. "Now you can have your reward." They said, shoving Eclipsa's head all the way inside their vag. Inside Heart's neithers, Eclipsa slid inside the new womb Heart made just for her, curling into a coiled ball as her tight and slimy enclosure was even harder than the vagina. Cords crawled over her. One entering her neithers, one covering her member, one inserting itself on her belly button. Two latching to her nipples, and one slipping into her mouth. She felt her body experience an orgasem again, hot jizz flowing inside her vag and into her womb from the cord inserted there, her own jizz getting pleasurably pumped out of her and off elsewhere, her teats getting sucked of their milk, which Eclipsa tasted as the liquid entering her mouth from that cord. "Cript's Lyra actually taught me this little set up." Heart said, their voice clear as day to her despite the flesh walls between them. She then felt her surroundings fill with liquid. "I'm not unbirthing you, not fully. I'll just both caring for you and pleasuring you, you are my pet after all~" Heart raised their tail to their face, giving a kiss to where Eclipsa was under. "Be a good girl and I'll let you play in the FUN cage like this again. Be bad and, well, Rune and Lyra taught me a lot, so we'll see what I decide to do with you. Don't worry, you won't miss your Date with Shy. I promise that. But you'll be in there for a while, your sperm is pumped into me, your milk feeding yourself, mixed with a little of your own cum, my cum is pumping inside your womb constantly, and the umbilical cord linking us is how you can hear me so well. You can talk too." "Yes master~ I promise to be a good slut for you from now on!" Eclipsa moaned through the cord "Good. I'll be exploring the rest of this world's Dungeons. Nestalgia and all. You just stay there and Don't worry you're sexy little tits my pet." Heart cooed, slithering out of the dungeon and off to explore. Eclipsa came again from the words spoken alone, letting herself let go and swim in the pleasure, her mind a submissive haze. It didn't take long for her to daze off into a blissful slumber, her dreams only intensifying her pleasure. Heart cleared each dungeon with the same childhood joy they had when first exploring this world as a game. Even the difficult secret dungeon was finally cleared by them. All in all they had fun, bit from the joy of reliving childhood victories, only better, and from their pet Eclipsa, happily squirming inside their own special womb cage Heart made for them. They had forgotten how fun it was to be dominant over their love. They would never hurt them, of course, but some spanking would have to be required as disaplan if needed, or wanted. With all dungeons cleared, Heart returned home, their own personal bed Chambers, while not needed, was kept as a luxury or for storage and private affairs. They placed all their new toys away, some light cleaning, and went to the private bathroom. A massage tub greeted them as they filled it to the brim with hot, but not boiling water. They slithered inside, resting happily against the edge. "Alright, time to come out." Heart said. Eclipsa awoken to her world shake and squeeze tight, the cords popping off her and liquid drain away as she was squeezed out back up Hearts neithers and out into the world. Hot water hit her face, and when she emerged it was between Heart's many breasts, head stopping between their top set and torso engulfed by the rest as the rest of her slid out lazily out of Heart and into their shared bath. Heart greeted her with a kiss. "Have fun on your special cage my pet?" In responce Eclipsa purred and nuzzled Heart, her mind still enwrapped in bliss. "Yes master, it was amazing~" she said with a slight giggle. "Good." Heart said, moving their arms so she was squished between their many breasts. "Now then, drink up." Heart said, guiding Eclipsa's mouth to their nipple. Eclipsa happy latched on, her own stretched nipples rubbing against her master as the milk flowed into her gullet with gusto. "Mmmmhh. Slowly now," Heart said, wrapping an arm around Eclipsa's shoulder not touching them at this feeding angle. "Good." Eclipsa hummed in pleasure as she relaxed her feeding and just let whatever felt right happen, a slight sound coming from her that sounded like. "Master~" “Always and forever.” Heart said, giving Eclipsa a kiss. With her feeding done Heart cleaned Eclipsa up, brushed her mane and fur, and dried her off. Eclipsa sat happily on the large bed, feeling particularly pleased and content as Heart rummaged though various shelves and boxes. "Looking for something specific master?" Eclipsa ask, by now having regained some sense, but even so, enjoyed being a submissive today. “Just something I remembered.” They said, opening another one, finding what they needed and slithering over to Eclipsa with it. “Close your eyes love.” Eclipsa obeyed with a smile, her tail coiling in excitement. She felt Heart wrap something around her neck, tighten it barely, not enough to hurt but enough to stay on. “Open your eyes.” Opening, Eclipsa saw she was now sporting a black leather choker, her name stitched in thick grey threading. There was also a small latch. “The latch is for is we decide to display you.” Heart said with a bit of a wicked tone. Eclipsa's heart pounded in her chest, first out of fear, memories from old lives coming to surface, then she turned to Heart, and it pounded for a different reason. This was not those times, and Heart, Heart was one whom she would already give her everything to. Eclipsa smiled happily, her trust in Heart, and her own genuine want and excitement over this development snuffing out the bad that dared threaten her happiness. "I love it master!" “I’m happy!” Heart said, scooping Eclipsa up in a hug, twirling around with her and wrapping their tails around one another as they fell into the bed. Heart kept Eclipsa right against their chest, between all their breasts, where they knew she belonged. Where all his loves belonged. “It’s made from… shit, I think Pinkie called it Galfornic Leather? Something like that, all I know is that it won’t break, stretches like rubber.” Eclipsa hummed in happiness. "Thank you master. I'm the luckiest pet alive, having a master like you." Eclipsa said, a single happy tear trailing down her face. “Glad to hear it. Now, your master needs cuddles.” Heart said, their grip on Eclipsa ever tighter. Eclipsa could hear Heart’s heartbeat, the soothing rhythm relacing her to sleep at Heart used magic to cover them with blankets, close the curtains, and the two drifted into a happy slumber.
Chapter 23: Help From The VoidCript stood at the border between deepest void and creation. Hollow's home. The chaotic balance and beauty ruined by corpses and blood from the front lines spilling out. "Hollow!" Cript called out. “Yes?” Hollow said standing right behind him. "Hey there. God this mess…" Cript said, looking around. “Seen worse in the Void.” Hollow said. “But yes. This is a mess. Why’d you call me?” "Two reasons. One has to do with these bastards." Cript said, pushing away the floating corpse of a Nexus monster. "We need you help to-" Cript turned, shooting off a powerful pyromancy spell, obliterating a hidden assassin. "Sneak passed the front lines, and take them further on and expand into their territory." “I have some ways. I’ve been keeping an eye on Max as well. His Kings are currently hitting some Nexus facilities. At least he isn’t with Nexus.” Hollow said as he snaps his fingers cause spikes to kill some invisible monsters. "That's good." Cript sighed with relief. "So, how many ways?" “Not many. The Mother made a few artifacts that will detect most ways to enter. A few of the only other ways are either completely hidden from them or under serious guard.” He said. "Good. Any artifacts that can help the others with Void Attacks? King's Adventure into the Heroes Tomb has given them more than enough raw void materials." “Hm. A couple. Some I’ve made myself or discovered. One can convert Void into another energy source. I’ve made a few copies of it and it powers some defenses I’ve made. It’s like comparing a AA battery to a Nuclear Reactor. Another thing I found is an artifact that allows specific teleportation in Void, but for only up to five different areas.” Hollow said. "Better than none. Got a spare armory or two? Against the Nexus brats we can deal with that, but any Deletes or Void Beast will need either Nothingness or Void weapons to kill." “I have an armory hidden on a Dishonored world, and I know the irony, unfortunately a large Nexus platoon is sitting on it with their own armory. My holds not only an assortment of void weapons, a few void artifact weapons that I was planning on giving John. One of which is the same dagger...that created me.” Hollow said. "Good. We can get Nexus off that easy. Oh. A bit ago when King explored Coco's memories, he learned Void Key was hidden in the bottom of a well of sorts. Know any in the void that have any significance?" “A well? Hmm.” Hollow put his hand on his chin and thought of that. “Possibly. Depending on if it’s an actual well or if the place is called a well or something like that?” "Just that it looked like an old well and was likely in the Void Mother's territory." Cript said. “I’ll look into it when I get the chance. For now one of the hidden ways is through a special temple. It’s one of those bigger on the inside temples. It has many different openings in the void. One is in my territory.” Hollow said. "That will work great for sending troops. Setting up bases, supply shipments. Any other or that the only one?" “It’s the safest. The other two are… difficult. They have a machine like race in them that quickly adapt to any damage. They also pack a very mean punch with their attacks. Every Avatar I send in there gets destroyed. Farthest I got was two exits and..a vault of some kind. Not the only one either. I can’t open them and I doubt you could either.” Hollow says. "You know you'll lose that bet." Cript laughed. "Now, on to something of greater importance." “Like what?” Hollow asked. Cript oddly crossed their arms, there was a bright flash of light, and there was a baby in their arms. "Look how cute our daughter is!" Hollow looks at the little girl before giving Cript a deadpanned glare. “...did you seriously just bring/summon a baby to the front lines?” "Check again." Cript said, Hollow seeing they were now elsewhere, outside a small house surrounded by grassy flatland. “Where are we?” Hollow asked as he looked around. "You don't recognize your own childhood home?" Cript asked, opening the house door, inside brought back floods of memories to Hollow, the toys, the beds, the crack in the wall from when he and Core pushed God into it. That memory made him chuckle. “...it’s been so long I forgot. Time passes differently in the void. I completely forgot this place.” Hollow said looking around the house. “So one of your Clones stays here and raises her?” "Actually they raise her and the others back home." “Then why bring us here?” He asked "Little trip down memory lane. You know Core is back and alive. Still have no idea how Kexez pulled that off. And as part of a plan I have to break/erase history, meaning no more time travel, God will too. I want them all to see our kids." Hollow looked at his daughter. She looked human, her head with small amounts of jet black hair growing, deep brown eyes. She was dressed in a small pink shirt branded with a Hello Kitty, and a clean diaper. Cript placed her in a small, new and modern little playpen, filled with fluffy blankets and stuffed animals. “Never imagined I’d have a kid.” Hollow said, looking at her. “Kids, actually… You forget how my family… and me, breed right? That one time load from you gave me enough to have several… billion.” Cript said, wrapping her up in blankets. “Carla here was just the first born.” “Any of them touched with Void?” Hollow asked. Curious to know if they inherited it. “Most yes, but it all varies actually. Carla here is one of the stronger ones, she already has her own Void reserves she’ll be able to utilize once she’s older, for now it’s just there. For others the most they have is Void Resistance.” Hollow nods. "Well, that's good at least." "I think it's good, and the ones who don't take after you void wise take after you looks wise." "Hmm… In any case, this doesn't mean I'm joining your family." "Awh. Well, guess I expected that. Though, if you ever wanna just cuddle or a little something extra, or to just check in, give me a call." Cript said, a snap of their fingers as what looked like an old flip phone with void symbols scratched into its plastic appeared in his hand. "I'm the only number in there. Sorry it couldn't be more fancy, but it's not exactly easy mixing void with modern tech." “Unless you know what you're doing.” Hollow pocketing the phone. “On another matter how’s the others training?” "Heart, Eclipsa and King have all done impressively. While King turned himself into an immortal like me to pull it off, it works out considering it would have taken much longer Via normal method. That being said, Lord discovered a lot about how the storage drive stores data. Us. It's interesting to say the least." “Good to hear. Johns is going well also. Trying to get his body and base form stronger to better use his power. He is currently looking for me so I’ll have an avatar of mine appear for him. The other Kings of his are still searching for the last kings. While the one John found, Asura, is training to use Void as a substitute for Mantra.” Hollow said. "Huh. Looks like for now things are going well. Hey Hollow?" “If you weren’t holding Carla here I’d hit you for just saying that cliche jinx you just did.” Hollow deadpanned. "I did say for now. I expect things to go south at some point soonish. But, that's besides the point. Hollow, I've been… well, it's not a cure, but it's like a treatment, if you are interested." “Treatment for what?” Hollow asked. "Well… I know you can't be cured of your void, doing so might kill you, but you can have it suppressed from my attempt on you taught me. So, I managed to make these." Cript pulled out a white pill bottle from their Assistant. The label said it was for Hollow, held fifty tablets and that was all. "It's basically Pure Nothingness in small pill form. Take one and for three or six hours of the day, you'll be basically human. You can still use void but it will be significantly weaker and using it reducing the amount of time you have to feel human. They're yours, if you want to take them or not. I just remember how… happy you seemed when you were human for that day and thought, even if it's for a few hours a day, it would be something." “I’ll think about it.” Hollow said looking round the field. “Thanks..though.” Author's Note I am sure some of you saw this post from Xinrick or others if you follow them, but I will be posting this story and all others on hiatus to stockpile chapters so we can all release weekly chapter posts. Unsure on the length but we hope you keep us all bookmarked so when we do start posting, you will be notified.
Chapter 24: Bloodless WarHeart sighed, reading over the paperwork. While paperwork was normally relaxing to them, after better accepting themself and their life, it was more of a drull than before. While he did have Starfish clones with his girls, kids and off doing whatever, they still found the paperwork side of the kingdom the most boring part about being omnipresent. As mentioned in Article FF9:07Y, Section 14, the new tax raise on raw materials will keep weapons and armor sales high as to- Heart dropped their head to the table. “Fuck this is redicules. I used to enjoy this work… how?” With a sigh Heart skimmed over the document. It could be summed up as higher taxes on raw materials to keep premade products in demand on the public's open market. "Denied." Heart said, stamping it so and tossing it into the reject pile. They continued this cycle for roughly four hours before the business hours of their office were done with. With a gleefully giggle and smile they headed off to partake in much more fun activities. The private rooms Lyra made for everyone was extremely nice. Heart already had his own private room but these private rooms for two or more groups of people have a great experience for getting to know everyone and enjoy each other much better and efficiently. Heart was wrapped around their chubby sun goddess Celestia. Being bigger than her, Heart took every Advantage, but today was simple cuddles and watching TV. "Why does he always yell at the cooks?" Celestia asked. "Mix between being entertaining and taking the profession way too seriously." Heart said. "I feel like I knew a chef just like him well bafortmetting you and the Nobody attacks on Equestria." "Really?" "Yeah. I can not remember their name though. But they were almost exactly like this Ramsay fellow." "Huh. Cool." Heart said, stretching their arms a bit before sliding between their coiled body, slithering in their own coiled body getting behind Celestia and hugging her and themselves by tightening their hold. "Love you." "And I love you." She cooed as the two kept watching TV. The places in the safe room went out far more than just grouped bedrooms, raising reality, and many more. Fact is there was also Den's hunting realm, and dungeons to practice fighting in, explore and enjoy. Heart was in such a dungeon, practicing blending their abilities and biology to adapt existing fighting styles. As a result as well as all the Keyblades and Key Armerments they can summon, they can also summon King's weapons, all within a partly fused state with their own body. A comparable example is like Wolverine and their claws, but across the entirety of their body. It made combat easier while also giving a unique adaptation to close combat. All in all, it made for some useful combat advantages. “Okay so Keyblades, along the arms, tail, back. Foundre on the knuckles can act like claws as well as along the fingers. Lunatic and/or Sky Splitter on the end of my tail. Frozen Pride on my humanoid back, that is my weakest area. So nine more combinations or locations along by body for some kind of attacks or defence.” They said to themselves. They will have to speak with King about training with their weapons. Heart took a break, heading to Den's hunting realm to mostly relax, enjoying the endless nature as they rested under a tree. The front lines were something bad. A purgatory of seemingly endless combat. Neither side able to push inwards into the others territory. Heart sighed. "At this rate the war isn't going anywhere. Then again that's likely what Vincent wants. Kill time to set up for the glitch. Cript better act on his plan soon." They got up, and headed off elsewhere. Opening a DTL they arrived to the sounds of gunfire, pained screams, inhuman roars, and deafening explosions. The front line. The space between creation and the void only spanned across a few light-years of space, while far, it was still small in comparison. In the time since it began, many a worlds, large-scale Ware ships and buts from creation and void blended together, forming a solid ground that became the front lines. A battleground littered with blood and corpses. "Heart?" Turning, Heart saw Cript approach them. "Surprised to see you here." "Got a little board. I wanted to… test something." Heart said, bringing out Second Chance. "I know Lyra, King, Coco, Kexez and Jericho have one. I have one because despite what it isz it is still a Keyblade, but what about the one you made?" "I'll need it for the time break." "How so?" "It's a few stages but no way simple. First, requires documenting all of time, future and history." "How?" Heart asked, surprised to hear that. "Long story short, Time Walkers and Grimm Reapers have now united. I'll explain in more detail later, but stage two is break time, and I will need Second Chance to help… clean up everything." "You mean all the displaced people, good and bad?" "Yes and… their is one thing but I'll need to talk to everyone else about it first before I actually break time. Well, two things hopefully the Foretellers will show up after your spat some time ago with them." Heart sighed, that was an unpleasant memory. "That aside, mind if I offer up a way to… piss Vincent off before you do what you're doing?" "If it's a way to further disappoint dear old dad then yes, what's your idea?" "Nexus, even his True Nexus that follow him blindly are pawns to him. Doesn't care if they are dead or alive either way, so, let's not kill, but save." Heart said, lifting up Second Chance. "I wanna see what he thinks when we win this war without further bloodshed." Cript smiled. "That would indeed piss him off." "Shall we?" Heart asked, giving Cript a hand to grasp. Cript took it, and into the battle they ran. The soldiers here were a mixed bag. Brave, afraid, trying to stay alive and having made peace with their approaching deaths. The trenches were littered in bullet casings, discarded and broken blades, fire arms of all variations and whatever supply crates made it there, which often wasn't many. As the bullets flew by, spells rained fire and the screams of Allie and Enemy alike filled their air, a strong sense of dread hung constantly in the air. Another wave and push from the enemy of the Void came by to claim the front most trenches. Low on medication, food and ammunition, the soldiers of the front trench felt their ends nearing. "Get down!" They looked, leaping high into the air, one of their rulers, Kingdom Hearts, and Cript, arrived. The sight of them began to allow hope to enter the soldiers hearts as Heart and Cript slashed across with Second Chance. The special Keyblade sending out massive energy waves over the front trench and at the approaching Void enemies. In multiple flashes of light where Nexus soldiers, and various Void residents once stood, now for a brief moment showed infants of all their respective races. Cript snapped his fingers, the infants vanished from the front lines and off to safety. "Come on men. You know my motto! No one is left behind! Dead or alive!" At those words, hope filled the soldiers, they stood, Cript sending out weapons, medicine, munitions, and food to all the trench soldiers. "Keep them occupied and destructed, Cript and I will get them." Heart said. Nodding, the soldiers began firing and Cript and Heart ran in. This was no slaughter, this was Salvation.
Chapter 25: Unnornal Normal"Heart…" "Zeke…" It was an awkward meeting. Heart, formally Zeke, and Zeke, formally an alternative timeline where he met and loved Diane and Marcy, not also Eclipsa and King. "So, this is strange." Zeke said. "Yeah, it is." Heart agreed. "So, how's life?" "Been good, actually It's why I am here. As you know many Earths from God's mind were sent into creation after he died, including alternative timeline versions and all that. But, point is that Earth, our earth, is still just floating there uninhabited. I was thinking we should rebuild it." "That is a good idea. But not everyone from earth back then is even around anymore. The only ones likely left around from then are still those God shoved into reality, and we don't know how many that actually was." "Yeah but… still, we have to do something. Heart, we can finally do the things we've always wanted, and that includes things from back on Earth." "True. How can we though? We don't have Cript's skills as Admins, nowhere near that level." "I actually managed to talk to some Time Walkers, and they agreed to return Earth to it's proper state, exactly how it was the day God picked you up out of it." "People too?" Heart questioned, now getting excited. "Yes actually, save for those who left of fell out like our family and ect." "Well, then let's get to it. Got your list still?" "Yup!" Seeing earth restored back to life, December twelfth, twenty-twelve. "Looks good. Now then, time to have some fun!" Heart said, looking their list over. Thankfully the Time Walkers did alter the perceptions of everyone returned, so beings like how Heart is were always normal, allowing fast/instantaneous adjustment to reality. "Okay so what happened?" King asked while exiting a DTN near Heart. “Hey King!” Heart said, wrapping partly around the dire wolf and giving them a kiss. “Earth is back, Time Walkers doing and set back to december twelfth, twenty twqelve, only no craziness, no copies of us around and thanks to a little magic everyone can look at us and think it’s normal. Helps with the adjustment to how reality is.” “Alrighty then...that’s something.” King said honestly. “And cool, that’s good to know.” “Yeah. Zeke’s idea. So we will be completing my list of things I’ve always wanted to do way ago. Wanna tag along? We can make a date of it.” “Sure.” King said honestly. “I should...check on Diane one of these days...I haven’t checked on her in a while sadly, been too busy.” “Heh. Well then, let’s get going.” Heart said, pulling out a small old notebook. “Let’s see…” “Alright, so what’s the first thing you want to do?” King asked curiously. “Heh! Movies! Never got to set foot in a theater.” “Really?” I asked curiously. “Seriously, have none of you ever decided to pick up disguises or something?” “Tried. Failed. So, what to watch? This is your hometown I believe, so where is the theater?” “It would be over here.” King said while heading off towards the movie theatre. Walking up, King found it funny how giddy Heart was, from the simple act of buying the tickets to the snack choices and even messing with the small arcade corner while they waited to watch Silent Hill: Revelations. “My cousin Mark had arcades like this.” Heart said, playing MRS. Pacman. “Collected them, stole them.” “Sounds about right.” I nodded. “Now if memory serves, in our realm where time actually went way past twenty twelve, the Silent Hill movie kinda sucks.” King said while trying to remember all the things he immediately looked into that happened after twenty twelve. “Not watching it for the scares, more for the fun of it. Love watching the movies that are CGI heavy and seeing if they are at least well made or meh.” “It’s live action you know that right?” I asked curiously. “Seriously?” “Yeah, there might be some CGI in it, but it’s all live action.” King said honestly. “Huh. Well either way, still should be fun.” The two played the arcade games til the movie started. King was right, the movie was bad, but Heart enjoyed it nonetheless, even enjoying their time next to and with King, who enjoyed the movie more being with a loved one. The two left the movies with a laugh, holding hands. “That feel like a teenage stereotype?” Heart asked. "A little, but I'm happy." King said happily. "Same, I never got to have a teenage life. Never really got to have a life. Oh! Next item!" Heart said, taking their book out and crossing off the movie theater. "Next check item, car make out session, and lead that to car sex. You wanna be the football player or the cheerleader for this little role-play~" “I always wanted to see you as a cheerleader.” King chuckled. “So I’ll be the football player.” "Ooh. Then you go buy a nice hotride while I do a little shopping~" “Sure.” King nodded. “Always wanted to buy a nice car, but never had the money...also will we be humans when we do this to actually fit in the car?” "Hmm… why not humans." Heart said, shifting to their first, original female form, a well healthy bodied female human, long blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. "Go full male for the fun of it~" “Alright.” King said while shifting back into their human form, a simple healthy male body that looked like they were exercising for two years and looked well built and strong. “Hope I’m not too ‘stereotypical’.” King said sheepishly. Heart got on their toes, giving King a well placed deep kiss. "Looking forward to seeing you naked without boobs, never got to feel you up before~" With that, Heart left towards a small Strip Mall across the road, King smiling while they headed over to the car dealership. “Alright, so which car should I get…” King muttered while looking around the dealership. "Hello there sir. Anything of interest?" A dealer said, walking up to me. “Got anything that could impress a girl? Got a serious date tonight and I don’t want to let her down.” "Oh, romantic are you? Well what's this girl like? Is she a love bug, social advocate, wild child?" “She is all of that and so much more.” King sighed out dreamily. "Heh. Well in that case a convertible will keep her adrenaline going, a truck will let her know you got money and, given your figure adds to her knowledge you are quite the hard worker, or, you want something stylish, classic, and powerful?" “Can never go wrong with the classics am I right?” King pointed out. "Then may I recommend this old beauty?" The dealer said, walking me over to a light blue Ford mustang. "Engine runs, got a lot of miles, but does need a little work on the suspension. Other than that, it's good. 60k, wanna work on a payment plan inside?" “It’s perfect.” King said with a smile while looking over the Mustang. “But Sixty Grand?” The den mother in disguise asked, wondering if he should just pull out all the money right now or just work through the plan. "It's a classic. And for it's condition, even with the miles on it the condition of the engine and all original parts, would typically go for much more." King nodded, the dealer about shit themselves as he took out the full sixty grand. Inside the paperwork was filled and King drove off with the keys. One of the few things King did remember from the few times browsing Cript's company digital store, he did find one helpful item. A small device that, once placed on a car converts it to modern engines. All electric, but keeps the roar and triples the power. “Ah, that’s better.” King smiled. “Thing needed a quick tune up.” As King drove up to the mall, their jaws dropped. Heart now wore a mini skirt, blue sneakers, a tight fit but complementing pink top, hair done up in a single well braided ponytail. Their face was well done with red lipstick and perfectly applied eyeliner. Heart walked up to the passenger window, a walk that showed off their hips. "Well hey there handsome~" King gave a low whistle. “Damn, you look amazing.” "Anything for my babe." Heart said, taking a seat inside of thef car. "So, where is a nice, isolated, romantic place we can make out at, then fuck at?" “Well…” King started while driving off to a good spot. “I think I got a good spot.” The drive was a while but the two arrived at an abandoned drive in theater. The lot abandoned by the bank and town but kept clean and in use by teens for privacy or to watch movies from their own projectors on the large screen. "This is cool." Heart said. “Yeah, sadly it was abandoned but everyone’s still using it for what it’s used for.” I said with a smile. “Just enjoying movies and the privacy.” "Well privacy is all we need~" Heart said, taking a seat on King's lap, their back against the driver's side door, arms wrapped around his neck and torso as they began a passionate kiss, alone together and uninterrupted. King kissed back passionately, wrapping one arm around Heart's waste and one hand reaching down and grabbing her plump ass. Heart moaned, enjoying the passionate make out session as the felt over King's torso. "Looks like your human form got quite the upgrade~" Heart teased, putting their hand under King's shirt and feeling more of their love. “Thankfully all my training actually translated to my other forms. No shapeshifting involved, just pure me.” King said warmly. "Hmmm. That's hot~" Heart said lustfully. As Heart moved to have King laid down across the long single seat of the car, getting on top of them they smiled, lifting up and off their shirt. No bra. Heart smiled as they then began to feel and squeeze Heart's busty chest, making her blush a deep red that turned both on even moreso. “Still wonderful.” King said warmly, fondling the big breasts happily and just loving the feel of the fleshy orbs. Nodding, Heart then unbuttoned King's pants, pulling down the zipper and unleashing the flesh rod inside. It wasn't as long or big as their dire wolf form, but by human standards it was big. Heart happily gave it a quick hand stroke, ensuring it was ready as they moved their skirt up, and underwear to the side and rose up, and slid down onto King's member. Both parties moaning happily as King's rod entered Heart's moist tunnel. "This count as cowgirl style?" Heart asked with a goofy smile. “Yes, yes it does.” King moaned happily. “You're still so god damn tight…” "Heh, well then, time to get riding~" Heart said, placing both hands on King's chest as they in a slow rhythmic motion went up and down along his member, grunts and moans accompanied sexual slaps that filled the car with a lustful musk. King groaned happily, reaching around and groping Hearts ass roughly as he enjoyed her riding him. With a firm hold on Heart's ass, King thrusted upwards, sending a jolt of pleasure into Heart as he began applying force. Drool and a tongue fell out of Heart's mouth as King kept pounding, bringing her down enough to rest their breasts just under King's neck. The two lovers began to kiss again, passionately as they locked lips and wrestled tongues. King moaned loudly, thrusting faster and harder into Heart as he felt his climax building very quickly. Heart and King began slamming hard against one another, as both their limits were reached, Heart grabbed King tightly, her climax clenching King's rod as he flooded her womb with semen. Pumping more after the first shot went in. With both done Heart and King kept kissing lovingly, Heart sleepily resting their head on King's cheat. "Next time… I'm the jock, and you'll be a big tittied Goth GF." "Sure." I panted. "Love you." With both those crossed off and Heart and King cleaned off, the two went off to do other things. The next was one King was happy to help with. Applying for a Library Card. "So this is your town library?" Heart asked, the building old, but large and went up a story and below two. "Yep, and it's basically been a second home to me." I smiled. "So you know where all the really good books are shelved?" Heart asked. "Oh yeah." King nodded while showing Heart around the library. King noticed every book Heart looked over they read at a much slower pace than they knew Heart could read at, but shrugged it off. Heart was enjoying themselves, savoring the little things they never got to before. As King was reading The Hunger Games, Heart was reading a King Arthur book. "How are you liking the books?" King asked curiously. "This is great. It's so peaceful here. And way more fun than reading pirated Ebooks books." "So...you literally haven't read a single book when you were back home?" King asked. "Physical books, mostly stolen gun manuals, old school books and Dummies Guide To- books. Running from the law since birth leaves little time for self enjoyment." "No I meant when you were in Equestria when you had all the time in the world." King said. "You...never decided to do half this crap when you had the time?" "Well, when I first arrived it was in ruins, then went to Traverse town and picked up people who lost their worlds, found myself basically in charge of a new breed of Keyblade Wielders, making contact with the other worlds, gaining allies, ect. After a while all my free time was either with the kids or with the girls." “Sounds about right.” King shrugged. "So, I take it you have read all these books already?" Heart asked, looking back at all the shelves. “Yes, several times.” King said honestly. "Cool. So, onto the next thing?" “Sure.” King nodded. “What’s going to happen now?” "Next would be buy my own house." "Seriously?" King deadpanned. "Yeah. I've lived in cars, abandoned buildings and houses where the family was off on vacation for years. The castle is home but I would like to buy one of my own." "Alright alright." King nodded. "Want something fancy or some normal house?" "Depends, got a list of available houses in this town?" "Well…" King pulled out a laptop and checked the listings real quick. There was, in total of the town, seven houses for sale. Two were more modern, nice houses with lots of yard space, the others were in known suburban areas. "Hmm…" Heart hummed, looking them over. "I think I will take them all." “You do know that’ll be weird to the people right?” King brought up. “Buying seven houses that you’ll probably never use.” "I'll rent them out. But it's not like we can't afford it. Besides, once Cript begins merging earth here with the kingdom it won't be the weirdest thing ever." "True." King shrugged. "But it'll be weird for everyone here given time frames." "Just something they will have to adjust to." Heart shrugged. Much like the car dealer, the salesmen of the houses all about shit themselves when we paid in cash upfront. They didn't even think such a thing was possible. The main house Heart and King now resided in was one of the larger new houses. New, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, pool, three car garage. "Now for furniture." Heart said, the two standing in the empty living room. "This one we can use the Assistant for." "Cool." King nodded as they helped decorate the place. Everything looked perfect, and to take a break King and Heart cuddled in their new bedroom, both still in their human forms. "One of many homes." Heart said, cuddled up to King in their arms on the bed. "Yep, and they are all ours." King smiled warmly, happy to cuddle his love. "It feels nice to actually have places to call home." Heart quickly checked a few things off the list. "In a while we can do the next thing. Gardening." "Gardening is nice " King said honestly. "I've dabbled in it every once in a while." "Imagine the yard. Tree, flowers, beautiful grass, fruit trees, Berry bushes. Grape and strawberry vines hugging the tree trunks. It will look amazing." “Well thankfully we have about four acres of land from all the houses we bought.” King shrugged. Heart sighed happily, cuddling into King more. "Let's just take a quick cuddle break for half an hour more then… oh shoot." Heart said. King looked around, the sun was almost gone as the clocks began to read six thirty in the afternoon. "Well, guess we can wait til the morning for that. Either way, lets us still do other stuff." “Well what other stuff do you want to do?” King asked while cuddling more with Heart. "Well, given we don't need to sleep let's do house stuff. I can cook some stuff and then we can just watch TV all night." “Sounds good.” King nodded. “There should be some stuff on...god, twenty twelve shows and movies…” "Heh." Heart laughed. Half an hour passed before King and Heart got up and out of bed. The two started to cook. The kitchen was large and spaces enough for the both of them to cook. Heart was making a large stewpot, and King was working on an oven grilled rib rack. "It feels so strange, just cooking." Heart said with a smile. “Eh, it happens.” King shrugged. “Now I can show you how much I’ve learned about making ribs cause they are so good.” "And I can show you that you can make soup out of anything." Heart replied happily. “Soup and Ribs, sounds like a nice dinner.” King chuckled. "So, where did you learn to cook ribs?" “From several teachers, a whole lotta books, and a crap ton of trial and error.” King said simply. “Heh. I learned in my spare time and a lot of stolen food. Five star restaurants stock so much they largely don’t even realize when they are missing product unless it’s wine.” “Sounds about right.” King nodded. Heart gave King a taste of the soup. Hearty and thick from all the meat, and flavor from the seasonings and vegetables. “Learned to make this from a cookbook of an italian cook my dad stole food and his cookbook from.” “Tastes good.” King nodded. “Try the ribs, hope I got the sauce down right.” Heart took a bite of the rib meat. The sauce is sweet with a tang and a spicy aftertaste, the meat soft and the outer skin a light crispy taste. “It’s good! You made that sauce?” “Yes I did.” King nodded. “Took me a while but glad it’s good.” Once it was all done, the two sat down and ate. Ate and talked about their lives before 2012, some of the things they did after before meeting one another. “So I tell Shining, if he values his mental image of his sister, don’t enter that room, and as I crash on the guest bed, I hear a scream and a thunk, and Twilight yelling ‘Shining! That lube was not for you!’.” Heart said, the two laughing. “Oh my god, I cannot believe that happened.” King laughed uproariously. “I got way too good avoiding their advances. Course once I married them and stopped avoiding them I started quickly learning how to keep them all happy, both in the bed and in life.” “And I was really good in bed and a train wreck with a lot of emotional stuff.” King sighed out. “Natural endurance or stamina? Or spells and a lot of porn?” Heart asked with a laugh. “Yes.” King shrugged. “It started with magic cause...well first time and all, then natural endurance kind of took over.” “Heh. I find it funny, Luna was your first time, Celestia was mine. Well, she was the one to swipe my V-card first, the others all went in like a line or something. Memories of that were fuzzy. First time having sex and first time in an orgy.” “First was Luna, then an orgy with Twilight Rarity, Pinkie, Luna and Zecora...then too much sex after that.” “I know the feeling.” Heart said with a laugh. “Course these days sex is more just part of our lives and not so much awkward or social tabo.” “Oh yeah, it’s very different.” King said honestly. “If you could tell your past 2012 self anything, what would it be?” “Your story is long, and hard, and you’ll be about as long and hard for the infinite amount of wives you'll have.” King joked. Heart laughed. "I'd tell my past self to not be such a stick in the mud." "True." King shrugged. "But we all learn new things." "And I have learned to enjoy life. So, I'm ready for dessert, you?" "Yes I am." King smiled. "What kind of dessert do you want?" "Well, we can enjoy something sweet, or, you sit on the couch and in about… five minutes I show you how good this body looks in various skimpy outfits, and we enjoy that til sunrise? Hubby's choice." “Hmm...tempting.” King said honestly. “Not sure which is better, a bunch of ice cream or you in skimpy outfits.” "And sex of course. I'm feeling especially kinky, guess I get horny when I'm happy." Heart said with a small laugh. "A compromise then. You sit down with snacks on that couch, and I will go get changed. Sounds like a plan?" “Sounds like a plan.” King nodded with a smile. King happily got up and over to the couch while Heart went to the next room to Change. King unzipping their pants and taking out their semi erect cock and their balls as well. He happily munched away at some snack foods, waiting for Heart to arrive, and wondered what and how little they would be wearing. “Wonder what clothes she’ll pick?” King wondered to themselves, thinking of all the lewd clothes they might choose. A few minutes passed and Heart emerged out. Their outfit was a single price outfit, long fishnet stockings up to their rear, a clear opening made to expose their nethers and ass. Their torso wrapped in skintight latex that pushed their breasts up. And a black choker was around their neck, made of a flimsy cloth material. "Like?" Heart said, standing with legs spread wide enough to show her wet pussy was ready and waiting. “I didn’t know you were for dessert.” King said, his semi hard cock now at full mast at the sexy display. "And I will happily eat mine now." Heart said, getting to their knees and taking King's Cock in one hand, slowly stroking it while cupping his balls, giving gentle movements to the body parts. “Ah, that feels nice.” King moaned happily. “You are amazing at this hon.” Heart then began licking their lips, giving gentle kisses to King's balls, moving to the base of his rode, and up along the shaft til she reached the head, where she then let her wet tongue hang out, and lick from King's balls to the tip of his cock, getting the meat stick wet and trembling under the pleasure. Once every side had been licked wet she didn't waste time, opening wide as she took all of King's Cock inside her mouth and partly down her throat. Moaning happily Heart began bobbing her head rapidly, one hand keeping hold of King's balls and the other giving herself a deep fingering. King moaned happily, gently rubbing Heart’s head lovingly. “Just like that.” As Heart sloppily bobbed up and down King's Cock, the moved their hand that was holding his balls to aid in the with the other in getting their pussy drenched. Heart bobbed hard, using their tongue to get both King's testicals in their mouth as they sucked hard. King felt the pressure building up, enjoying every second as Heart went back to bobbing along their member. As King was about to cum, Heart gave one last hard bob down to King's base, Letting all their cum flow down their throat and letting their body and Symbi take care of where it goes, mainly, into their womb. Heart sucked the remaining sperm out of King's Cock from that load, a sloppy pop when they came off. "Ready for the next dress?" “Next dress please.” King panted happily. "BRB." Heart said, happily running back to the nearby room. “Well this is going to be a fun night.” King chuckled while drinking some water. Some minutes later, Heart reemerged, again, dressed in latex, but also with arms bound by Velcro restraints, boots on mute no form of clothing around the waist whatsoever, the same latex too pushed their breasts up. And a blindfold covered their eyes. They made it to sit on King's lap. "Have your way with me, my King~" Heart purred, her lustful words to King who was already discarding their shirt and pants and underwear. “Didn’t think you were into bondage.” King said while immediately placing Heart onto the couch they were on and shoving their dick straight into her cunt. "Mugh~!" Heart moaned as King proceeded to declare he owned her cunt, pounding it hard and relentless as Heart continued to moan happily in bliss. King was having his way, grabbing her ass tightly, lifting her up to suck her tit and drink from it. "Yes~ yes! Harder, fill me with cum like a water balloon!" King growled in response, doubling their efforts in pounding Heart’s pussy to give her exactly what she wanted. Heart and King both felt Symbie giving some aid to that request. King felt his balls swell some, making pressure build as Symbie increased his cum production. Heart felt her I sides burning as King pounded her, enjoying every moment, every thrust with whore worthy lust. The pressure became impossible for King to hold back, and so he let it flood Heart's insides, pounding still as his cum inflated her, like a balloon. Heart twitched and gurgled as their belly stretched out, breaking the latex clothing as it swelled to the size of nine months pregnant with triplets. When King's cum finally stopped flowing he fell next to Heart, arms barely able to wrap around her massive, jiggling cum filled gut. “How’d...you like that?” King panted. "Hmmmuhg…" Was all Heart could reply. The two stayed that was all night, Heart letting King grope and fuck them, expanding their already swollen belly. When morning came King swelled Heart up to the size of a loveseat. Heart enjoyed it immensely. “Feel like a water balloon?” King asked with a smile. "I feel like a cum dumpster and I fucking love it~" Heart said happily. “Glad you love it.” King said honestly. “I...was a little nervous you wouldn’t like this kind of thing to be honest.” "Well, I learned back on that Pokemon world to embrace my life for what it is rather than what I wanted it to be. Now then, mind doing me a favor?" “What is that?” King asked curiously. Heart smiled, shifting their legs back into a Naga tail. Just their legs. They kept their upper half human as their swollen cum belly quickly flattened back out. "You fucked me all night King." Heart said, slithering up to King, grabbing them and placing their head between their breasts. "Care to take a rest for a while?" She asked, her tongue now snake like and gave King's face a lick. “Sure.” King sighed out warmly as he cuddled up with Heart. Smiling, Heart gave King a strong hug before engulfing his head, his torso and legs following fast til he was inside one of Heart's many bellies. "You rest up in there now, okay? I'm gonna get the gardening supplies. When I let you out, mind being that Big Titied goth gf you said you'd be in the car yesterday?" “Okay okay fine.” King said from inside Heart. With a smile and nod, Heart put on a bra and shirt then slithered out of the house. Driving as a Naga was not hard at all, and after a quick run by the Home Depot, Heart was in the front yard, gardening supplies and plants all laid about ready to be used. "Alright King, let's see that thicc juicy goth GF body." Heart said with a smile, using their tongue to pull King out. As King came out, Heart’s jaw dropped. Thicc and juicy were very apt to say the least, with E cup breasts straining against a black ‘Metallica’ T-shirt without a bra, thighs as plump as a basketball straining against dark purple thigh high socks, gorgeous black hair that both has a bang covering one of their eyes and a long ponytail, blue jeans slightly torn at the knees, plain black shoes, just enough fat on her not too call her ‘fat’ but ‘packed’, and finally an ass that looks like it’s wanting to escape their leather prison and jiggle without end. “Like it dweeb?” King asked in a sexy goth tone. "Hot… also Goth looks, perfect. Goth attitude… tone it down kinda?" Heart asked, shifting back to human form, taking their original human male form. “Oh you're no fun.” I chuckled. “So anyways, big titties, thicc as hell thighs, and I even tested it, this ass does not quite jiggling.” King said with a quick little sashay of their hips and the jeans looked like they wanted to cry. "Damn girl, looking forward to making all that jiggle. Anyway, grab a shovel and let's start making this place look like paradise." “Alright.” King nodded while grabbing a shovel and getting to work. “Gonna suck working in black clothing in the middle of the day…” “It’s not like you can’t just say no to feeling hot from work and all that.” Heart shrugged. “Even if you miss out on the chance of seeing me have to work with no shirt on?” King teased. “As much as I would love that, while our neighbors are far away, anyone who drives by would see.” “Alright fine.” King said. “No flaunting these jugs out in public.” King shrugged. “But after I’m done being your goth gf, we’re doing something I’ve always wanted to do but...never had the chance to.” “What’s that?” Heart asked. “Um…” King blushed. “Well...you going back to being my girlfriend and...well...fucking in public…” King muttered the last part. “Seriously? We could basically do that back home in front of the others. Or does it have to be strangers?” “It...sadly has to be strangers.” King blushed brighter. “It could either be ‘keeping it hidden in front of people’, or just full blown not caring who sees...I don’t know why I get off to that…” King said nervously. “I mean...we could have technically done it back home in front of our people...don’t even get me started on a weird fantasy I’ve had during court sessions…” King started to work to get out of their embarrassment cycle as Heart knew exactly what King was talking about. Heart chuckled a little. “Pretty sure having sex in front of our kingdom would damage your reputation as the crown’s face… though it does give me an idea, a way of having that without them knowing it’s us.” “I mean, even if I’m the Crown’s face, I have openly talked about free love, and exhibitionism is more ‘by area’ kind of thing.” King mentioned. “Remember, just because I do talk shows doesn’t mean I haven’t also done a lot of photo shoots with lewd outfits.” “I know that, but full on showing it all out there and skimpy outfit photos are two diffrent things. EIther way, here.” Heart said, from their Assistant they pulled out a magazine. Shapeshifters Lovely. Extremely sexual graphic pictures of high ranked people in the government/crown but they were all various shapeshifters. “It’s not like we can’t shapeshift anyway. So, they are holding their theater showing, basically they will be having a packed audience of perverts watching shapeshifters looking like many in the crown. You are actually one of the crowd favorite forms, with yours truly in third place.” “So who’s second?” King asked, honestly not surprised at how they were the crowd favorite all things considered. “As of our marriage to Cript, your Zecora.” Heart said. “Huh, surprising.” King said honestly. “I sadly haven’t checked on Zecora, but she must be pretty big.” King shrugged. “So basically this theatre is where I could live out my exhibitionist fantasy? Oh those poor shapeshifters.” “Pretty much. Twin, Pinkie, yours and mine, and Rune all go there as shapeshifters when in reality they are going there as themselves. Fact is, it’s boomed into a mini porn company Rune started. Both your and mine where they advertise the ladies and herms and such as shapeshifters when in actuality it’s the real deal royalty gone wild. Lyra loved it while Heart just shook their head, something about some planet all over again or something.” “Sounds about right.” King shrugged. “But what planet?” “Don’t know, was a little busy flipping through the magazin and loving my and your Celestia’s making out on the center page.” "Sounds about right." King shrugged. "Still find it kinda strange that those videos and magazines sell so much… then again maybe not." “It’s porn, why not.” King shrugged. "That's what I realized." Heart and King went about working on the yard, front and back. As the day went in the trees, flowers, and other plants were set up. King had to admit, it all looked lovely. With that all done Heart placed a blanket under their new tree, sandwiches and soda's to eat as they sat beside one another, Heart enjoying this form King was in greatly. “This is nice.” King said warmly as they enjoyed their food after a hard day’s work. "It sure is." Heart said, wrapped in King's arms and legs in their sitting position. In a sense King was keeping Heart close, their massive breasts almost swallowing Heart from their torso up and thighs covering their legs. “How’s it feel being the little spoon for once?” King asked with a grin. "I was largely the little Spoon. Have to be when you have a herd. But this is nice, super soft and comfy. Molds to my form perfectly." “Also because you like being in between big soft squishy titties?” King teased. "Who wouldn't?" Heart asked, giving a light pat to King's breasts, the two mountains jiggling for a minute after the pat. "Being able to shapeshift and alter forms is the best." “Shapeshifting is always fun.” King chuckled. “Most useful ability I learned, and hell I know an even better version of the basic shape shifting from my King abilities.” "Yeah…" Heart said, resting happily. Both King and Heart's assistants rang. Heart took a fast look. "Oh wow." “Oh?” King hummed curiously. “What’s up?” "Cript's gonna start a new update. It will allow us to share Skill Trees when we are married to someone." “That won’t lead to broken things at all.” King said offhandedly. "Well it has to have nerfs, right?" “Probably will be sub tree’s instead of full.” King shrugged. "Likely." Heart said. Once the update finished he looked it over. The long, long many "seeds" of the other skill trees were present. Taping one made it sprout, and from there it upgraded like a normal one. "Well, start from square one then. Cool." “Sounds about right.” King said while starting to fill in the skill trees. “Would you believe me if I said, even after maxing out all the skill tree’s I could, I still have too many skill points from years of leveling and not using a single skill point?” "Sounds about right." Heart said, doing the same but for my Skill tree they now have access to. “Yeah, but now that we’re all one person we all technically have maxed out skill points...also we now have our fusion’s skill trees given some of them are new races.” "Well, at least it makes sense for us to be able to have access to Skill trees. So, wanna try out the new pool? I wanna see that hot body in a two piece swimsuit." “Of course.” King said. “Can’t wait to show off all of this to you.” "Then let's head in, change and head on out to the backyard pool." Heart said, the two getting up and heading off. Being male Heart had a simple pair of swim trunks. With King, they had a pretty standard two piece swimsuit all things considered, even if it was damn near a thong given their proportions, and Heart saw every wonderful inch of it and enjoyed every curve and jiggle that came with it. "Need sunscreen?" Heart asked. “You know me so well.” King said with a little grin as they laid down on a towel. “Make sure to get everything, not need to burn up in this sun.” Grinning, Heart took out several sunscreen bottles, knowing more may be needed, and began applying it. King enjoyed the physical contact, and enjoying it even more so as Heart massaged the sunscreen onto them. "Rarity actually taught me how to massage. Given at the time there was no spa's and all that." “Well she certainly knew what she was teaching.” King sighed out happily. "She's had enough to memorize what to do." Heart said, reaching more thrilling areas. Lower to King's rear, their hands sinking into the thickness of King's ass as he rubbed in the sunscreen. Getting to the thighs and teasing as they rubbed in between King's legs. “That feels nice, hopefully your hands don’t get lost down there.” King chuckled. "Heh." Was all Heart replied. Once King's backside was completely covered, they turned around, and that's when the fun began. Heart starting at the head, working down the way to King's breasts. Once there two bottles were emptied and the top thrown aside. Heart used both hands to firmly and thoroughly massage every inch of King's milk makers. King gave a content sigh, loving how much Heart was rubbing their breasts as a small trickle of breast milk flowed out. “Oh uh...I keep forgetting about that…” King said sheepishly. "I'd drink it, but the sunscreen will kill the flavor." Heart said with a sigh, finishing up King's breasts before moving into their belly. Giving King a little tickle before slipping lower. Another bottle emptied, now King laid naked as Heart massaged in the remainder sunscreen on their thighs, leg's, feet, and once it was done began rubbing between King's legs. Their vaginal lips dripped with need and desire. "You sure enjoyed it." Heart said, tracing a finger around King's nethers. “Not my fault it felt good.” King moaned softly. "So, shall I, or will we take this inside?" “You know you want to take me by the pool.” King said seductively. “So come on Heart, fuck me.” Nodding, Heart pulled their trunks down, letting their rod, already at full mast, fall out. It was about the same as King's when male. Heart gave King's neithers a quick fingering, making sure the juices flowed before placing the tip at the entrance. In a slow single thrust, Heart put every inch of their dick inside King, who moaned happily. "God you're soaked and so hot. You wanted this well before the massage Haven't you?" “Listen, I’ve been wanting to fuck myself since I managed to see myself in a mirror.” King said. "And something tells you you have since Starfish clones." Heart said, pinning King down and keeping a hand on each breast, squeezing their nipples as milk squirted out. Heart began thrusting hard, in a fast thrusting motion as they kept squeezing the milk out of King. King moaned happily, loving how Heart is taking them right now. “Don’t be...too rough on my tits.” King moaned. "You love it~" Heart purred, now groping and moving their hands along all of King's breasts, keeping the force needed to keep their milk squirting out as the pounded their cunt harder and faster. “Well then fuck me harder.” King moaned happily. Heart gladly obayed, King feeling them thrust hard enough to make their ass move in waves as they groped and squeezed their breasts, King's milk flowing out in mini rivers along their body and to the floor. The minutes flew by, both Heart and King enjoying the poolside lustful fun. Soon a few hours had already passed and King's milk formed a large puddle under the two that mixed with her pussy juices. Heart had already blown three loads in the time that passed, and each new load he pumped into King made him go faster, harder. At three hours, Heart pulled out of King, turning her around and shoving his cock into her ass to the base, and proceeded to pound it with the same force and speed as he did her cunt. “So fuck swimming for the day?” King asked in between how rough Heart is,. Heart didn't answer, rather kept pounding away, pumping. A load down King's ass and kept going. King had no idea Heart liked being rough, but they enjoyed it greatly. “Glad you're having fun Heart.” King said lovingly, their ass jiggling like jello in an earthquake. More hours passed and the sun began getting Low. Heart had blown four loads into King's ass, between their cunt and ass King looked easily four months pregnant, their cum stuffed insides swelling just adding to their pleasure. Finally, Heart pulled out of King's ass, flipping them back over and standing over them. Getting on their knees and almost sitting on their bloated belly, they took King's breasts in hand and began thrusting between them, milking them as they did so. King put the book she was reading to the side, looking up at Heart. “Enjoying yourself there hon?” King asked, given how long they’ve been fucking their big tittied goth gf. "You might wanna move the book sexy~" Heart huffed, King moving it aside as Heart blew a load right into their face, still thrusting more so as more of Heart’s cum was blasted onto King's face. King opened their mouth and let any of Heart’s seed fly into her mouth. When Heart saw them doing this, they slid further, King getting a face full of their own breasts while Heart deepthroated King, slapping their balls against King's chin and pumping cum down King's hungry mouth. The moon was high up when Heart finally stopped, happily carrying the largely cum bloated King inside and onto the bed where Heart let King squish them under their breasts and cum swollen belly. “And here I was wondering if we were going to swim.” King chuckled. "Oh we will. You helped me cross a lot off my list these past few days, so I'll return the favor. Tomorrow, you, me, the secret not shapeshifters porn studio and theater, and a crowd of how every many you want watching. Filmed and then sold where you can enjoy in knowing you are both the crown face and crown slut like the rest of us~" Heart cooed to King from under their breasts and cum inflated belly. King smiled warmly, before shifting back into their Den Mother form, their belly flattening but it was replaced by the wonderfully warm floof as King cuddled with Heart. “Thank you.” Heart shifted back to A Floof Noodle, gently wrapping around King as the two slept for tomorrow.
Chapter 26: Dates"You'll do fine Eclipsa." Heart said, brushing the hair of their love Eclipsa, who sat in a pile of their own coiled lower half in front of a mirror. Their clothes consisted of a bright blue and pink dress, all one piece. Red lipstick and black eyeliner decorated her face. "I hope. Shy was really hurt by my mistakes, I'm happy she sees I've changed and wants to reconnect but I'm just so worried." Eclipsa said with a sigh. "You two have a son together, even if a spark can't be ignited Jr will bind you two forever, be it a separated relationship or a married one." "I'd prefer married. Jr needs his mom." "Even with a joint custody relationship he'd have her and you two can still stay friends, but remember, Sparks can take a while to burn back into fire. Remember that this is likely gonna take a while." "I figured." "So where are you two meeting at?" "Mocana Altrive. This fancy place in the upper food district of the kingdom. "Upper as in it's floating or flying in the air?" "Both I guess. Upper these days means it's in the sky not high class. Central is ground and lower means literally underground." "She is a Pegasus, guess being in the air is just second nature." "True, but the lower district has the best smokehouses." "You and I will go there someday then." "Yes, yes we should." "Good, but right now the focus is Fluttershy. Remember everything about her. Favorite flowers, foods, perfumes, everything." "Right. So a bouquet of Lavender and maybe a box of chocolate covered strawberries." "Save the sugar coated fruit for date two, too much right away will set you off as desperate." "I am desperate." "Either way. Don't immediately talk about old times unless she brings them up and don't use Jr as some playing card." "I'd never." "Good. Just making sure. Well, best I can do." Heart said, Eclipsa hair in a long beautiful bun and ponytail combo that shined a little in the light. "It looks great!" Eclipsa said, looking her hair over. "Good. Well, go get her lovebird." Eclipsa sat across from Fluttershy at the restaurant, it had been booked entirely, as so no autograph searching citizens or fans would ask for pictures, autographs or just disrupt the date. "Good call making this private." Fluttershy said, the mare dressed in a stunning tight dark red dress, with a sky blue set of eyeliner and lipstick to complement her dress. "Heh, well the downside to being a famous Royal and all." Eclipsa said with a scratch to the back of her head. "Have to admit, this place is amazing. Since this Kingdom got off its feet, even with starfish clones I've been extremely busy. Paperwork and meetings and ugh." "I can imagine. So, what is it you oversee exactly?" "Mostly things involving the children of the kingdom. School fundings, parks, ect." "I see. Explains why the public parks look akin to carnivals." Eclipsa chuckled. "Yeah well between what King had when he inherited his castle and such from the prior Nothingness King and Cript's own fortune with his company and such keeping the people and therefore children happy and well isn't an issue. Though Leon handles security, both at the war front and domestic." "So each of you all handle something? Even Star and Blitz?" "Heh, yeah. Blitz deals with anything up in the air, be them jets, beings with flight capabilities, or buildings. Star like the other reflections make sure to protect the ethereal aspects, watching over the dreams of the people to keep moral but to also deal with anything that might try and infiltrate from the dream realm." "Keeps busy then. Good." Fluttershy said as they took a sip of their drink. "It's been nice to work with Krott again, been making use of the men back at base and the base itself." "And you're okay with that, right?" "After your display and hard work plus what we found out about Vincent, yeah. Nexus has always looked out for their own, yet he was willing and did leave us for dead so, better off traitors than dead anyway.” “True. So… what was it like, growing up in Nexus?” “Heh. A double life really. Summers, weekends and holidays was with Nexus, schooling and all that. Then came to Equestria normal days, more school and all that. Grew up learning my ABC’s and advanced space travel at the same time.” “Yeesh.” “Heh, was easy to keep good grades on Equestria. So despite the work I had a lot of free time. They get all the education stuff out of the way by age ten or so, after that is combat training and simulations, then graduation after five or six years of that then we go on actual missions.” “So by age fifteen you were already an active agent?” “Yeah. They start you off easy, recon and intelligence gathering. Prove your skills worthy and you move onto target missions. Capture or elimination. Have the smarts for it and they put you in the labs, working on anything from power to weapons to ships to serums to… anything and everything.” “They stick you in a lab then?” “Twice. First time was called Project Run. It was the serum that they use to make their Speedsters, it was me and about seven hundred others working on it. I mostly just made sure the stabilizers did their job when bonding to the host. God… Four hundred and sixty people, people nexus abducted were killed in the testing.” “Christ…” “The, second was called Project Phobo. Was a more efficient version of our light shooters.” “Light shooters? Like Laser guns?” “Sorta, rather than shooting out a beam of electrical energy these guns absorbed actual light from around us and fired it in a concentrated ultra violet radioactive blast. If it didn’t incinerate you you were left with a fifth degree burn and most likely full body cancer.” “Ouch… I mean, effective and impressive but ouch.” “Yeah. The version the team I was on made managed to charge it’s full clip in about seven seconds in direct sunlight, eleven inside a building so long as there was light.” “Huh…” “Those were the only times I was put in the labs, the rest I did target missions and foot soldier work and just accepted the promotions as they came.” “So you’ve seen… way more bloodshed and death than I expected.” “Nexus and death just kinda co-exist. Or Nexus causes Death. Either way.” The date went along well for the two, the more Eclipsa heard about Scotch’s past the more she knew the real mare they first fell for. The date came to an end and Scotch returned to their home at the Nexus base and Eclipsa to her room with Heart. Heart was playing a game when Eclipsa entered. “Hey! So, how’s it go?” WIth a smile Eclipsa slithered up to Heart, wrapping her tail around Heart’s tightly. “Good, think we’re on the right track. Got another date lined up for next month.” “Great. Feeling better?” “Lots. I’m hoping things work out well.” “They well, now, what shall we do?” Heart asked, taking Eclipsa by the chin and looking them in the eyes. Eclipsa smiled, a lustful giggling escaping her throat. “Well, that depends, have I been a good girl today~?” “Oh, you have been a very, very good girl~”
Chapter 27: Hyrule"Starlight get back in here!" Trixie called out. This room held within it Heart, Trixie, and Starlight, the trio was an oddball, and made up three of the twenty pieces of Kingdom Hearts. Trixie and Heart were well accustomed to one another having shared a body long before the fusion and later marriage fusion allowing them individual bodies thanks to Starfish Clones. Starlight however was always rather distant, the fusion revealed many truths to her, and even before, hardships befell her. Hence her ever persistent need to stand on the balcony while it rained. "Fine…" Starlight huffed as she walked back in. "Seriously Starlight, you'll catch a cold or something doing that." "We're Admins, we don't catch colds unless we want to." Starlight countered. "Yeah well, first time for everything." "I will swallow the both of you, again, if you don't stop bickering." Heart huffed from the bed, a switch in their hands and the sounds of Breath of the Wild coming from the device speakers. "Swallow her, not me!" Trixie barked. "I wouldn't care or mind." Starlight sighed. "Trixie if you really wanna keep Starlight close and not always in the rain, or shower, or just moping around then you swallow her." Heart argued. "I'm not a Naga!" "That has stopped literally no one else in this family, lest you forget we all share abilities we just have to unlock them." "How come you just don't call it Vore?" Starlight asked. "This isn't a majority porn story. Majority lewd yes but not all porn. Things like Swallowing or us all being herms and such is just to show how things seen as fetish or erotic basically become normal when in daily life." Heart said. "... Since when did you start breaking the fourth wall?" Trixie asked. "Since I started actually liking myself and my life." Heart said, pausing their game. "Okay, game groove is ruined so, Starlight, wanna tell us how those Therapy sessions are going? Cause from where Trixie and I stand it's looking kinda… not good." Starlight sighed, jumping into the couch and laying on it. "I mean, compared to before at least I talk now." "Sometimes." Trixie grumbled. "But I still know all those deaths that day are my fault. And in so many other versions of what I was doing it was all so… so bad. So horrible." "Hm. So for all the bad you and the other versions of you did, you feel like you shouldn't try to be happy or find enjoyment?" Heart asked. "Well, yeah that sounds about right." "Then why don't you go out there and help someone or something?" Trixie asked. "Like?" Starlight asked. "Helping the front lines is one. Fixing issues with other worlds not yet a part of this world are one, or even just public appearances. You'd be surprised how just seeing one of us royals out on the streets makes people happy." Heart said. "But that doesn't really help people. At least the appearance of one anyway." "Helps morale among the citizens and keeps peace of mind." Trixie countered. "Look, how about to get you more out of this funk we go traveling. See this world and why we are Fighting for it, the people we are Fighting for." “Alright, so that gives me way too many places to look.” Starlight frowned. "Arguably yes… so, where do we start is the real question." Heart asked. "You both know the place more than me, where do you think I should start?" "Hmm…" Heart pondered, then looked at their Switch. "I think I have an idea." They said, smiling now. "What's the place?" She inquired. "Hyrule, Breath of the Wild version." In a flash of brights lights, a dark and humid tomb was shown light as a DTL opened within it. Out came Heart, Trixie and following behind was Starlight. "Isn't this the starting place?" Trixie asked. "Yup." Heart said with a nod. “Starting off at square one huh?” Starlight asked. “But what are we doing here?” "Well, this is one of many versions of this world that is different. And the difference here is…" Heart slammed the large pod nearby, the device opening up, revealing a Hylian skeleton in the liquid. "Yeah this thing didn't work…" "Gross…" Trixie said. “So this world is fucked if my knowledge of Legend of Zelda is anything to go by.” She said honestly. “Or has the hero been reincarnated yet?” "No, but that is where you come in." Heart said, pointing to Starlight. "You are gonna resurrect them, and then help them on their journey." "Wait, so what are we gonna do?" Trixie asked. "Watch and give support." Heart said. “Alrighty then.” She nodded while starting to use her magic. “Hopefully I can do this correctly.” She said while her horn glowed with Nothingness and Kingdom Hearts light to try and resurrect the Hero. The skeleton was wrapped in Nothingness, flesh and life returning to the bones as it's soup did as well, and in a flash of blue light so did their heart. Link was alive again, still sleeping and would awaken soon. "Perfect. Now remember, we are gonna be watching Starlight, and if you need help just call." Heart said. Starlight turned to where they and Trixie were, and they were gone. “And then they leave without telling me what I’m supposed to do…” Starlight grumbled. “Yeah, put the world back in order by bringing the hero back, job well done…now what?” "Ugh." Turning back, Starlight saw Link begin to stir and wake up. Link spotted Her, surprised. "Who… where are we?" They asked. Amnesia, that's consistent at least. Starlight thought. “Uh, hi.” She started. “Welcome to the waking world. What do you remember?” "Uhhm… Not much. My name is… Link, I think… but… I can't recall much else." Link said, climbing out of the pod chamber. "Who are you?" “I’m Starlight Glimmer.” She introduced herself. “So, you’ve been asleep for...a while now.” "How long? And where are we?" Link asked, looking around. “No idea and no idea.” Starlight sighed out. ”Maybe a super convenient plot voice will give us some advice.” Starlight thought to herself. As Link looked around, they spotted the small pedestal, atop it a device. Walking over, he saw as a rune covered stone above it began to glow, a liquid of some sort formed a single stop at the bottom, falling and splashing onto the device, which lit up with a glow of it's own. The door before them opened and the device flipped around and lifted upward, letting Link take it. "Well, I suppose it's that way to leave." Starlight said simply. "Looks like." Link said, taking the device aa they Starlight walked out of the damp cave like area. When the two emerged, sunlight was peaking over the horizon, light filling the sky all around as the dawn emerged. It was a lovely sight. "Woah." Link said, looking around. “It is pretty.” She said honestly. As the two looked around, down the hill they emerged from was a small camp of sorts, a large elderly man sat next to a campfire. "Who's that?" Link wondered as he and Starlight walked down the hill. “No idea, let’s ask.” Starlight said while walking over to the elder. “Hello?” "Ho. Hello there. My two strangers walk to this old man's camp, and out of a sealed cave that's been locked for years. The things you see when you get to live old. I imagine you must be hungry. Please, take a roasted apple." The old man said, motioning to the several apples roared a golden brown on sticks. “Thank you.” Starlight nodded as she picked up one of the apples with her magic, just to make sure it wasn’t anything but a roasted apple. Once she did, she took a bite, the Apple's natural sugars and flavors roasted in this way reminded her a lot of apple pie. "Pardon me, but is that a sheikah slate you have there?" The old man asked. Link looked to the device strapped to his pants loop. "I guess. I don't know what it's called. I just woke up and this thing, and Starlight here were with me in this sealed room." "I see, and you, Starlight. In all my years I've never seen a creature quite like you. How did you get inside this sealed chamber?" “Um...magic?” Starlight asked nervously. "Magic eh? Heh, not many can use magic so free and wildly these days. In any case, so, do you know what a sheikah slate does my boy?" "No." Link said with a sight, then remembered. "It uh, opens doors?" Psst, I can do that just by touching them. Anything with a lock, magic or physical. Starlight thought to Herself. "Yes, and much more. There is an old ruin nearby that I think your sheikah slate can wake up from it's one hundred year slumber. You can't miss it, just right around here." “So we’re going treasure hunting now?” Starlight inquired. The old man laughed. "I'd like to go myself but at my age these old bones can barely take the cold, let alone a climb and a long walk." “So where are we?” Starlight asked curiously. "This land is known as Hyrule. The area we are in is known as the Hyrule Ridge." “Cool.” Starlight nodded. “Everything looks so nice and peaceful.” She said, even though her new instincts told her that massive things were going horribly wrong. "In the daylight hours, yes, mostly. Night brings it's own terrors and monsters roam the lands guarding roads and many things of the like. Travel is a dangerous thing, but necessary if one is to live." “Is there anyone else out here?” Starlight asked curiously. “This seems like a lot of open land not taken by anyone...I don’t see a town at all.” "It's just me up here on the ridge. Myself, the ruins, and the monsters and wildlife up here. Not many can climb the ridge side and those who can are far off with their own problems." “That’s...not good.” Starlight said nervously. "No, it's not." Link said, eating their roasted apple, listening more than talking. "No, but this ridge hasn't been home to anyone long before the great calamity one hundred years ago, so it's not so tragic." The old man said. "Land sure heals quick for a ‘Great Calamity’, even if it was a hundred years.” She said honestly. "It was not the land that was harmed, more, it was it's people." The old man said, now looking into the fire. "Thousands of years ago, a great demon rose from the depths of the darkness, Calamity Gannon. Our ancestors created machines and weapons to fend the demon off. Of these, four great, Divine beasts were crafted, and with them, four champions and a hero wielding a sword that can deal away darkness, Gannon was defeated. One hundred years ago, the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda, discovered a prophecy that told of Gammon's return. The first sign had already appeared, the Divine beasts were unearthed from their thousand year slumber. She found four new champions to stop the calamity, and a hero to wield the sword that seals the darkness." "They lost." Link said absentmindedly. The old man nodded. "They lost, one thing was missing. Princess Zelda held within her bloodline the power of the TriForce, the final piece needed to slay or seal Gannon for good. She did not unlock this power, until it was almost too late." The old man looked to the horizon. The others did too, in the distance, a massive castle swirling with darkness and evil stood. "That is Hyrule Castle, in all it's ruined glory, and prison to Calamity Gannon, and, the Princess." ”So that’s why…” She thought to herself. “So what? To save the world just kill the massive thing?” "Only the champion can slay Gannon, and they have likely left this world. This is why I ask you to test your sheikah slate, if it awakens the ruins nearby, then it is the same as that Hylian champion. If you are up for it, then maybe you can pick up that mantle." "I will." Link said, no thought or questions in mind. “Alright.” Starlight nodded. “So, where are these ruins you talked about?” "Follow the road down that way and look for a structure half buried in rocks and inside is a pedestal with a rune covered stone hanging above it. It's got a perfect fitting for a sheikah slate to be inserted." “Alright.” She nodded. “Thank you...uh, I’m sorry, what’s your name?” "Oh, just call me Gramps. It would be nice to hear that from someone. I'm certainly old enough for it." With that, he gave a hearty, yet sad laugh. “Alright Gramps.” Starlight nodded. “Come on Link, let’s get going to the Ruins.” Once the two finished eating they made their way down the road and over to the ruins. Along the way two red creatures, Moblins, the two learned, attacked them. Using a wood cutters axe borrowed from the elderly man, Link swung. The creature was not sliced in half, rather knocked aside as Starlight used her magic to levitate the other, keeping it harmlessly at Bay. “Jeez, this is almost too easy.” She chuckled as the thing kept trying to reach her but couldn’t. She watched as Link delivered another hit to the still moving Moblin. She was surprised, seeing it's body fall limp, become covered in this dark ooze, not quite darkness but close. In a poof of smoke, the body was gone, leaving a small pile of various body parts. Mostly bones. "So, you gonna…?" Link asked, motioning to floating Moblin. “Oh, sorry.” She said while using a bit of her magic as Link saw the aura around it glow a little brighter around its head as she broke its neck. “And done.” Like the one Link killed, it too poofed into a small pile of bones and this time no guts. The two continued on, finding the ruins. Climbing inside the rocky ruins they were met with a podium and hanging rune covered rock much like from within the chamber, and Link placed the sheikah slate onto it. There was a rumble. "Uhh…" Link questioned. “I hope that means it worked.” She said nervously while looking towards the rune covered rock. Suddenly, the rocks around them broke, the rubble flying off, revealing a covered stage where two long large arms raised from the sides to the head, and suddenly, the whole stage raised up high into the sky. The tower glowed to life with blue energy, and soon the rune stone above the podium glowed, dropping a glow of blue liquid data as it fell into sheikah slate. The screen glowed, showing a new area, a map of sorts appearing as a new area lit up from the largely black. It showed the landscapes, rivers, Forrest, everything from the general area. “Huh...that’s interesting.” She said honestly. The sheikah slate popped open, ready for Link to take it. He did. "Ho. Impressive." Turning, the two saw the elderly man atop the sudden tower nearby them. "So it is the same sheikah slate." “You know, for an old man you certainly got here quick.” Starlight pointed out. "I haven't lived as long as I have without learning a trick or two." He said with pride. "In any case, I was right. This was a region tower, a relic well before the great calamity. A relic from our ancestors." “Fascinating.” Starlight said while looking over the watch tower carefully to see all it’s inner workings. "There is a task I have for you." The elder asked. "What?" Link asked. "There are more ruins around, shrines, locked and the key to opening them is a sheikah slate, I've heard legends say they hold treasures. Mind fetching them for me?" “Sure, seems simple enough.” She said honestly. "What kind of treasures are there?" Link asked. "No idea." The elderly man said. “Well, looks like we’ll have to find out for ourselves.” Starlight said simply. "Where are these shrines?" Link asked. "Hm." The old man said, looking around. "Your sheikah slate, it has its map feature. And a camera. From here you should be able to see the shrines, stone glowing with an orange light. If you wait til night they will be far easier to find. Or, look for them now. There are four in the general area here but they dot all of Hyrule all from shore to shore." “Oh boy, that sounds like a lot of searching for stuff.” The unicorn said honestly. "Sounds like fun." Link said with a smile. “I’m sure it will.” Starlight said simply. “So, where’s the closest shrine?” She wondered while looking at the map that was still displayed. Four shrines, each set along very different areas from each other, a long distance from one another. The higher up mountain area was freezing cold. While Starlight felt no cold due to her newfound resistance, Link could not say the same. Thankfully a quicky chopped tree, a touch and a few pieces of flint got Link to and from that shrine high up in the cold. They each had trials. Puzzles, combat, often a mix of both. Weapons Link found either from the various Moblins roaming about or within the shrines themselves. These shrines also gave upgrades into Links sheikah slate. A magnet, bombs, square and round oddly, make small ice pillars on anybody if water, no matter how small or thin, and a sorta time freeze that locks a large object In place so Link can hit it so many times, and therefore send it flying. “Looks like these shrines are a lot more useful than I first thought.” Starlight hummed. “New abilities and let’s you get stronger...wonder if these will help you remember as well…” The unicorn hummed to herself curiously. "Maybe." Link said in wonder. He also had clothes, a simple shirt and shorts but it was better than just their under shorts. “Have you remembered anything yet if I may ask?” She brought up. "Nope." Link said with a sigh. “Alright.” Starlight nodded. “Well, I’m sure you’ll figure out your past...hopefully.” She said nervously, having a bad feeling that he won’t ever remember given he stayed dead for god knows how long. "Well, what are these then?" Link asked, holding four small black grey orbs that had a symbol of wings spread out. The orbs, as far as Starlight could tell, were pure life energy. Uncommon as this energy would normally be collected through Necromantic means yet these orbs held or showed no signs of having been harvested with dark magic. Rather it was more likely gifted by a god of some kind. “Well we got them from those ancient people…” She hummed. “I suppose they would be...whatever life essence they had left to make you stronger...either that or a god is helping you.” She shrugged. "Goddess." Link said, blinking at the surprise knowledge. "Hyrule… has a Goddess. Heh, well that's something I remember at least. Aside from fighting, Don't remember learning where to fight though." “Well you were in a tomb of some sort, so you must have been highly regarded with the ruling people.” Starlight pointed out. "Maybe… where is that old guy?" Link asked, looking around the old church where he said to meet them. There in the back stood a weathered yet standing statue of Hyrule's goddess. There were no fine details, and the statue glowed with a holy light. "Oh… don't think I've ever seen that before." “Well it’s certainly glowing like someone’s there.” Starlight brought up. “Hello?” There was no audible voice, but one echoed inside Starlight and Link's head. And Starlight nearly face hoofed at hearing the ever familiar voice of Trixie speak. Keeping her internal groaning internal, Link gave the statue the four orbs, and was rewarded with four gold and red heart containers he absorbed. "Normally it's four orbs for one heart or stamina container. Yeah I hated that so one for one." Heart's voice said to her through their link. ”Why am I not surprised you two are the goddess here?” Starlight mentally asked Heart. "Well, not originally. There was a different Goddess here but she's actually already a part of the family so when Trixie and I found out we asked her to step in the sorta role here for it and she agreed. Trixie does the voice when turning in spirit orbs and such and I will basically help in other ways." Heart replied. ”Well that’s not going to get awkward when I figure out the religion here.” Starlight mentally told him. When the light faded, "Ho!" Looking up, Link and Starlight saw the old man, standing above high on the still standing bell tower of the church. "Up here you two." He called down to them. "How did you get up there?" Link asked in surprise. "I made an updraft. Set a small patch of tall grass ablaze and the heat makes up updraft strong enough you can ride it with a glider. It's how I get around so fast." Link and Starlight exchanged a look. "Huh. Old and smart. Guess those do go hand in hand." Link said with a shrug. “You’d be surprised how true certain sayings are.” Starlight said honestly. “So how have you been Gramps?” "Well. Better than I have in years. Get on up here, I have a reward for ya both." The climb up was simple, and once there Link and Starlight saw the old man looking out the bell tower window. The twisted black prison of Hyrule Castle in the distance. "Starlight, Link, you two have arrived at grand time. Though, Starlight, your arrival has been unexpected, but very much welcome all the same. I can tell you have a power within you, much like, or even stronger than Link here." “I’m not that strong.” Starlight said humbly, needing to thank King for teaching her how to hide her powers which could involve bench pressing planets. "In any case, I feel I must tell you both something you two should know, but Link especially." The elderly man said, removing his cloak. There was a blinding white light and when Starlight and Link blinked, the elderly man looked larger, adorned with royal attire and a crown atop his head, befitting a king. His body glowed with ethereal blue light and Starlight realized she was looking at a ghost, a soul keeping itself within the land of the living, but this specter held no anger. "I am, no, I was King Rhoam. Link, you were once the personal guard and champion of Hyrule who wielded the sword that seals away darkness. A hundred years ago, we failed, despite the preparation and effort Gannon won and to this day my daughter, using the power of her bloodline to keep the full force of Gannon at Bay. Link, you must regain your strength, free the Divine beasts and save princess Zelda, my daughter, and your charge. And save all of Hyrule and the world." “No wonder why you knew so much...you're a Lingering Will” Starlight said honestly. “Is there anyone else out there who can help us?” "Me? The…" Link pondered, looking around in worry. "I… I don't remember any of this… but I will try." Link said. "Thank you, Link." Rhoam said with a nod. "As for your question Starlight, the only ones who can are the four champions, but like me, they have all died at Gannon's hand. Free their Divine beasts, and their wills can help you land a devastating blow to Gannon when the time comes to face them." An idea formed in Starlight's head. The soul is here. He just needs the body, and his heart. Both easily available to her. She would be damned if this old man could not hug his daughter when she was saved. “Alright King, now don’t panic.” Starlight said as her horn started to light up. “I’ve done this before once.” She said while starting to bring the king back to life with her powers like she did with Link. Starlight sent a blast of Balance and Nothingness at the ghost. There was a surge of light as the form of the old king became a light silhouette and then faded. Much as he appeared as a ghost was back as living. "Woah…" Link said. "By the… goddess." The king said, looking at himself then to Starlight. He was plain, then smiled. "Seems there is always something new to discover no matter how old you get." “Yeah, there’s no way I’m going to just let you not be able to hug your daughter after we kick Gannon’s ass.” Starlight stated. "I thank you kindly Starlight. As old as I may be I believe I can give something to these efforts." “I mean, besides having the ruler of an entire Kingdom come back to life, spurring his people to start fighting against the darkness plaguing their land and bringing other kingdom’s into an open revolt against those that would see this beautiful land destroyed?” Starlight asked. "Hyrule is one land yes but aside from Hyrulians are just one race, one of five. Each their own kingdom. Maybe some of the old rulers there were still alive, if so odds are good. Meaning only the Gerudo would be an issue." “Gerudo?” Starlight asked curiously. “Who are they?” "Race of desert dwelling warriors. All female, mostly. Once or twice a generation one will be born male, but that's rare. No males are allowed in their city walls, once any male children born to the tribe are adults they must leave. Hardly they ever locate far from their home, or even the desert. It's nothing personal, they are strong with tradition and pride." “They should probably change that…” She said nervously. “Especially given the current circumstances.” "That's doubtful to change. You can't undo a traditional lifestyle as there's with just words. But, we'll cross that bridge when we get there." The king said with a sigh. "Come now, we must prepare." "For?" Link asked. "I'll need to make two more gliders, plus gather weapons and food for the trip." Starlight thought for a moment. Keyblade them now or later? That was her question. “You don’t need to make me a glider.” She said while her hooves softly glowed as she started to levitate. “Also uh...do you want to have something important now or later? Like...really important?” The two looked at one another. "What is it?" Link asked. “It would be...this.” She sighed out while a Keyblade, Diamond Dust, started to float near her. “Have either of you heard of a ‘Keyblade’?” "Key...blade?" Link asked. "Hmm. I am unsure. Sadly all and any records of mystical weapons and such were in the castle and, well, it's unlikely anything in there aside from my daughter and Gannon is in there." The king said. “Alright.” She nodded. “So I can give you these weapons, they are magical weapons that can lock or unlock anything, it’s magic so you can use spells with it, and it’s unbreakable.” She said honestly. “Really?” The king asked in surprise. ”Well, they can break but it takes a lot to break a Keyblade.” “Pretty much yeah.” Starlight said honestly. “But these can break actually, just under such asinine circumstances that it might as well be unbreakable.” She said simply. “So you two want one?” “Sure. Would be better than Moblin weapons.” Link said. Over the next few days Starlight began teaching the old king and young knight about keyblades. Link learned quickly. The king was good at spell casting but had a low mana reserve. As such Link received Kingdom Key, and the king received, fitting enough, Royal Radiance. “Alright you two, how do you feel with your new companions?” Starlight asked the four of them, given that she’s part Kingdom Hearts, she can understand Keyblades. “It feels… natural.” Link said. “I can tell there are still so many secrets and abilities it holds. I doubt one can unlock them all in a single lifetime.” The king said. Starlight nodded, taking note how the king's keyblade was larger than it’s default size. She always thought that was a neat ability the keyblades did to be perfect size for their wielders. “Alright, so where to first?” Starlight asked curiously. "The nearest village is Kakariko Village. It's mountain location left it largely untouched by the calamity. The road there won't be easy though." The king said. "Gliders." Link reminded. That made the king give a laugh. "I can hear Revali turning in his grave." “So start flying off to Kakariko Village?” She asked curiously. "Yes. Hmm… hopefully there is someone still there who can help us. I doubt even after all these years she's dead." The king muttered in thought. “Who’s dead?” Starlight asked nervously. "Not dead. Preferably. Impa. A friend of Link's from before. She was young back then so odds are if she is alive still she's over a hundred years old and knows exactly what must be done." "You don't know what to do?" Link asked. "I lived shortly after the calamity began then roamed the ridge til you emerged to aid you. Only maybe… three people ever explored the ridge in those hundred years and they just hunted and gathered." The king replied. “Hmm…” Starlight hummed while summoning her Glider. “Well, we won’t get answers just by sitting around now will we?” With gliders out the trio flew overhead. Stopping only when Link's sheikah slate lit up, detecting a new shrine and letting Link enter to clear it. On the way Link found two and arrived in Kakariko village. There was also a shrine there which Link cleared. Looking around Link pondered. "Do we have any money?" Link asked. This is cheating and I don't care. Starlight thought with a smile, pondering if this world still uses Rupees or Rem. “Question, what currency do people use?” Starlight asked curiously. "Don't know. Before the calamity it was Rupees, not sure if that changed." The king wondered. It's Rem. Cript did a thing for me to shift that… among other things. Heart said. ”And what are those ‘among other things’?” Starlight mentally asked Heart while using her magic to bring out a humble looking coin bag. “So how much money do you want?” Shadow Creatures, more mini bosses. Apparently he wants to test you as well as this world and such. There are some fights he said only you can do so, careful. Also Dungeons… like, Dungeons we deal with dungeons all themed like, well, Zelda stuff. They are obsessed with dungeons. Heart replied. "How much can you spare? Or have?" Link asked. “Now that is...a difficult thing to answer, but what I can tell you.” She said while opening the back and turning it upside down to start a cascade of Rem to dump out of it. “Is Yes.” The town was happy, beyond happy for the flux in business. Shortly after buying everything in the stores, Link got a proper set of armor. A good with cloak, traveling vest and leggings with boots. Then they met with Impa. The elderly woman was thin as bones, but clearly still living on and likely had a fair amount of years left in her. "Link? Is that you?" She asked, looking at him, then turning to the king. "My word… my king… how? Link I can see but… my king, I saw you die in the castle that day. I saw your corpse." She said shakily. “Sup.” Starlight said while trotting up. “My name is Starlight Glimmer Elder.” She said with a polite bow to her elder. "My word… a unicorn before my eyes. Heh, either I've died or I've lost my mind finally." Impa said. "This is not the afterlife, nor an illusion of your mind Impa." The king said, walking up to and kneeling down to her. "This is life. Starlight here is a gift from the goddess to aid us in Calamity Gannon's defeat." That's actually a pretty good cover story. Heart said with surprise. “And right now, we need all hands on deck.” Starlight said honestly. “I’m here to bring back the heroes of old to fight back against the growing threat to this world, either from the Afterlife, or from the ravages of Time.” Starlight said simply. “Gramps here talked quite a bit about you and your past exploits Elder Impa.” "Oh, heh. Back then I was in training still. Sadly after the calamity I spent many years fending off the Yiga Clan…" Tone in her voice at this clan was like venom, and the King himself looked enraged by the name. "Those snakes still slither." He said with anger. “Who are the Yiga? And I suppose they aren’t willing to talk?” Starlight asked curiously, Impa getting a feeling that from the unicorns' more colorful looks that peaceful solutions were more applicable where she came from. Impa sighed. Clearly the topic pained her. "Once, this village was twice its size. Then, there was a… differing of opinion. The discovery of the prophecy split the people. Many wanted to arm against it, others wanted to embrace it. They took the skills and style of combat this village had taught for untold years and turned them into a means to kill and slay. The result was the Yiga clan, a clan of assassins that don't just kill, but kill in the name of Calamity Gannon. They are, or at least have a strong hand in his resurrection. The night of the calamity, they killed along with Gannon. Set the land itself on fire across all of Hyrule in one night they killed thousands, and for ten long years would terrorize and kill as they wanted. These days they still kill but only when targeting caravans along the roads." “So how much do you want to kill them for helping cause all of this?” Starlight asked curiously. "Once, I would have said such deaths were deserved. But, many of its current members were born into their way of life, they know nothing else but kill and worship Gannon. Death is more of a mercy for them knowing that." “That’s...terrible.” The unicorn sighed out sadly. “So...how about my offer?” "In my old age, I have hatred from memories and experiences but I know better than to act on them. All I can say is that who you come across, a Yiga, deal with them as you see fit." “And if I can give you back your youth to fight once again?” Starlight asked curiously. "I'd deny." She said. "I've lived, I've loved, I've had my life. I have no desire to extend it. Besides, I can't leave to fight. As an elder, I am in charge of the village, and I will spend my last years here." She said with a content smile. "Now, it looks like you three have work ahead of you." “We have a whole lot of work to do.” Starlight said honestly. “Like getting the Four Guardians back under control.” "Yes." Impa said with a nod. The rest of the day was spent talking strategy and where to go first. “Alright, so we have four giant robots, each being a bird, horse, lizard and elephant at practically the four corners of this place…” Starlight said while looking over the Map. "Camel and yes." The king said. "None will be very easy, however with your resources I believe you can easily enter and complete their puzzle locks to regain control." "The question is, where to start? We have just the one Sheikah slate." Impa said. Starlight pondered for a moment. "Say, is there another shrine nearby?" She asked. "Yes. It's a walk but not too far. Why?" "I wanna test something." Starlight said, heading out, Link following behind. It was a walk and a glide to the nearby shrine. Once there Starlight tapped the pedistol. To her own and Link's surprise, it flashed blue, the door opening as Link saw the shrine appear within his Sheikah slate. "So it is just a lock." Starlight said with a smile. "And this means… what?" Link asked. "Hopefully, you can be in at least two places at once."
Chapter 28: Devine Beasts Ruta and Rudania"So we hit Ruta first then?" Link asked. "Yes. The Zora live long and their king should still be alive." The king said. "He is." Impa said. "He is old but alive and well." "Hopefully we can easily reach them and get their help." Starlight said with a nod. "Second will be Rudania, deep within Death Mountain. Only those well stocked with Fireproof potions or wearing special clothing can even enter the area further in." The king said. "I'm fireproof." Starlight said with a small grin. "Why am I not surprised." Link said with a chuckle. "Plus I can open portals." Starlight added. A quick demonstration with DTL's showed the others. "So long as Link has his Keyblade out I can appear in Ruta and Rudania. We can take both at once." "And from there I assume the same can be done for Medoh and Naboris." The king asked. "Easily." Starlight confirmed. "Alright then." Link said. "The king and I will head off to the Zora dominion, and Starlight will head off for Death Mountain." Death Mountain was… hot. This head would in fact boil/cook any normal person alive. Thankfully Starlight was not normal. She was an Admin, and a Living X-blade, so the heat didn't affect her. She actually barely felt it. It was more like it was just a muggy day if even that. She didn't expect people to actually live inside an active Volcano, but then again she had never seen a Goron before. The round stone backed beings thrived in the heat of the lava and apparently could tough out any and all harsh environments. They mined the mountains of gems that Starlight felt were all strong, easily the same quality of gems from Equestria, and good for enchantments too. Upon arriving she met with the village elder who had some sever back pain. Starlight never studied Medical spells but a Curaga fixed him up for now. "Thank you little horse." The elder Goron said. "I am Bludo, Chief of the village. What brings a creature like yourself here?" "I actually need to reach and get inside Divine Beast Rudania." The chief was quite taken back. "You need to enter the Divine Beast? As much as that would relive things here I don't see how you can." "You can say I have the keys to the thing." Starlight said with a smirk. "Really?" Heart asked. "Yes." Starlight replied mentally. "Hmm… even so we'd have to stop the thing for a time. For that I'll need-" Before Bludo could continue, there was a mechanical roar. Looking Up, Starlight saw the Divine Beast. Rudania looked like a lizard, walking atop Death Mountains volcanic spewing top like it was harmless water. It let out another roar as suddenly Large lava rocks flew out, many hitting without aim while others aimed at the village. Starlight's horn lot up brightly, catching the rocks well before they reached the village and tossing them into lava pools some distance away. "Thank blasted Rudania is gonna make the volcano blow real bad one of these days!" Bludo roared angerly, then yiped as his back pain spiked. "Ouch…" Starlight cast another Curaga. "So to prevent a second Calamity via Volcano… care to help me get inside to either turn it off or reclaim it from Gannon?" "I'm too old for this." Bludo grumbled. "You'll have to find Yubono, he was supposed to be back with my pain medication hours ago. Boy is afraid of his own shadow and likely is hiding from Moblins. How he is kin to Champion Daruk I will never know." "Wait, he's related to Daruk?" "Yes. Yubono is Daruk's grandson. He inherited Daruk's special power, able to summon an unbreakable Sheild around his body. Daruk used it to charge head first into his enemies without fear. Yubono uses it whenever a pebble is flung cause he's scared he'll get hurt." "Courage and Bravery aren't always first or even second nature." "True, but the boy can't be like this forever. I know I promised his parents I'd look after him but I'm old, and won't be long for this world much longer. The boy needs to grow and become a man before I pass. Otherwise I'll have failed his parents." Starlight hummed at that. "Well, maybe I can help. You said he is needed for dealing with the Divine Beast, right?" "Yes. His inherited Sheild ability makes it so we can launch him like a cannon ball at the Divine Beast. A few hits and the thing will back off for a day or two." Starlight blinked at that. "You… shoot him out of a cannon at an ancient machine of war possessed by a being of death and chaos… and he lets you?" "Heh, at first he hated it. These days though it's a normal job. Once every few days, about three or four hits and repeat." "Sounds brave to me." "That was the point. Sadly Yubono doesn't even realize what he is doing. Keeping the village safe with his acts. It's not that he is incapable of bravery, it's that he does the bravest things and doesn't realize it." "Huh… well, I'll go find him. With his help I hopefully will be able to get into Rudania." "Good luck to you small horse." There was an Audible pop from the elder. "Owwwh…" He groaned. Starlight cast another Curaga and was off. Finding Yubono was easy, Starlight easily removing the Moblins and opening the cave he was in. Somehow he got a bunch of rocks blocking the entrance. "Yubono?" Starlight asked. He was large, but smaller than most of the other Goron, so he must have been younger. He was covered in a hexegonle sphere that covered his whole body as he shook inside it, scared and turned away from the cave entrance. He turned slowly, seeing Starlight. "Uh… a pony?" He asked, barrier still holding up but not shaking as he looked at Starlight. "Hi, I'm Starlight." She said with a smile. "You can talk?" He asked, curiosity beating his fear as his barrier dropped and he turned, standing at full height now and looking at Starlight. "I've never seen a talking pony before." "Well I've never seen a Goron before arriving in this village. The elder asked me to find you, about his pain medicine." Yubono's eyes went wide. "Oh my gosh! I got so scared I forgot I came here for his medicine! He must be hurting badly." "I helped him a bit. Little bit of healing magic I know helped but not much." "You can do magic?" "Yeah. I am a Unicorn." Starlight said, pointing a good at her horn. "That's a nifty looking barrier you can make." "Oh, you saw that? Yeah, I inherited it from my grandfather. It's unbreakable. I mostly just use it when I'm scared though." "Chief told me you also use it when fending off Rudania." "Oh, well, yeah but it scares me every time. I just pull up my barrier and keep my eyes closed. I'm a cowered…" "A cowered wouldn't let themselves get shot out of a cannon at an ancient demon possessed war machine on the weekly basis. You're braver than you give yourself credit for." Yubono blushed a bit. "You sound like chief." "Come on, let's get him that medicine then you and me are gonna deal with that Divine Beast." "Huh? How?" "Might." Starlight said, pointing a hoof at Yubono. "And magic." She finished, pointing a good at herself. After giving the medicine to the chief the two headed off. Here Starlight spotted several flying machines with eyes the scanned the ground below. She remembered Impa talking about the Guardians, this one the Skywater type. They were tough. All Guardians had a weak spot, their eyes which were both to track and see targets as well as fire a powerful energy blast at them. By all means they were well made, and strong. Too bad for them Starlight was stronger, though, this did give her an idea. “Hey Yubono, if I can bring those things down, think you can break them?” “Me?!” Yubono shreaked. “I-I can't hurt those things! They fly, and are super tough!” “Your shield is tougher and you are a Goron, a race with strength matched by few others if any.” Starlight pointed out. “Well, yeah but I can’t hit it with my bare hands! I’d need a weapon or something and all the tools and weapons are back in the village.” “I can give you a weapon.” “But, I don’t see one on you.” Starlight smirked. “It’s a special kind of weapon. One that won’t break, at least not in normal combat.” “Like my sheild power?” “Kinda, yeah.” Starlight nodded. Starlight let unseen magic take place, her heart, a heart she now shared, reached out and met Yubono’s, the young goron was brave at his core, and his heart pure. She called to the Keyblades, and one responded. A flash and Yubono was looking at a large, long keyblade. It’s handles small boulders wrapped around the hand grip, the hilt of the blade decorated with an ore deposit splitting as the blade rose up easy seven feet tall, and three feet wide at its widest girth towards the top. It was similar to a that of a goron sword, til the top cracked and opened up to a miniature version of Death Mountain, Divine Beast Rudania standing across the top of the weapon, it’s lights its true blue colors as it seemed to look out from it’s spot. Dangling from the base, a Keychain depicting a lizard silhouette with a glowing blue eye was showing. Starlight looked the Keyblade over. It seemed to have been pre built already, and hearing it’s story understood. The original champions of the divine beasts who sealed it so long ago were also Keyblade wielders, and after sealing the calamity the first time, died when they answered the call to the keyblade war. She smiled, happy it has a new wielder. “It’s called, Goron Pride.” Starlight said. Yubono looked the weapon over, awe struck at its craftsmanship and beauty. “And… you’re just giving it to me?” He asked. “It chose you.” Starlight corrected. “These types of weapons choose their wielders. It chose you.” Yubono was silent for a long time, finally they reached out, taking Goron Pride in his hands. He felt the link between himself and the Keyblade instantly. Holding it made him feel… safe, and brave. “Wow…” Starlight nodded. “Let’s go!” Reaching Rudania would have been challenging, however, Starlight’s magic easily took out the airborne Guardians and Yubono got to take two out with the accidental learning of Strike Raid. Once at the first cannon Starlight helped Yubono inside, and he formed himself into a ball and activated his barrier power. With proper aiming and a Megaflare down the small shoot ment for explosion to launch Yubono, the young Goron was selt flying hard and fast into the ancient war machine. She winced, worried for the young Goron until she saw them hit, bounce off the impact and roll down the volcano’s side and off to a safe spot. When they stopped their barrier fell and Yubono stood looking dizzy. “That always makes me see everything all spin~” They said. Starlight laughed a little at that. The next few cannon fires at the divine beast were the same more or less. Finally after the final hit the divine beast retreated inside the volcano. Yubono following Starlight over to them til she was at an unactivated warp pad, and a shekha slate pedestal. “This is the spot.” She said. “How do we get inside?” Yubono asked. “Hmm…” Starlight thought, tapping the pedestal with a hoof. While the door opened, the warp pad did not activate. “Figures. I’ll be right back, I have to go check on Link.” “Link? You mean like the hero of the Hylians from a hundred years ago?” “The very same.” “... Wait, what?!” “Long story.” Starlight said with a bit of a laugh. With a flash her horn lit up and opened up a DTL to the Zora Dominion. “You coming?” “Where… does that go? What is it?” “It’s a portal, and it’s just at the Zora Dominion entrance. Link is there working to get Divine Beast Ruta open.” “Wow… I’ve never left Death Mountain…” Starlight gave Yubono a smile. “If you don’t want to, I understand.” “I…” Yubono started, looking at where he was, the Keyblade in his hand… and then to Starlight, and found himself smiling. “I’m gonna make Grandpa so proud!” The Zora dominion was nothing like Death Mountain. Where Death Mountain was hot, lava flowing constantly and the ever present heat ready to set all wood a blaze and cook any raw meat left out too long, here was a chilly wet rain that downpoured constantly, soaking everything in endless water. Yubono felt like they were taking a bath from how much water was washing the dirt and grime of home off his skin. “Wow, this is so different from Death Mountain.” They stated. “Yeah.” Starlight said, casting a spell to keep the water off them both, but she was already soaked, a sensation that didn’t bother her much. “Come on, let’s go find Link.” The two didn’t have to look far, as Link was speaking to a tall, red and white Zora male, who gave the hero a sharp toothed smile that, oddly was comforting and even twinkled in the sunless rain. “Link!” Starlight called, he and the Zora male turning to see Starlight and Yubono arriving. “We got Rudania down, but your Sheikah Slate needs to activate the warp and the internal stuff.” “Are these friends of yours Link?” The zora male asked. His smile ever present on his face. “This is Starlight, I told you about her.” Link said to the zora male. “Starlight, this is Sidon, he’s the prince of the Zora, and champion Mipha’s younger brother.” Starlight looked up at the zora prince… she saw it, he definitely looked royal. “So, over a hundred years old?” “And still have much life ahead of me!” Sidon declared proudly. “This is Yubono, he’s champion Daruk’s grandson.” Starlight introduced the young goron. “Hi.” He said shyly. “By the goddess! The hero of light, aided by a being of magic and a descendent of one of the champions! How inspiring!” Sidon said, his twinkling smile making sure all eyes were on him. “Link, you are truly blessed to have such help in your journey!” “You wanna tag along?” Starlight offered, Link turning to her. “What? It’s only fair. Sidon is Mipha’s brother, he should be there when reclaiming Ruta.” “You’d truly have me join on your adventure!” Sidon said, on their knees now and hunched over to be at Link’s eye level. Link simply shrugged. “Sure, it will all go by faster, plus, like Starlight said, it’s fitting you’d be there.” He then turned to Yubono. “You’re gonna be there for Rudania?” Yubono nodded. “Starlight is helping me be brave, and I want to make grandfather proud!” The young goran said proudly. Link noticed the goron’s Keyblade, then looked at Sidon, then Starlight. “You’d best give Sidon one too. He’ll need a good weapon.” “A weapon?” Sidon asked, standing back up. “Yes, to face the dangers ahead I will need a weapon of my own! Much like your own Link!” “I think I know just the one.” Starlight said with a smile. Repeating the process with Yubono, Sidon’s keyblade came in a flash of light. The Keyblade’s handle was thin, having a one sided hand guard over the normal two sides, the hand guard itself seemed to be almost made from water as it looped around the hand grip, up over the thin blade that seemed to be part of the grip. The glowing water looped around gracefully around the shaft like blade, reaching the tip, a Zora style trident that had the water splashing off the right side of it, taking shape of a Zora head silhouette. It’s keychain was an elephant silhouette, with a glowing blue eye in it’s center. “It’s called Splash Force.” Starlight said. Blinking out of his stupor, Sidon took the keyblade, feeling the link between himself and the weapon. “Yes, this is a weapon of a true Zora worrier!” He declared, raising it high into the sky… right as Lightning struck the blade. There was a flash and Sidon froze, expecting electrocution but instead saw as the weapon took the lighting and seemed to store it along its water decore. “Uhh… what happened?” He asked dumbly. Starlight looked the Keyblade over, hearing the weapons speak to her and explain. “It’s its special ability, Absorption. It can absorb cast magic and store it to shoot back out or to cause the spells elemental damage to be inflicted on an enemy when hit physically.” “Wow…” Sidon said, looking the Keyblade over, and smiled even wider. “I will take great care of this weapon miss Starlight.” She chuckled. “It chose you, it’s gonna take care of you.” She said, earning a snort from Link. “Either way!” Sidon said, regaining his usual attitude. “Can mine do anything like that?” Yubono asked. Starlight caught Goron’s Pride speak it’s ability. “It’s ability is called Meltdown. Basically hitting rocks or anything made from stone or metal will make it melt to slag. But leave things like gems, fossils, ect alone.” Yubono looked the weapon over at hearing that. “I am so getting mining duty when this is all done.” “Do you have everything to get to Ruta?” Starlight asked Link. “Yeah. The shock arrows were hard to get, but I got all I needed.” “... You do know Keyblades can cast Lightning magic… right?” Link stared at Starlight. “Did I not… teach you that?” Link’s hand met his forehead. Dealing with Ruta was easy, shooting the shock arrows from glider rather than Sidon’s back. Soon Ruta was down as well. Landing on the warp pad, Link activated it and opened Ruta up. Starlight quickly opened a DTL back to Rudania and even though the door was open, Link used the slate to activate the warp pad. “Which do we take?” Link asked. Starlight thought for a time. ”What would the others do… think outside the box… Think like… like an admin… She looked at Link’s Sheikah slate. “I have an idea. Can I see your slate real fast?” Nodding, Link handed the slate over to Starlight. Taking it in her magic, she used her abilities as an Admin to scan the device over, coping all it’s code and taking the copy, and giving it a physical form. She smiled as soon, floating before her were two sheikah slates. Link just stared at her as she returned the first. “How did you…” “At this point, would explaining what I am actually answer your questions?” Link opened their mouth… then closed it again. “Fair enough…” “So this way we can get everything set up on both sides then join you for fighting whatever is inside Ruta then we rush via DTL over to Rudania to deal with it’s guardian ganna monster.” Starlight said. “You believe that Gannon placed a monster within the Divine Beasts?” Sidon asked. “Something killed the Champions, and I doubt it was just Gannon’s darkness sludge alone.” “I will avenge my sister! That vial monster dies within hours!” Sidon said, raising his Keyblade to the sky again… as another bolt of lightning struck it and was absorbed into the weapon, keeping Sidon unharmed. “That still scares me…” He admitted. “Me too…” Yubono whimpered, his large body trying to hide behind the much smaller Starlight. Starlight pet the large Goron. “Come on Yubono, once we unlock Rudania we head back here to help Sidon and Link deal with whatever monster is inside Ruta, then we avenge your grandfather.” Starlight said. Yubono gave her a nod, and the two entered the DTL back to Rudania. The Divine beast was as they left it. Door open from Starlight’s Keyblade abilities but once the copy Sheikah Slate was used the teleport pad lit up. The two entered. "Well now, you two aren't who I was expecting. No not at all!" A booming voice if pride spoke out from the air. "Ghost!" Yubono yelped, actually managing to get under Starlight in his panic and now wore the smaller unicorn as a hat. Starlight laughed a bit at the situation. "He isn't wrong is he?" She asked out to the unseen specter. "Yes sadly. I am Daruk, Champion of the Goron. I was expecting someone else to enter this place, not a follow Goron and a small talking horse." "Daruk?" Yubono asked, his fear subsiding as he stood. Starlight, still atop him, looked like a hat. "My grandfather?" "Grandfather… then you're my…" A flash of blue, the mighty Goron Daruk stood before Yubono and Starlight, his spectral form showing all the glory of his might from life. "Family." "Mind standing still for a moment there Daruk?" Starlight asked, horn glowing with Balance and Nothingness. A beam of the two energies hit the spectral Daruk, glowing bright as bones, flesh and their heart returned to them. Daruk took the first breath he had in over a hundred years, looking his hands and body over. "I'm… alive." "S- Starlight… how did you…?" Yubono asked. "Not the first ghost I've resurrected. Plus, it takes more of a load off of Link in the battle against Ganon." "Link is alive then?" Daruk asked as Starlight gave a confirming nod. "I see, and he is where?" "Dealing with Ruta. Hopefully once we reach the thing here that killed you we can get him over here. Sidon will probably have to sit back on this one, being a Zora and all." "Sidon… Mipha's little brother? Has he finally grown into a proper man?" "He's an adult, pretty well built too." "Good for him! He was such a scrawny little thing a hundred years ago." Daruk chuckled, looking Yubono over, and smiled. "It's good to see you grandson." "It's good to see you too grandpa." Yubono said, also smiling, a few years falling. "I've always heard so much about you… I wanted to be like you, but I was never able. At least, not til I met Starlight here." Yubono said, giving a pet to Starlight, still acting as a hat on his head. "In one day I've had more courage than I have in my whole life." "Don't be like me Yubono, surpass me." Daruk said, tearing up too as the two hugged. Starlight remained silent, letting the two be happy. Her sins were nowhere near atones for, the blood not even close to paid for. But this, this was progress. With Daruk's knowledge of the Divine beast’s terminal locations and all the puzzle locks, the trio made it through the beast with complete ease, stopping before reaching the central Terminal. “Ready to meet back up with Link?” Starlight asked Daruk. “Definitely. The little guy is a real brother, I can’t wait to see him again.” Daruk answered. “Good but, there is something you should know.” Starlight sighed. “Link… is missing memories. Most of them really, I don’t know how much he actually remembers but just don’t get upset at what he might say.” Daruk was silent for a time, but eventually chuckled. “So the little brother lost his memories, and he still went on to save the kingdom? Heh, memories or not, Link is still Link, he hasn’t changed. I’m sure I can jog a few of his memories back.” Starlight opened the portal, and walking through Daruk, Yubono, and Starlight saw Sidon and Link waving at them from the entrance pad to Ruta. Between Sidon and Link was a glowing blue figure. A quick Teleport over, and Starlight saw the young, smaller Zora female. “Hi.” Starlight said to Mipha’s spirit, a flash of her horn glowing Balance blue and Nothingness grey and the ghost of Mipha glowed bright, regaining life once again. “Man that gets easier every time.” “Sister!” Sidon said, hugging the smaller female zora. "I… how?" Mipha asked. "Starlight's… powerful. That's about all I can say there really." Link said with a shrug. "Honestly how she does this stuff just brings more questions than answers." “Well, hey there Link.” Daruk said as he walked up to the worrier. “I was told you’d likely wouldn’t remember me.” “I… Don't." Link said sadly. "I barely remember things about Mipha and that was only after seeing her statue, and then meeting her ghost." "Hmm. Well, if that's the case then the same should go for myself. When we can, let's talk and I'll show you all the places we used to hang out on Death Mountain, might jog a few of your pebbles back in place." He then turned to Mipha and Sidon. "Sidon, you got tall. Glad to see you finally got your growth spurt, though I didn't think you'd get this tall." The Goron said, comparing his height to Sidon's, the Zora being half an inch higher. "Heh, still not as tall as father." Sidon said with a laugh. "Hah! Fair enough. Now then, let's get some payback." Daruk said, a grin appearing on their face as they punched a fist into their own palm. "Don't you need your weapons first?" Starlight asked. "Oh… right." “Don’t worry Grandpa, The Elder has your sword.” Yubono said. “Ah, yes. Father has your spear as well sister.” Sidon said to Mipha. “Oh the look on his face when he sees you.” “I hope his heart can handle it.” Mipha said with some worry. Needless to say, the return of Daruk to the Goron, and Mipha to the Zora, caused quite the… event. The Goron and Zora both declared a massive feast to be held in honor of their heroes and family returned from death, but such pleasantries had to wait til after the DIvine Beasts were freed. Ruta had already been cleared. Link, Mipha, Sidon, Daruk, Yubono and Starlight all stood before the final terminal. “So I just tap the slate against that and it’s free?” Link asked. “No… something is inside that.” Starlight said, her eyes spotting a darkness hiding within that device, waiting. “Something not friendly.” “Waterblight.” Mipha said, clenching her grip on her spear and taking a single step back. “When Gannon’s darkness defiled this relic, a beast emerged from it. It is what killed me.” “Same for me.” Daruk said. “Fireblight.” “Looks like the other Divine Beasts will have one in them too.” “It killed you all alone… It can’t kill you when you’ve got an army.” Link said, summoning their Kingdom Key and walking up to the terminal. Once they raised the slate to the machine dark energy began flowing out, above them formed a sicking mix of darkness and metal, one arm infused with a spear that glowed with a powerful blue energy. A single pulsating eye that irradiated hatred staring out at them all. It gave an unnatural howl and raised it’s weaponized appendage to swing. This time, the beast was outmatched. There is always a reason to celebrate, even in the dark times of the Post Calamity Hyrule. Today, two of the four champions returned to life, Link the Hero also returned, Divine Beasts Ruta and Rudania were freed. In one night, half of Hyrule can now know ease in the night, safety in the day. Portals between The Zora Dominion and Death Mountain stood open to allow the passage of food and drink between the two races, courtesy of Starlight, who sat at a table with Link. “Surprised you aren’t celebrating.” Starlight said as she drank from a mug, the begrudge was a fine win, one that she could enjoy the taste of, but never it’s intoxication. “I assume it’s the same reason as with you?” Link asked, giving the unicorn a smile as he too drank the fine Zora wine. “No real connections. What about Mipha? I thought you remembered her?” “I remember enough to know her but… You see how she looks at me. I don’t know how much I am still missing. Daruk showed me a lot back in Death Mountain but… nothing. It feels like I’m not the same person they knew, and maybe I’m not.” “Heh. Sometimes I wish I had your problems.” “Hm?” “... Back before I became so… well, what I am now-” “A talking unicorn capable of reviving the dead without evil side effects and can ive out insainly powerful magical weapons with just a thought?” “Link, please. I’ve always been a talking unicorn.” Starlight said with a laugh. “But the rest… yeah, before that, I ran a town.” “Far off outside of Hyrule's territory?” “Try another planet.” Starlight said with a sigh. “Yup, I’m an alien.” “I believe it.” “Oh thanks.” Starlight said, rolling her eyes with a smile as Link laughed. “It was… it wasn’t a nice town. I basically ran it like a tyrant. Everyone had to be exactly the same. Mane styles, walking speed, cooking skills, tailoring skills, if anyone was different, being better or worse than anyone, it was shunned and to enforce this I… took away their talents…” “Took away their talents?” “In my world, we get these marks, the same one you see on my flank when we discover what our special talent is, what we surpass at and what makes us special. I hated them. Mine was in magic, and I was a hypocrite. I took everyone else's marks, but not just the mark, the power and parts of that pony that made them… able to do anything. And I replaced it with what can basically be summed up as a curse. I genuinely thought it was a better way of life than having to live being lesser than others or so above others in skill you were hated. I didn’t even remove mine, just covered it up. Then… Monsters attacked. I survived because…” “You still had yours.” Link finished. “I watched them die… I could have saved at least some of them, used my magic, broke open the cutie mark vault and maybe… but I was too concerned about my damn image and ideals that… When the Keybladers arrived and finished off the monsters that stuck around… They found me by the vault. It was empty, when their owners died the cutie marks vanished… I watched each one fade and… Just wanted to sit there and die. Almost did. Wanted to but Daybreak is real good at saving people, so, I lived. A few months later I get abducted, and merged into a single body with… countless other versions of me, different races, ideals, personalities. Memories of so many lives I know, people I loved, all poured into me. Sometimes I remember them all and hope they drown out my memories, the memories of the versions of me that did as bad as I did… and so much worse.” “So the guilt of not only your own sins… but all the others.” “It builds up.They are… all me, in identity, mind, body, soul, heart, ect. But the ones that still hurt the most are the ones I know were my screw ups, my village…” “So you want atonement then.” “I want punishment… But, Atonement is what I am walking towards.” “That in itself is a punishment.” Link said, taking another swig of wine as Starlight looked back up at them. “Because real Atonement is unobtainable. To work to try and reach the unreachable is a torture and punishment the lkes of which no prison or torment can match.” “You sound like you have personal experience with that…” “I… Heh… Yeah, I do. I remember.” “Guess not even memory loss can remove the sins huh?” “Never.” Link said with a smile, he and Starlight lifting their cups. “To atonement.” “To eternal self punishment and torment.” She said, the cups lightly bumping before the two drank.
Chapter 29: Divine Beast Naboris: Part 1The desert sands burned under foot and hoof as Link, Starlight, and Yunobo walked through the Gerudo desert. "Your kingdom has some weird geology." Starlight said. "How so?" Link asked. "From what I've gathered there's an active volcano you mine, a thick jungle south east, this desert, large plains with either grasslands or forests, the muddy swamp/waterfall rich mountains, mountains, high up valleys/hills, and a nice coastal beach area dotted with islands. It's just a surprising mishmash of locations." "That's just how it's always been." Yubono said. "What about outside Hyrule?" "Nobody knows. Some have explored and told tales about places like here in Hyrule, others say once you leave the borders there's just a dead wasteland out there. And endless sea if you sail it." "That's not the case." Starlight said, stopping as she dug her hooves into the sand. This world's heart was old, and told stories about the other lands outside this one, the kingdoms that rose and fell over thousands of years. "There are other kingdoms, Gorons, Zora, hyliens, so many all scattered so far away." "Let me guess, one of your mystery abilities?" Link asked. "I can talk to the heart of the world, and it's so old, the oldest I've ever actually seen and felt." “Really?” Yubono asked in surprise as he looked at the sand around him. “Not surprised.” Link said with a sigh and a chuckle. “So how am I supposed to get into the Gerudo Village when they only allow females into the village?” Starlight turned to look at Link and pondered. “I’ll be good. Male Goron’s enter all the time, they don’t really care about my race’s genders.” “Why?” Link asked. “Not sure really.” Yubono shrugged. “Well, guess if I have to I can crossdress… think you can magic me a set of female gerudo clothes?” “Maybe… but…” Starlight smirked at Link. “I have a better idea.” “What?” Link asked, taking a nervous step back. “Relax, it will only be temporary.” “What are you going to do?” Starlight lit her horn. “Just relax and keep your shirt and pants on.” "Alright, you three can enter." The guard told the trip as they walked in. "I feel so… wrong." Link said, their voice a higher pitch than before and arms covering their upper torso, trying to hide the lumps under their shirt. On closer inspection Link's face was also softer, more rounded and their figure more feminine. "Oh please, it will just last until we're done here." Starlight said. "Take it as a learning experience. How many males do you know get the opportunity to be a female?" "I still don't get how women can walk around with these bouncing everywhere." Link said, dropping their arms and showing their female form was well equipped for their figure and build. "Bras. We should get you one then." The group make a quick stop at a clothing store where link found a simple set of female undergarments they put up with extreme embarrassment before also purchasing a set of Gerudo clothing. In their female form the clothing would get Link the eye of males and females alike. "This is so embarrassing. Everyone is looking at me…" Link groaned. "You do look really attractive as a girl Link, are you really so surprised? Didn't girls also look at you when you are a guy?" "Well, yeah but typically I'd ignore them. Like this though it's hard not to notice them looking…" The trio made their way up to the grand palace of the village, where the young chief, Riju, was seated. "Now, who are you three? A Vai, a Goron, and a… unicorn?” “Hi!” Starlight said with a wave. “I’m starlight, this big guy here is Yunobo, and this lovely Vai here is Link.” Link groaned… “Link, strange. I know that is typically a Voe name for Hyruliens, I did not know Vai also took it.” Riju said, surprised. “Heh, yeah, about that…” Link sighed. He pulled out the Sheika Sleight, showing it to her. “I’m that Link… Starlight here has… powers. Magic… She turned me into a Vai to get into town.” “Please.” The larger Gerudo female next to Riju said. “No such magic exists, and with breasts and hips like that, you are a tried and true Vai." Starlight and Yunobo tried very hard not to laugh at Link’s blush. After composing herself Starlight began speaking again. "I assure you, this is Link, personal guard of Princess Zelda and one of the Champions of Hyrule. If it's proof you want I am more than capable of displaying my magic." “Please let her display it.” Link said quickly, hoping to be turned back into a Voe so he wouldn’t be stared at like this. "Hm, alright, let's see." The guard said. Starlight lit her horn, the Guard flashed, and when the light faded the Vai guard was now a Voe. They blushed, but many of the other nearby Vai all started covering their noses. "Told you." Starlight said. "I… stand corrected…" The guard said, noticing the looks the others were giving them. “No~, you were supposed to do it on me.” Link whined to Starlight. "Oh hush you'll be fine." Starlight quipped. "So, wanna change back?" "...Give me an hour… two max." The guard said. "Fair." Starlight shrugged "Anyway…" Riju said, cleaning her own bloody nose. "So, you really are Link. And with such a powerful magical creature at your side. Impressive." “Yes...yes I am.” Link nodded. “And I’m here to ask for your help, your highness.” They said with a careful bow. "Hm, since you seem so… effective, I have a task for you three. Recently, my mother's helmet, and my crown, was stolen by the Yiga Clan." “Cause why wouldn’t those banana bastards just mind their own business…” Link groaned. "So it seems. If you three can fetch my crown and clear them out of their hideout towards the north edge of the desert." “Works for me.” Link nodded. "But, Link must remain a Vai during this mission." "Deal." Starlight said before Link could protest. "Excellent. I wish you all luck." With that the trio headed out, and once hey we're outside the city, Link promptly started yelling. “What did I do to deserve this Hylia!?!” Link yelled to the heavens. “I’m a guy, I shouldn’t have to deal with this crap…” "Awh, come on, you look cute." Starlight said. "And I think the Queen likes seeing you as a Vai." "Just be glad the others aren't here to see you like this." Yubono said. “I’m pretty sure at least two of them are laughing at me…” Link groaned. “I’m also sure it’s Revali mostly...feather brained bastard…” Link grumbled, even though he enjoyed the rivalry, Revali sometimes took their rivalry a little too seriously. "Maybe. So, think this Yoga base will be hard?" "Probably." Starlight said. “If there anything like they were a hundred years ago...then most likely.” Link said honestly. "Well, I got my shield ability, Starlight has Magic, and Link is carrying a small arsenal and a Keyblade… oddly I think we'll be fine." Yubono said. “Don’t underestimate ninja’s.” Link started. “Trust me...Impa made sure I knew that.” Link shuddered a bit at remembering her training regiment. "Well, they seem more assassin's than Ninjas. But same concept I guess." Starlight shrugged. “Either way.” Link stated. “We’ll have to be careful here.” "Fair. And if worse comes to worse I bet Link can flash them and get the guys stunned at least." Starlight said, making Yubono chuckle as Link's face went red. “Let’s not do this crap…” Link grumbled. "Come on, you're sexy, own it!" “I don’t want to be a woman to begin with!” Link snapped. “I was only okay in the barest sense cause I’d rather not have death glares thrown my way by the Gerudo...but this…” Link shook his head. “At this point it’s just me being forced into it, and that’s even worse than just doing it because ‘no guys allowed’ effectively.” "Which does make me wonder why the queen asked you to stay like that while on mission?" Yubono thought aloud. "Me thinks the queens hips swing in both directions." Starlight said with a chuckle. “Who knows…” Link sighed out. It was night fall when the trio arrived at the hidden Yiga Clan base. Link changed into some armor that thankfully still fit him and once they entered, freed a captured Gurado guard and once she was free began- "Stopza." Starlight cast, freezing all the Yiga in the room in place. "Well, that was easy." Yubono said. “Let’s hope it stays this easy.” Link said carefully. "It's only temporary, best to disarm, tie and lock them All up still." Starlight said. Once the frozen Yiga were unarmed, tied and locked up they moved along to the next room. The processes were repeated and upon arriving ad the next to final room, the group spotted… "This is a lot of Mighty Bananas…" Yubono said as the trio looked at the small mountain atop a short legged table on this rooms second floor. "Why though…?" Starlight asked. “Honestly, no idea.” Link shrugged. “They’ve always really liked Banana’s for some reason.” "Should we take them?" “Would be funny to see them freak out about all their lost banana’s.” Link said honestly. "If we find some nuts we can make some great banana bread." Yubono added. "Well, that settles it." Starlight said, popping in a bag of holding with her magic and tucking away all the Mighty Bananas inside. "Okay, one room left." The trio went off, dealing with the last Yiga before arriving at a massive opening with a large hole in the middle. "That's pretty deep." Yubono said, looking over the edge. “And that’s where they dump all their prisoners.” Link said. “I don’t know if that’s true, I’m just guessing cause why else would they have a massive fuck off hole here?” "Ten Rupees say they wanna fill it with bananas." Starlight said. “Lewd.” Link joked. "How?" Yubono said. "One word and you are getting a banana in all four of your holes." Starlight muttered to Link. “Where’s the fourth?” Link muttered in concern. "Think about it…" She growled. Mentally, Link was counting, then realized. “Please no…” Link shuddered in worry. "What is this?!" The trio turned, seeing a Yiga Clan member, far taller and larger… and fatter than prior members the three encountered. “Kohga!?” Link yelped, drawing one of their weapons quickly at seeing the fat Yiga Master. "Yes I'm Kohga, and… prey tell, who are you? I know you aren't a member, none of the women here are that hot. Well, save Agitha but she's on a special mission in the south." “I’m here cause you stole important things from the Gerudo.” Link stated, so painfully honest and ready to kick his ass. "What? Odd, I was expecting the Queen, or her head guard at least, not a Hylian babe, a unicorn and a Goron." “I’m going to enjoy kicking your overweight ass a lot more than I should.” Link started. "Ha! I'd like to see you try my blonde hottie!" Link promptly ran in attacking and screaming. "Aren't you gonna, you know, freeze him?" Yubono asked Starlight. "Nah, he needs this." Starlight said, magic summoning some drinks for her and Yubono. Link pulled out a bomb from their Sheika slate and threw it at Kohga strongly, which Kohga dodged it rather swiftly for a fat guy, only for Link to stasis the bomb behind Kohga, which caused the Yiga master to look a little confused as to why they stasised the bomb specifically, which gave Link enough of a chance to drive their foot into their stomach, knocking them back just enough that the ensuing detonation blasted him right back into Link’s waiting shield to the face. With Kohga stunned Link promptly broke several collected weapons over the Yiga Masters head before kicking them over near the hole. Before he fell in though, he began to levitate. "Haha! Bet ya didn't know I can fly did ya bitch!" “I did actually.” Link said honestly. “Other than I’ve seen it before, it’s the only reason you're so fat for being a ‘ninja’.” "Have we fought before?" Kohga asked. “Let me remind you.” Link said as they pulled out a bow and arrow and took aim. “Cause I’m pretty sure you’ll remember why you couldn’t be an asshole to me before.” She said as she fired an arrow straight at Kohga’s right knee. Link fired, hitting them right in the knee cap. "Ahhh! My knee! Wait, only one Hylian bastard has ever shot me with an arrow in the knee! You!" He looked over at Link. "Are the daughter and or granddaughter of that bastard Link!" Yubono and Starlight face palmed and face hoofed respectively while Link fell over at the blunt stupidity. "How is he this dumb?" Yubono asked. "I don't even know how he's a master of anything." Starlight groaned. “I can answer one of those.” Link called out as they got up. “Don’t you dare!” Kohga snapped. “Kohga used to be a respectable Yiga, until he took an arrow to the knee.” Link said with a shit eating grin. "I'm still respectable and I'll prove it!" Kohga yelled, reaching in their back pocket and pulling out- "Is that a giant Mighty Banana?" Yubono asked. "Yes!" Kohga declared, the fruit easily six pounds based on its size alone. "The biggest ever grown!" He then ate it… in one bite. He then began to glow with a golden aura. "Behold the power of the Super Mighty Banana!" "... Huh, dumbest reference I've ever seen." Starlight said. “I’m not sure how to feel about...what I just witnessed.” Link started. “Like...seriously dude...not only did you unhinge your jaw like a snake...you took it all down your throat all at once…” Any further comment was halted as Link was now dodging flaming bombs and multiple doppelgangers of Kohga. "Well this sucks…" Link muttered carefully as they pulled out a bow and bomb arrow, leaping up and firing it at a flaming bomb next to a doppelganger and causing the bigger explosion to knock them out. With the Yiga Master stunned, Link sent several bomb arrows at the large being before summoning their Keyblade and rushing in for a combo. “Take this!” Link shouted as their Keyblade glowed brightly, a blade made of pure energy extending from the Keyblade as the Yiga Master was staggered back by all the bomb arrows as she did her signature tornado slash at Kohga. The Yiga Master staggered for a moment before stopping just shy of the edge of the hole. "You are a feisty little one. If I was a younger man, this would have been far easier." “And by ‘younger’, you mean just as fat?” Link asked. "Yes, well funny thing about fat." He said, looking like he was sucking in his gut… and his gut morphed into an eight pack of abs. "Depending on your exercise and diet, it's just for show." Kohga said, a puff of smoke and petals as a large katana formed in his hand. "Now, bring it bitch!" “Then come at me if you have the balls.” Link said as they prepared for Kohga to attack with their new katana. Master Kohga breathed deeply, their blade slowly changing to a red hue as they then rushed at Link faster than they expected. “Faster sure.” Link started, as they sidestepped Kohga’s swing as time seemed to slow down for Link. “But I’m still faster.” The genderbent hylian grinned as they dashed forward and went into a Sword Flurry, using the blunt end of their Keyblade and smacking Kohga ten times. Before Kohga could retaliate, Link clashed against their katana with their Keyblade, shattering the weapon to shards. “This...this is impossible! This is madness!” Kohga said incredulously, not believing this bitch was able to shatter his prized Katana. “This is madness?” Link asked. “No, this isn’t madness.” Link growled. “This! Is! HYRULE!” Link said as she spartan kicked Kogha straight down the hole. Master Kohga, before falling into the hole, was slammed with a large boulder by Starlight as he fell in screaming. Link looked back over to Yubono and Starlight. Yubono held up a sign with a large number 8 on it while Starlight held up a 4 in her magic. “That was more than a collective twelve.” Link pouted. “But...jeez, that was a bit tougher than I originally thought.” "Because he was stronger than you originally thought or because you were baffled at his combat skills and lack of intelligence?" Starlight asked. “I remember his clones and flaming bombs, but I don’t remember him being able to buff himself up or that Katana, normally the physical combat was with Sooga…” Link said. "Ah. Well, still kinda funny he thought you were either your daughter or granddaughter." Starlight said. "It's not too hard to believe I guess, it has been a hundred years and you are female at the moment so it makes some sense." Yubono added. “True.” Link nodded. “Too bad I...never got to propose…” Link sighed out bitterly. "To who?" “I don’t know...all I know is that I had this on me.” She said while bringing up a pretty nice looking ring. “Don’t know why I have it but...kind of guessed it was for something along those lines.” "Hm, maybe you'll remember later on." Starlight said. In a puff of smoke a chest popped out of the dirt. Opening it, inside was the stolen helmet. With that in tow the trio made it back to the Gerudo Village and returned it. "Excellent." Queen Riju said, placing the helmet atop a mannequin head. "Now then, I imagine you three are here for the Divine Beast, Naboris. You wish to destroy Gannon's control over it, yes?" "That's the plan." Starlight said. “That’s what I’m here to do from what people keep telling me.” Link said honestly. "I see. The defenses of Naboris are tricky. Thankfully, you already brought me what will help offset that." She said, motioning to the helmet. "As you know, my mother was attuned to the power of Lightning, but not immune to it. Her helmet when worn by her blood will generate a field protecting her and a few others from the lightning. With this myself and one or two others can safely ride sand seals close enough to shoot off Electric arrows, disabling Naboris long enough for you and your friends to enter." “Sounds good.” Link nodded. “But...are you sure there isn’t another way? I’d rather not have you get hurt because of this.” The hyrulian said worriedly, his concern for other’s safety at the forefront for them. "While the helmet to others can give resistance to lightning only my mother and I can wear this and generate the protective field." Riju said. "We can begin the attack tomorrow. Something tells me you have plenty of arrows." “I can always use more.” Link said honestly. "Hm. Well, for tonight we feast and prepare, we attack at sunrise tomorrow." And so the festivities were kept simple but plenty was available to eat and drink. Riju, after a few drinks of wine was opening more, showing her age, well, physical age. Gerudo age a bit slower than Hylians. “Having fun there Riju?” Link asked the queen. "Heh, for the first time in years…" She sighed, nursing her newest drink. "I was so young when I took the throne. By Gerudo standards I'm still young. A hundred years and not even half my growing is done yet…" "Must have been hard ruling this place after your mother passed." Starlight said, quickly drinking her fifteenth drink and grabbing another. She was happy, while incapable of getting drunk, she did still enjoy the flavors. "I had to keep my grieving behind walls, after all, everyone was looking to me, and with Hyrule fallen and all the monsters… and Naboris… it was a hard time for everyone." “That...really sucks…” Link sighed out, taking another swig of their drink. "You know…" Starlight started, drinking her drink down to the past drop. "I can bring her back.” Riju looked up at Starlight. "What… do you mean?" "Your mother. The other divine Beast heroes, two beasts we freed already, their ghosts were stuck inside keeping the worst of that Gannon junk at bay, but once she's free I can revive her. You saw what I did with your guard- fuck I forgot about them!" "Don't worry about her… he has been enjoying themselves all day. I am expecting most of the guard will be requiring time off soon due to pregnancies…" She laughed. "But… can you really?" "I already brought back Mipha and Daruk. And the old king of Hyrule as well. Once her ghost reveals herself I can revive her easily. She can, if you want, take over ruling the Gerudo again and you can be your age." Riju looked thoughtful about this information. "Mother…" She muttered. “You don’t have to answer right now.” Link brought up. “You can take your time with it...it’s a heavy decision.” "Honestly… I'd like that. I've dreamed about that so many times… the… hope that it might be reality… I don't really know how to process that…" “You can process it when you're hugging your mother after so long.” Link brought up. “Sound like a plan?” "Heh… Yeah. Starlight, what are you, if I may ask?" "Hm?" Starlight hummed. "I'm a Unicorn." "And, is that all?" "It's all that's relevant." She said. “Which at the moment is fine, cause as long as we can deal with Gannon the better.” Link nodded. "Well then, it is late, and young Yubono is already asleep." Riju sighed. "Tomorrow is a big day." “A really big day.” Link nodded in agreement. "Then, shall we get some rest?" Riju asked, helping Link up. Starlight grinned a little, claiming a pile of pillows as her bed and nodding off for a moment. She had a feeling she knew what Riju was going to do. And she wouldn't interfere. "And that's about what's happened so far." Starlight said, the sleeping world she was in was a simple cafe where she and King sat enjoying sweets and tea. “Sounds like you’ve got your hooves full with what you're willing to add in.” King said honestly. "Well, it feels… nice, doing some actual good for once. Helping Link and them get stronger while also making sure not to do all the work for them." “Understandable.” King nodded. “Always good to have a change of pace.” "It has helped I'll admit… so, anything special up with you?" “Just doing a whole lot of things, still thinking of starting another Admin Game but want to get done with my current one at the moment, just prepping to beat Clockwerk and finish the ‘Thieveius Racoonus’ arc.” "Hm. Anything special happen?" “Well...besides me making that deal with Vincent as Kite which still concerns me even if I’m getting a whole lot out of it, last time there was a chapter about Kite it was leaving off on me feeling better about knowing my family didn’t think I was different after I revealed who I truly was.” King explained. “But that was technically a long time ago.” "...okay?" Starlight said. "That aside, how has everyone been?" “Gonna need to be a little more specific there.” King pointed out. “Cause we were just talking about my family as a Cooper.” "I mean like Heart and Trixie and all them." Starlight stated. "I haven't seen them in a while. I know we're connected and I can feel that they're fine but I'd like to hear some news honestly." “Heart’s doing good, doing paperwork and just hanging out...and Trixie...gonna need to be a bit more specific with which Trixie cause there’s your Trixie then there’s my Trixie.” King said sheepishly. "Aren't they the same since we all fused with our reflections as well?" Starlight asked. “I...okay that whole thing was literal ages ago.” King said defensively. “But Trixie is doing well, helping me with my stuff, enjoying showing off magic and stuff like that cause she’s still a born stage magician that’s for sure.” “Fair enough. Last I heard she and Pinkie Pie were working on managing the Kingdom’s entertainment and such. I’ve been wondering, at the rate we’re going, this Gannon thing is gonna get wrapped up quickly… what do I do after?” “Break the curse?” King brought up. “Cause if memory serves, Ganondorf was based on Demise waging war against Hylia for some reason. You could try and figure that out so shit doesn’t hit the fan again.” “And after that?” “Up to you.” King shrugged. “Hard to say what comes next sometimes, but there’s always something new to do.” “...” Starlight stayed quiet, looking down at her tea with a sad expression as she used her magic to spin the teaspoon inside the cup without reason. “And when they… pass?” She asked, staring into her tea. “Even with the… longer lifespans… you, me… we’ll still outlive them in some way, shape and form… I know I’m part of one of an afterlife… but, still…” “Not if their world is a part of ours.” King brought up. “Cause there is a way around that.” “Even so… For the first time in a long time… I feel happy… and, I don’t know how to stay happy without messing what I have up.” “Trust me...I’ve felt that way for as long as I can remember.” King sighed out. “But...if I’ve learned anything from all of this, it’s to trust the people who make you happy, and do your best.” “... Heh, hard to believe I used to believe I had all the answers and that my logic was so sound… now, I’d question everything two, three, four times over… but, with Link, Yubono, I don't do that…” “Same here.” King said honestly. “I still do it...but I’ve been getting better, cause I have people I can trust.” King said honestly. “And it sounds like you trust the both of them a lot.” The den mother said as they took a sip of their tea. “Yubono is like a kid, shy but full of positivity and dreams, even when afraid, he’s doing his best. And Link, he’s like me. He’s so full of regret and self hatred, that keeping focused on fixing what he failed to do a hundred years ago is keeping him from drowning in it. We both want to atone for our mistakes… course, atonement is a myth.” “That’s a lie and you know it.” King stated bluntly. “Is it?” Starlight asked, looking up at King now. “Then tell me, for your mistakes, do you honestly, truly feel you have atoned for them? For the deaths? The mistakes? … For the lost time?” She sighed. “It doesn’t matter who believes you have atoned… if you don’t believe it yourself.” “It...depends really.” King said carefully. “Like...let’s take Nancy as an example. My first kill, and I regretted it for so long...but now, I’m her parent and I couldn’t be happier, cause I was able to atone for my mistake and help give Nancy the life she truly wanted.” The wolf explained. “The mistakes? I’ve made too many to count, and lost time? Why do you think when Lyra finally let me have any number of Starfish Clones I had so many just bolting around?” King chuckled at their little freedom with that. “But this isn’t about me at the moment...why don’t you believe you can atone?” “Because… I’m afraid if I do, then who I was before is who I'll be again…” “So you're scared that history will repeat itself?” King asked. “Just because I’m an admin now doesn’t mean I’m immune to mistakes. I can never wash my hooves of my mistakes… All I can do, is learn to live with them, and carry them for this eternity I’ll be living. We all have sins to bear, right?” “Now you're just being overdramatic.” King deadpanned. “Not as overdramatic as Luna when she literally created a Tantabus to make her relive her past as Nightmare Moon but overdramatic nonetheless.” King stated, putting down their tea cup. “And you’re any better?” Starlight asked with a laugh. “In this situation yes.” King said honestly. “And here’s why, you believe that history will repeat itself if you don’t constantly drag yourself through the dirt, having it haunt your every step to make sure you don’t do it again, like Luna using the Tantabus to make her relive the day she became Nightmare Moon, while I, slowly but surely, have accepted that I fucked up, and moved past it to become a better person.” King explained. “So tell me...are you going to let your past sins haunt you till it actively interferes with what you're doing, the niggling fear of you going back to what you used to be controlling your every step? Or are you going to admit you screwed up, and with the help of your friends and family, become a better person and not be chained by your past?” Starlight smiled, looking down at her tea. “Why not both? It may not be healthy… but, it’s what I find peace with.” “You can’t because it’s literally a ‘one or the other’ at this point.” King told her. “Now sure, people can find peace with things in one way or another...but what you just said doesn’t entirely make sense.” “Maybe not, but it’s what makes me happy.” “If it works for you, than great...but sooner or later, you’re going to have to make a choice on what matters more.” King told Starlight softly.
Chapter 30: IntermissionThe simple breeze blower through the patio l, wind chimes ringing with the wind. A familiar, but slightly different looking Floof Noodle, half Naga, Half Dire Wolf, rested on a chair reading a book. They sat between two women. One a brown haired, brown eyed beauty on his right, and on their left, a brown haired with a grey stripe in her hair, and chrome grey eyes. The three sat in on the patio of a fair sized house, a large grassy field surrounded by nothing but trees, grass and flowers. It was only the three of them on this worlds and it was how they liked it. “I...still can’t believe this is all real…” Diane said softly. "After so long… our dream came true." Zeke chucked as the two leaned against them. Their new body was an adjustment, but their two loves help them adjust quickly. "Still can't believe it's just us in this whole world. Fairy tales do come true huh?" Mercy laughed. “And all we needed was me about to destroy an entire timeline.” Diane brought up. "The things we do for love." Zeke laughed. "So, aside from reading and enjoying the breeze, anything you gal's wanna do before the sun goes down?" “Well, there’s a whole lot of things we can do.” Diane said. "Hiking, swimming, fishing, hunting, roleplay Adam and Eve… and Lilith~" Marcy added. "If that's how it went in the bible I bet human history would have been so different." Zeke laughed. “Ah yes, Marcy coming in with her signature horniness.” Diane chuckled. "Would you have me any other way?" Marcy asked. “Nope.” Diane smiled. “Cause you're my horny lady.” "Mine too." Zeke added, taking both in their arms into a massive hug. It quickly devolved into a group laugh before finally the three got up and began walking along the trail woods. Well, slithering, in Zeke's case. The trio enjoyed the various sights and sounds their personal world offered. They soon arrived at a lake where the group began enjoying the crystal clear waters. "Been hiding out in the woods a lot back on earth. Rarely ever saw water this clear and tasty." Zeke said as he took another drink from the lake. “Considering this world was just made, and there hasn’t been any pollution out and about to ruin it.” Diane shrugged. "Definitely our own Garden of Eden." Marcy added, picking some wild berries off a nearby bush and eating them. "And no nasty, pesky poisonous plants to worry about." “Only thing we have to worry about is our extremely floofy snake of a boyfriend here.” Diane chuckled, lightly petting their Floof Noodle. "Do I still qualify as a Boyfriend given I got both sets down there and tits?" Zeke asked. “Can you still plow us harder than a beast of burden during harvest season?” Diane asked. "Among other things now too, yeah. Still not entirely used to this new Floor Noodle biology. Losing legs was weird enough. Suddenly being an eight breasted hermaphrodite wolf snake is still… surreal. What about you two? How'd you two stay human when your others are a giant wolf and a pony naga?" “Uh…” Diane frowned. “Actually yeah, cause from what I heard King was actually reborn as a Den Mother because he needed to get his soul back…” Diane frowned. “So uh...not sure why it didn’t affect me but it affected you.” "I think it has to do with how we're connected to this timeline version of us. Aka Heart, King and Eclipsa. For Heart and Zeke their whole schtick is about Balance, being the same with one another so I guess when Zeke's balanced heart synced with Heart's, it triggered the transformation. As for Diane and I, I think we connect differently. After all, Nothingness already holds the dead or Purgatory Timelines so maybe it doesn't sync up like Balance does. As for me… well, I can feel Connected to the Grey energy, but it's like… different. Like rather than being able to draw power from it, I'm linked to it but not powered by it. Kinda like a wire or fuse is missing. If that made any sense." Marcy explained. "I guess it makes some sense. Cause of my heart I'm passively balanced with my other self, and Nothingness doesn't require a Balance to function properly." Zeke summarized. “Fair enough.” Diane nodded. “Also explains why I was...kinda sorta able to do all the shit I did before getting you two back.” "I suppose… speaking of, are you able to use all of King's weapons too Diane, or just replica ones?" “I think Replica ones.” She said as she raised a hand and brought out Foudre. “But I’m not a hundred percent sure…” "Huh. Weird. So, shall we swim or fish?" Zeke asked. "How about we cuddle?" Marcy suggested. "Cuddles are always nice." Diane smiled. Zeke chuckled. "Alright, but either if you grops, fondles or sucks my tits I am gonna retaliate." They informed as the three rested on the nearby soft grass. Marcy and Diane did think Zeke's transformation was strange at first, but that was quickly forgotten. Now they quite enjoy their new form, in many ways. Zeke rested as the big spoon, with Diane right next to Zeke almost in between their eight breasts and Marcy rested hugging Diane from the other end, happily squeezing both as close into Zeke's newfound busty bosom as possible. "This is nice." Diane sighed out happily. "It's really relaxing." Marcy agreed. The trio slept by the lake til dark, and when it was Zeke got up and made the group a fair sized fire. Once they had it lit and going l, foraged more berries and fruits from the nearby foliage. Fed and rested, despite the dark neither felt like leaving their impromptu campsite. The three sat next to one another in blissful joy. With a smirk, Marcy reached a hand onto one of Zeke's breasts, and squeezed the large soft orb gently. "I did warn you didn't I?" Zeke replied with their own smirk. "You most certainly did~" Marcy admitted, her blush growing red as she unbuttoned her shirt. Zeke felt another hand touch one of their many breasts, and turned to spot Diane as the only other culprit. Her fingers massaging the milk maker eagerly as she too began to undress with a growing blush. "Titty soft and warm." Diane said happily. "And now it's time to fully enjoy ourselves." The trio quickly disrobed what clothes they wore, and soon Zeke lay on their back as Marcy and Diane claimed their squishy soft mounds and reached their head. Without hesitation Marcy began kissing Zeke deeply. Diane, not wanting to be left out, happily began groping and kissing their loves various tits, suckling when they felt it right to give them extra pleasure. After a brief, passionate moment the two switched. Diane now greedily kissed and claimed Zeke's lips for her own, and Marcy began gently yet passionately squeezing and kissing her lovers assets. The three kept at this, switching off between kissing lips and fondling breasts until Zeke's member emerged, hard and ready for the true fun. Zeke was already fairly gifted for a male, but their new body granted them three extra inches and almost four in girth. Marcy and Diane, on their first night with Zeke in this form, knew they were going to forever enjoy their love's new biology. It helped greatly that their counterparts taught them many spells to enhance the fun. “So, do we want to go one at a time, or do we want to see Zeke have two pussy pounders?” Diane asked, considering one of the spells they were taught was letting Zeke grow a second dick like a snake would have. "Well, it's night out. How's about I just start off with Marcy," Zeke started, using their long snake tongue to give a playful, sexual lick along the woman's torso. "And you can… warm up your tent for the night." Zeke finished, a hand used to open the large entrance beneath their member. Zeke's own vagina was large, as expected given their species and size now. Large enough for a person, or several, to slip in and spend a night, or months even. "Once Marcy is nutted and in, you'll be next Diane." “Can’t wait.” Diane said warmly, going below Zeke to their private area. “Still can’t believe Floof Noodles Biology sometimes…” Diane muttered to herself with a smile. Still laid on their back, Zeke felt Marcy position herself above his member, grinning madly as the tip entered and she slid down. Thanks to magic and spells, she slid down and housed his thirteen inch, four inch girthed rod inside her overstretched body. The bulge she had was easily seen from the outside, and by habit she happily patted the bulge in her stomach. She let out a moan of pure Bliss as every nerve was triggered and every inch of her vaginal walls was stretched and effortlessly tried to clench into the massive rod it housed. Diane took in the sight of Marcy, her legs spread wide as she was atop Zeke's member. Grinning, she began her end of this, and couldn't wait for her turn. Getting into position behind Marcy, Diane now rested face to hole with the lips of Zeke's pussy. Already the sweet scent if moistening juices filled her nose. With a grin, she took both hands, one on each end of the lips and pulled them open. It always amazed her just how wide they could stretch. Made her wonder what kind of monster is normally meant to be stuffing this hole. She took another deep breath before reaching her head inside, tongue hung out and trailed it along the walls. Zeke jolted at the sensation. So new yet so rich and potent, it made them thrust Marcy up and down, soon falling into a rhythm as Diane licked their vaginal walls while Marcy mindlessly giggled and moaned from an overdose of pleasure. Soon Diane was almost drinking the juices that Zeke was producing, smiling as her grip became weakest by the liquids. Soon Zeke let out one last thrust, pumping Marcy with what was an inhuman amount of sperm directly into her womb. His love swelled as it already nine months pregnant with twins. "Guess… we're finally… gonna be… parents…" Marcy said with a tired pant of exhaustion. Diane smiled, standing up and helping Marcy up off the still hard member. An audible pop echoed as Diane pulled Marcy up and off Zeke's cock, a fair flow of cum leading out from her gaping pussy. Sitting up some, Zeke helped Diane by placing Marcy's feet Into the wet, welcoming vaginal lips of their pussy. Marcy's legs slid in effortlessly, and soon the cum bloated stomach slipped in too. Soon all that remained was her face, sinking into her loves nethers with a blissful smile. Marcy was now inside Zeke's vagina, and soon slipped into their womb as well. Diane felt Marcy slide down, all the way through from the outside. It was an incredible thing to witness, and reminded her that Zeke's snake half was easy forty to fifty feet long. "Hmm~ you ready?" Zeke asked, Diane turning to see the Floof Noodle and their still hard, needy cock throbbing. "Yes please." Diane said readily. Zeke took Diane by the hands, leading the needy girl to their arms where they hugged and kissed her as she arranged herself properly, and slid herself onto Zeke's rod. Diane moaned in bliss as she felt herself packed by the stick of meat. She felt the same stretching and stomach bulge Marcy had received. Zeke let her adjust to it for a while, and soon, began to thrust up and down, holding Diane in a hug as their tongue invaded and tasted all of her mouth. Diane enjoyed the flavor of Zeke's lips, happily thinking about it and moaning at the quickly speeding rod ramming between her legs. Right as Zeke began to speed of for the climax, he let go of Diane and placed his hands along her thighs, his fingers pressing deep into her rear as Diane screamed in ecstasy as Zeke and her came. Much like Marcy, Diane now sported an almost nine month with twins bloated stomach. She weakly rubbed the liquid filled bulge that was her womb, Zeke helping pull her off his now spent member. The two spent some time in afterglow hugging and kissing, Diane slipping her feet into Zeke's vaginal lips, slipping in slowly to join Marcy in Zeke's womb. "We really should do this more often." Zeke shuttered as Diane slipped in further. Her cum bloated stomach only stopping her for a short moment before it was also inside and she felt herself slipping deeper and deeper into her loves nethers. "Oh yeah...we need to do this more." Diane sighed out in bliss. In no time at all Diane was with the soft, wet darkness of Zeke's vagina. She felt herself slip through an expanding hole and soon slipped into Zeke's womb, where a pair of arms wrap around her. "Night Diane." Marcy murmurd with a yawn as she cuddled up to Diane. “Night…” Diane yawned, cuddling up to Marcy happily and drifting off. “This...is the life…”
Chapter 31: Divine Beast Naboris Part 2The next morning, Starlight, Link, Yunobo and chief Riju were greeting the big day with a meal. Today, they would reclaim Divine Beast Naboris, and Riju's mother. "Today's the day…" Link said carefully. "It shouldn't be any more difficult than Ruta and Rudania." Starlight brought up. "We can get done even quicker thanks to my magic and Riju's helmet." "It should be easier...but what if Ganon is doing something to make it more difficult?" Link inquired. "Cause the past two have been simple enough and I still don't know if he's just a mindless monster or smart cause he left those guardians behind." "I think it's because Princess Zelda is keeping him at bay mostly. Aside from the occasional blood moon, seems Gannon only has power in the Divine beasts and the Guardian Robots he infected before. The Moblins and such are an annoyance but manageable." Riju stated. "It would make sense." Starlight nodded. “That’s...fair.” Link conceded. “So he’s mostly stuck in the Divine Beasts and whatever is in them...so it should just be smooth sailing mostly.” "Well… there are other things we can do. There's probably a lot of people around Hyrule that need help in some way, shape and form." Starlight added. “True…” Link said with some thought. “I...do remember there were some message boards back in town and some of the Stables we were at.” Starlight nodded, smiling. She knew delaying the final battle was selfish, but she wanted just a little more time with her friends, before the uncertainty of after the monstrous Gannon is defeated. “Plus, depending on how things go, we might find more allies to help us fight Gannon.” Link shrugged. “Or maybe weirdly find Gannon Worshipers...which seems like a weird case of Deja Vu for me when I don’t remember much…” Link shook his head, confused as to why he thought Gannon Cultists sounded so familiar when he could have sworn there wasn’t any. "Huh. Speaking of help, would you care to join us Riju?" Starlight asked. "In the fight? What could I do?" Riju asked. With a flash of her horn, Starlight bestowed Riju with Abaddon Plasma. A fast, rapid combo keyblade. "With this a whole lot and then some." “Trust me, it works amazingly.” Link said to Riju simply. "Even I can fight with a Keyblade." Yunobo added. “Plus, Keyblades are magic so...it can help with your Lightning Abilities and your Mask.” Link mentioned. "You had me at magic." Riju said as she grabbed and lifted the weapon. "Shall we do some training before heading off? Best we teach her some basics before the big fight." Starlight suggested with a grin. “Yes we shall.” Link nodded, getting up and readying to teach her some very important thing’s when it comes to using a sword. "I know how to use a sword, but given this one is magic I will take the lessons anyway. Plus it will lete see how fast and flexible Link is as a Vai for myself~" Riju said, earning a blush from the still genderbent hylian and a laugh from the others. "Speaking of, should I… change your guard back yet or are they good?" Starlight asked. "I imagine they are quite happy with their new gender. Plus, thanks to that there has been quite a number of Vai asking for the same treatment, and if you are willing, this sudden shift in the population's gender will force my hand to remove that silly rule about no males allowed in the city." "Fair enough." Link nodded. “As long as they’re all happy about it.” As Link gave Riju lessons, Starlight watched them battle from afar, sighing happily as she looked out at her friends. "You really don't want it to end, do you?" She turned, seeing Cript there. "Don't worry, they can't see or hear me." "Am I that transparent?" Starlight sighed out. "I can't blame you. After what you and the others all went through." "Yeah…" Starlight sighed. "This is...really nice and simple…" "Wonder how you'll hang out after Gannon is beat?" "I'd rather...not think of that…" Starlight said bitterly. "What if you didn't have to leave. Or rather, what if I could make it last just a bit longer for you all?" "You can?" Starlight gasped, wanting to know if there was a way to keep being with her new friends longer. "There is a… project, I've been working on. Simulations are promising but I need to run an IRL beta test. If this is done properly, we can extend your time with them as well as grow them in power. We'll need all the help we can when the final battle arrives…" “Yeah...we’re really going to need it.” Starlight nodded in agreement. "The best part is, all you all have to do is beat Ganon, free Zelda and I can handle the rest from there." “Fair enough. Beat the big bad, save Link’s girlfriend, it should be simple.” "And once that's done I can see how well this test will run. It won't be too challenging, after all this is more of a beta run anyway. So, mind if I ask? What makes you so much happier here than back home?" “Well...this is simpler if that...makes sense.” She said softly. “I’m with friends...I’m doing something good...I don’t have the fate of the universe on my mind…” "Fair. Funny enough this would be less stressful. You can have a happy life here, this world is old, but peaceful and still has so many more years to live and explore. Hmm… actually, that sounds like a good idea." Cript said as he turned to Starlight. "How would you like to do something similar to what you're doing here? Helping the heroes?" “That would be good.” Starlight nodded. “What do you have in mind?” Cript began explaining the idea to Starlight. The overall goal and her role to be played. It was a simple, but Important one. She smiled, feeling a purpose and goal fill her. "And remember, when the war is over, you'll still have a job to do. Not Heart, nore King or Eclipsa know what's to come after. You are one of the few I have told." Cript explained with a smile. “Wow…” Starlight blinked. “You saying even those three don’t know...this is probably really big and important.” "In the long run, yes. It will be. When this war is over we will all have a future and a part to play. Being able to both see the future and calculate all possible outcomes, but at least I can make some good come out of it." “Cool.” She nodded. “This is going to be amazing...but...what’ll everyone else think about this?” Starlight asked carefully. “They’re still my family…” "I imagine King might argue against it, but see the value in the end. Eclipsa will probably accept it, and Heart will more than likely accept it. In the end, we will still have a job to do, but it will be simpler, easier than now." “King would try and argue…” Starlight chuckled and shook her head. “Probably think we’re just copying the Matrix or something.” Cript shrugged. "He won't like it but in the end he can't deny it will help a lot. So, ready to get to work then Starlight?" “Ready as I’ll ever be.” Starlight nodded. With a nod, Cript and Starlight shook hand and hoof. Cript then vanished as Starlight looked at her Assistant mark just above her hoof. Within the center space was now the symbol of her new job. An infinity loop. “My new life huh?” Starlight muttered. “This is gonna be...honestly good.” Naboris marched along the sands of the Gurato desert, it's mechanical body tirelessly marching as it's inner workings generated electricity that sent raw, unfiltered electricity at anything metal or organic within it's range. "I always forget how tall these things are." Starlight noted as she looked up at the Mega Mecha Camel. “I know we’re in a Desert but...why a Camel?” Link asked curiously. "Ask the ancients." Riju said with a shrug. "The field my helmet will generate is limited. It's normally meant for just a single person so Link will have to stay close while we sand surf around the Divine Beast to disable the protective systems." “That’s fair.” Starlight nodded. “And I’ll be able to keep cover using my magic to redirect any lightning coming my way.” And so, the group got to work, Riju and the still genderbent Link road on sand seals and Shields to surf along the sandy grounds. The helmet Riju wore began working instantly, deflecting the electricity while Starlight's own magic did the same. In no time at all between the two the defences went down, and soon the group made it into Naboris proper. "Ugh… why did these ancients make the insides of all these things gigantic puzzles…" Starlight groaned as she saw the bizarre and mechanical insides of Naboris. "I mean, it's a good deterrent I suppose but it is kinda ridiculous." Yunobo added. "Were the other two like this?" Riju asked as she looked around. “Yes…” Link groaned. “Well...let’s get on with this…” The group quickly made their way into Naboris, activating puzzles and terminals to gain more and more control over the divine beast. After a while, the group made their way to the final terminal where, in a rush of dark energy and vile slime, emerged the floating figure of Thunderblight Ganon, welding sword and shield that shot out lightning all around. "So, this is the beast that killed my mother…" Riju said as she readied her Keyblade. "And we're going to kill it." Link said. "And save your mother's soul." The group acted fast. Yunobo used their Shield ability to deflect the extremely fast attacks of the blight monster. Riju's helm kept her protected from it's lighting attacks while Starlight used her magic to lift the metal bars it tried to use to rapidly chain rush electricity at them back at it. She found it odd it was not so immune to electricity as it should have been. Between the four the Blight was defeated, and soon the spirit of Riju's mother, Urbosa, appeared. Starlight immediately cast her magic, reviving the long dead Queen and Riju for the first time in years, embraced her mother in a warm hug. "You have done so well, young one." Urbosa said as she affectionately pat her daughter's head. Once the Blight Ganon was defeated, and Naboris returned to normal, aiming it's cannon towards Hyrule castle like the other two Divine Beasts, they returned to the Gerudo Town, where Urbosa was recrowned, the law banning males was lifted, twenty eight Vai were then changed to males, and Link was returned to manhood. Riju made a choice. She wanted to grow stronger, and would do so traveling with Link, Starlight and Yubono. "I will visit often mother." Riju said, holding her mother's hand. "Starlight taught me how to use DTL's, or portals, so it will not be long before I see you again." "And we'll make sure she's kept safe." Link said, super glad to have his male bits back but thinking more about others at the moment. Urbosa nodded. "I trust you Link, though, it does sadden me to know how little you remember from before. I knew at the time Calamity Ganon hit you the hardest, but I did not believe it would cause you to forget so much." “It’s...slow going with my memories…” Link sighed out. “Although I’m surprised I wouldn’t remember you or...how you kept trying to have Zelda be more honest with her feelings.” Link said, rubbing his temple carefully as a memory flashed in his mind, a brief moment where he was hiding in the shadow’s dressed up as a Gerudo Female and heard the two talking, something about ‘being honest with your feelings’ and ‘talk to Link’ coming to mind but it was spotty at best. "Hm, well that's good at least. Well, be safe Link, Riju, Yubono, and Starlight. I owe you a debt I can never repay." Blushing, Starlight waved it off. "Don't worry about it, just live and spend time with Riju." "I shall." Urbosa nodded. "When she returns to visit." “We’ll make sure she visits regularly.” Link nodded. With that, the group headed off, walking along the sands and back towards the central area of Hyrule. "So, this just leaves Medoh in the mountains." Yubono stated. "The hike there will not be pleasant." Riju stated. “It could be worse.” Link said honestly. “But...we’re going from a scorching hot desert to probably a really cold mountain...boo.”
Chapter 32: King's Miracle"I know you like my tail, but is there a reason you're almost dry humping it?" Heart asked as King clung to their lower half like a second skin. “Because I need something to feel better…to not feel like I’ve been used and abused…” King explained sadly. "Still can't believe they did the whole book." Heart said, patting King's head as they were moving from the kitchen to the couch, using their long lower half to drop King onto the seat next to them. “At least they gave me a chance to…at least attempt to revive four of our kids…” The den mother said sadly. “Cause apparently…when Lord said he took everything from me…he meant everything...and it was in Rune’s book…” "Well, the two of them are Admins of Fetishes, and yes, Fetishes, so I guess that would have happened at some point. Accident or not. And I'm sure Lyra had a part in you being able to revive them. She is a Goddess of children so, she wouldn't let them stay dead." “But…even if I’m the Admin of Nothingness, one of the many area’s that revolves around the soul…” King said bitterly. “I…we couldn’t bring them back fully…they’re missing pieces of their soul’s and I don’t know how to fix it…they’re hurting in ways I can’t imagine, and not just physically…” "Well, Cript told me there hasn't been an Admin of Souls in…ever. Likely not since the first cycle and all he really knew about them was how to get them to multiply in a similar way to, well, having a kid but… given what happened with you… well, maybe you can make an artificial soul? Didn't a few Undertale AU's do that?" “Yeah, and I would love to figure that out…” King sighed. “I…I’m just so tired…” "Wanna nap on the bed, here on me or in me?" Heart asked. “On you…” King said. “I…I need someone…” The wolf whimpered. “And…it kinda hurts how I’m probably never going to forgive either Rune’s…even if it is all Lords fault…” "Knowing Lord, I doubt he cares if you do or not." Heart shrugged as King laid down, resting their head atop their lowest breast to use as a pillow. "I was gonna watch Turning Red. Think you'll be up enough to watch it with me?" “Yes.” King nodded. “I need something nice and sweet after…everything.” The two watched the movie in silence, only the movie and the crunch of popcorn and sip of soda made any noise. When it ended, Heart quickly put on another movie. Movie after movie well until King fell asleep. Heart sighed as they held onto King's sleeping form. "What can we do…" They muttered, thinking about how best to help King and the four children. King awoke with a yawn and the scent of bacon in their nose. “Oh the sweet smell of bacon.” King smiled happily. As they got up and opened their eyes they saw Heart in the kitchen, massive trays of fried bacon filled multiple plates. "Morning. For being, well, beings not needing sleep you sure did sleep in." “Yeah…it’s been a trying time.” The den mother shrugged. “Especially when half of that trial was me being unable to sleep because of the cold.” "Fair." Heart said, picking up two of the many stacked plates and placing them before King, who began eating them readily. "So… I was thinking over the last… week you slept." “Damn, a week?” King asked in surprise even through a mouthful of food. "Well, technically eight days but it was late afternoon when you fell asleep so I don't count it. Anyway, I was thinking on how to best help make new souls… and realized there are really only two people in existence that can help you." “Who?” The wolf asked all too readily and quickly. "Well, based on the info in that scroll, Vincent would be one but I doubt he'd want to help you. Especially for a personal reason. Which leaves the only other being in existence as old as him… Lord." “Oh come the fuck on…” King growled. “I’d sooner split his skull in half right now…” "I know, but he is the only being old and strong enough to make it work, plus he is on our side unlike Vincent. Plus, if this all works out well, there could be a new Admin of souls, the first in forever." “I mean…that would be great.” King nodded. “Well, they all should be finishing up destroying the Chaos God’s in the Warhammer 40K world that’s just outside our borders…hopefully the many races there will be at least friendly enough to not try to be hostile immediately.” "Weird. Well, come on, eat up and then let's head off to Lord's lab." Heart said, putting a handful of bacon into King's mouth. “Alright.” King nodded. “And also…well I sent them their cause I wanted to see how…badly their souls were affected against the very being’s that embodied what they were cursed with.” "And I'm guessing it's bad." Heart said, heading back to the kitchen, putting more bacon on the skillet to fry. “So bad that they not only killed those Chaos Gods, metaphysical embodiments of certain aspects in that world, but did so by using ‘cleansed’ versions of their powers. Like Smoke using the Ultimate Plague to literally purify an entire realm that’s supposed to be of Rot, Decay and Death, Obsidian using Ultra Violence to spread Non-Lethal Mercy to those that deserved it, Apollo bringing Understanding to the Unknowable, and then Angel…well it was a little extreme when the last one literally devoured the Chaos God of Excess because they couldn’t feel anything.” King sighed out. “And each one’s powers are based on how…they died as either infants or…in the womb…” "That would do it… still, it's actually surprising that being born without or with so little of a soul did that to them." “It might also have to do with how they were ‘born’, cause Smoke was killed by an insane cocktail of every disease, virus, and parasite those two could come up with, Obsidian…” King put a hand on their stomach. “Was literally beaten out of me…Apollo was killed due to magically infused psychic powers cause that’s a thing…and Angel…” King shuddered in horror, tears forming in their eyes again. “I know…we’re supposed to be relaxing, and not talking about a bunch of grimdark bullshit…especially me…but my little Angel was…” "Don't think about it." Heart said, their tail coming up and shoving more bacon Into King's mouth. "Relaxing and with luck, this will get them their souls back. Try and think about that, getting them new souls." King thought about it, how they’re fully healed soul’s could either get them back to normal, or if they were stuck with those powers…at least end their pain they were constantly going through, Smoke’s eternal torment as he decayed and regenerated with such insane speeds, Obsidian’s burning, insatiable thirst for martial combat, Apollo’s frail physique literally making them unable to do much without their powers…or Angel’s ability to feel literally anything. “Seeing them all smile again…with genuine joy as their pain is gone…it would be the best thing to happen for me at the moment.” "Then eat up." Heart said, quickly placing two more huge plates of fried deliciousness before me. “You know just how to cheer me and my stomach up.” I chuckled. "King, please, I'm a Floof Noodle. Food and happiness are my specialty." Heart said with a chuckle, finishing off the last of the raw bacon and now bringing out eggs. “You are a wonder Heart.” "If I'm being honest, I also binge watched a lot of Cooking Channel while you were out and now I just want to cook everything." Heart admitted. "Also, if you get fat, good. More for me to grab~" “Exactly.” King chuckled happily. After a long and filling breakfast King and Heart finally began making their way to Lord's lab. Upon entering they saw all the various items and objects around the two and Lord, seated at a desk in his new form as he worked on some small machine. “Sup asshole.” King stated simply. "Nothing much." They responded plainly. "So, what brings you two fucks to my lab?" “Because we’re going to be doing something insanely stupid, and that’s getting my kid’s soul’s fully healed, and considering it was exclusively your fault, you have to help us.” "And you plan on doing that how?" He asked, not even looking back at King or Heart as they tinkered with the machine on the table. “By making a new Admin of Souls.” "You want to make an Admin of Souls?" Lord asked, finally turning to look at King. "Huh. That's… actually not a bad plan." “Considering it’s most likely the only way to fix them, cause even my powers of Soul’s and Lyra…neither of us could do anything to fully give them their full soul’s back.” "Well, yeah in terms of soul death it's almost the equivalent to complete code deletion. Not exactly the same but pretty similar. I remember the first, and so far only Admin of Souls explained it as the soul being a far more mailable variation of code for mortal life to learn about and use. Course it wasn't and he was just stupid smart and made the soul way more complex than he lead on." “Fair enough.” King nodded. “So how are we going to start this? Cause as far as I know, I’d really not like to commit genocide on a planetary scale to gather enough soul’s to artificially create one.” "Bitch please you basically do it all the time. Er, making new souls, not the genocide thing… that's my thing. Anyways. So, new souls are made the same way most life is made. Sperm hits egg, multiplies. It's basically the same, but usually this happens alongside the bodies growth. Unless Reincarnation happens, then once the sperm and egg mix the reborn soul gets yeeted into it while a new body grows for it." “Alright…so how will this help us create a literal Admin?” "Well, now that I think about it it's kinda easy, you just need to make a form of a being that can create souls in a 'womb' of sorts the same way you all make kids, and just make sure the souls it makes lack bodies so they don't imprint on anything until they are placed within a body. “That sounds…correct.” I nodded. “Not sure how we’re going to do that because that’s a lot more complicated than one would think.” "I… might have an idea." Lord started. "The original Admin of Hearts, from way back in Cycle 1, was very similar to the Admin of Souls. Hence why the heart you deal with is akin to a soul, yet the soul stays inside the body making a Nobody, aka, your shtick. If you two make one of those Fusion things, I'm willing to bed with some minor code modifying that entity can do exactly what we need." “Huh…that…sounds a lot simpler than it has…literally any right to be.” King frowned. "Well, odds are the solution was going to be easier than expected." Heart stated. "So, what do you say, wanna make Kart into the new Admin of Souls?" “If it’ll help my kids then sure.” King nodded. Kart was, for some reason, always in feral form despite King often fusing in anthro form. They looked themselves over, their larger than normal Dire Wolf Den Mother body only matched in size by the hulking long and fuzzy snake tail where a normal tail would be. "Ya broke my roof." Lord said, the large fusion noticing the partly broken lab around them. “While I’d say sorry, you still fucked with King to such a royally degree that you literally forced four of their children to be murdered.” Kart stated bluntly. "Does it look like that bothers me?" Lord replied flatly. "They asked for the power and trials Cript has. I gave it to them. That power has a price, if they regret it, not my fault." Lord said, snapping his fingers as suddenly Kart found themselves on their back. "Now hold still. I gotta modify your code and possibly add some stuff." “You still don’t fuck with a Den Mother’s children asshole.” Kart countered. "Yeah yeah. This is gonna tingle." Lord said, Kart now struggling not to twitch or laugh at the odd feeling through their body. Thankfully it didn't last long. “Alright, that was a lot of tickles, so what’s new with me?” "I'm not done yet." Lord stated. "In order for this to work you'll need to be a unique individual from King and Heart. Kart the fusion will still exist, but Kart you will be your own independent entity. I need to mix and change a lot of stuff here. Thankfully since Nothingness and Balance are two sides of the same coin, in a sense, it won't be too difficult to mix the two and create a new energy that should allow you to create and store new souls within you." “Getting some weird Yu Yu Hakusho vibes with your explanation…” Kart pointed out. "Whatever helps you understand the process." “Fine.” Kart nodded. “So…when I become the Admin of Souls…what’s gonna happen?” "Well, if it's anything like the last one you'll generate raw, un-imprinted souls within you that you can use to then place within gods, mortals, animals, planets, lesser Admins, ECT. Anything that has a soul basically. Or can have one. And because King's doing this cause of their kids I'm adding in a script similar to how The Mother's Womb works where there's basically a copy of the person's soul in you at all times as well. In a sense you'll basically be a less powerful but still important variant of The Mother." “Wow.” Kart said in surprise. "Yeah." Lord said plainly as Kart felt another odd but short tingling along their body. As they laid there, they had to admit there was genuinely little Heart and King knew about Lord aside from he was ancient, powerful, and trained Cript. “So…” Kart started. “Besides being a raging asshole…who are you?” Kart asked, such a simple phrase holding a whole lot more meaning that Lord picked up on. "I am whatever I need to be whenever I'm needed." He replied flatly. “That’s not really much to go on ya know?” Kart pointed out. “Come on, who are you really? Not just some ‘I’m here, whatever’ kind of deal…who are you really?” "That depends on what form I have at the time or what job I have to take." He stated simply. Another tingle went through Kart but again it was short lived. “Yeah, I’m not asking about that.” Kart stated simply. “I’m asking who you are as a person, not whatever form you’ve taken or what job you have, but who are you?” "Is there a point to me telling you or why you want to know?" “The point is that King and Heart know shockingly little about who you are, or what your about besides being ancient, powerful, trained Cript, and just kind of a vague asshole.” "Live as long as I have and vague asshole becomes a default personality." Lord stated. "Besides, how much would you believe if I told you?" “That all depends on how nonsensical it is, cause Heart and King have seen some shit.” "And yet they haven't seen everything." Lord said. He was quite for a while before talking again. "How much do you know about the Dream Project Nexus did?" “Even though King and Joy have found numerous amounts of paper’s from Nexus about it, even managing to get a lot of the redacted parts out of it…not much really.” She explained. "You destroyed them?" Lord asked. “After King memorized every single bit of information from those papers, from what was allowed to all the redacted stuff.” Kart answered. “He did not like what he was reading.” "Don't tell Cript that. He will erase your memories. He's done it before." Lord warned, before continuing. "Well, like all things, best to start at the beginning. How much do you know about this world, and I don't mean this machine. I mean the one outside it." “Well…considering Grey’s evil half is going to be chucking thing’s from the Outside world at King sooner or later…” Kart said, going through King’s memories on what Grey told him. “Grey said it’s an uninhabitable deathtrap filled with creatures of unimaginable power, to the point that even Grey in all it’s power mid way through fucking with the Machine…couldn’t really stand up to the damn things.” "More or less. What exists outside this machine is a world filled with a primal, unfiltered imagination. For lack of a better word." Lord said with a laugh. "It's chaotic, making things sentient beings just can't comprehend or fathom. After all, imagination without something intelligent behind it is unpredictable and unknowable." “So why haven’t we randomly seen Mister Mxyzptlk or other such being’s of pure Imagination just appear in here whenever they please?” "Heh, that's not how it works Kart. See, that wild and unpredictable imagination is only half of what makes up the outside reality. Like the machines have realms, multiverse, so do does it. For the unknowable, unpredictable imagination, there also must exist the knowable, the predictable and the factual." “The machines are the knowable and predictable stuff?” Kart asked. “And whoever the hell made them?” "Close. They are but pockets of the true other side of this reality. See, while this side can only naturally breed the monsters outside, the other side was able to breed something different. Something with intelligence, something smart and clever, that can see and be aware of the logical world around it. The original, first sentient life. But, like this world held two sides, so to did they. Over time they began to wonder and ask what if's. They began to imagine what their world would be like if it were different. That wonder and thoughts linked them to the other side of their existence, and for the first time ever, intelligence began to mold raw Imagination. Stories, fantasy, all existing in a place real to it but not to the one making the story, and yet the story affected the world of it's maker in ways that birthed creativity. What was fantasy many sought to make fact. The two worlds, the two halves were improving and building one another up in ways alone they'd have never achieved." “So the Fourth Wall?” Kart inquired. “Cause…that’s kinda sounding like the Fourth Wall.” "Kind of. What you perceive as a fourth wall would be the barrier that keeps the two halves, Imagination and Fact, separate. Now tell me, what would happen if one of those beings from the Knowable, predictable, factual reality appeared in the unknowable, unpredictable imagination?" “Well…they’d be fucking stoked.” Kart answered. “It’s almost like there's at least ten different people that were in a situation like that before all this nonsense happened.” Kart explained, due to God’s Matrix style nonsense, King, Heart, Eclipsa and many many others went through a world just like that. "Yes but there is a difference." Lord said. "King, Eclipse, Heart, and all the others were on the same level, the same, well, everything. You all had to work to become what they became. The ones like that, come here as beings stronger than anything. Because here, all they need to do is imagine it, will it and reality bends to make it so. Erasing and rewriting itself to follow what they want and will to exist. They had many names for what they were. Gods, All Makers, even the name Admin was one used to describe them. They were unstoppable, and unrivaled in power. It's these first beings that built this machine. Well, one of them. Each built their own. Now all that seems to remain is this one." “That’s…disturbing.” "Now, let me ask you. Why do you think this and the other machines were built?" “Uh…to have some normalcy?” Kart guessed. “Cause even in a realm of unfiltered imagination…too much nonsense can do bad things to people.” "I guess that's part of the reason. The main one however was to preserve the imagination of their world, their home reality was creating and pouring into this reality. They built the machines to collect and house them all, safe from the full force unknown of the reality outside. They were built to be havens for the world's their people made, Intentionally or not. But, that all changed the day… I showed up." “What did you do?” "I existed." Lord said, another tingle, a slightly painful one flowed through Kart's body and ended just as fast. "The machine didn't just collect the imagination and world's their home reality, for those with a will and an imagination strong enough it pulled their minds too. One being, like them, but in mind only with a body made and born from imagination, unlike them who came here flesh and blood, soul and mind all together. I was an oddity, a curiosity. I was like them but not, I could be in both Imagination and Fact just by Dreaming. Sleep there I was here. Sleep here I was there. I even learned you could pull it off by day dreaming if you were good enough at that. I was never as powerful as them but I was still powerful… but my body, was discovered to be just as… moldable, as the rest of Imagination." “And I can immediately see what bad thing’s are going to happen.” Kart sighed. "You don't need to remind me. I lived it." Lord stated firmly. "At first, they had the decency to experiment when I was asleep here. But after a while they stopped caring about secrecy. Not all of them did though. Some were against it, and tried to fix the damage. But others like me started popping up. It… became a fight to keep them from suffering like I did. Then, it became a war. I don't remember much after that war started but all I remember was waking up in the first cycle. No idea how much time had even passed and even if a body of mine did die I'd reincarnate endlessly in whatever was available or of my choosing. For a while I lived life in Factual reality as normal… then, I died, and found myself here. Permanently." “O-oh…” I started. “That’s…that’s definitely a thing…” "I discovered beings like me, Dreamers, we're often called, if we die back home, we're stuck here. And if we die here, well, the link is broken and we can't come back." “Damn.” Kart said in surprise. “And…can anyone do this? Or is it just some special few?” "It takes a special person, back in Factual Reality, to get picked up here. They can technically achieve this whenever but it's easier with children, I've noticed. Still, adults can manage it and with practice, arrive here. A weak link is still a link. All that's really needed is a strong imagination and the desire to see all it can offer." “That’s…interesting.” "Well, that's my story. Satisfied?" Lord asked as a few more tingles hot Kart and finally ended some minutes later. “Well…I’m satisfied with knowing your backstory.” Kart said. “So…you’re just roaming around being whoever you want?” "Not really. It took a while but I found out I'm drawn to other Dreamers. And I will either look after or train them to achieve some grand goal." “Right then.” Kart nodded. “Good to know there’s…a whole lot more to this weird world than we already knew…” "Yes well, it's none of your concern regardless." Lord said. Another slightly painful tingle gone as fast as it happened. “Kind of is if it involves special Souls.” Kart started. "No. It doesn't." Lord stated. “And when it does become my problem?” Kart frowned. “Cause the fact we’re talking about this…” "Never." Lord said. Kart sighed out. “You’re not going to budge on this are you?” "The only person I trust with this is Cript. I don't care how strong you get, what you do or become capable of. I will never trust you lot with the Dreamers." “This’ll bite you in the ass sooner or later you know that right?” "It bit harder when I let too many people know." Lord replied. "Too many mistakes. Too many dead." “O-oh…” Kart muttered. "Do yourself a favor. Let this go. You have your own shit to deal with." “It’s gonna be a bitch if we magically have to deal with one…” Kart muttered. “So how goes the coding?” "Thankfully, well." “That’s good, cause those tingles are getting a bit painful.” Kart pointed out. "That's expected. I am adding, splicing and rewriting bits and pieces of your code to make this works." “Right then.” Kart nodded. “How long do you think this’ll take?” "Well, thankfully it looks like the Admin of Hearts code isn't too different now from how it was way back when, and the Nothingness here has some stuff I can repurpose. Maybe thirty minutes or an hour? Depends on how long it takes me to safely add and edit stuff." “Understandable.” Kart nodded. “Let’s hope this will all work out in the end…” The remainder of the time was spent in silence. Kart occasionally feeling either a painful tingle or ticklish one. When it was finally over, Kart felt different. They felt… alone, for lack of a better word. They still had both Heart and King's memories, but could no longer sense the two through the Starfish Clones hive-like mind. They also felt their powers, that of Balance and Nothingness were different, weaker, yet still they felt a new power, something completely new to them and them alone. “This…is very different…” Kart said. “I…also feel…alone…” "Well yeah. You started off as just a fusion, now you kinda aren't anymore. While before you could differentiate between what parts of you came from Heart of King, you won't be able to do that any more as now that you aren't really a fusion anymore, your code doesn't have to keep the two codes separate anymore for when/if you split up, cause you can't split up any more cause as far as your code is concerned you're not a fusion being, you're just a being." “Right…” Kart nodded carefully. “So…how do I work my wonders now?” "You should be passively generating souls, and once you get one made I can analyze it and make sure it is actually a soul." "Cool." Kart nodded. "And King is probably getting his four soul chipped children as…proof of concept for my new powers." "Most likely." Lord shrugged. "Can't wait to help out." Kart said readily. "Yay for you. Now are you gonna fix my roof?" Kart was with Heart and King. It felt weird to them to not sense them as they were used to, but she was still happy to be with the two. "So, how long til you make a soul?' Heart asked. "No idea." Kart shrugged. "But when it does happen…I have my kids on standby." King added. "So, what do we do until then?" Heart asked. "Hang out?" Kart suggested. "I'm my own person now so…gonna have to figure out my own likes and dislikes from you two." "That's fair." The trio spent time together, watching movies, playing games and even cooking together. Several hours passed before Kart felt they had produced their first soul. And by late in the night they had the four King needed. "Alright." Kart said. "I've finished all four souls." Kart said readily. "Oh thank god…" King sighed out thankfully. "Come in kids." Each teenagers walked in, all of them equine dire wolf hybrids, but physically the all ended there as each one was physically changed due to their birth and fractured souls. Smoke, the oldest, had his fur tainted green from illness, his body looking more like a zombie rotting away as patches of fur were gone and left small parasite colonies acting like some rotting shell for him where his fur couldn't, a simple looking flower blessed by a Goddess of Life the only thing on his body not rotting away or somehow cycling back to looking healthy enough to not fall off. “Yes mother?” Obsidian, the second oldest, his fur tainted red and black as if blood and bruises were apart of his fur, he was the biggest and bulkiest of the four who looked like self restraint was the only thing keep himself from mindlessly attacking those around him in a state of panic induced rage, his eyes pleading for some solitude from the pain and voices. “What…do you want?” The third, Apollo, was a gaunt greyish brown wolf that was damn near skin and bones, everything about them had their physicality thrown out the window but magically and psychically they were extraordinary powerful, the only reason why he was able to move around and do many thing’s was due to his psychic and magical abilities. “Did you finally come up with a solution?” Then Angel, the youngest and only female of the four, was a blue furred with patches of brown, and looked completely healthy compared to the other’s, a warm smile on her face…but cold unfeeling eyes begging for any feeling in the world, her body hiding scars and pain as she was a black hole of any and all feeling and emotion. “Are…are we going to be better?” *Yes, thanks to Kart here. Former fusion of your mom and I, now her own being and the first new Admin of Souls since the first cycle." Heart explained, motioning towards Kart. “Oh…oh god…” Kart muttered, seeing all four of them and going beyond the physical, seeing into their souls and…how many holes they had. “How…how are you all…still functioning?” “My plagues can recycle everything into life again.” Smoke said. “Self Restraint that can even put Cript to shame.” Obsidian growled. Somewhere in creation, Cript took offense. “Magical and Psychic Prowess.” Apollo said. “Spite.” Angel said in fake happiness. "Well, how does this work?" Heart asked. Kart let out a breath, letting the energy flow and act on it's own. It flowed from Kart's belly towards the four, splitting into four lines of energy until it reached them and began flowing into them. Slowly but visibly they began to change. Smoke began looking less and less ill. Obsidian began to calm, Apollo's body grew more and more mass, and Angel's body began completely growing a healthy coat as she sighed, feeling increasing levels of peace. When it was done, the four were transformed into healthy Dire Wolves. Their powers still present, if a tad weaker. Not that they cared. “The…illness is gone?” Smoke asked, looking over himself quickly. “The voices…the pain…” Obsidian teared up. “It’s gone…” “I…I can actually move?” Apollo asked, stretching and moving his body in many ways, as he was weirdly flexible. “I…I can feel…” Angel muttered, feeling warm fresh tears as she lightly patted herself, emotions and her sense of touch telling her that she was in fact able to feel like a normal person, both physically and emotionally. King quickly embraced their four children, glad something good came out of all that suffering.
Chapter 1: A Wedding To RememberAuthor's Note So if anyone here who has followed all three stories is wondering we did this as a means to A, make it so you don't have to read three separate stories anymore to stay up to date in terms of what's going on for these characters at least, Xinrick and Lancerot are still writing their respective characters and I mine. While this set up is.... unexpected it was too fitting for the stories for something like this to happen and it just honestly was all we could think of to make more sense than all our characters suddenly living together for no real reason. B, was too hilarious to honestly pass up, and C, you might have noticed this story is rated M as in M my god, we are getting serious here. Yes, yes we are. While we will have much more serious scenes we will be more streamline in terms of what is actually happening. Hopefully. Hope you all continue with and enjoy what's to come. Chapter 1: A Wedding To Remember Zeke came to five hours later, immediately shifting back to human form. He looked better off than Eclipsa. Least he was able to stand. Eclipsa still can’t barely lean up. “I’ve never felt this sore… ever.” Zeke said, turning his head till his neck gave an audible pop. “Ahhh. Much better.” “I see you are awake, you lucky prick.” Eclipsa said good naturedly. “Lucky… yeah that’s the right word.” Zeke laughed, taking a seat in the rooms only chair. “So, what next? I mean, you’re my wielder now so… what next?” “I was actually waiting for you to wake up to discuss that. You can ask Oath and Oblivion, I almost never do anything without them knowing…. Most of the time.” “Okay…” Zeke said, Oathkeeper and Oblivion appearing around us. “Oh, Speak of the devil's. Hey Oblivion, think I'm strong enough to free you yet?” Eclipsa chuckled, her Amazonian body being evidence of her strength. ”With Zeke as your Key, that Psychotic bitch doesn't stand a chance!” “Good, because I'm going to have Zeke wield X while I use Oath. What is the fun in finishing it up fast… I want that bitch to suffer for all she has done, not be atomized.” Eclipsa said, her red eyes giving off a small glow for a moment before going back to normal. “Oh and Zeke, the reason we need to talk is… complicated. Apparently you can't be 15ft away from be before warping back over into my hand. And I don't want to separate you from your family anymore than I want to leave mine.” “Wait, really?” Zeke asked, walking about fifteen feet away, then vanishing in a puff of light… and was on top of Eclipsa’s hand, then quickly jumped off. “Did you just squeeze my ass?” “Maybe but that's not the point.” Eclipsa said like nothing happened. “The point is I don't want your family to suffer, and frankly I'd kill off Cript and bring a total end to creation before I leave mine alone again.” “So… what, we move in families and all?” “I was thinking something, and thanks to Oath, and a bit of rattling around pornhub and 4chan, came up with a few ideas.” “Already I’m terrified.” Eclipsa laughed “I'm kidding. About the pornhub and 4chan part at least. One option is to create a housing situation where both families live in the same building, with our room being the border between. We just pull up a temporary wall or something when we want some privacy from the other. Another option that works for both of us is…. Well it'd take some getting used to and me rewriting my own genetics a bit before I even follow through, but we could combine our families in a… expansive way.” Meanwhile, With Cript. Cript was spending time with his Lyra, his first love and wife. Then, felt a shiver. “What was that?” Lyra asked. “My running Gag is about to be known by another…” He replied. “...?” Back with Eclipsa and Zeke. “... If I could I’d bang my head against the wall it I cracked it open…” Zeke replied. “Look, I'm not 100% on board either, but it's one of the few ways I see this working without some kind of heartache… besides I'm terrified if Scotch and Rune end up in the same room to plan… anything.” “... And like that I can hear Alucard making plans…” “Ali, buddy, trust me, you think I'm freaky, you don't know the definition. And that's just Rune alone. Take you. Multiply by a googlian, real number look it up, and that still isn't enough if those two planed anything.” “And like that I’m missing the ability to bleed and self harm myself…” “Well have any better ideas? I'm all ears.” Eclipsa says, folding her arms under her bust. “...This is still… Oh god it’s Jacklen and Miles all over again…” “Who?” Eclipsa asks, cocking her head. “Okay...back in 1885, Jacklen and Miles Ventral were two of the best criminals before my mom and dad, married criminals I mean… But they weren't known FULLY for their crimes… They were cousins… Had six kids, surprisingly all survived. One’s my great grandfather. Meaning that is also yours…” “And history is destined repeat…. Oh shit….” Eclipsa says with a groan. “At least I can now modify my own genetics on the fly but holy fuck. Insest runs in the family….” “Yeah…” “First my brother becomes my mother, and my sister also becomes my mother, then my dad becomes my mom. Then my wives become my husbands and now there is a chance my cousin…. Not finishing that until we confirm it is the only choice we have that works.” Eclipsa rants. “Already your family dynamic is MUCH worse than mine ever was.” “Tell me about it…” Eclipsa groans. “So, any new ideas, or are we going to hiding from Scotch and Rune for eternity?” “...”Zeke rubbed his eyes. “As much as I hate to say this… I’m also twenty other people… This should probably be a choice between my twenty others… and our others…” “Well in sure Alucard is practically orgasming at the idea, so we can have him confirmed.” Eclipsa sighs. “But yeah. Let's get the others out of the way before we go to our lovers.” “Well first let’s get our Lovers. AFter that, well… Jesus who else has to deal with this kind of bizarre anime harem BS?” Elsewhere, Cript sneezed. “I can think of someone….” Eclipsa before sighing. “So… my folks or yours first?” “Yours. You’re my welder so… yeah… Give me a sec first. Wanna try something.” Zeke said, clenching his fist as the purest Darkness and Light covered it, spinning around each other rapidly as he punched his own face with it, the shockwave about destroying the room and caving in half the ceiling. “Didn’t work! Still alive! Ouch…” He spoke from the ground. “You know, you could ask me to power up that attack next time.” Eclipsa says before snapping and repairing the hospital. “Nah, if it’s not a proper self suicide that dishonors our Asian ancestors… and yes, we still have some that are living over there.” Eclipsa sighed, slowly slithering up to the large, if modest orphanage turned house. “Here we are. Hopefully pregnant me is alright.” “I imagine she is.” Zeke said walking next to Eclipsa. “I had X send a message to have my girls come here… God this is so… weird…” “And you never truly get used to it, just adapt.” Eclipsa sighed before walking in. “I'm home!” Eclipsa was tackled by both kids and husbands, Zeke side stepping right before that storm flew out the door. “Yikes.” Eclipsa groaned. “Pain, lots of pain…” She said from within the cuddle pile of Nagas and Ponies. “Okay… Hi.” Zeke waved. Everyone went inside, Zeke’s family arriving after ten minutes or so. Then the talking began, each of the twenty people within Zeke got a speak, and deals and conditions were made… next month, their families merged… With Zeke now knowing slightly how to feels to be Cript, and Eclipsa now needing to be fit into a dress. “So soon Meliodas will need to aquire his love, and Alucard will see if His master and Seras are up for this,” Zeke’s Luna listed off, the man himself a shade of red no human should be able to make. Elsewhere, with Cript. “Welcome to my hell… Get used to it.” Back with Eclipsa. “Alright, I'm marrying my cousin…. Fun.” Eclipsa sighs as she wears a dress complimenting her scales to get used to dresses before the wedding. “Raven needs to grab her Beast Boy,” Zeke’s Luna continued. “And The others just have a few bits of unfinished business on their homes to take care of before hand.” “I wanna blame Cript but in all honesty I should have seen this coming.” Zeke said from his corner in the room he was huddled into. Seeing a man that muscular and tall curled up in a corner like a sad child was…. Depressing, for all parties involved. “Zeke, come on. It could be worse…. Their could be a law that in order to bring peace you need to marry everyone…” “I know you didn’t just take a jab ad Ben.” Zeke chuckled. “Also being connected to every heart means I know all of your memories and thoughts… Pretty sure it’s considered Masterbating Dashes.” Both Zeke’s Dash and Eclipsa’s Blitz blushed madly. “Is selfsest insest or the ultimate form of narcissism?” Eclipsa wondered. “In my experience, just a quick means to scratch and itch!” Rune said, making everyone present facepalm. “Rune… You are so going to get along with Alucard.” Eclipsa groaned. “This is every form of hell…” Zeke muttered. “Bitches I’m home!” Alucard cried out into the halls of Hellsing. Kicking the doors down and on top of two guards. “Where’s my Netflix account at?” “You are about to see the only people you give two shits about in your world, and you first bring up Netflix?” Eclipsa asks in her human form, walking over the doors, ignoring the groans of the guards. “Eh, if all goes well I’ll be screwing the both of them within the hour… week tops.” Alucard said, walking casually. “Ah, I see the first floor men's room have new urinals installed.” Passing by said room, Eclipsa saw each urinal has a taxidermied human head above them. “Glad to see Integra hasn’t changed her sense of style.” “Huh.” Was the only thing Eclipsa had to comment before she reacted on instincts, catching a blonde, red eyes woman by the face and smashing her into a wall with a growl, Gray flowing off her body. “The fuck!” “Oh, Seras.” Alucard said, turning around. “There you are.” “Master?” The woman said, turning into some kind of mist, escaping from Eclipsa’s grasp and reforming before Alucard. “Master! Oh where have you been?! You went out for Smokes and porn two months ago!?” “Long story short, I’m even harder to kill than before, and I’m in a huge ass big tittied harem. Care to join in?” “So you're Seras… huh. No wonder you only called her Big tittied police girl until we all strapped you down and read your memories….” Eclipsa says, not bothering with tact. Saras looked over at Eclipsa. “Uh, Master? Who’s she? Another new Vampire?” “Nope, something way more powerful… and way more sexy~” “Oie!” Sares said, giving Alucard a light whack on the head. “So, what’s this about a harem then?” “First off where’s Integra, I got a gift for her and I’m gonna make sure she blows me for it!” Alucard then ran off making Curly noises from the three stooges. “So… love cannons?” Eclipsa asks before the two start to follow the crazy Vamp. “My main gun is a large anti-tank rifle. My other guns are fully automatic cannons. Yes.” “You and I are going to get along just fine.” Eclipsa says with a smile, her red eyes flashing as she wraps a arm over the Vampire's shoulders and warps them over to Alucard before he gets too far ahead. 'Don't want him teleporting into my hand….again.’ Alucard’s gift to Integra was restoration. Somehow Alucard found the fountain of youth while out getting Smokes and porn before Kexez grabbed him. This gave Integra her body from her mid Twenties, and now let her age slowly. She accepted the harem, to everyone's, especially Alucard’s surprise. “Wait… are you fucking with me?” “Alucard I’ve been a virgin since we met, that’s a literal lifetime ago, now I’m youthful again, I’m not even sure if I can still be your Master given what you are now. Frankly put, I’m going to make sure that when you finally get hitched, you finally follow through on all those promises you made to me, jokes or no.” “Oh I promise that when I’m done with you, you’ll be immobile for years.” Alucard practically purred. “Good. So, is Seras in on this.” “Yes mam!” Seras said. “Well then… God's…alright. Welcome to the family.” Eclipsa says with a genuine, if stressed smile “Great! Wait! Am I restricted to these two only?” “No Alucard… But besides myself, these two are the only two that you can randomly screw when in the mood.” Eclipsa said with a sigh, knowing all her hubbies and Rune would take him up on it. “Are these the only two I’m allowed to bring?” “....I want to say no…. But that would be too unfair to you…. Just don't bring too many please? I like my wooden, simple home and it's already going to have to change.” “Hmm…” “Who do you even have in mind?” Integra asked. “Some regular hookers, and the queen.” “The queen?” “Heck yeah, we’ve fucked back when I was a chick, and I have a second bottle of youth water. Later!” Alucard said, teleporting… only to appear about fourteen feet from Eclipsa. “Oh right… fuck…” “Yep… At least you didn't end up in my hand again.” After gathering the Queen, and three of Alucards favorite hookers, Candi, Sahrah, and Melody, each looked more like models than hookers, we dropped everyone off at my place, then Alucard let Meliodas take over. “Woah. Can’t wait to see how Elizabeth reacts to this.” He said. “Or anyone else who ends up joining…. I'm not going to have just a large house after this, am I?” Eclipsa sighes “I just have love for Elizabeth, but I am a perv so, hehe.” He laughed. “So, shall we go?” “Sure. Just remember I used to be a guy before perving on me.” Eclipsa says before snapping and teleporting them to Meliodas's world. “Hmm… Welp, anyway, let’s get going. Eclipsa nods and let's the short man lead the way. The two appeared from a DTL in front of a large green roofed tavern in the shape of a witches hat. “Here we are, the Boar Hat Tavern.” “Huh. Neat… it's a actual boar's hate, isn't it?” Eclipsa says, noting the very slight disturbance in the dirt around the tavern. “Yup. Our Mascot, a talking pig named Hawk, his mom is the boar the tavern sits on. Whenever we need to move, we move.” “Cool. Well, let's head on it to pick up who will probably be the most normal person being added.” Eclipsa says, walking over to the door, still in human form. Once inside I was introduced to the other Seven Deadly Sins. Diane the Giant, The Serpent Sin of Envy, who thanks to a potion was normal human sized. Ban, Fox sin of greed and immortal thanks to the fountain of youth on this world. King, fairy king and grizzly sin of sloth. Huh, no wings? Gowther, Goat sin of lust and a living doll created by magic and a deadly array of mental abilities. Merlain, Boar sin of gluttony and DAMN she’s sexy. Also I think she drooled when I mentioned magic foreign to this world… And Lastly was Escanor, the Lion sin of pride and was… well built. Then there was Elizabeth, an apasol of the gods, meaning she had god-like powers, and can even revive the dead to an extent. “So that’s what happened?” Elizabeth asked. “So you’re saying there’s a whole array of other worlds to learn from?” Merlain asked. “Let me put it this way…. Everything is Gray.” I said as I let this world get a small taste of Gray, covering it entirely so the only color was the red of my eyes, and they could all feel the power it possessed before making it all vanish. “And that's just Gray, the super booster. It's actually more powerful when added to other energies.” “Oh. Well I’d go to this other world just to learn what I can.” “Where lady Merlan goes I go.” Escanor said. “I’d go just to see the new sights.” Ban said. “I’d go, but only if Diane goes.” King said. “I think it would be fun.” Diane said. “I’d like in on this Harem.” Ban did a spit take while everyone else just about have their jaws hit the floor at Gowther's response. “Of course…. Why do you want in? I could understand if Merilan wanted in, if only to learn from some very, very adept mages as well as myself, but why you?” Eclipsa said, pinching her brow. “Because I am a doll. I have no heart, and often wished to learn the human emotion known as Love.” Gowther said. “While my powers all focus mainly on my opponents mentality, I myself understand little to nothing about human emotions or the human heart.” “If a heart is something you’ll need I think Zeke can figure something out.” Meliodas said. “Oh yeah, Zeke, that person that is a part of Meliodas we mentioned, yeah he is, now anyway, the literal embodiment of everyone's Heart, good or bad, doesn't matter.” Eclipsa said. “Oh? So, are you saying that it is possible for me to obtain a heart, and experience emotion truly?” “It is entirely possible… but something tells me you already have one… it just needs to be unlocked.” Eclipsa says, summoning her personal X-blade and having a beam of Gray shoot out the tip and into Gowther's chest. “Even nobodies, beings who have had their heart removed from them, eventually grow them. Made sense that you would as well.” She says before twisting the key, and the sound of something unlocking was heard by all. When she removed her X-blade Gowther was still for a bit, then his… her? Eclipsa was not sure, but their eyes livened up. “Holy crap, my chest feels heavy…” That alone dropped jaws. “Welcome to the life of having a unlocked heart.” Eclipsa said with a smile “I had no idea having a heart would feel this heavy. Interesting.” Gowther began thinking. Days passed and the group, group referring to all the people Zeke can switch out with, dealt with a few details here and there. Clementine got Aj enrolled in my school, or rather, the school I work at, Miles, aka Spiderman, just told his parents and, needless to say, that was… an event, but they understood. He wasn’t exactly the same kid they knew anymore. Their son truly anymore. Raven picked up her Beast Boy, and explained the situation. Everyone was rather surprised but in the end it all worked out, she would still try and Hero when able anyway. Leon, as in Leon S FUCKING Kennedy just picked up some things from his home and sent an Email to his colleagues about him no longer being able to work, but will take on any threats he comes across. Simon paid his wife's grave a visit, simply telling all that happened to the gravestone before heading off, head held high with a large smile on his face. Guts just went to his world and killed some demons then was okay with everything. Eren picked up his friends, they already being part of Daybreak had Keyblades and he figured the change would be good for them, they have a lot of bad memories from their birth world. Trixie just picked up her waggon, the old thing falling apart but it was her only possession. Starlight Glimmer didn’t want to do much, just visit her dad and, that was it. The Master of Masters… just took a look at where Daybreak once was. Giving a heavy sigh. Xehanort looked over the Land of Departure, wondering where did his ideals and morality get so clouded. Mors visited his son, who was now living at his own place in Death City. Tokoyami, we explained everything to the school and his family, and he would visit, but for now, he wanted a match. Him versus his whole class. He was a good fighter, and his Dark Shadow was even more powerful that before, the Sunlight or light in general no longer weakening it. He was also able to summon Dark Guardian. Something useful and even more overpowered as it could also use the others in their X-blade forms. In total Tokoyami, himself, Dark Shadow and Dark Guardian, could wield a total of Six of their twenty X-blade stuck allies at once. That would make for some interesting combos. Needless to say, it was almost one sided, until this Madoria kid came up with a really clever plan, that almost worked, but just not enough. “Nice job all of you.” I said, slithering up. “You almost got him there.” “I figured dodging his weapons was the way to go.” He mumbled through his own daze. “Somehow I figured you’d be the closest to a win Madoria.” Tokoyami said. The rest of the time was spent with laughs and after that, we left… Now it’s just waiting til the wedding is ready. Eclipsa and Zeke felt awkward enough about the ordeal, but it was to be expected in all honesty. One Week Later “Not used to being the one in a dress…. Oh God's what if something goes wrong like last marriage… what if another threat appears and oh god I am panicking when I am about to marry my fucking cousin!” Eclipsa ranted as some of her bridesmaids helped her into her dress. “Think about how I feel.” Zeke called out from the other room, the walls thin enough to here even normal conversations of Ponyvilles Town Hall. “Yeah well… sigh, we both are to blame for this. Thankfully genetics can fuck off but still… Could be worse. I only need to change the house to a small mansion. We could have had more kids and wives and husbands and be forced to have a castle.” “Don’t jinx it.” “.... I hope I didn't…” Eclipsa says before her dress is finished. “So, run it by me again how we are going to pull this off without you teleporting back to me?” “Since you and I are the herd matriarchs, meaning that according to both my Equestria’s and your Equestria’s herd marriage customs, all we have to do is kiss that that’s it..” “Any more rules and laws we need to know?” “Not really, rule just states that so long as all parties during the kiss are herd matriarch, the act is legal. They designed this law on both our Equestrias it seems when herds would actually marry into one another to start up small kingdoms and such.” “Oh. At least it won't be complicated then.” Eclipsa sighed “Yeah, they made it really simple. So long as each member of the kiss is a herd matriarch, the marriage will be legal… Still can’t believe we’re doing this…” “It could always be worse…. But I agree, this is not how I imagined my sequel to turn out it's first chapter.” “At this point I am used to unexpected popup marriages… this is a curve ball though…” “I know right? Well, I'm ready when you are. Ready to face the music?” Eclipsa asked as her dress was finished. “I have no idea. I mean, we’ve never even gone on a date… god that alone sounds so cringy…” “Hey, we will figure this shit out. We are doing this for our families, remember that. We will grow used to it along the way.” Eclipsa said, trying to reassure Zeke. “Probably… this is just so weird. I mean, it shouldn’t be that weird. I mean, we didn’t even grow up together in the family so we don’t have too much history…” “Not to mention when Cript adopted me I biologically was no longer a Ventral. So the only weird thing about this is we saw each other as family already.” “Yeah… Nothing genetically taboo there… This is just...weird…” “....At least neither of us are ugly. You at least are actually quite the looker.” Eclipsa confessed as she made her way to the door. “Heh… yeah, cause that’s a concern…” Zeke groaned. “This must be how childhood friends who are put into arranged marriages with each other must feel on their wedding day huh?” “Only worse I bet. But enough stalling. If this is the price I pay for my family to be happy, so be it.” She says, opening the door. “Guess we can agree there.” Zeke said, exiting the next door room and into the hallway. Eclipsa did the same. Zeke wore a white and black Tux, A, ironically, Heartless symbol Bowtie and a blue flower attached to the Tuxedo pocket. Eclipsa was in her naga form,dress floating just above the part of her that slithered on the floor. Her dress grey but with designs like stars within it, shimmering in even faint light as her vale held designs of rose flower outlines. “Rarity?” Zeke asked. “....no…. She died in childbirth. One of my daughters made it with Fancy Pants supplying the material.” Eclipsa said with a little depression and resignation in her voice. “Oh… Well, my Rarity is a wife, so… sorry if that gets awkward…” “Not, it'll be fine. I know how the Multiverse works. Just don't be surprised if I choke up the first time I hear her voice.” Eclipsa said with a smile. “That’s fair. So, what about her baby?” “Fancy's kid. Rare was being a surrogate mother, up holding her title of generosity till the end.” Eclipsa said, her small smile never leaving her face. “Oh… Did they already pick the kid up?” “They were there in the hospital that day. But enough on death. Rares wouldn't want to ruin a day like this with depressing talk. Let's just… find a way to enjoy this.” Eclipsa said, her voice having a tone that Zeke has never heard from Eclipsa. That of caring yet pleading. “Hmm… Hey.” Zeke said, placing a hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder. “I know in your life, you've lost a lot. But you gained more. I’m sure neither of us expected to have families. I mean, heck, I was expecting to literally die before all of this. Yet, here I am. ANd here you are. We both have people we fell in love with, and children we’d happily, proudly die for. Things get better.” “Heh, yeah. And now we are eons old admins who probably are one of the few threats to whatever the next big bad is. You know… maybe us being together won't be too bad. We both love our families. We both are massively fuck-off powerful alone, let alone together, and we'll keep each other in check. And the emotions can be forged in time… and if Rune has her way, in bed.” Eclipsa says the last part with a giggle, her voice sounding actually beautiful dispute the crass language. “Heh, assuming Rune doesn't rape us both first.” Zeke half-joked. “Well here we are.” Eclipsa said, standing in front of a set of doors, beyond being the families and the altar, purely for traditional reasons. “Yup… So, this is kind of...strange to ask…” “Hm? What is it, Cold feet?” Eclipsa jokes, nudging the human X-blade. “No, sorta? Uh… Well, I just… god this is awkward…” “Come on, we can't leave them waiting all day.” Eclipsa said with a chuckle. “Screw it.” Zeke said, grabbing Eclipsa’s head, and planting a kiss right on her lips. The action surprised her. For a bit she didn’t know what to do, then, slowly, leaned into it, the two soon acting as if it was not their first. Zeke, as soon as he started it, ended it, taking a step back, face blushed. Eclipsa fished for a moment. “I… wow… wasn't that supposed to wait till the altar?” She said, her fingers brushing her lips. “It’s another...Ventral family thing. Lot of times weddings are rushed. It’s tradition that if something happens before the kiss can happen, to kiss before hand so it counts at least to us. Most Ventral weddings are crashed by FBI, CIA, Interpol, you name it…” “Or Core for me…. Still salty about that by the way.” Eclipsa said, directed at the ex-villain in question. “So… Shall we...my love?” She said, throwing caution to the wind “We’ve come this far… Just, do yourself a favor. If Rune wants to show you her Fetish book… run. Don’t care how perverted you are… just run.” “Hey could be worse. I could have a Rune of my own. I just have three stallions who were horny enough to try anial on each other… and forget the lube.” Eclipsa chuckles before opening the door, the music starting as all heads turned towards the pair. Zeke chuckled. “If I remember… number sixty two, lubeless anal in her book… Like I said, run.” Eclipsa just smirked and chuckled before slithering forward alongside Zeke. To her left, her family and close friends, Even Josh and Aurora made it, though Josh looked like he/she couldn't stop chuckling at the sight as they took pictures. Zeke just flipped off his uncle/aunt. “So… shall we get started?” “Let's. Besides, don't want josh to have even more pictures to show the rest of the family.” Eclipsa said with a smile as they started down the aisle The music began playing, the audience had their eyes on the two. Wives of Zeke, Husbands of Eclipsa, children of both. Before them stood Eclipsa’s Blue Blood, levitating a book before him. “Eclipsa. Sir.” Blueblood said. “Hey Bluey. Thanks for making time for this last minute.” Eclipsa whispered to him. “You’re welcome. Now then, pardon but I’ve never actually done this before.” Blueblood said, flipping through some pages. “Ah.” He said, finding his page, and clearing his throat. “Dearly Beloveds, we are gathered here today not just to wear a mare… and a stallion…” There was a bit of a chuckle from everyone. “But also the unification of two herds. Is Each person present their herds matriarch or selected by said matriarch?” “I am.” Eclipsa said, Blitz, Star and Scotch all nodding with smiles. “As am I.” Zeke said. “Good. This marriage shall unite not just the marrying parties, but also their herds. Wives shall be married to one another as if joining the herds individually, children shall from here on be known as siblings, brothers and sisters, and so on and so forth.” He flipped the page. “Do the matriarchs have any personal vows they’d like to share?” Eclipsa took a breath “Zeke, Ever since the day we met, we have fought alongside one another. That day, and the years proceeding, we grew as friends, companions, and even saw each other as family before we even knew my parentage. You picked me up whenever I fell, and I was always there to kick your head in when you got out of line.” She said, chuckling and pausing to breathe. “Even if being together was never something we planned to have happened… it is something I do not see us regretting. Not now. Not eons from now. I am ready to spend my days with you, if you are ready to spend yours with me.” Taking a bit of breath and colting thoughts, Zeke spoke. “Eclipsa. When I met you, you were a cocky thing that, despite not having them anymore still has the balls to do what others would rather not.” Everyone laughed. “After our dual, you snapped me out of my life long mentality. In that, I realized… we compliment each other. You’re one kind of crazy and I’m another. Yet, at the same time we share so much in common it’s almost scary. After today we’ll share not just the rest of our lives… but our families, children, and, someday, learn to share love between one and another. Be that day sooner than what should be healthy, given the trends, or years from now.” Eclipsa smiled a genuine, happy smile before looking back at Blue, and back at Zeke, Crimson orbs meeting Crimson. “Now, are there any who deny this joining of herds? Speak now, or forever hold your peace.” No one, no interruptions, nothing. “Then by the power vested in me, I pronounce these two husband and wife, and their herds conjoined. All Matriarchs may now kiss, and solidify this herd’s unity and marriage.” “Heh… I keep expecting something to go wrong right around now…” Eclipsa said with a nerve filled chuckle. “Same…” Zeke said, the two leaning in for a kiss. The two were just an inch from their kiss, eyes closed. Time seemed to slow. Finally, they kissed. Something felt… off though. Zeke knew Eclipsa has some coat fluff on her, but it wasn’t this… thick, and Eclipsa knew Zeke did not have a beard. The two opened their eyes, only to see themselves in a three-way kiss with the Dire wolf himself Ben. The three all jumped back. “The fuck?!” Zeke yelped. “..........it was too good to be true. Lance, why can't I have a normal wedding for once…..” Eclipsa groaned, her face buried in her hands “Excuse me, but what the fuck?” Ben asked while looking around...seeing that he was in a church and Eclipse and Zeke were dressed for a wedding. “Oh...uh…” Ben wasn’t sure how to respond. “Ta-da~?” He said nervously, before he just got a silly grin on his face and face palmed. “God damn it…” He chuckled.
Chapter 20: Reunion (Sex Warning)Having Rune back, and knowing now that her love was true, meant the world to Heart. To be a prisoner and having only existed for so short a time, built to love them then sent into a cage forever. That's an existence only Nexus could plan for someone. "I can't wait for the others to see you again." Heart said, Rune taking a ride on their large tail half. "I just hope they aren't angry or holding a grudge." Rune sighed. Being free from that other Rune, was a weight heavier than dwarf star alloy, lifted away and freed from her mind, and now body. "Relax. Hey, you all forgave Twilight really fast for that whole Charlie thing, Chrysalis tried to impersonate Twilight and not an hour later she's one of the brides." "I guess." "And Coco has been going well also. No hard feelings between them or us at all." "I hope she's not scared of me. She knew the… other Rune well, and…" "Hey." Heart said, using their tail to move Rune over in front of them while keeping them on their tail. "Coco did know the old Rune, but she also got to know you. My Rune. She had to have known that the only things you and her shared were a name and body." "She did… but still." Heart smiled, giving a kiss to Rune. "It will all be fine. I promise.” “I doubt it, cause with Charlie...it was to fill a void we lost without you...and Chrysalis just wanted to be loved after that whole tragedy.” She pointed out. “This...is a lot different…” "And with Coco? King was able to bring her back. Besides, it wasn't you in control when all this happened. You aren't at fault." “With Coco, she still loved King, and was hesitant on leaving even when our cover was blown, and then Void Key was involved, damned parasite.” Rune growled. “But with me...I shattered one of your Keyblades and was antagonistic, even if I wasn’t involved…” She sighed out. “But...thank you for holding onto hope for me.” "Heh, the shattering Keyblade did hurt, but I had a hunch something was off when the other you took over. Being connected to all hearts has its perks, and I knew something was off when the love I felt, you, was missing suddenly from them. Emotions Don't have switches like that, so something wasn't adding up, but I didn't expect Nexus to have made a heart, you, to cover the one that can't feel love." “I understand.” She said, still not sure how the others will feel about this. "If it's too hard to talk about… just, how long have YOU Rune, existed? I doubt you've been with her since birth." “Ever since I was assigned to watch over you.” She said honestly. “Needed to be convincing to get proper details and data on you.” "So, shortly before even meeting me?" “Yep.” She nodded. “My...other self was a bit put off with having to ‘share room’, but she got a kick out of how much you cared about me when the ‘real me’ was a complete cunt waffle.” "I see she rubbed off on you in terms of language. Speaking of, when you were in control and having all that sex, was she pissed or indifferent?" “Little bit of column A, little bit of column B, and a bit of her laughing her ass off not believing you were that gullible.” She said honestly. “Only small ways I could rebel...and it was always a treat.” "Well, looking forward to your first time having sex without that shebitch in your head?" Heart asked, hugging Rune into their six breasted chest. “Yes I am.” She giggled. “And we’re going to have all the fun.” "I'm glad. So, my having six tits crosses number sixty four off your list then?" Heart asked, summoning Runes little black fetish book. Sixty four was Multiple Breasts. "I never got rid of it. We never even moved your stuff really." “I think King beat you to the punch on that one.” She chuckled. “I mean, have you seen the tits on that wolf?” "True, they do have that extra set just to show off." Heart laughed. “If the covers King has made before I left were anything, I’m pretty sure he likes to show off.” She giggled. “And who wouldn’t with a body like that?” "Which reminds me, back when Bitch Rune showed up in the Pokemon world, your body looked more… bouncy than normal, and she wore some rather tight, revealing clothes. Was that you?" “Yes...but that was because she wanted to fuck with you.” She said honestly. “She was laughing at how much you couldn’t do anything.” "Well she's gone now, and you can literally be naked for all I care when I get you with the others. Which reminds me. Remember number eighty two?" Heart asked, opening their mouth wide. “Finally,” She said happily as she pulled a string Heart didn’t notice before...and all of her clothes fell off. “You have no idea how nice it is to not wear stuffy clothes.” She said happily. With a nod and a playful lick, Heart's lips soon stretched over Rune's head, passed the jaws and into the throat. The tight squishy, wet and hot confines were everything she fantasized as soon her breasts squeezed into Hearts mouth as more of her went down. Her torso slid in, stopped by her butt, but even it slid in and down went the rest of her. Rune enjoyed the fun of being inside Heart while it lasted. Soon their tongue wrapped around her and she was pulled out. She was somewhere else though. An endless bedroom where pillows, bedsheets, random pools, hot tubs, and every mare and woman from their massive family was… and they were all naked. She was in heaven. "Told you, no clothes." Heart said, their shirt also gone but was wearing a bra. Rune took a moment. “I...think I came a little…” She said breathlessly, her cheeks flushed as Heart could easily tell the puddle that was steadily growing at Rune’s feet was confirmation enough. "More than a little." “I...don’t deserve this…” She said softly. "Yes you do-" "Rune!" The loud, familiar voice of a pink mare screamed, tackling Rune and squeezing their assets together. "You're back!" Pinkie said happily. “It’s...nice to see you again Pinkie.” Rune said honestly. “How are you doing?” "Been fantastic! Cript becoming part of this family was the best idea ever! We all get starfish clones to do everything with and all kinds of cool stuff!" “Yeah...starfish clones are indeed interesting.” Rune said honestly. "Come on, I gotta show you around!" Pinkie said, suddenly she and Rune were elsewhere, Heart wasn't around them anymore. "As you can see, this is the Bedroom, but we also call it the sex room. It's where 70% of our sex happens, and as you can see," Pinkie motioned down, Rune now just noticing her eleven inch long member. "We all get a penis, the shortest is ten inches long around here. Longest is two whole feet. Not counting King who's like three or so." Pinkie explained. "And yes these cannons are fertile and ready to impregnate. It has made sex so much more fun." Rune drooled slightly at this before shaking her head. “When did this happen?” She asked nervously. "After Heart married Cript, merging our families and to help us make more kids and future Heroes, and cause Lyra is as kinky as you this has become a standard here. Speaking of, where's your ring?" “R-ring?” She asked, looking at her hands before noticing a...sad truth. “That bitch threw it away…” "What?! What a cunt. Well, come on, let's get you a new one and a penis to go with it!" “You know...I never thought I would hear those words...and it’s honestly funnier when you say it Pinkie.” Rune chuckled. "Come on then, let's go." Pinkie said, taking Rune's hand and off they ran. Rune didn't know who or what Pinkie was looking for, but a large part of her didn't seem to care that much. "Rune?" There's a voice that surprised Rune. Turning she saw… nipple. Woah. Heart was right, Celestia gained a lot more weight. Despite this though, all the fat went to the right places. Celestia was now the definition of dummy thick… and sexy fat. "It is you!" She said, getting up from her spot on the bed/floor and giving Rune a hug. Her weight and such made it feel like a bear hug, and her belly was smooth and soft. No stretch marks either. “Celestia...seriously, how do you make sure it all stays even?” Rune asked. "A little magic helps." She said with a chuckle. Rune then felt a poke… that's easy a foot and a half. "It's good to see you. We've missed you." “It’s...nice to be back…” She said while surprised Celestia was a foot and a half hard. “But...why is everyone so...welcoming of me?” She asked nervously. "At first, we were hurt. Of course." Celestia said, Lessing me go. She sat down and sat Rune down on her thigh. "But after a time, when Heart told us of his hunch about you, two hearts, one body, a copy of the original but could feel love and express it, sadness and grief changed to hopefulness. You are important to us Rune, your plans and antics made Heart open his to ours. You made him happy. Made us happy. We all loved you as much as we loved Heart, and each other." “W-well…” She blushed, wondering why these people were so trusting even if Heart was right. “But...why me?” "Why not you?" Celestia asked, giving Rune a soft cheek kiss. "This family is big, and we need to make sure everyone in it is happy. In the time you've been gone, we've all been a bit unhappy. You especially." “Well...alright.” She said gently. “Thank you…” She said softly. “Um...do you...lactate?” She asked sheepishly, that one fetish being a personal guilty pleasure that she would do even if it wasn’t sexual. "All the time. Comes with the penis." She laughed. "And the unending pregnancies." “Sounds...nice.” She said while latching onto Celestia’s nipple and starting to suck on it like a child would their mother, tearing up at how much love and support she was getting even after she did terrible things in the name of Nexus. The milking Rune did with Celestia lasted an hour, her belly quite large as a result. Pinkie made it back with the ring. ”Oh, that was fast.” Rune said to Pinkie who got her a new ring. "It's been an hour." Pinkie said, placing the ring on Rune's finger. Instantly Rune's breasts seemed to swell slightly as milk filled them. And emerging from her loins was a thirteen inch long member, and a nice sized pair of testes. Behind them, her vagina. "Looking good." “Well...I do my best to look good.” Rune said sheepishly. "Now then, off to the other areas!" Pinkie said. The room Rune and Pinkie were in now was filled with doctors and starfish clones of all the others. "This is the birthing room. All our conceived kids are born through these starfish clone bodies. Since we're linked to them too, we're birthing them. Look, there's me!" Pinkie said, waving to herself on the birthing bed. “Sweet lord, how many kids have you all had while I was gone?” She asked in surprise. "Way more! You have some catching up to do." Pinkie said, tanking Rune's arm, suddenly making a Starfish clone of her and adding her to the birthing beds. Oh wow that's weird. Also this birthing bed is so soft… Rune thought. The next room Rune realized she was in a nightgown, sexy looking and easy to pull the breasts out. "And this is the nursery. We have the most starfish clone here." Everywhere was so many, a mother and their father, some with a copy of Heart, or others, And each pair with a baby each. “Wow…” Rune blinked in surprise. "Speaking of." Pinkie said. The two teleporting and here were… Heart, many Hearts, each holding theirs and Rune's several kids. They grew so big, big were still babies. "I believe you can clone yourself?" Pinkie asked. “Um...yes, I can.” She said as she cut her hand and brought out some clones from her blood. Each clone went to a Heart, and for the first time in a long time, held her children. The tears started, and happiness filled her. “I...I can’t believe this is real…” She cried happily. "One last room." Pinkie said, taking me, leaving the others with my kids. Starfish clones are useful. "And this is the childhood room." Pinkie said, a large glowing blue orb above them. “This...is amazing.” She said as she saw all the children out and about having fun. "It's a time bubble. Once they are old enough to walk in the nursery the pair take them here where they can live out a normal childhood, and we retain all the memories. Once they're eighteen, they leave to head out into the world, carrying a fair amount of money to start off life, a job somewhere in the castle or crown, and all that stuff." Pinkie said. "This place can only be reached by those with that linked bellies ability like Heart and King. No other entrance." “So...this place is completely safe from everything?” She asked. "Yup." “Wow…” She said, “That’s...that’s amazing.” "King, Heart, Cript, all of us wanted to make sure this was the safest place in all of creation. So we did. Now then." Pinkie said. Suddenly she and Rune were back in the bedroom. Both naked as Pinkie pushed Rune over, she fell onto the soft blankets, pillows and such. Suddenly she felt her newfound member stiffen as Pinkie wrapped her cleavage around it. "Let's start adding to your baby count, shall we?" “Oh you have no idea how much I missed this.” Rune moaned happily at the soft titties around her new dick. Once it reached its full hardness, Pinkie began stroking Rune's new member with her breasts, each time she reached it's tip giving it a kiss or a lick, teasing Rune and giggling at her reactions from it. Rune was not used to these sensations, and felt her build up reaching peak quickly. Pinkie noticed this, stopping and moved down, giving her testicles some attention now. Gentle licks and curls with her tongue. It felt great, but then Rune saw her now braless six breasted love slither just over her. "Having fun?" Heart asked. “Yes, yes I am.” Rune moaned happily. "You know, these aren't just for show. They also mean I have this now~" Heart said, slithering over Rune, showing her an exposed and moist baby maker. Heart then slithered back to Rune's eye level. "And it works~" Heart then slid Rune's tip into their vaginal lips, and quickly plunged down, taking it all to the base, giving Pinkie Pie below a now eyes full of Rune's balls. She didn't mind. "Woah. I can't believe for so long I kept saying no to this one." Heart said, gripping Rune's left breast and right butt cheek, squeezing both. “Except for that...one time.” She groaned. “With...Unum.” She moaned happily at all the wonderful sensations assaulting her. “Oh I owed her, that was reluctant.” Heart said, lifting up some before hitting back down to the base. “Now then, do you mind?” Heart asked. It was then Rune noticed their new member. It was longer than before. Thicker too. Heart then grabbed both Rune’s breasts, the tip and upper shaft in Rune’s cleavage. “This brings back memories.” “Yes, yes it does.” She said while kissing the tip that poked out of her tits. “Very happy memories.” At that moment, Pinkie decided to move from Rune’s balls to her neithers. The simple lick, hitting with the new and other sensations made Rune cum, in both genitals. Heart shivered at the sensation. Rune bared five kids with them, now they’ll bare the children this time… for a bit. Rune was in euphoria, Heart lifting her up and placing their tip to her neithers. “It’s bigger this time. You ready?” They asked, Rune’s position being held in Heart’s arms, between their breasts and just a short distance from having Heart’s member insider her. “I’m always ready.” She said lovingly. Slowly, Heart lowered Rune, sliding her onto his member. The member now filling her much more than before. Rune went down to the base. After a moment to become accustomed to it, Heart raised her up, halfway up his member, then dropped her down, the sensation and impact on her insides sent waves of pleasure she had missed dearly. Heart did all the work for her, lifting her up, lowering her fast, dropping her. Thrusting into her. Their new largely muscular body gave them much more force in their movements. Drool left her mouth as she grew a happy smile of afterglow, having came twice before Heart finally came. The enjoyable warm sensation filling her, making her happy as the volume of jizz made her bloat a fair bit. With it over, Heart slid out of her, curning their lower half around her and giving Rune a true full body hug. “Welcome back.” They said happily to Rune, who rested between their breasts and in their tail’s embrace. “Thank you…” She moaned happily. “And cum inflation...thought you weren’t a fan of that either?” "I've learned recently that if I kept denying what I am and what I am becoming, I'll never just be happy. I've spent so much of my time just trying to be normal, but then, when I saved you, I realized if I was normal like I always wanted; I couldn't have saved you, or anyone. So, While I might hesitate or worry, I'm gonna stop trying to be normal, a normal human, and just be normal me." “Did King finally get that through your thick skull?” She asked honestly. “Cause if it’s anyone, King is the only one who would be so blunt and stubborn until you learned a lesson.” "Half their work. The other clicked when I pulled you free from that bitches heart. She wasn't putting this body to good use anyway." Heart said, giving a slight slap to a small bit of Rune's exposed butt. She moaned softly. “Still...sensitive my love.” She said softly. “But..I love you...and thank you for saving me.” "Let's rest then. We have a lot more sex to make up for later." “We have all the sex to make up for.” She said while gently groping one of Hearts many breasts.
We Hope To See You AgainEclipse 'stood center stage, looking up to you, the reader. A solemn but happy smile on her face. "Hello everyone. It's been a while. I'm sorry to say but it looks like Grey Hearts, and Secret Reports, will be ending with this chapter. It's been a wild ride, a change of authors and a long journey, but I don't want you to feel upset or unfulfilled. Bio and Xin will continue my, Hearts and others stories in this universe in Xinrick's Life of a Nobody, given Heart and I appear there more often than not and King makes multiple appearances in our own recently, it made sense. A link will be provided below just in case. https://www.fimfiction.net/story/366829/life-of-a-nobody "Now then, for those of you who want to see the end of the Breath of the Wild mini Ark with Starlight, that will also continue in Life of a Nobody and while Secret Reports may still appear here and there on LoN, it won't be regular or often. "Now, I know this road is long and many people have come and gone over the, wow, years it's been, but don't fret. The authors won't leave the major story unfinished and at a currently undetermined time in the future, a sort of Reboot or 'Final Mix' rewrite version of this and hopefully the other connected stories will be released, but likely on Fanfiction and AO3 given how distant the MLP theme of the story has gotten lately. "While the ending you get here may not leave you completely satisfied or even happy, we promise you an ending and that even though this isn't fully goodbye, this is the end of this and Secret Reports. Heart and I will still appear with our own stuff in Life of a Nobody and in the Foretellers Continuation story BioQuillFiction will be writing and posting as Fear Ripper is moving onto other things. Link below. https://www.fimfiction.net/story/518603/foretellers-continuation "I wish all you readers the best of luck, for without you and my authors my existence would be incomplete and frozen in an unfinished moment. Thank you all, and I hope you all continue on with me, til The End."
