F-20. Kimaya of the Dead

Hivebent

"Nnnnuuugh…" Czar Baldy Bald awoke surrounded by his fellow Darknesses. He loudly gasped, "HU-! Is that a…?!"

Outside the cell appeared to be a white, puppy-size fluff ball. "Arf!"

"YAAAAAH! It's a full-furred fluffy puppy!" Baldy panicked. "I wanna pet it, but I can't tell which spot is appropriate! But it's so adorable…"

"Arf?"

"Waaah!" He ran to the back of the cell. "Keep it away! I can't look at its cuteness!"

"Quit joking, you idiot!" Blackbeard shouted. "You can easily get us out of this cell! Pull a trick up your sleeve!"

"Sorry, Teacher, but this puppy is so adorable that the very sight of it is not meant for human eyes." Bo-bobo said. "That's why I traded with Jelly Jiggler's eyes."

"WAAAAAH!" Jelly Jiggler screamed, running around crazily. "Bo-bobo lied! He gave me bat eyes instead of his own! I can't see!"

"No wonder they call me 'four eyes.'" Bo-bobo pulled down his sunglasses, exposing both his own and Jelly's eyes.

Fybi was blowing Winds of Truth around the inside and outside of the base, restoring Hivebent to its original form before Zach's storm of madness. "Thanketh the gods. I didst not wish for a cluster of hands to be mine resting place. But we hath other conflicts to undo."

Fybi returned inside the base and landed before Wendy and Carla. "I rrrreally hope this rorks." Carla said. "I mean, works! Growwwl…"

"Pray that it dost." Fybi blew the Wind of Truth over Carla, swirling around her like a whirlwind. After a minute of doing so, the puppy did not turn back into a kitten.

"It didn't work!" exclaimed Wendy.

Fybi sighed. "Alas, Lord English's power is superior to Typheus. Yet, more questions arise. And this universe hast become even more disorganized than before."

"'Guess I Zached up again!" Zach said with a goofy, guilty grin.

"Verily… wouldst thou care to Un-Zach everything?"

"Now, that's too crazy even for me. You can't expect a comedian to 'take back' one of his jokes! There's no proper setup! It would just be forced and… unfunny!"

"I canst not remember a time when thou were not annoying."

"Well, on the bright side, now that Baldy Bald's magic was reversed, the Firstborn regained their powers!" Wendy said positively. "Nebula's gone down to rescue the Universe Frog with that Majora guy."

"Majora's presence hither doth concern me so. I know thou were not present at the time, but he once antagonized us. Cheren was the one to deliver Majora justice, and 'twas from the villain that Cheren learned of the Apocalypse. And yet, Cheren speaks little of him."

"So, you don't think we can trust him?"

"'Tis hard to say. He is a mystery like our fair leader sometimes."

Kanaya's computer displayed a staticky image of a Gummi Ship flying to a valley afloat in space. Vanellope materialized out of the device. "I hate to say it, but it's too crazy in there even for me. Zach really effed up our satellite."

"Well, This Computer Was Good While It Lasted. I Think It's Time For Some Better Equipment." Kanaya got out of her seat. "Are You Two Up For A Little Quest?"

"Of course we are!" Carol perked up.

"Anything to get out of this dusty lab!" Vanellope jumped.

"Awesome! Then We're Going To Matter Space!"

Land of Living Dead

Sora, Feferi, and Karkat rode the former's Gummi Ship to an expansive canyon afloat within Paradox Space. This canyon, formerly protected in Swirly Space, had been relocated after the Zachsplosion. Kanaya was able to pinpoint its location, so the trio could find it. Sora landed the ship at the base of the canyon. As they stepped off, they could already see zombified trolls roaming the area.

"Well, )(ere's w)(ere all the people in our world swim wit)( t)(e fis)(es." Feferi said. "I'm surprised )(emera isn't on our fins, yet."

"She means 'Hemera.'" Karkat corrected. "Don't get it confused with Emera. Hemera is a Life Spirit."

"Quit dissin' my speec)(, yo."

"So… how come some of those zombies look like you guys?" Sora questioned. Indeed, some of the undead looked exactly like Karkat, Feferi, Nepeta, and Vriska.

"Probably the paradox factor again." said Karkat. "In our universe, we were our own ancestors. Of course, we had OTHER ancestors, too. I suspect MINE is here somewhere. But I'm more interested in finding Terezi. Let's split up and try to find them."

"Don't care about finding Kimaya, do ya?" asked Django de los Muertos, pushing Sora aside as he stepped off the Gummi Ship. "Well, then I guess I won't bother bringing your girlfriend back from the dead."

")(emera wouldn't let you bring Kimaya back, anyway." Feferi said.

"It's too late for her to but in. Me and Kimaya already signed our contract. And no one buts in a deal with DJANGO!" His eyes burned.

"I'm… not sure how to feel about that." Sora said.

"Just protect my boney ass until we find them, Keyboy. I'll take care of the rest." (Play "Land of Livid Dead" from Rayman Origins!)

Stage F-18: Land of Living Dead

Mission: Find Kimaya and Terezi!

Act 2

Django and Sora ventured to a marsh of red goop with giant skulls bobbing up and down. With a strum of his guitar, Django made the skulls float in place, but they would have to jump across quickly before the spell wore off. They landed on a shore and were ambushed by Gorilla Grimm, who smashed the ground with their fists and blew the two back with shockwaves. Django strummed up Skeleton Soldiers (which looked like trolls) to grab the gorillas, and Sora spawned a teacups ride made of light, the large cups spinning and ramming the dark creatures until they faded.

They discovered a lone metal box with a whirlwind spiraling out of it. Beyond it was a spike field with corpses lain on it. "I'm not sure what this box is, but I bet we can use it!" said Sora as he leapt into the whirlwind. Django accompanied him as the Key-bearer used Magnet to levitate the box and have it float over the spikes. The corpse trolls woke up and were swept in the whirlwind, so Django batted them out with his guitar. Sora navigated the tornado block over a narrow spiked path while Django shot magic blasts at Koopa Keese (turtles with bat wings).

They landed on a lone, barren platform with a zombie troll. The troll wore brown armor with black goggles, had a ponytail, and a blue arrow drawn on the belt. "Well, it seems we have some new faces!" he said with a grin. "I'll wager you're into horses, cowboy."

"Yes, they're a delight. You know a good way across this canyon?"

"Sure do! I lassoed this one yesterday." Horuss whistled. Django and Sora gasped as a bone snake dragon emerged from below the cliff, flying with several angel wings on segments of its body. "Saddle up, fellas!" The two quickly jumped and grabbed the dragon's spines. As it soared across the chasm, its segments began to break off and fly their own direction, so the boys quickly ran toward the head. Sora stopped when he noticed a Catch Card floating up to his left. The third-to-last segment which he stood on conveniently flew up to the card. Sora snatched it before spawning a light roller coaster to fly down to the head. The Catch Card contained a spike-haired businessman named Leorio.

"Can't you just make a roller coaster to carry us anywhere?" Django asked.

"It takes too much magic. I'll only use it if I need to."

The dragon head dropped them at a barren field with troll heads half-buried in the ground. Sensing intruders, the dead heads grew ogre-like bodies of dead limbs, limping toward the duo and attempting to Ground Pound them. Django strummed a note that turned his guitar into an axe, using it to sever the ogres' limbs and finish by chopping their heads in half. Sora used Blizzaga to freeze the ogres to make Django's job easier.

Past the field, they found a pond of purple poisonous water where giant skulls bathed with their jaws wide open. Django controlled the skulls so they would all face up and spew fountains of water. Sora froze the fountains with Blizzaga to make them jumpable. The skulls bobbed thanks to their weight, making jumping tricky. They crossed to a short cliff and climbed up to another poisonous pond. Treadmills made of milky candybars served as the only pathways, but they were rolling into the giant jaws of happy munching skulls.

"Stopza!" Sora froze the first skull in time, so they could ride the treadmill past its wide maw. They jumped other treadmills that angled different directions and repeated the action for every other skull. The latest treadmill directed them through a narrow canyon. Skulls popped up without warning, forcing Sora to act fast in Stopping them. Finally, the treadmill led out of the canyon and rolled faster as it angled up. They were heading through the back of another skull, which SPIT them with the force of a cannon. They flew across the toxic lake and plopped onto some clouds.

"Euh!" Sora pinched his nose shut. "These clouds are emitting some sort of gas!"

"Doesn't bother me." Django smiled, breathing peacefully through his dead nose. Dry Dayzees (skeletal flowers(?)) sprouted out of the cloud and sung Dark Notes intended to bring Sora to death. Whereas Django was already dead, he played his Mystic Guitar to control the lifeless plant-bones. Their path was blocked by an Eargore, the same as an Eyegore, only with a giant ear to shoot lasers from. Django commanded the Dayzees to sing Dark Notes to kill the beast.

Up ahead, they found a zombie troll with wild black hair and a skeleton jumpsuit pumping balloon-sized clouds with gas. There were green skulls on either side of his ledge, green flames in their sockets. "Are those supposed to be Lord English?" Sora asked.

:oD The blank-eyed troll turned around, smiling. Kurloz nodded and bowed to a skull.

"So, you like Lord English?"

:oD

"Hey, we like English, too!" Django grinned. "Fancy helping some brothers out?"

Kurloz shrugged. He bumped another cloud to large size and gestured them to get on. The duo had to navigate the cloud over a chasm and maneuver around giant sharp fans that clearly spelled death. The cloud slowly shrunk from lack of air, but they could move it over a gas geyser to refill it. The next set of fans were above and below, intended to push the cloud into each other. Sora and Django navigated past the fans carefully and refilled the cloud with a gas geyser. For this last segment, an undead Lakitu floated over them and dropped Spiny spines. The cloud creature swiftly evaded their attacks, so Sora had to bat the Spines away while Django steered.

They were drifting toward a series of tall, tornado-shaped islands with very thin, unstable bases. Landing on the first one, the island already began to wobble unsafely. "'ey, we got some live bait, lads!" A squad of Dutchman Pirates flew down on eagle Grimm, and said Grimm held Shinra-made cannons in their talons. "We can't have THAT here, eh?" Sora and Django dodged the powerful cannons, but their unsafe foothold shook more with each impact.

"Will your precious magic allow you to freeze this ground in place?!" asked Django.

"It's a little too big… but I can do something else!" Sora jumped in front to trick the pirates into aiming at him. They shot the cannons, but Sora whipped up a barrier with Reflega to absorb the impact, sending it back with enough force to destroy the Grimm. The pirates landed on the ground and drew Shinra swords, clashing with the Key-bearer before Sora began to spam Firaga and easily roast the Fishmen.

"ARF ARF ARF!" Down below on the spiked ground, a skeletal Chain Chomp was rapidly rolling around and ramming the bases of the pillars. Django strummed brief Song Roads for them to slide across to each pillar, doing so quickly as the pillars were falling fast. Unfortunately, there was no path beyond the final pillar, so they were left with little option but to run onto its side as it fell. The pillar rolled haphazardly down the hill, the two running in a silly fashion to stay balanced on it. Skulls bounced up from the momentum, and they had to shift left and right lest the skulls knock them off.

The pillar splashed into toxic water and briefly rolled across as it sank, but it arrived at shore just in time for the two to jump off. On this small island were some corpses laying on the ground together. Django eagerly ran up to the skeleton with a black cowboy hat and clothes. (End song.)

"There she is! Kimaya!"

"All right! We found her!" Sora grinned. "So, can you bring her back to life?"

"I can bring her close. All it takes is a few notes." Django held his guitar ready and changed the tuner. He played a gentle jingle as soft notes floated out and around Kimaya. "I have come to finalize our contract. We will seal it with your word. Will you join me… or won't you?"

Darkness engulfed both him and Kimaya. The corpse's bones rattled as they got to their feet. With enthusiasm, Kimaya answered, "Heck yeah!"

They locked hands as a flame blossomed between them. Kimaya's undead eyes brimmed a ghastly green, the Keyblades returning to her hands. She stares at the backs of her boney hands and felt her hips, feeling as though she lost 100 pounds. "Damn, you right, Django… bein' undead feels pretty dang good!"

"I…I don't understand." Sora said confusedly. "She's no different than the zombified trolls."

"Oh, she's better than all those trolls." said Django. "I revived Kimaya's bones with enhanced chi and mobility. Her soul would have been locked in suspended animation if I hadn't come along."

"Oh… Well, as long as she's somewhat alive." Sora smiled. "Now I can help her train with her Keyblade!"

Almost immediately, they heard a great SPLASH, looking over the toxic lake as a towering figure emerged. Her form was as golden as the sun, and it seemed as though a snakelike sash was wrapped around her slender build. "Who dares trespass on my land? Interfering with my dead?"

"So, you must be Hemera." Django assumed. "Hate to ruin your parade, but I'm taking this girl with me. Legally, she's mine. (But of course, I don't think of you as property." he said to Kim. "It's just part of the contract thing.")

"'Long as it gits us outta here."

"You are mistaken. You see, all things dead…"

"Belong to ME-AH!" Davy Jones was on top of the spirit's head.

"JONES!" Sora drew his blade.

"This Spirit of Life had a bit too much… life for my tastes. I have corrupted her with darkness-ah. We knew you would come for the Light, but you will not forestall her fate-ah!"

Hemera's golden form turned to darkness as the spirit spat a dark beam at the heroes. Sora used Reflega to bounce the darkness back at Hemera, and Jones jumped down for a strong SLASH against Sora's raised Keyblade. All three heroes surrounded Jones, only for the captain to whip water and knock all three back. Sora conjured a light coaster, telling Kim and Django to jump in as it rammed Jones and drove over the toxic water. Jones fell into the toxic, but his Inferius form survived. Hemera tried to crush them under her snakelike tail, but Sora kept the coaster steady on their way to shore.

"Everyone stand together!" Sora yelled, quickly halting. "I'll warp us back to the Gummi Ship!" With Django and Kimaya by his side, Sora whipped the Keyblade up and transported all three.

They reappeared in the ship as Sora started up the engine. "Let's find Karkat and Feferi. Hopefully, they located Terezi by now."

"Uuuh, what's with the purple cloud things?" Kimaya asked.

"HUH?!" Sora gasped, realizing purple clouds were stuck to the ship's exterior, similar to the gas clouds from before. Kurloz was riding one, glaring and shaking his head in disappointment.

"I'm guessing he was on to my lie." Django said.

"Grrr, let us go!" Sora ordered. "Don't you know what Lord English is doing?! How could you follow someone like him?!"

Kurloz drew his finger over his chest in the form of an '8', then bowed his head. "You know what, you make us undead look like chumps!" Django climbed out of the cockpit and fired a sonic wave at the troll. Kimaya used poisonbending to pull the gas clouds off the ship. With the engines unclogged, Sora could fly them up and out of there. Kurloz pulled a cork on his cloud, releasing gas rapidly. He held a lighter over the hole to make a rocket, flying after them with surprising speed.

Somewhere else in the valley

Feferi finished stabbing two more Hollows with her trident. She did a twirl with her polearm as she and Karkat proceeded up a wide, tall flight of stairs. "Why'd you fitsh your Sicklekind? If we're going to be an aquatic-themed duo, you need to at least do )(alf the fighting."

"Tamatoa wouldn't get his pinchers out of my ass about it, so I decided to make him happy."

"Terezi's gonna grind you into crab cakes without your weapons." Feferi smiled. "We'll )(ave to make )(er leader again."

"Piss off."

At the top of the stairs, they overlooked some golden ancient ruins, where many zombie trolls gathered and socialized. "If there's one thing I know about ancestors, they're royal assholes." Karkat said.

"I see n9thing has changed with y9u, y9ung Karkat."

Karkat's blood boiled. "Oh, HELL NO. NOT THAT ARROGANT, SON OF A BITCH-"

"I assume y9u refer t9 y9urs truly." said a zombie troll with a red shirt and an expression and hair similar to Karkat.

"FUCK. OFF. KANKRI."

"That's n9 way t9 talk t9 y9ur 6l99d relative. 9ur universe may 6e in sham6les and law n9nexistent, 6ut we must n9t deny 9ur family. If y9u t99k the time t9 kn9w y9urself, y9u w9uld 6ec9me m9re efficient as a leader. An9ther 9ne 9f y9ur vari9us flaws is y9ur insistence in repressing y9ur heritage. I kn9w that we have 6een titled as 'freaks' f9r 9ur red 6l99d, 6ut we are 9ne 9f a kind, and a universe with9ut acceptance is a l9st universe. 6ack in my day, even I remem6er-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! If our bloodline is SO damn special, why the HELL did you abandon me with that JACKASS crab?! Did you think listening to 'SHINY' for hours and HOURS would make me a better leader?! I prefer it over listening to YOUR stupid ass all day, I'll give you that. Now, where the hell is Terezi? Blind girl with glasses?"

"She, unlike y9u, was happily 69nding with her ancest9r. And I see she has returned." (Play "GameGlr" from Homestuck!)

A skateboard-riding troll shredded along the edge of the walkway, doing a whirl before stopping beside them. The girl wore red glasses like Terezi (albeit rectangular), had a teal and black body suit with a red Libra sign around the middle, and red boots. "S3NS4T1ON4L!! W4s th4t th3 r4d3st th1ng you 3V3R s4w?!"

"You must be Terezi's ancestor." Karkat said.

"D4RN R1GHT! N4m3's L4tul4! H3r s3ns3 of sm3ll 1s W4Y b3tt3r th4n m1n3, but 1 don't n33d 1t wh3n 1'm TOT4LLY R4D1C4L!"

"That's overcompensating if I ever heard it. Please, just tell me where Terezi is."

"1'll do y4 on3 b3tt3r: 1'll T4K3 Y4 to T3r3z1! W1th 4 c4tch. You 4nd m3 4r3 gonn4 b3 SHR3DD1NG th3 whol3 w4y! 1f y4 f4ll off, st4rt b4ck wh3r3 you w3r3. You'll n33d th3s3!" Latula tossed a skateboard to both Karkat and Feferi. "Try not to 34t my DUST!" Latula shredded over the path, doing a flip.

"Don't just stand t)(ere like a snail, Boss." Feferi told her friend before shredding after.

"W9uld y9u like me t9 g9 in y9ur stead?" asked Kankri.

"Don't follow me. Or get in my line of sight. Ever." With that, Karkat followed them.

Act 3

Latula was headed to some stairs—she suddenly leaped to the right and skated over some stone columns. Feferi replicated her actions and stayed on Latula's track, but Karkat's attempt ended in him hitting the tiled ruin floor with his face. Since Karkat is so obviously B4D at skating, we'll only focus on Feferi's progress. Once they were past the ruins, Latula grinded up the railing of another stairway, hopping between rails as the zombie-trolls passed glances.

At the top of the stairs, Feferi watched as Latula leapt onto a pillar over a deadly abyss. The pillar spun opposite of her direction, moving off its perch and slightly falling over. Feferi joined Latula on the pillar, and they readied to jump to the next before the platform completely fell. On the next platform, the girls had to jump spikes that rotated past them, and for the third platform, a Dry Lakitu dropped Spines which they had to jump.

The platform fell toward a rotted beanstalk laying in the toxic ooze, so that was the next thing to skate across. The stalk sunk under their weight, but they arrived at a series of standing stalks and had to jump up their large leaves (which naturally crumpled after their bounce). Afterwards, they grinded over a stone rail precariously perched on unstable columns. Segments of the rail broke off and fell either left or right, forcing Feferi to leap in the opposite direction to get back on track.

They got off on a ledge and skated up a hill, having to dodge around giant rolling skulls. At the top of the hill, they jumped over to the top of a right-angle pyramid, rolling down with rapid speed and dodging gravestones that popped up without warning. After reaching the bottom of the pyramid, they were still speeding along the ground with the accumulated momentum. They were skating to an arch-shaped ramp, going up the right side, coming down the left side, and rolling toward the right side of the pyramid. They shredded to a halt beside a palm tree where Terezi was sitting on the ground. (End song.)

"Th4t sk4t1ng w4s tot4lly R4D!" Latula praised. "You've won my r3sp3ct, F1shg1rl! W41t, wh4t h4pp3n3d to th4t oth3r guy?"

"Oh, yeah… Karkat." Feferi looked back and realized her friend was absent. "We kinda tore down the course, didn't we?"

Luckily, the Gummi Ship was hovering above them. Rays of light hit the ground and materialized Sora, Django, Kimaya, and Karkat. "Here they are!" Sora said.

"Why didn't we just use the damn ship to begin with…" Karkat said in exhaust. He clearly had several skating misadventures before he was picked up.

"Looks like you floundered Kimaya, too!" Feferi noticed.

"Yes, but we ran into Jones on the way." Django mentioned. "He was controlling that Hemera spirit."

"That's impossible! )(emera wouldn't let someone like Jones control )(er!"

"Well, he WAS!" Kimaya shouted. "We barely got away, but if ya want us ta come show ya…"

"W41t, 1 w4nn4 show you dud3s som3th1ng f1rst." Latula said. The skater girl approached a wall on the pyramid and pushed in a brick. A secret door opened. "T3r3z1 sn1ff3d th1s room out w1th h3r TOT4LLY R4D s3ns3 of sm3ll! Th3r3's 4 lot of zomb13s 1n h3r3 th4t look l1k3 you."

"Zombies that look like us?" Sora cocked a brow. "Let's check it out." They followed Latula into the chamber, but Karkat noticed Terezi remained sat before the tree.

"Terezi, what are you sitting there for? Aren't you coming?"

"…1…1 c4n't b3 4round h3r, K4rk4t."

"Oh, you think your ancestor is a pain in the ass, too?"

"No, K4rk4t. My 4nc3stor 1s just… so R4D. 1 f33l l1k3 4 d1sgr4c3 to our t34m. Sh3 c4n s33 4nd sh3 c4n shr3d l1k3 nobody's b33sw4x. Just look 4t h3r, K4rk4t… Wouldn't sh3 m4k3 4 W4Y b3tt3r t34mm4t3 th4n m3?"

"Terezi, quit acting like a dumbass. I came all the way out here to find YOU, not fucking LATULA. If there's one thing I learned from Kankri, it's that we shouldn't give a SHIT about what our ancestors were like. You're a BILLION times more 'RAD' than Latula will ever be."

"1 sm3ll 4 L13. You d1dn't 3v3n th1nk 1 d3s3rv3d to b3 l34d3r, K4rk4t."

"THAT'S because you were FUCKING CRAZY. But I'll take YOUR craziness over these OTHER dead crazy people. ESPECIALLY over these stupid humans."

"S1L3NC3!" Terezi whacked him with her cane. "Thos3 hum4ns 4r3 our ONLY HOP3, DUMB4SS! H4v3 you forgott3n?!"

"Sheesh, I was trying to compliment you…" When Terezi turned to face him, Karkat realized: "Hey, your eyes! They're… normal."

Indeed, her yellow eyes were neither blood-red and blind, nor zombified. "R1ght. S1nc3 1 4lr34dy d1dn't h4v3 3y3s wh3n 1 d13d, 1 gu3ss 4 gl1tch 1n th3 syst3m g4v3 m3 4ft3rl1f3 s1ght. Pr3tty r4d, r1ght?"

"I guess so. I mean, does it make much a difference?"

"N4h, but 1t f33ls good to s33 th1ngs 4g41n. But 1 don't w4nt you to th1nk 1 h4v3n't b33n h3lp1ng. Com3 s33 wh4t 1'v3 b33n do1ng." Terezi walked a short distance past the palm tree. At first, Karkat thought it was some sort of teal-painted hopscotch field, but Terezi actually designed it like Hivebent.

The drawing glowed and began to wobble suddenly. A figure rose from the teal and revealed to be April Goldenweek. "I finished painting the inside. So, who am I supposed to be waiting for, again?"

Planet Froast

Thanks to the Zachsplosion, the frozen Universe Frog was now suspended in the air. It looked like a giant lollipop with the icy stem stuck into the ground from its mouth. Actually, the stick was stuck into the giant tongue of a statue of Patrick Star. Nebula, Jirachi, and Majora flew to the planet and set foot on the tongue below the frozen frog. "This is the Universe Frog, eh?" Nebula observed. "To be honest, it seems to be in the same family as the Encyclopod or Mobius Dick."

"Both creatures, like the Universe Frog, have existed before even this universe." Majora said. "We have called them the Cosmic MMajesties. The Universe Frog has long MMade home on Froast. And it is vital to your plan, as it was once vital in MMine."

"Care to elaborate?" Nebula cocked a brow.

"When I was banished to your universe, Sanula and I found that the Universe Frog had arrived in that dimension as well, albeit in a different form. When I escaped Sanula's grasp, I seized the Universe Frog and transformed him into a MMonster. I named the MMonster Gekko, and he was MMy devout servant. Or he was, before Cheren restored his previous form."

"I think Cheren would've mentioned restoring a deity frog."

"He probably thought little of the frog's importance. It was a lesser form with a lesser name: Don Gero."

"I know Don Gero!" Jirachi exclaimed. "The Star Spirits once told me about him. He's an eternal frog who teaches other frogs to sing. He's also a Bubble Dreamer. Nebula, this is what he looks like." The Star Child projected a hologram of a green, bearded frog with a bubble pipe in his mouth. (The readers may recognize him from previous stories.)

"So that old frog… is the Universe Frog?!" Nebula gazed from the hologram up to the Cosmic Majesty.

"Yes. And by some circumstances, he was sent from this world. The only question is, from which time in this world? It could have been decided by your party. Regardless, I planned to use Gekko to create the universe I always wanted. But I assume you will want him to create your own universe."

"So, this is the secret to that… Then we better take him with us. Jirachi, miniaturize the Universe Frog."

"Yes, little rabbits. You are nearly at the hole to hide from the wolves. But the wolves are 10 steps ahead."

"Who was that?!" exclaimed Jirachi.

Dimentio appeared beside the Universe Frog. "My dear, sweet niece! How delightful to see you again!"

"It's Dimentia!"

"No, Jirachi, it's my uncle. Dimentio." Nebula glared at the Darkness.

"Oh… That's the Dimentio Dimentia sometimes talked about."

"It will not be long before Lord English's rule is permanent." Dimentio smiled. "I have asked him to spare you, Nebula. You need only stand beside your uncle! …Of course, there is one more condition." He narrowed his eyes. "You see, I have abandoned the 'Winkiebottom' name. It just wasn't befitting for someone of my class. I must ask that you do the same."

"You really lost sight of who you used to be. How pathetic…" Nebula shook her head. "Then I shouldn't acknowledge you as my uncle, anymore. Can't feel guilty about doing THIS!" Nebula blasted twin Starbursts at Dimentio, smashing him against the frozen frog.

"Be careful!" yelled Majora. "The Universe Frog MMust be kept frozen!"

"Ahh, then we shouldn't be too reckless!" Dimentio beamed, forming vortexes around the frog and bombarding it with meteors.

Nebula warped Dimentio five miles away from the frog. "Jirachi, seal the black holes and repair the ice!" she commanded, the Firstborn granting her wishes.

Dimentio warped beside her and directly shot her with massive Starbursts, flying her a farther distance away. "I'm afraid your wish has been denied! Grandfather, destroy it!"

Majora looked up at the Universe Frog with surprise. The bearded shadow demon was suddenly above the frog, charging a massive flame in his hands. "If that is what you wish, my so-called 'superior'!"

Majora flew up to challenge the demon, but the zombified Sunni Chariton teleported in his way and sent him back down with a Psycho Sphere. "It's Senior Ziti-Sombie Zunni!" Nebula exclaimed. "Wow, that's a tongue-twister."

Majora recovered and grabbed Sunni in his whips, channeling Dark Chi along them to drain her power. Sunni blew up a bubble and escaped the bind, retaliating by shooting several Psycho Spheres at Zanifr (they each had a ghastly green aura around them due to the curse). "She is stronger than I anticipated. It seems I MMay not have to restrain MMyself." Majora sprouted four more arms from his body, each with black sabers. He batted the Psycho Spheres away and flew up to strike Sunni directly, only barely withheld by the latter's psychic grip.

Jirachi summoned a million shooting stars to rain upon Dimentio, who merely slurped them into a vortex. Nebula closed the vortex with her own bending and attacked him with Starbursts, Dimentio withstanding the attacks. "I know you're borrowing Jirachi's chi, otherwise I could easily absorb your attacks into my body." Dimentio said. "But my powers have multiplied by 256 thanks to Lord English!"

"So I heard." Nebula said with spite. "You stole the Multiverse Portal from Gravity Falls and you've been using it to destroy the universes. But even a Logia bender shouldn't be able to hold that much power."

"Indeed, any other bender would be blown out of existence. But you are facing the First Darkness! My power is just under Lord English's!"

"That proves nothing." Nebula smirked. "You may have abandoned your name, but you were still born a mortal. Mr. York killed you back then, and no matter how many times Lord English revives you, you'll never be able to deny who you are!"

"Oh ho, you are quite wrong, my dear. Because of my bond with the Multiverse Portal, my very being is Multidimensional. I exist in every known universe! If you destroy me, it is merely a tiny fraction of my entire being! But enough about me. Isn't there something you were supposed to be doing?"

Nebula gasped and whipped in the direction of the Universe Frog. Grandfather had made sufficient progress in melting the Cosmic Majesty. "I remember the days when I roasted little toads and forced children to eat them. I wonder how awful this one will-" A small, fast beam shot Grandfather and sent him to a distant floating polygon, exploding where it impacted. The four combatants gaped in surprise and looked where the beam came from.

"That's what I call a bull's-eye!" Chris Uno proclaimed, floating on rocket shoes.

"Chris!" Nebula exclaimed. "How did you know to find us?"

"I felt Grandfather's presence here! He may be a different version from mine, but his chi is extremely similar. Just leave kicking his ass to me." His rockets ignited as he flew in the demon's direction."

"And now the wild one has arrived." Dimentio smiled. "Just as Lord English predicted.

"Chris is gonna exterminate Grandfather easy!" Neb said confidently.

"I would not be boasting so early."

"Errrrgh…" Grandfather emerged from the crater in the polygon groggily.

"HEY, GRAMPS!" Chris was rocketing toward him like a comet. A red aura surrounded his body and formed horns over his head. Chris's skin was red and teeth were sharp. "Wanna see how we rock in MY WORLD?!"

Grandfather smirked with what little teeth he had. "Of all the unruly brats I've seen… I'll enjoy punishing you the MOST!" A massive flame erupted around his body. His open hands reached out and GRABBED Chris's fists, both pushing with equal, powerful pressure. Both demons shot Heat Vision, the lasers connecting and growing a sphere from their center, blowing the two apart. With flaming fists, Grandfather and great-grandson exchanged blows, before the elder stabbed Chris in the waist with a Fire Dagger.

"This man should be no challenge to you, Boy!" Malladus's voice rang from the boy's mind. "If you destroyed my son, then this pathetic clone should be nothing to you!"

"Yeah, I'm trying." Chris charged a Mega Combustion Beam and fired numerous shots that Grandfather swiftly dodged. The demon formed flaming fans in his hands and tried to drill them into Chris, who blocked with his hands. Chris grunted at the scraping feeling on his palms, so he charged another Combustion Beam and fired, prompting Grandfather to let go and dodge.

Chris's rockets retracted and reappeared as smaller, blue flames. He did a flip and began poofing place-to-place at whipping speed, his aura-horns piercing Grandfather with each successful ram. When his horns pierced the elder's beard, he failed to deal damage, but the scraggly hair wrapped itself around Chris. "You'll only get WEAKER with age, boy!" Grandfather proclaimed, clasping the boy's head with glowing green hands. "But I will always be in my prime!"

"YAAAAAAH!" The demon was blown back by an explosion of Chris's fury. His aura took the form of a small version of Malladus's body. "That beard tasted like dry SPAGHETTI!" Chris attacked Grandfather with more speed and fire, but the demon burst to knock him back, then made the air around Chris explode. Chris inhaled the smoke and spat rapid fire bullets at Grandfather's face. With the demon briefly distracted, Chris shot up and gnashed his teeth into Grandfather's chest.

"AAAAARGH! IT HURTS! GET OFF ME, you filthy MONSTER!" Grandfather desperately tried to pry Chris off.

He tastes so gross and rotten… I like it. I want more. I WANT MORE OF HIM!

"AUGH! Get off, get off, GET OFF!!" Grandfather stabbed Chris repeatedly with a knife of fire. Chris's grip weakened, so Grandfather seized the chance to punch him off. The elder panted, clutching the bite mark. "There is no child in my world, more annoying, more vicious, than you. Why, you're even more evil than me."

"I'm just like any other demon. Are you even a demon, old man? Or just some super-powered adult? If you are, then I should be able to kill you easy!"

"I see now there is no point in trying to discipline you. The only way to teach you is with DEATH!" The wiggling points on Grandfather's bottom grew and shrouded the area in shadow. Chris looked around and was surrounded by dozens of Grandfather's hands, brimming green with the intent of Agifying the boy.

With the others

"Hm hm hm… it sounds quite violent over there." Dimentio smiled. "Your friend must not be fairing as well as you hoped. And as for you… well, I honestly expected more."

The grueling battle left Nebula and even Jirachi with several wounds. "I suppose even Jirachi's power is weak to the fury of the multiverse. And you thought I would be easier than Thanos!"

He's right… Dimentio is too powerful. I can't risk Jirachi's life like this, not when the planets still need us. This calls for a hasty escape… "Jirachi, I wish Dimentio was a trillion light-years away!"

"ON IT!" Jirachi quickly flashed his ribbons and warped Dimentio away.

"Now I wish we and the Universe Frog were outside Hivebent!"

"Here we go!" Jirachi channeled a greater burst of magic to teleport himself, Nebula, and the entire frozen entity.

"Did not care enough to rescue MMe, hmmmm?" Majora inquired, using his four sabers to push up against Sunni's crushing psychic bubble. "Well, as long as the Universe Frog is safe." He blasted twin dark lasers from his eyes to push the psychic off him. He looked around for a moment. "I'MM surprised Dimentio hasn't come back, yet. Warping a trillion light-years should be nothing to him. Unless…" He turned to where Chris and Grandfather's battle was transpiring. "Sigh… We're just playing right into their game." He shook his head.

Matter Space

Vanellope, Carol, and Kanaya flew to a seemingly blank region of space on a digital ship downloaded from Carol's computer. They landed on a shiny, purplish silver platform before the ship de-digitized. "Here We Are! Matter Space."

"Matter Space?" Carol asked confusedly. "Sorry, I just thought there would be more… matter."

"Is that what's the matter with Matter Space?" Vanellope joked.

"Ha Ha! There's Plenty Of Matter Here, But It's All Stored Away Inside These Things." Kanaya walked up to a round thing attached to a thin stem. She karate-chopped it, and the switch broke into particles that all formed into massive platforms with structures that towered over them.

"WHOOOA!" Carol gawked in awe.

"The People In This Region Have Advanced Technology. So Advanced That They Have To Hide Their Own Matter! We'll Only Have A Few Minutes To Get Through Each Area."

"Then let's quit wasting time and get to it!" Carol cheered. (Play "Footlight Lane" from Mario 3-D World!)

Stage F-19: Land of Matter and Making

Mission: Borrow the advanced technology of this region!

Kanaya hit the switch again to restart the timer. The girls hopped up a stairway of square platforms that led onto the first large ground. Trees and flowers with the same chrome texture were growing, and humanoid creatures with polygon heads inhabited this area. "These People Are The Particans. They're Always Changing Shape." Kanaya said. On one side of the area, there was a series of floating chrome objects that molded and changed shape. They stretched from flat platforms to tall platforms, but the tall spots rose out of a different spot on the flat platform each time, and missing the chance would result in a plummet.

The girls made it up to the next level, where they were ambushed by Longators and Flatigators, which were colorful rectangle and flat circle creatures respectively. The Flatigators slithered under their feet and thrusted up stubby fists to punch them, and the Longators stretched and whacked them with their necks. Kanaya drew an ordinary ChapStick—it morphed into a chainsaw that she swung to slice the Longators.

"WHOA!" Vanel exclaimed, doing rapid kicks over other Longators' necks. "You have a chainsaw in your ChapStick?!"

"It's My Makeupkind! I Love Catching Enemies Off Guard With It!"

"Just don't slip it with my NORMAL ChapStick." Carol stated, squirting a Game-and-Watch flamethrower from her laptop against a Flatigator. When the enemies were dealt with, a set of platforms became available, leading them up to a platform with another switch. Kanaya whacked it, and another chrome structure formed from the scattered matter. It was a tall, wide tower, and spiked platforms led up to it. They would mold between spiked and rounded tops, and the girls crossed when they were spiked. (Just kidding, you know how to platform.) To their right was a bonus path with a Catch Card. The spiked platforms were vertical and required Wall Jumping. Vanellope had the honor and claimed the Catch Card. It held a boy named Jeremy, who had yellow hair and glasses.

"Ooo, this guy's kinda cute!" Vanel said.

"Ha ha! Thanks, but I'm already seeing someone." Jeremy blushed.

"It's 'cause I'm a Computer Program, right?" Vanel glared.

"What? No, not at all!"

"Sure." Vanel put him away.

The trio arrived at the tower and saw platforms molding in and out of various parts of it. As they were jumping up the platforms, there were small hill-shaped spots on the side. These were actually Snapdragon holes, and like the normal ones, these chrome versions would mold out of their holes for a bite. At the top of the tower, the girls faced a series of open circles leading to a platform. They could stand in the bottom interior of the circles, but the circles' matter would compress into the center, shrink away, and reform the matter from the edges. The compressing matter would crush the girls if they lingered, so they jumped circles quickly. They landed in a tunnel of circles and ran through as the matter compressed behind them in a pattern, and they successfully arrived at a new switch.

With a simple whack, a field materialized for them to walk on, with many floating bars above it. There was a Partican with bendy, flexible arms with fingers that looked like farming hoes. His head jiggled as he talked. "Single-formed beings! Perhaps you can help me. One of the Mabbits has stolen my carrot/cabbage/hors d'oeuvre/other. I would catch it myself, but the matter that makes up my back seems to be a billion years older than me."

"What's a Mabbit?" Carol asked.

They heard droplet sounds and saw that droplet-shaped creatures with rabbit ears were hopping into and between the bars, which in turn wobbled like water. "I'll show you what a single-formed being can do!" Vanellope used glitchwarps to chase the Mabbits, grabbing the poles to recharge herself. She caught two different Mabbits that had nothing, caught one of those same ones, and the third Mabbit spat out a chrome vegetable that constantly changed shape.

The Partican wiggled over to absorb it in his being. "Ahh, them's good and molecular. Ah reckon Ah'll help you out, partners. How's about I get you up there?" His body morphed into a spiraling path that winded up to a higher ground. Parts of the path winded like DNA, but the trio could run up as one flat segment seemed to flow up fast. They went up through a hole and set foot on the new area. A bulb was hanging over the edge via a stem. Kanaya cut it off, and the bulb bounced across midair, making splatted matter platforms. The girls followed it before the drop spots would scatter.

It led them to another large ground as the droplet bounced under it. It was their chance to step off, but Vanellope stopped them, having noticed the drop come back out and bounce downward. It stopped at a Catch Card, which Vanellope jumped down to grab before jumping back up. The card contained a red-hatted boy named Tucker Foley. "Is that a girl with a computer?!" Tucker exclaimed, noticing Carol. "This day just keeps getting better!"

"Geek Squad is in here, dude." Vanellope stashed him in with Jeremy. On this new ground, a Parti-Blargg rose out of the chrome. It spat goblets of solid liquidy chrome, the girls dodging as Carol materialized a large Game-and-Watch hammer to repeatedly bash the Blargg. The blob got flatter and flatter until it was totally one with the ground.

"Where are we supposed to go from here?" Carol asked.

"Get On!" yelled Kanaya, standing over the flattened Blargg. The others joined, and the spot jiggled for a moment before the Blargg sprung back up and flung them to a higher platform. The switch was below and away from the platform, so Vanellope had the honor of jumping and kicking it. She ended up going down a quick-forming chrome slide, her friends jumping after before it was too late. They had to pay sharp attention and make careful turns on the forming slide. "Whoa-oa-oooa!" they moaned during a part where the slide arched a few times. Finally, the slide led onto a wide part, which quickly materialized into a large, populace island with chrome houses and more Particans.

"The Material We Need Is In A Storage Up Those Stairs." Kanaya pointed to a tall stairway across the village. "We're Almost There."

"You seem like you know this place pretty well." Carol commented as they walked.

"I Was A Frequent Visitor Before The Apocalypse Hit. Since I'm A Tech Geek, I Fiddle Around With The Equipment Here, But I Could Never Figure Out How It Works. And Something Tells Me You Guys Could Help."

"Couldn't you ask one of the people here?"

"The Actual Smarticans Are Never Around. My Theory Is That They Evolved To A More Complex Stature To Where They Abandoned Their Old Equipment. Nothing Makes Sense In Paradox Space, So Who Knows."

They found a switch at the top of the stairs, and when hit, it materialized a large building. The entrance had three doorknobs, and when the girls readied to turn them together, Mabbits suddenly leapt out of them, holding chrome keys in their mouths. The doorknobs turned to keyholes and the Mabbits bounced toward town. "NOT AGAIN! Quick, Catch Those Mabbits!" Kanaya shouted. (Play "Bunny Chasing" from Super Mario Galaxy!)

The trio sprinted down the stairs to town and split up as the Mabbits did. Carol saw one of the shifty creatures go into a house. The inside of the house was small with average things like shelves and plants. She opened all the drawers until one of them triggered a transformation of the décor. Now in the form of a kitchen, Carol opened the microwave and the fridge, finding nothing. She could move a chrome chair to stand on and reach the cabinets or the freezer. She checked the cabinets first and got a Catch Card, but inside the freezer, she hit a switch to change the house again. Now it was a pet room; a chrome bird rested in a cage, a cat on some folded laundry, and a dog outside his house. …Suspicious, Carol peeped in the doghouse and SNATCHED the Mabbit, yanking the key off its form.

Kanaya chased her Mabbit to a tall secluded tree. She sliced the tree with her chainsaw, dividing it into two trees. She sliced both, creating four trees, which she cut into eight trees, and when they were at their smallest at 16 trees, she saw the bunny's ears sticking out of one. She grabbed the shifty creature and stole its key.

Vanellope chased a Mabbit up and across some roofs, then up some platforms that brought her to a field above the village. The field had several gaping holes that the bunny was swiftly hopping around, but Vanellope could catch up by glitching over the holes. She was careful to avoid falling, and after several shortcuts in this fashion, she snatched the Mabbit and reclaimed the key! The friends regrouped and returned to the storage building. Their keys morphed into doorknobs at the keyholes, and the girls could enter. (End song.)

The storage was dark and quiet inside, and the light was provided by some of the strange devices. Kanaya first walked up to a blue orb protected by two black rings that rotated around it. "Chronium Core. Made From Compressed Time Chi That Promise A Trillion-Year Life Span For Any Device." She picked up a cube with a highly reflective surface. "Polimite Cube. Stuff This In Your Noggin And You Can View The Multiverse Like A Window. Of Course, This Is Mostly Going By Textbooks."

"Sounds like all this stuff is really complicated." Carol said. "Are you sure we can help you with it? I don't even think Emily will know how to work with it."

Planet Ore

Emily had suddenly caught an unexplainable cold, shivering on the ground. "My intelligence… has been compromised…"

Back to Matter Space

"I Remember When You Said Vanellope Worked With The Zoni." Kanaya said as she led them further. "Since I've Never Finished Developing Them, You Must Have Interacted With The Future Versions. Which Means You Must Have Seen Their Coding!"

"Yeah, but it was pretty confusing." Vanellope replied.

"But If I Were To Make A Guess, The Coding You've Seen Must Have Come From This Computer!" Kanaya showed them a small, ordinary chrome laptop on a small desk. "It May Not Look Like Much, But This Computer Is Beyond Mortal Understanding. If Vanellope Can Understand It, This May Be The Key To Completing The Zoni!"

"Why would I wanna help complete those annoying things, anyway?"

"Didn't the Zoni kinda initiate the whole quest and help you a TON on your adventures?" Carol recalled. "I mean, I wasn't there, just going by what others told me."

Vanel sighed. "Well, I did get my memory back and join Sector V thanks to them. 'Guess I owe them…"

"Technically, They Will Be The Ones Who Owe You." Kanaya winked.

"Ah! That makes it better! Alright, let's go in!" Vanellope zipped into the laptop.

"Time for Act 2?" Carol asked.

"I Don't Think Our Software Can Process What's In There!" Kanaya joked.

Land of Living Dead

Latula led Sora, Feferi, Kimaya, and Django to the bottom of the secret passage. The five overlooked a massive, torchlit chamber packed with Inferi. There was Danny Jackson, Rumpel Stiltskin, Tallests Red and Purple, and hundreds more from around the multiverse. It would be safe to assume not all the Inferi were down here.

"So, this is where all those zombies have been." Django said. "I thought Viridi captured them all."

"Yes, the Inferi were supposed to be contained." A woman's voice hissed. They whipped right towards the zombie of Bellatrix Lestrange. "But somehow, against Lord English's wishes, they have landed here. And that arrogant fool ordered I, the great Voldemort, to be their watchdog!"

"You ain't no Voldemort, lady!" Kimaya retorted.

"You're wrong. With no body of my own, I have possessed Bellatrix's Inferius. She made no attempts to resist… The simple fool."

"Well, you're not gonna be in her for long!" Sora declared, drawing his Keyblade.

"You don't want to oppose me, boy. Not when I am so generously willing to provide you aid."

"Yeah." Sora eye-rolled. "Aid for Lord English."

"Then allow me to clarify. Earlier, I was at the Land of Wind and Shade. The vessel I was possessing breathed Typheus' Winds of Truth. And when I did, a disturbing vision appeared in my mind. For a moment, I was Lord English, and I saw what type of horrible world he has been constructing. I decided… that I want nothing to do with it. Why, if the other Darknesses could see what I have seen, they would feel the same."

"Ooo, if you rebellin', I'm up for that!" Kimaya smiled.

"Me, too!" Django nodded.

"Wait a sec, we can't trust him!" Sora stated. "Even if he wanted to betray him, Lord English would see it coming."

"It's true." Feferi said. "Although, if he breathed the Winds of Truth, )(e might be serious."

"Actually, I'm over here!" Sirius Black called from the Inferi crowd.

"I do not care what fate befalls you," Voldemort said, "but I will not let Lord English do what he wishes with me. For reasons I do not understand, he despises ghosts and spirits. If these Inferi were shed of their artificial forms, I wonder what effect it would have on His Lordship. AAAH!" He was suddenly hit by a gush of water, falling partway down the stairs to the Inferi crowd.

"So, there be a TRAITOR in our mist-ah!" Davy Jones descended from a hole in the ceiling via a Water Kraken. "You're no good to us dead, Voldemort."

"INCENDIO ENGORGIO!" Voldemort countered with a giant flame, turning some of Jones' water into steam, but the Pirate Emperor easily withstood and grabbed the wizard in liquid tentacles.

"Should we get involved?" Kimaya wondered.

"It's not like either of them can die." Django said. "Let's get outta here!"

They raced back up the stairs and discovered Karkat and Terezi battling Kurloz Makara. "IF YOU'RE READY TO LEAVE, I'M WITH YOU!" Karkat shouted.

"1 C4N'T L34V3! NOT Y3T!" Terezi hissed. "1'll com3 b4ck to l1f3 wh3n th3 t1m3 com3s. Just tak3 K1m4y4 4nd r3turn. 4nd wh4t3v3r you do, DON'T L3T CH3R3N BR34TH3 TH3 W1NDS OF TRUTH!"

Hivebent

Things were quiet and ordinary outside of Hivebent. No one would suspect, that in a split second, a giant frozen frog with galaxies inside would splorp just outside the entrance. Jirachi minimized the entity as they brought it inside. "Yuzu, clear space in the freezer, we have a Universe Frog fresh from the crater!"

"Oh, my!" Yuzu jogged up to the frog with interest. "I wonder how well something like this would taste?"

"Before we worry about eating it, let's worry about how it'll help us save the universe." Karin said.

"Excuse me, but, didn't Majora go with you?" Wendy asked.

"Sorry, I kinda forgot to take him with us." Jirachi frowned.

"It's okay, Jirachi. Though I can't help but feel concerned… Majora should be able to warp with his darknessbending." Nebula thought aloud. "As a matter of fact, we left Chris back there, too."

"You saw Chris?!" Maddy overheard. "He just decided to leave without warning us. What was he doing?"

"Grandfather tried to destroy the Universe Frog, but Chris showed up to fight him. We were also attacked by Dimentio."

"Could you take me to where he is?"

"Sure. Hey, make sure the Universe Frog stays frozen." Nebula instructed the others. "Use Suki's icebending if you need to. …Actually, speaking of Chris, where has Cheren been?"

"Vvrisk has taken Cher and Ner on a mission of their own." Eridan answered. "They are headed to our home planet, Alternia, to rescue Aze, Mes, and Ux. …But there is a flaww in their plan… a flaww I presumed Vvrisk kneww about."

Close to Alternia's atmosphere

"Ha ha ha! I can't believe I finally get to see Alternia!" Cheren smiled brightly as he soared across space with Vriska and Nerehc. "And I bet you're happy to see your homeworld again."

"Ehh, I could take it or leave it, to 8e quite honest. 8ut the others can't live without it, so what can ya do? That 8rings up a question, Cheren… Assuming we weren't a8le to 8eat Lord English, and we had to su8mit to his rule and all, how would you feel a8out that?"

"The hell I will! I'll tear him apart inside-out or lose a hundred lives trying!"

"Just remember those lives are mine, buddy." Nerehc stated. "And I don't feel like losing.

"I already figured TH8T!" Vriska laughed. "8ut like, what if we could live in peace under his rule? If surrendering would be easier and less costing?"

"You're funnier than I thought you were, Vriska!" Cheren grinned. "Then sure, I'll submit to Lord English! Right after I concede to Panini as the better Pokémon Champion!"

"Hee hee hee! Just felt like hearing it from you! 8esides, it'll 8e a major step in our game after we rescue Azelf."

"Shouldn't we have brought the Guardians for Mesprit and Uxie, too?" Nerehc inquired. "They're all on the same world, right?"

"Yes, 8ut I didn't think we should 8e too risky. Alternia is… not the same as it used to 8e. You remem8er me saying how time moves differently for people in this universe? And the Darknesses used that to their advantage as they took over? This is no different."

"Is that it?" Cheren asked when he spotted a burning red planet.

The trio soared through the atmosphere and halted above the planet's skies. The twins' mouths were agape in horror: the beautiful landscape from Vriska's stories of the planet were aflame, despair and agony rang from the world's inhabitants. Trolls and angels alike, especially the angels, were tortured and enslaved by the vicious demons that had settled in. Flags that bore the conqueror's demonic visage blew in the dark wind, and a black castle of doom and darkness towered over all.

"Ganondorf has taken over our world…"

In the darkest depths of the castle sat the Great King of Evil, basking in the world's misery. Behind him was a massive egg colored blue, pink, and yellow.

"…and turned it into New Hell."