Possession
Chapter 1
Nepeta stood in her cave, updating her shipping wall. "Hmm... maybe they're more pale than red?" she muttered to herself, picking up some pink chalk and drawing a pink diamond over a picture of Vriska and Kanaya. Looking over her wall, her eyes fell on the picture of herself and Karkat with several red hearts over it and sighed. "I wonder if I should try to tell him how I feel," she said, setting the chalk down and frowning. For a moment, she felt tears welling up in her eyes before blinking, looking up at the wall in front of her. She put a hand on the wall, looking at the drawing. "...My dear Signless," she spoke softly, her voice sounding a bit deeper, "Where are you?" She looked around the cave and frowned a bit, "Is this really where my descendant lives? Were our efforts in vain?" She walked around a bit, going to the cave entrance and looking around, "Alternia has really changed..."
"Nepeta?" She blinked, turning to see Equius walking over to her. She looked at him, partly glaring, "What is it that you want?" He stopped and looked at her. "Nepeta? Are you feeling well? You sound... different," he said. Her eyes seemed different to Equius, as if they had gained the same color as her blood.
"Nepeta? You mean my descendant, am I right?" she asked. He frowned, "Nepeta, now is not the time for your silly roleplaying."
"Roleplaying? What is roleplaying?" Equius moved closer to her, worried for his moirail, "You should rest, Nepeta. Something isn't right with you." He put a hand on her shoulder to lead her back inside, only to have it slapped away. "Do not touch me," she hissed, turning away from him. The other troll stood in confusion before she faced him again.
"Equius?" she asked, her voice back to normal, "Why am I out here?" He looked at her, "Are you feeling okay? You told me not to touch you and hissed at me." She blinked, "No I didn't."
"Yes, you did." She looked at him sadly before hugging him, "It's really weird, Equius. I was looking at my shipping wall and the next thing I know I was out here." He looked at his moirail, carefully patting her head, "You should get some rest, Nepeta. Perhaps you're very tired?" She nodded, letting him lead her back inside. She didn't understand what had happened, but maybe taking a catnap would make things clearer.