And this is the second part which is admittedly shorter than the first.

If you didn't like Karezi and chose to skip over it in favour of merely reading the KatNep then I'll provide a quick summary.

Basically, this is a doomed timeline where Karkat (along with a lot of his friends) went God Tier. They never met the kids but they were killed by Jack (Karkat died jumping in front of Terezi as she had in fact not died on her Quest Cacoon). This story is basically a background thing for the thing in the actual webcomic. The page Roxy: Sleepwalk shows a Godtier!Karkt with Dreamer!Nepeta and Karkat is smiling, he has literally only smiled twice in the entire webcomic including that so it gave me a lot of emotiions and this happened. The ending of this fanfic is also based off canon, specifically the page Caliborn: Enter.

Anyways, basically, Karkat is now dead and dreambubbles and bluh.

I don't own Homestuck.

Warnings for language and major character death.

Yeah.

Enjoy.

carcinoGeneticist [CG] began trolling arsenicCatnip [AC]

CG: HEY.

AC: :33 *ac perks up curiously*

AC: :33 *she wriggles her rear end a bit then chases something she s33s bounce into one of karkats shoes*

CG: KARKAT CAN'T BELIEVE HE HAD TO SINK THIS LOW.

GG: KARKAT CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S ASKING AN AUTISTIC GIRL IN A CAVE TO JOIN HIS TEAM.

CG: KARKAT MYSTIFIES IN INFINITE BEFUDDLEMENT OVER THE FACT THAT YOU ARE PRESENTLY THE BEST REMAINING CANDIDATE FOR THE RED TEAM.

AC: :33 *ac smiles then nods*

AC: :33 *i know, she says*

CG: YES AND KARKAT CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE THAT.

CG: KARKAT THINKS ABOUT THAT A BIT AND HIS JAW DROPS OPEN AND BREAKS A HUGE COLUMN OF BRICKS LIKE A FUCKING KUNG FU MASTER.

AC: :33 *ac gathers up all the brick pieces and builds a cute little house like her room on Derse*

CG: OK GOOD, IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING.

CG: EVEN IF IT'S IN THE MOST INANE POSSIBLE CONTEXT.

CG: WAIT

AC: :33 *ac tilts her head to one side cutely*

AC: :33 *ac asks karkat what's wrong? curiously*

CG: THIS ISN'T…

CG: THIS CONVERSATION ISN'T MEANT TO GO LIKE THIS.

CG: WAIT WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT MEANT TO MEAN?

CG: WHY THE FUCK DID I EVEN SAY THAT?

AC: :33 *ac purrs i was wondering when you'd realise*

CG: WAIT.

CG: REALISE WHAT?

CG: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW NEPETA?

AC: :33 go to the window

Your name is KARKAT VANTAS and you are currently incredibly confused as to what is going on. You are sitting in your respiteblock talking to NEPETA LEIJON about the game called SGRUB you both are about to play.

However, you are finding yourself rather fucking confused as to what the fuck is going on right now as a lot of things aren't making any fucking sense.

Karkat: Go to the window

It's a viewing glass you ignorant asshole.

You consider not going to the viewing glass because fuck that, you do what you want. But Nepeta hadn't even used roleplaying and that's a big fucking thing so you suppose you can humour her.

Even though it's fucking pointless.

You get to your hooves and walk to the viewing glass, peering out with only a little curiosity because what the fuck is the point in looking out there? The only thing you can see from your viewing glass is your lawn ring and you sure as fuck don't see any point in looking at that.

Karkat: Realise why the autistic cat girl asked you to go to the viewing glass

Oh.

You back away from the glass, turning to run out of your respiteblock.

Karkat: Go outside

You run out onto the lawn ring, coming to a stop in front of the troll girl who was currently standing there, wearing an odd, purple dress and a large smile. You think she is looking at you but her eyes are completely white so you have no real way of knowing.

You stare at her in disbelief, "Nepeta?"

Your name is KARKAT VANTAS and seriously what the fuck is going on at the moment?

"Okay bulgemuncher," you start, trying to adopt a commanding tone of voice to hide your confusion, "what the actual fuck is going on right now? What the fuck is going on with your eyes and why are you wearing that?" the troll girl sighs sadly, "why do you think Karkat?" she is speaking in an oddly sombre tone of voice and your feeling really fucking confused because you've never heard Nepeta like this.

She is looking at you blankly, waiting for you to realise whatever the fuck it is you're supposed to realise.

You find yourself staring at her white eyes and wow, it's like she's a ghost or so- oh.

"You're… dead?"

She nods and you frown, "then why am I here? I…" you see her expression, oh, no, no fuck that, you weren't dead. You weren't fucking dead. There's no way that that is a thing at all.

But Nepeta is.

Fuck.

Karkat: Try to remember

You don't know what you're trying to remember, you suppose it would be nice to know how you died and shit.

But you're coming up blank.

Nothing.

Fan-fucking-tastic.

"So you're… uh… dead then?" you wince at the word, worried that it might upset the girl, but she merely smiles and nods, "yeah."
"If you don't mind me asking… how did it… you know, happen?"

Nepeta adopted a thoughtful expression, "we had won the session, at least, that's what I thought, then this creature with wing came out of our new universe, he looked a little like a bark-beast," she paused for a moment to hiss, "I hate bark-beasts. Anyway, Aradia basically sent us away and the next thing I knew, I was waking up on Derse, but then that black bark-beast thing was there and before I could react… he… killed me," she peers at you, "I think he actually killed a lot of our dream selves."

You frown, that sounds rather familiar to be honest,

You open your mouth to say something (probably another string of crass expletives you have to admit) but whatever bile was about to surge forth from your protein chute dies as images begin to trickle into your thinkpan. Slowly at first, then all together like a flood until you're reeling from the memory overload.

Nepeta is staring at you in surprise when you regain your bearings and you look down to see that unfortunately familiar maroon and red on you.

"So you went God Tier?" you glance up at Nepeta, part of you wanting to roll your lookstubs and thank her for pointing out the obvious, but mostly, you are feeling a little too overwhelmed to worry about being impolite for once. So instead you simply tell her, "you did too," and her face lights up, "how purrfectly amazing," she giggles, and you do roll your lookstubs this time, because even if she's from another timeline, she's still the same Nepeta with her wiggler cat puns.

And for some reason, you find that reassuring.

Your name is KARKAT VANTAS and you are currently spending some time with your friend NEPETA LEIJON who you find yourself forced to admit, isn't nearly as bad as you thought she was before either of you died.

You find that you don't particularly mind that you have died, and though the idea that your other teammates probably reached the same fate as you is still upsetting, lately, you've been able to dwell on it less.

You are fairly certain that the reason for this is the cat girl next to you.

But that's completely beside the point.

Karkat: Enjoy the moment

You already are, surprisingly enough.

The grass is soft and the sky is blue and you are sitting together in amicable silence. You are not sure whose memory this place belongs to, you certainly don't remember anywhere as calming as this, but you find you don't particularly care.

You are leaning back on your hand, craning your neck to look up at the sky; Nepeta gets to her hoofs and runs off somewhere, only to return again moments later, "Karkat!" she calls and you look down towards her, raising your eyebrows in question. She leaps forward and grabs your hand, without a word she drags you to your feet and starts pulling you with her, you stumble, "fuck, Nepeta, be careful," she only giggles at you.

Karkat: Wonder what the cat girl wants

Why the fuck would you be such a stupid fuck and wonder about that when its clear she wants to show you something?

She drags you across the grass and you come to a stop at a cliff edge; she lets go of your hand and points (and okay fine, maybe you would have liked to hold her hand a little longer shut up). You look in the direction she is gesturing to see hilly land, flowers are dotted haphazardly through the fields and all in all, it makes a pretty picture.

Normally, you would have rolled your eyes, after all, you are aware that this is a rather pleasant dream bubble, but for some reason you don't. Nepeta is smiling, clapping her hands together in delight and you feel warm. You recognise this feeling- you're not a fucking moron after all. It's how you used to feel whenever you spoke to Terezi, it was something you never imagined you would feel for any troll other than her, but as always, past you is a fucking idiot and couldn't have been more wrong.

Karkat: Pay attention to what's actually important

You turn back to Nepeta to see that she is no longer even looking in your direction, you frown, wondering what could hold her attention so closely and follow her gaze up into the sky. Some weird, pink, troll-like being is floating past the two of you, it is wearing the purple of Derse and you wonder what the fuck is up with that. A strange sound is carried to the two of you through the wind, a sound that reminds you a bit of snoring, and wow okay that's kind of fucked up. But whatever the fuck is up with that thing is not really any of your fucking business. You don't want to know.

You look back at Nepeta to see that she is still staring up at the weird, pink creature. Her lookstubs are wide open and her there is an expression of blatant curiosity on her face. You can't help but feel a little amused by that.

You don't know when it happened, or why, maybe it had started when you first saw her, when you first remembered and she was there to comfort you, maybe it was because out of everyone that the two of you have met through these dream bubbles, she was the only to stay with you, fuck, maybe it was because when you were alive you had never taken the chance to get to know her, and now you understood her a bit better.

You don't know why and you don't know when.

But at some point, for some reason, you ended up flushed for the autistic cat girl who lived in a cave.

You no longer felt a pain when you saw another doomed Terezi with someone else, you no longer thought of all the times you could have told her of your feelings, all the times you should have told her of your feelings.

Because the only thing that matters now is Nepeta

And you're surprisingly okay with that.

You don't even notice the smile that has risen on your face.

When the two of you ran into Equius you had been surprised.

Not because it was Equius, heck you've run into your fair share of sweaty, creepy-ass fuckers in your time traversing the dream bubbles with Nepeta. The reason you were surprised was because it was Nepeta's Equius. The one who had been killed by Bec Noir whose name you now knew courtesy of a doomed Terezi you had met (she kept going on about how it was her fault, she simply couldn't bring herself to kill her, of course, when you asked who she was talking about the troll girl apparently decided it was a good time to become annoyingly quiet so you never found out).

To be honest though, you couldn't say you were displeased about the sudden change of events.

Seeing the way Nepeta's face lit up when she realised, the way Equius smiled (which was something you hadn't seen a whole lot of before), watching as Nepeta hugged and Gog, they were just so fucking pale. It kind of made you want to vomit, but in a good way.

In the end, Equius stayed with the both of you (not that you had any doubt that he wouldn't) and suddenly two became three and it was as though it had never been any different.

If you didn't know better, you would say you were happy.

You've seen a fuckton of stuff with Nepeta and Equius, some of which you really would have preferred to not see to be honest, but oh well. If you were feeling truthful, you'd say that all the weird stuff you saw was still pretty amazing, simply because you got to see it with Nepeta (and to a lesser extent Equius; the guy was surprisingly less of an asshole than you initially thought, though that creepy fetish he has about being ordered it still fucking weird).

You find that issues concerning the game no longer worry you, they're Alpha Karkat's problem now and surprisingly, you don't mind that. The idea that there is nothing for you to do, it took a whole lot of time to sink into your thinkpan but once it did well, it had been a lot of weight of your shoulders.

You are currently standing with Nepeta and Equius, the three of you have met up with a few doomed troll from other timelines and for the first time you are meeting two of those weird pink trolls. Apparently they are called humans and they are from the universe you all created. You don't get what's up with their skin, you have no idea where their horns are and their teeth and claws are so blunt and unthreatening you're surprised that their species even survived long enough to evolve to the point of playing the game.

You are talking to one called John and another called Dave (and what the fuck is up with those names? Only four letters? Fucking weird), the Dave one seems to have a fondness for slam poetry, though he calls it something else, he insists on wearing fucking ridiculous shades to cover his eyes, as well and he's fucking infuriating. The human called John was annoying in his own way, from what you can gather, he enjoys playing pranks, telling jokes and was apparently killed by Terezi because she told him to do something that a fucking wiggler would know not to do and he did it. You think you maybe hate them a little, but in the platonic way you hate your friends because despite all of their flaws, they aren't that bad you think.

Like how Sollux is a complete bulgemuncher but yeah, he's still your friend.

Unfortunately.

Your eyes end up being drawn to the cat girl next to you, as they always are, Equius is on her other side, yet she's paying neither of you any attention as she speaks to the one called John eagerly, asking him about the other humans and what they are like. You just know that she's formulating new ships as they speak.

You reach out and intertwine your hand with hers before turning back to listen to the two males. The faintest of smiles lift the corner of your lips when you feel her tighten her grip on your hand.

You wonder if it is possible to simply stay in the dream bubbles forever, traversing them together with Nepeta and her moirail. You might even get a chance to meet some of your friends from your timeline. The ones you had all doomed.

You think that if you keep looking long enough you can find them, tell them that you're sorry. With Nepeta by your side you think you could do it. You could face them, even though you don't deserve to. You can do anything. If she's there with you.

You hear a sound and you turn around as you see a large light appearing in the not so far off distance. "What the fuck is that?" you hear the blonde- Dave- ask no one in particular. You are about to tell him that no one fucking knows Dave, you stupid little fucker, what were you expecting? but you are cut off when the creature lets out a terrifying roar.

For some reason, you are reminded of when you fought Bec Noir, that strange sense of wrongness and power. You are about to suggest to the others that you attack, or maybe you run, that you at least do something instead of just standing around like a bunch of fucking sponge-dead nooksniffers.

You don't get a chance to say anything though.

Because at that point it turns its attention on all of you.

Karkat: Fight.

For once, you don't think that is going to do anything.

Karkat: Run.

It's too late.

You take a step back and reach for Nepeta's hand but then there's another roar and a flash of light travelling right for you and the others.

Your name is KARKAT VANTAS. With your matesprit NEPETA LEIJON and her moirail EQUIUS ZAHHAK you have been travelling the DREAM BUBBLES for an UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME as that particular aspect holds no weight here. You had been hoping to find the trolls from your DOOMED SESSION and apologise to them for failing them. You had been hoping to stay with Nepeta forever and maybe move on from everything that had happened. You had been hoping that maybe you could be happy.

But your hand can't find hers.

And everything is burning and bright lights.

You don't know where she is anymore.

You should have realised a mutant reject like yourself could never be happy.

You couldn't save anyone.

Someone take my laptop away from me until I learn how to properly write.

Ugh.

Really not all that happy with this.

Bluh bluh.

Whatever.

Hope you guys liked it and stuff.

By the way, in case anyone didn't understand it. Lord English basically came to say hello. Karkat died (again) and so did Equius and Nepeta and all of them. :)

Don't you just love a happy ending?