ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS A HORRIBLE PERSON THE END

…don't ask. Anyway, I very much enjoyed writing this chapter. There's just something about watching Yeon and Galleon trying to bond together that I just loved, and watching Yeon use her only Possessive quirk was great.

Anyway, I'm ready for the Ready Player One movie but that's irrelevant; let's continue on to the looping world of Miitopia!

Fun Fact: This chapter was originally part of chapter 2, but I split it into two because it was way too frickin' long. That's why you're getting another chapter after two days; I already had all of chapter 2 and over half of this chapter written when I decided "nah, this is too long, let's split it into two chapters"

Chapter Three
Pharaoh Megan

"Oh dear; it seems Genie Megan got loose." Verdehile shook his head. He clutched his staff in hand, and the gem inside of it began to glow a soft purple, as if trying to locate the woman.

"Yeah! She just went and stole my Gold, before up and disappearing!" Yeon huffed. Selena nodded as she clutched her microphone, as if to back her up on her story.

"I see…" Verdehile turned to the four of them. "I suppose you're confused as to where she came from and why you haven't heard of her until today. Allow me to explain."

After a series of twists and turns, Galleon had eventually joined the team, much the utter delight of Yeon and Lisa. It was obvious why Yeon was excited – she was hopelessly in love with Galleon, but Lisa was excited for a different reason. No, she was excited because now she had three friends who could remember the resets; if Eliza were here, she'd have a whole team that was experiencing what she was. The three of them had travelled on after that, but Yeon quickly stopped because of who she had seen skipping after them.

"Selena, I thought I told you to stay in the town!" She had sighed, as if exasperated with the fact that Selena was now following them.

"I-I'm sorry!" Selena whimpered. "But Genie Megan returned and started stealing Gold again and I wanted to find you!"

"Oh, hey there, kid." Lisa said to Selena, pretending that she had never met her before; that she and three other friends weren't remembering that the world was looping over and over again. "What's her name?"

"Huh?" Galleon looked confused. "Thought we already knew 'er…"

"No, Galleon." Lisa shook her head, before shooting him a look that basically said it all. He understood after that. "We've never met her before."

"Oh, this is my travelling partner, Selena." Yeon introduced. "Selena, this is our leader, Lisa, and this is my one true love, Galleon…"

"…uh, Yeon, you're zoning out on us." Lisa waved a hand in front of Yeon's face, as she blanked out while smiling a little at Galleon. It seemed to work, and she snapped out of it.

"…don't ask." Yeon mumbled, dashing ahead of everyone. Lisa and Galleon shared a look, and for a moment Galleon looked like he regretted confessing that he could remember, too.

"Hey, hey guys, over here!" Yeon started jumping and waving her hands. "The Great Sage is here and he's looking for Lisa!"

Lisa briefly smiled at all of her memories of the Great Sage, Verdehile. On the first ever quest; she couldn't have helped but fell in love with him a little. Dark Lord Enigma was ready to pull her into what had to have been a black hole, but his evil magic was counteracted by Verdehile. It didn't help that she found him quite handsome – his blonde hair and striking blue eyes made a face that she couldn't get out of her mind. For a moment, she wondered if he was experiencing what she, Eliza, Yeon and Galleon were.

The four of them learned that the Great Sage had sealed away an evil spirit who had become a genie; that spirit being Megan. From what he knew, she had been a greedy pharaoh when she was alive, demanding everyone to pay her a ridiculous amount of Gold and taking well over 80% of the town's wages until the moment she died. Her greed had seeped into her soul, and a hundred years later she was resurrected as a genie.

Megan had caused terror to Neksdor Town for another hundred years until Verdehile sealed her away in a lamp. That was over a year ago, he said, and he had lost the lamp, but hoped that no one would give in to what Megan promised. As evidenced, though, luck wasn't on his side at that very moment. Lisa was slightly in awe; as she had never known Genie Megan's story before until this reset.

"So when Prince Luer gave into her temptations and rubbed the lamp…" Lisa trailed off, rubbing her temples.

"He freed her once more." Yeon finished.

"Exactly." Verdehile nodded. "Ah, but you have the Sealing Lamp, which means that you too can trap her." The Sealing Lamp which Lisa now held in her hands was created from a shard of Megan's soul, and could trap her for an eternity unless another soul frees her – which Prince Luer did in his desperation to get Princess Charlotte back.

"How do we do that? Tell us now! My Gold isn't going to survive for much longer now!" Lisa smiled at Yeon's desperation; meeting each of her friends was far more entertaining in this reset than any of the others. They had more personality, more back story, and more drama.

"When you find her, chant her name five times to seal her away; you'll know when it works. As for where she is, it seems that she had gone to the cave about half a mile ahead." The gem inside his staff, which had been glowing this whole time, finally dimmed down and he opened his eyes.

"Right then!" Yeon waved her microphone in the air. "Come on, guys; let's go beat down a genie!"

"Hey, wait up, Yeon!" Lisa laughed as she, Galleon and Selena hurried after Yeon, who had broke into a run. Finally, the four of them were reunited and the quest to find Genie Megan continued.

The holographic windows were open again, surrounding Lisa's head, and she was furiously typing away on a keyboard in midair, not stopping to look at where she was going. The three of her teammates turned to look at her, Selena in awe at the sight of the floating screens and the words flying across them. Finally, though, Galleon broke the silence.

"Whatcha doin'?" He asked. Lisa jumped a little bit, obviously not expecting a question directed towards her, but once she calmed down a little bit she tried to explain.

"…It's kind of hard to explain, but basically I'm writing this program where I can keep tabs on you guys, check your statuses, and possibly even create something which I call safe spots." Lisa quickly toggled the save command, as she knew that she was going to get a lot of questions now.

"Oh yeah?" Yeon asked. "Can you show us? I'm curious now."

"It's a little buggy right now, but alright…" With a few other commands, she pulled up Yeon's tab. The window floated over to the girl, allowing her to view what Lisa had made.

"Yeonhong: 68/68 HP; 40/40 MP
Status: Normal
[Examine] [Place in Safe Spot] [Use Sprinkles]"

"The HP represents your stamina, the MP your energy to use skills or magic, and the sprinkles are another creation of mine, which can restore HP or MP." Lisa explained.

"…That's…really cool." Yeon nodded.

"Agreed." Galleon was watching now, impressed by Lisa's handiwork.

"There's more, too." Lisa tapped another key on the keyboard, selecting the Examine option. A sentence popped up on the screen below Yeon's tab.

"Examination: Currently thinking about marrying Galleon."

"…" Galleon turned to look at her in such a way that Yeon couldn't help but want to shrink away. Lisa had to turn her head away to make sure her silent laughter wasn't seen.

"…Oh hey wowie would you look at that look it's the cave that Verdehile said Megan was in let's go get my Gold I'm gonna go now bye!" Yeon sprinted ahead of the group once more and into the mouth of the cave, letting her body be swallowed by the darkness.

"Aight, 'm pretty sure I regret tellin' you all I remember that stuff…" Galleon shook his head.

"It's okay, Galleon." Lisa reassured, closing all the windows. "I remember her being a really nice person, if not a bit hopelessly in love with you."

"Kinda figured that last bit." Though Lisa knew that she had friends remembering the resets, she knew that they only remembered bits and pieces, unlike Lisa herself, who had perfectly intact memory since Reset 1. She decided to drop the subject of Yeon and Galleon's relationship, and instead followed the Possessive Pop Star into the cave.

It was cold and dark inside the cave; Lisa had to strain her eyes in order to see three feet in front of her, even with Night Vision Mode engaged. There were tiny beams of light coming from gaps and cracks from the cave's ceiling; sunlight somehow streaming down to light up the place. Selena shivered, the freezing air getting to the girl. Despite all of this, Yeon wasn't at all affected by the conditions in the cave; more concerned for her Gold.

"It's dark here…" Selena muttered to no one in particular, hiding behind Lisa in fear. She smiled at her innocence, fuzzy warmth spreading in her heart. The four continued through the cave, conversing with one another.

"…So, you used t'be a Mage, right?" Galleon asked Lisa.

"Yeah, in all the previous resets."

"Can you 'n other Mages really fly on yer broomsticks?" Lisa turned to stare at him, a mixture of annoyance and disbelief on her face, like she was surprised that people really believed such a thing.

"…I'm not a witch, you know. Do I really have to explain physics to you?" She asked. Lisa really did hate that question; it was so stupid! Their conversation was cut off by something rising from the sandy grounds, surprising all four members of the group. Yeon jumped back to the group, narrowly avoiding getting hit upside the chin.

Seven flat slabs of stone had ripped its way out of the ground, ancient carvings on them. However, what set them apart from anything else that could have been seen was the face attached to them – there was an eye on both sides of each slab, having been cursed by Dark Lord Enigma. Their eyes darted around, before locking onto them all. Lisa recognized the carvings as ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Galleon, having recovered first from the surprise, swung at all seven of the stones. They drew back from the impact before returning to their original spots, hovering in midair. Lisa pulled up the holographic windows, typing away as quick as she could, and was ready to delete the source code of one of the monsters.

As she initiated the save command after deleting the parts of their code that would instantly kill them, the hieroglyph she chose fell to the ground and dissolved into black light again as the eyes attached to it flew up and into the air. Selena had swung at the remaining six with her microphone, leaving Yeon the last one to move.

"…I have an idea, you guys. Block your ears real quick." She said, rushing ahead of them.

"Hold up, Yeon, what're you doing –" Lisa started.

"I said block your ears!" Just as they did, Yeon took a deep breath and screamed at the top of her lungs into her microphone. Even with her ears covered, Lisa could feel it resonating into her eardrums, and on top of all that, it seriously hurt; she was surprised that she hadn't gone deaf that very minute.

"…A little more warnin' next time, please n' thank you, Yeon." Galleon finally uncovered his ears once it was safe to do so without being harmed even more if he did.

"Got the job done, didn't it?" Yeon shrugged, now using her normal tone again. As much as he wanted to say no, it didn't, it actually did – the other hieroglyphs had suffered the same fate as the first, dissolving into light and freeing the eyes attached to them.

They kept walking for what felt like hours, only stopping to defend themselves against monsters or to have an HP Banana or an MP Candy. Finally, though, they had found Genie Megan; sitting on a throne made out of the Gold she had stolen. Her hair flowed down her back, and her crystal blue eyes rolled in a swift motion at the sight of the team, as if she were amazed at how pathetic she thought that they all were.

"Well, well, well, who do we have here? Ahuhuhu~!" She chuckled.

"Genie Megan, upon the –" Obviously, Yeon interrupted.

"I want my Gold and everyone's Gold back, Megan. NOW." Yeon snapped, pointing her microphone at the woman. She let out another one of her haughty and condescending laughs at the girl's anger.

"Oh? And if I don't? What will you do then?" The glimmer in Yeon's pink eyes showed everything that Lisa needed to do. Quickly, Lisa handed her the lamp, and a smile swept across Yeon's face.

"I'll use this." Megan's heart throbbed at the sight of the lamp, afraid all of a sudden, but kept her cool. Surely there was no way that Yeon knew how to use it, right? She laughed and said such a thing, which was all that Yeon needed at this point.

"Megan!" She snarled. The genie tensed up once more, realizing that she had shot her mouth off, and now was going to pay for it. The winds changed and began to swirl around Megan, whipping her hair to and fro.

"Alright, I'm sorry!" She said in a rush. It wasn't enough for Yeon, though; she wanted to pull Megan almost all the way back in the lamp before releasing her to teach her a lesson.

"Megan!"

"I-I'll give it all back! I swear it!"

"Megan!"

"I'll give it all back and up all my greed, if you just let me go! Pharaoh's promise!" She was genuinely afraid at this point, and was going to follow through on what she said if Yeon really did call it off and let her go. Her smile widened, thinking about her next decision. The lamp fell to the ground, and Megan was released, sighing heavily in relief.

"Oh, thank god…" Megan breathed.

"Gold. Now." Yeon hissed at her. After a moment, all of her Gold was returned to her, and for the first time since meeting her teammates in this reset, she looked happy again.

"Now return everyone's Gold, Megan, and give up your greedy antics. You did promise as a former pharaoh." Lisa chimed in, picking up the lamp and glancing at her. Megan flinched.

"Alright, alright, I will!" She flew off, and the Gold disappeared with her. The four of them turned to each other.

"Should we go to Neksdor and make sure she really did do as she said she would?" Yeon asked.

"Probably so." Lisa answered. "It'll also give us the opportunity to see the plot twist where Dark Lord Enigma appears and steals everyone's faces."

"Wait, that happens?" Galleon looked confused once more.

"Happened every reset; I'm fairly sure it'll happen again." As Lisa predicted, it did happen; the clouds were an evil purple, as were the clouds above Greenhorne. The blood all over the path and the faceless civilians were the signs that really gave it away. Galleon whistled softly.

"Ho-ly To-le-do." He muttered. "Really is a gruesome sight."

"Then we have no time to waste!" Yeon pumped her fist in the air. "Let's save Neksdor Town and get everyone's faces back!"

With that, another quest to save Neksdor Town began in another reset.

"So, the little adventurer and her friends have returned once more!" Dark Lord Enigma chuckled, the face of Megan in his claws. The five were now at the heart of the pyramid where Megan had been buried when she died all those years ago. It was dark, almost as dark as that wretched cave where they had to fight their way earlier, and filled with ancient carvings on the walls, giving Lisa a strange feeling that they were about to jump off the walls at any moment and start attacking them.

"Waaaahhh!" Megan screeched, instead of her signature laugh. Her face floated in one of his pale hands, and a ball of light floated in the other – it was her soul. How strange, Lisa thought. Her soul hadn't been needed in any of the other resets, but then again, this was one of the most unique resets she's experienced.

"Give her face and soul back, Dark Lord Enigma!" Lisa snarled; her lines perfectly practiced by now, she had them all memorized by Reset 5. She expected a giant gold sarcophagus to rise from the ground and for Megan's face to be attached to it, but this time, there was a twist.

"Aww, but I like this one!" He grinned evilly. "Perhaps I'll just…return it to its true owner."

The golden sarcophagus swung open, revealing a body, though it was not wrapped up like a mummy, as one would expect. No, it was an actual human body, perfectly preserved. At first glance, it would seem like they were sleeping, but the familiar features of her face made Lisa realize something – it was Pharaoh Megan; her original form.

The two balls of light in his hands floated up and towards the body of Megan, just as he disappeared with a shroud of darkness. They both shone brightly, until the light faded away, and Megan seemed to still be asleep – that is, until her eyes snapped open. They weren't the beautiful blue that the four had gotten used to; instead a sickening yellow color.

"…I think we've gone and screwed up." Yeon said after what felt like hours of silence, though no one responded to her. A grin curled across Megan's face as she floated up and out of the sarcophagus. It was with that the battle began.

After ages of fighting and dodging, a curse was cast on Selena.

Megan closed her eyes, arms crossed across her chest, but then they snapped open all of a sudden, a mysterious glint in them. Multiple chains, as dark as a shadow, shot up in the air and headed straight for the girl, tightening around Selena's limbs and preventing her from moving. The little girl was frightened and confused, but as the chains were absorbed into her skin, the lights in her eyes disappeared, leaving them blank and empty, and an Egyptian crown rested on her crop of dark hair.

"I. Am. Pharaoh." She whispered in her childish, high-pitched voice.

Selena's posture was perfectly straight now, and her arms were crossed over her chest like Megan's arms were, forming an "X" Her three teammates were just as confused as she was before she was cursed, but a light blue, pixilated cage surrounded Selena like a barrier; one of Lisa's safe spots that she had created. Pharaoh Megan's hand shot out, fingers tense. A dark glow surrounded the tips of them, condensing into a cloud of evil magic, and then shot out, aimed at Galleon. He flinched at the attack, and, as he feared, it was the last one needed in order to take him out.

"Saw this comin'…" He mumbled to no one in particular as his body hit the ground and his eyes closed, his consciousness drifting away.

"Galleon!" Yeon shrieked.

"First Possessive Quirk: Snap"

Her eyes were suddenly devoid of light, and her grip on her microphone loosened until it almost fell out of her hand. Yeon's head lowered, and her eyes closed – though this couldn't be seen, as shadows covered her eyes. Lisa glanced over to her, and an uneasy feeling swirled up and settled itself in the pit of her stomach. Something was wrong; she had never seen this happen before.

"…Yeon?" She asked, pulling up a window on her holographic computer. She navigated through her three teammates, before selecting Yeon.

"Galleon: 0/56 HP; 12/23 MP
Status: Unconscious
[Examine] [Place in Safe Spot] [Use Sprinkles]"

"Selena: 30/67 HP; 35/35 MP
Status: Cursed
[Examine] [Place in Safe Spot] [Use Sprinkles]"

"Yeonhong: 44/68 HP; 40/40 MP
Status: ?
[Examine] [Place in Safe Spot] [Use Sprinkles]"

"Alright, Yeon, what happened to you…?" Lisa muttered to herself as she selected the Examine option.

"Examination: Yeon has lost the will to fight."

"Lost the will to –" She cut herself off, shaking her head. "I guess we'll have to get you in the Safe Spot with Selena, then…"

It was going to be difficult, fighting Megan by herself, but until the curse was lifted off of Selena and Yeon recovered she'd have to deal with it. Another blue cage appeared and shot up until the tips were about six feet away from the top of the pyramid, surrounding Yeon. She didn't seem to notice, instead lost in her own little world.

"Alright, let's make something that'll really give Pharaoh Megan a shock…" Add a bit of that, wait until that fizzes, and…

"There we go!" Lisa huffed, before tipping her Poison Flask over and towards Pharaoh Megan. A pink liquid covered the lich's body, and she screamed in agony; her nerves somehow remaining intact after all those years. Selena snapped out of it finally, the curse having been lifted.

"Ahh! What happened? W-where am I?" She jumped. Lisa sighed in relief, and with a few button presses the blue cage around her disappeared, and Selena was back and ready to fight. They had Megan on the ropes now, and it would take a few more powerful hits for her to finally lose the battle. Lisa glanced at Yeon; there was still no sign of recovery from her.

"Yeon has lost the will to fight."

"Or has she…?"

Her head snapped up, a now insane gleam shining in her eyes. Anger and resentment burned in her mind, all of which directed towards Megan. Lisa jumped back at the sight of such rage in her eyes. She tried to reinforce the safe spot until Yeon could calm down, but to her utter shock she dashed right out of it, shattering the cage. The pixels flew into the air like dust particles, before dissolving.

"Yeon! What's gotten into you?" Lisa yelped, keeping Selena a safe distance away from the girl. Yeon didn't respond, instead going for Pharaoh Megan, her grip on her microphone now so tight her nails dug into her palm. Her free hand flew and grabbed onto the microphone, too. Her arms swung out like she was holding a baseball bat, striking Pharaoh Megan on the face.

There was a very audible crack, and from the way Pharaoh Megan's jaw hung loose it was obvious she had broken a bone. It wasn't enough for Yeon, though, and she swung at Pharaoh Megan again, and again, and again. The whole time, she watched the Pharaoh stiffen up and scream in pain with every hit, and a joyful grin spread across her face, widening whenever Pharaoh Megan's screams hit her ears and was processed in her mind.

Lisa watched in both fear and awe; she had never seen Yeon do something like this before in any of the resets. Selena was hidden behind her, thankfully kept from seeing the worst side of her travelling buddy. That wasn't going to stop Yeon from taking her rage out on Pharaoh Megan, though. She was determined to watch her die.

"I HATE YOU!" Tears of rage streamed down her eyes, falling to the ground with every hit and revealing the pain behind her insane smile. Megan couldn't even get up to attack, having been cornered by Yeon. Finally, finally, her microphone hit something and another snapping noise was heard.

However, this time it was different.

It was wet and sickening, and Megan crumpled on the ground as blood splattered everywhere. The screaming stopped finally and abruptly, and the silence was far more disturbing than the most pained screech that tore through her throat. Deep down, Lisa was surprised that Pharaoh Megan's corpse even still had blood in it – she expected her veins to have dried out years ago, but that wasn't the focal point. The ball of light escaped from Pharaoh Megan's mouth and flew up into the air, leaving her as nothing but a body. As Yeon finally snapped out of her murderous trance, Lisa realized she had a newfound respect for her.

"…Is he alright?" Yeon asked breathlessly. Lisa glanced towards Galleon, who had been lying unconscious on the floor the whole time.

"…Yeah, he just needs rest. Come on, let's find an inn and return Megan's face to her." They had all silently agreed at that moment not to mention Yeon's loss of sanity to Galleon when he wakes up. Yeon returned to the group, carrying Galleon with ease, while she was deep in thought. It was the first time she had really snapped like that, and what she knew that she could do now scared her. However, her fear was dissipated when she remembered that she was doing it to avenge Galleon.

Love will make you do the craziest things, Yeon thought to herself; but I'm already crazy for him.