White's Notes: Well... Uh... Sorry I took so long with this, stuff happened, let's just leave it at that okay. At any rate, this story will now be getting back on track to its usual schedule so... Yeah... I need some tangerines.

So now we present:

Blancsona!

Characters: OC (Shadow), Noire, Uni, IF, ?

Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Humor

Date Published: 7/27/2015

"Hey Vert."

"What is it sister dear?" Currently, the duo of Shadow and Vert found themselves walking together while the two purple sisters went to go find a hotel for the four of them to stay at. The only problem was...

"Would you kindly put me down?" Vert's sisterly instincts kicked in upon seeing her "little sister" struggling to walk (almost as if she had done something terrifying... Oh well) and had taken it upon herself to carry the raven-haired girl, bridal style of course.

"But you looked like you were struggling to walk a little while ago." The busty blonde spoke with her usual calm demeanor.

"I'm fine, would you please put me down already?" Shadow on the other hand was feeling quite embarrassed at being carried by the buxom blonde.

"Very well then. It's such a shame though, I was actually enjoying carrying you." And so, with a heavy heart, the woman known as Vert allowed the young Shadow back to her feet.

"Thank you."

"Just let me know if you ever start feeling weak in the knees again and I'll happily sweep you off your feet. That's what sisters are for."

"Clearly you know nothing about having a sibling." Shadow didn't really mean anything by that, but when she saw Vert's expression, she knew she made a mistake.

"Well... I suppose you're right." The blonde's eyes were downcast and the smile on her face made it exceedingly obvious that Shadow's words had wounded her, she had no idea why, but she knew she had to fix this before it was too late.

"... Okay, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that so cheer up s... sis..."

"Shadow...?" Vert's eyes immediately lit up, looking at the younger girl with a hopeful look. "C-could you say that one more time?"

"Oh come on, it never stops at just one more... Ugh." Unfortunately, Shadow knew that Vert wouldn't give in so instead or aguin, she opted for a different solution.

"Shadow, what are you-" She hugged Vert, silencing the mature girl... Unfortunately, it also brought out her sisterly instincts. "Oh Shadow!"

"URGH! Ack, Vert! Let go!"

-~-~-~-Blancsona-~-~-~-

"So, what's this you were saying about a twilight chanel?" After a very long hugging session and buying groceries, Shadow, who was currently leaning against the wall of the room Neptune and Nepgear rented them, and Vert were discussing the matter as to why Vert was in town. As soon as Shadow asked she said something about a "twilight chanel" and now the busty blonde was inspecting the television within the room they were staying... For some reason.

"It's an odd phenomena that seem to occur under certain conditions. If my guess is correct, today it will happen some time after twilight." Shadow wasn't quite sure how to take that, but starnger things had happened, like... Actually she couldn't think of anything... How odd. "In any case, you don't need to concern yourself with it, this is my mission. You should go get some sleep like Neptune and Nepgear are doing right now."

"My conscious probably wouldn't let me sleep if I let you go it alone. Besides, it's better to travel witha a group anyway." The brunette pushed her lack of memories aside and focused on Vert, who was now looking quite taken aback.

"I can't, it's dangerous for you-"

"I've heard people fight harder when they have someone to protect. If that's true, then we just have to protect each other right?"

"... hmhm." The blonde couldn't help but laugh, before walking over to Shadow and giving her a warm hug. "Thank you, Shadow. I'll make sure to take good care of you. Although... wont it be hard to protect someone when you've never been in a fight and don't have a proper weapon?"

"Erk! How did you-" Shadow's reaction to hearing Vert's words had served to further emphasize one very important fact to the alluring blonde.

"You're so adorable, Shadow."

"Okay look, I know this is asking for a lot, but please don't tell Neptune and Nepgear about this."

"Oh my, do they not know?"

"No. Look, they seem to think I actually know what I'm doing so please don't tell them. I don't want to make them worry about me, okay?" The brunette waved her hands in front of her, as if to accentuate her point.

"Yes, I understand. In any event, it's almost time. Are you sure you're ready?" The blonde adopted a concerned expression.

"You worry too much. I'm more resourceful than you think."

"Is that right? So far all I've seen is your cowardice." Vert's concerned expression quickly became one of playfulness.

"I swear, I will end you," Obviously, Shadow didn't take it very well, but before she could follow up on her words, she was distracted by the sound of static coming from the television. "Huh... I guess it's time to find out what this whole 'Twilight channel' nonsense is all about then."

"I suppose so. Ooh, I can hardly contain my excitement." The blonde quickly proceeded towards the curtains and upon looking outsied, found that it was now raining.

For some strange reason the legends about the Twilight Channel had some very specific requirements. It was more like a ritual of sorts really. In order for it to work, one must stare into a turned off TV during the hours of twilight while it is raining. If the conditions are met, one may be able to see a strange figure within the TV. It was the type of thing that only the brave of heart would ever even consider attempting.

"I think I see something," As Shadow looked into the TV, she saw a figure, the most disturbing part however... "Is... Is that thing coming closer?" Instinctively, Shadow was about to take a step back until... "What the-"

An arm popped out of the TV, grabbing the blackette and draggin her in before she could so much as fight back.

"Shadow!" Vert was quick to jump in after Shadow... "Huh... am I... Stuck?" Unfortunately, having a large chest can have just as many down sides as it does up sides. "I knew I should have told Neptune and Nepgear to get us a room with a bigger TV!"

"Vert! What's wrong?!" "We heard screaming?! Is everything... Alright...? Naturally, Vert's scream was enough to rouse the sisters purple from their sleep. Needless to say, they were very confused when they saw Vert's butt sticking out of the TV screen.

"Oh, you girls are awake? Could you be so kind as to help me out here?" Unfortunately, saving Shadow would have to be put on hold for the time being.

"What the goodness is going- Sis could you please stop laughing?"

Sadly, Shadow was going to have to stay waiting for quite some time.

-~-~-~-Blancsona-~-~-~-

"What the..." As Shadow regained her senses she became very aware of two things. The first being that wherever she was right now was a very dangerous place to be. The second being that whatever had pulled her through the TV was nowhere to be seen.

"Heya there, you look... Bear-y confused," A voice from behind Shadow had her turn around almost immediately, only to lock eyes with... A... Bear...? In reality, it looked more like a costume and it seemed as though this particular bear thingie had a visible tick mark above its head, as if trying to restrain itself. "All you have to do is dress as a bear and make bear puns she says. Why do I even have to do this anyway?"

"Um, excuse me, but who are you?" Shadow was pretty sure she'd heard the bear-suited person mutter something, but it was too quiet to hear, which said bear was very thankful for.

"Huh? Oh me? You can call me Teddie." If Shadow didn't think this person was a weirdo before, she certainly did now. Seriously, what kind of person dresses up as a bear in a... Whatever the place they were in was.

"Oh... Okay then, Teddie. Do you know any way out of... Wherever it is we are?"

"Oh you see-"

"Is anyone there?!" "Hello? Who's there?!" Before "Teddie" could give a proper answer, the voices of someone approaching stopped her.

"Huh?" Upon hearing the voices of two girls, Shadow looked all around, not able to pinpoint wherever they were coming from. "Hello?!" After not finding it, she ran forward.

"Hey wait a minute!" Teddie went by completely unheard as Shadow kept running until-

With a loud whoosh sound she ran through some sort of tarp or something like and was met with a rather... Unsettling sight.

"... What is this place?" The place she found herself in almost looked like an ordinary town, but the blood-red sky and sickly yellow fog covering the ground gave off an entirely different impression. At this point it had become clear as to why Shadow couldn't find the source of the voices, she looked back it was because she had been inside some sort of tent. A tent which Teddie had just stepped out of.

"W-whoa" For a moment Teddie looked to be in utter shock at the sight that lay before... It, before quickly recomposing itself and looking to Shadow. "Y-you shouldn't run off by yourself like that! It's dangerous around here!"

"Sis, look. There are others here!" There was that voice again, but this time when Shadow turned to see what it was, she was met by the sight of two black-haired, much like herself, but unlike Shadow, these girls had red eyes. It was pretty obvious that these girls were probably sister just by looking at them, in fact, aside from the slightly different hairstyles and minor difference in height, they looked almost identical.

"I knew I heard someone... But... Who's that person dressed like a bear?" The taller of the two spoke up, pointing over towards Teddie, to which Shadow quickly responded.

"I have no idea, but they said their names Teddie."

"I see, I am Noire, this is my sister Uni." The taller of the two sister introduced herself and offered a hand to Shadow while the smaller of the two bowed politely.

"Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you two as well." Shadow gladly took Noire's hand and gave her a firm shake, but for some reason Teddie took a few steps back and was muttering something to herself.

"What the hell? Blanc didn't say anything about this! Why's Noire here? She said we'd have to make a few changes to how this scene goes, but now look at where that's gotten us! We were supposed to lure her into this weird TV world and then Blanc was gonna have her fight something called a 'Shadow' or whatever, but how am I supposed to get that to work now?!"

Teddie ceased its mad rambling to look back for a moment to check if it'd been overheard. Luckily, the trio of raven-haired girls seemed to be having a conversation of their own, which meant that if she moved quietly she could sneak away...

"What do you mean someone's manipulating our world?" Until she heard Shadow talking that is. Teddie slowly, almost mechanically turned her head to look at the trio of raven-haired girls while Noire took the chance to continue talking.

"What I'm saying is that there might be someone messing with our memories and toying with us, making us act out whatever they want like they own us."

What the hell?! How did Noire find out?! She wasn't supposed to notice! Was this some sort of side-effect of changing how this event was supposed to play out?! Teddie didn't know, but what Teddie did know was that they would need to tell Blanc as soon as possi-

"We also think that 'Teddie' might be one of the people caught up in this whole mess and is being made to think they're someone else."

Uni's words caused the bear-suited Teddie to start sweating profusely, trying everything in their power to calm themselves while all heads turned in Teddie's direction.

"Wow... That's a lot to take in... But I guess it would explain why my memories keep getting hazier. Well Teddie, I guess you and I are both being duped here."

"R-r-really? Maybe you guys are just imagining things. I-I-I mean, come on, someone manipulating our world like some sort of puppet master is just unbelievable." Even as those words escaped Teddie's mouth, Teddie knew it sounded way too forced to sound convincing. Luckily, Noire, Uni and Shadow passed it off as just some sort of relapse as the twin-tailed girl approached.

"I know it's a lot to take in, but trust me, we need to work together to get through this. If we do then maybe we'll be able to get to the bottom of this. Isn't that right? IF?" Noire had placed a hand on IF's costumed shoulder, giving her a warm smile as she did, thinking that it might help her calm down. In reality, IF was panicking like crazy.

How the hell did she know it was IF? Wait... That's a stupid question, she probably recognized IF's voice.

"W-who is this IF? I don't think I've ever heard of anyone like that, but she does sound like a cool person though." Not good not good not good. IF was sweating bullets, no, missiles was probably more accurate. They weren't supposed to find out, they were supposed to wait until a future chapter where their characters could be used. They weren't supposed to figure out they were being manipulated.

"Wait a minute! I bet you only made that bear pun because you thought you were someone else or something. And now that you've heard about what's going on you're starting to remember who you really are, otherwise you probably would have said 'e-bear' instead of ever." Shadow chimed in, looking rather triumphant and smiling to herself at the analysis.

IF had only made one bear pun. ONE! And now shadow was picking up on something that IF probably wouldn't have even noticed herself. Had she figured out that 'Teddie' was one of those characters that used bear puns all the time from just a brief exchange? Just how insightful was this person? It was a good thing they did something about them early on when they did, otherwise they'd have wisened up to their plans almost immediately and done something about them. Shadow truly was an opponent to be feared.

"It's okay miss IF, we're here for you." Then there was Uni. Everyone was giving the suited IF looks of sympathy and understanding. If they ever found out that IF was one of the ring-leaders, who know what they might do to her!

Wait... Wait a minute... WAIT A MINUTE... IF might might just be able to find a way out of this.

She undid the zipper around her costume's head area, slowly revealing her face to the trio of brunettes.

"I guess what you guys are saying makes sense..." All she had to do was play along with what they thought. Just play it cool. PLAY IT COOL! "It does explain why I can't remember anything too." All three girls around her gave IF looks of simpathy.

"How cruel. How could anyone just mess with people's memories like that!" Noire clenched her fist with a furious look on her face, which made IF shudder a bit.

"Who ever they are they must be some lowlife who thinks people are just toys." Even Uni was mad, it was a good thing they didn't know about IF's involvement or els-

"GAH!" All heads turned towards Shadow, who was kneeling on the ground, cluthing her head as if she was in pain.

"What's wrong?" Both Noire and Uni rushed to her side.

"I don't- AAARGHH!" Without warning, a splitting headache overtook Shadow's sense. Her vision blurred and her eyesight grew dim. Her knees felt weak and she could hear a voice speaking to her from some place unknown.

I am thou... And thou art I

I am a shadow... The true self!

"Get away from her!" IF screamed out just in time as Noire and Uni leaped away from the oddly-eyed brunette. It was about time! It looked as though the plan wasn't entirely off yet.

A disgusting purple aura surrounded Shadow as Noire and Uni looked on in shock at the pained girl, listening to her screams of agony as the aura intensified.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" When suddenly... It subsided, but Noire and Uni now felt a sense of shock as now Shadow left kneeling on the ground, but the most surprising part... There were two of her. One was kneeling and another was standing right behind her with her back turned to the group, a sinister aura surrounding her.

"S-sis, what just happened?" Uni couldn't hide her surprise.

"I... I don't know." While Noire might not have known, IF certainly did. The guild agent did her best to put on a shocked expression, smiling to herself inwardly at the scene playing out before her.

"Heh." Shadow's double chuckled to herself, choosing to look back to the group behind with a sinister grin plastered over across her face.

"Who are you?" Said Noire, summoning a rapier into her hand while Uni brought out a rifle. IF on the other hand, lazily took out her q'tars, still trying her best to act shocked.

"Me? That's a stupid question. I am who I am, nothing more." The twisted doppelganger replied nonchalantly, waving her arms up slightly as she did.

"Shadow!" Everyone looked to the sky to see three figures descending at break-neck speed. The three figures approached the ground quickly, revealing themselves to be familiar faces.

"Neptune!" "Nepgear!" "Lady Vert!" The owners of those names swiftly landed on the ground gracefully. Or at least Vert and Nepgear did while Neptune faceplanted, earning a facepalm from Noire.

"It looks like we have guests." The sinister doppelganger of Shadow spoke once more as she faced off against the group of seven before her. "This looks like it'll be fun, don't you think so me?" The look-alike broke out into a demented laughter as the real Shadow slowly stood back up.

"Oh my, it seems we've found ourselves in a rather unique situation." Spoke Vert. "By the way, who are you three, if you don't mind my asking?"

"What the goodness? Why are there two shadows?" Spoke Nepgear

"Whoa! I'm seeing doubles. I think I might need to go see a doctor." Spoke Neptune after getting her face off the ground.

"You need to go see a doctor about your brain function, but now's not the time for that, Neptune!" Noire's remark earned a pout from Neptune, that is until she realized that her friend was struggling to stand up with a creepy double standing right behind her.

Vert also huffed a bit at being ignored, but quickly summoned her weapon along with Neptune and Gear. An action that, unbeknownst to Vert, earned Shadow a jealous stare from IF.

"Aw, just look at all the friends you have, me. A bunch of idiots who seem to think they know you. Know US." As the doppelganger finished, Shadow had turned to face her. She looked like she was still in a bit of pain, but her surprise was overtaking her.

"Shadow, get away from her!" Whoever had said that went completely ignored as Shadow continued to stare at her double.

"Who... Are you?"

"I am you and you are me."

"Shadow!" The brunette didn't react once more, rather she continued to stare at her other self in shock and awe, almost as if she was looking at an old mirror. Or maybe an old picture book would be more accurate. This girl in front of her was almost exactly the same, but her sclera were black and her irises were yellow and a sinister aura was surrounding her whole body.

"Shadow!" That demented grin she wore, that wicked smile, a great rage and bloodlust showing within her eyes... But there was something else in there as well... But what?

"Shadow!" Something... Something almost nostalgic in a way.

"... What the hell is she doing? She's just staring at her?" IF found herself feeling dumbstruck at what she was seeing. Why wasn't Shadow moving? Why was she just standing there staring at herself like that? Even if IF didn't quite like her, she also felt rather irritated that she was ignoring Lady Vert of all people as well.

"Let go of her!" Sadly, it seemed as though Uni's words would not help out the situation. Shadow's legs were trapped in place by some the fog itself while she had been staring at her double and the more the group tried to advance, the more the fog would creep towards the black-haired girl's neck. It had quickly become more of a hostage type of situation where they would have to approach very carefully, lest they risk the imposter harming Shadow.

"You're me... Huh?" Of course, Shadow didn't seem to feel the gravity of the situation she was in. It was almost like she didn't understand that she was in danger or maybe she just didn't care... Regardless of what it was, nobody could tell.

"I am your shadow... Your true self."

"You're nothing like-" Vert never got to finish that statement, for Shadow next words shut everyone, including IF, up immediately

"We're a lot alike... Aren't we?"

"... What was that?" The fog that had previously been constricting Shadow seemed to be slowly moving away from her, giving her back her mobility.

"I mean... This just feels so nostalgic for some reason."

"... Nostalgic?"

"Yeah, I mean... I can't really remember anything from my past, but... There's this voice in my head that's telling me that you're telling the truth... You know?"

"..."

"I... We're not a good person are we?"

"... No, we're not... But that's not our fault... It's just... Nobody's ever tried to understand us..."

"Yeah, I guess you've got a point... But you know... Has that ever really bothered us?"

For a moment, nobody could understand what was going on. The tone of Shadow's voice seemed to be laced with great loneliness and if they paid attention, so was her doppelgangers voice. It didn't really look like a clone about to kill the original, it looked like two sisters confiding into each other about the other's grief. Although for Shadow... She finally understood that last emotion she could see in her double's eyes... Sadness. A deep seeded sadness that probably came from something terrible in her... In their past.

"Just think about it. We've been shunned for so long that we just can't care anymore right?"

"That's not the point! Nobody's ever tried to truly understand us! Nobody's ever cared! Nobody!"

"But... But that's not true! I mean, if you think about it... We've never let them, because we were afraid that they'd hurt us."

"That's because they-"

"They couldn't accept us, because we were different. And looking back on it that way, it's kinda sad that nobody ever tried."

"..."

"And yet... And yet we kept living. Living in the hope that someday, someone would reach out to us."

"..."

"Because we wanted someone to reach out to us. So we kept walking. Kept our head held high and never let anyone or anything get us down."

"..."

"Because that's just who we are, scared, weak, yet even that wont get us down."

"..."

"Even I wont let myself be down. Because that's just who I am right? You aren't here as a reminder of what's wrong with me, but you're a reminder of how I can become better... And that's because..."

"... I..."

Shadow closed the distance between herself and her double and locked her into a strong embrace.

"I am thou."

"And thou art I."

For a moment, everyone didn't know what had happened. But in this moment, everyone could only smile at the scene playing out before their eyes. It was almost like something out of a fairy tail. Shadow held onto her other self as she gently began to fade away into mist, the fog slowly beginning to dissipate. After a few seconds all that was left was Shadow standing there, her arms still outstretched as if she was still trying to hold onto her doppelganger who had disappeared in a mere moment.

"... Shadow." The brunette finally responded to Vert's call, finally turning to face her, revealing a teary-eyed smile etched onto her face.

"Sorry you guys had to see that. I... I guess I have some issues that I need to take care of. I just wish I could remember what they are." The entire group finally came back to life as the brunette rubbed the back of her head.

"Shadow! That was totally awesome!" The first of which being Neptune herself.

"Well what can I say. I'd do anything for my friends. Even if I have to face myself."

While the group celebrated, IF took that as a chance to make her escape, leaving the group behind to ponder what she had just witnessed.

"Just... Just what the hell was that?" Blanc said that she would create a manifestation of all her negative feelings. That was a hell of a plan! It backfired entirely!

Was she just... Was she just so mature that she could even accept all of own negative traits as easily as her good ones?

...

Must be nice... Being so secure with who you are like that...

... What the hell just happened?!

"I am not quite sure... But perhaps we underestimated that girl's willpower."

Great! Oh whatever, IF'll just have to deal with her being in the story for a while longer then.

"I suppose she will... But still, who would have thought that she'd be able to face herself so easily. I must say, I am somewhat impressed."

Pft, I coulda done that in five seconds. Anyway, we might as well not waste any more time and get back to work ASAP.

"Understood."

Good, now let's get to it.

W/N: I promise I wont take forever to get the next chapter done. There were... Problems, that had to be dealt with, but now that they have, we'll get back on track from now on. Just remember to give us ideas to work with alright!

Now I gotta get to writing the next chapter, see ya there!