Disclaimer: I don't own PPG or any of its characters. All I own is 'The Orin'. Before I begin this story, I'd like to point out a few things, firstly Orin's bold text doesn't mean he's shouting, its just booming in every direction of where Bubbles is. If he wants to yell, or say something a little louder, it'll be in bolder text okay?
Note: To all my readers out there I heavily apologize. I haven't had time to do this chapter in a long time, and I've had writers block for lord knows how long. Though I'm hoping to write more frequently since I have a few ideas up my sleeve. and you'll probably be seeing the stories getting longer than just a few scenes. So enjoy the read!
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Nothingness... It was what she felt, it was where she was. As she opened her eyes, she found herself sourounded by a void of depressing darkness. What frightened her even more was that the darkness, from any standpoint seemed as though it stretched from every angle, and every direction like a neverending shroud.
The only light in this loney place was herself. In fact, she seemed so bathed with light to the point where she resembled a translucent ghost save the fact she was still solid.
'But where exactly am I?' Bubbles thought to herself. 'Last I checked I was still in my room.....'
"What is this place? Where am I?!" She panicked.
"..IN ME."
She gasped, her head spinning to every direction to find the sound, but with no such luck. The voice seemed to be filtering every part of the area. Its voice was calm, and etheral. As though it had a wisdom over its years...and yet it seemed very cold.
Gathering the courage, and resisting the temptations to cry, she proceeded to speak further to whomever was speaking with her.
"...That still doesn't explain where I am?" Bubbles replied hesitantly. "Where am I?" she repeated.
"YOU ARE IN ME. THE ONE YOU WISHED TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. THE ONE WHOM YOU SEEKED RIGHTOUSNESS AND SOLEMNITY TO. I AM THE ORIN, AND YOU STAND IN WHERE I HAVE STAYED FOR MILLENIUMS PAST.."
"Well, that explains what you are and where I am, but why am I here?" Said Bubbles. She had let her gaurd down. Not like she had much of a choice. She was begining to feel at least just a little more comfortable with whomever she was speaking to her.
"I AM HERE TO HELP YOU."
"That's crazy! Why me? So many people before you have asked for your help! But why are you seeking me instead?"
"BECAUSE, MY CHILD," The voice purred throughout the atomosphere of the darkness. "YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE OF WHICH TO HAVE WISHED FOR SOMETHING OF RELATIVE IMPORTANCE. YOUR SPIRIT FELT SO STRONGLY OF THAT WISH, THAT IT CREATED A BOND WITH ME, SO THAT I MAY SPEAK WITH YOU." The Orin answered.
"MANY SOULS HAVE WISHED ON ME BEFORE. UNLIKE TODAY AND BACK IN MY TIME, I WAS THE GREAT ORIN, GOD OF WISHES AND GOOD LUCK. HOWEVER, I MADE SO MANY WISHES FOR PEOPLE GOOD AND EVIL, THAT EVENTUALLY THE LAND OF ROME FELL INTO TOURMOUIL DUE TO THE CORRUPTION. THE GODS BECAME UPSET WITH ME, AND MY INTERFERENCE WITH THE MORTALS. THEY SEALED ME INSIDE OF THIS STONE AND MADE IT SO THAT ONLY QUEEN CLEOPATRA III AND HER HUSBAND, KING CEAZAR KNEW ANYTHING OF MY EXISTANCE. THE GODS MADE IT SO EVERYONE WAS MADE TO FORGET ABOUT ME, AND MY EXISTANCE. NO BOOK EVER WRITTEN COULD EVER WRITE ME FOR WHO I WAS...I WAS WRITTEN TO BE A HUNTER OR WHATNOT FOR THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN ALTERED. ONCE RECEIVED, QUEEN CLEOPATRA HAD MADE A PERSONAL MISSION ON HER OWN BEHALF TO BURRY ME SOMEWHERE NEAR THE EGYPT'S PALACE."
"It must have been really lonely being stuck in here." She replied. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the former god. Being betrayed by your very own, just because you tried to help, and make people happy. What was so wrong with that? If anything, she felt that the Orin, or whatever this thing was, needed a wish of its own so that it could be free. It was certainly worth more than her wish.
"..Is there any way you could get out?"
The voice paused. Obviously thinking about Bubbles' question.
"THE ONLY WAY MY IMMORTAL SOUL SHALL BE FREED IS THAT IF I AM ABLE TO FULFILL YOUR WISH."
"Then I'll just wish for you to be free."
"IT ISN'T THAT SIMPLE."
"Why not?"
"BECAUSE, IN ORDER TO FULFILL YOUR WISH, AND FREE MYSELF IS...."
"Is what?" Asked Bubbles
"IS THAT YOU ACQUIRE SOULS."
"Souls? So your saying I have to capture souls?!"
"YES. THAT IS CORRECT." He replied. "A GOD IS MADE OF POWERS OF THE SPIRIT. MY SPIRITUAL POWERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY, BUT NOT HAS MY SPECIAL ABILITIES. IN ORDER TO FREE MYSELF AND GRANT YOUR WISH YOU MUST BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THE LIVES OF OTHERS, AND ACQUIRE THEIR SOULS...."
Bubbles was dumbstruck. she'd have to kill innocent lives in order to create a selfish wish? She couldn't do it. She just couldn't allow herself to put other peoples' lives on the line for herself.
"I don't know if I could find it in my heart to do this..." Bubbles said finally. "Its only MY wish, and nobody on this Earth asked or deserves to die because of it."
"OH IS IT?" The Orin replied calmly. "MY DEAR BUBBLES... I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FEEL THE PAIN OF NEGLECT, AND LONELINESS......EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T DESERVE TO DIE, DO YOU HONESTLY FEEL THAT YOU ARE ANY INFERIOR? THAT YOU NEED TO DIE WITHIN YOURSELF? MY DEAR, YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE NOT AS INNOCENT AS THEY APPEAR TO BE. IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE TO THIS WORLD IF THEY DIED ANYWAY.... WHO SAID YOU HAD TO KILL 'INNOCENT LIVES'?
She gasped. He was right. There were bad people in this world..some who had caused pain to the world and had hurt the happiness of the people. They deserved to die, right? Couldn't she just take their souls and feed it to Orin? Besides, it was for a good cause for her and Orin both... well, it was a better cause than they were contributing anyway.
"Okay." Bubbles replied. "I'll do it."
"GOOD.....AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. BUT I'LL HAVE YOU REMEMBER, THAT ONCE YOU GO ONTO THIS DEAL, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.....ARE YOU SURE?"
She nodded.
"ALRIGHT THEN, BUBBLES...I, THE ORIN DUB YOU...THE OFFICIAL..."
"SOUL HUNTER…"
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Uh oh. What in the world has Bubbles gotten herself into? Does she REALLY know what she's dealing with? What's up with Blossom and Buttercup, and what's with the aloof new guy that Blossom's been going ga-ga over? Who is he? And most of all...Bubbles' first assignment! Check it all out next chapter!
Ja ne!
Note: To all my readers out there I heavily apologize. I haven't had time to do this chapter in a long time, and I've had writers block for lord knows how long. Though I'm hoping to write more frequently since I have a few ideas up my sleeve. and you'll probably be seeing the stories getting longer than just a few scenes. So enjoy the read!
~*~
........
Nothingness... It was what she felt, it was where she was. As she opened her eyes, she found herself sourounded by a void of depressing darkness. What frightened her even more was that the darkness, from any standpoint seemed as though it stretched from every angle, and every direction like a neverending shroud.
The only light in this loney place was herself. In fact, she seemed so bathed with light to the point where she resembled a translucent ghost save the fact she was still solid.
'But where exactly am I?' Bubbles thought to herself. 'Last I checked I was still in my room.....'
"What is this place? Where am I?!" She panicked.
"..IN ME."
She gasped, her head spinning to every direction to find the sound, but with no such luck. The voice seemed to be filtering every part of the area. Its voice was calm, and etheral. As though it had a wisdom over its years...and yet it seemed very cold.
Gathering the courage, and resisting the temptations to cry, she proceeded to speak further to whomever was speaking with her.
"...That still doesn't explain where I am?" Bubbles replied hesitantly. "Where am I?" she repeated.
"YOU ARE IN ME. THE ONE YOU WISHED TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. THE ONE WHOM YOU SEEKED RIGHTOUSNESS AND SOLEMNITY TO. I AM THE ORIN, AND YOU STAND IN WHERE I HAVE STAYED FOR MILLENIUMS PAST.."
"Well, that explains what you are and where I am, but why am I here?" Said Bubbles. She had let her gaurd down. Not like she had much of a choice. She was begining to feel at least just a little more comfortable with whomever she was speaking to her.
"I AM HERE TO HELP YOU."
"That's crazy! Why me? So many people before you have asked for your help! But why are you seeking me instead?"
"BECAUSE, MY CHILD," The voice purred throughout the atomosphere of the darkness. "YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE OF WHICH TO HAVE WISHED FOR SOMETHING OF RELATIVE IMPORTANCE. YOUR SPIRIT FELT SO STRONGLY OF THAT WISH, THAT IT CREATED A BOND WITH ME, SO THAT I MAY SPEAK WITH YOU." The Orin answered.
"MANY SOULS HAVE WISHED ON ME BEFORE. UNLIKE TODAY AND BACK IN MY TIME, I WAS THE GREAT ORIN, GOD OF WISHES AND GOOD LUCK. HOWEVER, I MADE SO MANY WISHES FOR PEOPLE GOOD AND EVIL, THAT EVENTUALLY THE LAND OF ROME FELL INTO TOURMOUIL DUE TO THE CORRUPTION. THE GODS BECAME UPSET WITH ME, AND MY INTERFERENCE WITH THE MORTALS. THEY SEALED ME INSIDE OF THIS STONE AND MADE IT SO THAT ONLY QUEEN CLEOPATRA III AND HER HUSBAND, KING CEAZAR KNEW ANYTHING OF MY EXISTANCE. THE GODS MADE IT SO EVERYONE WAS MADE TO FORGET ABOUT ME, AND MY EXISTANCE. NO BOOK EVER WRITTEN COULD EVER WRITE ME FOR WHO I WAS...I WAS WRITTEN TO BE A HUNTER OR WHATNOT FOR THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN ALTERED. ONCE RECEIVED, QUEEN CLEOPATRA HAD MADE A PERSONAL MISSION ON HER OWN BEHALF TO BURRY ME SOMEWHERE NEAR THE EGYPT'S PALACE."
"It must have been really lonely being stuck in here." She replied. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the former god. Being betrayed by your very own, just because you tried to help, and make people happy. What was so wrong with that? If anything, she felt that the Orin, or whatever this thing was, needed a wish of its own so that it could be free. It was certainly worth more than her wish.
"..Is there any way you could get out?"
The voice paused. Obviously thinking about Bubbles' question.
"THE ONLY WAY MY IMMORTAL SOUL SHALL BE FREED IS THAT IF I AM ABLE TO FULFILL YOUR WISH."
"Then I'll just wish for you to be free."
"IT ISN'T THAT SIMPLE."
"Why not?"
"BECAUSE, IN ORDER TO FULFILL YOUR WISH, AND FREE MYSELF IS...."
"Is what?" Asked Bubbles
"IS THAT YOU ACQUIRE SOULS."
"Souls? So your saying I have to capture souls?!"
"YES. THAT IS CORRECT." He replied. "A GOD IS MADE OF POWERS OF THE SPIRIT. MY SPIRITUAL POWERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY, BUT NOT HAS MY SPECIAL ABILITIES. IN ORDER TO FREE MYSELF AND GRANT YOUR WISH YOU MUST BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THE LIVES OF OTHERS, AND ACQUIRE THEIR SOULS...."
Bubbles was dumbstruck. she'd have to kill innocent lives in order to create a selfish wish? She couldn't do it. She just couldn't allow herself to put other peoples' lives on the line for herself.
"I don't know if I could find it in my heart to do this..." Bubbles said finally. "Its only MY wish, and nobody on this Earth asked or deserves to die because of it."
"OH IS IT?" The Orin replied calmly. "MY DEAR BUBBLES... I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FEEL THE PAIN OF NEGLECT, AND LONELINESS......EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T DESERVE TO DIE, DO YOU HONESTLY FEEL THAT YOU ARE ANY INFERIOR? THAT YOU NEED TO DIE WITHIN YOURSELF? MY DEAR, YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE NOT AS INNOCENT AS THEY APPEAR TO BE. IT WOULD BE A MIRACLE TO THIS WORLD IF THEY DIED ANYWAY.... WHO SAID YOU HAD TO KILL 'INNOCENT LIVES'?
She gasped. He was right. There were bad people in this world..some who had caused pain to the world and had hurt the happiness of the people. They deserved to die, right? Couldn't she just take their souls and feed it to Orin? Besides, it was for a good cause for her and Orin both... well, it was a better cause than they were contributing anyway.
"Okay." Bubbles replied. "I'll do it."
"GOOD.....AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. BUT I'LL HAVE YOU REMEMBER, THAT ONCE YOU GO ONTO THIS DEAL, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.....ARE YOU SURE?"
She nodded.
"ALRIGHT THEN, BUBBLES...I, THE ORIN DUB YOU...THE OFFICIAL..."
"SOUL HUNTER…"
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Uh oh. What in the world has Bubbles gotten herself into? Does she REALLY know what she's dealing with? What's up with Blossom and Buttercup, and what's with the aloof new guy that Blossom's been going ga-ga over? Who is he? And most of all...Bubbles' first assignment! Check it all out next chapter!
Ja ne!