Like Father, Like Daughter
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Chapter 30: Missing Pieces
Music was playing in the Diaz household, and its living room was lively.
You showed me your world
And it felt like a sign
But you acted too slow
And you ran out of ti-i-ime ~
And now we'll be just friends
We will be just friends
And now we'll be just friends
Be just friends ~
I didn't mean to hurt you
You didn't have a clue
So you went out and got busy
And found somebody new, new, new ~
And now we'll be just friends
Oh, we will be just friends
And now we'll be just friends
Be just friends ~
Seraph was jumping up and down, excitedly, "I can't believe I won!"
Hekapoo was looking at her daughter, confused. The moment she arrived, she found her daughter in that state and so were Marco and Star.
"Okay, what did you win?" Hekapoo said, pausing the music on Seraph's compact.
"She won!" Star yelled out.
"Context! Please!" Hekapoo insisted.
Marco cleared his throat, "Seraph called into a radio station, she won ten tickets for the concert Love Sentence concert! It's kinda a big deal; the concert has sold out."
"I want to invite everyone!" Seraph couldn't stop jumping up and down. "I want to invite Jackie, Janna, StarFan, Brittney, "She paused and looked at Marco and Star, "You two, of course."
Then she paused at her mother, "You too Mom!"
"Huh?" Hekapoo had only come to visit her and didn't expect that. "Me? Are you sure you don't want to invite another friend? I mean. I don't even think I've ever heard this band before."
"Please, Mom!" Seraph gave her the puppy dog eyes.
"Fine, you know I can't say know when you give me those eyes."
"Yes!" Seraph hugged her.
"Yay!" Star cheered, "I'm gonna get us some snacks to celebrate."
Star walked off to the kitchen and took a deep breath. I had gotten hard for her to be around Hekapoo at times, nothing against her personally. It was just that it was a reminder of the wedge that had formed between her and Marco. Star adored Seraph, which only made it harder. Then there was Marco; it would probably be impossible to hide it from him if he wasn't so busy trying to be a good dad.
"Star."
Star turned around to find Hekapoo behind her. "I think we need to talk."
Star quickly forced a smile on her face, "About what?"
"Don't try that on me, I'm not Marco or Seraph, I don't take everything for face value from Butterflys. Your poker face is a far second to your mother's. I can tell you're not comfortable around me."
"W—what? Gah! Don't be silly."
"You like Marco, and you think I'm getting in between you."
"…." Star didn't expect that to come out like that.
"Don't worry; I'm not going to get in your way."
"What? But I thought you liked Marco." The words escaped her lips before she could stop.
Hekapoo let out a tired sigh, "I do. I like him a lot, but it won't work out."
"What?"
"I'm immortal Star. I've watched generations of Butterflys come and go, and that would be the same with Marco. If anything happened between us, Marco would spend the rest of his life with me, and I couldn't spend the rest of my life with him. He would age, and I wouldn't. Marco wants someone to spend his life with and have a family. Someone to grow old with… I can never give him that kind of life, but you can."
"Me?"
"Star, you care about Marco and want the best for him. He'd be happy with you. He'd make a good king and be secure for the rest of his life. You care about Seraph and would make sure to welcome her into the family even if-" Hekapoo corrected herself, "when you have your own daughter. I won't stop you. You'd be happy together, and that's all that matters."
Star stared at Hekapoo. She was sure that Hekapoo was giving her permission to ask Marco out. Though she had the feeling that Hekapoo would be devastated if she did end up with Marco but would allow it.
"You don't have to worry about me, just... just be good to them," Hekapoo said, her eyes overshadowed by her bangs. "Heads up, I told Jackie and Janna the same thing. They had the same reaction as you, and well, just be worthy of them."
Star wanted to say something, but before she could Seraph called out, "Mom! You got a package!"
Hekapoo went to her daughter before Star could reply.
In the living room, Marco brought in a package. "Did you order something?"
Hekapoo quirked an eyebrow, "No, who brought it?"
"Some cat guy knocked on the door while you were getting snacks. " Marco checked the label.
"No return address, and it's made out to both of us."
"So what is it? Some sort of belated wedding present that wasn't canceled?" Hekapoo wagered.
"Maybe, we are still getting some of that stuff. Should we talk about sending some of that stuff back or-?"
"Just open it."
Marco opened up the box and found a sickly green crystal in it.
"Huh?" Hekapoo mumbled, "It kinda looks like one of Omni's crystals."
"Oh, no... He's not trying to age us again; is he? He knows the last spell wore off, right?"
"He'd better," Hekapoo examined the crystal, "Huh? It's the wrong color; it looks… sick."
Marco looked and realized something. It looked familiar, like those crystals from that place Omni sent him.
As Star followed along, Seraph asked, "Where are the snacks?"
The crystal began to glow and shake, suddenly energy snaked off it and formed a spindly arm. The arm grabbed Marco, squeezing him tightly.
"Marco!" Hekapoo was quick to his side to try and yank him away, but more arms formed and grabbed her. More and more arms formed around them, ensuring their capture.
The crystal collapsed into itself before becoming a spiraling black and white portal, twisting the room in with its presence and starting to suck everything around it.
Hekapoo and Marco struggled against the arms but were being dragged in anyway.
"Mom! Dad!" Seraph jumped towards her parents, trying to grab them, without ever noticing the other arms reaching out for her.
"Raspberry ribbon lasso!" Star yelled out at the top of her lungs.
A ribbon of light sprung from Star's wand wrapping around Seraph's waist, pulling her away from danger. Star clung to the door frame with one hand and held onto her wand and Seraph with the other, pulling the young girl back.
They watched as the arms pulled Hekapoo and Marco into the vortex until it collapsed into nothing.
After a moment, the room stopped trembling as everything settled. Star held Seraph as they watched the now empty spot where Hekapoo and Marco should have been.
30 MINUTES LATER
The High Commission had gathered at the Diaz household. Star and Seraph had initially believed that Marco and Hekapoo would return right away. That they had just teleported somewhere and they'd use their scissors to come right back.
They hadn't, and Star and Seraph had both gotten somewhat worried.
Queen Moon and the Commission had gathered and were studying it.
Mrs. Diaz served them some tea as the Queen explained her observations, "I can't say I've observed anything like what you've said. I'll check the archive in the castle, maybe something in one of the journals of past Queens. This feels like something Skywynne might have encountered."
Omni had shrunk down and was examining where they had vanished.
"You are saying it looked like a green crystal?" Omni asked Seraph.
The young hybrid nodded, "Yeah, it kind of looked like those floating crystals from that tower thing with the crystal orb."
"That's strange," Omni did have a feeling something felt off with those. "Maybe someone took one, but why send it if they had."
Rhombulus tried to be reassuring, "Don't worry. I'm sure they'll be back in no time."
2 WEEKS LATER
Star and Seraph both sat on the couch together. Nachos and Cinnabar curled next to Seraph, both trying to be there for her if her parents couldn't. They got Cinnabar, afraid that without Hekapoo around, he'd get lonely.
They were both sitting in front of a mirror with the Magical Commission.
"You couldn't find them?" Star asked to be sure.
"I'm afraid not." Moon lamented.
Omni sighed, "I looked all over the multiverse, and I can't trace them. The fritz is making that harder but- still. I'll keep looking. They couldn't just vanish into nothingness."
Lekmet only let out, "Baw baw bah!"
Rhombulous translated, "Okay, Lekmet did some stuff and made sure they haven't died. So that's good."
Both girls weren't that reassured.
Moon huffed, "We aren't going to give up. We will find them."
Moon knew that as a group, they were running out of ideas. She had to find Glossaryck now; it would only be a matter of time before the commission asked to see him about this. She had been putting it off, but maybe talking to Ludo's parents might yield some results.
2 WEEKS AND A HALF LATER
School had been weird. Seraph had gotten used to having her father there, and things just didn't feel the same. Everyone knew that Marco had gone missing; it was hard to keep that hidden.
Every once in a while, she'd notice people stealing glances and whispering.
It was a constant reminder that her father wasn't there. Once in a while, she got someone telling her to keep up hope that her father would be back in no time. It just made her feel worse; they were trying to be nice, but why did it hurt so much?
She couldn't even do her art. Every time she tried to take her mind off things and do her paintings, she froze up just thinking about her parents and getting worried if she'd ever see them again.
"Hey, Seraph!" Janna called her over, as she and Jackie walked over. "We were going to get something to eat. You want to come along?"
"Yeah, maybe I can teach you some more skating moves afterward."
Seraph managed a small smile, "I guess that could be fun."
3 WEEKS LATER
"No!" Star growled at the red-haired songstrel, Ruberiot.
Star huffed in the Diaz living room. Her mom insisted that they had to keep doing Song Day; she had always hated that. It was even worse now with Marco and Hekapoo both missing, but Moon wanted it done.
Star was sure her mother wanted her to take her mind off things, but Star wasn't having it.
All across the living room were a bunch of missing persons posters for Marco and Hekapoo. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing. They were going to put them out across the multiverse and hope that someone saw them.
Ruberiot picked up one of the papers; he saw Hekapoo and Marco on them. "Who's this guy?"
Star snapped, "That's her father!" Star motioned to Seraph.
Ruberiot blinked. He had some questions seeing how young Marco looked in the photo.
"He's my friend," Star whispered, "and he's missing. He's been missing for three weeks." Star's voice broke, "We are trying to find him, both of them... I get it! My Mom sent you here to do a job, and I'm not trying to be difficult. But I don't have time to help you write some generic song! My best friend is missing, her parents are missing, and we don't know where they are! I just can't sit here making some stupid song!"
Star was trembling, and her eyes were in tears.
Ruberiot paused, "I'm sorry, is there anything I can do to help?"
Star handed him a stack of papers, "We're going to go to post these. If you want to help, come along."
Seraph opened up a portal, and they walked in.
3 WEEKS AND TWO DAYS LATER
Ruberiot wasn't as bad as Star had feared. He was nice, while he helped post flyers all around as they talked. It was nice to have someone to talk to about all the stuff in her life. Seraph was there, but Star couldn't burden her with that. There were things there that Star couldn't tell her anyway.
Besides, Ruberiot wanted to do something that she hadn't expected. He wanted to write a song about the real her, and not just another cookie-cutter princess song. He wanted to write a real princess song. Star ended up helping him out with a bit of insistence from Seraph.
It was nice to take a break from all the stress in her life.
Star still wasn't sure it was the best idea to have a Song Day, but they were there now.
The castle was alive with people eager to hear the song for the new princess.
The High Commission sat in the row before them. Lekmet turned around and gave them a kind smile.
This wasn't what Star had hoped for. Marco wasn't there, and because Hekapoo wasn't either her duties fell on another.
Seraph sat next to Star. She wore a beautiful yellow gown with a black satin belt around her waist and sitting between her horns was her mother's black tiara.
It suited Seraph, and maybe one day she'd take that crown as her own in due time; but she wasn't ready. Seraph smiled, although Star had known her long enough to know she was putting up a front. Star patted Seraph's hand; they trembled a little. Seraph wanted her parents to be there so badly.
"Moon-Pie!" River stopped her and quickly pulled a twig from her hair.
Moon arrived later than anyone else, sitting down next to Star. She looked winded.
Moon seemed a little out of it.
"Star, I want to tell you something."
"Mom?"
"Let me finish; I want to say how… how proud I am of you."
"What?"
"I know Princess Songs aren't exactly your cup of tea, and I know I can be... hard on you sometimes, so it means a lot to me that you still went through with it."
Moon wanted to say the same things that her mother told her; she knew she had to because there was so much more she wanted to hear from her and couldn't. With Hekapoo gone, they brought back memories of losing her mother; and she couldn't miss any chance to let Star know how important she was to her.
"Thanks, Mom. But, uh, you know, Ruby and me, we kind of changed some stuff. I mean, it's just not going to sound exactly like your Princess Song did. So, you know, don't freak out or anything."
"Thank you for telling me Star, but I trust your judgment."
"Ohhhh, thank you! But we really went off-script. It's all good, but there might be, like-"
The announcer yelled, "And now, Mewni's newest court composer, the songstrel Ruberiot."
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"And his name is Marco Diaz~!" Ruberiot added almost like an afterthought.
Not sure why it had happened, but the second half of the song made it pretty clear that Star loved Marco.
Star cringed and pulled on her hair. She never said any of that. She never even knew about that part of the song. Why would he do that? What did that do? Even if she did, which she would never admit to, what good could it do? She wanted to be honest, but something super private about her friends? Her friend who she had an already complicated relationship with. Did he take her worry for love?
What was wrong with Ruberiot?
Just when Star didn't think it could have gone worse.
The crowd was silent with the revelations from the song. Star could feel her mother glaring at her; the High Commission was looking at Moon. Even Omni from his Crystal Ball looked upset. They weren't taking the fact that Glossaryck was missing, and the fact that Moon never told them, all that well.
The crowd was either in shock or whispering to each other. Some were getting ready to scream and riot.
Star wasn't paying attention to that, just Seraph. There was a look in her eyes that Star didn't recognize, was it betrayal? Was it fear? Was it hurt?
"At least it couldn't get worse," Star mumbled to herself.
Ruberiot was on stage trying to calm down the crowd; they weren't taking his song as well as he had hoped.
A flash of green energy erupted from the sky and crashed on the stage and blasted back the bard. The green flames died out, and a figure spun out from them. He flipped his cape behind him and straightened his top hat.
Erebus took a step forward, "So, did he just say Glossaryck was missing?"
The stage began to burn with green flames as his shadow spread and split from him. The sounds of cracking skin could be heard from under that mask of his.
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Erebus didn't fear the High Commission. He might not even have feared Glossaryck, but he at least worried about what Glossaryck could do to him.
"Woo-hoo! Finally, a chance to cut loose! To stop holding back because of a little blue man!"
Then his hands sharply rose and people in the crowd were hurled into the air and popped like water balloons. His flames spread around, burning the building and blocking any escape.
Moon hurled herself from the balcony and turned into her butterfly mood. Rage was apparent in her face as her four arms prepared to fire on him. He chuckled as his shadow rose into the air; and in a flash, it smashed Moon into the castle's side.
Rhombulus charged ahead trying to capture Erebus into a crystal. That didn't work out so well as Erebus swiped his hand, flicking away the blast hitting people trying to escape. Lekemet flew into the air to join the battle. Seraph leaped after him with Star close behind.
River huffed; he couldn't make that jump. They had magic, so he decided to do what he could and ran inside to find the guards to get people out of there.
Seraph blasted flames to the ground to slow her fall with Star using Cloudy. It didn't take them all that long to reach where Erebus was.
In her rage, Moon blasted enough energy to rip apart Erebus' shadow, and she flew at him.
"This is-" A shadow rose and blocked her attacks. "What's that game? That Tabletop game? The one about the dragons and the dungeons."
Moon sliced through the shadow constructs with her sword spell. Erebus shifted to the side to dodge it. "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons? Creatures and Caverns? Maze and Monsters? No, the last one is wrong."
Moon continued to slash at him, and he just kept avoiding the hits.
"You'd be a War Mage, or Caster and fighter multiclass."
Erebus jumped back as Rhombulus fired his spell at them. "You'd be a barbarian? No, the king is a barbarian; you're a fighter with one cool trick."
"Aah!" Rhombulus fired again.
"Ah!" Seraph had snuck behind him and slashed at him with a flaming sword.
Erebus just ducked. "You'd be a rogue with some magic. What's that called? Arcane Trickster? That doesn't sound exactly right. Maybe a multiclass."
"Rainbow Fist Punch!" Star yelled out, firing a rainbow-colored punch from her fist.
With a sway of his hand, another giant hand reached out his shadow and crushed the colorful fist.
"You'd be a wizard? No, they're smart. Sorcerer maybe? Some fighting type of caster." Erebus paused, "Why is this important?"
The other moved closer to him to try and box him in.
"Right, now I remember. If you want to win, you take out the healer first."
He pointed past them, and a thin sharp shadow formed and shot out straight at Lekmet. Lekmet had been trying to help people, heal those who needed it. When he saw the attack, he just barely pushed a little girl out of the way before the attack landed.
"Baw!"
The shadow shard tore through his chest, leaving a small hole in it.
The old goat-man trembled. His lips moved as he tried to speak, but no noise came out. He looked at Seraph and tried to smile as he collapsed onto the ground. His body shuddered, and before their eyes his body collapsed into ash.
"… Uncle Lekmet?"
"Lekmet!" Rhombulous yelled out before he rushed blindly at Erebus.
Erebus didn't budge, but punched him in the face. There was a terrible crack as his face shattered. Rhombulus struggled and tried to swing at him.
Erebus placed his hand on Rhombulous's face, "Yeah, keep swinging."
Shadow like tendrils flowed out of his hand onto Rhombulous's face, around his body and then the snakes.
Moon jumped at the girls and pulled them away, turning them away. They heard Rhombulous scream and crystal shattering, followed by the sound of a body hitting the floor.
"Okay, what was I saying?" Erebus snapped his finger walking over the defeated foe. "Omni would be a- wait where is-"
There was a loud sound like something big speeding towards the ground.
"Oh, there he is."
Erebus looked up to see a giant fist speeding at him. Followed by darkness as the fist collided with him.
The ground shattered on impact, and Omni continued to pound the ground over and over. Omni sensed his brothers dying. He rushed here as soon as he could when everything started but didn't make it in time. With all his rage and guilt, he pounded the ground to at least make sure Erebus paid.
The castle shook with every punch.
Moon couldn't fault Omni's reaction; the way they were she wasn't sure if they could revive them.
River rushed in with the knights and cleared the way for people to escape. They had already removed the crystals to allow people to portal away.
Omni screamed as tendril-like shadows wrapped around his hand, forming into a giant bear trap. The trap started to spin him around before he was tossed into the nearest tower.
Rocks started to fall everywhere, and there was no time to run.
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"Seraph! Seraph! Seraph! Wake up!"
Seraph's head hurt. She had tried to get out of the way, but one of the tower's stone blocks hit her head. She blinked as she opened her eyes and found the borrowed tiara broken on the ground beside her. She tried to get up, feeling a trail of blood dripping over her right eye.
She looked around, but she couldn't see much. Although she did see Moon fighting some shadows, and people were on the ground.
"Seraph, are you okay?" Star was above her, "I knew I should have learned some healing spells."
"… Star?"
With tears in her eyes, Star smiled. Star pulled out Seraph's scissors, leaned down and kissed Seraph on the forehead. "Okay, okay, don't worry about it. It's going to be okay. It's going to be okay. I promise you that you'll be okay."
Star opened a portal and tucked the scissors back into Seraph's pocket. Star picked up the dazed Seraph and pushed her through. Star held her wand tightly, ready to fight.
Seraph tumbled onto the couch as the portal closed.
"Angie!" Raphael yelled out, finding his granddaughter bleeding and barely conscious. "Get the first aid kit!"
4 WEEKS LATER
He had been waiting on Hill of Flags.
After Erebus tore through the castle and Mewni, he just walked away and sat on the hill. He didn't move. He didn't speak. He didn't do anything but sit there and watch as the Kingdom of Mewni burned. He waited there without moving a muscle for days.
Moon had done nothing but prepared since then. It would have been kind to say that Mewni had been crippled, most were calling it dead. Most of the citizens had fled to other kingdoms or left the dimension. Moon gathered every knight, every soldier, every squire, every person willing to fight.
Moon went to the other kingdoms for help. The Lucitors and the Pony Heads were more than willing to help. They had been allies, and the princess and prince needed to do this for Star.
The Johansens were more than eager to help out when they heard what happened to River; they wouldn't sit by after their family was taken.
The Spider-Bites, the Waterfolk, and the Jaggy Royal Family all agreed to fight along because, after everything he did, Erebus had to be dealt with.
Moon even got the Avarius to gather all the monsters in the dimension. Even the Septarians joined in the fight; they had a less than pleasant past with Erebus and enlisted to help bring him down. Moon was less than eager to work with them, but desperate times make desperate bedfellows.
An army composed of every significant power in the dimension marched upon that hill and one man.
Moon rode on top of Omni; she paused to look at the wand. Moon found it after she found Star, the wand didn't transform and seemingly stuck in the broken form that it took for her daughter. She held it to her heart and got ready.
She didn't have anything more to lose, but she would make sure Erebus lost everything.
After days Erebus finally did something; he huffed and got on his feet.
"That's the best that you could come up with? I expected something- I don't know. Ugh! Let's get started."
He held out his arms wide, "I am Erebus! The Lord of Darkness! The Master of Shadows! And you should have come here when there wasn't enough light to cast shadows!"
He stomped his foot, and his shadow trembled. Suddenly the whole front of the army saw their shadows ripple right before a black spike shot out towards them.
Many were able to jump out of the way or fly out of reach, but many more didn't.
4 WEEKS 3 DAYS LATER
The sky was red and black. How much had already burned?
Green flames consumed one of the last Septarians. Erebus just brushed his hands clean off the ash.
"Seriously, it's been days, and barely anyone can hold my attention for more than a few seconds."
Moon's side was bleeding, and she dragged herself up the hill towards him. All around her were the fallen. She didn't know how much of the army had died or fled by this point.
"You know... I had this whole plan when this all started, but then I jumped the gun when Glossaryck was revealed to be gone."
Erebus pulled Lekmet's horn from a pocket along with some horns he had plucked from the fight. Moon wasn't sure, but they looked like Tom's and Lilacia's horns. Erebus just started to juggle them.
"Like, maybe this whole thing was a bad idea. The thing was supposed to be fun, at least Hekapoo kept things interesting. I would wreck a world; the Magic High Commission would try to fight me. Sometimes they'd get a good blow in or Glossaryck would do something. It made things more challenging, but Hekapoo was the tease. I'd bring a world down, and she would save something of it and whisk it away into her dimension, which she blocked me from. Sometimes it was a world, a country, a kingdom, or just some of its people. I could never get a perfect victory. That was our game; it gave me something to struggle against. Then came that Human and her Offspring. Her equal and her heir. It got more interesting."
Moon struggled just to lift the wand, "I call the darkness on to me. From the deepest depth of Earth and Sea."
The black taint spread across her arms, and it pained her. It felt like her flesh was burning.
"But this is all too easy now. It's boring. What should I do now?" Erebus let his shoulder slump.
"From ancient evils awoken. Break the one that can't be broken. "
"Maybe find a new game. I'm too good at this one. Maybe start collecting stuff. Horns? A lot of stuff has horns. Those swords on Omni's head, do they count as horns? I know I left his skull around here somewhere."
"To the blackest night, I pledge my soul. And crush my heart to burning coal."
Erebus finally turned to listen to Moon, "A spell? Sounds edgy." He moved closer to her, dropping the horns, and pulled open his coat, "Make sure you don't miss."
The wand glowed, and Moon felt the strain of the dark magic on her body, "To summon forth the deadly power. To see my hated foe devoured."
A blast of dark magic shot from the wand and then ripped through Erebus. There was a gaping hole where his stomach should have been.
"I- I think you missed." He just fell backward.
Moon just stared for a moment with bated breath; she wasn't even sure it worked. Her body ached. She wasn't even sure she had much more time. The curse was taking a toll on her.
Erebus wasn't moving. She had done it. She avenged her husband and daughter and stopped the man who destroyed her kingdom.
It was over.
"Ouch! Aim higher!" Erebus jolted up, "If you had hit the heart, it would have at least knocked me out. Or if you aimed lower, it would have least hurt more."
Erebus forced himself onto his feet; the gap in his stomach started to ooze black liquid. The ooze began to seep in the wound, slowly filling it up.
"Didn't you ever wonder?" Erebus' voice was raspy and weak. "Why Glossaryck never just finished me off? Why no god? Why no Champion? Ever finished me?" The world twitched behind him, twisting and contorting with every breath he took.
The world seemingly shattered and rebuilt itself around him.
Was the world rejecting him? Was death?
"They can't, no one can," Erebus chuckled, "I'll be here until the universe dies, and I'll be here for the next one."
With every step he took closer to her, the ground seemed to wither.
"I don't belong in this universe, and thus nothing in it can do anything to me. Well, nothing permanently. I'll just bounce back. I'm a hole in the universe. You can tear me apart, puncture me, riddle me with holes, but I'll always put myself back together. You can fill a hole, but that doesn't fix things. You can shift the gap, but the stuff is still missing." He paused, "Did that make any sense? I've just been shot, and I don't think I'm thinking clearly."
Moon in a desperate attempt, charged at him pulling every bit of power she could muster to transform again.
Moon lunged at him, but Erebus just grabbed her by the neck. She struggled against his grasp, firing as much as she could.
"Calling upon the last bits of your magic mojo even upon death, mother like daughter."
Snap.
"Just like the daughter."
We see our Beta-Reader/Editor?, RJ Writing Ink, sitting at a desk with his laptop in front of him. His eyes are as wide as dinner plates, and his mouth is hanging open in complete shock at what he just finished reading. Finally, after a few moments, his brain is able to start functioning enough to formulate an appropriate response.
RJ Writing Ink: Holy *****ng ****, ADDude. EVERYONE WHO WASN'T ON EARTH IS NOW DEAD! EREBUS KILLED THEM ALL!
RJ then gets up from where he's sitting and proceeds to give a round of applause to ADDude for the emotional rollercoaster of a chapter he just gave us.
RJ Writing: ADDude, I don't know where you came up with the idea for this nightmare-fuel inducing chapter, but bravo! I'm sure that the people who have just finished reading this right are going to be hysterical, crying, or trying to wrap their heads around what happened. You guys are going to be in for a treat.
Beta Grey: There is more to come. It will be a sight to see.
Author's Notes: My turn? Oh, sorry I was just drinking tears. Not of you guys, just in general this stuff is real good and summer time so gotta stay hydrated.
Okay, so this took me a while because Grey told me I had show and no tell. So this is going to take a lot longer to finish. But we have entered the end game.
Or at least the Infinity War. (I gotta get back on that fic I know). So we are entering into the last two arcs of this season of the story.
Okay, so many of you are upset at this chapter but I think I've earned your trust at this point. I promise I do have a plan and there will be a pay off. So take a deep breath, get some water, maybe a snack, leave a review and wait for me to update.