Yo! I'm back with another chapter. Um... Let's see, first order of business. No OC's introduced in this chapter, but next chapter we will see a couple come in. I had planned for some to be in this chapter, but things came up, and their scenes got moved to the next chapter. So yeah. Review, Favorite, Follow, send in an OC. Forms on my profile. Enjoy!
-Aftermath-
"Why would you want to do that?" Jesse asked, he was lying on the grass reading a book when Damon, Arthur, and Jamora approached him.
"Just for practice. C'mon, it'll be like an advisor showdown." Damon said, Jesse hummed, and lazily turned a page in his book.
"I don't want to fight though." Jesse told him, Damon sighed.
"Come on man, it'll be fun."
"You're not going to leave me alone are you?" Jesse asked, Damon shook his head.
"Nope." Jesse sighed, and closed the book. He got up from the ground, and dusted himself off, before grabbing the book and doing the same to it. He bent over, and placed the book back in his bag before finally looking at them.
"Fine." Jesse said, Damon smiled and pulled out his Key-Chain, summoning Fenrir from it. Jamora and Arthur backed off, giving the two some space. Arthur lit a cigarette.
"You gonna get your weapon?" Damon asked, Jesse smiled.
"I do have my weapon." Jesse remarked dryly, pointing to his head. "I use magic mostly." Jesse told him. Damon nodded. "Come on."
"Alright." Damon said before rushing forwards, Jesse smirked, and without moving, used magic to manipulate the earth beneath Damon's feet, tripping him up. Damon tumbled to the ground, though he turned this to his advantage by rolling forward, and striking once close enough to Jesse.
Problem was Jesse was no longer there once Damon's blade passed through the air. Jesse smiled, he had jumped back just before Damon rolled forward. Jesse muttered a quick incantation to make the spell stronger before he summoned a torrent of ice spikes from thin air.
Damon winced and jumped back right as Jesse sent the ice spikes flying at him, a seemingly infinite amount. Damon swung his Keyblade around wildly, to block the more direct attacks. Jesse smiled as he prepared another spell, while keeping the Ice Spikes coming.
"I call upon time itself to bend to my will. With a power to shake the very heavens, to shape reality as I see fit. No one will be able resist my all encompassing power." Jesse recited a quick incantation, to slow down time. He swung his hands together with a defining clap.
Time around Jesse seemed to slow down, Jesse being the only exception to this. He took advantage of this and ran around the ice spikes, and behind Damon. He pulled his scarf from around his neck and used it like a whip, it wrapped around Damon's hand as time seemed to come back to normal. It was too late. As time resumed it's normal pace, Jesse pulled back, making Damon's Keyblade fly out of his hand, and Damon getting his by several ice spikes before flying back, landing at Jesse's feet as he stopped the spell.
"The fuck was that?" Damon asked, exhausted, Jesse smiled at him as he wrapped his scarf around his neck once again, offering a hand to Damon, which he took, and pulled himself up with.
"Magic. Simple and Clean as that." Jesse answered, Damon shook his head.
"That's some shit. Wish I could do that. I can do like… The simple stuff, but nothing like that." Damon said, Jesse shrugged.
"It's not for everyone. And using as much as I did is already staring to hurt… The mental strain right now is just as bad for me as the physical strain after working out for several hours for you." Jesse said, Damon shook his head.
"Sorry about that man."
"Don't be. I was the one who decided to use so much magic. To be honest, I didn't want to fight in the first place, so I wanted to just get it done as soon as possible." Jesse said, moving to grab his bag. Damon shook his head.
"Sorry for making you do it in the first place. Shouldn't have forced you into that."
"You're fine. I may not have wanted to fight, but… I wouldn't be opposed to fighting once my mind is adjusted to using so much magic again. Give me a week or so of training, and I'll fight again."
"For sure. Be waiting for that."
"You hear from Violet at all?" Jesse asked, as he shrugged his bag over his shoulders. Damon shook his head.
"Not at all. She should be fine though."
"So, who is this Violet girl anyway?" Arthur asked, as he blew out some smoke. Damon shrugged.
"She's the girl we've been assigned to advise. Really sweet, and nice girl." Jesse said, Damon nodded.
"For sure. She got fucked up yesterday by some Darkness user yesterday. Fucker was two years older than her."
"Damn. Sorry to hear it. Hope she's okay. You'll have to introduce us when she gets back."
"We will. I'm sure she'd like you guys." Damon said, with a smile, before Miranda spotted them, and walked up behind them.
"What are you guys talking about?" Miranda asked them.
"Nothing really." Jesse answered, Miranda eyes him in a bored way.
"Sure. You know, your eye twitches when you lie." Miranda told him, he just gave her a look. Tanner came from around the corner, with a panicked look, he saw Miranda and went to her, grabbing her by the back collar of her shirt.
"Miranda, stop bothering these students." Tanner told her, she glared back at him, stomping his foot. "Fuck!" Tanner yelled, releasing his grip on her shirt, and jumping back holding his foot. Miranda gave him a bright smile,
"Sorry bro!" Miranda feigned concern. "Didn't see you there." Damon shook his head, Jesse sighed.
"Hey beautiful." Arthur said, Miranda looked at him for a second, giving him a once over, before bursting out laughing. He gave her a confused look, whilst Damon smirked a little bit.
"I'm sorry. But no. I'm not into guys." Miranda said, Damon nodded.
"Another lesbian huh?"
"Nope." Miranda corrected him quickly. "Not into girls either."
"Then what are you into? Animals?"
"Now that you mention it…" Miranda trailed off, earning strange looks from everyone except Tanner who simply rolled his eyes at her antics.
"Don't mind her. She's Asexual, meaning she isn't attracted to any gender, she has no desire for love, or romance, or a relationship, or sex." Tanner was quick to inform them. Miranda nodded. Damon hummed.
"I see, and who are you?" Damon asked, Tanner smiled, and shook his hand.
"I'm Tanner, she's Miranda in case you forgot." Tanner introduced them officially, Miranda smiled, placing her hand on Tanner's shoulder, and pointing her thumb at him.
"He's gay in case you were wondering. He loves the cock." Miranda said, Tanner blushed and glared at her, pushing her off of him. He cleared his throat quickly.
"Miranda you truly are the bane of my existence." Tanner told her, she smiled proudly at him, patting him on the cheek. He glared at her.
"I love you too bro!" She told him, before skipping away to cause more trouble. Tanner sighed, and looked at the group of four.
"I truly do apologize for her actions. See you guys around, I have to go make sure she doesn't cause trouble." Tanner said before he left to follow Miranda. Arthur smiled and looked to Jamora.
"Well, there you go." Arthur said, Jamora blushed and glared at him slightly.
"I take offense to that. Just because I'm gay doesn't mean he's my type."
"Well is he?" Arthur asked, Jamora hesitated before answering.
"… It doesn't matter! Assuming things like that is wrong."
"If you say so. I just wanted to make sure." Arthur said, Jamora just shook his head at him.
-Aftermath-
"Faster!" Toni yelled at Violet. She had Violet set up with a training dummy, and was making her strike it faster and faster to keep her speed up. "You need to be able to strike two times every second!"
"That's fucking impossible!" Violet yelled, Toni glared at her.
"No it's not, you're just lazy!"
"I am not!"
"Yes you fucking are, now shut up and hit it faster!" Toni yelled, Violet let out a disgruntled moan. "What an attractive noise for a young girl to make."
"Fuck you mom!" Violet yelled, Toni just shook her head. The conversation with Kelsi hadn't ended well, but so long as Toni promised that no physical harm would befall Violet, Toni could continue. That severely limited how much she could train Violet directly, but still.
"It's not hard!" Toni yelled, Violet got fed up and swung with all of her might, the training dummy shattered. Toni smiled as Violet glared at her. "That's coming out of your college fund."
"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Violet yelled, Toni smirked and walked towards her daughter. She placed her hand on Violet's shoulder, and smiled.
"I am actually. You're doing well Violet, but you do need to be better. If I wasn't pushed as hard as I was I doubt we would be here now. I'm just trying to help you." Toni said, Violet let out a sigh.
"I know mom." Violet breathed out, Toni nodded, and pat her daughter's cheek lovingly, before smiling.
"I'm gonna go get the other training dummy. Wait here kid." Toni said before she turned and walked into the house through the sliding glass door. Violet smiled. She was about to relax when a rock hit her in the back, she turned and saw a man with a smirk on his face.
He was tossing a rock up and down, while smirking at Violet. He had shaggy dark brown hair with some stubble, and bright green eyes, pale complexion and a muscular and lean build. Taller than the average male, he had a slightly familiar look to him, but Violet couldn't place where she recognized him.
"Who the fuck are you?" Violet demanded, he stopped tossing the rock, and just held it in his hands. His eyes lazily looking over her.
"You have your mothers mouth." He said gruffly. Violet's face contorted in confusion.
"My mother never curses." Violet said, he sighed, and rolled his eyes.
"Of course. Your mom then. She's always had a mouth on her. Never stopped using it on me." He said, Violet just stared at him, her face twisting in confusion as she tried to push the image out of her head, he let out a sigh. "You have a dirty mind. Just like a Hart."
"What do you know about us?" Violet demanded, he chuckled.
"More than you Little Hart." He said, as Toni walked back outside, carrying a Training Dummy, which she dropped before she stormed between Violet and the man, pushing Violet behind her.
"What are you doing here?"
"No hello?" The man asked, Toni just glared at him.
"Violet. Go inside. Now." Toni ordered.
"But… Mom." Violet tried to plead only for Toni to look back at her, with a serious glare.
"Inside. Now." Toni growled out, Violet flinched at her tone but listened to her. She dismissed Oathkeeper, and walked inside, and closed the sliding door, watching from inside the house.
"She's a cute girl. You sure she's yours?" The man asked, Toni glared at him, growling, quite literally.
"Fuck you. Why are you here?" Toni asked, he smirked at her, before he threw the rock at her, she punched it midair, turning it to dust. "Fuck was the for?"
"Testing your reaction time, Ton-Ton." He said, before he rushed at her, normal people couldn't track his movement, but Toni saw him the whole way, aiming a punch to his gut. He smirked, and spun on his heel, grabbing her wrist in the process, holding it above her head.
"Let me go!" Toni yelled, he smirked, closing his eyes, and looking away from her. She grimaced as she smelt the heavy scent of alcohol on him.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Gimmie, gimmie never gets." He told her, she growled and swung her foot at his head after she leaped into the air. He kept his grip on her wrist firm as he ducked down, avoiding her foot with ease. He used his other hand to grab her ankle.
"Fuck you!"
"You really are slacking in your training. Pathetic." He grumbled out, as he started spinning in a circle, preparing to throw her. Which he did moments later, sending her flying towards a wall of the house. Toni got her bearings, and turned around, planting her feet against the wall of the house before she pushed off, flying at the man.
He let out a bored sigh. Moving out of the way just as she neared his position, he brought his knee up, and hit her directly in the gut, she coughed as he grabbed her by the hair and threw her down on the ground. He let out a long yawn afterwards.
"You know, you really are slacking off. I expected better from you sis." He told her, she glared up at him as she got up, holding her stomach. "I trained you better than that."
"I've been busy having a life, and fuck you." Toni said, he smirked at her, and pulled a flask from his back pocket, taking a swig out of it before placing it back in his pocket.
"You're daughter is doing good. Don't be so hard on the Little Hart." He changed the subject. Toni glared at him, Violet opened the door a little bit.
"Mom? What's going on? Who is he?"
"Come out here Violet." Toni ordered, Violet nodded, and closed the door behind her, she walked up to her mom, and uncle. "This fucktard is your uncle. Tyler." Toni said, Tyler smirked at her. Violet just looked him up and down. He was wearing a black v neck shirt, and jeans, with a dark red bandana wrapped around his ankle. He also wore a belt with six Key-Chains hanging from it.
"You're my uncle?" Violet asked, he nodded. She smiled at him brightly, and hugged him quickly, he smirked and pat her on the head several times. "You're so cool! You totally kicked my moms ass! You're my hero! She's been riding my ass all day, but you totally showed her, her place!" Violet gushed, Toni glared at her daughter.
"Yeah. She's always been a few steps behind in terms of skill." Tyler said, holding out his arm, Violet latched onto it, and hung from it with a big smile on her face. He smirked. "What a little monkey, no way you're Toni's daughter, too cute." Tyler said, Violet smiled, while Toni crossed her arms.
"Fuck you, and Violet get off and continue your training." Toni ordered, Tyler smirked.
"Better get off Little Hart. Listen to your mom kiddo." Tyler said, grabbing Violet by the back of her neck, and lifting her off his arm. He placed her on the ground, she sighed, as she moved over to the training dummy, pulling out her Key-Chain and summoning Oathkeeper. Tyler smirked.
"Do you ever not have a smirk on your face?" Toni asked, he shrugged.
"Maybe. I see she's putting my gift to good use. I am hurt that you never told her about me though." He said, his tone having a slight mocking tone in it.
"Never saw it as important. Seeing as how you were never around. Speaking of which, why are you here now?" Toni asked, Tyler placed his hands over his heart, mocking her.
"I'm hurt. Not even happy, just curious. I'm tired, and in the neighborhood, I also wanted to meet my niece." Tyler said, looking over at Violet. "Forms all wrong for your body type Violet!" Tyler yelled, causing Violet to look back at him. "You should keep your blade in one hand, instead of using both. Have a straighter posture. You're small and flexible enough to move out of the way, so no need to go all power stance to take the unnecessary hits." Tyler advised her, she furrowed her brows, looking to her mom.
"I was training her based on my standards."
"Well they're wrong. She's not like you or me. She's lithe, agile, but she can pack a punch, based on how she shattered that dummy, with a Keyblade that doesn't boost her strength all that much. She's the perfect jack of all trades." Tyler said, Toni glared at him.
"Don't tell me how to train my kid." Toni growled at him, he gave her a lazy look and burped in response. She just shook her head, while he smirked as he took the flask out of his pocket, and took a swig.
"I know better than you sis. I mean, you're obviously not training her right. Does she even know how to use Keyblade Transformation?" He asked, Toni shook her head.
"Fuck no. I don't know how that shit works." Toni told him, in an annoyed tone. Tyler let out a sigh, as he walked towards Violet. She looked at him curiously as he pulled a Key-Chain from his belt. He used it to summon the Unbound Keyblade, Violet was in awe, he smiled at her.
"That things looks… Wow…" She muttered, running her fingers along it. He smiled at her. "How did you get this?"
"I'm a collector of these things. With a job like mine. You get around." He told her, motioning to the other Key-Chains on his belt. He had the Winner's Proof Key-Chain, the Darkgnaw Key-Chain, the Royal Radiance Key-Chain, the Brightcrest Key-Chain, and the End of Pain Key-Chain.
"Can I have one?"
"I already gave you one Violet. Oathkeeper. It was my gift to you, but maybe when I think you're ready." He said, she smiled at him, and hugged him once again, he smiled, and pat her head.
"I always wondered where I got it."
"Yup. That was me, but you're still an amateur Little Hart. Do you know any Keyblade transformations?" Tyler asked, Violet's eyes widened.
"Keyblade transformations!?" Violet asked excited, he smiled at her and tightened his grip on Unbound, before running his hand along it in a similar way to Violet, before it lit up, and transformed. Violet looked in awe as the Keyblade now appeared to be split in two. The top Heart node was now in Tyler's left hand, taking the form of a large round shield, while the blade sharpened to a point at the end.
"This is one I've developed. I can teach it to you, but you need to take your training with absolute sincerity. I am worse than your mom, but you'll be better if you let me help you." He said, she smiled and hugged him again.
"Of course you can train me Uncle Tyler!" Violet exclaimed, Toni sighed.
This was for the best, she couldn't do training her way, so might as well let Tyler do his thing for now. She didn't know how long her big brother panned on being around, but while he was here, she would take advantage of it, she hadn't seen him in so long, plus she had to get her revenge on him for beating her earlier.
-Aftermath-1 Week Earlier-
"You wanted to see me babe?" Violet asked as she stood on the porch of Emma's parents house, Emma nodded, and closed the door behind her, stepping onto the porch. Violet smiled and brought her arms around her girlfriend, kissing her quickly.
"That's not necessary Violet." Emma said, averting her eyes to avoid Violet's own. Violet got confused.
"I was just kissing you, what I cant kiss my own girlfriend?" Violet asked, Emma sighed, and grabbed Violet's arms around her, pulling them away, letting her hands drift down to Violet's as she pulled the blonde with her over to a swinging porch chair.
"Violet… We need to talk." Emma said, her tone made Violet worried as she looked out from the covered porch, it was starting to rain.
"About… What? Why you had something so important we couldn't talk about it over the phone, I had to come here." Violet said, Emma nodded, as tears formed in her eyes.
"I just… I cant do it anymore Violet… don't get me wrong, it's nothing you did, I just… I'm not… Fuck this is hard…" Emma stopped to take a breath, Violet just gave her a look. In her head she saw what was coming, but that didn't mean her heart was prepared for it.
"Just… Say we'll be okay… That's what you're trying to say right? Please be what you're trying to say." Violet muttered, tears forming in her own eyes. Emma shook her head, and let go of Violet's hands, standing up, and turning away from her.
"I cant handle our relationship anymore. My parents… They already hate me because I use the Darkness, and now they're accusing me of corrupting you… Maybe… Maybe they're right."
"But… They're not!" Violet pleaded, Emma closed her eyes, and wrapped her arms around herself, as a tear slowly slid down her cheek.
"I love you Violet, and this last year… This last year has been great but… I cant even begin to think of how I would act if we ended up resenting each other."
"So… What? You're calling it quits because you're scared?" Violet asked, glaring up at her, Emma let out a sigh, and turned around, glaring at Violet with tear filled eyes as the blonde stood up.
"Violet, listen-"
"No, you listen! I don't care if you're scared Emma! I love you, I have for so long, and you want to throw all that away just in case we end up having a bad breakup? You're pathetic!" Violet yelled, Emma glared at her.
"I'm pathetic? Fuck you Violet. Guess she was right, you'd never understand." Emma muttered, Violet got a curious look, and looked around, seeing someone watching through the window, with black hair, and grey eyes.
"Who. The fuck. Is She?" Violet asked in a dangerously low tone. Emma glared at Violet.
"What? You think I could come to you with this? You don't go to Apex, you're not apart of my faction, why would you know who my best friend is?"
"I'm you're best friend." Violet said firmly, Emma shook her head.
"You're my girlfriend."
"Not anymore." Violet snapped. Emma looked at her, shocked.
"Maybe that's for the best if we're gonna fight like this!" Emma yelled, Violet got in her face.
"Maybe it is. You know I thought we had something good, but no. You couldn't just roll with it, you had to question it… I thought I loved you." The rage in Violet's voice tapering off at the end, Emma frowned, and brought her hands up to cup Violet's cheeks.
"Violet, could you ever promise me that we'd be together forever, with no problems? That we'd get married, raise some kids, all that? If you do… I can forget everything. Just promise me." Emma said, Violet looked into her eyes for a moment, letting out a sigh.
"I… I cant. I have to be a hero for my parents, moving world to world… Helping people. I cant be tied down like that." Violet said, Emma smiled sadly.
"Then, I guess this is the end. I'm sorry for everything, but I think it's best if you left." Emma said, Violet nodded and started walking out towards the rain, she turned around just before she left.
"Could I have one more kiss?" Violet asked, in a shaky voice, Emma nodded, with a smile. Violet walked up to Emma and kissed her, before turning back around.
"See you around Hart." Emma said, from this point on she would put on a brave face, she would face the world. Was she angry, and bitter that things didn't work out? Sure she was, but today she would allow herself to remember what they were to each other, instead of how things were now.
"Hopefully we don't…" Violet said sadly. She couldn't take the thought of seeing Emma and not being with her anymore. Or even being best friends, she wasn't sure she could go back to the way things were, or even if she wanted to really. So she would have to ignore Emma… Or get her back.
-Aftermath-Present Day-
"You got that look again. Come on, I have to show around some stupid kid in a few minutes, tell me what's happening." Victoria said, Emma sighed, and leaned back against the wall. They were in the Children of Darkness hall currently.
"It's nothing really." Emma lied, Victoria let out a annoyed sigh.
"It's about that girl you were with isn't it?" Victoria asked, Emma huffed.
"Yeah. Just some bad memories is all. Thinking about what happened to us… All those years… Thrown down the drain, because what, she felt something for me?" Emma asked, Victoria rolled her eyes.
"I know it isn't what you want to hear, but you should talk to her. She obviously means more to you than anything." Victoria said, Emma looked at her.
"I don't know. I totally blew it last time we talked. She wanted to get back together, and I screamed at her. Called her immature, what kind of person would I be if I went back on my word now?"
"A human with emotions that change. You sometimes push away those you love. Isn't that what made you break up in the first place? Well, why you brought it up."
"Yeah… I just don't know. I'll have to think it over." Emma said, Victoria sighed, placing her hand on Emma's shoulder.
"I cant stand to see you like this Emma. I want you to talk to her so you can cheer up. I'm going to set up a party for the end of the week. I expect you and your date to be there, and you better have a date." Victoria said, Emma sighed, and smiled at her, hugging Victoria.
"You really are a friend. I'll try to talk to her, but she's stubborn, and if she doesn't want to talk to me, then I'll be showing up alone."
" So long as you show up and cut loose. I want the old Emma back." Victoria said, Emma smiled. She wanted to be herself again too, and with that came her old best friend, and ex girlfriend. Hopefully Violet would accept peace talks, and they could be like they were before their relationship, or even get back to their relationship. Emma wasn't sure exactly which one she wanted, but she wanted Violet back.
-Aftermath-
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