Okay, another chapter. I'll be honest, this one was done quite fast, because... It just started flowing, all the ideas, and plots I've had in mind, Characters, and interactions. Things will be new, and I love it so far. I hope you guys will enjoy it alongside me. Speaking on, how about the new KH3 trailers, both of them, the Monsters Inc, and the new Utada song Don't think Twice, or Oath in Japanese. I love it, so good. So excited for KH3, it's all starting to feel real, and wow, been waiting a long time, not too much longer.
But anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter, things get a little... weirder. If you've ever seen like, Dragon Ball Z, or played Fire Emblem Awakening, you'll kind of understand what I mean, I mean, several chapters ago, I brought Iris, who is Violet's daughter into the story, and into this timeline, and reality that Aftermath takes place in, you can imagine if you know what I'm talking about, but hey, it's Kingdom Hearts, people come back to life, and time travel, and die, then die again, and then come back all the time, some are completely erased from memory... Sora better save everyone in KH3, especially Xion. Anyway, enjoy!
-Aftermath-
"Hmm…" Tanner was watching Violet, Miranda walked up next to him, while Iris was looking around at everything as usual, dressed in an Organization cloak. The three were currently inside Janice's mansion, with Violet and her friends. Watching as they talked and joked around with one another.
"Something up bro?" Miranda asked, Tanner had his glasses off, and was holding them in his hands.
"Yes. The string, that red thread of fate I tied to Violet, and Kya, it's still there, but there's an addition. I know for a fact that I didn't add it." Tanner said, as he looked at Violet's pinky finger, and the red string he had tied years ago, there was the one that connected her and Kya, still there and untouched, but there was another string that lead to a different location.
"Could it have been Enna Kros?" Miranda asked, Tanner hummed, before he heard a quiet laugh from his other side, he turned to see Enna Kros herself, the God of this reality sitting beside him in her usual outfit. A long white coat, with the sleeves rolled up, and a black vest underneath. She's also wearing a pink ruffled ascot with a blueish-green gem in the center. She wore white gloves on her hands, and pale olive-green capris, and mid shin black boots.
"Hello!" Enna Kros greeted, smiling, she was beautiful, immaculate even, didn't look a day over twenty-four, with dark blue eyes and long silver hair, a strand sticking up perpetually.
"Enna Kros! What are you doing here?" Tanner asked, this was wholly unlike her, she had made it abundantly clear that since she was a God, she couldn't interfere, her rules were so ironclad that not even she could manage to break them, but here she was.
"Oh, just visiting. I wanted to explain why I put the extra Red Thread of Fate onto Violet. You see, it's come to my attention that Violet has changed quite considerably, and due to that, her destiny has been altered by her own merit." Enna Kros explained, Tanner just hummed.
"Meaning, she could plausibly end up with someone else, due to her destiny being altered…" Tanner said, following her logic, Enna Kros nodded.
"Precisely, as such I thought I'd add a new possibility, well, cement one of the many possibilities. In an alternate reality, where Kya never existed, Violet was with someone else, that someone else has always been, and will always be compatible with Violet. As such, I merely tied their fates together." Enna Kros said, it wasn't like the two couldn't date without the string, but in Enna Kros' eyes having the string made things more official.
"I see." Tanner muttered, Enna Kros nodded.
"Are you sure it's okay for me to be here?" Iris asked, under her hood, looking over at Enna Kros, who simply smiled.
"Yeah, in fact, you here will have no effect on anything at all. Since, and I'm sorry for not clarifying earlier Tanner, but this Iris is not necessarily from this exact universe, her being here will not throw anything off, or break the fabric of reality. Violet and she could talk, and Violet could know exactly who she was, and nothing would break here, in fact, I think it'd be quite interesting." Enna Kros said, smiling, Tanner hummed. Enna Kros was such a confusing God sometimes.
"In that case, feel free to take that cloak off, and talk to Violet." Tanner said, if Enna Kros said it was okay, then it was, there was no reason to doubt her, because, well, she was the God of this reality, and knew way more about this than anyone else would. Iris hummed, and remained seated for now, staring at Violet as she talked and laughed with Damon, Jesse, and Ruby.
"I'm going to go get a drink. I might stay the night, could be fun." Enna Kros said, as she stood up, and walked to the kitchen. Violet's eyes followed her, and she broke off from her friends to follow the God.
"Um… who are you?" Violet asked, once the two were alone in the kitchen. Right now, Janice, Damon's mom, Jesse's mom, and Jesse's sister were upstairs. Enna Kros smiled, as she mixed herself a drink from the alcohol Violet, Jesse, and Damon had bought to celebrate coming home.
"Enna Kros, otherwise known as God. How are you, Violet? Enjoying your time back?" Enna Kros asked, Violet recoiled a bit. She wanted to argue, but something about Enna Kros' sheer presence just screamed that she was telling the truth.
"I… what?" Violet was dumbfounded, she didn't know how to respond to that, Enna Kros just smiled. "Jesus Christ you're actually God… How, why are you here? You're a lot prettier than I imagined…" Violet said, just staring at her, Enna Kros smiled, and ruffled Violet's hair, the blonde didn't bother stopping her.
"Thank you, and I'm here because I wanted to see, and talk to you in person, never got to before." Enna Kros told her, Violet simply stared at her.
"A God wants to talk to me. Wow, this sure won't help my ego…" Violet laughed a bit, trying to break out of this stupor she found herself in, after all this was literally the first time she has even looked at a Goddess, well, unless she counted herself of course, on her most conceited days.
"Well, I have no judgments about you. Perfect in my eyes, well, all of this is really. In a roundabout way, I created you, and everything here." Enna Kros smiled a bit, Violet hummed.
"What exactly do you mean? You didn't directly create this?" Violet asked, Enna Kros shook her head.
"No, I created this reality, and all the rules in it, and then I let it grow on its own. I'm a lot more hands off really." Enna Kros said, Violet hummed. "Honestly being a deity can get a little lonely at times, but I find watching you mortals quite entertaining, especially you." Enna Kros smiled, Violet laughed a bit.
"I got a God on my side. Huh."
"Well, a hands-off God. You won't be receiving any direct divine blessings from me." Enna Kros smiled good naturedly, Violet chuckled a bit, nodding.
"Right, good, because I wanna do everything on my own merit. So, I have a… stupid question actually…" Violet trailed off, Enna Kros smiled.
"I know, you want to ask for a date, I'm flattered, really, but no. I'm a God, it would be in poor form for me to date someone who isn't a God. Maybe if you become a God we can do that, but for now, no. Though we would look great together." Enna Kros smiled, Violet hummed.
"Is there a way to become a God?" Violet asked, Enna Kros shook her head flat out.
"Not in my rules for this reality, nothing close to me. So, if anyone claims otherwise, know that they will never be a proper God, like me. Anyway, I'll be leaving now. I would suggest talking to the girl who came with Tanner and Miranda. Goodbye Violet." Enna Kros smiled, and walked away, seemingly just vanishing without any noise, or anything, she was just there one moment, and gone the next. Violet just blinked.
"I just talked to God. Right, cool." Violet shook a bit, and turned, going back to the living room, she saw Tanner and Miranda, and the girl they came with. She wasn't wearing her cloak anymore, she had long pale blonde hair, almost white in certain lights, her eyes were big and blue as they stared at Violet.
"Uh… hey, who are you?" Violet asked, the girl was wearing a new looking black suit jacket, with a red dress shirt on underneath, and a pink ribbon tied around her neck. She was wearing baggy black pants, and red and black shoes, with striped pink and black socks.
"Um… Iris…" Iris trailed off, looking to Tanner and Miranda, Tanner nodded at her. "Iris Tempus…" She looked increasingly unsure of herself. "…Hart." Iris finished quietly, Violet blinked, shaking her head.
"That's a… funny coincidence…" Violet muttered, the more she stared at Iris the more she started to see bits of herself in the girl, Iris had a thin cut on her chin, and her skin was slightly tanner than Violet's own, her face was more angular, and her eyes bigger, but she could see a definite resemblance between the two of them.
"Yeah… It is." Iris muttered, Tanner smiled, and leaned back.
"It's no coincidence. I brought Iris to this time…" Violet looked at Tanner curiously as he spoke. "Violet, meet your potential future daughter." Tanner smiled, as Violet's face drained of color completely, and she blinked a bit, before she fell on her back, Damon, Jesse, and Ruby rushed over to her.
"Violet, are you okay?" Jesse asked, as he looked down at the blonde who just stared straight ahead.
"Daughter…" Violet squeaked out quietly, Damon hummed, and looked to Iris, whereas Jesse looked to Tanner and Miranda.
"Explain Tanner." Jesse said quickly, as Ruby got Violet up into a sitting position. Iris looked at Violet with worry.
"I suppose that would be necessary. You see, I travelled through time using my personal Book of Prophecies, to a different reality. I brought Iris back with me to further her training, so she could help in her reality where ZaZick has taken over the world. While here, since she cannot affect events in this reality whatsoever, she can interact with Violet, and the others as she pleases. Enna Kros, God said it was okay, so I assume nothing bad will happen." Tanner said, smiling, Jesse hummed, Damon shrugged.
"So, you're Violet's daughter?" Damon asked, Iris nodded, looking at the group sheepishly.
"Yeah. I heard a lot about you, and Jesse from my Mom. You were both killed when I was little though, so I don't remember too much myself…" iris told them, Damon huffed, shaking his head.
"I… didn't want to know that." Damon muttered, Jesse hummed. Violet just stared up at Iris.
"So… um… who's your other parent? Boy or girl?" Violet asked, Iris shrugged.
"I dunno, I was raised by you alone." Iris told her, Violet hummed, and stood back up, while Ruby looked at her with a worried expression.
"Okay, I can deal with this, the initial shock is over… This is just like DBZ, and Future Trunks, and… Tanner, do you know what you did, you've ruined the fabric of time!"
"Hey, Enna Kros wrote it in my Book, I'm supposed to do this, she told me it was okay if you two met. It's an alternate reality from the one we find ourselves in entirely. Meaning, bringing her here has done nothing bad to the universe." Tanner told her, Violet hummed.
"Fine. But still… So, um, Iris, mind if we go… talk alone for a bit? This is really weird." Violet said, Iris nodded, as she stood up, the first thing Violet noticed was that Iris was taller than she was by a few inches. "Um… How old are you?"
"Oh, I'm eighteen Mom. You're twenty-one right now." Iris said, as soon as Iris said the word Mom, Violet stiffened a bit, and her breath hitched.
"Um… okay, you're tall… Anyway, come on then Iris… let's go… talk." Violet said, before she turned, and walked up the stairs, Iris followed her nervously. Ruby, Jesse, and Damon just watched before turning to Tanner and Miranda to question them further.
Violet and Iris went into Violet's room, Violet shut the door behind them, and looked over at Iris, who seemed to be looking around curiously. Commenting that there was a lot of pink, and it was kind of surprising, considering how relatively serious her Mom was usually.
"So… Iris, what exactly do you know about me, or… anything?" Violet asked, as she went over, and sat on the bed, Iris sat next to her awkwardly, Violet noted that Iris' eyes were a deep brown, the same shade as her own, and her own Mom's eyes.
"Well, about this time, before everything was destroyed, you told me a few stories… About the things you used to do with your friends. But not a lot, usually we focused more on running from ZaZick, and training." Iris told her, Violet hummed.
"I see… So, where you came from, ZaZick destroyed everything, and basically won, right?" Violet asked, Iris nodded, Violet hummed. "This is just like Future Trunks, and Lucina from Fire Emblem…" Iris just tilted her head, Violet shook her head, and smiled.
"What are you talking about Mom?" Iris asked, Violet shook her head, smiling easily at Iris.
"That whole Mom things is gonna take some getting used to… But, I'm just thinking about how a situation like this has happened in some shows, and games I like. Just, never honestly thought it would happen to me." Violet smiled, Iris hummed, frowning a bit.
"I hope it doesn't make you uncomfortable. I've always called you Mom, hard to break that habit." Iris said, Violet nodded.
"It's fine by me, but maybe around strangers call me Violet, or something, don't want people asking questions, or assuming we have a weird kinky relationship…" Violet trailed off, Iris just blinked at her.
"You are different now, more laid back. Our situation was pretty dire, and things seem peaceful now, so it makes sense." Iris said, Violet just nodded.
"Well, I guess, I don't know what to talk about with you honestly." Violet said, Iris nodded.
"It is an odd situation. But, I came here to train Mom, if we could get some of that done sometime, other than that, I would like to see more of your world." Iris said, Violet nodded.
"Okay then… Um, I'm just gonna roll with this, like it's no big deal at all. I can do that, I've dealt with worse… I can do this, okay, Iris, tomorrow, first thing, we'll train, after that I can… Have Ruby show me around town with you, because I don't know much either at this point." Violet smiled and stood up, Iris followed her, eyes a bright pink as she smiled, and laughed a bit.
"Awesome Mom! I promise to blow you away with my combat skills!" iris said, she was getting excited, Violet smiled, and laughed a bit as they left her room.
"So, is your eyes changing color just a thing you can do, or what?" Violet asked, iris laughed.
"It's tied to my emotions. I'm excited so they're pink right now. Normally they're the same shade of brown that you have. It's my Unique Ability." Iris said, Violet hummed.
"That sounds complicated to learn…"
"Oh! You explained that to me a while ago, technically you can't learn this because you already had everything that made this power, so you couldn't learn this. I came from you after all." Iris said, Violet hummed.
"Speaking of that, you said I raised you alone? Did I ever mention how I got pregnant, or did I just change your genetics like my parents did to me?" Violet asked, Iris only shrugged.
"No, never told me anything like that, but as far as I know, only you ever raised me, unless someone from your time is my other parent, I don't know." Iris said, Violet hummed.
"Dammit future me, learn to share things with your daughter." Violet muttered, as she shook her head. "Well, regardless, I will try to act as… Motherly as I can, if that's all the same to you?" Violet asked, as the two made their way down the stairs back to the living room.
"Fine by me, it may be weird to you, but you are my Mom, I have no trouble listening to you, without question, it's how you raised me after all." Iris said, Violet smiled.
"You can relax a bit, Iris. But man, I'm already proud of you, and I just met you… Oh, what's your weapon?" Violet asked, Iris smiled, and pulled a Key-Chain from her pocket, summoning Oathkeeper, Violet just hummed. Jesse walked up to the pair, looking at both curiously, as Violet summoned her own Oathkeeper.
"They are completely identical." Jesse remarked, as he examined the two Oathkeeper's. Iris smiled a bit, nodding. Violet laughed, and held out her hand, as she offered her own Oathkeeper to Iris. The two swapped Keyblades.
"Yeah, feels the same as my Oathkeeper. I assume this was mine, and I gave it to you." Violet said, Iris nodded, as she handed Violet's Oathkeeper back to her, Violet returned Iris', and both Banished their respective blades.
"So, you're Violet's child from the future… This is odd. I assume this doesn't alter our plans however." Jesse said, Violet shrugged.
"We're celebrating tonight, we can talk plans tomorrow. Anyway, Ruby, this is Iris, my daughter, official introductions and all that." Violet said, as Ruby came up to them.
"She does look like you." Ruby smiled, Violet simply nodded. Iris' eyes by this point were the normal brown color. "It's crazy, I thought this only happened in anime." Ruby muttered, Violet laughed.
"I know right!" Violet smiled, Ruby giggled a bit. Tanner smiled and stood up.
"Well, I got the information I came for I suppose we should leave. Are you coming with us Iris, or staying here?" Tanner asked, Violet looked to him, glaring.
"Uh, my daughter is not leaving my side, now that she's here. In fact, why don't the three of you stay here?" Violet asked, Tanner smiled, and looked to Miranda, who simply smiled back.
"Fine by us." Tanner said, he knew full well that Violet would offer for them to stay, and that he would accept. Violet simply nodded and looked to Damon.
"You don't mind letting Iris have the room next to mine, do you?" Violet asked, Damon shrugged.
"Nah, not at all." Damon told her, Violet nodded, and looked to Iris.
"That okay with you, sleeping in the room next to mine?" Violet asked, Iris nodded.
"We typically slept close, or I slept while you watched to make sure we weren't attacked in the night." Iris said, Violet nodded.
"I wonder… Miranda, do you think I should go and acquire Violet's other child, from another reality, make a nice family reunion?" Tanner asked, Miranda smirked. Violet looked over at him, glaring at him.
"Hey, if I've got another kid, from a different reality, and Enna Kros okays it, then yeah, I'd like to meet them." Tanner smiled and pulled out his Book of Prophecies. He saw that a new entry from Enna Kros was written in, letting him know that he could do this, if he wished.
"Enna Kros thinks it's okay. So…" Tanner trailed off, vanishing for a moment, before returning the next with another girl, the same age as Iris. She looked irritated now.
"Hey, Tanner what the hell?" The girl exclaimed. She had long light pink hair, with dark blue eyes, and pale skin. She was wearing a black, and pink plaid vest over a white dress shirt, and red tie. She wore a long black and pink plaid skirt, with knee high black socks, and shiny dress shoes. On her left wrist was a charm bracelet with several charms on it. A Silver Cross, a Heart, a Skull and Crossbones, a Locket, a Four-Leaf Clover, a Dollar Sign, and a Golden Heart. She was also wearing an engagement ring on her ring finger. Around her neck was a silver chain, with another engagement ring hanging on it.
"Sorry about that Stella, you were needed elsewhere." Tanner told her, Stella looked angry at this, before she looked around, seeing the company, her eyes focused on Iris, Violet, and Ruby in particular.
"Wait, what are Mom, Sis, and Auntie doing here?" Stella asked, Tanner smiled. Violet looked at Ruby curiously.
"Wait, she's your aunt? Tanner where did you pull her from?" Violet asked, Tanner smiled a bit.
"A peaceful alternate reality, where you have lived a very different life. This is Stella Domino Hart. Not to be confused with your ancestor, and the first Hart I was friends with, Stella Crystal Hart. You named Stella here, after her." Tanner explained, Violet nodded, looking over Stella, she seemed entirely different from Iris.
"Wait, you brought me to a different reality? I knew I should have listened to Mom to not trust you." Stella glared at Tanner, who simply smiled back at her, as Violet cleared her throat, making Stella look at her.
"So, hi, Stella, some explanations are in order… You see, Iris came from another future where everything was fucked to train and get stronger, and Enna Kros, God, if you will, said it was okay for Tanner to bring the other daughter I had from another reality so here you are." Violet explained, Iris tilted her head at Stella, while the pink haired girl nodded.
"Okay, but, why did I have to be here? Our reality is already peaceful." Stella said, Tanner shrugged.
"Family Bonding? I think Enna Kros felt bad that Violet was the only Hart in this reality left, so she allowed you two to come, and keep her company. Perhaps to remind her what she's fighting for." Tanner said, Violet nodded.
"What do you say Stella, want to stay in this reality for a bit?" Violet asked, Stella smiled, and sighed, before she nodded.
"I will if it's for you Mom." Stella said, as she walked over to Violet, who nodded. Stella looked at Iris who was looking at her curiously. "What's wrong sis?" Stella asked, Iris shrugged.
"I've never met you before, where I came from I was Mom's only child." Iris told her, Stella nodded.
"Ah, well, where I come from, you're my sister. The same in every regard. We live in a big house, go to an all-girls boarding school, while our Mom usually stays around the house, and our Mother teaches, Auntie also teaches at the school." Stella said, looking over to Ruby, Iris looked uncomfortable.
"Wait, who is your Mother?" Violet knew full well by the way Stella was separating the two, they were separate. Violet was Mom, and someone else was Mother.
"You don't know? It's Rose, or Mother to me, you know." Stella smiled, Violet blinked, she should have put that together, but she didn't, and now it made sense in a way.
"Not my Mother." Iris said, Stella shrugged.
"Where I come from she is. If I'm understanding this alternate reality business, the circumstances leading to us being created can be different, but we will always be Mom's kids if she has any. Tanner, you know about that my Grandfather has a comparable situation with my Mother, Uncle, and Auntie, correct?" Stella asked, Tanner nodded.
"Exactly right. In most realities, the Fiona of this world does not exist to be Zack's spouse, instead of having Rose, Zen, and Ruby with her, he has Rose with a girl named Rebecca, Zen with Janice, and Ruby with Rebecca once again. Regardless of the circumstances, all three of them always turn into the same people. Kind of how alternate realities work." Tanner said, Stella nodded.
"Right, like that. All easy to explain, so, while you may not share my Mother Iris, in my reality you do, and you are my dear, younger sister, by ten minutes, but still, younger." Stella said, Violet looked between the two of them, they were practically identical, the only main differences being that Stella had longer light pink hair, and dark blue eyes naturally.
"So, you're twins? What's with the pink hair?" Violet asked, Stella gave her a look.
"I've always had pink hair, it's natural Mom." Stella told her, Violet hummed, and looked over Stella's attire, noting the engagement ring on a necklace, and the other on her ring finger. "We can catch up more in the morning, it's quite late here." Stella noted, looking at the time on a clock, Violet nodded.
"Right you are. Tomorrow, I will have plenty of questions. Jesse Damon, we'll talk first thing in the morning and go over our plans, after that I'll train with Iris, and Stella if she wants to, then when we explore with Ruby we can get to know each other better, as a family." Violet smiled at the two girls who took after her, her daughters from the future, nope, that was still weird to think about. Violet smiled, things were going to be very interesting in the coming days.