This is the first extra chapter of this story! Do I drop a few spoilers? Who knows...
Enjoy!
Max Lair
"What do you mean I can't join you?"
"I don't want you to get hurt..."
"You know that I'm more than capable of handlin' any battle." Marnie scoffs, getting into Victor's face. He grumbles, crossing his arms over his chest. She just doesn't get it.
The pair were arguing about a Dynamax Adventure, being back in the Crown Tundra. Victor was going to go on one when Marnie spoke up, wanting to join him. She's not the type to just sit on the sidelines. And they've done regular Max Raid Battles together, but never one of these yet. Marnie appreciates his concern, but she can't help but feel a bit slighted.
"Marnie..." Victor sighed. He was going to tell her about how these Adventures were more dangerous, when a trio of trainers came in, ready to go on one. So that means they would be short a trainer. "Sorry, got to go!" He then ran over to them and signed up with these strangers, much to their surprise.
"Get back here!" Marnie yelled at him. But all four of them had disappeared. Marnie sighed.
She was then approached by the scientist lady, who had seen everything transpire. "You two seem quite fond of each other. But he's just looking out for you."
"...I know." Marnie grumbled, crossing her arms over chest. She felt like pouting.
"Do you want me to go drag him back?" The lady smirked.
That made Marnie have a dry chuckle, she knows that the woman is capable of doing it. But Marnie will just wait for Victor to get back, and then deal with him later.
*A while later*
"Where is he?" Marnie's sitting on a crate, waiting. She's holding onto Morpeko, perhaps more tightly than she normally would. Victor still hasn't returned, and Marnie's feeling like something's gone wrong.
When she looks over the scientists in charge of this area, she can see her and her fellow workers whispering, looking into the lair, then at Marnie, and looking concerned. This is getting to be too much.
"Is this normal?" Marnie asked, approaching them.
"I'm afraid not," one of them sighed, "We keep watch over everything, but something must have happened."
Marnie wants to make more of the situation than they are, but she's trying to keep it together. They don't have to wonder too long about what to do next, when-
*BOOM!*
Everyone's knocked back by an indigo-colored explosion, and a lot of dust. Once everything calms down, the staff is suddenly motivated to go investigate. It's too dangerous for Marnie to help, so she has to wait nearby.
Soon, the staff returned, helping the three trainers that had left with Victor.
"Ugh..." One of the trainers groaned, having recovered enough to talk. "This was our first Adventure. We were doing fine, until we made a few bad choices in swapping our Pokémon... Then we ran into the Final Boss... we were unprepared..."
"Which Pokémon was it?" Marnie asked.
"It was a Dialga! We must have really angered it." The trainer then continues. "That Victor guy though... he really, really wanted to catch it, maybe to impress someone? He was going to take it on by himself, even though we had lost. So it attacked Victor, and he was knocked out. Then it blew us all away."
Marnie remained silent as the person explained what happened, trying to process all of this. "Where's Victor?" She then practically demanded.
"W-well..." One of the staff members then showed themself, carrying... a small, unconscious boy...
"Who is that?" Marnie asked. "And why is he wearing-" She then noticed that this little boy was wearing Victor's outfit! "I-is that Victor?!" How did he get turned into a little boy?"
One of his Adventure mates guessed, "It must have been when Dialga hit him with it's Roar of Time."
"Victor..." Marnie thought.
Victor then woke up, and looked at Marnie. Something unusual was set off in Marnie when she got a good look at him. Breath hitched in her throat, with a flustered face, Marnie could barely control herself.
"H-he's... sooo cute!"
She dare not say that out loud though. "Is this what he looked like when he was younger?"
Everything about tiny Victor is adorable to Marnie, from his cute little face, to his tiny little hands and feet, Marnie's about to come undone. It's only about to get worse.
"Mama!" Victor giggles, reaching for Marnie.
"What?!" Marnie exclaimed. "How does he not recognize me?"
"Well, he was knocked unconscious by Dialga, and then blasted. Maybe his mind also reverted back to when he was a child? Even his clothes fit him as well." One of the scientists here theorized.
"So I guess we should figure out how to Victor back to normal, huh?" The scientist lady asked. Was it a bit weird that Marnie wasn't quick to say "yes"? Something about this little boy was making odd feelings happen in Marnie that she hadn't felt before. The thought of losing this Victor was making her...sad?
"Yes," Marnie said, "We probably should." She has to think of everyone else who is use to regular Victor, and can't just go off of these temporary, situational feelings. "I need my Victor back."
The scientist lady raised an eyebrow.
"W-well you know what I mean!"
"Of course..."
"Anyway," Marnie said, clearing her throat, "What do I need to do?"
The woman shrugged, "I don't really know. We'll have to wait and try and run into Dialga again, and hope it will fix Victor."
"Any idea how long that'll take?"
"No. And if only we had a way of knowing when someone hears a rumor of Dialga appearing in the first place..." The scientist sighed.
"I guess that's my cue!" The duo were joined by Peonia. She then sees Victor, whose face lights up seeing her. "Wow," Peonia comments. "Been keeping busy?"
"It's not what you think!"
"Well, obviously." Peonia says, rolling her eyes.
She then picks little Victor up, and plays with him. "What a cutie!" Peonia then swings him around gently, cuddling with him, baby-talking, and gives him an eskimo kiss. All the while Victor is eating up all the affection and attention he's getting. Marnie stands there feeling so inferior, wondering how Peonia is so good at that.
"Oh right, back to the matter at hand..." Peonia remembers, after been so distracted, "I can let you know when someone finds Dialga."
"What should I do in the mean time?" Marnie asks.
"Well," Peonia then hands Victor over to Marnie, "I guess you'll have to watch him!"
"M-me?!" Marnie gasps, as she tries to hold Victor properly. "I don't know anythin' 'bout watching over a child!" Victor looks upset over being separated from Peonia, reaching back for her. "What am I, an after thought?" Marnie grumbles.
"You'll have to." The scientist NPC says, "We'll be busy looking for Dialga. Just... try not to let anything happen to him. Besides this might be good training!"
"F-for what?"
"You can't be that dense, right?" Peonia deadpans.
Marnie is sure she doesn't know what they're implying.
"Do you think you can handle that?"
Looking down at Victor, he smiles up at her. "I sure hope so..."
Spikemuth
Not knowing what to do, or where to go, Marnie gets a Flying Taxi back to her hometown, Spikemuth. Victor marvels at the view high up in the sky as they're carried around by a Corviknight.
As she walks through the town, Marnie notices something interesting about Victor. As she is holding him, and he clings to her, enjoying at the sights and sounds of Spikemuth, his head is right below Marnie's face. So she can't help get a whiff of him, and he smells... pleasant. Different than regular Victor. Not that she ever went around smelling him, or that he ever stinks, but she is aware that they have different scents. Little Victor's scent resonates deeply within Marnie, making her have some more of those feelings that she can't quite explain. It's all so... foreign or mysterious to her. Exciting even? Yet, Marnie's not as stressed out like she imagined that she could be. Holding Victor has her feeling right, even comfortable.
Carrying Victor with her though causes quite the reaction from all the Team Yell members hanging around the town. They whisper to each other many different ideas as to what could possibly be going on. But Marnie's not deaf.
"All right you lot, clear off!"
Most of them want to ask Marnie all kinds of questions, and she doesn't want to deal with that headache. She then makes her way to the stage her brother Piers performs on. When Piers sees her, he walks up to her and greets Marnie. Than he sees Victor, who's captivated by Piers' unique look. Hunched over slightly as he normally is, Piers looks at Marnie, down to Victor, then back to Marnie.
"Big bro, please..." Marnie sighs.
Piers smirks. "Wow. You really got yourself in somethin' deep this time, huh? Let me guess... he's from from the future?" Victor kept staring at him. "What up little man?"
"Not quite..." Marnie then explained the situation.
"Wow, that's rough."
"Tell me 'bout it..." Marnie sighed. "I'm not sure what to do, so I came to you, hopin' you could give me some advice."
"Me?" Piers asked.
"Yeah, you raised me for quite a while."
"Hmmm," Piers thought. He then called a few Team Yell members to watch Victor while him and Marnie walked and talked. "Not much I can tell you 'bout, you were just a pain."
"I was?" Marnie wondered why he had never told her that.
Piers chuckled, "Nah, you were pretty quiet. Except when you weren't. You'd cry 'bout stuff."
"I was a child." Marnie reminded him.
"Yeah, children are a pain."
Marnie sighed, "Anything you can tell me that will actually help?"
"Nope, not really. You're askin' the wrong person."
"But how did you raise me so well?"
Piers merely shrugged. Marnie was about to give up, thinking that this had been a mistake, when Piers decided to be the chad-bro he is.
"All right," Piers sighed. "Listen. I'll admit, I never knew what to do. I'm pretty sure if people really noticed or cared about us, they would have taken you from me, for your safety. But you were my little sis, and I loved and cared about you. And that's all that really mattered. I just figured it out as we went along, and you turned out all right, I guess."
"Bro..." Marnie whispered, almost getting emotional. He then put his hand on her shoulder, with some final advice.
"I'm sure you'll be able to look after Victor. Just do your best, and don't worry 'bout the rest. Besides, It's not like you'll have to actually raise him... hopefully. That'd be strange, right?"
"Yeah. Thanks big bro, I appreciate the words." Marnie smiled.
"And no, you can't leave Victor here."
"Are you sure?" Marnie begged. "After that speech, I was hopin' you could do me a favor."
Piers shook his head. "No way. I've got my hands full with the clowns around here, I don't need another pain. Maybe next time don't involved with strange boys?"
It was worth a try. But if her big brother believes in her, then Marnie feels confident that she'll be able to take care of the situation.
Motostoke
Leaving Spikemuth behind, Marnie decided to go re-visit Motostoke. A smaller town like this would be better than visiting a larger city. Plus, Marnie could kill some time by shopping around. As she walked with Victor through Motostoke, she held his little hand tightly. He was enjoying himself, humming some song that he had heard before.
"He's so cute." Marnie smiled as she watched Victor and his antics. That would soon change as he then stopped, and looked up at Marnie. He looked like he was going to cry, as he put his hands on his stomach. Marnie guessed that he must have been hungry. So they visit a nearby café. When they get their order, Victor just looks at the food in front of him, than at Marnie.
"What's wrong? I thought you were hungry?"
Victor then got down from his seat, went over to Marnie, wanting to be lifted up. He then got onto Marnie's lap, then pointed at his mouth.
A red-cheeked Marnie puts it together: "You want me to feed you?" Victor nodded. "All right, here goes nothing..." Marnie then held a forkful of food to Victor's mouth. He happily gulps it down, face lighting up . The wholesome scene has Marnie's heart swell with joy. Mimicking Marnie, Victor picks up a forkful of food, offering it to her. Despite noticing that she's out in public and can be seen by other's, Marnie accepts it, giving Victor a cute, "Mmm, nummy."
She'll die from embarrassment tomorrow.
Just about finishing their meal up, Marnie watches with Victor plays with the little bits left over, making a sandwich out of everything. "Even as a child he had a talent with food?" This scene warms Marnie's heart as well. Being around with child Victor has had a powerful effect on Marnie, causing Marnie to wonder if she's ready to part with him...
*A short while later*
Marnie and Victor are back to walking around Motostoke. Victor's holding onto Morpeko, who happily scarfs down the sandwich Victor had made. They soon reach a boutique, and a sale in the window catches Marnie's eye.
"Wow, look at that."
*Urara!*
Still staring at the window, Marnie asks Victor what he thinks, not realizing that kid Victor wouldn't really have an opinion. A few moments pass.
"...Victor?" Marnie asks again, without looking at him. There's no reply.
Breaking away from the window, fear and panic sets in when Marnie sees that Victor's gone! She had taken her eyes off of him for just a moment, and that was all it took. Now she has to run around the city calling his name, looking for wherever he could have gone.
"Are you looking for a little boy?" Someone approaches Marnie.
"Yes! Have you seen him?" Marnie begs.
"You mean that one up there?"
Looking up, Marnie sees Victor playing on a bridge overlooking the waterway that runs alongside Motostoke.
"Victor! Get down from there!" Marnie yells out. When he sees her, Victor just waves at her, continuing to gleefully play around. He does manage to stay up there long enough for Marnie to make her way up to him.
"All right, Victor. Enough fun, let's get you down from there." Marnie tries to calmly get him to come to her. Being a young child and seeing Marnie slowly and carefully approach him, Victor giggles and runs away, thinking Marnie's playing with him.
"Children are a pain..."
Victor's tight-rope walking his way on the outermost part of the bridge overlooking the water below. He then looses his balance, heading over the side.
"Victor!" Marnie screams. Throwing caution into the wind, Marnie dives over the edge, and grabs onto Victor, holding him close to her body, as they both land in the water below.
*Sploosh!*
Thankfully the water's reasonably deep. Once she recovers, Marnie checks to see if Victor is okay. He's buried in her chest, clinging tightly to her. Feeling safe, Victor looks up at Marnie.
"Again!" Victor giggles.
"Children are a pain..."
Budew Drop Inn
Shivering, Marnie carries Victor to the Inn, and checks the two of them into a room. They can bathe here after having played in the not so sanitary river, and they can also spend the night here. Marnie goes first, leaving Morpeko to suffer with watching Victor. He roughly plays with her, pulling on her in every direction, but she's under orders not to zap him.
As Marnie bathes, she thinks about everything so far. She wonders if this will be a long term ordeal. Marnie even wonders if she should look for Victor's mum, even though she's not entirely sure where he lives. He hasn't really mentioned home to much, and Marnie's not looking forward to that conversation with her. Talk about making a bad first impression...
Marnie finishes cleaning up, changing into a large t-shirt and shorts. Now for the part that makes Marnie awkward: bathing Victor. Doing it herself would just seem... odd. She's already been having strong feelings about this whole situation. Imagine how awkward it would be if Victor's condition were to wear off when she was in the middle of bathing his younger self. That would be it for her adventure, she certainly wouldn't be able to face him again. But she does have an idea as to what she can do.
Flashback
"You want to have a meetin'?"
"Yeah. There's something I'd like to ask you, and our parties."
Victor and Marnie are still going on their adventure, having stopped for the day to have dinner. Victor then asks all their Pokémon if they would be willing to listen to the other trainer.
"If something happens to one of us, it'd be good if everyone cooperated." Victor explained.
"Hmm, that could work." She's on board with the idea. If something happens to either trainer, everyone can rally together and help out. Marnie tells her team, "Right. You lot, help Victor out if something happens to me." Victor does the same. Marnie looks at Victor, a small smile spreading over her face, liking his initiative.
Current Time
"That aged well." Marnie commented. She has access to Victor's team, so she brings them out, asking them if they can bathe Victor. Looks like they're not too comfortable with doing that either. "Great..." Marnie sighs.
Wondering what to do next, there's a knock on the door. Opening it, Marnie sees an older woman standing there.
"Hello! Do you mind if I use the phone charger in your room? The one in our room is on the fritz, and knowing my husband, him trying to fix it is just going to make our bill go up..."
"Oh, sure." Marnie then lets her in.
"Huh, quite a party going on here!" The woman then sees Victor. "Hi there cutie!"
"..." Marnie has an idea.
*One bath later*
"There we go. Who's a clean little boy?" The woman coos, comes out of the bathroom, holding a giggling Victor. It appears Victor's clothes that she changes him into apparently shrunk too. Convenient!
"How are you so good at that?" Marnie asks.
"I've had a child of my own. It's stuff you pick up when you love them."
"Big brother must be some kind of scholar..."
The woman then hands Victor back to Marnie. "Just do your best, try not to get overwhelmed, and don't let him out of you sight."
"Yeah, I learned that the hard way." Marnie chuckles. But since she's here, Marnie chats with her, getting some more advice. The woman's phone is soon charged, so she then leaves wishing Marnie the best of luck.
After having room service, Marnie lays on the bed in the room, watching Victor play with some random things in Victor's belongings. She's pretty sure the real Victor would protest to Marnie using the Poké Toy to play with his younger self, but he's just too cute to say no to. Before long though, Victor yawns. He goes over to Marnie, and snuggles up to her. Resting up against her, Victor even sucks on his thumb.
Marnie: *Dies from cuteness*
But after watching Victor sleep for a while, Marnie drifts off too, tired from the emotional day.
The next morning
"Argh!"
Marnie cries out because Victor decided to wake her up by poking her in her eye. She glares at him. Children are-
"Oh, still not back to normal..." Marnie sighs.
Everyone's hungry, so they go get some breakfast at a café. Victor's phone then rings.
"Hello? Hi Marnie!" It's Peonia.
"Hello..."
"?" Peonia's caught off guard by Marnie's suspicious reply. "Anyway, we found Dialga!"
That good and all, but something's bothering Marnie. "...why does Victor have your number in his phone?"
"What?" Verbal confusion. "How else would I have contacted you?"
"Hmmm..." Marnie's not sold.
"Just get over here!"
One more thing to add to the list that Marnie will be having a chat with Victor about when he's back to normal...
Max Lair
"Lay off, Dad!" Peonia's trying to fend of her dad, who's trying to hug her.
"I knew you'd come around, darlin'!"
Marnie approaches, with Victor in tow.
"Hi." Peonia glares at her. Marnie sweatdrops, what'd she do? "In order to get to Dialga, we'll have to go on a Dynamax Adventure. So we'll need 4 people, including him here." Peonia explains. So she blames Marnie and Victor for now having to spend time with her dad. Although he's ecstatic to be doing this.
"I cannot in good conscience allow you to take this child on an Adventure!" They are stopped by that same scientist lady from before.
"You again?" Peony huffs. He then gets into it with her, allowing Marnie and Peonia to slip past her with Victor. "See you later!" Peony laughs, taking off after them.
"Honestly!" She exclaims.
She never gave them any Pokémon to use, so they'll have to sneak around until they reach Dialga. Before long, they are standing in front of the normal-sized Legendary.
Marnie tries politely, "Excuse me. Please reverse what you did to Victor."
Dialga stares down at Marnie. "..." Then it turns it's head away, not interested in doing so.
"What?!" Marnie almost rages. "Enough of your nonsense!"
That almost gains some respect from Dialga. But staring down at Marnie, it thinks. Then, Marnie could almost swear that it was grinning.
"Oh no," Marnie warns, "don't even think about it!" Dialga approaches her, full on smirk.
Peony grabs his daughter, and dives out of the way with her. There's a flash of Indigo energy, and Marnie's yell.
*A few moments later*
"Huh? Where am I?" Victor groans. He's waking up while laying on the ground. But he feels something laying on his chest. Picking it up, he holds up the small figure that oddly looks like Marnie? "What's up with this child?" He asks. When it blinks and looks at him, he comments, "Wow, she kinda looks like Marnie!"
"Victor!"
"Huh?" He's confused by the child hugging him. "Wait... Marnie?! Ha ha ha, what happened to you?"
"What happened to me? Shouldn't you be asking what happened to you? First you were a little boy, now you're really tall!
"Uh, Victor did turn back to normal, but he's not the only one who's changed!" Peonia and Peony come out of hiding. He's thinking about something, with an odd grin on his face.
"Hmm?" Marnie asks. She wonders why everyone has gotten so tall as well. Peonia takes out a hand mirror she carries with her, and shows Marnie her reflection.
Even up top, they can hear Marnie's wail.
*A few moments later*
"You know, I hate to tell you 'I told you so', but..." The scientist lady is waiting up top for them, deadpanning when she sees the situation they are in.
Having been caught up, Victor leads Marnie by her hand. She just grumbles. Normally pretty reserved, Marnie's just about had enough of that trolling Dragon. Since she hadn't been knocked out when she was turned into her younger self, Marnie is able to retain all her memories. But she's now stuck in mini-me mode.
Peony and Peonia intensify their efforts to once again find Dialga. Victor and little Marnie will just wait nearby until it's found.
"..." Marnie's standing in front of some crates, wanting to sit and wait. She tries in vain to climb up on top of them due to her small stature, and so she just stares at them.
"Need some help?" Victors asks.
"...yes."
Victor smiles, then picks Marnie up. He sits down on the crate, putting Marnie on his lap. She's oddly comfortable with this.
Some time passes as the duo watch other trainers come and go from their adventures.
*Growl*
Marnie's embarrassed by her stomach growling. Victor has a baggie of food he's made for their trip, so she eats it while sitting on his lap. She even offers him a handful of it from her small hand.
"Oh, thanks." Victor bends down and eats it straight out of her hand.
"If you two get any sweeter, I am going to need some insulin." They are approached by Peonia.
"Anything yet?"
"I'm 'fraid not."
Marnie begins grumbling again, so Victor gives her a Poké Doll, shaped like Morpeko. That seems to calm her down?
"Ah, this one won't keep hasslin' me over food." Marnie smiles. She looks up to see Victor and Peonia laugh at her childish antics. Realizing she's been played, Marnie buries her face into the doll.
Marnie will remember that.
"Argh!" Peony shouts. He's tired of all the sitting around and waiting. This could be time he could be spending bonding with his daughter! He then gets the brilliant idea: "I'll just sniff around for a Steel type! That'll find Dialga!"
"I-" The scientist lady gives up, sitting down and reading a magazine. "Do as you wish."
"Might as well," Peonia sighs, "It's taking so long to find it."
*One Peony later*
The group somehow finds Dialga.
Approaching it from behind, Peony laughs, "Gahaha! Found you!"
It turns around, glaring down at them. Can't these humans take a hint?
Not waiting for anyone else to say anything, Marnie begins trying to order Dialga around. Both sides are pretty tired of dealing with each other. Dialga then argues with Marnie, telling her to "Know your place, handmaiden."
"H-handmaiden?!" Marnie sputters. Final straw broken. Marnie then picks up a small rock, and flings it at Dialga. Due to her short height and reduced physical strength, it barely manages to graze one of Dialga's toes.
"Really?" Peonia sighs, "Now we're throwing things?"
Not one to be treated this way, Dialga one-ups Marnie by transforming into it's Origin Form, ready to make the group's lives more miserable. Things look bad for our heroes, when-
*Whizzz*
A pink and purple ball flies through the air, opens, and traps Dialga. Falling to the ground, it wiggles a couple of times, then clicks shut. Peony walks over to it and picks it up. He laughs boisterously, "Grahaha! I got me a Dialga!"
"How-" Victor starts to ask.
"Oh yeah. I meant to give this to you eventually, for helping me out with those myths and rumors. But I guess I just plum forgot to give it to you! Looks like it was put to good use though!"
The three teens just stare at him, dumbfounded. Bringing out Dialga, Peony can have it reverse what it did to Marnie. While not looking too thrilled, it grudgingly does so.
"I'm back to normal!" Marnie exclaims, checking herself out. The nightmare is over. She then crashes into Victor, giving him a huge hug.
And Peonia? Peony's eyes flash evilly, as he gets on Dialga's back. He's going to do what he was plotting earlier. For some reason, he think that he can now he can turn his daughter into her child form, and she'll want to spend all her time with him. "Get 'er, Dialga!"
"I'm gonna go with an extreme 'fraid not!" Peonia screams, taking off. Dialga reluctantly obeys it's trainer by chasing after her, but intentionally missing with it's Roar of Time's.
This leaves Victor and Marnie, alone...
Still hugging, Marnie buries her face into Victor's chest. There it is, his scent. The one she's use to. The one that makes her feel... safe. Especially when he puts his arms around her. Has he been working out? Marnie doesn't remember that chest muscle being there before...
"Marnie?" Victor asks.
She's trembling slightly, as she pours her heart out to him. "I-I thought I lost you. I didn't know if we'd ever be back to normal. Then I was worried that our adventure would come to an end. And then..."
Victor smiled at her, as she kept going on. It sounded like she might be feeling a little guilty about a few things.
"Don't you laugh." Marnie said, pulling her face from his chest. "From what I heard, you caused most of this because you wanted to show off."
"Well..." Victor replied sheepishly.
"You fool..." Marnie sighed. At this point, Marnie's arms have found their way to around the back of Victor's neck, while his have found their way to around Marnie's waist. They then stay there for a few moments, looking into each other's eyes, appreciating that they're back together, and everything is going back to normal. A growing blush covers both of their faces.
"Marnie..."
"Victor..."
They were both seemingly wanting to say something, when-
*Click*
*Flash*
Stunned, Victor and Marnie look over to see that same scientist lady from before. She's got a smirk on her face, and her phone in her hands.
"Aaaand... send."
"Wha?" Victor asked.
"I just sent that photo to my old colleague, Sonia. She's pretty obsessed with you two. I can't wait to see her reaction!"
"..."
"..."
The two teens then realize that they've been embracing each other. Marnie separates, clearly embarrassed. But Marnie's more concerned with something else.
"G-give me that phone!"
"No way, the deed has been done! By doing this for Sonia, she agrees to have my twin sister be her assistant. I hope it all works out..."
Marnie chases after the woman, trying in vain to fix things.
Victor is left all alone, surprisingly okay with what happened. He chuckles, "What an adventure..."
*Meanwhile, Sonia*
"Aaaaaahhh!"
Ahh, that was fun! Oof, this was a quite bit longer than I expected. I just kept on writing! I probably could have expanded on Marnie being a little girl again, but I think that part would have just dragged the story on.
Background for this: I saw some Pinterest artwork of Marnie holding on to what I assume is a young Victor. After a bit of thinking, I knew I had to make this a chapter!
When does this happen canonically?
*Shrugs*
But I might want to try something similar to this in the future. I'm trying different things as well. Like a drabbles chapter, a collection of moments that are too small to be individual chapters on their own, since it would just drag the story on.
If anyone has an idea for something they'd like to see Victor and Marnie do, let me know, and maybe I'll be able to make it happen.
Peace out!