闇の悪夢 – Nightmares of Darkness

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~IX~

On the twins' sixth birthdays, the meddler whom I first met a while back returned to give prophecies to the two sons.

"You shall become a weapon in this world," said Kaarina, "Your life will be filled with challenges and hatred waiting before you…but you will lead and grow."

After reading through Rasputin's heart, she moved to Alexa's and gasped for several moments. I could tell something was immediately wrong but I waited for her answer.

"Six Stars…a prince at hand," said Kaarina, "You shall become the will that destroys the heavens."

"S-six stars?" asked Pandora, "W-what the hell are you saying?!"

"If this child reunites with the five other stars…your reign will end…he will bring back to what was lost," said the prophet.

"LIES!" I screamed.

I soared out of my throne and grabbed Kaarina by the neck, "How dare you question my authority of power!? Darkness CANNOT be easily snuffed out!"

"He will…end your reign," hissed Kaarina, "Can't you see?"

"Oh I'll definitely give you a sight!" and the next thing I knew, I tore both of her eyes out. She fought her hardest to not scream out in pain but I could hear an echo of it as she vanished to the unknown.

From there, I crushed the eyeballs to guts and dumped them on the floor. I knew exactly what the six stars she was talking about as it was the characters that Iwatobi and his partners wanted to write about.

Tesseract, my personal assistant was looking like he too questioned my authority and sure enough, a rebellion was going on. Alex escaped from my evil grip with those weaklings but Tesseract tricked me by sending them to a "vacuum dimension" (in actuality he sent them to the northern reaches of the continent).

From there a series of conflicts began as I brainwashed Rasputin into my pawn and created his person assistants, the Chivashi with my dark magic from the golden orb. As long as the remaining five stars were not born, we were sure to win. We had to hunt Alex down and to make sure his Chiropteran nature will be his own enemy.

But of course over 130 years later or so…Alex did kill Rasputin in the last battle. However, I had already taken care of the "past time" after learning the secret of Earth and Duniya. I cursed the past by having them all fight in "legendary ship wars" (putting false stories of the heroes' relationships to the minds of different people and I've enjoyed watching them tear themselves apart).

I also discovered a plethora of secrets along the way including:

Tesseract was actually one of my partners from Camelot…Iwatobi himself! How dare he tried to play himself out in the storyline thinking that I could be banished of all darkness! He knew better than the mess with me indeed.

Planet Duniya, as previously mentioned, this world that we lived on…is the same planet as Earth…as in the "Timeline" that they created their new kingdom of Lynwin. The Mahotsukai in Camelot also tried to hide the heroes that way before using them to strike me down.

The name of the first darkness…born from gaining immortality and wanting revenge for a devastating loss. I learned a lot of how darkness and light are fundamentals in not just this universe…or other universes…but rather the concept of existence in any realm…in any universe…in anything that will sustain time, space, life, and other fundamental elements.

Cosmos is the twin of this darkness but of course holds all the light in entire existence…I met this entity in person but little did I realize this being was my "father". And now, we are trying to find him…but will he ever welcome me in my arms upon this reunion in Bota Duniya? Above all else why did he end up there?

That's what we were about to find out as I have already placed the ingredients together to open the portal. But of course…Makoto, bless his heart, he released Deidi's son and blackmailed us to open the portal. Thankfully, I exploited some of his weakness out and he is restrained again from his magic.

~X~

Wow. The Final Battle…the day that all was decided…it was indeed an ending that no one has ever witnessed except the seven of us.

My true agenda was to grant my "son"…or rather Alex…his wish to stay a swimmer with his desire shape, form, and beauty that he always dreamed of as well as having a different story developed but with a tragic price so irreversible that the team would never be able to defeat me. It began quite well when I banished them to their respective original timelines:

*Alpha – the story that details the STYLE FIVE and their interactions with others without Alex's existence. This is what one would call the 'canon storyline'. If anyone from another story intervened this timeline, it would start to wrinkle out of existence.

*Beta – the story that details the reality as it is. All of the stories ever written by mankind on this planet Earth were actually originated from Camelot's Library of Universes. This book by all means cannot be altered in anyway shape or form or else it would trigger "the end" by wiping out all elements.

But how they escaped was rather risky indeed; they forfeited these timelines that I would eventually consume for greater power. Well, one of them I managed to consume.

In doing so, without those timelines, they began to fade out during the final battle. I just killed them off (The supporters of the Magic Six from both the past/Earth and future/Duniya, and killing the STYLE FIVE. This left Alex as my final prey to consume) as their disappearance were much slower than I anticipated. I would "end" their existence, not just killing them…no moving on, no afterlife…one moment they exist and the next they won't.

To continue explaining the plan, I would grant his wish and then I would ultimately consume their worlds for my own personal beauty of the darkness and we would then invade Camelot and Cosmos to remind him of destruction of all stories. Everything was meant to be nothing.

But that little remaining light that flickered barely in my heart was holding onto these consumed worlds from being actually destroyed for all eternity. This side of me…that was once the kind, loving, and wishful self…cried for help so much despite not its voice being heart.

It wasn't until when I was finally stabbed by Alex and said, "And only by fairest blood is it undone…"

It turned out that none of the heroes were gone as they combined as one, binding their powers into this man who finally stabbed me, releasing the darkness out as well as a messenger bottle. Because of that long missing love, I was able to undo what I have caused and sacrificing my life to release these stories back to normal…

But could I ever be truly forgiven after all this time? My true wish…was…

~XI~

I woke up in a nice, soft, green patch of grass as the sun began to rise in this new place. For a moment, I thought I was back home in Camelot but I realized that the atmosphere of this place…

I realized it; the Magic Six and my wishes…we did it! But…could it be so real now as I was standing?

"Pandora!" shouted two of my sisters; Elaine and Morgause. Morgan was also present crying softly. They were at the bottom of the small hill waving out.

"EVERYONE!" I answered out, running to and hugging them as we all tearfully rejoiced our reunion, "I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE YOU ALL AGAIN! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND I AM SO SORRY FOR ALL MY SINS!"

The others only chuckled lovingly and embraced further as if the darkness never existed in me.

"Am I worth forgiving?" I asked more softly as we tearfully hugged each other.

"Of course," Morgan smiled, "You finally put vengeance down and your powers brought everyone back together with the Magic Six."

"We had faith in you the entire time…even after you turned dark!" Elaine smiled.

"We're sisters and we couldn't let you be lost forever!" Morgause agreed, "But we're the ones to be sorry for not being able to help you. That's why they did…"

It was that moment I realized the truth; Iwatobi and his stories were not meant to kill me…it was to reverse the fate that I tragically suffered with these sisters. The bonds that were shared throughout each story, the love that was created and evolved, and the magic (even the non-magical realms) of belief.

"But we're all dead though, aren't we?" I asked.

"We are neither or…we have become far beyond of existence," Morgan explained, "This is where everything is born from…and where everything returns to upon death and completion."

After this, we made our way down to the villages and mother cried upon seeing me. I thanked her for that letter and cried as well. Upon confessing my love to the man whom was killed, I revealed that I should at least find him.

"We'll deal with him when the time comes," Igraine answered, "For now we must enter the realm that awaits us."

It was from there the Magic Six married each other and several populations from various realms joined together as the airships brought us to that place…the great heavens; Idaina Magna.

~XII~

After a period of time, I began to realize that my heart still has a hole in it. Morgan reassured me that it wasn't my fault but I know it was.

The man I killed was my own hands and I know I do not deserve forgiveness. He's out there from this land…I know it.

This is because I had a terrible nightmare of him…I was busy ruling my kingdom as usual when he suddenly appeared and revealed the Golden Orb to me…with his NAME ON IT next to mines!

"I suppose we are both the same now, aren't we?" he asked.

"What I did to you, wasn't me!" I cried out.

"But it is…you threw away for me for this throne and for your plans!" he growled, "You may have won power but soon you will hear from me again!"

"When?" I asked.

"In a world where all sports lived in harmony…I shall curse them into a war and you cannot stop them!" he replied.

"Just why do you have to do this?!" I questioned with a hint of sadness.

"I want them to see how pointless their cultures really are…and to hurt you the same way you hurt me!" he smirked before I woke up with my sisters.

From there, I ran off to one of the temples where the Compendium was held. This book details the entire history of many worlds including Duniya. Sure enough, it was a memory as the exact nightmare was real.

However, this "world" he described was not written yet. Does this mean he's waiting for it to be born? Should I not let this story even be played out? Or is it perhaps the key to save him?

Morgan found me and I told her that we had to visit the heroes.