Chapter 2
Looking into the past
"Nina, is everything all right with you?" Celestia asked as Ace and Rukia ran into them!
"Yes, but are Ace and Rukia alright? Nina answered as a halo of spinning stars were over Ace's and Rukia's heads.
"Why are there three of you, Nina?" Ace asked while he was dizzy.
"They'll be alright. The dizziness will go away in the next few seconds." Celestia explained and the dizziness went away a few silly seconds later." You look you want to ask me something, Nina."
"Do you remember anything before the day my parents disappeared?" Nina asked as she looked at her partner with the puppy eyes.
"Every time I try to remember something from around that time I run into a mental wall preventing me from remembering those memories." Celestia responded as she looked at Ace and Rukia.
"If you knew you would have already given the answer away and make this story totally boring and stuff truly similar to that." A voice explained and the two hunters looked around.
"Was that the Author who just said that?" Rukia asked wondering what just happened at that very moment in time.
"No, but that is the best and nicest way to put an intentional dangerous secret reveal into perspective." The Author explained.
"Do you think we even care whatsoever about anything you just said to us right now?!" Celestia shouted only for Hera and Valia to start to chase her with their weapons out!...
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"The nerve of that stupid cat thing to act the way she does." Mara thought as she approached Yuki's room." However they're our other ways to make her reveal the truth to the Hunters." Then she opened the door to Yuki's room and entered.
"Mommy told me not to go with str…" Yuki explained as Katherine gagged her and the Black Cat walked in.
"Stop this at once!" The Black Cat responded as she came in.
"If you want your pathetic little daughter back, you know what you have to do." Mara threatened as she teleported herself and Yuki away.
"I know what I have to do." The Black Cat thought as she pulled a purple and white device out of a drawer and pointed at a computer." Digi-port Open."
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"Did you just hear that?" Ace responded as a giant dust cloud started to quickly approach them.
"Yes, and I think I can make out a few of our friends!" Rukia explained as the dust cloud slowed and revealed itself to be… The Black Cat pulling Katherine, Aerith and Setsuna.
"If you help me get my daughter back, I'll hand over your friends." The Black Cat offered.
"We have a deal." Ace answered and shook the Black Cat's paw.
"Do you know where you're daughter is being held captive?" Katherine asked as the people beside her got up. Then The Black Cat's cell phone went off.
"Hello, what do you even want?!"
"If you want your daughter back come and face me or reveal the truth to the hunters." The voice explained as the person hanged up.
"I now know where we need to go next." The Black Cat explained as they started to walk.
"At least we now sort of have a 'quest'." Nina added as she looked at the Black Cat." How do we know you're not planning to just betray us, Aurora?"
"I'm technically still your 'friend', Nina." Aurora answered." I made all my decisions that affect you guys on the basis of friendship."
"Then why are you afraid to reveal the truth to us?" Aerith asked as she looked at the Black Cat.
"Right now, we need to just on our current goal." Aurora explained as they headed into a forest." Welcome to the Forest of Japanese game shows."
"That can't actually truly be the name of this forest." Lilith responded as they walked.
"I wish I wasn't joking about this." Aurora explained as they continued to walk. "Trust me, this place get a whole lot weirder." Then a teddy bear who was black on one side and white on the other!
"I'm going to kill you! That or tell jokes so bad they will put you in a state of despair!" He shouted, only for Aurora to stab him multiple times with two fangs with handles! A few seconds later, they continued on going deeper into the forest.
"That was an easy threat to defeat." Ace responded as he started to notice stationary spinning wheels with knives in them and rubber chickens hanging from trees.
"Well the forest is starting to live up to its name." Nina added as they reached the center of the forest they were shocked by what they saw. Angel and Reapera were jumping through flaming hoops on a conveyor belt while being chased by gators!
"This is a truly an absurd situation they're in!" Aurora added as she watched the absurdity go down.
"Thank you, it's nice to see at least one of my characters at least appreciating my writing!" The Author shouted.
"Hi guys." Angel greeted ignoring the conversation that was happening as he jumped through another flaming hoop." Why is the Black Cat now suddenly joined you guys? Does this mean you've finally caught her?"
"No, we're just helping her find her kidnapped daughter." Ace explained.
"Thanks for that sort of helpful update." Reapera added as the conveyor, hoops and gators disappeared and Angel and Reapera floated to the ground.
"Challenge 23 of 529 completed." A voice explained and a purple jester appeared!
"I refuse to continue just to entertain you, Jestermon!" Angel explained. "Doombringer X2!" The scythe blades immediately launched out and slashed Jestermon!
"Not a scratch at all!" Jestermon responded as he started to bitch slap Angel.
"This battle has just reached a whole new level of craziness." Ace added as he watched Jestermon whacking Angel with plastic bowling pins.
"The place needs a new name. How about Forest of the annoying and weird jester that like to make people go through stupid yet silly challenges." Nina responded as she watched Jestermon grabbed Reapera by the back of her cloak.
"Let go of her, you big bully!" Angel shouted as Reapera was held just out of his reach.
"Soon, your partner will faint and then things will get interesting!" Jestermon exclaimed…
Flashback…
"Angel, are you all right?" Claire asked as she watched her brother play videogames by himself.
"Just leave alone, Claire." Angel responded." Just go away and just disappear!" As Angel shouted his words of despair and hate, Claire ran out of the room and started to cry. Then somebody placed a hand on her back.
"Angel, is that you?" She asked as the hand grabbed on to her and pulled her through a portal. After exiting through the portal Claire noticed she was now in a throne room. Not a simple throne room, but one made entirely of marble and gold. "Now where am I and why am I here?" Then she started to panic, because that would seem like the best thing to do at that moment.
"Because you are a major potential threat to me in the near future if I let you live." A voice responded as a thrown orb smashed into Claire who decided to stop panicking at that moment. A few seconds later the color started to darken until all that was now fully black but it didn't stop there. Soon her clothes became baggy and fused together but we're just getting started. Then a hood grew out of her shirt and covered the top half of her head causing her clothes to finish their transformation into a cloak.
"What have you done to me?" Claire shouted as started to panic only to stop a second later, realizing it wouldn't truly help her situation whatsoever.
"I turned you into a Reaperamon, now join my army and I won't kill you." The Voice ordered only for Claire to throw a mini scythe at a window, causing it to break!
"You owe me for that window!" The Voice responded as Claire jumped…
A few minutes later…
"Where am I?" Claire asked as she got up and tried to remove her hood." Crud, It's stuck to the top part of my face."
"Hello, Claire." The Black Cat responded as she approached Claire, who wasn't happy at all.
"Go away; I don't want to see you. Just give me one more chance." Claire shouted pissed that the Black Cat was near her.
"Fine. I'll give you one more chance, Reapera." The Black Cat responded and teleported Reapera away…
Flashback end…
"It's to face the music, Reapera!" Jestermon shouted as Reapera looked at her body while Jestermon started to play his one man band machine.
"I'm can't hold this form much longer." Reapera thought as she kicked Jestermon arm, causing him to let go of her. As she fell to the ground, she reverted back to Claire.
"What…the…fuck…"Ace responded and Rukia slapped him as everybody except the Black Cat was shocked by the plot twist that had just occurred.
"Claire, what's the meaning of this?!" Angel shouted as she ran up to his older sister.
"Angel, I'm all right and I'm sorry I lied to you." Claire explained as she got herself up on her feet.
"Welcome to the digital world. You expect stuff like this and other crazy things to happen." Aurora explained.
"That means I can now throw even crazier stuff at you guys!" The Author shouted.
"Oh… What a truly sad moment that is happening." Jestermon responded." But you all must still be killed in the name of the Digital Queen!"
"Then I'll fight you!" Angel responded.
"No you can't!" Jestermon explained. "You're only a pipsqueak! Pipsqueaks can't fight somebody as funny as Jestermon!" Then everybody around him did a face fault.
"Just go ahead and kill him." The Author explained.
"I'm ready to end this once and for all!" Angel shouted as blue sparkling lines appeared on him!" Hidden Art: Scythe Reaper!" Then 10 chain scythe blades launched out at Jestermon and started to slice and dice at him… until he turned into butter.
"How does what just happen even make sense at all?!" Angel shouted.
"I kind of expected this to happen eventually." Claire added.
"It can only get much weirder from this point." Aurora responded.
"There's probably a reference in this somewhere." Aerith explained.
"This goes against all known laws of man!" Nina shouted.
"Maybe it his last joke we are supposed to laugh at." Ace responded.
"Get on with it!" Hera shouted.
"Yes, get on with it!" Valia added.
"Fine we will continue on!" Katherine shouted as they started to walk. Soon they reached the outside of this crazy forest of crazy craziness.
"We'll set up camp here." Aurora explained…
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"And that's the end of another great chapter!" The Author shouted as he ate a chocolate cupcake.
"How do you know it was a great one?" Valia asked as she looked at the Author.
"Also, why did that jester just turn into a stick of butter after Angel used his hidden art on him?" Hera added as she also ate a chocolate cupcake.
"One it's a reference to a game/anime and two, it just sounded like it would be extremely funny to do." The Author explained as Valia ate a chocolate cupcake.
"Well, now we ate all the cupcakes!" Hera shouted and started to panic by running around the room.
"You realize you two can make some chocolate cupcakes." The Author explained and pulled out a cookbook." Head to the kitchen and get the ingredients listed in the recipe out." And with that, Hera and Valia ran to the kitchen.
"Master, will they be all right?" Kyria, the catgirl maid asked.
"Even if they aren't it will still be fun to watch." The Author explained…
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Aurora looked around. She was tired of all of the bad talk about her. Soon a figured emerged from the forest and sat down next to her.
"Well this is a surprise to see you." Aurora responded as she looked at the figure.
"So how are you doing, Aurora?" The Figure asked and Aurora gave her a pissed off look.
"Your daughter decided it was okay to steal my youngest daughter and use her as ransom." Aurora answered.
"I guess this is the repercussions for all the lies you've told." The Figure explained. "When will you finally shed all the lies you have told and reveal the truth to your other two children?" The Figure explained as a katana was placed on the neck of the figure!
"Aurora, leave the area so I can talk to this person." Ace shouted." If you don't, I will reveal to the others that you were the one who sent us forward in time by a year."
"Fine, I'll leave you two alone." Aurora responded and headed into the forest out of their sight.
"Talk or you die." Ace added as he removed the katana from the figure neck. Then the figure started to laugh.
"It's funny how much you hate Aurora." The Figure explained, pissing Ace off.
"What do you mean by that?!" Ace shouted.
"Aurora is your mother." The Figure answered nonchalantly." However, that isn't her real name."
"Then who is the other child?!" Ace responded.
"You already know the answer to the question you asked." The Figure responded. "It is your choice what you do with the information I have given you." And then she was gone. Ace looked around. Now that he knew the truth, things started to become clearer why they had happened but there were still things that were unclear…