Chapter 1: The World of Genre
There are many kinds of worlds one can create with their imagination, some can be as happy and colourful as Equestria, or as dark and gritty as Freddy Kruger's boiler room, to begin this story we shall be going to one of the darker ones, though not as horrible to look as you might think. This is the City of Aku a metropolis-based realm that is ruled by the retired, but none the less still fearful demon Aku. However it was not Aku that a certain creature had come to see, no one in any realm had any idea what his real name is, if he even HAS one, so he insisted every simply calls him G. He was not a creature like anything in any realm for he was a mash of every genre in the medium of storytelling. His right arm was cybernetic, and thus Science-Fiction, his left, bare bones of Horror, his tail, that of a stegosaurs and thus representing Historical fact, his chest pulsated with the glowing Heart of Romance, and his face was as weird and jumbled up and the Fantasy is represented, though his right eye still bore the Jolly Roger of adventure instead of a normal pupil like his left. Even the clothes this creature wore represented a genre, he wore a cowboy hat of the Westerns, a vest bedazzled with Musical notes, and finally a pair of pants that were Action-based army ants for his right leg, and a set of jester's Comedy bells for the left. If any normal human would have seen him they would have ran away in terror, but since this living Genre could jump from one world to another, and in turn could transform into any creature to blend into said world, he had little to no fear of being discovered. Though in this particular world, g didn't feel the need to change since everything here was just as weird as he was, even if it did focus too much of its effort on product placement with their Princess. And speaking of which…
"For the last time G, I am NOT going roller-skating, I have plans!" another figure said, never taking her eyes of her cell phone while she texted.
This was Princess Chi, daughter of Aku, out of all the inhabitants of this particular realm of creation, G seemed to like her the most, mainly because she was one of the few people he had encountered who didn't run away or try to kill him when he accidently revealed his true form. She was a pretty 10-year-old Demon-Girl with a jet black body except for her pale white face, fiery red hair that flowed down to her knees, four black spikes protruding out of both sides of her head, and bright green eyes with black, almost gear like surroundings, her eyebrows aflame with orange fire. She may not have been the nicest of kids, but at least she found G tolerable, in many aspects she did consider him the closest thing to a friend she had.
"Oh come on Chi!" G moaned. "I'm bored! Do you have any idea how hard it is to actually get into the place!?"
G did have a point, being the ruler of this realm, Aku had the highest security surrounding his palace. And while G was able to jump into any world he wanted, he could only arrive at a certain place in that particular realm, in this case it was in an alleyway at least three blocks away from where Chi lived, so every time he came here, he always had to avoid the guards and break into the palace every time he wanted to pay Chi a visit. Oh sure he could have just told the guards that he was a friend of the Princess…
"… But where's the fun in that!?" G chuckled.
G, I told you, no Fourth-Wall-Breaking! I gave you the Prologue, so PLEASE keep your comments to yourself!
"But…" G tried to say.
I mean it, G! We don't want to ruin the story with constant backchat, it may work for Deadpool but nobody even know you that well yet, hell, you were only introduced in the last chapter, so…
"Okay! Okay! I get!" G snapped. "I'll keep the Fourth-Wall stuff to a minimum, perhaps now we can get back to the story?"
Yes, lets. Okay, now where was I? Oh yeah! It was just another typical day of breaking into Aku's palace to try and see Chi, oh sure G had no trouble doing so given his talents but on this particular day, his efforts were in vain.
"I'm sorry, G, but Mimi's supposed to be coming over and I have plans for when she arrives." Chi explained.
"Mimi?" G repeated, raising an eyebrow. "The quiet one?"
That was certainly one way to describe Mimi, aside from G, she was pretty much Chi's only real friend. She was a demon the same age as Chi was, but unlike Chi was had red skin, jet black hair, fiery red eyes, two crustacean-like claws in place of hands, a long, spiked tail, and two small horns upon her head along with a gold pendant burnt into her forehead. G had met Mimi before during one of his many visits here, and to say that she was quiet was an understatement, in fact she was a stoic as stone most of the time. Mimi wasn't what you would call "open" with her emotions, at least not vocally, never even cracked a smile any time G ever saw her. However in this case, it was clear that Chi wanted to have some alone time with her visiting friend.
"Yes, the quiet one," Chi retorted unassumingly. "And I doubt she'll want to see you here after what happened last time."
"The last time, she BIT me!" G countered.
However Chi merely rolled her eyes at that.
"Well it's your own fault for pissing her off," she said. "Honestly there is only so much joking around a girl can take."
Now it was G's turn to roll his eyes, of course Chi would take Mimi's side in the matter, she ALWAYS did. Still, G knew when he was beat, so with a heavy sigh he smiled.
"Alright," he said. "I know when I'm not wanted, I'll see you around okay?"
And on that final note, G then made his way towards the window.
"Yareyare," Chi exclaimed in her Japanese language. "Can't you EVER use the door?"
At first G looked as though he were thinking hard on the question, but in reality he knew the answer straight away.
"Hmm… nope!" he said jokingly before opening the widow and taking a swan dive outside. "WOOHOO!"
Upon seeing yet another one of G's dramatic exists, Chi couldn't help but face-palm.
"Why do I even let him in here?" she asked herself dramatically.
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It wasn't TOO much trouble escaping from Aku's guards again, in fact at this point G was basically dancing as he dodged the flaming spears being thrown at him. Eventually G finally found himself back in the alleyway where he had arrived, having lost the guards at least an hour ago, if anything they probably gave up after the first city block just like they always do, G could only guess that it was because he had made his visits so often that the guards just couldn't be bothered anymore. Finally finding himself alone, G looked all around him before making his next move just in case someone walked past the alley while he did what he needed to. Suddenly he thrust his cybernetic arm through the nearby wall with a forceful punch, pulling his metallic fist back, G stared in awe at the hole he had made. However this was no ordinary hole, where you would expect to find broken debris was instead a luminous purple hole that floated a couple of inches away from the brick structure.
"Ha! I never get tired of that!" G chuckled as he stretched out the rim of the vortex so that it was big enough for him to fit through, which was pretty easy since he was only about four feet tall.
As soon as he was satisfied, all it took was one quick leap and G had disappeared into the hole, which in turn disappeared from sight in bright flash afterward. Now if any bystander had been walking by the alleyway at the time, then they would have been seriously freaked out by the sudden disappearance of the strange creature, however if they jumped into the vortex with G then they would have probably passed out from shock and awe. This was one of G's many talents of jumping through to other stories, of course he would never let anyone he ever encountered KNOW that they were merely characters in a story, if that ever happened then there would be serious consequences afterward that he really didn't want to happen… EVER. Thus he always made sure to stay out of sight whenever he made a jump, especially if there was a risk of them seeing where he jumps to. In this case, it was a realm that he called home.
"Okay, so Chi was a bust," he sighed as he walked through the dark halls of his home. "No problem, I still have other places I can go."
At those words G clicked his bony fingers and in an instant the whole room was lit up in a bright light, at first it seemed like he was in an ordinary mansion, but as the living Genre continued walking up the stairs, the reality of his personal world began to form. As jumbled up as his own body was, G lived in a strange surrealistic world that looked like it was designed by M. C. Escher, not only where there many staircases, but each and every one of the went off in a different direction that defied the laws of gravity, at one point, G walked up a spiral staircase, only to come back down it again upside-down after he had learned of the edge of the top step. However as strange as the staircases were, it was the walls, or rather what was upon them that peaked G's interest. Just like how many old mansions decorated their halls with numerous paintings, G's halls were decorated with a great number of artwork that appeared to be moving all by themselves.
"Yo author!" G snapped.
Yes G?
"Look, I know you said NO Fourth-Wall stuff, but perhaps you should explain this in further detail so the readers don't get confused?" G pointed out.
I was just getting to that actually. Anyway, the artwork upon G's walls are not just your standard pieces of visual talent, to him they were the gateways to other worlds. Basically, whenever a creator writes a new story, or designs a new character for a game or cartoon, their image appears on a canvas upon the living Genre's wall. With them he is able to watch and sometimes become a part of the story that is being told, not as a main character obviously since it would more than likely ruin the intended story the creator wanted, thus creating more consequences that G wanted to avoid. But G still liked to be part of the action, so every time there is a new story, he would slap on a new disguise to blend into the background and take a little jump, only ever interacting with the main characters if they were "off screen". And even after the story ends, the worlds still exist, allowing the creations to live out their lives as they wanted since their intended purpose was over, which was all the better for G since then he could now have a bit more freedom in that particular realm. What made them all the better was the fact that like the branches of a tree, a great many of these ideas inspired many pieces of fan-based material, thus creating the same realm but with a different story and in many cases new characters to interact with, hell, even the crossovers were fun to be a part of in G's Opinion, even some of the weirder ones like crossing over characters from "Frozen" and "The Walking Dead". Of course there were always a few issues with these gateways, mainly due to what everyone likes to call "Breaking-the-Fourth-Wall", a term in which the characters KNOW they're in a comic or TV show…
"Like me!" G pointed out.
Not the point! This in turn caused trouble for G whenever he tried jumping into certain places, he actually lost count of how many times he had to avoid looking Deadpool in the eye whenever he passed by one of HIS artworks. However that was not going to be a problem for G today, for he had decided to take a gander at a few stories that DIDN'T have such characters in them.
"Okay, where to go…" he pondered, while scanning the wall closest to him. "I haven't been to visit Edward Scissorhands in a while. No, wait, yes I did, I saw him yesterday!"
Suddenly a sudden flash of light erupted from the ceiling, upon seeing this a huge smile appeared upon G's face.
"Ooh Goodie!" he squealed happily. "Another new one!"
Having a new story added to the walls always gave G the jitters, it always meant the there was a new world to visit and more characters to interact with. Jumping with excitement, he then climbed the nearest spiral staircase and dived off the springboard at the top, once again defying the laws of gravity, G then fell upward, landing on the ceiling upside down at his feet and picking himself up to take a look at the newest image.
"Okay, let's see…" he said, looking down at the title just beneath the new picture. "Ooh another Fanfiction! Better yet, it's another sequel! The Little Pony Legend? Wow, that series really is getting popular, you gotta love the Bronies."
Though this particular story was interesting, G couldn't help but feel a little disappointed for he was hoping to get some original stuff today. Granted he liked roaming through Fanfiction, hell, he loved it, but there was something about the original stuff that made his day all the better. Giving off a small shrug, G then decided to keep browsing, after climbing up and in some cases sliding down the many other stairs in his realm, finally he found the gateway that satisfied him.
"Alright!" he chuckled. "I haven't been to the Grand Line in months, I wonder if Water 7 still has all those Water-candy shops."
With his excitement building up inside of him, G put on a wide, toothy smile, before long he was bouncing about all over the place and singing to himself.
"Oh I LOVE musical numbers!" he squealed.
What do you expect? It's on your vest, anyway, please carry on.
"Gladly…" G replied, clearing his throat, reading himself for his song:
This is living! This is style!
This is magical by the mile!
Oh the vast, vast traveling life, the traveling life for me,
Pirates in space? A cat with a mace? Whatever will I see?
Whenever I'm bored, I travel abroad, but ever so magically,
Look out! Here I come! Vast with a capital V-A-S-T, vast!
With every note sung, G couldn't help but dance with joy, every time he went to a different realm of creation, he always felt so alive, before long he began to gather a few materials from different areas of the realm and setting them up in front of his desired image as he continued.
I've been to many lands, to many worlds, and to very many towns,
They say I'm weird, and to be feared, but they'll never bring me down,
Cause I'm on my way to far away, bye-bye and toodle-oo,
And fare thee well, and Bon Voyage, arrivederci too,
Oh the vast, vast traveling life, the traveling life for me,
To far off lands, could join a band, be all that I can be,
I've earned the trust, of the upper crust, can join the queen of tea,
Look out! Here I come! Vast with a capital V-A-S-T, vast!
With all the materials gathered, G then began assemble them into something else in front of his desired image. If anyone were witnessing this then they would have instantly became confused with the display, however as it was, it was only G still singing to himself.
In every place I go they always love to meet me,
No doubt there's danger, it is no stranger, but the villains never beat me,
Oh they may try, until they die, or at least until I fall,
Last month I pissed off Chucky, well guess you can't win them all,
Oh the vast vast traveling life, the traveling life for me,
With every world, new truths unfurl, I never felt so free,
When I'm at the helm, and see new realms, I do it so stylishly…
At those words, G then adjusted hit hat in a suave manner. As the final words of his song drew ever near, G's creation was finally ready, a makeshift catapult made up out of all sorts of junk, including a garbage can and several springs. Facing his creation towards his chosen image, G then hopped into the cushioned loading bucket and placed his cybernetic hand on the level. Finally the final words came.
Look out! Here I come! Vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast,
With a capital V-A-S-T, V-A-S-T, V-A-S-T...
Vast!
With one quick pull G then triggered the catapult, which launched him straight forward into the image on the wall, and just like how he punched his way back from the City of Aku, another purple vortex burst into the wall and closed in another flash of light just as quickly. Now normally he could simply just punch his way through again, but in this case he seemed to feel the need for dramatic flair. Either way, now the living Genre was once again on his way to yet another adventure in the realms of creation, however little did he realise at the time, that this particular trip was one that he would soon regret taking.
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Author's Notes:
The Featured Song was inspired by "Posh" from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" All credit belongs to the original composer.
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The mentioned Fanfiction Series "The Little Pony Legend" belongs to MaggiesHeartLove