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This may be the first multiverse dark tone story I made. The prologue takes place before their adventure in this universe, before the Calamity trio's trip to Amphibia, before Luz lost her dad and visited Boiling Isle, Before Molly settled in Brighton, before Marco met Star and before the pine twins visited Mystery Shack, etc. This story, after the prologue, is technically a sequel to the shows, as it took place ten years after the series ended, except for the ghost and Molly McGee as it will take place after season one ended.
This is considered a multiverse crossover, but they all lived together in this universe's earth where they were merged. This also showcases the five main characters, (six including the twins) that they were friends/classmates in this universe's prologue before the encounter. I decided to reimagine the storyline, with the main protagonist interacting with another before they go on to their own adventure while also staying to the show existence timeline.
Notes: Play the instrumental version of "Deliver us" as part of the story, yet I do rewrite the lyrics for this moment and have this idea where the song can be expanded a little longer due to the story.. The lyrics are also cited bolded as if they're singing.
Copyrights I do not own, but I want to pay respect to the creators:
The owl House belongs to Dana Terrace/Disney Channel
Amphibia belongs to Matt Braly/Disney Channel
The ghost and Molly McGee belongs to Bill Motz and Bob Roth/Disney Channel
Star vs. the force of evil belongs to Daron Nefcy and Dave Wasson/Disney Channel
Gravity falls belongs to Alex Hirsch/Disney Channel
The prince of Egypt and song Deliver us belongs to DreamWorks animation
Without further udo, let's begin, shall we?
Story begins:
Location: Fresno, CA. Year: 2007. Seven years before the five series begins.
title card: Walt Disney Picture Presents
Afternoon. Downtown
The day was a clear blue sky for Wednesday. The fall season commenced. The wind breezed through the air. Clouds are beginning to split away. Sun shines, yet feels cold. The streets seem to be calm and fair.
title card: In Association with Disney Channel Production
As the car went by the road, next to the city hall, there was a commotion of protest. The city hall was in between two groups of people with a dozen policemen separating the group with dividers or with bars, making a way for the staircase.
"Light" sang the chorus background.
One group stands for LGBTQ community, with rainbow flags, and other colorful flags held up by few people.
"Love" sang the chorus background.
Some with signs that say, "Love is love!", "We are humans too!", "God loves queers equally like you!", "Down with Anthony's homophobia's attack!", "Take out the Homophobes!" and "Love others like God loves you!"
"Dark" sang the chorus background.
Another group stands with their american flag, but with black and blue color.
"Hate" sang the chorus background.
Others were their black and yellow clothes, while others carried their signs, reading "Go home, queers!", "God hate fags!", "You lost! Go home!", "Get out of our way!", "Die Queers!" and "God created two genders: Male and Female only!"
"Light shines our hearts and spreads as love." Chorus sang in the background, "Darkness consumes hearts and spreads as hate."
One homophobia man attempted to go over the bar and charged the bisexual man before being tackled by a police officer and get taken away.
"Stay back," a policeman commanded, "all of you!" before firing his gun to the sky, causing everyone to stand back and resume their verbal smack-talks with each other.
"Feel the sting on our back from the pain we faced" the chorus sang.
Not so far from the city hall, across the street of Fulton, where the market sidewalk took place, where everyone hangs out and vendors sell their products, like clothes, food, drinks, and photos taken.
"With the day that had tested all our hearts" The chorus sang.
Everyone was all aware of the on-going protest despite their work. One of the vendors, Matthew, noticed something or someone far from his stand. He sees a figure in black clothes with a trench coat, sunglasses, a turtle-neck shirt, a black mask like a metal yet blend in and a hat covering his hair.
"Dios arriba, can you hear our Prayer?" the chorus sang.
Matthew looked at the figure as he was walking across the street from Fulton, believing to heading to the city hall. Matthew then looked to his fellow vendor, nodding to his friends as a signal that the figure may cause chaos based on his mask, having to file the report.
"Help us, now!" the chorus sang.
As the figure goes walking on the sidewalk where he's a few feets away from the city hall. Then, at least few individuals came out of the hall, including Anthony Flores, a preacher/far-right wing figure, and his five supporters. There, they received praise from their supporters while LGBTQ group criticzed him as "sexist, liar and a destroyer."
"From these dark hour days! Deliver us!" the chorus sang.
As Anthony came downstairs, the dark figure then lift his left hand, which is actually a cyborg arm and it transformed into a magazine gun and aim it toward Anthony and his supporters, firing it and killing them along with some policemen and some queer folks, total of death toll of 12 lives and injuried others.
"Hear our call, deliver us!" the Chorus sang.
Everyone then began to run away scared from the figure as he approached the lifeless body of Anthony, blood coming from his chest.
"Lord of all, remember us in our dark days," Choir sang.
Passing through the other bodiless victims with bloody parts coming towards the staircase. The figure then knelt down next to life-less Anthony, and changed his arm into a brand, a tool used for cows, except it has a symbol for humans and then placed it on Anthony's chest, and pressed it down like a cow cattle used to put a mark, only for humans. He then lifts his hand back to him before he reaches for the necklace of a cross symbol as he snatched it, and placed it on his shoulder. It was attached like a magnate, only it became part of him, right next to other pin symbols, such as republicans, democratic, rainbow, cross, and an American flag, as they were part of his arms.
Then he was shot by the police in the mask, which was bulletproof.
"Deliver us!" The chorus sang.
He noticed policemen firing at him prior to running through the streets than the opposite where the policemen were.
"To the days you promised us." Chorus sang.
He ran past Fulton street and headed to the alley side of the stadium. He then pulled out his motor-bicycle, which was disguised as a car before it transformed. He then left as he started his bicycle, unaware that police cars were behind him, chasing him and went around to the street where the city hall was located prior to passing by.
"Deliver us to a better future!" Chorus sang. The symbol that the figure planted on the lifeless body of Anthony was a strange looking panda, but more robotic style. It had dark red eyes and its sharp teeth were dripping blood w/ black on the head's background.
Cross-fade to: Thai-Go food restaurant.
A woman, Oum, had just finished cooking her lunch-buffet. She was wearing a bandana for her puffy hair. She also appears to be a Thai-American who speaks soft-voice to her friends, signaling it's ready. She then brings in her cooked lunch towards the other females at the rounded-table.
Her friends seemed friendly, with one of them appearing to be dominican-american named Camillia, another is latina named Angie, while another lady who is also thai named Sharon and the last one is mainly white named Elizabeth. They then begin to talk while eating, chatting about their daily lives before they begin to sing.
"It's so nice to hang with you ladies," Oum sang as she's about to consume her lunch as another lady began to sing.
"With hate spread around like fire, we must stay strong, despite our background" Camellia sang.
"Perhaps, our children can learn about the world and its troubles," Sharon sang.
"But maybe one day, they'll understand to stand for each other," Angie sang.
"We may pray that one day, they'll be free and so god please…" Elizabeth sang.
"Deliver us!" sang all the ladies and the chorus as they saw the police chase a motor bicyclist, who passed them, causing the ladies to look through the window from the building on the streets of palm by tower district.
"Hear our prayer, deliver us!" the chorus sang.
The figure then threw his grenade behind him to the police cars, which hit and exploded the cars, flipping cars high and burning cars burned, temporarily pausing the chase, letting the figure escape.
"From despair these years of abuse grow too cruel to unite." the chorus sang.
The figure then took a left turn on the street of shaw. He then spotted other police cars coming from the west side, As he went fast, he then turned to the street of Brawley.
"Deliver us! To the days you promised us!" the chorus sang.
He then went off the street of Figarden by Save Mart and jumped out of his bicycle, which it transformed into a mailbox, undetected. He ran behind the save mart building, and blended among the garbage. As he peaked out, he saw the police heading towards the west, leaving him alone.
"Deliver us out of darkness and…."Chorus sang.
The figure then lifts his left forearm as it shifts to a monitor that enhances holograms, which contains files on individuals he target, he typed in his hologram, checked off Anthony Flores as dead. He then pulled out the next list of targets.
"...Deliver us to a better future!" Chorus sang.
The figure then received a notification of his next location where an individual may know some intel of his next target. He touched the notification, and opened up the map. It then pinpoints close to him where his target's location: at an elementary school.
Fade to: Figarden Elementary School.
We see kids coming out from cafeteria, to the playground. Some went to play basketball, hanging out with friends while others went to the open field to play with their sports stuff, like soccer, etc.
A young seven years old girl named Luz, who appeared as a Dominican-American with autism, was playing national ball with her friends, one who is a Latino kid in a red hoodie, Marco, and the other who is an Asian-American girl, named Marcy. Two identifiable kids, twin siblings named Dipper and Mabel, were having fun playing tag with their other friends, who are both African American named Isaiah and a Jewish-American with autism named Trevor. There are also other duo kids, two of them are Thai-American descendants named Anne and Molly, were sharing laughs, swinging.
As the kids enjoyed their lunch breaks, an officer named Manny, who was walking by the fence, approached the playground and the parking lot. He sees his daughter who waved at him before playing her game. He was happy to see her smile before he sang.
"Play along, my little Luz," Manny sang, "have fun with your friends, though i feel worried for your safety."
He walks over, behind the fence as he patrols the school along with other security guards. He then walked over to his car and received the reports of the unknown shooting at city hall.
"God, please hear my call," Manny sang, "please watch over everyone in this city and help me from my cancer, for we want to have a better future for our kid."
He was made aware of the city's crimes, yet he felt worried for his daughter's safety. He was also concerned for her friends as well despite being pals for Luz. He also wishes for her to make new friends than the ones she made/play with. He felt concerned, yet proud that she wasn't alone. He then resumed his patrol around the school. Luz, who just finished her game with her friends, then looked at her father as he was walking away.
"Oh lord, almighty," Luz sang, "please heal my papi. To cure him from the little bugs inside of him."
"We ask you dios," Marco sang next, "to have him live long."
"So he may live to see his daughter going through the world," Marcy sang last.
Luz saw her father walk across the school, heading to the front gate. She then looked up to the sky as if she spotted an angel, speaking to it. Her friends noticed this as they were aware of her father's leukemia, even some classmates of Luz among the pine twins and the Thai kids. Even far from each other, they joined in.
"Help Luz's father to feel better…," sang Anne.
"And live peacefully," Molly sang.
"Watch over the Noceda's," the Pine twins sang.
"And help them in these dark times," Isaiah and Trevor sang together.
"And please lord, Deliver us," sang everyone.*They all paused their games and kneel down and close their eyes for their prayer, asking for a healing for Mr. Noceda's health and the family. *The chorus then sings out loud with their high vocals in the background.
Everyone then resumed their day with Luz getting ready to play more with her friends first. Despite being classmates to Luz, Anne and Molly then talk to each other before deciding to join in with Luz. The same thing goes to the pines twins then talk with Isaiah and Trevor whenever they could combine their games with Luz and greet themselves to them.
As they approached Luz, they instantly began to bond with Luz. They introduced each other, sharing names, interests which surprisingly they considered an outcast, and later began to play games with each other.
Title Card: The Multiverse Guardians
While the lunch was still going, a security guard noticed the dark-clothed figure, who had walked to his next target, walking towards him. Yet the guard stood firm before asking the person.
"Can I help you with something, sir? You'll need to remove your mask for security purposes," said a security guard.
"If you say so," said the figure, with his voice box sounding like a robot, before removing his mask. His face was changed into a monster-like face who screeched before biting off the guard's head.
The sound of a screech was overheard by the kids, teachers and officer Manny, who immediately responded to the sound. Prior to his encounter, he sees the other officers who were backing up, shooting at something while others were retreating with blood cover.
Not long, the bullets then hit the defensive officers, killing them. The figure then came out to the open with his left arm turned into a magazine, looking at everyone, who then attempted to hide after the shooting while Manny standing still with his gun pointed at The figure.
Manny then began firing at the figure, but the bullets had no effect on the figure. The figure then ran up towards Manny, pushed him to the ground, leaving Manny with some bruise on his back. Manny tried to stand up, yet the figure picked him up with his right hand, close to him.
"Tell me, where's the coward Jackson?" The figure asked, holding Manny by the neck. Manny struggled to get out with his neck still being held up.
"I won't tell you, pal!" Manny denied it.
"Don't you see? That man is not to be trusted, and therefore deserves to perish," the figure said as he felt a rock on his mask. He looked where the rock came from, he turned to the left and saw Luz, who was standing from behind the bushes and the building. Her other friends, who were hiding next to Luz, then stand up and start throwing rocks at the figure.
"Leave my papi alone, mister!" Luz shouted as she kept throwing rocks at him
"Yeah, leave Mr. Noceda alone, you freak!" Anne and Molly said. The Figure sees the other kids. He was angry that he then roared like an animal. He then put down Manny gently and began heading towards the kids, causing the kids to be frightened as he was speeding up his walk.
"No, leave them alone!" tried to get up, but due to his bruise, he could barely stand as he collapsed. The figure then stopped about two feet far from the kids, arming towards the kids, who were crying and scared, with his left arm, and turned into a blaster. The kids then hugged each other with hands held tight, and closed their eyes, embracing their young fates. There was a moment of silence before the silence was broken.
"The necklaces?," said The Figure in a surprised tone as he stared at Luz who wears a necklace, something that triggered him. Luz then opened her eyes, then Anne, Molly, Marco, and the Pine twins. They saw The figure as his mask's eyes were changed from red leds to blue leds, showing the mood was more sympathetic than his angry mood. He then lowered his blaster, which then changed into his hand.
"Where did you all get those?" The Figure asked them, much to the surprise of the kids. Luz looked down and grabbed her necklace, which appeared to be a symbol of a jedi knight from Star Wars. Anne had the necklace, a symbol of an autobot, Marco had the chain of a heart, which contained the initials of F.L. The pines had the chain of crystals, while Molly had a necklace of a symbol that appeared to be a fictional ghostbusters. Luz then turned to The Figure before she spoke.
"This is my mom's gift to me," Luz replied.
"Same with my mom," Anne said as well.
"Same here" said the Pines twins, Marco and Molly.
"Do you know it, sir?" Luz asked The figure. The figure stared at the necklace, as he remembered the necklaces before. He took a good look at the kid's necklace/chains before he looked up at them.
"These necklaces are a reminder of my past," said The Figure, "yet I haven't seen them in years. The necklace of my old friends." He then heard the siren coming from north, and he took where the sound was coming from, and looked at Manny. He had empathy for Manny since he heard the words of his condition. He stared for a moment before looking back at the kids.
"I'll let you and everyone live, including your father," The figure said, "but don't tell them what happened between us, okay?" The kids were hesitant at first to reply, but they knew that he was serious. Luz broke a silence.
"If we do sir," Luz said concerned, "Will you leave mi papi alone? He's going through-"
"I understand, little one," The Figure said, "And he's not on my list. I asked him for another target. Please, stay out of my mission"
As he sang this, The figure then placed his left hand to the ground, and pressed it down like he just forged a metal on the ground. He held it for a moment before he begin to stand up. His blue eyes were then reverted back to red eyes.
He then ran towards the fence and jumped over before changing into a metal liquid form, made of weird electronic atoms, floating away like a cloud. As soon as he's completely gone without a truce, the kids get up in amazing yet terrified to see the figure go.
"Oh my god, papi," Luz said as she ran over to her father. She was scared that came up and attempted to help her father, getting on his feet. At least twice it happened and failed, Luz tried to lift him up the third time, and felt she was strong enough to lift him up. Little did she notice, her friends were helping her father up. They then walked over to where the fence is, setting him down. As soon as they set him down, police cars came into the school. One of the officers, Hector, ran up to injured Manny.
"Are you okay, Manny?" Hector asked.
"Yeah, just had my neck strangled and my back," Manny answered before groaning as he tried to straight up his back.
"We'll send in the ambulance here," Hector said before he pulled out his radio to communicate with the dispatcher.
As this happens, the kids were five feet away from Manny, talking to each other, reflecting what they just observed today.
"Do you think this guy wasn't gonna kill you dad, Luz?" Anne asked.
"He seemed angry," Molly added in, "I mean he was angry when he roared at us."
"Or perhaps, he didn't get what he was after," Dipper added.
"Who knows what his purpose is," Marco added, "but whatever it is, I'm sure it's something, especially with that symbol there."
"Honestly," Luz said, "I sensed that this won't be the last we saw of him." The kids then looked at each other, concerned and uncertain about their future now that today was different from their usual route. They then looked at the bodiless of the officers who were killed, stared at them for a moment until they all looked at where the figure left the symbol, the cyborg-like Panda, on the ground for a moment. They then looked at the direction where the Figure left. They begin pondering themselves, questioning what was his plan.
"What are you? And what are you up to Mr.? God, watch over this man, please!" The kids said in their thoughts as they all said the same thing at the same time.
"Who are you, mister?" Asked Luz curiously, "And thank you for not hurting my daddy."
"Deliver us! Send a shepherd to shepherd us! And…." The Chorus sang.
As everything was happening at Figarden elementary school, every police officer arrived at the scene late, while the parents were called in to pick up their kids. Over where the figure laid his symbol, the cyborg-panda, was pressed in like a metal that stays forever, scarring the school.
Cross-fade to: Fresno State college
"...Deliver us to a better future! Deliver us to a beautiful future!" The Chorus sang.
The city bus #38 came through the red lights as it stopped at cedar and bulldog streets. The middle doors opened, allowing the passengers to get off, mostly the students. One particular student, wearing his black jacket like a leather for winter, had a red backpack, along with his blue handbag on his right side. He wears a t-shirt, saying hangry with Stitch in front with blue jeans. He wears his sunglasses with his headphones over his ears. He looked over to his sides before he entered the campus, checking if anyone came in with the scooters. He then proceeded to enter Fresno State, home of the bulldogs.
"Deliverrrrrrr Ussssssssss!" The kids sang together in the background.
As he went in through between the race-track field and the tennis court, then he kept walking through the campus quad.
(song ended) cut to black
Second title card: Secret of the Cyborg-Man
End of prologue.
AN: Well, this is a prologue of my crossover story. I decided to recreated this as an homage from Prince of Egypt, citing the dark times with hate and dangers around. This gave me an idea to rework the song, Deliver us, to begin the story.
Also, I did referenced the symbols on the dark figure's body as an homage to Scourge from Transformers: Rise of the beast, which I actually based off from him for the killer/hunter vibe in this story. The symbols on his body indicted that he hunted and killed them and collected these symbols as his collections, like also with General Grievous, only why did he kill them? We'll find out soon.
Anyway, I also did my best to give a tease between the dark figure and the kids as they might have a connection for the future, but what is it? we'll see. I want to keep it hidden for now.