Opening File: Lords of Order
The Lords of Order are a group of godlike supernatural beings who have dedicated themselves and their near-infinite power to represent the force of Order in the universe, and in maintaining a cosmic balance across the universe, empowering mortal agents to oppose their evil counterparts, the Lords of Chaos, who seek the destruction of all things. Chaos and Order have been fighting a cyclical battle for eons. First Order is dominant, then Chaos, then destruction and renewal and then it starts over again. Originally, the struggle was depicted as one between Good (Order) and Evil (Chaos); it is currently depicted as a balance between stagnation and anarchy.
The two opposing forces are bundles of mystical energy who usually depend on servants to accomplish their goals. They can take physical form by possessing a living being or empower humans to act as their agents.
Agents such as the Te Xuan Ze.
Close File
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"Hold on. Back up a minute. So you say this Klarion guy is some kind of magical god or something?"
Nyx wasn't surprised that Hoagie was being skeptical to her explanation. If anything she would have been suspicious if he believed her right away. "A Lord of Chaos to be precise, Hoagie. They exist to cause chaos to the natural order of the multi-verse. On a small scale anyone is capable of doing the same thing, but these…lords live for it and grow stronger from it. I was lucky enough to find a book with instructions on how to use their brand of magic."
"That…That's…" Hoagie wanted to say he didn't believe a word she was saying but he couldn't. How could he when he thought of his own experience with Bill Cipher? "So what is this all about then?"
Nyx fidgeted on the fluffy stump she and Hoagie were sitting on. "I guess it all started when I was little. My sister and I were dumped in Gravity Falls by our mother who pretty much decided she preferred her job over the two of us and she never even told us who our dad was. I was barely out of diapers when we were sent there and Tambry was left to do most of the work since our foster parents couldn't be bothered to do what they were paid to do. Tambry did her best and to be honest she was more of a mother to me than our actual mother but I didn't understand why our mother would choose her job over us for a good while."
Hoagie was quiet as he listened, remembering how hard it had been for his mom when his dad, her husband had been killed.
"On my seventh birthday I had enough and just ran off into the woods, saying I wouldn't come out until our mom came for me…" Nyx looked away, "That was the biggest mistake of my life."
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"She has to come. She has to come. I know she will come for me." Little Nyx chanted over and over again.
Her mother had been busy all her life.
She missed on her last six birthdays.
Had not been around for when she took her first steps.
Had not been around when she spoke her first word.
It was always Tambry looking after her and Nyx loved her sister for it.
But Tambry was her sister, not her mother. Their mother should be here; doing all things she had seen the other mothers do for their kids.
It was not fair.
Nyx ran into the woods, ignoring Tambry calling out to her, pleading with her to come back. She would hide out in the woods until her mother finally came and they would celebrate her birthday like a real family.
She hid behind a rock, carrying only a flashlight and a few snacks but she was sure they would help her hold out long enough for her mother to come looking for her. She would find a place to hide out and wait. She wandered through the woods, starting to feel cold but she was determined to continue hiding. Just as she made it into a cave she saw a light inside.
'A light?' Nyx held up her flashlight and walked inside.
At the end of the tunnel was an altar with candles lining the walls and sitting on that altar was a black book with a red sigil and a title drawn in red: Bring Forth the Chaos.
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"This is the book." Nyx pulled out a black colored book and showed it to Hoagie.
"'Bring Forth the Chaos?'" Hoagie read the title.
"It's basically spell book for learning Chaos Magic, a powerful form of magic that can alter, manipulate and reconstruct reality as we know it." Nyx explained, putting the book away. "Chaos magic is centered around the chaotic forces of the universe and is extremely dangerous. What was worse for me is the person who wrote and dropped this book in our reality."
"You mean Klarion?"
Nyx nodded. "He's a Lord of Chaos and a very powerful one. Lords of Chaos need a vessel or an anchor to allow them to exist on the mortal plane but they cannot roam freely in our world because a magical barrier separates all magic from us. Klarion found a loophole by making this book and dropped it for someone to find." Nyx stopped for a second but continued on. "The purpose of this book is to bind whoever uses its power to its magic, changing them into a Lord of Chaos or in my case a Lady of Chaos."
"WHAT?!"
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Nyx reached out and touched the book…
And in that instant her world was never the same again.
Red and purple energy surged out of the book, traveling down Nyx's hands and engulfed, causing her to scream out.
'So this is the new owner of the book I dropped?' A voice spoke in her mind, sounding disappointed. 'I suppose beggars can't be choosers.'
Nyx collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain as everything around her froze. She looked up, watching as a shadow appeared over her. It was a boy with black hair shaped like horns and wore a simply suit. He looked down at her with a frightening smile that caused her to back away.
"No need to be so afraid." The boy spoke. "I am the Lord of Chaos, Klarion. That book you found, I wrote it and left it here for someone to find and learn, becoming my apprentice."
"Lord of Chaos?" Nyx said, stuttering a bit. "What are you talking about?"
Klarion sighed in disappointment. "Clearly limited intelligence. Very well, I'll be clearer."
He held up a hand and a sphere made of red light appeared a few inches above the palm. "I am a Lord of Chaos, a magical being that exists to spread absolute chaos and anarchy across the cosmos. Well, I would have tried here but a few meddlesome orderlies stopped me so I left the book you now hold behind as a loophole." The sphere vanished and Klarion knelt down, looking Nyx directly in the eyes.
The girl trembled, seeing the crazed and demonic eyes staring at her.
"A little young but with a bit of teaching you can become a Lady of Chaos around the same age as me." Klarion snickered. "And when the time comes for you to die, your soul will be reformed into an entity of chaos like me."
Nyx could only tremble as Klarion started to rub his hands and let out a horrible laugh.
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"From the day forward things were never the same. Klarion schooled me in the magical arts, teaching me spells and incantations which were all focused on using Chaos magic. He communicated through my shadow, often having me pull dozens of pranks that I made sure were harmless to anyone who got caught up in it. He made sure I hid the book from my sister and cast a spell that forbade me from destroying it or telling anyone about it or him." Nyx continued, staring down at the soft fluffy ground. "I was trapped, forced to learn this Chaos magic all so Klarion would have someone running amok in this universe for him."
Hoagie was silent as Nyx continued but he had one question. "What did you mean when Klarion said when you die you will be like him?"
Nyx brought her arms around herself, looking ready to cry. "When I die, I won't be going to the afterlife, at least not the kind for mortals. Instead the Chaos magic in me will change me into a Lady of Chaos like Klarion. That's the deal that is made between Klarion and the person who picks up his book."
"What?!" Hoagie exclaimed, standing up. "He's going to turn you into something like him?!"
Nyx nodded, a few tears appearing in her eyes now. "Yes."
"But Nyx…" Hoagie trailed off, not knowing what else to say.
"It's okay." Nyx smiled sadly. "I've had a long time to accept that this is how I am going to end up. All because I was being a brat who didn't appreciate what I had."
"That's not true!" Hoagie blurted out, shocking Nyx. "Look, you had every right to be upset with your mom. I know I would have been if it had been me. This is not your fault, Nyx, and I am sure there is a way to fix this."
"It's not that simple, Hoagie." Nyx shook her head. "I went against Klarion when I helped you with Bill…"
"Bill…You mean that Klarion creep and Cipher know each other?" Hoagie asked, sitting back down.
Nyx nodded. "Bill is pretty much a Lord of Chaos like Klarion even though both of them are extremely different."
"How so?"
"Well, for one thing Bill Cipher is an ancient being, far older than even our galaxy. Centuries ago he discovered if he could come into our world he'd have unlimited power but it can only be done from our side. So he spent that last dozen or so centuries trying to trick anyone he could find into building a dimensional portal." Nyx started.
"You mean like those Blind Eye creep that tried to erase mine and the others' memories, right?" Hoagie asked.
"Yes and no. The Blind Eye Society was only set up around thirty years ago but Cipher made sure they were following his orders not long after. They are a safety measure against anyone who could pose a threat to Bill's plans. We live in world where we manifest super powers and fight evil monsters, Hoagie." Nyx smiled softly. "Bill knows there are people out here who could stop his plans so he needed people he could count on to make sure everything went smoothly."
"That's why me and the others were brought here as part of contest, wasn't it?" Hoagie asked, slowly putting the pieces together. "He wants us to finish his portal. But why us?"
"Hoagie, there is a portal already."
"What?!" Hoagie's eyes went wide in horror.
"I know it was made thirty years ago but it was damage and shut down. Bill believes it's only a matter of time before it's operational again but with enemies like the Te Xuan Ze, Juniper Lee out there he doesn't want to take chances. I helped you get your body back and Bill lost a great chance to make sure nothing could hinder his plans. Naturally that made Klarion mad because he wants the chaos that Bill would bring to happen too." Nyx looked back down at the ground. "So he possessed me and brought us here, probably as some crazy game."
"But there has to be a way back." Hoagie reasoned. "What about your magic? Maybe it can help us."
"I am not exactly well versed in dimensional magic, Hoagie." Nyx pulled out her book again. "Even if I could find the proper spells it would take a long time. It's not like I can simply say the magic words and get us out of here."
"It might be our only shot, Nyx." Hoagie stood up. "I guess in the meantime I'll look around and try to find a way out. If there was a way in there has to be a way out."
Nyx wanted to believe Hoagie had a point but she knew Klarion and she knew that the magical brat of a Chaos Lord loved to cheat and hated losing.
There was no way he would leave a door leading out for them to see.
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"Ah-Mah, my bracelet was flashing like crazy a few seconds ago. I never saw it react like this."
Jasmine Lee looked over the bracelet with a keen eye. "Seems to be working fine, June. Still, the rate it was flashing means something big must be happening."
"Big as in…"
"'Oh Great Almighty, we're probably going to die' big." Jasmine answered, a serious look appearing on her face. "This is probably related to Cipher and his gang. Taking them down in their own hideout must have caught that maniac's attention."
"Any ideas what he might do?" June asked.
"There's a problem with trying to anticipate a Lord of Chaos, June. They are never are predictable." Jasmine answered, bringing out some various potions and elixirs. "Still, we should try and anticipate what Bill might be planning."
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How long as it been?
A month?
A year?
A century?
Time seemed to just fly in this strange Pillow World as Hoagie and Nyx struggled to find a way back. The problem was that by staying so long they needed to also set up a shelter and make sure they had plenty of food.
"Got some more pillows! Lunch will be ready in a few minutes."
If anyone saw Hoagie now they would be absolutely shocked. During his time in the Pillow World he had lost weight, growing quite tall but kept his airplane goggles while wearing a brown summer cup. He was wearing a white T-shirt along with dark blue trousers he had made from the pillow trees while on his feet he wore a pair of white and black sneakers.
"Thanks, Hoags."
Hoagie was not the only one to change drastically.
Nyx had hit a growth spirt that made her just a few inches shorter than Hoagie. Her purple hair stopped just as the bottom of her neck and was tied into a messy pony tail. She wore a black jacket over a blue cropped shirt that hugged her body, black trousers that were slightly torn and black and blue boots.
She was currently sitting at a desk, looking over her spell book when Hoagie had returned. "How's it going?"
"Well, the one good thing I will say about being trapped here is that it has given me plenty of time to study this book and all its spells." Nyx closed the book and turned around, facing Hoagie with a weary look. "But that doesn't bring us any closer. If anything I am positive that we are setting ourselves up for disappointment."
"We have to keep trying, Nyx." Hoagie said, urging her to keep trying. "You said it yourself: magic is not a one-way street. If we can find a way to reverse what Klarion did we can get home."
Nyx wanted to believe him.
Oh, how she wanted to believe him.
But the more she tried, the more she failed, and the more she failed the more she believed she wasn't getting out of here.
At least as a human.
She looked at Hoagie as he was doing some research of his own. The few years had passed by so quickly but she wasn't complaining. Rather she was enjoying the sight of what Hoagie had become during their time here. He wasn't bulging with muscles but he wasn't completely scrawny either. He often would get food for the both of them and made sure she ate enough to stay healthy.
He designed the plans for this house that was originally a fort but as they grew up, Hoagie's designs became much better especially when combined with her magic. She used her magic to make new clothes for them and he spent days pouring over various designs and ideas he was sure would change everything when they got back to their world.
The house had two bedrooms but usually when Nyx had a nightmare she would go to him.
Sometimes they shared a bed and other times they used the pillows to build a fort to play in until they fell asleep. Hoagie would tell her stories of his family, especially ones involving his dad and everything he had taught him. Nyx would just listen, usually imagining what life would have been like for her if she had a family like Hoagie's.
A few times one of them would cry, breaking down frustration at the idea of being trapped forever in this place with no way to get back home and to never see their friends or family again. Hoagie never seeing his mom, grandma and little brother along with friends. And Nyx never seeing her sister, letting her know how much Nyx was grateful for looking after her, even the few times when she was a brat.
Then came the teenage years.
As time went on they grew, going through the joys of puberty which ensure nothing was ever dull especially when living with a girl who was learning Chaos magic. Still Hoagie made through it, still being his kind self and being the friend Nyx needed, especially when she asked to be left alone.
However she wasn't entirely sure she wanted him as just a friend anymore.
"Maybe we've been looking at this the wrong way." Hoagie said, shaking Nyx out of her thoughts. "What if instead of trying to find the door we try and make one ourselves?"
"You mean trying to conjure an entirely new portal out of here?" Nyx questioned, rubbing her chin. "That's very powerful magic, Hoagie. I am not sure I am skilled enough to try anything like that yet. I could end up creating a black hole that would kill us."
"But it is possible, right?" Hoagie questioned.
Nyx saw the desperate look on his face and relented. "It's possible but we need to be careful. Give me some time to study up on it."
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"There it is. The same hick town that old creep threw me out of." Hoss Delgado grinned, imagining on all those freaks on his list. "This will be fun."
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"What do you mean it's too risky?!"
Nyx as a young adult stood her ground, matching Hoagie's glare with her own. "I mean using a spell that involves manipulating time and space is too risky to us and our reality!"
"We've been trapped here for years! For all we know, all of our friends and family are long dead! Bill and Klarion are probably ruling the Earth right about now and we can't do a thing to stop them!" Hoagie shouted, slamming a fist into a wall. "Is that what you are trying to tell me?!"
"I've told you a million times that if I don't do it right than we die." Nyx retorted.
"We're dead either way! Dead from your spell or dead from living the rest of our lives in this pillow nightmare!" Hoagie shouted back. "All because you had to pick up that stupid book!"
"Don't pin this on me! You're the one who was stupid enough to fall for the stupid triangle's con all because you couldn't get over your daddy's death!" Nyx shouted, her eyes flaring.
"DON'T TALK ABOUT MY DAD!" Hoagie roared, taking a few steps towards Nyx who marched forward, meeting him face to face. "We're here because of you!"
"Because I was nice enough to pull your stupid soul back from the astral void! Yeah, my bad." Nyx growled.
"Well maybe you should have left me there!"
"Maybe I should have!"
"Well if that's the way you feel how about I leave and find some other spot on this world?!"
"Fine by me! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!"
"Yeah, your two-bit magic will do it for me!"
"Or I'll just do it the old fashioned way!"
Hoagie leaned forward. "Go ahead!"
"Sure!" Nyx said, leaning forward as well.
They leaned forward and…
Their eyes went wide as they felt their lips touching each other.
Both Hoagie and Nyx stared at one another, completely frozen in shock as they realized what was happening. For a moment there was silence…
And then Nyx grabbed Hoagie, wrapping her arms around his neck and deepening the kiss. Hoagie responded, guided by only instinct by grabbing her waist as they fell onto the floor.
Their lives would be changed forever in this single moment.
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"WHOO-HOO! LOOK AT THEM GO!" Bill Cipher laughed as he and Klarion watching the little show between the fat fly-boy and Klarion's apprentice. "I can't believe I am saying this but I'm actually proud of the little fatso."
Klarion snickered, taking a handful of popcorn out of the bag he was holding. "Well, never let it be said I am far from a generous teacher. Force them to spend several years in another dimension, allowing all the desperation and frustration to build up along with the regular entertainment from being a sweaty animal meat sack and what do you get?"
"What everyone pretty much expects." Bill laughed again.
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In the years we have spent in the empty pillow world I had secretly started a spell book of my own, studying the magic of the book Klarion used to bind me to him but I also know there are other forms of magic that exist, such as Light Magic, Elemental Magic, Time Magic and even Life Magic. I have no formal studies of these forms of magic so anything I learn is usually done by trial and error but I have been making progress. It is with this magic I hope to one day send Hoagie and me back to our world and if not…
Nyx stopped writing, taking a moment to place her hand on her stomach as she felt a kick. She smiled and picked her pen up to continue writing.
It we are to be forever trapped in this world I have started devising a way that might ensure we do not live the rest of our lives alone. The magic I am researching is no doubt forbidden but between me, Hoagie and our child this world is empty and when our time comes our child will be alone. I have spent years traveling across this world with Hoagie, the two of us learning every inch of this world. If I am successful this book will be the source of life on this world.
I will call it…the Pillownomicon.
Nyx snickered as she wrote down the name of her spell book. 'I have been hanging around Hoagie for way too long.'
It is my hopes this world will be one free of the evil that plagues my world such as the Grimm, Bill Cipher and Klarion. I also have one last project I am working on. A form of magic that as far as I know has never been attempted in my world.
I call it Soul Magic.
I do this because while I have told Hoagie what will happen to me when I die I did not tell him everything. When I die I will become a Lady of Chaos but I will also lose my memories of my past life. When that happens if I come across Hoagie or my daughter I would not remember them and more than likely hurt or even kill them. That is why I am developing a special magic to protect my daughter…From me.
Nyx had to wipe a tear away as she wrote, almost feeling heartbroken. She looked down at her stomach, feeling another kick. "Sorry for getting emotional, sweety."
Just as she was about to write some more she felt something wet between her legs and her eyes widened as she realized what was happening.
"HOAGIE!"
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"Okay, we'll sneak in and steal the dead to the Mystery Shack." Gideon rubbed his hands together. "We get it; we get the portal and take down Cipher's plans."
"Just remember, I want a look at this machine before we trash it." Jack Spicer said.
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"It's time. During the part I will be counting on you to keep those Pines brats distracted while I gather our remaining geniuses. By then Gideon will have dealt with the Mystery Shack's owner and we will find the portal." Preston instructed.
"You don't need to worry. The idiots will be eating out of your hands." Pacifica said, examining her fingers. "Just make sure not to lose any more geniuses."