Coven Fairy
"Is that the moon?"
"It's coming towards us."
"What's happening?"
Chaos was starting to spread amongst the rebellion members, as Kali and the others landed on the ground, with Domino, and Frobo, with Andrias joining them.
"This isn't good." Kali hissed, before looking to Andrias, noticing his giggling, as he had a look of despair on his face. "Andrias?" She asked, her voice filled with concern.
"It seems the core, has activated its final gambit." Andrias said. "How could I have been so stupid as to not notice this before?"
"What's going on big guy, talk to us." Anne said.
"When our civilization was at its peak, the moon became home, to some of the Core's pet projects." Andrias said. "Among them, a plan to eradicate all life as we know it."
"By ramming the moon into Amphibia's surface at top speed." Kali said, understanding what the Core was up to. "The Core's destroying all life on the planet, because it realized it was no longer needed. It became aware, it was obsolete."
"But why?" Anne questioned.
"Fear." Marcy said. "I know that more then anything. It's afraid of being destroyed. Of being irrelevant. It will do, whatever it takes, to defeat us, and claim the stones as its own. If that means destroying an entire civilization, then so be it."
"So what you're saying is, this thing's a giant sore loser!" Sasha stated.
"Hmm. More or less." Andrias said, before he began pacing. "This isn't gonna be easy. But there is a part of the prophecy you three are a part of, in which there's a…"
Andrias stopped talking, as the ground began to shake, causing panic to erupt around the gathered toads, newts, and frogs.
"An Earthquake?" Polly questioned, before falling over. "Don't we have enough going on?"
"No, it's not an Earthquake." Kali said. "I can feel an energy coming towards us from underground, and it's a large, old being."
As if that was the cue, the ground beneath some toad soldiers began to push upwards, before a giant Olm came up from the ground.
"Mother Olm?" Anne and Sasha questioned.
"Who is this now?" Marcy questioned.
"So, how did it go?" Mother Olm questioned.
"Well, we stopped the invasion, and turned Andrias to our side. But now it looks like the moon is about to kill us all. So, mixed bag?" Sprig said.
"I see." Mother Olm said, turning to look towards the oncoming moon. "So then, the prophecy is nearly upon us. All that's missing is the fourth bearer of the stones power."
"Hold on." Anne said. "The Prophecy said there were only three warriors."
"That's what I was actually trying to tell you." Andrias said. "There's actually a fourth bearer of the Stones power. An' she's standing right here." He stated, gesturing to Kali.
"Hold on, me?" Kali asked.
"Oh, so she is." Mother Olm said. "Perfect. Then the Prophecy has come to pass."
"Sasha mentioned this, what did it say, what did it say?" Marcy asked.
"It said, that the three of us would save the world. So, let's go save the world!" Anne said.
"Well, just a minute. The Prophecy doesn't exactly say you'll succeed." Mother Olm said.
"Wha-wha?" Anne, Sasha, and Marcy questioned.
"You see, the prophecy isn't so much a prediction, as it is a humble request for help." Mother Olm explained. "An' know this. You have to tap into the energy that remains in the stones, in order to get the energy you need. However, if you do that…"
"There might not be enough energy left, for us to get home." Anne said, understanding what Mother Olm was saying.
"We could be stuck, in Amphibia forever." Sasha said.
"Yeah, so. Now that all the cards are on the table, what will you do?" Mother Olm questioned. "The choice is yours."
Anne, Sasha, and Marcy looked around, before they smiled and looked to each other confidently.
"You call that a choice?" Sasha questioned, looking to Mother Olm.
"Of course we'll help." Marcy said.
"There's no way we'd leave you hanging in your hour of need." Anne said. "Now let's get powered up. Ladies, to the music box."
As if that were the cue, everyone, minus Kali, ran into the city towards the castle, resulting in the teen staying behind and looking to Mother Olm.
"Mother Olm, what exactly does this prophecy have to do with me?" Kali asked.
I'm glad you brought it up." Mother Olm said. "The stones are strong, but they may not be enough to defeat the Core. If things look bad out there, there's a secret spell. The Stones are rumored to hold a hidden power, enough to defeat any foe. But summoning such power, comes at a price. The life, of the user."
"So, what, I'm here to be a sacrificial lamb? I'm a pregnant teen, who's expecting twins. I can't go sacrificing myself like that." Kali said.
"No, you're not a sacrifice." Mother Olm said. "The Prophecy speaks of you as someone whose body, can withstand any strain, giving you a higher chance of surviving the Stones hidden power. It's dangerous, yes, but with a body capable of taking on such power, you're the only one in the multiverse, capable of actually wielding that power, and surviving."
"So… I'm here, because I'm the secret weapon in the Prophecy?" Kali asked. "How did I even get here?"
"As the Prophecy states, the fourth wielder, is one who fell from the heavens, and whose heart, beat in the echoing drums of liberation." Mother Olm said. "As for the specifics on how, that remains a mystery to me."
"The Drums of…" Kali paused, when she realized what was gonna happen. "The stones are gonna force my body into 5th Gear. My body won't be able to handle that, it's not capable of handling something like that. I will die, if that happens."
"It's unclear as to if that will actually happen. But I have faith you'll be able to pull it off, and return unharmed." Mother Olm stated. "Okay, tell the others I said good luck up there. An' hopefully it'll never come to you using the stones."
"Hold on." Kali said hesitantly, stopping Mother Olm from leaving as the turned away. "This spell… I'm a Sorceress hailing from two worlds filled with magic, and adventure, but I've never heard of anything like this. How do I use this spell?"
"My dear child. If it should come down to it, then you have only but to ask." Mother Olm said.
~Afterwards~
"Hey, sorry for the hold up guys." Kali said, coming into the control room, stopping to find the others with a one armed snake woman, in white robes. "Uh, hi…"
"Welcome, fourth bearer of the stones." She said.
"Kali, this is Valeriana, Guardian Keeper of the temple of the blue stones power." Anne said. "She was waiting for us when we got here."
"So cool." Marcy said.
"Pretty creepy if you ask me." Sasha stated.
"Squawk, creepy, pretty creepy." A featherless bird said, landing on Sasha's head.
"So, are you all ready for the final battle?" Valeriana asked.
"Oh hell yeah." Anne said, punching her fist into her palm.
"Good." Valeriana said, as Anne, Sasha, and Marcy gathered around the music box. "Now, the three of you close your eyes. Focus. Think of your memories of Amphibia. How much this world means to you. This will allow the stones, to resonate with your hearts, once again!" She declared boldly, throwing her staff forward with sparks of energy, before that energy shot through Anne, and to the Music Box, resulting in green and neon pink rays of energy shooting from the music box, to Sasha, and Marcy.
As the energy continued to flow, the gemstones from the music box rose from their resting places, and shot towards the three girls, blinding everyone else there, while the pressure and force of the power, shattered all the windows. When they opened their eyes, they were all shocked to see that the Calamity Girls, looked completely different from before. Anne wore blue, white, and gold battle armor with a dark blue cape. Sasha was wearing a red battle armor with a black cape and gold crown, as well as spiked bracelets that cover her wrists and boots, with her hair now resembling a flame wick. Finally, there was Marcy, who was wearing, green and gold battle armor with a dark green cape, and her hair now glowing green and her barrette glowing yellow.
"Warriors of Amphibia, arise." Valeriana said, raising her gloved tail like it was a hand.
"Whoa." The girls all gasped in awe at how they looked now.
"Swanky duds." Anne smiled.
Sasha just looked at her hands, before clenching a fist, and throwing it into the air, creating a projectile weapon that shot a hole into the roof of the castle.
"Anne, you could do that, this whole time?" Sasha questioned in awe.
"Uh, nope." Anne said. "These powers feel way more intense than before."
"The powers must stack, when used in tandem." Marcy said, floating past Anne like she were swimming. "Classic Synergy buff."
"Okay then, let's go punch that moon in it's big ugly face." Anne stated.
"Hold up, what about Kali?" Sprig asked. "She doesn't have any Calamity Stone powers, and she's supposed to be fighting with you."
"No need to worry Sprig, I got that covered." Kali smiled, closing her eyes, before they shot open, revealing they were glowing an Etherion blue. "Formation Zeus Activated!"
Kali's body seemed to light up, before the light dispersed, revealing her clothing had taken on the color scheme of black, white, and silver with her hair looking similarly to Sasha's as a blazing inferno of blue flames.
"Holy…" Marcy gasped.
"Wow, that's amazing." Sasha smiled.
"I know right? I learned about this nifty ability, when I was fighting Aldrich's subconscious in the mental scape. It seems I inherited more from Sapphire then just her babies. I inherited her ability to use the formations she'd been created with, with some slight variations on a few of them. An' the reason I look like this, is because Araña had isolated and refined a fraction of Anne's power during her fight with Andrias, so I'm using that for pseudo Calamity Powers. If I stay in this form for long enough, my babies will inherit the Formations ability as well, instead of just my Dragonslayer Magic." Kali stated, her voice reverberating like theirs.
"Oh my gosh, that's so cool. Wait, am I gonna have access to this kind of power if you switch me to being the babies maternal provider?" Marcy asked in awe.
"Sorry not likely." Kali said. "Because they're still in utero, their magic hasn't even begun to develop. That'll happen once they've reached a certain age. It would be very dangerous for both mother and child, if the unborn baby suddenly developed their magic."
"When will that be?" Marcy inquired.
"It's not clear when their magic will develop. It varies person to person." Kali said. "For the gifted, their magic manifests relatively soon after birth, for others, it can take longer. It's unclear as to when it'll happen."
"As interesting as this conversation is, I do believe you all have an entire civilization to save." Andrias said.
"Right. Let's get going." Anne said.
As the others left, Kali looked to Andrias, before reaching into the bag, and pulling out the hexagonal box holding her pregnancy.
"Take this." Kali said.
"What for?" Andrias asked.
"I want you to do something for me." Kali stated. "If you see Marcy, Anne, and Sasha coming down from the fight, but I'm no where to be seen? Press on the Marcy Icon on the box."
"I'll do as you ask, but why?"
"Because, there's a chance, I might not return from this fight." Kali said, before she took off, flying after the others, before Andrias could question her any further.
~Calamity Trio~
High above the planets atmosphere, Anne, Sasha, and Marcy were flying towards the moon, intent on ending this nightmare, and returning peace to Amphibia.
"Incoming targets, deploy defenses." The core's voice echoed from the moon.
Anne, Sasha, and Marcy looked at the moon, as a hatch opened up, revealing several mutated monsters, and abominations its experiments had made over the millennia.
"Game on, you stinky space bugs." Anne said, her power creating a giant tennis racket.
As the trio began their attack, Kali flew in from behind and hit the space monsters with a flaming talon, with the obsidian black flames erupting from impact.
(Cue Music… When we stand together: Nickelback)
"Divine Dragon: Holy Talon!" Kali cried out.
"That's what I'm talking about." Anne cheered, throwing a tennis ball made from her power into the space above her, before she swung the racket down, and sent the power flying towards the space monsters. Flying fast, the power took on the form of a little round kitty, before splitting apart into multiple kitties with hydra like bodies, before slamming through them, causing massive explosions to go off, as the monsters were destroyed.
Sasha used her power to create pom-poms, before she created a pair of angelic wings on her back, and went flying straight for the monsters, slamming her fists into each one, destroying them with a strike from her powered up pom-poms. Sasha was stopped in her attack, as she became face to face, with a giant mecha like monster, but that didn't stop her, as she combined both pom-poms into one, and flew straight at it, their fists colliding, with Sasha beating it.
Off in the distance, Marcy was watching in awe as the other three, were fighting the monsters, with a tear in her eye.
"This is the coolest, most anime thing that's ever happened to me." Marcy said happily, before using her power to create a giant D20 dice. "I'm so happy, to be able to fight by your side."
Throwing the die, Marcy destroyed several monsters with it, before the dice had been caught by one that looked like a mechanical centipede, but Marcy only smiled at the side that was facing up.
"Nat 20, baby." She cheered, before the explosion destroyed all the monsters in the vicinity.
"So…" Sasha began, as she was back to back with Kali. "What's with the Formation Zeus thing?"
"It's nothing special." Kali said, slamming the heel of her boot into the face of one of the monsters, sending ropes of black electricity through its body. "It's a formation that temporarily upgrades my magic from Dragonslayer, to Godslayer. But with this boost from Anne's power, it's lasting longer then it normally would!" She declared, flipping over Sasha, and slamming her knee into one of the monsters coming at them, while Sasha hit another with a roundhouse kick, her boots having crescent blades made of her Calamity power.
"You serious right now? That's awesome." Sasha smiled, as explosions went off around them from the destroyed monsters.
"Yeah it is." Kali said. "How you holding up?"
"I'm having the time of my life." Sasha cheered.
"Just be careful, the power isn't unlimited, and it will wear off." Kali said. "An' I have this sneaking suspicion yours and Marcy's bodies aren't as acclimated to it, as Anne's is."
"Thanks for the warning. I'll keep that in mind." Sasha said. "But right now, let's kick some robot ass."
"We're right behind you." Anne said, as they all flew towards the robot monsters, pouring out from the moon.
(End Song…)
'I'm really hoping, my part in the prophecy doesn't come to pass.' Kali thought.
~Planets Surface~
Andrias watched in awe, as the battle displayed itself as fireworks from his point of view. He wondered, if Kali's faith in him might have been misplaced, if he could truly change, or if he would always be the martyr for this historical disaster taking place. His contemplations were stopped, when he felt a familiar presence take root from his crown, as an equally familiar voice echoed in his head.
"Andrias." Aldrich's pained voice came from the crown.
"Father? I thought Kali severed the crowns connection to the Core?"
"Help us." The long dead monarch pleaded. "Save us, and you can finally join us, forever."
Andrias looked up towards the crown on his head, before he looked at the hexagonal box in his hands, recalling the comforting smile, that radiated from Kali's face as she gave him new hope for this life.
"Hey." Grime said, sounding suspicious of Andrias. "What are you doing?" He questioned, pointing Barrel's hammer at him.
"What I must." Andrias said, before activating a communication device on his arm. "Frobots, engage!"
Following the command, any and all remaining Frobots that were left even the tinies bit functional after the battle, powered up with what little power they had left, and took to the skies, flying towards the battle with the four warriors of Amphibia.
~Spacial Battlefield~
"Enough with the small fry." Anne said, as Kali and Sasha destroyed the last monster bug. "Time to take care of that moon."
"I couldn't agree more." Kali smiled, before they flew straight for the moon, as it had passed them.
As they passed it, the four warriors did a quick turn around, before they slammed their bodies into the moons surface, slowly halting its progress towards Amphibia. Marcy was pushing against the moon with her back, but her focus was drawn elsewhere when she saw some oncoming company, heading straight for them.
"What are they doing here?" Sasha asked.
"Did Andrias betray us again?" Anne questioned.
"Doesn't matter, leave them to me." Marcy said, as she flew to the Frobots.
"Marcy, wait!" Kali called to her.
Marcy didn't listen as she flew to the oncoming Frobots, but as luck would have it, her foot caught onto a tiny floating piece of debri, and she went tumbling forward through space, while the Frobots didn't even touch her as they flew past the green haired girl, and joined in pushing the moon back from crashing into Amphibia.
"No way, Andrias's robots?" Sasha questioned.
"They're helping us." Anne said in a strained voice.
"I tried to tell you." Kali said. "I saw the good in Andrias, and I knew he sent his forces up here to help, not hurt."
~Planets Surface~
"I don't believe this. You're…"
"Finally doing something useful?" Andrias questioned, looking down at the box in his hand, his thumb gently rubbing over its surface. "It's about time that I did."
"You fool!" Aldrichs voice rang out, as Andrias removed the crown from his head. "You could have been immortal. What are you doing?" Aldrich questioned, as Andrias began crushing the crown in his grip.
"Something I should have done, a long time ago. Standing up to you!" Andrias stated, before turning the crown to dust. "Full throttle engaged!"
~Spacial Battlefield~
The Frobots rockets pushed even more power out, as they forced their cores to the limit. With their added force, the moon was being pushed back once more, with he four warriors being taken aback. But the moon increased its output in retaliation, as the Core was intent on destroying Amphibia, and being the only survivor.
"Fools!" The core shouted. "You cannot stop, a God!"
"Well maybe, it takes a Goddess, to defeat a God!" Kali shouted, her eyes glowing brighter with Etherion energy. "Formation Zeus Override! Divine Dragon Primary Power Source, Output at 450%!"
With this, Kali's strength increased, as she boosted her power with flames shooting from the soles of her feet, and began pushing back on the moon, even causing some of the Frobots to fumble as she pushed it out of their reach. Before long, Kali's power began to wane, and the moon began making headway again.
"Even with the robot army, it's not enough." Marcy said, as they continued to press on.
"Guys, hate to bring this up, but I think I'm fading fast." Sasha said, as her power began to falter.
"Me too." Marcy said, her hair switching between green and blue. "Our bodies aren't as used to this as yours."
Hearing this, Kali looked to the other three, before looking to the robot army, as they began to explode, one by one. Letting out a sigh of acceptance, Kali grabbed the three of them, and pulled them back away from the moon.
"Girls, I need you to listen to me. An' listen to me good." Kali said. "The reason why I'm not in the main part of the Prophecy that you three are in, is because I'm a last resort."
"What do you mean?" Anne asked.
"Mother Olm told me about a secret hidden power that the gems have. Normally to use this power, it would require the life of the user. But since my body is made of rubber, it's not gonna be that bad." Kali said. "She even told me, that the heart of the fourth user, beats with the Drums of Liberation."
"But that means…"
"Yeah, the gems are gonna force me into 5th Gear." Kali said, holding out her hand. "I need your gems, all three of them, in order to use the power."
"But… but what if you don't survive?" Sasha asked.
"What if the power actually kills you?" Anne asked.
"I'll be back, I promise." Kali smiled. "Besides, I can't exactly leave my babies in the hands of Ms. Space case here, can I?"
"Hey." Marcy whined.
"Don't worry. We might not know each other that well, since we met, only today. But that doesn't mean, I won't do my best, to keep those smiles on your faces." Kali said. "Please, have faith in me."
The three Warriors of Amphibia looked to one another, before looking to Kali, each of them putting their gems in her hand, while Anne took Marcy and Sasha over her shoulders, before they reverted back to normal.
"I'm not sure how this'll go, so you'd better get out of here." Kali said, before Marcy, Sasha, and Anne hugged her.
"You'd better survive this Kali." Anne said, as Kali enveloped them in her power, to send them safely back to the planets surface.
"Yeah, you'd better come back alive Kali, I swear to Frog, you'd better!" Sasha stated, before the three of them went back to the planets surface.
Kali looked at the planet bellow her, before she sighed, and turned around to face the planet.
"I'm sorry mom, I couldn't live up to your expectations of me." Kali said. "I'm sorry Sapphire, I wasn't able to keep myself alive, and raise the babies like you wanted. I'm sorry Luz, Amity, I never got to tell you both how I really feel. I'm sorry Grandma, I promised I'd help get your magic back, but that doesn't look like it's gonna happen any time soon."
~Planets Surface~
The sky was red with the light of death, as the moons approach grew ever closer. As they stood in terror and fear, the civilians of Amphibia saw a glimmer of blue light in the sky, before Anne, Sasha, and Marcy landed in the water, with Anne holding up the latter two, while HP, Polly, Sprig, and Frobo coming to them.
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be saving the world?" Polly asked.
"Kali sent us back." Marcy said. "She's gonna try to stop it herself but…" The formerly possessed girl stopped as she gasped, having felt something run through her body.
"Marcy, what's wrong?" Anne asked.
"I… I feel like I just had, a bolt of electricity run through me." Marcy said, before looking up as a shadow loomed over them, and saw Andrias, as he held out his hand, showing the box Kali had given him.
"Hold on, that's…"
"The box, holding the pregnancy, Marcy now carries." Andrias said. "Kali entrusted me with it, so that if you three were to come down, I'd press on the Marcy icon, linking the pregnancy to her."
"But that means…"
"She lied." Sasha said. "She doesn't plan on coming back at all."
"She doesn't intend on surviving this final attack."
~Kali~
"Whelp." The Core taunted angrily. "You dare use Amphibia's greatest treasure against us?"
"These stones, are not Amphibia's greatest treasure!" Kali stated, her eyes glaring angrily at him. "It's the people who reside on Amphibia, who are its greatest treasure."
"Foolish child, you can't even comprehend the power that we possess. We are immortal, we are divine, we are the Alpha and Omega. We. Are. God!" The Core stated angrily.
Kali just ignored the Core, as she brought the stones to her, and began speaking to them.
"Mother Olm, told me that in order to call upon your power, all I had to do was ask." Kali sighed. "Now I'm asking, please can you lend me your strength, can you give me the power I need, to save those of this world, and to end the evil that's terrorized it for centuries!" She asked, gripping the gems tightly in her hand.
The gems quickly began to rumble and quake in Kali's hand, causing her to gasp as flames of neon pink, green, and blue spewed from the spaces between her fingers and in her hand, before they forced their way out of her grasp, and shined brightly, illuminating the space in front of her, and shattered into a million shards.
Letting out another gasp, Kali's hands rose to her chest, as the shards of the Calamity Stones, were absorbed into her body, with the power creating a mini galaxy that enveloped her, completely visible from the planets surface bellow.
"No, Kali." Anne gasped, her head hanging low.
The fear and chaos of the apocalyptic situation, seemed to draw ever nearer, breaking their hearts and spirits. But, something caught the three girls attention, as it started off as a slow rhythm, before it became louder, and quicker, until eventually it turned into a whole symphony of drums, echoing through the air.
(Cue Music… Drums of Liberation: MCD Music)
"What is that?" Andrias questioned, as he began to hear it.
"Drums?" Yunnan questioned.
"Could they be, the Drums of War?" Grime asked.
"No. Those aren't, the Drums of War." Marcy said, a smile spreading across her face, as the swirling galaxy of the Calamity Power imploded in on itself, with the scene slowly fading to the battle space above. "Those, are the Drums of Liberation!"
(0:29 into the song…)
Kali was hunched over, floating there in front of the Core controlled Moon, her shoulders shaking up and down as she started laughing, while her appearance had changed to one that the core recognized from when Aldrich had attempted to take control of her.
"What's happening right now?" Kali questioned, moving around the air like she had in the virtual world. "My heartbeat sounds funny. I was out of energy just a moment ago." She smiled, as she laughed. "Oh man, I knew the gems would force me into my Nika form, but I had no clue, the rush would feel this good."
"No, how can this be?" The Core questioned. "I thought that form was only a product of your subconscious."
"This?" Kali smiled. "Oh no, this form is what my soul truly looks like. The gems are incredible. They've fully, set my soul free."
Biting down on her thumb, Kali smiled as she took in a deep breath of air, before blowing into her thumb. The Core thought Kali was gonna be using her Third Gear to fight, but to the shock of the possessed Moon, Kali's entire body rippled as it grew to an impossibly large size.
"Gum-Gum: TITAN!" Kali cried out, her smile broadening as she grew big enough for the others on the planets surface to see. "Gum-Gum: Titan Bazooka!"
Stretching her arms back, each one went past opposite sides of the planet, before she threw them forward, hitting the Moon with her palms. This sudden attack forced the possessed Moon to be sent back, and away from Amphibia, rippling like a water balloon, before stopping.
"How is this possible?" The Core questioned, before Kali came straight for it, and landed on the Moons surface, causing it to bounce like a trampoline.
"How?" Kali asked, laughing while she bounced, even jumping on her head, acting like a cartoon character. "I'll tell you how this is possible. You rely too heavily, on your technology, you rely too much on your science, and let your ego grow too big for you to handle. An' now you're paying the price for it."
Kali smiled, as she jumped high over the moons orbit, before pulling on the sash around her waist, causing her muscles to grow.
"Muscle, muscle, MUSCLE!" She shouted.
Pulling her fists back, Kali hit the surface of the moon several times with multiple strikes, before she wound her right arm back, and hit the surface of the moon with an uppercut, as if punching a face, sending it farther back from the planet.
"I think, it's about time I end this little game of ours." Kali smiled, moving back while building some more distance between her and the Core. "Let's see, what Nika can do with my breath attack." She said happily, before she began taking in a deep breath.
"No!" The Core cried out, opening all its hatches, and sending more monsters at her.
"Divine Dragon: Holy Etherion Bellow!" She cried out, releasing the breath attack from her lungs.
(End Song…)
Sending the attack towards the Core, and the oncoming monsters, Kali's breath attack widened into a massive cone, as it enveloped the space around it, as it turned the monsters, and moon possessed core, to dust. While being in Zero Gravity, Kali was sent back towards Amphibia, before she entered its atmosphere, and began being pulled by earths surface, just as the sun was rising. Kali smiled, as she stuck her arms out wide, with her shadow cast over the near entire surface of Amphibia, showing her victorious pose.
Unfortunately, all good things, must come to an end. As Kali fell through the skies, she felt the power from the Calamity Stones, leaving her weakened body. Kali closed her eyes gently, accepting the fact that she wasn't gonna be coming back, before her eyes snapped open, and she found herself in some sort of realm with what looked like multiple galaxies visible in the sky.
"Whoa… this is some sick trip." Kali said. "Am I hallucinating because of the stones powers, leaving my body? Is that a side effect of using that spell, when it kills you?"
Looking around as she sat up, Kali noticed a small house behind her, and it looked rather cute in a rustic sort of way. Figuring that was the best place to start looking for answers, Kali opened the door, and practically had to crawl in through the tiny doorway, finding a fireplace, as well as a small desk, with an old looking computer on it. Looking at the screen, Kali saw a notification for a group chat, saying 3_Stones_Deity and Tiberius69, would like to chat. Sitting at the small desk, Kali looked a bit unsure of what to do, before she grabbed the mouse, and double clicked accept.
"Hello Kali 0.o" Guardian's message read.
"Long time no chat." 69's message read.
"Uh, hello…" Kali pondered, unsure of what to make of this, before she responded. "Hi, who are you two? What's going on?" She read aloud as she typed the message in.
After hitting the send button, Kali got an instant message back from the both of them.
"I am the Cosmic Guardian, who has watched over countless worlds, for countless eons… :)" Guardian's message read.
"An' I don't have an official name, but we've already met before." 69's message read. "But for simplicity's sake, call me Tiberius."
"Whoa, okay…" Kali pondered, before she asked a different type of question. "What's up with this antique computer? No one's used one of these, in 20 over years."
"Antique? Are human teens using something else these days?" Guardian asked.
"I told you to keep up with the times Guardian. I'm well aware of what teens use these days." 69 said.
"He's right, as I said, no one's used a computer like this, for quite some time." Kali chuckled. "At least in the Human Realm, as such I'm not really human though."
"Well perhaps we should try, a different form!" Guardian stated.
"Agreed…" Tiberius said.
Without warning, the computer began to light up, as if it were a bomb about to blow, forcing Kali to momentarily shield her eyes. When the light died down, Kali lowered her arms to uncover her eyes, and looked at the desk, gasping when she saw Sapphire sitting on the desk, along with a cube projecting an older looking version of King, with a familiar worm like bird owl sprouting from his right eye.
"There, is that better?" Guardian asked, in a more feminine, yet playful voice.
"Much easier communication this way." Tiberius said.
"Sapphire?" Kali asked, tears forming in her eyes.
"Nope, sorry. I'm not Sapphire." Guardian said. "Oh no, you're about to cry."
"Nice going Guardian, you drudged up some old trauma, the Hero of the Multiverse, was finally getting over." Tiberius said.
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have chosen this form. I'll take on another form if you'd like." Guardian said a bit panicky.
"No, it's fine." Kali said, wiping the tears away. "Just, change your voice a little, yeah?"
"Oh, no worries." Guardian said, taking on their normal voice. (Rebecca Parham's voice from Tomotasauce's Amphibia parody. I honestly like it better then the original, NGL.)
"It's a pleasure to see you again Kali." Tiberius said. "Last time I saw you, the Etherion Tower for the R-System was about to blow."
"You're the Boiling Isles Titan?" Kali gasped.
"I am indeed." Tiberius said, sounding like he was smiling. "An' I wanna take this chance to personally thank you, for taking care of my son."
"It's no problem." Kali said. "I adore King, and it just overwhelmed my heart with joy, when he gave me those adoption papers, wanting to make our mother son relationship official."
"I was happy as well." Tiberius said.
"So, what's going on?" Kali asked, getting down to the main problem on her mind. "Am I dead, or something?"
"Oh no, of course not you're not dead." Tiberius laughed. "We would never allow something like that to befall you."
"The damage you took when using the power of the Stones, was transferred to a copy we switched out with the real you, right as you passed out." Guardian explained, using their hind claws to scratch behind their ear. "A backup that broke down, if you will."
"For all intents and purposes, she's the same Kali D. Clawthorne as you, but took your place upon deaths door." Tiberius stated.
"So… does that make you?"
"Just a watcher, a viewer." Guardian said. "But I am pleased to say, that we're both happy you're alive."
"Wanna see how the others are reacting to your copy's death right now?" Tiberius asked, as his cube went dark, before the image of Kali falling through space could be seen. "Time holds no relevance here, so I can show you right after we switched you out for your copy."
~Amphibia~
Frobo, Sprig, and Anne, flew up to orbit, and caught the copy Kali as she fell, her body withering away as if an empty cicada husk.
"Oh Kali." Anne said, tearing up.
Frobo flew down to the waters bellow, with the others running to them, but their happy expressions turning to ones of shock and horror, as they saw the state they thought was the real Kali, was in as the three of them, laid her in the shallow water.
"C'mon Kali, you're gonna be just fine." Anne said, before looking to the others for confirmation. Even Grime, and the others who fought in the battle, were tearing up at the sight of Kali.
"Don't cry you guys." The clone Kali said, her voice echoing into the distance. "It's okay. Saving this world, and the many worlds that the Core would have gone to next, was the best decision I've ever made. I only wish, I could have had the courage to tell Luz and Amity how I really feel."
"Kali." Marcy softly cried. "What about your babies?"
"Don't worry Marcy, I may not know you that well, but I know they'll be taken care of in your capable hands." Clone Kali said, before her body began to break apart, and blew to dust in the wind.
~Calamity Deity Realm~
"Wow, that's kinda messed up." Kali said, as the screen shut off, before returning the image of Tiberius.
"As I said, we're watchers, viewers. But we're not in the demographic, so we don't have any real control over that sort of thing." Guardian said.
"An' you look like my late Palisman, because…?" Kali questioned.
"My true form would make your mortal brain explode." Guardian said.
"I will trust you on that." Kali said.
"Now to business." Tiberius said.
"Kali D. Clawthorne, we have brought you to this place, for two reasons." Guardian said.
"One, we wanted to warn you about an unspeakable peril that will befall the Demon Realm, should the existence of my son becomes known to those who the sigil carved within the temple, affects." Tiberius stated. "Be careful. They won't notice his presence, until he starts developing his own Titan Language."
"Titan Language, you mean the Glyphs Luz uses for her Boiling Isles magic?" Kali asked.
"Yes, that is my Titan Language." Tiberius said, before a smaller cube, produced itself from the bottom of the bigger cube. "Have your friend Mirajane, teach the human girl, Full Body Takeover Magic. Once she's done that, activate this, and let her use that magic on what comes out. It'll remain functional, even after my soul passes on."
"Okay, I'll just stick that somewhere safe." Kali said, putting the cube in her mouth, before swallowing it. "There, tucked away inside my storage stomach."
"The second reason you are here, is because I would like to offer you, a job." Guardian said.
"A job, me?" Kali asked.
"To keep a, near infinite story short, I've been doing this job, for a very long time. It's exhausting." Guardian said. "So I was hoping you would consider being my replacement."
"Me?" Kali asked again.
"Yes you." Guardian said, suddenly on top of her head. "Look, I created the stones, to see how mortals would handle unlimited power. Turns out, not that well."
"You're kidding!" Kali asked sarcastically. "I never would have guessed."
"Sarcasm, I like that about you." Guardian smiled. "Would you believe, that after about 10,000 years, you're the only person in that entire history, who used that power for good?"
"Not true." Kali chuckled, plucking Guardian off her head, and putting them back on the desk. "Lief, Sprig's ancestor, and one of Andrias's closest friends, used their power to protect the multiverse. Even though she just hid them away somewhere."
"That's true in a sense." Tiberius said.
"The point is, because of this selfless act you've done, you've proven yourself worthy of my mantle." Guardian said.
"Well, this is a lot to take in right now." Kali said. "I mean, do I even have a choice?"
"Well of course you do." Guardian stated. "I'm not a jerk."
Kali thought on this for a moment, before she looked to Tiberius.
"Hold on I've got a couple questions first." Kali said. "Tiberius, what exactly is the friendship between you and Guardian?"
"Oh, he and I are good friends. We even get together weekly for game night." Tiberius said.
"Okay, second question. An' depending on how you answer this, depends on if I'll accept the job or not." Kali said. "Who exactly were you warning me about?"
"The Archivists." Tiberius sighed. "The power of the Titans, is something they fear greatly. So they're the ones, responsible for wiping out my kind, which forced me to hid my son where I hid him. Not even the children were spared."
"Not even… the children?" Kali asked.
"So, what is your answer?" Guardian inquired.
Kali was silent for a moment, before she sighed and looked to the dragon.
"Sorry Guardian. But I'm gonna have to pass on the job offer." Kali said.
"What?" Guardian questioned, while Tiberius only nodded. "No, but why? I haven't even told you about bagel Fridays."
"Sorry Guardian, you seem cool. But I'm still a teen, and I'm a teen mom at that." Kali said. "Besides, for every 'heroic sacrifice', I make at least a hundred dumb mistakes. I'm probably blow up the Multiverse on day one if you put me in charge."
"No, don't do this to me kid." Guardian pleaded, slamming their claws down on the table. "You're the only mortal who qualifies. An' you've already got that sweet Sun God Nika power going for you. You're perfect."
"No one's perfect, and I am the farthest thing from it." Kali chuckled. "My time, hoping from world to world, taught me that we're all changing, improving, and learning as we go. Every time I hit an obstacle, or I was met with an impossible task, I'd find a way to overcome it, because that's the Fairy Tail way. When I thought Lilith and Hunter were still gonna be their pompous selves, devoted to the Emperor's Coven, they proved me wrong and showed me just how strong they really are as individuals. An' the King of Fiore, ended up accepting me as if I were an actual princess he'd call his daughter, even though he knew of my curse. An' I've still made so many mistakes, and memories along the way, with my friends there right beside me, to help keep me on the right track."
"That's a very mature outlook on life you have kid." Tiberius said.
"So you're saying, you could continue to improve?" Guardian questioned. "Maybe even one day, feel worthy of this post?"
"It's possible. I have my whole life ahead of me to make mistakes, and learn from them." Kali said. "Now I just gotta figure out a way back to Amphibia, and from there the Boiling Isles."
"About that." Tiberius smiled.
Almost instantly, the ground beneath Kali vanished, and she found herself hovering over some sort of computerized looking void.
"Whoa, whoa, what's going on?" Kali asked. "Am I actually gonna die this time?"
"We're sending you, back to the realm of the living." Guardian's voice echoed around her, as Kali caught glimpses of a large four legged beast, prowling around her. "You've shown me the error in my thinking. An' if you can do that, as you are now, then imagine the Guardian you'll be, after a life, fully lived."
Kali was confused as to where that voice was coming from, before two beings stepped in front of her, and she gasped upon looking up at them.
Guardian had taken on a much larger form, with their left eye having been replaced by the blue stone, and green haven taken the left eye, with the pink gem on its forehead, in the center, while looking sparkly and shimmering brightly. Next to them, Kali gasped when she saw the skeleton of the Titan, standing next to the Dragon Guardian, looking fierce and intimidating.
"One more thing, before we send you off Kali." Tiberius said, kneeling down and holding out his claws, dropping what looked like a triple colored portal blade into her hand.
"Is this… the portal blade I was making for Luz?" Kali gasped.
"When you meet the collector. Tell him I'm sorry." Tiberius said. "He'll know it's me, when you give him the name, Tiberius. An' use that blade wisely, it's a two time use only, before it shatters."
With that, Kali began falling down into the portal, returning to the world of the living.
"Go, live a full life." Guardian said. "I've waited thousands of years to retire. What's a few hundred more?"
"Wait, so I'll live for a few hundred years before I…" Kali was unable to finish that question, as she was enveloped in a bright light, causing her to cry out in surprise.
When the light finally died down, Kali found herself lying on the ground in Amphibia.
"Damn it, that hurts." Kali hissed, before the sound of crying echoed in her ears.
Looking to where the crying was coming from, Kali saw Anne, Sasha, Marcy, and the others crying over the remains of her copy, with Sprig and Anne holding tight to what remained of the ashes.
With a soft smile, Kali got to her feet, and made her way to the group.
"What's everyone looking at?" Kali asked, after clearing her throat.
"Not now Kali, we're mourning the loss of a true hero." HP said, his words causing Anne and Sprig to look up in surprise, before looking to the girl.
"Kali?" Sprig and Anne questioned, running to the girl and jumping on her.
"Hey you two." Kali smiled, bracing herself as she caught them both in her arms. "Wow, a lot of affection for someone you just met this morning." She chuckled, patting them both on the back.
The others excitedly ran up to her, and joining in the hug, knocked her to the ground, getting everyone wet, before they began laughing, with Frobo joining the hug.
"So, what did I miss?" Kali asked, after Frobo let go of the hug.
"Well, the Moon and the Core exploded, and then so did you." Sasha said.
"But during the fight, we heard the Drums of Liberation echoing through the air. An' then we saw your shadow over us." Marcy said, handing the box with the pregnancy back to Kali. "Here, these two rightfully belong with you."
"Thanks." Kali smiled, pressing on her facial icon, before shivering with the jolt running through her. After that, Kali opened the box, allowing for her pregnancy to fully return to her, as her belly grew to being the full term twin size. "It's good to have my babies back."
"You're so big." Marcy said, rubbing her hands along Kali's belly in awe. "Would I have been this big if I'd opened the box?"
"Not likely." Kali chuckled, feeling one of her babies kick. "Most likely, the pregnancy would have reset itself to make your their biological mother. So long as they remained in the box, you were more like a surrogate."
"Can we get back to how you're somehow back from the dead?" Sasha asked.
"It's a long story." Kali chuckled. "One I can explain, before we all go home." She said, holding up the triple colored portal blade. "So sit back, and relax. Mama's got an interesting story to share."