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The following OCs belong to Agent BM: Lucy and Kevin Fluggerbutter

The following OCs belong to Captain Alaska: Ella Nougatson

The OCs in this chapter belong to me and are the following: Norville Crisp Batterbutter, Christie Batterbutter Crisp, Lodhi Sr & Jr, Ricky Road, Ryan Soft Serve, Martin Brownie, Nya Muttonfudge, Nikki Zaki and Linke Bing-Bing

Important note from now on I'm going to stop misspelling the pronunciations the Crisp children have, I've received DMs and other forms of feedback on it and decided it'd be best write them speaking normally as to make it easier to read my stories, but keep in mind to the characters in the story will reference and at times joke about how the Crisp mispronounce certain words

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Ch.11 Ricky's Lesson

(A while after last chapter's ending)

It'd be another Sunday in Lucy's service to the Crisp family, she'd do her usual chores and help Torvald around the house, ever since her little trip with Norville, Ricky had caused her far less hassle and work, in the early afternoon Torvald would let her finish early and have some free time, she'd head straight to the laboratory where she knew she'd find Norville, on the way there Christie would stop her.

"Me and Nya are going to Linke's want to come?"

"Not today…"

"Tired?"

"Just not up for it."

"Ok, if you change your mind don't hesitate to join us." Christie would leave

Lucy would take a deep breath and walk down the main steps to the laboratory, when she'd enter, she'd see Norville standing beside what she could only assume was a massive teleporter, he'd be tapping and swiping away at a monitor as she'd walk up to him.

"I see my mother dismissed you early today?"

"Yea…what are you working on?"

"Oh, this is my dimension teleporter, like me Jr can also use his powers to jump dimensions, however for him it's proved to be more taxing on his energy and strength and it can be unpredictable at times…so he uses a teleporter, and while he's in other dimensions he carries a beacon with it where with the press of a button the teleporter will immediately pull him back here."

"That's impressive."

"Thank you…it took me forever to design and test it."

"Who did you test it on?"

"Myself."

"What?"

"I mean I'm a skeleton and technically already dead? What's another mishap going to do?

"Do you want me to answer that?"

"My point still stands."

"If you say so."

"I see you're still troubled by what I showed you."

"…Yea."

"Did you come here to talk about it?"

"…more of a question…"

"Go on."

"…How many dimensions am I like them? don't give me the classic "there's an infinite number of possibilities" line, I saw both on your tablet and currently on the monitor that you have an entire damn map of dimensions relatively close to ours that you've visited, conducted research, categorized and even labelled…and currently I'm seeing far more red than I do blue…"

Norville would glance at his monitor

"How many?" Lucy would ask again

"…of the roughly 120 or so dimensions I've discovered….78 of which I've visited personally...the others using drones…I'd say…it's roughly 50/50."

"That monitor is a few blue islands in a sea of red."

"Did you already forget that parallel dimensions exist?" Norville would hit a button and the screen would be covered in blue and red glowing dots.

He'd press the button again and they'd disappear. "What you're seeing are the primary dimensions, from which their respective parallel dimensions deviate from."

"But why are so many of these so-called primary dimensions evil?"

"As I said before, your mother went through a lot, not every world experienced the same history, in some Turbo never found our game and your mother never experienced 15 years of hell, in others Turbo ripping out her code caused her to go insane, no 2 worlds are the exact same, they all have varying degrees of difference, some even don't exist as an arcade game…like that internet Lucy."

"There's still so much red…and with endless possibilities it really shouldn't be that way…"

"I know you didn't want me to say this but I have no knowledge of their being a finite number of dimensions, we could simply exist closer to darker ones for whatever inexplicable reason."

"English please."

"Imagine a galaxy filled with stars, now imagine that but with dimensions, millions perhaps even billions of other dimensions could possibly exist, but by random chance many of our "neighbours" are darker worlds."

"What are you trying to get at?"

"I'm confident there are many more light world versions of you than there are dark ones, I just haven't found them yet, and they simply haven't found us yet, but in all honesty if their respective Norvilles and Lucys are just discovering dimension travel it's understandable why light world don't travel much or make themselves known compared to dark ones."

"Wait what do you mean?"

"Eh nothing."

Lucy would grab him by the shoulders and squeeze them tightly. "Truth now."

"Some dark worlds tend to empire build, as in they conquer other worlds, subjugate its people and in the end either absorb the world into their own or use it almost like a colony."

Lucy would look at him horrified. "You mean those darker versions of me you showed me…they invade other worlds?"

"No and fortunately at that, the only dark worlds that do are ones where I'm raised to be evil, or my father is corrupted to aid an evil Vanellope, or a darker version of you or your mother discover we've been keeping the secrets of dimension travel from them."

"Wait so if an evil version of me or my mother discover dimension travel we immediately want to invade other worlds?"

"Not exactly it'll depend on the Vanellope and/or Lucy in question, some just want their own worlds to suffer and be left to their own devices, using the knowledge to ensure dimension travelers can't find them and dimension invaders think twice before attacking, some wish to observe other worlds but more often than not have ulterior motives, and others can't stand the thought of your mother ever showing forgiveness or mercy to the racers who bullied her, finding the idea to be repulsive."

"That last category tend to be invaders I take it?"

"Indeed, some are driven by the sole purpose to make everyone suffers across dimensions, others wish to conquer as to have more subjects to rule over or torture or inflict misery on, while others are driven by an urge to 'correct' the errors of light world Vanellopes, seeing any and all versions of a forgiving Vanellopes as weak."

"How do they usually 'correct' them?"

"More often than not they kill them, most give the light world a chance to 'change' but most refuse and when they do most dark worlders see them as weak and pathetic versions of themselves that need to be disposed of."

"Are by darker counterparts like that?"

"The 'Altered' dimension already knows we exist…but prefer to be left to their own devices, we don't bother them they won't bother us…the 'Dark World' dimension…their Vanellope would definitely be an invader should she learn of our dimension's existence or light worlds in general...there are measures in place however my contact in that world went quite recently…"

"Ok…how do different versions of you and me end up discovering dimension travel?"

"More often than not you and an "unpowered" me will discover it either accidentally or intentionally, or a "powered" version of me will discover it when he puts too much energy into a teleport jump and find himself in a world that isn't his."

"Alright than…"

"And before you ask, no I won't let you go spy on your darker selves, there's to many risks and you lack experience in dimension jumping."

"You could teach me you know."

"I can, but not now and not for that."

Lucy would sigh. "Ok, I'll leave you to it than."

Norville would nod and she'd turn and leave.

(Later that night)

As everyone in the Crisp home would be sound to sleep, Lucy would make her way down to the lab and stand outside the locked door leading into it.

"It shouldn't be glitch proof…mother has glitched through before…" She'd tell herself as she'd take a deep breath and glitch through the door way, she'd quickly make her way over to Norville's personal workshop and take his teleporter.

As she'd look it over a light would turn on a dozen or so feet infront of her and she'd see Ricky lounging on a chair drinking from a carton of Cranberry juice.

"Is it me or are you actively trying to get the family to never vote for you to be free of your service to us?"

"I uh…well…" Lucy would panic

Ricky would take another swig of his juice. "Know the worst part? The moment Norville told me he told you that you were to not take his teleporter and use it for spying…I knew exactly where you were going to be…"

"So you've been waiting down here all night?"

"No but I was fully prepared to hear alarms blaring at some point…the only reason the whole family isn't up is because I turned off the entire alarm system…it would've went off the moment you took one foot down those stairs….the reason I'm here now was it was time for my nightly drink…"

"You have a nightly drink?"

"I guess part of the trauma my code box went through when you accidentally connected me to this world…I can't sleep for more than 4 hours…after 4 hours I need a drink than I'm lights out for another 4…Ryan is the polar opposite…he's sleeps so heavily that almost nothing will wake him up after he's gone to sleep…I'm sure Martin has something up aswell but I never bothered to ask him about it…"

"Oh…"

"That's why when I went and got my juice and saw you hadn't tried sneaking in yet…I decided I'd come wait down here…"

"Why?"

"Catching you in the act with my own eyes…couldn't resist the urge of it…"

"So what now? You're just going to tell everyone? Make sure I can never race again? You'Ve already been ensuring that with the vote every Sunday!"

Ricky would chuckle. "No…you want to get to spy on your counterparts…we'll spy on your counterparts…besides…there was something I had been wanting to show you…but Norville wouldn't allow it."

"And what did you want to show me?"

"You'll see…" Ricky would get up and walk over to her and attach the teleporter to his wrist and attach a bracelet to Lucy's arm.

"What's this for?" Lucy would ask

"The teleporter only works for whoever has it attached to their arm, the bracelet ensures any who are travelling with them don't get left behind…now stay close…" He'd take a tablet off Norville's desk and activate the teleporter.

Like with Norville Lucy would be blinded by a bright light and would feel a surge of energy, a few seconds later they'd be on the Royal Raceway.

"Which one are we in?" She'd ask

"The one Norville labelled 'Dark World'…don't worry they can't see, hear or even touch us…we're the equivalent of ghosts…"

"Ok…what did you want to show me?"

Before Ricky could respond they'd see Lucy's darker counterpart walk by flanked by her enforcers.

"You wanted to show me how she turned my friends into mindless goons?"

"How do you think she turned them into her enforcers?"

"I mean obviously torture."

"What kind?"

"What kind of question is that?!"

"Lucy we both know you get creative as hell when you get angry and start picturing ways of getting back at someone…"

"Yea but those thoughts would never cross my mind with them…"

"Would they?"

"OF COURSE NOT! THEY'RE MY FRIENDS!"

"They were your friends here aswell…"

"I'm not her!"

"Yet she acts exactly like you if you were never told the word no...now…answer my damn question…"

Lucy would hesitate.

"Lucy I know damn well you just thought of something…"

Lucy would shake her head. "I can't even consider the thought of hurting them…"

"Yet you were ready to hurt my brother."

"That's different!"

"Different how?!"

Lucy would go silent

"Answer my damn question or you're never going free…"

Lucy would get frustrated. "Pain wouldn't work on Nikki as she's very tough so I guess this other me had to get creative…with Linke all this other me would have to do was leave her in a cold room for a few hours and she'd be going crazy…Christie…-Lucy would hesitate-…shave her hair as she has a fondness for her hair that rival's my father…Ella…she's a tough cookie…this other me would've had to chisel away at her slowly than hit with a sledgehammer at just the right time…Nya just about anything could work…I think just the threat of being buried alive would get her to do whatever I wanted…though I'd never do it and consider the idea absolutely abhorrent…"

"You and this Lucy think quite alike…"

Lucy would look at him nervously. "What do you mean?"

Ricky would silently swipe away at a tablet

Lucy would look at him terrified. "She…she…she didn't! She couldn't have!"

There'd be a quick flash of light and Lucy would see they're not in a dimly lit dungeon.

"Where are we now?"

"In their Fungeon…a year ago…where she did this to them…" Ricky would point off to the right.

Lucy would look and see Nikki strapped to a table several torture devices placed all over her body, she'd be screaming in absolute agony while her counterpart would look on gleefully.

Lucy's eyes would widen in horror as Ricky would swipe the tablet and they'd teleport down the hall where Lucy would see her counterpart placing Nya in a coffin and burying her under several feet of dirt, then holding up a tablet where she'd watch Nya crying hysterically.

Lucy would take a few steps back as Ricky would swipe the tablet once more and they travel to a lower level of the Fungeon and Lucy would see Ella holding a knife as Sticky would be on her knees and restrained infront of her, tears would be running down Ella's face as Lucy's counterpart would be telling her to kill Sticky.

Lucy would hold a hand over her mother as the world around them would become blurry as Ricky would tap the tablet.

"…Want to know what scares me the most? You fucking said exactly what she did…before I showed you a damn thing…"

Lucy would be trembling.

"And in the end she reduced them to this…"

The blur effect would stop and Lucy would see her counterpart standing proudly in a room with all 5 of her friends on their knees infront of her.

Christie and Linke would have their heads bowed silently

Nikki would be a trembling mess and wouldn't be able to make eye contact with Lucy without flinching

Nya would be sobbing and gibbering unable to put an entire coherent sentence together

Ella would be covered with blood and would be dead silent staring blankly ahead of her.

Lucy would walk into the room and look at each of her friends, Ricky would silently watch as a few tears would fall down her face, Lucy would look at her counterpart than back at Ricky.

"She-she's happy with this?"

"She wanted to completely break them…in her words she wanted to shatter than like glass…than take the pieces and forge them into what she wanted them to be…"

Lucy would be on the verge of crying. "This…this…this isn't me…"

"Dark World Lucy is like you in every single way…the sole difference is your mother is merciful…Dark World's isn't…"

"This isn't me…"

"It's who you were becoming…what you did to Jr…it just shows who you would have become had nothing been done…"

"I guess you're going to show me the other world now?"

"The one Norville labelled 'Altered'? No…Altered is a lot like this but instead of torturing her friends she just immediately altered them…except for Christie and Nya but you see how she treats them…"

Lucy would silently nod as Ricky would sigh and teleport them back to the lab.

"The reason why I wanted to show you Dark World Lucy and her actions is due to the fact that no matter how much you say she isn't you or you're not like her…at the end of the day…you 2 are quite literally one in the same…the sole difference between the 2 of you are your respective mothers…she's everything you could have been and heck were becoming before you nearly killed Jr…your everything she would and could have been if her mother had been like our Vanellope…do you understand?"

Lucy would silently nod.

"Good…now go back to your room and go to sleep…never try and enter the lab without permission again…"

Lucy would nod and glitch away, she'd lay in her bed and stare at the ceiling, tears would fall down her face. "I'm not like her…I…I…I could never hurt them…yet…yet…I knew exactly what she did…"

She'd begin to cry.

(The next day)

Torvald and Lucy would be cleaning up the kitchen after breakfast.

"You've been quiet this morning…something wrong?" Torvald would ask her

"…Long night…" Lucy would respond

"Wanna talk about it?"

"…Maybe later…you should go get ready…arcade is opening soon…"

"Alright…" Torvald would respond and reluctantly leave with Lodhi Sr.

The others would finish packing up their things for school and leave, except for Christie who'd be waiting at the door.

"Go without me…" Lucy would state

"That is nonsense and you know it Lucy…Ella, Nya, Nikki and Linke meet us here very morning before walking to school…it's like when we'd wait for you outside the castle, it's a group tradition at this point."

"I'll catch up."

"Nonsense I will drag you out kicking and screaming if I have to.

Lucy would be silent.

"I see them climbing up the hill you got until they get here."

Lucy wouldn't respond

A few minutes later there'd be a knock at the door and the others would enter.

"Hey you guys ready?" Nya would ask

"Just waiting on Lucy…" Christie would state

Christie would look towards the kitchen and see Lucy silently sitting on the floor her hands covering her eyes, she'd run over. "Lucy are you ok? Did you get something in your eyes?"

The others would make their way over to them and as Lucy would uncover her eyes she'd look at each of them with tears falling down her face.

"Lucy what's wrong?" Ella would ask.

Lucy would look at her and an image of Ella's darker counterpart would take her place for a few brief moments, Lucy would look at the others and for a few brief moments they'd also be replaced with their darker counterparts.

"Why…-Lucy would sob-…why am I still your friend? After everything I did?"

Everyone would look at each other somewhat surprised. "Lucy…you messed up…in a very bad and slightly twisted way…but you've been owning up to it…why abandon someone that shows they want to change?" Nya would respond.

"We've been you're friends from day 1…are we upset with what you did? Of course…but we can clearly see you want to be better…what's there to hate in that?" Linke would add.

"And instead of plotting…vowing revenge…being bitter…you seem to actually be genuine in wanting to learn from Torvald and the rest of the Crisps…there's no reason for us to outright hate you…"

"I'd never want to hurt you…any of you…but with what I did to Jr…I don't want you all worrying about what happens if I ever snap…" Lucy would state.

"Lucy…I don't know what led to you feeling this way but I feel I know who…whatever you were shown or told…you're not like that…no matter how bad things get…you're you…you choose who you will be…that's the difference...you can change…that's what makes you special…"

Lucy would wrap her arms around Christie and hug her tight.

A few minutes would pass and she'd stand up hugging each of them. "Sorry about my outburst…just long night where I let my thoughts run to wild…" Lucy would state

"It's alright…we're here for you whenever you need to talk you know…" Ella would respond

Lucy would nod and all 6 would leave the chalet and begin their walk down the mountain.

End Ch.11

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