Chapter 18

The Consequences of Our Actions

Looking around the circus, I said, "Hello? Hello? Anyone home?". Getting no response, I walked further in, ready for anything. Noticing how oddly the circus was designed, I saw a jester wearing a red and blue outfit rush past me whilst chasing a piglet. "Weird.", I thought. Continuing further in, I came to a house that I felt I had seen before. Walking inside, I saw a picture of a man with spiky black hair and grey eyes accompanied with a woman with long white hair and red eyes holding a girl who greatly resembled her in her arms and a boy with spiky red hair and golden eyes. As I studied the picture, I heard a large crash outside. Rushing outside, I saw the black-haired man I saw in the picture brandishing a Thompson Contender. The man then looked at me, his vacant stare lighting up much like Mordred and Olga's. "I see you've finally returned to us. I hope you'll stay with us forever.", the man said. "Who are you again?", I asked. "Oh, that certainly won't do. But in case you've forgotten, my name is Kiritsugu Emiya, the Magus Killer.", the man said. "Oh please, Kiri, he may have forgotten but he still remembers us very deep down.", the woman from the picture said. "And who are you?", I asked her. "Why, my name is Irisviel von Einzbern but you can just call me Iri.", the woman said.

Suddenly, a loud earthquake sounded. "What was that?", I asked. "What was what?", Iri asked. Then, the jester I saw came, apparently having given up on chasing the piglet. Looking at me, she then rushed to me and held my hands tight. "Wait, do I know you?", I asked. "Why, indeed you do. Don't tell me you've forgotten me, your dear friend Pomni.", the jester said. "I don't think we've actually met though.", I said. "Oh, the two of you have met.", Kiritsugu said. I then found myself on a strange cliff facing a strange void. "This is where Origin's bounded field must be. Man, getting in will be such a bitch.", I said. "You are correct. You've always been such a perceptive one.", said a man with long white hair and purple eyes. "Incidentally, Merlin,", I said to the man, "how would one go about breaking into Origin's bounded field?". "Well, I believe that only an Avenger-class Servant would be able to generate the power needed to break into the area. After all, even the other 6 Extra Classes of Ruler, Alter Ego, Moon Cancer, Foreigner, Pretender and Shielder just aren't able to generate the power needed to break into Origin on their own but Avengers, only they are capable of doing so. Speaking of, we detected a strong surge in power during your fight with that Grimm; not even normal Heroic Spirits can generate that amount of power on their own. I believe you might have the power to do so.", Merlin said.

As Merlin left, I looked into the void again. Of course, there had to be another way to break into Origin that even Merlin might not have known about but even still, that was no excuse for not trying. Suddenly, I found myself in a ruined castle with the entrance down beneath mysteriously open. Walking down, I saw a strange opening with a strange dark red liquid around the rim. A feeling of fear went down my spine as I approached the chasm. Looking down, I saw a dark red smoke rise up. "Isn't it wonderful?", Shania asked behind me. Turning around, I asked, "Shania, what is this strange substance?". "It is the holy power of Gloom that along with the Silent Core provided the means for our rebirth and gave us the power to overcome what is good and holy.", Shania replied, a manic smile on her face. Suddenly, I felt a dark power painfully surge through my right arm, expelling a lot of black and dark red energy. "Figures. You gain the power to control Odin but not the power of darkness. You're still rejecting it.", Shania said, a sad look in her eyes. The energy then subsided, leaving me panting. "What the Hell was that?", I asked. "It is the power of darkness that Odin presides over. Don't fight it.", Shania replied. "Easier said than done.", I said.

I then found myself in what looked like a modern high-end flat. Looking out at the balcony, I saw that the flat was located quite near to the beach. "Wait, where am I now?", I asked. "Don't you remember? This is a place you knew as 'Woolacombe' in a region of Britain named 'Devon'. Honestly, I'm surprised that you don't even remember things as simple as that as well.", Atalante said as she came through wearing a teal blue bikini and emerald green nail polish on her fingers and toes. As she hugged me tightly, she looked into my eyes tenderly and kissed me. I noticed that Atalante had a very sad look in her eyes for some reason; as I wondered why she seemed on the verge of tears, I then found myself facing a strange city that appeared to be floating in the air with no indication that anything was helping it stay afloat. "What is this place?", I asked. Feeling a chill down my spine, I then saw that the Blood Moon had reappeared causing the sky to turn red. "What's causing the Blood Moon to appear sporadically?", I asked. "You know it's your fault for not succeeding Alphen as the Sovereign. You know it's your fault for refusing to give in to the darkness and embrace your true nature. You know it's your fault for not unleashing the full extent of your true power.", Noire said behind me. "How is a floating city my fault at all?", I asked. "Well, you refusing to give in resulted in the Great Cataclysm going off kilter and changing Aionios's landscape in many unexpected ways.", Noire said. "How so?", I asked. "Well, when the Great Cataclysm went off, it was supposed to burn the old Aionios and rebirth it in a new dark form with you controlling it. However, your refusal to become Sovereign resulted in much of the old worlds being preserved and the Cataclysm itself being mostly averted.", Noire explained.

Suddenly, I then found myself in a strange underground shrine. Looking around, I saw that the shrine looked strangely technologically advanced. Walking up to the cylinder in the centre, I then saw it light up with a brilliant white and light blue flame. The flame then dispersed revealing a giant floating head. "I am Zordon, the great and powerful!", the head said. "Wait, you're the Zordon? The Zordon who acted as mentor to the Power Rangers?", I asked. "That is correct. And I see you're missing your true power.", Zordon replied. "Well, what can you do?", I asked. "What indeed.", Zordon said. Then, the shrine immediately lit up. Looking behind me, I noticed 6 pillars of light- one red, one black, one blue, one yellow, one pink and one white with a noticeable green tint. "Where is this place anyway?", I asked. "This is the Power Chamber in the outskirts of Angel Grove. In this place did I mentor the Power Rangers and help them in their fight against the Machine Empire led by King Mondo.", Zordon said. Feeling that the Power Chamber seemed familiar to me, I then walked up to the 6 pillars of light, seeing that a strange high tech belt buckle was lying on the floor in front of them. Picking up the buckle, I then felt the power of the Negative Speed Force surge within me, the power coalescing at the centre of the buckle and forming a golden coin with a bolt of lightning on it. "Wait, what?", I asked. "So the Negative Speed Force has formed its Power Coin at last. Interesting.", Zordon said. "Power Coins?", I asked. "The very things that the Power Rangers use to access their powers. I for instance use four of them in my Master Morpher.", a man resembling Jason David Frank said as he strolled in. "Tommy?", I asked. "That's right.", the man said. "Incidentally, Master Morphers are used by Rangers with multiple Ranger forms- for me, I have the Black Dino Ranger, Zeo Ranger V Red, White Ranger and Green Ranger forms.", Tommy said. "So what was the deal with those Eikon Rangers?", I asked. "Eikonic Rangers?", Tommy asked. "What's this about, anyway?", Zordon asked. "After I fought this demonic beast, I fought 7 Power Rangers who seemed to be using the powers of Phoenix, Garuda, Ramuh, Titan, Bahamut, Shiva and Leviathan.", I said. "You know it's not allowed for Dominants like yourself to use the Eikon Coins though. They were created for ordinary people to use the power of the Eikons, not the Dominants themselves.", Tommy said. "Speaking of, do you know where the Odin Coin is, Jack?", Zordon asked. "No, I don't. I didn't even know Odin even had a Power Coin associated with him.", I said.

Walking out of the Power Chamber, I gazed upon the rocky desert. Looking at the Negative Speed Force's Power Coin, I wondered what exactly had caused it to surge. Of course, the power of the Speed Force and its negative counterpart was traditionally contained in a ring but the Negative Speed Force had suddenly decided to take the form of a coin instead. Sighing, I walked forward only to see a strange vision of myself facing Yuito, Hanabi, Tsugumi, Gemma, Luka, Kasane, Shiden, Kyoka, Kagero and Arashi whilst surrounded by a ring of fire only for the vision to then change to a strange flower field with Merlin talking to Shulk about something which then led to a vision of Morgan knighting Barghest, Baobhan Sith and Melusine with a sword of darkness, saying something about them becoming Knights of Destruction or something. The visions then faded, leaving even more confused than ever before. "Why am I having these visions?", I asked. "The reason is simple: because you have not properly awakened as the wielder of the True Monado. You may be its wielder but you have not accepted yourself as it.", Sage said behind me. "I thought it was because of time itself breaking down.", I said. "That is another reason why. The True Monado itself normally only has the power to only peer into the future but because of YHVH's actions, time itself is beginning to break down. Because of that, the True Monado decided to overcompensate by also granting its wielder the power to see into the past and alternate presents. However, because of your hesitation, the True Monado is notably confused over what it perceives as past, present and future.", Sage said.

Finding myself on a strange airship, I looked out the window to find a strange aurora. "Weird.", I said. Making my way to the flight deck, I saw five people looking at a central table with a map of the world included. Walking over to them, I saw that they consisted of a blonde-haired man in blue spandex holding a giant shield with a star on it, a woman with red hair wearing a black catsuit, a man with messy black hair wearing a purple shirt and black trousers, a man with blonde hair wearing a purple jumpsuit holding a bow and a man with long blonde hair in Viking armour holding a hammer crackling with electricity. Turning to look at me, the woman said, "Oh, you've now come back to the Chimera. Are you feeling OK?". "I am, Natasha.", I said. "Still, to think that you seemed to be trapped in Cyber Space for eternity. I don't know how you broke out but it is still a miracle that you did so.", the man holding the hammer said. "Indeed it is, Thor.", I said. "Of course, finding Tony and stopping the Ascension Project still takes priority.", the black-haired man said. "Well, the last I saw of him was in the Baxter Foundation building in New Marvel City, Bruce.", I said. "That's good and all but we need to break the dimensional barrier preventing us from getting to New Marvel City.", the man holding the bow said. "Well, Clint, it could be the result of a bounded field.", I said. "You may be right. But even still, we need to get closer to confirm it first.", the man holding the shield said. "Indeed, Steve.", I said. Looking out the window, I noticed that the aurora itself didn't seem very natural. Instead, it seemed almost magical.

Before I could do anything about the aurora, I suddenly found myself in the Scottish Highlands. Noticing a strange castle in the distance, I walked over to it, passing by a strange black-robed entity that didn't seem to have a face. Feeling oddly cold all of a sudden, I noticed that the ground itself appeared to have frozen. Knowing that the ice and snow wasn't completely natural, I then felt a strange feeling of fear. Looking up to the sky, I noticed that the Blood Moon was once again waxing, turning the sky an ominous crimson. Noticing a strange hole in the ground, I saw a familiar black and red goop surrounding it. Looking at it was a man with brown hair and green eyes wearing a green jacket, a black t-shirt, a pair of blue denim trousers, white trainers and a highly advanced green wristwatch with a green hourglass on his left wrist. "Didn't expect to find you here near Hogwarts, Ben.", I said to the man. "Indeed. Oh, so that's what the castle's name is.", Ben said. After a short yet awkward silence, Ben then said, "Do you know what's been causing this outbreak of Gloom? I thought it was due to the Upheaval but that was largely contained to Hyrule.". "It may be a side effect of Klaw mining corrupted Vibranium in Wakanda. But that wouldn't make sense unless said Vibranium was corrupted by Gloom down in the Depths and not by Klaw's sonic technology.", I said. "And you're saying that the Upheaval caused the Vibranium to become corrupted?", Ben asked. "It certainly is a possibility.", I said before continuing my trek to Hogwarts.

Entering the castle, I noticed that the Great Hall itself seemed to be strangely deserted. "Strange. The castle shouldn't be completely empty, especially not at this hour.", I said, wondering why the Great Hall was empty. Walking out into the main lobby, I saw a young girl with long straw-blonde hair in twists and greyish-blue eyes wearing a long blue dress sitting on a bench. As I walked over to her, she turned to look at me, her eyes lighting up and prompting her to excitedly rush over to me. "It's true. You really have returned to us.", she said. "I don't remember living in Aionios though, Elyon.", I said to the girl. "That doesn't matter. You returned to us and that's what matters.", Elyon said. "Wait, what do you mean by 'us'?", I said. "Why, Aionios itself!", Alastor said behind me. "Come again?", I asked. "When you came to Aionios, did you feel anything strange?", Elyon asked. "Well, I did feel this strange tornado but I thought I had been isekai'd by Truck-kun.", I said. "Well, that wind was supposed to return you to your rightful kingdom but that brute YHVH diverted you off course. Then there was that time when you came to Aionios when you were 7 but you vanished before your family could pick you up. We tried our best to track you down but it was to no avail.", Alastor said. "And what do you mean by rightful kingdom?", I asked. "Why, the Kingdom of Avalon that Gilgamesh and Artoria rule over. With Camelot as its holy capital shall the Kingdom of Aionios rise and be transformed from the Kingdom of Avalon, its predecessor. For only then shall the Great Cataclysm remake Aionios into its rightful form for its rightful Sovereign- yourself.", Elyon said.

As I reflected on what I had been told, I then found myself in a strange hospital room facing the Waxing Moon Vessel. Hearing a strange commotion outside, I exited the room only to find that it had been severely messed up. "OK, who messes up a hospital?", I thought, only to see three people resembling Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson walk out of the rubble. Walking up to them, I felt a strange sense of fear overcome me. Looking at me, the three's eyes then lit up. "You really have returned to us, haven't you?", the man resembling Daniel Radcliffe asked. "I don't know if I have.", I said. After a brief silence, I then asked, "Wait, do I know you?". "Your amnesia really is inconsistent. Regardless, my name is Harry Potter.", the man resembling Daniel Radcliffe said. "My name is Ron Weasley.", the man resembling Rupert Grint said. "And my name is Hermione Granger.", the woman resembling Emma Watson said. "And I take it this is a temporary containment facility for the Waxing Moon Vessel?", I asked. "Waxing Moon Vessel?", Harry asked. "You know, the Holy Grail used in the Waxing Moon Ritual in Edo in 1651. That thing.", I asked. Met with even more confusion, I then asked, "Wait, do you not know about the Waxing Moon Ritual?", I asked. "You mean the Holy Grail War in Trifas?", Hermione asked. "That was the Apocryphal Holy Grail War.", I said.

Suddenly, I found myself on Ouranos Island. "Wait, why am I on Ouranos Island?", I asked. Hearing a giant earthquake, I then saw a giant white pyramid in the distance shoot out a giant white beam into the sky. Steeling myself, I rushed over to it, wondering what had happened.

The story continues in the next chapter.