Inside the locked and fortified ice castle, Diligence sat down in front of a piano. She was wearing glasses a blue sweater and black legging as well as a golden crown. "Alright, Gunter. How do I look?" She asked with a satisfied smile.
Gunter's eyes narrowed. "Like a nerd." He deadpanned causing Diligence to launch her arms into the air happily.
"Perfect!" She exclaimed cheerfully. "I have now become a seemingly harmless nerd!" She declared proudly, readjusting her glasses with a smile. "Who'd try to kill a harmless nerd like me?" Gunter hummed in response, pondering the question before a loud scream was heard from outside the ice castle.
"SLAY THE NERDS!" Both Diligence and Gunter went silent. The ice elemental quickly made a square shaped cut in her wall, a window to see outside. The two quickly looked through the newly made window with curious expressions before laying their eyes on the battlefield outside under a UFO in the shape of a star. The ice folk were battling said UFO as it fired beams of energy at them.
Diligence's eyes widened before she rubbed them and looked again at the scene. "Are those...aliens?" She asked in disbelief. Gunter nodded.
"A nasty bunch too." He added narrowing his eyes. "They're shapeshifters who sneak into planets and transform to look like the locals so they could live in their societies and climb social ladders until they rule the world. They probably would've tried to assassinate you." A look of curiosity made its way onto the penguins face as Diligence gulped. "I suppose they weren't good enough to fool these guys."
The ice elemental went silent, not hearing anything beyond the assassination part. Quickly, the square window in Diligence's palace widened into a giant opening enough to house the UFO. The ice Princess formed a chain of ice around her wrist with a hook on the other side before throwing the hook at the UFO. The hook cleanly caught the alien ship, breaking through parts of it. Acknowledging her successful throw, the ice elemental pulled the chain. The effect was immediate. The ship hurled through the air towards Diligence's home, unable to resist the might of the ice elemental.
Once the ship was an inch from Diligence, the princess pressed her hand onto the hull of the ship stopping it in its tracks. "What do you guys want, aliens?" Diligence asked with a voice full of authority. Recognising this, two snelves jumped out of the ship with blaster like weapons strapped to their arms.
"Your kingdom is ours!" Exclaimed one of them in an unnatural voice as they aimed their blasters at Diligence before the ice elemental immediately fired two beams of ice from her eyes that froze them both in blocks of ice.
Diligence sighed as she took off her glasses. "Nerd look is a fail." She said throwing the glasses away calmly and putting her hands on her hips. "I need a new idea."
"I suggest a bunker." Gunter chirped in before he and Diligence heard soft gurgling from inside the alien ship. The elemental raised a brow with a hum before turning around to look inside the UFO. Inside was a small being made of black sludge and a single completely red eye. Diligence stared at the being intently as it eyed her curiously with stars in its eyes. The princess' hands glowed as she got ready to eliminate the being before it suddenly changed.
The being took the form of a baby similar to Diligence. A baby with blue skin, snow hair and limbs. It also, somehow, had a diaper on. The ice elemental blinked. "Uhhhh- is this their baby?" She asked picking the baby up by its foot as it adorably tried to reach her. "What should we do?"
"Kill it." Replied Gunter nonchalantly, causing Diligence's eyes to bulge.
"No!" She exclaimed with a deep frown. "I'm not killing a baby! Especially not an orphan!" She added firmly before a sudden wave of realisation washed upon her, causing horror to seep into her eyes. "Oh no. I orphaned a baby!" She exclaimed clutching her hair.
"So, let's send it to its parents." Deadpanned Gunter with a frustrated expression only to be met with a hesitant expression. "It's a parasite, Dilly. They sneak into societies and conquer them from the inside. It's dangerous." Upon hearing this, Dilly shook the baby by its foot as if to show how helpless it was. The Baby, on the other hand, let out indecipherable baby noises as it drooled all over its own face.
Seeing the drooling, Diligence quickly flipped the baby and cradled it in her arms before giving it a serious glare. "Are you evil?" She asked with a menacing aura befitting her power, yet the baby was unfazed as it started chewing on its own foot. "Hey, don't do that. You might get sick." She quickly took the baby's foot out of its mouth before looking around her. "Do we have anything safe for it to chew on?" Gunter crossed his arms, shooting Dilly a disappointed look. "Right, parasite. Maybe I can just give it to someone else."
Diligence walked to a wall before said wall dissipated in front of her to form a large balcony. "Hey, anyone want a bab-" before she could finish her sentence, a scream cut her off.
"DEATH TO THE CANDY PEOPLE!" A sniant yelled angrily as they held a giant club, causing Diligence to sweatdrop before she averted her gaze from the sniant only to land her eyes on a gathering of snomes.
"WHAT DO WE WANT?" Asked one of the snomes.
"BLOOD!" Replied the rest.
"WHEN DO WE WANT IT?" The snome spoke again.
"ALL THE TIME!" They replied once more before a snelf passed by them with a smile.
"I JUST LIKE SCREAMIN'! AAAAHHHHHH!" Screamed the snelf happily at the top of his lungs, prompting Diligence to slowly back away and return the balcony into a wall, muffling the screaming outside to silence as she did.
Diligence took a long, deep breath before turning to Gunter. "I'm keeping it." Gunter hissed immediately upon hearing those words.
"It'll only bring trouble!" Exclaimed the penguin angrily. A conflicted look covered the face of the ice elemental as she eyed the baby, its adorable baby noises unceasing.
"Maybe it won't?" She said with a shrug before a serious expression made its way onto her face. The ice elemental waved her hand in front of her, creating an arena with baby proof walls reminiscent of a large crib and placed a snowman as well as a dull ice knife inside. Diligence carefully placed the baby in front of the knife and the snowman. "Alright, baby. In front of you, is a knife and a victim. Go commit crime."
Gunter immediately facepalmed at the absurd situation and the baby wasn't faring any better. The baby looked in front of it with its eyes set on the vast horizon. Pressure was on and the baby's face scrunched up in discomfort. The ice elemental waited with bated breath before the baby unleashed his attack. A fart.
"Ew! Not that kind of crime!" Exclaimed Diligence in frustration as the baby giggled happily.
"Enough!" Gunter snapped. "I'm getting rid of that thing!" Without hesitation, Gunter jumped into the baby arena and grabbed the baby, before jumping out of the arena and heading for the door.
"Gunter, no!" Exclaimed Diligence, jumping over the baby arena and landing in front of her friend. Seeing this, Gunter fell to his stomach and used it to slide past the ice elemental. Diligence quickly turned around to only to find Gunter had already went past the flap door she had set for him. The ice elemental frowned before the door fell apart in front of her presence. She dashed through the hallways after Gunter. "Gunter! When I catch you, you'll be in so much trouble!"
The penguin, on the other hand, was sliding around the palace and towards the basement with the baby still on his back. Suddenly, the hallways in front of him started to close block by block. The penguin remained unfazed. He weaved through the blocks blocking his path, his balance remaining impeccable and the baby still firm on his back.
Soon enough, they made it to the basement of the palace where several weapons and artifacts rested. Gunter placed the baby down and grabbed a sword off of a wall. "Gunter, stop!" Diligence exclaimed, stopping the penguin in his tracks.
"No." Replied Gunter in a serious tone. "This is a parasite that's manipulating your mind!" He exclaimed, bringing the blade closer to the baby's neck. "It steals your looks to make you care for it. It's a leech."
The ice elemental paused. "I know. I know. But..." Muttered Diligence with a dejected frown before she sat down on the cold ice floor. "...I see myself in this baby. It's all alone in this world with no one to take care of it. It'll suffer and starve on the streets if we leave it alone. I don't wish that life upon anyone and I don't wanna kill it either." Gunter frowned, pulling the sword away slowly.
"It's a mortal, Dilly." He replied softly. "Its lifespan is an inconsequential blip in your life." Diligence frowned. "It'll die with time."
The ice elemental went silent before sighing. "I know, but I still want to" She said, a a serious expression searing itself onto her face. Gunter sighed before laying down his weapon. Diligence smiled before walking up to her friend and picking him up into a hug. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Replied the penguin calmly before turning in Dilly's arms to the baby. "What are you gonna name it?"
"I'm thinking Crystal. Crys for short. Crystal Snowflakes." Replied Diligence with a smile, putting down Gunter and picking the baby up.
Gunter blinked. "It's gonna hate that joke when it grows up." He said, earning a glare from the ice elemental.
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Years later.
In a homey living room of ice and snow, Diligence Snowflakes sat in a comfy chair with a cup of hot cocoa in hand. She hummed cheerfully as she drank without a care in the world before Gunter entered the room
"Hey, Crys challenged some weird kid in a funny hat and blue shorts to a battle to the death." He said nonchalantly, causing Diligence to spit out the cocoa in her mouth.
"WHAT?!"
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The reason I wanted to give Diligence a kid is because of the main characters of the show and their familial relationships.
Finn and Jake, adoptive brothers.
PB and Marcy, lovers.
And now
Dilly and Crys, parent and child.
So yeah. That's why I did this. I didn't want Dilly to be the odd one out.
Toodles.