Chapter 27 - Mini arc 2- A Little Break... Before Witnessing A Horror...

(A/n: Again... "A Formless Dream That Awaits a Hopeless Princess" This Fanfic shows some contrast to her POV in this chapter... but they're going to meet something as their souls will be slung all the way to its domain...)

(POV: Anafabula)

Honestly, this has been the best time of my life, and I don't want to replace this moment with anything else... 

I get to spend some time with Tristan without disappearing into a nonexistent form for once; I mean, I do know how to stay in physical form longer, but there are so many other existences in this world that probably have an idea of my existence and can just monitor me like a hawk...

Also, I don't know what would happen if I acted more violently in this world as I've done in worlds; I mean, sure, I might be able to get away with some of it or gain some sort of leeway, as my existence isn't based on their pre-existing cardinals of concepts. However, this world has been known to adapt anyway... Probably not in a way to capture my existence, but to push me out, like I'm some sort of virus...

I might be pushed away from L###, or I mean Tristan now...

I feel entirely different when I'm with him, to the point that it's a night-to-day difference. I was such a psychopathic monster back then, and now I've got a clear conscious!! But hopefully, what connects me with Tristy will allow me to stay with him.

But I swear if something happens where I will be pushed away from Tristan again... I'm just going to devour ev~ery~thing~ that I come across, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over AND ØVɆⱤ till I find Tristy ₳₲₳ł₦, and put Tristy on a leash, and!!!

(End Of POV...)

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(POV General)

As Ana was in her thoughts after arguing with Zil, she began covering her face hiding a disturbing smile during her walk with Tristan as her body shook violently. Tristan, who was training his shadow manipulation, immediately stopped his concentration when seeing her in that state and was about to touch her shoulder until Zil said.

Tristan then turned his head and saw an orange sprite next to him.

"Zil? Why do you look... Funny? Is it because we're in the Shadowlands and now that I'm a soul, you have some more freedom? That's pretty nice!! How does it feel?"

Zil explained. Tristan sighed as he squeezed his fist into a ball and said.

"God dammit, Zil!! You and I both know what you've said was false. But I think I've believed that in my past life, at some point... Until I met..." Tristan stopped talking and stared right back at the trembling Ana and squinted his eyes till he clicked his tongue and said to Zil.

"Well, bollucks... She's the one, ain't she?" Zil silently whizzed and circled his head with sarcastic excitement.

Tristan closed his eyes and took some deep breaths.

"No... I have not... And this was a fluke, and my guess, as of how she acts around me... And some other hints, too... I mean, I don't think she wants me specifically to find out who she is, either, or who she is now; she's afraid; you and I both know that much, Zil and my memory won't help with that, and I'm not a therapist..." Zil chuckled.

Tristan sneered.

"Of course I do, but all I want to do is get out of this place and see where life will take me... And my shadows are becoming a bit nervous, too, as we walk closer to our seeking..." Zil became surprised.

Tristan silently agreed but went back to concentrating on his shadow usage.

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~3 hours later~

Tristan stopped in place alongside Ana, who finally calmed down but looked utterly emotionless. Ana turned to look at Tristan.

{Why did you stop? Tristy?} She said while looking out of it.

"Well, I thought maybe we should take a break; we are just about here now, so we might as well wait for a bit before checking out what's on the other side," Tristan said with a goofy smile as he reached his hand toward what looked like air. Upon touching, it turned into a soft, invisible wall; when touched, it felt like mush.

Ana, who stared intently at Tristan's smile, was jerking her head intensely but reined that reaction down, making her jerks barely visible as her lifeless-looking eyes gleamed once more.

{Sure, Trisy~ I'll go and create something from just out here~} Ana reached her hand out and made a decorated black bed just for the both of them.

"How did you do that? I didn't really ask about the beef jerky, but now the bed? I mean, I understand that you're an anomaly but I want to hear it from your mouth." Ana, who was excited, had her eyes dimmed a bit.

{That beef jerky was someone else's... That bitch ass threw it at me and said, "SHUT YOUR DUMBASS UP YOU HO!!! AND TAKE THIS BEEF JERKY AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE!! IT WORKS LIKE A LOVE JUICE, AND I KNOW YOUR RETARDED CUNT WOULD NEED THAT FOR YOUR LOVER BOY!!!" *Sigh* and that's what he said... To this very day, if I were to see him again, I would absolutely want to strangle him...

And I mean, absolutely beat him to the point where he would just sob and sob and sob, and I still took that beef jerky, too... But reenacting that desire is impossible... But never mind that I can manipulate reality, but only for some simple things like this bed here... I'm just playing it safe like this!!}

She clasped her hands together and threw something at Tristan.

"Ana... These are condoms??" Zil began trying to nudge Tristan away.

Tristan, who was trying to compute, had Zil slam him with what's happening right now.

"Oh... Umm... Can't we just snuggle right now and relax? And also, I was thinking of a chair to sit on..." Ana giggled as she coiled her arms around him and laid her head, now resting on Tristan's shoulder, now closing her eyes.

{Heh heh heh heh~ Isn't that adorable~ you want a lap dance instead~ Or maybe you want me to try a position as I lay on top of your lap~ Oh darling~ I could be your cowgirl as I slam myself up and down on repeat~ you dirty boy~ Mhhhh~} Tristan's brain began to fry. Every time he tried to shift into a different conversation, his mind was going deeper into a thought process that Ana couldn't hear.

'SHIT... WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY?!?!' Tristan was in a dilemma. At this point, he was actually thinking of giving in... But a savior has arrived.

Ana clicked her tongue.

{DRATS!! I WAS THIS CLOSE, ZIL!!! I ALMOST HAD IT!! I SWEAR THAT I COULD EVEN SMELL IT, WITH HIS HUGE BURLY COC-!!} Zil, as a ball of light, flew back within Tristan's mind and said.

Ana sighed.

{Damn, *Sigh* you ruined the moment... Alright then... I'm sorry, Tristy... Let's just go and relax on that bed... Also, did you, umm, eat that beef jerky?} Tristan nodded his head.

Ana brightened her now golden yellow eyes and broadened her smile. {Huh~ Is that so? How do you feel?} Tristan carefully looked at her as he answered.

"Well, you are extremely attractive, Ana, there's no lying about that... But if you're asking if that beef jerky affected me or not? I don't feel any change..." Ana then clicked her tongue again.

{*Sigh* Well fuck... I'll have to try other ways... Let's just sleep on that bed in the middle of the Shadowlands... But, if you ask me, on the other side of that invisible barrier might possibly be the most downright horrifying entity that could contend with insanity... And perhaps surpass it... And that's because I have you with me, my oh-so-lucky charm~} Tristan, who had stayed with her long enough, is slowly realizing that this woman in front of her has so many screws loose to the point that maybe extensive therapy isn't enough. Still, all he could do was focus on something else, as he said to Zil.

'It's good to have you back, Zil... I'm not sure if I'll be ready to go through that wall... It's giving me the same vibes as that insect from Alaska but on pure cosmic roids...' Zil said with the same level of worry.

Ana, who was happily snuggling with Tristan, froze and became robotic as she said words that dripped with the coldest bit of edge, with her once yellow eyes turning red.

{Maybe I have been too lenient on you, Zil? How would you feel if I just dragged Tristy out of the Shadowlands and to my little own pocket dimension that I've so carefully crafted just for Tristan? Your little quest on the other side will be nothing but a ᖘĬᖘꗛ dream if you say something like that again} Zil, who was shaking, tried to make an excuse.

And the best way to do so is also throwing Tristan under the bus alongside himself. Or at least he tried to.

{Oh~ an inside joke, huh~ tell me about it~ Tristy?} Her voice was vibrating the parts of the sand on the ground, erasing a part of it from existence.

Tristan was confused by the inside joke and told Ana, "That joke seemed pretty new to me... But we've been only talking about you, though, and none of it was bad; still, during that time when Zil took over my body, what were the two you talking about?" 

Ana's eyes fluttered fast as she removed herself from hugging Tristan. She looked at him up and down as if to see if he was lying or not, but seeing the confusion in his eyes spoke enough for her.

{Hmm? Well, if you're curious about that, it's not really much. I was pretty pissed off and started accusing Zil of body-snatching... But once I realized that Zil was your Avatar, I asked him how you were doing and about all of the things you've done throughout the years with your family... Your family seemed nice...} 

Tristan smiled fondly. "They were... Even if they had done some horrible things, I would still love them anyhow..."

Ana, seeing that smile, whispered under her breath, {ᴴᵒʷ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ʸᵒᵘ ᶠᵉᵉˡ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵐᵉ ᶦᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵏⁿᵉʷ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᴵ'ᵛᵉ ᵈᵒⁿᵉ ᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵃˢᵗˀ} Tristan furrowed his eyebrows.

"What did you say? I couldn't hear you." Ana shook her head.

{It's nothing... We've got a big day tomorrow or less than that, depending on how you feel.} She walked past Tristan and started laying on the bed.

{Come, Tristan~ I'm not going to bite~ just yet...} Zil, who thought that he was gonna get torn a new one, felt extremely relieved but planned to stop speaking to this point on.

Tristan, who thought 'game was game,' went to the other side of the bed in the middle of nowhere, with absolutely no one around except for Ana...

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(Omake: Ana and her Consciousness)

While snuggling with Tristan with my eyes closed, a voice that was similar to my own finally reared its ugly head.

>Ummm... Hey Lia? When's our relationship going to be like Tristan's and Zil's? And can we switch bodies for a little so I can see why you're so hung up on him? I mean, he seems pretty cute~< 

Lia's eyes furrowed in annoyance, and she said, 'Go to hell, Theta!!! Over my dead body, you massive freak!!' 

Theta pouted and said, >Oh my?!?! Such foul language for a pansy!!! If I ever get in control, I'll make you watch the things I will do with Tristy!! I'll be like that one scene from Berserk, Lia~ And you know the one I'm talking about~<

Lia, in her rage as her veins were bulging on her forehead, had an aura of pure black but was skillful enough not to wake up Tristan, but she said in a calculatingly cold tone.

'And this is why I'm not letting you go... And also, aren't you only a memory at this point?'

Theta began to giggle while saying, >Fu fu fu fu~ Oh Lia~ technically, because of that WISH you wanted, it messed up just about everything I wanted, and my only options because of your beloved was either becoming a memory or true nonexistence for me... But maybe this is more of a benefit than I thought. With all the time we've been together, you're my perfect creation, and you've surpassed me... And seeing your little Tristy... He kind of makes me feel a little something...<

Lia scowled at the remark, 'God... You're disgusting!!'

Theta responded, >Not like that; you oiled-up cunt!!! But I mean, that's a part of it, but there's something else about him!!! He feels like some sort of progenitor that I'm familiar with, but I can't place where.<

Lia was now tired of the conversation, '*Sigh* go back to sleep, Theta... Also, I hope you drown somewhere in oblivion.'

Theta laughed wildly, >Psh heh heh heh heh heh heh!! And I hope that you would get cucked, you wild bimbo!!!!<

Lia, who was about to go crazy, felt a tug from someone. When she woke up from talking to that memory of hers, Tristan had already pulled her into a hug.

Which made her forget about Theta's insult as she squeezed herself to Tristan.

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~Next day In The Shadowlands~

(POV: Tristan Devroop Akvash)

I finally stirred myself to wake up; it was especially difficult while Ana was wrapping herself around me like an octopus... She probably wasn't asleep, but still, I said to her.

"Ana... It's time. Could you please stop straddling on top of me?" Ana opened her eyes.

"Hmm? Really? *SIGH* fine... Just let me stay like this just for a bit longer~."

I was about to say something else to Ana, but Zil beat me to the punchline, Ana began to argue.

{But we don't even precisely know that?!? We could also be transported into the far edges of oblivion!! Or somewhere possibly worse!!} Ana also made her own point.

And that was where I interjected.

"Actually... I feel great staying here, and improving my Shadow manipulation has been so much easier since coming here, and I don't feel like I have to worry about basic necessities, except when it comes to sleep... I feel entirely different here than on Earth. But, yeah, we shouldn't be wasting time, and we have to pass through that wall and see where it leads us." Ana got up from the bed and walked near the barrier, and I followed along.

{You ready, Tristy~} She asked, and I said.

"Sure am... And what about you, Zil?" I asked Zil, and Zil spoke giddily.

Tristan reached his hand through the wall and walked into it, and both Ana and Tristan disappeared into a realm that no human should ever enter.

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