Summary: While Luz took Connie's place ... who took Luz's
"Can I interest you in this mystical spinner to show what kind of creature you want to eat?" Eda asked, pushing the button.
"The cow goes, Mooooo ."
"Hm, I am deeply allergic to bovine, but if the magic oracle wheel says that's what I'm craving, then damn my completely healthy internal organs!" The sucker chucked the owl lady a full bag of snails and took the spinner thing she grabbed out of her human garbage pile.
"Ahh, money, the one language all things speak." She grinned. "King, how's the latest pile looking?"
"Nothing shiny, but this strange rusty cylinder seems to hold power." The guy noted, holding it upside down as it began to stretch into a coil like spring. "New weapon!"
"I'm starting to think Human's just don't have the creativity to use any of the stuff they have. I'm loaded just by going through one trashcan a day." Eda smirked. "Owlbert should be coming in with the latest pile any second now."
"You sure it's a good idea to let the little guy do you human world errands?" King questioned her brilliant strategy.
"Meh, he's as smart and crafty as me, what's the worst that could happen?" She asked.
Suddenly a girl ran inside, holding Owlbert with one hand and a fork with the other. "Give me back my glasses or the little gremlin gets it!"
"HOOT! HOOT!"
"Just as smart and crafty as you, huh?"
"Shut it King, or no more belly rubs." Eda groaned and summoned owlbert to her, dropping the girl on the ground and bringing him into staff form.
"What the, I was sure I, what just happened?" The girl asked in confusion.
"Number one rule of running into a portal to another dimension, never mess with a witch's Paliman, or you make an enemy for life." Eda warned the girl with a glare.
"... Riight." The girl nodded with a sarcastic voice. "I ran into a portal, and you're a witch, and the skies are polka dots."
"More like a fleshy orange, but if you drink expired appleblood, you can see polka dots." King added.
"Look, I really don't have time for craziness." The girl grumbled. "All I know is that little bird of yours stole my glasses, and now I see nothing but blurs, and I'm already late for debate camp."
"Debate camp, sounds horrible." Eda stated plainly.
"Well I could be some crazy woman living in a cabin in the woods training birds to steal objects from young little girls, but that's just me."
"Hah, she's got you there, Eda." King laughed at her expense, so she pushed him off the table. "Still worth it!"
"If I give you back your glasses, then you need to do one teensy tiny favor for me." Eda began to bargain.
"Or I could just walk to the police and report a squatter." The girl stated. "I'm pretty sure there's a station that way." … The girl pointed to a cliff.
Hm, it could be funny to just let her walk off the cliff…nah, she wasn't Faust or Snappdragon, child murder didn't give her happiness…torture occasionally, but not murder. "Alright, here's your glasses, but don't freak out by what you see."
"What I see is a crazy woman-" She put it on. "With mangey hair, and … pointy ears …" She looked down. "And a tiny … dog with a skull …"
"Hey there." King waved.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! TALKING DOG!"
"Demon actually. The King of Demons to be precise." King jumped on the table. "Fear me human, tremble in terror and horror-!"
BAP
"Oww! Why'd you slap me?!" King pointed at the human, still hyperventilating. "It's just my standard evil speech, nothing to get feisty about."
"You just told me you're the king of evil!" The girl shouted, grabbing a tennis racket. "I am not going to die without a fight you fuzzy menace!"
Okay, the girl was both ballsy and a riot. Just tolerable enough for her plans tonight. "Easy there kiddo, King's not much of a threat as he is, though that can change, if you help us."
"Why would I help you two?" The girl glared at them.
"You're heading to debate camp right, so you're a smart kid?" She asked.
"I read a lot most of the time, so I say so." Bookworm, don't let this be a smaller Lily.
She clicked the key, turning the door back to a case and grabbed it. "So when I hold the only way back to earth, you understand the concept of … extortion?"
"Are…are you taking advantage of a thirteen year old for your personal gain?"
"Thirteen?" She looked again. "Could have sworn you were older … but yes, yes I am." Eda grinned.
"What kind of maniac are you?" The girl asked.
"It's the Owl Lady! The most notorious criminal of the Boiling Isles, wanted for multiple crimes against demanity!" A coven scout shouted. "Arrest her and all her associates!"
"Wait, I don't know her-!"
"That's exactly what someone that knows her would say!" He began to make his spell circle.
"Guess that's our cue to flee from the scene of the crime, partner!" Eda laughed as she grabbed onto the girl and King and flew away on Owlbert.
"I AM NOT YOUR PARTNER!" The girl exclaimed.
"Not with that attitude you're not." Eda chuckled. "So I'm Eda, and that's king. You got a name, four eyes?"
The girl groaned. "Connie. Connie Manshwarren." The girl looked out on the horizon. "If you didn't just implement me in your crimes, then flying in the air on a witch's staff would seem amazing."
"It's amazing either way, Con-Con." Eda reassured. "Now let's head back to my place so we can plan on how to break into prison."
"We're doing what now?"
"Blaaack maaail~." She sang as she dangled the key.
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Amity cracked her neck. Time to show this nobody who was really in charge. Bad enough that Willow cheated and was never punished for it, but then this human…thing, just thought it could waltz around like they were equals?! After all the hard work she put in to stand out on top!? This wasn't going to stand in the slightest!
"Are you sure you don't need a teeny bit of an edge? You only got one spell kiddo." The Owl Lady spoke as the human was led into the arena.
"I'm sure Eda. Cheating is wrong, and I can hold my own. I play tennis." Amity didn't know what this 'tennis' was, but the girl was clearly underestimating the situation.
"Beat her butt back, Connie! I completely have faith in you!" Willow shouted from the audience.
"She can go all the way!" That illusionist kid her former best friend hung around waved his hands, displaying the words ' Hope you recover quickly' in the air. "Ooops, got the messages mixed up."
"We should really practice more …." Connie muttered. "So, besides Abomination magic, what else can I be expecting?"
"She's my sister's protege, so she's also going to be super smart about how she attacks." The Owl Lady patted the human on the head. "So you know….good luck not trying to die out there."
"Thank you for the vote of confidence." The girl sarcastically responded.
"You know, so far you're not convincing me at all that you're even a remotely decent teacher, dear sister." Lilith rolled her eyes at the display of inane stupidity.
"And you haven't called the match yet, so stop judging, miss prissy pants." The owl lady countered. "Let's get this thing started and get the heads rolling!"
"Very well … begin!"
"Abomination, rise."Amity started with a simple abomination … which was larger than normal. "Woah." She knew she was strong, but this was far beyond what she was expecting. Did the power of believing in yourself really have this much raw potential?
"Okay, this is a lot bigger than I was anticipating, no big deal, just a giant goo man five times my size trying to crush me." The human backed away sweating and nervously taking out….something flat. It almost looked like a frying pan, but with wires that left little square spaces in between them.
"You brought a tool to fight?" Amity asked.
"It's not against the rules, is it?" Touché.
"No matter, attack!" She commanded the Abomination, which fired off a chunk of its sludge right at the girl.
"Okay, please let this work, please let this work, PLEASE LET THIS WORK!" The human reeled the thing back, and swung at the abomination goo, going right through the holes of the object …. which became a ball of purple light. "I did it…I DID IT!"
"WHOOOOO HOOOO! That's my girl!" The Owl lady hollered.
"What the?!" Amity was taken aback. "How the titan did that-!"
"It's something I thought of while experimenting with the only spell I know." Connie smirked. , waving her little toy around, showing off a…strange little image woven between the wires. "Glyph magic requires a surface to activate, but what if that surface was other people's magic, like someone's abomination for instance."
She could negate magic …Amity growled, weaving another circle as she fired off a barrage of fireballs. "Then transform all of these!"
"Ah, less confident about those!" The human ran feebally, ducking and dodging under the fireballs until she met one that was coming at her head on. "Okay, don't hurt me now, don't hurt me now, please do something cool and not blow up my arm!" Connie took another swing, and the fireball made contact with the wires again.
The fireball instantly froze in place, standing still for a second, before glowling blue and shooting right at her Abomination's right arm…
Kaaablooomp
And completely imploded it , disappearing like it was never there. "… Explain the logic in that!" She shouted.
"… Honestly, all I've got for an answer is magic is weird." The human looked dumbfounded. "That was strange. A light glyph colliding with a fireball. Eda said that fire and light are two of the basic elements of magic, did those two mixing somehow make a new spell?"
Amity sighed in frustration. "Then I guess I only have one option …" She was a grudgby player after all. She sent forth another fireball, but lower, using it as a smokescreen to get in close enough for a tackle.
"Boo, cheap chick Blight, cheap trick!" Willow called out from the audience.
"Cheap or not, the win is going to be-!"
Flash
"AAAGGGGH! My eyes!" Her pupils were burning from the bright light.
"..Like I said, I have a light spell." Connie said, holding up the source of her pain..a single ball of light. "Kind of the obvious first move to make if I can't see clearly."
"I will not let it end like this!" Amity fired off randomly, not able to get a clear show with her vision still recovering. "I'm not going to let all my hard work go down the drain for some hapless human getting by on luck!"
"Lucky nothing, I've had to work twice as hard more than usual ever since I came into the world!" The human tackled her, pinning her by the back. "I was almost eaten alive by my own teacher just learning that one spell! You don't get to tell me that I don't work har-wait, what's that on your neck?"
"What are you going on about?" Amity groaned, feeling completely helpless and humiliated right now.
"There's something on the back of your neck, like some sort of sticker or patch."
"What?" Amity pulled it off. "A … a construction …" How, how did it get there. This wasn't fa-A fury built up inside of her. "You patted me on the neck." She turned to Lilith.
"It was only to level the playing field! Eda never plays fairly-!" Her mentor began to accuse.
"Except I DID!" The Owl lady shouted back. "My kid said she had this handled, and I trusted her, so I didn't interfere. You cheated and I played fair … wow, is this what it's like to be on the moral high ground?" The woman smiled brightly. "I feel amazing!"
"Oh, you do something right just ONCE and suddenly you think you're better!?"
"I am, I'm the better witch, AND I'm the better teacher!" The Owl Lady pointed back. "My kid just beat up your kid, WHILE yours was cheating!" Amity…Amity was that weak? Shown up by a human…with no magic at all?
"Please don't do this Eda." Connie groaned. "I really rather not start a brawl here."
"Fine, fine, it just feels so good being completely right!" The criminal cheered. "Now then, now, I believe you made an everlasting oath?"
Amity felt her hand tingle. "I….I admit..." Her words were coming out no matter how much she'd rather choke. "I admit that Connie Mahaswarren….is a better witch than me!"
The whole audience gasped. "..And?" The human tapped her foot.
"And….I…won't….pick on Willow or her friends….ever again….." She gritted her teeth, knowing her mom was going to kill her once she got back home.
"Good." The human smiled. "Now I'm going to go enjoy the rest of the Covention in peace, later." The girl waved as she began walking away.
"This isn't over between us, human!" Amity called out. "You got the best of me today, but it'll NEVER happen again!"
"Sure thing Blight, I'm ready for a rematch anytime you feel like being a jerk!" The girl called back as she left.
"Smell you losers later, have fun running on the low road, I'll be busy enjoying the view on the high road for once! Byeeeeeeee!" The owl lady snickered.
"That no good little …" Lilith took a deep breath. "Come on Amity, let's-"
"No." She growled, stomping away. "I'm on my own now." No friends, no mentors. Everything ruined and decayed in the end … Amity was the only person she could rely on. And her sole purpose now would be doing everything she could to take down that human … her rival.
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Gus stared in horror. "What do you mean I'm the Grom King!?" He shouted to the principal.
"I mean you received the most votes." Bump replied.
"But … but Grom King is supposed to be reserved for the strongest and best students!" He tried to argue. "Like Boscha."
"Well, it was a landside in your favor." Seriously, I don't know how that occurred. The only time that happens is if they purposely chose someone to die."
Gus looked on in horror at the students around him. "I'm not that bad, right?"
"Eh, not really.."
"You kind of suck."
"Who are you again?"
"You're friends with the human, so that's more than enough reason for me." Amity answered, scrolling through her scroll.
"Wait a minute…you had something to do with this, didn't you?!" Willow accused the Blight girl.
"I may have 'suggested' that it would be funny if Agustus theoretically got ripped apart to shreds." The rich girl shrugged blankly. "It was just a small suggestion, everyone is free to make their own choice. Of course, most people like to listen to the advice of talented and popular witches, so if everyone decided to unanimously vote for Agustus, then who am I to argue with democracy?"
"Hey!" Connie shouted, her face filled with anger. "Your beef is with me, why drag him into this?"
"Because I can." Amity answered simply. "I may not be able to directly mess with them anyone, but I can still ruin your life via them. And you're too much of a goody two shoes to just let it happen." Amity walked away. "So you either let your friend get killed, or you do it yourself by volunteering."
"Well maybe I will!" Connie shouted back … wait what?
"Connie, this is a super sweet gesture, but this is grom we're talking about!" Gus warned. "The fear bringer. He'll attack you with your greatest and deep seated fears and leave you ate your most vulnerable."
"I know, and I also know you are definitely more vocal about your fears than I am. Which is why I should take this on … unless Willow is up for a tag team?"
"Heh…I'm going to sound super petty for this…but if it shows my fears, then I'll die instantly, along with everyone else on the isles." Willow stated firmly.
"Then yeah, I'll take it on alone." Connie nodded. "And hey, it's a win win either way. I take down Grometheus and get famous, or I fail and it destroys Amity."
"What was that, human?" Amity stopped to glare.
"I mean, technically if I lose it goes after everyone, so … yeah." She shrugged. "Everyone from you to Boscha dies." Connie's grin became more savage. "And if I win, then I'm the girl that defeated Grom and saved the school … again, leaving you in the dust, again." She smirked. "Didn't count on that, did you blight?"
Gus didn't think a vein could get as dangerous or ominous as what Amity's was doing right now. "You won't win, then I'll take it down myself."
"The girl that can't even beat me while on magic steroids is going to beat grom?" Connie laughed. "What, you got Lilith on stand by to slip you more power stamps?"
"Why does she antagonize every one of our enemies?" He asked Willow quietly. "She's usually the cool headed one." Amity, Boscha, that Basilisk, the demon hunters, those three Glandus kids when they went to that grudgby game, all of them she was absolutely brutal on verbally.
"I think she just has a lot of spite from her previous highschool." She responded. "That or mom issues, either or is a safe bet."
"I need to go prepare to save the Boiling Isles now. See you Blight!" Connie waved off, beginning to walk away.
Amity stood in place for a second, before turning her fists into abominations, and pounded the nearest wall into dust. "Although to be fair, insulting Amity is always a win in my book." Willow grinned.
"Why am I friends with such spiteful witches?" Gus asked himself.
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"Thanks Lilith." She looked down at the girl obsessing over books. "I would get them myself, but Amity banned me from the library." Seems like her former puipil was still quite spiteful.
"It's the least I can do after all that I've done." Lilith nodded to her sister's student. Life had been rough ever since the petrification ceremony, and she would've been good as turned to stone if it hadn't been for Connie's resourcefulness.
She even managed to ward off the curse of allowing Edalyn to go back to her criminal lifestyle for the time being and Lilith having some semblance of power. How she was able to combine her knowledge of glyphs with human medical knowledge was beyond the elder Clawthorne.
The most baffling part of this whole experience was the forgiveness. Sure, Lilith was heckled a bit when Edalyn needed something, but no one there seemed to hold a serious grudge and wanted her dead for her mistake. It was oddly refreshing. "You know, all these books and not one about lands away from the Isles."
"No one around here is truly committed to voyaging over the boiling seas for days on end, whether they be by palisman or ship." Lilith answered. "That and Belos greatly discourages 'leaving the safety' of the titan."
"... And now the fact that he's a lying backstabber is confirmed, you don't find that suspicious at all?" Connie questioned.
"You know, my years of loyalty really shouldn't have blinded me from questioning the facts more." Lilith groaned.
"Yeah, like the whole 'Basilisk' thing. Doesn't that seem one sided?"
"Actually that one I choose to believe in. They eat magic Connie, not a lot of debate as a species who lives with it." Lilith reaffirmed. "It's just, after I cursed Edalyn, I couldn't turn to anybody. Dad was taking care of his injuries, mother was too obsessed with Edalyn to notice me…Belos was the only one that seemed to give me any value."
"I can sort of relate." Connie frowned. "My mom's hard on me, trying to get me to succeed in life. I can count on her to tell me what to do or get mad at me, but actual praise and being there, I got nothing on that end. Eda for all her mistakes at least says she's proud of me."
Lilith sighed. "I tried to do the same for Amity … unfortunately it looks like I couldn't take pride in her in the end …" She grimaced.
"Not your fault she's a jerk." Connie patted her on the back.
"No, it's more than that." Lilith responded. "I saw so much of myself in her, a young smart girl that wanted nothing more than to prove her worth as a living being. I wanted to steer that into a proper direction…but I seemed to do the exact opposite."
"You can't focus on what you did. No matter what happens, the past is the past." Connie told her. "That's something I had to learn when I destroyed the portal door. You just gotta take the time and make sure you're stronger and smarter for it."
Lilith sighed. "I guess you're right …" She looked down. "So, what's your current book?"
"Ancient history, I'm trying to find something about any humans to enter the Boiling Isles." She explained as she flipped through pages. "Your concept of humanity had to come from somewhere, right?"
"They're myths for the most part in the same way witches are in your world." Lilith nodded. "Most of our knowledge comes from the human garbage that falls into the boiling sea, said to be caused by a substance known as titans blood leaking into it."
"Titan's Blood …" She turned to the head of the Isles. "... Metaphorically or …"
"The entire island is the corpse of a being that we consider a god. Every inch of land is teaming with magic." Lilith went on. "I believe that's how your able to use glyph magic, right?"
Connie sighed. "Welp, time to grab a shovel and desecrate god." She deadpanned with absolute seriousness.
"Do you really think it'd be that easy to get Titan's Blood?" Lilith questioned.
"I survived a direct encounter with who everyone calls the most powerful witch on the isles. I don't care if I have to dig to the center of this planet, I will find that blood and return home."
"..What do you mean by center?" Lilith asked.
"... Please don't tell me you think the planet is flat." The girl pleaded.
"You think it's not?" Lilith questioned. "Gravity alone suggests …"
"Okay, before we do anything else, I'm going to see if Eda has a globe of earth as a starting point, because I'm not going to let you remain this ignorant." Hurtful, but if the girl had new knowledge to give her, Lilith was more than willing to live with it.
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"Simply announce your desire, and the Palisman will respond in kind." The Bat Queen was excited for today. So many of her little children now being united with new masters … how joyous.
"I desire to eradicate humanity and ruin a soul." A green haired girl stated.
"Geez, what a shocker." The human student of the Owl lady rolled their eyes.
"Spiteful and angry, but productive if placed in the right direction." The bat queen nodded their head as a small purple dragon flew on top of her shoulder. "Spike will be more than happy to assist."
"Aww." The girl scratched Spike's ear, clearly already attached. "We're gonna do so many good things together."
"I want to make a beautiful melody!" A young girl shouted as she ran up to the keep.
"A mistro in need of a chorus, Bach shall help you conduct your path." A cricket jumped onto her shoulder.
"I wanna make friends with all the critters in the forest." A bat child said with a dopey grin. A badger one jumped on his face and began giving the boy bites of love and affection all over his head.
"A vessel in need of a spine, sticks shall support you from here on out."
"I want to support all my friends. And if anyone tries to hurt them, obliterate my enemies." A glasses girl stated with a bright smile. Clover, the giant bee rested on top of her head. "Aww, hey there gall."
"Powerful and nurturing. Clover will serve you well." So far this was going spectacular.
"Out of my way." A three eyed girl moved in. "I want to be the best grudgby player!"
"A competitive and strong spirit. Maya will feel right at home." The crab jumped into the girl's arms, changing into a staff.
"Soo cool." The human child said in aw. "Well, no point in wasting time, I'm going to get my own!"
"You're not a real witch, do you honestly expect to be able to have one?" Spike's new master glared.
"Species matters not." The Bat Queen declared. "Merely a bond between the palisman and its user."er. All it takes is the proper conviction, a goal both you and your palisman can strive towards."
"Oh, that's easy. I've been thinking about what I want for a LOONG time." The human child looked determined. "I want to stand up to my mom and show her how amazing fantasy and magic is, and that I can still enjoy what I love AND still become president!"
"Mew." A white cat purred its way, rubbing against the girl's legs before popping up into the human's hands.
"You've been under alot of stress and personal issues. Ghost will be a great comfort to you." She assured her.
The palisman instantly began to place its paw on the girl's neck, rubbing it like a stress relieving massage. "Whoa … wow, that is good … like … so good." The human purred herself.
"For some reason I hate this even more than I thought I would." The green haired girl growled, turning to her own palisman. "You wouldn't happen to breathe fire, would you?"
"Grrr." Spike let out a puff of smoke, and a minor flame that was comparable to a 'lighter' that washed up on her shores once.
"Oh, we're definitely going to get some mileage out of that." Hopefully something good would come out of that giant well of hatred.
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Belos smiled, looking down at the girl. "And you helped me as well, Connie. And gave me every tool I needed."
"Yeah yeah, I gave you the portal home, big whoop." The girl glared from a distance, keeping her staff ready. "I'm not going to give you a single second chance to use it."
"Oh, you thought it was just recently … no no, it was so much longer ago." He showed an old memory. "Back when I first arrived in this realm."
"What the heck are you talking about?" The girl accused right back. "The only other time I've met you was three months ago."
"Ah, then I suppose you never helped a human with a puzzle door?" He asked. "And showed off how a light glyph worked?"
"How would you even know about tha-wait … no … no don't tell me, don't tell me your actually saying what I think your saying."
"Yes." He smiled, walking closer. "I am Philip Witterbane … the witch hunter that will save humanity." It felt so good to reveal himself. "Thank you for your contributions to my effort."
"Save humanity, that's what this is all about? You lived this long just for some delusional hero's fantasy!?"
"Delusional?" He questioned. "I'll have you know the threat is real. Bringing in the devil's work to the human realm, tempting my brother to another realm, we tried to burn as many as we can but sadly it was never enough." Philip turned to the girl. "But with the Collector's help, that will all change."
"Oh, you are such a hypocrite!" Connie accused. "You use magic, your some kind of green plant monster, by your own definition, you are a witch!"
"Sacrifices have to be made. My humanity for Earths is a small price to pay." He answered. "And once every witch is gone, I'll get rid of all the perversions they brought to humanity, and everyone will know me as the witch hunter general Wittabne."
"Do you seriously think people will accept that?" Connie glared at him.
"Of course they will." He smirked. "It's a position only the most elite of the King can offer after all." If only he could have allowed Caleb the same feat.
"The King-... Oh shit, you're four hundred years old." The girl winced. "Yeah, that's never going to happen, for a variety of reasons."
"Oh, and why would that be?" He questioned.
"Well for starters … America kinda … revolted against the British, around a hundred years after your time." The girl explained. "The revolutionary War. They won too, and became a completely new country separated from Britain."
"Really?" He noted with surprise. "I honestly didn't think we had it in us."
"Nobody did, that's partially why they won. We also don't do Kings anymore. Royalty of that like is more of a title than anything. We have presidents and democracy."
Philip thought about it for a moment. "Well, as long as god's word is still around, I suppose choosing a leader makes more sense." The child winced. "... What now?"
"Yeah … Christianity is down to about thirty percent these days." She explained.
"I know Eurasia is big, but I didn't think they'd outnumber us that badly."
"Yeah no, the human population is accounted for due to modern science … around seven to eight billion." Connie noted. "We have a plethora of different religions. Protestantism, Hinduism, satanism-"
"Humanity lets devils worshipers roam freely!?" Belos screamed.
"Yeah, I mean, people are just free to believe whatever they want. Heck, a ton of people don't even believe in the concept of an afterlife. Some believe we're the result of a random explosion that created the universe a billion years ago, and humanity along with most living creatures evolved from fish that began to walk on land."
"You've got to be lying at this point!" He shouted.
"Dude, this is the mindscape, you can check my memories for clarification." She deadpanned.
"I will!" He shouted, maybe a bit too childishly, but this was a serious manner of principle. Concentrating, he brought up a monitor that flashed by memories and information..,and it was all horrifying.
"What, what has become of humanity!?" He fell to the ground.
"They grew up." Connie explained. "Women also have equal rights, in fact, they can hold power OVER men now. Some run businesses while their husbands stay home and watch the kids, if they even choose to get married at all."
"But … but why were there so many slaves roaming free!? They were sitting on these moving metal contraptions, in front of the their masters!"
"Oh … slavery is no longer a thing anymore. Black people have equal rights too, as well as hispanics, asians, and so on and so forth. America is basically a giant melting pot of diversity now."
"... So every value I was taught as a kid is …"
"Completely and utterly eradicated by the sands of time, yes." Connie smirked. "If you go back to the human world now, you'll be nothing but a raving lunatic. They'll lock you away in a looney bin."
"..." He stood up. "Well then … I believe I'll walk myself to the boiling sea. Feel free to help yourself to the portal door." Philip marched to his grave.
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"Why, why couldn't there be more titans blood?" Connie banged her head against the table at the donut shop. Saving everyone on the boiling isles was amazing, and the after party after demolishing the whole empire was great, but unfortunately, all good things had to come to an end.
"Hey, it can't be that bad." Vee, the Basilisk that impersonated her while she was gone, patted her on the back.
"Every friend I made in the last five months is gone, the only people who have given me emotional support and growth are gone, and I have to catch up on two months of schoolwork." She answered. "The only reminder I have of them is Ghost."
"Mew." Said palisman nestled themselves on Connie's shoulders. Sadly great paw massages wouldn't help her now.
"I still love you girl, it's just sad." She responded, scratching the Palisman's ears. "I just..I don't know, I feel like a big part of my life is missing now. I can't just go back to school and think about a perfect grade point average." She took a bite of her long John. "Five months ago I never even ate a donut before. I wasn't living at all before I ran through that portal, and now it's just…gone."
"It's not all gone." Vee assured her. "Now it's there but added on. You should focus on what to do with your new life, you know? Now that you have all this added experience and ability, what do you want to achieve?"
"What do I want to achieve?" She looked at her palisman. "Hm, I do still want to be president, but that just seems too easy now."
"Mew?" President of BOTH worlds?
"Both worlds? Like trying to find a way to connect both the booking isles with earth again?" Connie asked. "Sounds sort of impossible."
"You literally took down Belos with talk no jutsu, I don't think there's such a thing as impossible anymore." Vee told her.
"Good point." She nodded. "But where would I start?"
Crash!
Both girls had to hit the floor as a giant pink bubble smashed through the glass. "It's running into the donut shop!" A boy in the bubble shouted.
"I will not let that creature desecrate the triple vanilla swirl!" They watched as a giant red lizard rushed inside, followed by a short haired girl waving a giant pink sword. "Hey Connie! Hey Connie!" She shouted out, before pausing. "Wait a moment …"
"What the heck is happening right now!?" Vee exclaimed
"Luz, you never told me you knew twins." The boy said as the giant lizard tried to smack the bubble away. "Hello! I'm Steven! Might want to get to safety, we're fighting a particularly rude gem monster at the moment."
"What?" Connie answered, completely baffled
"Seriously Connie, why did you never tell me you had a sister!?" Luz shouted, hitting the monster with her blade, clashing against it's teeth. "We could have had so many group hangs!"
"Mew?" Even Ghost was at a loss for words.
Since when was the human realm so … weird!?