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[alternative-future-au]

"Past Problems"

"SHE IS WHAT-!?" Pearl screamed very angrily "OUT OF MY WAY! IM GOING TO FINISH WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE WAR!"

"PEARL NO!" Atarime said as she stopped Pearl from going to the basement "I can explain! But keep your voice down!"

Once Xena and Pearl returned, Atarime took them to the kitchen to explain the... unexpected return of Octavia, Xena almost fainted when she heard what Atarime said, she believed that Octavia was coming to kill them, meanwhile, Pearl didn't take it good, furious, she tried to go to the basement to take Octavia to the Squidbeak Splatoon, but Atarime and Xena stopped her

"Listen I...! *Sigh*.... I let her stay...." Atarime said

"You let her stay!?" Pearl said shocked "Atarime, are you crazy!? It's Octavia! Our greatest enemy since the war! Why did you allow her to stay in your house!? What if she tries to assassinate us!? Or if she tries to conquer Inkopolis in a surprise attack!?"

"Listen! I don't know, okay!? Let me explain! She arrived at the house by surprise, I was planning to take her to the Squidbeak Splatoon so they can arrest her but she told me that she has no intention of killing us and that she is no longer queen, but even so, I locked her in a Snowglobe just in case! I don't trust her either even if she says she's sorry!" Atarime replied

"Listen Ata, this is a bad idea, a VERY bad idea! she deserves to die! We can't trust her! She's a murderer and a traitor! I'm sure she's planning something!" Pearl exclaimed "Besides, We all know what she did in the war... right?"

"Pearl stop-!" Xena tried to stop Pearl from saying what had happened during the war.

"I'm sure you remember everything she did in the war, don't you!? She tried to kill you and almost destroyed Calamari County and Inkopolis with the Great Octoweapons! many innocent Inklings and recruits of the Squidbeak Splatoon died because of her! and I'm sure you remember who was part of our team before-..."

"I KNOW OKAY!?" Atarime quickly covered her mouth, she didn't want to shout at her friends but it hurt her a lot to remember the war, She felt like she wanted to cry, Many of her friends, including members of her family, died during the war against Octavia and in the Great Octoweapons attacks, she felt very guilty about that, since she wasn't strong enough to save them.

"Enough Pearl!" Xena said angry, she got up from her chair "We know she did horrible things in the past, but telling the Squidbeak Splatoon that she is here will only make the problem worse, I don't trust her either and maybe what you say is true but maybe. just maybe... she really wants to change, but for now, it would be better to leave her in the Snowglobe and test her to see if she really wants to stay here."

"I'll... I'll try... I'm worried that we'll be discovered, so please don't say anything to Squidbeak Splatoon... please..." Atarime said, she looked kinda sad and worried for what happened

"Uuugh... I don't know. I need time to think about it." Pearl said as she sat in a chair, she was planning to take Octavia to the Squidbeak Splatoon, but after seeing Atarime and Xena worried made her change her mind "Fine. I won't tell the Squidbeak Splatoon. but keep her on that Snowglobe. That's my only condition. Because if she tries to do something against us, I won't hesitate to kill her."

"I won't tell them anything either" Xena said "We'll keep it a secret"

"Thanks..." Atarime said relieved "For now... We'll leave her in the basement. If one day you want to talk to her, let me know."

"So..." Xena said "Are you planning on... giving her a chance to regain your trust?"

"I don't know." Atarime replied "I don't want to talk to her. You know how much I suffered when I escaped from the castle. I was hoping that maybe she would change and stop the war. But she never did. And now she just comes to try to apologize like it was nothing. I really don't know what to think now..."

Meanwhile, This entire conversation was heard by Octavia, who had gotten out of her Snowglobe and had stood at the basement door to listen to everything, She became sad when she heard everything, She believed that maybe her friends would forgive her and help her, but now she knew that she was alone in this

"This will be harder than I thought..."

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"A New Home"

"The basement!? Why do I have to live in the basement!?"

After they met again and Atarime allowed Octavia to stay at her house, Atarime took Octavia to the basement, that would be the place where she would stay, away from her and Aurora, she was still upset with her and she didn't trust her even though she had let her stay and live with her in her house

"Hey! I was planning to leave you outside, but it could be dangerous, if anyone sees you, we'll get in trouble with the Squidbeak Splatoon and they could arrest us both, you for invading Inkopolis and me for hiding you here" Atarime said

"Ah.... The Squidbeak Splatoon...." Octavia said "Er.... How's the... um... team been?"

"I don't know." Atarime replied "I retired from the Squidbeak Splatoon team years ago."

"Wait wait... so you're not a Captain anymore? Wow... but... why? Why would you retire? I thought you liked working there..." Octavia asked confused

"I didn't want to continue there, it brings me back... bad memories of the war." Atarime explained "Besides, it was the best, I didn't want Aurora to know anything about the war and I wanted to protect her, so I better use my savings and i opened my own Bakery at Inkopolis plaza"

"Oh..." Octavia said "S... Speaking of Aurora, when can I talk-?"

"Never." Atarime said angrily "I don't want you to talk to Aurora."

"What!?" Octavia said "But she's my daughter too!"

"Don't you dare say that! You just found out she's your daughter! Besides, I don't trust you! Don't think that just because I let you stay here we're fine! So as a first rule, don't talk to Aurora! unless you want to get out of here, got it!?" Atarime said angry

"Uuugh.... Fine." Octavia said upset, she had just found out that she had a daughter and now she couldn't even talk to her!?

"Okay. Rule number two, you can't leave the basement or the house unless I tell you to, it could be dangerous, I'll bring you food during the day so you don't have to go out."

"Yeah Yeah....What else?" Octavia said something annoyed by those rules.

"And rule number 3, This will be the place where you sleep." Ata said as she revealed a giant snowglobe big enough for Octavia to sleep in.

"OH COME ON, A SNOWGLOBE!?" Octavia replied "I'd rather sleep on the floor than sleep there! I'm not going to go into that Snowglobe!"

"Fine! If that's too much for you, you can always get out of here!" Atarime said angrily

"Fine Fine!" Octavia said annoyed as she entered the Snowglobe "It's just as awkward as I remember....."

"Well, that would be all." Atarime said as she walked up the stairs "I'm leaving to the living room."

"Atarime wait!" Octavia said, Ata stopped going up the stairs to listen to her without responding, she just turned to look at her, she didn't look happy at all

"Um... Listen... I know I just arrived but... at some point when you're ready... I'd like to talk to you about... the past and maybe... we could reconcile and... be a family... like you always wanted it..." Octavia said

"..." Atarime didn't say anything, she just sighed and continued climbing until she reached the door and said "You did horrible things in the past and you hurt me a lot. I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive you or maybe I never will. Right now I don't want to see you or talk to you. Just leave me alone."

"Okay..." Octavia said sadly

With this said, Atarime closed the basement door, leaving Octavia alone, Atarime looked very angry, why? why did she have to come back now!? After all the pain she suffered and it took her a long time to accept that they would never be together again, she returns to try to "apologize" and be the happy family that Atarime wanted in the past, she began to doubt if she really made a good decision by letting her stay at home, it could have consequences in the future if the Squidbeak Splatoon finds out that Octavia is there

For now, she couldn't think about that, Xena and Pearl would arrive any moment and she had to start thinking about how to explain all this to them...

[alternative-future-au]

Memories of The Past: "An Unexpected Meeting" (3/3)

"O... Octavia...?" Atarime was in shock, it couldn't be... after so many years without seeing her... Octavia is here! In front of her! What should she do!?

"Atarime!" Octavia said "Oh cod! It's been so long! I spent hours looking for you! But I finally found you! I missed you so mu-!"

*SLAP!*

Without warning, Atarime hit Octavia in the face, this made Octavia fall to the floor, Atarime quickly took out her bamboozler from one of the boxes that were near her and pointed it at Octavia.

"Ow... Okay... I guess I deserved that..." Octavia said while

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" Atarime said angrily "HOW DARE YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WAR!? DID YOU... DID YOU COME TO KILL ME!? IS THAT, ISN'T!?"

"Kill you-!? No no no no! I swear no! I just want to talk to you! I swear! b-but could you put the weapon down please!?" Octavia said putting her hands up

Atarime wasn't very convinced at first, maybe it was a trap... but seeing that she didn't even have a weapon with her, she lowered her bamboozler

"I don't want to talk to you." Atarime said angrily "I don't want to see you again. Besides, how do I know this isn't a trap to kill me? This isn't the first time you've tried it. I want you to get out of my house right now before I change my mind."

"No no! Atarime please listen to me!" Octavia exclaimed as she stood up "I didn't come to hurt you or capture you! I-I want to talk to you about what happened 4 years ago... and... I want to fix everything!"

Fix everything...?

Atarime couldn't believe what Octavia had just said, "Fix everything"?, she thought she was joking, after 4 years of the war... of separating... and not seeing each other for more than 4 years... now she just comes back to apologize and try to fix what happened!? Was this some kind of joke!? What was happening to Octavia!?

"I want to come back with you! I made a lot of mistakes in the past and I was a complete idiot to you... but I want to fix it! Please give me another chance! We can be happy again! I promise! I still love you-!"

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" Atarime said angrily "After 4 years, you come here as if nothing had happened to apologize and ask me to give you another chance!? No! you and your family hurt me a lot in all the time I lived in the castle! and you never did nothing about it! you never supported me! I won't make that mistake again! Now get out of my house!"

"Atarime please! I swear I've changed! I came here for you! Please let's talk about this! Let me explai-!" Octavia said

"No! Get out and never come back! Now!"

"Atarime please-!"

"I SAID GET OU-"

"M-mom...?"

Atarime and Octavia stopped fighting when they heard a voice, it was Aurora, she looked confused and scared by the screams she had heard, she didn't know what was happening.

"A-aurora! I'm sorry! I forgot you were in the living room!" Atarime said

"What?" Octavia said confused, who was that child? and why did she call Atarime "Mom"?

"W-what's going on? And w-who is she? Why are you fighting?" Aurora asked confused

"U-um...! S-she's just a friend! Don't worry! We're not fighting! She was... she was about to leave!" Atarime said nervously "G-go play with your toys in your room, okay?"

"Okay...?" Aurora, not very convinced, decided to go to her room, she didn't understand what was happening

"*Sigh*... that was close..." Atarime said in relief

"Atarime...? Who was that child? Why did she call you... Mom?" Octavia asked "Wait... Is... is she-!?"

"She's... She's our daughter." Atarime said

"D-DAUGHTER!? W-W-WHAT!? W-WE HAD A...!? A DAUGHTER!?" Octavia was very surprised, she couldn't believe it "Why... Why didn't you tell me anything 4 years ago-!?" Octavia said

"I was going to tell you the day I left. Until I found out everything about the war... but that doesn't matter! You didn't deserve to know. So I left without telling you anything. After all, you just cared about that stupid war and win the Inkling territories." Atarime said upset

"A-Atarime... no, that... that's not true-"

"Don't lie to me. I've had enough of this." Atarime said walking away "Just leave and don't come back. I don't want to go back to you, In case you forgot, We are divorced, so I don't have to go back to the kingdom with you."

"You know it's not true." Octavia replied "We only got separated because of the war. We never signed a divorce agreement."

"Atarime please listen... I... I don't want you to return to the kingdom. And I don't want to return either." Octavia said "In fact, I'm no longer the queen. I gave up everything."

"Wait what? When did you...?" Atarime asked confused "Wait then you're not... you're not the queen anymore? but, but why-...?"

"Being queen and my job... all that... It's not... it's not important anymore... it only brought me pain... I didn't want to continue being there suffering... I couldn't live with the guilt I felt... I missed you... so I left everything... just to come find you." Octavia explained

"..." Atarime remained silent listening to Octavia, could it be possible that Octavia... really felt sorry for everything she did...?

"Listen... I know I can't undo everything I did in the castle and in the war... and I know that you don't trust me and you maybe hate me..." Octavia continued "But... I ask you give me a chance so we can make a better future for both of us... we can be a happy family, you, me and our daughter, I only ask for a chance... please..."

Atarime thought about it a little, could she really trust her...? After all these years...? She sounded very sorry and seemed like she really wanted to come back with her and fix everything, but... Atarime wasn't supposed to love Octavia anymore... or maybe that's what she thought... Maybe... Maybe deep down she wanted to be with Octavia again...? Was it really possible to create a better future after everything that had happened...?

"I'm going to regret this..." Atarime thought, and finally spoke again

"*Sigh*... You.... You can stay...."

"Re... Really!?" Octavia said happy "oh thank you thank you thank you! I'm so happy! I promise I won't cause any problems! Now, where should i-?"

"Outside."

"Huh-?"

"You will sleep outside." Atarime said angrily "I don't want you near me. I don't trust you."

"*Sigh*... Alright..." Octavia didn't want to continue with the fight so she simply agreed to sleep outside as Atarime told her.

Could Octavia really fix the problems of the past and earn Atarime's trust again? It would take time, a lot of time, but she was determined to win Atarime's love again.

This would be a new beginning for both of them.

[alternative-future-au]

Memories of the past: "A New Life" (2/3)

[Inkopolis, 2:30 PM]

"It's been 4 years since that day..."

Meanwhile, in Inkopolis, Atarime was moving some boxes, She had moved to her new house near to Inkopolis plaza 2 days ago, but she was still busy with some things

She still had to take some things out of the moving boxes, she was moving 2 boxes when a photo album fell out of one of them, upon seeing it, Atarime saw a photo from 4 years ago, it was the only photo of the Squidbeak Splatoon during the war

This made her remember many things about the war... but also that day... the day she fled from the castle and left Octavia... that night they had had a horrible fight over the issue of the war... after that fight, she decided to leave the castle that same night when she saw that the war was inevitable... leaving her wife and betraying her people... and without saying anything to Octavia about...

"Mom mom! Look at the drawing I made!"

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a voice calling her, it was her little daughter, Aurora, she was 4 years old, she wanted to show Atarime the drawing she had made

"Wow! it's amazing! Good job Aurora! oooh? did you draw your aunts?"

"Yeah!!! I want Aunt Pearl and Aunt Xena to see it!!! When will they be here mom?" Aurora asked excitedly

"Hmm... They'll be here in a few minutes! Meanwhile... Go play with your toys, okay?" Atarime said

"Okay!!!" Aurora went to the living room to play, while Atarime continued taking things out of the boxes

Atarime picked up the photo album and put it on the kitchen table, that album only made her remember everything that happened while she was still living in the castle and in the war, so she decided that she was going to hide it later, She didn't want to see it again, she didn't want to think about the past and... Octavia anymore, and she didn't want Aurora to find it, she didn't want Aurora to know anything about her past or Octavia, she wanted to keep it a secret

She wanted to continue with her new life and forget about the past and Octavia

*Knock knock!*

"HELLOOO? WE ARE HEREEEE!"

"Oh! Looks like they're already here!" Atarime opened the door, it was Xena and Pearl, they brought some things and some gifts for Aurora

"Heeeey! Atarime! we're here to celebrate!!!" Pearl entered the house with several bags

"AUNT PEARL!!! AUNT XENA!!!" Aurora said happy

"Aaah! here's my niece!" Pearl said hugging Aurora "Oooh? what's this? Did you make this drawing?"

"Yeah! it's for you and Aunt Xena!" Aurora said

"Heheh! Look at that! it's awesome!" Pearl exclaimed as she looked at the drawing

"Aww thanks Aurora!" Xena said entering the house also with some things "Hi Atarime! How is the moving going?" Xena asked as she put the bags on the table and helped Atarime with the moving boxes

"Pretty good! I'm almost done unpacking some things! How are you doing in the lab?" Atarime said

"It's been good! I've been helping Pearl a lot at Grizzco industries! I have to help her organize the schedules heh... although it's not easy at all..." Xena said

"Hey! Speaking of Grizzco industries, we should take Aurora there so she can learn how to kill salmonids!" Pearl said

"Are you crazy Pearl!? She's only 4 years old! And that's also very dangerous! She's not ready for that!" Xena said as she put some things on the table

"Awww! Okay okay! Maybe when she is 14 years old?" Pearl said

"*Sigh....* Pearl.... if she wants to work at grizzco, I guess it's-.... Huh?" Xena saw the photo album on the kitchen table "Hey Atarime? Is that a... Album?"

"Well... yeah... um... but it only contains old photos... of... you know... the war and of... her" Atarime said

"I see..." Xena said "Hey... have you... heard anything from... her...?"

"Who? Oh... are you talking about Octavia!? She's a damn traitor! I hope she's dead! She was the cause of the war! We lost so many people because of her! She just betrayed us all and tried to kill you Atarime! Don't you remember!?" Pearl said very angry while she entered to the kitchen

"Pearl! Calm down! CALM DOWN!" Xena said "I know you're upset about what happened in the war and with Octavia but you have to calm down! the war ended a long time ago!"

After Xena said that, Pearl, not very convinced, calmed down and spoke again

"Tch. Fine." Pearl said, she, like Atarime, had been through a lot in the war, and Xena knew it

"I'm so sorry Atarime. I know you don't like to talk about the war and Octavia... not after what happened in the war and in the castle..." Xena said very sadly

"It's... It's okay" Atarime said "It was hard to accept it at first but... over time I got over it, now I have a new life, I don't care anymore if she's not here, I want start over and live a peaceful life"

"I'm glad to hear that, Atarime" Xena exclaimed

"But hey! Enough of the memories of the past! This is a welcome party! Let's have fun!" Pearl said "We already brought everything so let's celebrate!"

"Alright! Hey speaking of the party, Pearl, did you bring the food I told you about?" Xena asked

"Uh... Food?" Pearl said confused

"Yeah! the food I left in the kitchen! the cake and the food I prepared!" Xena said

"Oooooh... that food... i uuuh... I forgot it..." Pearl said

"*Sigh*.... I figured so.... we'll have to go back for the food then.... Sorry Atarime...." Xena said as she headed to the door with Pearl "We'll be back in a few minutes!"

"*Sigh...*" Atarime was left thinking, had she really completely forgotten Octavia...? No, she shouldn't be thinking about that anymore, that was already in the past, now she had a new life with her friends and her daughter, away from Octo Valley and Octavia, she didn't need Octavia

*Knock knock!*

"Huh?" Atarime's thoughts were interrupted when she heard someone knock on the door, she was confused, who could it be? "I'm coming!"

"Who is it?" Atarime thought "Xena and Pearl came back so quickly? No... that would be impossible, they just left, and how-?"

"Atarime! It's been a long time, hasn't it?

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Memories of the past: "Regret" (1/3)

4 years...

It had been 4 years since the Great Turf War happened, the inklings had won and kept the territories while the Octarians... were banished from the surface...

The Queen of the Octarians, Octavia Takowasa, was doing her best to help her people after the war, but... at the same time... she was trying to stay strong for her people...

The people felt bad for their Queen, everyone knew that she had been through a lot... The war... The loss of the Great Zapfish... The betrayal of her friends and... The betrayal of her wife by leaving the kingdom and joining the inklings in the war...

How long had it been since the last time she saw her...? the last time they saw each other was during the war, and after that... she never saw her again... People rumored that she had been the one that declared the war, she abandoned Octavia and betrayed her and her people by joining the Squidbeak Splatoon

Who was that person? The leader of the Squidbeak Splatoon and the former second empress... Atarime Cuttlefish

After all these years... She was still doubting... Did... Did she took the right decision about going to the war...? no, that should have been the right decision! there was nothing she could have done, the war against the inklings was inevitable, that's why she made that decision! she had to do it! for her people! for her family! But now... after 4 years... she wasn't sure about that...

Octavia felt a lot of pain for just remembering everything that had happened in the past and in the war... in the last 2 years... she had begun to feel a lot of guilt... she felt... that perhaps... she took the wrong decision...

She felt regret...

She regretted everything she had done... The kingdom was suffering because of her... she felt that she didn't deserve to be queen... not after everything... and... she also felt regret for everything she did to Atarime while she was still in the castle... Octavia just wanted to see her again... she wanted to apologize to her for everything... she wanted to fix everything...

She couldn't take it anymore... so... she made a decision.

[...]

[10:35 am, Takowasa Castle, Octavia's office]

Octavia was in her office as usual, she spent most of her time there just to think... then... someone knocked on the door, it was a guard

"Your Majesty? I'm sorry for bothering you but princess Rose wants to talk to you!" The guard said

"Yes... I'm coming..." Octavia answered as she got up from her chair, Octavia went directly to Rose's office, where she was waiting

"Oh! there you are Octavia!" Rose said "Come in! I need to talk to you..."

"What's wrong...?" Octavia asked as she closed the office door

"*Sigh*... Look Octavia... I've been noticing that you've been... acting very strange in the last few months... you spend all your time in your room or in your office crying and drinking and you don't want to talk to me or anyone in the family! that's why I called you, is... is everything okay? Do you need to talk about something?"

"..." Octavia didn't answer, she thought that maybe it was time to tell Rose what she was going to do

"Sister, please, talk to me, it's... it's something about the war right?" Rose asked

"Rose...can I ask you something?"

"Yes of course!"

"Do... Do you think she hates me...?" Octavia asked

"Huh? Who?" Rose thought for a moment and then replied "Wait... you're talking about... her... right?"

"Yeah..."

"Ugh, Forget about her Octavia! she's a traitor! She betrayed us and you! she left you! she took everything from us! she declared the war! Remember that!"

"No Rose!" Octavia said "Don't say that! You know that the war was my fault too!"

"You... You're defending her!? After everything she did to us!? What is happening to you Octavia!? Don't you remember everything she did to us!? To the kingdom!? To the family!? That's why you're acting weird, right!?" Rose said

"THAT'S ENOUGH ROSE!" Octavia screamed, after saying that, Octavia calmed down and spoke again

"The true is that... I... I made a lot of mistakes since I became queen... No... I don't even deserve to be the queen! Not after everything i did..." Octavia explained "I made a lot of mistakes with the kingdom... my friends... and... Atarime... she didn't deserve anything I did to her while she lived in the castle... I... want to fix everything... and that's why i made a decision."

"W-what...? What are you talking about!? W-what are you going to do!?" Rose said very worried

"Rose. you will be in charge of the kingdom now." Octavia said

"W-W-WHAT!?" Rose said "M-ME!? Q-QUEEN!? BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!?"

"I'm... I'm leaving. Forever." Octavia said "I'll go to Inkopolis to find Atarime..."

"WHAT!? INKOPOLIS!? OCTAVIA NO! THE INKLINGS WILL KILL YOU IF THEY SEE YOU! PLEASE! DON'T GO THERE!" Rose said trying to convince Octavia

"NO!" Octavia exclaimed "I already made my decision Rose!"

"..." Rose didn't said anything, she stared down sad and angry

"Listen... I know this is hard to understand... But I'll be fine... I promise I'll write you letters to let you know that i'm fine... okay?" Octavia said while she walked to the office door

"I'm... I'm sorry Rose..." Octavia said as she left the office

Once Octavia left, Rose was so angry, she couldn't believe it, once again, that Inkling had taken everything from her and her family, and now her sister!?

"That Inkling... Atarime! Mom was right! She just ruins everything! She took everything from us! But...! but this isn't going to stay like this!"

[alternative-future-au]

Welcome to Alternative Future AU!

(This is an alternate universe where the Great Turf War already happened!)

Story:

"Due to the events of the Great Turf war, Atarime and Octavia separated, 4 years passed and Octavia began to regret everything she did, so she decided to go look for Atarime in Inkopolis, leaving the throne to her younger sister Rose"

"Meanwhile in Inkopolis, Atarime, after the war, moved to Inkopolis with her daughter Aurora to start a new life, but she didn't expect that 4 years later, Octavia would go looking for her to apologize for what she did..."

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