Author's note: Hello, dreamers! When we last saw our heroes, scare time was about ready to start! In this chapter, I will show the unique ways Lily, Lilith, Corrin, and Cadenza use while scaring, and also dive into Cadenza's strange powers... Megan and Lily will have a scare off, and this chapter will build Lily's powers a little bit, and introduce something that belonged to Alessia in the past, and introduce a very special movie character! So, anyway, on to the story!
Characters introduced (Or first mentioned)
(From Monsters Inc)
Joe Ranft
Josh 'Noodles' Rivera
Augustus 'Spike' Jones
Needleman & Smitty
Charlie Proctor
George Sanderson
Boo
(From Die Hard)
Hans Gruber
Karl Vreski
Tony Vreski
(From JoJo)
Kars
Wamuu
Esidisi
Santana
Disclaimer! Any of the characters, ideas, locations, or stories that aren't my OCs or part of my personal ideas aren't mine and I do not claim to own them.
Chapter 6: Scare Time!
July 2012
The whistle blasted, and at that instant, everyone made a mad dash towards their door stations. Lily felt a surge of energy flowing through her as she ran towards the door, turned the knob, and tried her best to tiptoe into the room, instead of running. She tiptoed up to the sleeping figure and prepared to scare it, but you could see remorse in her eyes, as she hesitated.
Is this the right thing to do? I want to do my job, but I don't want to scare a young kid... Lily thought, feeling guilty for what she had to do. Well, here goes nothing... Lily thought as she prepared to roar...
"ROOOOAARR!" Lily let out the loudest roar she possibly could. The roar was followed by an ear-piercing scream from the child, making Lily feel bad. Well, I guess that's out of the way... wow, I don't really like my first job, but I have to do it for the entire multiverse's sake! Lily exited the room and saw a crowd of monsters around her, Corrin, Cadenza, and Lilith's doors. After she exited, she felt a light surging through her. It was the first piece of essence!
"This is the essence of Courage! You were scared when you first came here, but you didn't let that stop you from making new friends!" The voice of Alessia said.
"Thank you, mom!" Lily said, still not used to calling Alessia her mother, but looking forward to meeting her in person someday.
"Wow! You were on FIRE! That was great for newcomers! A first-dayer has never been able to fill a canister that much!" Joe Ranft, a big, purple monster with 3 eyes said. Lily looked to her side and saw that she had filled her scream canister almost completely.
"Yeah, but Cadenza was my favorite, because dragons rule!" Josh 'Noodles' Rivera, a tall monster with many tentacles said.
"I agree with those two! Don't tell him I told you this, but you 4 may even be better than Sully! Augustus 'Spike' Jones, a slug-like monster covered in dark red spikes whispered to Lily.
"Heeey, I heard that..." Sully said, not really angry, just teasingly.
"Well, I shouldn't have much trouble, Either!" Megan said, running into her first room with her dark new form.
In record time, an earth-shattering roar was heard, followed by a scream. Megan exited the room with a sly smirk on her face. Jaws hit the floor when it was noticed that Megan had filled her canister completely! "Wait, who even are you?" Joe said to Megan.
"Megan. I work alone." Megan said, strutting off to yell at her assistant.
"Well, she woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Do you know who she is?" Joe asked Lily.
"Well, she's kinda my... cousin," Lily said.
"Wait, so that means... You're HER? Lily, as in the future queen of Paragon Etheria? And that's Megan?" Joe said.
"Well, I am, but I still haven't gotten used to the role yet... It seems a little too much for me, but I have to follow in my Mother, Alessandria's footsteps, and so does Megan. She has to follow in my aunt Morgana's footsteps." Lily said, feeling a little sorry for Megan.
"Wait, if she's Megan, that means we're all in grave danger..." Joe said as Lily noticed his purple skin going pale slightly.
"Well, I think we're off to a good start, because we have Mike and Sully on our team, so we're one step closer to defeating her!" Lily said, feeling slightly enthusiastic.
"I hope it's not too difficult... I've heard stories about some of those villains that I won't tell you because I don't want to scare you, but let me tell you, you should be very careful," Joe said, careful not to tell Lily about anything too scary.
"Hey, what's going on over there?" Asked Lily, observing a commotion at one of the door stations.
"I COULD'VE BEEN DEAD! I COULD'VE DIIIIEED!" Said Claws ward, a blue monster with extremely sharp (take a guess) while shaking his assistant, Jimmy, who immediately whistled and yelled for Needleman and Smitty.
"HEY, WE'VE GOT A DEAD DOOR OVER HERE!" The two were over in a jiffy, rolling a big contraption with them.
Needleman put 2 strips of yellow tape with the words 'void' on the door, before lifting the heavy item in the shredder. "Let her rip!" Needleman said, signaling for Smitty to pull the lever. The door was shredded instantly, and what was left were 2 small doorknobs.
Well, now I know what the mission plan meant when it said 'could get strange.' Lily thought, not knowing things would get crazier than she could ever imagine in just a matter of a few hours...
The group continued scaring, stopping to catch breaks every once in a while. "Hey, Wazowski! Nice job!" An assistant named Charlie said.
"How's George doing?" Mike said.
"He's doin' great!" Charlie said as a furry orange monster strode out of his door.
"Wait, is that a-," Corrin said, eyeing the sock stuck to George's back, being cut off by Charlie gasping and screaming.
"2319! WE HAVE A 2319!" Jerry screamed, as he ran, sounded the alarm, with everything turning to chaos.
The alarm started blaring, and on top of that, there was a voice saying, "RED ALERT, RED ALERT, RED ALERT".
The shutters flew open, letting in blinding light, causing a few people to squint. "Wait, what is going ON here? Are we OK?" Cadenza asked, trying to make at least SOME sense out of the situation they were in!
"George Sanderson, please remain motionless." The computer voice said. Ok, now, THIS is strange... Lily thought while covering her ears, but, little did she know, it was about to get even more hectic!
The only warning that was given was, "DUCK AND COVER, PEOPLE!" Everyone flinched, awaiting a bomb, or something, but instead, guys dressed in yellow hazmat-style suits came through the windows, sliding down ropes!
Lilith and Lily could hear Waternoose groan, "Oh, not the CDA!" By the sound of his reaction, they knew this wasn't good...
More CDA agents came bursting through the doors, pushing people back, and all running towards George.
These must be villains! no one would ever burst into a place like this without being seedy! Lily thought.
Lilith looked at Megan, seeing her smirking in the midst of the chaos. Lilith gave Lily a side glance, thinking the same thing, that Megan had something to do with this chaos. As the two were about to confront Megan, they were distracted by the loud sound of a screwdriver. They turned around and saw two CDA agents drilling a dome-shaped metal object into the ground. A third agent pulled out a detonator and was prepared to push the button, but as he was about to, Lily yelled out. "STOP! Don't do it, it's a trap!" She thought the device was rigged, but the CDA were just doing their jobs.
Lily was about to take the detonator, but Mike stopped her by whispering, "Lil, everything's alright, we'll tell you about it after everything's over, Ok?" Lily nodded, still shaken up.
The agent pushed the button, as everyone flinched, and a loud boom was heard, muffled slightly by the metal dome, that was shortly unscrewed from the ground. The ashes of the sock were vacuumed up from the floor, as things seemed to calm down. But... there was one more thing that happened...
"Hey, thanks! That was a close one!" George said before two agents pulled a yellow shower curtain up around him. From inside the curtain, all that was heard were the sounds of shaving clippers and George's screams. After it was done, the curtain was pulled down, revealing a sight that Lily had to stop herself from laughing at. George was entirely shaved, save for a few patches of orange fur here and there, and was wearing a cone of shame! An agent then turned George around and ripped a band-aid off, resulting in George letting out an ear-piercing scream.
Now that had to hurt! Lily thought.
After the chaos, the entire scare floor took a break for a half-hour so the system could be reset, so Lily took that as a perfect opportunity to ask sully about what happened. "Sully... What just happened in there?"
"Ok, so you know how we believe children are toxic, right? Since George brought a foreign item belonging to a child into our world, we had to call in the big guns. We're sorry it got so out of hand, but sometimes stuff like that's unavoidable." Sully said, giving some clarity to the hectic situation.
"Look, I know you're scared of us, but we're gonna change everyone's minds!" Lily said.
Her growing group was determined to bring peace between monsters and humans! "Hey, Mr. Waternoose!" Sully said, calling him over.
"An entire scare floor out of commission, what else could go wrong?" Waternoose said, getting a cup of 'coffee,' that looked more like tar...
"Well... It was just one incident, maybe it should be made mandatory for scarers to check themselves before exiting a room." Corrin said, trying to find a solution.
"Corrin... This company has been in my family for three generations, I would do anything to keep it alive..." Waternoose said. Lily understood him.
"I understand how much it means to you because, at the Mansion of Lucidity, it's always been about family, traditions, and heirlooms. Jewelry, traditions, pictures, or anything special is passed down from family member to family member." Lily thought, thinking about home.
At that mansion, familial ties were the thing that mattered most, and Lily held her family dearer than any of her nice toys, dresses, jewelry, or any fancy of expensive thing she had. The word 'friend' wasn't really thrown around that much, because everyone there was family, even if they weren't related.
"Well, I understand... I was there, remember, I know your sister Aurora, and used to visit the mansion every once and a while for parties, so I've been in that atmosphere before... Many characters don't know about Haventown, because Aurora wanted to keep only a smaller amount of characters in the mansion until you came along, Lily because she feared the villains would try to invade..." Waternoose said.
Lily was beginning to look up to Waternoose, but little did she know, he wasn't being entirely truthful... The reason being, Haventown was designed to be a safe sanctuary for characters, and Aurora only let people in who desperately wanted to escape from the turmoil of the conflict between good and evil, because no one is allowed to leave the town when they moved in, at least until peace returned. The town had been known to deny visitors and sightseers who just wanted to 'visit for parties,' so Waternoose must have been lying about knowing Aurora, but neither Lily, nor Corrin, Cadenza, or Lilith had caught on... Just what Waternoose wanted...
Lily, who hadn't know Waternoose's true colors, said, "We'll help you save this company! Sully's gonna win that All Time Scare Record, and we'll help him!"
Waternoose, who knew the odds were going in his favor, said, "Thank you! I just know you'll make us all proud!" Waternoose said, using his kind demeanor to mask his true colors... "Say, I could use your help with something! We've hired some new scare recruits, and frankly, they're, um, uh..." Waternoose said before Sully said,
"Inexperienced?" "Oh, they stink! I would like you to go by tomorrow and do a demonstration! Show them what it takes to be a top scarer!" Waternoose said before sully enthusiastically yelled,
"Yea, I'll start out with the ol' Waternoose jump n' growl! HEEEAAAAHGGH!" Everyone near Sully jumped back in fear! Now THAT was a roar! Lily thought while trying to bring her heart rate back down.
"Well, it was nice talking to you, Sir! We'll see you later." Corrin said to Waternoose before the bell rang to go back to work...
Scare time continued well into the afternoon, as the sun began to set, beckoning the night to come, where the villains were their strongest...
Dio, the most powerful of them all, said, "Well, well, Megan, you did great today! Smirking at just the right moment to get Lily and Lilith to notice your villainous ways instead of Waternoose's is nothing short of genius!"
"Thank you, Dio, but don't think I'm the only genius here! Randall's trying his hardest to get everyone to believe he's the true villain of this story and not Waternoose!" Megan said, too clever for her own good.
"Clever indeed, but know this, we can't afford for those brats to purify even one villain!" Dio said.
"Well, I've seen this movie a million times before, what with my mother's constant forbidden prophecy gazing, so I know Boo, the most important character of this entire movie will be appearing very soon! When Lily's group meets her, THAT'S when we start putting our true plan in motion! One of us should spy on the group in the next phase!" Megan said, with pride in her eyes.
Dio, who thought he should send someone more familiar with Monsters Inc on this mission, said to Megan, "Well, sister, I would love to send you, but I don't you think it better to send Randall? After all, he's the most familiar of us all, and, not to mention, he'll get the heroes off of Waternoose's case!"
Randall, who had been listening to the entire conversation, entered the room and said, "You, called, D? I've got an I've got a plan that's gonna knock your socks off, but I can only do it solo..." Randall was imagining the praise he would get from Queen Morgana for completing the mission single-handedly!
"Yes, Randall, I said I want to send you on the mission," Dio said, "But, sending Megan would give you a boost if things were to go awry, so I guess you're stuck with her!"
Megan laughed, knowing this dashed Randall's hopes. "Wait, WHAT? Um, excuse me, but I believe I BELONG in this movie, so I don't think it would be a very good idea to send a nonverse on a mission with me!" Randall knew he had made the biggest mistake of his life when he saw the rage in Dio's eyes.
The vampire cast a spell all around Randall and him, shielding young Megan from what he was about to do to Randall. Nonverse was a disrespectful term used to describe OCs not belonging to any movie, tv-show, or video game, and was also used to describe characters created from Alessia's own mind... "What. Did. you. just. call. her?" Dio said, with insane rage in his eyes. He punched Randall with immense strength, knocking him down. "Uh, nonverse?" Randall said, his voice shaking.
"You know what Morgana said about that term. It not only disgraces everything she's ever created, but it disgraces our future! Megan is NOT to be disrespected by terminology like that, because if not for her, we wouldn't be on the journey we're on right now, and we wouldn't have this shot at ultimate power!" Dio said.
Randall said one thing that would almost cost him his life. "Why." That was all he said, before Dio threw a punch so hard, that if it would have been for Randall's quick dodging, would've been fatal...
"Why what? I will give you 10 seconds to tell me what compelled you to say something so stupid, and I'll decide whether I should spare you, because, as you should know, we are in my own pocket space created from my small portion of nightdream power, so if I do away with you, no one will know!" Dio said darkly.
"Why do we do this, Dio? Why are we stuck in this endless and meaningless cycle of 'hero vs villain,' which always ends with one or the other being hurt? You may think I'm 'going soft' or am a traitor, but this is getting old! If Lily and her group can stop this conflict, then why don't we take a leap of faith, step out of our comfort zone, and join them, Dio! I know we're villains, but if Lily is the sword that will break the cycle, why are we against her?" Randall said, beginning to question everything he knew.
"The reason, Boggs? You want the TRUE reason why I will never join that wretched multiverse? I'll tell you why. It's fear. Fear of what those, 'heroes' do to us villains! They think they're so high and mighty, and that there are no baddies in their group, but as a villain, I've seen my fair share of scum in the hero's side." Dio said.
"I work as the chief villain scout of the nightdreamer army, so it's my JOB to see horrible things heroes have done! The scouts travel through movies and revive and recruit villains that have been killed, so it's my JOB to see horrible things heroes have done! One time, I was scouting in an old 80s movie called 'Die Hard,' and came across a horrible sight. During the events of the movie, I had become friends with Hans Gruber's group but lost them ALL ONE BY ONE, and who did it, you might ask? A self-proclaimed-hero named John Mcclane managed to steal every single friend I made that night, leaving me to revive them all. Even though they were brought back the damage was still done, because while they were all killed in different ways each, Tony and his brother Karl stuck with me the most. Tony was killed early on by Mclane, by being pushed down stairs, breaking his neck in the process. Both Karl and I vowed revenge on him for what he did, but Karl was worse off because even though we were all villains, Tony was still his brother.
He followed the path of revenge that most people do when someone they love is harmed by another person, but unlike someone with a pure heart, Karl didn't avert the path of revenge in favor of friendship, he followed the path with only one end for him. He went until he couldn't go anymore because one hero stood up and defended his friends, something I couldn't do, Randall, because I follow the villain's path. How about another reason we can never trust heroes, Randall?
This story's from MY home, and is about the man who created the stone mask, the item that made me what I am today... His name was Kars, and he had 3 partners named 'the pillar men,' who set out to become, 'ultimate lifeforms.' I befriended two of them when living in Morgana's palace, and hearing their backstories instilled a new hatred of the heroes inside of me... I say, 'befriended 3 of them,' because the fourth pillar man wasn't able to be killed and revived. He had used the power of the stone mask to turn into a super-being and take over the world, which was prevented by Joseph Joestar. 'Joseph Joestar.' Even saying that name makes my blood boil. As we speak, Kars is floating through the endless void of space, never to move, speak, talk, or even think again. Even death is not an option for him, because of that mask, but in my heart, I believe it's that Joestar boy's fault. Every day I find more reasons to loathe that family.
"Dio, that was a good reason, but why have I never seen any of that stuff myself?" Randall said, expecting another blow from Dio's fist, but was told a shocking but true story instead.
"You have. Remember when you were a young college student and was labeled, 'uncool?' Those stupid heroes have never let you live anything down, and the true reason you're a villain nowadays, is because of them." Dio explained.
"Well, I...I've never thought about it that way... Thanks for opening my eyes." Randall said, quietly.
Meanwhile, Lily and the group were at Mike and Sully's home, preparing to go to their first fancy dinner, but found a shocking truth.
Wait, Aurora didn't pack us anything nice? This is the fanciest restaurant in town, and all we have is casual wear... Lily thought, disappointed,
before seeing a note in the side pouch of her suitcase... Lily unfolded the note, which contained four small metal pins, and also explained the reason why there weren't any nice clothes in the bags.
I thought you could use a little training of your powers, so I will allow you to take requests from the others, and create clothes with the daydream gem! P.S these pins will be your best friends, because they have the power to mask your human forms when out in public when you want to wear human clothing. ~Aurora
Well, I guess I have a lot of work to do... Lily thought, turning to the others. "Alright, I guess I'm your designer! So, you first, Lilith, what type of dress would you like?" Lily said.
"Well, I have always wanted a short blue A-line dress, with cap sleeves, please," Lilith said.
"Coming right up!" Lily said, before closing her eyes and focusing hard. She opened her eyes, and the old-fashioned dress she once wore was replaced with a newer, fancier blue dress.
"Woah... I don't think I'll ever be able to get used to that... It's just so cool! Alright, Cadenza, you next!" Lily said as Cadenza walked up to Lily with excitement in her eyes.
"I would like a long, extravagant pink dress, with feathers everywhere, please!" Cadenza said, as she awaited her new dress. Cadenza's Nohr Princess armor was replaced by a long, flowing, dramatic dress fitting a princess.
"Well, I guess it's my turn now. I would like a nice suit, please!" Corrin said.
Hmm, every time I've used my powers so far, I've had my eyes closed, like I'm scared, or something! Let me try it with them open! Lily thought as she focused hard while keeping her eyes wide open.
She was met with fantastical sights, as she saw corrin's outfit transforming right in front of her! "Those are my powers? I... I never would've imagined... Just a few weeks ago, my friend Alice and I were playing magic princesses in our backyard, and now I'm using real magic!" Lily never thought she would ever be able to perform magic... She had always known it was real because she lived in a house with magical people, but she never thought SHE would be able to do it!
"Well, I guess it's my turn," Lily said.
What she was about to do would completely startle everyone. I would like a long, light pink poofy dress, with gold puffy sleeves, and flowers on the waist. Lily thought.
This particular dress was so significant to Lily, because for as long as she could remember, whenever she drifted off into the welcoming world of sleep, she had always worn this dress. She had never seen it in the waking world because it was her special dream dress. . She thought everyone would laugh at her dress, but no one did. Instead, they all wore faces of shock, surprise, and even reverence.
"Lily... That's... It can't be..." Cadenza stuttered, tears forming in her eyes.
"Lily... Tell me... How do you know about that dress?" Lilith said, bewildered.
"Well, I've always known about it... Every time I see myself in my dreams, I'm wearing it..." Lily was unsure about the true significance of what she was wearing.
"Lily... That dress belonged to your mother..." Corrin said.
"Wait, this dress belonged to Alessia? I thought it was just something I made up in my dreams!" Lily said.
"Lil, your mother Alessia first wore that dress on her coronation day when she was crowned ruler of the daydreamer tribe and it was re-made by her to fit you, Corrin said.
"Wait, does that mean... it was a gift from Alessia?" Lily said, thinking about her mother.
"Yes, it was, and it means you're one step closer to finally becoming queen and putting a stop to Morgana's reign of terror!" Corrin said.
Everyone enjoyed that moment of peace, but a few minutes later, there was a phone call that would change everything...
"Hi, Sully, it's Cadenza! Is everything alright? Wait, what? Um, ok, we'll come to meet you in the factory right away, just let us put on the new pins Aurora sent with us!" Cadenza said, scrambling to hand the pins out.
"Wait, what's going on? Is it the villains?" Lilith said while pinning hers on her dress.
"We don't know if it's villains yet, a door might have been left behind by accident, but sully found one in a station after hours, which is never allowed to happen!" Cadenza said, hurrying to get everyone out the door.
"Ok, since it'll take too long to just run to the factory... I'm actually a pretty good skateboarder, so..." Lily said, preparing to use her magic again. This time, a brand new skateboard appeared under her feet.
"Since we don't know how to skateboard, we'll fly and you'll do the roller-work!" Cadenza said, spreading her dragon wings.
All four friends took off towards the factory, flying through the night sky, as spectators stared on in awe. "Sister, what do you think this could be? could it just be a false alarm or is something truly serious happening at that factory?" Corrin said.
"Well, if it's the villains behind this, they'll get their comeuppance, but if it's just some lazy worker... oh, just wait until Waternoose finds out!" Cadenza wasn't joking about this one, because Waternoose would be angry if anyone was being lazy on the job.
"I can see the factory in the distance!" Lilith said from up ahead. Lilith had to try hard to keep up with Lily because she wasn't lying when she said she could skate... Soon after that, the group landed in the dark parking lot of the factory, and immediately went through the big glass doors, anxious to see what was going on inside.
"S-Sully... Are you here? 'Cmon out, this is getting scary..." Lily said, staying close to the other three. "Don't worry, everything's going to be ok," Lilith said, with a smile on her face, that reminded her of Aurora.
"OH, thank goodness you guys are here! Sully said. There's a door here, and I reckon Randall and Megan have something to do with it!" Sully said as the group followed him towards the scare floor.
"So, I was helping Mike with the paperwork he forgot for the hundredth time, and I saw this pink door with flowers! I walked over to get a closer look, and I heard a sound coming from the other side! I opened it, and out popped a CHILD of all things!" Sully said, urgently. "I have the kid in this bag right here, but I don't want her to escape." Sully was right because boo was going to be a handful!
"Listen, we need to get to Harryhausen's as soon as we can because this is no accident! I saw Randall on the scare floor after dark, so it's definitely him!" Sully was right because Randall was definitely on to something, but no one could tell what just yet...
"Alright, Lily and Lilith, you go with Sully to Harryhausen's to tell Mike about the door and the child, while my brother and I remain here, in case Randall comes back." Cadenza said. The group split up, with Corrin and Cadenza staying at the factory, awaiting and preparing for a fight that was sure to happen...
Meanwhile, Dio, Randall, and Megan were coordinating their attack... "Megan, you follow the Etherian Princess to that restaurant, while we stay here and do the rough stuff!" Dio said.
Megan obeyed and ran off to secretly follow the others.
"Wait, I have one more thing to give you, Randall," Dio said. he placed his hand on Randall's forehead and imbued him with power. "That was a piece of my power, passed on to you, Boggs. Don't get used to it, because it doesn't last long." Dio was extremely greedy when it came to power, or basically anything.
"Listen, Dio, we're going up against two of the most powerful video game characters we've come across in a long time! What happens when we're both killed, and the entire mission is aborted because of it?" What Randall said was true, because the twins were very powerful, but we're about to get a very rude awakening when they faced Dio, who was already counting down for the attack. On my mark, we attack..." Dio said as he and Randall made gradual steps out of the darkness...
"Three" Randall said, preparing himself...
"Two," Dio said, aiming a blast of energy at the twins,
"ONE!" Both villains yelled, before Dio threw his attack directly at Cadenza.
"LOOK OUT!" Corrin noticed the attack and shoved his sister out of the way, being hit hard himself by the attack. He screamed out in pain because the attack was an electrical-based one.
"CORRIN!" Cadenza rushed to her brother's side. "Corrin, please don't do this!" The pink-haired girl started rummaging through her bag, finding a vulnerary for her brother. "Oh, no you don't!" Dio hit Cadenza's hand with his magic, making the bottle fly into the air.
"NO!" Cadenza tried to jump forward to catch the precious potion, but she was too late, and the bottle hit the ground and shattered.
"You MONSTER! I'll make you pay for that!" Cadenza said, before sending a massive ball of pink energy toward Dio and Randall.
The two villains were sent flying backward by the attack into a wall.
Wait... What WAS that? That's never happed before... Cadenza was shocked by what had just happened.
"My god... It's her... It's really her..." Dio said, with shock in his eyes, and what Cadenza swore was fear.
"Wait, what, what just happened? We've been spying on Fire Emblem characters for a long time now, but I've never seen anything like that!" Randall said.
He was not ready to hear who Cadenza was truly... "Randall... All I'll tell you is we must kill this one before she does it to us..." What Dio didn't know was that Cadenza was one of the keys to Morgana's undoing... He conjured two massive energy bursts from his hands and threw them, both at Cadenza...
Meanwhile, at the restaurant, Lilith, Lily, and Sully were growing anxious about where the twins were, not to mention already nervous about how to tell Mike about Boo...
"Ok, this is too much! They must be in trouble, so I'm going to help them! Lily, can you handle staying with Mike and Sully for a little bit?" Lilith said, before spotting the two whispering to each other, hidden behind a restaurant menu, with Celia staring at them angrily.
"On second thought, I think we should all stay here," Lily said before the chaos started.
Boo had escaped from under the table and was running around with the Monsters Inc bag over her head, before Sully jumped out of his seat and his fur, trying to stop her from being discovered.
"Micheal, what's going on?" Celia said, oblivious to what was about to happen.
"Celia, please try to understand! I have to DO SOMETHING!" Mike said, as Boo threw the bag off her head, and started running wild, before jumping on top of the sushi maker's counter and shouting, "BOO!"
Just that one word made the entire restaurant go completely insane, running around and screaming in absolute terror, knocking over plates and tables, and running into each other.
"A KID!" One monster screamed in terror. Lilith noticed an octopus pick up the phone and start dialing.
That doesn't look good... She knew the CDA were probably on their way...
Then, out of the corner of her eye, Lilith saw Megan spying on them
"Lily? Lily, where are you?" Lilith called, trying to find her in the midst of the chaos.
"I'm right here, and I'm alright!" Lily reassured.
"Oh, good! Those guys from earlier are probably on their way, so we need to get out of here!" Lilith said to Lily, as they ran towards the door.
"Wait!" Lily said, before helping mike find Boo, before putting her safely in a take-out box, and running out the door, leaving the Monsters Inc bag behind... The scene outside was even worse outside than it was in, with CDA helicopters circling overhead, and shining bright searchlights.
"Wait, what about Celia?" Mike ran back to find his girlfriend, who was grabbed by an agent.
"Get your hands off my Schmoopsie-Po-!"
Mike was pulled back by Sully before he could do anything dumb. "Well, I don't think that thing could've gone any worse!" Mike had spoken too soon, because almost as soon as he had stopped talking, a strange, loud noise was heard from behind them, which made everyone turn around in shock.
A strange barrier had been conjured over the building. "Lily, I'm so sorry this happened!" Lilith said.
"Well, something like that happened in Haventown just a few weeks ago! Rosie was practicing spells, and she accidentally cast a barrier over the house that stayed up for 1 hour! Aurora was FURIOUS because she was late for work!" Lily grew up in a house full of characters, so she was used to some of these things.
Meanwhile, the twins were struggling against Dio and Randall, but Cadenza was about to do something else unexpected... The energy blasts were racing towards her and Corrin, but Caddie blocked hers with ease!
"IMPOSSIBLE! How could 'she' have been under our noses this ENTIRE time?" Dio was teeming with anger at what was discovered...
"Dio, we should get going, before anyone sees us!" Randall was ready to get out undetected.
"Not yet. I need to run something by this girl." Dio calmly said, approaching cadenza, who backed away.
"You may not understand who you are just yet, but let me make very something clear with you. We WILL find a way to defeat you, and we WILL get that daydream gem." Dio said, confidently.
"Are you trying to intimidate me, Dio? After what you just saw, do you really think it wise to do that?" Cadenza had been given new confidence from her strange new powers...
"Really, you don't understand who you are, but you will now!" Dio said, as he conjured a mirror, and handed it to Cadenza.
"This is called the mirror of truth, and it is one of Morgana's most treasured possessions. Now, stare into the mirror. What do you see?" Dio said, hoping his evil plan would work.
"I... I see... Myself... Wait, what is this? I see Alessia and Lily! Wait, why do Lily and I have the same aura?" Cadenza saw the entire truth behind everything, including the creation of Alessia...
The vision ended, and Cadenza stared at Dio, knowing everyone on Lily's side was in danger... "Dio... Do you even understand what you're dealing with? You think it's going to be easy to defeat us now that I know who I truly am?" Cadenza said.
Dio, who was eager to inform Morgana about his findings, said, "We don't have time for this, but let it be known, this isn't the last you'll see of us!" Dio said as he and Randall teleported away... Cadenza stood confidently, before remembering.
"CORRIN!" Cadenza said, running to her brother. "Corrin, please hang on... Please don't go..." Cadenza said, tears streaming down her face.
Corrin was gone. Dio had killed him, and Cadenza knew her brother wasn't coming back... "NOOOOOOO!" Corrin, why did you do it? Why did you save me? You can't do this to us, you promised we would all see Paragon Etheria together! YOU PROMISED!" Cadenza screamed to the heavens in agony as she held Corrin. "Corrin... I'm sorry... I'm sorry I didn't notice Dio... It's my fault..."
Cadenza was inconsolable, and it was her extreme emotions that caused what happened next... Corrin's body started glowing a dazzling pink, the exact color of Cadenza's aura. The pink-haired girl opened her teary, violet eyes and stared at what was happening to her brother. Corrin opened his eyes, looking awake and alert, unlike Cadenza, who was drained by the feat of magic she had just performed.
"Corrin? CORRIN!" Cadenza said as she hugged the person she thought she had lost... "H-how? How are you alive? Did I... bring you back to life?" Cadenza asked, both shocked and relieved.
"Wait, I died? All I remember is seeing something flying towards us, pushing you out of the way, pain, and nothing! I thought I was just knocked out, not dead!" Corrin said, lucky to be alive.
"But how am I alive? vulneraries can't revive people..." Corrin wasn't ready to hear the truth, no one was, yet...
"It was me, I did it." Cadenza said. She explained everything, from the vision the mirror revealed to her, to her new power surge. "But promise me you will not tell anyone about any of this. This is so big, not even Aurora should know yet."
Cadenza said. Corrin was complete at a loss for words and didn't know what to think about what Cadenza had just told him.
"Let's find the others. They should have Boo with them..." Cadenza said as the two left the factory...
Author's Note: Now THAT was the longest chapter I've ever written! So, a HUGE game-changing truth has just been revealed to Cadenza, along with some of her true powers. In the coming chapters, she and Corrin will keep everything a secret, but all will be revealed in due time... So, the next chapter will be about Boo's first trip to the factory and will have a bit more of a 'spy' feel to it because everyone will be sneaking around, trying to hide from the villains, and spying on each other, trying to guess who is planning what. So, anyway I hope you enjoyed it, and I'll see you in the next chapter! Bye! (P.S The dress Lily creates was mine when I was little! I don't think it came from a movie, it was a random princess dress.)
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