Fractured Realms

Chapter 2 - Entity's Collapse

Steve, now under the control of his angry aspect, was surrounded by several of Lord Entity's clones, knowing that the situation is not on the Creator's favor.

"You are a fool to face a Crea-"

Lord Dinnerbone suddenly appears, sipping tea, to Lord Entity's surprise.

"How fascinating!"

"How, how could you?!"

Dinnerbone responds with a quirky laugh, then suddenly several tesseracts flew towards Lord Entity, his clones, and Steve.

Fortunately, a moment before the tesseracts explode, Lord Entity summoned several hedges from the floor to fend off most of the tesseracts' damage.

"Why you keep intervering?!"

"Oh, let's have some fun, shall we? More fun! More fun!"

Lord Entity had had enough of Dinnerbone constantly interrupting his scheme, so he sent out several of his clones at Dinnerbone. One attempted to land a blow, of which was blocked and the clone was thrown away. Another attacked from above, but Dinnerbone summoned his energy shield to block the attacks. Another engaged in a close combat with dual swords but Dinnerbone used his magic shields to parry the attacks and blasted both clones off.

Soon after, Dinnerbone realized something that he was in another Creator's domain, and as such, his power was mildly limited. In order to gain advantage, he decided to expand his domain to Entity's.

"Domain Extension!"

Dinnerbone summoned a portal from his realm, which a spike from his realm burst out of.

"I won't let you. Domain Protection!"

Entity dropped his sword on the ground, which caused a hedge to protrude out of the ground, stopping Dinnerbone's protrution to further consume the realm. Several more clones were sent out, but they were no match, and was defeated quite easily.

Dinnerbone morphed himself in to a hat which later cloned itself into three, travelling around the realm as the clones tried to stop them in a futile attempt. As the battle raged on, the realm shifted, and Steve had been encased in a spherical cage of pure energy. Several clones tried to break it, but to no avail. Entity gasped realizing this.

"When did he implant him within it?"

A clone called out.

"Keep moving his location! We must save Steve!"

Entity then directed several clones to attack to barrier, but was unsuccessful, until the floor protruded out, destroying the barrier.

Immediately, Entity and a couple of other clones surround Steve and reached their arms to Steve.

"I just need to touch him, just once, to bring you back, at least, a part of you."

However, right before he could do that, the hats took a sharp turn and flew towards Entity and his clones in a very high speed, slicing them all into half.

"Why... Why does my help never help? Am I a failure... of a Creator?!"

A tear shed from Steve's left eye.

"Why, why am I crying?"

"I'm sorry, Steve..."

Entity's eyes disappear as his body dissipates in green smokes.

"Hmm... So delicious. Oh why thank you, I brewed it myself would you care for another cup?"

Entity reformed his body and stood upside down before Dinnerbone.

"Why are you interferring?!"

"You should know your place. Because if you get too close to the fire, you'll burn!"

As they were talking, Steve were transported back into the Overworld.

"What purpose do you have with them? Why are you so fixated?"

Entity, in fury, directed more of his clones to attack Dinnerbone. However slowly, he began to lose control of his clones, as Dinnerbone's mind influence is apparently stronger. Eventually Dinnerbone neutralized all clones, placing them in a tea funfair sort of thing.

"You're curious aren't you. How could you not be. So tell me, have you decided. What is your answer?"

Entity sighed, knowing of his defeat against the primary Creator.

"Fine."

Dinnerbone laughed.

"But of course, if you like to continue our little game, then please accompany me to my realm, for my domain is much more dense."

A portal formed behind Dinnerbone. He spoke as he entered the portal.

"And I'll greet you by annihilating you in an instance you enter."

Dinnerbone's laugh could be heard fading out as the portal dissipated.

Entity dropped to his knees.

"I'm a failure of a Creator. I don't deserve my power! Should I be... An Anti-Creator?"

Entity's voice visibly began to corrupt.

"All my help was nothing but a failure. Maybe it's time to stop providing fruitless aids."

Suddenly, Entity heard the sound of another being entering his realm. He stood up.

"What are you? Another intruder?"

The figure began to speak in a voice Entity was familiar with.

"You should know who I am, Lord Entity. I could sense your corruption."

Entity turned back, to see another Creator, or more like Anti-Creator, Lord Chaos, God of Destruction, smirking at him.

"Lord Chaos, God of Destruction. What do you want?!"

"It's very simple. An alliance. Between us."

Entity thought for a second.

Meanwhile...

Inside a temple in the Adventure Realm. The three Animal Gods, Lord Equus the Horse God, Lord Glama the Llama God, and Lord Archelon, the Turtle God, were having a meeting with Lady Fleur, the Goddess of Harmony. Lord Equus spoke out in a baritone voice.

"All the preparations have been completed, Lady Fleur. Our most wonderful game shall start soon."

"Very well."

Glama began to speak.

"Now, now. I think we now have to invite the participants to join in the tournament. Perhaps the First Champion is still alive to win again in the second games."

"Oooh! Slowly and steadily! Let's invite the participants! Oooh-"

Archelon vanished. Soon Glama followed, leaving Lord Equus and Lady Fleur in the temple.

"And there's something I need to tell you, Equus."

"What is it, Lady Fleur?"

"There's this Player, Steve."

An simulated apparition of Steve appears in front of her. Equus examined it.

"After some events with Lord Entity, his angry emotion takes over his original personality, breaking the harmony of his inner mind. Lord Dinnerbone tried to intervene, but he was too late."

"Oh what a twisted mind he has."

"Indeed. We have to restore his personality no matter what. The harmony has to be prioritized. Be sure to re-balance his emotions by giving him puzzling games."

"Oh as you wish Lady Fleur. I shall do your favor however I like..."

His voice slowly fades out as he teleports away.