Therapy Session

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Tonight was the night where the Calamity gods would be able to appear publicly, since they were really popular after they saved the world and stuff, there would be a big event where they'd get to appear on a big stage and greet everyone. Anne was standing on top of a building, looking at this, she could see the big stage from where she was, there were so many people waiting to see her and her friends she even made sure to wear her calamity uniform for this occasion. She then heard someone land behind her, she turned around to see Sasha standing there. "Always know where to find you." She said. Anne walked over to her and said "Great to see you again Sash. Wish Marcy were here though." And Sasha asked "How's she holding up?" And Anne didn't give her a promising response. "I visited her this evening, she's still no different from how she started 3 years ago." And Sasha said "Just give her time, one day she'll learn to move on, anyway, we should probably head over there." And Anne replied "Yeah, we probably should."

Anne and Sasha were floating above the stage, and flew down towards it and making a dramatic entrance for the audience, when they all saw them land on the stage, they all cheered. Anne and Sasha greeted the crowd. Anne then grabbed the Microphone to say something funny "Did you know we actually got these powers by complete accident? We didn't even realize we had these powers until way later." The audience laughed. Then Sasha grabbed the microphone and said "Heh, on top of that it took forever to actually get used to these powers, typical story arc stuff." Eventually people would begin to ask questions about what Amphibia was like, and Anne and Sasha answered as many as they could, eventually someone asked "What was it like being a commander of a resistance fighting a war in Amphibia? After all you were only 13 at the time."
Sasha responded "Oh, it was alright, I mean, I had my pal general Grime by my side the whole time, he lost his arm but he was alright... But, that definitely doesn't mean it didn't get terrifying, after all, for a while I questioned whether or not Marcy was even still alive, and at the time Anne was back in this realm while I was the only human left in Amphibia, I had none of my friends by my side... I saw a lot of good people die during the war... But we won, and Marcy was able to live despite everything she went through." The reporter then asked "Speaking of Marcy, how's she doing?" And Sasha was quiet for a while before finally saying "I'm not too sure, maybe she's still recovering, she's had 3 years to do so now, but I'm not sure, ok?" While she was saying all that Anne was feeling upset when Marcy was mentioned, Marcy deserved better yet she won't get the help she needs, her parents always begging her to get herself some help, yet she completely ignores them, it breaks her heart to see this happening to Marcy.

After the whole event was over, Anne was going to her own therapy session, despite the fact that she and Sasha seem fine doesn't mean they definitely were not traumatized from the experience, and the two of them go to get themselves some therapy to try to cope with things, Anne was talking with her therapist, and the therapist asked her "Ok Anne, now, when you look back at the whole experience of fighting a war and witnessing your friend Marcy get stabbed, how does it make you feel?" Anne thought about it and said. "I feel like I'm just a survivor, I saw lots of good people die during my time fighting in that war, and seeing Marcy getting stabbed was- it was something I can never unsee, she was bleeding out right in front of me, and the last thing I saw before the portal closed in front of me was her begging not to be left behind. And when I realized what the core had done to her, I almost didn't think we were going to be able to get her back. It's a miracle that we did." The therapist then asked "What was fighting the war at the age of 13 like?" And Anne was silent before saying "It was definitely scary for me. I had to keep track of my entire surroundings, since there were frobots attacking me from everywhere. I saw so many newts getting butchered by the frobots. The entire field was getting covered in their blood. I couldn't use my powers then because I was still having trouble controlling them. But sometimes, I just snapped and used them."
*Cue Flashback*
It was a great battle in Amphibia, all the Newts along with Anne and Sasha were met in battle by several frobots, Sasha got out her sword and shouted "CHARGE!!!" And they all ran forward at the robot army. Anne got her sword out and ran into battle with them, and then, swords would collide. The resistance attacked as many frobots as they could, slicing them apart. But the frobots were powerful too, they had lasers that could make someone spontaneously combust if hit directly by it. They shot at several frogs, leaving nothing but a pile of blood. They slashed their axes into some of the fighters skulls. The battle was turning into a bloodbath. Anne ran through the battle with nothing but a sword, she slashed against all the frobots that came at her, screaming as she did so, she kept track of everything that was happening around her, but tons of resistance fighters were dying all around her, she could hear them screaming as they were chopped apart by sharp weapons. But she couldn't acknowledge it right now, this was a war after all, people will always die. Suddenly, a frobot blasted a laser across her leg, thankfully it didn't hit her directly otherwise she'd be dead, but it cut deeply across her leg, leaving a huge wound on it that started bleeding. She screamed in pain as she fell to her knees gripping onto the wound. Then the frobot approached her, but she quickly stabbed it with her sword. Sasha noticed that she was injured and yelled "ANNE NO!" But she couldn't get to her. Then the frobots released a giant creature with a collar around its neck. It was another one of the creatures that they were controlling. Anne who was still wounded noticed the creature attacked several Newt soldiers and slaughtering them all, suddenly, seeing this overwhelmed her with frustration and anger that her strong emotions triggered her powers, and the powers suddenly healed her wound on her leg and she flew into the air screaming in rage and at light speed she flew at the creature with her fists out, and she flew straight through the creature, killing it. She landed on the ground, all covered in blood, the giant beast fell to the floor, blood poring out of the hole that Anne had made, meanwhile Sasha and the resistance were gaining ground and in the end, the frobots retreated. But before Sasha or anyone could celebrate, Sasha noticed Anne still standing there covered in blood, her powers slowly fading, Sasha ran up to her. "Oh god Anne! Are you alright?!" She asked. Anne looked at her hands to see blood on them, and when she looked behind her to see the dead creature, she suddenly had a panic attack, she just killed a living creature that was simply under the enemy's control, it didn't deserve to die. Anne fell to her knees not even saying anything. Sasha sat down with her to comfort her, while all the other newts including Sprig and his family could only witness this.
*End flashback*
After Anne finished describing it all, the therapist new that Anne was in a lot of serious trauma from the events of the war. She said "Listen Anne, I never fought in any wars, but I definitely can understand how all that has affected you, Anne, what you went through is something no one at that young of an age should go through, but look on the bright side, you won, and you've got those powers under control now, you and Sasha are doing great now. Just don't cling to the past. I just wish Marcy would listen to that." And Anne understood what she meant by that.

Meanwhile, in Amphibia, General Grime was just waking up to a new morning, he put on his new mechanical arm that they made for him, his new job at being the leader of Amphibia's knights was a huge responsibility for him. So he needed to get up at a very early time, suddenly, someone arrived at his house and said "General Grime, you've been summoned by the the protectors of the calamity box, there seems to be something wrong with the box." The moment Grime heard this he spat out his drink and said "Wait what?! It's only been three years! Is the box really acting up now?! Ok, I'll have a look."
(To Be Continued...) 

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