𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐀 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞

Tw: swearing

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Things change, and sometimes we need to let go of things that can't last forever. But sometimes it's so hard to accept. Every time you cling to a thread of memories when everything was different. You want to go back in time to relive the moments when everything was more colorful. Trying to forget and not think about all the bad things you've been through.

You were sitting on the edge of the very place where it all ended. A place where literally everything has changed. In this place The Core was destroyed, in this place Anne, Marcy and Sasha left Amphibia forever, in this place the music box disappeared and the portal closed forever. There was no other way to get back to Earth. The portal won't open again, unless, Terri or some other scientist tries to open it. However, this may attract the attention of higher authorities, so this was a risky business.

You want to go back. The time when with Anne and the Plantars you had some kind of crazy adventure almost every day, the time you met Marcy, the reunion with Sasha, the Battle of the Bands, the time you didn't know any truth, nothing. And the time you spent with King Andrias. The time when he was just a good-natured and simple-hearted ruler who was interested in human things. You talked about everything and had a great time.

But then everything went very wrong. Marcy's confession, Andrias turned out to be the villain, Marcy's death. Leviathan was not what he seemed. He had a deeper and more soulful story, at least for you. Constant manipulation, humiliation, coercion. All this was literally in the brain of the former king, he did not have much freedom of action, he could not even think freely, his every thought was heard.

Now for Andrias, the best times have come. He is free, he can think and say what he wants, he does what he wants, he is happy.

But after all the events it was hard. Restoring EVERYTHING took a lot of your strength. And without the girls it was a bit boring. There was no more constant adventure, no more that constant joy and happiness. Those times were really naive and carefree.

You want to go back to a time when you didn't have to think about any war, saving Marcy, saving Amphibia, overthrowing Andrias. You want to go back to the time when you could just walk into the throne room and talk to the king about anything. Don't care about The Core, don't care about the secrets in the castle's basement, don't care about everything else.

But on the one hand, you think it's wrong. Andrias was then unhappy. His father and ancestors were still in his head, he couldn't get rid of them then. And if you had decided then just to stop time, Andrias would have suffered. All the time you spent together didn't help him get rid of the manipulation. To do this, he had to go too far.

At some point, you even thought that you shouldn't have opened the box in the first place. You wouldn't have ended up in Amphibia, you wouldn't have met its inhabitants, you wouldn't have met Andrias, and you would have continued your usual and typical life on Earth. There would not be those strong experiences that depleted your strength. And perhaps it would have been better for Leviathan himself. He had fulfilled his mission — he would have got the box, would have taken over the Earth and would have regained his father's trust, and he would have lived the rest of his life in peace, not caring that he needed to fix something--

— You like being here?

You were so lost in your own thoughts that you didn't notice your husband approaching. You briefly turned to him and turned back, looking at the ruins of the former Newtopia.

— Well, yes, I guess. There is something in this place.

He slowly walked towards you, standing next to you.