A Champion in a Twisted World

Chapter 25 - Dreams and Duplicates

NOTE! I don't own this song at all, I'm just making it canon this is Y/N's most popular song back home. Does she sound like Robin when she sings? Sorta. She's very good at changing her voice and vocal mimicry, so that's not what she truly sounds like when she sings, but she can sing like that. Just feel free to vibe to this banger too :]

Also, I'm editing the timeline of the game a bit. I just think it's a bit awkward that the Unbirthday Party in canon happens at like seven in the morning or on a Saturday or something, but in the story it's Sunday. So I'm simply editing it so the Unbirthday Party occurs after classes and the- ahem, big event for those who don't know- occurs the next day.

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You open your eyes and realize you're back in the weird place.

The rose garden, just as slightly muted in color as before.

A familar squeak gets your attention, and you see Terapagos sitting on your chest, looking around in confusion.

You carefully scoop them up in your arms and stand up, seeing both you and Pokémon are slightly see-through and shimmery again.

You look around, walking out from the heart-shaped bushes to see if you spot more card soildiers or the girl again. You don't see them, yet you do hear commotion from where you saw them last time.

You round the corner and see the card soldiers- now covered in red paint- bowing to an enraged woman. The blue-dressed girl is also bowing, but is notably less terrified than the soldiers.

The woman wearing a black-and-red dress looks exactly like the Queen of Hearts, except her face is beet-red in rage and she's shaking a bit. She furiously rips a rose-shaped bush out of the ground and waves it over the card soldiers in an examplem paint dripping from the roses.

Damn, she's strong. I mean, you can do that too, but still.

"For painting my roses red, somebody shall lose his head!" She furiously yells out.

The three of clubs shakily stands up, looking absolutely terrified and holding a paintbrush dripping with red paint. "Y- your majesty! If anyone's to blame, it's him!"

He points at a card soldier next to him, who furiously shakes his head no. "Have mercy, your grace! It was the ace!"

"So it was you!" She angrily yells out, glaring at the shaking ace, holding a paint bucket tightly.

"Gah- no! It was the two!" He yells out in panic.

"Then he will pay!" She steps towards the two of clubs.

He immediately hops back. "It was three, I say!"

"Enough of this!" The throws the rose bush over the cards, which lands just in front of you. Your heart skips a beat as you step around the thrown-up bush to keep watching in a strange sense of horror. "Off with all their heads!"

Other card soldiers- notably more armed and wearing helmets that hide their face- stomp out and grab the shaking card soldiers, dragging them away. The Queen laughs as she watches them being dragged to their deaths, and you cover Tera's eyes to keep them from witnessing the scene.

The card soldiers with the helmets start to chant. "A fitting end. Color you can't mend. Everyone knows the roses shouldn't be red."

You take a step back from the scene, feeling horror sinking in your stomach at witnessing this.

"But... they're just roses?" You mumble. "Why doesn't anyone stop her?"

You feel yourself starting to be pulled away from the scene, as you realize the blue-dressed girl is staring at you with wide eyes.