I would love to know how N would react to Hisuian Zorua/Zoroark
Their backstories are tragic af but they’re also really cute and cool and Hisuian Zoroark lowkey gives mama bear vibes so I want to know if N would be pissed off at how they were treated to become that way, happy they adapted to their environment and eventually got the chance to live happy lives, or just overwhelmed by cuteness at first and then one of the first two options
Now in the Pure Vanilla Kingdom, White Lily Cookie- now just Lily- is settling into her new life. However, settling into a new life doesn’t mean she isn’t still curious about her previous life; if anything, she’s even more interested in finding answers now that the shock of being reborn has worn off. Luckily, the Pure Vanilla Kingdom has a massive library where if Green Coffee Cookie’s remark was true, would provide Lily with plenty of the answers she’s looking for.
Content Warnings: none
Previous/Next
After several days of travel, Lily, Pure Vanilla Cookie, and Green Coffee Cookie finally found themselves in the Pure Vanilla Kingdom. Days of walking through forests and plains and jungles, having to setting up camp whenever night fell (with Green Coffee Cookie doing most of the work), all finally leading up to this moment. They were at the entrance of Pure Vanilla Cookie’s pride and joy, also known as his kingdom.
At least, they were supposed to be.
“I thought you said this was the place?” Lily looked around, confused (and a bit underwhelmed) at the lack of a bright, bustling, glorious kingdom reminiscent of how it had been described to her by Pure Vanilla Cookie and Green Coffee Cookie, “And why are all these tents here? Is this the Pure Vanilla Kingdom? I don’t want to sound rude, but it’s a bit… smaller than how you two were describing it. Maybe I had a bit of an overactive imagination when you were telling me about it…”
“Oh, don’t worry Lily, my kingdom is here!” Pure Vanilla Cookie assured her, “During the dark flour war, it was lifted into the sky with magic to ensure its safety and the safety of its denizens. There’s supposed to be an airship here to carry cookies up to the kingdom, someone may have forgotten to bring one back down to ground level…”
“Lemme tell ya Lily, you’re absolutely gonna love the place! If you want I could use one of my daggers to get us up there.” Green Coffee Cookie offered, eager for Lily to see everything with her own eyes.
“Getting us up into the sky with a dagger? How would that work?” Lily asked, looking rather frightened by Green Coffee Cookie’s suggestion.
“Oh, there are plenty of ways I could get us up there! I could propel us up there with my wind dagger, make some kind of ladder or staircase with the ice dagger I just got, use my plant dagger to sprout some kind of plant that can carry us up there, I can use my water dagger to have a wave carry us up there as long as you two don’t mind getting a little wet… like I said, we’ve got plenty of of options.” Green Coffee Cookie explained. Taking note of Lily not calming down at all after Green Coffee Cookie’s explanation, she realized she had left out a very crucial detail about the magic she possessed.
“Oh, right. Sorry, I uhh, I think I forgot to tell you. I have the ability to channel elemental magic through daggers I carry with me. The main ones I use for fighting are lightning and fire, but the other five have plenty of functional purposes as well that I’ve discovered over the years.”
Green Coffee Cookie’s clarifications seemed to put Lily slightly at ease, though she was admittedly still quite nervous about the idea of using a literal weapon to travel possibly hundreds of feet into the sky.
“Why don’t you go up by yourself and just bring down an airship for us?” Pure Vanilla Cookie suggested, his tone a higher pitch than normal due to slight apprehension.
“Alrighty then, I can do that.” Green Coffee Cookie replied with a casual shrug. Reaching into the messenger bag slung over her shoulder, she pulled out a dagger roughly eight inches in length with a small windmill shaped emblem where the hilt of the dagger met the blade. Taking a quick breath, Green Coffee Cookie firmly stabbed the ground with the blade, promptly flying up into the air with a big gust of wind.
As the two cookies waited on the ground, Lily turned to Pure Vanilla Cookie.
“So, while we wait, can you tell me a bit more about your kingdom?”
“Of course! What do you want to hear about first Pure Vanilla Cookie asked, offering Lily a small smile.
“Everything!” Lily replied, her eyes lighting up with curiosity and joy “Anything you can tell me about your kingdom! Like how did you get it into the sky? Why are there these tents on the ground? What’s your castle like? Do you even have a castle? How about the library? What kind of stuff is in the library? How many books are in it? I also want to hear stuff about you! Were we friends? How far do we go back? What kind of magic do you know? Green Coffee Cookie was telling me about the soul jams, how did you get your soul jam? Is there a reason our soul jams look different?” She then paused, looking at Pure Vanilla Cookie sheepishly and laughing nervously after she realized just how much she had been bombarding him with questions.
“Sorry… have I always been this curious?”
Pure Vanilla Cookie chuckled lightly, putting his hands up. “It is nothing to apologize for, Lily. And yes, you were always quite curious throughout your life, at least as long as I had known you. It’s admittedly quite nice to see remnants of your old self shining through. As for all of your questions, I was the one who casted the spell to lift my kingdom into the sky, ensuring that my people would be safe during a war that happened several hundred years ago. These tents on the ground belong to a cookie named Black Raisin Cookie and her followers who took me in for a while after the war and vowed to protect my kingdom. I recently convinced them to come up to my kingdom, though it seems they still kept some things down here for if they ever return to the ground. To be completely honest, my castle is something I can’t quite put into words, but I’ll be sure to give you a tour once we have arrived. There is a library attached to it, just as Green Coffee Cookie had described, and it is very large, though I’m not sure exactly how many books are in it. You and I were childhood friends, studying alongside each other at the Blueberry Yogurt Academy, a magic academy that’s unfortunately been long since abandoned. You and I both got our soul jams from witches, same as Hollyberry Cookie, Golden Cheese Cookie, and our soul jams all look so different because we represent different things. I represent truth, Golden Cheese Cookie represents abundance, Dark Cacao Cookie represents resolution, Hollyberry Cookie represents Passion, and you, Lily, represent Freedom. You’ll be able to learn more about all of this once you’re properly settled in the kingdom.
“That’s incredible!” Lily marveled, her eyes sparkling with wonder. “But wait, what about Green Coffee Cookie? I know she mentioned being the light of adventure or something, and the crystal she had looked a lot like a soul jam. Is she an ancient cookie too?”
“Somewhat, yes.” Pure Vanilla Cookie replied, “You’ll have to ask her about it because I don’t fully understand her origins, but from what she has told myself and the other ancients, she was the result of an experiment where the witches who gave us the soul jams tried to recreate them and understand their power. She is supposed to represent curiosity, however upon awakening, she started to represent adventure instead.”
“Wow, all of this is truly fascinating! Do we have awakened forms as well?”
Pure Vanilla Cookie nodded. “Yes, though I am unsure if we truly represent alternate virtues the same way Green Coffee Cookie and the other cookies of her kind do. See, we have counterparts known as the beast cookies who used to represent a combination of the bad things they represent now and what we ancient cookies represent before they were corrupted and became the beast cookies. My counterpart represents deceit, though he used to represent knowledge. I’m not entirely sure what the others’ beast counterparts represented, though I’m sure you will be able to find information on it in the library!”
Lily nodded in understanding. “What happened to the beasts? If they’re as evil as you’re saying, I certainly hope they’re long gone!”
“Well…” Pure Vanilla Cookie froze, unsure of how to answer. He didn’t want to lie to Lily (not that he’d ever willingly lie to any cookie), though he knew Lily; sure she may not remember her past life, but she was still full of curiosity, full of passion, full of a stubborn desire for answers and justice when someone is wronged. There was a reason she was granted the light of freedom, though it made her unpredictable.
The worst part? He couldn’t just say “you’ll find the answers you need in the library” because there was nothing about it in the library! It had quite literally happened mere days prior, nothing had been recorded or published about it yet!
Luckily for Pure Vanilla Cookie, Green Coffee Cookie finally descended in the airship she had been tasked with getting, currently waving excitedly to Pure Vanilla Cookie and Lily.
“Hey guys!” She shouted as she brought down the airship, “Sorry for the wait, a couple of guards thought I was a thief and I had to explain what I was doing! Luckily Strawberry Crepe Cookie recognized me and made them let me go! Oh yeah, Strawberry Crepe Cookie is a good guy now! They’re using the wafflebots to help repair everything!”
“It’s quite alright, Green Coffee Cookie.” Pure Vanilla Cookie chuckled lightly, turning his staff to look at Green Coffee Cookie as she hopped off the airship and opened up the door for Pure Vanilla Cookie and Lily to enter. “Lily and I were just talking about the kingdom, as well as some things about me that she had asked.”
“Oh yeah, Pure Vanilla Cookie is awesome, isn’t he?” Green Coffee Cookie smiled brightly, helping Pure Vanilla Cookie and Lily onto the airship and starting up the propellers again, “A lotta cookies think he’s weak because he’s super calm and soft spoken and uses healing magic, but he’s a total badass! He’s crazy smart and insanely well versed in magic, especially light magic! And while he may prefer to be pacifistic, that doesn’t mean he isn’t willing to fight for what he believes in. You’re gonna love him Lily, I can promise you that!”
Pure Vanilla Cookie swatted his hand playfully. “Ohh, I’m not that impressive. I just care about cookiekind a lot and it reflects in how I use magic! There’s nothing particularly cool or interesting about that.”
“I think it’s cool.” Lily commented, “It’s really cool that you work so hard to be good with magic and help others with said magic! I wonder if I’ll be able to learn magic like that someday…”
“Well thank you for the kind words, both of you.” Pure Vanilla Cookie then turned to Lily. “I’m sure you will. We have many spell books that were recovered from the Blueberry Yogurt Academy that are available in the library.”
“I can’t wait to see this library!” Lily remarked, “It seems you two are very excited to show me it as well!”
Soon, they arrived in the kingdom, being met by a harbor full of airships, chatting cookies, luggage carriers, and ticket booths, as well as a few very sheepish looking guards.
“We’re sorry about the confusion, your majesty” the one guard apologized, looking down at his feet, and bowing nervously, “we didn’t realize you had sent the cookie up here and assumed she was trying to commandeer the airship.”
“Eh, it’s alright.” Green Coffee Cookie replied with a crooked grin, “I probably should’ve explained what I was doing before just hopping on and starting up the thing. Then again, saying that the king sent me up here probably would’ve sounded really suspicious anyway.”
“Well, we are up here now, and that is what matters. Besides, it is greatly appreciated that you are willing to protect my kingdom so fiercely.” Pure Vanilla Cookie smiled softly at the guards, offering a small bow as gratitude. He then turned to Green Coffee Cookie and Lily.
“I will let the servants know you two will need quarters prepared for your stay once we arrive at the castle. However until then, I’d like to show you around!”
The three cookies walked through the kingdom, Pure Vanilla Cookie explaining the origins and purpose of each building and landmark.
“Who is that?” Lily asked, pointing to a young cookie riding on the back of a repair robot that seemed to be made of… waffle cones?
“Oh, that’s Strawberry Crepe Cookie!” Pure Vanilla Cookie introduced, “They originally were wreaking havoc on the kingdom with their wafflebots while I was on the ground with Black Raisin Cookie, but now they’ve had a change of heart and have been helping repair the damage caused during the war!”
“Damage caused by the war?” Lily covered her mouth in concern. “I thought you said Beast Yeast was the land destroyed by the war, not Crispia!”
“Oh yeah, Beast Yeast was left a complete wreck after the war, some places were even left completely uninhabitable!” Green Coffee Cookie explained, “However, Crispia faced a lot of destruction too. Luckily it wasn’t nearly as bad as it was on Beast Yeast, so it seems repair efforts have been going much quicker.”
“Well, that’s good at the very least…” Lily crossed her arms across her chest, looking crestfallen, “Is there any way we could help?”
Green Coffee Cookie offered Lily a small smile “I’m sure there is, but right now we should just get to the castle. We can talk all about it when we’re settled in, ‘kay?”
Soon, they reached the castle, where Green Coffee Cookie and Lily were promptly led to the room they would be staying in while visiting the kingdom. It was somehow simple yet extravagant, featuring large beds, ornate furniture, large windows that let in ample amounts of natural light, and even little cushioned windowsills where a cookie could sit and take in the view.
“Your castle looks so nice!” Lily glanced around the room, taking in every detail, “Did you build it yourself like Dark Cacao Cookie did with the citadel?”
“No but I did make sure I helped as much as I could!” Pure Vanilla Cookie replied, “The cookies who helped me build the castle put so much effort in, the least I could do is help when I could, even if it was just as simple as providing food and shelter when nightfall came. Once you two are settled in, I’ll show you to the library. It’s technically part of the castle, however it is open to the public for anyone to come and read or check out books for them to take home.”
“Alright, thank you, Pure Vanilla Cookie.” Lily smiled and nodded, closing the door once Pure Vanilla Cookie had stepped out of the room.
“It looks like we’ll be sharing a room!” Lily remarked, watching as Green Coffee Cookie set her bag down and sat on the cushioned windowsill.
“Looks like it.” Green Coffee Cookie repeated, staring out the window at the kingdom below, “You can take the bed if you want, I don’t really sleep that much.”
“Are you sure?” Lily asked, tilting her head in curiosity and confusion, “Sleep is important you know!”
Green Coffee Cookie chuckled, but it seemed hollow. “How come you can’t remember any of your past but you can remember that sleep is important?”
Lily shrugged. “I dunno. Did I always say stuff like that?”
“Yep. You were always very insistent that I came to bed every single night. Even while we were planning for war.”
“Well, don’t think you can get out of sleeping just because I can’t remember anything!” Lily put her hands on her hips, “I don’t mind sharing the bed with you, but I do mind my friends refusing to take care of themselves!”
Green Coffee Cookie sighed, giving Lily a small smile. “Alright, alright, you win. Now cmon, we should probably head over to the library soon.”
Soon, they exited the room, following Pure Vanilla Cookie to the library. Just as Green Coffee Cookie had described, the library was incredible. It was almost as tall as the castle itself, almost every inch filled with bookshelves and desks and little reading nooks where cookies sat while they flipped through books of various lengths and genres.
“Like what you see?” Pure Vanilla Cookie asked, almost immediately being met by a rapid nod from Lily.
“So… where do you wanna check out first?” Green Coffee Cookie asked. “There’s books of just about every genre here, and at least half of ‘em have information on the ancient cookies. There’s not a whole lot about the beasts though…”
“That’s quite alright, I’m mainly focused on studying the ancient cookies at the moment.” Lily then looked down sheepishly, fidgeting with her fingers, “Would it be silly of me to want to see the children’s section first? I remember you saying there were many children’s books regarding the ancient cookies and I think I’d like to see how children and children’s book authors view us.”
“I don’t think it’s silly at all!” Pure Vanilla Cookie replied, “As you said, you’re interested in how children view the ancient cookies, which admittedly is likely the best place to start. I don’t mean to imply that you’re simple-minded, but…”
“There’s a lot of information to take in.” Green Coffee Cookie piped up, taking over for Pure Vanilla Cookie, “It’s no testament to your level of intelligence, but between how much information there is regarding the ancient cookies and the complete lack of memories you have, it’s probably best that you start with something super simple like children’s stories and work your way up to the ridiculously thick textbooks and encyclopedias once you have a base understanding of what and who you’re studying.”
“Oh, that makes sense!” Lily remarked, “Don’t worry, I didn’t think you were implying that I was dumb at all! Realistically, you’re probably right; I likely won’t understand the textbooks until I read something more simple.”
Pure Vanilla Cookie led the two cookies to the children’s section of the library, where they were immediately met with small tables, vibrant murals of the kingdom on the walls, and many small cookies silently reading to themselves or quietly reading to others.
Green Coffee Cookie stepped toward the bookshelf, pulling out a hardcover book labeled “The Ancients of Earthbread” with a 5+ age rating on the cover.
“This is the first book of one of the best selling children’s book series in the kingdom,” Green Coffee Cookie explained, “the other books cover each individual ancient cookie, but this one is kind of an overview of all five of you.
Suddenly, the three cookies were excitedly approached by what could only be described as a hoard of young cookies.
“You ask him!” One of the cookies quietly demanded to a fellow small cookie standing nearby.
“No, you ask him!” The other cookie argued.
Suddenly a young, timid cookie approached Pure Vanilla Cookie, holding out a book about animals while refusing to make eye contact.
“Mister Pure Vanilla Cookie?” The cookie started, her voice barely above a whisper, “Can you read to us please?”
“Of course, sweetheart. Just give me a moment.” Pure Vanilla Cookie replied, offering a sweet but gentle smile.
Then, a cookie from the back of the group pointed at Lily.
“Whoa, is that White Lily Cookie? Like from the stories?” He asked. Then, the questions came flooding in, every young cookie speaking at once.
“How is she here?”
“She looks so different than in the book!”
“Why is her soul jam on her head?”
“Is that really her?”
“Why is she in the library?”
“I thought she already knew everything!”
“Can she tell us a story?”
Pure Vanilla Cookie chuckled lightly, putting up his hands. “Calm down, little ones. Yes, White Lily Cookie is here, but something bad happened to her while we were fighting to protect Earthbread and now she looks different and doesn’t remember anything! We are helping her get her memories back, so I can read to you but her and her friend need some quiet time, okay?”
The young cookies nodded in understanding, then followed Pure Vanilla Cookie to the far end of the children’s section.
“It’s nice to see children have such curiosity for the world…” Lily gazed at the children as they excitedly watched Pure Vanilla Cookie read to them, “I hope they never lose that spark.”
“Yeah, me too.” Green Coffee Cookie agreed, then glanced over Lily’s shoulder as she opened the book in her hands.
The Ancients of Earthbread
A long time ago, long before current times, there were five young cookies, and the witches were about to change their lives. Granted five crystals known as the soul jams, these cookies were granted powers, as well as a mission to protect our land.
First was Pure Vanilla Cookie, who represents the light of truth, using his kindness and honesty to protect our home from possible doom. Building a kingdom for any cookie who wanted to come, where they could learn magic, gain knowledge, and by the king, would always be loved.
Next is Hollyberry Cookie, passion being her light. While she usually spreads happiness, she’s more than willing to put up a fight. Deep in the jungle is a kingdom vibrant as can be, where livelihood and parties always run free. She’s faced much peril, such as dragons and more, but with her shield and her smile, she’s ready for war.
Then Dark Cacao Cookie, wielding the light of resolution. In the harsh cold of the mountains, he created the solution. Building an incredible fortress known as the citadel, many cookies in the mountains know him very well. Wielding a brilliant blade that’s said to have split day and night in two, using said blade to train strong warriors that are willing to fight when justice is overdue.
Now onto Golden Cheese Cookie, representing abundance as well as greed, living in a kingdom of gold and riches where cookies never have to worry about not having what they need. Clad in lavish accessories and wielding a mighty spear, Golden Cheese Cookie ensures that the cookies of her kingdom will never know fear. With dazzling wings, she is able to take flight, ensuring all those around her are in the presence of her brilliant light.
Finally, we have White Lily Cookie, being one with the light of freedom. Due to the nature of her soul jam, she never actually had a kingdom. Instead she travels in search of the answers many cookies are looking for, solving problems and mysteries and so much more. With a love for magic and curiosity deep within her heart, she may not be the same as the other ancients, but she still plays her very important part.
Then one day, disaster struck. A cookie known as Dark Enchantress Cookie ensured that all of Earthbread was completely out of luck. Starting an event known as the Dark Flour War, many cookies were left scared and unsure of what they were in for. Luckily, the ancient cookies came in like a shining light, approaching Dark Enchantress Cookie, ready for a fight. They fought long and hard though it eventually seemed like all hope was lost. Then, Pure Vanilla Cookie stepped forward, ensuring that it was not. Soon, Dark Enchantress Cookie was seemingly gone, but when the dust cleared, it seemed that Pure Vanilla Cookie had also been lost.
Nowadays, we’re unsure if Pure Vanilla Cookie is truly gone, but if so, his great sacrifice is what ensured we’d live to see another dawn. Regardless of his death, he still brings so much light, as well as a desire to seek the truth and a willingness to fight. While the other ancients grieved his loss, their stories continued on, continuing their mission and making sure every cookie on Earthbread would be able to witness every coming dawn.
“Did Pure Vanilla Cookie really die?” Lily asked, a look of concern spreading across her face.
Green Coffee Cookie nodded. “Yeah, he did. But don’t worry, his soul jam was able to bring him back just like it did with you. He had to hide out with Black Raisin Cookie while pretending to be a blind healer though.”
“Well, that’s good at the very least.” Lily stood, helping Green Coffee Cookie up to her feet as well, “I think I’m going to check out the other books in the series and read them once we get back to the main part of the castle. While I do love the library, I don’t exactly love…”
“Being interrupted by a bunch of overexcited little kids?” Green Coffee Cookie continued.
Lily nodded and smiled sheepishly. “I love seeing children so curious about the world around them, but they can be a bit clueless and ignorant of other people’s time at times… at the castle I can read in our bedroom without worrying about being interrupted.”
“That’s fair. I’m gonna let Pure Vanilla Cookie know we’re gonna be leaving soon.”
Lily walked over to the front desk to check out her books, and Green Coffee Cookie walked over to Pure Vanilla Cookie, who was just finishing up reading to the children.
“Hey, Lily decided she’s gonna check out some of the books and then we’re gonna head back to the main part of the castle.” Green Coffee Cookie explained.
Pure Vanilla Cookie stood up. “Okay, that sounds good. I was just finishing up reading to all the children anyway! They can be quite calm when they need to be.”
Once the three cookies had reunited, they walked back to the castle, taking note of how dark it had already gotten.
“I guess we spent longer traveling than I thought!” Pure Vanilla Cookie remarked, “I didn’t realize how late it was when we reached the kingdom.”
“Well, I was planning to take a nap anyway, so I guess it works out!” Lily waved to Pure Vanilla Cookie, gently taking Green Coffee Cookie’s hand and leading her to their room.
After the Dark Enchantress War, White Lily Cookie crumbled alongside her corrupted other half, although was reborn once hers and Silent Salt Cookie’s soul jams fused into one. However, she had no memory of her past life; her friends, her responsibilities, her relationships, even her own name was completely absent from her mind. Now she’s navigating her new life, trying to gather pieces of her past as well as form an identity that’s mostly entirely her own
Content Warnings: mild angst, mentions of the events of BY chapter 15
Next/Necessary Info
White Lily Cookie knew this was the end.
Her counterpart- Dark Enchantress- was finally dead, however neither of them could live without the other. In other words:
She was dying.
White Lily Cookie expected her death to be more painful. I mean, her dough was literally crumbling, and the last time she was torn apart before being reborn as Dark Enchantress Cookie, it was excruciating. However this… this was mostly painless. It was peaceful, as if a massive weight was finally being lifted off her shoulders, and in a way, it was. She could finally be free of the guilt from her past, finally seek the forgiveness she was so terrified to seek out before. Though, seeing her friends, her family, her lover, all crying and begging her not to crumble… she’d be lying if she said it didn’t make her heart shatter into a million pieces. Unfortunately, this end was inevitable and all she could do was offer a gentle smile in hopes of communicating that she was at peace with what was happening and that they didn’t need to worry about her. Besides, she had all written them letters to share her feelings in these last moments and asking her friends not to put their lives on hold forever to grieve. Surely they’d read those, right?
Then, with a bright flash of light, she was gone; reclaimed by nature as dozens of lily petals drifted through the sky.
Then, all of a sudden, she heard a voice she thought was familiar but couldn’t quite identify.
“It isn’t your time yet. Earthbread still needs you”
All of a sudden, she was back on the battlefield; groggy, but alive.
“Guys, she’s alive! Pure Vanilla Cookie! Hollyberry Cookie! Dark Cacao Cookie, Golden Cheese Cookie, get over here! Lily’s alive!” She heard a female voice scream.
Sitting upright with a groan, White Lily Cookie was suddenly tackled by a sobbing, green haired cookie, her face being peppered with kisses.
“Lily, thank the witches you’re alive! Please never do that again, I don’t think I could ever go on without you! Earthbread still needs you, we all still need you! Ohh Lily, I love you so much!”
White Lily Cookie noticed four other cookies running towards her, most likely coming to hug her as well. Did she… know them?
“I’m sorry, but… who are you?” White Lily Cookie asked. Wait… White Lily Cookie… who was that?
The green haired cookie pulled away from the hug, still grasping White Lily Cookies(?) shoulders.
“Lily, it’s us! It’s me! Green Coffee Cookie? Your wife?” The green haired cookie- Green Coffee Cookie- explained through tears. She had a smile on her face, though it was tight, slightly crazed, almost as if she was scared, “Pure Vanilla Cookie, what’s going on? You knew her the best!”
A blonde haired cookie, who she now knew as Pure Vanilla Cookie, nervously approached.
“White Lily Cookie… it’s us… don’t you remember us?”
“I’m sorry, I don’t believe I know any of you!” White Lily Cookie(?) revealed, “Also, who is White Lily Cookie? She certainly seems important to all of you! Was she nice?”
“What’s going on?” A muscular cookie with bright pink hair in two buns asked, “Why doesn’t she remember us?”
“We have no idea,” Green Coffee Cookie replied. She then turned to Pure Vanilla Cookie, “Do you have any ideas as to why the hell she doesn’t remember any of us?”
“In all honesty, I’m not entirely sure either…” Pure Vanilla Cookie furrowed his brows, deep in thought. “Maybe it has something to do with her soul jam? Maybe her soul jam fusing with Silent Salt Cookie’s soul jam caused her to reset somehow.”
“Possibly.” Green Coffee Cookie turned back to White Lily Cookie(?). “What do you remember?”
“Hm… I think I remember being in the sky somehow? And I sent some kind of spear flying at this really angry looking blue cookie… that’s all I remember, and even that’s fuzzy. I’m really sorry, I genuinely can’t remember anything else.”
“It’s okay Lily, you’ve got nothing to apologize for.” Green Coffee Cookie offered a small smile, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes.
Suddenly, a dark skinned cookie with long black hair stepped forward.
“Right now, what’s most important is getting her back to Crispia. Beast Yeast is not safe right now, especially for a cookie so unfamiliar with her surroundings.” The cookie explained.
Green Coffee Cookie nodded. “Agreed. Besides, maybe seeing your guys’ kingdoms will jog some of her memories.”
Taking a breath, Green Coffee Cookie stood, helping White Lily Cookie(?) to her feet as well.
“Alright, I guess if you don’t remember us, we should probably introduce ourselves. I’m Green Coffee Cookie, the blonde cookie with the robes and the flower staff is Pure Vanilla Cookie, the really tall cookie with the armor and the sword and the long black hair is Dark Cacao Cookie, the buff cookie with pink hair and the heart shaped shield is Hollyberry, and the cookie with wings and super fluffy golden hair is Golden Cheese Cookie. Your name was originally White Lily Cookie, but do you want us to call you something else? You are a very different cookie than who you were before you died and came back.”
White Lily Cookie(?) shrugged. “I don’t know. I like the name you keep calling me though, Lily. I think I want to be called that for now, at least until I find a more permanent name.”
Green Coffee nodded silently, then led Lily to one of many airships off the coast, hovering above deep, black water.
The ride back to Crispia was done mostly in silence, the excited chatter and cheers of other cookies on the airship sounding like muffled background noise to Green Coffee Cookie and the other ancients.
“Hey, are you doing okay?” Green Coffee Cookie asked Pure Vanilla Cookie, “I know she meant a lot to you.”
“I would be lying if I said it didn’t hurt to see her here with no memory of me or any of the other ancient cookies,” Pure Vanilla Cookie admitted, “but I am mostly just happy that she is alive. I’m not entirely sure how I would be able to go on without her. I’m more worried about you.”
“I’ll be fine.” Green Coffee Cookie replied, “Like you said, I’m just happy she’s alive. And at the very least, her having no memories of her past means she has no memories of Dark Enchantress Cookie.”
“We will be arriving in my kingdom soon.” Dark Cacao Cookie announced, approaching Green Coffee Cookie and Pure Vanilla Cookie from behind, “The sun is starting to set, so I recommend you, Lily, Golden Cheese Cookie, and Hollyberry Cookie stay in the citadel for the night and return to your respective homes in the morning. Besides, there will be festivities to celebrate ending Dark Enchantress Cookie’s reign, and I’d like if you could join in the celebration.”
“Alright, thank you Dark Cacao Cookie.” Pure Vanilla replied with a nod.
Once they landed in Crispia, all the cookies found themselves on the snowy peaks of the Dark Cacao Kingdom. Many cookies stepped off the airships, promptly being given capes and cloaks and blankets by hanbok-clad servants then led inside a large rectangular fortress-like building Lily could only assume was the citadel Dark Cacao Cookie had mentioned before. Once inside, the first thing Lily noticed was how warm and bright and welcoming the citadel was; a stark contrast to what the outside environment was like.
“Wow, it looks so much warmer than when I last saw it!” Golden Cheese Cookie remarked.
“I didn’t know you had it in you!” Hollyberry Cookie added, “usually you’re all ‘I don’t need sweets or warmth, I’m a badass warrior who thinks joy is just a distraction from my job!’”
“Well, first of all, Golden Cheese Cookie, you have been locked up in a digital kingdom for hundreds of years, completely isolated from the outside world. And secondly, Pure Vanilla Cookie helped me realize that there is nothing wrong with a little bit of warmth and joy in the kingdom. In fact, it seems to have boosted morale and made my warriors much more skilled and willing to work. I just wish I had realized it sooner, before…”
“Before what?” Lily asked innocently.
Dark Cacao Cookie bit his lip, trying to get something out but appearing as if he was instead holding back tears.
“Do you want me to tell her?” Green Coffee Cookie asked. Once met with a nod from Dark Cacao Cookie, she turned to Lily. “A while back, his mentality that all there is to life is working and training and that love and joy and warmth is just a distraction caused a rift between him and his son. His son picked up this cursed sword that drove him insane and made him violently lash out and try to kill Dark Cacao Cookie before running off and never being seen again. However, there’s still hope that he can come back! Remember when you got that anonymous package with all the materials you’ll need for that antidote after Mystic Flour Cookie caused that plague across your kingdom? The description the denizens gave sounded an awful lot like your son.”
“Yes, I am aware, but…” Dark Cacao Cookie took a breath to compose himself, “even if it was him, would he want to see me? I was a horrible father to him. There is a reason he picked up that cursed blade.”
“Well, if I may add something,” Lily suddenly piped up, “I think if your son was willing to come all the way here just to drop off some materials, I’m sure he’s more than willing to see you again! Sure, maybe he’s scared, but this kind of stuff seems like a very scary experience, no matter the context! I think if you two ever see each other again, you just need to sit down and have a long chat about everything that happened and how you’re going to make it right and rebuild what is broken.” Once she was done speaking, Lily gave a proud little nod. Suddenly, she noticed the cookie with the fluffy golden hair- Golden Cheese Cookie was it- staring at her with visible tears in her eyes.
“Are you okay? I hope I didn’t say anything to offend you!”
“No, no, it’s nothing.” Golden Cheese Cookie choked out, “it’s just, your little speech just reminded me of something I really need to do.”
“Oh, do you have someone you have to talk to too?” Lily asked, “don’t worry, I’m sure whoever it is will be more than willing to hear whatever you have to say!”
“I appreciate your words, though it’s too late for that kind of a conversation…”
“Oh…” Lily looked down at her feet, slightly crestfallen by Golden Cheese Cookie’s response, “well, I hope whatever happens, even if it isn’t the conversation you originally needed to have, goes well regardless.”
“Thank you, Lily.” And with that, Golden Cheese Cookie walked off to be with her subjects.
Soon, the festivities began. There was incredible food, drinks, excited cookies hugging and crying and talking about all they were going to do now that the war was officially over, even Dark Cacao Cookie found him holding some of his warriors close, crying. The old him would’ve never admitted it, but he wouldn’t be the same if any of his warriors died.
Soon, Green Coffee Cookie and Lily found themselves sitting near each other.
“This is a star jelly,” Green Coffee Cookie explained while handing Lily a blue and purple gummy shaped like a little star, “they’re really good. They’re probably one of my favorite foods.”
Lily observed the jelly for a moment, looking at it in the light and sniffing it, taking note of its sweet but not quite identifiable aroma. With a shrug, she popped it in her mouth, her face almost instantly lighting up with pure delight as chewed it.
“This is incredible! I didn’t know food could taste this good, did you know food could taste this good? Did the old me know that food could taste this good? Does every other cookie here know food could taste this good?!”
Green Coffee Cookie let out a lighthearted chuckle. “Yes, everyone here knows food tastes good, and yeah, the old you definitely knew food could taste that good. When we weren’t planning for war or doing faerie kingdom maintenance duties, we’d hang out from time to time, and one of the things we’d do is bake together. Or at least we tried to, half the time we’d eat half the frosting before it even got onto the goods!”
Lily giggled. “That sounds like a lot of fun! Maybe now that the war is over we can do that together sometime! Ooh, maybe all of us can do it together sometime! What did you call the others, the ancients?”
“The ancient cookies, yeah,” Green Coffee Cookie replied with a nod, “basically you guys got these magical crystals called the soul jams that gave you cool powers and immortality and you did a bunch of cool stuff that got you landed in a ton of history textbooks and children’s storybooks. In fact, that soul jam on your forehead is probably the whole reason you’re even here right now, even if you have no memories of your life before being revived.”
“That’s so cool!” Lily marveled, “I hope I get to learn more about the ancient cookies at some point! You said there were books and stuff about us, right?”
Green Coffee Cookie nodded. “Yeah, there are a lot. You should probably ask Pure Vanilla Cookie about it, he has this absolutely massive library in his kingdom with thousands of books. I wouldn’t be surprised if the place is almost as big as the citadel we’re in right now!”
“I’ll be sure to talk to him about it when we’re all going back home tomorrow.”
After a few hours, the party finally started to die down, and cookies were being placed into spare chambers within the citadel. Crunchy Chip Cookie, of course, offered to sleep outside with his cream wolves (as if he wasn’t already doing that every night) to make room for the other guests, and many cookies sorted themselves into groups to share rooms for the night. The citadel was pretty big, but it had its limits. The five ancient cookies decided to share a room, and after some begging convincing from the five cookies, Green Coffee Cookie decided to bunk with them as well.
“I know what you guys are doing.” Green Coffee Cookie mumbled.
“What?” Hollyberry Cookie teased lightly, “We just want to make sure you get to spend the night with your ‘dearest, most incredible, perfect, light of your life White Lily Cookie’! Admittedly, we’re confused why you’re so against it! I’d think you’d want to spend as much time as possible with her!”
“I have my reasons.” Green Coffee Cookie grumbled.
That night, Green Coffee Cookie couldn’t sleep, just finding herself staring at the ceiling as the hours ticked by. Looking over at Lily sleeping peacefully, Green Coffee Cookie couldn’t help but feel a slight pang of guilt deep within her chest. Sitting upright, she reached into her bag and pulled out a leather bound scrapbook she and White Lily Cookie had made. Flipping through the pages, Green Coffee Cookie looked at all the pictures and notes she had collected over the past two years: pictures of picnics, attempts at baking, pressed leaves and flowers from the time her camera broke during a disaster of a camping trip, wedding photos, White Lily Cookies coronation ceremony, the little miniature coronation ceremony Green Coffee Cookie had gotten after marrying White Lily Cookie, if she hadn’t known how long they had been together, it could easily be assumed the two of them had been lovers for at least a decade. Green Coffee Cookie felt that familiar tightness in the back of her throat and stinging sensation in her eyes as she choked back sobs, knowing exactly what she had to do.
“I’m so sorry Lily…” Green Coffee Cookie whispered into the quiet night air, “you’ve spent half your life being known as Dark Enchantress Cookie’s other half, I refuse to let you be reduced to just being my wife. This is your chance to finally have an identity of your own, and I’m gonna make sure you use that opportunity to its fullest potential. Even if it means abandoning what we once had…”
Slipping the scrapbook back into the messenger bag lying next to her cot, Green Coffee Cookie slid back down into a laid back position, going back to staring at the ceiling in the hopes of falling asleep and finally being done with this horrible day.
The next morning, the five ancient cookies and Green Coffee Cookie stood outside the citadel, saying their final goodbyes before returning home to their respective kingdoms.
“We absolutely need to go on another adventure when we get the chance!” Hollyberry Cookie announced, “Just like old times!”
“Feel free to visit my kingdom whenever any of you would like.” Golden Cheese Cookie offered, “Now that it is almost entirely returned to its former glory as it was before the dark flour war, I’d like to show you guys around sometime.”
“You guys should also visit gingerbrave’s kingdom when you get the chance!” Pure Vanilla Cookie stated, “For a couple of teenagers, him and his friends have truly built something incredible!”
“Who’s gingerbrave?” Lily asked, tilting her head to the side in curiosity.
“That would be me!” A voice announced from behind them. Turning around, Lily saw a confident, short cookie with two little strands of white hair holding a rather large candy cane in his hand. “My friends and I have been building our own kingdom over the past few years, and-”
“And I’m their king!” A young, blonde cookie suddenly butted in “bow down to your king, Custard Cookie III!”
“Didn’t you say you didn’t want to be king anymore?” A shy cookie in a strawberry shaped hoodie with the hood pulled up asked, “After that dream you had where you were the king of our kingdom but a bunch of cookies were actually asking you to do stuff that a king would normally do and you were super overwhelmed.”
“Well, like you said, it’s stuff a king would normally do,” Custard Cookie III argued, “so I’m gonna do it! You know it is unwise to try and defy a king, right Strawberry Cookie? Some would even call it mutiny! Besides, if I’m king then Chili Pepper Cookie can’t rob me!”
“I don’t think that’s gonna stop her.” Strawberry Cookie quietly replied, “If anything she’s just gonna want to rob you more.”
“Relax, I’ll just have Wizard Cookie put a spell on my riches so she can’t steal anything!” Custard Cookie III decided, putting his hands on his hips and nodding proudly.
“Do they always argue like this?” Lily quietly asked, leaning over towards Pure Vanilla Cookie.
Pure Vanilla Cookie chuckled lightly. “Not always, believe it or not they can work together quite well when need be. In fact, we likely wouldn’t have won against Dark Enchantress without them!”
“Well, we should probably get going.” Green Coffee Cookie stated, “It’ll take a while to get back to our homes.”
“Speaking of homes,” Golden Cheese Cookie suddenly piped up, “where are you two going to go? Neither of you have permanent homes here.”
“Oh, I’ll just do what I do best and wander,” Green Coffee Cookie replied casually, “can’t exactly live up to my role as the light of adventure without doing any adventuring!”
“Hm… where did I live before?” Lily asked, “Did I have a kingdom here on Crispia?”
“Not that any of us were aware of,” Hollyberry replied, “But you can come home with any of us if you’d like! Same with you, Green Coffee Cookie. I’m sure you’ll be able to do plenty of adventuring regardless of where you go.”
“Well… Green Coffee Cookie was telling me about a really big library in Pure Vanilla Cookie’s kingdom, so I think I’d like to go there.” Lily decided, “But don’t worry, I’ll visit all of you and your kingdoms when I get the chance.”
“Alright, I’ll be sure to have my subjects prepare a room for you in the castle.” Pure Vanilla replied. He then turned to Green Coffee Cookie. “Green Coffee Cookie, why don’t you come with us as well? I’m sure Lily would enjoy the company.”
“Oh, well, I- wouldn’t you be plenty of company?” Green Coffee Cookie asked, nervously scratching the back of her neck.
“Pleeeease?” Lily gently pleaded, “I could use someone to help me navigate the library! If it’s as big as you’re saying I’m sure I’ll get lost without any kind of help! Besides, we could catch up and you could tell me more about the stuff we did in the faerie kingdom!”
“I’d greatly appreciate if you could come with us,” Pure Vanilla Cookie added, “I can’t in good conscience let you wander aimlessly while rebuilding efforts are taking place.”
“Okay…” Green Coffee Cookie mumbled.
“Wonderful!” Lily and Pure Vanilla Cookie cheered in unison.
After a few more minutes of quick goodbyes and promises to visit and catch up, everyone went their separate ways. As they walked, Lily looked around at her surroundings in wonder.
“I can’t wait to learn more about this place!” Lily remarked, cheerfully skipping alongside Green Coffee Cookie and Pure Vanilla Cookie. “Ooh, maybe I’ll even get some of my memories back! I’m sure the other ancient cookies will be made very happy by that as well if it ever happens!”
“Im sure they will,” Pure Vanilla Cookie agreed, “we all missed you very much, Lily.”
Green Coffee Cookie smiled sadly at Lily, watching as she excitedly chatted with Pure Vanilla Cookie about all the wonderful things she was going to do once they reached the Pure Vanilla Kingdom.
“Welcome to Crispia, Lily…” Green Coffee Cookie quietly mumbled, a single tear rolling down her cheek.
After seeing just how many people were excited to see my Reborn Lily AU, I have decided to move forward with writing it. However, before I start writing, I have to introduce you guys to some OC’s I have who are part of the false ancients au, an au I’ve been developing for a few years now. Now, onto the information!
Description: After First Cream Cookie created the first soul jams, other witches wanted to study this power in the hopes that they could understand and possibly harness this power themselves. Therefore, they baked twelve cookies with the purpose of harnessing six soul jams representing adventure, acceptance, justice, inspiration, courage, and emotion, each soul jam having one “ancient cookie” and one “beast cookie” connected to it. This is the story of these cookies
Curiosity+Denial=Adventure
Title: Paths of Curiosity and Denial
Soul Jam Shape: compass rose
Curiosity: Green Coffee Cookie
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: lime green
Abilities: Green Coffee Cookie is an artificer, meaning she is able to forge and wield magical weapons despite not having powers of her own. She wields six daggers imbued with elemental magic, one dagger per element (fire, water, earth, wind, plants, and lightning). When she awakens, she gets a new dagger imbued with ice magic
Denial: Frozen Slushy Cookie
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: Light Blue
Abilities: Frozen Slushy Cookie has basic ice powers as well as the ability to turn cookies who defy her into ice statues. Due to the freakishly high sugar content in her dough, she has unending energy and stamina never needing any kind of rest or food (though she does enjoy eating and drinking. Her favorite food is ice cream and her favorite drink is slushies)
Adventure (Green Coffee Cookie’s awakened form): Guide of Adventure
Hope+Doubt=Acceptance
Title: Sea of Hope and Doubt
Soul Jam Shape: star
Hope: Rich Cream Cookie
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: white
Abilities: Rich Cream Cookie is able to turn light from any source into physical mass, which she uses to do things such as “walk on air” and summon weapons at will. When she awakens, she is able to produce light on her own at will and use it as needed
Denial: Oozing Licorice Cookie
Pronouns: they/them
Soul Jam Color: black
Abilities: Oozing Licorice Cookie is able to command the Licorice Sea, molding it into weapons, using it to restrain cookies, or giving life to and controlling little licorice blobs and/or the living abyss. They are also extremely charismatic and manipulative, able to gaslight cookies into doubting their every thought and placing their utmost trust in Oozing Licorice Cookie
Acceptance (Rich Cream Cookie’s awakened form): beacon of acceptance
Compassion+Rage=Justice
Title: Forest of Compassion and Rage
Soul Jam Shape: maple leaf
Compassion: Warm Maple Cookie
Pronouns: he/him
Soul Jam Color: orangish-red
Abilities: Warm Maple Cookie has basic pyrokinetic abilities, as well as the ability to heal cookie’s injuries with the flames he produces. When he awakens, he is able to revive cookies with his healing flames as long as they have only been dead for a short time and their body is still mostly intact (the body being in a few pieces is fine, however if the cookie is basically dust, they are unable to be revived)
Rage: Searing Campfire Cookie
Pronouns: he/him
Soul Jam Color: maroon
Abilities: just like Warm Maple Cookie, Searing Campfire Cookie has pyrokinetic abilities, however unlike Warm Maple Cookie, Searing Campfire Cookie can cause mass destruction with his flames. His flames can turn any material to ash within seconds, regardless of if it’s dough, batter, wood, metal, leaves, grass, flowers, or glass.
Justice (Warm Maple Cookie’s awakened form): Flame of Justice
Creativity+Boredom=Inspiration
Title: Stories of Creativity and Boredom
Soul Jam Shape: hexagon
Creativity: Sparkling Isomalt Cookie
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: rainbow
Abilities: Sparkling Isomalt Cookie is able to create extremely realistic illusions as well as produce large, multicolored energy blasts reminiscent of fireworks. When she awakens, Sparkling Isomalt Cookie’s illusions become even more realistic, affecting cookies’ other senses such as touch, smell, and hearing
Boredom: Powdered Sugar Cookie
Pronouns: he/him
Soul Jam Color: white
Abilities: Powdered Sugar Cookie has basic enhanced strength, speed, and stamina, as well as an extremely high IQ. He uses this iq to develop high tech machines and weapons. He enjoys causing chaos and hurting cookies for the fun of the game, blaming his behavior on being bored and looking for something fun to do
Inspiration (Sparkling Isomalt Cookie’s awakened form): Hero of Inspiration
Assurance+Fear=Courage
Title: Lives of Assurance and Fear
Soul Jam Shape: circle
Assurance: Graham Cracker Cookie
Pronouns: he/him
Soul Jam Color: golden brown
Abilities: Graham Cracker Cookie’s dough is virtually indestructible, making it so not even the strongest cookies can damage it. He is also able to summon force fields and command the ground to rise and form barriers to protect cookies. When he awakens, he is able to temporarily transfer his physical invincibility to other cookies and he becomes fireproof
Fear: Fragile Crust Cookie
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: khaki
Abilities: it is unclear whether this is an actual special ability or just something Fragile Crust Cookie has a knack for, but Fragile Crust’s Cookie’s fear is known to be extremely infectious. Cookies have reported feeling sheer terror and panic when coming within a certain distance from Fragile Crust Cookie. The light of Courage is actually the first reported case within the false ancients experiment where both cookies connected to the soul jam awaken.
Courage (Graham Cracker Cookie and Fragile Crust Cookie’s awakened form) Forts of Courage
Love+Hatred=Emotion
Title: Fields of Love and Hatred
Soul Jam Shape: flower
Love: Purple Aster Cookie
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: lavender
Abilities: Purple Aster Cookie is able to manipulate cookies’ emotions, causing them to laugh or cry or scream just by looking at them. She is also able to control plant life, using vines as restraints or sprouting pollen producing flowers to decrease visibility or poison opponents. When she awakens, she is able to bring sentience to the plants she creates, as well as affect multiple cookies’ emotions instead of one at a time (she prefers not to manipulate others emotions though)
Hatred: Toxic Rhubarb Cookie:
Pronouns: she/her
Soul Jam Color: dark magenta
Abilities: Toxic Rhubarb Cookie can poison cookies just by touching them and has the same emotional manipulation ability Purple Aster Cookie has, however unlike her lovely counterpart (see what I did there?) Toxic Rhubarb Cookie is more than willing to mess with cookies’ emotions when it benefits her.
Emotion (Purple Aster Cookie’s awakened form): Seedling of Emotions
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Edit: I realized I should probably figure out the witches/first cookies who were in charge of this whole experiment and baked the false ancients, so here you go!
First Extract Cookie: Green Coffee Cookie, Rich Cream Cookie, Toxic Rhubarb Cookie
First Syrup Cookie: Frozen Slushy Cookie, Warm Maple Cookie, Oozing Licorice Cookie
First Powder Cookie: Graham Cracker Cookie, Fragile Crust Cookie, Powdered Sugar Cookie
Would anyone be interested in this as an AU? (Possible spoilers for chapter 15)
So, as many of you are probably aware, in Chapter 15 of beast yeast White Lily Cookie crumbled in literally the most heartbreaking way possible, however afterwards there was a figure born from the fusion of White Lily and Silent Salt’s soul jams which some people are saying is kind of like a SilentLily ship kid. I’ve been working on an au called the Reborn Lily au where that figure is actually White Lily, however she has no memories of anything that had happened, not even remembering her own name. Throughout the AU, she slowly starts rekindling relationships with her friends and trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. This au was mostly just to cope with what just happened, but I wanted to see if anyone would be interested in me actually talking about it and making a legit fanfiction about it. It would feature a few ocs of mine from an au I’ve been developing for almost a year now so I would have to introduce you to those ocs (though only one of them is really featured in the story outside of single chapter cameos) but yeah. Also just as a head’s up, while romance isn’t the main focus of the story, one of my OCs was married to her before she died so PureLily isn’t going to be a very prominent ship, just being mentioned as a past relationship. I just wanted to let you guys know all of that before you decide whether you’re actually interested in it or not. If not, that’s fine, I’ll just keep it to myself as a little passion project I talk about with my friends on discord.
Ok bye.
(Note: I posted this in the Cookie Run community but that community is SUPER active to the point where my post got buried pretty quickly so I decided to post it here too so more people will hopefully be able to see it)
So uhh, yeah. Spoilers for the new update of CRK maybe?
Devsis, what the fuck was that?
Anyway, y’know that figure that everyone keeps saying is basically a SilentLily love child because it’s the fusion of their soul jams? I’m telling myself it’s just White Lily cookie because it’s not like she’s never been rebaked before and it looks a lot like White Lily. She deserves to have a happy ending no matter what shit devsis wants to put her through
I might be too optimistic but i love seeing Diantha, Lysandre and Sycamore as a trio of inseparable best friends but that have gone wrong with life and responsabilities separating them. So many things connect them together. Yeah, they are really close but got their own fights to fight and sometimes met the wrong people and had their personal issues. Unfortunatly, that happens in reality and people can decide not to tell you how they feel despite going awfully and make catastrophic choices for both themselves and others. It goes for the three of them. Yet, I hope they can be together once again. Despite what happened and what they have done or not. I want them to have a soft epilogue. I don’t care if you are a villain or not, a coward or not, a hero or not : you will get kindness regardless and take time to slowly mend what was broken and connect deeply with other people you care about. Because you care and it is what matters. You have hurt each others and still loved each others but now it is up to you to do what will happen next in your relationship. Their friendship is very important to me.
me: i am primarily attracted to men, but i am comfortable enough with myself to admit that rika from pokemon sv is hot
my friend: i'm a lesbian but i'm comfortable enough to admit that steven is hot. this is because pokemon exists in a liminal space where everyone is simultaneously gay and straight at the same time
me: omg you're so right