Ten seconds in and you already have a bunch of fans fawning over you
Normally Simon would be thrilled- but he can’t really get any useful information while being… fawned over like this. Especially when no one is LISTENING to him.
“Can you people-“
“My lord please don’t strain your voice.”
“I just-“
“Please have another dumpling!”
“N-No, I’m-“
“HE CONDEMNED MARRISSA’S COOKING! KILL HER!”
“HEY I DID NO SUCH-“
THWACK.
Simon’s eyes widen and he steps back as the people fall into the woman like…
Mini critters-
Like a pack of rats. Tearing her apart, even as she screams.
He almost vomits… especially when he sees them stuffing chunks of the woman’s meat into dumplings and boiling them. Oh god- the dumpling he ate a few seconds ago… was it?
So Catnap, what do you think of Dogday? Is he cute? 😏
{Oh he is DIVINE, darling.} CatNap signed, purring still before he’d yawn- purple smoke flowing from his mouth that curled in the air… DogDay inhaled some and promptly passed out.
{Sorry about that Doggy, I-}
Blink. {DogDay?}
Blink. Blink. {OH NO OH NO OH NO-}
CatNap dropped to his knees and started shaking DogDay, a stressed expression on his face.
{WAKE UP!} KISS!!
…DogDay slowly opened his eyes to find CatNap kissing him. Their eyes met. DogDay closed his eyes again….
…He stretches, groaning- feeling his bones crack and pop into new positions…
…He looks at his hands, seeing his claws now sparkle with golden sheen- markings on his arms as well.
Stronger.
He leaves the empty town, finding a bubbling river- stream? Whatever. He leans down and takes large gulps of water… before trying to wash the blood off of his hands and muzzle.
What would- what would-
“They stole from you. They TOOK from you. Took your possessions!”
“FUCK.” He clutches his head, roaring in pain. No. He was thinking of something IMPORTANT- he can’t lose it now. Thinking of someone important… ugh…
“…Why the hell do I smell bubblegum?” He wonders aloud to himself… not noticing tears running down his face and disappearing into the river below.
Warning: Cliche anime bullshit ahead. Very cringe. Atleast it’s not the Power of Love.
Non Canon. Seriously, though. Non canonical. I promise when I actually get to writing the ‘season 1 end’ so to speak it’ll be better!
“What ARE you?” DogDay cries out, feeling his body buckle under the power radiating off the being infront of him.
The others- he turns to look. They’re bound in chains of liquid shadow. Stuck against the ground. Crying out in agony.
"I am called by many names. I am the end of your world, I am the death of the universe, I am Satan, I am the Final Truth, I am all, I am one, and I am also you. But you? May call me Stagnation. The End.” The creature’s voice is… gentle. Soft. Welcoming.
“At the end… End of Leading, end of Dreams. End of Bravery, Intelligence, Compassion, Love, Creativity, Action. There is me. When there are no worlds left to conquer. A snake eating its own tail, until it starves.”
“The eight of you are strong. But there is no strength that can stop the end of all things. You are but candle light… and I am the void.”
“Rest, now. Put away your toys. Abandon your aspirations. Sleep. Sleep, a deeper sleep than you have ever known.” Fingers like knives brush his chin. The warmth… it’s so…
Alluring…
“HEY, ASSHOLE!”
The creature draws back. “Wwwwwwhat?” It hisses, looking around its domain of pitch.
“LET GO OF MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW, OR ELSE!”
“Or elseeee what? You… ah. Simon Smoke. The Greedy Dragon. You should work for ME, boy. I will grant you all you desire. Wealth, unlimited! You will rule this world as a god, for me-“
“CAN IT, FUCKFACE! Yea, I’m greedy. But you forget one thing!”
“Hahahaha, what would THAT be?”
“You have something of mine. EIGHT somethings, to be exact!”
“These? These TOYS! You would fight for simple PLAYTHINGS? They will END. They are MINE! Your GREED will end- YOU will be mine!”
“Shows what you know…”
THUMMM.
A crack in the pitch.
“BECAUSE RIGHT NOW?”
THRUMMMMMM
The crack grows.
“ALL I SEE IS SOMEONE TAKING WHATS MINE!”
THRUMMMMM-
KRRRRAK-
The world shatters. They no longer lay in an ocean of darkness. The red scaled drake stands tall, wings flared. Smoke pouring off of him as golden-tinged fire licks from his mouth.
The creature is stunned- it calls upon the damned souls- Simon surges forward and crashes into it. Burning the army of those who have lost all hope. Claw and tooth, biting away.
It feels no pain, but this… impudence enrages it. It screams. “FOOL! I WILL HAVE YOU!”
“SORRY, JACKASS, BUT YOU FUNDAMENTALLY MISUNDERSTAND ME.”
It surges for his mouth. To flow into him, snuff out his light. Golden flames wreath his hands as he grabs and pulls it from his mouth. It WAILS, experiencing pain for the first time.
“I don’t care about Money! I care about memories! I’ll make more memories! More friends! You think I’ll just RUN OUT OF SHIT TO DO?! THEN I’LL MAKE! MORE!”
It melts from his hands, reforming away from him. “You’ll tire. You’ll run out. Even if you defeat this vessel, ALL STORIES HAVE AN END!”
More monsters claw their way into existence. A rancid burbling ooze lunges at Simon, only to catch and burn away on his scales.
A second creature- a deer like thing of ice and snow rushes at him, clawing at his scales and freezing him whole. Once he was frozen, it would raise its fists for a final blow…
Only for the ice to shatter as it was knocked away with a bolt of lightning.
“Haaa… haaa… Thanks for saving our asses, Simon.”
Hoppy stands to her feet. Wipes some blood from her lip and smirks. “He’s right. We’ll keep going. We’ll keep being ACTIVE!”
Green lighting crackles as she launches herself towards a Kaiju sized mass of darkness- a clap of thunder ringing across the skies as she drives a kick into it.
“You call yourself… the end? HA! What cheesy anime bullshit! Not even CRAFTY would write something that cliche!” Arrows of fire pepper the growing army as Kickin stands. “We’ll face you, with our whole hearts! Despite the fear! We’ll be BRAVE!”
The three heroes are hurt. Bleeding. In agony… but the scent of roses dulls the pain. Bobby stands, love for her friends balming their wounds. “Even after we’re gone! Our stories will be told by those we leave behind! That’s the truest form of LOVE!”
“Love isn’t complete without COMPASSION, dear~!” Piggy groans as she stands up, pulling out a small bag of treats and tossing them into the air- every critter finding a personalized snack in their hands or mouths. Of course, none of them are ones to waste food so they happily take a bit… and strength surges within them.
Mist envelopes the battlefield- the weaker demons collapsing into sleep. “…” CatNap, silent as ever, smiles. Even without words, he’ll support the DREAMS of his friends.
Bubba takes advantage of the enemies immobility, clasping his hands together before slamming them into the ground. A great elephant of stone rises, crushing whole platoons of demons to naught but dust. “Every obstacle can be surpassed! Every problem solved with enough INTELLIGENCE!”
“WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN STORIES! ONES THAT WILL NEVER END! A SEQUEL FOR EVERY BOOK! AN EPILOGUE FOR EVERY ADVENTURE!” Crafty screams, secretly giddy at just how AWESOME this was!
DogDay laughs, warm and kind as he shakes himself to wake up. “We’ll LEAD this world, these people! Into a brighter tomorrow! And the day after! And after that! You’re the End, but we can’t kill you? Then we’ll NEVER STOP!”
“THE NINE OF YOU ARE FOOLS! FOOLS!”
“Ha! Sorry dude!”
“Pretty shitty last words.”
“You’re a season 1 end fight! And we’ll barrel RIGHT INTO SEASON TWO BABY!”
“ALRIGHT QUIT IT WITH THE ONELINERS! LETS JUST JUMP THE FUCKER!”
“Finally someone says something that makes sense around here!”
Bubba creates stairs- 8 of them race up them.
Kickin fires arrows at an approaching behemoth- 7 of them continue their ascent.
A flying monstrosity swoops from above, and Hoppy jumps to meet it- 6 of them continue further.
Bobby and Piggy kiss and hug their comrades, sending them on with full health and buffed power. 4 of them near the summit, near The End.
CatNap leaps from the stairs towards the foul beast, dragging DogDay along. The heat of the Sun and cold of the Moon slam into The End. Cracking apart the darkness… yet it holds.
Crafty stares, entranced… so she turns to Simon. Strikes a pose. And kisses him on the lips. “GO GET ‘EM, LOVERBOY!”
“Ha… Weird way to end a fight scene. But I’ll take the kiss.”
The Beast struggles to maintain its form. Lashing and clawing as Simon takes flight. He wreaths himself in golden flames, takes a deep breath-
And flies straight and true, like an arrow loosed from the sun. Carrying the will to continue as he shatters The End like glass.
The monsters remaining wail and cry as they burn. As they fade to dust.
