@brick-a-doodle-do @da3dm @munchkin1156 @i-am-beckyu im over here now >:)
TW for panic, major character injury, weapons, fear, safe vore
(Nevermore: everyone say thank you squishy for another amazing fic 💚💚)
“You’re lucky Sap didn’t burn dinner tonight.” Karl laughed, wrapping said fireborn in a hug. “He would’ve poisoned us!” Karl joked, pressing a kiss to Sapnaps cheek. The fireborn snorted, grabbing tightly onto Karl. “Yeah, you two are so lucky my evil plan didn’t work, I guess you need to give me cuddles to calm me down or I’ll do it for real.” Sapnap playfully teased, grabbing his two laughing fiances into the bed as they got tucked into the sheets.
“Oh no! Q, what will we ever do!” Karl asked dramatically. “Hurry! Give him cuddles!” The avian responded quickly, wrapping his arms around the fireborn. Karl wrapped his arms around the fireborn as the three laughed together.
“I really love you two.” Sapnap spoke. “Okay, cheesy, get new lines.” The avian muttered with a laugh.
“Yeah well what if I like being cheesy?” “Literally no one asked.”
The fireborn smiled, pulling his fiances in closer. “Yeah, whatever, let’s just head to bed, alright?” Karl curled into the fireborn’s chest, soaking in the warmth.
It was a quiet evening at the fiances as they drifted into sleep.
- - -
The shapeshifter stretched a bit before opening his eyes. He pulled his fiances closer, missing their warmth-Honk!
Karl shot up, the things in his arms sliding out. Where were Sap and Q?! Honk! He looked to his left, spotting a beautiful golden duck, sitting on the bed and honking up at him.
He blinked at the animal before he shrieked and slipped off of the bed, knocking his head against the floor before getting up on his feet quickly. Karl backed up, eyeing the duck before he frantically reached for a book, holding it in front of himself protectively.
He was pretty sure ducks were the scary birds, pretty sure. Or was that swans? He wasn’t sure, maybe it was both.
Something rubbed up against his heels, scaring him enough to trip over it and land on the ground again. The shapeshifter groaned, rubbing his head.
He opened his eyes only to meet another pair of eyes, although these were orange with slits. He whimpered, curling up. Prime, please let this be a dream, please. Karl begged.
The shapeshifter seemed to calm down as a small form squirmed it’s way into his curl. Another form rested on his shoulders. Karl dared to open his eyes again, spotting the duck nestled softly in his arms, while a scaly tail rested in front of his face.
“Oh g–, this isn’t a dream, is it…” He muttered. He put a hand on the scaly thing on his neck and the other on the duck as he slowly sat up. “Where did you guys come from?” He asked, not expecting an answer. Honk! The duck responded. Karl laughed as he pulled off the scaly form off of his neck.
It was a small dragon. “Oh honk, yeah it would be nice to know where you two came from.” He carefully shoved the duck off his lap as he stood up, walking over to the bed. He grabbed his comm, checking the messages. Nothing. Karl’s fiances had left their comms and hadn’t told him where they were going.
He was alone.
“Where-” He muttered, turning on Sapnap’s comm to check the messages. Nothing. Quackity’s? Nothing.
He dared to send a message in the chat.
KarlJacobs: has any1 seen q or sap
He pocketed the device, opening the door. His gaze wandered to the two animals in the room who just stared at him. “Come on.” He sighed with a smile, “let’s figure out how to get you guys back home.” The mini-dragon lifted the duck up with their mouth, letting the duck sit on its back.
Karl watched as the two scuttled out of the room. The shapeshifter smiled, leading them down into the kitchen. Neither fiance were down there waiting for him. The dragon pushed him along carefully. He laughed, deciding to pick up the two. “If either of you bite me I will put you down.” He said.
He smiled, holding them close. The two creatures ended up snuggling him back, which he was happy for. “I think I’m going to visit my fathers today. If my fiances don’t want to see me again you bet I’m going to go say hi.” He giggled. The dragon seemed to stiffen before curling around the shapeshifter.
His arm fizzled as one of the watches sped up. His right hand formed a finger gun, shooting energy into the center of the room. A portal formed and he held tightly onto the creatures as he stepped through. When he stepped through to the other side the portal vanished.
Karl smiled happily as he spotted his parents' cabin, excitedly running towards it. The door opened before he got there and a figure ran through, embracing the shapeshifter in a hug. “Karl!” They spoke as the creatures flapped to the ground. “Hey dad.” He smiled.
“You never visit! What’s the occasion?” “My fiances left me. And in my defense there was way too much going on in that place.”
The man looked horrified, frantically scanning him over. “I’m fine, I’m fine, don’t worry.” He smiled sadly. “You must’ve been through so much…Come on, let’s go celebrate, hm?” Karl laughed, wrapping his arms around his father.
“Hasan! Hurry and make some lunch, we need to celebrate!” “What are we celebrating?”
“Karl’s home!” The sound of something dropping rang uncomfortably through his ears before he was wrapped in another encompassing hug. Hasan hugged tightly onto Karl. “We missed you so much.”
“I know, I’m sorry…there were just too many wars to be able to hop without consequence.” He muttered, enjoying the hug. His dad smiled and pulled away, letting his papa enjoy his own hug.
When Hasan pulled away, Karl spotted Austin carefully picking up the creatures. “Where did these guys come from?” “Oh, they gave me a heart attack in my room, but I promised to take them back where they belong.”
“Karl…mobs can’t hop.” Hasan explained. The shapeshifter looked at the other, confused. “People, yes. Hybrids, yes. Mobs and normal animals? No.”
Karl looked back over at the creatures, extending his arms to take them from Austin. Honk! He stared confused at the duck before the dragon spit something up and set it on the bird’s head.
His eyes widened as his gaze shifted between the creatures, Austin, and Hasan. “Holy f—.” He muttered. “No, cause holy f—.” He muttered, arms flapping as he handed the duck to Austin.
The duck who now wore Quackity’s beanie.
He didn’t understand what had happened, and he didn’t want to. He ended up pacing the room, filled with anxiety and concern. He’d been with his fiances all day and hadn’t known! He didn’t even realize he had stopped moving, or that he had started to tear up until the dragon–Sapnap, probably–made himself known by curling tighter around his shoulder. The dragon nipped softly at his ear.
“I-i didn’t-how could I not have known-” Karl muttered. Sapnap adjusted himself on the other’s shoulder, clinging to his face. Karl slowly took a breath, dragging it on until Sapnap wiggled back onto his shoulders.
“Hey, relax. It’s okay, do you want to talk about it?” Austin asked softly, stopping the other in his tracks. “I-they-these two are my fiances-I don’t know what to do-” He started rambling before Austin set Quackity into his arms. The shapeshifter started to relax a bit with the comforting weight in his arms.
“It’s okay Karl, I know it’s hard, but you can figure it out.” Hasan spoke up, resting a hand on his shoulder. “Figure-Figure! That’s it! Thank you so much!” Karl cheered. “I-i’ll be back, promise. I just have to go hunt down a god.”
Karl waved to his parents as he quickly reentered his home, pulling out his comm. “If you two say anything I will tie you up.” He threatened the two now sitting on his shoulders.
KarlJacobs: i need every1 with their animals to meet me @ community building :]
Pocketing the comm, he grabbed a few potions as well as Sapnap’s favorite axe. The dragon huffed. “I know, I know. Trust me, I won’t break it.” In return, the dragon lept of his shoulder, quickly grabbing something.
“Come on, we need to go!” Karl spoke, grabbing a book. The dragon jumped back onto his shoulder, refusing to show the shapeshifter what he had grabbed. “Okay fine, keep your secrets.”
- - -
He sighed, pulling himself out of the cart before grabbing the other two. “Here we go.” He muttered to himself, beginning to go up the steps. Karl huffed as he got to the top. “You two can fly, you know?” He sighed as he stood in the community house.
Inside could only be described as chaos.
Birds flying everywhere, water spilled across the floor, and endless noises met him. He quickly became overwhelmed by the noise, dropping down on his knees to get further from the noise. Karl whimpered. Sapnap acted quickly, flapping off of the shapeshifter’s shoulder and letting out an ear-shattering roar before glaring at the chaos.
Tears dripped out of his eyes until something soft bounded up to him. He reached out, petting the soft white fluff. A sheep, probably Puffy. “Thank you.” He whispered, slowly standing up and letting Sapnap perch proudly on his arm.
The only humans he saw were George, Tommy and Niki. Well that was absolutely underwhelming. “You wanted to meet us?” George spoke first. “Yeah! It’s a bit crazy, but hear me out.” He began, smiling as a crow settled on his arm next to Quackity.
“Hey Phil.” He smiled, looking at the bird. “Karl, what he f—.” Tommy began. “You-”
“The crow is Phil! The dragon’s Sapnap, and the duck is Quackity!” Karl explained. “Karl, love, you’re going to need to explain a bit more.” Niki spoke.
“I know. And I don’t understand this enough. But somehow our friends aren’t hybrids anymore. Now they’re just animals. The axolotl! That’s Dream! The hoglin is Techn-” “Karl, you are literally sounding insane. Let’s get you back to bed.” George spoke kindly, approaching the shapeshifter.
“No, no, no, George, I know what I’m talking about, I know what to do please-” “No, you need a break, you’ve been dealing with too much-OW-s—!” George shouted when Sapnap bit his arm. The human frowned, trying to pull him off.
“Sapnap, biting isn’t nice.”
The dragon growled before pulling himself off. “Karl, I don’t normally like to agree with people but you need a break, you are literally sounding insane.” Tommy announced. “I’m being serious! Come on, you need to believe me! You had to have noticed something!”
“Let’s calm down and talk this out, okay? I see what Karl’s getting at.” Niki announced. “What do you mean?” George turned.
“This sheep does act a lot like Puffy, and the lizard acts like Jack. I get it-”
Purpled opened the door before he rowed a boat inside. “Sorry, I don’t have any way to bring them here.” The boat held a fish tank, and inside was a shark. Behind him was a fox, and a dog. Purpled held up a jar filled with goop.
“I’m going to sound so insane, but I swear these guys are actually the Las Nevadas group-” Honk! Purpled blinked at Quackity. “Oh.”
“See! I’m not crazy!” Karl insisted, directed at George. “I know what I’m saying.” A cat slunk into the building next. “How did you find out?!” Purpled asked in shock.
“I found out when Sapnap decided to spit up Quackity’s beanie. And I will not be washing that.” Karl added, cutting out any of the other parts. “Yeah, that works. I could just hear their voices.” The teen spoke.
“Okay, so this is a real thing? Like an actual thing?” Tommy asked softly, eyeing the falcon next to him. “Yep, I just don’t know how to undo it.”
“I think I do.” Karl spoke boldly. “Could you guys move? I need my arms for a moment.” He asked. The three flapped off of him, although Quackity just sat on his head. He pulled out the book and wrote his name in it, slamming the pages shut. He walked outside and dug a hole, pouring lava into it.
“Karl Jacobs.” He muttered, throwing the book inside, pulling out the axe. Everyone else joined him outside just before the hairs on the back of his head stood up. He watched reality morph, a geometric shifting hole formed in the sky. A massive figure pulled itself into reality, staring down at Karl.
“You called?” A voice spoke demandingly. He stood his ground, gripping the axe tighter. “You owe me, XD.”
“I do not.” The being insisted. “Yeah? What about the memory loss? Time travel? The whole ‘gods plaything’? I think it’s about time you do something for me.” Karl spat, staring up.
The duck on his head was trembling, but Karl was too scared to move, to scared to do anything beside talk.
“Fine. Three wishes, Karl Jacobs. And that is all.” The being spoke. “And?” Karl asked expectantly.
“And?” “Undo what you did to my friends and fiances.”
“Fine, that too. It’ll be undone when the clock strikes midnight.” The being hissed. “But I warn you, Jacobs, once you run out of wishes, I run out of patience.”
The being disappeared the same way it came. Karl finally took a breath, shaking. “...Karl?” He fell to the ground, shaking, and finding himself unable to do much more, just staring into the distance. “Karl! Oh g–, George do you have a healing potion?!”
He began to cry, anxiety and fear radiating out of his body. Quackity was padding around him, trying to make him feel better. He was moved awkwardly, head tilted upwards as a potion was poured down his throat.
His leg tingled as he glanced down at it. Long enough to watch Purpled pull the axe out of the limb.
He let out a scream, muffled by the drink sliding through and cooling his insides. George maintained eye contact with him, saying things that he couldn’t hear.
His friend did eventually move before blue liquid splashed just out of his vision. He felt nauseous as he rolled over, finally managing to move all of his heavy limbs. Karl looked up, meeting the massive scaly face of Sapnap. “‘Ey sapn’p.” He managed to mutter. The dragon pressed his nose to Karl’s forehead.
Quackity padded up to him again, sitting down next to his shrunken form. Sapnap glared at Quackity before lifting Karl up by his teeth and resting him on his back.
“Alright, let’s let them go.” Purpled spoke, herding the group back inside. Sapnap nodded and slowly began to lift himself up with his wings. Karl watched as his two fiances began to fly together.
His hands rested on Sapnap’s top horns as the two began to pick up speed. Karl’s head began to droop a bit as he grew more and more tired from before.
The two took a pit stop, landing softly in a nearby tree. Sapnap reached his head back and carefully pushed Karl into his mouth. The dragon swallowed his fiance slowly, letting the tired shapeshifter slide into his storage.
Karl felt safe, nestled into his fiance’s storage. He finally let himself sleep, awaiting whatever would happen when he went to sleep.
- - -
Karl woke up slowly, mumbling to himself. Sapnap and Quackity–who were thankfully human again–laid beside him, curled around him protectively as they slept. The words of XD rang through his mind as he tried to fall back asleep, and he prayed to prime that he would find a way out of this mess.
“Are you interested in new technology developed in the Nether?” Karl paused, turning to the salesman who ran a stand. He slowly and cautiously approached the man who smiled.
“So, what would you like to know?” He asked, meeting the brunette's eyes. “What is it?” He asked, moving his wallet to his hoodie pocket in case someone decided to try and steal it from him.
“It’s a personal heater. It’s pretty cool, but you have to be able to supply it with lava or it’ll die.” He gasped. It could die? Oh well, he could always make a lava pool near his house, he was already fairly far from everyone else. The only others who dared to hang around him were his friends Chris and Jimmy.
Chris and Jimmy occasionally had friends around, Chandler and Nolan, and the five would then form a group everyone called ‘The Beast Squad’.
The five would combine their abilities–Chris being a magician, Chandler being the strongman, Jimmy being the one with all the supplies, Nolan being able to hypnotize by his voice, and Karl himself being able to shapeshift and occasionally control time if he felt like it–to create a bounty hunting squad that many criminals and outlaws would fear.
“Oh, that sounds interesting. How does it work?” He returned, watching their movements. “You’d just have to eat it, and it would warm you for quite some time.” That sounded interesting, and pretty useful for their planned trip to the arctic.
“So how much are you expecting for these things?” He pulled out his wallet, checking to make sure that everything was still in place, which it was. “200,000 emi, take it or leave it.”
Karl nodded, he had plenty of emi in his wallet, it was fairly easy to make at least 500,000 each bounty. “Sounds good, I have the cash right here.” He pulled out the correct amount, handing it to the seller.
“Perfect! We’ve got an expedition into the Nether tomorrow, I’ll sign you up so you can pick it out for yourself!” He smiled and nodded, making sure to write down the information they gave as they signed him up.
~~~~~~
Karl anxiously fiddled with his cloak. Today his hair was bright pink, because he felt like it.
No one else was here as the portal, where he was instructed to meet the group. Had he been scammed? Probably. But his next bounty would make up that money fairly quickly, being about 1,000,000 emi each.
He gasps as a group exits the portal. They looked worn for the weather. “Sir! Just in time!” The salesman smiled as he approached the group. “We have a fresh batch, and since you’re the first one here, you get first pick!”
Karl giggled into his sleeve as he approached them. The largest of the group held out a cage, which inside held little creatures.
Demons and Fireborns.
He felt sick.
“Well sir, which one’s your choice?”
He had to make a choice. S***.
He wanted to save all three, but he couldn’t. Illegally, there was nothing stopping him, but he needed to follow the law to avoid being hunted himself.
“The one with the bandana?” He mutters softly, and the cage was pulled back as the salesman pulled the fireborn out. He reached out carefully, fingers wrapping around the tiny with caution.
“Thanks for your business!” He nodded, turning and running away, covering the tiny with his other hand to keep the wind out of the tinies face.
“Let me go…” He gasped as the fireborn in his grasp whispered. “S***, I’m sorry… I’ll put you down, but there’s going to be a storm soon.” He says, slowly lowering the tiny down. “You can run around and find a place to hide-hey, what’s wrong?”
He felt terrible, the fireborn was laying on the ground pathetically. “Can I get you anything-oh lava, do you need some?” He asked, pulling out a bucket. The fireborn looked up at the bucket, to which Karl swiftly picked him up and slid him carefully into the scorching liquid.
He flinched as a drop got on his finger. It stung, but he could only shake it off. He promptly put his finger in his mouth, sucking on it until he pulled it out. His finger hurt.
“Thanks sir.” The fireborn was hesitant to speak, but Karl smiled none-the-less. “Please, call me Karl! What’s your name?” He asked as he carefully picked up the bucket, shifting his arms into his squishy form to hopefully avoid any more burns.
“Sapnap.” Karl only smiled. “It’s nice to meet you. Oh honk, that storm looks bad…” He trailed off before he slipped the bucket into his side bag.
“What are you doing, Mr. Karl?” He turned his attention to the fireborn swimming in the lava bucket. “No need to call me mister. I’m putting you in there so I can have my hands.” He informed, carefully covering the fireborn with the flap of his bag.
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He shivered, covering his eyes with his hand as he traveled through the storm. He had walked into a blizzard, and it was only going to get worse.
Upon remembering that he had a fireborn in his possession, he immediately flipped open the flap. “Sapnap?” He yelled, wondering if the fireborn could hear him.
The tiny emerged, swimming up out of the lava. “Oh s*** Karl, are you okay?” “I’m fine, promise.” He shuddered, terrible timing.
He went to close the flap before the fireborn stopped him. “Hey, you can eat me, I’ll make you warmer.” “No, that would be wrong. I’m not trying to use you, I’m trying to keep you safe.” He shouted, gasping as a tree fell in front of him. It was too cold.
The next thing he knew, he had fallen to the ground, shivering from the cold. The lava in his bucket had poured out, splashing him as well. He hurt. “Karl!” Sapnap shouted. The lava cooled, but now he was almost buried in snow. His fingers had to be blue.
He couldn’t force himself to move, he was pathetic. Something warm pressed against his lips, pushing itself inside. He shuddered before opening it only slightly. The warmth slid into his mouth, all the way to the back of his mouth, where he swallowed greedily.
The warm object seemed to only get warmer as it traveled down and filled his stomach. It warmed him to the core, and after only a few seconds he was able to move. He slowly stood up, picking up the now empty bucket. S***. “Sapnap?” He called out, hoping that maybe the fireborn would hear him.
“Karl? It’s okay, I’m here.” Something pressed against the inside of his stomach as he heard Sapnap’s voice. So close. “Where are you?” He asked softly. The thing from before pressed against him, to which he pushed back, only to gasp.
“Your-why-” “It’s much warmer here, plus it helped you. I get shelter and you get warmth. I’m much more useful here.” Karl sighed, slowly beginning to walk again.
“Thank you Sap, it means a lot. Let’s get home and then I can get you a lava pool. Would an oven help in the meantime?” He asked, thinking about his question. “What’s an oven?” Karl smiled, giggling.
“There is a lot I should show you.”
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Hi Beckyu here! SQUISHY!!!!!!!! THIS WAS SO GOOD!!!!!! YOU TOOK MY IDEA AND MADE IT JUST SO FLIPPEN PERFECT!!! I LOVEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved the added details of the Beast Squad being Bounty hunters! Was soooo cool! Flipped the concept on its head a bit and I loved that so much!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR WRITING IT!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
As an Immortal, It's easy to claim that you've seen everything. Literally, no one could argue with that. Karl has seen powerful empires before their power and watched as that title gets taken by some other. He observes and takes note of every rise and fall of every single civilisation.
He's seen the beginning and the end of nearly everything, and that includes his lovers. Karl had always followed his rule: "Don't get attached to anything. Everything gets destroyed."
He's taken part in human life. He made friends, lived in a cosy home, and enjoyed everything they had to offer. If he didn't forget what he was, he would've assumed he was human all along. Yet those homes were destroyed, as everything will eventually. Karl wasn't too sad about it. He was content with his time and moved on to a new identity.
But the moment he fell in love with two of the most beautiful humans, Karl couldn't help it. It was inescapable, their meetings, their friendship, and sadly, their deaths. No matter how many times he tried to avoid them, they always found him. They don't remember him from past lives. and if he does say that he's Immortal, they'll forget after their reincarnation.
In every life, they managed to find him and fall in love for the first time - and in every life, he gets found and experiences the feeling of first love again.
This time is no different. Karl waits to be found once more.
This time, he finds them, and they are much smaller than he remembers.
He thought he's seen and heard and knew everything. What the hell are borrowers?
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AHHHHH THANK YOU FOR THE FAKE FIC TITLE BECKYU!!! sorry it took me so long to answer (cries cries)
