I DID ANOTHER COVER FOR "The Healer's Mice"!
Link to the story, as always, - https://archiveofourown.org/works/63654334/chapters/163163230 .
BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY VERSION OF THIS COVER!
Yep! I made two Versions. And you guys can see not just White Lily Cookie's Human face, but the other Ancients' Faces as well! I finally found room for the Remaining Ancients to appear. I technically wanted this in the First Cover I made, but I didn’t have enough space. But thanks to a certain character, I was finally able to add them. But more on that later. Let’s talk about the other points.
New Character additions are here, one is technically implied, and the other two we’ll talk about later. But I was surprised to see that Rosemary Cookie was implied in the latest chapter as I am writing this. I will admit that out of the Witch’s Castle Epic Cookies, she’s not one of my favorites, as her introduction Chapter felt underwhelming to me. But I am worried that she got injured and is FAR AWAY from the Syrup Gardens. Still wonder what attacked her to have her eye injured (At least that’s what everyone is thinking is her). I would have tried to include other Cookies who are there … for some reason … but I wanted to focus on the Kids and their Adoptive Dad. … PV/Healer is the best Adoptive Dad … He’s on the same level as Dad Ingo. Plus, I wanted to focus on Healer healing someone again.
The image inside the Soul Jam of Truth that I made as the Story Symbol is actually just the Curse Mark Healer found in Chapter 12. And yes, if you recognize the colors I chose, I based them on Truthless Recluse’s Colors. I wanted to include them somewhere, and I decided to have them be related to the Curse. In Canon Cookie Run Lore, it’s said that Dark Moon Magic is Extremely Dangerous for many to use. To use it, it seems a price must be paid for it to work. Take these examples:
White Lily Cookie used the Moonstone and separated into two: Dark Enchantress Cookie and herself
Pure Vanilla Cookie used it to seal Dark Enchantress Cookie in Moonstone, and LOST his Memories for it to Work
These are just examples I could think of. I mainly chose these colors because I thought they would fit the whole Curse on Healer. And if you are looking carefully, you can see a certain mark on Healer’s forehead (I always called it a Birthmark/Bakemark) has changed as well. Why did I do that? … Because I liked it when PV’s Mark would change either shape, and, mostly, color.
Our three kids … being adorable. Come on, look at these three being angry when Healer is being a ray of Sunshine! He may have accidentally taken in three Lovable kids who want to help everyone with their problems, including his, and they get into situations that are over their heads, but I see them more likely wanting to protect him, be angry on his behalf, and be as protective of him as he is of them. They know more about the World in the Castle Walls than Healer does. So, they could get mad at him for unfair things they know about that he doesn’t. Also, I just wanted to make them cute. Being angry for Healer, and showing him Gnome Square were the ways to do that.
Now we can talk about the other characters that aren’t Healer and GingerTrio. I was really happy to see Little Sister (Yes, I see BR as PV’s Little Sister) Black Raisin Cookie - Aka Raven - come into the story. You can see my human-drawing skills have improved, not only with Raven but also with the project I shared with you all. Sure, Raven isn't the best, but I at least got my vision correct. I wanted Raven to be determined and worried about Healer. And if you need to know, I placed her in a room in the Castle to 1. Rest while traveling in the Castle, 2. Hide from the Shadow Witch’s Minions, and 3. Allow GingerBright to rest. She did climb into the Castle at Night. It will take a while for her to make it to the Dungeons, find out Healer Escaped, and GingerBright finding the Life Potion Bottles alone in his cell. As for GingerBright, I will say, when I do another cover again (I may try something different later on), GingerBright will be drawn better than here. I had to draw her tiny to fit on Raven somewhere. Also, her crow is adorable.
Okay, now we can get to the Human Ancients that aren't Healer. I had a lot of fun drawing them. From Goldie's Shocked and scared face to make Cayden look like he is also scared. … Oh, right. So, since the Ancients are Human, I gave them, except Healer, Human names to help distinguish them from their Cookie selves, like how in this story, Black Raisin Cookie is named Raven. You can give them their own Human Names; these are just the ones I came up with to help me out. To explain here is who is who.
White Lily (Above Raven) is Lily Blanche (She is the only one to have a Last name since her’s is easy)
Dark Cacao (Right under the Story Symbol and on top of Holly and Goldie) is Cayden
Hollyberry Cookie (Bottom Left of Cayden and next to Goldie) is Holly
And Golden Cheese Cookie (Bottom Right of Cayden and next to Holly) is Goldie
I hope that helps explain what names belong to whom. I wanted to show that they were different from Humans with their own pointed ears (Kind of like First Berry Cookie’s Human Form), and personalized each one. Like Holly and Cayden: Holly has Carpaccio Pink Freckles, and Cayden has more scars from fights - Most Likely from his Fight with Two Certain Dragons - (I actually think he would have more Scars than Healer said he had). Maybe I’ll do Character Covers and show more of the Ancients. But I did headshots to fit them here on Raven’s side of the Cover. As for why they are crying … well, that can be up in the air because I just thought it would be heartbreaking for not Only Healer crying but all the Ancients crying for an unknown reason. It could either be that they cried when Healer cried over his food, crying because they don’t know he’s Alive, or relief that he’s alive but in greater danger. You decide why they are crying.
I’m glad I got this done before Chapter 13 could come on us. I hope everyone likes this cover.
