//------------------------------// // Nobody's bigger party // Story: Life of a Nobody // by Xinrick //------------------------------// “I have a bad feeling I’m going to forget some people…” I sigh out, munching on a very delicious cinnamon roll.   “You're not the only one.” Joy agrees, nibbling on a cupcake worriedly. “I just hope they like us.”   “So where should you start?” Luna asks, drinking what I’m assuming in champaign.   “No idea.” I sigh out. “Maybe wait and see who’s going to try and either make a conversation, attack me for some reason, or get my attention in some way shape or form.” I shrug.   Some time had passed before someone came up to me…I wasn't surprised. I met the butler’s kid…Ciel Phantomhive… “Greetings.” He spoke, wearing a blue tux.   “Greetings young Phantomhive.” I say with a nod. “How are you doing?”   “Good. I just got back from clearing out demons, usual, so I must ask what missions have you done yet?”   “I have done no missions for the family yet.” I say.   “We’ve been busy...training and trying not to die from very powerful people.” Joy explains.   “Sounds like the usual in this family. So how did dad pick you up?”   “Aunt Nyla brought me to dad’s house, with the original intentions of getting a master in some weapons...little did I know that I’d join this family soon after a fucking Titan destroyed Manehattan.” I frown.   “Oh, what type? Standard, Omega, Boss, Armageddon, or Nova?”   “Trinity cut it down the middle so I have no idea what the hell your talking about.” I shake my head.   “Listen...we’re about as new to this as me suddenly gaining a body.” Joy says with a frown.   “You’re talking to a kid who sold their soul to a demon, somehow ended up becoming a demon, then had a god show up, make me half human and turn my demon butler human, you quickly realize as new as something seems it can and likely has happened before. But let me clarify them. Standard titans are several miles high, covered in bone armor. Omega are twenty times the size of the originals with a space looking effect on their armor, Boss titans are basically living skeletons and are covered in every inch with their bone armor, Armageddons are as big as a Galaxy and would make that planet eating Marvel beast feel like a baby, and a Nova titan is small, about my size, but pack the punch of a Boss titan.”   “And here I thought Attack on Titan was weird enough with it’s Titans.” I mutter. “Thanks...now I can tell which is which when most likely some jack off summons the fuckers again.”   “I should also tell you about shadow spawners then. Basically…how to put this…it’s a large black Crystal, just kinda floats while darkness pours out of it and various Shadow Creatures come out of it. Shadow Creatures can also breed and they breed fast, so you find a nest, exterminate it, fast, and sometimes, most commonly, a spawner and a nest will be in the same location.”   “What would happen if a person can just summon them with a snap of their fingers?” Joy asks.   “It’s an ability people who can manifest darkness at will can do, but most likely they have a dark Elemental Crystal on their person. That’s where they originated from, Elemental crystals that can control anything from creating unlimited Electricity, to bringing back forests. They are common back home and with dad learning how they were made and placing the recipies for public viewing you can guess it’s both good for the people, and bed for them when the wrong types of people make them, or get ahold of them.”   “Yeah.” I sigh out.   “By the by, is there anyone that would try to...randomly try to attack us in some way shape or form just to give a family ‘hi’?” Joy asks, not wanting to have someone punch them just because it’s a ‘hi’.   “Depends, the family works according to the three factions dad made when his company got big. The leaf, healing and medical practices varying from science to magic, the world, people and face to face verbal conflicts settled with words and paper, and lastly the Hazard symbol, the one where the fighters who will keep life safe from the front lines work, developing weapons, new combat magics, and of course, advanced combat training.”   “Well then…” I say, finding that a whole bunch of something. “So...anything I should and shouldn’t say around people?”   “Depends on their person also, but for the most part everyone is rather…loose, in terms of speech. Or interpretations.”   “Oh dear.” I sigh out.   “So...should we go out and talk to people or are they just going to come to us?” Joy asks nervously.   “Well you two are the guests of honor here, you best socialize with your guests and family.”   “Oh dear…” I sigh out. “It’s best we don’t split up Joy...better to not have any repeat talks with people.” I rub my forehead, already feeling a headache coming on from this before I finish my cinnamon roll and heading off to talk to someone, my tail and wolf features not hidden even if I’m still wearing my white cloak and crown.   “Okay.” Joy says, wolfing down his cupcake before following me. “So...who first?” Joy wonders, looking around and seeing too many people to talk to.   “No idea…” I frown, seeing too many people as well, all with variations on added body parts like wings, tails, weird sentient tentacles and too many others. A small kid walked up to me, he wore a green striped shirt, brown hair and red eyes. “Oh, hello.” I say to the kid.   “So you’re the new guy?” He asked.   “New ‘guys’ technically.” I say while patting Joy’s head. “But yes...and who are you?” I ask curiously.   “Chara.”   “A different Chara alright then.” I nod.   “Sorry, a friend of ours is...married to Toriel. And she said her sons are Chara and Asriel...so we’re trying not to get confused.” Joy explains sheepishly.   “You get used to it.” Chara said. “There’s twelve reflections of me in my math class alone. You get to tell us and your reflections apart after a while though.”   “Have you ever wanted to murder a reflection of yourself with a bloody passion?” I ask curiously.   Chara just gave me a look. “Really?”   “It’s...a long story.” Joy says nervously.   “I know about the games, I played them.”   “No no, it’s about a personal experience I had...were a reflection of mine is...not the happiest of campers to say the least.” I explain.   “Ah. Well not sure what to tell you there honestly. Our family kills monsters, when we get our humanity blades we can save some with humanity in them still, but till then they’re the Afterlife’s paperwork.”   “Alright then.” I nod. “Anyways onto happier things.” I start.   “How’s life been for you in the family?” Joy asks, hoping to change the subject.   “Good. School is school, gym is as always, the fun class, and homework sucks.”   “To true.” I chuckle.   “What do you think about...us?” Joy asks curiously. “Just from looking at us?”   “You… use a lot of shampoo?” He says.   “I have eight fiances and I train a lot, so I have to make sure I am actually clean.” I frown.   “So have you seen what dad’s done with his realm? And to the one he inherited?”   “I didn’t know he inherited a realm but I heard he is probably making one.” I shrug. “Also I think I’m going to see sooner or later cause I’m going to have to ask him for a big enough church to get married in.” I chuckle. “Didn’t think I’d need that big of a place to marry them.”   Chara shrugged. “Eh, and yeah he’s making one and the one he inherited he’s changing so rules in that/this place are much simpler and some other things still apply.”   “Wait, why did you add ‘this’?” I ask curiously. “To ‘in that/this’?”   “The realm dad inherited is your multiverse, and it’s respective multiverses. When dad became an admin, everything and everyone who knew him was gonna forget him, everything undone like a rest, which is what it was. Dad bypassed this by being the first Admin created being to become an admin and so he had everything move to his new realm where he incorporated it as a reflection of his realm, and those just go on from their and so on.”   “Huh…”   “That’s something.” Joy finishes for me.   “Yeah, weird stuff, but that’s the price of admin hood, dad was the exception because he was the first to become an admin. He has always had a special way of bending or bypassing rules.”   “He seems like one of those guys to bypass some rules.” I shrug.   “Well you guys keep talking to the others, I’m gonna look for some more food.” Chara said as they walked off.   “That’s a good first start I suppose.” I shrug.   “Wonder who else we’ll meet.” Joy says, now wanting to meet people and have fun. “Hold on their little guy, we don’t know these people so we still better be careful.” I say honestly, looking around for who else to talk to.   We walked around for a bit, seeing some rather interesting characters, before I ran into someone who had to be a mom, considering it was Celestia, twice as tall as the one I knew and twice as…featured and curvy. “Hi.” She said, shaking my hand.   “Hello.” I say while shaking her hand.   “I’m pretty sure our Celestia would beg to date you.” Joy says accidentally, causing the pup to blush and look down. “Uh...s-sorry for saying that…” He apologizes for his blunder.   “It’s alright.” She replies. “It’s not like I haven’t done things with my reflections before.” She laughed. “Sorry, that’s between mothers and Cript.”   Both me and Joy blushed brightly. “O-oh…” I mutter.   “S-so! H-how are you doing today?” Joy asks quickly, trying to get his mind off of steamy thoughts.   “It’s always nice to meet new children. Our family is becoming so well known for it. Is there anything about our family you want to know specifically?”   “How many of them are here? And who should I talk to next cause I’m not sure if I can talk to them all in such a short time.” I say nervously.   “Uh, members in the family total of here?”   “Sorry...but yes.” I nod.   “Too many people...we’re kind of nervous.” Joy explains for me.   “Well, in total… not sure, we stopped counting a long time ago, here though are about a hundred or so.” Momma Celestia said.   “Alright then...so I have to talk to ninety seven more people.” I sigh out. “I’m gonna need a drink.” I grumble.   “You’re not getting drunk.” Joy frowns. “Remember the last time you got drunk?”   “No because I passed right the hell out. Damn Asgardian Mead.” I grumble.   “Heheh, well either way, enjoy your party. Gifts are outside by the way.” Momma Celestia said as she walked elsewhere.   “Wait what gifts?” I ask curiously.   “I have no idea.” Joy says honestly. “Well...let’s talk to someone else before we look at the presents. Wouldn’t be right if we jumped towards presents immediately.” “True.” I shrug. “So...who else here…”   I felt a slap on my back as I turned around, seeing Squirrel there. “Sup?” He asked.   “Hi Squirrel…” I say. “Why did you slap my back?”   “Hi Squirrel.” Joy says to the Thestral.   “To get your attention.” He replied casually. “Met your daughter Jenny, little ball of fire huh?”   “She’s something alright.” I say honestly. “Actually, where is she? Is she around here or what?” I ask curiously.   “Last I saw her she was jumping head first into the cake castle that’s in your backyard… it’s as big as this castle actually.”   “CAKE CASTLE!?!” Me and Joy yell in disbelief. “How in the nine hells was that possible?”   “Logic.” Squirrel laughed. “That’s a family thing we say when something makes no sense to us, chock it up to logic and move on.”   I take a moment to put that into some sort of logic, then start thinking about Jenny in that situation and start laughing. “Oh my god! That’s actually pretty hilarious.”   “So we have a cake castle in our backyard, we have gifts...um…” Joy starts. “Is this for his bachelor party or is this just a happy family party?” Joy asks.   “Family party. Dad and Fred are planning your bachelor party and the moms are planning the bachelorette party for your wives. I’m betting clones, lots of them, all of, well, you guys, and oceans of lube.”   “Uh…” I start, trying to figure out what Squirrel just said.   “Nope.” Joy says, his face already blushing. “Nope nope nope. We’re still too young to die from nosebleeds.” Joy says while shaking his head, his ears flat against his head.   “You are, he’s not.”   “Don’t care.” Joy says with a frown. “Anyways, what did Celestia say about a bunch of gifts?”   “Just a little something from the family that accepted the invite. They’re piled up in your front yard, one present for each member of the house.”   “Oh god…” I sigh out.   “What about Dinky and baby Braig? There still up with Celestia.” Joy says worriedly.   “Crap…” I frown. “Well...let’s just enjoy the party right now. I need to stop worrying about stuff right now.”   We walked around inside a bit more, and then saw something…concerning. Three Pinkie Pie’s. “Hi Ben!” The one on the left said, walking up and kissing me. “Check it out, I’m your wife, and they-me are your moms!”   “Uh…” I mutter. “Well...um...glad to see you Pinkie. And yes...there also my mother’s…” I nod. ”How has the universe stayed together?” I think to myself worriedly. “So...how has it been to talk to...yourself?”   “We have lots in common.” The Pinkie on the right said.   “And a fair amount of differences.” The one on the left said.   “How has the universe stayed together again?” Joy asks.   “Um...I always had the weird thought that, if Pinkie met herself, something really bad would happen.” I say nervously. “Cause you know...you all bend the laws of physics without the need of god like powers.”   All three chuckled. “Reality isn’t as fragile as sci-fi says it is.”   “Cartoon physics says otherwise.” I point out.   “Anyways, I believe it was you two and a massive group of bakers that made a massive castle sized cake?” Joy asks.   “Nope.” The two said. “That cake was made with your father’s special mix of magic and alchemy.” The Pinkie on the right said.   “Well...alchemy makes more sense than just ‘logic’.” I shrug. “So how are you enjoying the party Pinkie?” I ask.   “He means his fiance Pinkie by the by.” Joy says, adding some clarity to his question.   “I’m doing great!” She cheered. “I ate so much ice cream already!”   “That’s good to hear.” I nod. “So, I suppose you already talked to everyone already?”   “Almost.”   “Surprising.” I say honestly.   “And we still have so many more people to meet at this one party alone.” Joy sighs out.   We said goodbye to Pinkie and…Pinkie…and Pinkie…for now and walked off to talk with more guests. “Who next who next…” I mutter, looking around and still not knowing who to talk with.   “I don’t know…” Joy sighs out. “There’s just too many people…”   Time passed as Joy and I must have had rather short conversations with many people, a few mothers, mostly brothers and sisters. Each conversation told me a bit more about my new family. Overall everyone was rather nice, some loud, some quiet, others normal, well, normal-ish. “Well...this was fun.” I say, grabbing another cinnamon roll and eating it.   “I’m just glad people brought cases and bottles of stuff instead of having one major drink.” Joy says, taking a sip of his mountain dew. “No need for someone spiking drinks.” He points out.   “True.” I nod. “Well...want to check out the gifts?” I ask, the pup smiling before the two of us head out to find the presents we heard about.   It was a tower, presents all wrapped up covered in paper and the sizes varied. “Good evening.” We looked to our side, seeing a butler there.   “Hello.” I nod. “How are you doing today?”   “Good. Greetings sirs, I am Edward Glafram, at the request of the head butler of your family estate I am assigned to serve you directly.”   “It’s nice to meet you Edward.” I nod. “Who’s this tower of presents for again?” Joy asks curiously. “We heard it was for us but we just wanted to make sure.”   “The gifts are all mixed sadly, but names for the desired recipients are on them.” Edward explained. “Also I feel I should bring up some information and orders I received after meeting with your wives.”   “And that would be?” I ask.   “I am under strict orders to makes sure that during your training you stick to the schedule your wife Twilight has set up for you, while you train with your teacher I will school and educate young Joy here and when it's time to head home, if you refuse I have been given orders to, and I quote, ‘drag you back unconscious if need be’.”   I groan. “Of course she would do this…” I groan.   “Excuse me, but you said you’ll ‘school and educate’ me?” Joy asks.   “To be blunt sir Ben, would you trust yourself to keep yourself in check? And yes Sir Joy. While Ben isn't a full member of the family yet, you are, and therefore need the proper schooling.”   “Me and Ben are the same person still.” Joy points out. “Everything he knows, I know.” Joy explains.   “Do you know the proper advance Magic schematics for creating basic food items from the atoms in the air or how to construct weapons from your own mana?”   Joy raised a hand up...then lowered it...then raised it again...then lowered it. “Damn it.” Joy frowns.   “Your schooling begins tomorrow.” Edward said plainly.   “Shouldn’t Ben be schooled as well? Again the part of ‘we’re the same person’ still applies here.” Joy says.   “You two know that Joy has a body of his own are by definition separate people but you are connected both by soul and mind. If wanted Joy could live an entirely different life separate from Sir Ben.”   “That’s true but I’m not going anywhere without Ben.” Joy says with a frown.   “That is why you two are listed as blood brothers in the family archives.”   “Never mind.” I shake my head. “So, do we have to wait for a specific time to start unwrapping gifts or do we just start opening them?” I ask, knowing the butler is misunderstanding what Joy is saying.   “You may start now if you wish.”   “Yay!” Me and Joy cheer before rushing headlong into the tower and starting to unwrap gifts with my name and Joy’s name on it, like two kids during christmas.   The first gift I opened was oddly enough shoes. There was a note with them and apparently they're enchanted to let me walk on water…even up waterfalls…nice. Joy opened his and it was, funnily enough, a puppy. It was brown, blue eyes and floppy ears. I noticed it had a weird collar on it, but shrugged it off. My next gift was…a classic bomb you'd see in Loony Toons...I did chuckle but this is likely real. Joy’s next gift was… a PlayStation 4…wow…I am so gonna borrow that often. My third gift was a stopwatch, when I looked at the note I got a little worried, it let's me stop time for five minutes and go back in time two...gonna keep that away from Jenny. Joy opened another and pulled out...The Fat Man from Fallout...how did it fit in a box so small...   “All of these presents are awesome...but how the hell did a portable nuclear rocket launcher fit in that?” I wonder.   “Don’t know, don’t care. I has puppy!” Joy cheers, hugging his puppy gently and happily.   I opened my next one and it was at first I thought it was a sniper rifle…till I pulled the trigger and an arrow shot out, hitting another present. A sniper rifle that shoots crossbow bolts…huh. “I really hope nothing special was in that…” I say worriedly.   Joy picked up the gift. “It's one of mine.” He opened it… and pulled out a skull…The bolt through an eye hole and out the back. “Okay one, why the hell is there a skull in here? And two, you shot the skull!” Joy says with a frown.   The skull then screamed, scaring Joy as he dropped it and then it managed to hop and turn to face him. “The time is 7:56 pm.” It said. “Any alarms to set?”   “Uh...Edward...the fuck?” Joy asks worriedly, pointing to the skull.   Edward walked up, seeing the skull. “It's an alarm clock.” He said bluntly.   “Most demented alarm clock I’ve ever seen.” Joy whimpers.   “Let’s move on to our other gifts alright?” I say sheepishly, patting Joy’s head and hoping to calm him down.   Joy nodded, opening another gift as he pulled out… a diamond sword. “Cool.” Joy smiles.   I opened one too, and inside was a coupon that just said 34 on it. “Coupon with 34 on it…” I mutter, before blushing brightly. “No...it doesn’t mean that does it?”   “That is a coupon for planet 34 sir.” Edward said. “A world where all sexual fantasies and desires are legal, though the darker one’s are only allowed in hyper realistic simulations.”   I rub my temples at hearing that. “Of course it is…” I mutter, putting that away and making sure that none of my wives ever find it.   Moving on, Joy opened another gift and it was single toy soldier. “Cool.” Joy smiles, checking the toy soldier out and seeing if there was anything special with it.   “Wonder why you only got one. Back home you could get fifty of those things with ease.” I point out, wondering why he only got the one.   After looking it over and finding nothing interesting about it, Joy tossed it back into the box...then the box glowed as the toy soldier grew into a green robot. “Awesome!” Joy says happily.   “That’s a thing.” I chuckle. “Anyways, onto more presents cause we have barely scratched this tower.” I say, grabbing my next present. “God the girls are going to be so happy to see all this stuff.”   I opened the present and inside was...a mouse… “Hey there little guy.” I say with a little smile.   “You got any cheese?” The mouse asked.   “You can talk…” I start. “Well...not on me right now but I can get you some.”   “Yes I talk. I'm a Castle Mouse.” He explained.   “And that is?” I ask.   “I'm the mouse that lives in the castle walls. Every castle has one.”   “I didn’t know that.” I say honestly. “So what’s your job little buddy? Besides living in my houses walls?”   “I can act as a messenger to others in the castle and find lost things.”   “Cool.” I nod. “Have a name?”   “Tin.” The mouse nods.   “Nice to meet you Tin.” I nod. “Names Ben, this is Joy, and you’ll soon meet the other inhabitants of the castle soon enough.” I say, kind of surprised the girls haven’t come out to get their presents.   “Well let’s see my next present.” Joy says, getting his next present. Joy opened the box, inside was a bunch of apples…that are skull shaped. “What’s with all the skulls? What did they have too many skulls for the skull throne or something?” Joy asks  worriedly.   I took one, it smelled like an apple, so I took a bite...huh…not bad. “Surprisingly...not bad.” I say, eating more of the apple. “And hey, no cries of the damned scaring the crap out of us.”   I finished the apple skull and grabbed my next gift. I opened it and it was a hand mirror. Huh. I thought as I looked at myself in it. There was a flash. And Joy started laughing. “What's so-” I cut myself off…why do I sound feminine…”Oh no…” I mutter, looking back into the mirror and finding myself a female. “Oh god…” I mutter, seeing myself as my ‘female self’ again and grabbing my chest, my breast feeling like it’s gotten...bigger. “Why me~.” I whine, not liking this.   “But your so pretty.” Joy smiles.   “Go to hell.” I frown. “Now how do I change back?” I grumble. I looked at myself in the mirror for a bit. Then there was another flash and I did a quick check. Yup, male again. “Oh thank god.” I sigh out thankfully. “Never letting the girls find this.” I say sheepishly.   Joy rolled his eyes and grabbed another gift. Inside was another box. “A box within a box huh?” Joy sighs out, before grabbing the box and opening that. Out of that box was a strong wind as cookies, cake, ice cream, and anything remotely containing sugar flooded out… And didn't stop. Joy’s eyes widened and closed the box quickly, his entire body shaking with joy. “It...spawns…amazingness…” Joy says, looking at me with wide eyes and it filled with sparkles and childish glee at having his own box of sugary goodness.   “Just make sure to eat in moderation, no need for you to somehow get diabetes you silly demi-god pup.” I chuckle.   I grabbed my next gift and inside was… Gloves. Each pair with one of my girlfriends names on them. I spotted Luna in the distance and wondered...I put the pair that had her name on them on and pretended to squeeze, to which I saw Luna yelp and cover her chest. ”Awesome!” I mentally cheer, getting a cheeky ass smile on my face before squeezing again.   “Perv…” Joy said.   “Oh come on, you’re me so you're also a perv.” I point out with a cheeky grin.   “Not in public.” He deadpanned.   “That is true.” I nod, taking the gloves off and putting them back in the box. “I don’t like that kind of affection in public...but it never hurts to show how much I love my fiances.” I chuckle.   Joy rolled his eyes, opening his next gift. It was one of those magic eight balls. “Hmm…” The pup mutters before shaking the eight ball and checking the whole to see what cheap ass ‘fortune’ it’ll give him.   Ask a question.   “Oh…” Joy starts. “Um…” Joy wonders before shrugging. “Who will I fall in love with?” He asks before shaking the ball.   Four loves for life I see. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Jenny Ventral.   “AB...Sweetie...Scoots...and…” Joy mutters before his ears perk up and he blushes brightly. “Wh-why is…” “What?” I ask, looking at his answer before seeing the four girls he’ll be dating. “Oh...um...dad did say that Incest is fine…” I say sheepishly. “Oh dear...wonder how Jenny’s going to take that bit of info.” I chuckle nervously.   “Take what?” Jenny asks, appearing from behind, and causing Joy to freak out and throw the eight ball away. “Scared much?”   “N-no!” Joy yips quickly. “Just...uh….surprised.” He says nervously, his face beat red.   “Whatever. So, cake castle has fallen…took a hundreds of stomachs, heh, so I came to open gifts.”   “Well me and Joy have already opened up a few gifts.” I nod. “You’ll find anything from weird skulls, a nuclear rocket launcher, to a puppy.” I smile. “My puppy.” Joy says, holding his puppy.   “Sweet.” Jenny says, finding a gift with her name on it and opening it. Inside was a locket. “Boo…was hoping for a weapon.” she opened it up and looked confused. “Why does one side hahava picture of those CMC and the other has a picture of Joy in it?”   “Oh...you want the straight answer or do you want Joy to sputter like an idiot?” I ask curiously, seeing Joy try to justify how that’s a thing but just looks down, ears flat against his head as steam billowed out of his head.   “Dare I ask?”   “Joy got a magic eight ball that actually gave real futures...and it just so happens this little guy asked who he’ll fall in love with.” I explain. “And it just so happened that he’s going to fall in love with the CMC...and you.” I say honestly.   Jenny looked at Joy, who was cherry red at this point. “Really?”   “I m-mean...you are p-pretty…” Joy says nervously. “But...yes.” He nods, resigned to his fate of getting smacked upside the head.   “Huh…” Jenny walked up to Joy, and to my and his surprise, planted a kiss right on his lips. When she broke it…there was a spit trail. “I guess you'll do.” She said with a cheeky smile.   “Uh~” Joy started, his mind going completely blank here.   “I...think you broke him Jenny.” I say nervously.   “Then let me fix him.” Jenny gave Joy a smack, which brought him back before she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. “You'll have to prove yourself as my alpha though, till then, I’m the alpha, and you're my bitch.” Jenny then grabbed Joy by the tail and dragged him off.   “HELP!” Joy pleads. “I DON’T WANT TO BE APART OF THIS JOKE!” “Sorry Joy, but this is what happens when you get a girlfriend.” I laugh hysterically.   To be continued...