{Dae}
I woke up and didn't realize how worried I was about Betty because I guess I passed out. I looked to see that Betty was still in a coma from Blackout because of Mr. Giggles' magic. I was surprised that I wasn't more angry than worried because of what Mr. Giggles did. I looked over when I heard Norman breathe a sigh of relief. I smiled because, hearing Norman's thoughts, he was just as worried about me as he was about Betty.
"There's no need to be concerned about me, Norman," I said. "I'm more worried about Betty than I am about myself. And no, don't kiss me again."
Norman snorted. "I'm not going to. I know when to take a hike, unlike some people. In any case, I'm happy you're awake."
I nodded. "Uh-huh."
Betty was sleeping on her side, facing me. I smiled when I saw that Norman had finally figured out how to touch Betty on the spot on her back that makes her wing come out involuntarily. There's a spot on her back underneath each of her wings to do that.
Norman took the opportunity to press that spot underneath the wing that was facing him and her wing came out. Betty rolled over and faced Norman and this time I did the same thing to her other wing.
"I was wondering when you were going to figure that out," I said. "Funny, it helps to keep her calm and I use it to tell her when I'm in the mood for sex. The way she can stop me when I do that is if she lays down."
Norman laughed, "I just do it because it's too much fun messing with her. Just like when I yank her tail to get on her nerves. I wonder if it works with anyone else?"
I shook my head. "Nope, it doesn't work unless it's someone she cares about. Max tries to do that to her and it doesn't happen and she gets pissed at him. She even threatens to throw a dagger at him if he doesn't stop. The same thing goes for scratching her behind the ear."
Norman nodded and turned his attention to Betty. "I figured I'd do this for her so she's not in pain when she wakes up." He put a hand on Betty's cheek. "I hope she's not in pain now."
"Yeah," I said, "I agree."
I paused trying my hardest to listen in on Betty's thoughts, but I couldn't hear anything. "I can't hear her thoughts, so either she's not thinking anything or something's blocking me from hearing them."
Norman shrugged. "Your guess is as good as mine."
* * *
{Betty}
The next time I opened my eyes, I had no idea where I was. I looked around and all I could see was darkness everywhere. It reminded me of when I was in Lucifer's cage. I felt nothing but confusion. There weren't loud voices calling out to me like when I was in Lucifer's cage, so I figured I wasn't in Lucifer's cage.
"Hello?" I called out. "Is anyone there?"
I jumped back when I heard my voice echo. After a while, I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I turned around to see a person that looked just like me.
I tilted my head. "Who are you?"
"I'm you!" they said.
I paused. "Huh?"
"Yes, silly," they said, "I'm you!"
I shook my head, trying to get the awkwardness of this situation out of my head. "Wow, I'm talking to myself now. Too bad there aren't any therapists in Hell."
I guess my copy found this funny because she started laughing hysterically. She stopped laughing. "You're seeing me because we're inside your subconscious. So, no, we're not inside Lucifer's cage. You sank him into the abyss, remember?"
I nodded. "Yeah, I do, but why is it so dark here?"
"It's because you're under something called Blackout," my copy explained. "Mr. Giggles used your Dark Aura against you, triggering a traumatic memory. Do you know what it was?"
I sighed. "Yeah I do. The one where I lost twenty-five of my teammates on my tracking team because Grogar killed them. I thought I'd gotten over that when I went to Heaven and saw them. I guess not."
My copy shook her head. "You did get past it. You're not in pain anymore because you got past it. Mr. Giggles used his magic to search through your memories and when he found this one. Once he saw how you felt when it happened and used that against you."
"That stupid clown!" I growled. "I knew he fought dirty from the very beginning."
"You do realize not all of your opponents are going to fight fair, right?" my copy asked. "Mr. Giggles caught you off guard when you met him."
"Yeah, all of the dumbest things I've done is try to fight fair with a clown!" I said.
I guess my copy found that funny because she burst into laughter.
I did a facepalm and groaned, "Now I'm laughing at myself. Great…"
My copy was practically on the ground rolling on her stomach in laughter at what I said.
My copy stopped laughing and regained her composure. "I'm sorry, Betty, you're hilarious, you know that?"
"Can you explain why I'm talking to myself?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah," my copy said, "I'm here to help you break free of the Blackout. Your friends and family don't know this, but as soon as the Blackout happened they sent their love for you and that's how I came about. And I've come to save the day!"
At this point, I was not believing that my friends and family sent a copy of me to help me. "Yup, Dae's right, I don't know when to take a break, and now I'm delusional."
My copy snorted. "I would feel the same way if the shoe were on the other foot."
"Actually, when you think about it," I said, "it is on the other foot because you are a copy of me."
My copy snorted again. "I guess you're right about that, Betty."
"So, how do we get out of this place?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah, your friends and family are waiting for you. Discord is trying to figure out a way to cancel out the Blackout. It did take a while for me to get to you. Now I'm here to help you get out of this sticky situation. You can get out of this by achieving the Blue Aura."
"Blue Aura?" I questioned.
My copy nodded. "Oh, yes, the Blue Aura is the strongest aura a Death Walker can achieve. It's higher than the Red Aura and the Dark Aura combined. The only way this can be achieved is by the love you have deep down inside you. The Blue Aura isn't achieved by strength, it's achieved by love. It's based on emotion, which you have plenty of it."
I blinked. "Okay."
"Now in order to achieve the Blue Aura just touch your index finger and middle finger to my forehead and I'll do the same thing to you," my copy said.
I nodded and did as I was told. My copy then did the same thing. The next thing I knew there was a bright light that blinded me and I couldn't see a thing.
* * *
I woke up and looked around to see that I was in a room at the Castle in Canterlot. I looked over to see Norman and Dae with worried looks on their faces.
"Uh, hi?" I said because I didn't know what to say at the moment.
Norman and Dae breathed a sigh of relief when they saw I was okay. Without warning, Norman decided to reach over and lick one of my ears. Dae decided to reach over and bite the other ear.
"Okay, first of all, Norman, that's gross!" I said. "Second, Dae I'm not food! Third, what was that for?"
Dae laughed. "We're just happy you're awake finally. I don't know how it happened but it looked like you accomplished the Blue Aura. I thought it was just a tall tale until now. Yup, you really are a Legend, Betty!"
"Actually I have you guys to thank for that," I said.
Norman tilted his head. "Why's that?"
"Because the Blue Aura is achieved by love and not strength," I explained.
"So how was that possible?" Dae asked.
"You're not going to believe this, but I had a nice long talk with myself," I said.
Norman and Dae almost fell out of their chairs because they were laughing so hard.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, I know. Out of all the weirdest that would happen to me, this one takes the cake."
Norman snorted. "Don't say that around Pinkie Pie!"
"I know," I said, "I'm not going to even if you paid me. Anyway, how long was I out for?"
"Three days…" Dae answered.
"Three days!" I panicked.
"Calm down, Betty," said Dae, "you were under some pretty strong magic. We weren't even sure you were going to pull through."
"Oh," I said, "but I need to finish practicing the Mirror Technique! I should probably-"
"Go?" Dae said. "Yeah, that's not happening."
"Why not?" I asked.
"You need to stay in bed for at least a day or two," said Dae, "then you need to go to the Church of Satan to recover. After that, then you can start practicing the Mirror Technique."
"Me? Stay in bed?" I asked. "You know that's easier said than done right?"
"We figured you might say that," Dae said. "Since I have to go back to ruling Hell, Norman has agreed to keep you company for a bit. That way you will take a break."
Norman nodded. "Yup, and you're not getting out of bed with me around. I'll wait on you hand and foot just like I do with Sunset when it's needed."
"What about ruling over Equestria?" I said.
"Don't worry about that," Norman said. "Jasper and I have a plan in place for situations like this. So it's fine. You're not going to be able to weasel your way out of this."
I crossed my arms and pouted. "Fine."
"Good," Dae said. He kissed me, got up, and turned around to leave.
* * *
The next day, after playing another round of card games with Norman, there was a knock on the door. Norman went and answered it as he really didn’t want me to get out of bed. To me, that was just Norman being overprotective. I didn't think I needed to be chained to bed or something like that.
"How's she doing?" Jasper asked.
"She's doing fine. She needs to stay in bed, and I'm making sure she does that," Norman said.
"Wow," said Jasper, "talk about overprotectiveness. Is she up for visitors? Cozy Glow wants to see her."
"Sure," said Norman, "I think she's getting bored with just me around. We've been playing cards and, for some reason, when she's not interested in that, she likes to play tic-tac-toe with herself."
"Why does she do that?" Jasper asked.
I could tell Norman's voice that he didn't want to tell Jasper the truth, and why he needed to mention it in the first place was beyond me. Norman lied, "Don't know, that's the way she is, I guess."
Jasper laughed. "You know you're not a very good liar, but okay."
"Am I that obvious?" Norman asked.
"Yup!" Jasper said. "You couldn't hide the obvious even if you wanted to."
"Hey, Dad," said Cozy Glow, "can I see Aunt Betty now? I heard she's awake."
"Sure, Cozy Glow," Norman said.
"Well, I guess I'd better be going," said Jasper. "See you later, Norman."
After Jasper left, Cozy Glow entered the room, and she was overjoyed to see me. She practically dove at me when she gave me a hug. I laughed and Cozy Glow sat down on the bed beside me.
"What happened to you scared me so much!" Cozy Glow said. "I can't believe something like that could happen to a Legend!"
At that moment I realized something. Even the strongest of fighters need help sometimes. I might not be able to take Mr. Giggles down by myself.
"What is it, Betty?" Norman asked.
"You know something, guys," I said, "I've been looking at things all wrong concerning Mr. Giggles."
"Why's that?" Cozy Glow said.
"I can't take Mr. Giggles down by myself," I said, "but we can take him down together!"
Norman and Cozy Glow exchanged a look of confusion.
"What are you talking about, Betty?" Norman asked.
"Given what happened with Mr. Giggles," I said, "I pulled through it because of the love I got from you guys. If I didn't have that, who knows what might've happened! Even if I do manage to finish learning the Mirror Technique, there still might be a chance that I can't stop him on my own. It's going to take you guys along with Dae helping me."
Norman blinked and he looked shocked by what I just said. "Okay, who are you, and what have you done with Betty?"
I chuckled, "It's me, Norman! I just realized that even the strongest of fighters can need help. I'm going to need your help because I don't think I can take Mr. Giggles down on my own."
"Huh," said Norman, "I'd never thought I'd see the day when a Legend asks for help."
* * *
I was finally recovered enough to meet up with Sawyer, but he told me to hold off on the next training session for two weeks. So I practiced what I learned so far. I remembered that time I saw Max hanging from the ceiling like a bat and that gave me an idea. When I set the obstacle course on the level I wanted, I took my spot on the ceiling and did a backflip so that I was in the air crossed-legged. I was able to dodge most of the arrows with my tracking abilities. I dodged thirty of the arrows before one hit me in my chest, right where it would have gone through my heart, and I would've died if I were still alive. That arrow came as a surprise somehow because it came from behind when it hit me.
Well, it's a good thing I'm already dead or that one would've been the finisher, I thought.
I used my powers to turn off the obstacle course and lay on the ground trying to catch my breath. Norman came up to me in a panic. "Did one of those arrows hit you in the chest?"
"Yeah, why do you think I'm lying on the ground trying to catch my breath?" I replied.
"Yeah," said Norman, "you look like you got the wind knocked out of you!"
"Again," I said, "lying on the ground, trying to catch my breath."
At that moment, I saw Max the Bug coming towards me. I didn't really didn't want to be bothered at the moment. I took one of the arrows that were lying next to me and used my Darkness powers and Glass powers to turn it into a dagger. I threw it at Max and it hit him in the shoulder. I surprised myself because I did it while I was lying down.
"Ow!" Max said. He pulled the dagger out of his shoulder and winced when he did it.
"Wow, Betty," said Norman, "I didn't even see him coming!"
"Now, what was that for?" Max growled.
"I know what you're thinking!" I snapped. "I didn't feel like dealing with you at the moment. That one was a warning shot. Come any closer and I'll make the next shot a lot worse. I'll even let Norman knee you in the chest, just to make it hurt more."
"Do you have to make threats of violence towards me?" Max asked.
"Yes, because it's the only way I can get it through your thick skull that I'm not interested!" I snapped. "If I was, I would've done something about it by now."
"It's not like that," said Max. "I just want to sleep with you, that's all."
"And I said no," I said, "now get lost, Bug!"
"Wow," said Max, "is that what you think of me? I'm a bug? Now that's mean."
"Good, and I'll keep saying it until you get lost!" I said. "So get lost already!"
Before Max came near me, I was already pissed off and I didn't want to give him the advantage because I was lying down. I picked up another arrow and turned it into a dagger. I threw it at Max and it hit him right in the area where his balls were. Max screamed, pulled the arrow out, and ran away from me as fast as he could. Norman winced when he saw that.
"Yeah," said Norman, "I'm not pissing you off anytime soon."
Dae came up to us laughing pretty hard because he saw the whole thing. "I told you, Norman. Max got off easy when you kneed him in the chest. Hopefully, he'll leave her alone now, unless he wants to be in more pain. But knowing Max he'll find a way to get on Betty's nerves again and she'll inflict more pain on him."
"Yup," I said, "your brother is an idiot."
"I couldn't agree more," Dae said.