Okay so that's six rifts down, and about a hundred and four more to go.
I had been spending the last year on and off traveling to rifts. Each one was either something small or something huge. Either way I made sure to locate each and every shard of Heylel I could. So far, nine.
This is gonna take a while.
I sighed, but smiled. I might not be a mom yet… but I can happily say I am a father now.
Mine and Gilda's eggs hatching, it was an amazing day.
“Never thought I’d be a dad…but boy am I happy about that.” I muttered with a warm smile, feeling proud to be a parent. “Just need to finish this all up, and everything will be better.”
I found the next rift and once I was in I- what the?
Well… this is new… I'm on the moon…
…Huh…
Well, Luna's gonna be happy.
I managed to fly around this place, killing fiends and even finding three more Heylel shards before breaking all the anchors and the moon appearing next to Luna's woah she wasn't kidding her moon is bigger… Earth's moon is in orbit around her moon…
Oh speaking of moons, I see a Sombra fragment on her moon!
Man I have gotten quick at all this.
“I suppose that comes with the territory of me being a goddess with Kryptonian powers.” I thought to myself, flying towards the Sombra shard and ready to kick it’s ass.
It looked at me, and I ended it with some laser eye beams. Not gonna lie, that one is always fun. Alright so far so good. I'll stop by the house for a bit then jump back to it.
In a flash I was back home, it felt nice.
I walked inside and spotted Celestia eating some pizza and watching TV, my normal pregnant body sitting unconscious next to her.
Never really gets normal seeing your own body… but also was… interesting, having a three way with it…
"Hey Anna." Celestia said.
“Hey Celestia, how you doing?” I inquired, seeing her just kinda hanging out like it was some basic saturday morning for her.
"Finally got the crown dismantled and set up a specially expected council. I did have to sign some papers but now, it's official, I am retired, Luna is Retired, Cadence is retired and we can all just focus on ourselves and our herd." She said, biting into a mushroom and olive pizza slice.
“That sounds good.” I nodded. “Good thing that me and Gilda don’t need to be apart of a Kingdom anymore like Blueblood planned…a year ago…” I said, just kinda having it hit me how short of time I’ve actually been at this.
"Well, in any case I'm Just glad I can enjoy my favorite food and stop stressing about the kingdom."
“Yep.” I nodded with a smile. “Just rest and relaxation while I finish up some loose ends.”
"And when I'm not doing this I'm shagging with Inkwell, Gilda and whoever else is free and not terrified for their hips and sanity."
Heh… I forget she's a kinky freak…
“Yes, I do remember how…kinky you are Tia.” I chuckled.
"If you aren't doing anything do you wanna screw? I've been groping your body here on and off but it's not quite the same when there's no moans."
Oh… so… that's what that was.
“Right…that’s what that was…” I muttered. “Alright you, you sound horny, so we’re gonna have some fun.”
"Always~"
I chuckled, shape shifting into a larger form and picking up the horny sun mare and heading off to a spare room to blow off some steam.
A neat benefit of my battle body, which is how I refer to this one, is that it's actually infertile. Unlike my pregnant, always fertile body.
Tia of course had me indulge in her odd and various kinks for almost two hours before she finally tired out and fell asleep. I on the other hand limped away and fell into the hot springs bathroom. Agh, still get so sore with her… one of these days I or Gilda is giving her a limp…
“Goddess of Life getting a limp…really need to change that…” I muttered, enjoying the hot spring to soothe my aching bits. “Though, I do have to wonder what’s taking Grey so long to get all the Time Gems…”
"Oh I've been done." I shrieked, covering up as Grey was suddenly somehow next to me. "Oh please, like I care about your body."
“Don’t…scare me like that.” I panted lightly. “So…good to know you got everything…now just need to figure out how to bring back Faust…”
"Oh so you want your kids and all that to stay inside your stomach then? I'm referring to your old timelines children's not the new brood in your other body."
“I mean, I would love to see them all again, and also relearn all my past histories.” I said readily. “How am I supposed to do that? Also…how many worlds do I even have in there?”
"Forty two million, eight hundred and sixteen thousand, five hundred and ninety six." Grey said, raising a hand out of the water with his fingers ready to snap. "Say the word and the rest of your families, and history, is yours."
“Uh…does the planet even have enough space for all of that?” I asked worriedly.
"Oh relax they'll all just become neighboring solar systems."
“Alright, good to know that it won’t cause bad things to happen.” I nodded. “Alright, snap the fingers Grey.” I said, quoting Emperor’s New Groove and knowing that nothing bad will happen.
They snapped their fingers.
The migraine was like getting a hangover, while getting heavy metal blasted in my face while getting a sledge hammer whacking me temples on both sides.
But I remembered… I remembered it all. Every timeline. Every shapeshift. Every battle. Every romance. Every love. Every child. Every reset.
My… my… my kids, I need to see them!
I jumped out of the bath and rapidly put on clothes. Each timeline, each generation I haven't seen them in so long!
“Don’t worry kids, Momma’s coming!” I called out, ready to do some hopping, skipping, and light speed jumping to see my kids again.
I had… so… many kids. I felt so unbelievably guilty I just… forgot them. And my lovers from all those timelines, they were here too. Alive. I just spent… time, catching up with them all. My huge family, spanning across a whole galaxy of planets.
"Hey mom." I looked up to see one of my oldest, Keeth, my first timeline, fourth son with Yevon. He looked like his dad, save having my eyes and hair color.
“Hey Keeth.” I said with a smile, pulling them into a hug as I was just…so happy to see all my family again. “How you doing?”
"Good. Lot of the others and I all have a surprise for you." He said. I let go and walking up were Sandra, Emily, Nick and LJ. Timelines seven, forty six, two thousand and four, and one million five. They had… Sombra fragments… all tied and bound. A sack of rocks that seemed to be… Heylel shards?! And is that Seymour?! "We finished off the rifts for you and got all your loose ends here for you to finish up."
H-how?
“Excuse me, how!?” I asked in absolute shock
"Well, it's been a month since we all got out of that purgatory stomach of yours and we wanted to make sure you actually got to rest." Emily said, long black hair, pale skin, yellow eyes.
"Don't forget we're your kids mom, we might not all be gods or even Demi-Gods but we aren't all pushovers." Nick, neon blue hair and elf like ears.
"So, we all divided the world and made honestly pretty quick work of the last bits of these things." Sandra, kitty ears, orange hair/fur and tail.
"Consider it our many late missed birthday presents for you mom." Keeth said.
“You are all so amazing.” I teared up happily. “So…just need to find Micheal and let Heylel commit a murder in front of his freshly resurrected wife.”
"Don't worry, once you absorb all my shards, set me free and I'll hunt the little piss ant down." Heylel said.
I nodded, first cutting down the Sombra fragments and then absorbing all the Heylel fragments. Once they were all absorbed I let him out. He looked… actually, he looked hot. Long red hair, golden eyes and pale skin and two huge flaming wings. He spun around, punching the air and making a hole through the multiverse and flew into it. "Micheal! I'm coming for you, you micro dicked wife killing homophobic bastard!"
I almost wish I could see Michael's face… almost. For now…
I turned and faced Seymour.
“Sup bitch, remember me?” I asked, cracking my knuckles as I walked closer to the chuklefuck in question.
"Do what you must." He said, closing his eyes. "I have no regrets."
“But that’s too easy,” I answered. “And you see, I’m a Goddess of Life, so here’s what I’m going to do,” I put my hand on their head, as they opened an eye to question what I’m about to do. “Given you have this weird fetish for Death, and your father disowned you and your mother became an Aeon when you were a child…I’m not going to kill you.” I said, making their eyes go wide open at that declaration.
“Wh-what?”
“Instead, your going to be getting an actual life, where you won’t be indoctrinated into a bunch of hypocritical bullshit, where you’re family won’t be used as cattle and you’re own father won’t fear you because you exist.” I said, my hand glowing. “I’m giving you a second chance at life.” I explained, using my power over life to reset their clock, turning them back to the day they were born. “You’ll have a new life, and you’ll be a better person because of it.” I said, seeing as their time was siphoned away as they slowly turned into a crying infant, and hopefully they won’t remember a thing about Spira or their crimes.
I picked them up, their teary face looking at me and I gave them a warm smile. Guess I'll mother this one first.
I woke up with a yawn, my bedroom pile had gotten so big. My harem is literally a… more than a few million members big. Thank God Discord made this house ever expanding inside.
Speaking of, I'll have to kiss my new chaotic hubby when I see them next.
I got up and headed for the kitchen, grabbing a mug and putting it under the coffee Dispenser. Unlimited coffee. Best Nexus item in my opinion.
It's been what… ten years now? Heh. Physically I look the same but all my memories and such, god I feel old. Still, every day is the same. Say hi to all the kids of mine who visit. Tend to the ones growing up, help nurse and clean the newborns. Spend quality time with my loves. It's always busy but hey, I like it like this.
“Ah, this is the life.” I sighed happily, so proud of everyone and just feeling everything go right for a change.
"You've done well here." I turned around, seeing a woman with long black hair and all black clothing sitting at one of the kitchen table booths.
“And…who are you?” I asked carefully, already fearing what the hell’s about to happen.
"I'm Maxilla. And I am who's been keeping your unit and all it's timelines locked safely in a bubble all these eons." She said. "Honestly I was content to let you remain as you are, safe and unaware of the bigger worlds but… things have come up."
“And…what ‘things’ have come up?” I asked worriedly.
"War. Between Vincent, or rather, Grey, the original Grey, and the rest of creation as a whole. If we lose, we won't even get a reset. Complete and total death. Not even the Afterlifes or the void would remain."
“Oh…that’s…that’s not good.” I said carefully. “Well uh…this is gonna be awkward with Vincent and my Grey here hearing that…” I muttered, knowing those two can hear practically anything if their names were brought up.
"I'm actually counting on them helping us. Grey is basically a copy of our main enemy so having someone who thinks and acts like them will prove invaluable. Vincent is the Admin of Life, Spiritual Life, even if he too is a copy his skills and abilities will be incredibly useful. And lastly, there's you Anna. Are you willing to ascend to something higher than Godhood and save creation? Odds are you'll also join The Family which at this point is a… well, think of it like a big harem I guess but we're all also fighting this battle."
“I mean…what’s one more fight against some asshole that wants to destroy everything for shits and giggles?” I said honestly. “Would spice thing’s up a bit, so what is this ‘ascension beyond godhood’?”
"Admins. Like Vincent but you'd be a young blood. Far stronger than you are now and when a god prays, they pray to admins. Welcome to the war Anna, Admin of Shapeshifting."
The End