Gen 3 Chap 11 – Time To Go

Today was the day. The day I went back to where I came from. Back home. I must say, I would actually miss this place and all its residents. It may have been weird and every corner I had to look out for death but, it was fun. I expanded my social circle at least. Made a whole bunch of new friends and even found a mate for Phoenix (He and Kona were still inseparable even after I got back). I decided to stay a few extra days to say my last goodbyes and this final day, I found myself talking to Vivek; someone I thought I’d never have a full fledged non interrupted conversation with.

“So, Ezra, happy to be finally going back?” he asks me glancing at Phoenix every few seconds. He’s always been a little uneasy around dogs.

“Yeah but also kinda sad.” I say and he smirks. Like actually smirks; no timid smile or stutter. “It must be because you’ll miss us.” To that, I nod. If possible I would take everyone here back home with me. That way, they wouldn’t be so lonely here… it’s a ghost town.

“You know, you actually saved us… as well as the other way around.” What? Me? How? All I did was get captured like a princess. “If you never would have come along, if you never fell down that rabbit’s trap, then we would all still be cowering in fear. I would probably have never seen my beloved Melanie again and more blood would’ve have been shed.” He said and we talk for hours more.. well it felt like hours when in actuality it was only 30 minutes.

Soon he got up and stretched and announced he had to go home to make sure Cashmere wasn’t destroying his house, or that other weird feline. He wished me a safe trip home and even hugged me before leaving. After of which I decided to find my father.

Which I found outside in Genesis’s backyard… I didn’t even know he worked on this car.

“Hey sleeping beauty! Get enough rest?” Genesis greets me as a walk closer. I smile and nod, after a while I got used to Genesis’s outbursts, cynical attitude, and just all around weirdness. It’s actually a highlight of my day now. “Great, Henry’s been talking non stop about how he can’t wait to get you back because Lyra will be oh so happy. It’s sickening.” I look to my father who has a bemused smile on his face and I have to agree with him, mom would be happy; dad too and if they told anyone, those guys too. I was excited to see my family again, I missed them so much and I bet they missed me… especially my twin.

“So I’m guessing you’re practically ready and everything?” Henry questions and once again I nod. “Great, we just have to wait for the others and then we’ll be off.”

“I still don’t see why we have to drag those two along. How would Knitemair even live Above? He’s a demon, with demon eyes, demon ears, and just creepy.” Genesis says flipping the wrench in the air.

“He’ll manage. Under-Esterdaleian’s always do…”

“Did you say your farewells to everyone then?” He asks me.

“Actually… The Twins aren’t here so no to them, Cashmere, and um… Melanie.” I say blushing at her name. Stupid! She’ll never fall for me, she has Vivek. They’ve been together; stop trying Ezra. I silently chided myself and I notice my father slightly frowning.

“I can give the former your wishes whenever I get back… but Melanie is right over there with Jasmine. I think she was waiting for you. But she has Vivek Ezra, your infatuation with her is dangerous.” He says and tilts his head in the direction of where she was. I sigh knowing he was right about my feelings for her. After all, she was from here and I, not. How would that even work? I walk away from him thinking about it still when I almost run into Jasmine.

“Oh, sorry Jas, I didn’t see you there.” I apologize and she waves it off.

“It’s fine Ezra, I actually didn’t see you either. I was thinking about Above… how it would be.” “Still no memories then?” “No, I’m actually kind of scared, I mean, what would happen to me?” “You’ll be with me, don’t worry. If it happens, we can both go down together.” I laugh and she gives me a grateful smile which made my day even brighter. We got past the initial awkwardness from a few days ago although she doesn’t tell me a lot about how she feels about the whole ordeal though, mostly she stops herself before going off to ‘cool down’. I don’t mind it, it’s cute when she does that.

“You know, I never thought I would be living here. I wonder how my sister will fare without me here…” She muses and I honestly don’t know how to answer her. At least, until I see a flash of light blue out the corner of my eye. She notices it too and soon Melanie is bounding out of the bushes towards us and my heart picks up the pace.

“Ezra! The one and only! Glad I caught you before you went off back home.” She says happily practically jumping up and down. “Now, don’t be a stranger when you do go back. Come and visit sometime, ‘k?”

“Yeah sure… You’re staying here then..?” I question and she giggles. “Of course silly, Genesis and I already talked about but I’m taking over this place. Even thought Under-Esterdale is technically his birth right to rule, he doesn’t want to. So he asked me.”

“So, all hail Queen Melanie?” Jasmine says and we all laugh. I figured someone would have to stay to keep The Red Queen in check… after all, who knows what happened to her after our breakout. “I’m going to go see if Knitemair and Lily are just about ready, see you Mel.” Jasmine says and walks back to the house leaving Melanie and I alone.

“You know, you really did help us. Arabelle always told Knitemair and Shiro you would be the downfall to her throne and you were… directly indirectly. Kind of ironic. Plus you don’t talk a lot for an outsider.” She started walking back towards the bushes and I followed her.

“I simply observe, like Henry. I don’t ask a lot because I can sort of figure it out.” I say. She reaches the bench, sits and then pats the spot next to her. I obediently sit next to her feeling my cheeks heat up being this close to her.

“A quiet observer! You are the Hare’s son. That’s besides the point, it’s probably your nature anyway. There’s something I want to ask you though Ezra.” She trails off and I grow curious.

“Shoot, I don’t bite.” I say anxiously waiting for her question. She smiles at my lame attempt at being comfortable and shrugs. “I dunno, sometimes I feel that your story is just beginning. Like this was just arc one or something.”

“Why do you say that?” “Because Henry, by his nature and fate, is forever bound to be by the near vicinity of Genesis. Genesis by his fate is forever a… how do I say this… he’s a Time-Hopper. By being that, Henry is a World-Hopper. That little orb of his allows him to see some ways into the future.”

“Yeah I know… what does that have to do with me?” I question and she gives me an impatient look. “I’m getting there. Anyway, with Gen being a Time-Hopper, Henry being a World-Hopper for Genesis, they’re bound to get into some type of trouble now. At first being here was fine, Genesis never questioned why or how, he just simply accepted it. Now since your arrival he’s regained some of his memories and he’s told me there is something eating away at him. A distant memory he can’t quite remember.”

“Still don’t see what this has to do with me…”

“Then I’m going to rush this last part. Genesis has a family up there. It’s small right now but when he was reborn from– nevermind. That memory he’s looking for is a girl. Her name is Sephora. You and your father have to find her. Along with Henry finding Shiro, that bunny has a LOT of explaining to do.” She finishes and I stare at her. Why do I have to help in my father’s journeys? What if I wanted to stay at home doing… nothing… Hm, well now that I think about it…

“I still don’t understand why this has anything to do with me.” I say and she lets out an exasperated sigh.

“You’re a World-Hopper’s son. You get adventures automatically. Fun times.” She states and I couldn’t help but laugh. “Oh shut up, you’re the one acting like you’re a child… But seriously Ezra, be careful out there.”

“How do you know this?”

“Shiro’s ball… it kind of… activated in my care. I seen a glimpse of the future you have… it’s a nice one.” She says sadly which I wanted to ask more questions to but she stood up before I could. “That’s enough for now. Ask your father and pseudo uncle if you still have questions. I’m going to check on my Time Lord and see how he’s feeling. See you sooner or later Ezra. Be careful.” She hugs me then and I actually thought this conversation would go south real quick but thankfully it didn’t. I just have to keep telling myself that she will never be mine and that should do it.

“You know I can be perceptive too sometimes. Even if this might offend you, it’s really cute how you came to like me. Your jaw was practically hanging when I first saw you.” She says and I could feel my face turn several shades of red and she giggles again. “See, told you. You know I’m faithful to Vivek though so keep that crush of yours in check.” She says and I voice my agreement. After all, it wasn’t unreasonable, it was just a crush so I had no problems complying with it. Plus my heart might thank me for it later.

“Well, I guess it’s time you get going kid. I hear them gathering.” And I sigh because I could hear them too. We walked back to where everyone was gathered and sure enough, they were waiting on me.

“Finally! I was beginning to sweat in this weather.” Lily exclaims. “You were going to sweat in the shade?” “It’s hot Knitemair. Can we just go now, I hate it here.”

“Well Ezra, are you ready?” My father asks me and I look back at Melanie. “Go ahead Ezra, you deserve to be out of here. You probably missed a whole bunch of stuff Above.” She urges and she was right. Internet, my own bed, the freedom of walking Phoenix.

“Yeah I’m ready. Let’s go.” I say and with a few cheers, Henry pulls out the orbs and mumbles to them. We all gather around him and soon his orb starts glowing, brighter and brighter with every second that passes.

“See you guys later! Don’t forget about us!” Melanie says as we all begin to disappear. Soon, I couldn’t tell where we were but that feeling only lasted for a few moments as my vision began to clear and I look around. I was back home; in Aurora Skies.

***

No One’s POV:

Jay Xavier and his wife Bianca was playing with their son in the early morning. His parents still asleep in their warm bed. It has been a year and a half since Ezra went missing, a year since their parents fell into a sort of depression. And a few months since Eihime gave birth to his niece and nephew. Life has been sort of normal for Jay, but not the same without his brother.

Bianca Xavier wasn’t particularly playing with her son as much as she liked to. Her attention was being pulled else, she didn’t know why but it was. She soon got her answer when a bright light entered her peripherals and she looked up seeing a whole group of people that weren’t there before at the end of their driveway.

“Jay, who are those people? They mysteriously appeared…” She says in her soft voice and Jay looks up, seeing what she sees.

Yes there are people now at the end of his driveway. People he’s never seen before… and dogs. It couldn’t be… could it?

Jay looks closer and realizes these people aren’t from here.

Why, they couldn’t be.. it’s strange… they’re strange.

But then there’s one figure he recognizes. With a huge unmistakable grin on his face; Jay Xavier sees his brother. He hands Logan off to his wife gently because if he did not, he would’ve dropped the poor kid. He darts inside the house to wake his sleeping parents.

 Time was spent outside in the brisk, late autumn air. Hugs, introductions, glares, and tears. All that mattered to Ezra’s family was that he was back home. Safe.

Gen 3 Chap 9 – The Plan

Le Author’s Note: Look another chapter! Let the heavens rejoice! But really, I missed playing my game so more updates, huzzah! This chapter is going to be short since it’s more of a filler for a character’s backstory but at least it’ll be off my mind and written down. Lilith’s story is coming along slowly because the file is laggy and crashy. I think I’ll delete all the non important people there so it’ll run smooth and what not. Or at least try to, but anyway, on to the show!

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It was dark when I awoke. Well, not exactly dark, but dim. I sat up slowly, my body was stiff which must mean I’ve been on the garishly colored floor for a long while. I pulled myself up on the little board that was hanging right behind me and looked around slightly. The things I noticed: One; I was in a small cell of some sort. Two; there are no windows and only one way out of here which would be the staircase leading out to who knows where.

Three; my head was pounding… What the hell happened for me to get here? And four; well shit…

Someone else was here. Watching me look around. When my eyes landed and focused on the person they perked up.

“Finally, you’re up. I was beginning to get sick down here. Mother could have at least made it nicer.” she says standing in front of the cell. “Well, at least she was right, you are cute.”

“Who are you and where am I?” I ask still mildly confused about this whole thing.

“You are in a little cell under my mother’s mansion, in Under-Esterdale. I am Lily.” she stares at me for a moment before continuing; “I’m guess your head is still fuzzy then?”

I nod slowly, wary of what she might do. Her name sounded so familiar and yet, I couldn’t think of what significance it held. She sighed and crossed her arms.

“Alright listen and listen well, I’m going to be nicer than what I normally am for a moment and tell you why you’re in here.” she says and I scoff silently to myself. I didn’t like her as soon as she opened her mouth but now she just made me dislike her even more. “You know my name and I know your name, Ezra. You’re in here because of my mother and her stupid plan to take over this place.” Lily’s face contorted into something like anger at the last part. “She’ll never do it but she’s too stubborn to get that through her thick skull so she keeps trying to pair me up with… well your bloodline for reproduction.”

“What? That’s… that’s–”

“Stupid, yeah I know because it’ll never work. You see, this all started way back when Genesis, you remember him right? Yeah of course you do. Who could ever forget a guy like that? Anyway, he’s the true ruler of this place, yada yada. Your dad, Henry, well he’s pretty much predestined to always and forever be Genesis’s advisor and stuff so my mother got this strange notion in her head that if I marry Henry, have a kid, and be all buddy buddy with Genesis, she’ll be super close to the throne and could snatch it up whenever. But the thing is, I don’t and never will love Henry, I have Emillio and although father actually arranged for us to get married, I wanted Emillio…” she says wistfully. So dad was supposed to marry Lily, have a kid and have the kid grow close to Genesis…?

“That makes no sense.” I say blinking, trying to make sense of it.

“Mother thought Genesis would have a kid, they fall in love with Henry’s and I’s child, you know, fairytale stuff. The thing is she got her damned wish, she’s Queen, but she’s paranoid that they’ll revolt. Though she killed off most of the population… Genesis isn’t even a threat to her anymore.” she sighs and a question arises in my head.

“Why are you telling me this? What gain will you get from all this?”

“I’m telling you this because she still wants to get in on the bloodline, she wants us to have what Henry and I were supposed to have but it won’t work. I have Emillio and you don’t even belong in this world. As much as I hate commuting with you and Henry, when need a plan. I don’t want anything to do with you and I know you don’t want anything to do with me.”

“Why don’t you stand up to her yourself? She technically isn’t responsible for your actions… is she?” I ask skeptical of Lily’s proposition.

“I’m the only one with a key to the cell Ezra, Therefore I’m the only one who can get you out. Listen to me, do as I say, and we won’t have a problem okay? I actually want to get you out of here but we have to work together on this. Now pay attention.”

***

 Henry’s POV:

“This is all my fault. I can’t believe I screwed up… this is all–“

“It’s not your fault Jasmine. Stop blaming yourself.” Genesis cuts off her blaming. She’s been doing that ever since we discovered Ezra to be missing two days ago… well kidnapped would be the right word since we know where he is. We just need to figure out how to get him back and with Jasmine on the verge of crying all the time, it’s actually complicating things.

“I can’t stop blaming myself because it is my fault! I was the one in charge of the spell, I was the one who was supposed to keep him off the radar but then Chenille wanted to push me–” she starts but is immediately cut off again.

“Great, blame Chenille, it’s her fault.”

“But it’s not… she wasn’t supposed to keep Ezra off the radar, I was.” Jasmine sobs and I sigh loudly.

“It’s no one’s fault, it was one hiccup, one mistake. What’s important is that we get him back. We know where he is, all we need to do is go get him back… All we need is a plan.” I say not succeeding in my attempt to make Jasmine feel better.

“A plan, yeah, we’ve been trying to come up with one since he was taken. You got something new?” Genesis asks skeptically.

“Actually, I do. More than likely, the Queen wants me for a specific reason and she took Ezra as insurance. So what we, more specifically I, do is walk up to her and offer–“

“That’s a stupid plan. Knitemair is there and–“

“Shiro is off the grid. He fled, apparently. I found a note lying on my desk saying he left for Above and shattered his orb though I don’t believe that bit for a minute. We only have to deal with Knitemair, one of us can distract him while someone else breaks my son out.” I state simply. It wasn’t an all that convoluted plan, fairly easy really… Get in, get out; simple.

“Knitemair can invade minds you know, if he senses more than just the one who distracts him he’ll alert the Queen telepathically and she’ll…” Genesis got quiet then, thinking.

“She can’t really do anything. She’s down a minion and if anything, she’ll make Knitemair doing everything.” I say and the backdoor flew open with the twins bounding in; Kona and Phoenix in tow.

“Well I still think it’s a stupid plan. You can recruit the two if you want.” Genesis says standing up and maneuvering around Jasmine to the kitchen. The twins looked around before speaking.

“So, why so glum everyone?” they say in unison, copying each other’s movements.

“Ezra’s been kidnapped, Henry’s devising a plan to get him back, it’s a stupid plan. That’s all you two need to know and get these dogs out of my house.” Genesis growls at them but they don’t listen to him.

“What plan Henry?” Techno asks with Logic nodding furiously. “Yeah what plan? Can we help?”

“The plan is simple, I just need someone to distract Knitemair while I go and talk to the Red Queen. Now I would ask you two but…” I trail off thinking of the possible negative outcomes.

“I’ll distract him. I need to do something to help anyway.” Jasmine pipes up and everyone looks at her.

“I would gladly allow that but the outcome is the same as if the twins would do it so–” “Then all three of us will!” Logic cuts in, “Yeah three distractions are better than two! Plus it’ll give us time to find Ezra. Phoenix misses him a lot you know.” Techno says bouncing on his feet. I looked to Jasmine and seeing her puppy dog face did it.

“Fine, you three be the distraction. Genesis…” I start.

“I’ll be back up ok? If anything I can knock Knite out… maybe.” he says and I smile. I suppose that’s what best friends are for. Now all we need to do is put this in action.

Gen 3 Chap 8 – Advice From A Caterpillar

Le Author’s Note: Hello and welcome back to another chapter of The Xavier’s. Not much to say here except this chapter has a high concentration of the “FunUnclesCan’tKeepSecrets“ and the other not so nice and polished words. Before I forget, Lilith’s Story’s first chapter of the prologue is up. You can read it here. It’s short, simple, and not immensely detailed. After all, it is only the prologue. Anyway, enjoy!

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Jasmine’s POV:

That bitch. I hope she burns in hell. Or freezes to death, whichever comes first.

My sister, or at least, that’s what I label her as but I don’t believe she is. No one that’s like her can be related to me. All she does is dance around that damned mushroom and try to tell your fortune. Annoying to say the least. I hate her… I wish I could remember what it was like before… before she ate the plants that made her blue and ‘enlightened’, before I came to grow so bitter towards her… hate her.

I didn’t notice when she stopped dancing and turned towards me. I was too busy mulling over my thoughts.

“Jasmine… your fortune. Let me see into your future.”

“Leave me alone Chenille, I don’t have time for you.” I say walking past her.

“But you have time for everyone else that isn’t your sister. Your future is bleak.” Chenille says calmly staring at me.

“Fuck off and don’t bother me.” I continued to walk to my place of solitude, behind the black sheer curtains that housed my alchemy set. Being a witch has it’s ups and downs. Ups being I can cast a multitude of spells, like the one Ezra has over him right now to keep him hidden from Shiro and his orb. Downs being, well for me, my anger. If my anger gets out of control, spells get out of control. And I’ll never know unless I can actually see it. Invisible spells like Shroud are the most risky for me but keeping things hidden are my forte and so far, I haven’t had a problem with it.

“A girl who doesn’t listen to her older sister. Hmph… her future is still bleak.”

“Why’d you follow me Chenille? You know I don’t like being bothered when I’m mixing things.” I say to her. I know she followed me because even as quiet as she is, Chenille has a very loud aura about her. An aura only I can tell she has…

“I must tell you your fortune sister. Whether you want to hear it or not. Your future is bleak.” Chenille says softly. I couldn’t give any fucks about her damned predictions, they’re all false anyway. None of them ever comes true.

“Chenille, get out…” I say simply, feeling my anger rise. The more she’s near me the more I want to just… ugh.

Instead she comes closer. Practically breathing down my neck while I try to concentrate on an elixir.

“This pertains to the boy also. His future is bleak and getting darker… very dark.” She continues to talk, making my blood boil. She doesn’t even know about him so how can she say that!? I grip the sides of the table the tome is resting on trying to steady my rapidly rising heart rate but it’s not working… I hate this place, I hate her. Why can’t she just fucking die?

I glance back and find her staring at some potions and elixirs. Don’t touch those, don’t you fucking dare…

She didn’t, she just stared at them and sighed.

“Though you are talented and your spells never fail, the one you love will not prevail; for just this once you’ve made a mistake, and the Queen takes advantage of that which is fake. It will not take much to get him back, but beware, it is courage one lacks.” Chenille states and walks away. Normally I wouldn’t take anything she said into consideration but one thing about that prophecy stuck out to me… what mistake?

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They’ve been at the temple, plotting Ezra’s capture. Well, Knitemair has. Shiro has mostly been trying to find a hole in that Hare’s plan. And finally, he did. Practically too late but he did. His orb can tell him just about anything, that much Knitemair has seen. Who would’ve thought the Hare, along with Hatter and the girl, would hide him in the Dollmaker’s house during inspection. And put a spell over him for good measure! It tickled Knitemair just to think about it and he doesn’t get tickled very often. So they made their post right outside of the freak’s house, away from view mind you. They’ve been here almost all day and Knitemair is getting tired of it. They must’ve told the boy not to go outside. Knitemair doesn’t blame them, after all, people are out to get him.

Knitemair looked to the side and found the white rabbit asleep, levitating too. Strange, Bunny Boy can levitate while asleep… maybe even while awake… he never knew that. Never even knew the bunny could do telekinetic shit. Still, it made him wonder why the Queen keeps him around. Bunny Boy couldn’t do anything right, he had to be walked through a lot of simple tasks, hell he couldn’t even find this boy without Knitemair’s help. Which also makes him wonder why the Queen wants him so bad. He’s not special, just a plain old regular– his father is however, the Hare. Maybe that’s why Queenie wants him? Hare didn’t marry her daughter so maybe… Bah, what’s it to him? Knitemair let out a huff of air and looked straight ahead. He shouldn’t be thinking about the Queen’s intention… only if it applies to him, then he’ll give the thought the time of day. And yet…

He glances back at the white rabbit. So weird yet so stupid… His curiosity got the better of him and he invaded the little rabbit’s mind. Just to see what he dreams about. It can’t hurt, can it? After all, he might find out what torments the little idiot.

Morning came all too soon for Knitemair, he wished it stayed darker a little longer… or at least rained. He liked sad, depressing weather. So when the first light of day hit, he listened for movement inside the house. He found it to still be silent, as Dollmaker and the boy were still more than likely asleep, like the white rabbit. He stayed levitating all night, not even changing positions when Knitemair invaded his mind. Amusing, but now they were even more pressed for time than yesterday. The Queen expected them back with the boy in two in two days time. Today counts as the third day and oh shit, she’s going to be so angry at them for keeping her waiting. Knitemair didn’t care about the rabbit’s punishment but he did care about his own ass. Worrying what might happen to him for his lateness, he almost missed the Dollmaker’s soft voice telling the boy today was the day he could go back with his father. At that, Knitemair perked up and awoke Bunny Boy the only way he knew how.

“It’s time, Shiro.” 

Shiro jolted awake and plummeted to the ground not far below him. “Son of a bitch. What’d you go an’ do that for?” he whispered. Knitemair simply stared at him, noting his speech pattern had changed ever so slightly. Still the child he’s so afraid of… then he looked towards the house as the front door opened.

“Oh… he’s coming out then. Finally. Dollmaker won’t follow him right?” Shiro asks yawning and stretching.

“No, he won’t. Be ready to grab him as soon as he’s in your sights. I’m not responsible for this.”

“Yeah, yeah. Get out of my head.” Shiro says and waits for Ezra. For what seemed like an eternity passed before the boy or ‘Annoyance’ as Shiro calls him, made an appearance and began to walk down the road. Shiro, didn’t waste a second in nabbing him and making sure he was kept quiet.

“You’re swift Bunny Boy. Let’s go.” Knitemair states.

“Whoa, hold on. I can’t carry this alone.” Shiro says glancing down at the knocked out boy then back up to Knitemair.

Knitemair shook his head slightly, they didn’t have time for this, and picked up Ezra. He wanted to wipe that smirk off of the little rabbit’s face but restrained himself to just teleport away.

“H-hey! Grr… that damned demon…” Shiro mumbles under his breath and uses his orb to also teleport.

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“Knitemair! Shiro! You’ve finally returned, I was beginning to think that you forgot about me. And oh look, you’ve brought him. Shiro dear, take him to the cellar. Knitemair… I want to talk to you.” The Red Queen says. They couldn’t tell if she was happy or just masking her feelings but either way, Shiro did as he was told and Knitemair waited for her lashing out she was bound to give him.

She watched as Shiro dragged the boy’s body towards the door for a moment and then turned her attention to Knitemair. She waited until Shiro’s grunts of struggle were far out of her hearing range, he didn’t need to know. Though they both were technically late, a day, to be precise; the Red Queen was feeling surprisingly… nice.

“Knite-y Knite, tell me, what took so long?” She asks in the nicest tone she can muster.

Knitemair looked scared for a moment, an expression she’s never seen the man make, before recounting the events to her. As she listened to his thoughts, she was surprised to find that Shiro did most of the work, even if Knitemair plotted the young boy’s captured, Shiro is the one who found out her underlings little scheme. Using Jasmine’s mystic powers to put a spell over the boy… but then her sister, Chenille, disrupted that spell just only yesterday, Shiro’s orb picked up on that, thank the gods. The Queen knows that the witch’s spells waver and sometimes even crumbles when she’s angry and the Queen also knows the only person to make her angry enough was her drug addicted sister. The Red Queen dismissed Knitemair to do whatever it is he normally did when she didn’t need him immediately by her side and got lost in her own thoughts.

Oh happy day, now that Ezra is in her clutches (if only she knew ahead of time that Jasmine used a spell, gods, she could have done this ages ago.), there really was no time to waste. Lily has almost, almost mucked up her whole plan to officially take over this sorry kingdom by having an affair with that damned butler (immediately beheaded when she found out about him) she had when she and Hare went Above. Then Hare goes off and has an affair with a random girl. But his mistake there was that she got pregnant by him and birthed a boy! Who cares about his twin sister, or his other younger siblings for that matter, Henry had a son and once the Queen found that out from the little white rabbit, she stopped at nothing to get her hands on him. Lily will marry into Genesis’s family, even if it kills her. The first step just has to be Hare first, or should she say, the Younger Hare. Perhaps the Queen herself should get advice from that caterpillar. Couldn’t hurt.

Shiro’s POV:

He’ll be stiff when he wakes up. Good, I hate this boy almost as much as I hate practically everyone here… I wonder how long he’ll be out, I can’t wait to rub it in his face that he’ll never go home again. I know that my b– the Hare, I know that the Hare with the help of his other stupid friends, tried to reassure that he could, but he can’t. My orb is the one that brought him here, my orb only listens to me, and my orb can’t be taken from me. In fact, I’m planning my escape. I don’t need to be here, I’m not wanted anyway. I only stuck around for the mischief and mayhem I caused… Like the wiping out of most of  this whole kingdom… only a few souls are left behind per Red Queen’s order, other than that, my purging left much of this town deserted. I like it that way but I’m still leaving. 

I turn away from that hideously small cell and go back upstairs to where she is no doubt waiting for me. I wonder what my punishment is going to be this time, sleep with her again? ……..Fuck, I hope not. I knew I shouldn’t have took that extra day for myself… oh well. This will be the last “punishment” I’ll ever have to take from her.

From anybody.

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Le Author’s Note 2: Meant to get this out yesterday but I had a busy day. So here it is today! Hope you enjoyed 🙂

Gen 3 Chap 7 – Bipolar Schizophrenia Paranoia Obsessive Compulsion aka BSPOC

Le Author’s Note: Welcome back to another chapter! I know it’s been a while but that’s okay right? I envy those who can get a chapter at least once a month but sometimes life doesn’t work that way for me. The good news is, before I got my writer’s block I was making new characters for this legacy. You won’t see all of them this gen because they were actually for next gen. Skipping ahead is not in my books for this gen, don’t worry. I was just testing out possible story routes for Ezra’s kid(s). But anyway, on to the chapter! Hope you all enjoy.

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Plink. 

I hit one note on the keyboard. It’s the only thing in this house Vivek will let me touch for fun. He has a sort of OCD that would put anyone who claims to be  a OCD manic to shame. I don’t even know how to play it well, pianos aren’t my forte; pardon the expression. Guitars are more my thing, strumming out, humming along…

I made a weak attempt at playing the notes of a song I’m surprised I still know, but, it kinda sounded good. I ended up doing a raunchy version of it yeah, but I still found myself singing along with it.

‘This kind of soda pop confusion
Is an under-current juice

Baby while you’re dancin’
Don’t forget tonight the city’s burning
Baby while you’re dancin’
Your steps are like a riot going on’

“What song is that?” I heard him ask causing me to stop. I didn’t even know he was in here. That’s another thing about him; he’s quieter than a cat or mouse and that’s with both personalities. Mostly it’s the wallflower one that’s in control. He told me about the other one but I have yet to see it in action.

“It’s uh, Soda Pop Confusion. Have you heard of it?” I ask glancing over and he shakes his head.

“It’s sounds… interesting. Like something an outsider would like…”

“Why do you keep calling me that?” I stop playing the notes.

“Because it’s what you are… is that not clear? You don’t belong here.” he says looking away.

“Yeah well, I’d rather be an outsider than a reclusive paranoid schizophrenic.” I say to him probably a little too harsh for his current personality; instead, he laughed.

“Do you think I chose this? To be a type of BSPOC? That’s what one has to do in order to survive under the reign of the queen. Some are on her side by harassing the surviving people of this place like your father, Jasmine, and Genesis but some just like to stay out of her sight. Some of us just want to live to see another day and by you being here, well that’s jeopardizing everything I’ve done to stay out of her target range.” Vivek finishes panting. I’ve never heard him talk so much without a single stutter. Then again he only stutters if he’s nervous, scared, embarrassed… still, it caught me off guard, to say the least.

“Sorry… it’s just–” I start but he cuts me off.

“It’s the fact that you want to go home, that you can’t even leave to go outside and enjoy the sunshine without fear that you’ll be spotted and beheaded on sight.” he says softly and though that’s not what I was going to say it did strike home. We regarded each other silently for a moment, then we both dropped our gazes.

“I’m sorry… I didn’t mean for it to sound that mean.” I say to him.

“Are you h-hungry? I can cook something if you’d like.” Vivek asks completely ignoring what I just said. Maybe he’s used to that anyway.

“Uh, sure I guess?” Even though it’s like noon… at least I think it is. Either way, I was getting kind of peckish. Vivek nods, looks around the room for a moment like he forgot where he was, and gets up.

“It should only take a moment… I’ll come and get you when it’s ready.” he says and makes haste out the room. A few minutes went by while I was just sitting there doing particularly nothing when I heard a sound. My head snapped around to the giant glass door and window in the room and my eyes rested on something strange.

I got up and slowly moved slowly towards the creature. It looked like a feline but it was colored ever so… colorful. It stared at me and I stared back at it.

“Uh… nice kitty?” I say quietly and the cat just stares tilting it’s head from one side to the other.

I opened the door and beckoned it to come to me. It meowed once and pranced right into my lap. I picked it up and carried it inside. Just as I did, Vivek could be heard coming up the stairs.

“The food is– oh no… no, no, no, no, no. This is not happening. P-put that cat down, now.” Vivek says eyeing the cat in my arm.

“Why? Isn’t it just a regular cat?”

“What about that thing screams n-normal? Ezra I’m asking you out of precaution… mostly for me but for you too. P-pl-please put that down.” he says scratching his head slightly. I look at the cat and it looks back up at me with an expression I swear is mischievous. Immediately the cat starts changing and morphing into something different and I was soon greeted with a face of a man.

“My, my, do you have nice arms. I could’ve stayed in them all day.” the man says looking me up and down with hungry eyes. I take a step back and his expression went a little sad. “Oh, no, s’il vous plaît. I won’t bite. It’s just so refreshing to see a different face now-a-days. Forgive my um, staring.” he says still staring at me.

“Cashmere, leave, now.” Vivek says with a hint of anger.

“Me-yow, angry to see me Vi-Vi? Is it because I left you to fend for yourself all alone here?” the man with blue hair taunts. “Now you,” he meets my gaze, “You are new, non? An… outsider perhaps?”

 

“How did you know?” I ask calmly although I still didn’t completely trust him.

“Meee-owww… you dress the part of Under- Est, yet I’ve never seen you here and I know everyone. You’re a new face, a new face that I like… but one must question, what are you doing at my Vi-Vi’s abode, hmm?” he says.

“I uh…”

“Quiet Ezra. Cashmere has no business here and you certainly will not tell him.” Vivek says shooting me a glare. Then his eyes shifted to Cashmere. “As for you, why you chose to show up here now is beyond me. You’ve been keeping quite a distance for some years so why now?”

Cashmere had a grin on his face that could rival the Cheshire Cat’s and giggled like a school girl.

“Ma poupée, you really have to ask? I smelled a new scent, I came to track said scent, and here I am. Staring at this marvelous young man whose name is Ezra. Don’t be mad ma poupée, you’re still my number one.” Cashmere says playfully.

“Leave. You know what it is, leave then.” Vivek says still glaring.

“You really think I would leave Ezra alone with you? Oh please, he’s mon soleil du matin. Do I smell breakfast?” And just like that, Cashmere was let off the hook to leave. For now.

“Are you going to hang on him all day? I’m pretty sure he hates it.” Vivek asks Cashmere who was hanging onto me like he was a necklace. As soon as we all went downstairs he hasn’t let me go.

“Hmmm? Oh, ma poupée, are you, perhaps… jealous? I can stop if you want.”

“Actually it is really annoying. So if you could just–”

“Nonsense mon soleil du manti! You can take this can’t you?” Cashmere whispers and I was mucho creeped out by it. I looked to Vivek for help but he just gave me a ‘what can you do?’ look and I let out a whimper.

“Sigh… this is going to be a long day.”

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Jasmine’s POV:

 

I was just staring out at the waterfall when I heard Genesis clomp down the stairs.

“Why is the table cleared? And do you ever go home?” I heard him ask. His voice was rough sounding, probably because he’s been asleep for the last few days and when Genesis sleeps, no one dares wake him up. If they do, they’ll have to deal with him for a lifetime. I learned that the hard way, which is why I’m always here.

“Henry told me to a while ago. He said you wouldn’t feel like partying for a while, as to why I’m still here and not at my own home, well… I still have to pay off that debt don’t I?”

 I turned around to find Genesis closely examining his cane. Which was weird because he hardly ever looked at it without so much of a second thought. I found myself watching him just as closely as he was looking at his cane and when his eyes snapped up to meet mine I felt embarrassed and looked away.

“Shouldn’t you be looking at Ezra like that?”

“Wh-what? No! Why would I ever… just, no. I don’t even know why you would think that.” I say but I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks. I didn’t know why whenever I thought about Ezra things like this would happen, they just did. It’s not like I actually like him, I hardly even know him… I just… He has something about him that I find uh, attracting and I have yet to pinpoint exactly what it is.

I turn back to stare at the water descending down the hill, still feeling Genesis’s eyes on me.

“You know, it won’t do you any good Jasmine… denying your growing feeling for him. Hell sometimes I wish that it happened between you and I but sometimes things don’t really go according to a set plan. By the way, have you seen Hare around?” he asks and I was slightly taken aback by his words. No I will not play the cliched part of the girl falling head over heels in love with someone they barely knew and no I will never, EVER date Genesis. I knew that he had a slight, and I mean slight, thing for me but I always thought that was because I was really the only female who would give him the time of day.

“No and no. I haven’t seen Henry all day and I have no feelings for Ezra.” I state. I heard him chuckle and then head out the door. I inwardly sighed as I tried to calm my hot face.

“Idiot… Don’t you know that I can’t even begin to dream about a normal life? Fate has something else in store for me…” I say to myself. I hoped that with time these feelings would go away. I can’t even remember if I’ve ever felt attraction to someone before let alone know what it feels like to be in love. I don’t think I ever will, Henry says that it would be wrong for us to date anyway and what Henry says, goes. But then again… Henry is Genesis’s second in command. Ugh, if only I could remember my past, the one before I got here. Speaking of, I wonder if my sister would know anything or remember something I don’t. I should go talk to her, assuming she’ll talk back. I’ll go back home tomorrow, when Genesis doesn’t need me. Knowing him he’ll forget to eat if he’s inventing right now, if not, well… I’ll still stick around.

Le Author’s Note 2: Oh my Arceus OuO it’s so fun writing Cashmere X Ezra interactions xD. Although it hardly showed in this chapter (sorry but they did just meet ya know) but yeah, Cashmere is an entertaining character to write so hopefully he’ll get developed into an awesomer character. Sorry this chapter cut off so short. I just got back from class (7pm-9pm) and I’m dead tired writing this. Had an exam today too >< Well the good news is, next chapter we’ll meet Jasmine’s sister and then there’ll be drama. Or at least, I’ll try to make it dramatical as possible. So stay tuned for another installment! Happy simming everyone ❤

Gen 3 Chap 6 – The Rabbit Delivers A Message Pt. 1

Le Author’s Note: Hello and happy holidays! Surprised to see another chapter? Well don’t be because I plan on writing all this holiday week. I was trying out another sims thing called a Who’s Your Daddy Challenge but that ultimately failed when it’s saved decided to delete itself. I took that as a sign to go back to this xD. Anyway, last chapter was fairly short and gave a small insight on Genesis’ and U.E.’s past. These next chapters shall be like that too and Ezra may not be in all of them. That means that every character introduced in this generation gets a little spotlight. Also these parts shall be scattered throughout the generation as the last chapter was titled The Fallen Prince Pt. 1; this chapter is titled differently for it focuses on different characters. Mainly Shiro… but enough of me blabbering, let’s get into it shall we?

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Shiro’s POV:

“My condolences
I’ll shed a tear with your family
I’ll open a bottle up, pour a little bit out in your memory
I’ll be at the wake dressed in all black
I’ll call out your name but you won’t call back
I’ll hand a flower to your mother when I say goodbye~”

I heard a soft, angelic voice singing. Knowing it could only be one person, I silently made my way up to her. I smiled to myself when I saw her. She only ever sings when she thinks no one is around… she used to be a performer Above… well, trying to be one but her sister rendered that for her.

“I need to kill you
That’s the only way to get you out of my head
Oh I need to kill you
To silence all the sweet little things you said~”

Morbid, this girl is. She doesn’t think I know, but I do… I know a lot about her. About everyone here. She doesn’t notice me until I speak up.

 

“Do you always sing in the rain?” I ask and she jumps. I have that effect on people… not something I learned, I’m just… naturally creepy. At least, that’s what they say.

“What are you doing here Shiro? You’re forbidden here.”

“I can be wherever I please. You’re morbid you know. Singing a song about killing a guy…” She stays silent and I smirk. This is not why I’m here; to make her uncomfortable… although I like doing that. “I need to ask you something. Have you seen someone around here that isn’t from here?”

“I don’t know what you’re–”

“Don’t insult your intelligence Jasmine. You know who I’m talking about.” I interrupt her. She stood still for a moment and then smiled softly.

“Pretty sure I don’t. The only people that don’t belong here is you, Shiro. Now leave.” she says.

“Ezra. His name is Ezra, where is he?” I demand and I see her flinch a little. She may not notice it herself but whenever someone says his name she gets… jittery and nervous? I dunno what you call it but it’s obvious she has feelings for him.

“I… I don’t–”

“Tell me where he is! You know where he is, I know you do!” I lose my temper for a moment and see a light flicker in her eyes. Damn her…

“Why can you not find him yourself? If you keep tabs on everyone here with that orb of yours.” she asks calmly.

“Because my orb can’t find him. I’ve tried everything, EVERYTHING, and he isn’t anywhere on the map. Henry must’ve done something to keep him from and if I don’t find him she will have my head.” I saw her smile throughout that statement which made my blood boil a little. I hate it when people do not comply with me, I absolutely HATE it. But I didn’t let it show, I never do.

“Then you should talk to Henry bunny boy because I don’t know where he is.” Jasmine says and walks away.

“DON’T CALL ME THAT!” Temper Shiro, temper… I can’t ask Henry. That’d be like walking into a trap. But… I can ask the others. They always break. “Hehehe… ahahahahaha!” I laugh out loud not caring who hears, I think I might have found a way to save myself from the wrath of the Queen… no, I know I did. First, I must report back to her, even if it means potential death.

“What?” The Red Queen questions me in her ‘throne room’. She doesn’t live in a castle, just a really big mansion that she slightly converted to look like a castle. Sad really.

“I said I did not find him yet.” I say to her shaking slightly.

“Do you mean to tell me that the message you brought me is not a good one? Oh Shiro… my darling, darling Shiro. You know how important this is to me… to the realm. And yet, you’ve failed.”

“I-I know I can find him. I just need a little… more time?” My heart was racing. Not in the good way, the ‘Oh my god I’m probably going to be eaten alive if I don’t run’ way. The way she was looking at me just made me feel insignificant. Like I was doing nothing right even though I have done everything she told me to do. Find the boy, bring him down here. I didn’t expect that madman to find him first, just–

“Shiro, answer me.” she says.

“Wh…what did y-you say?” I stammer. I hated what she did to me. Just being in her presence makes me want to vomit out of fear. I stared at her, hoping I didn’t hit a nerve.

“I asked you how much time you needed to find the boy.”

“A week… three days at the least.”

“Oh Shiro, that is not the answer I wanted to hear. You were supposed to bring the boy here. The boy that could cause a catastrophe to this realm, the realm that I rule. You got one part right, you brought him here, yet you let you pride and confidence be your downfall. You let him escape, he’s running around here probably making a muck of everything I’ve done and he’s going to DESTROY WHAT I’VE MADE! FIND HIM AND BRING HIM BACK TO ME SHIRO! Or I swear, I will chop off your head and enjoy doing it!!” She yells causing me to shake more violently and let out a little yelp.

“I promise t-that I will-”

“Shut up. Come here, now.” she demands and I step forward, terrified of what she was going to do. To my complete surprise, she did nothing violent; she just held my chin and looked at me for a couple of moments. Moments that were hell to me.

“I’ve spent too much time shaping you to be perfect for you to go a mess it up. You do not get a week to find him. You get two days. When two days time is up, I expect you to have him in you clutches in front of me. I want that boy and I will not let you rest until you get him to me. Now, bunny boy, go and find him.” she says softly to my face. I reeled back and made my escape out of there, out of that mansion, and away from her. My next stop would be my last for Ezra. I’ll make sure of that.

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“Knitemair.” the queen states. The man that stood silently and still as a statue throughout the whole ordeal didn’t make a sound but she knew he was listening. He turned out better than Shiro. Knitemair didn’t have a family to think of Above, he had no one. He was born and raised here, in Under-Esterdale. He was born into servitude, just how the queen liked. Well, more like made but still, it was perfect for her.

“I need you to follow him. Make sure he doesn’t mess up any more than he already has. Ok? Good, now go.” she says and Knitemair walks off, following the little white rabbit that can’t do anything right.

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The temple. The only place I can come to, to actually feel calm. The place where I committed my first– no, I wouldn’t think about that. I already threw up several times along the way here from nervousness, I don’t need to throw up again thinking about the past… but it was oh so lovely to see his body drop and oh so lovely to see his look of astonishment when he found out…

I lied when I said the first stop would be my last, Ezra surely isn’t here. No one ever comes here anymore. But I needed to think, to have a plan for capturing him. Perhaps I could survey Genesis’ abode to see exactly where he– someone else is here.

I turn around to find Knitemair staring at a nearby tree. Knowing he’s only here because of the Queen I inwardly sigh at his presence. I don’t need any help with my task. I don’t need him watching my every move like a hawk. I DON’T need his help.

“Go away Knitemair, I got this.” I say out loud and he only silently looks at me. Then the second worst part of this day happened. He invaded my mind.

“I cannot. The Queen has ordered me to follow you to make sure you do not mess up.”

“I won’t mess up. I know what I’m doing.” I talk out loud to him. I hated his telepathic ability, he can always hear what people are thinking, unless the guard their mind well. “Get out of my head.” I say trying to push him out by putting my mental barriers back up. Only he wouldn’t budge. He faded in and out of the shadows of day until he was right up close to me.

He wouldn’t look me in the eye. He never does, he says he finds me creepy. I believe him. I find myself creepy, but he’s creepy too… creepier.

“This is a nice zen garden. It would be a shame if it burned to the ground Shiro.” he says in my mind. That sent a wave of panic through me.

“I don’t need your help. Stay out of this…” I say but I can see he wasn’t convinced. After all, he walked a thin straight line with the Queen just like I did.

“I will only interfere where I judge necessary. Other than that, my job is to merely follow you to make sure you don’t mess this up. Do you understand that, little white rabbit?” he says begrudgingly. I hate what he called me… I hate all the nicknames people called me, but I didn’t let it show. Besides I’m sure he could tell from invading my mind.

“I don’t need you interfering at all but if it’s to drop this conversation, I will accept it.” I say and since I couldn’t stay here to think, I walked inside a temple and stayed there. With Knitemair out of my mind, I could probably conjure up a simple plan to get Ezra… I stared out the window at the small forest that surrounded it and smiled. Boy, did I smile.

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Lyrics: Melanie Martinez- Dead To Me

Gen 3 Chap 5 – The Story of the Fallen Prince Pt. 1

Le Author’s Note: Hello and welcome to another installment of my absolute favorite legacy I’ve ever written. I’m surprised I even have time to write this because my boyfriend bought me Super Smash Bros for WiiU and The Evil Within and since I already beat Pokemon Alpha Sapph, those are the other two games that’ll I’ll probably neglect life for. But enough about me, let’s get on with the story shall we? This chapter will be short. It’s only to give a little insight on U.E. and a few pasts.

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It’s been about three weeks since I’ve came to Under-Esterdale. I’ve gotten use to the way things work and Phoenix has too. The most important rule that I should remember is to never go outside at night. There are… creatures out there… some, I’m guessing, are ferocious beasts that’ll tear anyone and anything to shreds upon contact. At least that’s what the howling at night tells me and it’s at night that my father chose to talk to me.

I was staring out the window of the room I’ve come to known as mine, when he knocked softly.

“Come in.” I said and he did… slowly.

“Listening out for the Laugnluck again are you?” he asked and I nodded without turning to look at him. “It will not get you… it is actually a gentle beast.” he said.

“What sort of beast is it?” “Dragon. Ezra, may I talk to you?” I went to go sit on my bed. “About what?”

“About getting home…” “You found a way?” “No, my orb cannot find Shiro either  because he is in a different world or he is in hiding. What I came to tell you is about the reigning Queen. She does monthly house inspections… well Knitemair does them for her.” he said sighing a little. “The reason  for me telling you this is because it’s that time a month and I have arranged for you to stay with Dollmaker even though he was very vocal about the whole ordeal.”

“Why can’t I stay with Jasmine? Or the twins? What about Phoenix?” I questioned.

“Because they will have their houses inspected first in this month. Phoenix will be staying with the twins. They do own a dog after all. Do not worry, I will come and get you when it’s safe for you to be back here.” he explained. He stood in my room for a long while. I was going to tell him I wanted to go to sleep but then he spoke up again.

“Would you like me to tell you the story of Before? Before Under-Esterdale became… this.” he asked.

“Yeah sure. I’d love to hear how it was before.” I say honestly curious about this place before people had to live in fear. Henry smiled slightly and began his story.

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“Once upon a time there were two rabbit brothers; an older one and younger one. The older one was a quiet observer taking in the beauty of the world while the younger, a mischievous little devil setting out to ruin what he could. These two rabbits were born to servants of the royal family which, back in the day, consisted of a king and queen. Life was simple and normal for the two rabbit brothers until one day, the queen gave birth to a son. Everyone in the kingdom was jubilant, even the two rabbit brothers who were only a few years older than the heir to the throne… Now you’re well aware the people of Under-Esterdale can age when they want correct?”

“Uh-huh. It’s why you don’t age…” He explained that to me a week ago when I asked why he didn’t look older like my mom.

“Right, well anyway the two rabbit brothers waited patiently for the son of the king and queen to be old enough to play the games they played and when he was, they became inseparable. The king and queen did not mind that their son was friends with two servant children, as a matter of fact they were happy that the son had kids his age for friends. As the days grew on, unfortunately, the younger rabbit brother became jealous that the son was spending more and more time alone with his older brother. They became the best of friends and then one day, while the older brother was away to the market, the son, being so easily bored as he was, wanted to play, so he chose to play with the younger brother since he was not allowed out of the castle’s grounds without proper supervision.”

“Wait, how do you know all of this?” I interrupted.

“Everyone knows the story of the Fallen Prince, Ezra, even the prince himself though he doesn’t know it is about him…”

“Wh-what?”

“Let me finish. While the younger rabbit brother and the son were playing near the edge of the forest, the brother got an idea. ‘Why should my older brother have all the fun while I sit out and watch?’ The younger brother thought to himself. His envy grew more and more as he kept thinking about it until it became too much and he committed a terrible sin. While the young prince was laying out on the grass the younger rabbit brother proposed that they play tag. The prince had to chase the rabbit but what he did not know was that the rabbit was magical for the rabbit brothers kept it a secret from him. What the younger rabbit brother knew though, was that this particular forest had an abrupt end to it. The younger rabbit brother ran off the forest cliff and stood suspended in midair. The young prince, not knowing there was a very far drop for the young rabbit brother stood just so he could not see it, followed and fell to his death. The younger brother simply walked home and when the older brother asked where the prince was, the younger just said he suspected he would be in the castle with his lessons.”

“That’s horrible… What did the king and queen do? And who is the prince? Who are the rabbits?”

“…that’s another story in itself for another day… and if you want to hear it you’ll have to ask the one that knows it best. For now, Ezra my son, you need sleep.” Henry said and made a move to walk out of my room but Genesis came in, blocking his path.

“The prince… it’s me isn’t it?” Genesis asked staring at his cane. Henry didn’t say anything.

“Henry, please, tell me.”

“…yes, the prince is you. The rabbit brothers are Shiro and I…” Henry says. That sent me for a loop. My father was related to the man that’s behind me being here? Which means that white haired devil was my uncle…

“You knew my mother and father when they were nobles… You… you know my life before I became… my god Henry how could you keep this from me? I thought this cane was the only link to my past… you said I didn’t have it when you found me but that was a lie.”

“It was better if you did not know you were heir to the throne here. After all, you had a life Above, you had family Above… but then he brought you back and I could do nothing to prevent it or foresee it like Ezra… I’m sorry. For lying and keeping this from you.” Henry apologizes and I saw Genesis shake.

“Genesis, are you ok?” I asked mostly because I didn’t want those two to get in a fight.

“I just found out I died by the hands of my most hated, annoying nemesis on earth and my best friend knew about it for years and never told me.” He gripped his cane harder. “Not only that but the asshole has been lying to me about it and who knows what else!?” So tell me Ezra, am I ‘ok’?” he asked and before I could reply he left out. My father went after him but not before saying he was sorry for dragging me into this. I had a slight urge to go after both of them but decided it would be better if I stayed right where I was. Besides it was their issue and not mine. I’m sure my father didn’t need my help to mend his friendship… at least, I hoped that.

For now, my worries lay with how I’m going to survive living with someone else that hates me for a whole week.

Gen 3 Chap 4 – A Rendezvous With A Dollmaker

Le Author’s Note: Welcome back to another installment of The Legacy of The Xavier’s. This chapter will be relatively short; at least, I’m going to try and keep it in my bounds of writing which is 2,000, or a little over, words. But one can never know when you have so many ideas for a story. Onto the show!

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I was awoken the next morning by Genesis kicking the bed. I was just about to tell him off but he stopped my words with a swift hit on my head with his cane.

“Don’t you dare complain. This is my house and I can wake you up however I want. I’m not your father. Get up, get dressed and let’s go.”

“Where’re we going?” I ask rubbing my head.

“Why, you’re going to see where another resident lives. I can’t guarantee you’ll meet him but we can hope right?” he says with a smirk.

“Uh…” Genesis gives me a look that says I’m hopeless then shakes his head.

“Geez, I guess I have to be straightforward all the time with you huh? We’re going to see Dollmaker, Henry told me to make clothes for you but I’m all out of material for that… well, I get my material from him, I never keep any in the house. So get up and let’s go. Henry and Jasmine are probably halfway there already.” he says and leaves me. I swear the longer I stay here the more intrigued I get about Genesis, Jasmine, and the lot. But it never outweighs the urge to go back home.

***

We arrived at the place of destination, which I assumed was the Dollmaker’s house, with a plan of action. Jasmine was supposed to get him to actually, well, talk to us. ‘What if that doesn’t work?’ I asked Genesis. ‘Then we force our way in.’ he said simply. The door of the house opened slowly.

“M-Mi-Miss J-Jasmine? To w-what do I owe the p-pleasure? I paid my taxes a-already. Genesis knows th-that right?” The man with pink hair said. He sounded really nervous from what I could tell. It’s hard when you aren’t right next to his soft voice.

“Oh yeah, he does. Listen, Dollmaker, I need a huge favor from you… well Genesis mostly.” Jasmine says shyly. The Dollmaker peeked around her to see Genesis and Henry staring at him. Then he glanced at me and his eyes immediately went wide. Wider than what they already were.

“Who is that? Is h-h-he an outsider? No… no, no, no, no, no, no, no.” he says backing up a little to reach to close his doors.

“Alright, time for force.” Genesis says and storms up the porch stairs with Henry right behind him.

“Y-you two can’t–“

“Save it Doll, listen I uh… well I need…” Genesis starts but stops.

“Sigh, can you do anything right? Look, Dollmaker, sorry to barge in on you like this old chap but we really do need a favor. You see, with Genesis’s inability to ask for help, I’m stuck doing this for him and what we need are materials for clothes.” Henry explains.

“B-but why? Who is the s-strange one w-with you?”

“All good questions my good man. The ‘strange one’, as you call him is my son; Ezra. He will be staying here with me for a while and in that while he will need clothes, which Genesis is highly capable of making with the correct materials, that you, my dear friend, will provide. Do you understand?” Henry states in a business tone.

“Why did you h-have Jasmine be you d-d-decoy? She’s a n-ni-nice girl…” Dollmaker says sadly.

“Oh, to hell with this! Vivek, I need those materials. If I don’t get them, I will make sure to execute you myself. You won’t even get the pleasure of hanging out with Knitemair for a few hours before your death. I’m pretty sure your childish mind can understand that.” Genesis harshly and impatiently. From my spot on the porch, I refuse to step inside of this man’s house uninvited, I could tell he was losing his patience. I also wondered why he called the man childish. He just seemed very afraid of us… Jasmine stood right next to the door looking in, wringing her hands. I never seen her so worried before, not even when we first met 3 days ago.

“Are you okay?” I ask softly. “Huh? Oh yeah, it’s just… you don’t want to see Genesis angry… he gets scary.” she says distractedly.

“Y-you are mean Genesis… but I will do it. I-if only t-to get y-you a-a-a-a-away f-from me.” Dollmaker says sternly. “P-please leave now.”

“I need your word that you’ll get the materials to me today.” Genesis says.

“I… can’t g-guarantee that. M-maybe tomorrow.” Dollmaker says.

“Today Vivek, or I swear I’ll make your life a living hell. Understand?”

Looking defeated, the man they call Dollmaker, and Genesis Vivek, silently gave his consent nodding slightly. As we all left his house I glanced back to see him look broken… or something close to it. I felt bad for him and a little angry at my father for letting Genesis do that.

***

When we got back to Genesis’s house, Jasmine went to the kitchen and Genesis went upstairs to his room. I held Henry back a moment.

“Why did you let him do that?” I ask and Henry looked at me confused. “What do you mean?”

“Genesis… why’d you let him bully that guy into giving him the materials? He was obviously uncomfortable with you two, not to mention me, being there.” I say. “You’re supposed to be the one who keeps him in check right? Why didn’t you stop him?”

“Ezra, the Dollmaker is a complicated fellow. He has two personalities; one is a little more persuadable than the other. Genesis had to do what he had to do to protect you. Mind you, you are still an outsider.” Henry states and began to walk away.

“So that gives you a free ticket to threaten people? To protect me?”

“…I see what you are getting at but you do not know the history of Under-Esterdale. What Genesis and I do may not look right but–“

“But my father is a coward. Too afraid of consequences to stop something. Although that statement doesn’t even sound right. I’m going to go hang out with Phoenix…” I walk away still feeling angry. I may not understand the ways of U.E. but I know when someone is being oppressed.

“That sounded bad…” Jasmine says leaning on the counter.

“The first fight with my son and it is over Genesis… not about whether or not he could go to a party, but Genesis. Is that strange?” Henry asks softly.

“I… don’t know. I’m surprised he didn’t yell at me too. Ever since he came along I started questioning what I’m doing here. Well, actually he questioned that… yesterday.” she says.

“…you do not have your memories back yet? What about your sister?”

“Chenille? No, she’s mostly hiding away you know. I hardly see her… but this isn’t about me. Ezra won’t stay mad at you for long, he can’t, you’re his d… you know.”

“Hm… maybe one day you all will get your memories back. At least I hope so…” Henry paused contemplating his next question. “Hey… why is this table still set? I have a feeling Genesis will not be in much of a partying mood for a while.”

“O-oh really? Let me clear it then.” And she does so with Henry to help.

“You get a wistful look on your face whenever Ezra is around… or you talk about him. I hope you know that is not… alright.” Henry says to her.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” “You will, soon enough.” With that Henry went upstairs to check on Genesis, hoping to tell him to apologize to the Dollmaker when he came by.

“Well someone is broody.” Henry says as he walks into Genesis’s room. Genesis was laid out on his bed staring intently at his cane. It seemed as though he didn’t hear Henry come in or chose to ignore him. For a while Henry just stood there, then he decided to reach him again. “You know Ezra thinks you were too harsh on Dollmaker. You should apologize.”

“So I’ve heard… do you remember when you found me?”

“Found you? You mean when you first arrived. Or…?” Henry inquires.

“First arrived. Was I lying on the ground? Unconscious for a few hours?” “Like how you found Ezra?” “Yeah… was I like that?” “No.” Henry says and nothing more. “Did I have this cane with me when you found me? This hat? Pendant? Who was I when you found me?” Genesis asks fervently, sitting on his elbows.

“Where is all this coming from all of a sudden?” Henry asks taking a cautious step back.

“Answer my questions and I’ll answer yours.”

“…No you did not have that cane, hat, or pendant when I found you. I do not know who you were when I found you… I just know you belong here.” Henry looks to the floor.

“Ezra.” “What?” “Ezra is the reason for my questions. He reminds me of someone… someone important to me but I… don’t know if it’s a reality or a fantasy… Is Vivek here yet?”

“In time Genesis.” “Pfft, in time for Vivek in like next week.” “I’m sure you scared him enough to keep his word.” “He better hope so… you can go now. I don’t need you to look after me.” And thus Henry left thinking; ‘If only you knew Genesis… if only you knew.’

Gen 3 Chap 3 – The Pool of Confusion

Le Author’s Note: Welcome back to another chapter of TLOTX’s! In this note I just want to thank you all for reading this. I honestly sometimes think I should just scrap this but I’m having too much fun writing it. Plus, I promised myself I wouldn’t quit on it even when I didn’t know where it was going. Luckily I have a vague idea and write my other vague ideas down so I don’t forget. So without further ado, onto the show!

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The next morning, I woke up bright and early to get Genesis to help me find Phoenix. What surprised me is that Jasmine was there too. I must admit, it was nice to find her smiling face this morning instead of Genesis’ normally scowling one. I ventured over to where they were talking and just listened in.

“Jasmine darling, Hare is responsible; not me.” Genesis glances over to me. “Well good morning sunshine. I’d imagine you would have been up earlier to find your precious canine.”

“What? A dog was here with you Ezra? Oh, um, good morning too.” Jasmine says.

“Morning and yes. As a matter of fact Genesis is going to help me. Right now.” I state staring at him. He just laughed which confused me.

“Kid, you may be Henry’s son but I refuse to take orders from you. Besides, the only thing that can find a canine is another canine.” he says to me.

“You promised. You may not like dogs but Phoenix is my best friend… he’s my dog, my responsibility.” I say softly.

“Ezra, don’t be sad. When Genesis promises something he always follows through.” she bends over to look at me.

“Also he really loves dogs. He just puts up facades.” she says seriously.

“No one asked you Jas.” Genesis says sharply causing Jasmine to laugh.

“Oh please, you know you want to help Ezra. I can see it in your eye.”

“Alright well if you can see that, tell me this; how am I going to help? I don’t have canine senses and there isn’t another canine around–”

“Have you forgotten Kona?” she interjects. Genesis stood quietly for a moment then he sighed.

“The idiot’s dog… you really think she can do something?” he asked. “Well yeah! Kona can do practically anything you know.” Jasmine laughs then she looks at me. “We’ll have to wait until the twins get here so let me go get them. Although they might not be up yet. Later Genesis!” she says and hastily leaves. That just left me and Genesis for a while. I took this opportunity to ask him some more questions to hopefully clear up the murky waters of my confusion pool.

“So, this Queen, she’ll kill me if she finds me?” I ask him. He nodded slightly.

“Her name is Arabelle, she has a daughter named Lily who was supposed to marry Henry but that ship didn’t sail anywhere. She also has a servant that acts as her little guard dog; Knitemair, which I told you about. If he finds you then there really is no chance of you surviving which is why you should be glad I found you first.”

I ignored his last statement although I did keep it in the back of my mind to be thankful I’m still alive. “So how many people live here?”

“Currently? Not a lot. Only 12 actually and you met 3 already. Soon you’ll meet two more but I count them as one since they essential are.” Genesis says going into the kitchen. “Would you care for some tea kid?” he asks me and I say no. I wasn’t really in a tea drinking mood. Even though both my father and Genesis told me that this place is no where near being similar to Wonderland I couldn’t help but compare the two. They both had Hatters, Hares, Twins, and Queens… wait Queens, plural…

“Isn’t there another Queen?” I ask and hear Genesis drop something. He poked his head out around the kitchen.

“Yes.” That was all that he said before going back to whatever he was doing. It honestly didn’t sound like he was making tea but I didn’t pry anymore. I was more lost in my thoughts about how I’m getting home, if Phoenix was safe and alive, and where Henry could be, doing who knows what, and why he isn’t here right now.

***

Later came when the twins finally showed up and it was getting dark. They literally were the same person practically but they did have their subtle differences. One dressed in red while the other in purple. Also the one in red who’s name is Techno seemed to be the leader while the purple, named Logic, sometimes followed.

“You want Kona to do what?” Techno asks leaning to the side, whether his brother was aware he was doing the exact same thing was unknown to me. It was actually pretty comical.

“Find this kid’s dog. She can do it, you know she can.” Genesis says. “I’ll be coming along, so will Jasmine. You two, why, you get to watch my house. But I swear if I come home and find it a mess, I won’t hesitate to put you on the chopping block.”

“Sweet!” They both exclaimed. “Okay Kona, follow Genesis’ orders and find Mister Ezra’s dog. Also don’t worry so much Hatter!” They darted inside leaving Kona staring at us. I would say she was a strange looking dog but with me knowing Demi and Phoenix, I would be called a hypocrite.

“Alright Kona, sniff this kid so you can find his weird canine.” Genesis says boredly and Kona obediently sniffed me. Then she barked and took off running.

“Hope you’re a marathon runner kid.” Genesis says and takes off after her. Who knew he could be so nimble. I stood in awe for a moment until Jasmine spoke up.

“Come on Ezra, before we lose her.” Jasmine says grabbing my hand and pulling me after them.

Kona led us to… she led us to a junkyard. 30 minutes of running (with breaks, thank God.) and she led us to a junkyard. I was about to object, saying that Phoenix would never be in a junkyard when I spotted a familiar fur pattern in the distance.

“Phoenix!” I exclaim and run over to him. He actually didn’t look grungy at all. He just stank to high heaven. I didn’t care, I found my dog and I was over the moon happy.

I hugged him for a while and I noticed Kona had followed me. She stared at Phoenix in curiosity for a few seconds then began to lick her paw. I got up, motioned her to check Phoenix out, and watched them get acquainted.

They made circles around each other and then sniffed. Kona barked happily and trotted around Phoenix and I. Then Genesis and Jasmine came over.

“So this is Phoenix? He’s cute.” she says smiling. “I hope they become really good friends. Their puppies would be adorable.”

“Wh-what? They aren’t going to have any puppies.” I say averting my gaze although what surprised me the most was that Phoenix didn’t growl at either of them. Genesis snickers and walks away to a junk pile. “What are you doing?”

“Why, digging through trash of course. I need more scraps for my inventing. I’m making a robot you know.” he says not taking his eyes away from the pile. “You two can head back. I’ll be here for a while.”

“Well come on you three. I’ll take you back.” Jasmine says. I clip on Phoenix’s leash and start to walk back to Genesis’ house. Jasmine walked along beside me with Kona running up ahead, then back, then around us in circles.

“She’s very hyper isn’t she?” I ask. “Hyper and happy there’s another dog around to play with. It’s been so long since she seen one. Me too actually. Hemersine isn’t very good company sometimes.” Jasmine says. “Hemersine? Who’s that?” I question.

“He’s my pet.” she says simply. “Oh, what kind of pet?” “I dunno. Sometimes he’s a dog, sometimes he’s a cat. Sometimes he flies and sometimes he swims. He’s very fickle.” I stare at her in wonder. She just laughs and says that I’ll meet him one day. I have to in order to understand but I doubt that since I don’t plan on staying here very long. After all Genesis says there is a way for me to get back and I’m eager to try it. I just have to wait until Henry gets here. I wonder why that is and why Genesis can’t just send me back home himself. I’ll have to ask him when he gets back.

For the rest of the long walk Kona stayed near Phoenix, I guess because he wasn’t chasing her around. I don’t think she understands leashes actually. Well at least Phoenix seems happy when she’s around, I just have to remind myself to watch him. I don’t want puppies right now, right now I just want to get home.

***

It was early morning when I was awoken by the sounds of footsteps coming up the stairs. I thought it would be Henry or Genesis but to my surprise, it was Jasmine. She poked her head in to check to see if I was awake or not and when she confirmed I was indeed, not sleeping anymore, just sitting in a chair, she breath a sigh of relief.

“Oh good. I was afraid I might wake you. I just checked on Phoenix and he’s fine. Sorry about Genesis’ little rule about animals in his house.” she smiled shyly.

“Don’t worry about it but thanks…” I mumbled and went back to staring out the window.

“So um, do you remember how you got here yet? I know I keep asking you that but I’m just reeeeeally curious.” she says plopping down on the bed.

“Not yet, all I really know is that I don’t belong here and I want to go home.” I say and glance over at her and notice she looks almost saddened by my response. “Uh, what’s wrong?”

“Oh nothing. I was just… never mind.” she says. We sat in silence for a moment until it became too unbearable and awkward for me.

“So why are you here? In this realm, I mean.” I ask breaking the deafening silence and she went quiet. For a moment I thought she wasn’t going to answer me, she just sat staring down at her hands, but she let out a chuckle and said;

“You know, I don’t remember. I can’t remember… why do you think I don’t belong here?”

“Because you don’t fit in… um, the story of Alice, you know.” I say dumbly feeling like I just insulted her.

“Hehe, didn’t Genesis tell you not to compare the two?” Jasmine asks with a smile. It amazes me how she can be so cheery all day.

“I can’t help it. They’re just so similar–” My sentence was cut off by a muffled thump of a door closing. Jasmine and I both jumped like we’ve been caught doing something wrong even though we weren’t. We both got up and went downstairs to see who came in. I’m pretty sure I was in more shock than her when we saw who was here.

“Dad!?”

“Henry! You’re back!”

“Oh, hey yeah I- Ezra…” He stopped talking for a moment.

“What? What is it?” I ask frantically. He had a sheepish look on his face but it soon turned into a grin.

“It’s nothing, I’m just glad Genesis didn’t turn you in to the Queen… or Jasmine here. Your mother, and family in general, have been very worried about you.” Henry says eyeing me above his glasses. “Also, Phoenix is missing…”

“Oh don’t worry about that, he’s here with me. Genesis helped me find him, and Jasmine.” I say and his face went surprised. “Genesis and Jasmine did what now?” He asks, turning towards Jasmine.

“We helped him find his dog… because he’s your s-s-son… Man that’s still weird to me.” Jasmine says softly. Henry didn’t say anything to that, instead he walked towards me and pulled me away into the kitchen.

“Did you drink the tea?” He whispered and I shook my head. I actually didn’t drink anything at all except a cup of water last night now that I think about it. “Good. Genesis has a thing about drugging people… it’s weird, to say the least. Speaking of which, where is he?”

“The last we saw of him was at the junkyard, where Phoenix was.” Jasmine says out of the blue.

“He must be working on his little project then… But anyway, Ezra; I need to get you and Phoenix home. Follow me.” Henry says and just as he turned to walk out the door, Genesis comes in.

“Man you wouldn’t believe half of the things I had to– Henry! You’re back, finally. Boy do you have paperwork to fill out!” Genesis smiles.

“Hello to you too Genesis… I’m appreciative you didn’t off my son while I was absent.” Henry says, “I’m afraid I don’t have much time to talk as I’m trying to get him back home.” “Oh please, he can stay awhile… Not like he can get home today anyway.” Genesis says twirling his cane slightly.

“Wait, what? You said I can go home when Henry gets here.” I say looking from Genesis to Henry and back again.

“I say a lot of things when I’m buzzed off my rocker kid. Besides, it’s honestly is all up to Henry now. You aren’t my problem anymore.” He says and sits down on his couch. Henry sighs, “Come on Ezra, let’s try to get you back…”

Henry led me outside, to the little shack on the side of the house, where I left Phoenix for the night. He greeted us both with a happy bark and I noticed Kona wasn’t anywhere to be found.

“I didn’t know there were two levels to this shed. You stay down here?” I ask when we reached our destination.

“Yes. It’s the only place I can come to where Genesis won’t bother me… relax, this shouldn’t take long but one never knows.” Henry says scanning a book on a podium in the corner. I took the time to gather in all the books he had down here. It must be hundreds or thousands, books lined a whole wall, some were even piled next to his bed. I vaguely wondered if I get my solitary urges from him. He liked to be alone, I liked to be alone… it would make sense.

***

Hours went by. Phoenix got bored at one point and begged me to take him outside. I was reluctant but complied. Maybe if I got some fresh air I wouldn’t feel so antsy watching Henry. It didn’t work. As a matter of fact it made my anxiety worse. The more I looked at the strange empty town, the more I wanted to go back to mine. Not full to say the least but at least someone would walk down my street every now and again. Here, well… you can here a pin drop from 10 miles away here. It’s so silent it’s creepy. No cars, no computers, no gadgets of any kind that we take for granted. I sighed and went back into the shed to see if my father made any sort of advancement.

“Fuck.” I heard him curse under his breath.

“What is it?” I ask from the staircase.

“Oh Ezra, I didn’t hear you come back in… it’s nothing really, I just can’t seem to find the spell that’ll send you back… Tell me, do you remember how you got here?” he asks not looking up from the tome.

“Jasmine asks me that and every time I tell her no, so, no.” I say, walking down the stairs. “Isn’t there something that says ‘Send An Outsider Back To Where They Came From or something?”

“Under-Esterdale is a strange place. Esterdale is also but it’s more like to what you’re used to. It takes a lot to send someone not from here back… and vice versa. It would be a lot of help if you remembered.” I racked my brain trying to think of something about how I got here but the more I thought about it, the less clear things got. I couldn’t remember the moment right before coming here… but something gleamed in my mind.

“I remember a guy… he wore all white.”

“Anything else?”

“Just that… sorry.” I say glumly. Henry let out a barely audible sigh which made me feel like I failed at something. I tried to think of something else that stood about the individual. “Also, uh I think, he wore a red hat.” Henry stiffened at that though still looking through the book, although slightly slower now.

“Did that red hat have white fur around the rim?” “Uh, maybe, I’m not quite–” “Think Ezra. This could be dire.” Henry says cutting me off. “Wait, why could it be–” “Think, yes or no, did it have fur?” “Y-yeah, it did.” I say shakily and Henry stopped flipping the pages of the book.

“Oh no, no, no. How did he even find me there? Well… I know that but why did he drag you here?” Henry rambles. I got a little freaked out seeing him so distraught.

“What? What is it?”

“Shiro Lapin, that’s what. The most trouble for anyone, ever. He’s under the Queen’s orders so if he brought you here, she already knows. I… I can’t send you home Ezra. I’m sorry.”

“You… you’re lying. Wh-why can you go back and forth and–“

“Let me explain. I can’t send you back because Shiro used the Ester-orb and Ester-orbs only do the bidding of the one they are bound to. Meaning, if his orb got you here, only his orb can send you back.”

“I thought you had the only one.” I say staring at him. He finally turns around to face me. “I never said that. In fact, I never said how many orbs there are. Two, by the way, but what is important is that we find Shiro… and dress you like you belong here because you will be staying for a while, whether you like it or not.” he says and I could tell he wasn’t happy. Neither was I but if Henry, the man second…?, third…? in command of this place says that’s it then what choice do I have but to go along with it?

“Wait, I’m going to have to dress they way you’re dressed? With a strange rabbit eared top hat and scarf?” I ask. Henry smiled slightly. “No, this is just what I wear. They do call me the March Hare you know. I’ll tell Genesis to make you something. Don’t worry, clothes is one thing you can trust him with… I wonder if Jasmine cooked tonight. I am quite famished.” He states and walks to the stair case. “Come along Ezra, I can see it in your eyes that you want to go find him but it’s not safe for you to be wondering around at night… or any of us really, let’s go eat.” Henry says and I comply, if only because of the night dangers.

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Le Author’s Note 2: Phew, done with this chapter. I meant to get this out weeks ago but I had a slight case of  ‘I Don’t Want To Write In My Legacy’ syndrome because this was a difficult chapter for me but I did it! Plus, this is a really long chapter. Sorry about that. ^-^’

Gen 3 Chap 2 – Welcome To Mystery

Le Author’s Note: Hello and welcome back to another installment of TLOTX’s! Jasmine, the only female shown in this chapter was made by Eggy900. I have no idea if she still does sim request but I requested Jasmine special for this legacy. Uhh, that’s really all I have to say lol. Enjoy!

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“Where is he!?” Anubis yelled pinning Henry against the door.

It’s been two weeks since Henry last seen Ezra. Two weeks that went by horridly slow for him. At first, he figured Ezra went back home and didn’t have time to talk but 3 days after he left, the news announced a search party was intact looking for him. He immediately went to Lyra, telling her what he knew. Then days later, this happens.

“If I knew, I would tell you. After all, I’m the one who came to you…”

“Henry I swear, if you don’t tell me where Ezra is–“

“Anubis calm down and let him go, if Henry knew then he would have brought him home. It’s been 2 weeks and the cops haven’t found anything. It’s like he vanished off the face of the earth.” Lyra let out a soft sob. Worry was spread across her face these days. Worried where her son could have gone or what might have happened to him. Anubis’s anger was not helping at all.

“Lyra, I can hardly calm down. Ezra’s gone missing and the last person to see him was Henry. Either he did something or Ezra really didn’t want us to know he left. I mean no one’s heard from him, not Jay, not Eihime, not Lilith, not even Liberty. I’m at my wits end!” Anubis said, cupping his hands to his head.

“We all are Anubis…” Henry mumbled but perhaps he should have not for that sent Anubis on another yelling rampage.

“My son is missing and I don’t even know where to look anymore!”

“He’s my son too… and maybe I know where to look… I just hope he’s not there.” Henry said quietly. Anubis and Lyra both stared in his direction with confusion on their faces. Then slowly, realization began to dawn on Lyra’s face.

“Henry… no.” she said. Henry only turned away and began to walk out the door.

~***~

Somewhere, in another world, a man found a young male and a dog lying unconscious on the ground. It was painfully obvious the boy did not belong in this world and for a moment, the man debated on just getting rid of him… But something stopped him and he simply huffed and picked the boy up. He looked back at the dog and sneered.

“Tsk. Canines… unfortunately I don’t deal with your kind. Perhaps if your master wakes up he’ll come find you.” he says and walks away carrying the boy like he was some type of luggage.

***

“Genesis is back!” “He’s back! He’s back! He’s back!” “I just said that you dolt!” Children could be heard yelling on the man’s porch. They’ve been waiting all day for the man they called Genesis to return and finally, he came back.

“Quiet down you two. You know better than to yell like lunatics.” A female’s voice said calmly. She didn’t share the children’s enthusiasm over Genesis returning for he had brought something foreign back with him.

“Hey, what’s he carrying?” The boy in red asks.

“What is it? What is it? What could it be?” The boy, who looks exactly like him asks. “It’s my favorite color.”

“You’re favorite color is stupid.” Red says.

“Nu-uh, you’re stupid.” Purple retorts.

“Techno, Logic… shut up.” The girl says.

“He started it.” They both say. The girl pays no attention; she is staring intently at the human Genesis is carrying. Dread is filling her being.

“Oh Genesis…”

Genesis reached the spot where they were waiting. He stared at the three while they stared back, eyes darting from him to the boy.

“You two, go home. Be careful on your way. You, watch him.” he says sternly.

The twins were about to object but stopped when they looked into his eyes. What they saw wasn’t exactly threatening but they knew not to ask questions. They only scurried away, back to the place they call home and the girl follows him inside.

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“He still hasn’t moved?” he asks quietly.

“No… but at least he’s breathing right?” “Hmph. I’d prefer for him to wake up so he can tell us who he is… and where he came from. It’s dangerous for him here. You know that as well as anyone.”

“Genesis, where do you think he came from?” she asks, not taking her eyes off of the sleeping person.

“No clue, but he needs to go back. HEY, KID WAKE UP!”

“Jesus, you almost gave me a heart attack.” Still, the boy did not stir. Genesis yelled again, this time kicking the bed, making it rattle. “Dammit kid, wake up already.” he says. This time however, the boy stirred, then sat up groggily.

“Wh-where am I? Who are you two?” he asks frantically.

“Calm down kid. Names’ Genesis, this here is Jasmine and you are currently in Under-Esterdale. Welcome to mystery!” Genesis says doing an extravagant bow. “Now, before I kill you, tell me… who, are you?”

“Ezra… My n-name’s Ezra. W-wait, kill me!?” “Genesis, don’t be hasty. We can’t kill him yet until we fully know about him.” Jasmine says glancing up briefly then returning her gaze to Ezra. “Where did you come from Ezra?” she ask sweetly.

“Aurora Skies…”

“And how’d you get here, of all places, kid?” Genesis asks leaning against the bed post.

“I uh… don’t remember. Wait, you know where Aurora Skies is?” “Never heard of it, which means you’re an outsider, which means you don’t belong here, which means that could be troublesome…”

“Which means…?” Ezra urges him on, and Genesis smirks.

“Which means, I get to kill you.”

“WHAT!?” Ezra jerks back against the wall.

“Genesis… look Ezra, in Under-Esterdale outsiders aren’t welcomed. We, the inhabitants here, did not make that rule but the Queen did. As a matter of fact she makes every rule. Genesis sees them out.” Jasmine explains.

“And Rule Numero Uno here is that all outsiders shall be executed.”

“IF, and only if, the Queen finds them.” Jasmine finishes giving Genesis a look.

“But since I’m nice, I’ll spare you. At least until The Hare gets here, always have to hear what he says. Don’t make yourself at home by the way, Jasmine cook him something… ” Genesis says and leaves out the room.

“Uhm, you are hungry right?” she asks standing up. Ezra nods but continues to sit where he is. “Alright well… dinner’ll be ready in a few.” she says and walks out.

Ezra’s POV:

I have no idea where I am. Well, I have an idea… Under-Esterdale, where my father says is hell of dangerous. But… it isn’t as dangerous as I imagined. It’s actually pretty peaceful right now. I got up from the strange bed and descend down the stairs to see where the girl named Jasmine went off to. I paused on the steps taking in the house I was in. It was mostly normal, except for the chairs, they’re all different, and the table; it’s set as if a tea party will take place. ‘Strange,’ I think to myself; ‘but not dangerous.’ 

The front entrance had a piano, but nothing super out of the ordinary. I continued my descent down the stairs and sit down on a stool, watching Jasmine cook.

“So you remember how you got here yet?” she asks in a chipper voice.

“No…” I say sullen. She was dressed weird… well at least it was weird in normal standards where I came from, and the way she moved around the kitchen was almost as if she were dancing. “What are you making?” I ask.

“Spaghetti. It’s the only thing Hatter won’t go through like it’s a marathon.”

“Hatter?” I question. I shifted in my seat. Hatter was a man that my father hung around, keeping him in check.

“Oh, I’m sorry, Genesis. Most of us call him The Hatter. Although I told you earlier the Queen makes the laws of Under-Esterdale there are a few which Hatter and Hare make. Those laws are made to protect us but…” she trails off stirring the pot of Italian.

“But what?”

“But now-a-days only the Queen makes the rules, which puts us at a greater risk of being executed.” she states sadly. I look away. The last thing I wanted to do was get killed in a strange land with strange ways and strange people.

“Is there anyway I can go home?”

“Oh no.” she looks at me with wide eyes. “No one ever leaves Under-Esterdale.”

“So I’m stuck here?” “Afraid so dear. Here, eat up.” Jasmine says putting a plate of spaghetti on the table for me. “Thanks.” I mumble, hardly aware of my stomach growls but when I turned around to eat I suddenly became ravenous. Jasmine sat down opposite of me and began eating. We didn’t talk much, I’m not sure she felt entirely comfortable around me. I don’t blame her. She left soon after, saying she should get home before it got too late. I actually figured she lived here but I guess I was wrong. Genesis came back from where ever and just stood in the living room, staring at the fireplace. A sudden realization dawned on me. Where’s Phoenix? Oh shit. My dog is out here in this strange world all alone and probably scared out of his mind. I hopped up and walked into the living room.

“…Yes?”

“When you found me, was there a dog with me?” I ask frantically.

“….dog? You mean that Canis lupus familiaris that was laying next to your unconscious body, also unconscious?” he ask slowly obviously stalling.

“Uh yeah, red with black and gold? Was it there?”

“Considering I just said it was unconscious… yes.” “Great thanks.” I say and almost dart out the door but he stopped me.

“The hell do you think you’re going kid?” “To find my dog.” “Not tonight. Wait ’til morning.” “What, why?” “Because if Knitemair finds you, I can’t help you. Plus it’s probably dead now if it woke up earlier. Sit down, tell me about where you’re from.” he says calmly poking the fire. I hesitantly obeyed, worried to death about Phoenix. I ignored the fact the Genesis probably hated him for some unknown cause and began to tell him about my home.

“So, mountains, mist, quiet little town, and boredom. Am I right?”

“Yeah pretty much. I also recently met my biological father… his name is Henry so I’m not always bored… but unfortunately there’s no way for me to get back home.” I say.

“Actually there i– did you say Henry? What’s his last name?” Genesis asks, looking scared.

“Uh, March. Do you know him?” But as soon as I asked that I realized that he did. After all, he’s supposed the be kept in line by Henry.

“He’s… he’s my best friend… and you’re…”

“My God, you’re his son. The one he talks about all the time. How could I not recognize you?” I glance in his direction and he looks away ashamed. “We’ll uh, find your dog tomorrow, I promise.” he says.

“Great, in the meantime, can you tell me about this place? I’m curious.” I ask and he nods, beginning to talk softly. I listen intently to what he has to say. All in all, it is very interesting. This place is mysterious, but not Wonderland mysterious. No wonder they don’t particularly like comparing the two.