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All the experiments suddenly collapsed to the ground, screaming as a massive surge of electricity coursed through their bodies.
Phil instinctively reached for Tallulah and Chayanne.
The moment he touched them, he regretted it. The electricity surged into him as well.
Foolish watched in horror as Juan's bloodied body convulsed violently. Even Fit and Pac, who were trying to stop the bleeding, jerked back from the sudden shock.
"For Prime's sake..." Foolish whispered. Juan had already been shot.
"Tina!" Foolish immediately pulled his sister close as she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Make it stop! Please! Make it stop!" All he could do was hold her tightly while every rescued experiment writhed in pain around them.
It felt endless.
After what felt like forever, the convulsions finally stopped. Pac immediately knelt beside Juan again and checked for a pulse.
His hand froze.
Fit did the same.
Silence settled between them.
Slowly... Pac lifted his head and looked toward Foolish.
Fit's eyes followed.
Neither of them needed to speak.
The sympathy on their faces said everything. Tina understood before anyone could say a word.
"No... No, no, no... No! He's not dead! He's not!" She broke free from Foolish's embrace and threw herself onto Juan's body, desperately shaking him.
"Juan! Wake up! Please!" Foolish stood frozen. Tears streamed down his face.
Juan was dead.
He didn't even know what had happened to Roier.
He was worried about his father.
He didn't know how Vegetta would survive hearing this.
Everything was falling apart.
"What the hell is happening to them?" Jeremy asked.
No one answered. No one understood what had just happened.
All they could do was stare at the rescued experiments, terrified that the same thing would happen again.
Then—The alarms blared once more.
This time...Far louder than before.
A cold mechanical voice echoed throughout the entire laboratory.
“Emergency protocol activated. Nuclear launch sequence confirmed. Target locked: Quesadilla Island. All personnel are advised to evacuate immediately—Evacuation is no longer guaranteed. Missile deployment in five minutes.”
Every rescued subject immediately tensed. Some covered their ears. Others curled into themselves, trembling as painful memories resurfaced.
Panic spread through the rescued experiments faster than the alarms echoed through the halls. The citizens immediately rushed to calm them down even if they are also scared.
Phil gently pulled Tallulah and Chayanne behind his wings, shielding them from the chaos while softly reassuring the frightened children around him.
Fit and Pac tried to calm the younger experiments despite the grief weighing heavily on them.
Foolish held Tina tightly as she continued crying over Juan's body, unable to stop shaking.
Every corner of the laboratory was swallowed by fear.
“Four minutes and fifty-nine seconds. Warning. Impact will result in total island annihilation. No shelter will withstand the blast radius. No rescue operation will arrive in time. All remaining lifeforms are advised to prepare for termination. This message will repeat until impact.”
The rescued experiments lost what little hope they had left. Some broke down crying while others simply stared blankly at the floor.
On the other hand, the citizens stood tall.
None of them wanted to die but none of them wanted to spend their final moments in fear either.
“I guess... this is it?” Pressea said while comforting the frightened children beside her. She looked toward Gabe. The goldfish on his bowl glass head gently placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled.
“Pac found Mike. We brought and saved these people out. You don't regret anything... right?” The hamster smiled back before quietly shaking her head.
“No.”
Aypierre, CastCrafter, and Wuant glanced toward Foolish. He was still kneeling on the floor, silently crying beside Juan's lifeless body.
One by one, they walked over to him.
They tried to comfort him. They told him everything they could think of. But Foolish never answered.
Phil gently stroked Tallulah's and Chayanne's hair while they rested against his lap. The two children cried quietly.
“All of this is going to be okay.” He wasn't sure if he was comforting them... Or himself.
Even if he flew with all his strength... Five minutes would never be enough to carry everyone away from the island.
Phil quietly pulled out his communicator.
“Missa?”
“Phil? How's everyone?” Phil's eyes drifted toward Pac and Fit. The two had stepped away from Juan.
Tina still refused to leave her little brother's side.
“You know I love you, right?” Silence answered him.
He heard hurried footsteps from the other side.
“We're coming there. Tommy! Come—”
“You don't have to.” Phil closed his eyes.
“There are only five minutes left. There's a nuclear—”
“We heard it.” Missa interrupted him.
“Senpai made a broadcast across the entire island. The children are all gathered inside the Nest.”
“Oh...”
“You want to talk to them?” Phil silently shook his head, forgetting Missa couldn't see him.
“Tell Tommy... I love him. And... can you call Mike? Pac's here.”
He heard the communicator being passed around before handing it to Pac.
Phil quietly looked away. He didn't need to hear the conversation. Fit stood beside Pac, resting a comforting hand on his shoulder while he said his goodbyes.
“...Are we going to die?” Phil looked down. Chayanne was staring up at him. Red eyes met blue ones.
Phil couldn't find the right words.
Instead... He simply pulled Chayanne and Tallulah into a tighter embrace.
With them, Tubbo quietly listened to the warning.
He sighed.
Part of him felt disappointed. The explosives they had planted throughout the facility would amount to almost nothing once the nuclear missile detonated.
The bombs he and the Dutch people had built together... Reduced to nothing more than a spark beside the coming explosion.
Still... He smiled to himself. He had always wanted to bring chaos to the Federation.
Looks like he succeeded.
He was proud to have been part of the Regime. Proud to have fought for the people of Quesadilla. Despite his young age, he had created inventions that protected and helped countless citizens.
And for that...
He would always be grateful to Ash.
Ash had seen potential in him long before Tubbo ever saw it in himself.
As death slowly approached... Tubbo remained where he stood. Quietly waiting for the two people who had built the Regime beside him.
His Supreme Leader. And his fellow co-founder. Haiper.
Multi chased after Cucurucho when someone suddenly grabbed his arm. He immediately cursed and was about to fight back but then he froze.
It was his friend.
The only friend he had on the island.
The one who had helped him.
The one who made life on the island bearable.
Maybe their friendship had been toxic.
But Quackity was one of the few people who truly saw him. Who understood who he really was beneath everything.
“Multi, let's go! I just got these wings, but I'll figure them out. We have to leave!” Green eyes met black ones.
“Quackity...” The man looked exhausted.
Panicked.
Uncomfortable.
Without his beanie, Multi finally noticed how long Quackity's hair really was. It reached the back of his neck, messy from everything that had happened.
Dark circles rested beneath his eyes. His grip tightened around Multi's wrist.
“Come on, Multi! Pepito insisted I save you instead of him. Don't make this harder for me.” He was pleading. But all Multi wanted... Was for Quackity to save himself.
“Pendejo.” Quackity frowned.
That was always the word Quackity called him.
Multi couldn't help remembering every stupid argument they had. Every conversation. Every moment they somehow survived together.
“El idiota eres tú. Stop being stubborn and let's get out of here.” Multi let out a pained laugh. More than anyone... He knew nobody on this island would survive the nuclear blast. He had designed it himself years ago with exactly that purpose. And now... He regretted ever meeting Quackity in this lifetime.
At least...
He wasn't worried about Kitty anymore. He knew she would live another life. Another beginning.
He also wasn't worried that this time...
He would finally die.
No more resetting his age.
No more living through another generation.
“Dada!” Multi turned around.
A sixty-eight-year-old man came running toward them while tightly clutching a Warp Stone.
A magical artifact Multi had discovered while working for the Federation. He had hidden it away for emergencies. His research told him it was a one-time-use artifact capable of teleporting two people anywhere they wished.
Originally...
He had planned to activate the nuclear, then escape with Kitty. But somewhere along the way... That plan changed.
“What perfect timing... Nacho.”
Once upon a time...
Multi had been his father.
Kitty had been his mother. (He didn’t know this and insist she was just an auntie.)
They had raised him together. Co-parenting.
Now...
It felt strange hearing an old man call someone who looked twenty-three years old "Dada".
“Dada, let's go! We have to get out of here!” His voice was deep. Almost as emotionless as Cucurucho's. Trying desperately to convince him.
“Take Quackity and leave.” Nacho stared at him. Confusion slowly became betrayal.
He knew the original plan.
“I never believed you when you said Mama would live another life. And I'm still not believing whatever the fuck you're saying now.”
He stepped closer.
“Take my hand. Let's go.”
Multi looked straight into his son's eyes. Nacho didn’t believe on reincarnation or a person capable of living another life after dying. Maybe because there’s still part of him of Cucurucho that only believes on the things he has seen.
He was so adamant and angry why his biological father made clones that cannot live like humans do. Guess what? They’re breathing inside on the laboratory, and he don’t know where Aldo brought them.
“I'll survive this. You've seen me become young before, haven't you? I'll come back no matter what. So take Quackity and leave.” Quackity looked between the two of them in complete confusion.
He wanted to interrupt. But he stayed silent.
Time was running out.
“Promise me you'll live.”
Multi had always kept every promise he made to Nacho.
When he promised he could drink one more beer while Kitty wasn't looking.
When he promised not to tell Kitty after Nacho ate an entire cake by himself which supposed to be eaten for a week.
When he promised he would always stay beside him... Even after Nacho grew old.
Multi had spent years searching for ways to extend his life... Making the project turning humans into animal hybrid.
Hybrids lived longer than a normal human.
The reason why he makes human to hybrids, so they’ll live longer than the original years.
“I promise. I'll live.” It was the first promise he had ever broken. The lie left a bitter taste in his mouth.
Still... He smiled.
His hand gently rested on Nacho's white fur. His son willingly becomes a polar bear to increase his life span of age.
Without another word, Nacho grabbed Quackity and pulled him into a tight embrace. The Warp Stone glowed in his hand.
All it needed... Was the name of a destination.
“What the—What the fuck?! Nacho, He's lying! There's no way he'll survive a nuclear blast strong enough to erase an entire island! Nacho! Fuck! Multi!” Quackity struggled violently.
But Nacho was far stronger.
His large yellow wings folded around Nacho, pinning him in place.
Then he spoke the destination. Purple particles surrounded them.
“I love you, Nacho.” Multi smiled. Not the forced smile he had worn for years.
A genuine one.
The same smile he had worn back when they were still a family. Nacho smiled back through watery eyes.
“See you later, Dada. I love you.”
“Multi! NO—!”
The purple light swallowed them whole.
They disappeared.
Then... The emergency system began its final announcement.
“Thirty seconds until impact.”
Everyone was teleported.
One second they were trapped inside the underground laboratory as the final minute counted down.
The next... Everything changed.
The white walls of the Federation disappeared. In their place stretched an endless field of snow beneath a gray winter sky. Cold wind swept across everyone as snowflakes landed on their heads.
People screamed in confusion.
Some collapsed from the sudden change.
Others looked around in disbelief.
The laboratory had been enormous... But this place was endless.
When Katie's wish said every citizen of Quesadilla... It truly meant everyone. Every citizen who wasn't part of the Federation vanished from the island in a single instant.
The former experiments instinctively clutched the backs of their necks.
Waiting.
Expecting the familiar surge of electricity or explosion.
Expecting pain.
Seconds passed.
Nothing happened.
Slowly...
One by one...
Their hands lowered.
Their breathing steadied.
The agony they had lived with for years... Was gone.
Their scars no longer ached.
Their bodies felt lighter.
Healthier.
Whole.
"We're... alive." One voice broke the silence.
Then another.
"We're alive!"
Laughter mixed with sobbing as the former experiments celebrated. Some collapsed into the snow, crying freely. Others spread their arms and made snow angels like children experiencing freedom for the very first time.
The citizens of Quesadilla could only watch.
Confused.
Overwhelmed.
"Where are we?"
It felt less like an evacuation...
And more like a reunion.
People who had not seen one another for months—some for years—began recognizing familiar faces through the crowd.
“Dad?” Phil turned.
“Tommy!” His son sprinted toward him without hesitation.
The impact nearly knocked Phil backward as Tommy wrapped both arms tightly around him. He was crying.
Behind him stood Missa and Mike.
Without another word, the three of them embraced each other beneath the falling snow.
“Brother?!” Pac looked around wildly before spotting his younger brother running toward him.
“Mike!” The two collided in a desperate embrace.
“I remember now…” Mike buried his face into Pac's shoulder.
Pac smiled through tears, gently rubbing his brother's back.
“You’re back.”
“Roier?! Foolish?! Tina?! Juan?!” Foolish froze.
Then he heard the voice he had been praying to hear.
“Father!” Vegetta came running through the crowd. Tina immediately broke into a sprint. She threw herself into her father's arms, crying so hard that no words could be understood.
Only sobs.
Only grief.
“Shh… I'm here now. Father's here. Everything's going to be okay.” Vegetta held her tightly while Molly and Alondrissa rushed over behind him.
Then he looked toward Foolish.
Without speaking... He simply opened one arm. An invitation as Foolish stepped forward. The moment he entered the embrace... Everything he had been holding back shattered.
For the first time in what felt like forever... He allowed himself to cry and shout.
Vegetta stood there, holding both of his children while they sobbed against his shoulders.
Maximus searched the crowd for Luzu.
Instead...
He noticed a gathering forming nearby. People stood silently around something lying in the snow. Fit walked to his side.
“They're dead.” Maximus felt his stomach drop as he stepped closer.
The first body he recognized... Was Roier.
His chest tightened.
Vegetta... How was he supposed to survive losing his eldest son now?
A few steps away lay Chapati. One of the loyal people of the North.
Maximus clenched his fists.
Then...
He saw Luzu.
“No…” His voice barely escaped.
More bodies followed.
Some were citizens. Others were former experiments still dressed in patient gowns. Each one had died before Katie's wish could save them.
And finally...
At the very end...
Lay the smallest body of them all.
Juan.
Beside him...
A bespectacled boy knelt in the snow.
Graf.
He quietly cried beside his only friend.
“KATIE! KATIE, WHERE ARE YOU?!” Ash's voice echoed across the snow-covered field as he pushed through the crowd.
He searched every face.
Every child.
Every frightened survivor.
Nothing.
“Katie!” People turned to look at him.
Some stepped aside.
Others watched in silence as the Supreme Leader of the Regime ran desperately through the sea of survivors.
He was crying.
“Ash? Ash!” Tubbo finally spotted him. Relief flashed across the younger man's face as he hurried over.
“Ash!” He looked around behind him. “Where's Haiper?”
Ash stopped.
His chest rose and fell with ragged breaths. Tubbo noticed the tears running down his face.
“Ash...? Why are you crying? Where's Haiper?” Ash stared at him. For a long moment...
He couldn't speak. He didn't want Haiper's final memory to be betrayal. Not after everything they had built together. Not after everything they had sacrificed.
Without saying a word...
Ash stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Tubbo. The younger man stiffened in surprise. Then he slowly hugged him back.
Ash buried his face against Tubbo's shoulder.
And broke.
“I couldn't save her...” His voice cracked into quiet sobs.
“I couldn't save my sister...” Every memory had returned.
Every laughing moment.
Every bond they did.
Every argument when he was trying to stop Katie from wishing.
Every promise.
Every food they had shared.
Katie...
His little sister...
Had never been teleported with them. She remained on the island.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” Schlatt wandered aimlessly through the crowd until he reached the towering walls surrounding the unfamiliar land.
His eyes searched instinctively.
Katie.
Nothing.
Just like Ash... He realized the truth. Katie hadn't been teleported with them. She was still on the island.
He closed his eyes, desperately trying to remember her face. Her voice. Her laugh. The way she proudly showed him her invisible little unicorn horn.
The way she always smiled.
He wanted to cry.
The thought of her dying alone... Whether from the blast or from the price of wishes... Made his chest ache.
But there was nothing he could do. What was he supposed to do?
He was just... A ram.
A retired president from a nation.
Someone who had spent most of his life making mistakes.
He couldn't save her.
...
Then a thought crossed his mind.
Prayer.
Schlatt slowly lifted his head. The gray sky stretched endlessly above him as snowflakes landed softly against his face.
His horns...
Both of them were whole again. Only the dried blood remained as proof of everything that had happened.
He slowly knelt in the snow.
Then, awkwardly... He clasped his hands together. The same way Katie always did before making a wish.
He believed in God.
He always had.
He just... Wasn't religious. He couldn't even remember the last time he had prayed. He had always convinced himself he wasn't worthy. He was a sinner.
He knew it.
Maybe...
That was why he had avoided praying for so long.
Out of guilt.
Out of shame.
Realizing it now... It almost felt like karma.
“Whatever God You are...” His brows knitted together. The opening sounded awkward.
Wrong.
He didn't know how to pray anymore.
“You...”
“A god...”
“Or a goddess... You know how I've lived.” His voice trembled.
He looked straight into the gray sky.
“I know I'm probably the last person who deserves to have his prayers heard but please... Just this once...” His voice broke. Tears finally spilled down his cheeks as Katie's smiling face flashed through his mind.
Then...
Her lying motionless on the laboratory floor.
Cold.
Dying.
He didn't know which fate reached her first.
The nuclear blast...Or the cost of her wish.
He didn't care.
All he wanted was for her to live.
“Please... Save her.”
Silence.
Only the wind answered him. Snow continued falling.
Seconds passed.
Then minutes.
Nothing happened.
Schlatt remained kneeling.
Waiting.
Hoping.
Until realization struck him.
The book.
His eyes widened.
He quickly reached inside his shirt and pulled out the worn book. With trembling hands, he frantically flipped through its pages.
Searching.
Desperate to find... Anything.
Wishing Guidebook of Katie B
(Her name changes every lifetime in this book.)
He searched through the guide as fast as he could. If this book had taught Katie how her wishes worked...
Then maybe...
Just maybe...
It also held a way to save her.
Things You Can Never Wish For
Some wishes cannot happen because they would break the rules of the world.
You cannot wish for:
Someone to come back to life.
Time to go backward or forward.
Someone's personality to change.
The universe to stop existing.
Every problem in the world to disappear.
Every person to love or hate someone.
A wish with no consequence.
Infinite wishes.
To become all-powerful.
To erase every rule that makes wishes work.
Some things are simply not meant to be changed. There’s wishes that still not listed in here.
Schlatt looked for more.
You can wish for food.
But only if you have already seen it or eaten it in this lifetime.
Food from your past lives does not count.
You cannot wish for food you have never known before.
You are not allergic to any food.
Your body can safely eat anything you create.
Food made from wishes tastes just like the real thing.
It can make you full.
For more…
You may wish for the weather to change.
You may wish for:
Sunshine.
Rain.
Snow.
Gentle wind.
Clouds.
Fog.
A rainbow.
A cool day.
A warm day.
You may not wish for disasters.
You cannot create:
Hurricanes.
Tornadoes.
Earthquakes.
Floods.
Wildfires.
Lightning storms meant to hurt others.
Any weather that would destroy the world.
The final choice belongs to the goddess. If the goddess does not allow it, the wish will never happen.
Goddess???
You can heal people.
You can heal:
Bruises.
Cuts.
Deep wounds.
Broken bones.
Diseases.
Poison.
Infections.
Burns.
Missing body parts.
Lost eyesight.
Lost hearing.
Lost voices.
Paralysis.
Weak bodies.
Healing can happen immediately.
Every healing wish has a price.
Schlatt realizing everything and knowing more about Katie. He continues to read more.
Not every wish has to be kind.
You can wish:
For someone to become weaker.
For someone to be hurt.
For someone to lose something.
For someone's downfall.
For someone's death.
Every harmful wish carries a heavy price.
The bigger the wish, the greater the cost.
Katie can harm people, but she never did. He turned and turned until he saw the important one.
Rules
Be careful what you wish for.
Every wish has a price.
Every wish has a loophole.
Just because a wish is granted does not mean it was free.
He turned the next page.
The price changes every time.
You will never know what it takes until after the wish is granted.
A wish may take:
Your energy.
Your memories.
The food inside your body.
Your strength.
Your sight.
Your hearing.
Your voice.
Your sense of touch.
Your sense of smell.
Your sense of taste.
Your warmth.
The price is always random.
He remembered Katie experiencing some of it.
The larger the wish...
The larger the price.
A very big wish may take away memories that matter the most.
People.
Places.
Feelings.
Even yourself.
If you lose memories because of a wish, they will never return.
The only exception is when the person the wish was made for dies or you are near to your death.
Once a wish is granted, it cannot be undone while they are alive.
When Katie dies...
Some wishes may disappear.
Only wishes that were forced upon someone will be undone.
If someone was healed without wanting to be healed, their illness, injury, or disability will return.
If someone's memories were erased without their permission, those memories will return.
If the person truly wanted the wish, it would remain.
Schlatt wanted his horns back and he wanted to get away from the island. It says here that if it is forced, it will be undone. He wanted the wish to activate with Katie, that maybe the reason why it was not undone. Same to the citizen and subjects. Katie’s wish was a success because everyone wanted to be saved and fix.
Some impossible wishes can still happen.
But they ask for something much greater.
You may wish for someone's reincarnation.
You may wish for someone to stop aging.
You cannot wish for true immortality.
There are loopholes.
These wishes may take part of your lifespan.
Or...
They may take all of it.
Schlatt notice how loopholes are always mentioned. He was in the last page, and all his hopes are back.
If Katie gave you a wish, use it wisely.
You will know if she has given you one.
A wish can wait for a millennium if you do not want to use it yet, or if you cannot think of a wish worth making.
Katie was a deity, but she doesn’t know it when she’s here.
There are always loopholes.
So choose your wish carefully.
I wrote this for myself, and for anyone who might one day be close to her and need to understand.
All I want is for Katie to be safe.
And happy…
— Ewron
Schlatt read the passage over and over again.
Once.
Twice.
Ten times.
He refused to believe he had misunderstood it.
Then...
A loud metallic groan echoed across the snowy plain.
CLANG.
His head snapped up. Only then did he notice the enormous walls surrounding them.
They were fortifications.
Massive gates slowly creaked open. From atop the walls, a soldier raised his spear and shouted.
“Bow before the Emperor!” Everyone looked toward the gates in confusion. A dark silhouette emerged through the blowing snow.
Then came the thunder of hooves.
One horse.
Then dozens more.
A cavalry.
At their head rode a man with long pink hair braided into one and resting on his shoulder, dressed in a royal blue military uniform trimmed with white fur. A jeweled crown rested upon his head as his horse came to a stop before the bewildered crowd.
He surveyed the hundreds gathered outside his walls.
“…Why are there so many people outside my Empire?” His deep voice carried across the frozen plains.
“Fuck.” Schlatt recognized him immediately.
Behind the Emperor stood rows of heavily armored soldiers, their weapons already drawn. The tension was suffocating.
One misunderstanding... And another massacre could begin. Before anyone could speak—A familiar figure stepped in front of the people of Quesadilla.
Black wings spread wide.
“Techno!” The emperor’s crimson eyes widened. “…Phil?”
Without another thought, he leaped from his horse. The soldiers watched in stunned silence as their Emperor abandoned all royal composure and sprinted through the snow.
Phil met him halfway.
The two embraced tightly. For several long seconds... Neither of them spoke. The crowd exchanged confused glances.
An Emperor... Hugging Philza?
Phil finally stepped back, a small smile forming despite everything. He turned toward the people behind him.
“Everyone... We're safe.” His voice was tired but certain.
He gestured toward the enormous gates.
“Welcome to the Antarctic Empire.” Techno looked from Phil... To the hundreds of frightened strangers behind him. He clearly had countless questions.
But if Phil trusted them... Then so would he. The emperor straightened himself before addressing his soldiers.
“Open the gates completely. Prepare food, blankets, and physicians. They're under my protection.”
The soldiers saluted without hesitation.
“As you command, Your Majesty!” Slowly... The people of Quesadilla entered a new nation.
Some cried in relief.
Others mourned those who hadn't survived.
Some celebrated freedom.
Others carried unbearable grief.
The rumors... Were true.
Philza had once been an Emperor.
And now...
His oldest friend had become their sanctuary.
Yet among the thousands moving toward safety... Schlatt never stood. He remained kneeling in the snow. The worn guide rested in his hands.
His eyes slowly lifted toward the gray heavens.
This time...
He knew exactly what he wanted to say.
“I wish...”
For the last few seconds, Cucurucho could only stare at the massive nuclear missile. There was nothing left for him to do.
No tablet.
No weapon.
No escape.
For the first time, even his distorted smile seemed meaningless. He had lost control of everything.
The Federation.
The laboratory.
The subjects.
The island.
Everything he had built was about to disappear.
On the other side of the laboratory, Aldo was losing his mind.
He was furious.
Terrified.
And with nowhere else to direct his anger, he turned toward the clones.
“This is your fault!” He shouted at them, his voice echoing throughout the laboratory.
He knew he couldn't escape.
He knew he was going to die.
And instead of accepting it, he blamed everyone around him.
The Federation.
The citizens.
The clones.
The people who had fought against him.
Even himself.
He regretted everything.
He regretted ever joining the Federation.
He regretted following Cucurucho.
He regretted letting the island become what it was.
And, most of all...
He regretted not destroying Quesadilla Island himself.
If he had done it... Maybe he wouldn't have to die like this. Maybe he would have been the one to end everything.
Not Multi.
Not Cucurucho.
Him.
But it was too late.
“Three...” The warning echoed through the laboratory.
Two...
Multi wasn't listening anymore. He had already accepted it.
He lay beside Katie's body, holding her cold hand between his own. His other hand held something small.
A lollipop.
The same kind Katie loved.
His eyes slowly lifted. Above Katie's body... A rainbow stretched across the ruined ceiling. Its colors shone against the darkness, forming a strange halo above her.
Multi had seen it before.
He knew what it meant.
Katie was dead.
His little Kitty...
Was gone.
And somehow...
Multi didn't feel angry anymore. He didn't feel afraid. He was simply... Tired.
So fucking tired.
He had spent years trying to protect her. Years making terrible choices. Years convincing himself that everything he did was for her.
And now...
It was finally over.
Maybe this was what he deserved.
Maybe this was the end he had been waiting for.
His fingers tightened around hers.
“Kitty...” His voice trembled. He leaned closer to her until his forehead reached hers.
“I love you.” His eyes closed.
“My sweetest little lollipop.” A weak smile appeared on his face.
“I hope I'll see you again.”
One...
Multi held Katie's hand tighter.
The final countdown ended.
Zero.
The nuclear detonated.
None of them felt it.
There was no pain.
No screaming.
No final breath.
Just... Light.
In less than a second, the entire island disappeared.
Quesadilla Island...
The Federation...
The laboratory...
The nuclear reactor...
Every building.
Every tree.
Every piece of land.
Everything was erased.
The island was gone.
And with it...
So was everyone who remained behind.
“Why do you love these people?” A man asked. He has a white long hair laying on his shoulders. He has eyes like the sky and a skin that looks like a void where constellations shine.
He was sitting proudly on a cloud beneath an ancient shrine.
A shrine dedicated to a forgotten deity.
One of their own.
“Every time you come back, you're always a mess. You always die by their hands. They're lowly creatures. You should be beyond them!” he shouted, already losing his composure.
On the other hand, Katie was also sitting on a cloud, quietly watching the world below.
She had just returned after abusing her powers once again.
She died saving them. Yet she was still smiling like a fool, her arms wrapped around her knees while her majestic silk robes spread across the clouds.
“They're interesting creatures. What do you mean?” she replied without even looking at him.
The man grimaced. He had expected that answer. It was always her answer. After all, this wasn't her first return.
He shook his head before gracefully jumping from cloud to cloud until he stood in front of her. Katie continued waving toward the people below even though... None of them even knew she was there.
“They don't care about you. No matter what species you become, you always end up getting trampled by them. They always take advantage of you. They always kill you! Do you not understand? You've been trapped in this cycle for a millennium!” Only then did Katie glance at him.
She looked almost bored.
This wasn't the first time this man had argued against her principles.
“This isn't the first time but whenever I get resurrected, it always feels like it's my very first life. You know that's part of my wish, that the Goddess favored me that much.” The man scowled.
“Riley hasn't visited us for decades! The last time she favored you was when she granted that ridiculous wish. To live among those lowly people.” Katie simply looked back toward the humans below.
A soft smile remained on her face.
Her wish had worked once again. The people of Quesadilla Island had successfully escaped. The nuclear countdown was still ticking and they were safe.
That was enough.
Still...
Her chest ached.
She had left Mr. J behind. The first father figure she had ever truly wanted to keep.
She loved living new lives. Being reborn over and over again fascinated her. Every lifetime became another story.
Another beginning.
But it also came with the Goddess' condition.
Whenever she returned to the Divine Realm... That was the only time that every memory from every lifetime came rushing back.
Every joy, heartbreak and every death.
Yet once she was reborn again... Everything disappeared. She would begin life with no memories of who she once was.
The people she loved.
The families she built.
The promises she made.
All of them vanished.
As if they had never existed.
No traces remained.
Only when she returned here would she remember the countless lives she had already lived.
Her wishes had another cruel price. Every powerful wish demanded something precious from her. Most of the time... It was her memories. And it sucks.
Ash would probably hate her death. Grief overtaking him from losing the very family he has. Well, he has Tubbo and the citizens. He will meet more people and later on, he will forget.
Long ago... Ash had treated her like family. Like a little sister. He had refused to leave without her. So Katie wished for him to escape.
She also wished for every memory of her to disappear from his heart. If he forgets her... He wouldn't have to suffer anymore.
He could finally live for himself.
Unfortunately... That wish demanded more than she expected. It erased every memory she had of Ash as well. She forgot she could have specified what the wish should take. Sometimes, she admits, she’s stupid.
Instead...
It took everything.
It always did.
The world spiral and she saw below them, was Multi. He was still inside the clone room. Holding her small lifeless body.
Quietly waiting for his end.
Katie couldn't help feeling guilty. She truly believed her wish for Multi had been a good one. She thought he would move on. Live happily with their son. And forget everything about her. She didn’t even realize Multi was looking at her differently because his actions are so different in what he thinks.
Instead...
She forgot who Multi had been before meeting her. She never imagined that he loving her for one lifetime would shape every decision he made afterward.
“It hurts, doesn't it?” The man crossed his arms. “That's exactly why you should stop going back. They forget you. They die. They barely live long enough to remember your name. Don't waste your eternity on them.”
Katie sighed before finally looking at him.
This man had once been human too. She understood why he acted this way every time she returned.
“How long have I been gone this time, Faris? You seem awfully eager to keep me here.” Faris clicked his tongue.
He was still the young deity she had once raised.
Back then, she had taught him everything. How to live. How to grant wishes. How to carry the burden of immortality.
In one of her older lifetimes—Perhaps around her eight-hundredth... He had been her little brother. Or maybe that was another timeline.
She couldn't remember exactly anymore.
The years had blurred together. He had once been an ordinary boy. A child who devoted his entire life to serving a deity.
Serving her.
Unfortunately... The people around him had turned that devotion into a cult. One that practiced human sacrifices in her name. Something she had never asked for.
Katie granted wishes.
That was all.
She never wanted anyone to worship her. For in her eyes... There was only one true God. She disliked the title of deity yet ironically... That faith became one of the reasons she continued existing for hundreds of years.
The other reason... Was Riley's blessing.
Katie couldn't even remember how she had become someone worthy of worship in the first place.
Katie had already forgotten what her first life was.
She couldn't remember the first person she had ever been. The first name she had ever carried. The first place she had ever called home.
It was all gone.
A thousand years of lives, deaths, wishes, and sacrifices had blurred together into something she could no longer grasp.
But Faris remembered.
He always remembered.
“I missed you, sister.” Katie looked at him.
Faris slowly changed his form. His body became smaller. Younger. Until the deity standing before her became the child he had been when Katie first met him.
The same little boy she had once taken care of.
The same child who had followed her everywhere.
Faris allowed himself to be pulled into her lap, immediately taking her hands and placing them on top of his head.
Katie understood. She smiled as her fingers slowly ran through his hair. Just like she used to.
Faris closed his eyes.
For a deity who had lived far longer than any human could imagine, he still looked so young whenever he was with her.
And for a moment... He felt like a child again.
Safe.
Loved.
Home.
“I’m sorry you had to wait for me again,” Katie whispered. She knew how lonely it was here. Faris had been waiting for her.
Again.
And again.
And again.
So whenever she returned, Katie always made sure to spend time with him. They would travel to different places across the world. They would visit civilizations that interested him. They would watch humanity from afar. Sometimes, Katie would bring him to places where people from her previous lives had once lived.
People she had loved.
People she had called family.
People who had already forgotten her.
Faris hated those visits.
Every single time.
He hated watching Katie look at humans with that familiar warmth in her eyes. He hated how she could love them so easily. How she could die for them. How she would always return to them.
He had even offered to be resurrected alongside her. But Faris couldn't do it.
Being human had traumatized him once. He didn't want to live through it again. He didn't want to experience death. He didn't want to watch Katie die.
He preferred staying here.
Watching her from the divine realm.
Knowing that, at least here, she would always be alive.
“Give me fifty years.” Katie looked down at him.
Faris opened his eyes.
“I waited for so long,” he complained. “I deserve your attention this time.” Katie's smile slowly faded. She looked beyond him. Down toward the world below.
Toward the place where Quesadilla Island had once existed.
There was nothing left.
The island had been wiped from the map.
Katie's heart hurt. But before she could look toward another part of the world, a brilliant light suddenly flashed before them.
Katie immediately knew what it meant.
Rainbow light filled the divine realm. It was so bright that even the clouds around them seemed to disappear. Faris immediately shifted away from Katie.
His childish form sat upright. Then he bowed his head.
Katie did the same.
A figure emerged from the light.
Taller than both of them.
Majestic.
Veiled and wearing a black silk gown that spread through the clouds she was standing on.
The goddess slowly walked toward Katie as her hand reached out. Two fingers gently lifted Katie's chin.
“How was living with the mortals, Kathy?” Katie froze. She almost forgot that name.
“Kathy.” The name belonged to a much older version of herself. A version she had forgotten long ago.
“Uhmm... nice?” Katie gave an awkward laugh. She knew how ridiculous the answer sounded. She had just returned from dying after abusing her powers.
She had been imprisoned.
Experimented on.
Tortured.
Physically.
Psychologically.
And she had once again died trying to save mortals.
Mortals she had loved.
Mortals who would eventually forget her.
The goddess tilted her head. Her veil shifted slightly and then their eyes met. The goddess's eyes were black.
Not dark.
Not brown.
Black.
Like an endless void.
Katie had always loved those eyes. She had fallen in love with them long ago. She could stare into them forever.
But right now... Those eyes made her nervous.
“I love you, Kathy.” The goddess's voice was gentle. “But it feels like the people you keep returning to don't appreciate you very much.”
Katie's heart skipped. Beside her, Faris immediately spoke.
“She always dies for them.” Katie looked at him.
Faris's expression was bitter. “And no one ever dies for her.”
“Faris...” Katie trying to stop him.
“Don't let her go back!” His voice cracked.
She knew what he was trying to say. He didn't want to lose her again. He didn't want to wait another year.
Another century.
Another lifetime.
The goddess only hummed. “Yes. I know.” She looked back at Katie.
“That's why I'm here.” Katie swallowed. She suddenly felt nervous as the goddess's gaze felt like it could see through everything.
Every life.
Every wish.
Every mistake.
Every person Katie had loved.
“I was looking after Robleis.” Katie flinched.
Her son's name. Her only biological son.
Faris noticed immediately.
His expression darkened.
The goddess continued. “He was doing well.” Katie slowly nodded.
“He's living another life now.” Katie's chest tightened. “I mean... you wished for that.”
She nodded again.
Still confused.
She didn't understand why the goddess was telling her this. She hadn't wished to live with Robleis.
She couldn't. That was the condition. The price.
“You're only making me miss him.” Katie's voice became quieter as the goddess looked at her.
“Robleis prays on your name.” Katie froze.
“He wishes for you to be with him.” Katie's breath caught. “But you know I can't allow that. It was the condition we agreed upon.”
Katie nodded.
She understood.
She had always understood.
She just didn't have to like it.
“Why are you bringing Robleis into this?” Her voice cracked. “You're making long for him.”
The goddess's expression softened.
“I mean, there is another person who wishes for you to be with them.” Katie blinked.
She thought about it.
Someone who wanted her?
“Ewron? We already see each other all the time.” The goddess shook her head.
“Multi?” Katie's smile faded. “I'm sure he's dead.”
She looked down. “And he's probably farther away from me now.” A pause.
“Is it Ash?” The goddess remained silent for a few seconds then she shook her head.
“Ash begged.” Katie's eyes widened. “But he didn't have the capability to make a wish.”
The goddess's eyes softened.
“Because you never gave him one.” Katie froze.
The gears in her mind suddenly began turning.
Her eyes widened.
“Wait.” Her voice trembled. “He wished?”
The goddess smiled faintly. Katie immediately stood up.
“HE WISHED?!” Faris nearly fell off the cloud.
“What?” Katie turned toward the goddess, her face suddenly bright.
The goddess only laughed softly.
“Do you think you'll be able to live this time without hurting yourself?” Katie's smile faltered.
“Without sacrificing yourself for everyone else?” The goddess stepped closer.
“Sometimes, Kathy, I wish you would be selfish.” Katie stared at her. “Just once.”
The goddess's voice softened. “Look after yourself.” Katie smiled.
“I've been selfish my entire life, Goddess.”
The goddess raised an eyebrow. “Oh?”
“Of course!” Katie began counting on her fingers.
“I'm selfish because I couldn't let go of Robleis. I wanted to see him whenever I returned to the divine realm.” She raised another finger.
“I'm selfish because I allowed Ewron to share my wishes. So he could be reincarnated with me every time... with his memories intact.”
Another.
“I'm selfish because I wanted Faris to become a deity so he wouldn't have to suffer as a human again.”
Another.
“And I'm selfish because I wished for Ash to finally look after himself.”
Katie smiled.
“And Mr. J...” Her expression softened.
“I wanted him to finally live the life he always wanted.” The goddess stared at her.
Katie smiled.
“So you see?” She shrugged. “I've always been selfish.”
The goddess was silent. Then she smiled.
“I missed you calling me Riley.” Katie blinked.
“Can you call me that again?” Katie's expression immediately softened.
“Thank you, Riley.” The goddess smiled.
“I'll see you again, I guess?” Katie laughed softly.
Riley finally released her.
She walked toward Faris. The young deity was sitting with his shoulders slumped. He looked miserable.
Katie immediately approached him.
Faris didn't even have time to react before she cupped both sides of his face. She pressed her forehead against his. There were no unicorn horns. No glowing magic. No divine light.
Just two siblings.
“You'll be okay.” Faris frowned.
“I won't.” Katie laughed.
“Why don't you cause a little chaos while I'm gone?” His eyes narrowed.
“You hate it when I do that.”
“I know.”
“You love humans!”
“I do.”
“Then why are you telling me to cause chaos?” Katie giggled.
Because she knew exactly what he wanted. She couldn't promise him she would stay. She couldn't promise him she wouldn't die again. The only thing she could do was give him the freedom to live however he wanted.
“Because you're going to be bored.” Faris crossed his arms.
“You don't like humans anyway.” Katie ruffled his hair. “So go do your job as a deity for a while.”
Faris grumbled but Katie continues to smile.
“I'll be back.” His expression immediately changed.
“You promise?” Katie nodded.
“I'll be here with you before you know it.” Faris stared at her.
He knew better than anyone that Katie's promises were dangerous. She always kept them. Even when keeping them killed her.
But this time... He wanted to believe her.
Katie stepped back as Riley slowly raised her hands. Rainbow light began surrounding Katie's body. Warmth spread through her. Her clothes began glowing. Her hair lifted with the energy surrounding her.
Faris watched silently as the light grew brighter, she gave him one last wave.
“See you soon, Faris.” The young deity stared at her.
“See you soon, sister.” The rainbow light consumed Katie.
And once again...
She was sent back to the world of mortals.
To another life.
Another beginning.
Another chance.
But this time...
Someone had wished for her to return.
Schlatt was waiting for someone.
He just didn't know when she would arrive. He had forgotten to wish for a specific time.
Or a specific place.
Or even a specific way for it to happen.
He was an idiot.
He knew that.
But he also knew that somehow... She would come.
Eventually.
The wish would find its way to him.
It had to.
Schlatt sat beneath a thick cloak, trying his best to keep warm in the freezing North. He hadn't even bothered showing himself to the emperor.
Schlatt still has a debt to the man and he didn't care.
Everyone was too busy helping the citizens of Quesadilla Island anyway.
Tents had been set up throughout the plaza to serve as temporary shelters. The people were being given warm clothes suited for the harsh weather, blankets, and bowls of potato soup.
Schlatt only taken a cloak.
The cloak barely fit him. Then again, he was a fucking massive ram hybrid. He stood out like a sore thumb. Thankfully, nobody seemed to be paying attention to him.
Good.
He preferred it that way.
“You have a daughter?! Why didn't you write to me?!” Schlatt's head turned. He recognized Philza's voice immediately. He looked toward the commotion.
Phil was standing in front of the Emperor, Techno, who seemed to be taking the conversation with his usual calmness.
Schlatt didn't want to eavesdrop. He really didn't. But then again... This was interesting.
Techno was apparently just like him. A man who never wanted the nuisance of children. Yet somehow, that principle seemed to have changed.
“She's a mountain goat hybrid,” Techno explained. His voice was gruff. But there was something fond in it.
“She was quite the rascal.” Phil laughed.
“You adopted her?! An orphan?! I can't believe you!” Schlatt almost snorted.
So the Emperor had a kid. An adopted one, apparently. How fucking ironic.
Schlatt looked away.
He was about to take a nap when something entered his peripheral vision. A bowl was being held out toward him.
Schlatt blinked.
He slowly looked up and froze. A little girl was standing in front of him.
She had ginger hair.
Far too bright for the freezing weather of the North.
Her hair was messy from the wind, with a few strands sticking to her face. But Schlatt didn't care about any of that.
He was staring at her horns.
Two of them.
Small.
Barely beginning to grow.
But he knew.
He knew exactly what those horns would become.
Majestic.
Beautiful.
Just like his.
Her eyes were black.
The same black eyes.
The same eyes that had looked at him in his island when he first met her. The same eyes that had looked at him while she was dying.
The same eyes that had smiled at him before he disappeared.
Katie.
She was standing right in front of him.
Alive.
Much younger.
Safe.
Schlatt's breath caught. His eyes immediately burned. The girl tilted her head. She didn't seem to notice the way he was staring.
“I noticed you didn't take any soup,” she said. She held the bowl closer. “So I got one for you.”
Then she smiled.
That smile.
That fucking smile.
Schlatt's eyes filled with tears.
He couldn't stop them.
The girl immediately panicked.
“Oh!” She placed the bowl down quickly and began searching for something.
“Are you hurt?” Schlatt couldn't answer.
She looked around.
Then, realizing she had nothing to wipe his tears with, she awkwardly grabbed the edge of his cloak. She carefully reached up and tried to wipe his face.
Schlatt broke.
He laughed. A quiet, broken laugh escaped him as more tears fell.
“Hello, sunshine.” The little girl froze.
Sunshine.
She didn't know why but something inside her chest fluttered at the nickname. It felt familiar.
“Are you okay?” Schlatt wiped his face with his sleeve. He looked absolutely fucking ridiculous. A grown man crying in front of a child.
But he didn't care.
He had spent the last several minutes grieving and waiting for his wish to be fulfilled.
He had prayed for her.
He had begged a goddess he didn't even know existed to save her.
And now she was standing in front of him.
Alive.
Again.
Katie.
His sunshine.
Schlatt stared at her. He didn't care if Techno was the Emperor. He didn't care if he was going to get hunted down. He didn't care if the entire fucking Antarctic Empire came after him.
He had found her. And this time... He wasn't letting her go.
Schlatt slowly leaned forward.
“I'm Schlatt, sunshine.” For the first time since arriving in the North, he smiled genuinely.
“What’s your name?” The little girl smiled back.
“I'm Katy!” Of course.
Of fucking course.
Schlatt almost laughed. The girl tilted her head.
“Uhm... are you a mountain goat too?” Schlatt blinked.
“What?”
“You're the first hybrid like me that I've ever seen here.” She pointed at his horns. The horns Katie always fond of.
“Well, the person who took me in was a piglin, so I don't know much about us.” Schlatt's eyes slowly moved past her.
Toward Techno. The man who had apparently adopted her.
Schlatt stared at him.
Then back at Katie.
Then back at Techno.
Oh.
He was so fucking screwed.
“Do you want to know about our kind?” Katie's eyes immediately brightened.
Schlatt smiled.
“I can teach you.” He extended his hand.
“But you'll have to come with me.” Katie didn't even hesitate.
She placed her small hand in his.
“Okay!” Schlatt stood.
The cloak practically swallowed the child beside him. Katie's eyes widened as she looked up at him.
“Wow. You're really tall.”
“I'm aware.”
“Are you strong?”
“Very.”
“Can you climb mountains?”
“Obviously.”
“Can you teach me?”
“Yeah.”
“Can you teach me everything?”
Schlatt glanced down at her.
He smiled.
“Everything.” And just like that... Schlatt began walking.
Away from the plaza.
Away from the tents.
Away from the Emperor.
And straight out of the Antarctic Empire.
Schlatt looked down at her.
Katie was smiling.
Her tiny hand was still holding his. The same hand that had once clasped itself together to make impossible wishes. The same girl who had saved an entire island.
The same sunshine he had lost.
And now...
She was here.
She was alive.
She was his.
Schlatt squeezed her hand gently and the two continued walking.
Talking.
Laughing.
Neither of them looking back.
Behind them, an entire empire was probably descending into chaos over the disappearance of its Emperor's daughter.
Schlatt didn't care.
Katie didn't care.
For once, there were no alarms.
No experiments.
No Federation.
No nuclear countdown.
No wishes.
No death.
Just a man and a little girl walking into the snow.
And, somewhere ahead of them...
A new life was beginning.
--- End ---