My sister is a reflection of The Doctor, so too am I a reflection of her. I am the Enochian of the Blood Guard, The Lost Angel. I am Yuna of the Prism Guard and I am her Truest Believer.
Now there is a reason why I decided to leave her intro in first person rather than doing the usual third person version. It has to do with what happened at the tail end of The Crocodile's profile, but before we get into that mass of hysteria, let's go over some stuff first.
Firstly, the name Yuna was actually chosen much later on than the original and subsequent alteration. The original had been Lunaria, inspiration drawn from the angel with the same name from the MMORPG, massive multiplayer online role playing game, called League of Angels. To this day, I still love that game but I also enjoyed League of Legends, Wartune (both Classic and Cloud City), and I fell in love with Edge World and Mobius Final Fantasy...the last two have been discontinued.
*wails in despair*
Anyways, so how did Lunaria end up as Yuna? When I did her intro with Lunaria, it didn't seem to fit quite right. It didn't roll off the tongue or really suit her at all, so I decided to shorten it to Luna. Main inspiration for that one came from a certain little kitty from Sailor Moon, but again, something about it just didn't fit her persona and it was really starting to irk me that I couldn't find the right name for my real life truest believer that literally believed that I could do the impossible...which has yet to be disproven. So what did I do, I decided to play some console games to take my mind off of it...only to get smacked in the face with the perfect name for her completely by accident.
Ironically, it was this pose that inspired a majorly huge plot twist which completely revamped the beginning of Artz's time stream. What can I say? I was having issues getting her to the Sanctuary in a believable manner and this plot twist worked perfectly because it caused a cascade of future plot devices that will have your head spinning and crying your little bitch tears.
Durga: Well someone's been watching the Sword Art Online parody.
*punts out of article*
Wait your turn, damn it! Honestly, right then...for those of you that have not played any of the games in this particular franchise, allow me to introduce the character that somehow summarized everything I wanted and everything that she actually is into a single name...Yuna.
A little back history here. The picture of her wielding guns is from Final Fantasy X-2, the sequel to Final Fantasy X. The story for both games take place in the land of Spira. The picture where she is wielding the staff is from Final Fantasy X and she plays the role of High Summoner, allowing her to summon powerful creatures like Ifrit and Shiva...pretty common names associated with the Final Fantasy franchise like the moogles but they never look the same in any of them, similar to be sure but never exactly the same. For example...*points below*
And this is just some of them! There are others like a black version of the last one, but personally I love the ones from Final Fantasy XII. They are just so adorable and so totally huggable!
*coughs into hand to regain composure*
Right then, moving along. Final Fantasy X-2 has a different system from just about any sort of game I've ever played and to this day, I still can't make heads or tails of it. It's called the Dress Sphere Grid and it utilizes spheres that you find throughout your journey through Spira. Examples are the Gunner sphere and the Songstress sphere, both of which are practically with Yuna from the start.
Surprisingly, many of the powers provided by certain dress spheres were powers that I wanted my truest believer to have to begin with which includes creating a reflective barrier impervious to everything except sound. An example of the reflective aspect can be found in my story on fanfiction.net, Stardust. Also in regards to sounds or sonic emissions, concentrated sound waves produced by someone like her brother can pass through the barrier but they gain the reflective properties of the barrier and can ricochet inside the barrier, the intensity increasing every time it is reflected. Thus the warning she gave to her brother to never use his sound waves in her direction while her barrier was up.
The reason for calling her Yuna was due to the two different styles she portrayed in the games; the high summoner and the dress spheres. The first depicts a gentle and compassionate young woman that carried herself with a quiet sophistication but ultimately did what was expected of her. It wasn't until she met Tidus that she began to change. Tidus was full of life and energy, shining like a sun and oftentimes blinding her with small gestures and simple truths. Then at the end, the sun set on their time together and she was alone.
With his help and others, they had freed Spira and she was no longer bound to the path of the High Summoner, allowing her to embrace life just as Tidus would have wanted her to and the light he instilled in her shined for all to see. She became bold, confident, and quite frankly found her inner badass but her resolve, compassion, and respect for life did not waver. By collecting the spheres, Tidus was eventually returned to her and it was if they were twin stars shining.
The light of The Doctor defined the core of Artz's soul and she built herself around his name and the promise of that name, creating something entirely brand new and shining with the light of her very own star. William's sister, Anna, was reborn into the world where Her Doctor had escaped to but it did not change the fact that she chose to believe in the unbelievable, to love someone so fiercely and so much that even if the entire world, even her own brother, thought that she was a few fries short of a happy meal and should be locked up in a white padded cell and a strait jacket, she refused to give Artz up. Thus making her Artz's truest believer, believing that she could do the impossible and she never stops believing. She may falter from time to time but only in herself, but never in her Doctor.
Now that the reasoning for her name and purpose are out of the way, let's jump into the hysteria about to occur with our favorite crocodile, shall we. We left off with Rumple heading downstairs to find out who had crashed into the table of his dining hall and boy is he in for a surprise because what he finds is...one very pissed off brunette.
The second Oracle, Tokemi, had transported Yuna into the past without her consent and it happened to be the first time the truest believer had ever been sent back into the past. Rumple was not happy with her arrival, mainly due to her seemingly bypassing the wards of his fortress and teleporting inside.
'Oh do shut up, you twisted little imp of a lizard man.'
Oh that just pissed him off and he was about to use magic on her but then she looked up at him. All thoughts ceased as his golden reptilian eyes connected to eyes of the purest amethyst, free from all impurities that would have clouded their brilliance. He just couldn't do it...something deep inside his very soul was screaming not to harm her. Hell even the damn beast that was the Dark One was firmly against hurting her. He did at least demand her name and what she was doing in his home.
'There's power in a name, Mister Iguana Man and as for why I'm here...like I'd give you that secret.'
'You obviously have no idea who you're dealing with, dearie. Allow me to introduce myself...'
'Actually I know exactly who you are. Your name is Rumplestiltskin and judging by your current scaly physique, you are the legendary Dark Wizard, the infamous Dark One, and a royal pain in the ass.'
'Then you should show some respect, little girl. Otherwise things will become rather nasty and I would prefer to wait a while before causing a mess, seeing as how my maid is currently indisposed.'
'*snorts in an unladylike manner* As my sister says often, respect is not given, it is earned and you have done nothing to earn mine, but by all means, give it your best shot and put me in my place.'
'Have it your way, dearie.'
He sent a simple blast wave of magic at her, but was taken by surprise when the irises of the woman's eyes became a liquid silver, glowing with a power from within. Next thing he knew, a shimmering, semi-transparent barrier projected out of her body and his magic rebounded. It headed straight back at him and he tried to negate it but it was no longer under his control. He was blasted off his feet and clear across the room. He rose to a somewhat knelt position and just stared at her with wide eyes. She had somehow reflected the magic of the Dark One, wrenching it from his control and sent it right back with double the impact.
'What are you?'
'*smirks* Oh no one in particular. *raises her right hand, palm towards her and revealing a prismatic star with a crescent moon in the middle* Just my sister's truest believer.'
Rumple was floored by this revelation. There were many a tale about the Truest Believer of the Blood Guard. She was not someone to be trifled with nor was she someone you should anger. Which posed a serious problem for him because the Star Child was his maid and he had done some pretty terrible things to her and if the woman were to find out about them...he was in for a world of hurt.
Upon seeing the flash of fear and trepidation, Anna had to refocus her attention on doing a proper analysis of the man before her. It took a moment for it to click...he wasn't Goldeneye yet. This was Rumplestiltskin before he had been claimed by her sister and granted his name and purpose. Which posed a very big problem because the Goldeneye she knew in the future had told her about his supposed mistreatment of her sister while she had been his maid and of the sex mage, Tessa, that was basically screwing everything over. Well best get this over with because he was not going to like what she was about to do, but his future self was quite adamant so she could not refuse him.
'Don't bother trying to hide it. I already know.'
'Hide what, dearie? *returns to his feet and puts forth his usual dramatic and charismatic demeanor* It is not I that is hiding something, given that you have yet to give your name or purpose for being in my home and by such unconventional means at that?'
'*smirks* Oh my sweet, dear lizard man...the fact that you are trying to change subjects and turn the conversation towards myself simply proves that you have much to hide. *smirk deepens, her eyes gaining a sharpened glint of dangerous mischief*
Let's list off a few, shall we? The first is quite obvious given that you still have your scaly hide and that would be the current location of your primary weakness, the only object capable of bending you to another's will...the Dagger of the Dark One.'
'Everyone knows of it yet none have been able to claim it since I took possession of it and has no bearing in this little chit chat of ours.'
Rumple felt a spike a fear as the girl's eyes shifted from a glowing silver to a molten silver, a most deliciously wicked smile playing on her lips and making his throat run dry. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest and to his chagrin, he was actually becoming sexually aroused by a simple facial gesture. He was shocked when she pulled out something from her bag. That something being the very dagger that could turn him into someone else's bitch.
'Where did...how did...that's not possible! The spell I used to seal it away is impossible to break!'
'Not impossible, just a bit unlikely. Though it does make sense now...why my sister was never able to find the dagger herself because the seal placed it within another realm, one of which that my sister cannot traverse without wrecking literally everything in creation. That realm being the mirror verse.
The mirror verse is normally inaccessible unless someone with a certain kind of magic or ability can transport them there with the guardian's permission of course. In my case, it's my ability to create reflective barriers. Once within that verse, it didn't take me long to find the sealing matrix because it resonated with the magic of someone very dear to me. I'm always drawn to it no matter what, but it doesn't change the fact the sealing matrix you used was so simple for me to disengage that it's laughable.
I studied seals and runic arrays at Avalon, home of Mystic of the Seven Deadly Sins. She thought it best to keep my studies contained in a realm that was out of sync with the rest of reality. Good thing too because there were a lot of explosions, a few blown up rats, a pig being turned inside out, the creation of a sentient cloak with a sadistic sense of humor whilst fussing over its owner like a mother hen, but my favorites are the light sensitive storing matrix and my lovely carnivorous death plants that act like a bunch of hyperactive chocobos. *giggles*'
'So what do you intend to do now...*grits out* master?'
Imagine his shock when she walks across the room and holds out the dagger with both hands, seemingly offering it to him.
'Mystic and I were able to successfully place a blood binding spell on the dagger. Only you or someone descended from you can actually wield it. That was the whole point of me going to the mirror verse. To retrieve the Dagger of the Dark One and ensure that no one ever forces you to do something that you don't want to do. *holds up the dagger, a soft smile on her face* You're free, Rumplestiltskin. Well as free as we can make you right now.'
She placed the dagger into the utter flabbergasted man's hands and he immediately sensed the blood binding seal. It was so powerful that it pushed the full essence of the beast into the dagger, his scaly visage fading away and revealing the man he once was.
'You should not have done this. Not after I...'
He trailed off while looking away from her, shame pouring off of him in waves. He yelped when the amethyst eyed woman smacked him in the back of the head, a full on glare pointed in his direction.
'That was for being an idiot. The second thing on the list is that I am well aware that my sister is your maid and based on my observations of the room, a baby obviously lives here which leads into the third thing, the sex mage known as Tessa. Number four, Tessa was Belle's twin and when Belle died, she basically took over her sister's life.
Which brings us to the fifth thing and that is Tessa is no longer here, your maid being indisposed means that something big happened that obviously forced my sister to act on her first instinct which is to save someone that is right in front of her, and is now recovering from said event.'
'How can you possibly know all that?'
'Simple...you. The room gives me the basics of the event like the odd red stain near the spinning wheel, a noble's sword on the floor and less than a foot away from it is a red rose...deduction: the idiot known as Gaston showed up and tried to kill you but she got in the way. You saved her and saw to her needs but you haven't had the chance to clean up the place because you chose to stay by her side instead, given that the blood on the blade is almost completely dry and the blood on the floor has congealed, becoming semi-solid.
The stuff about Tessa was a story that you told me in the future. I smacked you in the back of the head then too because you felt guilty and ashamed but this was something entirely beyond your ability to control and besides, Tessa didn't succeed in claiming you. Despite how you may have treated my sister in the past, it doesn't change the fact that you love her very much. You consider her your best friend, your closest and dearest friend and because of that friendship, that bond of love and loyalty, it made it just shy of impossible for Tessa to win. That's not to say that my sister didn't go through hell but she made damn certain to keep you free because she loves you too and her friends are her family and you don't abandon family.'
Rumple honestly didn't know how to respond to her and in the coming days, he discovered that she was even more confounding than her sister. Her mood swings were worse than his or how they used to be. Since the sealing of the beast, his emotional state had calmed quite a bit but now he was getting whiplash and sweet lord, when her sister finally woke up and discovered that Anna was there. He was simply too overwhelmed by the combined force, especially when that force was directed towards him and all he could do was wilt under their combined stare.
Once Artz was fully recovered, she requested leave from her duties as his maid to take care of a personal matter and when he asked why, Anna smacked him in the back of the head and scolded him for intruding into another's affairs without their consent. Artz calmed her down and told Rumple that she was returning to her Captain's ship, further explaining that Tessa was currently on board and attempting to bind her God of the Sea to herself and Poseidon couldn't seem to break free from her control himself despite her Captain's impossible immunity to her mystical charm.
Rumple asked her to wait for a few hours and when he returned, there was a glass bottle with a cork in it. He handed it to her, the contents glowing briefly when coming into contact with her skin. He explained that due to Poseidon being a water elemental, he was much more susceptible to a sex mage's magic, but then Artz asked why her Captain did not share in this weakness. His answer was simple...he was a selfish bastard. Hook's immunity came from the intensity of his love for Artz, a love that transcends time itself and Rumple quietly admitted that he was envious of her, to have someone love her that much, to choose her over everything else.
He really should have looked at Anna because he would have seen the stricken look that flashed briefly across her face. The amethyst eyed maiden loved Rumplestiltskin. She had loved him even he was nothing more than a work of fiction. She fell for him even harder when she met Goldeneye and was truly touched by his devotion to her sister, but also to herself as well. Fortunately, her sister had seen her face and decided to intervene a bit...more like play match maker.
'That may be true. After all, I'm the light to his darkness, the star in his endless night, but I'm not the only one blessed with such fortune. You are a spinner of gold yet are bathed in the glow of a silver light. You possess a powerful blade and you are protected by an even more powerful shield. In the dead of the night, the moon shines so bright. Turn around, you lonesome fool, and see what's right in front of you.'
She physically turns him around and there's Anna directly behind him.
'You have an amethyst now, so you don't need a sapphire anymore. I shall take my leave but before I go, I just want you to know that you are Goldeneye of the Prism Guard and you are my dark savior. Now take good care of my sister and your son while I go deal with that blonde bitch that dares to take what is mine.'
Artz: And that's it for now. To be fair, this is likely to change because I had forgotten the original and things have been pretty bad for me lately...like getting laid off from my job for no apparent reason except that they were reducing the number of employees. 11 out 17 were laid off so yeah, we all fucking freaked and one of my former co-workers actually had a mental breakdown.
It's not even my former boss's fault either! They completely excluded him from the whole thing! They didn't ask about anyone's performance or anything and the one thing they did ask for was who he would choose to stay on and THEY THREW THE FUCKING LIST AWAY! They said it was to avoid bias and discrimination law suits. Ladies and gentlemen, the United States is turning itself into a dictatorship where it's citizens are all mindless sheep controlled by the media. *sighs* Like I said it's been bad for me lately. Now I'm gonna go track down some images for this thing and finally get it posted. *disappears in a cloud of magic*
Ren: *pops into frame briefly, waving at everyone*
Hope: *pushes her out of frame so that she could wave too*
Anna: *dumps a tub of syrup with a shit ton of glitter in it onto them, then watches them get swept away by a gust of wind which just so happened to be carrying an insane amount of dirt, twigs and for some odd reason, feathers...she glances up*
Van: *floating in the sky, hands in pockets, and smirking like that badass he is*
Anna: *giggles before being teleported away by Goldeneye*
