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“Alright everyone here we are. The Dark Cacao Kingdom.”

“Wow. It looks more harsher and cool then i thought it would be.”

“Yeah me too. But remember, this is my first time visijg this kingdom. So please don’t embarrass me in front of the king.”

“Okay your highness, we promise.”

“But haven’t you met King Dark Cacao Cookie a bunch of times already? And so do we? What makes you think that we’re gonna end up embarrassing you right in front of him?”

“Look. That was when I was just a knight. Now I’m a prince. And I’m worried about what he might think of a knight being turned into a prince and-“

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“Woah. Essy, are you alright?”

“Yeah. I’m fine, it’s just that, all of the sudden my head’s hurting. And I’m starting to feel dizzy. And…out…of…breath…too.”

“Espresso?”

“Essy?”

“I don’t feel so good.”

“My love?”

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{Collapses}

“Essy!”

“Dad!”

“Oh no!”

“Espresso Cookie! Are you alright! Wake up! Please!”

“Don’t freak out Madeleine. We already reached the castle. I’ll go get help while you stay with your boyfriend and your adopted daughter while I have the gates open okay?’

“Alright.”

“But please hurry, he’s starting to look worse now. Including having these white powders on his face.”

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Inside the throne room lies a king,

A king who had finished reading the letters sent by his friends.

And all of them explained about what their beast counterparts are,

And their reaction to them.

With Pure Vanilla Cookie’s being determination since in his letters it is implied that he kept having nightmares of Shadow MilK Cookie.

Golden Cheese Cookie’s was angry as it’s stated that she’s gonna enlist some help to help her find Burning Spice Cookie and take him down.

And Hollyberry Cookie’s well, let’s just say that she’s confused.

And after reading all of those 3 letters.

He’d gone back to writing some letters for his son.

AKA Dark Choco Cookie.

Who he still feel ashamed for all those years ago…

With the whole banishing thing thanks to the prince being corrupted by the Strawberry Jam Sword.

And he was just finished with his latest letter to his son,

And was planning on sending it.

Which was hopeless because he knew that his son might never get the chance to read them…

Since he knows that he still might be mad at him,

And the tension between each other hasn’t even been resolved yet…

When suddenly someone comes bursting out the door.

And who was that person?

Well it’s none other than his royal doctor herself,

Arctic Cat Cookie… {Yep Crunchy Chip Cookie’s older sister from the Hanahaki Disease fanfic is back baby}

And it seems like she’s worried and scared about something.

“Your majesty!” She yelled out.

And as she ran towards him,

Dark Cacao Cookie quickly places the letter into rectangle like boxes. {Which is actually his lunchbox. Sweet.}

“Your majesty. We gotten some major update on the situation sire. 10 more cookies have been emitted to the medical bay today. At this rate we’ll be all out of beds for the sick!” Arctic Cat Cookie worriedly told her king.

And upon hearing that,

All he does is turn around to face her,

And look at her with a serious face…

As he also knows about what’s been going on the with the kingdom lately.

“Would you mind showing me?” He calmly asks her…
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4 days ago…

The kingdoms was hit by some very powerful mist.

A mist that almost no one could see through.

But not only was the mist a problem…

But so was the plague that came within it.

Known as the Pale Plague… {Or ailment if you call it. But I’m still calling it plague because I like it more.}

No one knew what caused both the mist and the plague to appeared…

But eventually,

Hundreds of citizens of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms started dropping like near dead flies…

And now their all being taken to the medical bay to be treated…

And while some of them keep pushing forward to live through this sickness,

Others don’t…

As they just simply reduced back into nothing but flour…

A peaceful but also weird death…

No one knew how to find a cure for it…

But the nurses and doctors are doing everything they can to help the patients not die from this plague…

So that one day,

Just one day,

They’ll be able to find the cure for it…

And save the Dark Cacao Kingdoms…

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Right now…

The king was taken to the medical bay by Arctic Cat Cookie.

Who shows him what she meant.

And he was shocked to see that she was right…

The patients count has doubled up.

And worse of all, some of the new patients from today are some of the citizens who still appreciate him and are huge fans of him too.

Including one cookie,

Who the nurses are tending to as she begins to start coughing.

And even talking about a world of pure white. {Strange…}

And upon seeing this, he hears Arctic Cat Cookie talking about the situation.

“This is worse then we thought. If this plague keeps up for another week. I don’t think you’ll have a kingdom filled with people anymore your majesty.” She said to him.

“I know.” He simply said.

“This plague is more worse then the Black Death from 400 years ago.” Arctic Cat Cookie worriedly said.

“I know.” He simply said.

Causing the Royal doctor to look at him weirdly.

‘Your’e majesty are you okay? You don’t sound worried, or even scared.” Arctic Cat Cookie asked.

“I’m fine. It’s just that, there’s one cookie I’m more worried about having this ailment then anyone in my kingdom.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

“Really? And who is it?” She asked him.

But before he could answer…

Suddenly someone comes out through the doors of the medical bay,

Playing the royal trumpets…

Which some of them finds annoying.

Including the nurses since they’re trying to make sure that the patients are relaxing and sleeping.

“Will you please cut that out? Some of the patients here are trying to rest.” One of the nurses annoyedly said.

“Oh sorry. We’ve just gotten ourselves a very important visitor. The prince of the Creme Republic.” The trumpet player announced.

Both Dark Cacao Cookie and Arctic Cat Cookie knew what the person had been saying.

As they have known the prince for like 2 years now…

And are very surprised to see that he has arrived at the kingdoms.

Especially since with the plague going on,

No one was allowed to visit the kingdoms.

So the king needs to hear why it is important for him to visit during this time of day.

“Alright. Bring him in.” The king simply said.

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Suddenly…

They hear footsteps…

As someone walks towards the medical bay,

With anticipation high…

Before eventually the prince reveals himself…

Right now,

He’s wearing a prince robe,

A golden crown on his red hair {With his hairstyle being exactly like Sherbet Cookie’s but before he became a winter spirit}

And a royal cape,

And while Arctic Cat Cookie was shocked to see how different he looks. {As they have known each other since like 2 years ago}

Dark Cacao Cookie was ready to meet him again.

As the prince slowly but surely walks toward him…

Before eventually,

They both look into each other’s eyes.

As they both reintroduce themselves to each other.

“King Dark Cacao Cookie.” The prince said.

“Prince Dino-Knight Cookie.” Dark Cacao Cookie also said.

“Oh actually I go by Dino-Prince Cookie now. Since well, it’s pretty clear that my knight days are over.” The Prince corrected him.

“Yeah I see that. But anyways, what brings you here?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“Well I wanted to know more about what’s going on with Beast-Yeast. Including your own beast counterpart. So me and 3 other cookies decide to head to the Dark Cacao Kingdoms to get some more information from Arctic Cat Cookie. As she’s the only one who has a lot of knowledge about them.” The prince replied.

“Aw why thank you Dino-Knight Cookie.” Arctic Cat Cookie happily said.

“Okay good reason. But, who are the 3 cookies that you brought in?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

But before the prince could answer suddenly…

“It’s okay Essy. Everything’s gonna be just fine.”

They all heard a voice.

And for some reason to the 2 cookies,

It feels kinda similar…

But what?

So they turn their attention back to Dino-Prince Cookie,

Who was looking a bit nervous right now…

Before he explains everything.

“Oh yeah I forgot. One of them fell ill, so I decide to get some help. {Turns his attention to the door.} come this way Madeleine Cookie. Everything will be fine.” The prince said.

And just like that…

Someone burst through the door with a kick…

Turns out that the person who did that was none other then,

Madeleine Cookie himself…

Who was carrying a sickly looking Espresso Cookie.

With both Dark Cacao Cookie and Arctic Cat Cookie knowing exactly who these two are,

Thanks to their adventures in the Creme Republic {AKA during the Cookie Odyssey Mode. Which I’m actually planning on doing a rewrite on it.}

And so upon running towards the 2 lovebirds…

They both become very worried about what happened.

“What happened to him?” The king asked.

“We were just walking with Dino-Prince Cookie when all of the sudden, Essy collapsed after feeling dizzy and sick. And now look at him! He’s becoming very worse! And I don’t know what’s wrong with him!” Madeleine Cookie worriedly replied.

Showing them what had happened to Espresso Cookie.

And upon further exception…

They were shocked and worried to see that Espresso Cookie,

Has caught the pale plague.

“Step away from him paladin! He’s gotten the pale plague!” Dark Cacao Cookie yelled at the paladin.

In hopes of protecting him from the ailment too…

“Pale plague? Is that what it’s called?” Madeleine Cookie asked worriedly.

“Yes. And it’s a very serious disease right now here in the Dark Cacao Kingdoms. So just stay there and wait until I get some help.” Arctic Cat Cookie replied.

So she calls out to the 2 nurses about the dark mage catching the plague.

And when they do show up,

They were shocked to see that he’s now been the 11th patient who has gotten the pale plague today…

Thankfully they had enough beds for him to rest on.

So they pry him out of Madeleine Cookie’s hands and take him to his own bed to recover.

While everyone else watches…

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While checking on Espresso Cookie in his own new bed…

A lot of things have been revealed right now…

First of, what’s been happening between Espresso Cookie and Madeleine Cookie lately.

As not only is the paladin now living with his boyfriend at the Vanilla Cookie.

But the two also decided to adopt a kid together,

Which Arctic Cat Cookie notices was right next to Madeleine Cookie,

Also worried about the dark mage too.

“Say Dino-Knight Cookie. Who’s that?” She asked.

“Oh that’s Tiramisu Cookie. Or Tiri for short. She loves pancakes, stickers but most importantly, her 2 dads.” The prince explained. {And yes Tiramisu Cookie will have the same design as and is based on the one that was made by Crawyx on TikTok. Go check it out they make the best Espresseleine videos ever.}

“Aw well that’s cute.” Arctic Cat Cookie happily said.

But seeing the child look so worried about her other dad,

No wonders why her 2 dads are the most important things to her.

“Dad? Will other dad be fine as well?” Tiramisu Cookie asked Madeleine Cookie.

“He will Tiri. He will. Let’s just hope that the doctor will be able to make him well soon.” The paladin replied in a comforting tone of voice.

Other then that,

We also learn about the symptoms of the pale plague.

Best described by Arctic Cat Cookie,

As Dino-Prince Cookie wanted to ask her about the plague itself…

And while the common symptoms of it are having the patients have white flour marks on their face and the lower bodies.

The other symptoms are:

Hallucinations,

Dry coughing,

Wheezing out flours,

Sneezing,

Thinking about a white filled world,

And headaches…

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And upon learning that apparently a beast by the named of Mystic Flour Cookie is responsible for this plague.

The prince wanted to learn more about her.

“So tell me about her.” He said to her.

“About who?” Arctic Cat Cookie asked.

“About Mystic Flour Cookie. The one who apparently brought the plague onto the Dark Cacao Kingdoms 4 days ago.” Dino-Prince Cookie replied.

So with no choice…

She explains everything to him…

About who this beast is,

Where she came from,

And most importantly…

What she can do…

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While all of this was happening…

All Dark Cacao Cookie could focus on,

Was a worried family…

Worried for that their loved one might not get better…

And die from the plague…

Especially since the most worried member from this family,

Was actually both the adopted daughter and one of the adoptive fathers.

And seeing this brought him back memories…

As it turns out that the cookie he’s the most worried about getting the pale plague…

Was his own son…

Dark Choco Cookie…

As if he dies from it,

Then he wouldn’t be able to forgive himself for not reconciling with his son and allow their relationship to grow stronger.

So seeing that this sight was worrying him a lot.

He decides to leave the medical bay,

And go to somewhere else to clear his mind,

And while he did plan on telling no one,

As he doesn’t want anyone to know about how worried and sad he was for his own son…

Unfortunately it was seen by both Arctic Cat Cookie and Dino-Prince Cookie.

As they both see him leave the room without any words.

So the prince decides to check up on him,

To see if he’s okay,

After all it had been 2 years since they last saw each other,

So who knows how the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms is doing now?
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And there he was…

Standing at the top of one of the grea walls of the kingdoms,

Looking though everything on sight…

And all though with the mist in the air it would be impossible for him to see,

He still tried his best to see through the forest…

As usually anytime he’s on the walls and he sees the forest,

He sees small glimpse of his son just moving around…

But he doesn’t know if those small glimpse might be a hallucination or if it might be real…

But anyways, this had been his only hope of trying to see if his son was okay for 4 days now.

But the longer the days go by,

The more he begins to lose hope…

As he doesn’t want to see his own dough and blood die from something like a plague.

Especially since they haven’t even talked about the tension between them out…

So every day from them on,

He would just stare at the view for like an hour,

And prays for his son to be okay,

And not perished by the pale plague.

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“Oh nai aegi. {Or My Baby in Korean} Please give me a sign. Show me that your’e still alive. As I’m still sorry for not being there for you and giving you not enough love.” He prayed.

But it was pretty clear that,

Wether he liked it or not,

He couldn’t see his son…

And today was the last straw…

As after failing to see if his son was there…

He has to admit the terrible truth…

That Dark Choco Cookie is gone…

He’s dead thanks to the pale plague…

Probably form the day ealier or today but still…

This destroyed the remaining hope he had left…

As despite everything,

And despite the fact that his own child tried to kill him…

Maybe just maybe,

They could be able to work things out together,

Like a proper father and son…

But there he was now…

Silently crying to himself…

Over believing that his son,

Is now dead…

As it seems like that he will never get the proper reconciliation he might have,

As father and son…

Pathetic…

Just pathetic…

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Unfortunately he suddenly hears footsteps approaching him…

So he quickly wipes away his tears and puts on a serious face…

To greet whoever was walking towards him.

And when he turns around to face them,

Turns out that the 2 cookies who were just going to see him was…

Caramel Arrow Cookie {Who was the one who let Dino-Prince Cookie and the other 3 cookies inside the kingdoms thanks to their history of being childhood friends together.}

And Crunchy Chip Cookie {Who was helping his older sister out with checking to see if the remaining citizens are okay or not.}

And they both started to look very concerned with him about the Pale Plague situation right now…

Which the king notices,

And so asks them a simple question.

“What’s wrong you two?” He simply asked.

“Your majesty. We keep losing a lot of watchers every day ever since the plague had been introduced. Now all that’s left is me and the second watcher.” Caramel Arrow Cookie worriedly replied.

“Yeah and not only are the citizens getting infected by it. But so are my cream wolves too. Every last one of them has been infected. What are we supposed to do about it?” Crunchy Chip Cookie also worriedly replied.

Great this is worse then he thought…

It seems like that this beast who shares the same souljam as him,

Has decided to make sure that the walls won’t be protected anymore.

Which might cause a lot of bandits and even the Licorice sea itself to attack the kingdoms.

Not only that,

As without the cream wolves,

They’re really screwed.

So he looks at the sky,

As his expression changes from a serious look to a really angry look.

Much to the concern of his 2 warriors…

“Your majesty? Are you alright?” Caramel Arrow Cookie asked with concerned.

With the answer she’d received from him,

Being less stellar then usual…

“Alright? Alright? How could I be alright? Especially when my counterpart has done everything she can to take everything away from me.”

“By creating a plague that seems to only affect those who comes from my kingdoms. And I’m forced to watched as they all disintegrate into nothing but flour.”

“One of those being my son. My only son in the whole wide earthbread.” Dark Cacao Cookie angrily but quietly said.

As it sounds like that his voice might break any minutes…

With both Crunchy Chip Cookie and Caramel Arrow Cookie looking really confused at to what he said.

“What do you mean by your son? Didn’t you just called him your life’s greatest regret?” Crunchy Chip Cookie asked.

Unfortunately those 4 little words he said,

Might be the king’s trigger words,

As his eyes began to pulse really far,

And he starts to look rather tense than usual.

Causing Caramel Arrow Cookie to call him out.

“Chip why would you say that?” She asked him angrily.

“Sorry but you know I was only there for when he and that traitor were fighting in one of the rooms of the citadel.” Crunchy Chip Cookie replied.

Since yeah from what little he saw back at Episode 13 & 14 of World Exploration…

He still believes that Dark Choco Cookie is a traitor for trying to kill the king…

But it didn’t matter…

As the king was thankfully not mad at his own warrior for saying that,

But was still pretty mad at his own beast counterpart for taking away his son.

“My son. She took my son. The one I feel genuinely awful for. She will feel my wrath. Because if there’s one thing that she’ll know about. Is that if she mess with my kingdom. She mess with me. And I’m not gonna go down without a fight until she is taken down and killed by my own hand!” Dark Cacao Cookie angrily said.

As he pulls out his sword ready for a fight…

Much to the worries of his 2 warriors…

And then things get worse,

So much worse…

“And another thing! She-“

Suddenly…

He started to feel like that his body had given out on him…

He stopped talking,

And immediately dropped his sword without any force…

Before eventually he collapses onto the floor,

And starts to scream in pain.

As not only does his arm become big and shadow like.

But so does his face..

Causing both Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie to be scared for him,

As while the archer had seen this happened to him before back when they saw Dark Choco Cookie again,

The wolf captain also saw it happened when the king was confronting Clotted Cream Cookie about the souljams back at the Vanilla Kingdoms.

And seeing him like this means one thing…

That the curse is back to harm them.

And although he tried to get them to run for their lives.

In an attempt to not get them killed by his cursed form,

Caramel Arrow Cookie however chose to stay by his side.

As she slowly but surely walks to his side.

And hugs him…

Which is one of the things she knows that will have him revert back to his normal form…

“It’s okay your majesty. It’s okay. You know that Mystic Flour Cookie hasn’t gotten me yet. She hasn’t took your daughter away from you just yet. I’m still here. So please don’t go berserk and attacking everyone again, father.” Caramel Arrow Cookie said to the king.

Revealing that she’s also the youngest daughter of Dark Cacao Cookie,

And the little sister of Dark Choco Cookie. {Yeah I’m a fan of that headcanon}

And so knowing that his other family member is safe and sound,

He was able to overcome the transformation,

And returns back to normal,

Just as Dino-Prince Cookie showed up to see what’s going on…

And then immediately sees his childhood friend right away.

“What happened Carrow? Is King Dark Cacao Cookie okay?” He asked his childhood friend.

“He’s fine Zayto. Just got to remind him that I’m still here with him, as apparently it seems like that Dark Choco Cookie has been perished thanks to the place plague.” Caramel Arrow Cookie replied to him. {And yeah those are the nicknames these two give each other.}

“Wait really? Something happened to the prince?” Dino-Prince Cookie asked.

“Yeah. And the thought of losing his son to the beast, almost caused his majesty to transform into that berserk form from before again.” Crunchy Chip Cookie replied.

“It’s seems like that the curse is getting really worse too.” Caramel Arrow Cookie also replied in a worried tone of voice.

“So do we take him to my sister for a bit of a check-up?” Crunchy Chip Cookie asked.

“No Chip. We already gotten him checked by Arctic Cat Cookie, but she couldn’t find a way to help with his curse. Guess like we’ll have to visit the Shaman for help.” Caramel Arrow Cookie replied.

Surprising the prince of the Creme Republic as he didn’t know that this kingdom has a shaman before.

“Wait you guys have a shaman?” He asked in a surprised tone of voice.
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A few minutes later-

After leaving the wall,

They all head to a purple tent in the middle of the village square…

Which is where the shaman lives.

And upon first viewing.

They were all able to see the shaman,

Who is wearing a purple kimono,

Has a flower crown on her head,

Including white short hair,

And is actually a woman.

“Oh shaman.” Caramel Arrow Cookie calls out to her.

Causing the shaman to look at who it is.

“Well, if isn’t my favourite princess in the whole wide earthbread.” The shaman happily said.

Causing more confusion on the prince’s face.

“Wait. That’s a shaman? But that’s a woman. How could that be?” He asks his childhood friend.

“Look even though it is very strange to have a woman be a shaman. She’s actually one of the best shamans in our kingdoms. Also for the princess comment, yes I technically am a princess, considering that I was also born into the royal family. But I chose to be a first watcher instead, which everyone decides to agree upon calling me. Except for old Choco-Rose Cookie here.” Caramel Arrow Cookie replied.

And so with that out of the way,

They all enter the tent,

As they explain to the shaman about the curse that has been inside of Dark Cacao Cookie for a very long time now. {AKA 2 years ago when the 3rd episode of Beast-Yeast came out.}

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“So, what do you need me to do right now my dearies?” Choco-Rose Cookie asked.

“It’s about Dark Cacao Cookie’s curse. We fear that it might be getting worse.” Caramel Arrow Cookie replied.

“Hmm, let me see. {Checks the king including his heart, only to be worried when she felt his heart beating} Oh my. This is really bad. It seems like that his heart is being consumed by that curse.” The shaman said worriedly.

“What do you mean by that?” Dino-Prince Cookie asked.

“Well because of the fact that it had been made up by 2 different curses. One from our ex advisor Affogato Cookie and one from another cookie who can cause curse. It seems like that his heart is trying its best to hold off the curse, so that he won’t permanently transform into his berserk form. But unfortunately, it’s only temporary thing.” The shaman replied.

“So does that mean, you know what might happen to me, if my heart is fully consumed by the darkness of my curse?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“Oh yes I do your majesty. It’s all right here in this cauldron. Just hold still for a moment.” Choco-Rose Cookie replied.

But not before she pulls out a piece from the king’s hair.

Which mildly hurt him.

Before eventually she throws it into the cauldron,

Watching as the smoke changes from her signature colour brown,

To purple…

As she explains to everyone what will happen.

As everything is shown through the rising purple coloured smokes…

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“Dark Cacao Cookie. I fear that this curse will only get worse from here.”

“Since it appears that the negative emotion you had inside of you makes you transform into that thing.”

“You must learn to control it, before it controls you.”

“Because if you don’t. Then a terrible fate will befall on you.”

“As if you go berserk too many times. Then the curse will consume you and your heart.”

“Causing you to become a mindless monster. Who’s only thing to do is to kill a lot of cookies.”

“Including your own people, your own friends and even your own family.”

“One by one, all slaughtered. Until nothing is alive anymore…”

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“No! I don’t want that to happen! This gotta be a joke!” Dark Cacao Cookie yelled at an angry and sacred tone of voice.

He never wanted to hurt anyone in his kingdoms,

Let alone his remaining family and friends…

And sure while he did sliced his son’s eye off in an attempt to protect himself from him,

He still didn’t mean to hurt his child…

But the thought of becoming a mindless monster,

Who’s hellbent on attacking anyone it sees…

Seems like a fate worse then death.

And he was ready to jump at her…

But fortunately his daughter and her childhood friend was able to stop him from grabbing his arms.

“It’s okay your majesty. We’ll figure this out.” Caramel Arrow Cookie said to him.

“Yeah. Please don’t revert back to your cursed form right now. As this is not the good time to do so.” Dino-Prince Cookie also said to him.

But fortunately…

The shaman is not done talking about it…

As there is a way to break this curse however…

“But there is a way on how to break this curse of yours before it’s too late.” The shaman said.

“Really? What is it?” Caramel Arrow Cookie asked.

“Simple. It’s through the act of true love.” The shaman explained.

“An act of true love? What does that mean?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“I’m not sure myself. But somehow, if you are able to do something for someone you have a really deep connection to, or vice versa. Then the curse will be broken, and then no more berserk mode.” The shaman replied happily.

Even though the act of true love was still pretty vague.

As he doesn’t know what that might mean…

He is able to promise her that he will keep his emotions under control,

And not let them become negative…

Which makes her happy to hear…

And to make sure that he does exactly that…

The shaman gives him a flower bracelet.

Which shows how much time he’s been transforming into his curse form,

By having the flower being consumed by darkness as well.

Which was a neat little give but also serves as a little bit of a timer too.

And just before everyone leaves the tent,

Thanking her for her help…

She says something to Dark Cacao Cookie.

Something that started to shake his confidence…

“Oh and remember your majesty. If you let your heart get consumed by the darkness 5 times. Then you’ll be too!”

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While everyone else was talking about the curse and the plague again.

All Dark Cacao Cookie could focus is the fact that wether he likes it or not,

He will be consumed by the curse too…

Just like his son when he found the Strawberry Jam Sword…

So wanting to find a way to break this curse,

And a way to cure his kingdom from this plague.

He knows exactly what to do…

So he gets everyone’s attention.

“First Watcher, Captain of the Cream Wolves, and Prince of the Creme Republic. Now that we know about who we are dealing with. It’s now clear that there is one thing we have to do to save the kingdom.”

“We are going to Beast-Yeast ourselves.” He said to everyone.

And upon hearing that everyone becomes stoked.

So while he prepares to make an announcements to his citizens.

Everyone else gets ready for this grand adventure.

Including Dino-Prince Cookie,

Who knew that one day he would be back to being a knight.

So he asks the king.

“Thanks for inviting me to come to this adventure with you all. But where did you kept my old suit of amour and knight helmet? Because I might need protection from some of the enemies we might come across. And this royal clothes for the prince, isn’t working out.” He asks him.

“Oh, it’s currently at Caramel Arrow Cookie’s room. And yeah, I knew that since you two have known each other since you were 6 years old, I decided to let her keep your suit of amour when you took over as prince.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

“Really? Thanks your majesty.” Dino-Prince Cookie said happily.

Before he takes off.

Now all that’s left to do is to gather everyone in front of the gate’s walls.

And tell them the good news…

Except for the patients,

As he knows that they’re still sick,

And doesn’t want the sickness to spread everywhere.
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1 hour later-

Dark Cacao Cookie was now on-top of the gate’s walls.

As the remaining citizens of this kingdom have gathered round to hear his announcements…

And alongside him are,

Caramel Arrow Cookie,

Crunchy Chip Cookie, {Much to the worries of his older sister Arctic Cat Cookie}

And the now original Dino-Knight Cookie. {Who is now wearing his old suit of amour which looks exactly like the Red Dino Fury Ranger Outfit}

And through the woods of the king,

He explains that he and his warriors will go to Beast-Yeast.

Confront the beast who made the plague happen.

And once they defeat her,

Then the entirety of the Dark Cacao Kingdom will be cured.

Causing everyone to cheer for all of them who are going on this quest,

Including a very hesitant Arctic Cat Cookie,

Who’s scared about what might happen to Crunchy Chip Cookie,

As this is his first time being in an adventure without her.

But hey it’ll be fine as long as he’s got some backups.

Plus he can transform himself into a Cream Wolf so it’ll be fine.

After that announcement,

The citizens all say farewell to those who are going to Beast-Yeast.

Including from those that these warriors have known for their entire lives.

And once they leave the kingdom.

They’re struck with a dilemma of how to get to Beast-Yeast.

But fortunately though,

Dino-Knight Cookie knows how to deal with it.

“So I got some very bad news. We can’t take the airship. As thanks to the plague, all of its service have been basically cut off from the rest of Crispia. I learnt about it from a ticket master back at the Creme Republic Airship Station.”

“So this leaves us with only one option. Which is actually how I was able to reach the Dark Cacao Kingdoms in the first place.”

“Carrow and gentlemen. We’re going on a boat.” He simply said to all of them.

And with just one word,

They all gulp in worries,

As with the fact that the only way they can reach Beast-Yeast is through boat…

And that they’ve been basically taught to live in fear of the seas thanks to the Licorice Seas…

This won’t go very well for them…
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A few minutes later-

Just before Arctic Cat Cookie could go back to her work…

Suddenly she hears someone knocking on the gate’s door.

So she asks one of the remaining watchers to open the gates.

And as she stands there,

Hoping that it might be Crunchy Chip Cookie again,

As she feels like that sooner or later he might need her help…

Instead when the gates do open…

It turns out to be a familiar looking hooded cookie.

Who she had recognise for being the one to deliver the only things that might help out in the plague.

“Oh it’s you again. Do you have the thing?” She asks him.

“Yes I do have the thing. AKA these boxes of bamboo shoots.” The hooded cookie replied.

As he gives her the boxes.

“Thank you very much. Now would you like to tell me more before you go?” She asks him.

“Yes. Consider this my final delivery. As from now on, I’m not gonna deliver these to the kingdoms anymore.” The hooded cookie sadly replied.

Which shocks her,

As while she does appreciate him appearing at the gates for 4 days now.

The fact that he’s going away, really shocked her.

“What why?” She asked him in a shocked tone of voice.

To which he responded with a simple answer.

As he looks at the footprints,

That was actually made by the king himself,

Huh…

“Oh nothing, just that…”

“I have some very important things to work out…”

“And fix…”

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A few minutes later-

And just like that…

The boat has finally set sail.

With its destination being Beast-Yeast.

And Dino-Knight Cookie was living the trip there.

Oh how he missed the scent of salt waters,

How he missed the many fishes that were swimming in the ocean,

And how he missed actually being on a boat with both his best friend and their grandfather figure Captain Caviar Cookie.

And while he himself is enjoying the breeze.

The others well…

“So was I right about the sea actually being good?” He asked as he looks at the others.

But turns out that,

Because of the fact that all of them have Thalassophobia,

And have never been on a boat a few times,

All of them pretty much gotten sea sickness.

As while both Dark Cacao Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie were just sitting on the ground feeling sick.

His childhood friend Caramel Arrow Cookie was continually throwing up on the sides.

Wow, seems like he’d forgotten how easy it was for cookies from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms to get motion sickness on a boat.

So wanting to make sure that they can keep their minds off the sea.

He decides to have a chat with all of them.

But what about the steering wheel?

Since he stopped using it?

Well thankfully all of Captain Caviar Cookie’s boats were designed to be put into auto pilot.

So that the boat won’t be able to hit anything on the water.

Especially rocks and icebergs.

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The first cookie he decided to have a chat with was the king himself.

“So King Dark Cacao Cookie. Are you excited to take down your counterpart and save your kingdom?” The knight said trying to encourage him.

With the ancient of resolution doing a little thumbs up while weakly saying “Yeah.”

Well that turned awkward.

So he decides to change the subject that they were talking about.

“You know. I heard that you are great friends with all of the ancients. Especially Pure Vanilla Cookie and Hollyberry Cookie. Did you remember to tell them where exactly your going?” The knight asked.

“Of course I did. Ever since the plague began I wrote down letters to my friends about where I was going and what’s happening to my kingdoms. Even adding in a little bit of information of you coming along too upon hearing that you’ll be arriving at he kingdom too.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

Which makes him really happy to hear.

“Really? That’s awesome. Also even though I knew for a long time that Carrow is your daughter. You also talked about avenging your son too. Which confused me because you told me that he tried to kill you and you now hate him. Did something happened to make you change your mind?” The knight asked.

Even though it would be very uncomfortable to be asking the king that…

Especially because of the curse,

And the motion sickness making things more worse…

But thankfully before he could answer,

Crunchy Chip Cookie, sensing that his king needs comforting,

Decides to walk up to the king, transforms into his cream wolf form,

And then lies his head on the king’s laps.

And while confused at first,

Dark Cacao Cookie decided to do what the wolf captain was motioning him to do,

And upon petting him,

It became really relaxing and comfortable for the both of them now.

“Hmm, this feels nice. Thank you Crunchy Chip Cookie.” The king happily said to the cream wolf.

So seeing that these two are done talking,

He decides to go and have a chat with his childhood friend next.

Who was still vomiting…

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But fortunately he was there to make sure that she stops vomiting,

By rubbing her back,

As what a true friend should do…

Before eventually the archer sees her childhood friend,

And they begin to have a chat about what’s going on too.

“Thanks Zayto. Gosh I never realised how much I hate having motion sickness.” Caramel Arrow Cookie said.

“Yeah I could see that from both your father and your other childhood friend. But fortunately once we do reach Beast-Yeast you guys won’t have to worry about the motion sickness anymore. As the main thing we have to worry about is…” Dino-Knight Cookie try to say.

Bu stops midway,

As it seems like he had forgotten about the beast who shared the same souljam as Dark Cacao Cookie.

“Wait what was her name again? Gotta look it up in a book.” He said trying to remember who it is.

“Wait, what book?” The archer asked.

“Oh this? Yeah Arctic Cat Cookie gave it to me, so that I can learn more about the history of…hold on.” The knight said.

So he flips through the page of the book,

And reaches to the page where it has the beast’s name on it.

But it seems like he has trouble trying to read what it said.

“Mystic Force Ranger? Is that what her name is?”

But fortunately Caramel Arrow Cookie was there to help him out.

“It’s actually Mystic Flour Cookie.” She tells him.

“Oh yeah right. Now I remember, thanks Carrow. You know how much I forget about a lot of stuff and can’t read really well.” Dino-Knight Cookie said happily.

Revealing that this knight from the Creme Republic,

Has not only short-term memory loss,

But also dyslexia too. {which is actually 2 headcanons that I gave to the character that he’s based on}

And while they were both hard for him to deal with,

Luckily he always has his friends and motherly figure {AKA Oyster Cookie} to help him out.

And so the 2 childhood friends continues chatting about the beast herself,

And what might happen if they do meet her.

Before unfortunately, Caramel Arrow Cookie goes back to vomiting out the side of the boat.

With Dino-Knight Cookie being the one to help her out.

“It’s alright Carrow. Just a few more minutes until we actually get to Beast-Yeast.” He tells her.

But while it had been him and the 3 other cookies from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.

He wonders if anyone else snuck in on the boa,

To either kill them all,

Or to join them on their adventures,

Which he hopes none of them are true…

Right?

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Turns out that it was true…

As a cookie did snuck onto the boat without anyone realising.

But this cookie had good intentions to do that…

As while trying to balance himself thanks to the boat moving too much,

And also trying not to fall ill to the motion sickness,

He was able to grab on to a table inside one of the boat’s room.

And when the cookie removes his hood…

It turns out that the cookie who snuck onto the boat,

And was the one who helped deliver the bamboo shoots to the Dark Cacao Kingdoms,

Was none other then…

Dark Choco Cookie,

The Ex-Prince of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms himself…

Wow what a surprise {That was sarcastic btw}

But he looked determined to be there,

And so he pulls out a journal from his bag,

And begins to write down on it.

And after he’s done writing and drawing on a page of it,

He happily looks at it,

Being proud of what he had drawn.

“Perfect.” He said to himself happily.

But unfortunately he’s not alone.

As it seems like that someone had snuck onto his bag.

But who?

“Pewfect? What do you mean by that? Do you mean you made the most pewfect thing or did you feel like saying that?”

When he looks at the bag,

He becomes a bit cross to find that apparently,

A white rabbit like blob had snuck into his bag.

Since it was obvious that he was gonna do this alone.

And it turns out that these two know each other.

“Hi Dawk Choco Cookie.” The rabbit blob said nervously.

“Moon Rabbit Cookie? What are you doing here? I told you to stay in the forest. You know how dangerous this adventure might be for a little rabbit like you.” The Ex-Prince asked in an annoyed tone of voice.

As he picks up the rabbit blob from his bag,

Forcing her to transform back to her cookie form.

“Sowwy. But I just wanted to know if your plan is completed. And I weakly wanted to come with you on this mission.” The white rabbit like cookie replied.

“It’s fine, I’m not angry at you. And also yes I did completed writing what the plan might be about. Want to see it?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“Okay.” Moon Rabbit Cookie happily said.

“But we have to talk quietly or else some of the cookies who are also in that boat might see us.” The prince said.

“Oh okay. I’ll keep it quiet.” Moon Rabbit Cookie said.

And so the Ex-Prince explains his friend to us the reader,

And Moon Rabbit Cookie herself…

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“Alright so this plan is what I like to call. Operation Redemption.”

“Step 1, make a good impression to my dad and the other 3 warriors he had with him, and introduce myself as a different cookie.”

“Step Two is-“

“Wait how are you sure they won’t recognise you easily?”

“Well it’s been like 2 years since my dad and my little sister saw me. I bet the red haired guy only remembered me as a kid, and Crunchy Chip Cookie’s last time seeing me was 8 years ago after the stabbing incident. Which I still feel really guilty about.”

“Oh okay. Continue on.”

“Okay, Step Two, after they accept me into the party, we all head into the area where my father’s beast counterpart is. Don’t worry, the reason why I know about who is she is thanks to secretly watching my father and the Second Watcher talking about her a lot ever since the plague began.”

“Step 3, after we reach her, we all take her down.”

“Step 4, I reveal myself to the entire party members. Including my father, and they’ll be so happy with me, that they decide to forgive me for wheat I did in the past. Including reconciling with my dad.”

“Step 5, I’m welcome back into the kingdoms with cheers and happiness.” Dark Choco Cookie explained.

As he even shows Moon Rabbit Cookie some of the drawings he did.

With his favourite one being himself being lift up into the air by Somme of the citizens of the Dark Cacao Kingdom in happiness.

And even praising him for helping his father and the other cookies who were with him save them,

While Dark Cacao Cookie and Caramel Arrow Cookie watches with happiness and proudness.

And Crunchy Chip Cookie saying that he was wrong to call him a traitor.

And after showing her the drawing,

She was confused as she was expecting a lot more from the plan.

“You know I was expecting more from your plan. How will you be able to pull off a five step plan?” She asks him.

“Well I am the son of Dark Cacao Cookie. I even got a bit of his blood inside of me. And if that beast’s messing with him, she’ll also be messing with me. And let me tell you Moon Rabbit Cookie after we return from Beast-Yeast. There will be a celebration of laughter and joy of their once traitorous prince coming back as a hero.” Dark Choco Cookie happily replied.

“And will they get to eat some wice cakes and the celebwation too?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked.

“{Sigh} Yes Moon Rabbit Cookie, We’ll also celebrate with some wice cakes too.” The Ex-Prince replied.

Causing the white rabbit like cookie to jump in the air shouting “YAY!”

Before he shushes at her to quiet down.

“Don’t yell that. You know we have to stay quiet or else-“

{Footsteps}

Crap, someone’s coming!

Quickly both the Ex-prince and his rabbit companion all hide inside a conveniently large treasure chest that was on the side of the room.

And while hiding inside of it,

Dark Choco Cookie realises that he had left his journal on the table,

And was worried about the person entering the room reading it,

But he wasn’t going to open the chest up to see who was in the room right now,

Cause he’s worried that it might give off his hiding spot to them,

So they both had to wait it out until that person leaves the room,

And after one minute later they did,

Which means the coast is now clear for the both of them to get out of the treasure chest.

They also see that the rocking of the boat had stopped.

Meaning that the boat has arrived at it’s destination,

Which is Beast-Yeast.

And upon slightly opening the door,

He sees his father encouraging the warriors to get off the boat and start their adventure.

While also saying those iconic lines.

“Now remember everyone. No retreat…”

With everyone else saying…

“No surrender!”

With the Ex-Prince also saying the latter line quietly.

As he always remember his father saying those words to his fellow soldiers,

Before they left on some grand adventures when he was just a child.

Before eventually watching them leave the boat,

And heading to where the beast is,

And with that…

The first step of his plan begins.

“Alright Moon Rabbit Cookie. First Step of Operation Redemption, is a go.” He said with determination to his rabbit companion.

And so after he pulls his hood back on,

They both quietly but surely,

Follow the group on their adventures.

Hoping to find the right time to show himself to them,

And also Moon Rabbit Cookie too…
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While walking towards where Mystic Flour Cookie is right now.

The party have stumbled upon some enemies along the way.

With the most common ones being the yeast-spores.

And boy were they annoying to deal with.

Especially since they kept throwing pollen at them,

But turns out that they all aren’t allergic to it.

But they were still dangerous.

As thinking that they have dealt with all of the Yeast-Spores in the area.

Dark Cacao Cookie faces to tell everyone that they’ve all been cleared by him.

Only for another one to appear behind him and almost kill him,

By blowing itself up…

But fortuantely he got saved…

By who?

Well none other then the hooded Ex-Prince himself,

Who uses something sharp to stab the spore dead,

Before it could use its self destruct move his father.

And upon everyone’s shocked reaction to it.

He turns to face them in order to introduce himself.

But that almost didn’t happened.

As it turns out that a lot of pollens have gotten onto him,

And it also turns out that he’s really allergic to them,

As he starts to sneeze a lot…

Which is not cool and gross at the same time.

And while everyone else was confused by this…

Dark Cacao Cookie started to felt sympathy for the hooded cookie.

But he doesn’t know why.

So since he learnt how to help his son whenever he got the sneezing fit,

He pulls out a handkerchief from one of the rectangles on his shoulders,

And gives it to the hooded cookie,

Who he doesn’t seem to recognise as his own son.

“Here fellow cookie. Use my lucky handkerchief.” He said to him.

Wow, this might be the first time in like a while he had seen his dad do something really nice,

And it was to him out of all of the other cookies.

But he appreciates the handkerchief anyways.

“Thanks.” He simply said to the king.

And so after blowing and even wiping his nose,

He thankfully stopped sneezing.

Before returning the handkerchief back to his dad.

And with everyone not recognising who he is as well.

They all ask questions about him.

“Who are you?” Asked Dino-Knight Cookie.

“Why’d you saved us?” Caramel Arrow Cookie also asked.

“And what’s that weapon that your’e holding right now? And why do you think we should trust you?” Crunchy Chip Cookie also asked.

Well here it goes,

Time for him to go through step 1 of his plans…

But unfortunately he hadn’t figured out what name he would go with for the time being.

So he had to make up a name.

“My name? Oh yeah. It’s…uh…uh. {Looks around the entire area for a name, until he finds something that might help him.} My name is…Forest…Bark…Cookie.” He introduces himself with a fake name.

Nailed it.

And thankfully the cookies all by that fake name of his.

“Well nice to meet you Forest Bark but would you please tell me what happened to one of your eye?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked.

“Oh that. Well I got it from a mountain lion, it’s also where I’ve ended up with this dagger. Made by one of the mountain lion’s teethes. Sick right?” Dark Choco Cookie replied as he shows off the weapon he used to destroy the Yeast-Spore.

And even though it was pretty clear that the eye thing was a lie,

Cause we all know how he actually got it,

The tooth dagger thing was actually true.

And he was able to get on their good side.

But suddenly…

Moon Rabbit Cookie showed up to try and ruin the party.

“Seriously? Those are the things you could come up with? Man you’re a bad liar.” Moon Rabbit Cookie annoyedly said to him.

Causing him to freak out and try to hide her.

But unfortunately they all saw her,

And aren’t actually pretty mad about seeing her.

“Hey Forest Bark. Who’s that?” Caramel Arrow Cookie asked him.

Well it was time to tell everyone the new friend he made during his time at the forest.

“This here is Moon Rabbit Cookie. We actually met during my time in the forest. Not like the forest near the Dark Cacao Kingdoms. But a similar winters forest like that.” Dark Choco Cookie replied with more lies.

Even though them meeting in a forest was actually true.

He just didn’t want to blow away his covers immediately.

And guess what?

Everyone instantly believed his little lies,

Including surprisedly enough his father.

And with that,

It was now onto Step 2.

As after being invited to join their party,

Dark Choco Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie both follows the party to where Mystic Flour Cookie was.

Which wasn’t very long at all.

As they all come across a mist covering parts of Beast-Yeast.

And upon further look at it.

It seems like that this is one of those areas,

Where no one gets in and no one gets out…

But whatever as they have a kingdom to save.

So after they all look at each other bravely.

They all enter the mist.

Wondering about what might lies beyond the other side of the mist…

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When they do reach the other side.

They see just how glorious this area is.

Which is actually not an area at all…

But instead, a realm.

Filled with gold coloured clouds,

Trees with peaches on it,

And right in front of them,

Being a temple.

Yep this is exactly where Mystic Flour Cookie used to live.

So they decide to rush in and go find her…

But unfortunately it seems like that they’re not alone.

As it appears that some people aren’t too happy about them entering the realm.

“Stop right there!”

“Don’t move a muscle or any body parts of any kind!”

Suddenly just as they least expect it.

Two humanoid dumplings appear,

With each of them standing on top of a golden cloud.

And while one of them is blue and looks like he’s freezing,

The other one is red and looks like he’s boiling hot.

And they don’t look happy to see the party here.

Especially the chilly dumpling.

“What are you guys doing here in the Realm of White Apathy?” The blue dumpling asked angrily. {With me imagining his voice being like Badgerclops from Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart}

Huh so that’s what place is called.

“Wait so that’s what the Beast’s hideout called?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked.

“Yeah. And no outsider is allow to visit here. Especially what happened last time with the Beast of Apathy herself.” The red dumpling angrily replied. {With his voice sounding a lot like Mao Mao from Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart}

“Look we’re here to see Mystic Flour Cookie. So that we can have her stop the plague from infecting my kingdom.” Dark Cacao Cookie tried to reason with them.

But it only succeeds in making them more angry.

“{Gasp!} I knew it! You guys are exactly like the ones who made Mystic Flour Cookie who she is today.” The Spicy Dumpling angrily yelled.

“Oh you guys done fricked up now. As if you guys aren’t leaving any times soon. We’ll just have to get you all to leave.” The Chilly Dumpling said angrily.

And so just when everyone also least expected it…

“Enemies made of Apathy! Get them!”

Those were the words that the 2 dumplings shouted,

Before they both fly back to wherever they came from.

And just like that…

Multiple enemies come rushing in to try and stop them from going any further…

And while some of them is a different coloured cakehound.

Some of them however are monster types that they have never seen before…

Such as mantises

Cranes,

Tigers,

Vipers,

Monkeys,

And mini dumpling humanoids.

So everyone does their best to fight them off.

Including Dark Choco Cookie,

Who uses his dagger to help protect both his father and his younger sister,

While Moon Rabbit Cookie also helps out,

By transforming into her rabbit blob form but even more big.

And squishing some of the enemies by punching on them.

But soon…

The amount of enemies were starting to take a toll on them…

And it looks like it’s gonna be the end of them…

Until…

{Sword slash!}

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Suddenly…

3 enemies all get sliced to death by a sword.

But what kind of sword?

As the colour from the sword’s aura wasn’t red like Dino-Knight Cookie’s T-Rex styled sword.

Nor purple like Dark Cacao Cookie’s Grape Jam Sword.

Instead…

That belongs to,

A never before seen cookie,

Who’s wearing a male like blue Hanbok,

Has long light blue hair,

And even light blue eyes too,

And so he proceeds to show everyone what he can do,

By taking down every single enemies {Demon Slayer Style}.

And using a special move on the remaining enemies,

Which is by having him running around them in a circle,

Using his sword’s water ability to bind them up like rope,

And then finally slashes at them,

Which causes all of the enemies trapped inside the binding to become water droplets.

Surprising everyone with how cool and awesome his fighting style was.

And so after that…

He talks to the ones he had saved.

“You’re welcome. I know that I promised myself to fight Mystic Flour Cookie by myself. But I couldn’t just leave you guys to die by the ends of the enemies made by her apathy.” The blue haired swordsman said to them.

“Who are you sir?” Crunchy Chip Cookie asked.

“Me? Well it’s a pleasure to meet you all. Name’s Rain Dance Cookie.” The swordsman introduced himself.

‘Wait so does that mean you also want to take down Mystic Flour Cookie?” Caramel Arrow Cookie asked.

“Yep. As even though me and my 3 brothers used to work for her. Ever since her corruption, we decided to just kill her. Especially me, since she turned all of my brothers into flour. But fortunately though I was able to conjure up a spell that would allow their souls to still be alive inside my body. But unfortunately there’s a side effect.” Rain Dance Cookie explained.

“And what’s re those side effects?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked.

Suddenly, the swordsman’s eyes changed.

From blue to purple.

As a different voice {sounding a bit nerdy} speaks for him.

“Apparently the side effects for our older brother here transferring our souls into him, had caused us to also take control of his body. And not only I, Grape Slushy Cookie, is able to do this. But also our other 2 brothers too, who are Lava Cake Cookie and Orange Gummy Cookie.” The nerdy voice coming out of the swordsman's mouth explained.

Weirding out everyone out upon hearing it.

Guess like that voice wasn’t kidding about it being a side effect.

And it only gets weirder,

As suddenly an angry but jock like voice soon takes over.

With the swordsman’s eyes turning red.

“Jeez Grape Slushy, you always yapping and yapping. When will you learn to shut up? Especially since we have new people to meet?”

And then after that…

The swordsman’s eyes turns orange.

As a surfer dude like voice takes over too.

“Would you guys please stop fighting. We can not embarrass our older brother in front of these new peoples. I think they look good as our new friends. Especially the red haired one. He looks very attractive.”

Hearing this causes Dino-Knight Cookie to blush a bit.

“Wait really? You do?” He asked.

Before eventually the swordsman returns back to normal.

With his eyes changing back to blue.

“Would you guys settle down? Thanks for showing them what happened when I have 4 souls in my body now. {Clears throat} Anyways, i know where Mystic Flour Cookie lives. So please follow me.” Rain Dance Cookie tells the party.

Which they were happy to hear about.

And so they all follow him,

To where the Beast of Apathy is…

Not knowing the horror and dangers that lies,

Inside the Realm of White Apathy…

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Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdoms…

Arctic Cat Cookie was doing her best with handling the plague.

Which includes checking on the patients,

Making sure that they haven’t flatlined or reduced to flour,

And making sure that they’re not hallucinating anymore…

A few hours after the king including her baby brother departed for Beast-Yeast.

Her worries for Crunchy Chip Cookie started to skyrocket,

But it’s fine as long as he has his tracking bracelet on him,

So that she can see where he is…

Anyways,

Right now she had given all of the patients some soup made from the bamboo shoots that Dark Choco Cookie gave her.

And the next patient she had yet to give it to was Espresso Cookie.

Which she was a bit hesitant about…

As it turns out that only citizens from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms can withstand the taste of the Bamboo Shoot soup.

But it was her duty to look after the patients,

So after grabbing one of the soup from one of the plastic containers,

She walks it over to him…

Who was just lying on his bed,

Staring off into space.

While she gives him the soup.

“Now just take small sips from this soup. I don’t know if you might like it or not. As these bamboo shoots are native to the Dark cacao Kingdoms. And only those from that kingdom are able to eat it very well. So-“ She tries to explain to him.

Before suddenly,

She sees that he was actually able to eat all of the soup without a break.

Much to her surprise.

And once he’s done with it.

He smiles at her,

Thanking her for this soup with saying a little:

“Good soup.” {Adam Driver Style}

Much to her surprise.

“Wait so, you actually liked the soup?” She asks him.

“Yes I do. But the world filled of white empty void is what I love more than this.” Espresso Cookie replied weirdly.

Which she notices it.

As she thought that he was gonna say Madeleine Cookie is the thing that he loves more.

Considering these two are boyfriends.

“You’re hallucinating again Espresso. Don’t worry, just wait until the medicine inside of that soup to kick in and-“ She tries to explain to him.

Before suddenly one of the nurses comes into one of the medical bays.

“Doctor Arctic Cat? Your friend wants to tell you something. Something very dire.” One of the nurses told her.

Noble Tiger Cookie wants to have a chat with her.

I guess she’ll just have to do it.

“I’ll be right back Espresso Cookie. I gotta have a chat with one of my friends. Who’s also a doctor just like me. Just get well soon.” She said to the dark mage.

As she leaves him be.

Not knowing that in the next few hours today…

His condition will get worse,

Despite the medicine being inside of him right now.

Trying to help his immune system fight off against the pale ailment…

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“So what do you want to talk to me about?” Arctic Cat Cookie asks her friend.

As both Noble Tiger Cookie and one of the nurses looks at each other very sadly,

Before looking back at the doctor.

“Arctic. We have some bad news. 2 patients have been found dead today.”

“They both died from the pale plague.” Noble Tiger Cookie sadly explained.

What?

No…

No she’s joking right?

She has to be joking…

“What are you talking about? During those 4 days, we have never lost any patients because of the plague.” Arctic Cat Cookie said trying to believe that what she was told isn’t true.

“I’m sorry but it is true.” Her friend said.

“But I never lost anyone’s life in my entire career. Especially when I started medical school at the age of 13. Plus didn't you guys here what the king told you all? After he including my baby brother takes down Mystic Flour Cookie, then the plague will be gone. And everyone will be saved.” Arctic Cat Cookie argued back.

As both the nurse and Noble Tiger Cookie also look at each other worriedly.

“That’s also one of the reason why I wanted to talk to you. We found your little brother’s tracking bracelet back at home. Meaning that he forgotten to bring it with him on this adventure.” Noble Tiger Cookie explained.

“Plus my baby brother is-. Wait what? He forgot his tracking bracelet at home!? Oh witches! Oh no! That means I won’t be able to see him, or find him! Or even know if he’s alive! Oh my witches, he’s gonna die! I knew it was a bad idea to let him go alone!” Arctic Cat Cookie started freaking out.

As she starts bolting to somewhere where she can relax.

“Please calm down Arctic Cat Cookie. I’m sure your baby brother will be fine.” One of the nurses tries to tell her.

“Don’t tell me to calm down Choco-Laxative Cookie!” Arctic Cat Cookie nervously yelled out across the halls.

Before eventually she’s out of their sights.

As the both of them were shocked to see her freaking out like that.

As usually she always keeps her cool.

“You know even as one of her friends. I’ve never seen her have a crash-out as bad as this one.” Noble Tiger Cookie said.

“Ditto.” One of the nurses also said.

Hopefully things won’t get worse for the doctor right?

Right?

Chapter Text

After a bit of running later,

Arctic Cat Cookie stopped for a sec in order to catch her breath,

And also to calm down.

As the news about 2 patients already dying from the plague,

Was starting to mess her up a bit,

Both mentally and emotionally.

But luckily she was able to calm down by now,

And so upon seeing that she’s at the Cream Wolves Den, {Which looks like any other horse stables}

She realises that,

Oh yeah, she nearly forgot that it’s feeding time.

So with the remaining bamboo shoots soup she has with her,

She enters the stables,

Hoping that she won’t get hit by one more bad things,

But boy will she be wrong.

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Upon entering the stables,

It was such a sad sight to see,

As all of the cream wolves in this stables have also gotten the pale ailment,

Not even the puppies were safe from it too.

But it was alright,

As she’s gotta do it,

Since her baby brother uses some of the wolves as his friends and his companions.

Heck that was why he has a huge connection to them,

As he too can shapeshift into a Cream Wolf.

Plus she still remembers about the motherly Cream Wolf and her babies who saved them when she was 8 years old and Crunchy Chip Cookie was still a baby.

And if it wasn’t for them,

Then they wouldn’t be alive to this day,

But anyways.

“Hello there cream wolves. It’s time for your medicines.” She said to them in a sweet voice.

Hoping to cheer them up.

But it wasn’t working.

So she just had to do it.

But then…

While she was in a process of feeding the cream wolves.

Including the puppies.

Suddenly…

She walks towards one of the stables for those wolves,

And sees that one of them…

Has already been reduced to flour…

Worse of all…

This was one of Crunchy Chip Cookie’s most favourite cream wolves to use and be friends with.

So upon seeing the amount of flour on the ground,

She drops the bag containing the soups,

And picks up the flour in distress.

No…

No…

No, this can’t be.

They already lost 2 patients due to this plague,

How could she have a cream wolf,

Who is one of her baby brother’s favourites,

Be reduced to flour too?

Then her mind started to spiral out of control,

Thinking about what kind of reactions the wolf captain would have,

After he gets back from Beast-Yeast.

That one of his cream wolves died from the plague,

He would be devastated,

He would be angry,

He would be shocked,

And he would most likely be put into despair.

As again,

That cream wolf was his favourite…

This is not good,

This is not good at a-

“Arctic Cat!”

Suddenly,

She gets snapped right back to reality,

As she turns a round and sees that,

Not only is her friend and one of the nurses here,

But also the Second Watcher too.

And they look really sad about something,

Much to her confusion.

“Sorry about that. I was just feeding the cream wolves like I always do whenever Chip’s away. But then I discovered that one of them has succumb to the ailment and so I might've had a nervous breakdown in my mind.” She tries to explain themselves to them.

Before eventually the Second Watcher talks to her about some bad news.

“Arctic. We know how much you love both your job and the care for the patients at the medical bay. But these two told me about how stressed you are during the past 4 days. Even going as so far as to not have any breaks. But at least you take sleeps right?” He said to her.

“Please, ever since the plague happened, I never fell asleep. Not once.” Arctic Cat Cookie said.

“How are you even alive?” The second watcher asked in a shocked tone of voice. {As yeah people can die without sleep.}

“Don’t ask. Don’t tell. That’s just how the writer of this fanfic wrote for me.” Arctic Cat Cookie replied {Insert Fourth Wall Break there.}

“Anyways. So it’s clear to me that there is one thing we need to do to you. And don’t worry we’re not gonna fire you or anything. We just want you to take the rest of the day off including tomorrow. Until your no longer stressed about how many patients we’re losing or the pale plague itself. Do you understand me?” The Second Watcher commanded her in a soft tone of voice

As yeah usually when Dark Cacao Cookie’s gone on another mission,

The Second Watcher serves as a replacement,

And even though she knows that it might make things worse for her,

She decides to follow his commands and take a break.

“Yes Dark Mocha Cookie.” She replied sadly.

Before eventually walking out of the stables.

“Please don’t call me by my real name.” He said to the doctor.

Well today has been getting more worse for her,

So let’s just hope that having the rest of the day off will make things even better…

Right?
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Meanwhile back at The Realm of White Apathy-

And there they were,

Following a swordsman who not only saved their lives,

But also has 3 souls in him now,

To where Mystic Flour Cookie is,

While also telling him about who they also are,

Where they came from,

And why they are here,

In spite of the 2 humanoid dumplings,

Who they learn are actually 2 members of the 4 Great Dumplings of Heavens.

And that their name is actually the Chilly Dumpling and the Spicy Dumpling.

Anyways, after a few hours of walking, {With the occasional breaks here and there if they get tired from it}

And even chatting,

There they were…

At…

A village?

Wait…

That’s not…

“Uh Rain Dance Cookie. Are you sure this is the right place?” Dark Choco Cookie asked in confusion.

“Sorry but, at least give the village a try. As not only does it have fun activities. But they also have friendly villagers there too.” Rain Dance Cookie replied.

And he’s right,

As from what they could see,

Not only do the villagers look like some Chinese’s foods,

Such as shrimps, steamed crabs, tofu, spring rolls, shumai and steamed buns.

But there were a lot of shops and games too.

Which some of them were in awe about.

And upon noticing it,

One of the brothers decide to take them somewhere.

“You think this village looks rad? Come on, let us show you all Rain Dance Cookie’s favourite activity from this place.” Orange Gummy Cookie happily said to everyone.

And so they all follow him.

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They ended up inside an area of a village,

With cherry blossom trees,

And peaches growing on them.

Before eventually they hear another voice.

“Hello there Rain Dance Cookie. I’m so happy to see you again.”

Which turns out to be coming from a pink coloured humanoid dumpling.

Who was just sitting alone next to a board game.

“Hello there Sweet Dumpling. So we got a bunch of outsiders with us. I’m sure your’e fine with it.” The swordsman said to him.

“Oh it’s okay old friend. After all, I love outsiders visiting the realm. Can’t believe it’s been thousands of years since we last got some.” The sweet dumpling said. {With his voice sounding a lot like Suitcase from Inanimate Insanity 2}

And yeah it turns out that unlike the 3 other members of the Dumplings,

The sweet one is the only one who likes outsiders,

And doesn’t even mind them visiting the Realm of White Apathy.

“Yeah me too. Say now that I’m here, would it be okay if I play a round of Go! With you?” Grape Slushy Cookie asked.

“Hmm, I don’t know. As every time we have played this game, I always beat you. Maybe someone else.” The sweet dumpling said.

And just before anyone could say anything…

“I would like to play.”

Dino-Knight Cookie steps in.

“Really you do?” The Sweet Dumpling asked happily.

“Yeah. I actually played another game based on it called Chess. {He then walks over to the board game table, and sits on a seat} So how do you play?” He asks.

“Ooh. Sorry but, I’m not allowed to teach outsiders how to play Go!” The Sweet Dumpling replied sadly.

“What? Who told you that you couldn’t do that?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked in a shocked tone of voice.

“The One Who Leaved, of course. I’m really sorry though.” The Sweet Dumpling replied sadly. {And yes that’s the nickname chosen for Mystic Flour Cookie}

But not all things were bad per say,

As eventually Rain Dance Cookie sits next to the knight.

“It’s okay Dino-Knight. I can help you learn how to play Go! Not because I am fully attracted to you or what not.” The swordsman said to the knight.

Which makes him happy to hear.

“Really? Thanks, that’s so sweet of you.” The knight happily said.

“Alright Sweet Dumpling. This time we’ll be the one who wins. So bring it on.” Grape Slushy Cookie loudly said to the sweet one.

“Okay. Let’s begin round 1 of this game.” The Sweet Dumpling said happily.

And while those 3 were having a blast with playing Go!

The others decided to explore more of the village,

And sees what it has,

Apart from the villagers,

And some of the games and shops there.

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Wanting to experience what the village has,

The other cookies decide to split to check out one or even some of them,

With Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie being in one group,

And Dark Cacao Cookie, Dark Choco Cookie {Or Forest Bark Cookie} and Moon Rabbit Cookie being in another,

And just like that,

They all leave to explore this village,

Starting off with the former group.

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After a minute of just walking,

Both the archer and the wolf captain comes across a shooting gallery.

Which was strange to be seeing at a village,

Since those are used for carnivals and stuff like that,

But might I gress.

Anyways,

When they were already at the shooting gallery,

A prawn humanoid showed up as the owner of this game.

“Hello there fellow cookies. Ready to hit some targets?” The shooting gallery owner asked.

Well since the only one who’s a cross ranger is Caramel Arrow Cookie {Considering that she has a bow and arrow}

She decides to do the target shooting.

“Yes I am sir.” She said to the owner.

“Well then my fair lady. Good luck!” The owner said happily.

And so as the game begins,

Caramel Arrow Cookie was able to wow both the citizens walking by and the owner,

With her amazing archery skills,

With Crunchy Chip Cookie being the only one who was proud of her,

As yeah these two have been friends for like 16 years now.

As she was able to shoot all of the targets with her arrows,

Without missing and even landing on a bullseye.

Before eventually the game ends,

And everyone cheers for her and her archery skills.

“Wow missy. You’re a great archer. Who taught you to be a really excellent archer?” The owner happily asks.

Wow, this was the first time someone asked her about where she got her archery skills,

And even though she already told her friends about it,

Including those not from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms,

It seems like it won’t hurt to tell the owner about the story of how she got so good at archery,

Including telling it to one of her childhood friends again,

“Well it’s all thanks to my big brother. Who I still love and miss to this day.” Caramel Arrow Cookie simply replied.

“What happened to your brother?” The host asked with concerns.

“Oh nothing, I don’t think you wouldn’t like what I tell you. But yeah, the reason why I’m so good at archery is thanks to him.”

“As I still remember the time where, when I was 10 and he was 14, I wanted to learn how to do archery because well, I thought it would look very cool. But I did have trouble with how the bow and arrows worked.”

“And I was about to give up when suddenly my big brother decided to teach me how to do archery himself. And I still remember that day when, after I successfully made the first shot from it, I accidentally shot him in the leg with it. Don’t worry he recovered from it. And I was able to practice being good at it for years to come.”

“As without him, I wouldn’t become the First Watcher, or even protect my kingdoms with my bow and arrow. I owe it all to him.’ The archer replied in a soft but happy tone of voice.

As yeah, before he was branded as a traitor for nearly killing their father,

Dark Choco Cookie was the one who helped her how to shoot an arrow.

And she owes greatly to him,

Even if she still misses him.

Anyways after that,

The both of them decide to regroup with the latter group,

When suddenly…

“I love you.”

“Crunchy Chip Cookie. Did you say that?” The archer asked confusedly.

“Oh no. That wasn’t me. That was from a doll I had of Wildberry Cookie.” The wolf captain corrected her,

As he even pulls out the doll of his boyfriend to prove to her.

“Aw. He’s probably worried about me. I better send him a message, just to make sure that I’m okay to him.” The wolf captain said happily.

Before eventually he presses on the doll’s heart shaped button,

Causing it to glow pink and say “I love you.”

Which Caramel Arrow Cookie finds cute and interesting to see.

“Wait so does that mean…” She tries to ask him.

“Yep. He also has a doll of me too. And before you ask where we got them, they were gifts for the both of us, after we made a promise to each other.” The wolf captain explained.

“Wait promise? What promise?” The archer asked.

“To not die in our respective quest to find our majesties’ beast counterpart in Beast-Yeast. With Wildberry Cookie’s being the beast of sloth. And mine being the beast of apathy.” The wolf captain replied.

Oh I guess that makes sense.

Anyways,

The two of them continue on to find where the other group are…

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Meanwhile,

The other group was just walking through the village,

Seeing what kinds of stuff were there,

And none of them were the ones that the king was hoping to look for,

Especially since he thinks that this whole village trip is such a waste of time,

Since as far as he knows, more people {inside and outside of his kingdoms} are already getting sick from the place plague.

Well…

That was until…

He and the other 2 come across one of the shops in this village,

And he sees it…

“Wait is that. No it can’t be. Can it?” He quietly said to himself in shock and disbelief,

It was a plushy,

A plushy based off the chocolate Cakehounds,

But it wasn’t just any plushies to the king,

No…

It was actually the first toy he ever gave his son,

When he was born.

It was one of the only things that Dark Cacao Cookie himself considered giving his son love.

And the first time ever…

But how could it be here in this realm?

Shouldn’t it be back at the kingdoms?

Inside Dark Choco Cookie’s old room?

Which he still has opened in case his son does come home.

Even though it won’t be a possibility anymore because he’s gone now.

But despite that,

He was sadden and in awed about this place having the old plushy,

But when he tries to grab it…

“Hey! Keep your hands off it.”

He gets slapped in the hand by someone.

Which makes both Dark Choco Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie very angry to see.

Because no one does that to the king.

“Hey! Why would you slapped my dad- I mean, his majesty in the hand?” The Ex-Prince asked angrily.

“Yeah why?” Moon Rabbit Cookie also asked angrily.

And that’s when the owner of this shop reveals himself.

“Haven’t you guys read the sign. The plushy’s not on sale.”

And this owner was none other then a green coloured humanoid dumpling,

AKA the last member of the 4 Dumplings of Great Heavens.

AKA the Sour Dumpling.

And much like his name, his personality and attitude is really sour.

“But what about the other toys in your shop mister?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked.

“They’re also not for sale.” The sour dumpling annoyedly replied. {With his voice sounding a lot like Nickel from Inanimate Insanity}

“Then why have them be in a shop, if your’e not selling them?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“Because everything I see is mine. Toys, mine. Plushies, mine. Weapons, also mine. And soulstones, mine! Now get lost you outsiders, I don’t want to deal with some types like you anyways.” The sour dumpling angrily replied.

Well that was a bit rude of him,

But despite him basically telling them to leave,

The king wasn’t having any of that,

So he confronts the green coloured dumpling about his sour attitude,

By literally pointing his grape jam sword at his face!

Which is a reminder to not make the king angry,

Especially with things that revolves around his son,

Both before and after their reunion. {Back in Episode 13 & 14 of World Exploration}

“Woah hey! What the wasabi are you doing with that sword?” The sour dumpling asked both angrily and shocked.

“Uh shouldn’t we stop this?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked the Ex-Prince.

“No, no. This guy has to learn that whether he likes it or not. You don’t mess with the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.” Dark Choco Cookie replied.

“Oh okay.” Moon Rabbit Cookie said.

“Listen here you ungrateful shop owner. That toy up there used to belong to my son, my very special son, who is now gone from this Earthbread. But despite that, I still love and miss him. And you are not doing him justice by refusing to give me the toy. The first toy I ever gave to him. And if you don’t give me that toy right now, then say goodbye to your head pal. So what’s it gonna be?” The king threatened him.

Until finally…

“Okay, okay, fine! I’ll give you your stupid toy! {Then he grabs the plushy and chucks it at the king, who catches it}”

“ Jeez, you must be a good and loving father to your son if you wanted that toy so badly. He must be feeling happy about having you as his father. Since you love him so much.”

“Now don’t bother me anymore, the shop’s closed.” The sour dumpling angrily said.

Before eventually he closes up the shop.

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Right now…

As he holds onto the plushy..

The king was taken back at what the dumpling just said,

Especially the part about him being a good and loving father to his son.

“Did he just called me a good and loving father?”

“And that my son is lucky to have me as one, before he died?”

“Does he really think that?”

“No. No it’s not possible.”

The king looked sadly as his mind started replaying the part of what the dumpling told him after chucking the plushy at him,

Because no…

He was anything but a good and loving father…

He was actually…

A bad and neglectful father to his son…

As even though he did raised a warrior,

He’d forgotten how to raise a child…

He was ashamed for all of it,

As he doesn’t even think that Dark Choco Cookie would be this lucky of having him as a father,

Because all he did was have his son train without breaks,

Have him stop crying {Even though it was unhealthy},

And not let him have the best childhood that he ever had.

And look where that got him…

As not only did those things strained their relationship,

But it was pushed down the drains as soon as his son got his hand on that cursed son,

And nearly killed him.

And now there he was…

Just standing there…

Feeling sorry for his son for everything,

For being neglectful to him,

For being a bad father to him,

For calling him his life’s greatest regret,

And for being the one who let him into this path of darkness,

But now with him gone,

It seems like he’s never going to apologise to him,

As now he will have to live with the guilt of those things,

Foreve-

“Your majesty?”

Then he’s right back to reality,

As he sees Forest Bark Cookie just standing there,

Looking very concerned for him,

Alongside Moon Rabbit Cookie.

“Is it okay if I hold it for you? Until after we take down Mystic Flour Cookie?” He asks.

To which the king agrees.

“Sure. You can.” The king replied.

And so he gives the hunter the plushy,

And upon being given it,

Dark Choco Cookie now realises why his father was so adamant about having it,

As he also remembers that this was his first toy too,

And one of his favourites,

And upon being reunited with it,

He hugs it.

Which his father notices.

And becomes confused by it.

“Are you okay?” He asks him.

Causing the Ex-Prince to stop hugging it,

And become embarrassed by it.

“Oh yeah I am. I was just reminded of how this plushy even gotten your son’s scent on it. Also I’m sorry to hear about him dying from the pale ailment.” Dark Choco Cookie lies to him.

Which causes even more confusion for the king.

“How do you know who my son is? And what his scent was like?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

Welp,

Looks like it’s time for the Ex-Prince to come up with more lies,

Since he doesn’t want his plans to be ruined immediately.

“Because for the past 2 years. Your son was never alone.”

“After he met me and Moon Rabbit Cookie, we’ve always got each other back.”

“He told me about how much he misses you. And how he wanted to make things right. And he was always planning on reuniting with you, but needed to find the perfect day to do so.”

“But then when that dreaded pale ailment came. And he caught it, I felt really sad for him. Since he’s never going to tell the apology to you.”

“And before he got reduced into nothing but flour. He told me that his one final wish, was for me to aid you on this quest. To save the entire Dark Cacao Kingdoms from the hands of Mystic Flour Cookie. Just like how he always wanted to be a hero.”

“That’s why I’m also here. To avenge him too. Because without him, I would’ve never gotten this dagger, or learn more about his past, and even you.”

“So I’m sorry for your loss.” Dark Choco Cookie sincerely said to the king.

And even more it was filled with more lies,

He sounded genuinely sad for his father.

To which the king simply replies with:

“It’s okay. I’ll make sure that this beast will get what’s coming to her. For taking my son away from me, and causing a plague inside my entire kingdoms. Now come on Forest Back Cookie. Let’s go regroup with the others.”

Before eventually he takes off,

As both Dark Choco Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie just watches.

“You know. Your lies are defiantly getting better from just hearing about it.” She said to the Ex-Prince while being impressed.

“I know. But don’t forget, this is all apart of the plan. As the sooner we defeat Mystic Flour Cookie, the sooner I reveal my true identity to the others. Especially my Appa.” Dark Choco Cookie said.

“Appa?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked confusedly.

“It means father in the language that the people from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms speaks in.” Dark Choco Cookie explained. {AKA Korea. Because that’s what that kingdom is based on.}

After that,

The both of them go back to the king to regroup with the others.

Now let’s see how Dino-Knight Cookie is handling with the board game known as Go!

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Turns out that thanks to being taught how to play the game by the swordsman.

Both he and the knight were able to finally score the swordsman’s first win on Go!

Much to the surprise and delight of the sweet dumpling.

So during a second match of it.

The both of them have a chat with each other,

Including the origins of both the knight’s and the archer’s nicknames for each other.

“You know during our walk to the village, I’ve heard Caramel Arrow Cookie calling you Zayto a bunch of time. While you call her Carrow. Are those your real names or-“ Rain Dance Cookie tries to ask.

“No. No. Those are just nicknames that we both have for each other.” Dino-Knight Cookie corrects him.

“Nicknames? What’s that?” Rain Dance Cookie asked confusedly.

“Well it all started when we first met each other. I believe we were both at the age of 7, and this was during King Dark Cacao Cookie’s first visit to the Oyster Kingdoms. Well, before it got renamed to the Creme Republic, after the dark flour wars. After a bit of introductions and having fun, we both decide to call each other nicknames. In hopes of remembering by. So I call my childhood friend Carrow, because her actual name is really hard to say, well for me at least. While she calls me Zayto, because I thought it would be a really cool name for someone like me who dreams of becoming a royal knight at the time.” Dino-Knight Cookie explained.

“Aw. It sounds like you two have a really sweet friendship together.” Grape Slushy Cookie said happily.

“And a corny one too. I mean a boy befriending a girl? That’s adorable but also sad. It’s sadorable to say the least.” Lava Cake Cookie said mockingly.

“You know what. Your’e right. That nickname’s of yours is cool. I’m gonna call you Zayto from now on.” Orange Gummy Cookie also said.

“Guys knock it off please. It’s just a cute friendship between him and that archer. {Chuckles to the knight} Sorry about them, they’re just happy to know that you have the most wonderful friend ever.” Rain Dance Cookie happily said.

“Aw. Why thank you.” Dino-Knight Cookie said happily.

And so after that talk,

Guess what?

They both won another round of Go! Against the sweet dumpling.

But the reason why they didn’t play a third round of it is because well,

It was time for the both of them to head back and regroup with the others,

So they say their farewells to the sweet dumpling.

Who in turn also says bye to them.

And they leave the area.

While the pink coloured dumpling looks sadly at the sky.

“I sure hope that the one who leaved will spare these outsiders. Instead of turning them into flours.”

“Because from what I saw, they’re actually really nice. Especially towards me.”

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Now with the party back together,

It was time for them to leave the village and find wherever Mystic Flour Cookie is right.

But unfortunately,

There was one problem.

As thanks to the soul binding ritual,

Rain Dance Cookie has completely lost all of his memories about the realm and the beast of apathy’s whereabouts,

Save for his brothers,

But they also lost their memories too,

Except for the ones that have them as brothers.

So upon being told that,

Everyone becomes very disappointed and angry.

Great! How are they supposed to find where the bloody ovens is Mystic Flour Cookie now?

Fortunately though,

There was a miracle,

A child voiced miracle.

“Perhaps I can help with your predicament.”

“Who said that?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

While frantically looking around the entire area of the village,

As at first he thought it would be some random shop owner.

“Oh no. Not me, I didn’t say that. He did.”

Before eventually realising that it came from a puppy.

But not just any puppy,

But a puppy with fur as a white as snow,

And looks like that he is covered by a lot of clouds,

Because of boy does he have a lot of furs.

And while the others were confused by a talking dog,

Dino-Knight Cookie finds the little guy cute.

So he walks up to him,

And starts rubbing his belly,

And even tickling him,

Much to the other’s confusions.

“Look, Captain Caviar Cookie owns a tamed cakehound who has the same colour as him. So I’m good with dog like creatures from Earthbread.” He simply explains to them.

Before eventually the tickling and rubbing of the belly got too much for the dog,

That he turns back into his cookie form,

While basically laughing from the tickles.

Which catches everyone off guard.

Before eventually the little cookie stops laughing,

Picks himself right up on the ground,

And formally introduces himself.

“Sorry for laughing too much. It’s just that, I haven’t been tickled or have my belly rubbed for a very long time. But anyways, hi it’s very all nice to meet you all. I’m Cloud Haetae Cookie. And yes I can turn into a cute little dog.” The kid introduces himself.

“Well hello there. As you may see, we’re here in the Realm of White Apathy because we want to find where my beast counterpart is.” Dark Cacao Cookie said to him.

“Oh you mean my master? Of course I defiantly know where she is. Plus she’s the only woman I know about.” Cloud Haetae Cookie said.

“What how?” The king asks.

“I live in a little alter next to hers.” The kid simply replied.

Causing everyone to say “aw” to him,

As it was really cute to hear.

But anyways…

“Do you think you might help us find your master?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“Sure I can. Also while everyone else calls her The One Who Leaved. I’m the only one who calls her by my master. And her true name. Which is Mystic Flour Cookie.” Cloud Haetae Cookie simply replied.

“Yes we already know what her name is. Thank you very much.” Dark Choco Cookie said to him.

“Anyways, follow me!” The kid said happily.

And so the party follows him to where Mystic Flour Cookie is,

But little did they know is that they were being watched,

But the 4 Dumplings of Great Heavens.

“Look at those outsiders being fools. They don’t realise that they’re going to the wrong alter.” The Chilly Dumpling mockingly said.

“Yeah. I hope those little morons die. As once they see who’s actually inside of it, they’ll be so much screwed.” The Sour Dumpling said evilly.

“I’m not sure about this you guys. What would The One Who Leaved thinks. I mean the whole point of the plague was for her counterpart to come here. What would she do if he’s dead?” The Sweet Dumpling asked worriedly.

“Oh don’t worry about him. Because she knows exactly what to do with him.” The Spicy Dumpling said sinisterly.

Welp this won’t be good at all,

But I’m sure they were all joking about it right?

Right?

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Chapter Text

Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdoms-

Arctic Cat Cookie was just sitting on a bench,

Trying to think of some way to spend her day off.

But she coms up with nothing,

As no matter how hard she tries to think,

She’s always thinking about the plague, and the patients, and her baby brother,

And all that stuff.

But then during her time thinking about it.

She sees Madeleine Cookie,

Playing with his adopted daughter Tiramisu Cookie,

In an attempt to distract themselves from worrying about Espresso Cookie.

But even though it was cute to see,

It was short-lived.

As she sees the both of them deciding to visit Espresso Cookie to see if he’s recovering or not.

Which makes her feel guilty,

As even though she was ordered by the Second Watcher to have a break.

She still wished to make sure that the patients are okay,

Especially the dark mage,

Luckily someone has noticed her in great distress.

And by someone I mean the shaman herself.

Who was also the new advisor of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.

AKA Choco-Rose Cookie.

Who was just having a chat with the other shamans of the kingdom.

And so upon seeing that someone needs her advice,

She lets the others go out to do whatever they want,

While she has a chat with the doctor.

“Hello there Arctic Cat.” She said to the doctor.

“Oh hello there Choco-Rose Cookie.” Arctic Cat Cookie said.

As the shaman sits next to her.

“Are you alright? Because I saw how distressed you are about the situation.” Choco-Rose Cookie asked.

“Am I alright? Of course I’m alright, in fact I’m gonna head back to the medical bay and look after the patients like I always do.” Arctic Cat Cookie tries to lie to her.

But she was able to deduce it.

As the shaman just look at her being unimpressed.

“Alright fine, no I am not. It’s just that, I’ve never lost a patient in my life. Sure we had a few close calls, but this is different. What kind of a doctor am I, if I keep losing a lot of patients to this stupid plague.” The doctor vents out to her.

As yeah it was pretty clear that the news about the 2 patients dying was really taking a toll on her.

As she already has a perfect career at being a doctor.

But with so many patients dying, who is she really?

Luckily the shaman was able to comfort her,

And give her some helpful advice.

“You know Arctic Cat. I also felt the same way as you. As ever since Affogato Cookie got ousted at the traitor, and I got picked to fill his spot, I was nervous. As much as a traitor he was and manipulative to the king, he was a really good advisor. But thankfully everyone warmed up to me, and ever since then I’ve became the best advisor in like 2 years from now.” Choco-Rose Cookie explained.

“So what your’e telling that. Losing people it’s just a part of my job?” Arctic Cat Cookie asked.

“No. Not really. It’s just that well, even though you have saved a lot of people in your entire career. Unfortunately there are some that you can’t save. But that’s okay as even though it is the hardest part of being a doctor, it’ll also help you become more successful with saving the next one.” The shaman replied to her as an advice.

“Wow. Thanks for saying that. I might be actually feeling better about it.” Arctic Cat Cookie said happily.

“Your’e welcome. Also I heard that your fiancé’s coming to the Dark Cacao Kingdoms in a few minutes or hours.” Choco-Rose Cookie said.

And this surprises the doctor,

As she didn’t know that her fiancé is coming to visit this place,

Especially when it’s under the influence of the plague.

But netherless, she was excited to see him,

So that they can discuss about their wedding plans and even their honeymoon plans,

So she says goodbye to the shaman as she runs back to her house.

While Choco-Rose Cookie herself look at the sky.

With a very worried expression on her face.

“Please be quick your majesty. As soon enough, all of your people including me will be reduced to nothing but flour. Thanks to this plague.”

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Meanwhile back at The Realm of White Apathy-

“Alright everyone. We’re here! My master’s palace!” Cloud Haetae Cookie happily announced.

Welp here they are,

The place where Mystic Flour Cookie is currently residing in.

Anticipations were high,

Everyone had their weapons with them,

And it seems like that she is waiting for them right now,

It’s time to end this.

“Alright my warriors. Let’s go save the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.” The king said to everyone.

As he walks over to the door of the altar.

Then he reaches for the doorknob to open it,

Hoping to see if his counterpart really is there.

But then…

Just when he barely got his hands on the door…

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{SLASH!}

He froze…

Taken back by his mind seemly snapping in the process,

As right now,

Instead of being at the realm of White Apathy with his warriors and other cookies,

He was thrust into a familiar place.

That being the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.

And from the look of his horrified face,

He knows exactly what’s happening in this place.

As he was experiencing the time when his own son tried to kill him,

Under the influence of the Cursed Strawberry Jam Sword.

Oh no.

No, not this memory.

Anything but that.

Usually whenever he had those memories,

They’re always triggered by someone accidentally reminding him of it,

Or when he says something that remind him of it.

It doesn’t happen instantly,

Like what’s happening right now.

But why?

Why is he suddenly having those horrible memories?

The memories that he hated so much,

Because it painted him in a negative light to his son.

His only pride and joy.

The one he feels the most guilty about.

And just like how every time he has those flashbacks,

He sees it…

The image of his own son slashing him in the chest with the cursed sword.

By then he didn’t know that his own son was cursed by that weapon,

As he thought that he was a traitor for doing that to him.

But now all he wanted to do was try to pry the sword of his son’s hands,

But he can’t…

As every-time he has those flashbacks,

He’s just standing there,

Frozen on the spot,

With fear and guilt in his entire face.

As he even sees that after being slashed by the chest,

The king tried to defend himself from another blow caused by his son…

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By slashing one of the prince’s eye with his Grape Jam Sword,

Permanently destroying half of his visions,

And this was one of the things that always makes him feel guilty,

As even though he was just doing it for defence,

He never wanted to hurt his own son,

Let alone kill him,

So the only thing he could do at that moment,

Was banish him…

And even disown him as a son,

Which was a horrible thing for any father like him would do to their own child,

As he watches the scene plays out again.

As the prince tries to apologise to his father,

While covering his now bleeding eye.

“This is not what I wished for! Father!”

And then he hears and sees himself…

Say this…

“Leave. And…never come back. You are hereby banished from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms forever.”

“NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!”

“But Appa please-“

“NOW!”

Then he sees his son run away from what he had caused,

In fear and shame.

And even though he tried to follow,

Again he was frozen on the spot,

So all he could do was just watch,

As his son was no longer in view.

And even reach out to him with his arms,

In a desperate attempt to have him come back to him.

“Son, please. Come back. I’m sorry.”

“I really am sorry.”

He keeps repeating those words to himself,

Feeling ashamed and sorry for everything that had happened to the both of them.

But fortunately with every traumatic flashbacks he has,

Someone was always there to bring him right back to reality.

“Your majesty?”

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And just like that,

He’s brought right back to when he was about to open the door.

As he sees both Forest Bark Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie looking very concerned for him.

As it seems like that the hunter was the one who brought him back.

“Are you alwight, Dawk Cacao Cookie?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked.

“Yes I’m fine. What happened back there. How much time has passed?” The king asked.

“You were just about to open the door, when suddenly you just froze before you did. I tried to get your attention but you didn’t respond. Before eventually you just started saying sorry a lot. I started to tap you on the shoulders hoping that it might work, and now you responded back.” The hunter replied worriedly.

Well on the plus side,

He’s just thankful that he was able to get out of his traumatic experience this easily.

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But still,

Why did he all of the sudden had that flashback with no warning?

What’s going on right now?

Anyways, what was he doing again?

Oh yeah.

Opening the door of the altar.

So he does just that.

And with the doors opened,

Everyone walks inside,

To see if the beast of apathy is in there.

Except surprisedly enough, Cloud Haetae Cookie.

He said that he was pretty tired of walking so he’ll just wait for everyone to come back.

But I’ll call bullbeep on that.

Since as soon as everyone enters the altar,

His expression changes from happy to looking like he is in despair.

As he sinisterly speaks to himself…

“They don’t know that this is the fake altar.

“And soon enough my master will exactly get what she needs to get her souljam back.”

“Am I making you proud now? Mommy?”
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Upon entering the inside of the altar,

Everything was a bit dark inside,

But luckily Dino-Knight Cookie’s sword has a glow in the dark feature.

So it would help them see very clearly now.

And then after a few minutes of walking later…

That’s when they see it.

A giant cocoon,

Taking in a form of a cookie,

This has gotta be where Mystic Flour Cookie’s hiding.

And yeah it’s true,

As thanks to Rain Dance Cookie finding some tapestries on the wall.

He tells them the origin story of the beast of apathy,

And how she came to be that way.

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“From what I could tell from just the tapestries alone.”

“A long, long time ago. She used to be very emphatic and helpful too.”

“Giving everyone what they wanted. And even bringing peace to her realm too.”

“Especially with the help of her souljam. Which made things even easier for her.”

“Hence her original name, being the Saint of Volition.”

“But then years later, the cookies got greedy. And they demanded more wishes from her. But she just turned them down. Telling them to just be happy with what they got.”

“This infuriated them, so that day, they stormed through her realm, killing everyone in their sight.”

“Including one of her very special guard dogs, who had a son named…huh that’s strange, it seems like a part of that tapestry has been ripped off. But why?”

“Anyways, this not only caused her entire realm to be destroyed. But it also caused her to develop a very dangerous skill that she has never used before until now.”

“That is returning every single invaders into flour. After that, not only did her souljam became corrupted.”

“But she also became very apathetic, while also losing all of her emotions in the process.”

“Until soon enough, she wrapped herself in that there cocoon. In hopes of protecting herself from even more invaders.”

“But unfortunately, that cocoon wouldn’t stop her from eventually being banished to the Silver Tree by Elder Faerie Cookie, and the witches themselves.”

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So upon being told that.

It was now clear to everyone what they have to do to have Mystic Flour Cookie to appear.

By destroying the cocoon she’s now residing in of course.

So Dark Cacao Cookie decided to take it upon himself to open it up.

As with his sword now becoming big {Just like how his skill worked in the game}

He leaps into the air and slices the cocoon in half!

But then after he did…

That’s when the cocoon finally opened,

Despite being sliced in half.

But unfortunately…

Instead of the beast of apathy being in that cocoon.

It was instead much worse…

I mean what could possibly be worse than the beast of apathy herself?

Oh I’ll tell you.

A giant cocoon wrapped spider coming out of the cocoon itself!

{Spider Hiss}

Welp, they’re screwed!

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Everyone was pretty shocked and scared,

Upon seeing a spider coming out of a cocoon,

Instead of what they hoped for,

And while they were able to keep calm and not carry on.

It seems like that one of them did,

As suddenly while piloting Rain Dance Cookie’s body.

Lava Cake Cookie booked it out of here to the exit.

But unfortunately the door was locked for some reason.

Which makes his anxiety sky rocket.

As it turns out,

He has a huge phobia of bugs,

Especially spiders!

So with them being locked inside with a huge spider to fight.

It seems like they have no choice but to fight it.

And so this leads to an all out,

Cookies Vs. Spider Fight! {Airhorn intensifies}

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It was just pure chaos out there.

As not only was everyone doing their best to attack the spider,

But they were also trying their best not to get wrapped in its spider weeds too.

Which is what unfortunately happened to Rain Dance Cookie,

After he tried to help with taking them down.

Much to one of his brother’s chagrin and refusal.

Even Crunchy Chip Cookie transforming into his cream wolf form wasn’t enough to destroy it,

As despite biting it in the leg,

All he did was a little bit of damaged to it’s wrapped body,

Before he gets flung onto a wall,

Possibly getting a concussion too.

Caramel Arrow Cookie did her best to take it down with her archery skills,

But it was able to withstand that too,

But thankfully she was protected by getting attacked by it,

Thanks to the disguised Dark Choco Cookie.

Who is also helping in this fight.

And so seeing the amount of destruction and damage happening in this place,

Dino-Knight Cookie decided to end it all by using his sword’s special powers,

So he charges at it,

And leaps into the air.

Shouting:

“T-Rex Fury Slash!”

But unfortunately,

He also gets grabbed by it,

Causing him to lose his sword,

And get trapped in its web like cocoon.

And so with everyone basically being either ending up with concussion,

Or protecting themselves from it’s fight.

Dark Cacao Cookie was the only one left to fight it.

But the fight between him and the spider wasn’t very long,

As just when he was about to slice that thing for good!

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“You foolish whelp! You dare come here with that blade drenched in sin and strawberry jam?”

He was thrusted back into another memory.

A memory he had since forgotten about,

And for a very good reason.

As this time,

It wasn’t just a memory of his own son trying to kill him.

It was instead a memory after their reunion.

Well if you can call it that,

Because it was probably one of the worst reunions ever.

As this was the memory he was the most guilty about and the most ashamed for.

As while stopping Affogato Cookie from taking over the throne,

And making his way back to the kingdoms,

The king saw his son again,

After the fall he had by his own hands,

And unfortunately, Dark Cacao Cookie could do nothing but watch.

In guilt and sadness.

As to him it wasn’t just a memory.

It was instead, a horror movie…

As he watch himself and his son,

Having an argument with each other.

And it was one of the worst ones ever heard and seen by anyone.

Including Gingerbrave and his friends,

And even his own daughter Caramel Arrow Cookie…

“No. Not this memory again.” He said to himself in a scared tone of voice.

As he knows exactly what’s gonna happen.

Due to experiencing it himself…

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“Your’e more difficult to get rid of then you seem.”

“Do you think the spirits of the noble warriors laid to rest here will forgive you?!”

“Hmmph. Soon. These spirits will watch me reducing the Dark Cacao Kingdoms to ruins. At night beasts will roam freely, and at day nothing but distrust and hatred will fill the air. Give me the souljam embedded into your blade. I will bring that power to much better use.”

“You never cease to disappoint me. Dark Choco Cookie. Malicious creature, your name will never be engraved onto the Altar of the Fallen.”

Argh, hearing himself say these horrible words to his son,

Were like poison to him.

And not the good kind at all.

It’s hurting him both emotionally and mentally.

As he would never say those things to his son.

He would never even berate him like that too.

But it only gets worse from here…

“I never wished for that anyway. In this kingdom, I know no love or sweetness but rigid cold! What makes you think I care about you or this forsaken land?”

What is his son talking about?

Of course he did gave him love.

Not enough, but still a bit of love.

Oh witches this is already making him more tense than usual.

He couldn’t even understand what both Gingerbrave and Wizard Cookie were saying.

As all he could focus on was the arguement between him and his son.

Which was already taking a toll on him,

The more he listens to it.

“Go on. Spew another one of your insults.”

“The only lessons you taught me are how to survive on my own, and that the weak should give way to the strong. So just hand over the precious trinket already. I might have been your son, but now I have surpassed your strength. This is your final warning. Father.”

“Don’t you dare call me that with your wicked tongue of yours! If I had known how you would turn out, I would never have let you go after what you did to your homeland!

“Instead, the father’s heart showed you the mercy of banishment. And now I am to pay for my softheartedness once more! I have nothing left for the pathetic traitor who have given away the last specks of his pride!”

Then without any caution.

Tears started to fall from his eyes,

As while he was frozen in fear and guilt.

He could still fear the tears falling onto his face,

As it was pretty clear that this scene between the both of them,

Was really hard for him to watch.

But despite the fact that he couldn’t watch it anymore,

He still does it.

He doesn’t know why though.

maybe it’s because of the fact that he still feels guilty about it?

Or something like that.

“Stubborn old fool. Will you still be clawing at the precious sword of yours after your kingdom has fallen? Will you persist even after having slain your own son?!”

“{Sigh} Time to put this miserable charade to an end.”

And despite his silent pleads for himself to not say those horrible words to his son…

He still does it anyways.

Without control,

Without thought,

Or without knowing how much those words might impact his son upon hearing,

Both mentally and emotionally.

“You whelp! Your wicked arrogance knows no bounds!”

“So be it!”

“No…stop, please don’t. Don’t you dare say it! Stop!” He tried to beg to his past self.

But it was hopeless.

As he says those little words that sting him like a jellybee,

But not the good kind.

“IT’S MY LIFE GREATEST REGRET TO HAVE CALLED YOU MY SON!”

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And just like that,

The dam surrounding his tears just broke…

As while watching himself and his son fight some more,

He was frozen there.

Crying like the little fool he was,

As he would never say those things to his son.

But his anger and disdain for the Ex-Prince nearly killing him caused to say those.

And even after seeing his son overcome the curse of the sword,

And leaving the kingdoms in an attempt to find redemption,

Those words he just said to him,

Hurt him,

And now there was nothing he could do but instead cry about it,

And even blare out apologies really loudly.

“I’m sorry Dark Choco! I’m really sorry! Your’e not my life’s greats regret, and you never are! Please listen to me for once! I love you, and I would never say anything like that to you ever again. So please, listen, I love you. I’m sorry!”

Not paying attention to the fact that the flower bracelet he has on him is now starting to become dark and shadow like,

Including half of his face and even his left arm.

Thanks to his negative emotions arising thanks to that awful memory of his.

That being both sadness and guilt.

And it wouldn’t be until it was too late,

As this would result in him transforming into a destructive beast.

And then…

“I’M SORRY!”

Everything went black for him…

Before eventually his cries were replaced,

With the sounds of a terrifying roars of a monster…

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{ROAR!!}

And just like that…

It finally happened…

The king had forcefully transformed into a monster,

Filled with sadness, anger and darkness.

And even though Moon Rabbit Cookie was horrified at seeing this thing,

The others knew exactly who it was,

As they have saw the king transform into that monster form of his before.

And while both Crunchy Chip Cookie and Caramel Arrow Cookie were shocked at what they have witnessed,

Including being worried for their king.

Dark Choco Cookie looked traumatised and scared,

Not because of his father, but for his father.

As he had seen it happened when his father apologised to him for being a bad father.

Which was the reason why he was able to overcome the curse of the Strawberry Jam Sword.

“Oh no. Appa.” He said to himself as he watches it in fear.

But it wasn’t all that bad,

As the King in his cursed form was able to smack the beep out of the spider,

And very easily too.

Before eventually…

He did something very violent to it, in order to kill it.

Which it by repeatedly stabbing it in the chest with his overgrown Grape Jam Sword.

Before eventually ripping it’s limbs apart one by one,

And even eating it like a savage beast he has become,

Thanks to him losing all of his humanity thanks to the curse!

Like Jesus was that dark and gross!

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But at last,

The spider was dead,

Thank witches for that.

But the others weren’t safe just yet.

As after feasting on the spider’s corpse.

The King’s berserk form angrily looks at the remaining warriors,

So that he might kill them or worse eat them. {Like Christ oh mighty dude.}

While also growling at them like a dog.

Including holding his sword like a beeping psychopath.

And while looking at everyone’s scared expression.

As they don’t know what to do at this point.

He suddenly sees the hunter’s scared look on his face.

And for some reason seeing this,

Causes him to regain a bit of his humanity left.

As the king becomes very guilty about what he was doing upon seeing that look.

And thankfully this was enough to make him shrink down,

And return back to normal.

Much to the relief of everyone.

But unfortunately,

This means that he has 4 times left,

Until his heart becomes fully corrupted by the darkness,

And he becomes that mindless beast forever.

But it doesn’t matter right now.

As what all that matter is that,

Why did he have those flashbacks of those 2 horrible memories?

He wasn’t reminded by anyone of those two by accident,

Nor did he do anything to inflict that onto him.

“What’s happening to me? Why am I suddenly having flashes of those horrible things I did to my son?” He thought to himself worriedly.

Before he is asked by Caramel Arrow Cookie.

“Your majesty? Are you alright?” She asks him.

“Yes I’m alright. It seems like that someone manipulated me into letting out these negative emotions. Which in point turned me into that mindless beast thanks to the curse.” He simply replied sadly.

“Please, just keep your emotions at bay, before your heart gets consumed by the darkness. You only used it once to take down that spider. We can’t afford to have you transform into that thing 4 more times.” Caramel Arrow Cookie pleaded him.

“Yes please do that, you even scared off Moon Rabbit Cookie because of it. Including me. Since this is our first time seeing you transform into that.” Dark Choco Cookie also pleaded his father.

Through more lies.

And so just like that,

He promises…

Before eventually,

Both he and Dark Choco Cookie freed both Dino-Knight Cookie and Rain Dance Cookie from their spider webbed cocoons.

By using their sword and dagger.

So seeing that Mystic Flour Cookie isn’t here.

They decide to find another place where she was.

But unfortunately…

It seems like the person they have been trying to find,

Was already there in secret…

“Took you all long enough to get here.”

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And just like that…

Including sending chills down their spines.

They finally see her for the first time…

The beast of apathy herself,

Mystic Flour Cookie…

Dark Cacao Cookie was ready to attack her for everything she did,

For causing a plague to appear in his kingdom and taking away his son.

So despite some of the warriors’ obejctions.

He runs up to her,

Lunges at her,

And pulls out his sword to slice her in half,

Just like what he did to that cocoon.

While saying his most iconic words to her:

“Darkness Begone!”

But just before he was able to slice her in half,

She was able to easily stop it,

With only her hands.

Much to the king and everyone else’s surprise,

Before eventually he is sent back down to the ground.

As she begins to talk to everyone.

“Can’t let history repeat itself. So we finally meet Dark Cacao Cookie. For the first time. And I see you brought company with you. I thought you would be alone.” She said sinisterly.

As yeah her apathetic tone of voice and the way she talks makes her really scary and unlikeable.

“Well my idea was that I was gonna get some help. So yeah I didn’t come alone.” The king annoyedly said to her.

“Why would you need those people in your life? They’re all just gonna fade away into nothing but flour. Just like your son.” She said nonchalantly.

“How did you know who Dark Choco Cookie is?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“Because I keep hearing you say how much you missed him. Exactly what I needed to lure you in. And now that your’e here, let me show you the true powers of my apathy.”

“After all this side of the realm will soon be reduced into nothing but flour. Including some of you.”

“Let’s see how much you like it, Dark Cacao Cookie, to see the people you grow to care about, disappear in front of your eyes.”

“Return…to…nothing.” She replied in a quiet tone of voice.

And then just like that.

The whole room becomes covered in mist.

And despite the king’s best efforts to keep everyone together.

It didn’t take long before they all get covered by the mist.

And everything to turn white…

Let’s hope that nothing bad might happen to them once the mist clears up right?

Right?
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Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdoms -

Is Espresso Cookie supposed to be looking this pale?

As despite the soup he had been given from Arctic Cat Cookie,

Mixed in with those bamboo shoots medicine.

It didn’t help him.

Nor did it make him better,

Instead, it made him feel worse.

Which was starting to worry Madeleine Cookie.

As he doesn’t want his boyfriend to die from an ailment like this one.

So in order to see if the dark mage is okay,

He talks with him.

Just to make sure that he’s okay…

“So Espresso Cookie. How are you feeling?” Madeleine Cookie asked him.

“Oh I’m feeling great. Especially since I’m at a place filled with pure white. That always makes me happy.” Espresso Cookie replied strangely.

The paladin remembered that the patients hallucinating and even talking about a white filled world is one of the symptoms for this ailment.

So he tries his best to change the subject of what heir talking about.

“Okay. Speaking of that. Do you know who’s also white coloured, and someone that you love so much?” The paladin asked.

Hoping that the answer would be him.

But instead, the dark mage just answered with.

“Easy, the white filled world.”

“Do you even know who am I Essy?” Madeleine Cookie asked worriedly.

“No I don’t. In fact, I don’t know who I am either. Or what flavour I was, or what I do with my life, or even what my name is. All I know is that I’ll be very happy once I dissolve into nothing but flour.” Espresso Cookie replied strangely.

Okay, this was starting to take a toll on Madeleine Cookie.

As he has been very worried about his boyfriend ever since he got the illness.

So he tried his best to remind him of everything that he knows about.

“Your name is Espresso Cookie. Your flavour is that your made of coffee which is very bitter, and you used to be a professor at one of Parfaedia’s most beloved schools ever.”

“And the person who’s speaking to you is Madeleine Cookie. A paladin who follows in the eyes of the Great Devines, and is your boyfriend. So please stop talking about this white filled world that Your’e hallucinating about. And start remembering me again.”

“Please Essy. I love you.” Madeleine Cookie pleaded his boyfriend.

And just like that,

It seems to have work…

As when Espresso Cookie looks at him,

He smiles while also being confused.

“Maddie? Is that you?” The dark mage asked.

“Yes Espresso Cookie. Of course it’s me. Your’e getting your memories back!” The paladin said happily.

But unfortunately this sweet moment wouldn’t last any longer…

As soon…

This happened.

“Maddie. I’m sorry, for what’s gonna happen to me. I love you.”

“Don’t…forget…about…me.”

Then the dark mage closes his eyes,

And stops breathing…

{Flatline noises intesifies]

“Essy? Essy? Espresso Cookie, wake up!”

The paladin started to panic upon witnessing his boyfriend die in front of his eyes,

As he frantically tries to shake him in an attempt to wake him up.

And unfortunately one of the nurses sees this,

And realises what this meant.

“Code blue! We got a code blue everyone!”

And just like that,

All of the nurses in this medical bay rushes to where Espresso Cookie is,

As they attempt to bring him back to life,

Before he too gets reduced to flour.

And while Noble Tiger Cookie decided to look for someone who might be able to help.

Choco-Rose Cookie.

Seeing all of this happening,

Starts pulling both Madeleine Cookie and Tiramisu Cookie away from the horrifying scene,

As while she does her best to calm them both down,

The paladin was still screaming and shouting at the top of his lungs,

For his boyfriend to pull through,

And wake up for him.

As without the dark mage,

Then he wouldn’t be happy anymore.

“Please wake up for me! Wake up for our daughter too!”

“Please Espresso Cookie! Wake up! Wake up!”

“WAKE UP ESSY!”

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Back at her house,

Arctic Cat Cookie was cooking up a meal for her fiancé when he gets there,

And what was that meal?

Well Okonomiyaki of course.

While even humming to a little tune she always sang to her baby brother when he was little {That being Barking At The Moon from Bolt}

But even though she was making that meal for her fiancé.

She still misses Crunchy Chip Cookie,

And is worried about him getting hurt,

That she believes that she’s actually making this meal for him.

So when she is finished with it,

She delivers it to the table,

“Oh baby brother. I made your favourite, Okonomiyaki! {realises that he’s still gone} Oh, right, I forgot. He’s still at Beast-Yeast.” She said with a sad tone of voice.

And so after setting the meals down on the table.

Suddenly she hears the door bell ringing,

So she answers it by opening the door,

And sees a cookie with orange hair {With cat ears just like her},

Wearing a pirate costume,

Has an eyepatch on one of his eyes,

And has yellow eyes,

“Hey there Arctic. Long time no see.” Her fiancé greeted her happily.

“Pirate Cat! Your’e here! I was just finished making dinner.” The doctor said happily.

And so she takes him into the house for some dinner.

Where it will also be his first time eating some Okonomiyaki.

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While eating dinner,

The newly engaged couple were having a chat about a lot of stuff,

Including what they want for their wedding,

And where they would like to go for their honeymoon.

It also turns out that Pirate Cat Cookie was the original prince of the Creme Republic.

Before Dino-Knight Cookie took over, when the original prince wanted to marry Arctic Cat Cookie.

But then while they were still talking,

Suddenly they both hear a frantic knock on the door,

With someone even shouting Arctic Cat Cookie’s name.

“Is someone calling out to you?” Pirate Cat Cookie asked.

“Yeah I think so. I’ll be right back.” Arctic Cat Cookie replied.

So she walks over to the door,

And sees that Noble Tiger Cookie is here,

But unfortunately it seems like she’s worried about something,

But what?

Well let’s let her explain…

“Noble Tiger Cookie? What are you doing here? Did something happened back at the medical bay?” She asked her.

“I know the Second Watcher told you to have a day off. But we seriously need your help. We got a code blue!” Her friend worriedly replied.

“Code blue?” Pirate Cat Cookie asked with confusion.

“It means someone’s heart just gave out or flatlined. {Turns to her friend} So who is the patient that I need your help with?” Arctic Cat Cookie asked.

“Your’e not gonna be happy with it. But it’s Espresso Cookie. His heart flatlined and we really need your help!” Noble Tiger Cookie worriedly replied.

Seems like the soup didn’t help,

In fact it appears that it made things worse.

And now he’s gonna die,

Well not on her watch.

“Alright. I’ll go with you. We can not let him die on my watch.” Arctic Cat Cookie said with determination.

Also it turns out that Tiramisu Cookie had followed Noble Tiger Cookie around,

As she also wanted the doctor’s help with waking up one of her dads,

So she has her fiancé look after the little one until he is able to find Madeline Cookie,

Who is not doing so well with the fact that his boyfriend just died in front of him in the meanwhile.

Before eventually the doctor gives her fiancé a kiss on the lips.

Before eventually she departs with her friend.

“Bye Pirate! I love you! Wish me well!” She said to him happily.

While he just stands there looking very worried.

As since he had been told about the plague by Dino-Knight Cookie,

AKA one of his childhood friends.

He hopes that she also doesn’t get it…

While attempting to resuscitate Espresso Cookie…

Which is the only thing he could do,

Right now…
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“….?”

“……. …. ……?!”

“Chip! Wake up!”

“Huh?”

Being awoken by his friend,

The wolf captain finally sits right up,

And sees that something wrong has happened.

Especially to the altar they were in.

“Caramel Arrow? What happened to this place? Why is it so foggy, and filled with flour particles?” He asked her.

“It’s just the altar. It’s happening everywhere else. This realm we’re in right now, is being turned into nothing but flour.” The archer worriedly replied to him.

As she shows him what she means,

The villagers, gone.

The village itself, also gone.

And everywhere else, you guess it. Gone!

And then they both noticed that they have been separated from Dark Cacao Cookie and the others.

So despite the fact that the mist is basically blocking their vision,

They decide to go out and find where exactly the others are.

And hopefully not die in this mist.

That has seemly been produced by the beast of apathy herself.

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Meanwhile, thankfully the others were okay.

But they also saw that both Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie were not with them.

So they decide to go and find them,

With the most notable one being Dark Choco Cookie clinging onto his father,

As it reminds him of the time where he was little,

And he didn’t want to get lost from his father whenever they travelled to other kingdoms and what not.

Which was actually cute and nice.

But what wasn’t nice however…

And unbeknownst to them…

Was what’s going to happen to the 2 warriors,

As it seem like that Mystic Flour Cookie,

Has made them her targets…
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White.

White.

White.

White.

White.

White.

White.

White.

White.

White.

It’s all that he sees!

And he’s getting pretty sick of it,

As they haven’t been able to see where his majesty is,

Nor the others as well.

As the mist was making things more difficult.

Was this her plan?

To seperate them and the others from Dark Cacao Cookie?

So that she can have him for herself,

And even take his souljam too?

No, it can’t be right?

But then after a few minutes of walking later,

He sees that the archer,

Is nowhere to be found…

“Caramel Arrow?”

He looked left and right,

But there was no signs of her at all.

This was starting to freak her out,

As with how much powers that Mystic Flour Cookie can do,

He’s scared about if his friend might’ve gotten killed by her,

When he’s not looking.

And unfortunately during his time of panic,

He looks at his hands,

As he pulls them out to call out for his dear old friend.

And sees…

That their fading away…

Oh, oh no.

Oh no…

How is this happening?

He hadn’t been inflicted by the pale ailment,

Since as far as he knows,

Both Caramel Arrow Cookie and his majesty weren’t infected by it.

Nor was he secretly sick with it.

Thanks to his older sister being a doctor,

And always make sure that he was taken cared of when he got sick.

So why?

Why is this happening to him?

As upon seeing his hands slowly being turned to four,

It freaked him out,

Before eventually even his own legs gave out of him,

As they also slowly get reduced to nothing but flour too.

And all he could do was start crying,

As he doesn’t want to die…

He doesn’t want to die at all…

He’s only 21 years old.

He has so much to live for.

Such as having a boyfriend,

Having lost of good friend,

Having an older sister who loves and cares for him.

And is even the captain of the cream wolves,

Thanks to his connection.

But what will those people do now without him?

If he’s already dead.

Don’t question it too much, Chip.

Just close your eyes.

And accept the embrace of death…

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“I love you.”

“I love you.”

“I love you.”

Suddenly, he opens his eyes,

As he focuses on the doll of Wildberry Cookie,

Glowing light pink, and repeating the 3 words that he loves hearing from his boyfriend.

So with what little strength he has left,

Before he completely get turned into nothing but flour,

He grabs the doll, and looks at it sadly

As it keeps saying to him “I love you.”

Before it stopped.

As the reason why he looks sad at it,

As he failed to keep the promise to his boyfriend,

About not dying in their respective adventure in Beast-Yeast.

Plus he wonders about how Wildberry Cookie might react,

If he realises that he did indeed died.

He’ll be totally crushed and heartbroken.

But he decides to send one last message to his boyfriend,

As an apology.

“I’m sorry Wildberry Cookie. I promised that I would not die on you. But I guess, I broke it. Please forgive me.” He said to the doll sadly.

As he presses the heart shaped button on the doll,

Causing it to glow up and say: “I love you.”

Before eventually, he places right back down onto the ground.

And waits for the inevitable…

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“Chip? Chip? Are you there? Can you hear my voice?”

Caramel Arrow Cookie was really worried about her friend when she lost sight of him.

And after a few minutes of looking everywhere for him,

That’s when she sees a horrifying sight,

As her friend was lying on the ground,

Slowly being reduced to flour.

So filled with fear for him,

She runs up to him,

And lifts him up so that he can face her.

“Oh no. This is not good. I can’t let this happen to you at all.” She said worriedly.

Causing Crunchy Chip Cookie to see who it was,

And is surprised to see that it was Caramel Arrow Cookie out of all of them.

“Caramel Arrow? Is that you?” He asks.

“Yes it’s me. Don’t worry we’ll find Dark Cacao Cookie. And we’ll figure out how to stop this from happening to you.” She tries to reassure him.

But at this point, he was ready to embrace death.

“I’m sorry. But I failed them.” He quietly said.

“What are you talking about?” She asked with confusion and worries.

“I failed my wolf pact. I failed my older sister. And worse of all, I failed my boyfriend. But it’s okay. As I won’t have to worry about them, once I do get to the white filled world alongside the others.” He simply replied.

Oh no,

It seems like he has one of the symptoms of the Pale Ailment,

But how?

As he hasn’t been infected by it.

So this was really starting to scare her.

“Chip? Don’t you dare say that. We’ll fine a way!” She said to him worriedly.

But it was too late…

“Goodbye Caramel Arrow.”

As soon,

He just simply disappear,

In her arms,

As he gets returned to flour.

Much to her dismay and horrors.

And now that she has a pile of flours on her hands,

All she could do,

Was cry…

As her best friend had simply died in front of her eyes,

As she now realises that it wasn’t from the pale ailment,

But instead…

From the beast of apathy herself.

So after she had a minute of crying,

She sees the Wildberry Cookie doll on the floor,

And decides to pick it up.

Feeling like she should tell the others what had happened to the wolf captain,

Once she’s reunited with them…

As it’s pretty clear that she’s still sad about it…

Aren’t we too… {As yeah Crunchy Chip Cookie is one of my favourite cookies from the game}
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“Carrow!”

“Caramel Arrow!”

“Crunchy Chip!”

“Chip!”

“Where are you!”

The others were still trying to find where Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie were.

But still, there was no sign of them anywhere.

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Or was there…

As suddenly in the distance,

Dark Cacao Cookie thought that he had saw a silhouette of Caramel Arrow Cookie.

And guess what?

It was…

As when she is completely seen through,

Some of them were happy to see that she’s okay.

But wait…

Where’s Crunchy Chip Cookie?

So that’s what the king asks her in worries.

“Caramel Arrow Cookie. Are you alright? What happened? Where’s Crunchy Chip Cookie?” He asks his younger daughter.

But judging from the sad look on her face,

And her holding onto the doll of Wildberry Cookie,

It means that something terrible has happened to the wolf captain.

And despite herself not wanting to,

She still does it.

“I’m sorry your majesty. Crunchy Chip Cookie’s gone…”

“He’s been…returned to flour. By Mystic Flour Cookie.”

The king was shocked and sadden by that fact.

And he thought that maybe things won’t get worst from here right?

Wrong!

As after saying that,

Suddenly Caramel Arrow Cookie also sees that she’s getting returned to flour too.

And becomes scared by it.

“Dad?” She asked worriedly.

“What is it Caramel Arrow Cookie?” Dark Cacao Cookie worriedly asked her.

“It’s happening to me too. It’s happening to me as well! I’m gonna die!” She replied worriedly.

Causing her to panic a lot,

And while the king did his best to calm her down,

It was all for not…

As just like with Crunchy Chip Cookie…

She also fell down to the ground,

With the king catching her at the last second,

Much to his and everyone else’s worries.

“Caramel Arrow!” Dark Cacao Cookie yelled worriedly.

“Carrow!” Dino-Knight Cookie also yelled worriedly.

“Lil sis!” Dark Choco Cookie also said worriedly,

But also quietly in order to not get their attentions about what he just said.

As they all swarm around the worried father and his fading daughter…

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Oh witches,

Oh no,

This is not good.

This is not good at all!

What is he supposed to do,

What will he do to save his daughter from completely fading away?

As he just lost his son from being turned into flour,

He can’t have the only family member he has left die on him too.

It’s not fair…

This is not fair at all…

Worse of all when he realises that this was all caused by Mystic Flour Cookie herself.

Is it so she can toy with his emotions?

Is that why he suddenly had those 2 heritable flashbacks without warnings?

All because of her?

What does she want with his Berserk form?

Curse her, and her-

“Dad?”

Suddenly he sees his daughter smiling at him,

As it seems like that she too has embraced death too.

And this hurt him so much,

As he still remembers the day she was born,

And when he introduced her to Dark Choco Cookie when he was 2 years old.

Hoping that these two would get along really well…

And despite his son turning to the dark side,

She still loves him as a brother,

And even still calls him by “My Prince”

My god was it so sad to see!

“I just want to say, thank you for raising me and Dark Choco Cookie for our entire life. And although I know you won’t have the chance to reconcile with him now. I’ll make sure to do just that. After I reunite with him at the wolf filled with pure whiteness.”

“There’s just one simple request I would like to have before I go.”

“Will you please sing me the same song you sang to me and my brother when we were little?” She asked him.

“Yes i would gladly will. My daughter.” Dark Choco Cookie sadly replied.

So he sings her a little song,

A song that was able to calm her and Dark Choco Cookie down,

Whenever they had a nightmare, or accidentally hurt themselves.

{With the little tune being I Bet On Losing Dogs by Mitski}

With everyone else watching sadly,

Including Dark Choco Cookie,

He was also having tears just like his father,

As he too is sad about seeing his little sister die like this,

Even after everything they’ve been through.

As he stills remember the time he taught her how to use a bow and arrow.

And it made her what she is today.

But now, not anymore…

As after the king finishes singing his song to his daughter.

“Thank you, father. I’ll tell Dark Choco Cookie. That you really are a good dad.”

She simply disappeared…

Being reduced to nothing but flour,

In his arms…

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Well, now what…

As he just lost his entire family,

Thanks to that wretched beast…

Well,

While everyone else was crying about the death of both Crunchy Chip Cookie and Caramel Arrow Cookie.

With the ones who are the most effective being Dino-Knight Cookie, {Since they were his childhood friends},

And Dark Choco Cookie {Who he had known for his entire life as a child}

Dark Cacao Cookie was just, staring,

Staring at the flour that was once his daughter,

No crying,

No anger,

No nothing…

He was just staring at it…

Doing absolutely nothing…

Which made one of them a bit worried.

“Dark Cacao Cookie? You okay?” Rain Dance Cookie asked.

Suddenly…

Without any thought,

The king quietly stands up,

And runs off into the mist,

Much to the other’s shock.

“Your majesty wait! Come back!” Dino-Knight Cookie yelled worriedly.

So not wanting anything bad happen to him.

They decide to follow him,

Since it was pretty clear that he wasn’t okay about losing the most important people in his life…

To the Beast of Apathy herself…

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After a few minutes of running,

Unfortunately they lost sight of the king.

But fortunately however…

They ended up in the only area of this realm that hasn’t been turned into flour just yet.

And when they take a good look at this new place,

That’s when Rain Dance Cookie finally remembers.

“{Gasp} I remember now.” He said.

“About what?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked.

“That’s where Mystic Flour Cookies true Pagoda is. Up top of the mountains!” He replied while pointing at the pagoda.

“Well what are we waiting for? Let’s go kick her butt for what she has done!” Lava Cake Cookie shouted with determination.

And so the swordsman started to run up to the pagoda.

But was stopped by Dino-Knight Cookie.

Why?

Because they still need to have the king by their side.

“Wait. We still have to find out where Dark Cacao Cookie is. And see if he’s okay after what happened to Crunchy Chip and Carrow.” The knight basically told him.

“Yeah. We are not going anywhere until my dad-, I mean his majesty is found alive. As I fear that he might do something that might harm himself intentionally.” Dark Choco Cookie also said.

So with some convincing from them,

Including his 3 other brother,

Rain Dance Cookie complies.

And so they search the entire area for the king,

Not realising that at this point,

He has gone off to somewhere,

Somewhere to secretly end his life…

Uh oh…
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Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdoms-

After coming back from the medical bay,

And restarting Espresso Cookie’s heart…

Something was defiantly wrong with Arctic Cat Cookie,

As not only was she still staring at the full moon,

But she was also continuously drying up the dishes from the dinner she had with her fiancé.

Made more worse as when Pirate Cat Cookie came back from his duty of finding Madeleine Cookie for Tiramisu Cookie.

Who was glad to see that she’s back home.

But in a few seconds,

He’ll learn why Arctic Cat Cookie is acting so strangely right now.

“Hey babe. So I was able to find the little cookie’s dad. And it was pretty sad to see him being this emotional about his boyfriend’s supposed death. But I’m sure he’s fine, all thanks to you.” Pirate Cat Cookie said happily,

But she doesn’t respond…

Making him very worried for her.

“Arctic Cat? Are you alright?” He asks her.

So he slowly walks towards her,

And he was about to slightly tap her on the shoulders,

When all of the sudden,

She speaks…

“So this is what I get for being a doctor huh?”

Causing her fiancé to feel uncomfortable about what she said.

“What are you talking about? Your’e a great doctor. The greatest one in the entire Earthbread.” He tries to comfort her.

“When I got back to the medical bay, I was told by one of the nurses that 7 more patients died from the plague. 7! And Espresso Cookie would’ve been the unlucky 10.”

“But Fortunately, I was able to resuscitate him and get his heart to start working again. But at the cost of having him be in a coma right now.”

“Which I think is a lot more worse then death. As I don’t know how long he’ll be in a coma for. Maybe days, months, or even years. As that’s always the worst part about comas. You don’t know when they are going to wake up.”

“And I don’t want to see what Madeleine Cookie’s reaction might be. If he realises that his boyfriend might never wake up.” She said in a sad but unnerving tone of voice.

“Look what’s most important is that yo u saved someone’s life. Even though they’re in a coma now, you did a good job with-“ Pirate Cat Cookie tries to comfort her again.

Before she interrupts him again.

“And that’s not even the worse part.”

“As after I was told that he was in a coma now. I felt my connection to my baby brother snap.”

“Meaning that something terrible has happened to him. And I don’t like it.”

“I don’t like it one bit.” She sadly said to him,

As her voice becomes more broken and tearful.

“So what are you gonna do about? As I’m sure he’s only been captured by the beast of apathy. And not, you know.” Pirate Cat Cookie asked her.

“I know exactly what to do at this moment.”

“I’m gonna go head to Beast-Yeast myself.”

“And find my baby brother, alive and well.” She replied to him.

Before she grabs a bag and starts packing up for her big trip to Beast-Yeast.

Much to her fiancé’s worries.

As this quickly escalates once she’s done packing her bag,

And leaves her house,

While her fiancé tries to convince her not to…

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“Wait babe. No, you can’t go. I won’t allow it. Also how will you get to Beast-Yeast anyways most of the airship services has been cut off from the other parts of Crispia.” Pirate Cat Cookie said to her worriedly.

“Then I’ll take a boat. You did arrived at a boat too to this place didn’t you?” Arctic Cat Cookie asked.

“Yeah, but I’m not sure about you though. As a cookie who comes from the Dark Cacao Kingdoms like you, are more prone to Thalassaphobia and Sea Sickness, thanks to the Licorice Seas.” Pirate Cat Cookie worriedly replied.

“I’ll be able to handle those for my baby brother. I have to make sure that he’s safe.” Arctic Cat Cookie said in a determined tone of voice.

“But we don’t even know if he’s alive or not. Plus Beast-Yeast is a very dangerous place from what Dino-Knight Cookie told me. Your’e basically walking to a death trap!” Her fiancé said to her worriedly.

“Then so be it. I would rather have myself die out there instead of my baby brother. He needs me, like how I need him too. Now stop trying to follow me, as it’s pretty clear that I’m going on this trip by myself.” She said to her fiancé in a determined tone of voice.

Upon reaching the gates,

She has the Second Watcher open the gates for her.

Much to her fiancé’s objections.

“Babe please. Don’t do this. You have so much to live for.”

But then…

Just as the gates does open for her,

Suddenly…

She started to feel dizzy,

With her head hurting too.

Before suddenly…

She collapses onto the snowy ground.

Much to her fiancé’s worries.

“Babe!”

He runs over to her to see if she’s okay.

Only to see that apparently,

She also caught the Pale Ailment too,

As her face becomes covered in white powder too,

Much to his growing worries,

As while he stays by her side,

The Second Watcher, also worried for her,

Gets the attetion of 2 passing by nurses,

With one of them being Noble Tiger Cookie,

As they were also worried to see a doctor being inflicted by the pale ailment too.

And while they do their best to make sure that she’s alright,

Including having Pirate Cat Cookie stay way from her,

So that he also doesn’t get the pale ailment too…

The doctor looks at the night sky,

Filled with grief and worries.

“Chip, please. If Your’e still alive out there…”

“I want to let you know something. Before I go to sleep.”

“I love you. Please be okay…”

Before eventually she falls unconscious…

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Dark Cacao Cookie was never a very emotional cookie,

As throughout his life, thanks to both being nearly killed by his own son,

And even the Dark Flour Wars,

He learned how to repress those emotions.

With the only emotions he feels being serious or anger.

Rarely being seen smiling by others,

Rarely laughed in his entire life,

And also rarely been sad or even crying his eyes out in public.

As after all,

He thinks that emotions are what make him weak,

So the best wait to not show them, is by repressing them. {Which is very unhealthy for a lot of reasons}

And that’s how he has been dealing with a lot awful stuff in his life.

But…

With his entire family now gone,

Thanks to his beast counterpart.

It seems like that those emotions will soon bubble out of him,

Causing him to be more depressed thenever.

So I wonder why he’s all of the sudden taking a boat ride through the ocean inside the Realm of White Apathy?

Well it’s not because he wanted to enjoy a boat ride…

It’s because of something else…

Something that he considered doing for a very long time now…

But couldn’t since, he wasn’t that depressed long ago…

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The boat he was on right now,

Was being rowed by a friendly humanoid shrimp {With his voice sounding a lot like Shroomy from SMG4}

As the little guy was joyful and happy about giving someone a boat ride.

While also trying to cheer up the king when he sees that he looks a litte off…

“Aw what’s wrong there pal. Did your day gone wrong?” The boatman asked.

“Yeah my day did go wrong. As not only did I lost my son, but also my daughter too.” The king quietly replied,

While he looks at the boatman with an emotionless and depressed look on his face.

“Aw that’s so sad. What happened to them?” The Boatman asked.

“I don’t want to talk about it. Also please stop rowing, as I think we’re at the spot I want to go to.” Dark Cacao Cookie depressively said.

Causing the shrimp to be a bit confused,

As the spot where Dark Cacao Cookie wanted to go is still the open ocean.

And then that’s when things get a whole lot worse…

“Why do you want us to stop there? In the middle of the ocean? I don’t I see an island anyways.”

“I’m not going to an island…”

“The reason why I’m taking this boat ride. Is to end my life…”

“As without my family and the kingdom possibly being in ruins, then I have nothing else to live for.”

And despite the shrimp’s worries and pleads for him not to do it.

He stands up on the boat,

And looks at the white coloured water,

As to him, dying is the only way he’ll feel whole again,

And possibly reuniting with his family again.

And then after saying his last words…

“I’m coming for you both. Dark Choco Cookie and Caramel Arrow Cookie.”

He takes a step,

And then…

“No! Don’t!”

{SPLASH!}

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It’s cold…

But he doesn’t mind it,

As he was born in the northern parts of Crispia…

It’s quiet…

He likes the quiet,

As sometimes he would be left alone with his thoughts…

Thoughts of ending his life,

Which was actually what he has been doing for his entire life now,

As he feels like he’s not good enough,

And that he’s too depressed to live on.

But thankfully,

He had his friends and even his daughter to talk him out of it,

But now that he’s alone…

He took that chance…

He knew that drowning would be the quickest way to die,

Alongside being burnt alive.

And the reason why he could swim back up to the surface is because,

Not only was his armour too heavy for him to swim,

Including his sword…

But he decided not to…

As what’s the point?

What’s the point of surviving if you just keep losing everything that has been very important to you in your life?

That being your friends,

Your Souljam,

And now, your family…

So he purposely opens his mouth,

Allowing the waters to flood his lungs,

And even though it hurts like poison,

He doesn’t care at this point…

As not only did he failed as a king,

But he also failed as a father…

So this was his punishment for letting his kingdoms down,

And for being a bad father to his son…

As soon enough, he closes his eyes,

Ready for the embrace of a cold and wet death…

What a pity…

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Or maybe not…

As suddenly,

Another splash could be heard in the distance,

As a pink coloured cookie {With a cherry blossom covering one of his eyes} can be seen swimming towards the ancient of resolution,

Looking very worried for him and the fact that he stopped moving,

So once the cookie reaches him,

He grabs him by the chest,

And wanting to make sure that the king has enough air for when they resurface,

Gives Dark Cacao Cookie an air giving kiss,

Which totally doesn’t count as a first kiss.

But it was still a beautiful sight to see,

As from the look on the cookie’s face means that he thinks that this is like those passionate kisses.

Before eventually despite the heavy armour that the king is wearing,

The unknown cookie was able to swim him back up the surface,

And once they do, he was scared to see that the ancient of resolution still is’nt waking up,

And is not breathing too. {Which is more worse}

So the cookie decides to swim back a island filled with a lot of trees with pink coloured leaves,

With Dark Cacao Cookie in his arms…

In order to get the king to breathe…

Who is this mysterious cookie?

And why is he worried about the ancient of resolution?

Well we’ll have to find out soon…
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Meanwhile back with the others,

They were all trying their best at finding where Dark Cacao Cookie is.

With Dino-Knight Cookie asking the remaining citizens if they have seen him or not,

Dark Choco Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie climbing some peach trees to get a better view of where the former’s dad is.

While Rain Dance Cookie is having a hard time asking for help,

Since with the fact that he has the souls of his 3 brothers inside of him,

Things got a bit hectic…

“Hey do you want to help us find a guy named Dark Cacao Cookie!” Lava Cake Cookie yelled at the top of his lungs,

Which unfortunately scared some of the citizens in this area.

Much to Rain Dance Cookie’s annoyance.

“Look Lava Cake. You can’t just yell at a lot of people for help. You have to be calm with them.” He tried to say to his brother.

“Oh I’m sorry. I forgot that me and our 2 younger brothers are still stuck in your body. So it’s making it like you’re the one who’s yelling out.” Lava Cake Cookie said angrily.

‘Well to be the fair, we haven’t told anyone about the soul binding thing and-“ Grape Slushy Cookie tried to say.

“Not now Grape Slushy. This is a serious talk between two older brothers.” Rain Dance Cookie angrily interrupted.

“Guys, can you please stop arguing. It’s freaking me out.” Orange Gummy Cookie said with a scared tone of voice.

And then just when things get any worse…

“Face it Rain Dance Cookie. This is all your fault for why we’re in your body in the first place. All because of your spell backfired on you.”

“I never wanted to have you guys in my body, I just wanted to make physical bodies for your souls!”

And unfortunately after Rain Dance Cookie yelled that out,

It was discovered…

“Wait, so, your original plan wasn’t to have your 3 brothers’ soul inside of your body?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked confusedly.

Causing the swordsman to realise that he beeped up,

But before he can tell him the truth,

Suddenly they hear some groaning from Dark Choco Cookie,

As when they see both him and Moon Rabbit Cookie ontop of a tree,

It appears that he is having a headache or some sort.

Making them very worried for him.

“Forest Bark Cookie? Are you okay?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked worriedly.

“Yeah awe you okay?” Moon Rabbit Cookie also asked worriedly.

Suddenly, the Ex-Prince has a vision,

A vision of his father being dragged to a plot of land inside the ocean,

By a pink coloured cookie,

And once the vision ends,

He realises what this could mean.

“I found him. I know exactly where his majesty is.” Dark Choco Cookie tells the others.

So just like that,

They all head to the docks for a boat ride,

Where they meet the same boatman who also gave Dark Cacao Cookie one.

But was a bit skeptical of them,

Since he thought that they would also commit s*icide too.

But once everything’s cleared up,

He offers them a boat trip,

With the cost of one coin,

Which Dino-Knight Cookie was able to give him,

Thanks to him holding up a bag filled of coins that the king actually has.

And so once they were on board,

They were off to find the king,

Find out who exactly is this pink cookie,

And resume their mission of defeating Mystic Flour Cookie.
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Meanwhile-

In an attempt to resuscitate him,

The mysterious cookie started doing chest compressions on him,

Yeah it turns out that he knows how to perform CPR.

But just when he was about to give the king mouth-to-mouth.

Fortunately, the chest compressions were enough,

As suddenly…

{Gasp}

Dark Cacao Cookie started to cough up a lot of water he had in his lungs,

While the mysterious cookie helps him by rubbing his back.

“There, there. Your’e doing great. You know you can’t die right now.” The mysterious cookie said to him.

And then after a minute of coughing and wheezing,

The king was finally able to breathe again,

And while he lies on his back to recover from his near drowning experience,

He starts seeing the cookie who saved him.

Who was very glad to see that he’s alright.

“Happy to see that your’e already awake, sleeping beauty. Or should I say, Sleeping Handsome.” The mysterious cookie flirted with him.

Making the king a bit confused,

“You saved me?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked with confusion.

“Of course I did. What was I supposed to do after seeing you step out off the boat and into the water. Leave you to die? No way.” The mysterious cookie replied happily.

“Well thanks for saving me. But in all honesty, I didn’t want to be saved. I wanted to die.” The king said.

“What. Why did you want to die? Did something happened that makes you think you should die by drowning?” The mysterious cookie asked worriedly.

“Nothing. I don’t want to talk about it. But still thanks for saving me.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

“Your’e welcome my dear. Anyways, nice to meet you, I’m Peach Blossom Cookie>” The pink coloured cookie introduced himself,

As he pulls his right hand out for a handshake,

Which the king complies.

“Dark Cacao Cookie. So you live also live here? Inside the realm of White Apathy?” The king asked.

“Yep. After all, Mystic Flour Cookie created me to be the protectors and providers of the Peach Baos. That’s what the peaches on-top of those trees are called by the way.” Peach Blossom Cookie happily replied,

While pointing at one of the Peach Bao Trees that’s right next to them.

And so after getting to know about their name,

The two of them talk about their respective lives,

And some other stuffs.

With Peach Blossom Cookie starting to have feelings for the Ancient of Resolution,

While Dark cacao Cookie himself starts to feel the same way,

Well a little bit, as his kingdom isn’t well known for love.

Well except for his captain of the wolves {Who is now dead} being in love with one of his friend’s bodyguard.

So he doesn’t know why he’s starting to have feelings for the cookie who saved him too…

When suddenly…

{Stomach growling}

“What’s wrong with your stomach my dear?” Peach Blossom Cookie asked worriedly.

“Oh it means that I’m hungry. Hopefully I have some food in my lunchboxes just in case.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

So he pulls out 2 of the lunchboxes that were on his shoulders,

But unfortunately all that were there was some useless junk,

The letter that the king wrote for his son like a day ago.

And a photo,

Which Peach Blossom Cookie sees and pick it up.

Happily looking at it,

As it turns out that this picture was actually of the king himself,

Alongside his son Dark Choco Cookie when he was a baby,

And The Second Watcher. {Well before he grew a beard}

But it did made him worried to see his newly growing crush being upset about not having food with him,

“Great I’m gonna starve!” He said in a disappointed tone of voice.

Before eventually falling onto his back,

So seeing that the king desperately needs some food,

Peach Blossom Cookie looks around,

And sees something that he thinks might help with the king’s hunger.

That being the Peach Bao,

So he pulls out one of them off a tree,

And shows them to the king,

Who was a bit confused when first seeing what his rescuer was doing.

“What are you doing?” He asked.

“Here. Eat this. It will help replenish your stomach.” Peach Blossom Cookie happily replied.

“Sorry, but I don’t eat sweets. None of us from the Dark Cacao Kingdom do, apart from Crunchy Chip Cookie.” The king refused.

“Come on. It’s just a Peach Bao. What’s one little sweet gonna do to you? It’s not gonna poison you or anything. So please, eat it, for my sake.” Peach Blossom Cookie softly said to him.

The king looks at the Peach Bao,

Then back to his rescuer’s happy face,

Before eventually…

“Fine. Give me that Peach.”

He grabs the Peach Bao,

And proceeds to chow down on it.

Like a ravenous beast.

“Oh my. I thought a king who is handsome and have proper table manners like you would eat decently.” Peach Blossom Cookie said with shock.

But he was glad to see that the king was eating something for once,

And was starting to become more attracted to him because of it.

And then after the king was done with eating the Peach Bao.

He rubs his belly and looks at his rescuer.

“Thanks. Guess like that Peach Bao really did help replenish my stomach.” He said happily

“Your’e welcome. {Notices the flower bracelet that the king has on his right arm.} Say that’s a nice bracelet you got there. Where did you get it?” Peach Blossom Cookie asked.

Causing the king to look a bit sad at the bracelet,

Well I guess it’s time that he tells his rescuer the curse he has.

“Oh this? This is actually to show how much progress the curse has gotten.” He simply replied.

“Curse, what kind of curse?” Peach Blossom Cookie worriedly asked.

‘Well you see, I got cursed. And now everytime I feel negative emotions, I turn into a shadow like monster. Losing all of my humanity and becoming a mindless beast whose only thing is killing people. And the shaman who is also like my new advisor told me that the only way to cure it, is through an act of true love. But I don’t know what the heck that means, or what I’m supposed to do to have it happen to me.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

“Well maybe it might be true love’s kiss? As that always happens when someone in a fairytale gets cursed by something.” Peach Blossom Cookie explained.

True love’s kiss?

Yes he remembers now,

He used to read a lot of fairytales to Caramel Arrow Cookie when she was young,

And all of those fairytales usually have true love’s kiss to save the day.

So he hopes that it might be true.

“Well since you did save me, and I believe that you’re starting have a thing for me. Would it be okay if I kiss you?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

Which makes his rescuer very happy to hear,

As he even did a very loud happy screech when being questioned that.

“Yes! Of course I will! Let’s see if your kisses are more romantic then I am.” Peach Blossom Cookie happily replied.

And so the two of them lean in for a kiss,

But just as his own lips touches his rescuer’s…

Suddenly…

He sees,

Dark Choco Cookie…

What…

No this can’t be…

He died…

He died from getting the Pale Ailment,

Then why is he suddenly here,

Just staring at him,

With a sad look on his face,

“Dark Choco?” He asked with confusion.

But all his son could do was,

Just stand there,

Before suddenly saying:

“Goodbye Appa.”

Before being reduced to nothing but flour,

Much to his distress,

As he stops the kiss from being sealed,

And runs towards the pile of flour that was once his son.

Filled with fear and regret,

He picks some of the flour up,

And looks at it with sadness in his face.

And also confusion.

As he doesn’t know if this was a hallucination or not.

He knows that his son is dead…

And he will never get the chance to apologise to him about being a bad father.

What is going on with him lately?

Why is he being targeted through emotional manipulation?

Why oh god, beeping why!

“Dark Cacao Cookie. Are you okay. Why did you stopped the kiss?“ Peach Blossom Cookie asked worriedly.

But after he asks that question,

Suddenly the expression from the king’s face changes to an angry look.

As he pulls out his sword,

And points it at his rescuer’s face,

Frightening Peach Blossom Cookie…

“My dear? What are you doing with that sword?” He said worriedly.

“You told me that Mystic Flour Cookie created you. Is that true?” Dark Cacao Cookie angrily asked.

“Yes she did. But only to protect the trees with the Peach Bao. Why are you angry at me/“ Peach Blossom Cookie asked worriedly.

“Because i know that she created you so that you can manipulate me into letting my emotions run wild.”

“That’s why I saw my son get turned into flour, even though he’s supposed to be dead.”

“That’s why you saved me. It’s all because of her plan isn’t it?”

“To exploit my berserk form for her own selfish plans.”

“Well I won’t let her. When I get off this plot of land, I’m gonna kill everyone in this realm who are created by the beast of apathy herself!” Dark cacao Cookie angrily yelled.

As while Peach Blossom Cookie was becoming very worried for him.

Suddenly the same thing happened to him like back at he altar,

With half of his face becoming shadowy like,

Including his left arm…

Before eventually…

“STARTING WITH YOU!!!”

He transforms into that Bersek form again,

As it’s terrifying roar fills the air,

Before eventually looking very angrily at Peach Blossom Cookie,

Who is now scared and worried about what the king has become…

A mindless monster hell not on killing everyone it sees…

And he’s screwed…

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Meanwhile,

The others were still on the boat,

As while Rain Dance Cookie was sadly looking at the waters,

Dino-Knight Cookie decided to have a chat with the hooded Ex-Prince.

As he’s starting to wonder bout what’s underneath the hood of his.

“Hey Forest Bark Cookie. How are you feeling?” He asks the Ex-Prince.

“I’m feeling good. How are you?” Dark Choco Cookie asks.

“I’m also good. Say, I just have one thing I want to tell you.” Dino-Knight Cookie replied.

“Really and what is it?” The Ex-Prince asked.

“Do you ever take off your hood like at all? As I think it’s gonna be way too hot for you to have it on for a long time. So let me take it off for you.” Dino-Knight Cookie replied.

Before he slowly starts reaching for his hood,

Crap, at this point he’s gonna get exposed.

So he slaps the knight’s arm away.

“Nope. I’m sorry but this hood is basically my life essence. If I take it off, then I’ll die.” He tells the knight nervously.

“Oh yeah then, how do you shower? Or better yet, how do you brush your hair?” Dino-Knight cookie suspiciously asked.

Crap, he’s catching onto his lies.

And plotholes.

But before the Ex-Prince could tell another lie.

“Hey! What are you doing with those outsiders!?”

Well beep.

It’s the 2 members of the 4 Great Dumplings of Heaven again.

AKA The Chilly Dumpling and the Spicy Dumpling.

And they look really mad at the Boatman for having them ride on his boat.

As while the 2 dumplings were having an argument with the poor boatman about him transporting the outsiders to where Dark Cacao Cookie is.

Dark Choco Cookie decides to take action,

“Alright everyone, I’m gonna go have a chat with those 2 dumplings. But first things first, cover your ears and close your eyes. {Which everyone does including Moon Rabbit Cookie} Except you Moon Rabbit, you already know who I really am.” The Ex-Prince bravely said.

“Oh okay.” Moon Rabbit Cookie happily said.

And so he walks over to where the boatman is standing,

Stares at the 2 dumplings for a bit.

Before eventually, he confronts them…

“Just want a re you two doing right now?” The Ex-Prince angrily asked.

“Oh look, it appears that the outsider wants to fight us.” The Spicy Dumpling mockingly said.

“Yeah sorry dude, but I’m not sure if a weakling like you can ever take us down. Becasue we’ll win.” The chilly dumpling said.

“Well you guys are gonna be wrong for saying that. As it turns out that this weakling is actually the son of Dark Cacao Cookie.”

“AKA Dark Choco Cookie.” The Ex-Prince declared.

As he pulls off his hood,

And shows to the both of them what he means.

“Holy fishsticks! He’s still alive!” The Chilly Dumpling yelled out in shock.

“What?” The Spicy Dumpling also yelled in shock.

“That’s right. I’m alive. And there’s one thing you two need to know about. If you mess with the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms, then you’re messing with his son. So step out of the way, my dad need me.” Dark Choco Cookie bravely said.

“Sorry dude. But we can’t.” Chilly Dumpling said.

“Then you leave me no choice.” Dark Choco Cookie said in a Batman like voice,

As he pulls out his dagger.

And then…

“Hah! I’m not afraid of you!” The Chilly Dumpling said.

The Ex-Prince throws his dagger at one of the dumplings,

And strikes them in the chest,

With that dumpling being the chilly one.

And let’s just say, he doesn’t handle being stabbed in the chest that well…

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!”

“Oh my creators! He actually stabbed you!” The Spicy Dumpling yelled loudly and worriedly.

And as the blue dumpling pulls the dagger out of his chest,

He throws it back at the Ex-Prince who catches it,

But then just as he observed the scene.

With the Spicy Dumpling saying to the Chilly Dumpling in worries:

“Oh witches. That’s one nasty blow to the chest.”

Suddenly,

He has a PTSD Flashback,

Of the time when he nearly killed his father…

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Oh no…

Oh no…

Not now,

Not right now,

Why did it have to be when he already proved that he had redeemed himself.

Plus daggers and swords area really different from each other.

So just like in that flashback, he tries to apologise to his father,

Even if he is starting to feel fear from it.

“Father, no, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. I just wanted to be like you.” He tried to say to his father.

And just like in that flashback.

His father angrily yells at him.

“Leave…and never return.”

He tried walking away from the flashback,

Due to how painful it was,

Only for him to accidentally trip and sent falling onto the ground.

Only to be caught by someone,

And as the vision ends,

He sees who caught him.

Being Dino-Knight Cookie.

Who is still closing his eyes.

“Wait. How were you able to catch me with your eyes closed?” He asked him.

“Well it’s all thanks to my knight training. And because of my T-Rex Fury Sword giving me the power of enhanced hearing and feeling.” The knight explained.

“Oh okay, but just one second though. {Pulls the hood back on his head} Now you guys can open your eyes.” Dark Choco Cookie happily said.

And when they did,

It appears that the 2 dumplings were already gone,

Deciding to just leave them alone for another time,

And so with that,

They continue on their way to where Dark Cacao Cookie is.

With Dark Choco Cookie more focused on reconciling with his dad,

If he wants those nightmares and bad flashbacks to go away,

And if he wants the plan to be a success.
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When they were near the land,

They keep hearing a bunch of roars in the distance,

Meaning that Dark Cacao Cookie has defiantly turned into his cursed form again.

So after the boat docks at the lang,

They all run out of it,

And what do they see?

A mysterious pink cookie being scared about what the king has become.

“Please darling. Don’t hurt me. I’m not evil like Mystic Flour Cookie.” Peach Blossom Cookie tries to plead with him.

But it wouldn’t work.

It seems like that his anger has consumed him after all.

With Rain Dance Cookie including his 3 brothers being shocked at what that thing is.

“What the? Zayto, was it that thing?” Orange Gummy Cookie worriedly asked.

‘Well it appears that you all haven’t seen the king’s cursed form when you were all tied up in that spider’s web. But let me explain.”

“Dark Cacao Cookie got hit with 2 curses, culminating in one giant curse.”

“And now every time he feels negative emotion. Boom! Berserk form!” Dino-Knight Cookie explained,

As he even shows them what’s going on.

So with some of them basically not knowing what to do,

It falls upon Dark Choco Cookie to calm down his father,

As it appears that he is having a hard time processing the death of both Crunchy Chip Cookie and Caramel Arrow Cookie.

So much to the others’ worries,

He walks over to his father,

And get his attention.

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“Your majesty!”

Suddenly, the monster stopped what it was doing.

And started to angrily look at him instead,

And even though there was some fear in him.

He knew that the only way for his father to be brought back to his normal form again,

Is if the monster sees him. {Since that worked last time}

So he speaks to him,

Hoping that it will be able to get through to him…

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“Look Dark Cacao Cookie. I’ve been told by your son that you’re really good with repressing those emotions of yours.”

“But I know that despite that, you’re still hurting. And you still feel like that you need a good cry.”

“Look, I’m also sad about Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie being returned to flour.”

“And so is everyone else. And I know that you are too.”

“So no more hiding away those tears. No more hiding away the sadness you might have.”

“I promise you that when we do get to Mystic Flour Cookie. We’ll make her pay for everything she has done.”

“To your kingdoms and to your family. So please, for just this once, let out all of the emotions that you have bottled up inside of you. Please.” The Ex-Prince pleaded to his dad.

And it worked…

As the monster couldn’t hold back it’s tears,

As it begins to wail and cry loudly,

Before eventually hugging both the Ex-Prince and Dino-Knight Cookie for comfort.

And although they were both worried about him cursing them during it,

They were glad to see that he is able to grieve properly,

Before eventually he shrinks back down to normal size,

And is now back to normal,

Making it 3 more times,

Before his heart gets fully consumed by the curse.

With the fact that he is now back to normal,

Everyone was glad,

Including Peach Blossom Cookie,

As he thought that this curse was a forever curse.

So he happily hugs Dark Cacao Cookie.

Which makes him confused.

“What are you doing?” He asks him.

“I’m hugging you. As I’m glad that you’re back to your normal self. Is there something wrong with being hugged?” Peach Blossom Cookie asked.

“No, no. It’s fine, not a huge fan of hugs anyways.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

“But you just hugged me and Forest Bark Cookie about a few seconds ago.” Dino-Knight Cookie said.

“Yeah, but that was because I was emotional. Anyways, glad to know that all of you are okay.” Dark Cacao Cookie happily said.

And so with the fact that the party are now back together,

Including having a new team member with them,

That actually being Peach Blossom Cookie.

Our heroes decide to go back on their quest,

To go to the True Pagoda,

And fight Mystic Flour Cookie.
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Who meanwhile inside her pagoda, is having a chat with the 4 Dumplings of Great Heavens.

“What are you talking about?” She asked two of them coldly.

“It’s true. Your counterpart’s son is still alive.” The Spicy Dumpling replied.

“Yeah not only that. But he also stabbed me, through the chest! Just like what he did to his father!” The Chilly Dumpling also replied.

“You know I don’t see the point of him redeeming all that much. If he all he’s gonna do is stab a lot of people.” The Sour Dumpling said.

“Well I do. Since it shows that he has every right to be a hero again. Instead of a villain. Plus I hope that he and his father reconcile.” The Sweet Dumpling said {Don’t we too.}

“I see. Anywho, all of you are dismissed. Go and protect the Peak of Apathy. The only stairways to my pagoda.” She tells them all.

“Yes, The One Who Leaved.” The 4 Dumplings of Great Heavens said.

And so they all leave the pagoda,

Except for the Sweet Dumpling for some reason.

As he looks kinda nervous about something.

Which Mystic Flour Cookie isn’t thrilled about.

So she has a chat with him.

“Sweet Dumpling. Didn’t I tell you to go and protect the Peak of Apathy?” She asked him.

“Yeah you did, but I was also wondering about something.” The Sweet Dumpling nervously said.

“Really what is it?” She asked him.

“Well, since you have your counterpart come to the Realm of White Apathy for you. And the fact that his son is alive. Maybe you should, uh…{mumbles}” Sweet Dumpling nervously said.

As he mumbles something.

“I’m sorry, I should what?” Mystic Flour Cookie asked him.

“Maybe you should, {More Mumbling} Sweet Dumpling nervously said.

“Go on, I won’t be mad at you.” She said to him.

Before finally…

He blurts out:

“Maybe you should cancel the plague!”

Unfortunately she wasn’t all that thrilled about that idea,

So she closes her hand,

Causing him to suddenly starts to choke,

And as he drops to his knees,

His own air comes out of his mouth,

And starts circling around like a sphere, {Just like in Legends of Korra, wow!}

Much to his fear.

As she sinisterly starts talking to him,

With her face becoming shadow,

Accompanied a sinister looking smile on it too.

As you know she’s really creepy and serious when she has that on her face…

“Don’t you know who exactly I am?”

“I am Mystic Flour Cookie, The One Who Leaved, your creator.”

“I created you and the other 3 dumplings to keep outsiders from destroying my realm, just like last time.”

“I created you Sweet Dumpling, and I can kill you with my powers.”

“As not only do I return cookies to flour. But I can also siphon the air out of their lungs, slowly and painfully killing them by suffocation.”

“So if you dare tell me to cancel out the plague again. Just when I was about to get my hands on Dark Cacao Cookie’s Souljam.”

“Then I won’t be this forgiving towards you. Do you understand?” She sinisterly said to him.

Who was starting to slowly but surely die from suffocation.

So feared that he’s gonna die, he nods his head.

“Good.”

The creepy smile goes away as she returns the air back into him,

Enabling the poor dumpling to breathe again.

“Now let me tell you this again. Go and protect the Peak of Apathy with the other dumplings. Understood?” She asks him.

Since he doesn’t like to argue with people,

He just simply but sadly agrees with her.

“Yes, The One Who Leaved.”

Before eventually, he also walks out of the Pagoda.

And after he’s gone,

She looks at the ceilings of her room.

Wondering if the stuff that her creations said are true.

About the prince being alive.

“So his son is still alive somehow?”

“But where exactly?”

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Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdom,

Inside one of the Citadel’s medical bay…

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{Knock, Knock, Knock}

{Door opening}

“Hey babe. How are you doing? I got you a bouquet of flowers. They’re a mix of mine and your favourite flowers. With mine being Tiger Lillies and your being Snowdrop Lillies.” Pirate Cat Cookie lovely said to his fiancé.

As it turns out that he is visiting her,

Ever since she has gotten the pale ailment.

But she didn’t respond to him,

So he decides to walk towards her bed and have a chat.

“I saw Madeleine Cookie siting next to Espresso Cookie. And, boy, you weren't wrong about the latter being in a coma.”

‘Also I heard from the two orphans we met back at the Creme Republic, that not only is the Dark Cacao Kingdom infected with the Pale Plague. But the Vanilla Kingdoms too.”

“With Clotted Cream Cookie, Financier Cookie and even Strawberry Crepe Cookie being turned into nothing but flour because of it. Boy, that must suck. Especially since we got to know how good those three were.”

“I sure hope that Dark Cacao Cookie will be able to save this kingdom. And defeat his beast counterpart. Do you say so too my love?” He asks her.

Again she doesn’t respond.

Which started t worry him,

“Babe? You responding?” He asks her worriedly.

Before eventually she does respond,

But it was more sad than a relief.

“How could I, if I’m the worst doctor ever? And the worst older sister ever?”

Which worries him a lot.

“What are you saying? Of course your’e not the worst.” he tries to comfort her.

But all it did was make her more sad.

“How could you say that?”

“We lost 9 patients last night. Espresso Cookie ended up in a coma despite my best efforts.”

“And worse of all, I also caught the pale ailment, is now bedridden against my will.”

“But that’s not the worst part.”

“As I had a dream.” She sadly said.

“What is this dream?” Her fiancé asked worriedly.

“A dream that actually became my reality.”

“As despite my worries, despite my pleads, and despite me thinking that it might never happened..”

“Chip’s gone. He also got reduced into nothing but flour.”

“And I wasn’t there to stop him.”

“I really am the worst sister ever.” She said sadly.

Before she starts crying,

Which feels him with sadness,

As he doesn’t want to see his fiancé cry like that.

So he tries to comfort her by patting her in the shoulder.

“Shhh, don’t cry my love. You did the best you could, and I promise you that once Dark Cacao Cookie defeats Mystic Flour Cookie. Then your brother will be back.” He said to her.

“But what about his memories? As it’s stated in the book that if the cookies do get brought back, they still lose their memories.”

“I mean what if he loses his memories of not only his home, his boyfriend and his job. But also me too?”

“So I decide that it would be the best to just, turn to flour myself and reunite with baby brother inside the white filled world.” She sadly said.

Which worries him even more.

“Babe don’t say that. Your’e not gonna-“ He tries to say to her.

Only for her to interrupt me.

“Just leave me be to be turned into flour. I don’t deserve to live on this Earthbread anymore. Especially after last night.” She sadly said.

And just when he was about to try and comfort her again.

He gets told by one of the nurses that his visiting time is over.

So with no choice,

He leaves his fiancé be sadly.

“See you babe. I love you. Please don’t die on me.” He sadly said to her.

Before eventually he leaves the medical bay,

Hoping that his fiancé will pull through…

For not only her friends,

And him,

But also for her baby brother…

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The next day-

Inside of his fiancé’s house.

Pirate Cat Cookie is now making breakfast for himself,

And what kind of breakfast?

Well pancakes of course.

As he was able to flawlessly make them, without dropping them or letting them hit the ceilings.

Before eventually he made like dozens of them.

And the reason why he’s making pancakes is because,

He was planning on giving them to Arctic Cat Cookie during his next visit.

Since these are also her favourite breakfast foods too.

But then after he’s done,

Suddenly he hears knocking on the door.

So he checks on it,

And what does he sees?

His fiancé’s 2 friends.

AKA Noble Tiger Cookie and Choco-Will Cookie.

Alongside Tiramisu Cookie for some reason.

But he’s happy to finally meet the 2 friends of Arctic Cat Cookie.

“Oh hello there. Glad to see you Noble Tiger Cookie again.” He said happily.

“Wow, can’t believe you actually know who I am.” The dcotor said in a surprised tone of voice.

“Yeah, I do. {Looks towards the other friend} And you must be Choco-Will Cookie. Is that right?” Pirate Cat Cookie asks him.

“Yep. It’s me. Anyways I need you to take care of this child I found at the markets.” The shop owner replied.

As he hands over Tiramisu Cookie to him.

“Really why?” He asks him.

“Well let’s just say. Me and Noble Tiger have to find her dad. Since I don’t think he’s doing really well with his special someone being in a coma.” He replied.

With Pirate Cat Cookie knowing exactly what he’s talking about.

“Ok. Go and find where Madeleine Cookie is, while I look after this sweetie pie.” He said to the 2 friends.

Which they agree to,

And so after the 2 friends leave the house,

The fiancé sees how starving the little girl was,

So he decides to give her some of the pancakes he already made,

Which turns out to be her absolute favourite,

As she just gobbles them up like a ravenous beast.

Which he also joins in.

And while eating them,

They both have a chat about Dark Cacao Cookie,

And how’s he doing back at Beast-Yeast…

“You know. My dad’s told me about how amazing Dark Cacao Cookie is.”

“Yeah he really is, plus I was surprised to learn how much dedication my fiancé took to save his life after the incident. But I don’t think your’e gonna like the whole story of it.”

“I’m 8 years old. I can handle a few disturbing things.”

“Oh okay. But anyways, what I’m saying. I believe that he’s the most strongest ancient ever. I mean that beast might get one shot by him, just because of how strong his sword is.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I mean, what kind of obstacles is stopping him from reaching her?”

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Meanwhile back at The Realm of White Apathy-

Well actually, a lot, Pirate Cat Cookie…

As it turns out that the only way to get to Mystic Flour Cookie’s Pagoda.

The party has to go through a lot of stairways,

And despite the fact that he’s the most strongest ancient ever…

Dark Cacao Cookie’s having a hard time climbing up the stairs,

As with each steps, he just kept wheezing and panting,

While everyone else was walking up the stairs like they were on a jog.

Including Peach Blossom Cookie despite him being created by the beast of apathy at the same time as her realm.

And seeing his father weakly crawling up the stairs,

Made Dark Choco Cookie very worried for him.

“Uh, your majesty. Are you alright?” He asks him.

“{Wheezing} Why yes, of course I’m fine. Why would you ask such a silly question?” Dark Cacao Cookie asks the Ex-Prince.

“Well it’s obvious that you’re struggling with climbing up the stairs. Unlike us. Mind if I help you?” Dark Choco Cookie sincerely asked him.

But the king brushed him off.

“Nonsense, I’m Dark Cacao Cookie. The ancient of resultion and the strongest one of them all. I won’t be stopped by some-“

But then while talking to him,

Suddenly the king accidentally steps on the wrong step…

Which is not good.

“Oh no, wrong step.”

And then he starts to fall down the stairs,

“AAAAAAAAAHHH! I’m falling!”

Much to the worries of the others.

“Dad!” Yelled Dark Choco Cookie.

“What the?” Rain Dance Cookie said in confusion as the king falls right past him and the knight.

“Oh my witches.” Dino-Knight Cookie also yelled.

But luckily just before he gets a concussion on his head,

Someone catches him.

“Woah, you could’ve gotten a nasty bump on the head if I wasn’t there to catch you.”

With that person being Peach Blossom Cookie.

Causing the king to be grateful of being saved again by the same guy.

“Peach Blossom Cookie. Thank you. This must be the second time you saved me.” He said.

“No problems. Here let me help you walk up the stairs. As I could clearly see that you have a weakness for them.” Peach Blossom Cookie said.

“Very funny Peach, but, thanks for that.” Dark Cacao Cookie said.

And so the pink coloured cookie helps his newfound crush with walking up the stairs,

And while watching his father get helped up by the new cookie they met,

Dark Choco Cookie sees a letter that he dropped.

So he picks it up out of curiosity.

“Hey your majesty. What’s this letter?” He asks his father.

“Oh that’s my letter I was planning to give to my son. But since he’s not in this Earthbread anymore. I was thinking about tossing it out.” The king said soundly.

“Don’t worry your majesty. I’ll keep it safe with me. And I promise I won’t read the letter, since it was for your son of course.” Dark Choco Cookie said,

As he puts the letter in his bag.

Hoping to read it once they defeat Mystic Flour Cookie and he reveals his true identity to all of them.

And while that’s happening,

Dino-Knight Cookie wants to learn more about what Rain Dance Cookie said,

About him tethering his 3 brother’s souls into his body not being the original plan…

“So Rain Dance Cookie. You doing well?” The knight asks him.

“Yeah, I am. And so are my 3 brothers.” The swordsman replied.

“Well I’ve been thing. What do you mean by tethering your 3 brothers’ souls in your body isn’t your original plan?” The knight asks him.

Which tenses him, as he knew that sooner or later the truth will be revealed,

But never late then ever I guess.

So he decides to tell everyone the truth about the spell he used to save his 3 brothers…

“I knew this was gonna be brought up in some ways but. Here we go.”

“So you guys remember when I told you all about the fact that Mystic Flour Cookie turned my 3 brothers into flour.”

‘Well their souls were the only things left that hasn’t been turned into flour. So in my desperate attempt to save them.”

“I used a spell book from one of the village’s store, to perform a spell.”

“A spell that will allow my 3 brothers’ souls to become physical again. But unfortunately the spell backfired on me.”

“And now I have them inside of my body. And I can’t figure out a way to reverse the spell and do it all again with huge success.”

“I’m sorry for not telling you all that in the first place.” He said sadly.

But surprisedly, the knight wasn’t angry about it.

“What are you talking about? Why do you act like this is some liar reveal plot that happens in other stories? I’m not mad about it. In fact I’m glad to know that despite everything, you still were able to save your brothers. And I love you for that.” Dino-Knight Cookie said happily.

Causing Rain Dance Cookie to be surprised,

But happy to know that now that he has this thing out of his system,

He can finally go back to finding a way to reverse the spell.

But then after a few minutes of walking,

That’s when they reach a roadblock…

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As it turns out that not only are the Chilly and Spicy Dumplings were there,

But their also protecting yet another staircase for the heroes to climb,

Which Dark Cacao Cookie wasn’t really happy about.

“Great. More stairs. Why did it have to be-“ He tried to yell in anger.

Before Peach Blossom Cookie shushed him.

Why?

Because the 2 dumplings were already asleep.

Which gives him an idea,

For all of the heroes to sneakily walk past them,

And finally go ontop of the staircase,

And for the most part, it actually worked…

For the most part…

As suddenly as they were halfway through the staircase,

Without any of them noticing it,

The Wildberry Cookie Doll that was actually inside of Dark Choco Cookie’s bag,

Suddenly comes out of the bag,

Starts glowing pink and say,

“I love you.”

Which unfortunately wakes up the 2 dumplings,

Who sees that the outsiders are there,

Climbing the staircase to the Pagoda

And decide to take action.

“Oh ovens no! We can’t let history repeat itself Spicy.” The Chilly Dumpling said.

“Your’e absolutely right Chilly. You know exactly what to do.”

“Wake up the Peak of Apathy itself! We can’t let those outsiders reach The One Who Leaved!” The Spicy Dumpling yelled out.

As while he goes back to alert both the Sour and Sweet Dumplings about this,

the Chilly Dumpling uses a mini gong to wake up the Peak of Apathy.

But what exactly is the Peak of Apathy?

Well let’s find out right now…
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After climbing yet another staircase,

The heroes land on what appears to be a giant stone hand,

And it turns out that there’s another roadblock in there way.

That being a giant mountain.

Which Rain Dance Cookie remembers being the only way to prevent them from reaching Mystic Flour Cookie.

But he doesn’t remember anything else about it,

Other then the peony on it’s rocky hole,

And the fact that it has eyes on it, while crying what appears to be morning dew.

And while the others try to figure out how to get around this mountain,

Suddenly…

Another giant stone hand appeared,

And would’ve killed them all with it’s karate chop,

If Rain Dance Cookie didn’t warn them all.

“Everyone dodge!”

{CHOP!}

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After dodging that attack and even recovering from it,

Everyone was wondering what the beep is going on?

Especially when they see the eyes on the mountains opening.

And that’s when peach Blossom Cookie finally remembers about this thing.

“Oh yeah so funny thing. This is actually the Peak of Apathy.” He basically said nervously.

“What? The Peak of Apathy?” Dark Cacao Cookie said in confusion.

“What are you talking about?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“Yeah, what the wice cake is a Peak of Apathy?” Moon Rabbit Cookie also asks.

“From what I could remember. This mountain was created to prevent outsiders like you guys from reaching Mystic Flour Cookie. Plus it has the same eyes as hers. It has been asleep for thousands of years by this point. But I believe someone woke it up to get us all killed.” Peach Blossom Cookie worriedly explained.

“But who would do that? Who would wake up this killing machine after thousands of years of sleeping?” Lava Cake Cookie angrily asked.

Before suddenly the mountain attacks them again,

This time by using lightning bolt,

Which they all thankfully dodge.

“Looks like we’ll have to take down this mountain. Peach Blossom, how do we destroy it?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked with confidence.

“I believe through destroying the peony on the hole of its chest.” Peach Blossom Cookie replied.

“Well then, let’s go destroy a mountain.” Dark Cacao Cookie announces.

And so just like that…

With the most iconic lines from him.

“Now remember everyone. No retreat!”

With everyone saying these 2 words with him which is:

“No surrender!”

The battle against the Peak of Apathy itself was on.

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Witches was that mountain have so many moves thrown on them,

As not only does it do karate chops and shoot lightning bolts from its other giant stone hand.

But it can also swat them away like they were flies,

Basically become a rocket ship and fires at them,

But it can also heal itself with it’s peony,

And even protecting it from them too.

And we see how hard it was for everyone to try and take it down,

As despite being prepared for it,

By actually having his 3 brothers’ weapons.

Which are Lava Cake Cookie’s Sais,

Grape Slushy Cookie’s Bo-Staff.

And even Orange Gummy Cookie’s nunchucks.

They were still out match,

And then things got even more harder,

When with the swordsman distracting the hand,

Dino-Knight Cookie rushed in and tried to stab the peony with his sword,

When suddenly…

“Oh no you don’t outsider!”

He gets stopped by one of the dumplings,

The Sour one mainly,

With his weapon of choice being green coloured sword.

And guess what?

He’s not alone…

As alongside him are:

The Chilly Dumpling {With his weapons of choice being the ninja stars},

The Spicy Dumpling {With his weapon of choice being a spear}

And The Sweet Dumpling {With his weapon of choice being a Tongfu},

And is the only one who is the most guilt about all of this.

“So let me get this straight. You guys are the ones who woken up the mountain?” The knight asked.

“I didn’t do it. I swear! I like you all, I never wanted this to happen to you all. I’m sorry!” The Sweet dumpling said with guilt on his face.

“Yes we did. To keep you outsiders from reaching The One Who Leaved. And if you think your’e just gonna take down this mountain. Then you’ll have to take down us.” The Chilly Dumpling replied.

“That’s right. Now then 4 Great Dumplings of Heaven, charge!” The Spicy Dumpling commanded.

Before long all of the dumplings starts to attack the heroes,

Except for the sweet one who is still guilty about all of this,

Yep, this battle just got way more interesting.

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All the while both Dark Cacao Cookie and Dark Choco Cookie were doing their best to survive,

As with the addition of the 4 humanoid dumplings,

This just made their survival even more harder.

But that wasn’t the worst part,

As suddenly the Chilly Dumpling snuck behind the Ex-Prince.

And used his ninja stars to hit him,

Causing him to nearly fall off the hand of the mountain,

Only latching onto the side of it at the lasts Econo,

Much to the worries of the king.

Including Moon Rabbi Cookie,

Who had fallen off from his back when he got hit.

“Forest Bark Cookie!” He yelled worriedly.

But just when he was about to run up to him,

Suddenly it appears that the giant hand appeared again,

And was going to karate chop them again,

With Dino-Knight Cookie being the only one to block it with his sowrd,

But it would only last for a while.

So what does the king do?

Does he go back and destroy the hand with his sword,

But cause the hunter to fall to his death?

Or does he save the hunter,

But let everyone else get karate chopped to death?

Stuck between Forest Bark Cookie calling for help,

And Dino-Knight Cookie’s struggle to keep up the sword.

This was a pretty difficult choice for him to make,

And he was considering picking the former choice.

When suddenly…

“I can’t hold on much longer.”

Just as the karate chop hit…

{Clang}

Suddenly the knight gets helped by,

Rain Dance Cookie.

As he also uses his sword to block off the attack.

Before eventually he confesses something to him.

“Dino-Knight Cookie. The moment I lay my eyes on you, I felt something that I never knew would be possible. Love. So with this sword also blocking the attack just like your sword is my way of saying, I love you. Do you like, like me too?” He asks the knight.

To which the knight smiles at him and say.

“Of course I do. You’re the most handsome, strongest and chill guy that I’ve ever met. I would love to make you my royal guard someday.” Dino-Knight Cookie responded.

Which makes the swordsman happy to hear.

“Thank you.” He said happily.

“Your’e welcome Rainy. {Turns his attention back to the king} Dark Cacao Cookie. Don’t worry about us. Go and save Forest Bark Cookie before he falls. Everything is under our control.” The knight said to the king.

And so just like that,

The king decides to do what’s right.

As just before the Ex-Prince would fall to his death,

Thanks to the ledge he was holing onto breaking…

The king catches him by the arms,

And as they look at each other with worried expressions.

Dark Choco Cookie was shocked and happy to see that his father have saved him,

From falling to his death.

The same thing that almost happened to his father when they reunited the first time.

And in his silence,

He could imagine his father saying,

“Don’t worry son. I got you. I saved you.”

Before eventually, he gets lifted back up to the platform,

As they both catch their breathe from how dangerous that near death was.

With Moon Rabbit Cookie being happy that her friend is okay.

As she gives Dark Choco Cookie a hug.

But despite the sweet moment,

Turns out that even with the help of the mountain,

The 4 dumplings are kicking everyone else’s butts.

As despite an epic comeback,

And even destroying one of the mountain’s hands by just 2 swords.

They were still outmatched by the 4 Great Dumplings of Heavens.

Which makes the king very angry to watch,

As this unfortunately results in him starting to transform into his Berserk form for the 3rd time.

Much to Dark Choco Cookie’s worries for him.

“No. No this can not be. I won’t allow those monsters to win against us. I won’t allow it!”

As both the Ex-Prince and his rabbit friend worriedly watches,

As the shadow effect begins to consume the king’s left arm and half of his face as well.

And then…

Just when he tries to have him snap out of it…

“Wait Dark Cacao Cookie. Don’t you dare. Don’t you dare turn back into that monster! Please don-!”

It was too late…

“NOT! ONE! BIT!!!”

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As soon the king gets shrouded in darkness,

As he fully transforms back into his berserk form.

Much to everyone’s worries and shock.

With the 4 great dumplings feeling the latter mood,

As they have never seen The One Who Leaved’s counterpart’s monstrous form before…

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Seeing the berserk form of the king going ham on the mountain,

Including headbutting it pretty hard.

The Spicy Dumpling comes up with an idea on how to deal with it.

But then while he’s explaining to the others what they’re gonna do…

{STAB!!}

He gets stabbed by a Tongfu…

By who?

Well none other then Sweet Dumpling of course.

Much to the other dumplings’ shock,

Including the others.

As he has had enough with trying to kill the outsiders,

As he has learned to love them and appreciate them.

Despite the horrible past.

And as the Spicy Dumpling falls,

The others confront him about this.

“What the ovens Sweet? Why would you stab your own mate?” The Chilly Dumpling asked angrily.

“From now on, I am done. Tell The One Who Leaved that I am done following orders, and killing the outsiders. As the only people that I’ll be killing, is you guys.” The Sweet Dumpling angrily said.

As he also stabs the blue coloured dumpling to death with the Tongfu too.

And seemly also kills the Sour Dumpling as well.

Before eventually also joining in on taking down the Peony with the others.

But it was all for not,

As the one who did most of the work is the king himself.

As he rips the peony out of the hole,

Despite it’s forcefield,

And crushes it with his bare fist…

Causing the mountain’s eyes to close once more,

And for itself to blow up,

Leaving behind a pile of rocks everywhere,

And a pathway to the Pagoda…

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Not wanting his father to further hurt himself,

Nor the others,

Dark Choco Cookie calls out to him,

In order to help him return back to his normal form.

Which actually works,

As when he says the word:

“Dark Cacao Cookie!”

This catches the cursed form’s attentions,

Before eventually he sees the hooded cookie again,

And changes back to his normal form.

But something’s very off with him after that,

It’s the fact that he starts to clench on his heart.

Like it’s in pain…

Meaning that he has 2 more times until his heart gets consumed by the darkness of curse,

And he becomes a mindless beast forever…

Much to the worries of Dark Choco Cookie…

Especially Dino-Knight Cookie as he proceeds to check on the king to see if he’s okay.

“Your majesty are you okay?” He asks him.

“{pained grunts} Yeah…I’m fine. It’s just that, my heart is acting up.” Dark Cacao Cookie said while still in pain.

“Oh no. You transformed into that cursed form of yours for the third time. Your heart must be nearly consumed by darkness at this point. If you transform into that thing 2 more times, then you’ll be lost forever. So please keep your emotions at bay and keep yourself from becoming really angry. Okay?” The knight worriedly asked.

“Alright, I promise. But no worry, I might have figured out what Choco-Rose Cookie said about the cure being an act of True Love. Meaning that it might be True Love’s Kiss.” The king said happily.

So after his heart stopped hurting,

He slowly got up,

And walk towards Peach Blossom Cookie,

Who is a bit surprised to see the king walk very closely to him.

before eventually he looks at his rescuer with a sincere look on his face,

Much to everyone’s confusion.

“Oh my. Dark Cacao Cookie. What are you doing?” He asks him.

“Peach Blossom. I think I might’ve gone down with something, and it’s not the pale ailment. It’s actually love. Meaning that, I love you. So please, kiss me.” The king happily said.

Causing Peach Blossom Cookie to become so happy about this love confession,

That he immediately starts kissing the ancient of resolution passionately on the lips,

Which the king allows as it seems that a true love’s kiss might be the way to break this curse.

With everyone’s reaction being mixed upon seeing it.

But anyways,

To the king, the kiss smelled and tasted like a combination of peaches and bitter chocolate.

While to Peach Blossom Cookie, it was everything he could imagined ever since he saved the ancient of resolution from drowning.

And then after a full on minute of kissing,

They parted lips.

Dark Cacao Cookie checks his heart to see if it was able to rbeak the curse.

But it didn’t…

As his heart stills feels cold and irregular,

Thanks to the curse that has been corrupting it.

Making him look a bit disappointed.

“The kiss didn’t worked.” He silently but sadly said.

Which Peach Blossom Cookie notices and becomes sad about.

“I’m so sorry Dark Cacao Cookie. I was excited when you told me to kiss you. As I thought that my love for you would break the curse. I feel so awful.” He said guiltily.

But the king was able to cheer him up.

“Don’t be. As, I’m glad to have found love the same way that one of the warriors did. Plus you did a lot of good things for me to earn that kiss. I’m sure we’ll find another way to this act of true love.” He said happily to his newly found love.

Which makes Peach Blossom Cookie happy to hear,

As he hugs the king.

In an attempt to comfort him.

“I love you.” He said happily.

Which the king responds back by also hugging him.

“And I love you too.” The king said happily.

And so after that,

The heroes all head up to the now newly discovered pathway to the Pagoda.

While also saying goodbye to Sweet Dumpling,

Even thanking him for their help.

And then after their gone,

He turns back to the Sour Dumpling.

Who turns out is actually still alive.

As this sweet one has some unfinished business to do.

And so he slowly walks over to the Sour Dumpling,

And then…

“Bye bye.”

He stabs him with his Tongfu.

But oddly, after being stabbed,

The Sour Dumpling starts laughing at him.

Much to his confusion.

“What’s so funny?” He asks him.

“You think you could get away with stabbing your polar opposite didn’t? Well If I’m going down…”

“Then you’re going down with me!”

And then he stabs the Sweet Dumpling with his sword too!

Which was pretty brutal and sad to see.

As the Sweet Dumpling was the only one who was ever nice to the outsiders.

And then as the Sour Dumpling loses his last breathe.

The Sweet Dumpling, also laying on the ground covered with blood,

Says his final words.

“Dark Cacao Cookie. Please, give everything you got, to take down The One Who Leaved…”

“Everyone’s counting on you. Especially me.”

Before eventually he also dies too.

An end to the most sweetest person in all of the Realm of White Apathy…

{Well second sweetest, due to Peach Blossom Cookie}

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Meanwhile back at the Pagoda…

Mystic Flour Cookie was doing some meditation,

Unaware of the fact that her 4 dumplings she created have killed each other.

And that her counterpart and the other team members are coming for her.

As the only thing she cares about is doing meditation,

And her goal of taking Dark Cacao Cookie’s souljam.

But then she got interrupted by something…

Or should I say someone…

“Hello there Misty!”

Causing Mystic Flour Cookie to turn around and see…

Shadow Milk Cookie alongside a cookie she has never met before.

“Hello there Shadow Milk Cookie. Also stop calling me Misty.” She said,

As while she still acts very apathetic,

She was still annoyed by his presence,

Including his nickname for her.

“It’s always nice to meet you my friend. Love what you are doing with the whole pale plague and stuff like that.” The jester said happily.

“I know Shadow. But anyways, who is that cookie with you?” She asks him.

“Oh glad you asked. This here is Truthless Recluse AKA My Silly Vanilly. Just having him meet my friends at their own places, starting our tour with you.” Shadow Milk Cookie replied happily.

“Hello there Mystic Flour Cookie.” Truthless Recluse emotionlessly said.

“Anyways. I have 3 news for you, that I would like to share. During our tour in the Realm of White Apathy. Care to hear them?” Shadow Milk Cookie happily asked.

“No.” Mystic Flour Cookie denied.

But he does it anyways…

“First things first. Your 4 dumplings killed themselves. Because the pink one wanted nothing to do with you.” Shadow Milk Cookie explained.

“What? How dare-“ Mystic Flour Cookie tried to respond to that news angrily.

Before being interrupted by the jester.

“Secondly, your counterpart’s coming to your Pagoda in about a few minutes.”

“And lastly, you know the hooded cookie you saw back at your fake pagoda? Yeah, he’s the prince of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms. Even snapped a photo of him too. It’s actually hillarious.” Shadow Milk Cookie said happily.

As he gives the beast of apathy the photo of Dark Choco Cookie.

Much to her surprise.

“So the dumplings were correct. The son of my counterpart is still alive, and even here too.” She said to herself.

Which the jester catches on to.

“Jeez and I thought I was an idiot for thinking that a green haired jock was Silly Vanilly, all because they had similar voices.” He said annoyedly.

{As yeah it turns out that he accidentally kidnapped a Cookie version of Chandlo from Bugsnax, all because he thought that he was Pure Vanilla Cookie. Since yeah those two have the same voice actor. And it’ll all be explained once I do the Shadow Milk Cookie Arc Rewrite}

“So is that why your’e here? To spoon feed me a bunch of news?” She asks him.

“Yes. And to have Truthless Recluse talk about the truth about you.” He replied happily.

“Is that so? Okay then tell me.” She said to the depressed healer.

“Alright my Silly Vanilly, go on and tell her!” Shadow Milk Cookie hyped him up.

Which he gladly does.

“You want the truth? Okay, I’ll tell you the truth.”

“You think that because you wanted to be apathetic will cause the same history to not repeat again, won’t you?’

“Well actually no. As despite your best attempts, history will repeat itself.”

“Even making a plague in your counterpart’s kingdoms won’t stop it. As it will already lead him to your Pagoda.”

“You should stop whatever your’e doing right now, and accept that you can’t force anyone into being apathetic.”

“As soon enough, the only thing you will be embracing is defeat and acceptance.”

“That is my truth to you.” Truthless Recluse coldly said to her.

And she was so angered by what she said,

That she was gonna do the same thing she did to the Sweet Dumpling.

But thankfully Shadow Milk Cookie stops her just before she does do it.

“Woah, woah, woah, Misty. What are you doing?” He worriedly asked her.

“I will not accept the truth he told me.” She angrily said.

“What? Come on. I’m sure he didn’t mean all those stuff he said to you. Right Vanilly?” Shadow Milk Cookie asks him.

“Yes I did. And I meant every single last one of-“ Truthless Recluse tried to say,

Before being shushed by the jester himself.

“{Nervous laugh} Oh your’e so silly, that’s why I call you my Silly Vanilly. Anywho, we got Burning Spice Cookie left to visit. So bye bye Misty!” Shadow Milk Cookie happily said to her.

Before eventually both he and Truthless Recluse teleport away.

“My name’s not misty! {Groans} Witches, does he know how to bring out my emotions.” She annoyedly said.

Before eventually she looks through the windows of her pagoda,

And watches as the heroes are already walking up to her place.

“So, Dark Cacao Cookie’s son is still alive. And is a massive liar too, huh?”

“Well then, in order to get my hands on his Souljam…”

“His son will be taken to the inside of this pagoda…”

“All thanks to me…”

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Well it has come to this.

After so many loss,

So many heartbreaks,

And battles.

There they were,

At the entrance of the Ivory pagoda.

Where it lies the Beast of Apathy herself.

Now all they have to do is go inside this place,

And take her down.

For not only causing a plague to happen in his kingdom,

But also killing his entire family too.

As he looks at the Pagoda with determination.

Which Dark Choco Cookie notices it,

And also stares at with determination too.

“So, your majesty. Ready for the biggest fight of our life?” He asked his dad.

To which the king simply responded by taking a deep breathe,

And saying:

“Ready as I’ll ever be. It’s time to make her pay for what she has done.”

As he pulls out his Grape Jam Sword,

Ready to slash at her immediately after just looking at her.

As he was more focused on avenging not only his kingdom,

But also his fallen son and daughter…

But then…

Just after he was about to open the door to it after walking to it…

Instead of a painful flashback this time…

It was something much worse…

“What are you doing?”

When he looks down,

He sees…

Cloud Haetae Cookie,

Looking very creepily at him.

Much to the other’s surprise that he’s still here.

“Cloud Haetae Cookie. Your’e still here. You know, I was wondering where have you been all this time.” Dino-Knight Cookie said.

“That’s right, I’m back. And I’ve been told by my master, that one of you is a liar. And not only that, someone has been lying to all of you.” The kid sinisterly said.

Which makes Dark Choco Cookie nervous,

As he knows that the kid is talking about him.

“What? What are you talking about?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked with confusion.

“We’ll allow me to show you the liar!”

Then the kid starts running towards the Ex-Prince,

And starts pulling on his hood,

Which Dark Choco Cookie didn’t like, and in an attempt to conceal his true identity,

Has a tug of war with the kid.

But it was all for not…

As after a few seconds of struggling,

The hood finally comes off…

And Cloud Haetae Cookie reveals the truth to everyone,

Much to Dark Choco Cookie’s dismay.

“It be the prince of the Dark Cacao Kingdom!” Cloud Haetae Cookie yelled as he points at the Ex-Prince loudly.

Causing everyone to be shocked about it, {Except for Moon Rabbit Cookie, since she already knew who he was, but still.}

That Forest Bark Cookie,

Is actually Dark Choco Cookie!

Including Dark Cacao Cookie…

Who was the most shocked at all,

As by this point, he thought his son was dead…

But now seeing him alive, have given him some mixed emotions to feel at this point.

“Nae Agi?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked as he’s stunned at his son being alive.

And before the Ex-Prince could explain himself.

“Wait, I can explain.”

“Now master!”

Suddenly the door opens,

And with that strings of web come flying out of the door,

Latching onto the Ex-Prince limb by limb,

As he tries to free himself from it,

Everyone was shocked to see that this kid has a dark side.

Especially Dino-Knight Cookie,

Who had been taking care of kids {Mainly orphans} for his entire life.

“What the ovens Cloud Haetae? Why are you doing this?” He asks him.

“Oh don’t you see? Just like with my master, I’m secretly evil!” The kid evilly said,

Before eventually he does an evil laugh.

As suddenly…

Despite his efforts,

The spider webs starts pulling Dark Choco Cookie back…

And despite Dark Cacao Cookie running towards him to free his son,

Even though he was shocked about his son being alive.

It was too late,

As the king could do nothing…

But watch…

As his son gets pulled into the inside of the Pagoda.

“Appa!”

And then…

The door closes…

“Dark Choco!”

Horrified by this,

The king rushed over to the door,

Trying to smash through it with his fist,

He doesn’t care if his son lied to him about being someone else,

Especially with the fact that he thought that he actually died from the Pale Ailment.

He doesn’t want that beast of apathy to take him away from him.

His son,

His Agi,

His first born child,

The one that he had to banished since he couldn’t bring himself to hate him,

Nor hurt him,

As he still feels guilty about giving his son the cut on his eyes.

All that matters to him that he has to save his son from her…

No matter the cost…

“No! I won’t let her take him away from him.”

“I don’t care if he lied or not. He’s still my son!”

“And if anything bad happens to him. I’m gonna rip her apart, limb by limb!”

And much to anyone’s worry,

The shadowy effects come back,

Meaning that he will turn into his Bersek Form again.

And then just when everyone least expected…

“I WON’T LET HER, TAKE HIM!!!”

“Wait your majesty, don’t-“ Dino-Knight Cookie tried to warn him

But it was too late…

As the beast has come out…

And is more angrier thenever,

As not only does it destroy the door with it’s own fist,

But it floats to where the Beast of Apathy is right now,

As all it cares about is killing her.

And just when everyone else is about to follow him.

They get stopped by the kid himself,

Who is ready for his final battle with them.

“Get ready for your defeat outsiders. Because this is for my mom!”

As he transforms into an adult sized cloud guardian dog…

In an attempt to take them all down.

And to make the battle even more harder,

He summons all of the enemies from both the fake realm and the true realm to assist him.

Making it their most toughest fight yet…

Apart from the mountains and the spider of course.
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Boy, did he got bumped on the head thanks to those spider webs having him crash onto the floor.

But most importantly, where was he?

When he woke up, darkness was all around him.

Just like what happened when he picked up the cursed Strawberry Jam Sword.

Then he takes a look at his surrounding,

As the darkness slowly fades away,

And he sees not only a throne {But not as similar as his dad’s}

But also lots and lots of spider webs.

Guess like he really is in the throne room of the Pagoda.

But why would he even be dragged into this place?

What does his father’s counterpart want to do with him.

Before he could question even further.

That’s when he meets the beast of apathy herself…

“Took you long enough to wake up.”

Which startled the poor boy,

As when he comes face to face to her,

He pulls out his dagger,

And points it at her face in fear.

“Stay back. I’m warning you.” The Ex-Prince said with fear.

“Don’t worry. I’m not gonna hurt you. In fact the reason why I brought you here, is to have a chat with you, Dark Choco Cookie.” Mystic Flour Cookie simply said.

Which confuses him.

As how is she supposed to know his name?

“How do you know who I am?” He asks her.

“Simple. Ever since I learnt about my counterpart. And how he shares my Souljam, I’ve been looking at both him and you in this crystal ball. And your history is the one that fascinates me. As it feels me with a lot of apathy.” She simple replied.

As she picks up a crystal ball,

And shows it to him.

Making him more confused.

“What do you mean by that?” He asks her.

Not realising that this was all a scheme by her,

So that she can manipulate him into becoming flour through emotions…

Just like his sister and his friend…

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“Because I find the story about a prince who nearly killed their father who is also the king of their kingdoms to be quite a good story.”

“Especially since you were that prince.” Mystic Flour Cookie sinisterly said.

“Yeah. But I changed. I’m no longer apart of the Cookies of Darkness. I’m no longer holding onto that cursed sword. And my Appa apologised to me about not giving me enough love.” Dark Choco Cookie argues back.

“Did he though? Or maybe he did do that, to hide the fact that he still doesn’t care about you.” Mystic Flour Cookie nonchalantly said.

What?

What is she saying?

Why would she say that Dark Cacao Cookie doesn’t care about him.

He did apologised to him after all,

So what’s making her think that.

“No. You’re lying. Of course he still does care about me.” He argues back at her.

Only for her to tell him something,

Something that brings him into the depths of despair…

“Oh really? Then tell me Dark Choco, if your dad does care about you.”

“Do you still think he would forgive you for almost killing him?”

“What?”

“Especially since you were in the right for wanting to kill him? Twice? And letting someone as bad as Affogato Cookie take over the throne?”

“Do you think that after all those years of being in the forest and helping out the kingdom in secret. He would finally forgive you?”

“Because, this is not a fairytale.”

“This is not some story where you say sorry to your father and everything is fixed up by the end.”

“Because in reality, your’e father will never forgive you.”

“Even if he did apologised to you, it’s still shows that he only cares about his kingdom and his sword.”

“Not you…”

“As all thanks to you, being an impulsive and arrogant prick. Your father will be cold hearted and depressed for the rest of his life.”

“And don’t tell me that it was because of the sword corrupting you. It was a hundred percent your fault for killing him.”

“And he’s right. You are his Life’s Greatest Regret. From top to bottom.”

“You should forget about redeeming yourself in front of him. And just disappear forever.”

“After all, he will never forgive you for what you did to him all those years ago.”

“Never, ever.”

“So do you think that I’m lying still?”

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He tried to resist hearing her despair inducing speech,

Trying to latch onto the hope that his father would still forgive him for that incident.

But hearing the things that she said about him,

And his father,

Made him think that,

Maybe, maybe she’s right.

His father would never forgive him for doing something terrible to him.

And that no matter what, he’ll always be his father’s Life Greatest Regret.

And then…

He decide to just give in to the words she said,

With his eyes becoming dull,

And he lets go off his dagger…

which Mystic Flour Cookie took notice off,

And decide to use this to her advantage.

“Don’t worry Dark Choco Cookie. I promise you that I will bring you to some place, where you won’t even have to remember your father.” She said to him.

Pretending to care about him.

And it seems to be working,

As he just allows her to do what she does best.

“Okay, take me to this white filled world that my sister’s been talking about…”

“As you were right, my father doesn’t care about me. And that he’ll never forgive me for what I have done.”

“This whole redemption thing was pointless anyways.” He said depressively.

“Good.”

“Now then, return to flour sweet prince.” The beast of apathy said sweetly.

And so half his face and his body starts to become flour.

As he was ready to accept his fate,

And the fact that his father never cared about him…

And that he will never forgive him for his actions…

So he closes his eyes,

And waits for the inevitable…

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But before he could,

He stumbles upon a letter.

Not just any letter,

But the same letter that his father dropped back at the stairs.

So out of curiosity,

And wanting to forget about his father,

Thinking that this letter might be about his hatred for his son…

The prince reads it,

And discovers something really important,

And also heartwarming at the same time…

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MY DEAREST SON,

CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN ABOUT 2 YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU.

AND DURING THAT TIME, I’VE SPENT MOST OF MY FREE TIME WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK.

NOT BECAUSE I HATE YOU OR ANYTHING,

BUT BECAUSE DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST…

DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES,

TENSION BETWEEN US,

AND MY ANGER UPON SEEING YOU AGAIN AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS.

I STILL CARED ABOUT YOU.

IT’S JUST THAT, EVEN THOUGH I DID RAISED A WARRIOR REALLY WELL.

I FORGOTTEN HOW TO RAISE A SON IN THE PROCESS…

AS THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE,

I’VE NEVER SEEN YOUR STRUGGLES,

YOUR HATRED FOR TRAINING,

AND YOU WANTING ATTENTION FROM ME.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE.

AND NOW I’VE REALISES SOMETHING THAT EVEN PURE VANILLA COOKIE FOUND INTERESTING,

THAT IT WAS MY APOLOGY TO YOU,

THAT SAVED YOU FROM THE CORRUPTION OF THE CURSED STRAWBERRY JAM SWORD.

AND THAT NEVER MADE ME MORE HAPPY THEN-EVER.

YOU ARE MY SON,

MY GREATEST JOY,

MY NAE AGI.

YOU WERE THE ONLY GLIMMER OF HOPE TO MY DESPAIR.

ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING YOU BE BORN INTO THIS EARTHBREAD.

AND YOU WERE NEVER MY LIFE’S GREATEST REGRET,

AS I’M STILL SORRY FOR SAYING THAT TO YOU.

I LOVE YOU MY SON.

PLEASE COME HOME,

YOUR FATHER’S WAITING FOR YOU.

SO THAT WE CAN START OUR RELATIONSHIP AS FATHER AND SON,

IN A DIFFERENT AND LOVING WAY…

LOVE, APPA.
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Oh…

So it is true…

This letter was for him after all,

Not only that…

But it shows that despite everything,

Despite their past and all that stuff…

His father does care about him.

Giving the prince hope that despite his fears,

His father will eventually forgive him for the incident/

Not only that,

But it also causes the flour markings on his face and body to simply disappear.

Making Mystic Flour Cookie very annoyed and shock at this happening,

As no one was able to resist her powers of turning the n into flour before.

But she also understands that this is coming from her counterpart’s son.

Who is also the ancient of resolution.

So with his faith in his father renewed,

He confronts the beast of apathy.

Who was still shocked about what just happened.

“But how? How were you able to resist it? This has never happened before.” She said with shock.

“That’s because you forgotten something. That not only is my father the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms. But he’s also the Ancient of Resolution. And my resolution, is to reconcile with my father.”

“As despite my past, despite my role as one of the Cookies of Darkness, and despite our not so good reunion, I still love him as a father.”

“And if you mess with him, then you’ll be messing with his son.” Dark Choco Cookie said with bravery.

As he also pulls out his dagger.

“What’s that in your hand?” Mystic Flour Cookie asked.

“Oh this, this is the dagger made from the tooth of a Snow Lion.”

“And even though it’s small, it still does slashes like my old sword.”

“And this time, I’m using that blade to slay villains.”

“And Mystic Flour Cookie, you are that villain who deserved to be sliced!” Dark Choco Cookie yelled.

And then,

He lunges at her with his dagger…

And when he gets close to her…

{Slash}

He slashed her in the chest with it,

The same way he did to his father all those years ago,

But instead of it coming from his corruption thanks to that cursed sword.

But it was from instead,

His own actions as a hero.

And so he watches as she falls down onto the ground,

Seemly dying from that slash too.

Making him take deep breathes upon that sight.

Thankful that he has taken out his father’s beast counterpart.

And relieved too.

But then just when he thinks he’s out of the woods yet…

{Roar!!!}

“Oh no, Appa you didn’t.” He said worriedly.

But oh yes, he did…

As suddenly…

His father’s berserk mode burst through the room,

While also roaring at the same time.

So not wanting to see his Appa like this anymore.

And deciding to just talk to him without the hood on,

He walks over to his father and speaks to him.

“Appa? Are you in there?”

“Please come back to me.”

“Your son need you.” Dark Choco Cookie sadly said to him.

And it worked…

As his father immediately goes back to normal size,

But now that he used it 4 times,

It appears that the pain in his heart is starting to become worse,

Much to the worries of his son…

“Father! Father, are you gonna be alright? Are you having a heart attack?” He worriedly asks his father.

Thankfully it took about
A few seconds for his heart pain to go away,

So he’s okay.

Much to his son’s relief.

“Yes, I am. Thanks for asking.”

“But I’ve been wondering…”

“Why would you go all out in this lie? What made you think that you could be someone else?” His father asked with concern.

And despite fearing about what his father might say.

Since his original plan has already been off tracked…

He decides to tell him anyways,

As he sees how much his father trusts him to tell the truth…

“I’m so sorry father.”

“It’s just that, I thought it would be more easier for me, and less anger inducing for you, if I pretended to be someone else. But I knew that sooner or later, you’re all are gonna find out. Even before we took down Mystic Flour Cookie.”

“I’m sorry for not only lying to you and the others.”

“But for everything in the past too.”

“It was my own hatred for you and the sword’s corruption taking over me, that let me to get banished and joining Dark Enchantress Cookie.”

“And I would’ve been lost to the dark side, if it wasn’t for you.”

‘All this time I thought you never loved me, you never cared about me, and basically wanted me to take over the throne.”

“But then after seeing you apologise to me during our battle, it surprised me, and gave me the strength I needed to overcome the sword’s darkness.”

“But still, I’ll never repay you for what happened during the past. Whether that be the good or bad.”

“But now I see that me lying to you, have made you hate me even more.”

“I’m sorry Appa. I love you. Please forgive me. But it’s okay if you don’t, I understand.” Dark Choco Cookie sadly said to his father.

Which made Dark Cacao Cookie sad to hear and see.

As hearing his son basically apologised to him for everything,

Made him feel sympathy for him.

And he was about to say something back to him,

But unfortunately…

We all can’t have good things in this fanfic,

Now can we?

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“Son, I-“

“So, you think I’m a bad guy, huh Dark Choco?”

“Fine. Then I’m the bad guy.”

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Suddenly they both see that…

Mystic Flour Cookie,

Is still alive…

As it seems like that the wound on her chest has healed itself.

“But how? How are you still alive? I slashed you in the chest?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“Please, thanks to my Souljam. I can perfectly regenerate myself pretty well, all thanks to the flour inside of me.”

“And honestly, I’m very disappointed in you Dark Choco. I promised you that I would grant your wish of not seeing your father anymore.”

“And this is the thanks I get? How dare you.”

“You shall be punished for that.” Mystic Flour Cookie angrily replied to him.

And while Dark Cacao Cookie tried to make her stop.

“Leave him out of it. He was only trying to do what’s right.”

But it was all for not…

As Mystic Flour Cookie closes her hand into a fist.

“Please!”

{Gasp for air}

“Dark Choco? Are you okay?” The king worriedly asked him.

Before suddenly, much to his horrors.

He watches as his son’s air escapee from his mouth,

And start circling around him.

While the Ex-Prince himself starts to choke to death because of it.

“Son!”

The king runs over to him,

Horrified at the fact that his son is now suffocating to death.

That this is happening to him out of all the others.

“Don’t worry son, it’s okay. I’m gonna get that thing out of your head.” He said to his son.

So he tries to grab the circle of air that’s surrounding Dark Choco Cookie.

But for some reason,

He couldn’t grab onto it.

Making him more confused and desperate to save his son.

Before eventually,

Mystic Flour Cookie makes fun of him…

For trying to save his son…

As she stills sees him as the horrible father to Dark Choco Cookie…

“Oh, so now you care about your son? I thought it was the kingdom that you care about the most?” She said the king in a sinister tone of voice.

As her creep beep smile comes back.

“Yeah, but the people I care about the most is my son and my daughter.” Dark Cacao Cookie argued back.

“Hah! All I hear are lies from you. Do you really think you could hide your true emotions.”

“You knew all alone didn’t you, that you have fear coming to this place.”

“Fear of facing me, my powers and a failure of a king to your kingdoms.”

“Especially a failure of a dad to your son.”

“But I’ll spare him if you like. All I want to do is to make you a deal.” Mystic Flour Cookie said sinisterly.

Which confuses him,

But he’ll do anything he can to save his son,

Since it appears that he won’t be staying alive for much longer…

“Alright. What are you proposing to me?” He asks her.

“I’ll be able to spare your son from suffocation, if you give me your Souljam.”

“If not, then say goodbye to the only thing that matters to you.”

“So, do we have a deal?” She asks him.

He thinks for a second,

If giving up his souljam means the total defeat of himself,

He wouldn’t do it.

But he spent so long waiting for his son to come back home,

And now that he is reunited with him,

He’s not gonna lose him again, just like he did last time…

So seeing that his son is seconds away from dying,

Since he’s barely choking…

He makes a choice.

“Deal.” He simply said.

To which the beast of apathy normally smiles at him,

Happy that he made the right choice.

“Good choice, ole mighty king.”

And so she opens her hands again,

Causing the air to go right back into the Ex-Prince’s lungs.

And thankfully,

Causes Dark Choco Cookie to start breathing again,

With the occasional coughing in order to catch his breathe.

And while he’s doing that.

Mystic Flour Cookie uses her powers,

To pull the Souljam from Dark Cacao Cookie’s sword to her.

As she’s now happy to have it.

“Alright. You have my Souljam. What else do you want?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked her.

But turns out that she wants more than just a Souljam.

And bad timing too, as Dark Choco Cookie is finally back to normal breathing.

“Oh nothing, just you of course.”

Much to the shock of both the king and his son.

“Appa. No don’t do this, don’t turn yourself in to this sorceress. We can find another way.” Dark Choco Cookie tried to plead with his father.

But the deal was already sealed.

“I’m sorry son. But I can’t just let you die. Even after I’ve finally gotten the chance to reunite with you, not with a sword, but with the love I had for you.” Dark Cacao Cookie told him.

Which made him even more sad and worried for his father.

“Appa.”

And then,

The beast of apathy throws the Ex-Prince out of the Pagoda.

By wrapping him up in the same spider webs,

And despite trying to free himself from them again,

It was all for not…

As he couldn’t do anything but get tossed out by them.

And as he tries to reach out to his father in a scared and sad ok for him.

He watches as his father smiles to him.

“Don’t forget me son. As I still care about you.”

Before eventually he gets completely thrown out of the pagoda.

While he screams at the top of his lungs for his father.

“Appa! No!”

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Yeah turns out that despite a lot of enemies being thrown in the mix,

And Cloud Haetae Cookie transforming into an adult guardian dogs.

The others were able to take them down very easily.

Leading the kid to transform back to his normal size,

And start having a tantrum.

But during all of this,

They all see that Dark Choco Cookie has been thrown out of the Pagoda.

And that the door has now been closed.

and they were both worried about if he’s okay,

And what happened with Dark Cacao Cookie,

Since he’s not here with him.

With the person who runs over to him being Dino-Knight Cookie.

“Dark Choco Cookie. Are you alright?” He asks him.

But no…

As to the Ex-Prince, he wasn’t alright.

He’s not alright at all…

In fact, he begins to cry,

Which makes the knight more worried for him.

“Hey what’s wrong?” He softly asks him.

So the Ex-Prince tells him everything,

Especially why he’s crying…

“This is not what my original plan was about. This is not what it was supposed to be.”

“I just wanted to reconcile with my dad, that’s all.”

‘But now because of Mystic Flour Cookie not only getting his Souljam and himself. The entire Dark Cacao Kingdoms is doomed. And it’s all my fault.”

“And the worst part is, he did it to save me. I mean I know that suffocating was really terrifying for me, but I would rather die then have my dad sell himself to her.”

“As I’m still worried and fearful that he might not forgive me for everything that has been done in the past.”

“But also, I’m sorry for lying to you all about who I am. Except for Moon Rabbit Cookie, since she already knows who I am.”

“I guess you all are angry at me right now, which I get it. Since I was a villain back in the past.”Dark Choco Cookie sadly said.

But then he sees Dino-Knight Cookie smiling at him,

And reveals to him a pretty surprising truth…

“To be honest Dark Choco Cookie. We already knew it was you.”

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“What?”

“Yeah, we knew that it was you all along.” Dino-Knight Cookie basically said to him.

Which surprised the Ex-Prince.

“But how? I did everything I can to conceal my true identity to you all.” Dark Choco Cookie asked with confusion.

“Well actually it was because of your father finding out that you were also joining in on this adventure through your journal.” The knight said.

It all made sense now.

Dark Cacao Cookie was the person who went inside the room that he and Moon Rabbit Cookie were previously on.

Back at the boat.

“Wait, so if you knew it was me all along? Then why’d you still pretended that I was Forest Bark Cookie?” He asked.

“To see if you have changed or not since the last time we saw you. And believe me, it’s a pretty long story.” Dino-Knight Cookie replied.

And so he basically tells the Ex-Prince everything,

And I mean everything that happened on this adventure.

And how they saw him grow from a villain to a hero…

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“So basically from what I can remember. While still trying to recover from motion sickness. His majesty heard someone shouting yay inside one of the room.”

“So he investigated it, and sees a journal on the table, but not just any journal but yours.”

“And he was so surprised and guilt-ridden that not only was your drawing really good. But the only thing you wanted was to reconcile with him. Just like proper father and son.”

“So he took the journal back to us, and showed us your entire plans. And our reactions to it were mixed.”

“Carrow was excited to see her big brother again.”

“The only things I remembered about you was when we were kids.”

“And Crunchy Chip Cookie was a bit skeptical. As he still sees you as a traitor.”

“But then he told us that he doesn’t care about you making a plan or still being seen as a traitor. He’s glad to know that your’e finally coming back to him, and that we should give him a chance to see how much he changed.”

“And yeah we were surprised to see that you have changed a lot. From saving Dark Cacao Cookie from that Yeast Spore, helping us fight off multiple enemies, and even when you and your father were at the toy shop.”

“And soon everyone’s opinions on you changed.”

“As while Carrow was happy to see you again. And even grow as a better person.”

“Crunchy Chip Cookie no longer believed you as a traitor. He even said so himself once me and Rain Dance Cookie came back from playing Go!”

“What I’m trying to say is, I think you did a pretty good job trying to redeem yourself. As even though the past can be hurtful and traumatising, we must accept it as it is, in order to run to a much great future for a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.”

“Do you understand what I’m saying?” Dino-Knight Cookie asked.

And this helped Dark Choco Cookie cheer up a bit.

As he’s happy to know that despite his best efforts,

He was able to redeem himself in front of everyone.

Even if it was for trying to keep his identity a secret.

“Yeah I do. Thanks Dino-Knight.” He said happily.

“Your’e welcome.” The knight said happily.

As the two give each other a hug.

Before eventually…

“Now come on. Let’s go save Appa from that beast.” Dark Choco Cookie said with determination.

But then they both see the others forming around Cloud Haetae Cookie.

Who was still crying…

Which made Rain Dance Cookie a bit sad to see.

And here’s why…

“I never told you guys about this before but, I actually know who he is.” He basically said to them.

“Really? Then can you tell us why he’s acting all evil?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked.

“Well it’s because that long ago…”

“He lost his mom to those greedy cookies. The person who made him feel happy and loved.”

“And he used that loss as a way to hate outsiders, and even lead them to their doom. As he was only a kid when it happened.”

“No kid should be able to lose their parents, let alone their mother.” Rain Dance Cookie said sadly to them.

Which made them all feel sad for him,

Including Dino-Knight Cookie,

As he relates so much to this kid then we he was a kid himself.

So wanting to comfort him,

And have him not be evil anymore,

The knight talks to him…

“Hey Cloud Haetae Cookie. You feeling alright?” He asks him softly.

To which the kid stops crying and looks at him very angrily.

“What do you want, outsider?” He asked angrily.

‘Well, your’e not the only one who lost a mother. As I did so too. With this hear red jewel necklace being the only memory I have of her.” The knight replied sadly.

Which surprises the kid.

“Wait you also lost your mommy?” He asked him.

“Yeah, when I was like 6 years old. And I had to be placed inside an orphanage. Before Oyster Cookie showed up and took me in as her own. Giving me the love and care I needed the most just like my dead mother.” Dino-Knight Cookie replied.

“She did?” Cloud Haetae Cookie asked.

“Yes she did. And I promise you that now that I’m Prince, I’ll look after you as my own, just like Oyster Cookie did. You don’t have to be evil, you don’t have to hate outsiders. All you have to do is remember her in your memories. And let go of this whole revenge plot. So what do you say, ready to take down your evil master?” He asks him.

To which he immediately agrees.

“Yes I am. Nice speech by the way.” Cloud Haetae Cookie happily replied.

“Aw, thanks.” The knight happily said.

And so with everyone being rounded up,

It was time to storm the Pagoda…

And save Dark Cacao Cookie.

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“Alright everyone on the count of three, we storm through the doors of this place. Ready?”

“One, Two, Three!”

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{Creator’s Note: Now imagine the song playing in this fight scene being How It’s Done from K-pop Demon Hunter. As you know that’s when beep’s about to go down.}

After they burst through the door,

The first thing they all see is a bunch of enemies who were already blocking the path to Mystic Flour Cookie.

And when the enemies sees them,

They decide to do what’s best.

“Come on everyone! Let’s go take them down! For Mystic Flour Cookie!”

And so they all charged in…

“Alright everyone ready? Let’s go save Appa and the Dark Cacao Kingdom. Charge!” Dark Choco Cookie commanded.

And so with that they all follow his lead,

On this battle.

And we get to see how good of a fighter everyone is…

With Dark Choco Cookie using his dagger to kill most of the enemies,

Including copying some of his father’s attacks,

Dino-Knight Cookie using his sword to strike the enemies down with his T-Rex Fury Slash move on them,

Moon Rabbit Cookie squishing them in her giant rabbit blob form,

Cloud Haetae Cookie attacking the enemies with his dog powers,

Peach Blossom Cookie showcasing his powers by summoning trees and roots from the Peach Bao Trees as attacks,

And Rain Dance Cookie’s moves was so powerful,

That he was able to fix his original spell,

Which allows his brother to join him on fighting the enemies.

Which he was happy to see,

And even though they take a lot of enemies,

Dark Choco Cookie knew that there would be a lot more.

So they continue forward…

While hoping that Dark Cacao Cookie is okay…

“Please Appa. Be okay, for me.”

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Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdoms-

It was evening now,

And despite the fact that he would love having Tiri stay at his house,

He understands that he has to go and find Madeleine Cookie.

So after a few minutes of searching,

They were able to spot him…

Who was sitting ontop of the great walls while crying his eyes out.

Yikes…

The paladin was shown to show a lot of emotions,

But this, this is too much…

So they all climb up the great walls,

Where Tiramisu Cookie was happy to be with her dad again.

But was also sad to see that he’s still not over the fact that his boyfriend Espresso Cookie is still in a coma.

And might never wake up again…

So feeling sorry for him,

Pirate Cat Cookie sits next to him,

And have a talk with him about this situation.

“Hey, Madeleine Cookie. Talk to me. {The paladin stops crying and looks at him} Are you okay?” He asks him.

But the paladin wasn’t too happy about that question.

“No, I’m not okay. Everything’s not okay at this point. The last thing Essy told me before he closed his eyes forever was that he loves me. He never said that to me until now. It’s so not fair. Oh Great Devine why have you forsaken me, and placed my boyfriend in a coma? He didn’ der saved any of this.”Madeleine Cookie replied in an upset tone of voice.

Which made Pirate Cat Cookie feel even more sad for him.

“Look I get. Your’e not the only one who has a loved one suffering from the effects of the Pale Ailment. As Arctic Cat Cookie’s going through the same thing too.” He tells the paladin.

‘oh yeah I remember, she was the one who saved Essy’s life. But at the cost of her also catching the pale ailment and sending him into a coma.” The paladin said sadly.

“And do you blame her for that?” The pirate asks him.

“No. No I don’t. I’m actually thankful at her for doing that. As you know how good she is with bringing people back to life with medical help.” The paladin replied.

“Yeah me too. But that’s not the point, as despite seeing her in this state of depression, where she just wants to go to the white filled world. I will never give up on her. Just like how you never give up on your boyfriend.” Pirate Cat Cookie said.

“So what are you suggesting?” Madeleine Cookie asked.

“All I’m saying is that in order for our loved ones to be cured, we must wait. Wait until Dark Cacao Cookie finds a cure to this pale plague and everything will be back to normal. After all despite still being in a coma, I still believe that Espresso Cookie still loves you.” Pirate Cat Cookie replied.

To which the paladin gives him a hug,

Thankful for the comfort that he’s been given.

“Thanks for saying that.” The paladin said happily.

To which he hugs back.

“Your’e welcome, Madeleine.” Pirate Cat Cookie also said happily.

Which was seen by not only Tiramisu Cookie,

Who is also happy to know that her dad stopped crying.

And secretly Choco-Rose Cookie herself.

Before eventually she goes back into her purple tent…

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As while she happily cleans her tent,

Suddenly she comes across something,

Something that was actually a missing ingredient to her premonition.

That being a locket,

Containing a vial of Dark Cacao Cookie’s blood.

“Huh, don’t know why I forgot to put it in my cauldron. But oh well, let’s see what changes if I put it in here.” She said to herself.

As she pours the vial of blood into the cauldron.

The purple and block smog comes back…

Showing her the true version of what might happen if Dark Cacao Cookie’s heart gets consumed by the curse.

And she gets horrified by it…

And I mean really horrified by it…

As it turns out that if his heart gets consumed by the curse itself…

Then he’ll die,

VIA an intense heart attack…

And vomiting out black substance which is actually the blood from his heart…

And this disturbed her so much that she gets rid of the smog…

And after she does, she prays to her king about this.

“Oh King Dark Cacao Cookie. I hope you haven’t used your curse 5 times already.”

“As a much worse fate has been revealed upon on you.”

“As if your heart gets consumed by the curse, then not only will you suffer a heart attack.”

“But you also spew out black blood, and die on the spot.”

“So please, please keep your emotions at bay, and find the cure for it.”

But little did she know was that,

He had already used his cursed form 4 times…

And by the time he uses it for the fifth and final time…

It would mark the end…

Of the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms…

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Meanwhile back at the Realm of White Apathy…

He sees the beast of apthy observing his Souljam.

Looking like that she’s trying to find a way to corrupt it as her own.

But thanks to his resolution being strong,

This also makes the Souljam also resist her powers too.

Which made it very annoying to watch.

As he knows that she won’t be able to corrupt it,

And also have him return to flour too.

And then that’s when he realises that this is supposed to make him feel like how she was with those greedy cookies back in the past…

So he confronts her about it…

“Alright, you have my Souljam, and you have me. And you still not satisfied? Why?” He asks her angrily.

“Actually I am satisfied. As I just want to make sure that you feel exactly how I did with those greedy cookies back in my realm.” The beat of apathy replied.

“What more do you want from me?” The king asks her angrily.

“Oh nothing. Just want to have a talk with you about your status as the king.” She simply said.

So not knowing what might happen,

He allows it.

“Alright go on. But you are not gonna be able to break me down. Because like my Souljam, I won’t fall for your apathy.” He bravely said to her.

So she gets her butt off the throne,

And slowly walks towards him,

Before eventually she has the talk with him…

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“I find it fascinating that not only do you have a son. But your’e also the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.”

“A kingdom filled with warriors, snows and Licorice. Apart from my realm which is also foods, clouds and waters.”

“But answer me this Dark Cacao Cookie. Are you planning to step down from the throne?” She asks him.

Wait, why she is asking him that?

I mean sure some kings and queens do step out of the throne so that their heir can take over…

But the only one who did that was his friend Hollyberry Cookie.

Who stepped out of the throne for her son and his wife.

“No, no I don’t think so. Maybe after Dark Enchantress Cookie is taken care of. But, yeah, I’m still thinking about it.” He replied to her.

“Good. And I saw that you have a son and a daughter. So answer me this question. How well will your’e kingdom be if one of them is named the new ruler?” Mystic Flour Cookie asked him.

But before he could answer,

She starts doing the same old emotional manipulation on him…

But this time,

She does not hold back…

As she knew that in order to gain control of his Souljam and himself,

She will have to attack him emotionally…

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“It’s fine actually. I already know the answer to it myself.”

“As you see, even though your daughter is considered a princess. She’s actually not.”

“As she spends most of her time shooting arrows and being into girls. So with that said, I don’t think she would be able to take over the throne.” {Wow, rude.}

“And so that leaves only your son. As you think he would be suited for the next king of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms right?”

“Well there’s one major flaw to it. As do you think that citizens would like him being a king. After everything he has done in the past.”

“No, no they won’t.”

“As they won’t forgive him for everything he has done.”

“Such as nearly killing you twice, joining the Cookies of Darkness, and wanting your Souljam to destroy the kingdom.”

“And because of his actins, whether or not he was crusted by that sword. Hundreds of your people died. And those who were left standing, would never forgive him for his actions. Especially you.” Mystic Flour Cookie sisterly said.

He tried to ignore what she was saying,

But it was pretty much getting to him.

As he won’t let his son be discriminated by her.

“No, your’e wrong. You don’t know my son like I do.” He argues back with her.

Only for her to slap him right back.

“Oh really? If you actually do care about your son?”

“Then why did you call him your Life’s Greatest Regret?”

Come on Dark Cacao Cookie your fearless.

Don’t let whatever this beast says get to you.

Especially with the fact that she’s trying to weaponise your emotions against you.

Just don’t…

“Face it. Without an heir to take over your throne, your legacy will seize to exist.”

‘No one will remember you, especially those in the future.”

“And you’ll just be a forgotten memory.”

“Just like your son.”

“As I couldn’t imagine you not remembering him after 2 years when you last saw him.”

“And it was a very painful reunion at worst.” Mystic Flour Cookie sisterly said.

Come on, don’t give in to her.

She’s lying,

She has to be lying.

But that wasn’t the worst part…

As suddenly without any warnings,

He started hearing the voices of the cookies who,

Have forgotten their memories of themselves,

Before being turned into flour.

As despite seeing his own daughter and his best warrior get turned to flour right before his eyes.

He hears some other familiar voices,

Who he was crushed and distraught to hear them get returned to flour like that…

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“What was my name again? And what was my flavour? I don’t know, perhaps I’ll remember in the white filled world.”

Clotted Cream Cookie…

The consul who he thought was being selfish when it came to the Souljams.

But then it turned out that he has daddy issues, just like his own son.

“Wait. I don’t remember who I am either. Or what’s my name. Doesn’t matter. I’ll reunite with you back at the white filled world.”

Financier Cookie…

Oh no, not her too.

“What was my flavour again? Something bitter?”

Espresso Cookie…

Oh no, after seeing him at the Medical Bay before they departed,

He was hoping that he would at least survived.

“Who am I? Did I made all those robots? But also, what year is this? Am I actually a kid?”

Strawberry Crepe Cookie…

They have so much to live,

As even though they have built a lot of Waffle Robots,

They were still just a kid…

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Hearing these including the fact that his kingdom will forget about him,

Causes him to do something unnatural.

Embracing apathy…

“You were right. All is void. All is apathy.”

“Good, now return to nothing…”

But surprisedly,

Instead of the king being reduced to nothing but flour…

He actually gets turned to stone,

As after he closes his eyes…

He fully becomes a stone like statue,

Before suddenly he breaks out it,

But something was off about it.

Especially with how Mystic Flour Cookie reacts to him coming out of his shell.

“Perfect…”

“Now will you know what it feels to be living in apathy…”

“And silence.”

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The door to the throne room burst opened.

As the others have finished taking down the enemies along the way,

And are now ready to save Dark Cacao Cookie from the beast of apathy.

And upon first sight of her,

Dark Choco Cookie was ready to shank this beep for capturing his father.

“Alright Mystic Flour Cookie. Release my father now!” The Ex-Prince said angrily.

To which she smiles weirdly and shows them all where the king is.

“Okay. I’ll release him now. I was getting bored of him anyways. But I did gave him a cosmetic change.”

“Lady and gentlemen, meet your new and improved King of the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.” She announced with no emotions whatsoever.

But it was enough for everyone to be shocked about what they’re seeing right now.

With Dark Choco Cookie being the most scared out of any of them.

As here lies Dark Cacao Cookie,

But something was very off with him.

As his hair was all white with a little bit of black covering it,

He had muted red eyes, which is the opposite to his purple eyes,

He was wearing a red robe,

His sword was golden,

And he was also wearing a golden crown.

And from the looks of it, he seems more emotionless then she is.

So much to his worries for his dad,

Dark Choco Cookie tries to check up on him.

“Appa. Oh my witches, what has she done with you?” He asks him worriedly.

“Yeah, what did she do with you, Dark Cacao Cookie?” Dino-Knight Cookie also asked him worriedly.

But the apathetic king could just respond emotionlessly with:

“Dark Cacao Cookie? Who is that?”

“The person you see before you is not Dark Cacao Cookie. But only I, the Dusk of Silence.”

Which made everyone more worried and scared for him.

“Appa, no.” Dark Choco Cookie said sadly.

“What the ovens did you do to him?” Lava Cake Cookie asked angrily.

“Oh nothing. Just that, I was able to get him to embrace apathy. And become just like me.” Mystic Flour Cookie said.

“Make him like you my butt. That is not the real Dark Cacao Cookie I met 2 years ago. Your’e going down Misty!” Dino-Knight Cookie yelled angrily.

And so he charges in at her,

Hoping to take her down with his sword…

But then…

Just when he was about…

“T-Rex Fury-!”

The Dusk of Silence appeared…

“Wait what?”

And knocks him back with his own golden sword,

Sending the knight hurdling towards the floor,

Including knocking the helmet off his head…

“I’m sorry. But I won’t allow you to hurt my other half.” The Dusk of Silence said emotionlessly.

When did he started calling her his other half?

This is getting too much weird and sad.

So in order to take down Mystic Flour Cookie,

They have to battle the now emotionless Dark Cacao Cookie,

While reminding him of who he is…

And so with that,

The battle is on!

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Yeah turns out that despite being emotionless,

The Dusk of Silence was still a good fighter,

As he was able to block even the strongest of attacks with his golden sword.

Including when Cloud Haetae Cookie basically transforms into his guardian dog form.

Which Mystic Flour Cookie sees and is very disappointed that he is now apart of the good guys.

But anyways long story short.

They get their butts kicked,

Except for Dark Choco Cookie.

Who is still fighting with his might,

And trying to convince his dad of who he is and what his role is.

“Appa listen to me. You are not the Dusk of Silence.”

“You are Dark Cacao Cookie. The king of the Dark Cacao Kingdom and the Ancient of Resolution.”

“Please try to remember anything. Anything about your life!” The Ex-Prince tried to plead his dad.

But it didn’t worked,

As soon the Dusk of Silence gets an upper hand,

And basically kicks Dark Choco Cookie really hardly onto the floor,

Which hurted so bad.

Much to everyone else’s worries for him.

And all they could is watch as the Dusk of Silence just looks at them emotionlessly…

“I’m sorry. But let this be know if you try to hurt my other half. Then I won’t be any merciful.” He said to them.

Before eventually he walks back to her…

So thinking that there is one more chance of getting his Appa back…

Dark Choco Cookie stands up,

And pleads with his father…

“Please Appa. Try to remember why your’e doing this.”

“Why you came to this realm in the first place.”

“It’s for your kingdom’s sake remember?”

“Your’e doing it for your kingdoms, your people.”

“And your family!”

“Including me!”

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Suddenly…

Upon hearing the 2 last sentences…

The Dusk of Silence stopped walking…

As soon, millions and millions of bad memories started to come back,

As he gets attacked by a lot of them…

Such as seeing Caramel Arrow not only telling him that Crunchy Chip Cookie got returned to flour,

But also her also getting returned to flour too…,

Calling Dark Choco Cookie his Life’s Greatest Regret,

The whole stabbing incident,

Him trying to end his own life by drowning,

Seeing Dark Choco Cookie nearly dying from suffocation by the hands of beast,

But most traumatising of all,

Seeing Pure Vanilla Cookie seemly sacrificing himself and the Souljams to stop Dark Enchantress Cookie.

Before eventually he falls down onto the ground,

And starts to breathe heavily…

As the memories keeps repeating itself again and again.

Much to everyone’s worries for him.

“Appa? Are you okay?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

And then…

“What have you done boy?”

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!”

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And just when they thought that he would transform into his Berserk Form for the 5th time.

Since this is how Choco-Rose Cookie told them.

But instead…

It was a lot more worse…

As suddenly the Dusk of Silence started to have a heart attack,

Before eventually he started spewing out a lot of black goo on the floor,

The sounds he makes we’re disgusting,

It sounded like he was in a pain,

And the reason why he was vomiting up is because, this isn’t black goop…

No, it was much more worse…

That was actually the blood from his heart,

Now being tainted by the curse fully consuming him…

Which made Dino-Knight Cookie realise something…

That Choco-Rose Cookie was wrong about the outcome,

And this was the true outcome of this curse…

The spewing and vomiting took about a minute,

But to Dark Choco Cookie, it felt like an eternity.

As he didn’t know what’s happening to his Appa.

And he was scared for him…

Until eventually the vomiting stopped…

And the pain in his heart died down…

But instead of last time when he was fine after that…

Instead…

His heart completely stops…

All thanks to the curse…

Before eventually…

He collapses onto the ground…

Never to wake up again…

Cause he’s dead now…

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“Appa!” Dark Choco Cookie screamed with worries.

No, no, no, no, no, no no!

This can’t be!

His father can’t be dead right now.

He can’t die all because of some stupid curse made by 2 other curses…

He ran as quickly as he can to his father,

Before sitting right next to him,

Trying to see if his father was okay…

But it was pretty clear that he’s not okay…

As not only was he breathing…

But when the Ex-Prince tries to check his heartbeat,

All he could hear is nothing…

As the curse had claimed his father’s life.

But he refuses to accept it.

So he did his best to try and bring his Appa back to life.

How you ask?

Well by doing chest compressions on him.

But it was pretty clear that no amount of chest compressions and Mouth-To-Mouth,

Will be able to bring the king back to life…

All because of the curse killing him.

But he still doesn’t give up…

As despite their differences,

And despite the unforgivable past…

He needs his father,

And his father needs him too…

But no matter how hard he tries,

He’ll have to accept the fact that his father,

Is not coming back to life.

But he still pushes on,

Despite his own body becoming tired…

While he also begs for his father to come back.

“Come on Appa. Please don’t do this. Please don’t die on me.”

And everyone else starts to feel sad and even cry at this scene,

As while both Cloud Haetae Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie hugs Dino-Knight Cookie while hugging.

Rain Dance Cookie and his 3 brothers tried their best not to cry,

But the Ex-Prince’s voice sounds very distressed and devastating to hear.

“Appa! Come back to me Appa! Please!’

“I’m sorry, I never should’ve gone out for that sword!”

“And I never would’ve come with you on this adventure!”

“So please, Appa! Come back to your baby boy!”

“Appa please!”

“APPA!!!”

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Where is he?

It seems like that he is laying underneath a place filled with trees,

But not just any trees, but the ones with snow on them.

Before eventually he gets right back up,

And what does he sees?

A gateway to heaven of course…

It seems like that it’s calling out to him,

Having him join everyone else who have passed on and died just like him…

So he decides to do the same thing.

“Well I guess like my time has come.” He emotionlessly said.

But before he takes even one step on the stairs,

Suddenly he hears people chatting and laughing.

But he doesn’t know why,

Or where it’s coming from.

So he decides that before he goes to heaven,

He’ll check out where the noises are coming from…

Which turned out to be the best decision he has ever made.

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Turns out that the noise was coming from a kingdom,

But what kind of kingdom?

Well it’s the one that has a giant wall around it.

And it has a lot of people wearing some kind of winter outfits,

In during some Korean styled outfits too.

But what were they talking about?

Well the king returning of course.

“Hmm, I should probably have a chat with the king about why I’m here.” The Dusk of Silence said to himself.

And then just when he least expected it…

“Open the gates! The king and his soldiers are back from their expedition!”

Suddenly the gates of the kingdom opens,

And when the soldiers came back and everyone cheered for them,

That’s when he sees the king.

And who he actually is…

As it turns out that this king is none other…

Then an older version of Dark Choco Cookie.

Who is wearing the same crown as his Appa’s,

His hair has become longer,

And he is now loved and adored by the citizens.

While also still remembering what a great king Dark Cacao Cookie was.

Which surprised the Silence of Dusk,

As why would someone who nearly gotten the original king killed twice,

Ended up being the new king?

It doesn’t make any sense.

But then he sees a kid running up to him.

And with her hair being dark pink,

And her eyes yellow.

It was pretty clear that she was the future daughter of Wildberry Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie.

“Your majesty. Your’e back!” The little girl said happily to the new king.

“Berry Crumbles Cookie. Glad to see you.” Dark Choco Cookie said happily.

‘You were gone forever. I was worried that I would never see you again.” The little girl complained.

“Well those expeditions do take about a day or so. But anyways, I’m so happy to be back at my kingdom. As your ruler.” Dark Choco Cookie announced happily.

As everyone cheered for him,

And even welcoming back.

Much to the Dusk of Silence’s confusion and shock.

Like what happened here?

What made these guys forgive Dark Choco Cookie so easily.

Well that’ll all be explained,

As after everyone leaves,

Dark Choco Cookie decides to take the little girl somewhere in the castle,

To which he follows them in secret…

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Inside of the castle,

He watches them have a chat while walking through the hallways.

“You know, I heard from my 2 dads that your father was one of the most amazing ancient ever.” The little girl happily said.

“Yeah I know. Since I am his son.” Dark Choco Cookie said.

Before eventually they end up on the balcony of the castle,

Where the older version of Dark Choco Cookie looks down at the village,

And it’s citizens.

As he feels in peace.

Much to the little girl’s confusion.

“King Dark Choco Cookie? Are you okay?” Berry Crumbles Cookie asked.

“Oh yeah, I am. It’s just that. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I’ve took over the throne. I wonder how my father’s doing right now. As I feel like celebrating this mark with a feast.” The king replied.

Which got the girl wondering about him,

So she asks him.

“You know speaking of your father. What was your relationship with him like?”

“And also, how did you became king in the first place?”

One of the 2 questions did tensed him up a bit,

But he was willing to answer her question.

After all it has been 10 years now…

“Alright, I’ll tell you. But promise me you won’t tell any of your friends back at school, okay?” He asks the little girl.

“Don’t worry your majesty, your secret’s safe with me.” The little girl replied happily.

And so both she and the Dusk of Silence,

Hears him reply to those 2 questions…

Mainly his relationship with his father in the past…

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“My relationship with my father in the past was, how do I say this, a burning dumpster fire.”

“When I was your age, I didn’t get to do a lot of stuff that a lot of 6 years old did.”

“Like playing childhood games, hanging out with their friends, having fun or anything.”

“All my dad had me doing was train and train, to become his next swordsman.”

‘And I remember getting tired of training, and asking my father for a break and why I can’t play just like the rest of them.”

“But every-time, he didn’t respond to me, which was very neglectful of him to do. Which was all the time.”

“But then, as I got older, so did my hatred for my dad.”

“As despite his protest, I went out and found this amazing sword which I thought might help me with being a hero. Turns out that sword was anything but amazing.”

“As I quickly got taken over by the darkness of it.”

“And it had me, try and kill my dad. By slashing him in the chest.” Dark Choco Cookie sadly explained

“Is that also why you got scar on your eye?” The little girl asked.

“Yes, I did. From my dad. In an attempt to protect himself.” The king sadly said.

“And how did it make you feel?” She asked him.

“It made me feel sad and upset. I tried to apologise to him, but all he did was banished and even disown me.”

“So with nowhere else to go, I joined this really evil and mean group known as the Cookies of Darkness.”

“Ran by the evil Dark Enchantress Cookie herself.”

“And usually, I always get punishments from her, especially from ones that permanently scars me.” Dark Choco Cookie sadly said.

As he reveals some of the scars he had on his entire body,

Which made the Dusk of Silence feel really bad for him.

As he didn’t know that he had a lot of scars on his body.

“But you did come back home right?” The little girl asked him.

Which the king looked at her very sadly but still replied to her question.

“Yes I did. But I didn’t have a good reunion with my dad.”

“As after another intense battle between us, I ended up nearly killing him again by pushing him off the wall.”

“And when we saw each other again, he called me his life’s greatest regret. And that really hurts me, and it still does every time I think about it.”

“But don’t worry as sometimes downer and sad stories, have happy and hopeful moments.”

“As after my dad apologised to me about not giving me enough love and having me into what I am. It was enough for me to overcome the darkness of the Strawberry Jam Sword.”

“But I knew it would take more then just a simple apology, so I ran away again, this time into the woods. Where I made some new friends and even made a new weapon for myself.”

“Before eventually, after 2 years of being in the woods, I go back to the kingdoms.”

“Where my dad forgave me and we started our relationship a new.”

“And even though I was scared about some of the citizens still not trusting me due to the attack on the kingdom and me nearly killing their king twice.”

“My dad still supported me, as from that day onwards, our relationship healed and so did we.”

“Soon after helping the village and this kingdom in a lot of ways. The citizen started to warm up to me again.”

“Before eventually they all forgave me for everything I did in the past.”

“And then after we took down Dark Enchantress Cookie, with the help of an ordinary cookie named Gingerbrave.”

“My father decided to step down from the throne, and handed it over to me.”

“As just like what he said to me during my coronation.”

“My son, I am so proud of you for becoming the cookie you are today. And even though it would still be impossible to heal from the past, I’ll always be there to support you and love you, just like how an actual father does with their child. Now go on, rule this kingdom just like how I did for as long as you live.”

“And now 10 years later, the kingdom is thriving, the Licorice sea is gone and now everyone is happy.”

“And I would like to thank my father for that.”

“As no matter how hard it would be to forget about the past, he will always be my Appa.” Dark Choco Cookie happily said.

“Wow. That’s a really cool story your majesty. Thanks for telling me that.” Berry Crumbles Cookie said happily.

“Your’e welcome Kiddo.” Dark Choco Cookie happily said.

As he hugs the little girl,

Which made the Dusk of Silence happy to see.

Wait a minute…

Happy?

Why is feeling happy?

Isn’t he supposed to feel apathetic?

With no emotions whatsoever…

And then…

The horrible memories comes back…

This time sending him into a full blown panic attack,

About how bad of a father he was to his own son…

As it shows him a lot of memories of him either neglecting or even yelling at his son even when he was a kid.

But the 2 memories that keep replaying in his minds.

Were when he got slashed by his son,

Or when he outright told him that he is his Life’s Greatest Regret.

And this pained him to remember and hear…

As he never wanted to do this to his son.

Not one bit…

But it still happened anyways.

And it’s all his fault…

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“There you are Berry Crumbles Cookie. Your fathers wanted to know where you went.” One of the royal maids asked.

“Oh right sorry. King Dark Choco Cookie wanted to show me something.” The little girl happily said.

“Alright little one it’s time for you to go and reunite with your 2 dads, but also please be prepared for the feast. It’s tonight.” The king said to the little girl.

“Okay your majesty. {She then walks over to the royal maid and they both started heading back} Bye, thanks for sharing with me everything.” She happily said to the king.

And as he waves goodbye,

Suddenly he sees the Dusk of Silence,

Still panicking and crying from his returning bad memories,

While also berating himself about how much of a bad dad he is…

So feeling worried for him,

He decides to walk over to his dad,

And try to calm him down…

“Appa are you alright? Are you having your daily panic attacks?” He asked his father.

“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! I’m a bad dad! I really am a bad dad!” The Dusk of Silence shouted in sadness.

“No, you’re not a bad dad. You just forgot how to raise a child that’s all. And I still forgive you for everything that happened in the past.” The king tries to calm him down.

“Go away! I’m a bad dad! I don’t deserve to be your dad after all! I’m sorry Dark Choco! I’m so sorry Nae Agi!” He still shouts in sadness.

Seeing his father liked this really pained him,

So he decides to do the best thing he knows.

“Say Appa. Remember the song you used to sing to me and Caramel Arrow when we were young and had nightmares.”

“Well I want you to sing along with me. Hopefully it’ll be able to calm you down.”

And so he starts singing the song.

{Which was also happening in real time, as Dark Choco Cookie just gave up trying to save his father, and instead grieve for him. By singing him the same lullaby. Which is so sad, oh no!}

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Dark Choco Cookie: 🎵” My baby, my baby.”🎵

🎵”Your’e my baby, say it to me.”🎵

🎵”Baby, my baby.”🎵

🎵”tell your baby that I’m your baby.”🎵

🎵”I bet on losing dogs. I know their losing, and I’ll pay for my place by the ring.”🎵

🎵”Where I’ll be looking in their eyes when they’re down.”🎵

🎵”I’ll be there on their side. I’m losing by their side.”🎵

So it’s true.

His son does remember the song.

And it was enough to be out of a panic attack,

As soon enough he also joins in on the song.

As he remembers all of the important stuff that happened in his life.

Especially those that revolves around his son…

Dark Cacao Cookie: 🎵”Will you let me, baby, lose on losing dogs?”🎵

As he remembers seeing his son being born for the first time,

And even crying about it due to how beautiful he was…

🎵”I know they’re losing, and I’ll pay for my place by the ring.”🎵

Showing his friends, his son for the first time,

And them being amazed at how cute he is and being happy for the both of them.

🎵”Where I’ll be looking in their eyes when they’re down.”🎵

Stitching His son’s first costume {AKA the one from the guild museum} by himself, and then presenting it to him.

🎵”I wanna feel it.”🎵

And then finally taking their first ever photo as father and son.

As despite how neglectful he was to his son,

And despite seeing himself as a bad dad.

He took good care of his son,

And was able to do everything for him by himself,

Despite it being his first time being a dad.

Before eventually the memories ends,

And the father and son sing a duet.

Dark Choco Cookie and Dark Cacao Cookie: 🎵”I bet on losing dogs. I always want you when I’m finally fine.”🎵

🎵”How you’d be over me. Looking in my eyes when I come.”🎵

🎵”Someone to watch me die.”🎵

🎵”Someone to watch me die.”🎵

🎵”I bet on losing dogs.”🎵

Before eventually they both stopped singing,

And with his memories back,

Dark Cacao Cookie was finally calm.

“Thank you my son.” He said to his son.

“Your’e welcome. After all you brought me into this life. And I would always be grateful for that.” Dark Choco Cookie happily said.

Before eventually the both of them hug,

As soon enough,

Everything fades to white…

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{GASP}

As he opens his eyes,

Suddenly he began to start coughing uncontrollably.

Not only that,

But his hair colours returns back to normal as well.

Witches does being brought back from the dead hurts then dying…

But it was all worth it.

As after regulating his breathe,

He feels that his heart is now longer consumed by the darkness,

And that the curse has now been broken?

How you ask?

Well the act of true love isn’t actually True Love’s Kiss.

But instead the true love he has for his son.

Who watched his father spring back to life in a shock but thankful look on his face.

and as the king looks around,

He sees his son…

Who was about to burst into tears any minute upon seeing his father finally be alive.

“Son? Are you alright?” He asks him.

“Yes I’m alright. But I’m so happy that your’e back from the dead. Even though I know that you wouldn’t forgive me. I decided to go and save your life because you are my father. And-“ Dark Choco Cookie tried to tearfully said.

Before suddenly…

The king instantly hugs him…

As he was also filled with tears too about seeing his son again,

And that the love he had for him was able to help break the curse.

Much to Dark Choco Cookie’s surprise,

As his father had never hugged him before in his entire life…

“How is this possible? Why are you hugging me? I thought you would still be mad at me for everything that happened today and in the past.” The Ex-Prince asked while still being in tears.

To which his father talks to him in a soft but also tearful tone of voice…

“Oh my son. I was never angry at you. I was just so hurt and scared that you lost your way. And you turned into the dark side.”

“I was worried that the things Mystic Flour Cookie told me might be true. But then during my near death experience. I saw you.”

“Being the next king with everyone loving you, and you still loved me despite what happened in the past. And I would never be more proud of you then I already have.”

“You are not my Life’s Greatest Regret. You are my son, my baby, my first born child, Nae Agi.”

“Your love for me is what caused the curse to finally be broken after 2 years.”

“And I’m so glad to see that you have found your way back eventually.”

“I forgive you for everything that happened in the past.”

“So what do you say? We start our relationship anew?” The king asks his son.

To which the Ex-Prince hugs his father back.

Happy to know that despite his worries,

His Appa did forgivable him.

“Yes. Let’s star anew.” He said happily.

As the two of them look happily in each other’s eyes.

As their back to being father and son…

“Appa.”

“Nae Agi.”

While everyone else was watching it happily,

Happy that Dark Cacao Cookie was still alive.

And that the father and son are reunited,

And it feels so good…

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Hang on, we’re missing someone…

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Oh no…

We forgotten about Mystic Flour Cookie didn’t we?

“I’m sorry. Am I interrupting something?”

Yeah turns out that she’s not so happy about seeing her counterpart go back to normal.

And being saved by the power of love.

And she was about to turn everyone in this room into flour…

When suddenly Dark Cacao Cookie stops her.

Cause you know what time it is?

Yep it’s speech time.

As after seeing the near death experience,

He decided that his resolution has to change,

Including embracing apathy.

But not through her ways of course.

Rather his ways…

And he tells her that…

“So is this what you do to everyone who comes to your realm?”

“Give them the same childish pain that you felt?”

“Well sorry to say but you just have to live with it.”

“I know because ever since my son got corrupted by the sword and slashed me. I’ve never felt anymore emotionless and depressed.”

“I thought I would never see him again. Until today.”

“And I clearly see now that thanks to that vision, my resolution has changed.”

“As I will not fight for my kingdoms’ sake.”

“But instead, I will fight so that my peoples’ future shall live on. Especially my son’s.”

“As no matter how hard you try to break me down, I’ll just come back up, thanks to my friends, my family and the cookies I met along the way.”

“Everyone has their own resolution to fulfill. And while some of them stays the same, some changes. Just like mine.”

“As I am the Ancient of Resolution.”

And while he gives off this speech,

Something strange happens to him,

As not only does his body starts producing purple sparks,

Including his sword,

But his eyes starts to glow purple too.

Meaning that something strange is about to happen to him…

And this is not from the curse, since it has already been broken…

And then…

Much to everyone’s surprise…

“I, AM, DARK CACAO COOKIE!!!”

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And just like that…

He gets surrounded by burst of energy.

An energy filled with not only the colour purple,

But also black and white.

Signifying that he has embraced not only resolution but also apathy as well…

And while Mystic Flour Cookie shows no reaction to it. {While being stunned at whatever’s happening to him}

Everyone else was blown back by how powerful it is.

And what’s happening to him.

“What’s happening to Appa?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“I think he’s transforming into something stronger. Like he’s awakening or something like that!” Grape Slushy Cookie yelled out.

Before suddenly he gets blown back by the powerful force,

Only to be caught by Peach Blossom Cookie.

Who is also shocked at his new boyfriend’s supposed awakening…

But whatever’s gonna happen to Dark Cacao Cookie.

It will be something much much stronger then Mystic Flour Cookie and his Berserk Form combined…
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{Creators Note: If you want to see Dark Cacao Cookie’s full awakening. Then I suggest watching it on YouTube on the offical Cookie Run Kingdoms YouTube channel. Thank me later}

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When the purple smoke finally cleared…

Everyone, including Mystic Flour Cookie and Dark Choco Cookie, were stunned in awe.

Why?

Well it appears that with the king having been awakened,

There was something very different about him.

Not only did his clothes changed,

But he also has more white streaks on his hair,

And his sword has also changed too.

Which was epic as beep.

And just when things couldn’t get any more epic.

“Dragons! Come to me and help me take down the beast of apathy!”

As Dark Cacao Cookie pulls out his sword,

And summons the mythical and legendary,

2 headed dragons.

Which everyone was shocked about.

Including Dino-Knight Cookie.

As he thought that the story about the king decapitating a dragon into 2 was just a myth.

But it was actually not…

“So it’s true. The story’s all true. You did decapitate Stormbringer Cookie’s dragon into 2 with just your sword.” The knight said in awe.

“That’s right. And this time, we’ll help him.” Said the black dragon.

“Yes. We got you dragon lord.” Said the white dragon.

But despite all this epicness,

The beast of apathy was still unfazed.

“So you think that you can bring out a bunch of dragons to defeat me?”

“Well then, bring it on.” She sinisterly said.

Before she uses one of her powers to close up a barrier between her, Dark Cacao Cookie, and the rest.

Except for Dark Choco Cookie who was behind the barrier closing.

But anyways…

You know what time it is?

That’s right…

It’s time for an all out…

Beast Vs. Ancient Fight!!! {Airhorn intensifies}

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Despite the fact that he has help in the form of the literal twin dragons…

It turns out that Mystic Flour Cookie is even more powerful than she looks.

As not only does she have the powers of turning people into flour and suffocating them.

She also has the ability to summon dumpling like enemies,

Lightning bolt,

Wind attacks,

The ability to heal herself,

And even earthbend to her will.

But despite all of those powers being thrown at him,

Dark Cacao Cookie won’t give up for what’s right.

His peoples’ future.

Including his son’s…

And while the battle’s happening,

Everyone starts cheering for Dark Cacao Cookie each time he lands a hit on the enemies,

And even Mystic Flour Cookie,

But also say “ooooooh” when he gets hit.

But it doesn’t matter right now…

As right now the battle still isn’t over.

And is also taking a long time…

Let’s see how far this battle will go on for,

Until we get ourselves a victor…

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It wasn’t even close.

As despite his best attempts,

Mystic Flour Cookie would just keep on dodging his attacks.

Before eventually she has enough of his bullbeep,

And decide to take matters into her own hands.

By pushing him back with her force like powers,

But fortunately before he got seriously hurt,

Remember when I said that Dark Choco Cookie was accidentally inside the barrier too?

Yeah, he saw his Appa getting pushed back,

So he decides to catch him just to make sure that he doesn’t get hurt.

And it worked…

As Dark Cacao Cookie didn’t received any damage from that fall.

But was also grateful for his son saving him.

“Thanks Dark Choco.” He said.

“No problem Appa.” Dark Choco Cookie also said happily.

Before they come face to face with the beast of apathy again.

Who wants the battle to resume,

So she herself can be crowned the victor…

“Well will you look at that? Despite having awakened. And being called the dragon lord, your’e still weak and pathetic. Why don’t you just give up before someone else gets hurt?” She mocked him.

But he won’t give up,

He will never give up on fighting for his peoples’ future.

All he needs is one more help,

And he knows exactly where to get one.

As he pulls out his hand towards his son.

Much to the Ex-Prince’s confusion.

“You may think that I am weak Mystic Flour Cookie. But you’ll never break me down. As not only am I ancient, but I’m also a father.”

“A father who regretted banishing his own son, but is able to find peace with him now.”

Then he turns around to look at his son with pride.

“So Dark Choco Cookie. Ready to fight her like father and son?” He asks him.

To which he smiles.

Happy to help his father with winning a fight.

“It would be an honour to fight with you.” The Ex-Prince said.

And so after he grabs his father’s hands.

Something else happens to him…

As he also gets surrounded by a smoke of white and purple.

Much to everyone including Mystic Flour Cookie’s shock.

As it turns out that Dark Cacao Cookie is sharing some of his newfound power with his son.

And it’s working…

As when the same old smoke cleared,

The prince of the Dark Cacao Cookie has returned in a new look…

As not only was his hair really long and done up in the same hairstyle as his little sister.

But he also has purple eyes {Just like his father},

An eyepatch covering up his damaged eye,

And a purple and white robe.

Including a purple coloured sword.

“So how do I like Appa?” Dark Choco Cookie asked his dad upon checking out his new look.

“You look like a true hero Nae Agi.” Dark Cacao Cookie happily said.

Which makes the prince happy to hear.

But anyways,

It was time for the father and son to take her down once and for all.

While everyone watches.

“Wow, can’t believe Dark Choco Cookie gotten himself a wardrobe change.” Dino-Knight Cookie said in surprise.

“Yeah me too. And I think he looks amazing in that new costume of his. Especially with his new sword.” Rain Dance Cookie also said happily.

“But what exactly does that make him and his dad? If they’re wearing the same coloured clothes?” Moon Rabbit Cookie asked.

To which Rain Dance Cookie simply and tearfully said happily:

“Their father and son Moon Rabbit.”

“{Whispering} Their father and son…”

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And just like that…

It proves that 2 are even stronger than 1.

As even with the help of the twin dragons,

Both Dark Cacao Cookie and Dark Choco Cookie were able to block off all of the attacks sent by Mystic Flour Cookie.

Before eventually she’s too tired from sending out a lot of attacks to try and defeat them.

As after all, you can’t defeat nor stop the power of family!

And seeing that she has weakened now…

What do they do?

Well they both ride on the twin dragons,

And have they fly towards her,

Before eventually they enlarge their swords and ready themselves to take her down.

After all, if you mess with Dark Cacao Cookie,

You’ll have to mess with his family…

And then…

They both jump off the dragons,

And hurdles towards her…

And just like that…!

They scream on-top of their lungs together:

“DARKNESS BEGONE!!!”

{SLASH!!!}

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The combination of the 2 swords attacks not only damaged Mystic Flour Cookie severely.

But also destroyed her throne,

As she was filled with shock at the fact that she lost…

She lost against the king and his son…

Guess like she was wrong after all,

They do love each other despite whatever happened in the past…

Before eventually she hits the ground really badly…

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After she gets back up,

She sees both the Dragon Lord and the Prince confronting her,

As Dark Cacao Cookie points his sword at her.

“It’s over Mystic Flour Cookie. You are not getting my souljam.” He said to her.

Realising that she might be dead,

She accepts it…

“Well then. You win Dark Cacao Cookie.”

“Go ahead, kill me.” She said,

Ready to accept her death since she lost.

He looks at his son, who was glad to know that they won,

Then he looks back at her,

Who was still considering getting herself killed by her.

“What are you waiting for? Do the job. End me.”

But then…

He chooses not to.

“No, I won’t.”

As he pulls his sword down,

Much to the beast of apathy’s shock.

“What?”

Before eventually he explains to her why he just can’t kill her like that.

As it turns out that not only did he embraced Resolution,

But also Apathy too…

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“You think that by harming people with the same pain you went through would be enough to satisfy your apathy?”

“But in actuality, it’s not that easy. As in order to embrace Apathy, we must learn to accept the past.”

“We must learn to accept our trauma, our insecurities and our family.”

“Just like how I did with my son.”

“As I’ve also learned how to embrace apathy too. All thanks to the cookies who joined me on this adventure.”

“As not only did they saved me and comforted me a lot.”

“They also showed me that I’m not alone. And I had a lot of people who cared about me and still respects me.”

“That is why I accept both resolution and apathy into my life.”

“As no matter what happened in the past, we must fight and live on for our future. For everyone’s future too.”

“And I want to say, thank you for showing me that apathy can be good. If shown by the right people.” The Dragon Lord said to her.

Causing the beast of apathy to {surprisedly} smile at him for saying all that.

“You know Dark Cacao Cookie. I’ve been wanting to hear that ever since you got to this realm.” She said happily.

Causing everyone to be confused about what she mean.

“What do you mean by that?” Dark Choco Cookie asked her with confusion.

“You see Dark Choco, In order to help your father learn how good Apathy is. I decided to play a facade. As this is my true emotions.” She replied happily.

“You made a plague happen in the Dark Cacao Kingdoms, and turned Carrow and Crunchy Chip Cookie into flour. So that you can help Dark Cacao Cookie embrace apathy?” Dino-Knight Cookie said with shock and disbelief.

“Yeah not my best plan, but I’m surprise that it actually worked. Anywho now that I see that your’e more capable of perfecting apathy then me. I shall end the plague that is inside your kingdoms.” She said to the Dragon Lord.

Making him very happy to hear that.

“Really you will?” He asks her.

“Yes, including sending you all a little surprise.” She replied back.

“What is this surprise your’e talking about?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“You’ll have to find out. Anyways it’s time for me to leave, and send you all back to Beast-Yeast. Where your surprise awaits.” Mystic Flour Cookie said.

Before eventually she begins to walk away to somewhere mysterious,

Before eventually she stops walking and looks back at Dark Cacao Cookie.

“You know Dark Cacao Cookie, we will meet again.” She said to him.

With him having a proud look on his face.

“Yes we will, and this time, I’ll help you find a way to get rid of the corruption that you have in your Souljam. I promise you.” He said proudly.

Causing the beast of apathy to look at him really proudly.

Before eventually she walks out of their sight…

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He opened his eyes,

And instead of seeing a white coloured sky,

It was instead a blue coloured sky,

With birds chirping too…

Right now he’s lying on the ground,

So after a few seconds of just laying there.

He decided to just stand up,

And sees that not only everyone else is here,

But they’re also back at Beast-Yeast.

Much to the excitement of Rain Dance Cookie and Cloud Haetae Cookie.

As they always wanted to know what lies beyond the Realm of White Apathy that they were born.

But how was this possible?

Well seeing how much suffering they took.

Mystic Flour Cookie decided that they were both given a new life in Earthbread.

So that they can be safe and sound.

Much to the happiness and joy of everyone else.

And while Dino-Knight Cookie has a chat with the both of them,

Suddenly…

Dark Choco Cookie started feel a bit woozy.

Much to the worries of his father.

“Dark Choco? Are you alright?” He asks him.

Before suddenly…

He falls over,

“Son!”

Luckly though Dark Cacao Cookie was able to catch him,

But unfortunately it appears that his new form was only temporary,

As he immediately returns back to his normal form.

Which he sees and realises himself.

“Appa? Was the power you gave me only temporary?” He asks his father.

“Yes it unfortuanlty is. But you did great in that new form of yours. And I would never be more proud of you to be called my son.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied happily.

Still thankful and happy that his son helped him with the battle.

And everything else.

“You mean it?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“Yes. And I’m still sorry about banishing you. As i’ve been thinking of doing something nice for you when we reunite again.” Dark Cacao Cookie said.

“Really? And what is that?” His son asked him.

To which he smiles before telling him the good news.

“From this day forward, your banishment has now been lifted. And you are now allowed to visit and stay in the Dark Cacao Kingdoms whether you like. I’m so proud of you son.” Dark Cacao Cookie announced happily.

Causing Dark Choco Cookie to hug his dad again in happiness.

“I love you Appa.” He said happily.

To which the Dragon Lord hugs him back.

“And I love you too, Nae Agi.” Dark Cacao Cookie said happily too.

It was a beautiful moment to see,

As everyone likes seeing a parent and their child hug each other…

Not only that,

But that’s when the heroes are shown their surprise gift by the beast of apathy herself…

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“Well if it ins’t a beautiful sight to see.”

Recognising that voice,

Rain Dance Cookie turned around to see…

3 different coloured cookies…

With one having red hair {With it covering up one of his eyes}, a red martial arts costume and boxing gloves. {Lava Cake Cookie}

One having the purple hair and the same hairstyle as the red cookie {With it covering up his other eye}, a purple male kimono and goggles on his head. {Grape Slushy Cookie}

And one having orange coloured hair {which is basically a bob}, An an orange coloured puffy jacket and a daisy on his head. {Orange Gummy Cookie}

His brothers,

Their alive…

They’re back to normal…

He never felt any more happy than this.

“Orange Gummy, Grape Slushy, Lava Cake. Your’e all back. Your’e alive!” The swordsman said happily,

As he begins to hug all of his 3 brothers with tears and happiness.

As they all do the same thing to him,

As they were happy to be back in their original body,

And get o hug their brothers too…

So this must be the surprise that Mystic Flour Cookie said about.

That their friends and family would be alive again,

And no longer being flours.

So if Rain Dance Cookie’s 3 brothers are no long flours…

That means…

Seeing something in the distance,

Dark Cacao Cookie knew exactly who it was.

Including Dark Choco Cookie.

“Are those? Who I think they are?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

“Yes, yes it is, my son.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied.

So they both run toward it,

With Dino-Knight Cookie, Peach Blossom Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie following them just in case…

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As it turn that not only are the 3 Brothers of Rain Dance Cookie back…

But so are Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie too.

As they both wake up,

Confused about what just happened.

“Ugh, my head. It’s all so fuzzy.” The archer said feeling like her head’s hurt.

“Yeah, what happened back there?” Crunchy Chip Cookie said with confusion.

Before suddenly, the both of them see each other,

And realises that they’re both no longer flour.

“Chip, you’re alive.” Caramel Arrow Cookie said.

“You too. We’re bot alive. Does that mean?” Crunchy Chip Cookie asked as he checks his hands,

“Yes. That Dark Cacao Cookie saved us. He saved us both! I thought I was never gonna see you again!” The archer happily replied,

As she hugs the wolf captain in happiness.

And although shocked at first that his majesty saved them from the beast…

He hugs her back just like what any best friends do…

“Yeah me too.” He said happily.

Before eventually, they’re both seen by the others,

As they’re all happy to see that the both of them are alive.

After so many hours of thinking that they were dead for the remainder of the adventure.

“Caramel Arrow! Crunchy Chip!” Dark Cacao Cookie yelled happily.

“Lil sis!” Dark Choco Cookie also yelled happily.

“Carrow! Chip!” Dino-Knight Cookie also yelled happily.

As they all go and have a group hug with the 2 warriors.

As they were all happy to see that their back.

including Caramel Arrow Cookie,

As she thought that she would never see her father, her friends and even her big brother again.

“Thanks for saving us dad. Especially you two, Choco and Zayto.” She said happily.

“Don’t mention it sis.” Dark Choco Cookie said happily.

“Yeah, I was so scared that I lost you for good. But now your’e back. And I’m so happy about it, especially you Crunchy Chip Cookie.” Dino-Knight Cookie said happily.

“Aw, boy do I love group hugs such as this. We’re like a big happy family!” Crunchy Chip Cookie said happily.

“Me too lovelies. Me too.” Peach Blossom Cookie happily said as he also joins in on the hug.

Which both Caramel Arrow Cookie and Crunchy Chip Cookie notices and are confused.

“Hey your majesty, who’s this new guy?” Crunchy Chip Cookie asked.

“Don’t worry, I’ll explain all about him to you both once we get back to the kingdom.” Dark Cacao Cookie said.

“Fair enough.” Caramel Arrow Cookie said.

And it was,

As it’s to show that despite everything that happened inside the realm…

Everything’s back to normal…

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So with everyone they knew back and alive again…

It was time for all of them to head back to the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.

But there was one problem…

How will they?

“Hmm, how are we supposed to get back to the Dark Cacao Kingdoms. Without any airships?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“Well maybe we can use the pirate ship again. {Sees the uneasy looks on the face of those who come from the Dark Cacao Kingdom} Oh right, motion sickness.” Dino-Knight Cookie replied.

And then…

“How about we help you with that.”

Suddenly a voice came from the Dragon Lord’s sword.

With the voice being the Black Dragon.

So seeing that they would like to help with it,

Dark Cacao Cookie summons them from out of the sword.

By raising his sword really high and saying:

“Dragons! Come out of the sword and give us the help we need!”

And just like that…

Both the white and black dragons come out of the sword.

Much to his warriors surprise.

“You managed to harness the powers of summoning the dragon from your sword?” Caramel Arrow Cookie asked her dad with shock.

“Yes I did. And I’m very happy about it.” Dark Cacao Cookie replied happily.

“So how are you gonna help us get back to the Dark Cacao Kingdoms?” Crunchy Chip Cookie asked.

“By having you all fly on us. Since we are dragons after all.” The black dragon said.

“Yeah. And don’t worry there’s enough space for some of you all to fit in.” The white dragon said.

Seems fair…

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And so they all ride the twin dragons back from Beast-Yeast,

To the Dark Cacao Kingdoms.

With Dark Cacao Cookie, Dark Choco Cookie, Caramel Arrow Cookie, Crunchy Chip Cookie, Peach Blossom Cookie and Moon Rabbit Cookie riding on the black dragon.

While Dino-Knight Cookie, Rain Dance Cookie, Lava Cake Cookie, Orange Gummy Cookie, Grape Slushy Cookie and Cloud Haetae Cookie riding on the white dragon.

While having the funnest time of their lives.

With the king looking at the sky,

And hopes that the plague in his kingdom will be gone by the time they get back…

Just like what Mystic Flour Cookie promised them.

We’ll let’s just see…

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Meanwhile back at the Dark Cacao Kingdoms-

It was morning now,

And inside Arctic Cat Cookie’s house.

Pirate Cat Cookie was already asleep in her bed,

Not that he’s a creep but because he’s always used to sleeping with her.

But when he wakes up,

And sees that she’s not there,

He gets a bit sad.

As this plague has gone long enough.

Including his fiancé being in the medical bay because of it.

“Oh Sweetie Pie. When are you going to be cured?” He said to himself sadly.

Before suddenly he hears knocking on the front door,

So he gets out of bed,

Puts on his pirate suit,

And heads towards the door.

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At first he was expected to see his fiancé’s 2 friends.

AKA Noble Tiger Cookie and Choco-Will Cookie.

But when he opens the door…

He sees someone very familiar.

As when he sees who it w,

He gasps and starts to have teary eyes.

As it turns out that someone who was knocking on the door,

Is actually Arctic Cat Cookie…

Still in her hospital robe,

And is no longer infected by the pale ailment.

“Hey. Just wanted to tell you the good news. And also see you.” She said to him.

Causing the pirate to give her a huge hug,

And even kiss her a bunch of time,

Since boy did he missed her so much.

“Babe! Your’e okay. {realising something} Wait if your’e okay. Then that means…” He said to her happily.

To which she gives him the good news.

“Yes my love, his majesty did it. He vanquish Mystic Flour Cookie.”

“And with that, the plague is finally gone. Everyone has been cured including me of it.”

“Oh how I missed you so much my love.” Arctic Cat Cookie said happily.

But before they can talk more…

Suddenly they hear someone yelling:

“Open the gates!”

Which the doctor realises something,

That the king has returned.

So both she and her fiancé head out of the house,

And run to the gates to see if it is true…

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And it was…

As when they got to the gates,

They see The Second Watcher having a chat with someone.

So the doctor grabs his attention.

“Is it true Second Watcher? Is the king really back from his adventure in Beast-Yeast?” Arctic Cat Cookie asks him.

“Yes he is Arctic Cat Cookie. And thankfully, he’s back with a bunch of warriors, both old and new.” Second Watcher replied.

Making her relieved that her baby brother is safe.

“{Sigh of relief} Looks like Chip’s not dead after all.” She said happily with relief.

“Yes and alongside them is the King’s son, Dark Choco Cookie.” The Second Watcher said.

Causing them to be shocked and surprised.

“Really? Prince Dark Choco Cookie has returned to the kingdom? That’s awesome!” Arctic Cat Cookie said happily.

“Wait. I thought he was banned from the kingdom because of him nearly killing the king. What’s going on?” Pirate Cat Cookie said in both suspicion and disbelief.

And just when the Second Watcher was about to answer him,

Dark Cacao Cookie answered the question for him.

“Don’t worry Pirate Cat Cookie, I lifted his banishment. Also I already promised my son that I would help him regain the trust of some of the people in this kingdom.” The Dragon Lord said from behind the gates.

“Fair enough.” The pirate said.

And so just like that,

The Second Watcher opens up the gate.

And who are they greeted with first after they walk past the gates.

Well the Father and Son of course.

As Arctic Cat Cookie was happy to see the both of them again.

As she tells the king the great news.

“Good news your majesty. The plague is gone. And it’s all thanks to you.” She said happily.

“Well I couldn’t have done it without the cookies who were with me on this journey. Especially my son.” Dark Cacao Cookie said happily,

As he even rubs his son’s hair with affection.

Much to his embarrassment,

And because his head is his ticklish spot.

“Dad, stop.” Dark Choco Cookie said while trying not to laugh.

Before eventually the newly engaged couple sees that there’s something different about the king.

“Hey, your majesty. I noticed that your’e wearing different clothes. And your sword has changed too.” Arctic Cat Cookie said.

“Yeah and you gotten way more white streaks on your hair. How did you get that? From stress?” Pirate Cat Cookie said.

And the pirate asking him that made something happen to him.

Something that they thought would be impossible…

The king started to laugh.

And I don’t mean he’s sarcastically laughing,

No…

He’s actually genuinely laughing.

Laughing really hard at what the pirate just said.

Which was something Arctic Cat Cookie wanted to hear ever since the incident all those years ago.

“Your’e laughing. Your’e actually laughing.” She said to herself quietly.

“Wait. What’s so funny? Why are you laughing?” Pirate Cat Cookie asked with confusion.

As he has never seen the king laugh this hard before.

Before eventually he calms down.

“Sorry Pirate Cat Cookie. It’s just that, why yes some cookies do get white hair when they get really old. To me whoever, I got it from me awakening after embracing Resolution and Apa.” Dark Cacao Cookie explains to him.

Before suddenly he gets hugged by the doctor.

“Oh Dark Cacao Cookie. I never thought I would hear your laugh again. But today, you just did. And I’m so happy about it.” She said happily to him.

Which makes him happy too.

Before eventually she also hugs Dark Choco Cookie too.

“And I never would’ve imagined seeing you again after all these years Dark Choco. Welcome back, my favourite after training patient.” She said happily as she hugs the Ex-Prince.

To which he responds with hugging her back.

“Yep. It’s great to be home.” He also said happily.

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After that,

The couple all reunite with some old warriors and even meet the new warriors.

Including meeting Peach Blossom Cookie,

Who they both are surprised to see that he’s actually Dark Cacao Cookie’s new boyfriend.

Which Dark Choco Cookie is okay with.

But then…

Arctic Cat Cookie hears someone calling out to her.

“Big sis!”

Someone that she thought, she would never see again.

Her baby brother.

“Chip?” She said.

And just like that,

She sees Crunchy Chip Cookie running towards her.

As he yells out to her.

“Big sis!”

Making her so happy to hear and see that he’s still alive.

“Baby brother!”

And so she starts running towards him too.

As they both continue to call each other out.

“Big sis!”

“Baby brother!”

“Big sis!”

“Baby brother!”

Before eventually the both of them embrace each other with a big sibling hug.

Happy to see each other again.

Much to the happiness and cuteness of the others.

“Baby brother. Is that really you?” Arctic Cat Cookie asked.

“Yeah, it’s me. Back from being reduced to flour.” The wolf captain replied happily.

“Oh I’m so happy to see that your’e okay. I thought I lost you. Promise me you won’t scare me like that again.” She said to him.

“I promise.” Crunchy Chip Cookie said.

And so after that wholesome moment,

It was time for her to show Dark Cacao Cookie and even the warriors what’s been ahppening in the medical bay.

Before she changes back into her doctor uniform,

As she was still in her patient robe.

Which was embarrassing to say the least…

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While Arctic Cat Cookie takes them to the medical bay,

The remaining villagers sees that not only has the king returned,

But so does his son too.

And unfortunately for the prince,

He sees a lot of different reactions from them.

Like them murmuring to each other, and even whispering to each other,

Others deciding to go back inside their house in fears of him killing them,

And some of them looking at him really angry.

Guess like they haven’t forgotten about the time he nearly killed his dad after all.

And he was worried that they might not accept him if he decided to return to the kingdoms.

But fortunately, upon seeing his son’s worries.

Dark Cacao Cookie was there to comfort his son.

“Don’t worry Dark Choco. You’ll be able to win back their trust some day. And I’ll be here to help you with that.” The king said happily.

Which makes the Ex-Prince happy to hear that from his dad.

“Thanks Appa. I love you.” He said happily.”

“And I love you too, son.” Dark Cacao Cookie also said happily.

Before eventually they made it inside the castle,

And inside one of the medical bays that Arctic Cat Cookie works at.
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So it’s true…

Mystic Flour Cookie and even Arctic Cat Cookie are right…

The plague really is gone…

As he sees the patients no longer suffering from the suffering of the ailments.

And are being reunited with their friends and family.

“Look at it your majesty. This is amazing. Everyone’s completely cured. The children, adolescents, teenagers, adults, elders you name it. They’re all gonna be okay.” Arctic Cat Cookie said happily.

“I must say Doctor Arctic Cat Cookie. You did a good job saving everyone’s life.” Dark Cacao Cookie praised her.

Only for the Doctor to look really sad.

As she tells him the truth.

That while some of the patients have been cured,

Those who have been returned to flour are not.

And are still dead… {Apart from Caramel Arrow Cookie, Crunchy Chip Cookie and maybe those who are staying at the Vanilla Kingdoms}

“Actually your majesty. I hate to say this, but there were some casualties.” She said sadly.

“Casualties? What do you mean?” The Dragon Lord asked her with concerned.

So with a heavy breathe,

She tells him everything that happened while he was gone…

“After you left to Beast-Yeast. I was told by one of my fellow nurses that 2 patients have succumb to the ailment.”

“And then it was 9 patients. And then we almost had an in net when a patient was almost about to become the 10th patient, but thankfully I saved him. But unfortunately he ended up in a coma because of it.”

“I don’t remember much after that as I also gotten the ailment. But as soon as I came around, the nurses told me some very sad news.”

“That even after the plague is gone, 30 patients have died from the ailment. I’m sorry your majesty.”

“As even though I am the best doctor you ever had, I wasn’t able to save them in time.” Arctic Cat Cookie said sadly.

But surprisedly he looked really calm.

And decides to comfort her about it.

“Look Arctic Cat. Even though you are the best doctor around. As you did saved my life after the stabbing incident. I understand that we can’t save everyone sometimes.”

“But that’s okay as we might be able to save someone else in the near future.”

“So hear me out on this doctor. Don’t be responsible for the ones you lost.”

“Be responsible for the ones you saved.” Dark Cacao Cookie told her.

Which made her happy and feel better about it.

“Thanks your majesty. I really need it.” She said happily.

“Your’e welcome. And by the way, who is the one patient that’s in a coma again?” Dark Cacao Cookie.

“Well. Let me show you.” Arctic Cat Cookie replied to him.

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The king was shocked and sad to see that apparently,

Even after hearing him get reduced to nothing but flour…

Espresso Cookie was the one in a coma.

As he and Arctic Cat Cookie watches from outside his hospital room,

As the only ones inside were Madeleine Cookie and Tiramisu Cookie.

Who were still sad to see him like this…

“So, how long has he been asleep for?” Dark Cacao Cookie asked.

“About 2 days now. But I’m worried that he might not wake up again. Especially since he flatlined. So the best thing we have to do is wait.” Arctic Cat Cookie replied sadly.

But it would be a short wait.

As we see what’s going on inside the hospital room…

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Espresso Cookie has been in a coma for 2 days now.

But to him,

It felt like 2 months…

Or even worse,

2 years…

And despite Pirate Cat Cookie’s helpful advice.

He just couldn’t take it anymore.

As the poor paladin starts crying by the side of his boyfriend’s bedside.

Since he wants to see his bofyriend’s brown eyes,

His sarcastic tone,

His sassy voice,

And even his magic.

He wants him awake again.

He wants him to no longer be in a coma…

Much to his adopted daughter’s concern.

“Dad? Are you okay?” She asks him.

“No I’m not fine. But why don’t you go outside for a bit. I have to talk with your other dad.” Madeleine Cookie said sadly.

To which she agrees.

Leaving the 2 boyfriends alone in the room.

And fearing that Espresso Cookie might not wake up again,

He gently holds his hands.

And talks to him tearfully.

“Essy. I don’t know if you can hear me but. I want to say, thank you for being in my life.”

“I wanted to be together with you for all time. But with you being in a coma, I’m afraid that won’t be the case.”

“As I don’t know when you will wake up.”

“So let me tell you this. I love you.”

“Please wake up for me Espresso Cookie.”

“{Starts crying} Please.” Madeleine Cookie tearfully said.

And then…

A miracle happened…

As after he says those words to his boyfriend…

Espresso Cookie started to slowly but surely open his eyes.

Much to the shock of the paladin and those who are outside his hospital room…

“Essy?” Madeleine Cookie said.

As he watches his boyfriend wake up.

And after the dark mage does,

He checks his surrounding,

Before he looks at the paladin.

Who started to become teary eyed again upon seeing him finally wake up after 2 days.

“Maddie? What happened? How long was I out for?” The dark mage asked.

“You were out for 2 days. I was scared that you wouldn’t wake up again.” The paladin tearfully replied.

“Oh. But that’s okay, as I’m awake now. Awake with you by my bedside. And I just want to say, I love you Madeleine Cookie.” Espresso Cookie happily said.

Before eventually,

His boyfriend gives him a huge hug out of relief and tears.

“I love you too Essy! I’m so happy to see you awake again! After thinking you died from an illness!” The paladin tearfully said.

“Yeah, me too. Me too Maddie.” Espresso Cookie calmly said,

As he also hugs his boyfriend back in an attempt to comfort him.

Before suddenly…

Tiramisu Cookie also comes into the room,

And sees that her other dad is also awake too.

Much to her delight.

“Dad! You’re awake!” She yelled out happily.

“Yes I am Tiri. Yes I am.” Espresso Cookie said happily.

As she also gives him a huge hug.

And with that…

After 2 days of waiting in sorrow.

The family of 3 are finally back together.

Much to the others who are watching from the outside’s happiness…

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“Hello? Hello? Dark Cacao Cookie, are you there? Is the Souljam communicator working?”

Suddenly some voice was coming out from Dark Cacao Cookie’s Souljam.

With it even glowing too.

Which Dark Choco Cookie notices.

“Hey Appa. Your’e Souljam is talking. Is it from the twin dragons again?” The Ex-Prince asked his dad.

“No, Dark Choco Cookie. It’s actually from Hollyberry Cookie. I’ll answer back to her. {Turns his action to the Souljam} Yes Hollyberry Cookie it’s me, what do you want?” The Dragon Lord replied.

“Wait, so he can talk to the dragons he trapped inside his sword too?” Arctic Cat Cookie asked the Ex-Prince.

“Yeah. And even summon them too. Which is awesome.” Dark Choco Cookie replied.

“Oh thank witches. Guess what Dark Cacao Cookie? I also conquered my own beast counterpart.” Hollyberry Cookie said through the Souljam.

“Really and what was your counterpart like? As mine turned my warriors into flour, tried to kill my son and brainwashed me into accepting Apathy.” Dark Cacao Cookie asked her.

“Oh nothing. Although she was a bit obsessive and a bit of a yandere herself. I was able to defeat her with my new awakened form. Say did you get yours too?” Hollyberry Cookie asked.

“Of course I did.” Dark Cacao Cookie proudly replied.

“Good. Because I was thinking of inviting you and your warriors to a grand party at my kingdom. To celebrate our victories over the beasts. So are you coming tomorrow?” Hollyberry Cookie asked.

“Yes I am, my friend.” Dark Cacao Cookie said.

“Great! I’ll see you there as a part of my 3 announcements. Bye!” Hollyberry Cookie happily said.

Before the Souljam stops glowing.

Meaning that the call ended.

“Bye.” Dark Cacao Cookie said.

Before he is tapped in the shoulder by his son.

“Hey Appa. I heard you talking to Hollyberry Cookie about something. What was it?” Dark Choco Cookie asked.

So with pride and happiness.

He tells his son this:

“Dark Choco Cookie. Go and tell the other warriors who came with us on this adventure this.”

“That we shall be celebrating our victory against Mystic Flour Cookie.”

“At the Hollyberry Kingdoms tomorrow!”

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{3 Months Later}

MY DEAREST COMRADES,

OH SORRY, I MEAN FRIENDS…

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED EVER SINCE THE PLAGUE WAS GONE.

AND EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT THINGS WON’T TECHNICALLY BE THE SAME.

I SOMETIMES WISHED THEY DO.

FIRST OFF, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN MY ROOM.

THAT BEING MY SON.

EVER SINCE HE CAME BACK, I HELPED HIM DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA HE HAD.

WHICH WAS BOTH NEARLY KILLING ME AND THE TIME HE SPENT IN THE COOKIES OF DARKNESS.

AS IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE STILL HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT.

BUT I WAS ALWAYS THERE TO COMFORT HIM.

AS EVER SINCE THAY DAY, I VOWED TO BE A BETTER DAD TO HIM.

ESPECIALLY WITH HELPING OUT THE VILLAGERS IN ORDER TO REGAIN THEIR TRUST.

PLUS DUE TO HIS OWN PERSONAL TRAUMA WITH THE STRAWBERRY JAM SWORD.

I DECIDED IT WOULD BE THE BEST IF HE USED ANOTHER WEAPON.

WHICH HE DOES WITH THE FORM OF A BOW AND ARROW.

AND LET’S JUST SAY THAT HE’S DOING REALLY WELL WITH IT.

PLUS, I’M SURPRISED THAT CARAMEL ARROW COOKIE WASN’T JEALOUS ABOUT IT.

BUT MAYBE IT WAS THE FACT THAT HE DID TRAINED HER TO USE IT.

SO THAT’S THAT.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER COOKIES WHO WERE WITH ME?

WELL LET’S JUST SAY, THEIR DOING BETTER.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONES FROM THE REALM OF WHITE APATHY.

FIRST OF ALL, RAIN DANCE COOKIE BECAME NOT ONLY THE ROYAL GUARD OF DINO-PRINCE COOKIE, BUT ALSO HIS BOYFRIEND TOO.

HIS BROTHERS ALSO GAINED JOBS AT THE CREME REPUBLIC.

WITH LAVA CAKE COOKIE HELPING OUT CAPTAIN CAVIAR COOKIE,

ORANGE GUMMY COOKIE HELPING OUT WITH THE STUDENTS AT AN ART SCHOOL,

AND GRAPE SLUSHY COOKIE BECOMING A REALLY GOOD BUILDER.

CLOUD HAETAE COOKIE FOUND A NICE NEW HOME IN THE ORPHANAGE,

WHERE HE BECAME THE MOST POPULAR KID THERE THANKS TO HIS ABILITY OF BECOMING A FLUFFY WHITE DOG.

MOON RABBIT COOKIE WAS ABLE TO MAKE EVERYONE IN MY KINGDOM HAPPY WITH HER RICE CAKES.

OR WICE CAKES IF SHE CALLS IT.

AND AS FOR PEACH BLOSSOM,

WELL LET’S JUST SAY,

I ASKED HIM TO STAY AT MY CASTLE SO THAT WE CAN RESUME OUR SWEET AND WHOLESOME RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER.

AND HE HAPPILY SAID YES.

I THINK HE MIGHT BE HUGGING ME RIGHT NOW AS OF WRITING THIS LETTER.

ANYWAYS AFTER CHOCO-ROSE COOKIE CLEARED UP THE OUTCOME OF THE CURSE.

SHE HAD BEEN HELPING ME AND MY SON WITH FAMILY THERAPY.

AND THANKFULLY IT WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE EXPOSURE THERAPIES WHERE YOU HAVE 2 COOKIES BE STUCK IN AIR BALLOON FOR A FEW HOURS.

BUT INSTEAD, TO SEE IF OUR BOND GREW CLOSER.

WHICH IT DID,

AS WE WOULDN’T EVEN LEAVE EACH OTHER’S SIDE.

DUE TO HOW EMOTIONAL AND ANXIOUS WE WERE AFTER BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER FOR SO LONG.

WHICH SHE TOLD US IS ACTUALLY CALLED SEPARATION ANXIETY…

AS I’M WRITING THIS LETTER,

TOMORROW WILL BE MY SON’S BIRTHDAY.

WHICH I’M HAPPY TO CELEBRATE AS IT HAS BEEN YEARS DOING THAT WITHOUT HIM AROUND.

AND AFTER SEEING THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE OF HIM BECOMING KING.

I WOULDN’T BE MORE PROUDER OF MY SON.

TO TURN INTO SOMEONE WHO NEARLY TRIED TO KILL ME,

TO A HERO WHO LOVES HIS APPA.

I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY HE WAS BORN, AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME HAPPY TO REMEMBER.

BUT ALSO EMOTIONAL TOO.

AS THANKS TO MY ADVENTURE IN BEAST-YEAST.

I’VE GROWN TO ACCEPT NOT ONLY A NEW VERSION OF RESOLUTION.

BUT ALSO APATHY TOO…

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE FOR MY SON’S BIRTHDAY…

FROM THE ANCIENT OF RESOLUTION, AND DARK CHOCO COOKIE’S DAD, DARK CACAO COOKIE.