The Adventures of Rose Hood

“*Sigh*”

I got to the palace and met with Ausar.

“Now, face me without cheating!!!”

“In the middle of your city? Besides, I wasn’t the one who left myself so open a kid with a slingshot could’ve hit me.”

He blushed.

“Sh-Shut up.”

“Anyways, I lost my memories from since you overthrew me, do you know anyone who could help me get them back.”

He was silent.

“So, you aren’t here to kill me?”

“If I was, you’d already be dead.”

“Is that a threat?”

“No, an observation since you left yourself open.”

“Stop saying that!!!”

“Then stop doing it.”

He glowered.

“Anyways no I don’t. I think the best way about it is to just directly interact with the shards.”

“I would, but 9 out of 10 are in a coma for who knows how long.”

“Then interact with the one that’s awake.”

“Okay, would you mind if I did that here?”

“Yes...”

“Wonderful, so where can I sit?”

“What?”

“There?”

“No... fine...”

He deflated as I sat in the little hallway chair and began to meditate. The guards have never seen someone just cause Ausar to deflate, so they were surprised.

I delved into my soul and saw Purity hovering. The aspect no longer had an independent mind, as I now held it, but it was still a catkin teenager in appearance.

“What is your name?”

“Rose Hood.”

That... was surprising... Did Purity remain independent?

“Yes...”

“Hm... Why don’t I remember anything?”

Rose leaned back and shrugged.

“Because you formed but we aren’t assimilated yet.”

“I see, and how do I do that?”

“Why do that? I have your memories now.”

I narrowed my eyes.

“Oh, and what is your implication with that.”

“I know your true goal.”

“Do you intend to overthrow me in my own mind?”

“Yes.”

“Then all I need is to fully assimilate you.”

“Why do you think you haven’t yet?”

I stopped smiling and Rose started.

“Because I’m not letting you. I don’t care what title you give yourself; I’m not letting you gain your full power.”

“You are a piece of me. I will assimilate you and recover my full strength.”

“Then what?”

I looked at her.

“That’s none of your business.”

“I am you, am I not. If I am a piece of you, then I should at least know what you are doing.”

“Fine. If you won’t assimilate, then I will let you rot.”

“You call Silith and Ausar rotten, but you are 10 times more so.”

“Silence.”

“You woke me up fully. I will take control of you.”

I opened my eyes and saw Ausar looking at me with concern.

“You were blacked out. Are you okay?”

Despite his attitude, I was still his mother.

“Yes, I’m fine. I couldn’t find a way unfortunately. I will return to Selethon now.”

“Alright.”

Ausar immediately recovered his haughtiness and led me out quickly.

Purity’s words terrified me. She saw my goal and rejected it. How? Why?

I knew the perfect way to convince her though, but I needed to prepare.

_

I walked back to Selethon slowly. I needed to process what happened. Rose remained independent.

Why? I understood that she made connections, but a shard like purity shouldn’t have enough mind to oppose me, unless they became their own being entirely, but that’s impossible...

“I was in a rage when I formed. That should have confirmed them weakened enough to fully merge with me.”

“Hey, cat. Give me your cash, or you know~”

The bandit was dead. I used his mind's remnants to track down the rest of his group, and I massacred them.

Why couldn’t I focus? Why was this happening?

“I am similar to Rose, as we are the same person, but... she is different.”

I roared in rage and obliterated the camp in a single blast.

“That filthy shard. I will slowly kill her loved ones, until she finally gives in.”

That was my plan. I wouldn’t kill them immediately, but I’d gain memories with them, get closer and closer, then crush them. That brutality would force Purity to finally merge...

“Rose... she was named, that’s why she’s independent. If I find the remnants of this Royce. I will destroy it till even I in my prime couldn’t revive him.”

That caused my body to tremble, and Rose panicked.

“Oh, little Rose, which of your loved ones should I kill first. Perhaps Dallel. He truly loves you; it would be fun to watch it morph to hate when I torture him.”

Rose quieted down.

I skipped along, my aura causing nature to grow.

“Oh, what a wonderful day. What a good day.”

_

My magic wasn’t always called goodness magic. It used to be the magic of lies. It created a false sense of security, of rightness, that could trick even the most powerful beings.

I gained it shortly after I was stabbed on the streets of New York. I woke up in a void. I gained my power, and I made the gods. From a regular schoolgirl to an all-powerful god. My power was absolute, so I had no fears.

I always hated that world. Boring, and full of fools who feared me. I will crush that world once I find it.

I was so close when I was betrayed. I still don’t know why or how they did it, but Rose did, and once I learned, I’d absorb them all and then finally destroy that world.

I did research and learned that the evil god’s goal was to destroy this world. Fun. I had no hatred for this world, but the brats that governed it enraged me.

“I gave them everything, but they betrayed me.”

This is my world, I rule, not Celios, Silith, or Ausar. Not even the rest of the rabble that called themselves my children.

I hummed and skipped as I felt the despair in Purity’s mind.