Spaceworm

Since starting up a RP with these characters, I've started to think more about how the ancients lost their bodies to the beasts again. The biggest mystery I still have to solve is how the gang gets their new bodies to actually be able to access the physical realm again, but for now heres everything I got so far:

The story diverges from the 2. Chapter of Beast yeast since the AU was made around that time. Before Shadow Milk can be locked inside the silver tree again, he attatches himself to Pure Vanilla Cookie, faking being re-sealed. Pure Vanilla promptly decides that this is too much for him, White Lilly and Elder Faery to handle and flies back to the Pure Vanilla Kingdom, notifying his friends and inviting them as well as the Creme Republic to join him for another council meeting to discuss how they should face this newly discovered threat.

The weeks leading up to the meeting he's plagued by terrible nightmares, which are caused by Shadow Milk to weaken him. White Lilly notices that something isn't right, but Pure Vanilla assures her that everything is fine and that he's just processing what had happened in beast yeast. On the evening of the last day before the council meeting is supposed to be held, Shadow Milk once again plays the part of the light of truth, urging him to seek out a very special spell that could help him sleep better. Through his delerium, he doesn't doubble check what spell he's casting and from one second to the next he finds himself rather dizzy, floating in the air, looking down upon himself as his body smiles back at him.

He hears himself mocking him, laughing at his stupidity, before everything turns black and an undefined ammount of time later- he finds himself inside a cage, covered in absolute darkness.

White Lilly, who saw the whole thing happen, tries to run, but is caught by the newly formed 'Eclipsed Vanilla Cookie' (Shadow Milk Cookie in Pure Vanilla Cookie's body).

The day of the 2. council meeting arrives and Hollyberry alongside Pitaya and Wildberry Cookie are the first ones to enter the Pure Vanilla kingdom, completely unaware of what had occurred the night before. Everything is quiet, the birds aren't chirping and the raisin villagers are nowhere to be seen. Promptly, they're attacked by a strangely dressed Black Raisin Cookie, whose spouting nonesense. They manage to fend off without having to hurt her. Pitaya sais to head back, since something clearly isn't right here, but Hollyberry couldn't leave knowing that her friends could be in danger. Upon entering the castle, Eclipsed Vanilla welcomes them, secretly trying to snatch them up from behind. Pitaya senses the threat coming, dragging Hollyberry away, but being to slow to save Wildberry, who'se then ensnared by Eclipsed Vanilla's strings. Against Hollyberry's will, Pitaya drags her away and flies off.