Fics Written in the Stars

Eternal Sugar pretending to be a human and slowly integrating herself into Hollyberry's community, her mere presence sucking the energy out of those around her (except for Hollyberry for some reason...). She spent almost two thousand years just wasting away, and she's ready for some summer fun! Now just gotta get a plane ticket and she'll be on her way-... why can't she get past the town entrance? This has never happened to her before, so why now!?- *cue Hollyberry walking by*

Oh. Thats why... Welp, guess she just has to talk to her. Really twisting her arm, pulling her wings!

Hollyberry's only crime as a God was wanting to have fun. She didn't want to rule the world with the other gods, she wanted to enjoy her immortality and her indestructibility.

She wanted pleasure out of existence, not servitude.

Especially not servitude to the ungrateful masses.

Unfortunately, the town she's landed in isn't exactly...booming with energy. The only person who seemed to be doing any kind of work was Hollyberry.

Eternal Sugar wasn't sure why she lingered (she couldn't leave. Salt would find and reseal her), but she did enjoy watching Hollyberry work.

Pretending to be human was second nature to her, seducing Hollyberry was a fun challenge, getting her to vow to her made her shed her human skin and reveal her true self to a human for the first time in eons.

She nearly expected resistance.

It will work until he can get the bird and her devotion.

Spice wants to go cause more destruction. What hetter what to gain worshipers and power than by the fear of annihilATION?!

...

Yes he would like to play with the feather toy —

Rich Cheese giggles and pulls the feathers away from Spice's paws at the last second.

"She is quick," Burning Spice thinks as he narrows his eyes at her, "But I am quicker!" He launches himself at the feathers but they evade him once more.

Golden Cheese is grateful the storm is gone, but she can't stand this large, smelly...thing that her daughter is suddenly enamored by.

She even lets the thing sleep in her room!!

Golden Cheese is up late one night, reading a letter from Pure Vanilla, when the door to her room opens. She looks up and frowns. "Treasure?" Her daughter was prone to sleepwalking, "Is that you?"

She coughed and sputtered as something gritty and sandy fell from the ceiling into her face. She waved the dust away and looked up.

A massive cat...centipede...thing is on her ceiling, its head twisted around so its golden-red eyes can stare at her.

Her mouth slowly falls open.

She wants to scream.

What the hell is that thing?!

Is that...is that the cat?!?

It crumbled into sand and lands on her bed like a wet pile of dirt.

During a break in the storms, Rich Cheese, Mayor Golden Cheese's daughter, goes out to check damage in town and comes back with a weird cat. It's a large, massive thing with red and black fur, wrapped up in her coat (a matching one she has with Golden Cheese with wings across the back) and stares at Golden Cheese as Rich Cheese fusses over it.

Golden Cheese scrunches her nose up at the massive...cat.

"My sweetest," She eyes it up and down (is it glowering at her???) "I don't think I've ever seen a cat quite so...large."

"Large?? Mama!" Rich Cheese readjusts the creature in her arms, "He's just a lil big boned."

The "cat" groans but allows Rich Cheese to brush out its fur.

Golden Cheese does a double take as a second and third (?!?!) pair of paws tuck up into its belly.

"Dearest treasure, don't you think your new friend would prefer to...clean itself?"

"IT is a 'he', Mama." Rich Cheese isn't at all bothered by the "cat"'s too sharp teeth.

It’s kind of a Hades and Persephone situation. They both adore Pure Vanilla and he loves both of them (this is a lot of simple if it’s a redemption au)

He spends time with White Lily when she comes around, and then the other with Shadow Milk who does live with him.

White Lily and Shadow Milk share silent tension, well White Lily does she’s more composed. Shadow Milk is just an ass but Pure Vanilla shuts him down if he says mean things.

Dark Cacaos home is facing a plague and blight that seem to be withering the people away day by day till there’s nothing left.

Hollyberry has noticed more and more people falling out of age old routines and into less strenuous practices, and the addition of odd flora.

Golden Cheeses home has been faced with raging storms that seem to go on for days at a time, destroying almost everything in its path.

And PV, relaying this info to his new partner is met with, “Oh, looks like the others woke up.” And a very dismissive shrug.

Pure Vanilla thought about questioning Shadow Milk about the other gods, but an ancient eldritch god with a penchant for trickery and chaos wasn't the most reliable source of information.

He looked at Shadow Milk, who didn't bother putting on his public disguise while they're safe at home. He's stretched out on the couch, Orchid's head on his stomach, and two of his books are floating by the side of his head that has the extra eyes.

He decided to write a letter asking White Lily (and Silent Salt) to visit so they can discuss the letters together.

If the other gods are waking up, something needs to be done so they don't accidentally (or on purpose) wipe out half the map.

Pure Vanilla put the letter in the mailbox, then decided to start tidying up. While he and Shadow Milk (and Orchid) were fine living in a rickety house held up by the columns of books stacked in nearly every doorway and corner, he knew White Lily deserved better.

"What is my precious little one doing?" Shadow Milk's voice followed him despite his body never leaving the couch.

"Cleaning. White Lily's coming to visit." Pure Vanilla answered.

"What?!" Shadow Milk melted from the wall beside him and blocked him from the kitchen, "You invited someone here?!"

"It IS my home, Shadow Milk." Pure Vanilla reminded him, "And if it is your friends that have woken up, they're causing destruction and chaos. White Lily is incredibly knowledgeable on these matters. She'll know what to do —," he tried to walk around him.

"Correction number one," Shadow Milk grabbed Pure Vanilla's hips and pushed him into the wall, "This is now my domain." As he spoke, he shrank, assuming his new human disguise, "Second," her voice came out sharp, "I do not want any cultists or scientists in my domain."

Shadow Milk's human disguise was a petite woman with long silvery-blonde hair. She had pale skin and mismatched eyelashes, and the side of his face that normally held his extra eyes was slightly scarred on his human disguise. She wore a black choker around her neck to hide her second mouth.

Pure Vanilla smiled lovingly at her and grabbed her hands off his hips to pull them to his lips, "She is not a cultist. Nor is she a scientist. She is an anthropologist."

Shadow Milk blushed and snarled at him, "So I am meant to play dutiful wife while your friend visits?"

"No," Pure Vanilla shook his head and began to kiss one of her wrists on the slits where her extra appendages hid. "She knows of the Elder Gods."

Shadow Milk's features softened, "She does, does she?"

Pure Vanilla hummed and pulled her closer, "Mhm," he quite easily found himself lost in the flavor of her. Shadow Milk's skin was always cold, but sweet, like an addictive cream he could sip on to his heart's content.

Shadow Milk purred and let him kiss her. He pushed her up against the opposite wall of the hallway and bent his head low to get at her neck. Shadow Milk gasped and dug her perfectly manicured nails into his shoulders. He grabbed her tighter and began to tug at the ribbons to her corset.

Shadow Milk pulled him back up and kissed him fiercely. Pure Vanilla moaned and immediately tilted his head to deepen the kiss and force his tongue into her mouth.

Shadow Milk's forked tongue pressed against his, playfully fighting his tongue back from suffocating her (she loved being rendered breathless by the mortal researcher). Pure Vanilla broke the kiss to breathe and he whined as the corset ribbons got caught.

Shadow Milk giggled, "You're still so needy." She purred.

"Please." Pure Vanilla pleaded.

Shadow Milk pulled them both back through the wall and dropped them through the ceiling over their bed. Her silvery-blonde hair flew everywhere, surrounding her like a halo.

The damned dress was still on her.

Pure Vanilla pawed at her hips, "Please, Shadow Milk." He kissed her throat, teasing the mouth behind the ribbon.

"Say it." Shadow Milk breathed in his ear.

"I," He sucked on her neck, "Pure Vanilla," He rolled their hips together and Shadow Milk whimpered. "Vow myself to you, Shadow Milk, God of Deceit, and Chaos."

As soon as his vow was said, their clothes vanished in a puff of stardust and Pure Vanilla groaned as he sank into her.

---

Pure Vanilla remained on top of Shadow Milk, lazily kissing and tonguing her second mouth on her throat.

Her nails raked through his hair, "So...how does your friend know the other gods so well?"

Pure Vanilla almost hadn't heard her, but when she pulled him off her other mouth, he breathed to return the oxygen to his brain.

"Huh..? O-oh, she worships one."

"I thought you said no cultist." Her voice was sharp and she kept him from kissing any more of her.

"She's not a cultist." Pure Vanilla shook his head.

"Then why does she worship one? Which one?" Shadow Milk's other eyes opened to glare at him.

"Silent Salt." Pure Vanilla answered plainly.

"SALT?!" Shadow Milk vanished from under him and reappeared in his smaller god-like form beside the bed, "YOU INVITED SALT HERE?!"

Pure Vanilla rolled over to look at him, "What? What's wrong..? I thought they were all your friends?" Of course...thinking about it now...Salt didn't seem overly fond of the other Gods.

"SALT'S THE REASON WE WERE SEALED IN THE FIRST PLACE!! OH! OH YOU IDIOT! OH! I COULD KILL YOU! I COULD RIP YOUR INTESTINES OUT THROUGH YOUR NAVEL AND TIE YOU TO THE FURTHEST SUNS FOR THIS!"

"Shadow Milk - SHADOW MILK!" Pure Vanilla ignored the threats on his life and grabbed Shadow Milk's hands, "It's okay! He can't hurt you!"

"YOU FOOL! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF!" Then his eyes all widened, "I have to go. H-He can't know I am here!"

"Wait — Shadow Milk!"

But the elder god had already transformed himself into a jackrabbit made of smoke and hopped through the walls.

Dark Choco got himself involved with a cult that ended up summoning the rest of Shadow Milk and Salt's friends and while Dark Choco has no idea where Sugar and Spice are he does know where Flour is because he follows him everywhere like a floating runalong. But for some reason it doesn't creep him out as much as it should. He's anger has been a lot more manageable, his stress levels are down and he now has this weird looking white dog that he's growing to love.

But as much as he life is feeling better he knows it's bound to end. Dark Choco was told that these being don't do anything for free and has been waiting for when Flour finally ask something from him. He didn't know what exactly Flour would want but the last thing he would have expected as for Flour to ask to meet his dad.

THE COD BEING THE REASON THE OTHERS ARE FREE IS SO GOOD!!

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The being made of Fog and limbs too many and too thin to be anything natural lingered, always just out of sight.

Anytime he focused on it for too long he'd start to cough up white, powdery phlegm.

He just had to keep walking.

All he needed to do was out distance between him and the scene of the crime.

He should've never listened to Red Velvet and Licorice. Those fools were messing with things beyond nature. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. It was pointless to think of it now...

It was pointless to think of...well...anything.

He sighed and leaned against a tree. His feet throbbed painfully in his boots, but the pain was...oddly numbing.

He heard the skittering of the Fog Creature behind him, "What," He panted miserably, "What do you want?" He asked.

"What I want is meaningless." A melodic, echoing voice purred. "What I need, however," one of the too long, too thin limbs reached out and pinched his cheeks. His skin burned and began to flake off (and yet...he wasn't troubled by this...).

After a lot of planning (and I mean a lot of planning, it's been over six weeks worth of it), they're prepared to enter the Garden of Longing. Pom Pom's also coming, prepared to heal anyone in need of it. She also has a crossbow (she's kinda hoping she can maybe shoot Sugar Glaze as revenge, even if it's unnecessary).

The garden is surprisingly easy to get into almost too easy, and it's unnaturally empty on the inside, putting all of them on edge...

They eventually split up to cover more ground, and Starlight makes it to a grape soda river, where he spots the Ache of Longing carrying what seems to be a small child. He instantly recognizes the child, and is horrified at what Sugar Glaze did to them...

The child's hair is a controlled mess of pink curls that fade into an almost familiar blonde at the ends. Their eyes are pink, but he see an undertone of blue hiding beneath the vibrant sheen. They look feverish, like they're about to pass out from illness...

Sugar Glaze calmly turns his head to look at him, poking Botrytis Berry's head to get their attention.

"Aww, look Sweetheart, daddy's finally come for a visit~!"

Starlight Vanilla saw red, "REHERSAL!" Several sapphires shot out from the gem in his staff.

Sugar Glaze Berry turned and spread his wings, shielding Botrytis Berry. The sapphires were poofed into powdered sugar as they passed through his wings. "Now, is that any way to treat your hubby? And in front of our baby, too?" He turned and Botrytis's head lolled back.

"GIVE THEM BACK, SUGAR GLAZE!" Starlight Vanilla shouted, "SHOWTIME!" A massive sapphire gem shimmered into existence above the two and exploded.

Sugar Glaze, once again, shielded them with his wings, "Be careful! You're going to hurt them."

Starlight Vanilla continued to swing his staff, blasting spell after spell at Sugar Glaze (who deflected each spell with his wings) until a crossbolt whizzed by his head and caught him between his shoulder blades.

Sugar Glaze screamed in agony and dropped Botrytis.

The Fount appeared from his shadow and caught his grandchild before vanishing.

Arms shaking, Starlight Vanilla didn't notice (he didn't care) and he continued to fire spell after spell at the fallen sugar angel until his papa's hands pulled his staff from his trembling hands.

Starlight Vanilla blinked out of his fury and took the first breath he had since he first saw his child limp and numb in Sugar Glaze's arms. His fingers and palms were black and crumbling. He gasped as the pain hit him all at once. His knees gave out, but Pom Pom caught him.

She was saying something but he couldn't hear her.

His heart pitter pattered painfully and he couldn't catch his breath. He kept staring at his hands as more of his dough crumbled away. Each crumb stung and left behind a tingling, burning sensation.

His vision grew blurry and he began to sob loudly. He could feel how loud his own sobs were. Pom Pom was shouting something over him.

Then, the familiar arms of his father picked him up and the sticky sweet background of the garden vanished. He wanted his child. He wanted his wife. Everything hurt! Everything HURT!!

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Pom Pom watched her adoptive parents remove spell after spell and cleanse potion after potion from her child's dough.

She should've waited for Sugar Glaze to turn around. His mother had been able to drag him away, back to her garden, so he'd live. Unfortunately. She should've gotten him in the chest.

And then there was her best friend — husband — she crossed the hall to where his dads were trying their damnedest to keep the rot from using Dark Moon Magic from crumbling any more of his hands.

Her face burned as she stood still in the hallway.

Her child was sick and on the verge of crumbling.

Her husband was corrupt and on the verge of crumbling.

She held her breath to keep from crying.

"Hey."

She gasped and looked up at Venom.

"They're gonna be okay." Venom held a hand out to her.

She took it.

"Salt will not let anything happen to Bo." Mold appeared on her other side.

"Mom's, unfortunately, an expert at crafting antidotes for illegal potions." Silverbell joined them.

"And The Fount of Knowledge and Truthless Recluse won't let anything happen to their son." Red Velvet, her adopted older brother, added gently.

"They'll be fiiine." Matcha nodded in agreement.

Truthless has the Brave Trio as his adopted children. He adopted them after they escaped the oven, a few months before he started actively beefing with Sage. Unfortunately for him the Brave Trio is still the Brave Trio so they deeply believe in the importance of the truth but he's fine with it. (No he's not)

And do to the fact that Sage's school is the only school in walking distance and Wizard Cookie really wants to learn all the magic he can Truthless lets them study at Sage's school without judgment. (He is judging because he could just teach it himself but whatever makes his children happy) Truthless has straight up walked right past Sage in disguise while getting his children from and to school but Sage has never said anything about it before. Truthless didn't understand why until he realized Sage didn't recognize him.

I 👏 LOVE 👏 FACE BLIND 👏 SAGE 👏

I imagine Sage asks where the motley lil family lives and Ginger "no social cues" brave answers:

"Oh, we live at the top of the peak there at the derelict castle! B-But don't worry, mister Sage, professor, sir! We've been helping fix it up!" 😋

And Sage is just like, "...You...You live uP THERE?!?"

Dark Cacao walking outside on for a midnight walk and seeing his son stare at a river with intent, an unnaturally lean creature hovering over him. He dashes over to Dark Choco, barely avoiding the pale creature's many hands as he pulls his son away from it. Dark Choco doesn't react to his touch, and just stares into the distance, his breathing fainter than it should be...

The creature stares at him with what he thinks is amusement, and slowly steps(?) towards him, its form slowly changing until it resembles a tall, scarily thin woman. It doesn't speak, but he gets the message anyways,

"I need YOU"

Dark Cacao glares at the being, "Need me for what?" He growls.

"My history to you is meaningless, but," One spindly finger reaches out and taps his forehead.

Memories of a God, scornfully sealed for falling to apathy and seeking protection from the God that sealed its power away flood his mind. Less a string of actual memories, more a narrative that only ends when the god pulls her finger away.

"I need your resolute nature to vow yourself to me." The god says, her voice hoarse and low, "With your worship, I shall stave off being sealed once more."

"And why would I do that?"

The god curls one hand into a fist and his son gasps for air, his eyes flying wide open.

"I could end his life —,"

Dark Cacao's heart skips, "Stop! Stop whatever hold you have on him at once!!" He shouts, desperate panic clawing at his voice.

The god releases her fist and Dark Choco lets out a few shuddering breaths before relaxing.

"Or I could save it."

Dark Cacao glowers up at her, "You have poisoned my son as leverage! I'll kill —!!" He quickly silences himself when the god raises her hand again.

Botrytis Berry only making a partial recovery due to how long they went without treatment. They're mostly okay, but they've been acting strange since their rescue. No one expected them to immediately bounce back, but their behavior just feels... Wrong. Truthless almost immediately understands what happening, due to how long he spent as the Fount's Doll, and is horrified his granddaughter is going through the same thing he went through...

That whole chunk of the family is...

Not Doing Great.

Pom Pom nearly lost her husband and child in one fell swoop.

Botrytis Berry is no longer her smiley child. They're not curious, don't play with their favorite toy or any of their favorite games, even spending time with their aunts and uncles and grandparents is different...quieter.

Pom Pom can't remember the last time her child laughed or, ovens, even the last time they smiled.

They just sit. And stare. And cough.

And her husband...her best friend...her person...

Starlight Vanilla can't move without being in an incredible amount of pain. His father was able to stop the corruption at his palms, but his hands had to be permanently bandaged.

He can't even stay awake for more than a few minutes at a time before the pain becomes so unbearable and he passes out.

Pom Pom can't lose him...

Truthless Recluse visits their home more. He says he understands what Bo is going through. "It may take some time...but...I'm confident they'll come back."

Pom Pom doesn't answer. She lets him take care of her child so she can take care of her husband.

"You stupid idiot." She wishes it didn't hurt her to touch other cookies. She wanted to hold his hand. "You stupid, stupid fool."

If she'd had known he was gonna fly off the handle like that, she would have never let him wander off on his own.

so in english it's "I never knew you were a hugger" which is incredibly painful and all that

and so I went to check out the norwegian dub for shits n giggles and to laugh at the voices and mf sonic says "I KNEW you were a hugger!"

I NEED TO BE SEDATED

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edit 2: NEW LANGUAGES!!! IT GETS CUTER FOR EVERY FUCKING DUB

@dykedandelion: sonic in french says "ON A JAMAIS ÉTÉ AUSSI PROCHE" which means "WE'VE NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE"

I checked the swedish dub and sonic says: "TÄNK ATT DU KAN VARA SÅ KRAMIG" which means something like "TO THINK THAT YOU CAN BE SO HUGGABLE"=!"=)!)"!=

@lephalacat courteously gave me a heart attack by giving the korean dub, where sonic says: "너한테 안기는 날이 오다니" which means "I CAN'T BELIEVE THE DAY ARRIVED FOR ME TO GET HUGGED BY YOU"

with the combined effort of @wackyunicornart and @dykedandelion they've expertly deduced what sonic says in the dutch dub: "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE SUCH A CUDDLER" i need aIR

@shadowthehedgehog swooped in with a delicious spanish one where sonic says: "QUIEN DIRÍA QUE TE GUSTABA ABRAZAR" which is "WHO KNEW YOU LIKED TO HUG" I NEED TO SIT IN A CORNER AND CRY

@luankuro in Portuguese sonic says something akin to "DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE SO AFFECTIONATE/TENDER" THIS SEASON HAS RUINED ME

@tenebraevesper graciously handed over both the croatian dub and the german dub; both of them just as DEVASTATING - in croatian, sonic says: "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU LIKE TO HUG", and in german, he says: "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTO HUGGING" THESE HEDGEHOGS ARE GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME

I will join @kyri45 in their several several processing business days after the italian dub was revealed to have sonic say: "I DIDN'T SEE YOU AS SUCH AN AFFECTIONATE TYPE"

@polaris-reblog and from the left field we have an INCREDIBLE Thai dub with sonic that says: "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D BE THE TYPE TO CARRY/PICK PEOPLE UP" CAN I GET A WAHOO

@windpolygon comes in with an absolute gem in russian: "DO YOU LIKE/LOVE TO HUG" SO WHAT IF HE DOES

@transgender-battlekukku runs in with Brazilian Portuguese that has sonic say: "EU NÃO SABIA QUE VOCÊ ERA TÃO CARINHOSO" which they so lovingly translate to "I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE SO LOVING/AFFECTIONATE" FELLAS WE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER BEFORE TODAY

the polish version, given by @hereissananxiousmess, has sonic being a sMARTASS, saying: "AH SO YOU DO LIKE TO HUG" JESUS CHRIST THIS GETS CUTER EACH TIME

the Galician version has me by the tHROAT okay @shadowthtrash so in this version sonic says: "Nunca pensei que me foses levar no colo" which means "I'VE NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD CRADLE ME AROUND" OUEGHR that's so cute

@mmiriozuzo turkish dub and sub is sO sweet honestly bc in the dub he says: "Sarılmayı sevdiğini hiç bilmiyordum", which translates to "I NEVER KNEW YOU LIKED HUGGING" while the turkish sub writes: "Sen sarılmayı sever miydin?" which means "SO YOU LIKE HUGGING?"

@ash-doodles-stuff went for my soul by revealing what the japanese and hindi version says; in Japanese, sonic says: "TO BE HELD IN YOUR ARMS" SONIC PLEASE - in the hindi version he says: "DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIKED HUGS AND STUFF" OEURGH I'LL NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THESE

@sonicposting joins the bandwagon by announcing the romanian version has sonic saying: "n-am știut că-ți place în brațe", which means something like "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIKE BEING HELD" although "it's hard to translate, but the way it is phrased implies that sonic didn't know shadow likes being held" THESE DUBS WILL END ME ONE DAY

@cosmicgirlypop runs in with the Arabic dub, where sonic says: "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIKE HUGS!" this is the yEAR OF SONADOW PEOPLE BC SHADOW SAYS "STAY WITH ME SONIC" AS A RESPONSE

@geek-leak slides in with the Finnish dub that has sonic saying: "En tiennyt et oot halijäbä" which roughly translates to "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A HUGGER-DUDE/HUG-DUDE" he truly is a smartass even when dying god bless

@indigocloudofnarcolepsy sprints in with a gem in hungarian, where sonic says: "Nem tudtam, hogy ölelkezős vagy!" which is "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE A HUGGER" EVERY VARIANT IS SO CUTE

@scarlets-land-of-chaos-and-men NO EXPLANATION NEEDED BUT I NEED AIR

@darkmatters-ghost decided to decimate my every molecule with the Mandarin Chinese version where sonic says: "我不知道你喜欢抱抱， 啊。" bào (抱) means cuddle, and if you say a verb twice, it makes it informal and cutesy. Basically, he said, "aw, I didn't know you were such a cuddle-bug!"

C U D D L E B U G

suffice to say I think english is the glaring, obvious outlier here JHDJHDS