((Hhhhhhh I decided to do an angsty/depressing bit and stuff…sorry if any of this is grossly out-of-line with your headcanons or anything…or we could just pull typical homestuck shenanigans, throw our hands up in the air, and call this a dead timeline/AU. Sure, why not.))
"If only I’d just gone over when she called."
Leona had to admit, Feferi was certainly the oddest friend she had in her little rogue’s gallery of acquaintances: a grey-skinned, orange-horned, simply gargantuan alien troll who not only dwarfed her, but was an Heiress to the throne of her world and was only growing larger with time. Feferi completely defied her circumstances, however, living happily, maintaining a joyous, loving personality that never ceased to amaze, and inspire, the much, much smaller giantess. If only she’d known…
…if only she’d known more about the Condesce, more about the nature of the hemocaste system, more about Alternian ruling customs and laws, more about her friend’s life in general…maybe, maybe then she could have done something. Something insignificant, naturally, in the face of two simply gargantuan tyrianbloods fighting for supremacy, anything, anything would have helped, but Feferi…
"Feferi…I should have known, I’m so sorry…"
The Condesce was a cruel, evil being, a destroyer of worlds, a troll with a sole thought on her mind, and there was no hesitation when Feferi and her finally had their showdown. Feferi’s message, complete with coordinates for use with some sort of teleporter that could be utilized by those that had played that Sgrub game or whatever, had been a mass message, sent to everyone of her friends who had technology capable of picking up cross-dimensional/cross-timeline communications, a final, desperate plea for help. Everyone had known how urgent it was: Feferi never would have asked for help in her ever-looming battle with the Condesce, never would have put her friends in danger unless she truly, deeply needed their help…and Leona hadn’t opened it. She had been busy at the time, busy swimming out in the bay, practicing the self-confidence she had learned from her gargantuan friend. The irony stuck in her side like a thorn.
Feferi was gone, conquered, and yet, even as Leona stared off into the starry sky, into the vast void of space, stars glittering onward as if nothing had happened, remembering her friend, she couldn’t help but feel that maybe, maybe if she had just done her one, tiny, insignificant part, maybe Feferi wouldn’t have perished…Â