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⍙⊑⟒⋏ ⌰⟟⎎⟒ ⍀⟒⎎⎍⌇⟒⌇ ⎅⟒⏃⏁⊑ ⟟⏁ ⌇⊑⏃⌰⌰ ⏚⟒ ☍⋏⍜⍙⋏...
⏁⊑⟒ ⍙⍜⍀⌰⎅ ⎎⎍⌰⌰ ⍜⎎ ⌿⟒⏃☊⟒ ⌇⊑⏃⌰⌰ ⋏⍜⏁ ⌰⏃⌇⏁ ⌰⍜⋏☌...
⏃⌇ ⎅⏃⍀☍⋏⟒⌇⌇ ⌇⊑⏃⌰⌰ ⎅⟒⌇⏁⍀⍜⊬ ⏁⊑⟟⋏⟒ ⍙⍜⍀⌰⎅...
⏃⌰⏃⌇, ⏃ ☊⍜⍜☍⟟⟒ ⌇⊑⏃⌰⌰ ⎅⟒⌇⏁⍀⍜⊬ ⏁⊑⟟⌇ ⏁⊑⍀⟒⏃⏁ ⍜⋏☊⟒ ⏃⋏⎅ ⎎⍜⍀ ⏃⌰⌰...
⏃⌰⍜⋏☌ ⍙⟟⏁⊑ ⏁⊑⟒ ⟒⌰⟒⋔⟒⋏⏁⌇ ⏁⊑⟒⊬ ⌇⊑⏃⌰⌰ ⌿⍀⟒⌿⏃⍀⟒...
⎎⍜⍀ ⏁⊑⟒ ⎎⟟☌⊑⏁ ⏃⊑⟒⏃⎅ ⎎⍜⍀ ⍙⊑⏃⏁ ⟟⌇ ⏁⍜ ☊⍜⋔⟒...
⏁⊑⟟⌇ ⍙⍜⍀⌰⎅ ⟟⌇ ⋏⍜⏁ ☊⍜⋔⌿⌰⟒⏁⟒ ⍙⟟⏁⊑⍜⎍⏁ ⌿⟒⏃☊⟒...
⏁⊑⟒ ⌰⟟☌⊑⏁ ⏚⍀⟟⋏☌⟒⍀ ⌇⊑⏃⌰⌰ ⌇⏃⎐⟒ ⏁⊑⟟⌇ ⍙⍜⍀⌰⎅ ⍜⋏☊⟒ ⋔⍜⍀⟒...
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Yelling, screaming, snarling and so on can be heard throughout the blizzard.

A kingdom which is normally fond of every environment and can adapt to it, cannot simply adapt to the blizzard.

A king who descends from a royal family known for it's undying and non-crumbling dough against the blizzards fights against a cake army who seeks to destroy one of the famous kingdoms along with the other five.

The Azure king who travels the skies on his Azure Cotton Dragon, a young overgrown one in fact, fights against the most powerful dark magic user in Earthbread to ever exist.

Running away from said army is the Chantilly Cream Queen who runs to the most nearby kingdom and where she truly descended from. In the Queens arms cradled a newborn cookie that had just been born into the world.

She ran as she bled her strawberry jam from giving life as she took hits from the raging cake hounds and cake wolfs.

The newborn cookie whimpered as he sensed his mothers sadness and grief...

She ran until she was finally at the Vanillian King's doorstep.

Placing down a basket as she gently kissed her newborn son on the forehead and placed him and a note on top of the newborn in the very basket...

She didn't know if he would hear as the blizzard raged even harder...

The Queen sighed.

She banged on the door with her first so hard that it could be heard throughout the Vanilla Kingdom...

The newborn cookie wailed.

She ran with a fake basket she brought along to trick the Dark forces after what she truly carried before leaving behind. She ran and ran until...

She saw her husband. Her King along with his dragon dead at the spot where Dark Enchantress Cookie stood.

...

She was surrounded.

"This is a sight you should behold, but instead you are in fear." The Dark Magic user laughed menacingly.

"Whatever you're looking for, it isn't here..." The tired and beaten down Queen spoke softly.

"HA! I don't believe you a single bit! Red Velvet Cookie, check the basket!" Dark Enchantress yelled boastfully.

Red Velvet forced the basket and checked under the cover and...

...

It wasn't there...

"It... Isn't in here..." Red Velvet muttered fearfully.

"WHAT?!" Dark Enchantress yelled.

She checked the basket and...

The thing they are truly looking for isn't there in the slightest...

"You... YOU...!" Dark Enchantress yelled.

The Queen was hopeful and not filled with a sense of dread.

She felt it. He was safe. He was going to be with a true family away from the darkness...

"YOU SAINT!!!!" She yelled as she casted a huge beam heading for the Queen and...

...

The area became silent...

"We're leaving, come." Dark Enchantress said in defeat.

They vanished without a trace leaving the King, Queen, and Azure Cotton Dragon laying dead on the ground.

Two lives had been erased from existence while one had drew in its first breath.

May the child be greeted and protected by the elements when time comes...

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The Vanilla King sits on his bed as he's reading a book on how to reverse dark magic.

Ever since what happened to White Lily Cookie he's been trying to know how to reverse the dark magic she purposefully implemented onto herself.

She shielded herself from t̶̳͔͐̔̽͑͆̆h̴̛͖̮̻̹͔̰̉̄̋̆̈̈́͌͊̑̉̓́̕̕͠e̶̡̢̨̩̭̙͎̘̗̬͙̝̪̙͓̞͈͕͍̾̽́́͐̒̀̇̂̈́̈́͊̀̽͊͐͐̅́̾̈́̑̑͘ͅ ̷̢̩̟͔͈̝͋͗̎̄̀͋͊͂͒̄̾͐̂̏̑̈́͛̚̕͜g̵̢̢̹͚͇̪̪̰͕͚̱͚͔͋̓̈͌͊̚ͅḯ̶̢̛̼͇̙̼̋̈́̇̆̀̎͂͗̑͑́̓̃͐͌͑͘͘͜͠͝n̶̨̮̻̼̩̓̓̋̿̎̈́̽́̍͌́͊̄͘͝͝͝ģ̸̘͙̤͈̱͇͙͈̪̒̐̈́̓̇͂̌̐ͅȩ̶̡̺̻̰͉̩͍̦͉̰͈̜͓̘͕̝̱͚̪͓̄̔̑͒̏̇̀͒̓͘̕ͅr̸̢̡̢̲͖͚̟͖̪͉̳̰͈̠̹̹̳͎̯͉͉̖̬̔ͅ ̴̢̗̞͎̬̼̥͚̻̳̦͎̙̌̇̔̍͋̈́̄̃͊͊̄͑̄̒̾̽̚̕͝s̶̡̛̟̞̠͇̟̗͖͓͖̪̙̯̤̻̺̔͒̏̾͗̐̾̑͊̃̂̏̽͌̕͜͠n̷̛̠̳̣̻̻̩͔̼͓̺̩͕͗͗̾́̑̂͆̅̈́͂̓̅͛̿͂͊͂́̐̆͘̚̕ằ̶̪̹̊̌́̓͋̀̉̅̅̀̐̒͠p̶̛͑͛͌͋́̌͆̿͐̒͜ to make her the new dark enchantress and not Pure Vanilla Cookie.

"Hey Pure Vanilla Cookie?" Hollyberry asked with worry.

"Yes Hollyberry Cookie?" Pure Vanilla asked softly but with a hint of sadness.

"I know you're trying to learn how to revert the process, but it's just tiring you out right now..." Hollyberry mentioned.

"I do agree with Hollyberry Cookie. You truly seem exhausted..." Dark Cacao agreed.

"I also agree with her. You didn't get enough sleep ever since 11:00 pm last night when we confronted whatever T̸̡̘͔̫̻͒H̸̢̙̻͈̮̺̗̝͓̩̲͔̻̥͓̹͇̰͇͖͕̜͇͓̥̙̺͔̱̳̺̮̟͙̦͑̈́͗̌͜͝ͅĄ̴̢̙̤̖͎̬̥̮̫͚͋̄̊̾T̴̨̢̧̧̨͚̟͖̖̪͍͚̟̜̞̮̀̆͂̃̌̏̀́̓̋̅̈́̈́̇́̒̽̓̓̂͘͜͝ was and well..." Golden Cheese stopped... and so did everyone else.

They were about to say goodnight to Pure Vanilla and head off to sleep until...

*BANG BANG BANG*

Loud banging can be heard outside that made everyone look at each other and stop whatever they were doing.

"I'll go check, you should get rest my dear friends..." Pure Vanilla sighed.

However, when he got to the entryway, something felt off. There were sounds of crying like...

A child in the snow...

He flung the door open and the cries growing louder in volume.

His eyes widened at the sight when he looked down.

A baby in a basket with a note on top who still bore stains of birth.

Pure Vanilla quickly picked up the basket and ran into his room.

"What is that?" Golden Cheese said as she suddenly stopped walking at the sounds of a crying baby echoing throughout the Vanilla castle.

Pure Vanilla quickly came into his room and placed the basket down complete with the child and the note on top.

"Pure Vanilla Cookie what's going on?!" Hollyberry Cookie said.

"This child has been left at the doorstep! He's ice cold!" Pure Vanilla said frantically as he picked up the newborn baby.

Hollyberry saw that the baby's cries were slightly weakening.

"Hurry with the supplies! I know the child's going to be hungry!" Hollyberry said to the Vanilla Kingdoms healers.

Golden Cheese and Dark Cacao also helped with the supplies including a crib and other supplies.

Pure Vanilla held the child close to his chest causing the child to gradually stop shivering extremely, now only squirming lightly along with ceasing the crying because of the gentle and soft figure that held them as they sensed."

Hollyberry checked up on her friend and the child to make sure they were ok.

"Pure Vanilla Cookie, how is the young one doing?" Hollyberry asked.

He nodded and told him that he and the child were fine.

"Well, do you remember about teaching you how to feed one?" She asked as she handed a bottle towards him.

Pure Vanilla gave the child the bottle and held it while the newbord was feeding.

Hollyberry stayed for a while until the child was done feeding and so forth.

Hollyberry then told Pure Vanilla goodnight before heading off to bed.

Pure Vanilla read a note that was on top the the newborn child.

It read:

"To my father,

Dark Enchantress Cookie attacked not only me and my husband, but also the Kingdom of Time as well.
They were specifically after our child who was just born two hours ago.
Our son is named Gingerbrave, please take care of him.
I do not know why they were after Gingerbrave specifically, but they were.
Please take care of our baby boy.
Signed,

Chantilly Cream Cookie."

Pure Vanilla was saddened by this fact. But if a new life survived, then it truly wasn't the end.

"Don't worry Gingerbrave..." Pure Vanilla spoked softly.

"I will take care of you until I falter..."

Pure Vanilla Cookie then fell asleep along with a newborn Gingerbrave.

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Where am I...?

Gingerbrave sees himself on a small island around an ocean of... moonlight?

As he got up and stared into the starry sea he touched it and reeled back when it also burnt for some reason. "Ow! Why is the sea so warm?!"

Yes, We'd advise you to not touch it...

He looked around for the strange voices appearing to seemingly come from his head. "Hello? Who are you?"

He didn't get a response but only a chuckle from one of the voices resonating with the... trees?

There wasn't any trees here before, so why...? 

We're here to talk to you Gingerbrave...

He flinched as he then saw some of the ocean become a sea of fire. He wanted to put it out but couldn't due to part of the ocean becoming fire itself.

There was then a starry sky above him and the starry ocean then became a sea of purity. What's going on here? Am I dreaming?

He blinked once and then saw 5 beings made of light in front of him. He then became nervous of these cookies and what they truly want from him.

Gingerbrave... At last we meet... We finally get to talk to you... After all this time...

"Who are you? And what do you want from me?" As he somehow triggered something, the cookies then materialized and revealed 5 mystical looking cookies. He then became scared, the opposite of his name.

We just wanted to see how you're doing! Of course we'll see ya!

Fire Spirit Cookie, at least be a bit more formal will you?

But Windy, I'm a material gurl! What more do you want from me?

Gingerbrave must've had laughed because the green cookie stared at him but smiled as he stared.

It's all right Wind Archer Cookie... Let him have a bit of fun...

Wind Archer stared at Millennial Tree as he then agreed to his words.

Gingerbrave... The warmth from your heart allowed us to talk with you...

I am glad to be talking to you in your dreams...

The young ginger cookie asked them why they only wanted to check up on him. As it triggered something yet again, Millennial Tree sighed,

Darkness is afoot in this world... It seeks to destroy this very world we call home...

"But why?! Why would it destroy Earthbread?!" Gingerbrave yelled with shock.

The darkness is nearing to reform itself from the very negative emotions of life... Earthbread is nearing its last breath...

Gingerbrave looked up at Sea Fairy with shock. Why? Why would darkness destroy everything? Can't it just get along in balance with the light?

Because darkness has grew tired of this worlds existence... It's causing a lot of pain to life itself...

Gingerbrave filled with even more shock turned his head to Moonlight.

That is why we're asking...

The sky then began to grow... dark?

Gingerbrave, we'll talk later! And this isn't fake or anything! This is real, believe us!

"Gingerbrave!"

He then opened his eyes to see Wizard staring at him. How long did I sleep...?

"Gingerbrave, you overslept this morning! We've been trying to get you to wake up!"

"Are you ok Gingerbrave...? You're normally not like this..." Strawberry said next.

"What time is it...?"

"I don't fucking know. Look at the clock Ginger B!" His friend Chili Pepper pointed at the clock next to him.

11:55 AM

"Oh witches! I slept too long!" Gingerbrave then got up from bed and got ready for the day. He ran out of his room when ready and saw the Ancients talking.

"Pure Vanilla Cookie!" Gingebrave yelled excitedly.

"Ah Gingerbrave, good afternoon! I was wondering when you'll wake up!" Pure Vanilla said happily. The young cookie then hugged Pure Vanilla. After that, he continued to talk with the ancients.

"You slept for quite a while kiddo! Must've got some good sleep eh?" Hollyberry questioned happily.

Gingerbrave then stood silently, wondering what the legends really meant...

Because darkness has grew tired of this worlds existence... It's causing a lot of pain to life itself...

"Gingerbrave, are you alright?" Golden Cheese asked with worry. Gingerbrave thought to himself what this darkness truly was...

"Guys, may I tell you something?" The young cookie asked. The Ancients then stared at each other knowing it's time.

"Well we can go to the local tea shop, would you like to come?" Pure Vanilla asked. Gingerbrave then excitedly accepted the offer.

As they walked to the tea shop and greeted by the cookies of the Vanilla Kingdom, Dark Cacao mentioned something to Pure Vanilla. "Pure Vanilla Cookie... We need to tell the very secret we've been keeping from Gingerbrave and talk to him about it. He can't be hidden from this secret any longer." Dark Cacao talked to Pure Vanilla cookie through his soul jam. "I know, which is why we're going to the tea shop. To talk over it with some tea..." 

Talking through the soul jam can be only used and be heard by soul jam users. "Yeah, that's a good idea. I've been wanting some tea for a-" Hollyberry was then cut off by an unexpected cookie.

"What are you talking about?" Gingerbrave asked curiously. When they got to the doors of local tea shop, they looked at him with shock. How did he- HOW DOES HE KNOW WE'RE- Hollyberry thought with shock as she listed all the reasons on how he even understood what they were saying and how he- it's not possible. It SHOULDN'T be possible. There was only Five of them. They only knew each other and know that they were the only ones with a soul jam. THEN HOW DID HE-

She was then cut off by Pure Vanilla telling her that he'll explain more about it.

Later on when the four ancients and the ginger child sat down with their tea, Pure Vanilla began to speak. "Gingerbrave... we need to tell you something." Gingerbrave then turned his head towards Pure Vanilla and spoke. "Yeah Pure Vanilla Cookie? What's going on?" They had a little conversation before Hollyberry then added herself. "Gingerbrave, did you hear us talk through the soul jam?" Gingerbrave the agreed with confusion. "I did, but I don't know how I did... I just don't know how..." He already knew about the Grieving Past that was his parents, so maybe this was something else very important.

"Gingerbrave... Why did you sleep for so long? Did you go out at night again?" Golden Cheese asked. Gingerbrave shook his head in denial. "Huh, that's strange... did you have a nightmare?" The question triggered something to Gingrebrave about the question.

The Dream! He didn't know why he had it and he couldn't even know what the Ancients were saying with the soul jams before... Did the dream do something that changed him a little...? "Guys, may I tell you something?" The young cookie asked. The Ancients then nodded their head to the question and waited for an answer until he was ready. Gingerbrave nervously sighed and told them. "I've been having this dream for a few days now. This one being more different from the last time. There were five cookies, but they looked like the elements themselves... I don't know why but they somehow knew who I was and wanted to talk to me. They said something about darkness reforming and destroying Earthbread because it grew tired of it... They were going to ask me something, but I don't know what it was..." 

"And who were these cookies?" Hollyberry asked nervously knowing what's going on. Gingebrave then answered the cookies... names? How did he know all of this? "Their names were Fire Spirit Cookie, Wind Archer Cookie, Sea Fairy Cookie, Moonlight Cookie and Millennial Tree Cookie."

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Simple as fuck. Also

RETURN TO WORLD AND GET ONLINE HUNTERS. THE MONSTERS WON'T HUNT THEMSELVES.

Also (again) finals for this semester are done and i've been procrastinating on my two works for quite a damn while. Working on new chapter.

Enjoy life and don't kill yourselves.