---Time's POV---

Sabre sighed with a small laugh behind it, glancing at Light, Elemental and Galaxy who were all standing around Sabre and Time. "Well, you might need to sit down for this..."

Elemental hopped down next to Time. Galaxy walked over and sat behind Time and Elemental.
Light sat next to Sabre.

Sabre took a deep breath and launched into a story/explanation.
"So, turns out that I do have powers. I had forgotten them ages ago, when I first met Memory. Not when I dealt with him in the Yellow Kingdom, I actually had met him earlier, before I met any of you. Corrections, before any of you were created."

Galaxy stared at Sabre, looking shocked.

"You existed before even Galaxy was created? But that was ages ago!" Light exclaimed.

"Yep! And if that comes as a shock to you all, you can't imagine what comes next!" Sabre grinned, for some reason loving the suspense he was creating.

Galaxy's eyes widened, as if remembering something.

Sabre grinned at him, then continued.
"Origin isn't the Creator of the World, and he was created just like all the other Steves he created.
...
I created the world, and Origin."

There was stunned silence before Elemental screamed.

"What?!?!?" Elemental leapt to his feet, clutching his head with wide eyes.

Time sat there, mouth dropped open.
Galaxy stared at the ground, looking like he was processing his entire life.
Light was blinking at Sabre, as if he needed Sabre to repeat what he said.

Sabre chuckled at their reactions.

"That's why you had wings and also revived after being killed!" Time gasped.

"Yeah, that's correct!" Sabre grinned.

"Wait, wings?" Elemental asked, sounding very confused.

"Oh, yeah. Only Time saw those." Sabre spoke as he summoned his wings, stretching them out.

Light ducked under one, and the other one couldn't stretch out to its full length because it would've collided with a nearby pillar.

"Whoa." All of the Steves gasped.
"I saw your wings, but they were folded. I didn't realise how long they were." Time murmured.

Sabre laughed. "They are quite long." They were about 2x the length of his arms, he realised as he folded them back in.

"So...you have powers? Is it only fireballs or are there others?" Galaxy asked, shuffling in his seating position.

"There are other powers. Well, could I create a world and Origin with only fireballs?" Sabre chuckled and got a laugh from the group.

Sabre twitched his wings and then frowned.
"Uhm...what do we do about Rainbow?" Sabre asked awkwardly, not wanting to bring down the mood but they needed to talk about it.

Everyone went silent.
They all looked guilty and sad.

"We should figure that out tomorrow. It's getting late." Light stood up with a tired and sad sigh.

The group nodded, remembering that the sun was setting and that they were tired from the mission.

They all headed off to their houses to sleep. Sabre didn't feel like sleeping, and wasn't even sure if he could sleep after what had happened.

But he eventually fell asleep, mainly from exhaustion but he also was going to train with Other Sabre.

Instead of instantly going to train with Other Sabre, memories and false scenarios haunted him.
It was mostly about Rainbow and Void.

Void floated above the group, holding all of the Crystals.
He laughed, victorious and powerful.
He absorbed the Crystals and the world started to crumble around Sabre.

Elemental, for some reason he was the only one there in that nightmare, screamed as he stood next to Sabre.

Elemental disappeared as he fell into the cracks of the Earth. As much as Sabre tried to move, to reach out and save him, he just stood there in shock.

Void's laughs echoed in his ears and the shaking and roaring of the crumbling earth was a catastrophic sound.

But it all went silent as one voice rang through the air.

"Sabre?"

Sabre gasped and whipped around to see Rainbow standing behind Void.

He was half covered in darkness, but it looked like ooze dripping down his side. It was as if Rainbow had been splashed with black paint on one side.

The two stared at eachother a bit.

"Sabre?"
Rainbow asked again.

Suddenly, Sabre could move and speak.
"Yes, Rainbow, it's me!" He stepped forward.

"Sabre, I don't understand." Rainbow murmured as Sabre walked closer. Although it didn't seem much of a distance, it felt like forever to get close to Rainbow.

"What? What do you mean? What don't you understand?" Sabre asked, reaching towards Rainbow but still feeling so far away, as if Rainbow was moving further away instead of closer.

"This. Don't you see? The world." Rainbow tilted his head, the darkness on his head spreading like wet paint across his face and down his neck.

"Rainbow, stop, man, you're freaking me out." Sabre paused, shivers going down his spine as Rainbow stared at him emotionlessly.

"You're the one making yourself freak out. Don't tell me you believe you can get me back?" Rainbow seemed to have a look of taunting pity.

Sabre glared at him. "You're not real, you're a dream!"

"And yet you're still trying to get to me. To find me. To free me. But I've already been freed. The Darkness is freedom. It's blissful ignorance. Maybe you'd like to try it? You're already mad with grief." Rainbow taunted him.

Sabre stepped back, but then ran forward.

He finally reached Rainbow and reached forward to grab his arm.

Rainbow suddenly started cracking. Black cracks shot up his arm and throughout his body.

Sabre stepped back and screamed, but it was soundless.
He felt his wing flare but suddenly they were covered in darkness and then fell off.

Sabre kept screaming as Rainbow started to disappear.

"You will always regret losing me, Sabre. But there was nothing you could do." Rainbow muttered before he turned into black and rainbow smoke and faded into the air.

Sabre was going to cry, but before he could, the ground opened up underneath him and he was falling.

Sabre screamed again, the dark abyss swallowing him before he seemingly woke up.

Sabre shot up to find himself lying on grass, surrounded by flowers and bright colours. Birds chirped overhead and gentle clouds rolled around in the blue sky above him. This did nothing to calm his panic though.

Sabre glanced around frantically to see Other Sabre sitting nearby. He walked over once he saw Sabre was awake and lay down next to him.

"I'm sorry you had that nightmare." He had a pitiful expression on his face.

"H-how did you know I had a nightmare?" Sabre asked, mouth feeling dry. He was sweating and heavily breathing like he'd just ran a marathon.

"We are the same person. I'm from the past, present and future." Other Sabre explained mysteriously, then a slightly unamused expression formed, "and also I can see into your mind. I knew you'd fallen asleep but you weren't here yet, so I checked on you and...saw it..."

"..."
The two Sabres sat in silence for a moment, but then Other Sabre forced a grin on his face.

"Shall we try something new? To get your mind off of everything troubling you." Other Sabre suggested with a smile. This did help Sabre calm down a little.

Sabre smiled back, feeling a bit better, and also excited to learn a new power.

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Yay!!!
Angst, nightmares and slight foreshadowing for Sabre!!!
Also new power. :>

Hope you enjoyed this Chapter, and have a great day/night!!