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Welcome to the end game.

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Damion was getting cocky. He was quite loudly bragging to Janus how nothing could stop him as long as Roman was wrapped around his finger. Janus just stayed quiet listening to Damion brag. He was to focused on keeping out the thoughts that said, what if Virgil didn't have a plan-? That couldn't be true- because Curiosity had reassured him that Virgil had a plan, and Janus trusted him. It still didn't make this suck any less, because why would it.

Tim was with Virgil going over the plan before the wedding tonight. "What if I can't handle it??" Virgil said over the hair drier.

"Then Logan and the others will buy us some time. Plus I wouldn't recommend a plan I thought you couldn't handle, I may look like an eight-year-old but I'm not as dumb as one." Virgil nodded and continued to dry his hair. He was nervous now, but hopefully when he entered the moment the anxiety would subside and he could do his job. He never thought there'd be a moment when he chose to fight but the universe was full of surprises. It was a major surprise when a ghost of basically his past life showed up and started helping him.

"Alright, can we go over the plan again-" Tim nodded in agreement.

"So this morning I go see Janus and go over the plan with him again, then I lay low for the rest of the day until the wedding, Logan and the others will come in with the distraction and start the fight- then you take over for as long as possible and hopefully kill Damion," Virgil said, Tim nodded along.

"That's how it should go, and sometime in-between we Janus out of there." Virgil took a deep breath as he turned off the hair dryer and put it to the side. Then Virgil shoed Tim out so he could get dressed. When he was done he headed off to eat some breakfast, he hoped for something good.

Virgil sat down at the breakfast table. A plate of fluffy pancakes sat in front of him, a servant walked up to him and poured some syrup on them and place a glass of orange juice at the table. He was working up the courage to ask Roman about seeing Janus before he arrived. It was a more difficult task than expected.

Roman finally arrived with Damion tailing him reading a book with no title. Damion went to stand off to the side creepily and Roman sat down across from Virgil where his own stack of pancakes sat.

Virgil took a deep breath of courage, "So- I was wondering-"

"Yes dear?"

Virgil didn't appreciate being interrupted, "I was wondering if I could see Janus before the wedding- I want to say goodbye forever."

"Last time you saw Janus he overpowered you and took you away from me!"

"Roman I'm not weak! He just caught me off guard," Virgil hated lying- why did the cover they come up with have to make him sound like an wuss!

"Fine- you can see him but I guard is coming with you, no arguing." Virgil didn't argue, he could manage to keep one guard quiet.

Virgil walked to the dungeon tailed by a generic guard Roman had summoned. The guard stayed quiet and gripped onto the sword he had. The poor guy probably thought Janus was a vicious dragon or a powerful sorcerer. Virgil wouldn't put it passed Roman to make Janus seem as bad as possible in the minds of his creations. Virgil saw Tim waiting outside the door that lead to the dungeon. Tim looked at the guard then back at Virgil. He floated over next to Virgil as they walked.

The guard couldn't see Tim coming when they reached the bottom of the stairs. Tim kicked him in the nuts and Virgil quickly took action pulling out a pocket knife and holding it to the guards throat. From the guards perspective he'd just been kicked in the nuts by a particularly strong gust of wind and now had a knife to his throat.

"If you agree to keep what's about to happen a secret I'll let you live," Virgil said threateningly. The guard nodded slowly absolutely terrified.

"Good," Virgil dropped the knife from his throat and walked over to Janus. Janus was sitting on the floor picking at the dirt under his fingernails to pass the time.

"You ready?" Virgil said to grab his attention.

"Not particularly, this dungeon has been extremely entertaining and I totally can't wait to be executed," Janus said turning his attention to Virgil.

"Yeah sure- get up I have a plan to go over."

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Virgil was getting his dress fitted, it was white and frilly and perfect and he wouldn't have picked it in a million years. Though he didn't really have a choice. Roman had apparently never heard of the fact that couples seeing each other before their wedding was bad luck as he was over seeing the whole thing, and kept talking about how perfect this wedding was going to be. It made Virgil want to vomit. It was snow white and trailed behind him so much that Roman had to summon a generic footman to hold it up so it wouldn't become dirty.

Eventually he was in the dress and he absolutely hated it, but Roman seemed happy, "Your dress is prefect dear!" He leaned in to kiss Virgil and Virgil moved so it was just a kiss on the cheek.

"We have to keep our kiss later tonight special," It was a total lie, Virgil just didn't want to kiss Roman.

"Right what a brilliant idea dear," Roman said, Virgil laughed a bit back at him.

Then Damion walked in, "Are you two love birds ready? The guests are arriving." Roman nodded and grabbed Virgil's hand, Virgil didn't have time to avoid it. Virgil tried to pull away but Roman kept him close.

"You look beautiful in your dress dear," Roman whispered to him as they walked through the halls.

Virgil smiled at him, "Thanks-"

"It's really no problem. Your beauty will help me look even more radiant!" When did Roman become such a prick- Virgil thought. He didn't have much time to think it as they were already outside and Roman was pulling him to a horse and carriage that looked right out of a fairytale.

Virgil was immediately distracted, "Whoa- that's beautiful, it looks exactly like the one from-"

"The one from Cinderella? Isn't it awesome! I made it myself!" Roman pushed Virgil to the side to admire the carriage, "It's the perfect thing to ride to our wedding in!"

"Yeah-" Virgil took a step to open the door but Damion stood in front of him and opened it.

"This day is all about you two, so I'll be taking a separate ride," Damion didn't give a shit about the couple having privacy, but he planned on teleporting directly to the chapel and checking around to make sure no one would pull anything on them.

"Thank you Damion, you're so caring," when Roman stopped talking some guards walked out of a barred door across the courtyard. They were dragging out Janus who's head was covered. Virgil gulped, this had to work, right?

Janus was thrown into a different carriage and the door was closed and locked. No one could see this but a ghost then crawled in phasing through the door. Inside with the curtains drawn Tim pulled the mask off Janus, "You doing okay?"

"I think so- but those guards were anything but gentle," then Janus- started shifting into Virgil, "God how does he live with scales- those things are itchy as fuck-" Virgil itched the side of his face, which was a struggle considering hw was handcuffed.

"I think his scales are nice," Tim said sitting across from Virgil.

"Keep your weird crush on Janus away from me-"

"I don't have a crush on Janus! I just admire him."

"Sure thing-" Virgil went quiet for a bit then said, "What if Roman tries to kiss him?" Virgil made a disgusted face while saying that.

"Well I hope Janus will try to avoid it, he's to good for Roman. Especially this crazy prideful Roman."

"I hate to say it but I agree, Roman has changed," Virgil sighed and looked at the floor as the carriage started moving, "When that fucker Damion dies he'll go back to normal- right?"

"I think so, but I won't be there to make sure."

Tim had Virgil's full attention now as he stared at them, "What do you mean?"

"When Damion is gone I won't be stuck here and I'll basically pass on, I thought you would've figured that out by now?"

"I hadn't... So you'll be gone?"

"Well yeah, I should've been gone a long time ago but I've been stuck here because I'm stuck to Damion, so if he dies we'll pass on together."

"But I don't want you to go!"

"Well you can't go back to normal without Damion being dead, and if he dies I pass on."

"And you're just okay with that??"

"Yeah- and I would've done it a long time ago but Damion has been locked away."

Virgil went silent, he couldn't argue with that, it was what Tim wanted, "Okay..." Tim smiled and then checked to see where they were by sticking his head out the carriage.

They were almost to the chapel, Tim turned to Virgil, "Are you ready?"

Virgil nodded, "Yeah." Tim put the bag back on Virgil's head just in time as the carriage they were in slowed down eventually stopping. Virgil was loaded off the carriage and taken to a back room.

Janus, disguised as Virgil, stood at the chapel doors listening to the wedding music start. He hated being transformed for so long, but he'd just have to deal with it if it finally meant getting rid of Damion. This would probably be the worst day of his life it the day Virgil left hadn't happened.

He took a deep breath and a guard signaled him to start walking and opened the doors. The chapel was beautiful with stain glass windows, most of which were of Roman, there were also a few skylights that could be open to let air in. The crowd of people from Roman's kingdom all looked at him. It felt wrong.

Meanwhile Virgil had a bag over his head again and was being guarded in a back room. Lucky for him it was the guard he intimidated earlier, so he could talk freely with Tim. Tim took the bag off Virgil's head again.

"Okay so now we wait for the signs of Logan and the others starting an ambush then-" Tim hesitated, "Then I'll fully poses you to try and kill Damion."

Virgil nodded his head, "That won't hurt right?"

"The possession won't hurt but if you get stabbed yeah, it'll hurt."

"That's good to know, I think..." Virgil turned his attention to listen to the wedding through the wall of the room.

Janus walked down the isle hold a bouquet of red roses. He was glad their stems were covered as no one had bothered to clip of the thorns, though he would've loved to be bleeding on his white gloves and dress. He didn't pay attention to the crowd as he was too focused on staring at Damion who was standing next to roman as best man. Damion didn't look suspicious, he just looked bored. Janus always hated how emotionless Damion could make himself look, it was probably the only plus side of representing Apathy.

Janus reached the alter and stepped up to standing across from Roman, he stood as far away as possible, without raising suspicion, from Roman. Though that did barely anything as Roman grabbed Janus' hands and pulled him closer. The priest that Janus hadn't even noticed yet spoke up, Janus didn't pay attention to what he was saying until they got to the good part.

"King Roman, do you take Prince Virgil as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

"I do," Roman smiled at who he thought was Virgil.

"And do you, Prince Virgil take King Roman as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

Before Janus could answer I do, which he didn't plan on doing, an arrow shot down from the ceiling and stuck the priest right in the fore head. Then the arrow was followed by a smashing sound as one of the stain glass windows depicting Roman came shattering down. Remus emerged from the broken glass, "I don't even get an invite to my own brothers wedding?" Janus had never been happier to see Remus and he pulled away from Roman.

On the roof Logan was tying a rope around Patton's waist before anchoring it to a chimney pipe, "We'll drop down together, you go help Janus and I'll help Remus." Patton nodded in agreement, he was extremely nervous for this. He still hadn't even gotten a hold of his Lilypadton transformation yet! He could hopefully do it in the moment. Patton adjusted himself to drop down and Logan grabbed onto him, together they dropped down a bit faster than expected into the chapel.

Roman and Damion directed guards to Remus, who was doing a swell job killing them with his morning star. Logan ran over to him pushing through the guards and summoned a bat to help Remus take guards out. Logan smashes a guard in the head and Remus comments, "You killing the priest was so hot, we should do this more often."

"While I love your enthusiasm-" Logan took out another guard, "I would not like for my friends to be in such danger again." Remus laughed and smashed another guards skull in.

Janus turned back into himself right in front of Roman, probably not one of his best decisions. "JANUS?!" Roman summoned his sword and swung it at him suddenly.

Janus ducked, "Calm down there Roman-"

"YOU'VE RUINED MY WEDDING!"

"I'm pretty sure you did that yoURSELF-" Janus dodged being sliced in half then looked around for help. He saw Patton looking terrified running at him and dodging guards who were then taken out by Logan and Remus. Janus summoned his staff and used it to block Roman swinging his sword at him again.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH VIRGIL!" Before Janus could answer the wall behind them was broken open. Patton tackled Janus out of the way but Roman hit directly from the wreckage and thrown back fairly far. Everyone turned to see what could have done that. Virgil stood there with all black eyes, his arms looked like they were all black. Then someone spoke up.

"Curiosity?"

It was Damion who spoke up, he'd summoned an axe to join the fight despite the fact that he basically had fire powers. Virgil possessed by Tim turned his head to look directly at Damion, it was intimidating and terrifying. "You're supposed to be dead!" Damion held out the axe.

"Well doesn't that just suck for you!" Tim pointed an arm at Damion and it flew out to grab him, Damion quickly sliced through it. That stopped the attack but Tim grew a new arm. Virgil still suffered and was in immense pain and could do nothing to express it as Tim was in control.

"How dare you use my magic against me! Don't forget who gave you that magic!"

"I don't care about your dumb deals! YOU RUINED MY LIFE!" In anger Tim rises up on his Tar legs and shoots both his hands at Damion. As the two continue to fight Patton is helping Janus out of his skirt so he can actually fight and run. After struggling to get it off normally Patton rips the skirt off. Janus is left in a puffier skirt that was keeping the outer skirt looking nice. It wasn't ideal, but he could manage.

Janus looked up at Patton, "Alright lets get out of he-" Suddenly their surrounded by guards, Roman had gotten up and was summoning more. Janus moves to protect Patton by stepping in front of him. Janus is able to knock out a few guys with his staff, but he struggles to keep up. Patton desperately wishes he could do something to help, he tries to turn into Lilypadton but it's not happening. Patton starts crying, he's overwhelmed with emotion.

Then Janus is struck on his arm and starts bleeding. Something happens and in a flash of light Patton is growing. Janus turns to see Lilypadton standing behind him, Patton screams, "GET. AWAY. FROM. HIM!" Patton jumps forward and steps on the guards and kicks at other ones to the side. Janus is watching Patton destroy the guards but new ones are summoned immediately after. Janus thinks they should escape while they still can. Damion and Curiosity's fight is getting messier and harder to avoid.

Janus shouts up at Patton, "Patton we need to go!" Janus is starting to feel vaguely sick, and his arm's bleeding doesn't seem to have slowed down. Patton picks him up and to escape smashes through the nearest stain glass window. He starts bleeding from several places as well but he keeps running from the chapel into the woods. Most of the run is a blur, but he turns back into himself after a while. Janus had passed out from blood loss. Patton grabs his cat cardigan, which had pretty much been destroyed, and tied it around Janus's arm. Then he passed out as well.

Logan had moved to protect Virgil from guards and Remus was dealing with Roman. No mater what Remus tried to say Roman would keep attacking him.

Inside Virgil's head Tim started talking to him, "I don't think I can keep going with this-"

"What are you talking about?"

"I can only possess you for so long, and I can't keep doing it. I'm going to leave, and I need you to finish this fight for me, goodbye Virgil."

Virgil would be crying right now if he could, "Okay- goodbye Tim." Damion hit them in the chest with a powerful burst of magic and Tim was thrown out of Virgil. Virgil was left on the floor with a broken arm. He stood up immediately and ran out of there. He ran outside and started cutting the ropes holding the horses that got them there. Roman and Damion followed and saw Virgil run back to the castle on a horse. Roman summoned them a horse and ran after Virgil.

When he reached the castle Virgil jumped of the horse and headed for the dungeon. He still didn't have a plan and Roman and Damion were close behind him. Virgil ran down the dungeon corridors and Roman was right behind him calling his name.

He tripped over a bump in the floor and fell, he quickly turned to see Roman standing there with his sword out. Would Roman kill him? "Roman you have to listen to me, Damion is manipulating you! he has been from the start!"

"Damion wouldn't do that! He wants me to rule the whole mindscape!"

"No, Damion wants to rule the whole mindscape!"

Damion reached out his hand to Roman from behind, "Virgil is lying, my only interest is in you. He doesn't believe I you, I suggest you end him here and we can move along with our plan."

"I- I can't kill Virgil!"

"It's your only option right now, the other sides certainly won't want you back now."

"The others will accept you back if you come with me. All they want is you to come home! they're your family."

"What good does family do you? If you come with me you'll have power and influence over all of them!" Roman looked between the two of them, and reach to take Damion's hand.

"Roman- please," Virgil was desperate.

Then there was a bang, and Damion fell forward with a thud on the ground, a pool of blood gathered around his head. Remus stood behind him holding his morning star, "TAKE THAT MOTHERFUCKER!"

Roman and Virgil stared in shock at what had just happened. Damion's body then just went poof in a cloud of orange smoke. Roman started coughing up the same orange smoke and passed out, Remus caught him before he hit the floor.

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Janus woke up with Patton asleep on top off him. Janus grabbed his shoulder to wake him up, "Patton- Patton where are we?"

Patton's eyes opened and Janus gasped, "Janus- are you okay- why are you looking at me like that?" Janus starred into Patton's eyes, they'd gone from brown to a beautiful turquoise with a line as his pupil.

Janus grabbed the side of his face, "Your eyes- they're turquoise!" Janus summoned a mirror for Patton.

Patton gasped when he saw himself, "I have frog eyes!" Patton seemed very upset by this.

"Wait don't be upset- I think they're beautiful."

"Really?"

Janus nodded, "They're magnificent!"

"But- they're frog eyes!"

"What do I have to do to convince you that I love them!"

They stared at each other for a while then Patton said, "Kiss me-" Patton squeezed his eyes closed expecting for Janus to yell at him. Instead he felt Janus' lips meet his. Patton kissed back immediately.

It felt like he was flying.