#more Cassie Cassidy stuff

[sometimesthisdudedraws]

Hey guys! I had this idea for a drawing the other day of Cassie and Michael going to a game grumps live show together and dressing up, and so I drew it, and I actually drew it digitally which makes me really happy because I’ve been having digital art block since the new year started! Yay!

Here’s the drawing! Cassidy’s outfit is inspired very very very heavily by the Danny Sexbang costume and Michael’s is pretty much one for one Arin’s one costume for Starbomb that he has on the Player Select album cover!

I haven’t drawn Cassie with anyone other than Seymour since I started drawing her, but I love the idea of her doing fun stuff with Michael!

This would be when they’re adults, methinks.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

#art #digital art #artist on tumblr #artists on tumblr #fanart #be more chill #bmc #bmc fanart #cassidy heere #transfem jeremy heere #jeremy heere #michael mell #platonic boyf riends #this is not shippy !! #what would boyf riends even be if it’s Cassie? much to think about #should I tag NSP and stuff? #I don’t know. for now I won’t but I might later

[orcelito]

Got a cat that likes to watch TV

#speculation nation #cassidy #cats #i have gravity rush 2 up to play after i finish my discussion stuff. and cassy is apparently entertained by the images! #while keeping a paw on my leg :') #hes like genuinely watching. paying attention. reacting. #a cat that watches TV! #hes out of the bathroom bc him and tally are peaceful enough for it. with supervision #i also cant have her food out while hes out bc he WILL eat it. she eats much more slowly than him #man i rly wonder what hes thinking about all this lol. he is actively paying attention... #anyways yea i am having an Okay Evening #still gotta fetch my laundry once it's done drying. but i got some time.

[citrinide]

Staring at my checklist pained knowing I'll have to draw my portal OCs eventually. Wdym I can't just draw Cass and Mason only,, wdym I have to at least be consistent,,

#cecil.fm #SPECIFICALLY those two because they get used in stuff more than the others #Mason being a shipchild im more willing to elaborate on since he has. an entire fic concept thats been in existence since middle school #and Cassidy because erm uhm erm she's. she's dating my girlfriend's portal oc... #they're girlfriends... MixedBerry beloved... (hi Mari I finally thought of a name for them) #(because their hair colours + Cassie's dye strands look like mixed berry stuff yayaya) #mari.cha

[bisheepart]

Not So Alone AU Incorrect Quotes

AU Name Suggestion By: @bumblebeesbah

Basically the friendship AU

Evan: You guys believe me?

Gregory: Aside from Cassie, you're the last good person on this planet. I'd believe cartoon birds did your hair this morning.

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Cassie: I have an idea on how we can make Michael stop bullying Evan.

Gregory, holding the Fazer Blaster: Me too.

Cassie: Wh- NO! That's not an idea, Gregory!

(I do like Michael but honestly he deserves this)

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Gregory: Self-care is actually getting into fights with randoms in dark alleys.

Elizabeth: No, self-care is stuff like taking a bubble bath, or putting on a lot of makeup if you like it, or taking a nice warm nap!

Cassidy, gradually getting angrier: Self-care is the burning heat when rage washes over you. Self-care is when you feel the bones crack under your powerful fists. Self-care is the fear in your enemies' eyes.

Tony: Self-care is stealing someone else's birthday cake just to eat the frosting.

Cassidy: If you touch my birthday cake, I'll make you eat your hands!

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Evan: I think I did well on the test.

Elizabeth: I forgot we were taking a test...

Evan: Lizzie...

Elizabeth: I said the vertebrae was the back stick because I thought it was funny.

Evan: Lizzie.

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Cassidy: When's the last time you slept?

Evan: Uh... a few days ago, I think.

Gregory: A few- how many?!

Evan: Uh... *starts counting on fingers* I need more fingers...

Cassie: What you need is sleep!

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Gregory: If I had a face like yours, I'd put it on a wall and throw a brick at it.

Michael: Listen, you little brat. If I had a face like YOURS, I'd put it on a brick and throw a wall at it.

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Elizabeth: I like wearing oversized sweaters. Not just because they're extremely comfy, cuddly and they make me look extremely cute, but because whenever the sleeves are really big, I get to flop them around and smack people.

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Cassidy: In my defense, I was left unsupervised.

Evan: Wasn't Elizabeth with you?

Elizabeth: In my defense, I was also left unsupervised.

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Gregory: Beat three eggs?

Ellis: It means in hand-to-hand combat.

Gregory: ooooh-

Tony: Both of you need to get out of the kitchen.

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Gregory: I need Cassidy there. I need someone to glance at when Michael inevitably annoys me. And then she'll know to pelt him with a water balloon.

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Evan: Jail's no fun, I'll tell you that.

Tony: Oh, you've been?

Evan: Once, in monopoly

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Cassie: This is a mistake!

Elizabeth, enthusiastic: A mistake we're going to laugh at one day!

Cassie: But not today...

Elizabeth, still enthusiastic: Oh no, today's going to be a mess.

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Cassie: She was poetry, but he couldn't read.

Gregory: His name's Jared, age nineteen

Cassidy: When his parents build a very strange machine!

Elizabeth: Watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen!

Ellis: Aayyyy Macarena!

Tony: Horrible job, everyone.

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Cassie: I mean, small animals are way more vicious. It’s because their anger has way less space to be bottled up in.

Tony: That's ridiculous, give me one example of this.

Elizabeth: Spiders.

Evan: Wasps.

Ellis: Chichichaus.

Cassidy; Gregory.

Gregory: HEY!

(He's canonically the smallest in his class, and he fits in baby carriages)

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Evan: In your opinion, what's the height of stupidity?

Gregory, to Michael: How tall are you?

#evan afton #michael afton #elizabeth afton #fnaf au #fnaf #fnaf cassie #fnaf cassidy #fnaf gregory #incorrect fnaf quotes #fnaf ggy #tony becker fnaf #ellis fnaf #fnaf tony #tony becker #ellis tales from the pizzaplex #ellis tftp #tony tales from the pizzaplex #superstar duo #flashlight duo #golden duo #prankster duo #ggy trio

[i-like-media]

Security Breach Ruin Trailer Analysis & Theory

Alright I have a lot to say about the new trailer. You can watch it here

I was never on board with the FNAF "Gregory is a robot" Theory... Until this very trailer when they revealed the girl's name is Cassie. Now, this Could just be a poetic parallel to previous characters and events, but given the current WACKY state of fnaf lore I just can't brush it off as that for my own peace of mind. Theory under the read more.

For those who don't know, Cassidy (also known as Cass and Cassie) was one of the murder victims and specifically, the ghost of Golden Freddy. She also is the vengeful character who stayed behind to torture Afton in Custom Night. She is also known as The One You Should Not Have Killed. (I also read online she possesses golden freddy together with crying child but let's put a pin in that 📍)

There is also another lesser known Cassidy character in FNAF. The princess from princess quest.

Which I think is Really interesting. Both have a yellow theme and BOTH are dead-set on destroying Afton (Golden Freddy fighting the Real Deal and the Princess fighting digital pixel art Aftons). But how does that relate to OUR Cassie? Well take a look at the SB Ruin poster.

It's Cassie standing in front of a Broken Down Golden Freddy Statue. It's beautiful symbolism that's been right in front of our eyes the entire time, and we never saw it! If THIS Cassie has any link to the previous ones, this is her confronting her past and future. She's going on her own princess quest... And given how we see Vanny's mask and Bonnie in the trailer, I don't think she's going to be JUST saving Gregory. She's going to confront Another facet of whatever is left of Afton.

📍Now another interesting thing about Golden Freddy possibly having been co-possessed by crying child, is Gregory's resemblance to the character.

Not exactly uncanny, but the similarities are enough to warrant theories! If these two characters were familiar with each other in a past iteration, it's QUITE the funny coincidence they're familiar with each other NOW.

Which leads to me, unfortunately, needing to humour the robot theory.

If these two are indeed the same characters from the past, they are... most likely... robots. I don't know WHO is making these robots, probably someone who's familiar with the past and Afton. And also someone who's daft enough to through these lengths to wipe the Spaghetti Stain that is Afton off the face of the earth. Because let's be honest, the cops wouldn't know what to do with a man who's both a computer virus AND zombie either 💀

I just cannot grasp another reason for these characters to exist AGAIN as children after being violently murdered in the 80's. And with how CRAZY the FNAF lore is and how important all introduced characters are, I doubt these children are anything but a coincidence/cheeky parallel. Their presence holds a weight in the narrative... whatever that narrative is at this point.

Unrelated, but I also suspect Gregory to be under Afton's influence in this DLC. He sounds a Lot like he's trying to lure her in deeper, on purpose. Saying stuff like "Save me", "I don't have time to explain how I got here but you've GOT to help me out" and "don't give up on me yet"... They just feel very odd things to say to a friend who you reached out to to rescue you. I don't trust it.

#fnaf #fnaf dlc #security breach ruin #SB dlc #SB ruin #FNAF SB #fnaf security breach #ruin dlc #fnaf ruin dlc #golden freddy #cassidy #fnaf cassidy #fnaf gregory #fnaf princess quest #fnaf theory #fnaf speculation #speculation #security breach

[viarayy01-blog]

heres some au stuff while i work on a longer story. mainly just for me so ik who everyone is but thought it would be good to post as well.

goldenrock au stuff below the cut bc its a tad long.

Characters:

THESE ARE NOT THE PERSONALITY TRAITS, JUST THE ROLE IN THE STORY

Cassie: Cassidy’s counterpart

Gregory: CC’s counterpart

Cassidy: Cassie's Counterpart

Evan: Gregory’s counterpart

Vanessa: Mikes counter but also Williams?

Mike: Ness’s counter but also Gregory's?

William: Still a serial killer but matches/mirrors Vanny from SB. so also a ness counterpart

Everyone else is the same mostly, don't really change the roles besides the fact that instead of CC (Greg in og) getting possessed by my mimic/glitch trap, it's mike (for GGYthing. Name would be MCL.) And William is still evil. He just follows a similar role to Vanny in sb but isn't a reluctant follower. He welcomes vanni as a parasite. He also is still partners with henry (business) but now they just own fredbears megaplex. Henry is basically the same. Charlie and Mike are close in age and Sammy is here too. And Jeremey. Bc gays. everyones a bit older here so like 16-17. They all work (illegitimately) at the plex as security guards on weekends and afterschool. Cheaper to pay and it keeps them out of trouble (looking at mike specifically). Vanessa is a corpse bc uhh… michael counterpart. She still works at the company as a repairman, but is not seen till later. all 5 missing kids (susie, gabriel, ect) are here as well, and they do indeed end up missing (more on that later)

Now animatronics. 

Goes up to the toys bc i like them best. So the mini music men are the main toys, with mangle as the actual music man. There's only 3 mini’s obviously lmao. Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica. But they are very fast and perform with mangle in the arcade. Puppet is a map bot but also sun and moon?. she floats from the celling like moon does with his cord but thats where the similarities end. She gives guests glowing green wristbands that serve as the fazwatch in this universe. its for parents to keep track of their kid, using an app?? But here it is used to track kids to isolate them from each other, and make them go “missing”. Like circus baby if ykwim. Speaking of which, circus baby. I like her. So she's here as well. Remember peepaw afton. Yeah well that's circus baby now. Used to get vanni (parasite little bitch) what she needs to survive, a body of her own. 

And uh funny story. Elizabeth finds out that her dad is possessed by a parasite from the 80’s and her brother is controlled by something similar, so William takes action ig. But wait. I'm not letting her go just yet. Afterall, Evan and Cassidy need a buddy to travel with as well, right? Their 2 extra friends aren't quite enough… So more on that later for spoiler reasons. also no mimic bc i dont even want to delve into that can of worms... closest u get is circus baby. be happy its JUST circus baby lmao

Ok main animatronics. Roxy, Glam Freddy, Spring Bonnie, and Golden Freddy. All the glamrocks are present in the 1980's original diner, but Ness got a bit angry and uhhh... oops Vanni made her kill people haha. so they are. gone. for now. Roxy and Freddy are completely robotic and have no sentience. Not in the traditional sense anyway. But… Spring Bonnie and Golden Freddy are. Got all that fun AI jazz. They don't match up with any of the glamrocks in particular? Just kind of their own character. So obviously spring bonnie gets the glitch thing from MCL William and is trying to kill Cassidy and Evan. Same with mangle and the toys. But GoldF is like glamrock freddy, AS A ROLE. completely diff personality. So he helps the kids. And that's when stuff really goes down.

Yeah. just explanation stuff hehe. left out greg, ness and cassie bc ive already talked about them a lot.

#fnaf #fnaf au #explanation #vchatter #goldenrockau

[beaniebeensbaby201]

MIDNIGHT SKY// JAY KELSO

A/n: This is also on my Wattpad along with my other imagines that are on here.

SUMMARY: Cassidy Whittmore was just your average teenager. she was a girl who craved adventures and someone who would tend to get into some trouble with her friends and her boyfriend.

this summer, they invited a new friend to the group, trying to get her out of her comfort zone to prove that she didn't have to be a goody goody.

12:00pm

Pt place Wisconsin

Gwen Hyde Bedroom

I WAS with Gwen as we were hanging out at her house. Gwen Hyde has been my best friend since we were kids. My parents were friends as teens. They all grew up next door at the foreman's house. 

   "This is going to be the best summer ever." I announced, and I laid on her bed. 

   Gwen tosses herself on her bed as she lays next to me. Our shoulders touched as I tossed a hacky sack in the air. 

   "I'm surprised your parents aren't going on vacation this year. Are you still staying over this summer?" Gwen asks. 

    "Every summer for the past five years, I have lived here. Do you really think I'm going to stop traditions?" Gwen giggles as she leans her head on top of mine. 

   "Why don't you just live with us? I mean, you're basically here all the time." I snorted, getting up as I continued to toss the hacky sack.  

  "If both parents agree, then I'll consider moving in." Gwen squeals getting up as she starts jumping around to the music in the background. 

    I caught sight of a blonde girl who quickly ducked. 

   I opened the window with a grin. 

   "Hello, what are you doing here, creeper?" I teased, as the girl that looked around the same age as us came into the room. 

   "Oh, nothing weird." I smirked and crossed my arms. 

    "I was just standing outside your window. Watching you sing and wondering what it'd be like to be you two." I laughed as Gwen and I looked at the nervous blonde. 

    "I'll go now." You could feel the anxiety rubbing off on her. 

    "Unless you want to hear a cool Bootleg, I got in Chicago." The blonde spoke, not knowing what her name was yet. 

    "Oh, I'm listening." Gwen spoke. 

   "Yea, it's pretty super major. Big-time bootleg. The booties of legs." I stopped the girl from embarrassing herself even more. 

   "Just go get it." I laughed quietly. 

   "On it." I turned to Gwen, who just shrugged in response. 

   "So, how are you and Jay?" She wiggles her eyebrows at me as we wait for the girl to return. 

   "Two years strong." I sighed dreamily as I laid back on the edge of her bed. 

    "The longest a Kelso has lasted in a relationship." I point out. 

  "It's a new record." I leaned on my forearms as I looked at the light skinned girl. 

    

   The girl came back, and soon we learned her name was Leia. 

   "So, this is your mom's old room, and your dad lived next door?" I tossed the hacky sack in my hands again as I was cross-legged on Gwen's bed. 

   "I bet they boned in here all the time." I joined in the conversation. 

   "Explains a lot." I grinned when I saw the expression on the blonde's face. 

   "Sometimes, late at night, when everything's quiet, we could hear the-." I paused, making creaking sounds to imitate the noise of the bed. 

   The girl cringed, looking uncomfortable. 

    "Sorry about her, Cassie loves to make people uncomfortable." I shrugged as I nudged my shoulders with Leia. 

  "You're really good at it." I smiled as I bowed to the girls. 

   "Anyways. Tell us about Chicago. What are you into?" I asked, wanting to know more about the girl that came through the window. 

   "Me? Uh, a lot of stuff." I rolled my eyes, knowing that she was trying to play it cool. 

   "School." I nodded my head, wanting her to continue as I made motions with my hands. 

   "Schools a big one." Gwen spoke. 

   "And I'm a pretty big deal in the debate club." I giggled, covering my mouth with my hand. 

   "Yea, I'm not very popular." I wrap an arm around Leia's shoulders as I rub her arm. 

  "Good. Popular people suck." I nod in agreement with Gwen. 

   "Ooo, this parts dope." I spoke up, as I ran towards the radio and turned up the music. 

   "Damn it, Gwen! Cass! Turn that shit down." I looked behind me to see Gwen standing closer towards the radio. 

   A shirtless Nate comes barging into the room. 

   "Turn that crap down. I'm trying to shave!" He whines. 

   He leaves the room after we turn the volume back up to annoy him again. 

   "Older brother. Different dads. He's cool." Gwen's response was short. 

    "And I'm their cousin. We'll be half cousins, but still family." I wrapped my arm around Gwen as she wrapped hers around my waist. 

  She was a bit taller than me, only by a few inches. Nobody ever believed us when we told people they were cousins due to the fact that she had darker skin than me, and I was fair with ginger hair. 

    "Well, he's only mostly cool because he has a van. And he's fun to mess with." I honestly say. 

   "This Whiny, vagina music is bumming me out!" Nate came back into the room again to complain about our music. 

  "Oh yea, Nate?" I taunt. 

    "Me and our new friend are gonna call our new band the whiny vagina." I make a rainbow with my hands and do jazz hands to exaggerate. 

   "Damn it, Cassidy!" I laughed along with the other girls as I turned the volume even louder. 

  This was only just the beginning of summer, and I already know this summer is going to be EPIC.

#tumblr fyp #that 90s show #jay kelso #eric forman #that 70s show #donna pinciotti #steve hyde #jay kelso x reader #that 90s show x reader

[this-aint-massachusetts]

I MADE A THING

Hihi so I made a FNaF au and now ima share what I have so far for the first chapter because I’m making it into a fanfic

“GARRET!!” Cassidy screamed as he relentlessly chased the car that speeded away from him, watching Garret in the back of the car frown as he stared at Cassidy with a blank stare.

The car was eventually out of reach and Cassidy had to stop to gasp for air, he stared down at his feet as he inhaled air in and out quickly before he heard a twig snap behind him and he wearily turned around.

“…Wh-who’s there…?” Cassidy said in a shaky tone, his lip quivers and turns around to see two figures standing in the woods.

The taller one looked like a scruffy middle aged man who was maybe somewhere around his thirties, maybe younger. The smaller one was a little girl who looked the same age as Cassidy.

Cassidy reluctantly takes a step closer and grits his teeth in anxiety. “Wh-who are you two…? D-do you two know wh-who t-took Garrett…?” His voice shakes and stutters as a feeling of doom looms over the young blonde boy.

The figures stayed quiet, this aggravated Cassidy a bit. “…S-say something! Pl-please!… Wh-who took Garrett?!” His voice started to devolve to a mumble from anxiety.

The girl then raises her finger, she points it over to where the car used to be parked. “…The car…” She mumbled which just confused Cassidy more.

He starts running towards the two but trips almost immediately, but when he lifts his head he finds himself in the same diner he fell asleep in. His friends all still chatting, he scans the table till he sees Jeramy reading an excerpt from the book Cassidy read to Fritz and Gabriel.

Jeremy takes a gasp of air before reading out the next paragraph. “And though the dreamer remains asleep, he walks through memory as if experiencing it for the first time anew, no longer a passenger but an active participant.”

Gabriel and Fritz tilt their heads like they just didn’t understand a word that was just spoken to them, probably because they didn’t. Jeramy scoffs slightly before setting the book down on the table. “People actually believe in this stuff…?” Fritz laughs a bit at the remark.

Cassidy sighs and reaches over the table to grab the book back while mumbling underneath his breath. “Well it depends what you believe in…” He says slightly agitated, not just from them taking his book but also from the dream.

Gabriel sighs and playfully nudges Cassidy’s side. “Cmon Cassie… your book just looked interesting!” The brown haired boy says with a grin and Fritz nods in agreement. “And it wasn’t.” Jeramy sassily says jokingly.

Cassidy rolls his eyes and stuffs the book into his bag next to some dog treats they kept in there for Susie’s puppy that they somehow let into the restaurant…

Just as he was about to motion for them that they need to get going soon because they're technically loitering currently and it was getting dark, a familiar face appears. It was their favorite waitress, Vanessa!

Susie gets excited and almost hops out of her seat when seeing the chipper young woman, Cassidy was stunned about how that lady was able to keep her energy up all the time. Maybe that ponytail of hers is a little too tight…

“Heya kids! What’ll it be for you five today?” She says taking out a notepad that was used to jot down orders, she also had a tray under her arm that was used to carry drinks and food.

Susie was about to speak up but Cassidy quickly shut her down. “No, we aren’t getting anything…”

that’s all i have for now, i have a little more info on it that I’ll share later

#fnaf movie #mike fnaf #ness fnaf #fnaf #ness the waiter #vanessa afton #i wrote this #au #writing #fanfic #fnaf au #sparky the dog #ella the doll #fnaf cassidy #the missing children

[elm-writes-stories]

Cuphead: Isle of Memories (Rewrite)

*Hey guys! I'm back with the new episode! To let you all know, this is going to be a long chapter/episode. I'm so sorry in advance for this. There's a lot of juicy stuff in the episode though, I promise. Anyway, this is published on October 11, 2023. If you guys enjoy the episode, don't be afraid to heart it, reblog, and comment! They would be greatly appreciated! Enjoy!*

Episode Eight: A Devil in a Red Dress

“BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!!!”

Cassidy woke up with a jolt. The familiar voice screamed in her mind. It seemed to be in pain and in grief. She couldn’t remember how she ended up in a lone cell. She was in the dark, alone. Just as she should be…right? She bit her lips and started to sob, tears streaming down her red furry cheeks. Her heart hurt when she remembered the voice who told her that he loved her. Now she could remember every single detail of the fight. She was choking Natalie…she might have killed Canteen…she was fighting with Mugman. No, no, no…she remembered now.

She sobbed into her hands, burying her face. Maybe she deserved to be surrounded by darkness. Maybe she deserved to die along with her kind. She was a demon. A burden. She became what others see her as her whole life. A monster.

Cassidy looked up to see the silver door of her cell, crying her eyes out. She felt something tingle under her red fur. The feline glanced down and noticed her veins glowing blue. That was weird. Tremaine didn’t look like that. There was something else that happened. Did…something electrocuted her?

She heard an evil chuckle as she looked up to find The Devil peeking through the window of the door.

“You know, Cassi, if it weren’t for the fact that you’re valuable, I would’ve killed you instantly for failing me to not kill any of your ex-friends,” Devil stated with a grin. “What’s holding you back from killing your little ex-friends, hm? Is it because you still care about them even though they could care less about you?”

Cassidy gritted her teeth. “You’re lying.”

“Oh? I’m lying?” Devil stated. “Let me ask you something. How could you care about a world that doesn’t give a damn about you? It’s not like anyone is going to miss you. No one in this world will ever miss a piece of burden such as yourself.”

“D-Dad and Jerry would—”

“Your ‘dads’ only took you in because they feel nothing but pity for you. You pathetic thing. Your ‘friends’ only pretend to be your friends because they’re afraid of you. You saw Natalie’s memories. She laughed and mocked you. She pushed you around and dragged you everywhere, even though there are places that could’ve killed you. Everyone thinks you’re a burden. Do you really think that everyone else will not see you that way? Think again, Cassidy. Think again.”

Cassidy tried to fight the tears, but she felt more anger than sadness. “Mugman doesn’t see me that way!”

“Yes he does—”

“No, he doesn’t! He loves me! He says so himself! You can’t keep lying to me like this—!” Cassidy felt the burn in her veins all the sudden, causing her to scream in pain.

“He never loves you! No one loves you! Why can’t you accept that?!” Devil yelled demonically.

“Mugman loves me!”

“No, he doesn’t!”

“Dad loves me!”

“Ha! You know that’s a lie—!”

“Jerry loves me!”

“Oh, get over it, will you?! I’m telling you! They are only pretending to love you—”

“Mugman loves me!”

“Shut up!”

“Dad and Jerry love me! And I refuse to believe anything else other than that!” Cassidy growled, a sudden burst of electricity zapped at the door. It almost got the Devil, which shocked both Cassidy and Devil.

Cassidy looked at her paws in confusion as to how she did that.

Devil gritted his teeth in anger. “Well, if you won’t accept the truth I’ve given you, then I guess I have use force!” The Devil teleported into her cell and snatched her chest, pulling her soul out of her body. For a moment, she felt her body going limped. It was a painful process but she felt she was ripped out of her body. She looked down and saw her own body, laying on the ground in the red silky dress. The Devil took her away from her cell with teleportation, just to put her soul in the special soul vault where she will never get out.

~.~

Mugman snapped his eyes open and sat up abruptly in the late evening, his vision blue for a moment until it faded instantly. He breathed heavily with tears streaming down his porcelain cheeks. He saw it all. He saw the Devil taking Cassidy’s soul without remorse and hesitation. It had to be a bad dream, right?

“Mugman?” Cuphead’s voice piped up.

Mugman turned to see Cuphead, Chalice, Canteen, and Natalie looking at him with concern.

“Are you okay?” Chalice asked softly.

Mugman broke down into tears, which got Cuphead to rush over and hug his brother.

“Hey, hey, it’s okay, buddy. It’s okay. It’s probably a bad dream,” Cuphead soothed his brother.

Mugman cried into Cuphead’s chest, gripping his shoulders.

Chalice frowned to show sympathy along with Canteen and Natalie. However, the three kids notice Mugman growing angrier than normal.

“Uh, Mugman?” Canteen uttered.

Mugman pulled out of his brother’s hold and stormed out of the bedroom, his brows drawn together and his veins glowing blue.

“Mugsy?” Cuphead questioned while following his brother. “Hey, are you okay?”

Mugman extended his wings when he was about to approach the exit of the base. Cuphead zoomed in front of his brother. “Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?”

“Move, Cuphead. I gotta go—”

When Mugman tried to walk past him, Cuphead blocked the way.

“Where?”

“Just move—”

“Mugman, please talk to me.”

“Just let me go—”

“No! No way! I don’t want to lose you, Mugman.”

“You won’t—”

“I already almost lost you twice. I can’t lose you again. Please, Mugman, tell me what’s going on. Maybe I can help.”

“Since when are you helpful?” Mugman snarled, causing Cuphead to wince at the question. Mugman gasped to realize what he said and shook his head. “Nevermind, stupid question. I gotta go—”

“Why do you always gotta go?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Lately, you’ve been trying to do things on your own that can get you hurt or killed. Usually, you would get onto me about that! The first time you went out by yourself to save Cassidy, we weren’t able to save Cassi—” Cuphead widened his eyes when he noticed his brother tearing up. “Wait, does this have something to do with Cassidy?”

“Cuphead, please—”

“Answer the question.”

Mugman hugged himself, tearing up.

Cuphead waited patiently for his brother to answer.

Mugman looked up at his brother. “The Devil…he…he…” He collapsed on his knees, his wings withdrawn in his back as he was sobbing.

Cuphead kneeled down and rubbed his brother’s shoulder. This time, Chalice joined in and placed her hand on Mugman’s other shoulder.

“Hey, you ain’t gotta explain it if you can’t,” Chalice said while hugging Mugman from the side.

Porkrind approached the scene while rubbing his eye. “What’s the commotion? It’s in the middle of the night.”

Dice entered the entryway with a pot of coffee. “I was wondering what the sobbing sound.”

Porkrind arched a brow at the former gambler. “Why are you drinking coffee in the middle of the night? You know it’s gonna keep you up at night, right?”

“It’s kind of why I drink it.”

Porkrind shook his head with a sigh and shifted his gaze back at the kids. “You kids should head back to bed—”

“I-I can’t,” Mugman sobbed, hugging himself tighter.

“Why not?” Porkrind asked.

“Please, I don’t want to go back to sleep,” Mugman whimpered.

Dice looked at his half-empty coffee pot and held it over to Mugman. “Wanna take a drink?”

“What? Don’t give him that,” Porkrind scolded Dice.

“Why not? He obviously gets nightmares,” Dice replied with a deadpan stare.

Jerry entered the scene with a groan. “Guys, it’s in the middle of the night—can’t we all go back to sleep and worry in the morning?”

Mugman shook his head and stood up. “I can’t…I gotta go—”

“Go…where?” Dice asked.

Cuphead blocked the entrance. “No! You’re not going down to the Underworld again by yourself.”

“Oh yeah, that’s a dumb idea,” Dice responded while throwing the pot of coffee aside. “You guys just came out of there and you were in a coma for a couple of days while Canteen here got injured.”

Porkrind frowned when thinking about his kid. “Well, now we know where the entrance to the Devil’s lair is, we just need to update the map.”

“Yeah, and then we need to make a cure for Cassidy and make a thought-out plan to rescue her. Then we’ll be swell,” Dice responded with a bright grin.

“Now that’s an idea I can get behind,” Chalice encouraged. “There’s someone in jail who can help us make the cure. He’s able to help last time.”

“You’re not saying who I think you’re saying,” Porkrind growled with his arms crossed.

“He’s changed—”

Porkrind shook his head at Chalice’s comment. “Eh-eh, he doesn’t change in the span of overnight. Seems a little suspicious.”

“You do realize that he’s been in jail for a couple of weeks, right?” Chalice responded.

“Oh no, not him,” Cuphead groaned.

“Hey, he’s able to help your brother last time with the cure. I’m sure he’ll be up for it to help Cassi.”

Mugman relaxed a bit once he realized that everyone had already thought of a way to get Cassidy out of Hell. He frowned and took deep breaths.

“Great, we got a plan. Now, let’s get some sleep and do this in the morning,” Jerry determined.

“We don’t have much time,” Mugman uttered.

“What do you mean?” King Dice questioned. “She’s most likely just sticking with Big D while Big D rubs his hands evilly and thinking of a world-ending plan. I think we got a little time for sleep—”

“No, Devil already took her soul!” Mugman cried, collapsing on his knees.

“What?” Porkrind growled.

“I-I saw it…I saw the Devil taking her soul and putting her soul in the special soul-vault,” Mugman whimpered.

“Hey, that’s where I was when he took my soul,” Cuphead recalled.

“Are you sure that it wasn’t just a dream?” Jerry asked in fear.

Mugman’s lips wobbled. “I can’t even tell what’s real or a dream anymore.”

Porkrind clenched his jaw to keep himself from crying and huffed. He walked over by Mugman and pulled him up by his feet.

“C’mon, let’s go,” Porkrind determined.

“What?” Mugman uttered in surprise.

“Whoa, whoa, do we even have a foolproof plan to get into Hell?” Dice questioned the pig.

“Yeah, I got a plan. We’re gonna get that maniac out of jail and have him make a cure for Cassi. Then, we’re going down to Hell, rescue Cassi, and kill the Devil,” Porkrind responded with a growl as he was ready to head out of the door.

Dice raised his finger nervously. “Eh, technically, you can’t kill the Devil.”

“Then I guess I oughta knock him out cold,”Porkrind stated with a cold stare before leaving the base.

Dice and Jerry exchanged looks of confusion.

“We should catch up to him before he gets himself hurt,” Jerry responded.

“Yeah,” Dice agreed.

Both Dice and Jerry exited the base to catch up to Porkrind.

Chalice placed her hand on Mugman’s shoulder with a soft smile. “Don’t worry, we’ll get Cassidy out of this.”

“Yeah, and the Devil will pay for it,” Cuphead reassured his brother.

Mugman wiped the tears away with a small smile. “Okay.”

Natalie clenched her fists and pumped them up with a determined smile. “Now, let’s go kick some demon butt and rescue Cassi!”

Canteen nodded his head in agreement.

The six kids exited the base and hurried to catch up with the three adults.

~.~

 Chef Saltbaker sat alone in his cell with a bored look on his face. His head was resting on his hand while sitting on the creaky bed. The police had shut down the prison since Tremaine had infected half of the population of the town. Now, they barricaded the premises of the prison, not letting any infectees into the prison.

Saltbaker couldn’t do community service, which part of him was glad. But he was still banned from the kitchens and his sentence has been extended since he was in the kitchen to make the cure for Mugman. A little sacrifice won’t hurt…right? Well, if it weren’t for the fact that the sentencing went from five years to ten years, maybe he wouldn’t feel like he was tortured by boredom and Tabitha’s constant complaints of the prison’s condition.

He heard a clink sound from the bars and looked up to see the bug cop standing there with a baton.

“You got yourselves visitors,” the cop responded while referring to Porkrind, Dice, Jerry, Chalice, Cuphead, Mugman, Canteen, and Natalie approaching the cell.

“Ah, you still allow visitors. It makes being here less boring I suppose,” Saltbaker replied cheekily to the bug cop.

The cop rolled his eyes and turned to the others. “Ya got fifteen minutes.” He walked away from the group.

Porkrind instantly turned to the chef. “So, I heard you can make a cure for Tremaine.”

Saltbaker arched a brow and stood up from his bed, walking over to the bars dividing him and the group. “Well…yeah. That’s what extended my sentencing period.”

“Sorry,” Chalice uttered.

“Nah, don’t worry about it. Is Mugman…?” Saltbaker noticed Mugman standing there without having Tremaine inside of him. “Oh good, it cured him.”

“Well, we’re going to need your help curing someone else,” Chalice uttered with a nervous smile.

Saltbaker tilted his head and looked at Canteen. “It’s not him, is it?”

“No…actually…it’s Cassi,” Mugman responded.

“That piece of burden?” Tabitha snarled.

“Mom, stop calling her that,” Natalie argued.

“Well, she is. No one remembers her fondly—”

Dice flicked one of his cards at her to keep Tabitha’s mouth shut.

“Ah, Cassidy. I remembered her fondly,” Saltbaker interrupted while looking at the scratch mark on his finger that appeared to be from a cat. “She’s probably the only one besides you kids who appreciates my cooking.”

“Yeah, and you’re gonna make a cure for her,” Porkrind growled with his arms crossed.

Saltbaker arched a brow. “Wait, how did she get Tremaine inside of her—?”

“The less you know, the better,” Porkrind snarled at the chef.

The chef sighed. “I would make the cure for her, but I’m trapped in this cell. If you have some genius plan to get me out and back into the kitchen, that would be swell—”

Chalice pulled out the key to his cell with a mischievous grin.

Saltbaker smirked back. “Oh, you’re good. But you’re also gonna need a distraction—”

They heard an explosion, drawing the bug cops’ attentions as they ran outside.

Cuphead and Canteen smirked and fist-bumped each other.

“You little gremlins,” Saltbaker responded with a chuckle.

Chalice unlocked the cell door, letting Saltbaker walk out of his cell. Saltbaker was guided out of the prison with Tabitha looking onward with jealousy written on her face.

Tabitha ripped the card out of her mouth and threw it aside. “You’re willing to let a maniac out of his own cell rather than your own mother, Natalie?”

Cuphead glared at Tabitha over his shoulder and wrapped his arm around Natalie. “Don’t listen to her. She ain’t worth listenin’ to.”

Natalie frowned and snuggled close to Cuphead, who blushed a little.

“You and your sister are disappointments!” Tabitha called angrily. “That’s why your father left you both! If it weren’t for me, you both wouldn’t even get to this far! Your father doesn’t care about you!”

Natalie became fed up and whirled around with a glare at her mother, yanking herself out of Cuphead’s arm. “Call me a disappointment! I don’t care! But don’t you dare talk about Aurora like that! You’re supposed to be our mom!”

She started to tear up. “You’re supposed to protect us! But you don’t protect us! You’re the one who doesn’t care about us! You care about our status, our beauty, and your profit! You can call me a disappointment all you want, but you have no right to talk about Aurora the way you do! Aurora is not and will never be like you and me!”

She wiped her tears away, calming down a bit more. “I will stop trying to be like you, because I’m not you. I’m me. I’m Natalie Ruth. And I refuse to be anything else other than that.”

With that said, Natalie walked away and held Cuphead’s hand without hesitation. Cuphead blushed to the point where his face was completely red and the liquid in his head boiled. She was blushing too as he was holding her hand softly, caressing his thumb over her knuckles.

Natalie turned to look at Cuphead, who stared at her with sparkling eyes.

“You’re so beautiful…” Cuphead uttered before blinking and snapping out of his trance. “I mean…uh-hehe…let’s, um, focus on gettin’ Cassi out of hell.”

Natalie blushed and nodded her head.

They hurried out of the prison, following the group back to base while the cops were distracted by putting the fire out.

~.~

Porkrind, Dice, and Jerry snuck Saltbaker into the Howling Aces base with the kids behind them.

“Looks like everyone is still asleep,” Dice whispered to the others.

“Good, let’s get to work,” Saltbaker said while coming into the kitchen of the base. He looked through the ingredients and found honey and milk in the fridge, however, there was a small amount of milk left and more honey left behind. Saltbaker glanced over at Chalice with a frown on his face. He searched through the cabinets and found the med-kit and took out a syringe. He turned to the others, noticing them staring at him intently.

“Why do you need a syringe?” Jerry questioned the chef.

“Oh, it’s in the ingredients. To make the cure, you need to mix honey, milk, and the blood of the Calix Animi member,” Saltbaker responded.

“What if you’re lying about the ingredients like last time?” Porkrind asked with skepticism in his tone.

“Believe me, if I were lying about the ingredients, I wouldn’t even include the blood in the ingredients,” Saltbaker responded.

“I told him it was one of the ingredients when he made the cure last time,” Chalice added.

Porkrind arched a brow. “Oh, uh, okay. Wait, how did you know the ingredients?”

“Quadratus told us,” Cuphead replied with a bright smile.

“Quadratus?” Jerry questioned and glanced at Dice.

Dice shrugged his shoulders.

Saltbaker got out an empty bowl and started pouring all the milk and using as much as honey as he could. He looked at Chalice and then at the others until an idea struck him. “Say…Is that the member of the Calix Animi?”

The group looked behind them.

“Where?” Cuphead asked excitedly.

Canteen looked back and noticed Chalice extending her arm while Saltbaker was using the syringe to draw blood out of Chalice’s arm that wasn’t bandaged. He squirted the blood into the bowl from the syringe and bandaged Chalice’s other arm after he put down the syringe. Canteen gave the chef a deadpan stare while watching it unfold. When the group turned around to look at him, Saltbaker started mixing Chalice’s blood with milk and honey.

“There’s no one behind us,” Jerry replied with a deadpan stare.

“Oh, really? I thought I saw someone,” Saltbaker said while beads of sweat form on the side of his head.

Canteen clenched his teeth while Saltbaker continued to mix the ingredients until the bright blue glow exploded suddenly.

“Good gravy!” Saltbaker shouted, causing everyone to gasp.

“SHHH!!!” Porkrind, Dice, Jerry, and the kids shushed Saltbaker.

They suddenly heard footsteps running to the kitchen.

O’Fera appeared from the side door. “Did someone get hurt?”

She froze when she noticed Chef Saltbaker in her kitchen in his black and white striped pajamas, mixing unknown ingredients in the bowl that was glowing blue. She looked to see Chalice scratching the bandage on her other arm nervously and then back up at Saltbaker. She noticed a bloody syringe on the counter next to the bowl.

Saltbaker moved his eyes at the bloody syringe and then back at the sergeant. “It’s not what it looks like—”

“You used a child for your own sick cooking experiments?” O’Fera growled at Saltbaker, ready to attack him.

“No, it’s not like that,” Chalice responded quickly to diffuse the situation. “He’s makin’ the cure for Tremaine.”

“Yeah,” Cuphead added.

O’Fera calmed down a bit. “And he’s the only who can make it, because—”

“He’s an expert on making magical foods,” Chalice explained.

“Oh, like that Wondertart incident he almost cooked up one time?” O’Fera questioned while giving the chef a withering glare.

Saltbaker laughed nervously. “It was only one time.”

“And you went to jail for it,” she snarled.

“Right…” Saltbaker responded. “But hey, I’ve changed now.”

“Really?” O’Fera replied. “I’ll know it when I see it.”

The chef rolled his eyes with a groan.

The familiar brown rat popped out from the top of Mugman’s porcelain head. “Vill vu all chust sdop schouding for fiffe zeconds? Vu’re ruining mein peauty sleep.”

“Hey! What are you still doing in Mugman’s head?!” Cuphead shouted at Werner angrily.

Werner laid his chin on the edge of Mugman’s porcelain head. “It’s nice und cosy up here.”

“Werner, get out of his head,” O’Fera demanded tiredly.

“Nein!” Werner said while ducking back into Mugman’s head.

Mugman rubbed his arm with a nervous laugh at the others.

O’Fera rolled her eyes at the rat and looked at the chef. “Alright, first off, who are you making the cure for? Because it doesn’t look like this can be given to multiple people.”

“It’s for Cassidy,” Porkrind responded with his arms crossed.

O’Fera’s brow quirked up. “And you let Saltbaker out in the middle of the night because—?”

“The Devil has her soul in the soul vault,” Mugman explained.

O’Fera squinted in confusion. “How?”

Werner popped out his head out of Mugman’s head again. “Does the liquid in your head glow plue veneffer vu haffe ein ‘fizion’?”

“Uh…I don’t know,” Mugman answered.

“Hmm, schtrange,” Werner responded while climbing out of Mugman’s head and landed on his shoulder. He sat down and pondered for a moment, his clothes soaked from being in the liquid in Mugman’s cup head. “How often do vu get fizions?”

“Uh…every night,” Mugman answered.

Werner nodded his head in understanding. “Okay. Vo’s Cazi?”

“Uh…my girlfriend,” the mug responded.

“Ah, vu are romandically infolffed I zee. I honestly neffer zee vu vith any girl. Glad I vas broffen vrong,” Werner replied with a smirk.

“Alright, can we get back to the subject at hand?” O’Fera interrupted. “Look, it’s in the middle of the night and—”

“Please, Sergeant,” Mugman begged. “If we don’t save Cassi now, who knows what the Devil is going to do to her sooner than later. I know that it’s risky and you probably don’t think it’s safe, but please…I—” he clenched his teeth to withhold the tears. “—I want to help her in any way I can. Please, let me help her.”

O’Fera frowned at the sight of Mugman almost ready to break down in tears with a little whine. With a sigh, she crossed her arms loosely. “You’re not going down there…”

Mugman frowned and looked away.

“…Without reinforcements,” she finished with a small soft smile.

Mugman perked his head up with his eyes widened. Everyone else smiled at Sergeant O’Fera, who drew her brows in determination.

“We know the entrance to Hell here, right?” O’Fera asked the others.

“Yep,” Dice responded.

“Right where you picked us up last time,” Chalice replied.

O’Fera nodded her head in understanding. “I got a plan on how we can get in.”

~.~

Throughout the isle, there were more and more infectees eating the remaining food in the shops until they eat from the trashcans. The silhouette of a long plane flew over them, catching some of their attention. Up in the night sky, the plane flew in the shape of a dachshund with windows on each side of the plane. It had a face of a dachshund with long ears and a bow used as a propeller. Within the long plane, Mugman looked out of the window to find the volcano they were circling around to enter into Hell.

Mugman felt a hand on his shoulder and looked over to find Cuphead rubbing his shoulder.

“You ready?” Cuphead asked his brother.

Mugman drew his brows together in determination and nodded his head.

Werner popped out from Mugman’s head. “Alright! Let’s get ready! Ve’re apout to chump into Hell!”

Mugman and Cuphead looked to see Brineybeard, Ribby, and Croaks aboard on the plane along with Bulldog and the pups known as the Yankee Yippers. Porkrind took his hammer out while Jerry loaded his guns. Dice practiced his card magic for combat. Saltbaker held onto the cure in the syringe, leaning against the wall.

Natalie rubbed her arm nervously while Chalice patted her back to reassure her that everything will be alright. However, Chalice noticed Canteen sitting in the shadows, rubbing his bandaged arm. She went over to him and sat next to him.

“Ya ready to get Cassidy?” Chalice asked with a bright smile.

Canteen faked a grin and nodded a bit. “Yeah, a little. Although. I think I should stay back with the Howling Aces.”

“Why?” Chalice questioned.

“I, um, not a good fighter…” Canteen uttered sadly. “I think it’s best if you guys go without me. That way I won’t weigh you down.”

Chalice frowned with a brow arched.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be safe,” Canteen reassured Chalice.

“Okay, if you say so,” Chalice responded sadly.

Canteen frowned when she got up and walk away, not knowing he was approached by Bulldog and Charlie Left-legs.

O’Fera was driving the plane with Murray sitting next to her. “Prepare for landing.”

Everyone nodded their heads in understanding.

The plane landed on all four paws on the edge of the volcano. Everyone got out of the plane with Bulldog setting up the crane and platform while Charlie strung up his webs so that it could hold the platform and connected to crane.

“Bulldog, Charlie, and Canteen, stay here and wait till I signal you guys to pull us up,” O’Fera stated. She looked at the others. “Brineybeard, Ribby, Croaks, Saltbaker, and Werner, go with the kids. Porkrind, Dice, Jerry, and Murray, you’re coming with me to get Cassidy’s soul.

The group nodded their heads in agreement. O’Fera hopped onto the platform, signaling Porkrind, Dice, Murray, and Jerry to come with her.

They stepped onto the platform and Charlie lowered the platform into the volcano. The group was lowered into the volcano.

Dice glanced at O’Fera with a brow quirked up. “Do you know how to get souls out of the soul vault without trading your soul?”

“Do you?” O’Fera questioned.

“Yeah…”

“Then that’s one reason why you’re coming with us,” O’Fera responded. “Do you know where we can free Cassi’s soul?”

Dice cracked his knuckles. “Yep. I know this place from the back of my hand.”

Once the platform landed on the ground into the underworld, Dice stepped off of it, leading his group through Hell to get to the library.

It was the kids’ turn along with Brineybeard, Saltbaker, Ribby, and Croaks. As they were getting onto the platform, Chalice looked back at Canteen with a frown. Canteen softly smiled at her in reassurance that he will be alright up here with Charlie and Bulldog. He waved at her for good luck as the platform was being lowered by Charlie.

Saltbaker noticed this exchange between Chalice and Canteen and placed a hand on her shoulder with a soothing rub. The lower they went, the more determined the kids became to rescue their friend.

~.~

Dice led O’Fera, Murray, Porkrind, and Jerry through the hallways of Hell.

“We’re almost there,” Dice informed the group.

They snuck towards the library while Dice went towards the door and checked to see if the coast was clear. His eyes widened when he saw a couple of imps cleaning the library. Dice hid behind the door and looked at the others, shaking his head.

O’Fera, Porkrind, Murray, and Jerry peeked inside to find the imps dusting the shelves. Jerry took out a smoke bomb from his jacket, but was stopped by Murray.

“I got this one,” Murray whispered to them and snuck into the library.

The others watched intently while Murray was sneaking up to the imps.

Murray placed his heads on their heads, controlling their memories that would paralyze them. The imps fell onto the ground, trembling from the powers.

“Okay, the coast is clear,” Murray whispered to the others.

O’Fera came in while looking at Murray both impressed and shocked. “How did you do that?”

Murray rubbed the back of his head. “I’ll explain it once we’re done here.”

O’Fera smirked at him with her arms crossed.

Dice climbed up to the shelves where all the soul contracts used to be, only noticing one in the C-section. They all could assume that it might be Cassidy’s contract. Dice brought the contract out and looked to see that there was no signature but there was a sentence written in bronze.

“A deal was made by the handshake.”

No wonder Cassidy didn’t sign her name. She shook hands with the Devil.

Dice climbed back down to the others, not realizing another small contract fell out of the one he was holding.

Porkrind picked it up and opened it up to see that it had his own signature and Jerry’s.

Jerry peeked over his shoulder and gasped.

“We’ve never made any deals with him,” Porkrind growled.

“Look, he forged our signatures to give up Cassidy’s soul,” Jerry pointed out.

“Are you kidding me?” Porkrind growled.

Dice looked around the library. “Guys, we need to make this quick.”

Murray and O’Fera witnessed Porkrind putting the contract on the ground and Dice getting another upside down cross from the wall. He flipped it over, letting it glow bright in his hand.

Dice dropped the cross onto Cassidy’s contract, burning it. The bright glow took over in a shape of a cross and disappeared without a trace.

“Whoa,” Dice uttered in shock. “We did it.”

“We need to find Cassidy,” Jerry determined, opening the door and rushing out.

“Jerry, wait!” Porkrind called while chasing after him. Dice followed after them.

O’Fera and Murray hurried after the guys and followed them towards the soul vault where they froze instantly in shock. They saw a faded glow from a figure holding Cassidy’s soul.

“Hey!” Porkrind shouted before the glowing figure disappeared with Cassidy’s soul in his arms.

“What’s that?!” Jerry shouted in panic.

“It’s not the Devil at least,” Dice responded nervously.

“Come on! We got to find her!” Porkrind replied in panic.

Everyone rushed through the soul vault, looking for Cassidy’s soul.

~.~

“Are you sure you know where you’re going?” Ribby questioned Mugman as they were walking through the hallways towards the dungeons.

Mugman nodded his head.

Werner popped out of Mugman’s ceramic head with a withering glare at Ribby. “Hey, don’t gueszion zee mug. He knovs vere he’s koing!”

“Hey, since when did you start believing in Mugsy?” Cuphead questioned the rat.

“Zince he’s schowed his bovers,” Werner answered plainly.

“I got powers too,” Cuphead responded.

“Ha! Zee only zuberpover vu kot vas peing Hannoying,” Werner said while laughing at the cup.

Cuphead growled, his eyes turned flaming red as his fists started to become aflame.

Werner stopped laughing and looked at Cuphead in fear. He ducked his head into Mugman’s ceramic head.

Brineybeard patted Cuphead’s shoulder. “Why don’t we calm down? Who knows wha’ could lurkin’ around here?”

“The pirate is right,” Saltbaker said while holding the syringe close. “The demons might be nearby and your glowing fists might draw their attention to us.”

Chalice sighed while rubbing her hands. “Oh, I hope Canteen is doing okay up there. He ain’t the same as he was ever since we tried to get Cassidy out of here the first time.”

“Really? He seemed to be the same to me,” Saltbaker responded.

“I don’t know. He ain’t as talkative as he used to be,” Chalice responded.

“Yeah, I did notice that,” Natalie replied.

“Might have to check on him once we get back,” Chalice responded.

“Guys, we’re here,” Mugman alerted the group.

Croaks and Ribby ran ahead of them.

“Guys, wait!” Saltbaker alerted them.

“Cassi!” Ribby called.

“Cassi!” Croaks joined, searching within the cells until they found the silver door.

Ribby looked through the window along with Croaks.

“Oh no, Cassi!” Ribby shouted.

“Hang on!” Croaks growled in determination and used his shoulder to bash the silver door.

“Whoa, whoa, hey, you’re making too much noise,” Saltbaker whispered to the frogs harshly.

Cuphead touched the silver door, having it melt in his hands to reveal Cassidy’s soulless body laying against the wall.

Mugman gasped and ran towards her, sliding on his knees beside her. “C-Cassi?” He moved her black bangs out of her face to see her fully. He tried to hold in the tears when he was seeing her like this.

“Hurry,” Chalice ordered.

Saltbaker rushed towards her until he noticed her opening her eyes, red with white slit pupils. With a gasp, Saltbaker grabbed Mugman by the handle. Mugman screeched and zapped Saltbaker, electrocuting him.

“Ow! I’m trying to save your life!” Saltbaker shouted at Mugman, his veins glowing blue.

Mugman breathed heavily with Werner popping out of his head with sparks around his body.

“Ow, that really hurts,” Werner groaned in pain, losing his German accent.

They heard Cassidy laughing evilly, causing everyone to widen their eyes in fear.

“Zat’s your girlfriend?” Werner questioned.

Mugman nodded his head with a sigh of admiration. “Yeah…”

Werner gave the mug teen a deadpan stare. “Ve’re zubozed to pe afraid of your girlfriend, not Hadmiring her.”

The walls fell away from them as if they had been tricked to think they were in the dungeons. But they were in the grand throne room, surrounded by imps and demons. The Devil was sitting at the throne, his veins glowing orange.

“Well, well, look who shows up for a little rescue mission,” The Devil stated while using his fingers to control Cassidy’s body.

“Hey! Leave her alone!” Ribby shouted.

“Yeah!” Croaks added.

Before they could charge at the Devil for controlling Cassidy like a puppet, the imps came forward with their weapons.

Ribby and Croaks clenched their fists, ready to fight.

Brineybeard took out his sword and stood in front of Natalie to defend her.

Cuphead clenched his fists, the red flames glowing.

Chalice turned into a ghost with a determined look on her face.

The blue sparks came out of Mugman’s body, his glare set on the Devil.

Werner ducked back into Mugman’s head and then coming back up with a mini-gun aimed at the imps around them.

“Ooh, I’m so scared,” Devil mocked them. “I have enough patience as it is. I have been waiting for this moment when I can finally kill you all. Now…let’s get the party started, shall we?”

The imps charged towards the others.

Ribby and Croaks yelled out their battle-cry and threw punches at the imps, knocking down every single one of them coming at them.

Brineybeard slashed through the demons with his sword while Werner was firing his mini gun at the imps from Mugman’s head.

Cassidy threw a fireball at Natalie, but it was intercepted by Cuphead. Cuphead threw the fireball back at Cassidy with his wings spread out. Cassidy grabbed the fireball and held it for a brief while.

Mugman zoomed towards Devil, causing Werner to fall back into the mug’s head. He did not hesitate to throw punches at the Devil, letting the sparks fly out of his hands to electrocute the Devil.

The Devil took a hit, his body convulsing a bit until he managed to control himself and smacking Mugman in the face with the back of his pitchfork. He raised his hands up to control Cassidy’s body, turning her around to aim the fireball at Mugman. Before she could throw it, Chalice jumped into her body as a ghost and possessed her, yanking the aim to Devil instead. The fireball was thrown at the Devil, hitting his body.

Cassidy had blue eyes instead of red, indicating that Chalice was possessing her temporary.

“Hurry, Saltbaker! I don’t know how much longer I can hold her!” Chalice shouted with Cassidy’s voice.

Saltbaker nodded his head and rushed towards Cassidy.

Devil noticed Saltbaker running towards Cassidy with the cure in his hand. The demon growled and used his telepathic powers to shove Saltbaker away from Cassidy, sending him flying towards Ribby and Croaks. He took back Cassidy’s body under his possession, shoving Chalice out of Cassidy’s body.

Saltbaker shrieked and crashed against the frogs, knocking them back away from the imps.

Brineybeard gasped and hurried to defend the others by slashing at the incoming imps attacking them. “Are you guys okay?”

“Never better,” Saltbaker groaned.

Mugman drew his brows together and charged towards Devil, tackling him off the throne.

Cuphead was about help, but the imps were piling up on him. He threw his fists at them to get them away from him. Natalie noticed this while breathing heavily in fear. She looked to see Chalice being shoved out of Cassidy’s body, reverting her back to her physical form. Chalice groaned in pain and looked up to Cassidy forming fireballs in her paws.

Before Cassidy would throw a fire ball at Chalice, a mini cannonball crashed between her and Chalice. It blew up before they both could question what it was.

Chalice gasped and looked to the side to see Canteen holding a pistol. He jumped between Cassidy and Chalice with a glare at her, earning Chalice’s bright smile.

“If you want to hurt her, you’re going to have to get through me,” Canteen growled, his gun aimed at her.

Cuphead noticed Canteen standing between Cassidy and Chalice while Bulldog and Charlie entered the scene with Esther tagging along with them.

Bulldog took out his M60 machine gun and fired the bullets at the imps, backing them away from Cuphead and Brineybeard.

Charlie threw bombs in his webs at the imps while Esther fired her shotgun at the imps attacking Brineybeard.

Mugman punched the Devil continuously and sent sparks onto the Devil’s body until someone familiar knocked him away from the Devil. Mugman groaned in pain and looked up. His breathing stopped and his mind went blank. He could only stare in horror to see a familiar tiger standing over him, his stomach opened and an orange glow in his veins.

Devil stood back up with a condescending smirk. “You remember Hunter, don’t you?”

Mugman had tears trickling down to his face, watching Hunter approaching him closer. When Hunter leaned down to meet Mugman’s eye-level, a smirk came to his face.

“It’s nice to see you again, little animal,” Hunter snarled.

Werner popped out of Mugman’s head. “Hey, vo are vu calling little animal?!” Angrily, Werner hopped onto Hunter’s forehead, slamming his fists between the tiger’s eyes with a battle-cry.

Before Devil could step in to help Hunter, a wooden hammer slammed into his face and knocked him back. Devil growled in pain and looked to see Porkrind gripping the hammer with a pissed-off look on his face. The Devil laughed and more arms were pulled from his sides to scare the pig.

Jerry came into the scene and used the other arms out of his trench-coat to pull out his pistols. “Two can play that game.”

Before Devil could attack both Jerry and Porkrind, two cards blocked his eyes. Devil screamed and ripped them off, realizing Dice was right beside him and holding his pitchfork to aim it at Devil.

“Don’t make me use this,” Dice growled.

O’Fera and Murray jumped into the scene, helping Cuphead and Charlie with the imps with O’Fera firing her gun and Murray jumping into the imps’ memories and torturing them with it. Bulldog joined O’Fera, firing at the imps.

O’Fera looked at Bulldog. “Wait, who’s at the edge?!”

“Djimmi, Cagney, Hilda, and Bowlboy! Don’t worry, they’ll lift us up once we let them know!” Bulldog shouted in determination.

Natalie was the only one not fighting the imps. She didn’t know what to do until she noticed Cassidy ready to fire another fireball at Canteen. Chalice got up and gripped Canteen’s bandage shoulder with a glare at possessed Cassidy.

Natalie had to think of something to do. She noticed the Devil controlling her despite being attacked by Porkrind, Jerry, and Dice while Mugman couldn’t move an inch from noticing Hunter and Werner attacking Hunter. Natalie wondered if she could get Cassidy away from the Devil. That’s when an idea struck her. She took off her pink high-heels and threw one of them at Cassidy’s head. Cassidy got hit in the head by the shoes and looked at Natalie.

“Come get me!” Natalie shouted and ran off.

Cassidy grinned evilly and chased after Natalie.

Chalice and Canteen gasped in shock and chased after Cassidy.

Saltbaker noticed this and decided to hurry after the other kids.

Natalie lured Cassidy through the halls of Hell, hoping to get her friend further enough away from the Devil for him to lose control of her. However, Natalie hit a dead end and gasped in fear. She turned to find Cassidy creeping closer to her, a fireball ready in her paw until she crossed an invisible line. Her veins no longer glowed orange and she slumped forward, her fur pale as if she had no soul within her.

Natalie smiled in relief and noticed Chalice and Canteen approaching them. Chalice widened her eyes and noticed Saltbaker rushing besides Cassidy, injecting the cure into her body. Cassidy vomited out Tremaine, but she was still slumped forward.

“Come on, let’s get out of here!” Saltbaker shouted to the kids while picking Cassidy up in his arms.

The kids nodded their heads in agreement and hurried back to the others.

~.~

Mugman watched Werner slamming his tiny fists against Hunter’s forehead before Hunter thrusted Werner against the wall.

“Ow!” Werner yelped.

Hunter turned back to Mugman, who breathed heavily in fear. “You know, I should be thanking you for killing me. I can come back more powerful thanks to you.”

Cuphead noticed Hunter approaching his brother, his brows drawn together. He zoomed towards the tiger and punched him square in the face. “You get away from my brudda! If you ever come near him again, I’ll kill you myself! Ya hear me?!”

As Cuphead was saying this, his body started to burn up in pure anger and vengeance while growing more orange phoenix feathers in his body.

Mugman widened his eyes in shock to see his brother defending him.

Cuphead turned to his brother. “You okay, Mugsy?”

Mugman noticed Hunter forming a fireball. “CUPHEAD, LOOK OUT!!!”

Cuphead turned too late as Hunter shot a fireball at the cup, knocking him back away from his brother.

“CUPHEAD!” Mugman cried, breathing heavily. He looked back at Hunter, who laughed.

“Now, your annoying brother won’t interfere,” Hunter growled at Mugman.

Mugman gritted his teeth in anger and stood up with blue tears streaming down on his face. “Don’t you call him that. Only I get to call him that!”

With that said, the sparks grew larger around Mugman’s body. Mugman’s blue feathers glowed around his torso and his eyes glowed blue, charging towards the tiger and punching his face while electrocuting him.

“You don’t come near me, my brother, my dad, Elder Kettle, and Cassidy ever again! I won’t let you use me to hurt my family again!” Mugman cried, slamming his fists against the tiger’s face before finally shoving him back against the wall.

Dice, Jerry, Porkrind, and Devil noticed before Porkrind landed the last punch at Devil.

Dice dropped the pitchfork when he noticed Saltbaker running out of the hallway with Cassidy in his arms and Chalice, Canteen, and Natalie following him.

“Guys! We got her! Let’s go!” Saltbaker shouted.

Mugman switched his gaze over to find Cassidy’s soulless body in Saltbaker’s arms. He dashed towards Cuphead to pick him up and then to Cassidy, picking her off of Saltbaker’s arms.

“What the—?” Saltbaker uttered with a confused look.

“We got to go! More are coming!” Esther pointed at more imps coming towards them.

O’Fera led the group consisting of Bulldog, Murray, Dice, Porkrind, Jerry, Charlie, and Esther towards Saltbaker and his group.

Brineybeard, Ribby, and Croaks joined the others and ran towards the exit as fast as they could.

Werner rushed behind them, climbing up on one of Brineybeard’s wooden peg legs and onto the pirate’s broad shoulder.

Devil growled. “You don’t just get to run away!” He looked at his imps. “AFTER THEM!”

The imps chased the others through the hallways, following Mugman towards the exit. Mugman flew up through the volcano exit while the others jumped onto the platform.

“PULL US UP!!” Bulldog shouted as the platform was being pulled up immediately by Cagney, Djimmi, and Hilda.

Bowlboy stood and watched in shock while the others were being pulled up. “Hurry!”

Everyone hurried to dissemble the crane and get onto the plane. O’Fera controlled the plane to take off and get away from the entrance of Hell for good.

~.~

 Elder Kettle waited at the Howling Aces’ base with Sally, Aurora, and Philip along with the Root Pack, the Moonshine Mob, the Casino gang, and the Yankee Yippers.

“Are they gonna make it?” Ollie asked with a trembling voice.

“I hope so,” Elder Kettle responded.

They heard someone approaching the front door, looking up in fear and anticipation until the door opened to reveal Mugman carrying both Cassidy and Cuphead in his arms.

Mugman had blue feathers glowing as he carried them inside of the base towards the others.

“Oh dear,” Sally uttered in shock.

“Are they dead?” Ollie questioned tearfully.

Mugman collapsed on his knees, holding them tightly. The tears started to trickle down on Mugman’s cheeks.

A couple of tears landed on Cuphead’s cracked face, instantly shocking him and waking him up.

Cuphead snapped his eyes awake with a gasp. “Whoa! What the—?” He realized he was in Mugman’s arms and crawled out of it. “Mugsy—” he looked to notice Cassidy laying in his arms without her soul. “Oh…”

“I’m sorry,” Mugman uttered to Cuphead.

“For what?”

“For not being a good brother. For not being good enough to protect you,” Mugman responded.

“Hey, you ain’t a bad brother. And you’ve always protected me. It’s me who doesn’t protect you enough,” Cuphead said sadly.

Ollie started to sob.

“Ollie, no,” Sal warned the onion.

Mugman held Cassidy closely as the others hurried inside of the base.

“We’re back!” Djimmi announced before noticing Mugman holding soulless Cassidy. The genie turned to Porkrind and Jerry to see their sad looks. “What happened with Cassidy’s soul?”

“Some glowing figure took her soul,” Dice responded. “We don’t know what it was, but—”

“The Most High,” Mugman gasped when the adults mentioned the glowing figure. He held her tighter until he broke down in tears. “Why? Why did you take her from me?”

Porkrind frowned and tried to hold in his tears. Jerry placed a hand on Porkrind’s shoulder, comforting him.

Everyone gathered around dead Cassidy as Ollie begin to cry to see someone dead. Ollie’s stench caused the others to start sniffling.

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Cassidy woke up to a bright glowing light carrying her out of Hell.

Part of her didn’t know who the figure under the glowing light was, but once she was out of Hell and into a brighter place, she almost understood who it was.

The Most High carried her soul towards the golden gates as the gates opened for him to walk through. “You’ve been through a lot, haven’t you?”

Cassidy frowned and snuggled close to Most High’s chest. She nodded her head. “I’m sorry…I wasn’t thinking clearly and I’m…I shouldn’t have made deals with the Devil.”

“That’s true. You shouldn’t have. But I see why you did. You didn’t think you’re loved. Didn’t you know that it’s a lie that was created for a long time?” The Most High asked her.

“It didn’t feel like a lie. It felt like it was truth.”

The Most High set Cassidy down on her feet. “Well, I like you to meet someone who will tell you otherwise.” The Most High gestured Cassidy to look forward.

Cassidy looked forward to find a grassy field with various of multi-color flowers. Up ahead, she could see two red felines running to her. They were adults and…she instantly recognized them.

“Mom? Dad?”

Jack and Shayna slid on their knees and hugged their daughter with cries of joy.

“My precious baby!” Shayna whimpered into her daughter’s shoulders.

Jack kissed the top of Cassidy’s head. “We love you so much, sweetheart. More than anything in this world.”

“Really?” Cassidy asked, her voice cracked.

“Of course,” Shayna, Cassidy’s mother, replied while wiping the tears away from her daughter’s face. “Look at you. You’re all grown up.”

Cassidy started to sob while snuggling her parents. “Why did you guys leave me?”

“Oh, baby,” Jack choked back tears.

Shayna wiped her own tears away. “I left you with Po to keep you safe from the Night Stalkers. It was only to keep you safe, honey. If I can come back for you, I would’ve…but…life had other plans.”

Cassidy blinked her eyes. “Po? You mean…?”

“Yeah, your adopted dad,” Shayna answered.

Cassidy tilted her head. “How come he never told me anything about you guys?”

Shayna frowned and looked to the side.

Cassidy glanced to the side and saw a cloud playing a memory of Porkrind collapsing on his knees in the snow.

“Shay?” Porkrind uttered on his knees.

Shayna looked back at Cassidy. “He tends to bottle things up. I wish he wouldn’t. It would catch up to him at the end. Maybe you can help me through that the same way he helped you through your childhood.”

Cassidy watched more memories of Porkrind defending her from bullies along with Jerry. She widened her eyes to find Jerry jumping into the lake when Cassidy was thrown into it by her bullies and Porkrind punching the teacher for calling Cassidy a burden. She also noticed the memories where she was dancing with Porkrind to practice her date with Mugman. She saw that she was dancing with Jerry when she wanted to go to Natalie’s birthday party. She saw Dice playing cards with her, Jerry, and Porkrind with Dice shutting Tabitha up so that they could play cards together without Tabitha making a comment.

She saw Mugman complimenting her when reading beside her one time and calling her an angel. She also saw Chalice and Cuphead prioritizing what Cassidy desires for her birthday along with Canteen defending her when Natalie tried to make suggestions that would go her way.

She also saw Ribby and Croaks being happy whenever she came around to visit them along with Cagney, Hilda, and Goopy Le Grande. Even there were memories of Djimmi the Great giggling at Cassidy’s antics as a kitten.

Most of all, she saw Natalie not being a good friend to her by walking all over and getting Cassidy to do things she wants. However, she also saw that Natalie was the one who rescued Cassidy out of the tree trunk and would defend Cassidy whenever someone made a snide remark at Cassidy.

Cassidy started to cry when she saw everyone surrounding her soulless body and crying. Mugman holding her and sobbing into her chest. Ribby and Croaks were crying into each other’s shoulders to see Cassidy like this while Porkrind was trying to hold in his tears until he finally collapsed on his knees, sobbing. Jerry hugged Porkrind from the side, joined in by Dice placing a hand on Porkrind’s shoulder. Cuphead whimpered a bit from the onion stench while Murray and Elder Kettle hugged him. Natalie sobbed to see her friend like this along with Aurora. Chalice and Canteen comforted Natalie and Aurora, trying to hold in their tears as well.

“They love me,” Cassidy uttered.

“Yes, they do,” The Most High replied.

“I’m…I’m not a burden to them,” Cassidy added.

“You never were, Cassidy,” The Most High said. “And you never will be to me. You are loved by me and everyone who you call family. Don’t ever forget that, okay?”

“It’s going to be easy for me to forget,” Cassidy responded.

“Then I will remind you along with the others of how much loved you are,” The Most High replied.

Shayna and Jack stood beside her.

The Most High looked at Cassidy. “You can stay or you can go. It’s your choice.”

Cassidy looked at the memories in tears. She looked up at her real parents, who were smiling at them. Then she noticed the cups, who were smiling at her too.

Cassidy wiped her tears away. “I want to go back to them.”

The Most High nodded his head. “Then you shall go back to them.”

“Can we hug our daughter before she leaves?” Jack requested.

The Most High nodded his head. “Of course.”

Jack and Shayna pulled Cassidy into a hug for one last time as all three of them purred.

“Will I see you guys again?” Cassidy asked her parents.

“Of course, you will,” Jack responded.

Shayna kissed her daughter’s forehead and looked into her daughter’s eyes. “Po and Jerry did such a good job raising such a beautiful girl like you.”

“They sure did,” Jack agreed.

Cassidy sniffled and wiped her tears away.

“Don’t be angry at Po,” Shay reminded Cassidy. “He bottled a lot of things up, but he shows more emotion when you’re around. Can you tell him that I’m proud of him for me?”

“Yeah, of course,” Cassidy replied while wiping the tears away.

“Thank you,” Shayna responded while her parents let Cassidy go.

The Most High extended his hand out for Cassidy. “Are you ready?”

Cassidy nodded her head and grabbed his hand. “Yeah.”

“Good,” The Most High said as he guided her into the memory where everyone was surrounding her at the Howling Aces base.

~.~

 The cries faded from Ollie with the stench fading from the air. However, half of the group were still sobbing like Natalie and Aurora. Both of the girls were comforted by Brineybeard holding them close like they were his own daughters.

Cassidy’s soul watched them still gathered around and looked to see Djimmi sighing.

“We gotta bury her,” Djimmi responded.

“No,” Mugman whimpered. “Give me five more minutes with her.”

O’Fera frowned and looked away, wiping the remaining tears away.

Cassidy’s soul shook her head and entered back into her body without anyone being aware. However, Werner noticed color coming back to Cassidy’s body.

Mugman noticed Cassidy’s felt warmer than expected. Before he could question the sudden warmness, he heard purring. He gasped and looked at her, noticing her fluttering her eyes open to wake up.

Everyone gasped at the sight with both in happiness and shock.

Cassidy glanced up and the first person she saw was Mugman. “Mugsy…?”

“Angel…?” Mugman uttered in tears. He buried his head against her forehead, sobbing.

She caressed his face, crying along with him.

“I thought I lost you,” Mugman uttered.

She rubbed her face against his, purring louder than before. “I love you too.”

He held her tighter, his wings extended to wrap around her.

She gasped in shock. “Whoa, you got wings?!”

Mugman giggled and placed her on the floor, letting her sit up and looking at his wings. “Yeah. You missed a lot.”

“Wow,” she responded with a blush.

“Yeah.”

She looked to see Porkrind, who was now tearing up. “Dad?”

Porkrind immediately rushed up to her and picked her up, cradling her in his arms. “I miss you so much!”

“I miss you too, Dad,” Cassidy responded.

Jerry approached beside Porkrind.

“Jerry!” Cassidy cried while leaping into Jerry’s arms.

Jerry hugged her with all of his sick arms. “Oh, Cassi, you’re alive!”

Ribby and Croaks ran towards Cassidy. “CASSI!” They picked her up from Jerry’s arms and hugged the red feline.

“We misses ya,” Ribby whimpered.

“The Devil will pay for what he did to you!” Croaks responded out of vengeance.

“Guys, guys, I’m okay,” Cassidy reassured the frog brothers. “I miss you both too.”

Cagney swept Cassidy off of Ribby and Croaks’ arms and spun her around. “It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen you!”

“Oh, we got so much catching up to do,” Hilda replied excitedly.

“Where’s Goopy?” Cassidy asked Hilda and Cagney.

“Uh…no idea,” Cagney responded.

“CASSI!”

Cassidy was suddenly tackled out of Cagney’s hold by Cuphead. Cuphead twirled around and hugged. “You’re back! You’re back! You’re back!”

“Careful, Cuphead, you’re going to crush her bones!” Mugman hurried to Cuphead to make sure he wouldn’t hurt Cassidy.

Chalice and Canteen approached Cassidy.

“It’s good to have you back, Cassi,” Chalice replied warmly and hugged her.

“It’s good to be back—” Cassidy noticed Canteen’s bandaged arm. “Did I—?”

“Not intentionally,” Canteen answered. “Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine.”

Cassidy noticed Aurora running up to her.

“Cassi!!” Aurora shouted with joy.

Cassidy picked Aurora up and spun her around in a hug. “Aw, Rori!”

She looked up at Natalie, who gave her a frown. She rubbed her arm and gave a deep sigh.

“Cassi…”

Cassidy put Aurora down and listened to Natalie intently.

Natalie sighed heavily and looked into the feline’s eyes. “I’m sorry.”

Cassidy’s gaze softened.

“I’m sorry that I called you a burden…I’m sorry that I pressured to do things that I only want…I-I’m sorry for being a terrible friend. I will understand if you don’t forgive me. I wasn’t the friend you deserved. I was caught up in being like Mom that I was pushing you away. But I won’t try to be her. I want to be a better friend to you. You deserve to have a better friend than how I treated you back then and—”

Cassidy hugged Natalie, interrupting her speech. “I forgive you.”

Natalie clenched her jaw and hugged her back, crying into her shoulder.

Brineybeard smiled proudly at Natalie.

Cassidy and Natalie broke away while Mugman approached beside Cassidy and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

Cuphead approached beside Natalie and held her hand with a soft proud smile at her. They both blushed at each other, but they still held hands.

Chalice and Canteen stood side by side as Chalice glanced at Canteen and smirked at him.

“Hey, Hughes,” Chalice called.

“Hm?” Canteen questioned.

“You are a hero today,” she responded. “Do you know what heroes get when they save damsels in distress?”

“Uh…I have think about all the stories I read and—”

Chalice kissed his cheek with a blush on her face. “They get a kiss on the cheek, silly.”

Canteen blushed madly. “Oh…”

“I’m trying to say thank you for saving me.”

“Right, right,” Canteen answered with his face becoming more red.

Cassidy looked up at Porkrind, who smiled at her. She pulled out of Mugman’s hold and climbed up on her father’s shoulder. She rubbed her head against his. “Thank you, Dad, for everything.”

Porkrind smiled softly and hugged her.

“And Dad?”

“Hm?”

“Mom is proud of you.”

Porkrind widened his eye in shock. “Huh?”

“Um…I saw her up in Heaven and she wanted me to tell you how proud she is for you and how you raised me.”

Porkrind softened his gaze while slightly freaked out. “You’ve seen your parents?”

Cassidy nodded her head.

“I’m sorry I haven’t told you about them—”

“It’s okay. I understand,” she said. “Maybe you can tell me more about them someday.”

Porkrind smiled and nodded. “Sounds like a good idea.”

Cassidy climbed back down from her father and went to her friends, cuddling her boyfriend.

Porkrind smiled softly and watched his daughter talking with her group of friends.

Djimmi floated next to Porkrind. “She’s a miracle, isn’t she?”

The one-eyed pig nodded his head in agreement. “Yeah, she really is.”

To Be Continued...

A/N: I'm so sorry for the long chapter, but I really hope that you enjoy it nevertheless. Please leave hearts and comments. Reblogs are appreciated. <3

#cuphead #mugman #ocs x canons #elder kettle #ms chalice #king dice #canteen hughes #porkrind #cuphead jerry #cuphead: isle of memories rewrite #the devil cuphead #chef saltbaker #captain brineybeard #ribby and croaks #sally stageplay #werner werman #cagney carnation #hilda berg #bowlboy #djimmi the great #the root pack #the howling aces cuphead #the moonshine mob #charlie left legs #esther winchester #the casino gang cuphead

[willow-o-wisph]

Movie Posters and Book covers reimagined as FNAF [concept not art]

Warnings: discussion of disturbing imagery, gore, and horror.

None of these ideas are based off the plot of the story and more of the way the poster looked. Just wished to say that before someone told me why poster idea was wrong because of said story plot.

[Feel free to use these ideas but I ask to be tagged if the idea is used so that I can see it. I like looking at cool artwork.]

This poster but redraw it as Michael Afton from FNAF during his Ennard era. Change out the stuff with wires, blood, and some of the remaining internal organs. Blood dripping down his now purple eyes. Clawing at his decomposing face with some of the skin peeling off as he does. It would be a wonderful horror image.

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FNAF 4 Crying Child. Here's my idea. CC kneeling in front of a television playing the Freadbear and Friends cartoon, but have the image be staticed over a bit. Fretboard plushie being on it's back as well in the same position as the poster. But to add onto the image have the nightmare be standing slightly seen in the dark background behind the TV in the same standing order as presented on the TV with the nightmare Fred bear even further behind them with the menacing teeth covered in blood be the most prominent part. The wording on the poster even fits the idea. Have the Poltergeist be turned into Nightmares or something similar.

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Pizza-plex horror poster. I have two ideas that can be mixed and matched around. This isn't as concrete of an idea but spinning of multiple concepts.

1. Have the hand holding the bag be Vanny's and the head in the bag be Vanessa's to symbolize the way that Vanny has taken over Vanessa.

2. Have the hand stay as Vanny but have Gregory's head be in the bag. Showing the worst case scenario that could have happened.

3. Have it be the mimics hand [real or digital] holding Cassie's head in the bag either bare or with the discarded Vanny mask.

But whatever is choosen the bag is changed to a fazbear gift bag, a simple 80s inspired logo, nothing too busy. To add to the horror you could add blood coming from the hole in the bag or from the head in the bag. Either way it's an interesting concept

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William Afton as the man with the bloody knife and the five figures as the five missing children. Make the background the pizzeria and while a simple change over it would be really cool to see where an artist might take it.

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Another FNAF 4 poster idea. This one being from outside the Afton house and the spirits over the top being the nightmares. There's enough faces for it to include a lot more faces. Keep the bedroom window but have the light come from a side view child holding up a flashlight or something similar.

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Another Michael idea. The G in the poster kinda looks like a stylized scooper doesn't it. Keep the clock and blood dripping down it the same, put Michael in his matentence worker uniform and it would make a cool poster. The clock face could even be turned into Baby's face to symbolize where her face appears as a clock face during the game.

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Honestly Just an excuse to draw Bonnie's spirit Jeremy shredding on Bonnie's guitar. Nothing too deep about this one, just a really cool image I wanted everyone to think about.

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Ennard in the sewer. Ennard right after it left Michael's body. The blood still on the sidewalk and some loose wires that didn't make it. Turn the paper boat into Ennard's party hat. Have glowing eyes be seen in the darkness and dried bloody hand like metal be clamping onto the grate.

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Tales from the Pizzaplex with Tiger rock holding the book. Simple one but one I thought would be fun to show for the book fans.

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William holding up a knife to one of his victims. I was thinking Charlie or Cassidy. Have there be some speckles of blood if you believe the missing Children's incident took place over the course of an extended period of time or have it be covered in the blood of the recently killed other children if you believe the killing happen over a very short time span.

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[I might make more parts with more of my ideas later.]

#fnaf #fnaf art ideas #fnaf games #fnaf books #william afton #michael afton #circus baby #ennard #crying child #mega pizzaplex #tales from the pizzaplex #fnaf vanessa #fnaf gregory #fnaf cassie #fnaf cassidy #horror movie posters #reimagined ideas #feel free to use as inspo please tag me so i can see what you made if you are inspired #i might draw these later #i dont have nearly enough skill but it would be fun

[valleyfthdolls]

I like your writing it makes me feel a certain type of way.

Also what's your FNAF au about?

Thank you anon!

@chisksblog my FNaF AU isn't too unlike canon, though it has a lot of focus on the Afton family because I'm crazy about their story. The big things changed are generally more accuracy to real life animatronics of the era, with each animatronic character having written-in personalities and lore that then intersects with the missing children. Fazbear Entertainment has "lore" of its own (akin to the CEC characters) in universe that kind of blurs the missing kids' reality at the edges.

Speaking of which, the missing children's info is as follows:

Charlotte "Charlie" Emily, 9 years old, died 10/31/1982. Possesses The Marionette. Elizabeth Nora Afton, 10 years old, died 4/13/1983. Possesses Circus Baby. Cassidy Blair Afton, 9 years and 6 days old, died 6/28/1983. Possesses Fredbear. Susie Ann Miller, 10 years old, died 7/02/1985. Possesses Chica. Jeremy Young, 5 years old, died 7/23/1985. Possesses Bonnie. Gabriel Lowe, 7 years old, died 7/23/1985. Possesses Freddy Fazbear. Francesca Claudette "Fritz" Oliveira, 11 years old, died 8/01/1985. Possesses Captain Foxy.

The other three who died and possess the other Funtimes I'm not certain on, or if they even really exist. I'll.. I'll figure that out.

When it comes to Security Breach and stuff, that's where things get very, very different. Technically, my main fnaf AU doesn't involve HW/SB/Ruin, that's a different thing entirely (I call that au "security-singularity breach" or scsib for short).

In ScSiB, Gregory isn't entirely a . y'know, homeless orphan. Actually, he has a full family- parents and two older sisters- twins, actually. His parents split before his birth though, and his father left with his older sister Vanessa, leaving him and Valentine. After losing Vanessa, their mother became the person that she was said to be by their father to get custody of Ness- neglectful, emotionally abusive, and suicidal. Valentine and Gregory both became self-sufficient, and Gregory became cold and bitter where Valentine became irreverent and overly positive to mask a sense of insignificance. Once Vanessa moves out of her father's house, she tries to become a part of Gregory's life, to little success due to Gregory's very avoidant attachment style and suspicion.

Valentine is the one to get taken over by Glitchtrap, but she ropes both of her siblings into it subtly. As Valentine starts appearing more like Vanessa, Gregory becomes completely lost in who and what he can trust. His only comfort is spending all his time at the Pizzaplex, because he has a couple of friends there and he gets in free on a family discount. He considers Freddy his friend, and this is vitally important. As he becomes more uncertain of his safety in his home life, he tries to reach out to Freddy, who is just receptive enough for Gregory to keep trying little by very little. Valentine models her persona after both herself and her sister to continue implicating Vanessa so it stays between them, and she names it V.A.N.N.Y.- Virtual Augmentation Neural Network Yield. The suit is partially mechanized and works off of the V.A.N.N.I. system from Ruin.

On Halloween of 2020 (I don't like that SB canonically takes place in like 2045. sorry), V.A.N.N.Y. is forced to really start acting out Glitchtrap's will, and to cut her off from any emotional connection, Glitchtrap instructs her to kill her parents and Gregory. She successfully kills her parents, but Gregory escapes. He is presumed by most to have killed his parents and run away. Glitchtrap is not happy that she fucked up, but this was partially a move to protect her brother by putting him in a place where Vanessa would feel she had absolutely no choice but to protect him for her, even though they're not close. She puts the responsibility of Gregory's safety on Vanessa, but Gregory doesn't trust her.

The only person that Gregory trusts- aside from Cassie, who doesn't believe Gregory is a murderer- isn't really a person, but Freddy. Freddy is the only person Gregory feels like isn't hiding something from him. This turns out to be very wrong, as Freddy isn't really Freddy, but Michael Afton, trying to stop anything awful from happening again by protecting Gregory at any cost.

Which is a difficult task when the kid you're trying to protect keeps insisting on putting himself in the way of a murderer with the intention of "saving" her.

#fnaf #fnaf au #scsib au #christmas kids au

[camzverse]

CASSIDY MICHAEL AND ROXY!!!!!

YAAYYY

sorry for answering like two weeks late btw 💀💀💀💀 ignore rhattt

(i wanted 2 do all three but like theres practically no canon information about cassidy.. this shit a travesty forreal. like what do we even know about her besides some logbook and ucn stuff. Sighh............ so just mikey n roxy i GUESS)

michaelllll

favorite thing about them: either the way he just watches that little vampire soap opera every night (So silly) or the fact he can draw. his little drawings in the logbook...

least favorite thing about them: him being a little BITCH in fnaf4. he was straiggt up INFURIATING. if i ever encountered 1983 mike its ON SIGHT

favorite line: "he tripped and fell on freddys teeth not our fault" <-ITS SO FUNNY TO ME WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM . that or his whole "i should be dead but im not im going to come find you" speech it was pretty cool tbh. he ate

brOTP: Does he even have friends. wait do him and helpy count theyre so silly. freak corpse father and little toy bear son... im not sure what does and doesnt count as a brotp lmao

OTP: dont really care that much for shipping him but jeremike is soo fun :3 i like them

nOTP: ummm idk i guess just. Not the icky stuff yk. cant really think of anything else

random headcanon: i personally lov the idea that he kinda designed foxy. like he came up w the idea in like a drawing. i think its neat

unpopular opinion: idk exactly how unpopular this is but ive seen a loott of people saying it and. i dont think mike was mean 2 evan bc elizabeth died and he took it out on him or Whatever tf it is people think (i also dont even think she was dead at this point. imo) i think he was just mean bc. he just was mean yk. he just enjoyed being mean to ev and scaring him. as older brothers often do. i just dont think there was some deeper reason i really believe he was just being mean for the sake of fucking w his sibling. side note i dont think he ever wouldve taken it as far as the bite incident on his own i think that was jst a special case bc his bullying was being super enabled by his equally dickheaded friends. ykwim? not like he wasnt at fault he absolutely was but like i think it was a mob mentality kinda thing. if thta even makes sense. Anyway

song i associate with them: cop car by mitski.... something something "i will never die" Also michael afton + dog metaphor makes me insane

favorite picture of them:

he is Lookingg..

roxyy!!!

favorite thing about them: i LOVE her design. and also her personality. shes just a really cool and interesting character as a whole i like what theyve done in creating her. Ok thats not really a fav thing ermm im gonna go w her design cuz it goes so hard

least favorite thing about them: shes a gregory hater and i cannot get behind that !! Sorry queen u fell off

favorite line: def either "sign up today and be a WINNER! nobody likes a loser 🙄🙄" (i love the way she says it its so funny 2 me) or "i remember because you are number one—twice :)" (aww CRIES)

brOTP: do her and cassie count. Theyre everything. i really do not think i am understanding brotp correctly but its not like theres that many options either. whatevr. OOHhhh yk what i really fw roxy-freddy friendship. their dynamic intrigues me....

OTP: also not big on shipping for roxy but i yhink roxica is cutee ^_^

nOTP: umm i have no idea actualky. lmao

random headcanon: she is a #lesbian she kisses girls shes a big fan of women etc u get it. also hc that when kids go in her green room and they play the racing arcade machine she starts backseat gaming them like crazy . shes just mad she cant play the game herself lmao

unpopular opinion: umm i dont think i really have one Question mark.. tbh i feel like people dont talk about roxy that much so im not sure what Is a popular opinion. people should talk about her more shes interesting

song i associate with them: what you waiting for by gwen stefani!!!!! actually bc of that one roxy drawing u made that had that song LOL

favorite picture of them:

shes so cool..

#cam.txt

[dalekofchaos]

Why I have mixed feelings on The Mimic

I have mixed feelings on The Mimic after playing Ruin.

Why I've grown to like it.

To me the new FNAF games are the horrors of Fazbear Entertainment not learning their lesson and repeating the sins of the past and The Mimic is built on the agony of Freddy's. It's Afton's legacy being passed down. The agony he started is being continued to this day and you can bet he is smiling and proud that even tho he's in a hell of his own making, his legacy is being continued and he couldn't be even more proud, although his pride and satisfaction is unsettling Cassidy and Charlie. The Mimic is Fazbear's Curse and while William might not be around, his legacy remains or I guess you could say William's legacy is remnant(I had to)

Why I don't like it.

The original story of Security Breach was scrapped because of Sony's meddling and Scott's bad communication. To me, The Mimic felt like course correcting. Vanny's potential was squandered. Help Wanted seemed like it was leading to William's revival.

The Pizzaplex being built over the remains over Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place feels meaningless if it wasn't about William's revival.

Princess Quest shows Glitchtrap as something we'd see Afton turning into the Afton Amalgamation. But if that wasn't the plan, why even include it in Princess Quest?

The Princess is labeled as Cassidy in Princess Quest. But if Glitchtrap isn't Afton, why label her as Cassidy and paint it as Cassidy trying to free Vanessa and ending Afton once and for all?

I feel as though Afton was meant to be the puppet master.

William was Glitchtrap and Burntrap was the plan, but Princess Quest is the canon ending and that stopped Burntrap’s revival and it just melted away(you can see the steam in the recharge station in Ruin) so without William, The Mimic was free to return to what it was created to do(dismember limbs) and lure Cassie to free it.

I think William was the puppet master because of the trailer line

"When i first found you, you were nothing, you were small, pathetic… But now, you are more…. Are you ready?" This could be Afton talking to The Mimic or Vanny.

“You will do as I say, you will bring me what I want, and if you fail me, then you will–both of you–BURN!”

BOTH OF YOU, meaning Vanny and The Mimic.

Just keep things SIMPLE. Fazbear Entertainment was cutting costs and scanning the circuit boards of Scraptrap and the remains of the animatronics from FFPS and that’s how Glitchtrap was made.(or you know fully intended to create Glitchtrap because someone in Fazbear wanted William to return) Glitchtrap wants a follower that will help make him whole and help him fulfill his plans. Which is restore his family in his twisted image. Glitchtrap wants full control of the Pizzaplex, Vanny is completing his instructions, retrieving his body and uses Glamrock Bonnie’s remains to repair his suit and Burntrap wants to kill Gregory for his remnant. Not everything needs to be overly complicated, Scott.

Everything that made Vanny special was taken away by The Mimic and Gregory as GGY. They've made it clear that Vanny didn't matter and that was bullshit. It’s like every step in this new narrative seems like her character’s importance is getting diminished to less and less, like half the stuff she’s supposed to have done in this narrative has been has been…the roles of it has been filled in by other characters. Gregory is the one who puts the Glitch in the Pizzaplex, but she was the one who originally supposed to do that in the scrapped emails for FNAF AR and she hasn’t even been mentioned ONCE in these new books. Gregory has. The Mimic has. Glitchtrap technically has, but like no Vanny. What the fuck? There’s no presence of her and she’s supposed to be one of the new main antagonists, but now they’ve completely shafted her character for the sake of WHAT??? So not only did they fuck over Vanny in the games, they do the same fucking thing in the books. What WAS THE FUCKING POINT OF HELP WANTED IF YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE VANNY’S ROLE TO GREGORY???

They didn't have to use The Mimic. They could've used Vanny. Vanny could've used recordings of Gregory and synthesized his voice to lure Cassie and other children down to the Pizzaplex. Could make the Vanny or Burntrap endings canon. This could've been what redeemes Vanny. But no, instead they gave up and abandoned Vanny altogether and gives her role to The Mimic. "Cassie could be the new Vanny" I don't give a shit. Help Wanted established Vanny and Security Breach was supposed to be VANNY'S GAME. If they wanted a new villain so badly, they had Vanny RIGHT FUCKING THERE!

I mean just imagine Ruined Vanny! Vanny is shattered by the Staffbots, but she's alive. Vanessa is dead, but Vanny remains. To keep her body moving she repairs herself with parts from staff bots and animatronic parts from Parts And Service. Vanny lives and she plans on getting her revenge on Gregory and any other child she can lure to continue Afton's work and you could've replaced MXES with the actual Glitchtrap. art by azoinab.

But if they wanted Princess Quest to be canon, they could've used The Afton Amalgamation. Burntrap assimilates The Blob and becomes The Agony. The Pizzaplex is in ruins because of Afton. Have Gregory, Vanessa and Cassie working together to rebuild the Glamrocks, put together Happiest Day and ending Afton once and for all or ending Afton to how he dies in Fazbear Frights.

I am well aware that Five Nights At Freddy's is more than Afton, but saying we don't need William anymore is like saying Halloween doesn't need Michael Myers or saying Elm Street doesn't need Freddy Krueger. Complaining about William returning is like complaining about a horror icon returning, it's just dumb and silly. He is the monster that started it all and having a final end as the Afton Amalgamation would be more fitting than as Scraptrap.

To me, the script was flipped and the story was changed because of the reception to Security Breach. They gave up on Vanny and changed Afton to The Mimic. You can argue that Scott has this planned out since 2019 all you want, but using Afton's image for a new villain without any hints whatsoever in the game that this isn't Afton was just dumb. And honestly? We already had a Mimic esque character. Ennard. Ennard and Mimic are the same concept (evil endoskeleton mimics humans) and I think Ennard came out much better. When it comes down to it. Scott had bad communications as what he wanted Steel Wool to do and The Mimic just comes out of left field and at the expense of Vanny and Afton.

#Five Nights At Freddy's #FNAF #William Afton #The Mimic #Vanny #Burntrap #Glitchtrap

[briandraws]

Since MatPat took forever to create an actual FNAF timeline, I'm going to try making one myself.

The first kill was Charlie Emily, Henry Emily's young daughter in 1983.

Later that same year C.C. was murdered by Michael Afton, known as "The Bite of 83."

And in the same year, Elizabeth Afton is murdered by Circus Baby.

In 1987, an employee at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza and Games was reported dead due to a chunk of his head missing from a bite. This was dubbed "The Bite of 87."

Later that same year, Michael Afton is hired at Circus Baby's Pizza World, and is killed by the Scooper mechanism.

In the early 1990s, William Afton murders 6 more children and stuffs them into the animatronic suits at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria.

In 1994, Michael Afton, now a walking corpse, is hired at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, and ultimately fired for bad odor.

In 1997, William Afton dies of a springlock failure.

Around 36 years later, in 2023, William Afton, now known as Springtrap, comes back to life in Fazbear's Fright, where Michael Afton works.

In the same week that Michael is hired, Fazbear's Fright burns down, but both Aftons make it out alive.

About 10 years later, Michael is hired by an elderly Henry Emily to run Freddy Fazbear's Diner, which also functions as a scrapyard for animatronics.

And in that same week the place burns down, taking Scraptrap, Scrap Baby, and Lefty down with it. Ultimately both Michael and Henry die in that fire, but not Scraptrap.

Scraptrap is kept alive for a few years by the vengeful spirit Cassidy, and is tortured in a hellscape with his own creations.

Around 5 years later, Afton returns as Glitchtrap, who takes control of Vanessa, a beta-tester for a new VR system. This introduces Vanny.

In 2045, a new megamall opens known as the Mega Pizzaplex, which is run by unknown people, but had completely rebranded the original Freddy's gang.

A kid breaks into the Pizzaplex and in a single night destroys the animatronics and the Pizzaplex, also killing Burntrap, William's new form.

Around a year later, the Pizzaplex gets shaken by an earthquake, a girl named Cassie decides to visit to try and rescue the boy who broke in, and ultimately dies of an elevator malfunction when she tried to escape.

There's your timeline folks, enjoy.

#fnaf #fnaf sb #fnaf ruin #fnaf timeline #GOD this took so long to type #my fingers hurt

[toothlesstdm]

ALSO BEEN WORKING ON SOME PLAYLISTS MORE.. here are they so far :3 I haven't been able to look for songs/add stuff in a bit since i've been busy but !!! In order its: Cassie, Gregory, Michael, Cassidy

#lillie txt #lillie's fnaf sb rewrite

[viarayy01-blog]

LETS GO ANOTHER POLL

IM DONE MAKING COMICS AFTER I FINSIHED THE CHARLIE ONE (from the last poll) FROM TODAY IM DONE. NO MORE COMICS IM SHIT AQT WRITING THEM AND THEY R SO BORING.

#fnaf #five nights at freddys #fnaf poll #vchatter #vpoll #poll