#when i zoomed in near the end to create the final stars and swirling dust clouds

[huffle-dork]

Magnificent (Part 3/End?)

Part 1: [x] Part 2: [x]

Jackie is sitting on the couch at home, mindlessly watching tv, signature red hoodie on and mask tucked in his pocket. He’s bored out of mind. Since Marvin got captured, Schneep had forbidden him from looking for him or doing any hero work. And Jackie was ready to climb up the walls, he was going insane.

He groaned out loud and adjusted himself on the couch, still aching from his injuries. A head peaked out of the hall and approached Jackie. Jameson leaned his head over Jackie’s and met his eyes, giving him a concerned frown. He signed “ice?” at Jackie and the hero just smiled and shook his head

“Thanks, J, but i’m okay…” Jamie raised his eyebrows then shrugged, heading back down the hall

As he left Jackie heard shuffling from the kitchen behind him followed by a shout, “Jackie! You sounded like you were in pain, do you need anything?” Jackie groaned again and rolled his eyes, lifting himself up to yell from the edge of the couch, “No Chase! I’m fine!” Chase gave him a sheepish smile before retreating back to the kitchen with a “just checking, bro!”

Jackie sighed and closed his eyes. He was grateful that his friends were here to help him if he needed it after his injuries. But he was starting to miss the quiet of having an apartment to himself, even if Jamie didn’t make any noise.

Grabbing the remote from the floor, Jackie rolls over and starts scrolling through the channels. Why did they still have cable again? Everything is online these days. But hey he just needed something to distract himself for a second.

While he’s flipping he thinks he sees a familiar sight. A green haired man wearing a cat mask. He accidently scrolls past it but he yelps when he sees it and quickly sits up to scroll back. When he finds the channel again the announcer booms:

“Welcome all, to our performance tonight! It’s the great magician, formally known as Marvin the Magnificent. Give a round of applause for Magnificent!”

Marvin appears on stage in a poof of red tinged smoke, donning a nice red dress shirt and black vest. He’s wearing a glittering cape and a new red and yellow colored mask. He bows for the crowd and gives a dead eyed smile to the camera.

Chase, having heard Jackie exclaim comes running out of the kitchen again and pants as he nears the couch.

“What? What is it?” He stops and gapes at the tv, “Is… Is that Marvin?”

Jackie can’t believe his eyes. How is Marvin there? He stares wide eyed at the screen and knits his eyebrows together.

“Something’s wrong…”

“I thought you said he was captured?” Chase mutters and Jackie quickly shushes him so he can hear.

Marvin doesn’t even greet the audience like he usually does. He just claps his hands together, magic bursting in his hands making his hair and cape fly in the wind. He opens his hands and out pops a couple white doves, who coo and zoom out over the crowd. They cheer watching the birds fly in amazement. Marvin grins and moves to snap his fingers. The doves all instantly burst into red and yellow confetti that rains down on the audience. They roar in applause.

Jameson, hearing the commotion, peaks back out and makes his way to join the others boys. He sits on the couch and stares at the tv before silently gasping and covering his mouth with his hands.

Marvin grins on stage and shifts to snap his other hand. The confetti shifts into billowing red smoke and the lights dim and turn red, casting the audience in blood red light. Phantom, in the audience, smirks and focuses to try to find a fitting victim.

“Ladies and Gentlemen,” Marvin projects through the thick smoke, “I see the wonder in your eyes. You must be wondering, how can i perform such feats?” Marvin laughs, but it’s almost sinister and a chill run through the crowd. Marvin then spreads out his hands and the smoke instantly clears but he’s no longer on stage. Instead he’s floating about 10 ft off the ground, sitting on the air. The crowd erupts in response and Marvin does a half bow.

The magician floats down and lightly touches back to the stage to bow properly. He snaps his fingers as he draws back up and a bright red flame appears. Marvin throws out his hands and the flames follow after his movements, creating dazzling visions and fireworks in the air. After making what looks like a little septic eye out of flames, Marvin outstretches a hand then clenches it tightly into a fist. The flames turn into a shower of red roses and Marvin bows again to the screaming crowd. He catches one of the falling roses from the air as he looks back at the audience.

“My friends,” Marvin says, “You too can do these feats as well. You just need the right… opportunity!” He reaches out a hand to the crowd, “May i have a volunteer?”

Jackie whispers as he watches, fixated on the screen, “Marvin never asks for volunteers…”

Phantom scans the room through Marvin’s eyes. Through the still lingering smoke he can feel the building desires of the crowd. His eyes land on a teenage boy, eagerly jumping in the air trying to get called on. With dreams so big, Phantom can’t help but grin. Marvin points out to the crowd and a light appears over the boy.

“We have a winner, ladies and germs!” Marvin says with a dead eyed grin as he lifts up his hand. The boy is lifted up in the air as the crowd gasps. The boy stares in wonder as Marvin gently pulls him onto the stage. The boy then looks at Marvin with stars in his eyes. Marvin smiles and offers him one of the roses.

“Do you want to do magic?” Marvin asks the boy with a sly grin. The boy eagerly nods. ‘Yes! More than anything! It’s always been my dream!” Marvin then gets behind him and takes his arm, extending it outwards.

“Look inside yourself,” He mutters, “Imagine your desires…” Off stage, Phantom is whispering the same words into his scepter, as if Marvin is just his mouth piece. The boys are surrounded by red smoke for a second before Marvin closes in, “Now, just snap!”

The boy snaps his fingers and out from his hand bursts a massive colored flame, climbing up half the view of the stage. The crowd breaks into outrageous applause and the boy looks about ready to cry, a huge smile on his face. Phantom grins and chuckles sinsterly.

“See everyone! Anyone can do magic! Just follow your dreams!” Marvin announces, holding the boy close. The boy wipes away happy tears and waves at the audience. Jackie suddenly gets a bad feeling in his gut.

“Now,” Marvin starts, turning to the boy, “Why don’t we get an autograph from our new shining star?” He snaps his fingers and a roll of paper appears, as well as a big feather quill. ‘To end our show with a bang!”

Jackie immediately bolts up away from the tv, startling the other boys.

“He’s gonna make that kid sign a deal!” Jackie shouts, hands clenched into fists, “Phantom’s controlling him!”

Chase looks back to the tv with fear in his eyes, “Shit- what can we do?!”

Jackie quickly spins and grabs Jameson’s shoulders. “Jamie,” he pleads, “You can teleport can’t you? I think this is at the Brighton Theater, if you get us there we can stop this!”

Jameson stares at Jackie with wide eyes, softly shaking his head. He’s never done magic that big before, only small little disappearing acts. Tiny magic stuff. Jackie leans down and grips Jamie’s shoulders harder.

“C’mon JJ! Marvin needs us! And i know we can save him, but we gotta get there now!”

Jamie bundles his fists and stares at his lap in conflict. He then pushes up and grabs Chase’s hand as well as Jackie’s. Jackie quickly pulls on his mask as Jameson closes his eyes and they all disappear in a swirl of teal magic.

The boy stares for a second before excitedly grabbing the quill. Marvin and Phantom grin sinister smiles in unison as the boy reaches to sign the paper. Usually Phantom likes a little more from his victims, but hey a deal was a deal. He could make something out of this.

Just before the pen reaches the paper, a teal light appeared above the stage. And out of it topple out three boys with green hair, nearly splatting themselves onto Marvin and the boy. The boy jumps back startled then looks at Marvin, “woah! You didn’t even snap or anything! How did you do that?’

Jackie quickly gets up from the jumbled pile, wiping dust off his jacket and adjusting his mask. Whispers of exclamation erupt from the crowd at the sight of Jackieboy man, joining the stage. Chase helps Jamie up and brushes him off, patting his shoulder for the job well done. Jameson gives him an exhausted looking thumbs up.

“Woah! You’re Jackieboy Man!” The boy exclaims, and Jackie gives him a gentle smile before turning and assuming a fighting pose at Marvin, “That’s right. But kid, you need to get out of here. ASAP.”

Jackie looks out in the audience and makes eye contact with an enraged Phantom. He glares at the demon before addressing the crowd, “This “Magnificent” here isn’t the Marvin we all know and love! He’s nothing but an imposter!” He looks Marvin straight in the eyes and his face softens slightly, but he looks more determined than ever, “But we’re here to save him.”

Gasps and shouts of confusion burst from the audience and the volunteer looks at Marvin in stunned disbelief. Marvin bristles with anger, magic building up around his body.

Phantom growls and quickly whispers to the crystal ball, his words coming out at the same time as Marvin’s on top of the stage.

“Ladies and gentlemen! It looks there’s gonna be a grand finale after all!” The crowd cheers again as Marvin turns to face the other three, an eerie red glint in his eyes.

“For my final act! I shall make these three jokesters disappear!” Marvin growls the last words in a deep threatening voice as he snaps his fingers and a bolt of scarlet tinged lightning shrieks its way towards the boys.

Chase and Jackie duck out of the way and Jamie shuts his eyes tight and concentrates. A thin teal shield pops up in front of him, looking like his pocket watch, and blocks the blast before shattering into pieces and sending him sliding backwards.

The crowd erupts into screams of panic as many rush to the doors of the theater to escape. Marvin pays them no heed and strides forward, readying his fingers to snap again but Jackie quickly stands up and blocks the other two from view.

“Marvin stop please! This isn’t you!” He begs, voice threatening to break. Marvin pauses in his stride and tilts his head at Jackie, like he’s trying to comprehend what he’s said. Then his head snaps back up and he growls, that red glint back in his eyes.

“I’m exactly who I need to be. Magnificent!” He snaps his fingers again and Jackie is blown backwards into Jamie and Chase by a blast of colored air. The boys all cough and try to catch their breath but before they can Marvin outstretches his hand and suddenly Jackie is lifted up into the air. Jackie struggles but his arms are bound tight to his body by Marvin’s telekinesis. He whimpers slightly at the pressure and tries to speak up again.

“Marvin, you’re so much more than just your magic!” Jackie cries.

Chase stands up to full height and joins in, “Yeah Marvin! Remember what’s good about you! Like how kind you are!”

“How you cry at disney movies!” Jackie shouts.

“How you make my kids smile,” Chase says slightly quieter, a sad smile on his face, “How you could always make them laugh, even without your mask or your magic!”

Jamie jumps up and waves his hands before signing “Brave” and ‘Confident” Marvin’s way.

Marvin growls and uses his other hand to grab Chase and Jamie into a telekinetic hold as well, bringing them up to Jackie’s level and increasing the pressure on all of them.

“Shut up!” Phantom says through Marvin’s voice, “That Marvin doesn’t exist anymore, he’s gone!”

Jackie struggles, feeling pressure on his neck, threatening to silence him. But he manages to choke out, “Then why are you crying?!”

There’s a pause as a thin tear falls down Marvin’s face under his mask. Marvin and Phantom scream in rage as one and Marvin throws his hands down, causing the three to crash through the stage in a huge explosion of dust.

Phantom takes that as his cue to disappear and reappear behind the curtains, so no one else can realize he’s the one pulling Marvin’s strings. Marvin makes his way through the billowing dust to look down at his bruised and battered opponents.

“Give up,” Marvin sneers, his eyes lighting with red fire, “You can’t save me. There’s nothing more to save.”

With shaking arms Jackie struggles to sit up, his old wounds hissing in pain. He opens one eye through the pain and grunts, “Yes, there is. I know my friend is still in there….”

“Why do you even care?!” Marvin suddenly exclaims, sounding more like himself for a second, “I was nobody before you found me! I shouldn’t matter to you! To any of you!!” Marvin’s shaking, and Phantom feels his control of him slipping. He glares and grips his cane hard in his hands, trying to think.

“You’re our friend, Marvin!” Chase shouts, clutching his bruised sides, “You’re more than that actually you’re our…” When Chase can’t seem to find the word, Jamie moves to sign it. “You’re our brother.”

More tears streak down Marvin’s face despite his enraged expression. He lifts a hand to blast the boys again, but he hesitates, his hand shaking uncontrollably.

Jackie stands and limps his way up to Marvin. “C’mon Marv… I know you don’t want to do this… You only ever wanted a chance to prove yourself. And, well look at you! You’re the most determined and clever person I’ve ever met. You’re meant to do so much more than this…”

Marvin’s eyes shift back to their original blue and he holds back a sob, unable to put down his hand. He bends down his head and weakly mumbles, ‘I-i.. I don’t want to hurt anyone…”

“You don’t have to Marvin,” Chase encourages, helping up Jamie again so they can stand by Jackie. Jackie reaches out his hand towards Marvin, “Just put your hand down, and we can end this.”

“I-i can’t!” Marvin cries, shutting his eyes, his hand shaking more, his fingers ready to snap at any moment, “P-Phantom…! I… I belong to him now.”

“That’s right,” A dark voice says from behind the curtain. The boys all turn to see Phantom appear in his signature poof of red smoke, twirling his cane in his hand.

“You guys can’t take my little performer away from me,” Phantom taunts, drawing near, ‘After all, without me he wouldn’t have his magic…. Then who would he be?” He comes up behind Marvin and drapes an arm over his shoulder, and Marvin grits his teeth and stares down at the floor.

Jackie strides forward in rage, ‘He’d still be fucking Marvin! That’s all he needs to be!”

Phantom laughs, “Oh okay, Mr. hero. If you didn’t have your powers, who would you be?”

“I’d still be me, ya freaky con man. I’d still do whatever i could to help others and do what i love. I don’t need powers to do that. And neither does Marvin.”

Marvin stares at Jackie, more tears streaming down his face.

‘I…” He whispers in a small voice, “i… I never realized…” Phantom snarls in rage and grips Marvin’s shoulder even harder, causing the magician to yelp in pain. He points his cane at Jackie and the orb glows red, as do Marvin’s eyes. Marvin’s arm finally stops shaking and he snaps as soon as Phantom says the word, blasting Jackie back in a powerful explosion of sparks.

Then, in a flash, Phantom is at Jackie’s side, the blade of his cane ready to slice the hero in half. Marvin quickly shakes his head, normal again for a moment. He screams as he sees Phantom move to cut Jackie down and suddenly is body is encased in blue green magic. In a flash of green light, before he could even touch his blade to Jackie, Phantom is thrown into the side of the stage, his cane sliding across the floor away from him.

The cane rolls and hits Marvin’s foot. The magician stares down at it in shock, as if he’s just finally seeing it for the first time. He picks it up slowly, studying it in his hands. Phantom hisses as he struggles to stand up.

“Marvin,” he croaks, “buddy… just-!”

Marvin points the cane Phantom’s way with a dark look on his face. “Shut up,” he growls menacingly, and Phantom swallows.

“You… You almost took everything from me!’ Marvin yells shakily, drawing closer to Phantom, “My magic, my home, my friends! My identity! All because.. Why? Because I wanted to prove myself? I had magic before you came along!”

He stops in front of the terrified looking Phantom and holds the staff in two hands, glaring down at him, “But, I don’t need magic to be me anymore. I have my friends to remind me of who i am. So you can take your crummy deal back!” Marvin takes the scepter and breaks it over his knee, snapping it in two.

A bolt of green and blue light shoots out of the crack and blasts Marvin backwards, sending him flying into Chase and Jamie. They catch him and keep him from dropping to the floor, his body shaking from the force of the blast.

“No! NO!” Phantom screams, crawling over to the broken pieces of his staff. Soft wisps of smoke come swirling out of the break, turning from scarlet red back to brighter colors of the rainbow. Phantom quickly tries to snap the pieces back together, holding the crack tight, hoping to contain the smoke back inside. He glares at the boys in pure hatred before he disappears in a puff of smoke.

As soon as Phantom leaves, Marvin’s eyes roll up in the back of his head and he becomes deadweight in the arms of his friends. Chase lowers him to the ground, lightly tapping his face to try to wake him up. Jamie stares at him looking scared.

Jackie struggles to stand on his feet, his vision blurring slightly. He draws a hand away from his chest to reveal a small amount of blood on his hand. His wound must have opened up in the fight. He grits his teeth and covers up the wound to not worry the others and limps his way back to them. He kneels down and puts a hand on Jamie’s shoulder.

“Think ya got enough in you to get us home, bud?” He asks, and Jamie quickly nods, grabbing the other boys hands and sending them back to Jackie’s apartment in a flash of teal

Part 4: [x]

#hufflewriting #ego fanfic #phantom #nathan sharp #natewantstobattle #marvin the magnificent #chase brody #jameson jackson #jackspeticeye fanfic #jacksepticeye #jackieboy man #septic egos #whump #mind control #i’ll add links later im tired and i wanna sleep #but i also wanna post this lol #I FIXED THE FORMATTING SO I DONT HAVE TO SPLIT IT YESSS #remind me to only upload these on my computer god damn #magnificent series

[kana--mari]

wtt (ch2: the aerie)

as kanan and chika venture onwards, they meet an old friend of kanan’s, and venture between the earth and skies to reach a being that observes the world

(ch1) (ch2)

(ao3 link)

The light of the forest slowly dwindled away as the two trekked deeper and deeper into the thick trees. As they went further, the roots grew bigger, the ground moist, and the air thick and musty. The trees became more twisted, wrapping around each other like large wildvines. Finally, it reached the point where no light penetrated the thick canopy of leaves above the two tigers, and they were now surrounded in complete darkness. To most other creatures, they would be hopelessly lost within the canopy, blinded by darkness. But to Kanan and Chika, the darkness made no difference. They saw every nook and cranny of the cave-like structure, and Kanan managed to scout out a path near the middle of the area.

"Yup, this should be it. Just follow the path and we'll be there soon." said Kanan, transforming into her tiger form. Chika followed suit, and the two tigers sprinted along the dead leaves and thick roots of the cave-like forest.

The bark and trees that made up the walls of the cave grew larger and larger, twisting into each other and forming arches as a ceiling. To Chika, it was as if she was running through the roots a large, hollowed out tree. The soil beneath her was soft, moist and loamy, just soft enough for both her and Kanan to leave deep footprints behind.

At the end of the path appeared a soft glow of yellow and green. As the tigers sprinted closer, they could see a large grassy area up ahead, lit up by thousands of millions of all manners of fireflies zooming amongst the open air, and glow worms scattered within the tall grass. Kanan sprinted faster, much too fast for Chika. She fell back and had to rely on Kanan's heavy footprints to track her down. Finally, she had managed to catch up to Kanan, transformed back into her human form and sitting near an incredibly large stump. Chika, now back in her human form, glanced at the stump. Whatever tree that used to be there, it surely must have been ancient. But judging from the shapes and markings upon the stump, it seems that it's now used as some sort of altar.

"Look around, Chika." said Kanan.

Like an obedient child, she looked. Upwards was a ceiling of nothing but bark that trailed downwards to the ground, creating a dome of bark around the large field. Fireflies flitted across her face as she observed the area more. The grass, the stumps of various shapes and sizes scattered everywhere, the moss that grew on the walls of bark and the glow worms that fed on the moss. Near the northern section of the wall was a gargantuan tree trunk, presumably from a former felled tree.

"We are in the domain of a powerful forest dryad, the inside of an ancient tree that has seen the world's birth. Be careful not to destroy anything here. She will suffer a large amount of pain if anything is to be purposefully destroyed, no matter how big or small." Kanan pointed towards the huge tree trunk. "Right there is where she lives. We won't be visiting that place this time. After all, she always knows if I'm here."

The markings on the stump before them suddenly glowed purple. Colourful petals began swirling around it, eventually dissipating and revealing a blonde and beautiful woman. Before Chika could greet her however, the woman immediately flung herself forwards towards Kanan, tackling her to the ground.

"Kanaaaaaaaaaan! Long time no see!" yelled the dryad, nuzzling into Kanan's neck. The older tiger attempted to push off the clingy dryad in vain. Eventually after much struggling, the dryad hopped off of the tiger and dusted herself off. She then turned her attention towards the younger tiger.

"Ah! You must be Chika!" The dryad walked forward and patted her head. "My, how you've grown. You were only a little baby when I last saw you and Kanan. Oh, I should probably introduce myself, I doubt you'd even remember me. I'm Mari!"

"N-nice to meet you, Mari..." Chika stammered as Mari petted her head more. She hoped to the heavens above that Mari wouldn't find out her sweet spot, right behind her ears. To her relief, Mari quickly retracted her hand and turned towards Kanan.

"So, what brings you two here?" Mari asked.

"We need a passage to the stars. To the phoenix's aerie."

"...So she's ready, huh?"

"Yes. But we have to hurry."

"Alright. I'll get onto it, just give me a moment."

Mari stepped back onto the stump altar, using her magic to make twigs rise from the markings and create an archway. Chika blinked once, and suddenly there was a stairway inside the arch, suspended in space and surrounded by twinkling stars.

"Here you are, Kanan. Straight to the aerie."

Kanan transformed into her tiger form, Chika doing the same. Before the duo passed through the arches, Mari knelt down, Kanan stepping forward and bopping her furry forehead against Mari's. A tiger's thanks.

The tigers finally passed through the archway, sprinting towards and up the staircase, into the starry skies.

"May you have the gods by your side, Heir of Twilight." whispered Mari, closing the archway.

-

At the end of the staircase was a dome made out of red branches and thick clouds, and a massive closed gate. The tigers transformed back into their human forms, and knocked upon the gate.

"Do you know where we are, Chika-chi?" asked Kanan.

Chika shook her head. Looking around, all she could see was a vast, starry expanse.

"The four layers of our world... the heavens, the skies, the earth, and the underworld, each seperated by a thin border. Currently, we are at the border between the heavens and the skies." said Kanan. "The stars below you, Chika-chi, they're the same stars that we look up towards down on the earth."

The gate before them suddenly opened wide, allowing the tigers access to the aerie. Within lay a clutter of large, foreign objects, and shelves upon shelves of nothing but books, scrolls and old artifacts. A nest of glowing red branches draped in scarlet and magenta blankets and filled with pillows was placed in the middle of the room, right in front of a messy and disorganized table, and a huge wall of fire. Red and yellow feathers were scattered absolutely everywhere.

"Welcome to the home that has housed every phoenix that this world has seen, Chika-chi. Here is where they read the stars and observe the earth below."

Chika stared at the place in amazement. Every single phoenix... the place must be brimming with all sorts of history! She started to wander around slowly, but was frozen solid by an ear piercing screech from above.

A huge phoenix landed in front of her, transforming into a beautiful human with long, flowing black hair. A second, smaller phoenix landed down beside her, transforming into a small girl with red hair in pigtails. The black haired girl locked eyes with Kanan, the both of them silently nodding. Then she turned her attention towards Chika.

"Welcome to the aerie. I am Dia Kurosawa, the current master and caretaker." Dia signaled towards the redhead. "That is Ruby, my sister. Neither the stars nor the First Phoenix have given her a purpose, but I believe that her purpose will be realized soon."

The two sisters bowed before Chika.

"We are humbled to have you here as a guest, Heir of Twilight."

Chika stared in confusion.

"Heir of... Twilight?"

#chika takami #kanan matsuura #mari ohara #dia kurosawa #ruby kurosawa #twilight tiger #wander the twilight #writing