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Pax was just trying to see what the commotion was.
He yawns as he gets up from his spot at the foot of his mistress’ bed, padding curiously to the open door. There, he sees a strange light coming from the green lover’s room.
Odd. That one doesn’t usually have light in her room this late.
He cautiously moves to the door, poking his head in. He doesn’t see anyone; not yet. The light is a small orb on top of the green one’s bed. Hovering over it. Kind of like a ball.
He looks around and cautiously moves forward. He jumps up on the bed; if he does this quick, maybe the green one won’t realize he’s done it and he can get back down before getting caught.
He sniffs it. Smells sweet.
He licks it.
Suddenly he’s surrounded by light, engulfed by it, as if it was a trap. He helps and tries to back up off the bed, but instead ends up falling down, down, down...
... and straight into someone’s arms.
She’s saying something. He’s not sure what - he’s a dog after all - but he knows she’s saying something.
When the lights dissipate, he’s found himself back in the green one’s room.
He hears his mistress down the hall. He wiggles free and rushes to her.
He stops at her feet. Expects pets.
She screams instead.
And that’s when he realizes that his mistress is not his mistress after all.
None of them are his family.
He growls.
The green-not-green one holds out an orb.
It’s tossed to him.
He licks it.
He blinks.
“Can you hear us now, boy?” Says the green-not-green one- wait.
Says?
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All of these people astounded that no one comes forward about harassment are privileged in their ignorance.
— Witchlyn Talusan (@rozzybox) October 6, 2017
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Myth of the Half a Dozen
“Oh, shit, I think I got my timelines wrong…”
Anne Boleyn looked at the orb in her hands, frowning as she seemed to find something that she did not like. Maggie, from over her shoulder, whistled lowly at the orb.
“Did you forget something?”
“I thought I had messaged Cathy yesterday, turns out it was today,” Anne replies. She sighs. “Time travel is always complicated.”
“Hm, fair enough,” Maggie replies, taking the orb gently from Anne’s hands, smiling as she happily moves away and upstairs.
Catherine, looking from the kitchen with Maria close by, narrows her eyes.
“You messaged Cathy yesterday using that… thing?”
Anne looks over… is she a bit ashamed? Embarrassed?
“Not your Cathy. Another Cathy.” Anne shrugs, looking down and away.
There’s a tense moment between the first and second queen - one that Maria just has to break.
“Well, that sounds cool. Another Catherine Parr?” Maria looks over at Catherine, smiling. “Two of her would be something, wouldn’t it?”
Catherine looks over, as if a bit startled that Maria even asked her a question. She looks back down at her tea silently. Maria looks back at Anne.
“Do you usually contact this other Cathy?”
“Yeah, actually,” Anne says, relaxing oh-so-slightly at the casual question and non-judgemental tone Maria had. Not that Catherine was judging; it was just… tense. Unsure. “She and I keep in contact almost daily. We work together as much as possible. She’s from decades in the past, though, so it’s not like she can help me now.”
“Oh, that’s cool,” Maria sips her tea for a moment, collecting her thoughts. “What’s that Cathy do? The show? You told me there’s a few of those - wait! Is it the Cathy that has the service dog?”
“Pax? No, Kat’s his owner. This Cathy - and her fellow queens - don’t do the show at all. They’re from even before our first life. They’re currently travelling their world to rid it of Henry’s evil influence.”
Catherine watches Anne carefully as she explains this. She just… says it all so calmly, as if it’s not something absolutely insane. Then again, considering her current situation… is anything that insane anymore?
Anne continues.
“It’s a whole thing, full of mayhem and danger and revolution. Jane betrays everyone, Katherine is pretty badass, Cathy may be the second most powerful person in the world, Anna is the most brilliant military mind in the universe, and she’s got a girlfriend.”
“What about you and me?” Catherine has to ask, looking up at Anne.
“Well,” Anne says, leaning back on her heels. “I’m a rogue that’s gonna get some… interesting… abilities in the next chapter or so-”
“Chapter?” Maria asks, but Anne continues as if that definitely didn’t happen.
“And you? You’re the most powerful person in the universe. Without question. You’re the Blessed Aragon, and you’re going to-”
She stops herself suddenly, seemingly coming back to herself, then chuckles.
“Spoilers, sorry.”
Maria huffs. “Rude.”
Anne laughs. Then, suddenly, she takes something out of her pocket and studies it. It’s a rock, but it’s glowing with soft, Radiant energy.
“Ah, speaking of Cathy, I need to go,” she says, smiling as she looks back at the two. “I’ll be back!” Anne calls back as she rushes to her room.
There’s a moment before Maria looks over at Catherine.
“I know it’s a lot,” Maria says softly. “But would you please keep an open mind like you have been? Just… let the idea in. It sounds… honestly, it sounds like a lot of fun.”
Catherine frowns, looking up at where Anne had left to, and then nods.
“I’m trying, I swear I am,” she says, looking up at Maria. Maria offers her a hand, which Catherine takes with a small smile. “It’s just… a lot. That’s all.”
“Honestly, I’m surprised you haven’t called the Church yet,” Maria jokes, leading her queen upstairs.
“Oh, I gave up on that years ago with Anne, even before the whole witch thing,” Catherine quips back, both chuckling as they head upstairs.
They’re about to go into their room when, suddenly, there’s a flashing light of sickly green energy coming from Anne’s room. Maggie is suddenly thrown out of it, bashing against the wall.
“Mags!” Maria says, immediately tending to her fellow lady. Catherine immediately stands in front of them, shielding them from whatever force caused Maggie harm in the first place. She needs to squint through the light, but when she finally is able to see, her eyes open wide.
“Anne!”
Anne was suddenly floating in the air, some sort of magicks suspending her. Her eyes are pink and she’s completely limp as a woman tries to hold her still. The woman looks up and, for a moment, she falters.
It gives Catherine just enough time.
She rushes forward, pushing the girl away from Anne, immediately defending her friend.
“Get away from her!” Catherine yells.
The invader takes a step back. She seems… for lack of a better word, startled by Catherine’s interference. The invader recovers soon enough, however, and instantly throws Catherine to the side, into one of Anne’s dressers.
Dazed, Catherine can barely hear Maria calling for her, begging her to get up and get out. Through the haze, she can barely see Maria throwing her body on top of hers, even as the enemy advances.
Everything goes still a moment later.
Time itself seems to have stopped as Catherine looks up and around the place: there’s Anne, still on the floor, unconscious. There’s Maggie, also knocked out, but in safety. She can see a blonde kneeling over the second queen’s lady - Jane must be here, which means the others aren’t too far away. And finally, Maria - HER Maria - once again risking her life to hold her queen for what could be the last time-
Something clicks.
Inside of Catherine’s head, something clicks.
She stands up, and as she does, she feels… something, coming out of the portal from which the enemy came. She feels power surging through her - overwhelming, overpowering, not hers but definitely hers - and it’s a bit too much. She feels herself choking on it, completely washed away by the power, and she wants to deny it everything and anything she has.
That is, until she remembers what Maria said:
“Let it in.”
Catherine stops struggling, closing her eyes, gaining her breath.
There’s a moment of silence.
Time starts up again.
And suddenly, as the enemy goes for a final blow, Catherine not only catches the spell, but dishes it right back.
The enemy yelps as they’re forced to the ground. Maria looks on in wonder as her queen - HER Catherine of Aragon - stands tall, glowing with Radiant energy, clearly in a world of her own as she protects the people she loves. As the enemy throws spells, Catherine conjures up a sword and shield - familiar to Maria, but also not - and defends.
When the enemy realizes she can’t win, she retreats, through the portal, out of the world.
And the portal blinks out of existence.
Catherine immediately dissolves the sword and shield into orbs of Radiant light, then walks over to where Anne was. The girl is still unconscious, but Catherine holding her seems to have… well, completely revived her. The energy Catherine was feeling - and the energy around her - fades into nothing as she heals up Anne.
Maggie, having recovered, immediately goes over to check on her queen.
“Is she alright?” Maggie asks, clearly concerned and a bit panicked.
“She’s okay, love, I promise,” Catherine replies. Anne slowly but surely awakens, looking around confusedly before looking up at Catherine. Catherine smiles. “I think I understand you a bit more now, Anne.”
Anne sighs, relaxing into the hold. “Is she gone?”
Catherine nods. “Who was that?”
Anne frowns, clearly thinking of a way to say this, and just goes for it a moment later: “Someone who was led astray.” she looks at where the portal just was. “Someone we should be feeling sorry for… but not mercy.”
Hours later, everyone has gathered in the living room. Katherine, who had seen the entire spectacle, is animatedly explaining what happened to Bessie and Joan, who were the only ones not present at the time. Catherine is on her usual chair, curled up to Maria, and Anne is resting on the couch.
“Things certainly got a bit weird today, hm?” Anne asks, looking over at Catherine.
Catherine rolls her eyes. “I still don’t totally understand what you’re doing, Anne, but… it did help a bit,” she admits, drinking some of her wine. “But no summoning portals again, okay? Not until you can do them safer.”
“Aye aye, captain,” Anne replies, mock saluting. “I don’t want to get my ass kicked again, so I’ll definitely be researching a bit more.” she looks over at Maggie, who is keeping close to Anne. Anne chuckles. “I’ll be right as rain in the morning, love, promise.”
“Can we give a quick toast?” Cathy asks, raising her glass. “To Catherine, for saving our dumb asses when no one else could.”
“To Catherine!” the rest yell, and the woman in question rolls her eyes fondly as the rest of the group takes their drinks.
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Did Witchlyn ever sort out the whole summoning the wrong queen problem??
“Nope,” Anne says. “But I’ll figure it out.”
Catherine and Katherine slept in the living room, on their respective couches. Catherine has woken up first, immediately going over to check Katherine over, sighing in relief when she sees that the girl is ok.
“Are you two close?”
Catherine looks over to find... well, herself, Catherine. The woman looks curious at the Tour pair.
Tour!Catherine smiles. “Yes, we are. Really close. Closer than anywhere else, I think.”
Catherine nods. “Katherine from here usually hangs out with Jane and Anna and Anne. Not really with me.”
Tour!Catherine keeps her eyes on Tour!Katherine, who was still asleep. “That was before. For me, at least. But now...” she gently smoothed out Tour!Katherine’s hair. “It all changes when we all change.”
Catherine hums in thought before she nods.
Tour!Catherine looks over at her with a smile. “But that doesn’t mean you don’t care about her, right?”
“Heavens, no, of course I care about her,” Catherine replies. “As if she was my own.”
Tour!Catherine smiles at that. “Then we’re of the same mind.”
Catherine smiles at that.
Anne sighs. “That Tour Catherine doesn’t like me all that much, that Tour Kat is just curious. Thankfully, I think I found out what’s wrong. We should be okay.”
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Question for the queens if that's okay. Have things changed around the house after you found out that Anne was a witch?
Jane looks deadpan as five cookies levitate off the tray she had just pulled from the oven.
Katherine, meanwhile, is on the ceiling, staring intently at the cookies under her. She holds tightly onto a stone in her hand as she focuses and locks onto her target.
She jumps.
She grabs the entire tray.
She ends up back on the ceiling.
She Spider-Man’s away.
Anna laughs as she curls up to a greyhound made of light on the couch.
Parr, meanwhile, has five books revolving around her, a stone in her hand that seems to control them.
Catherine, poor girl, is just trying to take a nap, but manages to settle as a nice, warm blanket is gracefully put on top of her.
Jane continues.
“A little bit.”
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Witchlyn, what is your most memorable magical mishap? 🧙
Anne didn’t expect a question but she’s excited nonetheless!
“Actually happened recently. Katherine wanted to be super sneaky while Jane was around so she said make a distraction. I thought she said explosion.”
Anne smiles sheepishly.
“Whoops.”
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The tour queens are in trouble?!
Tour!Katherine and Tour!Catherine are extremely concerned.
“They called for help?” Tour!Katherine asks, frowning as she looks over at Tour!Catherine.
Tour!Catherine frowns, then looks back at Anne. “So... you have the powers they said you did back then, that’s the quick of it, right?” When Anne nods, Tour!Catherine takes Tour!Katherine’s hand. “Well then, send us back. We need to help them.”
“Was anything weird happening before you left?” Jane asks, tilting her head.
Tour!Catherine shakes her head. “None that I could see.”
Tour!Katherine thinks for a moment. “Yeah, nothing really comes to mind...” She tilts her head. “But wait, how did the others know to contact you?”
“They didn’t,” Anne replies. “It was through force of will. A prayer, if you will. They needed to find help, just in time for me to try my summoning.”
“And that lead us two to you?” Tour!Catherine asks, raising an eyebrow. “Seems like a pretty terrible system.”
“I’m not sure how it happened,” Anne says. “It’s just a theory. But we’ll get to your place, figure out what’s wrong, and get it figured out so I can help the Catherine I’m looking for. Got it?”
The Tours look at each other then nod, looking back at Anne.
Anne takes a deep breath, goes to the Tour queens, and looks back at the others.
“I’ll be back before you know it.”
Catherine steps forward.
“You better be.”
Anne gives a gentle smile before she utters a few words. A blinding light appears, then both Anne and the Tour queens are gone.
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What would happen if witchlyn accidentally brought queens from other universes to her own?
Anne looks a bit sheepish.
“Yeah, uh, about that...”
The new guest looks around, slightly dazed. They look over at Anne with a confused look.
Anne makes a face.
“Out of everyone I could have accidentally summoned, why did it have to be the most chaotic one of you?”
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Wait, who has Witchlyn summoned?
Anne sighs.
“The worst possible person I could have. The most evil of queens. The one most feared-”
“Hey!”
Anne startles slightly before looking over at her guest. The woman in question raises an eyebrow. “You’re not Anne. But you are. What’s this about?”
Anne sighs. “I didn’t mean to bring you here. I meant to bring someone else here. So now we need to get you out of here, and back home-“
“Yeah, do that!” The woman yells at her. “I don’t really understand what’s happened, but I know this is bad.”
Anne sighs even more. “Trust me, I agree. Now then...”
Anne closes her eyes, says a few words in a different tongue, extends her hand, bathing the room in light...
... and just as it disappears, Katherine pokes her head into the room.
“Hey, Anne?” Kat asks, looking down at her phone. “We’re off to Tesco’s, do you need-“ she stops, though, when she sees what’s in front of her.
Not only has the woman from before remained, but now she’s got a partner.
Katherine’s scream rings through the house.
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witchlyn sounds like so much fun!
“I have my moments,” Anne replies with a grin.
“Except when you KIDNAP INNOCENT PEOPLE from their realms, now, eh?” Tour!Catherine’s voice booms as she marches over to Anne.
Anne sighs. “It’s not me that’s doing this. It’s someone from your universe. It was a signal for help.”
She looks down at her orb and sighs.
“Jane. Cathy. Anna.”
Tour!Catherine blinks.
Then, suddenly:
“What are we waiting for?!? We need to go, then!”
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Are the Kat’s messing with Jane
They in fact are!
Anne immediately sprints downstairs, the rest following, just in time for them to see Jane wielding a spatula, narrowing her eyes at the two Kat’s.
“I don’t care WHERE you come from!” Jane says. “Stop trying to steal these!”
Tour!Kat was on one side and Kat was on the other, clearly ganging up on Jane in their quests to get the delicious baked goods Jane had just made. Jane narrowed her eyes at them both, turning to face one of them for a moment before turning to the other, and then she sighs.
“I’m surrounded...”
Cathy, however, steps up to the plate, back to back with Jane, facing the Tour!Kat.
“Hi,” she says simply. “I’m Catherine Parr.”
“I know,” Kat replies. “I’m Katherine Howard.”
Cathy smiles at her before looking at the group approaching. “I suppose you lot know what’s happened?”
“We were summoned for no reason whatsoever,” Tour!Catherine says, going over to Katherine and looking her over. “Don’t go wandering off, the others must be worried sick about us, considering we did just... poof! Out of rehearsal.”
Anne sighs. “Give me a bit. I’ll figure this out. In the meantime... don’t do anything stupid- and DONT leave them house!”
As soon as Anne leaves, the Kats look at each other.
“Hey,” Kat says, “you wanna leave the house?”
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How did the queens react when Witchlyn told them Katherine had briefly died in LotS?
Anne sighs.
“I told them that Kat only died a LITTLE and they, uh..... didn’t take that too well.”
Jane glares. “You said that she could, and I quote, ‘have a little death, as a treat.’”
“I was trying to lighten the mood a little bit!” Anne protested, but Jane rolled her eyes and shook her head at that.
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Wait are you implying that that Cathy and them are in trouble
"No idea,” Anne mumbles, looking through books. “I don’t have time for that right now, anyways. If I don’t get them back home, then... we could be in serious trouble.”
Meanwhile, Jane has successfully defended the baked goods, kicking everyone out of the kitchen. They all end up in the living room.
Katherine and Tour!Katherine are discussing things excitedly, comparing notes, having a grand old time.
The Catherine’s are a different story: Catherine seems calm and collected, Maria sitting next to her, but Tour!Catherine seems very uncomfortable and nervous, looking down, deep in thought.
Catherine could definitely relate; she’d likely be doing the same, after all.
“I...” Catherine starts, and Tour!Catherine looks up, a bit surprised that Catherine is talking. Catherine takes a breath. “I know you must be really scared right now. I’d be, too.”
Tour!Catherine looks down again and nods. “I’m not exactly full of energy right now, not like normal,” she explains. “We just disappeared mid rehersal. And while I know Katherine can handle herself... I’m still worried. I need to make sure she gets home.”
Catherine smiles. “I’d do exactly the same for my Kat.”
Tour!Catherine gives a soft smile. “I... kind of knew that, actually.” She takes another breath, puts a hand through her hair. “Alright, well... I guess we just wait, then.”
Catherine nods. “We just wait. I trust Anne. She’ll get you home.”
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so. the kats are now out of the house? 👀
Unfortunately no, they were immediately caught by Anna.
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