Medusalac (AU)

## Medusalac

### Characters

Medusalac, Carol Tea, Milla Basset, Neera Li, Shyama Dali, Libbie the Cyber Oryx, Torque

### Chapter Count

4 (including the prologue, excluding stories titled "A Medusalac Story" and "Libbie")

### Status

Ongoing

***Medusalac*** is a Freedom Planet fan fiction written by HyperTails12. It tells the story of Lilac suddenly being thrust into a strange form of surprise parenthood and how she handles this on top of having to deal with Merga and the events of Freedom Planet 2. Because of this, the primary story has been put on hiatus for the time being. Stories about post-FP2 encounters have been written in that time, being cautious to avoid tying anything to FP2.

It has yet to receive a release on anything outside of Hyper sharing the google docs it has been written on as of yet (which can be found here), done intentionally to change anything in the first few chapters before making a set in stone release.

## Conception

the conception for the story was pretty straightforward: adding purpose to the Lilac design with scalp children to make it more than "just a fun drawing exercise".

## Plot

Info on the plot will be shared as the story progresses into FP2 terrtorry.

## Other canon stories in-universe

A few stories have been written in the guise of a post-FP2 setting, two of which will be repurposed for the tail-end of the main story when it gets that far. Several of the stories written focus on Lilac and Carol's bond with each other strengthening with one another, to the point where they tie the knot with each other.

### Libbie Subplot

A story has been written that takes place roughly a year after FP2's events. it recounts Milla finding a robot prototype in the woods and deciding to take her with her.

### Hazel Story

Sometime after the intended epilogue of the main story, Lilac admits to Carol that she wants to have another child to make up for the slip-ups that happened when the Headlacs were young. The two agree to adopt a child, finding the perfect candidate in the child the story is named after. the rest of the story details some events that happen while the pair take care of the child, including the discovery of her claws, an unexpected visit from Shyama's primary job, a brief sprint through Dragon Valley, and Hazel's first word.

## "Exiled" saga

a separate AU to the Prime Meddy fic, this takes on a more medieval setting with knights. Lilac is still just someone with scalp babies here, albeit the creation of said scalp babies were different to the prime AU.

### Exiled

Carol is sent to take care of a monster disrupting an important business line in the mountains after a long string of failed missions/missing persons. Carol nearly falls to her death, but the monster (that being Lilac) shows her sympathy, all that she's ever shown (or tried to show) anyone. Carol sees that Lilac is no threat, and decided to befriend her. Carol manages to keep up a lie to keep Lilac a secret, Milla even getting involved when curiosity gets the better of her, but Neera smells BS near the end. it ends with the trio having to ditch Shang Tu while being presumed dead in exchange for a life of crime. not like they were gonna be welcomed anywhere else, anyways.

### Outcast

Outcast detailsa little on the life Team Lilac live following joining the scarves. Carol becomes part of a long list of people that have been ambushed by an unknown flying rival, and when healing is informed that she and her team will be dealing with it for good. Lilac gets further training with Carol acting as a coach, Milla doing the work while she heals up. Once it's all done, they go to face their masked foe, ambushing them as best they can. Lilac kicks their ass, but when they reveal they really are to her Lilac reconsiders. Carol and their rival, Shyama, pettily argue for a bit, which overwhelms Lilac. Milla tracks Lilac back down, and she gives Shyama a place to explain herself, where she reveals her past life with Sash. after a little negotiation, Shyama is coaxed to join the scarves, for Lilac's sake.

### Outcast

A closure to the saga, Banished tells the ongoing story of the previous two fics from the perspective of Carol's elder sister Cory. it also gives us one last insight on what Team Lilac are doing with the Scarves. a few revelations are made, plus we see just how much losing her sister *twice* affects Cory.