Freedom Planet: Left For Revenge

***Freedom Planet: Left For Revenge*** is a Freedom Planet fan fiction written by HyperTails12. It tells the revenge plot that a vengeful variant of Hedgelac desires to enact on Lilac for her perceived replacement in what should have been "her little tale". A sole survivor of her pre-game rampage provides aid to Team Lilac behind the scenes where applicable, but she can only do so much with what little she knows of the program.

## Conception

Much like the sister series that is Hyper's Medusalac, the AU came after the first drawing. Unlike Medusalac, the development of lore began much quicker, and a cohesive plot was sewn together not long afterward.

an inspiration for the AU is Sonic.exe, more accurately the interpretation that Sonic PC Port told. the decision was made to shy away from the gore aspect both tried to go for and rather take a more "meta" approach, seeing how he wanted Perfect Sash to at least stand on her own for the most part.

## Media

current logooriginal logowait, this seems familiar...get her ass, Carrie
## Plot Summary

Somewhere unknown to Avalice, a lone purple hedgehog steals code assets and makes herself into a god.

back *on* Avalice, Team Lilac's afternoon of singing is interrupted by a perceived hoodlum. turns out to be a Tredd, where after they find a mis-colored Snake Mount and a mis-colored Turretus, the latter leaking a strange glitching liquid. after Carol finds out touching it is bad (the hard way) and that it's unlike their past Turretuses, they go to Shang Tu to get Neera's help.

Neera's brought back to analyze the specimen herself, which convinces her to get the Magister involved. unfortunately for Team Lilac, the Turretus transforms into the Absolution, which after running for their lives prompts them to try and get more help. Torque is unable to be reached, but they do find Spade, who lets them know about the current direction of the false Absolution: Shang Mu.

they chase it down, only to find a ruined city. they split up to look for Zao, Team Lilac finding the lone Turretus in the palace. it transforms into Perfect Sash after tossing Lilac into her friends, and then begins with her delusional demands. Spade shows up, distracting Sash long enough for her to be encased in a claw by Neera. Team Lilac and Spade escape, being brought back to Shang Tu.

Team Lilac tells The Magister what they know of Sash, afterwards enact a plan. Neera takes an army to contain the glitch, but Sash proves to be more powerful. no one dies, but it's effectively a loss. Team Lilac, meanwhile, tries to get Shuigang in the loop, only to be met with an unwilling Dail. turns out he's a fake, the real Dail (and Zao) having been "taken" by Sash, who tries to take Milla but instead takes Spade.

everyone still here re-groups back in Shang Tu, trying to figure out what they can do. Lilac, meanwhile, is left in a safe room. she falls into a higher plane of existence, having accidentally crossing the threshold thanks to an unused character: the blonde black and silver feline. Lilac remains skeptical of what the feline is saying until the feline is at the threshold of crying. Lilac calms down after that, and the feline is able to explain herself fully. the cat is trying her best to help from behind the scenes, but can't with this level of threat uncontained. Lilac agrees to get people on it with machines the feline can provide, and after discovering her lack of a real identity promises that upon their victory, Lilac will find a way to get her back into Avalice, giving her then name "Carrie".

meanwhile, everyone in the Shang Tu palace's heart skips a beat when Milla discovers Lilac is missing. the Magister sends an in-palace search party, with Carol and Neera staying in the room to discuss possibilities of what happened. Lilac shows back up, and after a somewhat heated discussion pulls Neera back into the dev menu. a moment passes, and Neera leaves, convinced. Carrie is now their ally. back in Shang Mu, Sash is led to chase a fake Lilac for a bit, before it disintegrates and the real ambush shows up: Neera and an army of machines, tanks, and mechs. Sash isn't phased, instead taking joy out of the "challenge" placed around her.

with Sash distracted, Team Lilac spends the night in the dev menu, taking the time to bond with Carrie. here, Milla gives Carrie the last name of "Mei". Team Lilac re-enters Avalice in an empty Shuigang, only to find Perfect Sash. here, she summons the taken puppets of Neera and Spade, having Team Lilac fight them. Team Lilac wins, fleeing to the Battle Glacier where after getting lost, the remains of Cavy Spade warns them about Sash's growing instability. they get to see that first-hand when the hedgehog shows up, she and Lilac having a brief discussion before Team Lilac makes a somewhat unexpected getaway using the glacier itself.

afterwards, Team Lilac make their way back to Shang Tu, only for them to be told that due to the unfolding situation involving the hedgehog and who she's after, it's advised that the three stay away from the kingdom and its refugees. Lilac is ready to give in, but Carol rallies morale and they charge into unknown parts of Jade Creek. Milla injures herself after falling atop the rubble of unstable ground, this summoning Sash and her pawns. Lilac and Carol (the latter carrying Milla) split up, Neera and Spade chasing each respectively. Lilac begs for Carrie's help, receiving it just before Neera attacks Lilac. meanwhile, Carol has to fight Spade with an injured canine on her back, this wearing her down to where Spade can punch her across the face. Milla defends herself with a bomb cube, but the disorientation leaves her alone with Sash looking for her. Sash almost finds Milla, but the canine gets taken out of reality just before Milla could get seriously hurt, unbeknownst to Sash.

Team Lilac spend another night in the menu, Lilac the next morning asks what Carrie is doing, which is following a lead she thinks will work. Team Lilac explore what makes them... *them*, and decide to not tempt anything after seeing Sash's file. Carol and Lilac kill time by building a small stage, Carrie being impressed that this was doable. she then reflects on how inevitable this whole thing was, only for Sash to rudely interrupt. Team Lilac try to hold her off, but Carrie sacrifices herself so the team can escape with their lives.

the three end up in Horizon Starport, cold and empty, with Carol and Lilac having all but given up. Milla? she gets the idea to call Torque for help. he answers, and is in the middle of saying he'll swing by and pick them up before the connection gets rudely cut off. turns out that calling Torque was their fatal mistake, as it lead Sash right to them. Sash takes Milla as she tries to defend them, Carol and Lilac splitting up. Sash chases after Carol, the feline thinking she shakes the hedgehog after hiding in a broken stage gimmick, but ultimately gets caught and taken herself. with Lilac's friends out of commission, Sash is now able to home in on the dragon.

Lilac tops the building, where Sash predictably corners her. Sash's attempt to get Lilac to submit only results in Lilac getting fired up and ready to throw hands. after the dragon punches Sash across the face, Sash tells Lilac that they'll have a deathmatch. if Lilac wins, Sash will disappear forever. and if Sash wins, Lilac's life. Lilac agrees to, and puts up a valiant effort. unfortunately, Sash's strength whittles down Lilac's adrenaline, knocking the dragon down. Sash, twistedly ecstatic at her win, goes to shatter Lilac's code using a twisted Holo-Dragon replica. Lilac braces... but doesn't die. Sash is at first confused, but then goes to try a thanos-snap like method of deletion. it doesn't work, and this gets Sash *pissed*. an attempt at crushing Lilac failing due to a blue light, and Sash gives one last effort in the method of the code-smasher, it only forcefully sending Lilac down a floor. Sash is ready to murder, but instead gets incased in a shield. Lilac is lifted up by the blue light, where she sees an alive Carrie! the cat half taunts half informs Sash of what she did, which sets a now powerless Sash off. while threatening the cat, Carrie removes Sash's voice, re-willing Lilac's two best friends and giving them a rundown of her idea. in short: the long-scrapped super forms. Sash attempts to stop Team Lilac from using the emeralds, smashing the building the fight took place on in the process, but to no avail as Lilac throws her into a building after saying some choice words. Team Lilac, now super, are ready and rearing to go with Sash, who's remaining physical form was destroyed during contact with the super form. Team Lilac have at her, whittling her to almost nothing... until Lilac calls her a faker in return. Sash wills all of her energy for a last-ditch dragon boost, Lilac countering it. the contact of their boosts creates a bright light, one that engulfs the city...

Carol wakes up, eventually registering that she's in Dragon Valley. she wakes Milla up, seeing that she's closer, and the two try to make sense of what's happened. they hear Lilac wake up, Carol doing her best to comfort the nauseous dragon. this is where Carol sees the one big change to Lilac: her face. Carol is taken aback, Milla more calm at this sudden change. what she's concerned over is what outfit Lilac has on, as it's the one that Sash was wearing. this freaks out Lilac, but Carrie suddenly makes herself known and offers some explanations. the biggest thing being that Sash is gone, having been merged with Lilac. after answering all of their questions, Carrie goes to return to the dev menu. Lilac remembers her promise she made to Carrie, but the feline declines the offer, content with being Avalice's admin. besides, her friends would appreciate not being smashed to bits. Carrie leaves, but not without leaving a means of contact between them. a bitter-sweet farewell. only for Shyama to take them all out of the moment. Shy being there gets them more focused on the task at hand: telling the Magister that Sash is no longer here. but not without a stop back at the treehouse to shower for most of them.

life returns to normal for the most part, the only real work needing to be done being in Shang Mu (because duh). Team Lilac stays for extended training, only thing being Lilac is out of action for the most part due to intense nausea. one session she suddenly shows back up again, clearly in no condition to be here. this is proven by her suddenly being hit by a nasty wave that results in her puking. Carol, taking the wheel, starts planning out the next action to Shy, only for Milla to point out just what Lilac threw up: something akin to the glitchy liquid off Sash. with Lilac's one eye bugging out ala the hedgehog's, Carol freaks out, convinced Sash is trying to take control again. Carrie is summoned, Milla having been the one to do so, and Carrie diagnoses what's wrong: Lilac is processing out the last of Sash's bad code. a night's sleep should do, and as Shy takes Lilac back to their temporary residence Carol and Milla heel. Lilac's dream that night is an encounter with what's left of the hedgehog's self. it's not much, and she can't really interact with Lilac apart from faces and a growl-like noise. the next morning, Lilac is better, and she talks to Carol about the dream and a bit of Lilac's new look. Carol says something about Lilac in training meaning Carol doesn't have to sing before hopping on her bike and riding off, Lilac playfully giving chase.