Lavender's Short Stories/Snippets(The ADF One)

"ADF" stands for "Adventurous Dragon Fruit", by the way.

I won't lie to you that this is probably going to be mostly Literal Animal Power Rangers stuff. After all, that's why I made this in the first place- to write out scenes that haven't happened yet in the story or just noncanon scenes, some of which I don't know if they belong in either the former or the latter.

Oh, well. Let's get into it, then, shall we?

Warning:SPOILERS!!

## #1((Literal Animal Power Rangers!?)The Obligatory Body Swap Episode):

"Ugh..."

Ivan began to open his eyes, then started to rub the back of his head. He felt...different, almost as if he was younger and had more energy.

"...What happened-"

Two things made Ivan cut himself off.

The first was that he noticed that his voice didn't sound like his normal one at all. In fact, it sounded a lot like...Andrew's?

The second was what Ivan saw when he fully opened his eyes.

There, across the room, was him, still unconscious. The emerald that Ivan had accepted from the cloaked stranger as payment was also there in the center of the room, but Ivan wasn't really looking at that besides a passing glance. Instead, he was looking at himself, not sure if whether he was dreaming or someone had snatched his body.

I mean, given what he had gone through already, either could've been possible, really.

Just as Ivan was deciding on how he felt about this, however, the other Ivan's eyes snapped open and he gasped over dramatically, jumping to his feet.

"Oh no, it's Attack of the Body Snatchers all over again!" The other Ivan screamed with Ivan's voice, racing over to and pointing at Ivan. "Give me my body back, body snatcher!!"

"What!?" Ivan exclaimed, realizing who this really was. "Andrew, it's me! Ivan!"

"Hmm..." Andrew hummed, stroking his chin. "Well, he's certainly not acting like a pod person...how can I be sure he's not, though..."

"I'm right here, you know," Ivan deadpanned, causing Andrew to stop and look at him again. "And Andrew, I already told you who I am! I'm Ivan!"

"That's what they all say!!" Andrew said. Then he leaned over and whispered in Ivan's ear.

"You may know who I am as a civilian, but you'll never guess who my alter ego is!" Andrew whispered, grinning cheekily.

"It's the Red Ranger," Ivan said flatly, causing Andrew's eyes to widen.

"Ivan!" Andrew exclaimed, wrapping his arms around a surprised Ivan and pulling him up in a big old bear hug. "Oh, I knew that it was you all along! I was just testing you, I promise!"

*"I sincerely doubt that,"*Ivan thought, but then he started to feel a sharp pain all throughout his body due to Andrew's tight squeezing before he could say anything.

"Andrew, you're hurting me," Ivan said.

"Hm? Oh no, I'm so sorry!" Andrew exclaimed, letting go of Ivan immediately. "I guess I should learn how to control my newfound strength, huh?"

"Yes, you should," Ivan said before looking back at the emerald. "Honestly, right now, what I want to know is-"

"Ivan? Andrew?" Oliver's voice rang out from the staircase. "What's going on? Why are you two acting like each other?"

(I'll finish this later.)

## #3((Pirate Toon 101?)Code):

Hello?

Is anyone there?

I've been in this place for what feels like forever now.

It wouldn't be so bad if I could at least see or hear my friends, or, at least, see or hear *myself.*

It's strange, but, whenever I try to speak, I hear nothing. Whenever I try to look at myself, I *see* nothing.

I'm not blind, I know that for sure. I can see that I'm in a blank white void, but that's it. That's all there is. There's no furniture, or food, or even water.

Not that I ever get hungry or thirsty. Or tired, for that matter. I just seem to *exist* at this point.

At least I have all my memories back, and I don't have to stop myself from getting angry anymore. The monster seems to hold no sway over me now, so that's good.

...Am I...Am I dead?

I mean, I *did* stab myself in the heart, so...yeah. I probably am.

But...I feel *alive,* somehow. I can't hear myself breathing, but I can feel my heart beating when I'm panicking. I can't hear it, but I can *feel* it.

Also, this place doesn't seem like anything I or my friends imagined the afterlife being. There's no dark abyss, but there's no white clouds and singing angels, either.

...

...I miss my friends.

I miss Chirp. I miss Bonnie Anne. I miss Steve.

Hey, I miss *all* of my friends in general, not just those three! I would do *anything* to see them at this point!

Come to think of it, I would do anything to get out of here at this point.

Is there a way out of whatever this place is, even if you can't move?

I sure hope there is.

Hey, is anyone there?

If anyone can hear me, then please, get me out of here!

You're the only hope I have left!

## #4((Wizard Toon 101)Revelation):

(This might be canon and might not be. Hey, I don't even know if this *story's* going to be canon.)

I glare at the fox toon in the mirror. Honestly, he's more pitiful at this point than anything, but his unwavering persistence that him and I are the same and his existence overlapping mine is *still* very annoying.

The fox toon, meanwhile, smiles guiltily, but I see determination in his eyes.

"So, "James"," I say. "Do you have any proof that I'm you, or are you just going to waste my time again?"

"Well, I do have some proof," "James" says. "You know how there's gaps in your memories?"

"Yes," I say testily. "You've pointed that out so many times, I could cross out whenever you say that on my imaginary bingo card about our interactions every. Single. Time."

"James" chuckles.

"Alright, alright, I'll get to the point," He says with an amused smile on his face, then frowns. "Well, I found out that my set of memories doesn't have those gaps. In fact, my version of things is more complete than yours."

"You're lying," I say, my eyes narrowing.

"I'm not!" "James" says. "I promise I'm not!"

Of course he is. He is a glitch in the Spiral, something that should not be and yet it is.

I've seen his kind hurt toons before. They absorb them and control their bodies, seemingly destroying their personality and all that they once were before in the process.

I will admit that I have never seen a glitch act like "James" before, but really, what else can he be? He can't be me, as that's just impossible, so he's gotta be a glitch!

(I'll finish this later.)

## #5((Guardians and Guides)Guardians of the Past, Guides of the Present):

(This is just some thing that might be made into an actual story and might not be. It depends on my mood at this point, really.

Also, yes, this is *yet another* Simsala Grimm AU, but this time, it's set in an alternate future of Simsala Grimm! \*futuristic noises\*)

Yoyo was sulking again.

While it would've been weird for the normally cheerful Yoyo to sulk in life, and it was still kind of weird for others who didn't know the context behind it, Yoyo sulking had become a common occurrence for one specific reason.

Mainly, if one of the other guides caught Yoyo sulking, it usually meant that he'd lost a game of tic tac toe, thumb war, or rock, paper, scissors with another guide, and now had to wait for another chance at guiding the current Guardians as the winner actually got to *do* something and *influence* future events.

(I'll finish this later.)

## #6((Just a Care Bears Revamp thing.)Down to Earth):

No Heart was falling.

He was falling out of the sky, and he had no idea why.

Just a minute ago, he was storming around his, Apathy's, and Self Loathing's lair that was way up in the stormy clouds, and he was doing just fine angrily pacing up there!

...Well, he *was* in a bit of pain- okay, *a lot-* from what he assumed to be The Care Bear Stare he took a bit ago, but it didn't explain why he was falling now! The Care Bear Stare doesn't make you not able to stand on clouds when you previously could!!

And he wasn't able to turn into a eagle or some kind of flying animal through his vial either! Why!? Why wasn't his stupid vial working!??

"Grab my hand!" Self Loathing, who was flying towards but couldn't get all the way *to* No Heart, called out to him urgently, holding out her translucent, ghost-like hand.

No Heart reached out and tried to grab it, but to the shock of her, him, and Apathy(who was flying towards No Heart as well), his hand went through hers.

"What!?" No Heart exclaimed.

"How!?" Self Loathing exclaimed at nearly the same time.

"Interesting," Apathy said, calm as always. He looked at No Heart. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but we need to get you to solid ground."

"...That's not funny, Apathy!" No Heart exclaimed. "I am *not* going down to Earth! What if I run into some lovey dovey children!? Yuck!!"

The ground was getting closer to the three of them now. Apathy could see a city below No Heart.

"You want to-" No Heart heard Apathy start to say, but he went silent despite still moving his mouth for some reason.

"But how are we-" No Heart heard Self Loathing start to say, but then she did the same thing as Apathy was doing.

What!?

""You want to" what!?" He yelled. ""But how are we" what!? Why are you two whispering!? I can't hear a word you're saying- OW!!"

All of a sudden, No Heart's hands started hurting, and he saw, to his horror, that they were turning a pale peach color.

Apathy and Self Loathing saw the change and something else, too, and their eyes widened.

"Do you think-"

"I don't know," Apathy admitted, cutting Self Loathing off. "All I know is-"

Apathy went silent again, but was still moving his mouth.

"STOP WHISPERING-"

No Heart cut himself off when he saw Apathy and Self Loathing disappear right in front of his eyes.

"Apathy? Self Loathing?" No Heart said, looking around wildly. "Ugh! I told you to stop whispering, not disappear- huh!?"

No Heart suddenly felt something grab him by his arms and slow his fall, guiding him towards the ground.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" No Heart screamed, desperately trying to get out of the thing's grasp. "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!? I AM NO HEART, EMBODIMENT OF HATRED AND MASTER SHAPESHIFTER!! I *WILL NOT* LET YOU MANHANDLE YOU LIKE THIS, AND I- *I-"*

While still in the air, No Heart suddenly felt like he'd hit a brick wall regardless, and rapidly started to lose consciousness.

The last thing he saw was Self Loathing and Apathy flickering back into view, each holding both of his arms and looking at him with panic and concern on their faces.

And then, everything went dark.

~

When No Heart came to, he felt pain all over his body and saw that he was lying on hard, segmented ground that was also gray for some reason.

Was this what the humans called a "sidewalk"? Because if that was the case, he didn't like it at all. Its hardness only seemed to accentuate his pain.

"What happened-"

"You floated down here like a freaky wizard and then fell flat on your face, that's what happened," Someone said, interrupting No Heart.

No Heart looked around wildly to see who interrupted him, his eyes eventually landing on a human girl who looked to be 12. She had her brown hair in a messy ponytail, and was looking at No Heart with a mix of suspicion and wariness. She was also sitting on a large green box with a lid.

"How DARE you interrupt me!!" No Heart yelled, noticing that his voice didn't have an echo anymore. He got up and started to stand, not liking the fact that the girl was looking down at him. "Do you know who I am!?"

"An orphanage worker?" The girl said sarcastically. "Someone who works in a carnival? Some guy who just has strange fashion sense? Tell me when I get it."

"Some guy?" No Heart said. "Some guy!? I am No Heart, the embodiment of hatred and master shapeshifter! You should be *afraid* of me, not *cracking jokes* about me!!"

"No Heart, huh?" The girl said. "Ooh, I'm so scared! I'm shaking in my non-existent boots! Why's your name No Heart, anyway? You're clearly human, so *of course* you have a heart!"

"Stupid girl!" No Heart exclaimed. "*You're* human, not me! I'm an embodiment of hatred! Does that sound human *at all* to you??"

"Yeah, and I'm the Queen of England," The girl deadpanned, then facepalmed for a bit. She scanned the area after doing so and saw pieces of glass next to the box. "Look, if you're not going to believe me that you're human, then maybe seeing your reflection will change your mind."

"Ha!" No Heart laughed as the girl jumped off the box and picked up a large piece, holding it up to No Heart's face. "Showing me my reflection would only-"

No Heart cut himself off in surprise when he looked at the piece, because the person reflected in the piece was not No Heart, but rather a man with black facial hair, short black hair, and black bushy eyebrows. He looked to be in his late 20s, and he had pale skin and reddish-brown eyes. He also seemed to be wearing purple and red robes with a hood that was down at the moment.

"Who dares to mock me-"

No Heart cut himself off again when he saw that the man was saying the same thing he was saying. Deciding to try something out, he made his hand go up in front of his face, and was shocked to discover that he and the man basically had the same hand.

"HOW-" No Heart began, then cut himself off again as he tried to find a way to properly vocalize his surprise. "How did this happen!?"

"How did what happen?" The girl asked.

"This!" No Heart exclaimed, gesturing to his whole self. "How did I turn into a human!? I wasn't one before-"

Then it hit him.

"The Care Bears did this, didn't they!?" No Heart exclaimed. "I'm not too sure *why,* but I'm sure that their Stare is why I'm human now! That's why I felt so strange before falling out of the sky! I promise, when I get my hands on them-"

"Well, you're not going to turn back and get your revenge on The Care Bears by just standing here, are you?" The girl said. "Why don't you get out of this alleyway and try to find something that can turn you back outside of here?"

No Heart paused.

"That's...a good idea, actually," He said, not really knowing how a human could have a moment where they *didn't* attract his ire. "Alright. I'll do that."

*"Good,"* The girl thought as she watched No Heart walk out of the alleyway. *"That's one less insane person to worry about."*

The girl probably wouldn't have worried about No Heart again, in fact, when she saw him going into the street out of the corner of her eye just as she was turning away from him. Her eyes wide, she whipped her head around just in time to see a car about to run No Heart over.

"NO HEART!!" The girl cried, bolting to No Heart and pulling him out of the street after grabbing one of his hands just as the car was about to run him over.

She then pulled him back into the alleyway, and the two took a moment to catch their breath, with No Heart not even knowing that he had to breathe until now.

Speaking of things No Heart didn't know he had until now, he suddenly realized that something in his chest was pounding. When he put one of his hands over his chest, he discovered that it was a heart.

Wait.

He had a heart now!?

"What was that," The girl said flatly, interrupting No Heart's train of thought. "I thought you were insane, not stupid! Do you seriously not know that going out into the road could get you killed!?"

"Hey, I didn't know that that rectangular box on wheels would try to kill me!!" No Heart tried to retort. "We don't have *anything* like that *or* whatever a road is in the Cloudscape! The closest we have to that rectangular box on wheels is The Care Bears' Cloud Car- wait. That rectangular box on wheels is a car!?"

"Yes, you idiot!" The girl yelled. "And duh! *Of course* it would try to kill you! Cars on the road are not known for stopping when some moron walks out into the road without warning!"

"*I am NOT a moron* or *an idiot!!"* No Heart screamed. "I just didn't know! Besides, you seem awfully invested in my life for a person who keeps constantly insulting me!!"

"I'm not invested in your life!" The girl said. "I just didn't want your death on my conscious, that's all!"

"It sure seems like you're invested to me!" No Heart said, his throat hurting a bit now. "I don't know why, but I-"

It then hit No Heart that the girl actually *cared* about him, something that only Apathy and Self Loathing did. Something about that made him feel something funny in his chest, but he didn't know what.

"...Thank you," He said to the girl, his "thank you" sounding a bit odd and strained due to how little he had said that word before now. "For...saving me. I don't know why you did, but without you, I probably would've been dead right now, what with how flimsy this new body is."

"...You're welcome?" The girl said, a bit caught off guard by No Heart's sudden sincerity. "Just don't walk into the street like that again, alright? I might not save you that time if you do."

"Alright," No Heart said absentmindedly, his mind already drifting to the subject of how to return to his natural form. "Say, is there anyone who can do magic here?"

"No, but there's a few magic shops around the area," The girl said. "It's not something you'd be interested in, though. There's just- hey! Where are you going!?"

No Heart had begun to walk away when he heard the word "magic shops", and was now muttering to himself about how those magic shops had better have what he needed, or else he would destroy them himself once he got back to normal!

As for the girl, she thought about leaving No Heart to his own devices again, but decided against it when she immediately remembered the last time he'd been left to his own devices and started sprinting to catch up to him.

"Hey, No Heart!" She exclaimed. "Wait up!"

~

Meanwhile, Apathy and Self Loathing were back up in the Cloudscape, trying to concoct a plan in order to reverse the effects of The Care Bear Stare on No Heart and get revenge on The Care Bears afterward.

They were confused and horrified more than anything, however.

"How could this have happened!?" Self Loathing exclaimed, pacing around one of the rooms of her, Apathy, and No Heart's castle. "The Care Bear Stare has never done *this* before!!"

"I don't know, but we'd better find out soon," Apathy said, sitting down in a chair, looking at records of The Care Bear Stare, and looking uncharacteristically worried. "If we don't, No Heart might not be able to become the embodiment of hatred ever again."

"The balance," Self Loathing said, immediately understanding Apathy's words. "Have you found anything about The Care Bear Stare causing any sort of transformation yet?"

"Not yet," Apathy said, sighing. "But, rest assured, I will eventually."

## #7((Pirate Toon 101 AU)Cricket Ivan/Shovelwarewolf):

"Let me go, you freak!" The Shovelwarewolf yelled in both fury and fear as he struggled to get out of the monster with staticy flesh's giant paw. "I have a game to finish, and I *am not-"*

The Shovelwarewolf suddenly stopped when he heard his voice as Ivan coming out of his mouth for the last few words. Then he saw his hands and saw that he was Ivan again.

"Wait, *what on-"*

Ivan was interrupted by a sudden flash of extreme pain. Then he got a whole bunch in a rapid succession.

As he screamed and violently twitched in pain, he failed to notice that he was rapidly changing from being a wolf toon that sounded like Ivan, to being The Shovelwarewolf, to being Ivan, and then back again. All the while, glitches ran across his body, and while the monster was initially looking at him in curiosity, it slowly became annoyed.

"Stop...SCREAMING!" The monster screamed, dropping Ivan just as he turned into a small cricket. "It just...makes it harder...to think...than it already is!"

As the monster turned around and started mumbling to himself about finding someone who could help him find the fox, a whimpering Ivan had already shut his eyes and was currently falling, barely moving because of how much pain he felt.

After the pain went away, however, Ivan slowly opened his eyes, making him see