“Yes, The Hero made it VERY clear Princess! You are to have intimate relations with this man. You are to give him your body utterly and have him finish inside you.” The maid repeated herself and I frowned as I looked at the strange masked man.

  He seemed.. familiar but I couldn’t place him. He said nothing and just stood there naked. Still.. the maids had assured me Hero had given the order. I slid out of my dress and the man laid down on his back.

  Quietly I walked up and climbed onto him. I paused for a moment.. I swear he looked.. familiar… I reached for the mask but he slapped my hand away. I sighed after a minute and slid his thing inside me. I began to ride him and after only a few moments I felt him finish inside me.

  I sighed and looked at the maid who simply stood there quietly. I looked back to the man I had just had casual sex with. “So.. do you know why..” The man took his mask off and I looked directly into Hero’s eyes.

  I felt an extreme sense of horror. I was.. with the Hero.. I.. he.. I felt my vision swimming and everything went dark.

  I awoke in my bed and looked around. That was.. odd.. I was just.. A maid rushed in looking horrified. “Princess Ruby! It’s horrible! The Hero has been murdered!”

  I snorted at the confused maid. “That is not possible, Hero cannot die!” I said cheerfully. Suddenly Hero stumbled into my room, he was covered in blood and fell to the floor.

  I gasped and rushed to his side. He looked at me and died in my arms… and didn’t fade away. I stood there holding his corpse. No.. No.. No.. “NOOOOOO!” I screamed and immolated my entire room including myself.

  I reappeared in my bed and looked around… nothing.. had happened.. what..?!

  I paced back and forth in the throne room. This was proving even harder than I had imagined and I had genuinely believed in the near impossible. Slowly, I pulled Alia’s picture and gently held it close to my heart. “I will cure them, for us.” I promised.

  Putting it back, a maid rushed up to me. “Your majesty, as you have commanded, the mimic that was murdered and pushed into Ruby’s room died. She responded by burning the entire room as you anticipated, great one. We of course corrected her room quickly and she woke up thinking nothing changed!”

  I nodded sadly. “And Sapphire?” The maid looked uncomfortable.

  “After sleeping with the guard you molded to have your face,, the man did as he was ordered and removed the mask you gave him. Princess Sapphire instantly passed out.” I felt impotent rage and grabbed a nearby candle slam and threw it on the ground.

  The maid flinched but didn’t move. I began to pace back and forth as I tried and failed to think of new ideas. “Something has to work. I.. I am just missing something crucial.” I said as I killed the maid and snapped at a guard. “Bring another maid.”

  Was It necessary to kill them? Maybe not, but the girls were smart, they might ask the wrong question. Besides, the maids respawned memoryless.

  I sighed as I sat in the chair. What.. was.. different. What happened to Alia that made her finally see it?

  I remembered Alia respawning with me, grinding together, working together. Our sex…? No, I had a lot of sex with Ruby.. that definitely wasn’t it. “Um.. great one… if I may?” A random guard stepped forward nervously. They had their helmets on and sounded Feminine.

  Strange, I thought all the guards were male? I motioned for.. her? To continue. “Perhaps Great one, you must simply will it to be?”

  I snorted in derision at the ridiculousness of that statement. “You honestly think that? Oh who am I kidding of course you do! You believe that if I just stood up like this.”

  I stood tall and placed one hand on my hip and the other pointed forward. “And say with a full deep breath.” I continued sardonically before taking a deep breath and looking serious.

  “Hero is not a God or a force of Nature, Hero is a man and all the Princess believe this!” I smirked and sat back down as I shook my head.

  Pointing at the guard I opened my mouth to speak.. when I heard a loud horrid screeching sound. A sound I knew all too well. A moment later, white enveloped me.

  I appeared naked on the beach in stunned silence. What the fuck had just happened?! A few seconds later Alia, naked as well, appeared and crashed titties first onto me.

  I gently held her and put her down, only to be immediately hit by another pair of titties that I fell back from. On top of me.. was Sapphire naked and confused?!

  I stared blankly at Sapphire, even as Alia got up, walked around and held out her hand. “Need help up?” She asked. I blankly nodded as I grabbed her hand and pushed Sapphire off me.

  “HEY!” Sapphire snapped at me. “Don’t just push me!” I blinked in confusion.

  “Sapphire?” I asked. She looked at me confused.

  “Who.. is Sapphire? Wait.. who am I?” She looked around the beach as if she had never seen it before.

  “Huh.. memory loss.” Alia shrugged as she summoned a bubble pistol. “Any chance she still has her water powers?”

  I looked over to her. She seemed completely calm about the suddent reset. “Why.. why are you so calm?!” I cried angrily. “We just.. after everything! I.. I was so close..” After a moment I fell to my knees and just watched as Alia walked over to the nearest crab.

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  She instantly kicked sand in its face twice before turning and walking slightly faster then normal. She turned, aimed, and blasted the crab down. It took her six times but she killed it alone.

  She smiled. “Still got it!” Before walking back over to Sapphire and holding out her hand. “Let’s talk.”

  Sapphire seemed to look at her for a moment before taking her hand. “What.. about?” She asked nervously. “I honestly can’t say I know much right now…” She glanced over at me and for a moment I thought I saw a bit of recognition in her eyes. ‘

  Then she shook her head and closed her eyes. “It’s.. its right there.. but.. I…” She clenched her teeth, but after a moment she just sighed and shook her head.

  “That’s fine.” Alia started, but I cut her off mid sentence.

  “Sapphire stand!” My order was loud enough. Alia and Sapphire heard me clearly. Alia looked at me with a confused raised eyebrow but said nothing.

  Sapphire, who was already standing and holding Alia’s hand, looked at me for a long moment before pointing at herself. “That’s… me.. right? But.. I am already standing? Also, who are you to tell me what to do!”

  I felt my heart skip a beat.. no.. really? Did.. had it worked? I would reset a million more times if this actually worked. “You.. you are right, I am sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking.” I said quickly.

  She smiled at me kindly.”It’s okay, we are all probably a little disoriented. Maybe you know more about whats happening?” She looked down at herself and brushed off the sand. It seemed she had no issue being naked still. Baby steps I suppose.

  Alia snorted and gently tugged Sapphires hand causing her to look at here. “So, your name was Sapphire, you were the Princess of the Emerald Kingdom.”

  Sapphire looked shocked. “I.. I was?!” Alia nodded happily and broke into explanation. Sapphire looked more and more unhappy the moe she heard.

  “Wait, why would I do that to my own sister? Also, who is this Hero guy! He sounds horrible!” She sounded genuinely horrified at my actions. I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I was so happy at that moment.

  Alia twitched for some reason and a moment later.. she shot Sapphire in the head with her pistol five times in rapid succession, killing her instantly. I stared in open mouth shock even as Sapphire respawned on top of me again.

  I actually got a mouthful of breast and pushed her off instinctively. “What the fuck Alia!” I screamed at her. Sapphire looked horrified and was now crying and scared.

  “I was resetting her, she clearly was getting the wrong idea.” Alia stated simply. She checked her pistol for a moment before walking over to us. Sapphire crawled behind me and cowered.

  “That.. hurt so much. Why did that hurt..” Sapphire cried. She was shaking as she hid behind me.

  “Sorry about that.” Alia said casually as she reached us. “See, You seem to be in the wrong mindset. Hero doesn’t do evil things. Hero is the Hero, while he might not be perfect.. which is up for debate.. maybe. Hero is perfection and nature incarnate. We can’t have you going around spouting blasphemy.”

  I froze at that as I considered her words… that didn’t sound like Alia.. Maybe once upon a time but.. “Alia, kill yourself.” I said simply.

  “Why would she..” Sapphire started but didn’t finish as Alia fired into her own head six times and dropped dead. I cursed under my breath as I realized what happened.

  She reappeared a moment later and I stepped to the side to let her fall without touching me. She blinked and looked around in utter confusion. “What.. just happened?!” I paused and looked at her confused.

  “What do you mean?” I asked curiously. She looked at me in absolute puzzlement.

  “I mean who killed me?! When did Sapphire move?! I was talking to Sapphire.. she said.. something about you.. then everything went dark…”

  I looked up at Hero in utter confusion. Everything had suddenly shifted.. What happened?! I was normally in control of my surroundings but that was.. extremely unpleasant.

  Hero looked at me for a long moment. “Kill yourself.” He said.

  I blinked and shook my head. “Why in the Emerald Kingdom would I do that! I snapped at him angrily. He looked at me genuinely confused.

  After a moment, he seemed as if he realized something and after biting his lower lip for a moment. He said.. something. “Hero is…”

  I felt myself respawn and fall on Hero again. “What is happening!” I cried. Hero looked at me sadly with tears in his eyes. “Answer me!” I snapped.

  He swallowed and looked uncomfortable. “Damnit Hero, Answer me! You can be such a…”

  I respawned and fell on him again. I was beginning to notice a pattern.. “Listen Alia, please do not say anything about me that can be considered bad in any way.” Hero pleaded with me. He had caught me, brought me down to our knees and was looking me in the eyes.

  “What.. is happening to me?!” I cried to him.

  He swallowed after a moment before responding quietly. “I.. I think when you hear something bad about me… your Alissa side takes over until respawn…”

  I froze as his words slowly began to form in my head. I.. was.. becoming Alissa? But.. but why? “But why?!” I asked out loud. That doesn’t make any sense!

  Hero just shook his head. “I.. I don’t know.” He swallowed before looking at me determined. “But we will figure this out. For now, just avoid it, okay?” I nodded as I considered what to do.

  Sapphire, who was now standing next to a small water elemental, looked between us before speaking. “So.. um… We.. can’t say the Hero is a Horr..”

  I respawned and Hero caught me. Sapphire was now shaking and sobbing looking at me with fear. I considered what Hero had said. If I was turning into Alissa whenever anything negative was said about Hero…

  “This problem should actually be very simple to solve.” I said cleanly. “You just need to command the Alissa side of me as the Hero to stop existing.”

  Here looked at me in utter confusion. “I.. What?” I sighed in annoyance.

  “You know, like, tell me that the Hero is just a…” I respawned a moment later. I sighed as he gently set me down again. “Okay, that didn’t work. Listen, you just need to.. I trailed off as I tried to think of how to not say it negatively.

  Maybe if I just wrote down that Hero wasn’t… I respawned on top of Hero and realized at least a few minutes had passed. “What..”

  “It.. took me a minute… The other you, she goes by any name I give her and you two are so similar in personality I..” Hero trailed off. “I… I think you are too.. entangled with yourself Alia. You might have grown a lot since Alissa. But you are still her at your core and it’s poisoning you.

  I considered his words and an idea came to me. “That.. sounds bad. But luckily, as the Hero, you have the power.” I paused as I chose each word carefully. “To change me for the better!”

  He looked at me like I was crazy and I kicked sand at him. “Don’t you get it you..!”

  I appeared a few minutes later again. I began to cry. I had never felt so hopeless in my entire life. Hero was… A great man who was perfect in every way. I paused for a moment and after nothing happened I continued. But this was ridiculous. It wasn’t that hard but he couldn’t figure it out…”

  I realized I wasn’t reset. I blinked and stood up to see Hero smiling. “So, Alia, How are you feeling? Did you know I am a big dumb dumb.” He watched me closely and after a moment it clicked.. I.. I hadn’t respawned?! It.. it worked!

  “What did you do?!” I cried in relief. He looked at me snarkily and just winked. I stepped forward, kicked him in the knee, grabbed his face and kissed him. After a moment I leaned into his ear. “I love you so much you big idiot.”

  I pushed his head into my breasts and squeezed. It truly felt so good. Then I let go and looked over to Sapphire. “So.. Sapphire.. I..” Before I could finish, she held up a hand.

  She was teaching the water elemental tricks. She turned to me and smiled. “Hero explained what happened, I am truly sorry that happened to you. Also, My name is Aqua, not.. That.” She trailed off after a moment.

  “It’s.. nice to finally meet you.” Was all she finished saying before she turned back to the elemental and kept making it shoot little violent balls of water around her. I looked back to Hero who gave me a thumbs up.

  I giggled as I turned and walked back over to him. That was stressful.. And I wanted some relief..