The sun casted its light down on the Planeptune Basilicom, creating the perfect atmosphere for reading a book; working or relaxing. Neptune had ignored the first two and decided to relax by playing video games. Again. Much to Histoire's dismay, who had stormed off the room earlier when Neptune refused to do any work.

Neptune stretched as she stood up from her couch, a smile on her face, "That's another game completed!" She exclaimed happily.

She approached the fridge that sat on the corner of the room, opening it and taking a pudding out. She opened a drawer searching for a spoon, when she noticed a purple book with a black N sitting on the counter.

"Ohhh. Did Big Me forget her Nep-Note?" She said excitedly, "Is Darksty still in there?"

Neptune opened the book, looking at an unamused Croire staring back at her.

"You got business with me or somethin'?" Croire said angrily.

Neptune smiled, "Oh no, I just noticed that the book was here and decided to take a look."

"You had your look. Now leave me alone." Croire replied with the same tone as before.

"Aw you're so mean, Darksty." Neptune complained, poking her a few times.

"What are you… HEY! Stop that!" Croire shouted, managing to make Neptune stop the poking, "And how many times do I have to say that my name is Croire! Cro-ire!"

"Yes. Yes. We've gone through that." Neptune replied, waving her hand dismissively

"You..." Croire closed her eyes in anger.

"Well, Darksty I'll see you later." Neptune said, as she closed the book. She started to open her pudding's lid.

"I was saving my energy to try and escape, but I guess..." Croire muttered, wasting all her energy creating a dark purple portal to a random dimension.

The portal slowly started to get stronger, Neptune slowly noticing the pull from it. Her pudding escaped from her grasp as she tried to resist the portal's force that pulled her in.

"Woah woah woah." Neptune said, grasping at anything to prevent herself being pulled in, "This is totally not fuuuuuun…!" Neptune was sucked into the portal.

Croire sighed, "There goes my energy..." She muttered, "But that was worth it. Now that idiot's off my back."

"Ow ow ow." Neptune muttered as she sat up, "Geez, Darksty. What did you d...o?"

Neptune looked ahead of her. It was Planeptune… but it wasn't. The usual happy mood that surrounded it was gone. Red and orange colours replaced the old purple ones from before. Neptune saw no one in the streets, even though the sun was high in the sky.

"Um… What happened to Planeptune…?" Neptune wondered, placing a finger to her cheek.

She looked ahead at NepTower, still standing in the middle of the city. That had not changed at least. She started walking towards it, thinking to herself, "Maybe I could ask Histy."

Neptune's eyes widen as she realised where she was, "Wait one dang second. Darksty opened a portal and sent me to another dimension didn't she?" She jumped as she exclaimed.

Neptune looked around, trying to familiarise herself with the place she now was in. She looked at the area around her. It was a street in Planeptune she knew well. She frequently came here to buy her pudding… or more like sent Nepgear to get it for her, sometimes. All that had changed was the colour.

"Well, I am not in Plutie's world..." She muttered, "So where could I be?"

Neptune looked around the place. She checked in the store where she bought her pudding supply. The store was closed, the lights out and no one inside. Neptune pushed her face to the window and put her hands around her eyes like a visor, trying to see inside, "Hello~? Anyone in here?" There was no response.

"Okay. This is getting too weird for me." Neptune muttered, staring at the sky, "At least it's not like Zero Dimension. Or maybe it is an apocalypse?" Neptune's attention was interrupted as she felt some movement around her.

"What was that?" She said, spinning in circles trying to find whoever was moving,"Is someone there?"

Neptune stopped looking around, maybe the reason for movement was a stray pet or maybe a monster? That thought went away quickly as a voice called out behind her.

"Don't move!" Said a voice she knew, "Stay where you are."

Neptune turned around and came face to face with IF. The girl was wearing her usual blue coat. Her green eyes staring intensely at Neptune, almost with anger. But for a second, when Neptune turned around, she caught a small bit of sadness in them.

"Hey! Iffy!" Neptune said, walking a bit closer "Finally a familiar face… Not that I've seen anyone yet..."

Neptune noticed that IF flinched to her voice for a short moment. She quickly went back to her commanding self, "I said don't move!" IF barked, walking closer to Neptune.

"Alright, alright. Geez, Iffy. No need to be so angry. It's me, Nept-"

"You are not!" She yelled, a small amount of sadness in her voice, "Now, stay still. Unless you want me to attack you."

Neptune stared at IF with a puzzled look, "Woah woah, calm down, Iffy."

"Don't call me that either." IF said sharply, "Only she can… and she's gone now."

Neptune detected another tinge of sadness in IF's eyes, before turning it back into anger.

"You're coming with me." IF said, "Silently."

"Where to?" Neptune asked, tilting her head.

"The Basilicom." IF said, "I have orders to capture you. Now, stay quiet unless you want a hole in your chest."

IF pushed Neptune, forcing her to walk towards NepTower. Neptune stole a couple glances to IF, she noticed that people were slowly coming out from behind some houses and other buildings. They stared at Neptune with fear and confusion.

"What is wrong with this dimension?" Neptune thought, looking ahead at Planeptune's main tower looming above her.

IF pushed Neptune through the Basilicom doors, Neptune still trying to gather her thoughts about what had happened.

"Can I at least get an explanation?" Neptune demanded, "Why do you have to capture me?"

IF remained quiet, she had decided to ignore Neptune's questions.

"IF, you've returned?" A soft voice asked. Neptune recognised the voice.

"Yes, Histoire." IF replied, "I've brought it like you asked."

The fairy floated from a door, stopping in front of IF. She stared at Neptune and sighed. She avoided eye contact with Neptune, but she could tell Histoire was sad. She was having a harder time hiding the sadness than IF.

"Hey, Histy." Neptune said casually, "Um, I really don't know what's going on, but can I get an explanat-"

"Be quiet." IF said sharply, mildly glancing at her, "Jeez. She's able to make them talk without that robotic voice. And it's just as annoying as the real one."

"It also looks more like Neptune now..." Histoire said, looking away from Neptune, "She's getting quite skilled at making these..."

Neptune stared at them, an eyebrow raised, "Uhhh. Like I said, I really don't know what's going on. Can I have an explanation please? Pretty please?"

"At this rate… I don't think I'll be able to stand seeing them destroyed..." Histoire sighed, ignoring Neptune.

"Des...troyed?!" Neptune said, her eyes widening as she stared at Histoire, "Why would you want to destroy Nep here?"

"She must be stopped." IF agreed, "I don't think I'll be able to destroy them either."

"Sadly, we don't know where she could be." Histoire replied, staring at the floor, "If only we knew where she escaped to. We could..." Histoire stopped. She looked at Neptune with mild confusion on her face, she approached Neptune carefully, looking at her all over, "That's strange..." She muttered.

"Hey." Neptune said, only to be ignored

"What's strange, Histoire?" IF asked, moving away from Neptune as Histoire looked at her.

"I can sense some share energy coming from this one."

"Hey!" Neptune said again, rising her voice ever so slightly. She was ignored yet again.

"S-Share energy?" IF said, her eyebrows coming together, "But that's not possible, is it? How could she get some share energy?"

Histoire shook her head, "I have no idea, IF. But it seems that this new model is able to absorb share energy. Or, at the very least, use it."

Neptune tried to contain her anger at being ignored, she failed. Neptune closed her eyes before bursting, "Wait one second, dangit! What you mean 'model'? I am Neptune! N-e-p-t-u-n-e! Of course I would have share energy, I am Planeptune's CPU!... or at least my dimension's Planeptune..." She slowly lowered her voice as she spoke the last part, "But that doesn't matter now! I am the protagonist, and I demand to know what's going on!"

Histoire and IF looked at Neptune with confused looks.

"And they can feel emotion…?" IF said, rising an eyebrow at Histoire.

"Did you say… Dimension?" Histoire approached Neptune more curiously.

"Be careful, Histoire."

"I will, IF." Histoire turned to Neptune, "I'm sorry for being so rude earlier, but I couldn't help but notice… did you say 'your dimension'?"

"Finally, Histy." Neptune smiled, "Yes. I just happen to be from another dimension. I… annoyed Darksty too much it seems, so she opened a portal and sent me here."

"That would explain the dark portal from earlier..." Histoire muttered, resting her head on her hand and pacing in front of Neptune, "And why your signature is the same as Neptune's..."

"It could be a trap, Histoire." IF suggested, "Who knows what she has done to her new models."

"Okay, I think that's enough." Neptune stated, "Enough with the pronoun game. I'm sure the readers are also quiet tired of it as well by now."

"... and she's as meta as her." IF noted, "Maybe she could be a Neptune from another dimension."

"Neptune..." Histoire muttered, before her voice rose, "I have a question. Who are the CPUs of each nation?"

"That's an easy one!" Neptune said, counting each one in her hand, "Me, Noire, Vert, Blanc."

Histoire looked at IF, before turning back to Neptune, "And CPU candidates?"

"Uni, Rom, Ram and my darling sister, Nepgear."

Histoire looked at IF again.

"Umm. Am I wrong?" Neptune asked, looking confused at the looks from Histoire and IF.

"Nept- " Histoire shook her head, "Indeed. Neptune, Noire, Blanc, Vert." Histoire paused for three second before resuming her list, "Uni, Rom, and Ram are all…" She stopped again, regaining composure before saying the dreaded word, "...dead."

Neptune stared at Histoire, "What." Thoughts started to cloud her mind. Neptune couldn't think of anything. Her mind went blank. She was dead? Everyone else as well? But… Histoire didn't mention Nepgear, did she?

"And Nepgear is currently missing." IF added, almost as if reading Neptune's thoughts.

"Then… who..." Neptune started to ask, her puzzled look made IF and Histoire look at each other.

"She really does not know." Histoire said to IF.

"I don't know about that, Histoire." IF replied, crossing her arms and looking at Neptune, "I still think it could be a trick."

"I will ask her one more question." Histoire turned to Neptune, "Are you okay with one more question?"

"... Ask me anything." Neptune said, expecting the worst out of her response.

"Who defeated the Deity of Sin?"

"Uh well…" Neptune tried to recall that moment that was so long ago, "We first fought her all together, then Nepgear took over."

"... All the CPUs, together?" IF said, "That's… different."

"What do you mean by 'Nepgear took over' exactly?" Histoire said, a concerned look on her face.

"Well, we followed Uranus's advice and each of us CPUs and others gave her our faith in her, in turn giving her the power of all of Gamindustri, which she used to beat the Deity of Sin's true form. By… having stronger emotions and desires than her..."

"That… is different. Just like IF noted." Histoire said, looking at IF, "She would not be able to come up with such an elaborate story."

"So, do you believe me now?" Neptune asked.

"'Believe' is a strong word." IF replied, looking at Neptune with suspicion.

"I at least acknowledge that you're not one of hers." Histoire added, floating closer and analysing Neptune, "I will investigate further to verify your other dimensional claim… Neptune."

"So now that that's out of the way." Neptune said, "Can I get an explanation as to who 'she' is and why you think I was one of 'hers'?"

Histoire looked at IF yet again, "'She' is the one who killed the previous CPUs and CPU candidates. She's been missing for a few years now, but she has been sending robots that resemble the CPUs to attack the nations."

"And who is 'she' exactly?" Neptune asked, "The pronoun game has been going for 34 lines too many."

"She is..." Histoire started, but teared up halfway through.

"She is the one that defeated the Deity of Sin." IF finished, "She's also the one that Neptune loved the most. Her name is Nepgear."