Author's Note: A Scar and Cub centered story in Season 7. It's based around the crystals within Scar's and Cub's episodes. The story comes roughly after those episodes. 

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 Scar's POV:

 I rubbed my grey beard and sighed. As much I enjoyed bein' an amazin' wizard, I missed my brown hair, clean face, and actual clothing. I kind of wish that I had my vex powers back too. I know that it can sometimes hurt to use, but using magic when no one else can see it is.... well, it's just lonely!

 I sighed as I carried my poor man's shulker box and 'crystals' to the surface. These crystals were kind of actual crystals, but they were honestly just some stained glass mixed with some iron and gold properties. How did I manage to do this cool amalgamation creature? Well, it's called magic. 

 My body ached as I got to the top of the stairs. Another thing that I miss, being young.... It seemed like the infinity portal forced me to age forward a good couple of years. I did some research, and I'm roughly around TFC's age. 

 " Scaaaaar? Oh great wizard of the jungle?" I perked up at the sound of my bear hybrid buddy. I left the cave and walked to where Larry was snoozing his big head off. When I got there, Cub was awkwardly standing by the ladder. 

 I frowned slightly as I looked at Cub. He seemed extremely tired as his tail wiggled. I walked over to him and tilted my head, " Are you okay Cub?" I questioned with a tilt of my head. Cub nodded, " Yeah man, I'm just tired." he waved his hands with a small smile. I put down my barrel and set all the crystals inside it. Before Cub could approach, I held up my hand.

 " Cub, Impulse found you half conscious in the End... You were growling and twitching until Jevin force fed you a sleep potion, and Impulse carried you to his home." I told him as he blinked. Cub's tail twitched again, " T-That happened?" he questioned as I nodded.

 Cub let out a sigh, " Okay, maybe this time I won't buy crystals, but I still want to visit you. " he smiled as he walked over to me. I smiled back at him. 

 " Okay, just give me a minute... I want to check out the ones I got this time around." I told him as I opened the barrel and looked in. All the 'crystals' looked the same as the other ones. See through, glassy, everything. 

 Well, wait.... This one was different. I looked over at Cub, " Come here and see this." I motioned as Cub nodded. I stood up and held a strange, solid white crystal in my hand. It didn't even look like the other ones.

 Cub's tail twitched as I stood up with the crystal. The two of us looked at it, " Something's... off... about this one." Cub mumbled as he gently took it from my hand. I gave him a concerned look, " C-Cub? Is it really a good idea to touch crystals when your body basically went into overdrive last time?" 

 My fellow vex looked at me tiredly, " It should be fine...." he mumbled as something started to spark. I snapped my head towards the crystal and blinked as a blue lightning-like streak appeared inside the crystal. 

 " Never mind.... Not fine." Cub's eyes widened as he tried to drop the crystal. I say tried because the magic aura of the crystal had made its way around Cub's hand and wrist. Cub's eyes widened as he struggled. In a panic, I grabbed the crystal and tried to force it out of Cub's hand, but the magic got to me too causing the glow to go around us. I watched in shock as a purple and blue energy came out of me, and a blue and grey energy started to come from Cub. 

 I looked at Cub as his grey hairs started to turn black as his beard started to grow smaller. My own beard had started to turn brown and disappear as well. I struggled again as Cub closed to his eyes and whimpered as a pair of black bear ears grew out of his head. 

 Okay.... Okay... This may be bad for the both of us, but I think I can use magic now that Cub isn't looking. I stared at the crystal as my eyes strained, but I could feel the magic from the crystal loosening around me. It took maybe a minute, but the crystal managed to drop from both of our hands.

 " Oow..." I rubbed my hands and felt my face. Wait.... I slowly forced my way over to the river. My body was sore and slightly numb, but I could thankfully still move because of my leg braces. I let out a sigh as I looked into the river while taking my purple wizard hat off. 

 I looked at my brown hair and rubbed at my face. I felt like.... Well, I felt like myself again. The only weird thing was that I was wearing my robes still. I looked honestly a bit weird now. 

 I continued to look over myself as I slowly regained feeling in the rest of me. I was about to take a step back, but something started to whimper behind me and scratch at my pant leg. I looked down and frowned at a small, very fuzzy bear hybrid that was sniffling. 

 The bear's ears twitched as he stumbled over to my leg. I looked at him as he rubbed his face against my leg, " Sss-Scca..." he mumbled as he wrapped his arms and paws around my leg. I frowned as I slowly removed the now toddler-like Cub from my leg and held him. 

 The little CubFan's tail waggled as he sighed softly. Cub rubbed his face against my chin and made a weird noise. The hybrid sniffled as he closed his eyes and fell asleep against me. I watched as he licked softly at my neck. 

 I chuckled slightly as I reached my other hand up and scratched behind his ear. Cub wiggled slightly before snuggling deeper into me, " There you go buddy.... I-I'll figure out how to get your years out of this crystal..." I mumbled as I picked up the crystal. 

 I gently put the crystal into my inventory. I was about to climb back into Larry when something loud came from behind me. My whole body tensed up as I protectively held Cub, " Go away zombies! Go away meanie bears!" I growled as I held Cub. 

 I turned around and saw Mumbo awkwardly walking out of the water. The hermit stared at me in awe, " Uh, Mumbo? Please tell me you're not hear to sell your KAGOOMA again, or to get me in your hermit challenges." I sighed as I looked at Mumbo's-

 Mumbo's eyes were glowing... 

 I told a step back as Mumbo started to move closer, " Scar..." he frowned as I growled at him again. I held Cub closer as I stared at Mumbo, " Who are you really?" I questioned as I narrowed my eyes. 

 Mumbo frowned as he fixed his black suit. The hermit shook his head, " L-Look at the colo...colors of my eyes, Scar... Think about the colors of the rest of us hermits... " he stuttered slightly. I looked at his eyes and blinked. 

 Red and yellow. 

 That actually narrows it down to two hermits... 

 Tango and Grian. 

 I blinked. There is only one hermit that could honestly fit those colors and be close to Mumbo's base. 

 " Oh my goodness Grian."