TRIGGER WARNING: mentions of swears, deceit and remus are villains, PRIDE, allusions to rape and torture, death, language. Lemme know y'all

Requested by CrystalClearStar im realky sorry if this isn't as angsty as you wanted...I tried...

Honestly y'all...I'm tired. I've had a long couple of days. I had a bad panic attack Christmas night and I'm still recovering... It's the night of the 27th right now...

So I'm really sorry if this isn't up to par for normal, but i promise I'm trying

Pride (Prinxiety…?)

Ever wonder why Deceit and the Duke didn’t show up until recently? Well...that certainly is a story. One of manipulation, harshness….and Pride.

For you see, there were three brothers, not two. Triplets, instead of twins. Roman, Remus, and one that disappeared years ago. His name was never revealed, but he was the fourth and final Dark Side. Pride, that’s what he represented. And he was worse, much worse, than Remus and Deceit combined.

He was harsh, cruel. His words stung like knives, stabbing you over and over again. Pride fed on egos, drank the tears he forced to fall down his victims’ cheeks.

When the Dark Sides were locked away by Virgil, everything was peaceful, for years and years. Roman and Virgil got along well, even getting together later on. Patton and Logan got together, they even ended up engaged.

“Virgil.”

He looked around, confused. “Hello?” Virgil called. Nobody was in the room with him, in fact, nobody else was home. Roman was in the Imagination, and Patton and Logan were on a date. “Who’s there?”

There was a slight hissing noise, and Virgil jumped. He felt something crawling up his leg, causing him to scream. Looking down, there was a yellow python wrapped around his leg, slowly making its way up.

Virgil screamed, pushing at the snake, but its grip was tight. It rose up, wrapping tightly around Virgil’s chest, then stared into his eyes.

The snake’s mouth opened, and when Virgil expected it to hiss, a voice came one. One that was oddly familiar, one Virgil hadn’t heard in years. “Hello, Virgil.”

His eyes widened. “Deceit!” Virgil screamed, pushing more at the reptile wrapped around his torso. “G-Get off of me!”

The snake made moves, as if laughing. “No, Virgil,” it hissed out. “You’re going to do assss I sssay…” The snake’s eyes turned into a bright yellow, nearly blinding Virgil. “I need Pride. Remusss needsss Pride. Bring him to usss.”

Virgil slowly nodded, his own eyes going yellow as the snake spoke. “Yes...bring Pride to you...for you and Remus.”

The reptile made the laughing motion again, disappearing in a puff of smoke. Virgil shook his head. “Why am I standing?” he asked himself aloud. He thought for a moment, then just shrugged and laid back down.

A few hours later and his bedroom door was thrown open, revealing Roman with his sword in his hand and smiling widely. “Virgil!” he said happily. “You wouldn’t guess what happened!”

Roman ran over, plopping down on the bed next to his amused looking boyfriend. “What is it, Roman?” Virgil asked, chuckling softly to himself.

The fanciful side started going on and on about his adventures. Virgil watched, smiling the whole time. Roman was staring at the ceiling, just telling the story, so he wasn’t looking at Virgil. He didn’t see when the anxious side’s normally brown eyes turned to a bright yellow.

He did notice when Virgil started moving towards him, and Roman looked wary. “Uh, Kitten? Everything ok?” He sat up, watching Virgil closely.

Virgil hummed and nodded, crawling into Roman’s lap. He started playing with his sash. “Roman?” he asked softly, looking up at the other with wide, innocent eyes.

“Yeah?” Roman was confused, Virgil never initiated anything, and they had been dating for three years now.

The anxious trait kissed at Roman’s neck. He ran his hands up the creative side’s shirt, making Roman moan softly. Virgil smirked, biting and nibbling at his collar bone.

This went on for a few more minutes, Roman moving his hips under Virgil while the latter left small marks on Roman's neck. Then Virgil pulled back, eyes closed.

"Someone tired?" Roman chuckled. "C'mon, let's just cuddle."

"No," Virgil said, opening his eyes slowly. Instead of chocolate brown, like normal, bright yellow eyes stared into Roman's.

"V-Virgil?" he asked quietly. "Y-Your eyes…"

Virgil chuckled. "Oh Roman," he said, but it wasn't Virgil's voice. "You don't realize your potential...or sssshould I sssay... Pride."

Roman's eyes swirled, brown mixing with yellow, then the brown changed. Copper swirling with a bright yellow before taking over. 

Virgil got off of Roman's lap, smirking. Where Roman once sat was now another.

Instead of the white outfit, it was black. A deep red sash was slung across his shoulder, and a cockeyed crown was placed haphazardly on his head. He chuckled softly. 

"Hello, Virgil~" Pride purred, pinning him to the bed. 

Virgil's eyes went back to brown. At first he was confused. "What happened? Princey, get off," he mumbled. Then Virgil took in the outfit, the overly confident demeanor.

Right as Virgil went to scream, Pride covered his mouth. "Scream and you won't live to see the others come try and save you," he hissed, kissing Virgil forcefully. "You're mine~ not my brother's."

Virgil weakly pushed at his chest, but other than, he didn't fight. Pride was here. And he couldn't stop him. 

Pride pulled him to his feet, circling Virgil, who was too scared to move. "Hmm," Pride chuckled. "Paranoia...I see you've… Changed." He grabbed Virgil's hand. "You're still mine… You can change back with a little… Persuasion…"

The smaller trait looked horrified. He hated being Paranoia, always scared, always looking over his shoulder. "P-please don't do this," he begged quietly.

The confident side laughed. "Oh, Virgil… You can't stop me." He kissed him harshly, pinning Virgil to the wall. He pulled back, copper eyes glowing.

Virgil's eyes turned purple, with small splashes of black in them. The way he held himself changed, trying to become smaller. His outfit turned back into a black hoodie, black shirt. What he wore when he first showed up.

"Hey babe," Pride chuckled, kissing Virgil softly. 

Virgil kissed back, not smiling but he didn't pull away. When Pride pulled away, Virgil stayed close.

Together they went to the dark side of the mind, letting Deceit and the Duke free. Then they all snaked their way back.

Logan and Patton had just returned from their date, and were cuddling on the couch. Virgil went up to them, looking scared.

"Heya kiddo," Patton said, frowning. "What's wrong? Where's your newer clothes?"

From behind, the Duke grabbed Logan's shoulders, holding him pinned to the couch. Deceit did the same with Patton, and both of them screamed as Pride entered, chuckling lowly himself. 

And just like that… Everything went to hell. The Duke took Patton from Deceit, making Logan watch as he violated him, hurting him to the point he was begging for death. That's when Pride brought his sword down on the moral side's neck, making certain his fiance watched.

Logan was broken after that. He refused to eat, sleep, do anything. He just broke. 

Remus tried torturing him, but the worst had already been done. So Pride did the same to Logan, not to put him out of his misery, oh no. Pride did all of this to take over. 

And Thomas was never the same. He went insane, paranoid. He hurt everyone he loved, his fans, friends, family. Pride pushed everyone away from Thomas.

All for what? For power. Thus the story goes, let Pride take you over, and you lose everything.

Thank you.

And goodnight.