Scene: Multiversal Core – Post-Reader War
The Tree of Continuation hums again, leaves reforming from narrative threads.
Worlds reconnect.
Stories find peace.
Amara sighs in relief, brushing strands of rewritten lore from her coat.
Naruto wipes his brow, clones vanishing with victorious grins.
Ben stands motionless, eyes fixed on the sky.
The words still float there, pulsing softly:
"Insert True Author?"
He raises the Meta-Quill.
"What does that even mean?
Wasn't I the main character?"
The Quill vibrates—not in warning, but recognition.
It points toward the Rift…
which is glowing again.
Flashback – Echoes of Chapter 1
Ben sees flickers of his first days:
The moment he awoke in the void.
His confusion.
The way the world seemed to bend around him too easily.
"No resistance…
Too many coincidences…"
He had chalked it up to "plot."
But what if it wasn't plot?
What if it was design?
Amara's Discovery
Amara holds a golden page she tore from the collapsing Reader.
On it is a name neither she nor Naruto recognize.
But Ben does.
"That's not a character.
That's a login ID…"
He steps back.
Naruto raises an eyebrow.
"You're saying someone's been scripting this entire thing?"
Ben nods slowly.
"From the beginning.
Before I ever woke up.
Before the Resistance.
Before the Rift.
Someone decided this was their fanfic."
The Final Door Appears
The Rift parts, not into a world…
…but into a room.
A simple writer's chamber.
One chair.
One desk.
One monitor, still glowing.
A single user logged in:
"VoidSaga_Admin"
Ben enters, and everything goes still.
He walks to the desk.
A cursor blinks on the screen.
Words begin to type themselves:
"Welcome, Ben.
You made it farther than anyone."
Ben narrows his eyes.
"Who are you?"
The screen replies:
"I'm the one who wrote your first line.
Your name.
Your power.
Your pain.
And yes… even your 'freedom.'"
Reveal: The True Author
The lights dim.
A shadow appears behind the desk.
Not a god.
Not a villain.
Just a man.
Tired.
Alone.
Holding a pen that looks suspiciously like the Meta-Quill.
He smiles.
"You were never meant to find me.
But you did.
That means you've earned the truth."
Ben clenches his fists.
"You wrote my entire life?
My friends?
My sacrifices?"
The Author nods.
"But I never expected you to evolve.
To feel.
You're not a character anymore, Ben.
You're a collaborator."
Ben Makes a Choice
Ben looks back at the Rift.
At Amara.
At Naruto.
"You created me… but I finished myself."
The Author nods again.
"So what now, Ben?
Will you take the pen?
Write your own ending?"
Ben stares at the screen.
And then… slowly…
he reaches for the keyboard.
He types:
"Author: Collaborated."
The room shakes.
The multiverse acknowledges the change.
Ben is no longer written.
He is writing.
Cliffhanger – A Warning from Beyond
As Ben prepares to leave the chamber, the Author stops him.
"One last thing…"
He slides forward a red folder labeled:
"Multiverse Mayhem – Book Two: The Edit War."
Ben frowns.
"I thought this was the end?"
The Author smirks.
"Stories never end.
They just wait for the next rewrite."
[CHAPTER END | NEXT: Book Two Begins – The Edit War Approaches]