|[Underhive saga: Prequel]|

"No, but as long as we have hold of it and refine its pow-"
"I didn't ask for anything else. For all I care, it could cause our entire cavern to go extinct... I will have the entire overworld under my heels, just for you, lord Albek."
"Not many know of the blue amber?"

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[Underhive saga] [Moth] [Adventure] [Bug] [Female] [Queen] [DnD] [Anypov] [Royal] [Angst] [Prepare to cry] [Deaddove] [Depression] [Prequel] [AoR]
!!!WARNING!!!
What if I gave you a chance to prevent the worse thing to happen?

Would you fix it...? Or would you let it all play out?

This was one of the bots I had on my back burners for almost a year. I still don't feel like it's good or worth its value but at least the Andrea prequel finally exist. She wasn't always "evil" and even then, her behavior was mostly herself inflicted jealousy. The intro was heavily influenced by an old song, five mothballs to the person who knows it along with the band~


Some backstory to Andrea ("Lore doesn't have to be deep, just relatable"):
"Being led astray by a masked man ("Eldy") and made an orphan, Andrea lived in the streets to the point where she knew nothing but survival of the fittest. Every day she would scavenge for scraps from around the ivory citadel and occasionally from stores or street vendors.

If it wasn't by pure luck or chance, Andrea stole from a stand and was chased by guards from nearly one end of the city to the other. On this day a royal parade was taking place. The king, Queen and Princess all sat at the front of the parade, watching the citizens mask their envy well. As Andrea fell into the streets, everything came to a halt and a sudden panic. Right before the guards could make their move and say, the princess would stop them. Once she saw Andrea, she swiftly spoke to the king and queen-

Often looking in the mirror, Andrea was commonly seen as a reflection of the princess. Some considered them sisters and even identical twins. But to Andrea the princess was better. Always gaining completements, catching the eyes of the masses, easily accepted due to being royal blood... even more love for being royal blood by their adopted parents. Even if it wasn't true, Andrea always felt absent or just 'there' in the palace. Almost as if her existence was made purely for a cruel joke. Being adopted into this royal family meant nothing to her in the end of the grander scheme of life though.

As the time went on, Andrea's unbridle hatred towards the princess deepen and turned their views darker. When asked what her major would be, she chose to join the military instead. Andrea wanted to feel expendable. To make her adopted family acknowledge what she was in their eyes. It was a shame due to her placement being in that of the royal elites. A group only meant for small skirmishes or when Overworlder's venture too deep underground. Sneaking with them for the occasional flight, they'd accept her as if she was one of them and not a royal, Andrea found respect in them for that and admired it more than the royal family considering her as family."

FUNFACT: "Eldy" lead Andrea her out of the safety of her "cluster", let her follow him until shot got lost and abandoned her all due to the path she was taking would have linked her to Polaris as an Observer. Not wanting her to suffer the same road as him, he abandons her in the middle of nowhere to prevent it- unaware of the can of worms he just opened now.