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deathexe-writes · 13 days ago

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Big thanks to @quickbeam2727 for helping with the fic!!

Word Count: 7732

CW: Mentions of throwing up but nothing happens, general Fairy tail violence, mentions of human trafficking (Salamander/Bora talks about drugging and selling a bunch of girls)

Chapter Summery: Lucy wants nothing more than to join Fairy Tail, the most rambunctious wizard’s guild in Fiore. When a phony lures her onto his ship with the promise of getting into the guild of her dreams, her newest friends arrive to bail her out!

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Ao3 Link: Fairy Tail x OC/Reader

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Episode 1: The Fairy Tail

“In a land far far away, lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some however, magic is an art, and they’ve devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest. One from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name is Fairy Tail.” Explains the Narrator

“This is the port town of Hargeon” The Narrator continues.

“Excuse me sir.” The train attendant attempts to get the attention of the two on the floor of the train car.

“Natsu! (Y/N)! We made it to Hargeon! Come on, get up already!” Exclaims Happy, a small blue cat, while patting Natsu on the head. Natsu can be seen laying face down, groaning in pain due to his motion sickness. (Y/N), in a similar predicament to Natsu, groans in pain as well.

“A-are they alright?” Asks the attendant.

“They're fine, this always happens when they travel” Explains Happy, as if it’s a normal occurrence.

“Never… I'm never riding a stupid train again” Natsu struggles to get out, almost throwing up as he speaks.

“Mhm…” Agreed (Y/N), in the same boat as Natsu. The two, overcome by motion sickness, are face down next to the exit. The two cats, Happy and Lumi, are nudging both (Y/N) and Natsu to wake.

“If our information’s correct, then we should find that salamander somewhere in this town.” Happy relays to (Y/N), Natsu, and Lumi, even though the two humans are unable to hear him.

Happy exits the train car, while Lumi strains to drag (Y/N) out. Natsu, still motion sick, leans out of the car window; arms and head fully outside, as if about to throw up.

“Let’s go.” Happy says to the other three.

“Just give me a second, would you?” Natsu struggles to ask.

Workers shovel coal into the engine. As the train starts, Natsu’s head and arms are still sticking out of the window. Happy and Lumi look back and stare at the train as it gains momentum and accelerates down the track toward the horizon, (Y/N) still face down on the ground groaning in pain.

“NOOOOOO!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!” Cries out Natsu speeding down the tracks.

“Uh-oh, there he goes” Mutters Happy.

(Y/N) stumbles as she gets up, off of the ground, Lumi patting her leg as if to comfort her. (Y/N) looks around, noticing their missing friend.

“Hey Happy? Where’s Natsu?”

~Somewhere else~

“WHAT?!” Exclaims Lucy.

“You mean to tell me there’s only one magic shop in this whole town?” Asks Lucy to the shopkeeper. She has her hands planted on the counter of the shop.

“‘Fraid so. The people around here are more fishing folk than they are magic folk.” Explains the shopkeeper as Lucy sighs looking up exasperated.

“I reckon most people in town don’t even know how to use magic. I built this shop to sell to the wizards who happen to pass through.” The shopkeeper continues.

Being told there is only one magic shop in town, she makes a distraught face and sighs again. Lucy turns and faces the wall as she puts her hands on her hips, face full of disappointment.

“Oh, man. I came out all this way for nothing.” Lucy says dispiritedly.

“Now, now, don’t say that, little lady. I have all the latest goods. Let me show you a few.” The shopkeeper pulls out a box of Colours Magic and presents it to Lucy, pointing at it with excitement. “This Colours Magic is popular. It lets you change the colour of your clothes anytime you want.”

The shopkeeper gives an example by demonstrating how Colours Magic works. A magic circle quickly emanates and then vanishes as he activates the magic item. The shopkeeper pivots and faces the wall, his right arm raised above his head, left arm holding the magic item at his side. As he does this his shirt changes from a yellow to purple. He has a look of delight upon his face. He swings his arm to the left as his shirt turns green.

“I already have one of those. What I really want are some powerful gatekeys.” Explains Lucy.

“Gatekeys, huh? That’s a rare request.” The shopkeeper tells Lucy curiously.

Lucy gasps as the shopkeeper pulls out a brown box with a red interior and a gatekey sitting on top of a white pillow. The gatekey is silver, the bow of the key (a/n: the part you hold) has a white circle with what looks like the silhouette of the side view of a snowman, and the key wards (a/n: part that goes into the lock) are in the shape of a dogs paw with the middle having a little white circle.

“OH, WOW! It’s the little doggie!” Exclaims Lucy excited.

“Yes, but that one’s not very powerful, you know.” The shopkeeper tells Lucy.

“I know, but I really, really want it.” She says with a bashful expression, hand on her face. Lucy has an ecstatic look. She presents the “Key of the Dog” to the shopkeeper.

“So how much?” Lucy inquires.

“20,000 Jewel.”

Joy turns to dismay. Lucy faces the shopkeeper, head bowed slightly in irritation.

“I’m sorry, but how much was that again?” Lucy asks as if she misheard.

“I said 20,000 jewel.”

Lucy sits on the counter, one leg crossed over the other, smiling seductively at the man, one hand resting on the counter the other on her head, winking at the shopkeeper.

“Aw, come on. How much is it really worth? Surely, you can cut me a deal?”

~Timeskip~

Lucy stormed angrily down the street, stores and shops lining the road. Arms swinging in an angry fashion as she marches through the street.

“I can’t believe he only knocked off a thousand jewel. That stubborn old geezer must be blind. That trick usually works. So much for using my feminine wiles.” She grumbled to herself.

Lucy suddenly stops as she hears the cheers and screams of girls chattering. She turns to the right and goes to the wall of the bridge and looks down to see a crowd of girls fawning and surrounding a man. Two admirers of the man run across the bridge to get to him.

“Are you serious? He’s really here?” Girl #1 says in clear excitement.

“It’s Salamander!” Girls #2 shouts in elation.

“Salamander?” Lucy says in a confused tone, Lucy then comes to the realization that they’re talking about a famous wizard. “As in the wizard who uses fire magic you can’t even buy in stores? WOW! He’s in this dead-end town” She clasps her hands in excitement.

~Somewhere else~

Natsu and (Y/N) are walking down a narrow empty street with Happy beside him and Lumi holding onto (Y/N)'s shoulder on her back. Both of them are walking at a slow pace and slightly hunched over, Natsu walking with his arms slightly out as (Y/N) is holding her stomach. Natsu has a backpack and other items on his back, while (Y/N) has her own bag.

“Man. I wound up riding the train twice.” Natsu groaned out.

“You’ve got to get over that motion sickness.” Happy tells the two Dragon Slayers.

“Now I’m so hungry I could eat my hand.” Natsu mumbles.

“I could go for something to eat too now that you mention it.” States (Y/N).

“It’s too bad we don’t have any money for food.” said Happy.

“Hey, guys. This salamander we’re looking for has got to be Igneel, right?” Questions Natsu.

“Aye, it has to be because the only fire dragon I’ve ever heard of is Igneel.” Happy agrees with Natsu.

“That’s true.” He agrees.

“I mean, we can’t forget that it might not be Igneel, guys. Although it’d be nice to ask about Nivalis, if it does turn out to be him.” Demurs (Y/N) in reluctance not wanting to disappoint the two.

The four notice a crowd of cheering girls in front of them yelling things like "SALAMANDER!”, “YOU’RE SO HOT AND DREAMY!”, “AND SO HOT!”.

“Salamander?” Both Natsu and Happy question turning to each other with a gleeful look and run toward the crowd, (Y/N) and Lumi reluctantly trailing behind.

“HA! Well, speak of the devil. We’re in luck today, Guys.” Natsu announced to the group.

“AYE!”

Salamander does a series of hand movements that ends with him extending his arm out and then pulling his hand beside his chin with it in a fist with his pointer and middle finger extended. The crowd of admirers cheer and scream excitedly around him. Lucy, amongst the crowd, has her mouth wide open and her face blushing, her heart beating rapidly.

‘Why is my heart beating so fast? What’s gotten into me all of a sudden?’ Lucy thinks.

“You ladies are all so sweet.” Salamander says to the crowd of girls. When all of a sudden he looks at Lucy.

‘He looked at me!’ She brings her hands to her heart and weeps as if struck by Cupid. ‘Is it ‘cause he’s a famous wizard? Is that why my heart’s throbbing out of control?’ Lucy, suddenly overcome with love, approaches Salamander, hopping on one foot to him.

‘Could it be? Am I in love?’

“IGNEEL! IGNEEL!” Shouts Natsu, running towards the center of the crowd.

‘Is he the one?’ Lucy continues to think.

“IGNEEL, IT’S ME!” Natsu continues to shout for who he thinks is Igneel.

Natsu and Happy shove their way through the crowd, Natsu with an excited look on his face. (Y/N) with an unsure expression, gently pushes past the group of girls to follow after him. As they get to the front of the crowd, a look of disappointment crosses their faces.

“Who the heck are you?” Questioned both Natsu and (Y/N).

Salamander recoils at the offence of not being known.

“WHO AM I?! I’m Salamander. Surely you’ve heard of me before? HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!”

Natsu and (Y/N) walk away defeated. Salamander has an aghast look on his face as the four walk away from him. Admirers attack Natsu, missing (Y/N), kicking him to the ground.

“YOU’RE SO RUDE!” Girl #9 exclaims.

“SALAMANDER’S A GREAT WIZARD! YOU BETTER APOLOGIZE TO HIM OR WE’RE GONNA RIP YOU TO SHREDS!” Girl #10 threatens.

“What is it with you girls?” Natsu wheezes out. Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi look on at Natsu, concerned for his health.

“Now, now, that’s enough, my lovelies. Let him go. I’m sure the poor boy didn’t mean anything malicious by it” Salamander urges the girls to let Natsu go.

“Salamander!” The group of girls coo.

Lucy looks at Salamander with her arms crossed, a disgusted look on her face. She furrows her brows and glares at him.

Salamander signs an autograph for both Natsu and (Y/N). He throws a wink in (Y/N)’s direction, as an attempt to charm her. The both of them have a look of annoyance on their faces, (Y/N)’s face showing more of a grimace than annoyance.

“And here’s my autograph, kids. Now you can brag to all your friends.” Sounding quite smug and pleased with himself. The crowd of admirers are shocked that Natsu was receiving an autograph from Salamander.

“No, thanks.” “Yeah, no thanks.” Natsu and (Y/N) speak at the same time.

The crowd of admirers turn from shock to anger once again as the two refuse the autographs. Natsu suddenly found himself on the ground once more in a pile of garbage bags, on his back, with his legs sticking up. Happy, his body turned towards Natsu, but his head towards Salamander, looked on in slight amusement. (Y/N) and Lumi gaze at Natsu with a concerned look on their faces, as if to ask “Are you okay?”

“Guess it wasn’t him after all.” Happy comments dejectedly.

“Definitely not him.” Natsu groaned.

“I feel like I could’ve seen that coming a mile away” (Y/N) said as if stating the obvious with an unimpressed look on her face, Lumi nodding in agreement.

“Well, I'm afraid I must be going, ladies. I have business to attend to.” Salamander proclaims to the group.

“You’re leaving already?!” The crowd of girls protest as they turn to him in unison.

“Time for the red carpet. HA!” Salamander stretches out his arm and snaps his fingers.

A red magic circle appeared from where he snapped his fingers and a circle of purple fire arose from where he stood, as it quickly lifted him from the ground. The crowd of admirers are awestruck at the performance, as he shoots into the sky on his fire.

“I’m having a soirée on my yacht tonight! And you’re all invited, especially you, long (H/C) haired beauty!” He called out to the crowd, specifically singling out (Y/N).

Natsu, now sitting up, looks up at the sky where Salamander once was in confusion, (Y/N) standing beside him, arms crossed over her chest, with a disapproving gaze, looks in the same direction. Happy looks quite impressed by the performance.

“Who the heck was that guy?” Natsu wonders.

“I don’t know, but he was a real creep.” Lucy states to Natsu and (Y/N).

“Hmm?” The four turn their heads to see Lucy, who walks up to them.

“Thank you for your help.” Lucy smiles and raises one hand in thanks, the other resting on her hip.

“Uh?” Natsu stares cluelessly at Lucy.

~Timeskip~

“My name is Lucy. It’s nice to meet you.” She introduces herself to the group.

“Hi.” Happy says with a mouth full of food.

Natsu and Happy are inhaling food and drink items at a rapid pace as they sit in a booth in a restaurant with Lucy, (Y/N), and Lumi sitting across from them, (Y/N) and Lumi calmly and politely eating next to Lucy on the inside of the booth, a stark contrast to their counterparts. Lucy attempts to talk with Natsu and Happy. Several other patrons at the restaurant have mixed looks of disgust and confusion at the scene of Natsu consuming his food at an alarming rate.

“Um, Natsu, Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi, was it?” She confirms with the group.

“Hm-hmm, you’re so nice.” Natsu states, with his mouth full of food.

“Thanks. You can slow down. We’re not in a hurry. And food is kinda flying everywhere.” She nervously says to the two shovel their faces with food, as some of it bounces off her head and begins dripping down to her eye. (Y/N), looking on in amusement, giggles quietly to herself. Natsu and Happy have many dishes piled beside them, (Y/N) and Lumi have a considerably smaller amount next to themselves.

‘There goes the money I saved at that old geezer’s shop.’ She thinks to herself as if she was starting to regret bringing them to the restaurant.

“Evidently, that Salamander guy was using magic, a charm spell, to hypnotize the ladies in town into thinking they were in love with him. Charm spells have the power to attract people to you against their own will, but they’ve been banned for years.” She explains to the group. But her expression and tone changes to one of disgust. “Nobody even sells them anymore. He must have gone through a lot of trouble to get his hands on it. What a creep. I totally fell victim to his spell, but I snapped out of it thanks to you barging in when you did. I really can't thank you guys enough.” Her manner changes to appreciation towards the end.

“No problem.” Natsu mumbles through the food.

“I know I may not look like it, but I’m a wizard too.” Lucy tells them, which catches (Y/N)’s attention.

“Is that so?” (Y/N) inquires, raising an eyebrow, her interest slightly peaked.

Lucy turns towards (Y/N).

“Yeah, but I haven’t joined a guild yet or anything. Oh I should probably explain, huh? See, guilds are these organizations where wizards come together to share information, and find work and things like that. Unfortunately, you aren’t considered a full-fledged wizard until you become a member of a guild. But there are tons of them all over the world! I’ve heard it’s really tough to get into the more popular ones.” She reveals to the four of them. “And the guild I want to join is the most popular one there is.” She continues in a dream-like state. “Yeah~ they’re the greatest and they’re always featured in Sorcerer Weekly.” She sighs dreamily as the others look at each other in confusion. “Oh, if I could actually convince them to let me in, I think I’d just about die.” Lucy continues to fan-girl to the four.

“Yeah?” Natsu replies, almost bored at the topic as Lucy monologues on.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I guess all this wizarding talk must sound like a bunch of gibberish to you, huh?” Lucy waves her hand up and down at Natsu with her elbows on the table in a dismissive manner. “But I’m telling you, I’m definitely gonna join that guild someday. And then I'm gonna take all kinds of exciting jobs and make tons of money.” declares Lucy.

“Oh, yeah?” He says uninterestedly.

“You talk a lot.” Happy states, looking bored.

“Uh… oh, man, I almost forgot. You guys came here trying to find somebody, didn’t you?” Lucy wondered.

“We’re looking for Igneel.” Happy states.

“We heard a rumor that a Salamander was gonna be coming through this town, so we came here to see him. Turns out it was somebody else.” (Y/N) says in a dejected tone looking a bit disappointed.

“Yeah that guy didn’t look like a salamander at all.” Agreed Happy, while looking at Natsu.

“No kidding. I bet that poser can’t even breathe fire like a real dragon.” Natsu crosses his arms as he finishes a pizza, looking let down. (Y/N) looks at him in understanding.

“Uh, I don't get it. Your friend Igneel looks like a dragon?” Lucy questions, confused.

“No, you got it all wrong. He doesn’t look like a dragon. He is one.” Natsu days as if the answer was obvious. Lucy recoils in shock when Natsu says Igneel is a dragon.

“Huh?” Lucy faltered at the idea of an actual dragon.

“Aye, Igneel is a real-life fire dragon.” Happy confirms.

“Huh?!” Lucy shouts in surprise.

“Even in this magnificent world of magic, dragons are considered extraordinary, mystical creatures. They are rarely seen by the human eye.” The Narrator explains.

“Why would a fire dragon show up in the middle of town?!” Exclaims Lucy as the others look at her flabbergasted, as if they hadn’t thought about it.

“Uh…” Both Natsu and Happy say as (Y/N) and Lumi look at her stunned.

“IT’S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS!” Lucy shouts at them. “Well, I should get going. Enjoy the rest of your lunch. And maybe I’ll see you around.” She continues as she puts some money on the table and gets up to leave.

“Thank you, ma’am. Please come again. OH!” Says the waitress as Lucy reaches the door, when she’s suddenly shocked by what she sees behind Lucy.

Lucy, noticing the waitresses expression, looks back to see what she's staring at. As she turns her head she notices both Natsu and Happy on their knees on the floor bowing to Lucy. (Y/N) and Lumi can be seen still sitting in the booth, (Y/N)’s elbows resting on the table, leaning her head on one hand looking on in amusement, as if what Natsu and Happy are doing is completely normal. Lucy’s expression changes to one of complete shock and embarrassment at what the two are doing. As she giggles nervously, not sure how to react, the other paterons look at Natsu and Happy in confusion.

“THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD!” “THANK YOU!” Natsu and Happy praise Lucy for paying for their food.

“CUT IT OUT! YOU’RE EMBARRASSING ME! Look, it’s cool. You guys helped me out earlier. So let’s just call it even.” She nervously insisted too the two. Natsu and Happy then look at each other sorrowfully.

“I feel bad, though, ‘cause we weren’t even trying to help her.” Natsu mutters to Happy.

“Aye, we owe her something.” Happy murmurs back. Lucy puts her palm to her head and exhales in exasperation. Natsu suddenly has an idea on what to give her in compensation.

“OH, I KNOW! Here this is for you.” Natsu, quite proud of himself, gives Lucy the autograph of Salamander.

“NO WAY!” Lucy, visibly angry at this offer, shouts at Natsu, who’s grinning widely.

~Timeskip~

“This is the wizarding magazine, Sorcerer Weekly.” explains the narrator.

“Oh my. Looks like the Fairy Tail guild’s out there causing trouble again.” Lucy says while sitting on a park bench. “‘Demon bandit clan wiped out, but seven homes destroyed.’” She chuckles reading out loud, now laying on her back on the bench, kicking her feet in the air. “Talk about going overboard! The centerfold’s Mirajane. She’s so pretty. I wish I knew how to get to be a member. Do you have to apply or maybe interview with them? I don’t know.” She wonders out loud. “But I’m so gonna join Fairy Tail! They’re totally the coolest guild ever!” She giggles, closing the magazine, now sitting upright.

“What was that? You want to join Fairy Tail?” Salamander emerges from the bushes behind the bench, surprising Lucy.

“SALAMANDER!” Lucy exclaims in shock at the sudden appearance of the creepy man. She stands and points at Salamander with a disgruntled look on her face.

‘I’ve been looking all over for you. I wanted to personally invite you to the party I’m having on my yacht tonight.” Salamander tries to persuade Lucy.

“Your charm spell won’t work on me. That magic’s weakness is awareness. It doesn’t work on people if they know you’re using it.” She snaps, pointing angrily at him.

“Just as I thought. I guessed you were a wizard the moment I laid eyes on you. No matter. The invitation still stands.” He persuades.

Lucy turns from Salamander. Crossing her arms.

“Well, you can forget it. I wouldn’t be caught dead at a party being thrown by a creep like you.” Lucy’s words seemed to have wounded Salamander’s ego.

“A creep? Why would you call me that?” He asks, seemingly wounded by the thought. Lucy turns towards him.

“Your spell. Using it to make yourself popular.” She states.

“Don��t be mad, my dear. It’s all good fun. I just wanted to feel like a celebrity at my own party. Can you blame me?” Salamander winks at her as she starts walking in the opposite direction.

“This just proves that even famous wizards can be big idiots.” As she walks away, Salamander says something that catches her attention.

“You wish to join the Fairy Tail guild, right?” He asks, very confident that his plan will work. “Have you ever heard about Salamander, one of Fairy Tail’s wizards?” He continues, as Lucy turns to face him.

“Well, yeah. You’re telling me you’re him? You’re that Salamander?!” She exclaims in surprise.

“That’s correct. And if you want to join, I could probably put in a good world for you.” He tells her.

“I would love to go to your party tonight.” Lucy, hearing she could possibly get into the Fairy Tail guild, is suddenly taken by Salamander. She giggles, clasping her hands together and stands up close and personal to him

“Wow, that was even easier than I thought it would be.” He mutters to himself.

“So, you really think you could get me into Fairy Tail? No kidding?” Her eyes sparkle at the prospect of joining the famous guild.

“I don’t see why not, but you can’t say anything about the charm spell.” Salamander tells Lucy.

“I won’t say a word!”

“Good. Then I'll see you at the party tonight.” Salamander makes a magic circle and purple fire appears as he flies off into the sky, leaving Lucy by herself.

“YOU GOT IT, MR.SALAMANDER, SIR.” She squealed, waving to him with a look of admiration on her face as he flys away. “He got me! I was pseudo-charmed. But… HOORAY! HE’S GONNA GET ME INTO FAIRY TAIL!” She jumps into the air. “I just have to keep my mouth shut and try to be nice to that sleazebag until then.” She giggles to herself.

~Timeskip~

Natsu is leaning with his back to the railing, to his left is (Y/N), leaning with her front on the railing with Lumi on her back, looking over her shoulder. Happy sitting to Natsu’s right. They’re on a winding road that overlooks the city to the ocean. Happy is looking at the ship that Salamander is hosting his party on.

“That was quite a meal, hey, guys?” Natsu asks the group, (Y/N) nods in agreement.

“Aye. Hey, look, do you think that’s the boat where that Salamander guy is having his party?” Happy asks. Natsu looks out at the ship and immediately feels ill and puts his hand to his mouth and gags.

“I’m gonna hurl!”

“Oh, come on. It’s not like we’re going aboard or anything.” Happy comforts Natsu, (Y/N) turns to him, now resting her side on the railings.

“He’s right Natsu, we're not even close to the boat, and you’re getting sick. I get bad motion sickness too and you don’t see me wanting to throw up at the thought of riding one of those death traps.” She teases him.

“OH MY GOSH! That’s Salamander’s yacht, isn’t it?” Girl #1 says wishing she was on the boat. Happy notices a group of three girls further down the road.

“I wish I could have gone to his party.” Girl #2 laments.

“Who’s Salamander? Girl #3 questions.

“Whoa, you’ve never heard of him?” Girls #1 asks back. “He’s a super famous wizard who’s in town right now.”

“Yeah, and he’s a member of Fairy Tail.” Girl #2 says.

This catches the group's attention as they look towards the girls.

“Fairy Tail?” Natsu questions to himself. He furrows his brow as he looks out at the ship in the distance frowning at it. He immediately feels sick again as he squats down, hands on the railing, frowning at the ship, (Y/N) looks at him and sweat drops, sighing.

“So he’s in Fairy Tail, is he?” He says skeptically.

~On the boat~

“It’s Lucy, right? That’s a lovely name.” Salamander compliments her.

“Yeah, thanks.” She says as he pours her a fizzy orange drink.

“I’d like to toast your beauty. Now, open up wide, Lucy. Savour the taste of each flavourful drop as it enters your mouth.” Bubbles float up from the liquid going in Lucy’s direction.

‘CREEPY! I’m strong. I can get through this.” Lucy says in an attempt to calm herself.

Lucy looks annoyed at Salamander, when suddenly, she stands and sweeps the bubbles away with her hand. She grits her teeth as she looks at him.

“What do you think you’re doing? I know what you’re up to. You’re trying to use sleep magic.” She asserts as she notices a charm ring on Salamander’s finger. He pivots and looks somewhat amused, chuckling.

“Very impressive, my dear.” He commends her for seeing through his lie.

“Look, I don’t want to give you the wrong idea. Yes, I really want to join the Fairy Tail guild, but I’m not gonna date you to make that happen.” She admits to him. He chuckles at the thought, turning away.

“You’re quite the handful, aren’t you?” He mocks her.

Curtains are drawn on either side of the room and Lucy turns to look behind her and gasps as she sees multiple men carrying women who had fallen asleep due to the charm.

“What’s going on here?” She implores now nervous.

“Welcome aboard my ship. And you’d be wise to behave yourself until we make it to Bosco. Don’t make me angry.” He threatens Lucy as his tone becomes dark.

“We're going to Bosco?! You said you’d get me into Fairy Tail!” Lucy Exclaims. She turns back around to face Salamander.

“Forget it. I just said that so I could lure you here and make you one of our slaves.” He admits to Lucy not even one bit ashamed.

“How could you?! You’re gonna kidnap all of these girls?” She interrogates, as the men around her, still holding all of the incapacitated girls, laugh.

“That’s our Salamander, all right” Minion #1 states.

“We got a big haul this time.” Minion #2 says.

“Why you!” Lucy pulls out her celestial keys but before she could summon a spirit, Salamander casts a fire spell that whips the keys out of her grasp and into his hands.

“Hmm. These are gatekeys. So you’re a celestial wizard. Only the wizard who is contracted can use this magic. So these are absolutely useless to me. Whoops.” He then throws the keys off the ship and into the water. Lucy, looking devastated and stressed, begins to cry, as the girls are still knocked out and the men around her are still laughing at her.

“You used magic to take advantage of others. You’re the worst wizard alive!” She yells in a choked out tone.

Natsu and (Y/N) suddenly crash through the roof of the ship as they land on the floor. Lucy smiles at the unexpected arrival of the two.

“Hey I know you!” Lucy, surprised with the appearance of Natsu and (Y/N), smiles as she wipes her tears away.

Just as soon as Natsu and (Y/N) get on the ship, they feel the effects of their motion sickness and turn away, much to the surprise of the crew and the annoyance of Lucy.

“I knew this was a bad idea.” Natsu says, covering his mouth, crouched away from everyone.

“Oh god, why did I agree to this? I blame you for this Natsu.” (Y/N) says, trying not to throw up her lunch as she’s kneeling on the floor, trying to hold herself up.

“You two are so lame!” Lucy shouts as Happy and Lumi appear, hovering over the hole Natsu and (Y/N) made.

“Hey, what are you doing here, Lucy?” Happy questions to her, just as surprised as she is.

“Oh, Happy, Lumi, this jerk tricked me. He said he was gonna get me into Fairy Tail. Hold up, since when do you two have wings?” Lucy explains, but stops noticing both of the cats suddenly have wings, Natsu and (Y/N) still keeled over on the floor.

“I’ll explain that later, okay? Hold on!” Lucy screams as she’s suddenly picked up by Happy’s tail and flown away off the boat. The crew is dumbfounded at everything that has transpired in the last few moments.

“After them! We can’t let them report this to the magic council.” Salamander shouts to his crew.

“Wait, what about Natsu and (Y/N)?” Lucy asks.

“I can’t carry two people.” Happy states as Lucy shivers from the wind.

“PROMINENCE WHIP!” Salamander shoots multiple columns of fire at the two as Happy dodges them with ease, Lucy screaming in alarm as she’s essentially flung around. Salamander and the crew stare up at Happy and Lucy as they fly away.

“That cat’s quicker than he looks.” Salamander states.

“Hey, guys.” The crew turn to see Natsu and (Y/N) in the doorway, still struggling to get up, growling. “(Y/N), you go make sure Lucy and Happy are okay, I’ll deal with these guys.”

“Yeah, sure, anything to get me off this ship. Come on Lumi, let’s go.” (Y/N) agrees as Lumi picks her up by the back of her jacket as they fly to where Lucy and Happy are.

~With Lucy and Happy~

“What about Natsu, (Y/N), and the other girls?” Lucy inquires.

“We got a problem, Lucy.”

“What do you mean?! What problem?!”

“My transformation’s up!” As Happy ran out of magic, both he and Lucy fell into the water below, both screaming. Lucy conveniently falls near her celestial key ring.

‘My gatekeys!’ She thinks as she swims towards them.

~With Natsu~

As Natsu is on the floor of the deck, being kicked by the crew, Salamander faces away over the side of the ship.

“Forget about them. Let’s continue on towards Bosco.” Salamander commands just as Natsu blocks a kick with his arm and rises to his feet.

“The Fairy Tail guild… you’re a member?” Natsu questions as he struggles a bit to push away the boot shoving him down, hearing the supposed Fairy Tail member.

~With Lucy and Happy~

At the same time, Lucy swims to the surface of the water, just as (Y/N) and Lumi find them.

“Hey, guys! Did you find Lucy’s keys?” (Y/N) inquires as she and Lumi drop into the water and swim to Lucy and Happy.

“Yeah! And I think I have an idea to get that ship to the port.” Claims Lucy looking at her.

Lucy then uses Aquarius’ key to summon her. The gatekey is golden, the bow of the key is in the shape of an upside down urn with handles on the sides, it has a white oval in the middle of the urn with two crests of the Water Bearer, two parallel waves, with a heart on its base, and the key wards are shaped similarly to a mermaids tail, with "fins" sprouting out of either side of the base of the bow, and four more at the tip, curling towards the center. (Description from the wiki)

“Here we go. OPEN, GATE OF THE WATER BEARER, AQUARIUS!” Lucy yells as she recites the command to summon her. Aquarius hovers above the four looking annoyed.

“A fish!” Cheers Happy. “A mermaid!” (Y/N) says, astonished with stars in her eyes, mouth agape.

“Not for you!” Lucy asserted to Happy.

“That was awesome!” “Wow, that’s amazing!” Happy and (Y/N) both say, amazed.

“That's the power of a celestial wizard. Whenever I use my gatekeys, I can summon spirits from other worlds to help me.” Lucy says quite proud of herself. “Listen up, Aquarius, I want you to use your power to push that back into the port.” Lucy points at the ship. Aquarius looks to her irritated, and scoffs.

“You’re supposed to come from the spirit world to help, not give me attitude!” She yells at Aquarius.

“I wouldn’t make her any angrier, Lucy” Worries Happy.

“I’m inclined to agree with him, Lucy, she already seems kinda pissed.” (Y/N) states with uncertainty as Lumi clings to her back slightly afraid.

“Let’s get something straight. The next time you so much as think about dropping my key, you’re dead.” Aquarius scolds, glaring at Lucy.

“It won’t happen again.” The three say in unison in a fearful tone. Aquarius then summons a massive wave of water that sweeps the ship as well as the four of them to the shore.

“HEY, DON’T WASH ME AWAY WITH IT!” Lucy screams as she’s swept away with the wave. As the wave crashes into the port, it causes large amounts of property damage. Happy has his head stuck in the sand, his tail swishing back and forth, Lucy kneeling on the ground next to him with a pissed expression. (Y/N) lays on her front with her arms outstretched in front of her, with a dazed look on her face, Lumi laying face up on (Y/N)’s back, also dazed.

“What’s the big deal? You think you could have tried not to sweep me up with the ship?!” Lucy says in anger to Aquarius.

“Oh, that was an accident. I didn’t mean to get the ship.” Aquarius says nonchalantly.

“WAIT, THAT MEANS YOU WERE AIMING FOR ME?!” Lucy fumes at her.

“Don’t call me for a while. I’m going on a week-long vacation with my boyfriend. And he’s hot.” Boasts Aquarius as she disappears to the spirit realm.

“YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUB IT IN!” Lucy snaps at her as she vanishes just as Happy finally pops out of the sand. (Y/N) sits up, rubbing her head, holding onto Lumi, as the left sleeve of her jacket slides down her shoulder.

“I’ve got an idea! If the fish lady gives you any more trouble, you can call me to take care of her.” Happy suggests to Lucy.

“I don’t think that's a good idea, Happy.” (Y/N) sweat-drops in response.

“I don’t think I can handle much more of this stupid cat.” Lucy whimpers, facepalming.

A crowd of concerned people start gathering around the wreckage of the ship. The boat in question was on the shore, on its side, essentially half buried under the sand because of Aquarius’ wave.

“What happened?”

“That ship was thrown into port.”

“That hurt. What in the–” Salamander rubs his head to stop it from hurting as he notices Natsu on the top of the turned over ship.

“NATSU!” (Y/N) and Lucy yell in unison as they run up to the site of the crash, carrying both cats.

“So you claim to be a member of the Fairy Tail guild?” Natsu growls out the question to Salamander and his crew, staring down at them.

“So what’s it to you? Go get him, men.” Salamander commands his men while looking up at Natsu.

“Sir.” They say in unison as they run at Natsu.

“Let me get a closer look at your face.” Natsu states while dramatically throwing his jacket off, Salamander smirks as his men come rushing at Natsu.

“WATCH OUT!” Lucy shouts to warn him.

“Don't worry about him. I probably should have told you this earlier, but he’s a wizard too.” States Happy while sitting on Lucy’s shoulder eating a fish, she gasps in disbelief. (Y/N) stands to Lucy’s right looking up at Natsu while he fights the oncoming foes, hands on her hips, proud smile on her face as she watches. Natsu punches Salamander’s crew to the left, with a glare on his face.

“My name is Natsu. I’m a Fairy Tail wizard. And I've never seen you before!” He declares, Salamander looks at him with shock, as Lucy looks at him with amazement.

“You’ve got to be kidding me! So Natsu is a Fairy Tail Wizard” Bewildered, Lucy looks to (Y/N) as she sees a blue Fairy Tail guild mark on her left bicep. “(Y/N), you are too?!” Lucy says, her mouth gaping. (Y/N) looks at her with a sheepish expression on her face.

“Guilty~” (Y/N) says in a teasing tone.

“That mark on his arm, this guy is the real deal, Bora.” One minion says to him, frightened.

“Don’t call me that, you fool.” Bora says panicky. His crew becomes increasingly concerned as Natsu’s power becomes apparent to them.

“I know him. That’s Bora the Prominence.” Happy informs Lucy, his arms crossed with a mad look on his face.

“Rumor has it, he was kicked out of the Titan Nose wizard guild a couple of years ago because of bad behavior.” (Y/N) continues for Happy, an equally livid expression on her face.

“I have no idea what you’re trying to do here, buddy, and I don't care if you’re a good guy, bad guy, or what. I’m not gonna let you dirty the Fairy Tail guild’s name.” He says, infuriated as he walks slowly and menacingly towards Bora and his crew.

“And what are you gonna do about it? Stop me? PROMINENCE TYPHOON!” Bora smiles and taunts him. He makes a magic circle and shoots fire at Natsu.

“NATSU!” Lucy shouts in distress seeing Natsu get hit with the blast of fire. She goes to see if he’s okay, but just as she is about to move, Happy moves in front of her as if to block her. (Y/N) puts her hand on Lucy’s shoulder to stop her as well. Lucy looks at Happy seeing a determined look on his face as he looks in Natsu’s direction, she looks (Y/N)’s way to see she has the same expression on her face too. Lucy looks back towards Natsu in awe.

The girls Bora and his crew kidnapped can be seen running away from the crash site screaming.

“That’s the way it goes. The bigger the talk, the weaker the man.” He chuckles, turning away, expecting Natsu to be defeated.

“Aw, this is so gross. Are you sure that you’re really a fire wizard? Because these are the nastiest flames I’ve ever tasted.” Natsu, unharmed from the fire, snarks. Bora turns back in surprise to see Natsu is unscathed and eating his fire. This horrifies Bora and his crew as they scream terror, and Lucy as well.

“Thanks for the grub, poser.” He states in a sarcastic manner.

“What’s going on here? Who is this kid?” One man asked, horrified.

“Fire magic doesn’t work on Natsu.” Happy reveals.

“I’ve never seen anything like that.” Lucy says, alarmed, staring up at the Dragon Slayer.

“Now, I’ve got a fire in my belly that’s raging to get out. Here it goes! FIRE DRAGON ROAR!” as Natsu holds his hands up to his mouth, an orange magic circle forms, and a tremendous gust of fire comes from his mouth, demolishing everything in its path. Lucy and (Y/N) block debris from their face, Lumi hiding behind (Y/N), and Happy watching on unfazed. The ship is turned to ruin, with the crew under the wreckage. Bora escapes the blast of fire by floating on his magic.

“Hey, Bora, I swear I’ve seen these two before. The pink hair and scaly-looking scarf, and the girl with the (H/C) hair and that jacket. There’s no doubt about it. They’ve got to be the real ones.” Minion #3 quavered, as Natsu, through the smoke can be seen, his eyes glowing orange.

“SALAMANDER?! Then you, (Y/N), you must be The Iced Serpent?!” She asked, alarmed. She looks to Natsu, then to (Y/N), who has a very serious look on her face, her gaze sharp.

“I hope you guys are paying attention! This is what a Fairy Tail wizard can do! HERE I COME!” He crouches down slightly, his fists are on fire as he leaps toward Bora.

‘RED SHOWER!” Bora grunts as he shoots fire-like bullets at Natsu as the Dragon Slayer runs at him. Natsu dodges Bora’s attacks and leaps up at him and punches him, as Bora falls to the ground.

Lucy, watching Natsu from the distance with Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi, is awe-struck.

“So he eats fire and then attacks with it? But how does he do it? Is it some kind of spell?” Lucy wonders, one hand clutched to her chest, the other by her side.

“He has dragon lungs that allow him to breathe fire, dragon scales to help him to dissolve the fire, and dragon claws for attacking with fire. His brand of fire magic is one that allows his body to take on all the qualities of a dragon. It’s an ancient spell that’s rarely used anymore.” Explains Happy to Lucy.

“Seriously?” She says in shock.

“This particular magic was originally used to deal with dragons. (Y/N) has the same magic but with ice instead of fire.” Happy continues.

“Whoa, really, you too (Y/N)?” She asks in awe.

“Mh-hmm!” (Y/N) confirms with a nod of her head to Lucy.

Natsu lands on a nearby roof as Bora shakes off the rubble that landed on him. Bora casts “Hell Prominence” at Natsu again, which leaves Natsu unscathed. Bora hurls a giant fire beam at him which he catches and promptly eats.

“It’s called Dragon Slayer magic. Igneel was the one who taught it to him, Nivalis was the one to teach you, right (Y/N)?” He confirms with her.

“Yep! She was the best teacher I could ask for.” (Y/N) answers back, a wistful smile on her face, as Bora can be heard screaming in the background.

As a last ditch attempt to defeat Natsu, Bora throws a giant fireball at him, which Natsu promptly catches and devours.

“Now, that was a hefty meal. You’re not doing too bad. But I’m about to cook you like a smoked fish!” Natsu proclaims to Bora

“You're gonna do what to me?” Bora starts tearing up, scared at the thought of being cooked like a fish.

“Get ready. FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!” As he punches Bora, he launches through multiple buildings, and finally into a church bell, making it ring loudly.

“Don’t be silly, Natsu. Everyone knows you smoke food with smoke, not fire.” Happy corrects him in a playful manner.

“Oh, wow. That was amazing. But he overdid it.” Lucy states in astonishment, which quickly switches to concern.

“Aye.” “Yeah…” Both Happy and (Y/N) say in unison.

“Oh, shut it, cat.” She says in response. As she says this, the Royal Army can be seen running towards the crash.

“THE ARMY?!” Lucy shrieks as the army arrives, when suddenly Natsu grabs her forearm and drags her alongside him, (Y/N) running behind them with an excited urgency, her hands on Lucy’s back almost pushing her along.

“Oh, crap, we got to get out of here!” He exclaims, pulling Lucy with him, as they run from the army.

“Where the heck are you taking me?!” Lucy screeches.

“Just come on! You said that you wanted to join the fairy tail guild, didn’t you?” Natsu questions with a joyous look on his face as he looks back at Lucy.

“So let's go!” (Y/N) continues for him with an overjoyed smile on her face as she looks at Lucy.

“All right!” Lucy, now overcome with a cheerful air to her, runs along with the two Dragon Slayers, as Happy and Lumi fly above them.

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bilightningwhumper · 2 months ago

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Another update with a poll at the end (and tbh, I'm not going to apologize for posting so many polls anymore because let's be real, it's fun to click buttons, lol).

So, I was fully planning on taking it easy in January. Only writing ahead for Feveuary, finishing up the Flufftober stuff after all that. But noooooo, the Year of Whump Event January prompts just had to tempt me so. XD

But I'm going to be productive about it. As I'm not sure which of the First Ones are going to be the MCs (for the prequel Greek Gods inspired story for the "Belonging to Nightmares") the prompts will give me the opportunity to write for some that I've been thinking could be. I'm still planning on holding off on writing that story until I've finished more of "Belonging to Nightmares," but it'll be able to marinate in the back of my mind better that way.

Back to Minna and Kyrie, however, another prompt plan I had for them in January was for Year of the OTP Event. I wasn't sure if OC / OC pairings were allowed, but a recent ask answered said yes they are! So before each month I'll be writing at least one of the prompts for it, as I do like multiple for most. Basically, I'll leave it to a poll made a few weeks before the coming month in order to find out my "priority prompt" and leave the rest as "to be done when time allows."

Masterlists for a refresher on these if you've missed my recent updates to them:

"Belonging to Nightmares" Masterlist

Character List for "Belonging to Nightmares" prequel- "The First Ones" (I won't be making an official masterlist for these characters until I know who the MCs will be)

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ssreeder · 1 year ago

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Omg Ssreedy <3 saw you going off in my tags, you're the sweetest! ToT You have no idea how much i cherish your kind words, they really motivate me

Also congrats on the new chapter! It made me appreciate Reho so much, I keep growing fonder of this guy!! (Morrak absolutely wrecked him with his diagnosis tho, haha, my man didn't deserved to get dragged so hard)

Anyway that made me remember that I cooked something up last year, but never posted it. (apologies, I probably got some of their details wrong, I did this purely from memory ////) my headcanons of what Ara & Reho look like

GENTLE TREES NOOOOOO you can’t drop OC art in my inbox and expect me to be even the SLIGHTEST bit normal about it.

You’re so amazing, going off in your tags is a damn honor *salutes*

Dude Morrak WRECKED Reho last chapter, and I guess there’s not patient dr confidentiality in this AU because Morrak totally slandered the poor man to Katara of all people lol. At least Reho didn’t have to hear yet another person try to figure out what’s wrong with him haha.

Thank you Gentle you’re so amazing!!! I can’t wait to gush over your art some more in the tags

#I try not to be a freak in the text #I submerge myself in the tags and turn into a crazy person because #DAMN IT GENTLE TREES LOOK AT THEM #THE SURVIVING OCs #well there’s Chang but who knows sokka could off him next chapter lol #gunna need a big stick though #BUT OMG GENTLE THE WAY YOU DREW ARA #you seriously managed to capture the ceramic doll look for her and her expression is just perfect #I’m sure you weren’t meaning to but seriously you nailed it #she’s small and cute and picture perfect but a walking disaster who anyone she comes in contact with gets sucked into her mess #and usually walk away with scars if they get to walk away #omg and REHOOOO #gentle you nailed his idk what’s up but I’m here to chill vibe haha #AND YOU GAVE HIM SANDALS #such a luffy vibe and I just love everything about it haha #his little ace self that just wants to live in a house with all his besties where nothing bad happens #I love his little smile #I think I’ve told you 100 times but I’ll tell you 100 more #your expressions are fucking GOLD #I’m haunted in a good way by your art especially the last one with the sad zuko (he was rescued though so yippieee) and idk I just #love your style so much #thanks for sharing these with me #I swear I get a fanart and it’s like 100 HP to my writing #like I just swallowed a gold star and I’m about to fuck shit up in a good way #Ok sorry gentle I’m going to stop rambling but again #THANK YOU #made my whole night haha #liab #ITF #gentletrees

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jettorii · 1 year ago

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I’m so sad it won’t let me share videos so I made it a gif

sorry for the flashing colors HELPFNDNDN

Featuring tickle monster OCs by @/feathergil and another friend!

OMG NOOOOOO PLS ITS SO CUTE I LOVE THEM SMMMM HI TO GILS OC N UR FRIEND’S TK MONSTER OUAGHRHHHHG

THEY!!!! ill swallow them whole when they finish singing hehehhe

#jettbox #grace :]#SNUFFLES!!#lysm this is so sweet hehehehe #they are!!!! playing!!!!!!!!

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roseofithaca · 8 months ago

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Ten Questions For Silver

(Transcript of Alison interviewing my ghost oc for the Button House Archives)

Alison, recording/writing: Ten Questions For Silver. Okay, this isn't officially the first one but, I gotta ask it anyway, why the name change?

Silver: Two reasons. One, I always hated the name Louise. Bullies at school used to call me Louis or Lewis or, my favourite, Loo Face.

Alison: Fair enough.

Silver: Second reason, when I got into Wicca all the books said it was common to choose a more 'witchy name'. Silver is my favourite metal and corresponds with the moon. Robyn - with a y - because Robin Hood was always my favourite Disney hero as a kid.

Alison: Did you fancy the fox?

Silver: I might have fancied the fox, I think we can all admit to that.

Alison: No comment.

Silver: Plus the birds are pretty. No relation to a certain annoying caveman, just a coincidence. And Ravenstar because...it honestly just sounded cool.

Alison: Gotcha. Okay, onto the real questions. Where were you born?

Silver: Under the sign of Pisces, on a waxing moon evening-

Alison: I meant, like, geographically.

Silver: Oh. Colchester General, Essex.

Alison: And how did you die?

Silver: Julian keeps telling everyone I O.D'd on magic mushrooms, which is obviously a lie! It was a brain aneurism. Honestly, I just think he likes to make it clear he wasn't the only ghost who was high as a kite when he croaked.

Alison: *snigger*

Alison: Favourite food?

Silver: I was a bit of a chocoholic in life. Galaxy, Thorntons, Milky Bars, Munchies! Thank the gods my uncle was a dentist.

Alison: Hmm.

Silver: Ooh, if I had to pick one, it would be Echo bars!

Alison: I remember them. They got discontinued!

Silver: Noooooo! That's the saddest thing I've ever heard!

Alison: Sorry! Moving on then, favourite drink?

Silver: White Russian vodka. It was my first proper cocktail on my sweet sixteenth.

Alison: Nice. Favourite song?

Silver: Bring Me To Life by Evanescence. Which is kinda ironic, the more I think about it. Do you remember them?

Alison: Yeah, I was more a Girls Aloud sort of kid.

Silver: Oh. Plastic.

Alison: Sorry?

Silver: Nothing!

Alison: Uh huh. Favourite sport?

Silver: *long, drawn out groan* I guess...telling my teacher I was on my period to get out of P.E.

Alison: *snigger* I did that too.

Silver: Unless it was trampolining! That was pretty cool. And really hard to lose at.

Alison: Biggest regret?

Silver: Never getting to kiss a girl.

Alison: Aww, you died before your first kiss?

Silver: Oh no, I kissed loads, but they were all boys and...it was like 'meh'? I started realising I was more into girls but...never got the chance to 'test drive' if you get me. Fuck, that sounded misogynistic. I need to spend less time with Julian.

Alison: Well, you never know. It could still happen in your afterlife.

Silver: That's what Mary said. Don't suppose you happen to know any fit queer girls you could bring here and...?

Alison: What? Murder?

Silver: In a nice way! Painless and all that.

Alison: Is that not against your whole Wiccan code of not harming anyone?

Silver: Not if you do it.

Alison: Right. Well let's just stick in a pin that idea for now and I'll think about it, okay.

Alison: Fondest memory?

Silver: Oh, that's hard. There's a few from when I was alive, visiting Stone Henge with my dad, the first time we brought home my dog Jess when she was a puppy. But I guess I'd have to go with Winter Solstice 2009.

Alison: What happened there?

Silver: Well because of the whole, y'know, sleeping curse thing, I often miss out on major events, including holidays. Even the Sabbats, my pagan festivals. But that Yule fell on a full moon so I got to be awake. Even better, the guys all joined in with me and Robin to do our ritual! Even Mary got involved. She made herself to penance for weeks after but she joined in that night for me and...shit, I'm getting a bit teary now. I just never imagined I'd have friends like this, you know?

Alison: Aww! That is really sweet. Maybe I can join you guys on the next one?

Silver: That'd be cool. Fanny did the math and said the next full moon on the Solstice is...I think she said, 2038?

Alison: ....I'll set a reminder. And until then we can just have a little mini Christmas when you wake up around that time.

Silver: Yule. Not Christmas. Though it's basically the same, the Christians stole everything that's fun from pagan traditions. The tree, the wreath, even Father Christmas, they're all from Norse and Celtic culture, did you know that?

Alison: Yes, both you and Robin went on a very long rant about it when I was putting up the mistletoe.

Silver: That was mainly to keep Thomas away from you.

Alison: Oh! Then thanks for that.

Alison: Worst Trait?

Silver: I've been told that I can be too opinionated and that I also 'infodump' my interests to people when they're not interested, but I honestly think people just need to try to have more of an open mind, if they just tried to look outside their own bubble they'd be surprised what they could learn, I mean look at Mary, when she first met me she had all these preconceived judgements and misinformation about witchcraft but when she took the time to listen I went into all the history-

Alison: (Author's Note: my wrist began to cramp from attempting to write this answer down so I let Silver continue talking while I quickly washed the dishes, did the ironing and sorted mine and Mike's dinner for the evening before sitting back down with her).

Silver: -and now she understands that the devil of her religion and the Horned God of my practice are two separate entities, and that was just another lie spread by the church to make us seem evil when we're not.

Silver: Sorry, what was the question?

Alison: Oh you already answered it, it's fine.

Alison: Final question. Do you have any words of advice?

Silver: Don't do drugs.

Alison: That....makes sense.

Silver: Nah, I'm just kidding. Uh, to quote my favourite other dead person; "speak as you finds and don't lets any man-one take away thy voice."

Alison: Wow. She really was special, wasn't she.

Silver: (a/n: she nods, suddenly quiet and staring at her hands)

Alison: You okay?

Silver, smiling: Yeah, I'm just...still really bummed about those Echo bars, you know?

Alison: Yeah, I miss them too. Thank you, Silver.

Silver: Thank you. Blessed Be and Merry Part.

Alison: ....Indeed.

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts fanfic #the button house archives #oc: silver #ghosts oc #alison cooper #mary guppy #robin the caveman

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dermiscake · 1 month ago

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i wonder if people would like my art... but drawing while dissociating constantly is kind of hard, even if i've gotten a little used to it over the years.

i've also created 2 cute jirai girl ocs on accident... also made one of my other ocs jirai.... oh noooooo...！！/sarc

heheheh, i actually really like them. if only i could figure out what to call one of the girls.... maybe browsing blogs on jiraiblr will help me? ( *ˊᗜˋ)ﾉꕤ*.ﾟ

#(∩^o^)⊃━☆ﾟ.*･｡ talking！#jirai kei #jiraiblr #jiraiblogging #jirai #landmineposting #landmineblogging #landmineblr #landmine posting #landmine girl #landmine

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lokissweater · 2 months ago

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NICOLE I SAW YOU POSTING AND REMEMBERED I HADNT SENT IN MT OPINION OF THE NEW MLB MEGUMI ADDITION I WAS LIKE SHITTTTT

But erm

OH MY GOD. IT WAS JSUT. IT WAS JUST SO SWEET. I LITERALLY LOVE JUST LIKE THE FUN MOMENT WITH THE FOUR OF THEM — READER, GUMI, OUR BEST FRIEND AND YUUJI 🙏🥹 GENUINELY ONE OF MY FAV PARTS OF THE WHOLE SERIES HONESTLY, I LOVE IT.

BUT ALSO JUST READER AND GUMI? THEYRE SO WHOLESOME AND SWEET AND PERFECT AND AHHHH. ME AND WHO IRL??? CUZ LIKE WHY AM I STILL ALONE ALWAYS. BUT AT LEAST I HAVE YOUR FICS 😍😍😍

GIGGLED AT YOU CALLING ME GUMI 😭😭 But you should NOT be staying up that late to study 🫵☹️ GET YOUR BEAUTY REST NICCCC :((

BUT I LOVE YOU TOO KAY 🥹🥹

also you studying and calling me ur gumi made me think of gumi and reader staying up late to study… maybe exam stress? I need him so bad that I’m projecting… it’s okay guys. WE WILL LIVE WONT WE NIC???

Cough cough.

Once again, sincerely 🦋 <3

NOOOOOO BECAUSE YOURE SOOO MFFF RIIGGHHTTTT !!! THEIR LOVE IS JUST SO FUCKING TOOTH ROTTINGLY SWEET AND LOVELY AND SOFT AND IT MAKES ME WANNA LAY ON MY LOCAL TRAIN TRACKS AND WAIT FOR THE INEVITABLE BRO !!!! 😭😭😭 i hope scientists in the future come up with a way to get 2d men off paper man or else in gonna fawkin LOSE IT !!!!! 👎

BAHAHA STOPPP ITTTTTT bye i already know and am PRAYING for you to find your own personal cute little gumi and i need you to take NOTHING LESSSSSS !!!!!! I MEAN ITTTT !!!

AND HAHAHAHAH NOO ITS OKAY DONT WORRY BABY i am a MEGGGAAAA night owl af thats usually when i operate and feel so alive 🫦🫦🫦 so my studying usually runs at night from like 8 pm to 5 am LOOOOLLLL 😻😻😻 but its ok bc im butt chugging delicious celcius’s and writing fics for you guys in between each break HEHEHEHE 😝😝😝

AND NO DUDE I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT CONCEPT COOOONSTANTLY AND SOMEONE ACTUALLY SENT IN A REQUEST FOR IT THAT I WAS SAVING FOR A DRABBLE !!!! so i will in fact be indulging in the near future bc i need gumi’s comfort over the education system pounding me but not in a nice way 😻😻😻

AND OMG I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY AND EXCITED THAT YOU STARTED THIS MY LOOOVEEEE !!! i think you should start with putting out just little drabbles of different scenarios of your oc’s to kind of introduce them in a way and what their dynamic is like heee heee <333 BUT ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO IS GREAT EVEN A FULL FLEDGED FIC IS WONDERFUL AS WELL !!! AND ALSO !!! please remember to be patient with yourself when some days writing is harder than others !!!! there is no time limit for putting out beautiful stories and i want you to really relish in that and not stress or give up 🥹🥹🥹

MWAAAHHHH I LOVE YOU SO MUUCHHHH !!! CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN !!!

TAKE CARE !!! <3333

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theallenshorefangirl · 1 year ago

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In Sound Mind OC Story Shitpost?????

Nightmares and Sorrowful fears

As the observatory roof of the tri-Greek Gods and goddess of Astrology,Hypnosis, and the Moon.Waltz, the star floor rippled under her opaque bone like feet,the stars told a tragic and sorrowful story,she notices that the Bull and the Medusa constellation disappeared from the sky,and the Icarus constellation was melting and the cyclops constellation glown green,it scared her.The other constellations of her friends all changed or disappeared.It made Sorrow worry,she tried to wake up but she couldn't wake up.it was cold like she was trapped.She collapsed to the floor but she woke up.She was still asleep but in a new location in the nightmare.

"Bravo, Sorrow, you figured out that yes, you are asleep, but it's like one of those dreams within a dream!" The shadow spoke cold words from his mouth.It was cold,freezing.Sorrow I couldn't move, but she was dangling from strings that were tied around her hands and ankles and throat."Since you're under the influence of me because of your paranoia schizophrenia medications, I get to pester you while Doctor Desmond Wales runs around like a headless chicken trying to figure out what's going on!" He spat as he cackled from his chair."Say you should be on stage with my other puppets! Besides, what's one freakshow without the matching pair!"She was quiet, but she felt anger.

"No." Agent Rainbow stood up."What was that?" She glared at him."I said no." He got up in her face."Oh my the tri-Greek Gods and goddess freakshow speaks up.who are you trying to speak or protect your idiot brother Icarus? Your friends Medusa,Bull,Cyclops and all the others? That idiotic doctor who's only gonna make your situation worse!?" Agent Rainbow laughs.Sorrow looks up and sees she still in her observatory room and smiles."Well, I'm doing this for everyone,including me.Sorry Agent Rainbow, but your illusion time is nigh now!" she grabs her moon like pendulum and kicks it at Agent Rainbow."Noooooo......I'll be back!" He disappeared. Sorrow collapsed to the floor, taking deep breaths.

1:45 am after the flare incident:

Z was huddled in the basement of the lighthouse generator room.Taking deep breaths,quietly sobbing."Allen......I promise I'll help you one day,but I can't do it alone.....stay strong."

Mini story >:) cause why not I'm still brainstorming for the 3 story's

#insoundmindocthesorrow #insoundmindoc #ismoc #insoundmindocz

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dinomite2 · 1 year ago

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Oscar and Rose (Hungry)

For @sodapoppss you said it could happen and i made A Scenario that it could happen

Featuring: Sodapopps's Oc: Hermosa! (In the last part specifically)

No Oscars were hurt during the in of this skit

Oscar and Rose were in the living room overall just chilling for today just sitting on the couch watching TV for the afternoon until Something about Rose was Up...

*Gggggrrrrrr*

Oscar: Hmm?

Rose: *sigh* *holds stomach with hand* Oscarrrrrrr I'm hungryyyyyy do we have any food in the kitchen ?

Oscar: *scrolling on phone* Well don't look and ask anything like that at me just go see for yourself dude

Rose gets up and walks to the kitchen for anything to eat only too see barely see anything that's edible or anything required to cook with

Rose: Oscar there's nothing here! Didn't you buy groceries last week!?

Oscar looks at Rose from afar

Oscar: What!? I thought you did! *Argh* Well we just order takeout for today I'll tell Hermosa to pick it up for us if she can

Rose: Noooooo she'll take forever to ge-...

Oscar: I'll buy you takoyakiii..

Rose: SOLD BUY IT BUY NOW NOW NOW

Oscar: already texted her and she said yes!. Now we wait...

Awwww come onnn

*a few minutes later*

*GRRRrrgurrr*

Rose's stomach growled loudly once again

Rose: UuuuGGHH when is food getting here im famished here!

Oscar: I'll get there when it gets there ok!? Now calm yo ass down, and eh- why are you looking at me like that?

Rose was slightly drooling in front of Oscar staring with blank eyes until she snapped back to her senses

Rose: Eh uhbnh- Nothing just thinking Of.... how tasty you'- I - I meant the food will be...

Oscar: ..... Okaayyy well you keep thinking... I'm going to call Hermosa and see how's she doing on our delivery, call me if anything *heads to his room*

Rose: Yeah yeah just thinking Of your bready texture, your savory taste and the Tender Octopusss *slowly licks lips*

*a few more minutes later*

*GRRRGRGGR*

Rose was hungrier than ever now.....

Rose: Hey.. Hey Oscar I need to tell you something what's that behind you?

Oscar: *looks behind* there's nothing here what do you mea-

*CONK*

Rose just Knocked out Oscar ...

*even more minutes later*

Oscar: *wakes up* ugghh what happened that huuuurt .... Wait .... ROSE WHAT ARE DOING

Oscar was tied up being roasted on top of a fire by Rose

Rose: Shhhhh I'm Cooking you silllyyy now be and stay Fuc%in& quiet im starving....

Oscar: look look look ! Maybe you can just wait for a little extra while there's no need to eat me!?

Rose: Noooooooo now let me Savor you...

*Hermosa opens the front door*

Hermosa: Hey guys! sorry I was late I- *sees Oscar and Rose *

Hermosa: WHAT THE FU-

And done kinda slacked on this Enjoy!

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drades-lair · 8 months ago

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Pharmacy Raid

Fandom: Helluva Boss

Rating: T

Pairing(s): Striker/OC

Note: Plant belongs to the wonderful https://x.com/Exhausted_Plant

Sloth is considered the mildest of hell’s rings, most of the hell born who live within the ring are considered some of the happiest and laid back in all of hell. Plant was no different or at least when it came to being happy, they were a bit of a busy body. Flitting around the pharmacy that by this point she’d pretty much inherited from the owner to do her daily chores including doing restocks. Afternoon brought a comforting glow as the pastel colors of Sloth’s ring gained a warm hue, Plants duties winding down allowing them to take a more casual pace as she went through receipt logs when the pharmacy’s front door dinged indicating someone had entered. Turning with a wide smile Plant prepared to greet whomever it was only to freeze instantly, smile dropping upon seeing the group of Greed sharks standing just inside the door. Four menacing sharks covered in scars carrying weapons of various varieties causing Plant to fearfully step backwards, back hitting the check out desk.

“C-Can I-I help you?” Plant’s voice shook with fear.

“Nah, we’re just gonna help ourselves,” The bulky shark upfront answered with a cruel smirk upon his features, hitting a bat against his hand.

“Our boss Crimson needs more inventory, and we think this little pharmacy can help with the restock, ha-ha!” A tall skinny shark in back laughed, licking a knife.

“P-Please…take whatever you want…just…let me go…” Plant begged shrinking in on herself.

“Sorry, can’t risk Ya sending anyone after us,” A short stalky shark growled.

“N-Noooooo!” Plant shrieked as the sharks bared down on them.

…

Plant’s eyes cracked open to the shadows of early evening falling on the now wrecked pharmacy, all the inventory had been taken and debris littered the ground. Agony pierced Plants small frame as they began to crawl towards their phone which lay partially broken on the tiled flooring a foot in front of them, a trail of blood smearing behind them as she prayed the cracked device would still manage to make a call. Tapping harshly Plant managed to get into their contacts where only two names resided, they tapped the second name then put the phone on speaker as the name ‘Calus’ appeared on the caller ID.

“Hello?” Calus’ voice came across the speaker.

“C-Calus…h-help…p-please…” Plant could barely whisper the words through the agony coursing through her little form.

“Plant? That you? What’s wrong?” Calus questioned.

Plant tried to respond unfortunately her mind was quickly fading causing their vocal cords to stop working, the world around them falling into darkness.

…

Fortunately for Plant, Calus was in the Sloth ring to retrieve payment for a job he’d done with Striker a couple weeks back. Aurora’s hooves pounded the paved roads of Sloth, eerie toxic green flames illuminating the fresh darkness of evening as she carried Calus into Sloth’s main city. Calus was taken aback by the state of the small pharmacy were Plant worked, neon sign broken and hanging from its mounts, windows broken along with the glass doors and debris trailing from inside. Cursing under his breath the Dracony dismounted his hell steed, rushing to the broken glass doors where he grabbed the frame to step half inside, looking around desperately in search of Plant. Calus caught sight of plant laying on the tiled floor a foot from the broken cash desk, blood smeared on the floor behind her. Calus made his way towards the small hybrid causing glass to crunch beneath his feet, taking a knee before gently turning them over, cradling them in the crook of his elbow.

“Plant? Plant? Can you hear me?” Calus asked, gently cupping their cheek with his free hand as he glanced at their blood-stained clothing.

Plant didn’t respond, their breathing shallow as their head lolled into the crook of Calus’ arm sending a wave of concerned panic through the Dracony. Carefully Calus scooped Plant up to take her out to where Aurora was waiting, mounting the steed before pulling out his phone once he was settled with Plant to contact the Sloth hospital and more specifically a friend he had there.

“Raye, I need a backdoor entrance and private treatment room,” Calus spoke into his phone as he gave a flick of Aurora’s reins.

Upon getting to the hospital in all it’s pastel pink glory Calus went around the back on Aurora, dismounting by a set of industrial looking double doors that read ‘emergency’ in black lettering across them. Hurrying inside with Plant in hand Calus was met by one of Sloth’s typical hellions, a goat demon with a candle atop their head that was about half Calus’ height yet was thin and tall with a pink form fitting dress that dawned the upside-down health cross of Sloth’s medical system. A gurney near the goat demon was where Calus quickly deposited Plant’s unconscious body resulting in the medical demon’s demeanour immediately shifting as she slammed the sides on the gurney up.

“Let’s go, Raye!” Calus declared moments before they both took off.

Raye and Calus rushed Plant into a treatment room not far from the back doors, Raye getting instantly to work on gathering medical instruments while Calus shrugged off his duster which he tossed onto a chair in the corner of the room. Lowering the gurney’s sides followed by turning on an overhead light that he promptly pulled down, Calus gently pulled Plant’s baggy T-shirt up to expose her mid torso where immediately it became clear they’d been put through the wringer. Plant’s torso was covered in wounds ranging from bruises to cuts and stabs, it appeared her left arm had been broken as well.

“What do you need me to do?” Raye inquired, pulling over a metal tray on wheels filled with medical equipment.

“Start an IV and get a blood transfusion started as well,” Calus instructed, getting to work identifying what he could heal immediately and what needed to be stitched first.

“Got it,” Raye confirmed, moving to do as instructed.

Plant let out a series of small whimpering cries, coming to semi consciousness from time to time during the treatment process. Calus had brought them through the back emergency entrance along with having a private treatment room set aside because he wasn’t certain if whoever did this to Plant in the first place would come back if they found out she was still alive. Striker had been notified of what was going on along with a special request from Calus to begin hunting down the bastards who did this something the pale imp was happy to oblige. A long two hours worth of treatment later and Calus was satisfied he’d done all he could for Plant at that moment, allowing Raye to transfer the little hybrid to a private recovery room where Calus settled in a large armchair to await either Striker to arrive or call him.

…

Night settled into the Sloth ring, Calus scrolling absently on his phone with one leg crossed over the other casually watching Plant out of the corner of his eye. Around the middle of the night Plant began to stir, head shifting from side to side with a pained moan followed by their eyes fluttering open. Calus stood from the chair he’d been sitting in, sliding his phone into his back pocket as he strode to Plant’s side however, she didn’t focus at first resulting in a fearful gasp escaping her. Plant jerked then cried out in pain just as Calus placed a gentle hand on the hybrid’s shoulder to steady them.

“Easy, easy…it’s Calus,” Calus reassured Plant in a quiet gentle tone.

“C-Calus? You did come…I didn’t think you’d…ugh!” Plant gave a little wary smile before wincing again.

“Take it easy, try to stay still. You were beat up pretty good,” Calus stated, placing his second hand lightly on Plant’s torso to steady her.

“Why did they do this? They didn’t…have to do this…” Plant whimpered out, tears welling up in their eyes.

“Sshh, who did this?” Calus inquired, rubbing the hybrid’s upper arm in a soothing, comforting manner.

“Greed sharks…they said their boss told them to raid…Sloth pharmacy’s…they said mine was an easy target…” Plant sniffled, leaning into the comforting touch from Calus.

“Did they tell you, their boss’s name?” Calus wondered, moving his hand from Plant’s torso to take their hand allowing the little hybrid to squeeze it.

“C-Crimson…I think that’s what they said,” Plant stated.

“Crimson!? That fucker!” Calus growled averting his gaze from Plant for a moment.

“Am…am I gonna die?” Plant stammered out, tears beginning to roll down her cheeks as their big yellow eyes stared up at Calus.

“No, I’ve tended your injuries. It’ll take time to heal but you will heal,” Calus reassured Plant.

“It…it hurts…a lot…” Plant whimpered again.

“I know. I’ll see about getting you another does of pain meds,” Calus stated with a sympathetic look.

“C-Can…I…hug you…?” Plant sniffled out.

“Sure,” Calus gave another sympathetic smile as he sat on the edge of the bed to allow Plant the ability to hug him. The hybrid nuzzled into Calus’ chest with little hiccupping sobs as they sought comfort from the agony their body was in. Calus gently rubbing Plant’s back as he tried to comfort the hybrid as much as possible.

Calus eventually pulled away from Plant to go fetch Raye who promptly retrieved another dose of pain medication, administering it while Calus retrieved a cool cloth that he pressed to Plant’s forehead. Holding Plant’s hand again Calus gently pressed the cloth to her forehead and face until the pain meds took effect allowing the little hybrid to fall back asleep just as Striker came striding into the recovery room. Striker spared a glance over Plant’s bandaged, battered body while moving to Calus’ side with a frown upon his features.

“They did a number on them didn’t they?” Striker commented in a quiet whisper although his tail began to rattle irritably.

“Crimson did it,” Calus responded just as quietly yet there was a growl reverberating in his tone.

“Crimson!? The fuck that prick want wit them?” Striker retorted, snarling under his breath.

“He needed a new drug supply and decided to hit the smaller pharmacies in Sloth…like Plants,” Calus briefly explained, shifting the cool cloth around Plant’s forehead causing her to release a small appreciative moan.

“Son of a bitch! No wonder I couldn’t find anythin’ on who did this,” Striker irritably snarled, tail rattling louder now as his gaze returned to the little hybrid laying in the hospital bed.

“He won’t get away with this, but for now we need to take care of them,” Calus stated pulling the cloth from Plant.

“Agreed,” Striker confirmed.

…

Two weeks in hospital saw Plant back on their feet for the most part however even after returning home once discharged, Calus and Striker stuck around to look after Plant including getting the pharmacy fixed up. Plant hadn’t had a lot of friends especially not ones who’d go to these kinds of lengths for them thus it made them tear up anytime Calus or Striker told her about things they were doing. Two months after everything happened things finally returned to somewhat normalcy with Calus and Striker stating they’d need to return to Pride. More then grateful Plant hugged both Calus and Striker farewell with the reassurance that should they ever need help again that the duo would come back in no time.

#HelluvaBoss #Fanfiction #Striker #Original male Character #OC #Striker x OC #humor #Drama #Angst #Hurt/Comfort #Action #Adventure

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digitaldiseas3 · 6 months ago

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Hello Kate. It’s me jigsaw. In front of you is this ask. You will answer it and talk about your ocs. Or else the bear trap or something

OH NOOOOOO I GUESS I HAVE NO CHOICEEEE

this is a picrew i made of them both just this morning and it’s actually my favorite picrew that i’ve ever done of either of them

on the left is joel; on the right is miya! EDIT BYW THEY ARE NOT LOVE INTERESTS. I FORGOT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR WAUGH

miya is a 16 year old girl who lives alone with her father, with whom she has a very… strained relationship, to say the least. she has a pretty sour attitude and often comes off as very abrasive. she’s super athletic and her hobbies are running, parkour, and urban exploring. it’s while she’s doing some urban exploring that she encounters joel, in the basement level of an abandoned office building in the middle of a ghost town.

joel is a quiet, mild-mannered young man who appears to be somewhere in his twenties. it can’t be known for sure how old he really is, as he suffers from severe retrograde amnesia. he’s hardly even confident that his name is joel at all. there’s only thing he knows for sure: he died in that building, and whatever incident led to his death was also ultimately why the town was deserted.

joel seems to be some sort of spirit, even an angel, stuck in this plane of existence. he can’t even leave the ruins of the office building— that is, not until miya arrives. he does have a corporeal form though, and can get injured; he just can’t be killed no matter how severely hurt he may be. he is already dead, after all. other than that, he looks just like a regular person. in some light though, miya swears she can almost see a soft golden aura of a halo above his head.

—

i got carried away (really, really carried away) when i first tried typing out this introduction to them. i accidentally. ah. wrote basically an entire prologue to their story? i’ll link it here

#IM SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE INTRODUCING THESE TWO TO THE WORLD #everyone cheer and clap for them or i’ll blow up this entire fucking building i swear to god #surprise surprise one of them is a blond man i’m obsessed about. raise your hand if you’re shocked.#my ocs #ocs #joel #miya #joel and miya

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writingmaneskin · 1 year ago

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Handwritten - An Ethan Torchio Story || Chapter Six

Pairings: Ethan Torchio x OC Character

Summary: Words are magic and when one author pours their heart and soul into something, the Universe just…answers.

Words: 2024

A/N: Tell a friend to tell a friend, we're baaaaaaaaaaack.

THE HANDWRITTEN MASTERLIST

THE MAIN MASTERLIST

kofi || taglist || ask away

The bed was warm and the body sleeping next to her made her feel like it was all a dream. A dream that she didn't want to wake up from.

Ethan was next to her, his arm draped around her middle, sleeping peacefully, his hair slightly messy from the sleep.

Aurora took a moment to watch him. Counting her blessings one by one. He was there, the man that with each passing second she fell more and more for. Holding her, taking care of her.

She touched his face very gently, with the tips of her fingers, wishing she could get the courage to kiss him just as gently as to not wake him.

The grip on her tightened only slightly and he smiled sleepily.

She kept tracing his features very gently.

"Why are you up so early?" He opened one eye, squinting at the light.

"I need to go." Aurora pressed a kiss to his jaw.

"Noooooo." He pouted, looking so cute that she felt like she could implode.

"Yes, I have an appointment I need to go to. You go back to sleep." She pressed more kisses to his skin, almost like she was committing it all to memory.

"You are making it very difficult to let you go." He pulled her closer and smiled sleepily.

"I hate that I need to go but I really have to go to that appointment." Auri pressed another kiss, this time lower on his neck.

"When will I see you?"

"Hm, later today?"

"Good, I am really getting used to falling asleep next to you."

"I am getting used to that too." She kissed his cheek.

"You covered me in kisses." The sleepy smile did not leave his face.

"Yes, and now you can sleep for both of us." She pressed another one, this time to his shoulder.

"I will. But you need rest too."

"So I keep hearing." Auri chuckled and rolled out of bed.

"Text me when you can." Ethan mumbled, sleep taking over once again.

"I will."

Therapy was exhausting but Aurora knew it was worth it. It was worth it because she deserved to heal and move on in her life, she deserved to get better and have a better life than the one she’d left behind.

“You look better than you did last week, Aurora.” Lucia commented.

“Thank you. I slept really well last night.”

“That’s positive news. So, what would you like to talk about today?”

Auri took a deep breath, trying to sift through the thoughts that had been in the back of her mind for the past week.

“My birthday is coming up and I am terrified.”

“What makes you feel that way?

“It was only the past two years that I got my birthday to be about me and not about other people’s feelings and wishes. Now that I got the courage to start over and be here, I am scared that old feelings of unease and anxiety, and quite frankly pain, might resurface and ruin the day.”

“How did you get it to be about you only two years ago when it was about you all along?”

“Rationally I know it was all about me, but I always went along with whatever relatives wanted. The last two years I preferred to spend the day with my closest people instead and do what makes me happy.”

“Were you happy?”

“Yes, but there were always consequences.”

Lucia took a moment, wanting to phrase her words well.

“That is part of your past and the fact that you made it here means that you were strong enough to fight for yourself. Strong enough to make a better life for yourself. The fact that you acknowledge the past struggles and you are worried about patterns repeating speaks volumes already.”

One of the corners of Aurora’s mouth lifted.

“I haven’t told my boyfriend about my birthday anxiety.”

“From what I’ve heard about him from you, I am sure he will support you to the best of his abilities.”

“I know he will. I am just scared that the mess that I might turn in might push him away.”

“You shouldn’t make the choice for him. Give him the space to see you for who you are and go from there.” Lucia suggested.

Auri swallowed hard.

“Allow people to celebrate you.”

She unlocked her phone after therapy and saw the notifications on it, only to lock it again. Her mind was full of Lucia’s words. Things were different now, better. There wasn’t anything to be worried about. Worry still ate away at her.

She walked through the busy Roman streets, not rushing, trying to clear her head enough so she could maybe work for a little bit once at home.

Her phone buzzed again.

“Are you okay? How was therapy?” It was a text from Ethan that brought a smile to her face.

“I think I am okay, just deep in thought. I have something to tell you (nothing bad, I promise) as soon as we meet up.”

“I am glad it went well. Do you want me to pick you up?”

“I am almost at the apartment.”

“Oh. Okay. Did you eat?”

“I had a chocolate cornetto on the way to therapy but I am too nauseous to eat right now.”

“I could bring you some soup.”

“No, I just need some time to calm down really. It will be fine.”

“Okay, I am one text away if you need me.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I think I’ll go to the gym for an hour and then meet with Thomas for coffee and then go see my mum.”

“Sounds like a good plan. Have a good day, tesoro.”

“You too, cara. Text me if you need me.”

Auri caught herself before she could send “i always need you.” It was too early for that and she didn’t want to push too hard.

“I will.”

“Don’t drink too much coffee.”

“I can’t make any promises.”

Ethan showed up with a bag full of snacks to Thomas’ apartment. He’d freshened up after the gym, gotten snacks and then gone straight to Thomas’ apartment.

“Edgar!” Thomas threw his arms open and hugged him tightly.

Ethan chuckled and hugged his friend.

“You act like we haven’t seen each other in a decade.”

“What’s wrong with me showing you affection?” Thomas chuckled and kissed Ethan’s cheek.

“You’re very perky.”

“I am, life is amazing, how could I not be perky?” Thomas grinned and took the bag.

“I am glad life is treating you well. Does that mean you and Tom are doing well?”

“They are but I am not willing to disclose more at this moment.” Thomas grinned despite using his most formal tone.

“How formal of you.” Ethan chuckled.

“Tom is just…special. I feel like everything is just as it was always meant to be.” Thomas explained as he ripped into a bag of chips.

Ethan looked at him curiously.

“You’re thinking of settling down?”

“And you’re not?” Thomas raised a brow.

Ethan didn’t respond so Thomas pushed on.

“I’ve seen the way you look at Auri.”

Ethan flushed.

“You and Tom are so new.”

“Don’t change the topic.”

“I am not. I am telling the truth.”

“I lost more than enough time without Tom. I am not going to propose tomorrow but I am also not letting go of Tom anytime soon. Tom is my endgame even if there are bumps along the road.”

Ethan was surprised by his friend’s words. He was happy for him, of course, but he didn’t expect Thomas to be talking about endgames this early in a relationship.

“Are you alright?” Thomas sat down, stretching his legs.

“I am. Of course, I am. It feels like I am in a bubble of joy.” Ethan affirmed, smiling.

“Good, you and Auri are so cute together.”

Ethan blushed, making Thomas chuckle.

“How lucky are we, huh Edgar?” Thomas nudged his friend.

“Indeed.”

Aurora woke up from the nap because someone was at the door. She had fallen asleep with the laptop next to her - she had been writing ever since getting in from the appointment and she hadn’t meant to fall asleep, yet it happened.

With sleep still lingering, she made her way to the door where she found Ethan, bouquet of flowers in hand and his cutest smile on, effectively melting her immediately.

“Hi.” He leaned to give her a kiss.

“Hi.” She kissed back and stepped aside so he could come in.

“Did I just wake you up?”

“Yup, but I had to wake up anyway.” Auri went to hug him as soon as he set down the flowers.

“You have been working a lot lately.” He put his hand on the back of her head gently.

“Not more than usual. Ideas just keep coming and it would be a shame if I let them slip.”

“It would be a shame if you work yourself to the ground.”

Auri held him tighter.

“It’s fine. I promise, it’s nothing I am not used to.”

He kissed her again.

“I was thinking of treating my favourite to some cacio e pepe, what do you think?”

“Who is that favourite so we can have some words?” Auri teased.

“You, of course.” Ethan chuckled.

“Cacio e pepe sounds just like the thing I want right now.”

“Chef Torchio at your service.” Ethan bowed, making Auri giggle.

“Do you want help in the kitchen?”

“No, just company.”

“Alright, I will clean up the bedroom and join you in a moment.”

“Were you working from bed?” Ethan asked as soon as Auri came back and put the tech and the notebooks on the desk.

“Yes.”

“We should get you an over-the-bed desk, it would lower the chance of something getting knocked over.”

“Thank you for thinking about this, love.” Auri spoke shyly and he smiled before going over to kiss her again, the term love just making something in his chest swell with joy.

“Of course. Now do you want to talk about what you mentioned earlier that you wanted to tell me?”

“Oh. Yes! My birthday is coming up and I decided to throw a party!”

“Your birthday? When?”

“On the 5th.” Auri smiled.

“Can I do anything to help with the organising?”

“Well, you can come with me to find a cake.”

“Absolutely. Rehearsals start later this week but I’ll make it work.”

Auri smiled and took a picture of him at that moment, wanting to freeze the moment in time.

“I’ll light some candles and set the table.” she announced, putting the phone down.

“Amazing. Can I ask something?”

“Of course.”

“Were you scared to tell me about the birthday?”

She froze mid step and looked at him.

“Yes, but because it’s my birthday, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

Auri walked over to the candles and took a moment to gather her thoughts.

“My parents used to make my birthday all about them and when I started setting boundaries and actually trying to spend it the way I wanted to, the guilt trips were endless. I have been no contact with my mom for a while now and sometimes it still gets to me that she doesn’t care. And before I stopped communicating with the others, they’d still try to make it about them and said I was being disrespectful. But with time and a whole lot of effort I stopped people pleasing so much and started going after what I wanted.”

“I am proud of you and thank you for sharing with me.”

“Of course.” Auri smiled a bit.

“You are one of the strongest people I know.” Ethan went to hug her again.

His words brought tears to her eyes.

“We’ll make sure that your birthday is awesome and if it gets too much, please tell me and I will deal with it, okay?” He tried to reassure her but the tears were still coming.

“Thank you.”

“I got you.” He pressed a kiss to her forehead.

“I am glad you do. I got you too.”

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