#I think him and Slader got something going on…

[ivyllamauwu]

Ngl y’all I think my man wants a man…

[ampedupkaon]

August Writing Challenge Day 3: Gowther/Slader

AN: This one could take place when they are on the way to Istal or after they have been to Istal. I'll leave that up to you.

Slader had been confused. He felt attraction to Gowther. He thought from Gowther's looks that Gowther was a woman. And he only felt attraction for men! And then he'd saw Gowther wrapped in a towel. And the doll had proclaimed 'I have no clothes' and flashed them. And revealed that he was a man. The evidence had been there, plain to see. It got him conflicted; because Gowther looked... oddly attractive in women's clothes. He looked... incredibly feminine. And it was a problem. Gowther was a man. Gowther looked good in women's clothes. Slader found him attractive anyway. He sighed.

“What is wrong Sir Slader?” He jumped, not expecting to be spoken to. By the man he was thinking about of all people!

“I was just thinking about things.” He answered. Gowther nodded.

“You were thinking about me.” Slader knew his cheeks heated, thankfully covered by his mask. The other man could read minds. And... was that a smile?

“You think I look attractive, even though it is not conventional for you to fall for someone who looks feminine.” Slader was sure his mask had to have heated from how warm his cheeks were. Why was Gowther reading his mind? Why?! What if someone else heard and thought it... disgusting?

“Usually in my books when a man falls for someone he finds attractive... they sleep together.” Slader would swear steam shot out of his ears. His cheeks felt like they were on fire. Sl-sleep with... oh my god! He knew Gowther was male and that Gowther's maleness possibly behaved the same way his own did; even though the other man was a doll. And the other man had to know what sleeping with someone meant... hadn't he?

“Come, let us sleep together.” Slader was sure if he'd been drinking something he would have spat it out. As it was, a small trickle of blood slid down from his nose. Again, his mask thankfully concealed how he was actually feeling.

“Your heart rate increased at the suggestion, so you appear to approve.” Was this hell? Or heaven? He didn't know. He did know he wanted whatever Gowther would give him. If that was just a little cuddling, a little touching... He was perfectly okay with that. Gowther held out his hand.

“Take me to bed, Sir Slader.” Slader took hold of Gowther's hand and led him up to the room he was staying in. Thankfully... he was alone. He wouldn't want anyone to see him in bed with Gowther and get the wrong idea. His cheeks heated when the doll immediately reached for his top, it quickly going over his head. The blush darkened when Gowther began tugging his trousers down.

“G-Gowther! Were... you serious about...?” Gowther turned to look at him with a soft look.

“I sleep in the nude.” Slader realised this was going to be a lot harder. If he stripped down like he normally did... so much skin against so much skin...

“Do you sleep in the nude also, Slader?” He swallowed, quickly shaking his head. He wore only his underwear. And it was by Gowther asking the question that he realised the doll meant 'sleep together' in the literal sense. As in, share a bed, cuddle and fall asleep. He did know that meant one thing. He'd have to take the mask off. Which would make it very clear what he was feeling as he wasn't good at hiding his expressions.

“I normally...” He dragged his top off, aware Gowther was watching him and trying not to care. It wasn't working, but he knew he had to do this. He dragged his trousers down too, fully aware the doll was looking. Which left only his mask. And he was more frightened of removing that than his trousers.

“You are very attractive.” Slader spluttered. His cheeks had to be red, but he had to do this. It was uncomfortable sleeping with his mask on. He unlatched it, putting it on the box he'd taken to using as a bedside table. Gowther was giving him a look.

“Why do you hide your face?” His heart started pounding. He wasn't good at hiding his emotions. His scar frightened people.

“That you can express your emotions is beautiful, Slader. And some people find scars attractive, even if they do mar someone's face.” His cheeks went pink. Gowther had read his mind again. He saw the doll heading to bed.

“Join me.” He shuffled over, a tiny bit nervous. This was... a lot. The sharing a bed with a man. The... sleeping together. In the literal sense! Slader had every intention of keeping his shorts on; he wouldn't dare. Gowther may not understand how two men did it, after all. That wouldn't be in the books the doll kept reading. He was surprised by the doll shuffling close, drawing him in to cuddle. It wasn't manly, but Slader loved being held. He was a little surprised by how warm Gowther was.

“Do we say sweet dreams now?” He nodded.

“Sweet dreams, Gowther.” He let his eyes fall closed, hoping he might actually get some sleep.

“Sweet dreams, Slader.” The doll whispered, right before he felt himself dozing off.

AN: The next morning, Gowther is asked where he was (since he normally is reading something in the tavern in the morning) and he answers that he slept with Slader. Cue the spluttering explanations, until Gowther explains exactly what happened. That two men shared a bed is not seen as strange since the Boar Hat has so few beds!

[mav-tomcat-f14]

Ch 6 - Playing With The Boys - Top Gun Mav and Rose (OC) story.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/N WC - 3102 Sorry for any Spelling or Grammar mistakes Please leave feedback good or Bad I do not mind. Playing with the boys part list and summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The next couple of weeks went by fast, Flying then some lessons, debriefing, more flying, then study time, and nights at the Bar. Then doing it all over again, it was easy to get into the rhythm of it.

Things with BullDog have not been going well. I always seem to be doing something wrong every time I get in the cockpit. I expect him to grill me. Stress is gone, right? But I was wrong. After we first got Jester, I went to high-five him when we landed. He went over to Hollywood, WolfMan, and Slider to celebrate. 

Mav and Goose dragged me to the bar that night to celebrate, drinking and playing a game of darts, which I was terrible at, but it was still fun. Iceman even came over offering to buy me a drink as a well done. Mav being Mav, asked him what he was up to, thinking Iceman was trying something when he was not, 

Iceman has kept his word about what we talked about on the tarmac, and I’ve kept mine.

Today was just like any other we were flying in the morning, and everyone got their ass kicked by Viper. The man is a beast when it comes to flying. It turned into the last man standing more than anyone trying to get him, not that we did not try, I had Mav as my wingman, and we tried everything we could think of to outsmart him, but nothing worked, but in the end, instead of being upset about it we just laughed.

Our debriefing after that went on for some time, going over what we could have done better, learning that sometimes it’s best to bug out than to stay in the fight when you know you won’t win, best to go home and fight another day.

Lunch was fun. Myself, Mav, and Goose headed to a place close to the beach. We all got burgers and chips, not the healthiest thing. Still, they tasted so good, sitting in a small both Goose by himself and Mav next to me with his arm over the back of the back, stealing some of my chips since he ate all his. As we ate, Goose could not stop talking about how Carole and Bradley were coming to visit. He looked like a kid the night before x-mas, his face all bright. It made me happy to see him like that, but I was also excited. I love seeing them two. Carole is a fantastic sister-in-law, even if she does tease me about Mav, and Bradly is just the cutest nephew anyone could ask for.

Now in a quiet classroom part from the sound of an arm of fans cooling the room down in the San Diego heat, sitting at a table close to one of the open windows with Mav as Goose was off doing other stuff, I sat sideways on a chair next to him, leaning my back on his side which he did not mind, with my feed up on another chair bending my legs to use them to place my textbook on to read, as my notebook sat on the table net to me so I can write in, my left hand playing with my pen and my right hand fanning myself with a pace of paper I accordion folded into a make makeshift fan.

We talked now and then, I would ask him questions about something I read and what would be the best way to go about it, and he helped me, turning his head to read my textbook over my shoulder before talking things over with me, I find Mav to be a good teacher, he's not one to give you the answer right away. Still, he gives you hints to help you work it out yourself.

Charlie was in the room as well sometimes, she’ll be at the desk reading or writing stuff down, or she is walking up and down the classroom checking in on people.

Slader was sitting at a table in fount of us, playing with one of the demonstration jet models as he had headphones on, listening to his portable cassette player. He looked around at us now and then, sending me a wink if I ever happened to look up to see him looking, Or he commented how I should come and sit next to him, that he makes a better back nest than Mav to which I just give him the finger, before going back to reading. Mav tells him to Shh and turns around.

I could hear Charlie's high heel tapping on the floor as she walked around, coming close to our table for what felt like the tenth time.

“A rolling Reversal would work well in that situation.”

I heard her say as she stopped. I slightly move my head to look over my shoulder to see her standing there looking down at Mav’s books. I felt Mav move the arm I was sort of lean on as he talked back to her, 

“But if I reversed on a head cross,  I could immediately go to guns on them,”

He replied, to which I nodded in agreement even if am not part of the conversation, 

“Yeah, but at that speed, it’s too fast. It’s a little bit too aggressive.”

Charlie commented. As she did, I could see her love Mav up and down, making me roll my eyes. I am starting to think she now into him when she said at the Bar she was not, and also, This is Mav we are talking about. This man does not know how to do anything slowly. I learned that the hard way, when he took me on his back for the first time speeding down the roads, the speed limit to him is just a goal he thinks he needs to go over.

“Too Aggressive, Yeah, I guess when I see something, I go right after it,”

I wanted to throw up at Mav's replies, but because I wanted to keep my food down, I went with nudging him in his ribs with my elbow and pretending it was by mistake as I tried to readjust myself on my set. Was it a childish jealous move? Yes, do I care no, 

Mav just turned to look at me, telling me it was ok with his bright smile. I just smiled back before looking up at Charlie, who was writing something but looked up now and then, 

“Maybe that would not happen if you were not sitting like that”

She said without looking at us. Mav just laughed, turning his head to look at me as I still had my head turned around, 

“No, she fine, just where she is.” 

To say my face did not start to heat up at his words would be a lie. I needed to look away in the hops no one saw, but as I did, I caught eyes with Slider, who was smiling like a made man at me. I mouthed “Fuck off” to him, which only made him smile bigger, 

Charlie did not say anything after that as she pleased down the paper she was writing on; hearing her walk away, I looked around again to see Mav holding a piece of paper with red writing.

“Dinner tonight 5;30 sharp, 100 laurel blach……. Leave the Shadow”

I could not stop the small laugh from my mouth when I read it. I’m guessing I am the Shadow, but it also made me laugh remembering Iceman's words to me on the tarmac calling Mav my shadow.

“I thought she was not interested.”

I tell Mav as I look at my watch to see that the day is almost over. I moved off him as I closed up my books, 

“I guess she changed her mind after seeing how well I can fly.” 

I shocked my head at his comments before hitting his shoulder, 

“Your so full of yourself, Also Shadow? I’m a shadow now. How lovely”

I said out, not really asking him but just pointing it out. Mav smiled as he folded up Charlie's little love note placing it inside his book before stacking all his tuff up, reaching for his garrison cap and tucking it under his belt before picking his stuff up, 

“You a lovely shadow Rose,”

I just rolled my eyes at him, 

“Don’t try and sweet talk me. It won’t work. It’s not aggressive enough.”

I comment as I walk past him, hearing him hurry up behind. I then felt something pull on my belt, making me stop as a hard chest walks into my back, 

“You love it.”

Mav’s voice said dangerously close to my ear. That hot feeling was coming back again, 

“Hey, Mav, you ready to crash and burn in our volleyball game later.” 

Slider shouted, making Mav leave me, walking over to slider, lending on his table, taking one sniff of the air before telling Slider that he stank, making the person sitting in front of him laugh, as Mav walked back to me with a big smirk on his face I could see Slider sniffing his armpit behind him, 

“You coming?”

Mav asked me once we were out of the room, 

“Coming to what?”

“The volleyball game”

“Are you inviting me to watch you shirtless and sweaty running around in the sand, hitting a ball over a net with other shirtless sweary men?”

I teased him as I was already going. Mav nodded his head, 

“You know how to show a girl a good time, don’t you.”

“That not the only good time I can show a girl.”

His comment caught me off guard, making me chock on air. I breathed in wrong as my face started to heat up for the third time that day. Patting my back, Mav just laughed. 

“I don’t need to know about that, Mav, but Charlie mite.”

I speak out once I get my breath, at the Mav just surged his shoulder, making a funny face before doing his usual putting his arm over my shoulder as we walked down the hall,

Mav gave me a lift home on his bike, splitting way as I went to get a shower, and he wanted to change before heading to the beach, saying there was no point having a shower now when he was just going to get all sweaty again, I told him to go on a head that I’ll be there soon, 

I took my time to have a cold shower, one to cool myself down from Mav's comments and being so close to me, and also hot today.

Putting on a pair of denim shorts with a white t-shite and trainers, putting my sunglasses on,  I head off to the beach. I could see IceMan, Slider, WolfMan, and Hollywood grouped together talking by Iceman car as Mav and Goose were sitting at the bottom of one of the bleachers. I walked over, coming up behind Goose, sporting shorts and a t-shirt. I tapped him on the shoulder, making him jump, 

“God dame id Rosie don’t do that.” 

He called out, placing a hand over his heart. I laugh, leaning down to kiss him on the cheek,  

“Sorry, Goosie, but I could not help myself.”

I tell him as I sit down on a set up from them. Mav looks me up and down as he sits with his favorite blue jeans and a white t-shirt. 

“Where mine?”

I looked at him for a moment, thinking if I should do it. I wanted to but should I when he would be having dinner with Charlie in a couple of hours? Against my best judgment, I did it anyway, leaning forward and kissing his cheek a little too close to his lips.

“Happy?”

I ask, to which he nods his head. I could see Goose looking between us, smiling a little. I wondered if Mav had told him about his dinner date. Before I could ask, Iceman shouted over to Mav, asking if he and Goose were ready, 

“Good luck”

I tell them as they get up, Mav pulling off his t-shirt right in found of me, asking me to keep an eye on it. How can I do that when all I want to do is look at him shirtless? God, I feel like a silly school girl that saw a man shirtless for the first time, 

I was so into watching the boys play that I had not seen or heard Hollywood coming up behind me until I felt the cold feeling of water being poured all over me, making me jump up and spin around to see him running off laughing at Wolfman, what a fucking prick, I looked down to see that the water has got on to the front of my t-shirt and of course White and water are not the best mixes I could see my sports brat cleary throw it, 

Feeling self-conscious, I say back down, wrapping my arms around myself and bringing my knees up to my chest, trying to hide the front of my body as much as possible. I’ve never been one for showing off too much skin. Shorts are acceptable, but up top, no thanks, 

After winning a game, Mav and Goose returned to sit and drink. Goose flopped down, taking a bottle of water and almost doing it in one go as Mav looked at me, clearly seeing the socking wet top. It's not like Mav has not seen me naked before. Me, he, and Goose, when skinny dipping once or twice back in flight school, we were crazy, still are.

“What happened to you?”

His asking Made Goose look around at me as well, 

“Hollywood poured water over me. Now my shirt is see-through.”

I felt silly saying it, I could see Mav looking around the place as if looking for Hollywood, but when he could not, he looked back at me again, picking up his shirt and Bommern jacket, taking hold of my hand and pulling me with him, 

Letting go of my hand once we were behind a small beach shed, Mav handed me his shirt and Held up his bomber jacket like he wanted to put it on me, 

“What?”

“Put the shirt on. I’ll hold this up to give you some cover.”

Did my heart almost want just out of my chest as how sweet he was being? Yes, it did. I looked at his shirt and then at him to see that he had his head turned away, 

“Not like you not seen it before, may.”

I comment as I pull off my wet shirt, using what was still dry to wipe my chest down, before pulling moves over my head, and the moment I did, my nose was filled with his scent, making me dizzy.

“I know I have but am still a gentleman, but if you want me to look, just say the word sweetheart.”

His words were not helping me right now. Why am I like this? How come I have spent years doing so good at suppressing my feeling for him, but now going to top gun that all gone away? Could it be because of Charlie and seeing Mav with her at the Bar and now her asking him to dinner, 

“I’m done.” 

I tell him in a small voice, embarrassed at how my body was reacting and how oversized his shirt was on me.

“You always look good in my stuff.”

God, please stop, 

“Mav, where are you? We got another game to play.”

Goose shouted, saving me from having to say anything back to Mav. Walking around, Mav threw his bomber jacket back on his set as I sat down, taking a bottle of water out of the cooler and, boing the same as Goose and down the whole bottle in one, 

As the game went on, I could see Mav checking his watch now and then. I knew what he was counting down to, and I hated myself for feeling jealous. I should be happy Mav got a date, but I can’t, and I hate myself for wanting to hate Charlie. I should not be feeling that she has done nothing wrong, apart from asking the man I’ve had a crush on for years out, but I guess that what I get for doing nothing about my feeling, this is the universe's way of saying you had your chance now watch someone else talk it, 

They were halfway in a game when Mav came running over, followed by Goose, picking up his jacket as if he was going to put it on, but he stopped. I could see his eyes on me through his sunglasses. He just looked at me as I looked back at him, trying to keep my eyes on his, but my eyes betrayed, moving down to look at his hot, sweaty, covered in sand chest that looked so sexy, 

“Hey man, where you are going? We still got a game to play” 

Goose asked him. Mav then places his jacket back down, opening the color box that was under it, 

“I was just getting a drink. I could not wait till the end of the game.”

Mav replied, pulling a bottle out, opening and taking a mouth full of water before closing it back up and placing it back in the cooler. As he was about to run off, he kissed my cheek, 

“A Good luck kiss, Ice and Slier are burning us.”

He said before running off. I just laughed at him before shouting,

“I thought a good luck kiss was the other way around.” 

“I’m trying something new.”

That was all he said before getting right back into the game. I looked down at my watch to see the time. My eyes widened when I saw that it was 5;40 knowing Mav was late for his Date. Looking up, I saw Mav looking at me, so I tapped my Watch. He then looked at his watch and just shrugged his shoulder and winked at me,

Is this man about to keep playing a game and not go on a date. Should I be mad? He is blowing off a date to play around in the sand, but all I can do is laugh. Part of me did feel sorry for Charlie, but if she is going to get mad, Mav is the one getting it. He can’t say I did not tell him the time. 

[justyouraverageotaku]

I'm currently working on your requests but in the meantime here's the explanation as to why Slader and Gowther have a pet spider.

The New Family Member

Rating: Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Kinda modern I guess because they have a car

Pairings: Gowther x Slader

Tagging: @tounge-twist-nezushi and @cookiecandy22

It wasn't a particularly chilly day for the last day of October, yet Gowther and Slader still sat wrapped in a blanket cuddling into each other. Every so often one of them would have to get up as the last of the trick or treaters knocked on their door, but otherwise it was quiet and calm. When trick or treating hours were over, Gowther was the one that suggested watching a movie. Slader watched him as he skimmed over the horror movies before pulling out one of his favorites. They had watched the movie over a hundred times before but Gowther loved it and therefore Slader loved it. The movie involves a lot of gore (as to be expected from movies of the horror genre) and was centered around an escaped spider that appears normal but it progressively grows larger until it's the size of a building. Not to mention it has an obvious taste for human flesh. Halfway through the movie they feel asleep in each other's arms. The next morning was very cold as if to make up for the day before and to loudly announce that November had come. There was no snow yet though, to Gowther's obvious disappointment. Slader and Gowther spent the majority of the day in front of the fire wrapped in the same blanket as yesterday. Cups of now cool cocoa sat next to the couple with not a single marshmallow left, as they had been picking them off the top and feeding them to each other. Suddenly Slader suddenly got up and began to put his coat on. Gowther did the same immediately after, they were used to the other doing this and it usually meant a date that was unexpected by both of them. Slader held the door open for Gowther and they both stepped outside. Gowther then walked over to the car and held the driver's door open for Slader, determined to return the favor. It was an unspoken rule that whoever stood up to go out first drove. Along the drive Slader saw a pet store and decided that they should walk around and look for pets. When Slader voiced this idea to Gowther, they were quickly in agreement. When they got into the store they wandered around holding hands and pointing at pets. Gowther naturally gave a scientific speech for every animal they ran into and Slader happily listened. It was when they came across the spider that Gowther immediately thought and pointed out that it looked like the spider from the movie. He didn't have to though because Slader was thinking the same thing. They went through the process of buying it and getting the necessary tank, food, and plants for it. Then the whole drive home they discussed possible names. When they got home the habitat was immediately set up in the bedroom and the movie was turned on. As they laid down for bed that night they realized just how content they were with the other and their new eight legged family member. Perhaps one day they would get other pets, but that was something they would discuss at another time.

[laceymorganwrites]

The story of the sad chapter 16

Word count: 1,106

Pairing: Ban x reader

Warnings: gore, mentions of blood, character death (the gore isn´t too explicit, I tried writing it as such but I suck at explaining things so yeah...)

A/N: I´m just gonna act as if this didn´t not update in the last few months...

You couldn´t feel your wings any longer. The pain was dull and you merely felt the weight dragging you down. You couldn´t move, every time you did a sharp pain went through your spine.

Otherwise the pain was aching, throbbing.

You hated being useless like this, with your magic having run out and you being injured like that, you couldn´t even wield your sword right now.

And that at the most crucial part in battle. It was truly pathetic, you could hear your former soldiers laughing at you in their grave.

It felt wrong talking to Diane so peacefully while the others were fighting and investigating the cave, but you had no other choice.

Yet, you still felt bad for holding Diane back.

You screamed out in pain when a giant shock wave struck and blew you away to the capital again.

Landing on your wings, you broke them even more, almost tearing one off.

You could feel warm blood drizzling down your back at an alarming rate, it was only a matter of time before you got drowsy.

Looking around frantically for the source of the shock wave, you made sure everyone was okay.

Noticing that your fellow sins were blown away as well you scrunched your nose at the sight of how beaten they looked.

“That fucker...” you winced as you saw Hendrickson approach you. His appearance had changed into something demonic, well not truly demonic, but part of him certainly was.

You still wondered what his role in all this was, if he was part of a bigger picture you were missing, just what exactly his goal was.

Somehow you couldn´t figure it out, but honestly, you were glad to even be able to think right now.

Though you couldn´t really complain, you weren´t the only injured one.

Hendrickson proceeded to attack Gowhter as Meliodas tried to stop him from getting near Elizabeth.

You crawled your way to her and Margareth and sprawled out in front of her to protect her.

To be fair you looked quite pathetic, your sword was almost falling out of your hand and you could hardly breathe.

There was confusion among the masses of holy knights as to why their grand master suddenly was the enemy, thus made it easy for Hendrickson to cast a demonic spell with a wide range which annihilated quite a few holy knights.

He continued to attack as the dawn roar, Slader´s group started battling him, another magic knight stepped in and they cast their strongest attacks on him.

To no avail however. In this state he seemed invincible. Especially since almost everyone on the battlefield was injured somehow.

Gilthunder tried to rekindle their fighting spirit as Elizabeth awoke, sitting up and proclaiming that everyone should flee, she didn´t want any more deaths.

You understood her too well, but you had to stop him here and now, whatever the cost. Otherwise the world would be doomed.

The knights kept attacking, but nothing helped.

You could feel the ground rumble and smirked weakly, now was Diane´s turn.

King joined her and together they cast a combination attack, but Hendrickson didn´t even frown, they also ended up being defeated, thrown away as if they were mere flies to him.

This couldn´t be.

He should at least be a bit tired now…

Your eyes went wide as you realized that he cast yet another long range attack and you tried to protect Elizabeth when Meliodas jumped in front of you to do just that.

However even he couldn´t withstand the aftermath of such an attack and collapsed on the ground.

He weakly told her to run, but she stood her ground, tearing up slightly.

No other words could be exchanged before Hendrickson collected his demonic magic in his hand, forming a dark orb that would obliterate anything and anyone that would come into contact with it.

“Don´t you dare… touch them… asshole…” you heaved, an unpleasant whistling sound emitting, your lungs were screwed as you figured. But what part of you right now did even work anymore?

With shaking hands you crawled your way forward, all the time raising your head to glare daggers at him.

“Be patient, insect. I´ll put you out of your misery soon enough” he darkly commented, letting his magic loose and attacking Meliodas.

You bit your tongue, tears streaming down your face from the pain and continued crawling your way to the dirt, feeling your nails rip but you had to keep going.

Who would have thought that the one to bear the attack would be none other than Hawk?

As the attack hit him your voice was gone, you couldn´t believe it, choking out air, mouth wide agape, it looked comical.

All of this happened because you were weak, you let this happen, it was your fault alone.

You had one mission: to protect the princess, your sister. And you couldn´t even do that right.

The shock wave that followed was the last straw of your consciousness and you let yourself be engulfed into the darkness, feeling the dull ache your body was in more than ever.

You awoke by a bright light and flowers blooming around you, squinting your eyes you sat up, suddenly all the pain was gone and replaced by this familiar magic.

Startled, you hastily stood up and looked at Elizabeth, but the little hope you had vanished.

She didn´t remember yet, but she certainly unlocked her magic.

You picked up your sword and looked around to see where everyone was, feeling relieved when you saw that almost everyone was alright.

Everyone except the dead.

Elizabeth was soon surrounded by Diane and King who wanted to ask her all sorts of things, yet she couldn´t answer because she had no knowledge of casting the magic, to her it was like it just appeared.

Margaret came to her sister´s aid when she collapsed and took her to safety.

Meanwhile everyone was grabbing their weapons and tried to stop Hendrickson from getting to her.

Meliodas was the first to move, kicking him right in the face, following it up with numerous blows of his sword, you were getting excited just watching him.

You decided to wait a bit before you joined in, letting him have his fun first.

This also motivated everyone else and you quickly joined your friends, readying your sword.

Ban quickly checked you for injures and you flapped your wings to show him that you were alright.

You smiled at him, holding his hand and squeezing it in reassurance, somehow you´d make it, whatever it took, you´d win.

And it already took way too much.

[moonstomars]

You can take it as a challenge if you want, how about Gowther x Slader for the Ship Game ;)

Thank you for this ask! Okay I’ve never written about them but I actually like this ship! I would like it more if Nakaba MADE THEM INTERACT! (They had this interesting relationship but they haven’t talked at all lately and that’s annoying. I wanted to see Slader’s reaction to Gowther’s emotions!) 

Anyway, here we go

Who is a night owl: Gowther because he doesn’t sleep, but Slader doesn’t mind keeping him company. Eventually he falls asleep, but since he doesn’t need much sleep it doesn’t happen that early in the night   

Who is a morning person: Gowther has spent all his night awake so he is the one who gets up earlier, but Slader is a morning person too and usually wakes up when the sun rises. He is a knight, he is used to getting up early! 

Are they cuddlers: yes! They love to sit together and Slader usually holds Gowther while he reads (sometimes he reads out lout for Slader too)

Who is the big spoon: usually Slader, he just likes holding Gowther so much but doesn’t mind at all when Gowther holds him, he finds it cute! 

Who is the little spoon: Gowther, having Slader’s arms around him feels nice and he is just so at ease. He likes to hug Slader too sometimes though 

What is their favourite sleeping position: Slader holds Gowther against his chest, gently enough so that Gowther can get up if he wants to. Gowther likes to lie like this with him, but after a while, when he knows Slader is asleep, he sits down and read 

Who steals all the blankets: none of them usually, Gowther doesn’t need them and Slader loves to share them with him! 

What they wear to bed: Slader probably wears some shorts, while Gowther a pyjama, but he can also sleep naked, Slader doesn’t mind at all 

Who likes seeing the other wearing their t-shirt: Slader! He loves it so much, his shirts are so big on Gowther, he thinks it’s adorable

Who falls asleep mid-conversation: Gowther doesn’t fall asleep and Slader usually can control himself, and when he feels like he is really tired he tells Gowther and goes to bed. He fell asleep suddenly a couple of times while Gowther read to him because he was exhausted but he was enjoying himself too much 

Who wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares: Slader, sometimes he dreams about his childhood or the mistakes he made (he is still blaming himself for them). Gowther knows it can happen and he is ready to calm him down 

Who accidentally punched the other in their sleep: Slader is usually ver controlled in his sleep and doesn’t move much, but it can happen during his nightmare and he can easily push Gowther out of the bed. He always apologises after, but Gowther doesn’t mind 

Who can’t keep their hands to themself: oh both of them like touching each other, Slader likes to hold Gowther close and Gowther has a thing for holding Slader’s hand and play with his fingers 

Who said “I love you” first: Slader, he needed to let Gowther know how he felt, no matter the answer. Gowther was a bit surprised but he had feelings for Slader too and he didn’t hesitate to tell him 

Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background: Slader, Gowther has a picture with all his friends (Slader is there too of course)

Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror: Gowther, he finds it so much fun! They are usually short, sweet sentences or reminders. Sladers usually answers to them so that Gowther can find them later 

Who buys the other cheesy gifts: Slader, totally, he loves spoiling Gowther and Gowther always appreciate them so much and looks so happy. Slader simply can’t stop, he melts when he sees him smile! 

Who initiated the first kiss: they kind of met halfway, Gowther got a bit closer at first and Slader couldn’t resist kissing him 

Who kisses the other awake in the morning: Gowther sometimes does that! Slader is a light sleeper but he always fakes to be asleep because he likes when Gowther kisses him like this. (Gowther knows he is faking of course, but he doesn’t mind kissing him more)

Who starts tickle fights: Gowther once tries because he was curious about it, but Slader easily immobilised him. I’m not sure Gowther is ticklish, but surely they had fun trying to figure this out 

Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower: both of them! They like taking showers together and washing each other hair

Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch: Gowther, he asked Ban to make something and then went looking for Slader among the Holy Knights. Slader will be probably busy trying to rebuild Liones for a while but he likes taking a break to spend some time with Gowther 

Who was nervous and shy on the first date: they were both pretty chill, they already knew each other pretty well and trusted each other, and just wanted to have some fun! 

Who kills/takes out the spiders: none of them is bothered by spiders, they could just leave them there, and when they take care of them they simply pick them up and take them out 

Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk: I don’t think Gowther can get drunk and Slader usually doesn’t drink that much, he prefers to be ready to fight. But he let himself go a couple of time and he becomes very cuddly and a bit more talkative, though not very loud. He tells Gowther about how much he loves him hugging him tight 

[natsuxlucyfanfiction]

Mr. and Mrs. Claus (Christmas NaLu Fanfic)

With all the snow, hot cocoa, and laughter, it was hard not to be in the Christmas spirit. This Christmas, Fairy Tail was invited to help run the festival. Gray was the Grinch. Levy was the head elf. Erza was Rudolph, and was very passionate about her role. But most importantly, what would Christmas be without Santa Claus?

Natsu didn’t play a very convincing Santa; he didn’t have a big belly and he had no beard. Only the hat and a red suit. Nevertheless, the children were all over him. They would ask for toys and parents would take pictures of their darling children. It was my job as Mrs. Claus to entertain the families in line.

“Miss?” A small child tugged on my skirt. I bent down to her eye level and smiled.

“Hey there! What can I do for ya’?”

Her eyes were tearing up, so either this girl lost something, is lost, or got hurt. “I can’t find my mommy.” She dropped her stuffed zebra to wipe her tears away.

“Aww, don’t worry.” I pulled her into a hug. “I’ll make sure you find her. Now what does she look like?”

“She’s really tall and has brown hair,” she said, grabbing my hand. I know this girl is in distress but darn, is she cute! Her little pig tails and squishy face make me want to have a kid of my own.

“By the way, I’m Mrs. Claus. I don’t think we’ve met before.”

The little girl smiled and blushed bashfully. “I know who you are. You’re Santa’s wife.”

“Yup, and you are?”

“Malia Slader.”

“Oh, I remember Santa telling me that you were on the nice list this year.” Her giggles after I booped her nose were music to my ears! I can’t wait ‘till I’m a mom. After leaving my post, Malia and I wandered around in search of her mom. Of course I took it seriously, but to keep her in happy spirits I occasionally pointed at the most random things and asked her if it was her mom.

“Okay, are you sure that that’s not your mom?”

“That’s a candy cane,” Malia objected with a radiant smile, though one of her front teeth were missing.

“It’s a giant candy cane, so you’re mom can be hiding behind it,” I stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. “Duh.”

“Then let’s check.”

“Malia!” We turned around to see a tall brunette running towards the both of us. Must be her mother. I let go of Malia’s hand.

“Oh my goodness, Malia.” Her mom swooped her up and held her tight. “I was worried sick, where did you run off to?”

“I missed you mommy,” Malia said, holding on to her mom just as tight. “I was scared that I’d never see you again,” she whispered into her mama’s ears.

“Listen to me, Lia.” Her mom set her down and looked her square in the eye. “There is nothing in this world, no ocean wide enough, no mountain range long enough, that could stop me from finding you.” She kissed Malia on the cheek and gave her another hug.

Though the moment was between the two of them, I felt the emotions too. I may not have known my mother for long, but I know that she would’ve done the same for me. Miss you, mom.

“Mrs. Claus, it’s an honor to meet you,” Malia’s mom said with a similar smile as Malia. “I’m Tanya, Malia’s mother.”

“It’s nice to meet you! Your daughter is such a sweetheart.”

“Thank you. And thank you so much for helping her. Is there anyway I can pay you back? Coffee?”

“No worries. Actually, I have to get back to Santa. It was a pleasure to meet the both of you!”

“Bye Mrs. Claus!” I waved at Malia, then began to walk off. In my earshot I heard Malia tell her mother: “Mom, if you didn’t find me it’d be okay because Santa knows where everyone lives so Santa could just take me home!”

She’s not wrong, well, if Santa was real. Natsu couldn’t do anything like that. Speaking of, I walked back to where he was with all the kids. Hopefully it didn’t get too crazy without me being there to watch Natsu-I mean the kids! I totally meant the kids.

“Hey, there she is!” I heard Natsu shout over all the kids. They began to scream, which is how kids show any emotion apparently.

“Yup, hey children! Are you guys having fun?!” I asked with an overly exaggerated chipper tone to fit the role. They screamed again in response. Once the screams died down, Santa began to talk.

“So Mrs. Claus, the kids and I were thinking, it’s not fair that all these kids get to sit on my lap and tell me their Christmas wishes and you don’t.”

Um, Natsu? Where are you going with this? My heart sunk as the smirk grew on his face. He’s not actually gonna make me go up there, right?

“Hey kids, don’t you think Mrs. Claus deserves to make a Christmas wish?” And as expected, they screamed their approval.

Please, God, don’t make me go up there! I’d have to sit on his lap...in front of everyone! My face was getting warm out of embarrassment.

“Come on, Luce,” Natsu cooed from his throne. He looked so smug, I just wanted to slap him. I can’t believe he would do this to me! And these little demons were encouraging him. I’m so screwed.

Reluctantly, I walked to where Natsu was sitting, and sort of sat on his knee. It was the farthest I could sit with it still be technically counted as sitting. My efforts didn’t matter, however, since Natsu just pulled me onto his lap anyway.

“You’re so dead later,” I promised through tears of embarrassment and a fake smile for the kids.

“Worth it while it lasts,” he whispers back.

“So Mrs. Claus, my lovely, beautiful wife, what would you like for Christmas?” Natsu asked me, all the kids waiting for my response. And boy, did I have a good idea.

“Well, you know what I really want for Christmas?” I said with a playful tone. Leaning in so that our noses almost touched, I answered.

“Kids.”

His face visibly sunk. That got rid of his smugness pretty well, if I do say so myself. The kids either oooed or ewwwed. With eyes wide, he mouthed, “You can’t be serious.”

“Bet.” It was my turn to be smug. I hopped off of his lap and turned to face the children. “So kids, is Santa gonna grant all our wishes this Christmas?”

“Yes!” They all screamed in unison.

Natsu got out of the chair. “Guess what kids? Santa isn’t real!” He threw his hat on the floor and booked it out of the building.

I couldn’t stop laughing, though parents were outraged and children were crying. Needless to say, Fairy Tail wasn’t not invited again the next year.

[553butterfly553]

The Adventures of Arcadia and Hendrickson - 8

A Month Later

For Hendrickson, Arcadia, and Griamore, the following month was full of dangerous situations. One town after another, the three of them went to and eradicated the demons plaguing the people. Even Griamore was helpful in the process. He made sure to keep the two adults safe as they killed off the demons. With each demon they killed, the two adults got a little closer together. They worked so well together and were a great team, including Griamore. Their chemistry was great, and both of them could feel it. Even the little boy could tell that there was something growing between them. That's what led them to where they were now. The group was stopped in the woods at night, away from any village. They hadn't come across a demon for a few days now and had no reason to stay in a village. They were actually now making the trek back to Liones. They were close, but not too close. “Arcadia, do you want to learn more now?” Hendrickson questioned as he approached the girl who was poking at the fire. The two of them were working on her goddess powers every so often, and she could even heal a basic wound now. However, her ability to purge was going nowhere. “Alright, I guess.” Arcadia finally sighed out. She wasn't happy about her ability to purge, or the lack thereof ability. “Let's try this again.” Hendrickson held out a little bottle of poison and handed it to her. “Try to purify this with your ability to purge.” “I have no ability.” “You're a goddess, you can do this.” Hendrickson wholeheartedly believed in the girl and her abilities. “You can do it, Arc!” Griamore called out from his spot near the fire. “I... alright, I'll try again.” Arcadia wrapped her hands around the little bottle and thought hard about purging it of its poison. She thought hard about it, but nothing happened. “Let's try something else.” Hendrickson took the bottle, opened it up and drank it. “Hendrickson!” “Purge the poison now,” Hendrickson stated as he just stared at the shocked girl. The girl swore many different words and placed her hands on Hendrickson's chest. She thought hard about purging the poison, but nothing worked. However, when she thought about saving his life, her hands began to glow and the poison within Hendrickson was purged away. “I can't believe you did that!” Arcadia yelled out as she shoved Hendrickson backward. He caught her hands and smirked at her. “I knew you could do it you just needed the right incentive.” “What if I couldn't do it?” “Then I'd purge myself.” “You're an idiot.” Arcadia tore her hands away from Hendrickson and stood up, pouting. She then turned away from the man and walked over to the little boy who was poking at the fire. “Arcadia, I'm sorry. I just fully believed in you.” Hendrickson commented simply as he followed the girl. He sat down right next to where he eventually sat down and looked over at her. “I guess... thank you for believing in me...” “I have always believed in you.” Those words made Arcadia look over at the white-haired man. Her heart soared as she smiled at him and he returned it with a smirk of his own. It wasn't a full smile, but it was enough. “Thank you, Hendy.” He now no longer blushed every time she called him that. He'd grown used to it and now it gave him a warm fuzzy feeling in his chest.   “I'm tired,” Griamore spoke, breaking their little moment. He got up and climbed into Arcadia's lap after he spoke. There, he instantly fell asleep. “It's almost time for Meliodas to wake up. We should get back to Liones... I also have a bad feeling about what's going on there.” Arcadia finally spoke after some time of silence. “Besides, I think Griamore is missing his two friends.” “I agree. He has seemed a bit down recently.” Hendrickson responded as he looked at the sleeping boy. “We should reach Liones tomorrow if we hurry and I think we need to hurry.” “Alright. Well, for now, let's go to sleep.” “Right.” Arcadia then lifted the boy up and laid him down on the ground. She then covered him with a blanket they'd bought along the way and returned to Hendrickson's side. He was now also on the ground with a blanket of his own near Griamore. The two of them slept together each night, because not only do they sleep well, but they keep the bad dreams away from each other as well. “Goodnight, Arcadia,” Hendrickson mumbled to the girl as he began to drift to sleep. “Night, Hendy,” Arcadia muttered back as she snuggled closer to the man. He had his arms tightly wrapped around her as he pulled her closer on instinct. The next morning, they woke up with Griamore between them, yet again. They usually woke up to the little boy being there. He didn't want to admit it but he enjoyed being there between two people because it reminded him of his parents. After they woke up and got ready to go they made the walk to Liones. When they got there, they realized that there was a battle going on. They quickly made their way to where they could sense Fraudrin. As they got closer they could hear the voices from people inside of the castle. “Get the hell down here, you bastard!” Someone yelled out angrily, presumably at Fraudrin. “You're one of the demon clan's Ten Commandments! It's your time for your day of reckoning!” “We, the Pleiades of the Azure Sky will make sure today is the final day you walk amongst the living... we swear our lives on it!” “How dare you... do that to Sir Denzel!” “Hmph... Insects,, you bark because you have no bite... know your place... None of you possess the ability or skill to stand toe-to-toe with me.” Fraudrin spoke as he looked down on everyone. “In that case, perhaps I should throw my hat into the fray...” Hendrickson spoke as he and Arcadia approached the situation with their swords out. “You...” Dogedo spoke as he recognized Hendrickson. “That body... belongs to my friend... my comrade.” Hendrickson was ready to fight and Arcadia was right at his side. “And today will be the day that I take it back!” “Hendrickson... You fool... After I was gracious enough to let you live. And Arcadia, my former lover, you are standing by that fool.” Fraudrin muttered as he glared down at the two. “We'd rather die than accept help from the likes of you, you scum!” Dogedo growled at the man. “Dogedo, this is neither the time nor place for that!” One of the man's comrades snapped instantly. “I will have vengeance for my friend! You will pay!” “Once this fight is over, you may do with me what you wish. I shall not resist.” Hendrickson spoke as he walked passed the yelling man with the girl right behind him. She glared at the other man for a moment before continuing to follow Hendrickson. “Hendy, are you sure about that? You know I won't let anyone touch you, right?” Arcadia mumbled to the man, who only ignored her words this time. He was focused on the demon in front of him. “Howzer, Slader... we should help evacuate his majesty and his aides!” Gilthunder stated as he spoke to his close friend. “Yeah... Since our hands are tied we'd be nothing more than dead weight and a hindrance if we stayed here. Besides, there is still lots of attendants and maids running about the castle.” Howzer responded as he looked back at his friend. “Margret... I swear on my life that I will protect you!” Gilthunder then spoke as he turned to the princess. “Gil...” The princess responded fondly. More of the people talked amongst themselves before finally noticing what was behind Fraudrin. “Wh...What the hell are those?!” Howzer exclaimed as he looked at Grayroad. “Silence, ladies, and gentlemen. You are all about to bear witness to one of the world's greatest mysteries, the Grayroad show.” Fraudrin spoke with a smirk on his face. “Her progeny has no distinction that would classify them as male or female... she is but an anomaly of a high-class demon born from the lesser classes... The rarest of rare species that has earned the right to be called a queen form. And just as her name implies, she is a creature without any magic... only capable of laying eggs... eggs from which her offspring will be born, and that offspring's sole purpose in life is to protect their queen.” That seemed to put Hendrickson on edge. “Yes, that's right, Hendy. The same principle that once fueled your experiments to usher in the new era. Though if I were to point out any differences... Her eggs are beyond reproach... There are no failures among them and the demons that are born from her eggs will be the highest purity... None shall be tainted with any traces of their former host.” “We don't have a second to spare!” Arden yelled out as he shot down two people. “No! Don't do that!” Arcadia yelled out a little too late. “Oh dear...” Fraudrin muttered as he put his hand to his chin. “This is what happens when you act on impulse... if you had let me finish... you'd have learned that if the bodies inside the eggs are exposed to air once they reach a threshold temperature, they begin to grow and mature at an incredibly accelerated rate.” The eggs fell to the ground and broke, causing the demons to be released. Fraudrin then smiled largely, sending chills through Arcadia. “Dammit!” Arcadia swore as she ignored Fraudrin's next sentence. Instantly, Ban tried to help out and tried to get the bulb out of them, but failed. “Fox's sin Ban, what you attempted just now... you were targeting the bulb, were you not? You're going to have to do a whole lot better than that if you want to destroy one of these egg-spawned demons.” “Out of the way, Mr. Hero! We ain't got time for your roundabout methods!” Dogedo yelled as he charged at the demons. “Wait, stop!” Arcadia yelled out instantly. She and Deathpierce both yelled out at the man, but he ignored both of them. Dogedo slammed right through the demons, killing them instantly and immediately, he began to age and then die right in front of everyone. “Wh...what's happening?!” Deldry demanded, horrified at the situation. “I am the Ten Commandments' thou shalt not kill. Any and all who dare take another's life in my presence shall have all of their own time... their own life stolen from them.” Grayroad spoke in her creepy ass voice. “Now... the choice is yours, kill your former acquaintances that have been reborn as demon spawn and forfeit your life because of it... or stand idly by and be slaughtered by your former acquaintances that have been reborn as demon spawn...” Fraudrin actually began to chuckle as he spoke those words. “If Meliodas were alive, you wouldn't stand a chance!” Gilthunder growled as he protectively stood in front of Margret. To that, Fraudrin began to full on laugh. “If he were alive? Even if he were, his hands would be hopelessly as tied as yours!” “Shut up Fraudrin! Don't forget, I'm here!” Arcadia yelled out instantly. “Ah yes, my beautiful former lover. I was surprised to see you arrive with Hendy. I wonder, what is going on between you two...” He almost seemed bothered by that. The next thing anyone knew, Margret was yelling Gilthunder's name. “Well, well, I did not see that coming! Our mysterious magician was none other than this country's former royal magician who had long since been exiled!” He began to laugh again. “I must say, that was a wise decision nonetheless! While you stand there engaging in what is surely stimulating conversation, more and more eggs are hatching!” Sure enough, the eggs fell from where they were and hit the ground. Thankfully though, Gustaf was able to freeze them instantly. However, that used all the strength he had left in him. He instantly passed out afterward. “What's wrong? Passing out on me already?” Fraudrin smirked cockily. Thankfully though, as Gustaf's ice melted, it was replaced by another's and it also attacked Fraudrin. “What... What is this imposing magical power?!” “You flatter me... it's simply some run-of-the-mill ice magic. But until I dispel it, it shall remain frozen for all eternity.” Everyone looked up to see who was talking now. “I must apologize for my tardiness.” Everyone was shocked to see Merlin floating there. “This can't be... You should have been turned to stone by Galand's Commandment!” “I was busy putting the finishing touches on a few experiments, but thanks to that, I've been able to achieve some rather satisfying results. Now then, Ten Commandments, it's time I made you my personal, little guinea pigs!” “Lady Merlin!” Hendrickson happily called out, relieved to see the woman. “This human... is very dangerous.” Grayroad began to power up an attack that was aimed at Merlin, however, Howzer jumped in the way instead. Howzer instantly fell backward onto the ground. “Howzer!” Hendrickson yelled out as he made his way to the fallen man. “Wh.. what just happened to me? I can't see anything... I can't hear anything... everything's gone completely pitch black... I can't feel my fingers or my feet... Guess I'm about to meet my maker...” “Lady Merlin, what is the meaning of this?!” “It appears he's lost function of his five senses... fascinating,” Merlin responded simply, which irritated Arcadia a little bit. Howzer went back to mumbling something while Merlin put her two fingers to her lips, whispered something and then put those two fingers to Howzer's head. He instantly shot up, colliding with Hendrickson's chin in the process. “Are you alright, Hendy?” Arcadia asked as she crouched down next to him. He just had a look of almost disappointment on his face. “I'm just fine.” Hendrickson finally responded just as Merlin began to kill bugs that were coming at them. Surprisingly though, nothing happened to the female. “Steal away all of someone's time, or in layman's terms, a person will have all their remaining years taken from them. While your commandment is indeed intriguing and impressive, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but... it will have no such effect on me.” “Merlin, then you're not human?!” Ban questioned, a little confused. “Merlin is special...” Arcadia muttered mostly to herself, but Hendrickson heard.  He was about to question when Merlin began talking again. She rambled on about experiments taking such a long time and what not. Arcadia stopped paying attention to her. Until the end. “And then, just like that, it occurred to me. All I needed to do was simply stop my own time. “Stop your own time?!” Howzer yelled out, shocked. “Infinity, that is the magic power I possess. No matter how powerful a magic is, all I need to do is invoke it just once... and I can keep flames burning, ice frozen or time stopped, for eternity, as long as I, myself, do not release the spell.” She then paused and looked around at everyone. “Everyone looks perplexed? If you've got something to say, now's the time to spit it out.” No one spoke out loud, but everyone was thinking it. 'So unfair!' was the thought, while Arcadia just chuckled to herself. She already knew the truth about Merlin. “Be that as it may! Never mind the fact that your magic power borders on cheating, it still doesn't explain how you were able to release yourself after being turned to stone by Galand!” Fraudrin yelled up at the floating woman. “His was quite the remarkable commandment... It took me a considerable amount of time before I was able to return myself back to normal.” Merlin simply responded to the man. “These commandments are no mere ordinary magic spells... they are curses bequeathed to us by the Demon King himself! No matter how much time you have allotted yourself, no simple sorcerer could ever release themselves from one!” Grayroad yelled in multiple different voices that creeped Arcadia out a bit. “In truth, even I panicked even if for just a moment... but I slowly and calmly regained my composure... and suddenly I remembered something. That I had been endowed with natural resistance to commandments, to begin with. So preposterous and outlandish really... it was so long ago... So much time has passed, in fact, that it seems everyone has all but forgotten my true identity.” Merlin ranted on and then continued. “None other than Belialuin's daughter. As the Ten Commandments, I'm sure that name ought to ring a bell and resonate with you...” Instantly, Fraudrin and Grayroad freaked out. “Lies! We're just to take your word that you're that survivor?! I... I refuse to believe it!” Fraudrin yelled out as he began to freak out a little bit more. “My true name is...” Then Merlin spoke terrifying type noises that confused the hell out of all the humans and shocked the two demons. “Then it's... it's true... there's no doubt about it!” Grayroad yelled out, horrified. “Wh...what was that just now?!” Howzer yelled out to Merlin, just as freaked out as the demons. “I apologize. It's not something a human can pronounce.” Merlin then turned her attention to Grayroad. “Well then, I've grown bored of this conversation. Let us continue where we left off...” She then began to fly towards Grayroad, causing it to shriek in fear. “This bodes poorly!” The Grayroad began to try to go in all different directions to get away from Merlin. “No, not that way you fool! We must split apart!” Grayroad then split apart in tiny gray demons and tried to escape in all different directions. “Hold on now... I don't remember giving you permission to leave... I can't have my precious guinea pig escaping on me.” Merlin then created a massive whirlwind that began to tear everything apart near it. Everyone ducked and covered trying to not get swept up in it. Hendrickson grabbed a hold of Arcadia and kept his grip tight on her as wind swept all around them. “Escape is futile... we are getting sucked... back into the center...” All of the pieces of Grayroad were then sucked up and it all swirled down into a test tube that Merlin closed when everything was inside. “I've gotten my hands on quite the scrumptious guinea pig,” Merlin spoke as she fondly looked at the now-closed test tube. However, everyone else was in shock as the whole castle was now gone as well. The king himself was in the most shock, due to his home now being gone. No one really knew what to do for a few moments, so everyone remained mostly silent with shock at all that had just transpired.

[queen-of-deans-booty]

John Teaches You To Hustle

Characters: Reader, Dean, John, Sam, asshole frat boys

Word Count: 1,762

Warnings: Hustling, grabby hands, asshole drunk frat boys, the feeling of being violated and uncomfortable of an older man’s hands on you, dean fluff at the end

Author’s Note: In this, the reader and Dean are 17 years old and Sam is 13. A HUGE thank you to @jarpadandjensenaremyheroes for this idea! She is amazing and you should follow her immediately!

Feedback is always appreciated

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Series Rewrite Masterlist // Backstories Masterlist

“John, I’m not sure about this. This seems wrong.” You said, biting your lip hard. You looked at him and then at Dean who was across the bar and grill with his brother. John had brought you to a family bar and grill but he was on a mission.

Dean already knew this routine, that is why he was keeping his brother busy. John was teaching you how to hustle men in the game of pool. You knew how to play, thanks to Dean but you just didn’t know how to make yourself come across as innocent enough for much older men to underestimate you. You weren’t a confident girl as it was but John was persistent about this matter.

Hustling is how John made his money. Well, that and credit card fraud that he somehow never gets caught at.

“Y/N, sweetheart, you can do this. What is wrong, is those men who hustle other people. No one can do anything about it but you can. It’s okay.” John said from behind you. He handed you the pool cue and you crabbed it, biting your lip.

The bar was pretty empty for a Tuesday night which was good because that gave John a more open opportunity to teach you something other people wouldn’t like.

“Okay, fine, what do I do?” You looked back at you at John for help.

“First, the guys at the bar will most likely will be drunk so their inhibitions are down. You have to act like you don’t know what you’re doing but in fact, it’s the complete opposite. You know how to play pool well and when their drunk, their pool game will be off.

“Second, I know it will be uncomfortable at first, but, sweetheart, they will touch you. Don’t worry, because you’ll always be with me or Dean and you know we won’t let anything happen to you. Do you understand that?” John said, looking at you.

“Touch me how?” You asked, worry filling your eyes. You looked over at Dean since he made you feel safe and he caught your eyes. He smiled and nodded, giving you a wordless encouragement.

“Your ass for one thing. They’ll try and get you to come home with them. But that’s part of your routine. I know this sounds scary but it’s not. Would I let anything happen to you?” John said, asking a serious question.

“No, you wouldn’t.” John may have brought you into this life but he has never put your life on the line when it came to anything. Not yours, not Dean’s, not Sam’s. You trusted John and you nodded, determined to get this right.

“That’s my girl. Now, I won’t touch you but pretend that I am one of those men hustling other people.” John said, getting into character. You nodded and took a deep breath, getting into yours. You knew how to act. Years of watching TV has done that to you. Years of never leaving the motel room, you could only do so much to entertain yourself.

You went through everything, John’s helpful pointers and tips including his praises and words of encouragement, were what got you through. You put up your pool cue when you were done.

“That was good, Y/N,” John said with a smile.

“Thanks, John.” You said with a smile. The bar’s door opened and you watched as a group of college frat boys came in, hooting and howling, going straight for the bar. You watched as one of them caught your eyes and winked at you.

“Okay, Y/N, this is your chance. Do you think you can do this one on your own?” John whispered into your ear.

“I think so?” You said, not confident at all.

“Let’s go sit by the boys. Let them have the pool table for a few games. Then you make your appearance.” John said, leading you over to where Dean and Sam were.

“Are we done here?” Sam asked, sighing. This wasn’t his scene at all and granted, he was only 13 years old but till.

“Almost, Sam.” John said, sipping his warm beer.

“Dad, are you thinking of sending her out there? By herself?” Dean said, getting protective of you.

“She’ll be fine, Dean. We are right here.” John said.

“Ask her that, she’s shaking.” Dean got up and walked to your side and put an arm around your shoulder.

“I’ll be fine, Dean.” You said, looking into his eyes. He sighed and nodded, not letting go of you.

“Alright, Y/N, get ready.” John said. You looked over at the pool table and saw some of the boys laughing with drinks in their hands as a poor man gave them their money. That sight alone was what made you get up. No one should be treating other people like that.

You looked at Dean and John with a nod and took a deep breath and walked over to them, seeming shy and distant which wasn’t a total act.

“Can I play?” You asked in a small voice.

“Are you sure, sweetheart? We wouldn’t want to break your pretty little heart.” The leader of the group smirked and walked closer to you. You took out the wad of cash John gave you to use. You had a job to do and you couldn’t afford to lose it.

“I have money.” You said, looking at the leader. You were much shorter than most of them and they smirked, knowing they would be able to beat you.

“Fine, you can go first.” The leader said, pulling out an equivalent wad of cash. You walked over to the table and placed the money down, the other man did the same thing.

“What’s your name, sweetheart?” One of the other men said, drinking his beer.

“Y/N.” You said shyly, grabbing a pool cue.

“Cute. I’m Pete and these are my friends, Slader, Flash, Blaze, and Mike,” The leader said, grabbing a cue. “What school do you go to?”

“Just the local high school. I’m a senior. I’m almost done with high school.” You said, preparing the balls.

“Ooo fresh meat.” You heard one of the guys say to another. You gulped, not knowing you could really do this and you looked at Dean from across the bar and he nodded at you. One look in his eyes seemed to calm your nerves.

“Don’t listen to them. Just break.” Pete said, watching your ass. You saw Dean get angry and you knew what Pete was doing. You bent down and lined your shot up but jumped when you felt a hand slap your ass.

“Sorry, my hand slipped.” Pete said with a smirk. Yeah, you definitely were going to beat their sorry asses. But you had an act to uphold. You shot the cue ball but missed and it wasn’t your turn anymore. Pete’s friends snickers but didn’t say anything as you let Pete take his turn.

He made in a few stripped balls and then it was your turn again. This went on until there were more solid balls than stripped balls. Pete thought he was winning and you knew that you had to step up. You pretended to think about your move and once you got it, you bent down but froze a bit when you felt a pair of lips at your ear.

“Why don’t you, after this game, come back to our dorm? We could have a lot of fun.” Pete said, his hands going to your waist. It was a lie to say you weren’t uncomfortable but you hated how these men were. You had to put them in their place.

“Maybe. If you win, I’ll go back with you.” You said, taking your shot, managing not to hit him in the stomach. You made the solid ball and you got up to move around the table and bent over to take another shot.

“And if you win?” Pete said, smirking as he leaned on his pool cue.

“You stop hustling innocent people and get a life.” You said, taking your game up a notch and made your shot, hitting in two balls at once. Pete’s face fell when he realized what your game was. You smirked and made the rest of the shots, hitting in the eight ball.

You stood up and set your cue stick on the table, walking over to the money and grabbing your stack and his. You placed them in your bra and turned to walk away but Pete grabbed your arm harshly.

“You think you can hustle me and get away with it? That’s my money bitch.” Pete said, pulling you into him. Your one cry for help that came out of your mouth was enough for John and Dean to be at your side.

“Leave her alone. She won that money fair and square and you know it.” John said, removing Pete’s hand from you. Dean put an arm around you and pulled you into him protectively.

“Where’s Sam?” You whispered, worried for the younger Winchester.

“Getting the car started.” Dean whispered back.

“She hustled me!” Pete said, getting in John’s face but everyone here knew that John against Pete was no contest. John would beat him to a pulp before Pete could get a move out.

“Just like you hustled other people, right?” John said, glaring at him.

“Hey, Pete, let’s just go.” Mike said, putting a hand on his friend’s shoulder. Apparently, Mike was the smarter of the bunch. Pete glared at John before looking at you.

“Watch your back, sweetheart.” Pete threatened. You didn’t worry about it because you wouldn’t be back in this town ever again, or at least, not for a while. Dean walked you out of the bar and when you, Dean, and John were safe in the car, you threw the money at John with tears in your eyes.

“I don’t ever want to do that again, John.” You said, feeling violated.

“Sammy, switch with me.” Dean said, getting out of the car. Sam got in the front without question and Dean got in the backseat with you. He pulled you into his arms and you placed your head on his chest.

“I’m sorry, Y/N.” John said with a sigh and he took off back to the motel to pack up.

“I feel so violated.” You whispered to Dean.

“I got you. You’re okay.” Dean whispered back, rubbing your back soothingly. He ran his fingers through your hair and suddenly, all that went away. Dean was with you and you were safe in his arms.

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Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu Episodes 5 & 6

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Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu Episodes 5 & 6

Episode 5: Overwhelming Violence

The name to this episode wasn’t joking. It was almost overwhelming with the amount of bad (situation-wise) that happened in such a short amount of time. At least, that’s what it felt like. Before the madness happens, we get just a small bit of happiness with King finally being recognized by the other fairies again. Which was well deserved considering all the crap that he’s had to deal with.

I don’t think I’ve laid down my thoughts about Ban yet so I suppose I guess now’s as good a time as ever. While I do like Ban, I have a few problems with him. As someone who prioritizes friends and family over all, I can’t agree with Ban trying to find a way to bring Elaine back to life. I’m very iffy about the prospect of bringing dead characters (who have been dead for a while) back and the fact he would sacrifice his best friend to possibly bring her back was mildly irritating to me. Not to mention that they had known each other for only about a week and he had been with Meliodas far longer. So the fact he’s leaving behind his friends in the Seven Deadly Sins is something I can’t get behind. Well enough of my rants, let’s move on.

Three words. Galand is TERRIFYING. If we didn’t know what OP was in this series, I think Galand just set a new bar. He wiped out an entire area of houses and people with only a few waves of his weapon and slaughtered several knights as if they were mere flies. And the fact that we got confirmation that he’s not at his strongest emphasizes just how terrifying these Ten Commandments are. Even Meliodas is no match for Galand’s brute strength.

I know I complained about how Merlin literally has an answer for everything in my earlier review and I completely appreciate how it was handled this episode. The fact that she got turned to stone is not good (not at all) but I’m glad she failed here or else I feared that she’d become a Mary Sue. This scene also helped me understand her character a little more as we got to see her thought process and she was desperately trying to find a solution to protect everyone. Despite her cool and aloof appearance, she is looking out for the others. So despite her failings in this episode, I feel like I appreciate her more because of it.

From the looks of it, almost everyone seemed to have died at the hands of Galand but then Gowther comes in all of his naked glory, laughing. It’s pretty obvious that Gowther had tricked Galand into thinking he killed everyone but I have to wonder how much of it was real and how much was just Gowther’s illusions. Even if Gowther had come right before Galand killed Meliodas, the guy already caused such devastation to the area and everyone within range. So I suppose the next episode will shed some light on HOW MUCH OF THIS CITY WAS DESTROYED AND HOW MANY LIVES WERE LOST.

Episode 6: The Atoning Great Holy Knight

Alright, so I’m going to be honest. There were a lot of things I didn’t quite understand throughout this episode. Such as, how long was Fraudrin possessing Dreyfus before going to Hendrickson. I might have to go back to the first season to see if I can get any clues. Though I’m not sure how I feel about the turn of events of having Fraudrin the one behind everything with Hendrickson and Dreyfus’ betrayal. This part felt a little too convoluted where I couldn’t follow too well. So I’m not sure if Hendrickson was consciously doing all those terrible things in season one or he was under Fraudrin’s influence. Not only that, but I’m still a bit confused on Gowther as well. Does his high magic dictate how he acts? Does it affect the way he thinks? While I love the series, there are some things that aren’t really explained well. Or I’m just slow.

Speaking of Gowther, seems like he came at the last moment before Galand was able to finish them off. However, it still meant that part of the city was completely decimated and hundreds of lives were lost. Everyone else was pretty messed up too with most of the cast being unconscious or severely injured. I’m glad Slader was able to get his arm back though. The wonder of magical spheres. And while I feel like I should be mad at Merlin for getting out of being completely incapacitated, I’m actually fine with her just being trapped inside her Sacred Treasure. Because at least this way, we can still learn more of her character and not have to wait until the curse is undone.

I hate to say I didn’t really like this episode, but I really didn’t. There were too many things that felt way too convoluted and didn’t make much sense in hindsight. But was it just me or was Melidodas’ groping just 1000% worse this episode? I’ve always hated his groping and I would just ignore those parts when they came up. But it felt so obnoxious this episode that it was really grating on my nerves. Not to mention that ending… (I’ll get more into that in the next episode’s review) Though overall, I think after the intense last episode, this one felt a little too slow. But it seems like one of those setting up episodes again since it looks like it’s gearing up for a training arc along with finally being introduced to the last sin, Escanor.

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The Adventures of Arcadia and Hendrickson - 11

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The following morning, Arcadia woke up like usual; in Hendrickson's arms. It was nice but this time it felt different. They were together now and their feelings were out in the open. There were so many things she wanted to do with the man now, but she knew she needed to keep most of it toned down for now. She didn't want to scare the man off since this was his first relationship. Suddenly, a knock at the door pulled her from her thoughts. Slowly the door opened as she sat up. It was Dreyfus who'd opened the door and was a bit startled to see Arcadia sitting up in bed. “We've been summoned to the castle for a meeting with all of the holy knights. Wake Hendrickson up.” Dreyfus spoke quietly as to not wake the man, even though he needed to be woken up anyway. “Alright. Thank you... Wait, even me?” Arcadia questioned, a little confused. It wasn't like she was a holy knight or anything. “King Bartra has decided you will be a useful member of our kingdom, even if you aren't a holy knight or technically a part of our kingdom.” “I see. Well alright then.” With that, Dreyfus left the room, leaving the girl to wake up the sleeping druid. “Hendy, it's time to wake up.” She shook the man, but he didn't stir at all. He seemed to be in a deep sleep. “Hendy!” The girl then nearly shoved him off of the bed, waking him up instantly with a start. “What is it?” “It's time to get up. We have places to go and stuff to do.” “Alright...” Hendrickson clearly wasn't fully awake, so Arcadia leaned down to him and kissed him, right on the lips. Instantly, his eyes shot open and he had shock written on his face. “Now, wake up, sleeping beauty.” Arcadia chuckled to herself and then got out of the bed. She threw her cloak back on and fled from the room before her embarrassment could catch up with her. She met with Dreyfus in the main room and he chose to not question why her face was totally red. Eventually, Hendrickson came wandering out into the main room as well, it just took a few minutes. Dreyfus then explained the same thing he told the girl, and the three of them headed off to where they were supposed to meet up with everyone else. “Thanks to the earnest efforts of the Seven Deadly Sins, the immediate threat of the Ten Commandments had been neutralized... However... we are all well aware that this does not mean that the Ten Commandments or the demon clan has been defeated! This long arduous battle still lies ahead of us... That is why you commanders of the holy knights are absolutely essential.” The King was giving a speech to all of the knights there. “I know this may seem a bit sudden... But I would like to take this moment and appoint a new captain of the holy knights.” “Alright, you two! At last! It's an official coronation!” Howzer yelled as he approached Dreyfus and Hendrickson. “Wh... what are you going on about?” Hendrickson questioned as he looked over at the man. “Don't play coy with me! If anyone has a problem with it, I'll smack 'em right upside their head and fling 'em to the side for good measure.” “We appreciate the sentiment, Howzer.” “But we have neither the qualification nor the intent to be captain,” Dreyfus spoke, finishing Hendrickson's thought. “I hereby appoint as the new captain of the holy knights... Howzer!” The king spoke, shocking many people, especially Howzer. “M...Me?! B...But I'm just a commoner... I've no noble blood... and well, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed...” “Your point being?” “B..But...” “During the recent events that transpired, in the midst of a despair-laden battle, you kept your cool and calmly assessed the situation around you. You were a source of inspiration to your friends and allies and did all you could to ensure my protection and safety while shielding me from harm's way. I believe all of those things are the very embodiment of exactly what a captain of the holy knights should strive to be.” The king ranted on before continuing. “I do admit, you are still quite wet behind the ears... Therefore, for the time being, we shall have you as the substitute acting captain.” “You'd better keep your head on a swivel or you'll get gobbled up, new captain of the holy knights, sir.” Slader threatened, hopefully jokingly. “You don't seem all too reliable, but please give it your all, acting captain of the holy knights, sir,” Guila spoke up next, teasingly. “You're the man, Howzer!” Someone else yelled out loudly. Followed by, “You should start with that hideous hair-do!” “HOW DOES MY HAIR FACTOR INTO ANY OF THIS?!” Howzer screamed back at the group of holy knights. “Well, your answer?” The king finally questioned, stopping any more chatter. “I swear I shall give every last ounce of my strength and energy... to ensure I fulfill every expectation you have of me!” After that, everyone began cheering on the “substitute” and it caused Howzer to again yell at everyone. “I'm happy for Howzer. Aren't you two?” Arcadia suddenly asked during all the cheering. “We are,” Dreyfus answered for both of them. “He deserves it.” “I agree.” Hendrickson nodded his head as he spoke. “Well, now let's go to Lady Merlin to find out how to get Griamore back to normal.” “Can we grab something to eat along the way? I'm a little hungry now...” Arcadia spoke as she tried to ignore the fact that her stomach began to growl. The two men paused and nodded their heads. They realized they, too, were hungry. After the three of them ate, they headed to where Merlin was. Once in there, they didn't even need to explain why they were there. “You're here because of Griamore, correct?” “Yes.” Dreyfus simply responded. “Born from chaos and disorder... the ancient revenant Aonan. It reaches into the depths of the psyche of an individual and transforms themselves into that which that person fears most. In that vain, it can also function as a kind of prank or joke magic as well... For instance, against someone with a phobia of caterpillars, it would turn them into a caterpillar... Against someone fearful of old age, they would turn into an elderly person...” Merlin ranted on and on about the being. “So then... that monster is what Griamore came face to face within the Druid's cave of trials?” Dreyfus questioned piecing together what Merlin had said. “And the thing Sir Griamore despised above all else, was the younger version of himself. He, who was weak and powerless... Just taking one quick glance at the muscle mass he built up from training makes it painfully clear.” “Dreyfus...” Hendrickson hesitantly muttered as he looked over at his friend. “Please... You've got to dispel the magic that's been cast on my son!” “I've got other more pressing matters that I need to attend to right now.” “B...But I beg of you! You must!” “Merlin!” Arcadia scolded harshly causing the woman to turn around. “Let me finish! There is a quick way to dispel it.” “Huh?” All three of the other adults questioned in unison. “A kiss from someone he loves will do the trick...” “He's with that princess now. He seemed quite attached to her.” Arcadia commented simply, to which Merlin just nodded her head. “He is very attached to her. I believe Griamore will be just fine.” Hendrickson spoke towards Dreyfus. “Yes... Yes, you're right.” Dreyfus nodded his head and then left Merlin's little place. Hendrickson and Arcadia followed the man and allowed him to guide them back to his place. At his home, there was a messenger looking for them. He explained that the king wanted to see the three of them. So to the castle, they went. “What did you need, sire?” Dreyfus questioned once they were in front of the king. “I would like the three of you to join my daughter, Margret, on her journey. She plans on leaving the kingdom to search for Gilthunder.” “Are you sure you want us? I mean, why me?” Arcadia questioned the king, a little confused. “You will remain by Hendrickson's side, will you not? You are also a strong woman. I think my daughter will appreciate you being there with her.” Arcadia's face went a little red as she nodded her head. “Of course, sire, we would be honored to travel with Princess Margaret.” Hendrickson ended up responding after the king was done speaking. Dreyfus nodded his head in agreement. “We will give our lives to protect her,” Dreyfus noted, much to Arcadia's horror. She didn't plan on giving her life, or anything like that for anyone other than Hendrickson. “You don't need to go that far. Make sure you four return all in one piece.” “Yes, sire.” Hendrickson and Dreyfus mumbled in unison. “You will leave tomorrow.” With that, the three of them were dismissed. They ran into Griamore and Howzer on their way back to Dreyfus's home. “Hello, father,” Griamore spoke with a smile on his face. “Hello, Griamore. Feeling better?” Dreyfus responded with a smile of his own. “Yes, very much so.” “Where are you two off to?” Hendrickson questioned curiously. “We're going to get drunk!” Howzer happily responded, causing Arcadia to laugh. “Oh right, you haven't met Arcadia now that you're all grown up, have you?” Griamore just shook his head. “It's nice to finally meet the real you, Griamore. Even though you were so adorable as a child.” Arcadia's words caused the giant man to blush slightly. “It's... It's nice to be able to meet you now that I'm myself again. Please forget how I was as a child.” His embarrassment was so adorable to the female, so she just smiled softly and nodded his head. Then, Howzer noticed how close Hendrickson and Arcadia were to each other. “Wait, did you two finally hook up?!” “What?! No! It's not... We just got together!” It was now Arcadia's turn to blush. “It isn't anything like that yet for them Howzer,” Dreyfus spoke, trying to help out his two friends. “Yet, huh?” Howzer's tone was suggestive, which caused Hendrickson to begin to blush. “Go away, you children! Go get drunk!” Arcadia shoved both of them away and spun around to face the two men she was with. She ignored the laughter from Howzer as the other two holy knights walked away. “You alright, Arcadia? You're awfully red.” Dreyfus was now teasing the poor girl.   “Now, now Dreyfus, leave my woman alone.” Hendrickson was just adding to the redness. “Oh my god, both of you are as horrible as the children!” Arcadia tried to walk away, but Hendrickson caught her arm. “What is it?” “Shall we go drinking as well?” “Hendy? You're actually wanting to go drinking?” Dreyfus questioned, a little shocked. “Well, we should celebrate you getting your body back.” “We really should,” Arcadia noted as she nodded her head. “You seem eager to drink,” Dreyfus commented simply. “My father won't let me drink, so if I'm with you two, he won't have a say.” “I see. Well then, let's go get drunk!” Dreyfus laughed and pulled along both of his friends. It was nice for the three of them. It seemed Dreyfus and Arcadia had an instant connection, which made Hendrickson extremely happy. The most important man and woman in his life got along great. ~ The next day came and the three of them woke up and got ready for the day. They'd had a fun night of drinking, and passed out in the main room of Dreyfus's home. They were a little stiff the next day and slightly hungover, but they were happy. Well happier than they've been in a long time. It was like the old days, just with the addition of Arcadia.

They were surprised when Escanor showed up at Dreyfus's door though. He begged Hendrickson and Arcadia to come and help Merlin. So, agreeing to meet up later, the three friends split up and Arcadia and Hendrickson headed to the new Boar Hat, that was made a little too quickly and caused some concern for some people. Hendrickson sat next to the girl's bed while Arcadia stood next to him. They checked her over, while the impatient Escanor waited. “W...Well? How's her condition?” Escanor questioned, pleadingly. “These are symptoms of a curse... and it's a terrifyingly powerful one at that,” Hendrickson responded as he held a hand over Merlin's face. “A C...CURSE?!” “Escanor... What in the world happened to Lady Merlin?” “Last night... she seemed unwell the whole time, so I was worried about her... I came to visit on her in the morning.. and she had an awful fever... her eyes were slightly open, but she wasn't conscious at all... I was shocked...” “Regrettably... This is not something that my abilities are capable of handling...” Hendrickson was panting now. “Dare say... even the power of two druid elders wouldn't be enough... Arcadia, you try...” “Alright...” The girl held her hand out, but quickly found she was unable to do anything. “I can't either.” “Th... That can't be...” Hendrickson then thought of something and flew out of his chair. That startled Arcadia and Escanor and they could only watch as the white-haired man ran out of the Boar Hat. “I'm so glad you're here!” Hendrickson was heard yelling out. Then there was some hushed talking before Elizabeth appeared there. “Lady Merlin.. wh... what an awful fever!” Elizabeth exclaimed as she felt Merlin's head. “According to Elaine, it seemed like she was trying to hide the fact that she wasn't feeling well all through the feast last night...” Escanor explained to the pale-haired girl. “...I'll give it my best shot.” She then began to radiate a powerful light. “P...princess... you had this kind of power? But Hendy, will she really be able to dispel a curse that even you couldn't handle?” “Compared to Elizabeth's magic, the druids' power is just a cheap imitation,” Hendrickson responded, as Arcadia glared at him. He was giving away too much information. “That sounds almost like a fantasy fairy tale.” “Hendy, this is bad... I don't like her dealing with a curse like this...” Arcadia's worries were answered when a bright light and massive amount of Elizabeth's power was suddenly filling the room and pouring outside of the Boar Hat. Merlin was now sitting up and Elizabeth was panting. “MERLIN!” Escanor yelled out happily just as Meliodas burst into the room. “What happened?!” Meliodas yelled out, slightly panicked. “Zeldris's magic had me trapped in a deep sleep. If princess Elizabeth had not broken his spell, I would have been in terrible danger... you have my thanks...” Merlin responded as she climbed out of bed. “Elizabeth broke Zeldris's magic...?” “Yes... she was quite impressive...” “Hendy... this is bad...” Arcadia muttered to her lover as Elizabeth fled from the room, giving Meliodas a cold shoulder as she went. “What do you mean?” Hendrickson mumbled back, trying to keep his voice low. The girl just shook her head and walked out of the room with Hendrickson following behind her. “We need to meet up with Dreyfus and the princess...” Arcadia spoke as soon as they walked out of the Boar Hat. Hendrickson nodded his head and followed the girl. They first took a trip to Hendrickson's house so he could change his clothing and pick up his weapon. After that, they met up with Dreyfus and Margaret. Arcadia chose to not ride on a horse, due to her irrational fear. She would fly and if she got tired then she'd ride with Hendrickson. “It's nice to meet you, princess. I swear I will do everything I can to help find Gilthunder.” Arcadia spoke to the princess. “Thank you, Arcadia.” The princess returned with a soft smile on her face. “Dreyfus, you cut your hair?” Hendrickson questioned, even though the answer was obvious. “The long hair was Fraudrin's choice, correct?” Arcadia questioned butting into their conversation. “Yes, it was,” Dreyfus responded as he lifted a hand to run through his now short hair. “He always... he always did like his hair long in anybody he possessed...” The sadness in Arcadia's voice was clear. She still wasn't completely over Fraudrin's death. Even so, she knew her new life with Hendrickson was starting now, and that she needed to push past those feelings she shared with the demon. She was ready to help Margaret find her lover because she couldn't imagine how she'd feel if she'd lost Hendrickson like Margaret lost Gilthunder.

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The Adventures of Arcadia and Hendrickson - 5

Fighting Festival Part 2

“Wait one second! You've still got another competitor!” Someone then jumped off something, as they did a few flips, but it was clear by the hair color who it was. “Gowther is on the scene!” He yelled out when he landed. “Sir Gowther, you're alright!” Arthur spoke, relieved and glad to see the man. “Huh? I thought he said something about all the life in the labyrinth having vanished?” Howzer questioned looking over at his best friend, Gilthunder. “Umm, would you mind moving your foot just a bit?” Gowther had landed right on someone, and that someone was Escanor. “My apologies. It appears I may have slightly miscalculated my landing position.” Gowther quickly moved his foot off of the poor man. Suddenly though, Escanor began to scream once his glasses broke and fell off of his face. “Escanor, it's been forever.” “What the hell is happening?” Arcadia questioned mostly to herself, but before anything could be said to her, the first fairy king stabbed the screaming man through the chest with his weapon. “ESCANOR!” Multiple people in the group screamed out as they watched their friend start dying. A few of the sins began to run over to the fallen man. “I mean, the sooner we get this festival started, the sooner we can grant whatever wishes the victor may have. For example...” The first fairy king muttered as he watched the dying man as well with a smile on his face. “I... I still haven't... told Merlin... I... I can't die yet... I don't want to... not like this...” Escanor murmured as he slowly died. However, Gloxinia was changing his spirit spear into a giant flower. It then dripped some liquid from its center. “Just like this!” Gloxinia finished his sentence from a moment ago. “Drop of life!” Suddenly, once the liquid touched Escanor, all his wounds began to heal and he was saved from his slow and painful death. Everyone watching, except Arcadia and a few others, was shocked to see such a thing happening. “Th...That's...” Ban stuttered out, in complete shock. “Wh...what's going on? Didn't I just get impaled through my abdomen?” “Now that I've given everyone just a little taste, let's hurry up and split them up into pairs! Well then... the honor's all yours, Drole!” Gloxinia yelled out, as he looked over at his giant companion. “Teams of two, right?” Drole responded as he began to make more arm movements with his four arms. Just then, the ground under everyone began to shake and separate. Everyone was on their own little chunk of earth floating in the air. “What... is the meaning of this?” Hendrickson muttered as he protectively had a hand on Griamore. The little child was now at his side, along with Arcadia, who'd held onto the man as the separations began. All three of them were kept together, much to the adults' relief.   “Those standing on the same floating rocks have been chosen by fate to team together... Now... Put your lives and pride on the line and prepare to battle!” Drole yelled out after everyone was settling down. “Are you hurt?” Hendrickson then asked the little boy who was sniffling and about to cry yet again. He had a hand on the boy's shoulder. “No... Just... scared...” Griamore responded hesitantly as he fought back tears. “They intend to drag a child into his mess!” Hendrickson growled, protectively holding Griamore to his chest now. As Hendrickson was tending to Griamore, Arcadia looked around at everyone else. Meliodas and Ban ended up fighting together. Elizabeth and Elaine ended up together. Diane and King ended up fighting together. Two assassins, Tora and Jigmo, from the same squad ended up fighting together. The third assassin, Estaro, and the monk, Arbus ended up together. Arthur and a foreign swordsman, Nanashi, ended up together. Howzer and that child from earlier, Solatido ended up together. Slader and a gladiator, Hyphan ended up fighting together. Gilthunder and the magician who saved him, Gilfrost ended up together. Escanor ended up with Hawk. Jericho and Gowther ended up together. Matrona and Oslow ended up together. Holy Knight Silver and a demon, Quazzo ended up together. Two demons, Dolzzo and Calzzo ended up together. Finally, two clones, one of Drole and one of a fairy were together. “Now then, at last, the tag team matches can begin in earnest! Each of your platforms has now arrived at a random one of the stages. The other pair that also arrives there with you will be your opponent in this first round!” Taizoo yelled out to everyone as the floating pieces of earth began to move around. “So, we're up against an assassin and a monk...” Arcadia noted once the floating rocks stopped moving and she was able to see who their opponents were. “Arcadia, take Griamore and-” Hendrickson was cut off by Arcadia drawing her sword. “You watch over the kid, I'll protect you both!” Arcadia snapped instantly. She was on edge and it was obvious. She didn't say it out loud, but she was on edge because of the monk and his staff. Within his staff was a member of the goddess clan. “A-Alright...” Hendrickson was a bit taken aback by Arcadia's harsh tone with him. He didn't understand now, but she vowed to explain it later when they weren't in serious danger. “A little girl is going to fight us? How pathetic!” The assassin, Estaro muttered as he began to laugh. “Now, now, don't be so rude, she's more powerful than she looks,” Arbus responded as he stepped forward with his staff in hand. “Sure, whatever you say. Just let me fight the girl.” “Shut up both of you!” Arcadia pointed her sword as the assassin first. “Come at me and see what you can do.” Sure enough, he took the bait and darted at her. He moved faster than she expected and stabbed her abdomen. “You are now poisoned! You will-” He was cut off by her swinging her sword down onto his head. She used it on the flat side so it just knocked him out. “Sorry, but I'm immune to poison. That knife hurt though and you ruined my shirt.” Arcadia spoke to the now unconscious man. She looked down and removed the knife from her stomach. Blood began to pour out, but she turned to Hendrickson with a smile anyway. “Heal me please.” “Arcadia!” Hendrickson's tone was a mix of scolding and worry. He instantly put a hand over her wound and healed it. It only took a second for the wound to close and the blood to disappear. “Thank you.” The girl muttered before turning to the monk. She then walked away from Hendrickson and spoke once more with her voice lowered. Only the monk in front of her could hear her next words. “You need to give me that staff, it's dangerous for a human to have.” Instead of responding, he swung his staff at her. She dodged it, of course, and tried to hit him with her sword, but missed as he dodged as well. “Please, human you don't know what's going to happen to you if you keep being around that staff!” “Arcadia?” Hendrickson now heard what the girl was saying and was becoming worried as well. “I don't want to have to hurt you.” Arbus had a sinister smirk on his face, despite the words that came out of his mouth. The monk then darted forward, catching Arcadia off guard, but was stopped by Hendrickson's sword coming at him. “Stay away from her.” Determination was written on the white-haired man's face. “Hendrickson?” Arcadia hesitantly took a step to the side and looked over at him. “I won't let you fight on your own.” “I can protect myself!” “I don't doubt that... but I cannot lose another person important to me.” That stopped Arcadia's irritation instantly and replaced it with despair. She could feel the weight behind his words and the feelings of regret and sadness he felt from losing those he cared for. “I understand. Let's fight together!” She said that, but she then became distracted by a strong power that suddenly appeared over in another part of the giant hands. “Escanor?” She followed the power to see the puffed up and stronger looking man. “This is quite an unexpected effect. To think a completely abstracted pseudo-image of the “sun” in your mind's world would produce such a response.” Gowther mused as he cocked his head to the side as he looked up at the now giant Escanor. “well, being a pseudo-transformation, it's a ways off from the real thing... I estimate you can only keep that form up for a few seconds... at best.” Gowther was now backing away from the man in front of him. “A few seconds is all I will need.” Escanor then swiped Gowther across the face, resulting in the other man's glasses to be taken off. “Give me back... my glasses!” The doll then began to blindly use his powers, causing Jericho and Hawk to dodge fearfully. Escanor just jumped up, avoiding it all altogether. “Heed my will... Come to me, Divine axe Rhitta.” Escanor held out his hand, and a few seconds later as he was coming down from his jump, his weapon came flying into his hand. “Holy armament release.” As the man came down fast, his power built up. “For the sin of toying with the hearts of others... atone for your deeds with your body!” “Bring it on!” The two used their powers at full strength, causing bright light and massive power to flow all around them. Mostly everyone shielded themselves, while Hendrickson wrapped his arms protectively around Griamore and Arcadia. Strong winds nearly blew people off of their posts, but thankfully everyone was okay. Arcadia and Griamore were safe only due to Hendrickson keeping such a tight grip on them. Once the dust cleared, everyone could see the damage that'd happened. Escanor was frozen and hit by Gowther's power. “Victory is mine.” The unharmed Gowther stated angrily. “Scrap captain, hand me back my glasses.” “Y-Yes, sir!” Hawk responded horrified as he quickly went and retrieved the glasses. “H-here you go...” “Escanor...” Jericho muttered, staring shocked at the unconscious body of the man. “What the fuck kind of 'victory' are you talking about?!” “Was I not being clear? He has fallen. I am still standing so...” “Gowther! You son of a bitch... Can't you sympathize with Escanor... with his heart... at all!?” “Escanor's heart...? As I recall, he was rather irritated with me...” “Look there and then try saying that again! Escanor only wanted to open your eyes and show you the light!” Jericho then pointed to where dust was still clearing out. Gowther followed her pointing and looked down off of the finger he was on only to see the two Ten Commandments injured and bloody. Escanor's true aim was to hit them all along, never to hit Gowther.   “I was careless... I did not pay enough heed to that man's massive magic power! To think... he'd channel all of his attack directly at us..” “Oh my god...” Arcadia muttered, shocked at what was right in front of her. She'd never seen two Ten Commandments taken out so easily. She was so shocked, she nearly didn't even noticed that Meliodas had jumped down and landed right with them. “Enough foreplay... let's get the real festival started...” Meliodas growled to the two Ten Commandments as he stood there in front of them. As Drole tried to move, Meliodas moved faster and kicked the giant's hand causing it to go flying backward. He then countered perfectly every hand that was thrown his way. He'd moved so fast that he was even able to get a solid punch in on Drole, causing the giant to fall backward. The blond man then pulled out his sword, Lostvayne, and cut off two of Drole arms. “So this is what you had up your sleeve...” Drole commented as he tasted his own blood. “I was just waiting for an opening... A window of opportunity so that I could pulverize the both of you into oblivion.” “I can't believe it...” Arcadia was terrified at that moment in time as she watched Meliodas and Drole talk to each other. Suddenly though, Drole began to wave around his remaining arms and the ground underneath everyone began to shake yet again. The hands then threw everybody towards the center and closed with everyone trapped inside. A chorus of screams rang out as everyone began to fall. Hendrickson kept a tight hold on Griamore with one arm, and then with his other hand kept ahold of Arcadia's arm. He refused to let either one go as all three fell together. Everyone landed painfully, but thankfully no one was killed or badly injured. “Are you alright, you two?” Hendrickson asked the two people in his arms. Griamore was crying now, but otherwise was fine and Arcadia just smiled up at Hendrickson. “Thank you, I'm alright.” The girl responded simply as she looked Hendrickson over to make sure he had no injuries as well. She then turned her attention to the others around her. “What a terrifying clash of energy!” Gowther stated as he held Escanor. “Trying to take on those two monsters by himself... that's reckless even for his standards!” Howzer yelled out, horrified. “Sir Meliodas!” Elizabeth screamed loudly, not that the man could hear her anyway. “C'mon, you bastards! We all gotta go back up Meliodas!” Hawk was the next one to yell out. “And what could we hope to accomplish by going?” Ban demanded as he walked over to the little group. “We'd be nothing more than target practice if we stood in the midst of that... The only thing we'd end up doing is being a burden to the captain and getting in his way...” “No...” Elizabeth gasped as she shook in fear. “It's just as Ban says... The Ten Commandments have power that's far beyond any enemy we've fought up till now. To be perfectly frank... at this present moment, the only one that stands a chance against them is Meliodas... we've got to leave it to him. Us going there would only hold him back.” “Even so, us being trapped in here isn't helping matters much is it?” Gilthunder mentioned as Howzer tried using his weapon on the walls around him. “This damn bedrock. This whole place could come down on us if we tried to escape through. How the hell are we going to get out of here?” Howzer swore as he gave up with trying to poke at the walls. “You can leave that to me. I can teleport all of us here to somewhere safe.” “Gilfrost was it? Can you really transport this many people all at once?” Diane questioned after the blond man spoke. “Well... it can't hurt to try.” With a few people trying to say no, Gilfrost transported everyone there to another place. Once everyone was there, Elizabeth looked around, shocked. “I-Is this... castle Liones?” “Whoa! Not too shabby!” Howzer yelled out, surprised as he looked over to the panting man who'd used too much magical power. Suddenly, a shockwave was sent through the ground, causing everyone to shake. “N-No way... it can't be...” “The shockwaves from the battle in Vaizel are reverberating all the way here?!” Another person yelled out, shocked. “The Ten Commandments should have never been allowed to awaken! Likening their coming to a cataclysm would be an understatement...” Gilfrost's words caused Hendrickson to look down at the ground and Griamore to worriedly look up at him. “No... what about Sir Meliodas!” Elizabeth yelled out with fear in her voice. Gilfrost has pulled out a crystal ball and was looking into it now. “That's exactly what has me so terrified...” “Huh?” “Meliodas has... made quick work of them...” Everyone began to look inside the ball to watch what was going on. “Hendy, are you alright?” Griamore questioned as he looked up at the adult. The little boy could tell that there was something wrong with the man. “I'm fine.” Hendrickson simply stated as he patted the boy's head. Arcadia put her hand on Hendrickson's arm to reassure him that it was alright. Everyone continued to watch Meliodas fight the two Ten Commandments and it seemed like he was winning. That was until things suddenly smacked down on the battlefield causing a huge plume of dust and debris to fly everywhere.

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The Adventures of Arcadia and Hendrickson - 4

Fighting Festival Part 1

Hendrickson and Arcadia remained sitting together in silence for what felt like hours. It was a comfortable silence. They were so caught up in each other, that they didn't notice that the pig stopped moving. “Hey guys, we're here!” Meliodas yelled out up the stairs. It shocked both people out of their daze. They quickly moved away from each other and stood up. Hendrickson instantly went to grab his sword where he'd put it. “So um... I guess we should get going.” Arcadia muttered as she looked around for where she put her sword. Hendrickson just watched her and pointed out her sword for her when he realized she was too flustered to figure it out herself. “Thank you.” The woman collected her weapon and then followed him down the stairs to the bar. Everyone else already was there and waiting with their weapons as well. “Alright, so now that everyone is here, let's get going,” Meliodas stated as he began to leave the bar. Everyone followed him, with Hendrickson picking up Griamore on his way out. He told Griamore to ride on his back and to hold on tightly. Arcadia chose to walk a little further behind them, partly to avoid Hendrickson and partly to keep an eye on Griamore. They were all shocked to see what Vaizel had become. It was now a large maze and everyone walked in a huge group towards it. It didn't take long for them all to enter the maze. As they all walked, everything seemed too normal, and of course, something had to appear and ruin the calmness that they all felt in that moment. Giant spiked balls came out of nowhere and began to chase the group. Quickly everyone took off running, but the ground gave out in some places, separating the group into many smaller groups. Arcadia, Hendrickson, Griamore, Slader, Gilthunder, and Howzer all ended up in the same location. They also all landed on differently. Howzer and Arcadia didn't land on their feet while the other three adults did, and Griamore was now in Hendrickson's arms protectively. “Well... that happened.” Arcadia stood up and dusted herself off. “Are you alright?” Hendrickson questioned as he approached the girl. She just nodded her head and smiled up at him. The two stood there for a moment, just looking at each other. “Are you two going to keep flirting, or are we going to go through this maze?” Slader asked, breaking the little connection Hendrickson and Arcadia were having at that moment. “Right, maze...” Arcadia spoke, shaking her head. She was allowing her emotions to get the better of her. So, with Griamore back on his back, Hendrickson began walking. Slader walked in front with Hendrickson right after him. Arcadia walked a little bit behind the white-haired man, and Gilthunder and Howzer were walking in the back. “So, what's our plan? I'm sure we'll come across more traps throughout this.” Arcadia noted to everyone. “We just need to stay close and to watch each other's backs,” Slader commented simply. He was clearly taking charge of the situation. “Alright.” Both Hendrickson and Arcadia responded, walking a little closer to Slader. However, when Gilthunder and Howzer didn't respond, and there was no noise of them shuffling closer, Arcadia turned around. “Um... Where did Howzer and Gilthunder go?” “What?” Both men turned around to see no one behind Arcadia. “Where did they go?” Slader was confused as to where and how the other men could have disappeared so quickly and without anyone noticing. “Should we be worried and go looking for them?” “No, Gilthunder and Howzer are strong knights, they will be fine on their own,” Hendrickson reassured the little group. Taking his word, Slader began to walk again. Arcadia actually began to walk a little faster and closer to Hendrickson and Griamore now. She didn't want to be left behind or get lost. For a little while after that, everything was silent. A little too silent for Arcadia, making her on edge and jumpy. Any little thing, like a crunch from under someone's foot to someone in the distance talking loudly scared the poor girl. She could almost sense the danger that was approaching, but soon the ground underneath the three adults began to move. “The fuck?!” Arcadia yelled out as she nearly fell over due to the movement under her. Hendrickson also almost fell over as the movement happened. Only Slader remained standing upright and normal as the ground shifted. The three adults and one child watched as the ground continued to move in front of them until it came to a stop. It then seemed like there was something down there turning around and started coming closer to the surface. Suddenly, the giant ground monster appeared in front of them. “Hendy, what is that?” Griamore questioned horrified at the huge monster that they were now facing. “It's a sand-crawler...” Arcadia answered instead of Hendrickson. Fear was in her voice. “They'll try to eat people when they get that big.” As if on cue, the monster began to dart at them. Arcadia, uncharacteristically, screamed out like a child while Griamore also screamed loudly. Thankfully, everyone was able to get out of the way of the monster as it charged at them and went back underground. They all remained still until it reappeared. Then Slader moved to try to cut it, but his weapon only slid right off of it, causing him to fall over the monster and land on his feet. “Run,” Slader instructed once he realized that they were not equipped to fight the monster at that moment in time. So, that's just what the three adults did. They ran away for their lives. Arcadia made sure to keep an eye on Hendrickson as they ran, for the sake of Griamore, but Hendrickson had it covered. He was holding the boy in his arms now as he ran. Eventually, the three adults lost the sand-crawler. However, they then ran into another one, but quickly hid from it. Slader was hiding behind one piece of a conveniently placed building as Hendrickson, Griamore, and Arcadia hid behind another. It seemed to work well enough as the large monster paid them no mind. That was until Griamore sneezed. Then the monster locked onto them and began to hunt them. That caused Hendrickson to need to put a hand over the little boy's face to ensure he didn't scream out or make any more noises. It felt like forever to the little group. They were waiting patiently for the monster to find and eat them, or for it to just go away. However, Arcadia began to lose patience. She knew she could do something to help, so she quickly pulled out her sword and moved away from Hendrickson and Griamore. “What are you doing?” Slader questioned as Arcadia walked passed him. “Swords won't work on that thing.” “I know, I just need to touch it though. I got this... I hope...” Arcadia seemed to be unsure, but the sand-crawler now noticed her, so it now forced her hand. She had to do what she'd planned on doing now. As the sand-crawler came close to her, she brought out her wings and flew above it. She then landed on it and put her sword against it. Not trying to cut it at all. She just wanted to touch it gently with her sword so the weapon didn't slide off. “Now, disintegrate.” The three other members of her group watched as the sand-crawler did indeed disintegrate away into nothingness. “I didn't know you could do that,” Hendrickson stated what they were all thinking at that moment. The girl just laughed and smiled down at Hendrickson. “There's a lot I haven't shown you yet.” She then flew back down to him and had her wings disappear once again. She now had a frown on her face. “I didn't really want to kill it, but it wanted to kill us...” “It's alright, Arc. You saved us!” Griamore smiled at the girl, hoping to cheer her up. It seemingly worked as she smiled back at the little boy. “Now, let's get out of this maze,” Slader stated, bring everyone's attention back to focus. “Right!” The three adults walked closely together, with Griamore again on Hendrickson's back. They only took a few turns, when surprisingly, they found the center of the maze. “Is... Is this it?” Arcadia hesitantly questioned as they looked upon the other finishers. “I believe so,” Hendrickson responded simply, though he too was a bit shocked they'd found the end so easily. “We must have gotten so close when we were running for our lives.” Arcadia smiled up at the two men who surrounded her. “I guess we outsmarted the maze by accident.” “It seems like we did,” Slader noted as he looked around. He saw King over in the distance with his own little group, but it seemed like it was in the middle of staring up at something, so they all left him alone. It seemed like King was almost in a daze with the young girl he was floating next to, who could only be assumed to be another fairy. “What do you think they are looking at?” Griamore questioned as he too looked up to where they were looking. Suddenly, a chill ran through Arcadia and she visibly shivered. “Are you alright?” Hendrickson asked worried about the girl suddenly. She was no longer smiling and was now looking up to the same place as King and the other fairy. “It's the Ten Commandments. Only two of them though...” “We figured they would be here, what's gotten you shaken up?” Slader was the one talking now. He'd become curious as to why the girl suddenly changed her attitude. “Well... they are watching over us right now... it's just making me a little nervous I guess...” “What aren't you telling us?” “I know them personally... So I'm just nervous they will recognize me.” She wasn't sure how they would take her knowing them, but both men and the child didn't seem to care at all about it. If they were bothered by it, they didn't show it. “How do you think they'll react to seeing you now?” Hendrickson questioned after a moment of silent thinking. “I'm not sure. The two I'm sensing were ones I was never quite close with, and it's been quite some time. I was just a child when they saw me last.” “You were close with some of them?” Slader asked next, curious once again. “The actual ones that are demons, yes. They are my family... Oh, wait, forget that last part. You can't know that yet.” Arcadia quickly turned away from the men and put her attention upwards. “Anyway, I don't think they have noticed me yet. So it's alright. They probably won't even recognize me... Hopefully not anyway.” Everything then went silent for the little group. Well, it was actually silent overall. No one was really talking with each other. So, it was peacefully quiet, until loud bangs and crashes could be heard getting closer. Eventually, everyone noticed and turned around to look at the direction the noise was coming from. “The hell is that?” Arcadia asked the question most of the people there were now wondering. However, no one needed to answer her, for the answer came in the form of the wall behind them breaking apart, revealing the rest of their group. Walking through the hole came Meliodas, Elizabeth, Hawk, Gilthunder, Arthur, Howzer and three people Arcadia didn't recognize. They were Ban, Diane and the man who'd helped them take care of a sand-crawler. “Hmm? What a wonderful fragrance of sweet flowers...” The pig noted mostly to himself. “S...Sir Meliodas!” Hendrickson muttered, relieved to see the man once again. “Yo! Sorry to keep you all waiting!” Meliodas returned with a smile on his face. “I see you did a good job at keeping Arcadia safe, you have my thanks for that.” “Yes, of course.” Hendrickson was a little confused as to why the blond would care, but the white-haired man wrote it off due to them being past friends. “If anyone's going to turn back... do it now while you can... Because those are the Ten Commandments.” Meliodas spoke to the whole group. They all could feel the ominous presence of the Ten Commandments. Arcadia didn't even notice it before, but now that it'd been mentioned, she became even more nervous. “To the competitors from all the various races, welcome atop this summit to this time killing- I mean the grand battle festival! To start off you'll be figh-” The Ten Commandment was cut off by someone else speaking over him. “There's one thing we'd like to make sure of first. We could give two shits about who you or what you really are, but how about giving us some kind of proof as to this whole being about to grant any wish we make deal? Otherwise, if this is all a big hoax, you'd better be ready to cough up some compensation for dragging our asses all the way out here!” “I'm getting to that! But first off, we'll have to prepare the stage that you'll be fighting on. If you could, Dolor!” “Trying to avoid the question are we?!” The giant on the top of the peak suddenly did come moves with his arms and suddenly the ground beneath everyone began to shake. “Wh...what's this shaking?” Griamore questioned, completely horrified. Arcadia took a step closer to him and Hendrickson, nearly touching them now. She too was afraid, not that she'd admit it though. Suddenly, two giant hands appeared around the large boulder that the two Ten Commandments stood on. Everyone could see them once the dust cleared after a few seconds, leaving some of them to gasp in awe or horror. “Marvelous! This is the stage upon which you will all battle! Well, I'd like to go ahead and kick off the events, so we'll cut off any further entrants here.” The Ten Commandment spoke before smiling and continuing. “But since there are still some roaches wandering drift in the labyrinth, I'll have to do a bit of house cleaning.” “What does he mean?” Griamore whispered to Arcadia, a little confused but still terrified. Suddenly the Ten Commandment let out a bunch of thorny vines that went all throughout the maze, killing everyone all at once. “All of the life that was still within the labyrinth... in an instant... all of it... just vanished.” A little child stated, shocking everyone around them. “Hendy, I'm scared...” Griamore muttered, becoming more scared than he was before. “Just keep hiding behind me!” Hendrickson responded protectively. Arcadia took another step closer to them and actually put a hand on Hendrickson's arm. She was actually quite scared too. “It'll be alright...” Hendrickson tried to reassure the girl, even though neither of them truly believed that at that moment in time. “Death thorn is a terrifying ivy extracted from the sunflower atop the highest stratum of the holy tree... its sole purpose is to destroy and eradicate anything that would bring it harm. An...And Vasquez is the legendary spear granted to the very first person ever chosen by the Holy Tree!” King ranted on, beginning to become just as scared as some of the other people there. “Why... How... are you here? Your life should have been forfeit in that battle 3,000 years ago?! The first fairy king, Gloxinia!” Everyone was now staring up at the fairy with the most beautiful wings any of them had ever seen in their lives. “Ah, that was my title once, long ago... but now, I am the Ten Commandments Gloxinia of repose.” “A fairy?” Griamore asked hesitantly as he looked up at the beautiful wings. “Yes, a very old and dangerous fairy...” Arcadia responded just as hesitantly. As the two scared friends talked to each other, the fairy called out someone else who was hiding behind the giant's foot. “Come on, you're up! Our organization assistant, Taizoo!” “Y...Yes, sir!” The man who'd been hiding behind a giant foot came out and walked to the edge. “Welcome you battle starved beasts! It seems there were a lot more of you that cleared the labyrinth than we expected! So, to kick things off, we'll start with pairs battling it out in a tag-team match competition! Who's with me?!” The man was yelling quite loud and literally, no one responded to his question. “Tough crowd...” Suddenly, another voice rang out.

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The Adventures of Arcadia and Hendrickson - 2

Boar Hat 

Later on in the Boar Hat, Meliodas and his group were all hanging out. The men had all put on the bar's outfit and Meliodas kept trying to get Arcadia to also put on the uniform. However, the girl refused to. Even so, that wasn't what was on the girl's mind at the time. She was focused on how Hendrickson was now approaching her. “Lady Arcadia. May I ask you a question?” Hendrickson questioned once he was standing in front of her. “Don't call me 'lady', it's weird, but sure.” “Tell me about your connection with Fraudrin.” “Oh... Um, alright I guess. Since you asked so nicely...Not that you worded that like a question anyway...” She was sarcastic and a little irritated, but she decided to speak anyway. She noticed how Gilthunder and Howzer also walked over to hear her story, but she didn't say anything to them. She kept her eyes on Hendrickson's. “Well, I guess you could say he and I were romantically involved. As romantically involved as a demon can be anyway. I don't think he actually cared too much for me, but I had once cared deeply for him.” “Cared? Past tense?” It was Gilthunder speaking now, he'd stepped closer to the girl. She sighed and turned around to face the young man. “Yes. Once he killed Liz, Meliodas's previous lover, the love I felt for him died away. I took that as a betrayal due to how close I was with Liz. He knew she meant a lot to me, yet he killed her anyway. Now, my only feelings towards him are those of hate and the need to kill him.” “I see. However, why didn't you make sure he was dead after Meliodas destroyed Danafor? Why did you leave him at the bottom of that crater?” Hendrickson questioned, getting a little emotional over the situation. “I will admit, I knew he was alive then, but I was in so much shock over Liz's death that I just left and never looked back. I never expected any humans to go down there. I didn't know it would happen.” “Just because you didn't know doesn't mean anything to me. You turned a blind eye on the situation and that caused my father and many others to end up dead.” “Gilthunder, it isn't her fault.” Hendrickson was trying to defend the girl now. “Listen, kid, there's more to the story than what I can tell you currently, but just know I never meant for any of this to happen.” “I don't believe you. How could you have just let him live? You can't tell me that you didn't know Sir Dreyfus was possessed by that demon. Even if you didn't know, you should have been paying attention to the mess you left!” Gilthunder was getting quite emotional now over Arcadia. She just looked to the ground and sighed. “I never said I didn't know someone got possessed. I knew, but I chose to do nothing about it. I have been weakened over these years, and I feared that getting involved would only lead Fraudrin to get a hold of my powers and use me for worse things. I'm sorry, Gilthunder. I should have at least tried something, but I was scared he would use me to hurt or kill even more people than he could already.” “You should have gotten involved. You should have tried to do something!” “Gil, man chill out. She said that she could have been used to do even more damage.” Howzer spoke as he put a hand on Gilthunder's shoulder. Gilthunder looked over at his close friend and sighed. “Everything was my fault. If I hadn't been consumed with the darkness left behind by when Fraudrin possessed me for those seconds, then none of this would have happened.” Hendrickson was clearly trying to take all of the blame, but the girl wouldn't let him. She turned back to him and shook her head. “It's my fault for not watching over him better. I should have found some way to stop anyone from going down that crater. It couldn't be your fault. You didn't ask for any of this to happen to you.” “Arcadia...” Hendrickson wanted to say more, but suddenly the cries of the young man turned boy was starting to be heard coming towards them. The four of them turned to see Slader walking down the stairs with the now clothed crying boy in his arms. “Is something wrong with him... other than the obvious?” Arcadia questioned, a little sad for the crying boy. “I'm not sure, he just won't stop crying anytime I hold him.” “Her! I want her to hold me!” Griamore cried out as he reached his arms out for the only girl in the room. “Um, what?” Arcadia just looked around at the guys with horror written all over her face. Gilthunder just nodded his head at her. “But... okay I guess.” Arcadia then walked over to Slader and took the boy from his arms. As soon as he'd seen her, he'd stopped crying so now he was just wiping away his tears. “Hi,” Griamore spoke as he smiled up at the girl. “Um, hello. Why do you want to be held by me?” “You are less scary.” “Oh...” Arcadia wasn't sure how she felt about that. She didn't want to be 'less scary' she wanted to be a powerful being who people feared. Yet here was this child that wasn't a bit afraid of her. “Put me down now.” Griamore's voice broke the girl out of her thoughts. “Sure.” Arcadia then put the child down on the ground only to watch him walk over to Hendrickson and raise his arms up at him. “Pick me up,” Griamore stated as he wiggled his fingers at the older man. “Me?” Hendrickson was clearly confused but complied with the little boy's wishes anyway. He picked Griamore up and held him in his arms. The little boy seemed just as happy as he was when the girl held him. “I guess you and Arcadia have now become Griamore's parents for the time being.” It was Meliodas's voice startling everyone in the room. He'd walked down the stairs with Elizabeth in tow without anyone even hearing them. Everyone else began to pour into the main area of the Boar Hat now as if they were all summoned by something. However, before anyone could say anything, King burst into the room and declared he was going to leave them all now. “You're going to move separately? Are you going to look for Diane?” “That's one of the reasons, but there's something else, I absolutely have to go.” “Then we'll come with...” “I don't need your help!” King snapped before looking away from the group. “Didn't I tell you? I don't trust you.” “Well, well, well, that's a problem.” “King! How can you say that?!” Gilthunder yelled out at the fairy king. “What happened in the land of the Druids?! What part of Meliodas can you not trust?!” “Everything. I can't believe you guys actually trust him. Someone whose true identity is unknown... someone who refuses to tell who he really is.” King had now turned completely away from everyone as he spoke. Arcadia then, in turn, turned to Hendrickson. “Is he always such a jackass?” “No, he isn't. Something must truly be bothering him.” Hendrickson responded as he watched as Elizabeth was now speaking to King. “I'm the same... I don't know who my real parents are or who I even am, but Lord Meliodas and Lord King, you've both helped me.” However, her words were lost on the man. “Lord King!” “Sorry... I have to go.” King then began to fly out of the door. “Give us a holler if something happens, and we'll go to you right away!” Meliodas yelled after him with a smile on his face. Even though King didn't trust him, he still had full trust in the fairy. Arcadia ended up taking the kid back from Hendrickson so he could do some cleaning. The two ended up going to the top of the Boar Hat with Gowther. Arcadia had heard of the books he kept with him, so she wanted to go and check them out. Her and Griamore spent the rest of the day reading with Gowther. Well, it was more like Gowther and her read the books to Griamore, but still. “Arcadia, is Griamore hungry yet?” Hendrickson's voice shocked the two people out of their books while Gowther just stared at the older man. “I'm not sure, are you hungry Griamore?” The little boy nodded his head so Arcadia stood up. “Alright, who do you want to carry you?” “Him.” Griamore then got himself up and made his way over to Hendrickson. The white-haired man picked up the little boy and began to descend the stairs. Arcadia thanked Gowther and followed after Hendrickson. “I wonder where everyone is going to sleep tonight. There are so many people and such little room.” “I suppose people will have to sleep in the bar area. I'm sure Gilthunder and Howzer won't mind. They have done it before.” Hendrickson smiled a little as he spoke, which send flutters through Arcadia's heart. However, she shoved those aside and began to worry about whether or not she'd have to stay in the bar part as well. “Don't worry Arcadia. You won't have to.” They'd reached the bottom of the stairs where apparently Meliodas had heard their conversation. “Huh? Why not? Not that I want to anyway.” “I've decided that you, Hendrickson and Griamore can take Elizabeth and I's room.” “Why?” Arcadia was clearly confused about the situation. “You guys are a little family now, so it's for the best.” He smiled at the girl, confusing her even further, but even so, she'd take it. She didn't want to deal with sleeping in the bar anyway. So, now that it was dinner time, everyone sat down to eat together, minus Gowther, due to him not eating. No one particularly liked the food Meliodas had prepared for them, but they all ate it anyway. Except for Arcadia. “Not hungry?” Hendrickson questioned when he noticed the girl didn't eat anything. “No, just not wanting to get food poisoning from his food again.” “Again?” “Yeah, many years ago I got pretty sick from his food and nearly died.” “I apologized for that!” Meliodas yelled out at the girl. “I nearly died, you ass, an apology doesn't make it better.” Arcadia snapped back with a smile on her face. The group around them smiles at the interaction. It was nice to have some normal bickering among all the heaviness that was going on around them constantly. Once everyone was done eating, they all split off into little groups of their own. Certain people remained in the bar part to drink a bit while others went off to do their own thing. Hendrickson, Arcadia, and Griamore ended up heading to their bedroom. Griamore wanted both of them to read him a story before he fell asleep and neither of the adults wanted to drink anyway, so they all just wanted to go to bed. “This is a big bed. I guess all of us can fit on it.” Arcadia noted as she sat down on the right side of the bed. “I wanna sleep in the middle!” Griamore instantly jumped onto the bed and got under the covers. He looked expectantly at the adults with a smile on his face. “I'll go grab a book and I'll be right back.” Arcadia quickly ran up the stairs to grab the book she'd been reading to Griamore earlier. Once she returned, Hendrickson was climbing into bed while Griamore was chatting about the things in the book. Both of them had shed their suits and were in their undershirt and pants. “Alright, I have the book, who do you want to read from it?” “You already read to me earlier, so I want Hendy to read to me now.” “Alright.” Arcadia then handed the book over to Hendrickson and climbed into the bed with the two others. Arcadia, herself, nearly fell asleep listening to the story, but she managed to stay awake longer than Griamore did. Once Hendrickson noticed that Griamore was sleeping, he stopped reading and marked the page with the bookmark Arcadia had put in it earlier. “Goodnight Griamore,” Arcadia whispered to the now asleep boy. She made sure to tuck him in better and then got herself situated. She slept on her stomach and was facing away from Griamore. “Goodnight... Hendy.” She spoke with humor in her voice and nearly laughed as she called him by his nickname. On his side of the bed, Hendrickson was blushing, much to his concern. He'd never had a girl refer to him as Hendy before, and this time it felt completely different than when the others would call him the name. He was so shocked, that he couldn't even respond to the girl. He just laid down and faced the ceiling. He was thankful that no one was able to see his red face at that moment. He just was also so confused about it as well. He added that to the list of things he needed to talk to Dreyfus about when he got him back.