#and there was also a giant lion who escaped from somewhere and was scared

[nie7027]

I had an interesting dream about q jujutsu kaisen au/canon divergence and it was soo good and emotional I woke up wanting to write it only to realize it has nothing to do with jkk? Like nothing that my brain said happened in jkk actually happens

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 156: Deku Potter and the Cursed Child

Previously on BnHA: Chronostasis was revealed to be holding Aizawa prisoner on some lower level of the Neverending Basement. He has sexy clock hair which he’s used to basically paralyze Aizawa for the next hour. Deku fought Overhaul for a little bit at 20% OFA and it basically did nothing. Meanwhile Mirio tried to drag Eri away to safety, but ended up collapsing due to blood loss. He told Eri to go and hide, but she wasn’t able to take the guilt of thinking she’s responsible for all this death and carnage, and she went back and told Overhaul she’d go with him if he stopped hurting everyone and fixed them all back up. Overhaul said some more bullshit things which got Deku all fired up again, and our little green hero stumbled to his feet and shouted that he’d save Eri no matter what. And then THANK FUCK, Ryuukyuu and my badass ladies Tsuyu, Ochako, and Hadou came busting in out of nowhere. I really need this girl power squad to turn the tide here because tbh, I’ve had just about enough of this.

Today on BnHA: We flash back to see how the badass lady squad battled Katsukame, the giant vitality-stealing bad guy who kept sucking energy from everyone and converting it into his own power. Just as they were finally wrapping things up, “Deku” appeared and told them that their assistance was needed in the Neverending Basement. “Deku” of course turned out to be Toga, but that doesn’t really matter since in the end she helped the heroes out. Back in the present, Deku asks Ochako to help Nighteye while he goes after Overhaul and Eri. Overhaul tries to escape through the new hole in the ceiling, and Deku leaps after him. Meanwhile we learn through more flashbacks that Eri is actually the granddaughter of the Comatose Boss, and that she was abandoned by her mother (the boss’s daughter) after her quirk manifested and she somehow vanished her father. Overhaul was assigned to look after her and eventually learned that her quirk is able to rewind time. Back in the present (again), Eri’s quirk begins to awaken, and she leaps toward Deku’s arms.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through chapter 185 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.)

everyone, I have an announcement. today, 1/13/19, is an auspicious day. today I am finally going to finish this arc after four long years. or maybe it’s only been a couple months. I lost track of time somewhere in the darkness. but anyways. I’m gonna do it. the binge starts... now

oooh!

come to think, we never did learn her actual quirk. obviously it’s something to do with destroying other people’s quirks, because that’s what they were weaponizing her DNA for. but what exactly is it that she does?

so we’re backtracking to “a short time ago”, and Ryuukyuu and her squad have successfully taken down the villain from all the way back in chapter 138

you see how they did that with no casualties? that’s cuz they’re competent. and also because they didn’t split up like fools, although for the most part that was out of the others’ control. (but them leaving Tamaki was still stupid af)

so they’re hurrying to go help the others

but something is happening??

oh shit the guy wasn’t fully knocked out

he’s using his quirk to sap their energy

aaaaand he’s getting bigger and breaking free of his bonds

he’s all amped up on quirkroids just like Irinaka was. fuck

so they were stuck dealing with him for another 20 minutes! during which time two whole months passed in the labyrinth of uninteresting chapters. ugh

it looks to me like the ladies ended up having to babysit the cops

Ryuukyuu’s shouting at Hadou and OH MY GOD WE’RE FINALLY GETTING THE DETAILS OF HER QUIRKKKKK

she should have kicked ass at the sports festival. I still don’t know why she never placed. maybe she just got disqualified for asking her opponent too many inappropriate personal questions

-- hey now what is this

I’m preeeeeeetty sure it’s not!

which means it’s Toga oh my god

so what is she up to?

it looks for all the world like she’s actually pointing them in the right direction so they can come bail the others out before they lose to Overhaul. total betrayal of the Precepts. yes please. I fucking love it omg

also, just to remind everyone, Horikoshi is terrible at math because if this really is Toga she should have only had enough blood to turn into Deku for like three seconds. I wonder if she’ll be in a rush to get back out of there before her cover is blown

(ETA: shoutout to @temperatezone who Did The Math and calculated that Toga probably has around 35 seconds’ worth of Deku blood, so this scene is indeed plausible, if just barely! and we’ll just have to wait and see if she actually used up all the blood she has with this stunt, or if we’ll be seeing not!Deku make any future appearances.)

fuck yes the girls are wrapping this up now! with coordinated team action!

good LORD he got big

and they’re smashing through the ground and winding up in Overhaul’s spiky rock room as we saw earlier!

could you guys also smash just one more level down and save Aizawa too, please and thanks

also Deku is there -- the real Deku -- and Ochako is like

THEN WHO WAS DEKU

hee

-- oh my god fucking gross, Toga

“plus chaos”?? is that their new thing?

do you guys secretly want to go to U.A. too. “we’re forming our own team. it’s called the... uh... revengers”

also is this the first time we’ve seen Compress with his missing arm? I forget if he was in the flashback chapter from before. and I’m not gonna go back and check right now because I have more important things to do, namely BINGGGGE

(ETA: kinda glad I didn’t check, because the Robot Arm came as such a pleasant surprise in chapter 160)

look at this elaborate plan they concocted

was Compress being held hostage?? how much of this arc did I drift through in a boredom-induced haze omg

(ETA: okay so this was never actually clarified, but based on the information we have, it would seem that Tomura was planning on having his minions kidnap Eri when the opportunity arose, and that’s why Twice made a copy of Mr. Compress to save for a rainy day. Compress then used his quirk on himself?, and then simply sat around in one of their pockets waiting for the plan to go into effect.

but this all means that Toga and Twice were both somehow able to lie even under the influence of Nemoto’s quirk in chapter 149, though. so that’s weird. unless they somehow came up with this plan all on their own, in which case it technically wouldn’t have been Tomura’s plan, and so Nemoto’s wording of that particular question would have allowed them to say no. but that seems like a reach. then again, this all does, pretty much. so...)

and also, so we’re back to Twice making more than two copies of things, I presume? or did they do all this with only two sets of them

(ETA: @r5h helped me with this one back in 149; even though Twice can only make two copies of things, each of his clones has the same quirk, and so each of them can make two more copies, etc. etc. although this would mean Twice broke his self-imposed rule of not copying himself. but hey it was for a good cause)

anyway. so Twice is telling Compress that Eri is the core of the Precepts’ operation and that she’s just a little kid

omg. they want Compress to snatch her. like he did with Katsuki omg

listen guys. I’m somehow mostly on your side here. even when you abducted Kacchan, it led to my two favorite parts of the series, so yeah. but if you abduct any more children, particularly this one who has been through enough trauma for a lifetime, you’re going to lose some points again

although why do I feel like even Tomura would end up being way kinder to Eri than Overhaul ever was. I feel like they wouldn’t really hurt her, but they’d probably end up brainwashing and manipulating her much in the same way that AFO did to Tomura. that’s the more classy villain thing to do

(ETA: they’d give her lots of ginger ale)

wtf. apparently Compress is a copy? I’m so fucking confused. can anyone help me puzzle this out seeing as the anime won’t air this for another year. I’m tempted to go find the reddit discussion thread of this chapter and see if they got it sorted

(ETA: bah, the reddit discussion was just a bunch of speculation on what Eri’s quirk actually was and whether she was going to become Orihime 2.0. reddit needs to calm the fuck down sometimes lol)

anyway, so Compress is dropping in on everyone now and bitching about how mean Toga and Twice are to him

Deku’s shouting at Ochako to take care of Nighteye

float him out to safety, I guess? the dude’s already a goner Deku

and he’s running toward Eri

but

Overhaul you BITCH, DID YOU HURT MY SWEET GIRL

DEKU HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SO THIS FUCKER NEVER AGAIN SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY

son of a bitch

I said how can we make it so he does not see the light of day, Deku!!

are you just standing there while he escapes on this jutting rock elevator like Scar singing “Be Prepared” in The Lion King

YES. DUH

oh for fuck’s sake he’s leaping after him and screaming “I won’t let you!”

right now you don’t have a very good track record for living up to those words, Deku

Overhaul’s all “give it up already”

once again, they’re not the ones dragging it out, you ass

and now, weirdly, he’s being interrupted by a giant rock wearing Mirio’s cape?

I dub thee “Lemillirock”

I’m sorry, are we really supposed to believe that a giant fucking rock wearing a billowing cape just somehow got “blown up” twenty feet in the air toward you all on its own?

and what, are they just stopping to admire it now?

Eri’s reaching out to grab the cape

the narration says she wasn’t even conscious of the fact that she was doing it

and she’s remembering Mirio’s whole “a hero’s cape is for safely bundling up scared little girls all snug and secure like warm lil burritos” speech

is her quirk happening?!

what’s going on omg

Overhaul seems shocked by something

FLASHBACK

ahhhhh so she’s the old boss’s granddaughter. that makes much more sense

the boss’s daughter apparently cut her ties with the family after a marriage dispute, and had a kid

and then...

well that’s nice

um WHAT

UM. WHAT

jesus christ. apparently Eri mutated a quirk that had nothing to do with the quirks on either side of her family lineage

don’t mind me just making a note of this for future theorizing. please, continue

so apparently her quirk just straight up makes things disappear. just disappears ‘em

so the boss told Overhaul to look after her, and to also investigate just what her quirk was

so he did some experiments with rats and stuff

WHAT

WAIT WHAT

omg

wait so is this like that thing in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator that de-aged people, and if you took too much you’d actually be de-aged into negative years??

does this mean that with more training she could master control of it and turn it into a time travel quirk??

(ETA: future number one hero here. for sure. unstoppable. Deku this is your successor. actually you’d better watch out because you and Katsuki will have like 10 years at the top at most before she graduates and arrives fresh on the hero scene to boot y’all from that podium.

fucking imagine. she can heal anyone. stop bad guys by removing their quirks and/or turning them into cute babies. alter the landscape during fights. turn a few chickens into fucking dinosaurs. and that’s just scratching the surface.

is she overpowered? fucking yes lmao. do I care? yeah that’s gonna be a no from me dawg. besides, like her equally overpowered Lemillibrother before her, she probably won’t gain full control of her abilities until she’s all grown up, so it’s all good.)

and apparently he started doing fucked up shit to her right away because she immediately tried to escape starting on that day

Eriiii ;_;

:|

I need Eri to be adopted by a loving family and pampered and showered with love and affection every day for the rest of her life and they take her to Disney World and she meets the princesses and they all tell her how brave she is for never giving up, and now she finally has her happily ever after

do you remember how these fuckers were actually trying to bribe her with toys. as if that would make everything okay. sorry you’re being held captive and never shown the slightest affection and you’re being constantly tortured and you’re so scared and tired all the time because no matter what you know you’ll never be safe and you’ve even been conditioned to think all of it is your own fault. but here’s some toys. [leaves and comes back to find them unopened] WHY DIDN’T YOU PLAY WITH THEM. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT DIDN’T MAGICALLY MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER

the narration is talking about how Mirio’s actions “shook her heart to the core”, and that she couldn’t bear to see people getting hurt trying to save her

and we’re back in real time and she’s saying “stop please, I don’t want you to die”

OH MY GOD

like, so wait. WHERE DID OVERHAUL GO

HER POWERS ARE AWAKENING. so they hadn’t before?? WHAT IS HER POWER OMG

but you know what. I can just CLICK TO THE NEXT CHAPTER AND FIND OUT. because like, that was the plan anyway :D

the last two omakes are just (1) Horikoshi announcing that the guy who draws Vigilantes drew him something to congratulate him on the new volume, and (2) the picture that said guy drew. which is Toga and Twice, but it’s not really anything special, aside from the fact that there’s a little caption saying “you know, I could ship this!” which, yeah buddy. I feel ya

[allthekpopimagines]

NCT Greek Gods!AU Part 2

Word Count: 1459 

Hello my children!! Sorry if that was weird....but anyways here is Part 2 of my Greek God AU for my ub group NCT. This was more of a filler chapter but this does have some important parts to it!! I promise. Sorry for the late updates guys, college has been KICKING my butt.....but I promise I’m trying to keep you guys up to date on this series. I mean, you guys are the first ones reading it so. But I hope you all enjoy this part. Part 3 will be up very soon, promise! I love you all so much! <3 -Admin M

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“She was one of the rare ones, so effortlessly herself, and the world loved her for it.” -Atticus 

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This is ridiculous. I look around Jaemin’s room and I see a lot of photos of him and another guy or an animal. I grab one of the photos and I see Nana and 17 other boys with in a family-looking photo. I see that Nana treasures a lot of these things because it’s mainly what he has that are consuming his room. I sigh as I sit on his bed not knowing what to do. Should I come downstairs? No, Nana said to stay up here until he called me back down or when he came to get me again. Are they talking about me? Probably.....Jaemin did bring me here so they could explain things to me. I don’t feel very comfortable here....maybe I should leave. What if they’re planning on how they’re going to kill me....because Nana knew what to do and say to get rid of that creature from before. Okay, Perry, you’re overthinking this too much. But I do need to leave from this place, I feel like I’m a trapped prisoner here. New plan, get out of here before they come upstairs looking for me. 

I look around for anything that could get me out of this room. I could just walk out of the door but then they would see me and I would never be able to escape. There’s a window but I’m in the second floor of the building. If I jump out I would be committing suicide. I look around Nana’s room in order to find a way out of this house. I go into Nana’s closet and I think of a way to get out. I smile and get to work quickly but quietly. 

<<--->>

Jaemin’s POV: 

“Hyung...what’s going on?” Jisung says concerned. Jeno pipes in, “Who was that? Who did I basically tackle?!” Mark then gets confused and asks, “Wait you tackled someone?” Haechan adds, “Wait he doesn't tackle you?” I sigh in anger and I yell to get their attention, “Yah! Listen.” They all get quiet and I can finally talk, “Do you guys remember the daughter of Demeter?” 

“You mean Persephone?” Chenle adds in. Renjun says, “Man, I’m sad about what happened to her and her mother.” I fidget in my chair and I then say, “What if I told you guys that Persephone isn’t dead?” They all get confused. Mark speaks up, “That’s impossible. Her mother is basically dating Hades and Persephone got killed by a Cerberus. Hades’ Cerberus to be exact.” I shake my head and they all get confused, “What’re you saying Jaemin?” Haechan asks. I sigh and I collect myself before saying, “Persephone isn’t dead. I know that you guys think she is....but that’s her, the girl that’s in my room right now is Persephone.” Chenle tries to run upstairs to see, “Chenle! Stop!” Mark says.

I look at Mark and I mentally make a note to thank him later. As Chenle walks back to his seat Mark adds, “You could scare her more than she already is,” Mark turns to me, “How did you get her to follow you here?” I sigh and I say, “That’s the story. I stopped the Chimera from basically trying to ‘play’ with her but she just thought that she was going to be eaten. She doesn’t know how she saw the Chimera and she doesn’t know how she understands Greek.” Jeno pipes in, “Wait, she doesn't know who she is?” Renjun steps in, “No. Her mother got rid of her memories when she got to see her. She has an adoptive mother and father. She remembers her name but that’s about it.” 

Jisung then says, “You didn’t explain this to her?!” I look at Jisung as if he’s crazy, “Of course not! She doesn’t remember anything and I just say, ‘Oh hey by the way I’m a demigod and so are you and you’re the daughter of Demeter and your mother is in the underworld with Hades.’ Because that won’t sound absolutely insane to her.” I say sarcastically. He looks away. “Well, we have to tell her sometime, she doesn’t even know where she is.” Haechan says. I nod and say, “I’m waiting for Taeyong or Ten to get home. They can probably explain it better to her. Plus, I can’t just keep her here forever without their approval.” The rest of the dreamies agree and I think, what have I done?

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I get down to the ground and I brush off my hands while being super quiet as well. I smile at myself and I think, Good job Perry. I take off running in the direction we came from the road and as I’m running I think I hear someone open the front door and I turn around to look but there’s no one. I then run directly into something that had the stiffness of a tree. 

I end up on my butt and I squint up to the figure hoping it’s just a tree and I’m just oblivious. There’s a person’s face right where the sun should be blinding me. The person speaks, “Whoa. Where are you going in such a rush?” I stand up and I try to run but the persons strong grip on my wrist prevents me to do so. I just look up at the person and their vibrant red hair, “Please let me go. I just want to get out of here.” The person looks at me confused, “Are you okay? I won’t hurt you.” I look into his eyes and he has a sincere look in his eyes and I sigh and I try to not pull away and I say, “Not really. I’ve had a rough day and then Jaemin brought me here to this house and now I’m supposed to be waiting for someone but I don’t know if they’re planning to actually kill me or not. I’m just trying to get home and pretend this day didn’t happen because I’m already claimed to be the towns psychopath. But I’m not actually crazy okay? There was a giant creature that was a lion, but also part goat and snake chasing after me. But I’m not crazy because Nana saw it too! He saved me from it.” I say looking down at the end. 

The man is towering over me but to get down to my height he bends over a little and says, “Hey, don’t be so upset.” He lifts my head and he smiles at me, “You’re not crazy. That was a Chimera. There are creatures like that around here.” I get confused and I look at him with concern, “Are you okay sir?” He laughs and says, “I’m fine. But please, call me Taeyong.” I nod a bit and I can’t remember where I heard that name from but I did hear it somewhere. “Hopefully you don’t mind me asking, but what are your parents names?” He asks me. I say with hesitation, “Hanna and James Wilson. Why?” He nods and says, “Do you by chance believe in the gods?” 

I get shocked by the question, “What’d you mean?” He thinks for a minute and says, “The gods. Like Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades?” I shake my head quickly and I say, “I don’t even know what you’re talking about. If you’re asking if I believe in God, then the answer would be, kind of.” He laughs a bit and says, “No. Greek mythology....or, what people believe to be Mythology.” I shake my head, “I don’t know anything about that.” He sighs and nods, “Okay well, you said Jaemin brought you here?” I nod and he mumbles, “Hm, I thought it would’ve been Lucas.” He lets go of my wrist and he holds out his hand, “Will you come inside and let me explain to you what’s going on? No lies and I will not let anyone hurt you. Trust me.” I think for a minute and I am intimidated by Taeyong but not in a way that he will hurt me, in a way that he will protect me and I’m not worried about it. I nod and I take his hand. 

We begin to walk a little and he asks, “Oh, one more question. What’s your name?” He looks at me and I look at him and then away as I say, “My name is Persephone but my friends call me Perry.” He stops dead in his tracks and I stop as well, confused on why we stopped walking. The front door of the house flies open and I see Jaemin standing there and he’s out of breath and he makes eye contact with Taeyong and he looks down and then back at Taeyong and he says, “Surprise?” 

[sparklebitch]

Escape from Beta Traz (Langst prompt)

The is based off of @jigglejaggle ‘s prompt x which is based off of Season 2: Ep. 10 of Voltron (thank you so much for sending this prompt to me i loved it so much!!)

A/N: Okay, this got really out of hand. It’s nearly 3k words and I wrote it all in one sitting... oops. Also I’ve never really written a fight scene before, so I tried to stay pretty close to the actual plot in the episode, so the first half of this fic pretty much mirrors the events of Escape from Beta Traz episode.

Trigger warnings are posted in the tags below.

This isn’t how this was supposed to happen. This mission was supposed to be easy. Sneak in, sneak out. All they had to do was hack into the security system and rescue the inmate, Slav. Everything seemed to be going well, until Lance met back up with Shiro.

“I got Slav!” they both shouted at the same time. Lance did a double take.

“Wait what!” he screamed. Shiro looked at the creature next to Lance in confusion. Shiro’s ‘Slav’ shook his head.

“Oh, you have Laika” he said calmly. “That is the Warden’s pet. He will not be happy about that” Lance looked at the creature by his side in dismay.

“You’re not Slav!?” he shouted. It looked back at him.

“Yep” Lance continued running, slack jawed. He wholeheartedly believed that this was the Slav that they were looking for. There was no time to decide what they were going to do with this creature. Pidge announced over the intercom that she was going to meet them in the hangar.

The doors to the hangar slid open, revealing several guards surrounding the Lion. Everyone began shooting at once. Lance and Shiro pulled up their shield. Shiro yelled something to Lance, but he couldn’t hear it over the ringing in his ears from the blasts that were pounding against the shield in front of his face.

Lance dove out of the way of an oncoming blast, and Shiro took off across the room, taking out two of the guards almost instantly. They continued the fight for almost a minute, taking them all out one by one.

When they thought that they were finally done, Shiro called for the real Slav to come out of hiding, and they started to head to the Lion. Suddenly, a door slid open and the Warden appeared in the doorway. He shouted and jumped in front of them, blocking their path.

“You think you can get away with stealing my pet and my prisoner?” he laughed. The purple liquid that was held in the tubes attached to his suit slowly started to disappear, and he began to grow. The Warden tripled in size and loomed over the paladins. “You’re not going anywhere!” he boomed.

“What the heck!?” Pidge screamed.

The Warden charged forward, knocking the three of them to the ground. Lance hit the ground with a thud, but quickly jumped back on his feet. This was bad. The Warden was huge. Lance wasn’t sure they were going to be able to beat him. He shot a worried look at Shiro, and saw his reaction was mirrored on his face. Shiro wasn’t confident in their chances either.

“In case you are wondering” Slav yelled from where ever he was hiding. “The chances of all of our survivals, are now only 3.7%!” Shiro turned to scream at Slav to shut up but was cut off when he was hit. He was thrown into the wall and landed hard on the ground.

Lance continued shooting at the giant in front of him. It didn’t seem to have any affect. Lance thought back to his conversation with Pidge earlier.

“I’m the sharpshooter of the group!” he had said. “You are?” Pidge commented with a confused expression.

Did the team really not think that that was his thing? Did he not have a thing? Maybe the reason this wasn’t affected the Warden was because Lance wasn’t a as good a shot as he thought he was.

Lance was so lost in thought that he didn’t see the arm coming towards him and knocking him into the air. He waved his arms around frantically, and then braced himself for the impact.

But it never came.

The Warden grabbed him out of the air and held him tight in his grip. Lance grunted as he tried to squirm out of his grip.

“Lance! No!” Pidge called. She shot her bayard at the monster, who swiftly caught it and flung Pidge across the room. Lance cried out as the hand around him tightened. There were spots flooding his vision. He stopped squirming, hoping that it would alleviate some of the pain.

It didn’t.

Shiro yelled something, but Lance couldn’t hear it. His vision was fading.

Then, a snap.

Something inside of Lance broke. He thought maybe it was a rib. A scream ripped out of his lungs as the pain flooded his body. The shouted around him grew louder, adding to the noise. There was another sickening snap, and then another. Lance wished that he would just pass out from the pain, but he didn’t. His brain cruelly refused to let go.

Shiro and Pidge went back and forth, attacking the Warden, barely making a scratch on his giant metal body.

Lance wasn’t focused on them, however. He was preoccupied with the intense burning that he felt throughout his body. This was the worst pain Lance had ever endured. Nothing, he thought, could ever be worse than this.

Until he was thrown to the ground.

He felt his mouth open in a silent scream as he was hurled toward the floor. His throat was raw with the force of noise that he was producing.

There weren’t words to describe how Lance felt when he hit the ground. All of the air was knocked out of his lungs, and the pain increased to the point that his mind went completely white. He couldn’t see, hear, or speak. The blood curdling scream trapped in his throat.

The Warden stepped towards Lance, his foot hovering over Lance’s face. Lance’s whole body shook from fear, every tiny movement sending sharp pains into every corner of his body. The edge of his boot pressed into the side of Lance’s face, further pressing him into the ground. “You are weak” he spat.

Behind him, Shiro and Pidge were staring at him in complete shock. They didn’t know what to do. There was nothing they could do. Nothing even phased him. They were going to watch in horror as their friend was crushed to death.

Suddenly the whole room began to shake as the bay doors began to open. Everyone turned to look at it in surprise. Off to the side of the room, Slav had pushed the button to open the hangar doors, causing everyone and everything to fly towards it. Pidge grabbed hold of the Lion as Shiro flung a piece of junk at the Warden. It hit him square in the back, forcing him through the opening and out into space.

Slav quickly closed the door, and it was all over.

Lance’s body rolled to the floor again as the gravity returned to the room. There was a strange numbness overtaking him now. He wasn’t in as much pain as he was a minute ago.

He heard loud footsteps as Shiro and Pidge came running.

“Lance!” one of them screamed. “Are you alright?” Lance didn’t respond. He wasn’t sure he could. He started to roll over to face them, but a pain ripped through his side, causing him to cry out.

“Oh god,” Pidge said. “Don’t move. Oh my god. Don’t move” Something started to come up Lance’s throat, and he began to choke. A pair of hands gripped his arm, rolling him onto his side. He tried to scream, but blood began to pour out of his mouth instead, resulting in a strangled choking noise. “Oh fuck” Pidge sounded scared. Lance imagined that he looked just about as bad as he felt.

“Lance, I know it hurts, but you have to try and stay still” Shiro said in a gentle but slightly panicked voice. Now that the blood was out of his throat Lance began gasping for air. He couldn’t get enough air. “Shit” Shiro cursed. “Alright, I’m going to pick you up now. Pidge, get Slav onto the Lion and clear somewhere to lay Lance” he instructed. Lance saw Pidge’s feet run off across the room. His head felt fuzzy now, like he might pass out. Too little too late.

Lance was vaguely aware of Shiro’s hands checking various parts of him to see what was hurt. Lance squirmed under his touch.

“Okay, I think you have some broken ribs, Lance” Shiro said.

“No… shit…” he coughed out more blood.

“Try not to talk. I’m going to pick you up now, okay?” He didn’t wait for a response before he gingerly wrapped his hands around him and started to lift him up.

Nothing could have prepared Lance for the pain. Now that the adrenaline of the fight was beginning to wear off, he was starting to feel the full extent of his injuries. And Shiro jostling him around was making it so much worse.

“Stop!” Lance screamed. “Please! Stop, oh my god!” tears began to leak out of his eyes. “It hurts so much. Shiro, PLEASE!” Shiro set Lance back down quickly. Lance began writhing around in pain.

“What happened!?” Pidge yelled as she came sprinting back.

“I can’t move him. It hurts him too much” Shiro responded.

“But we have to get him out of here! If we stay here much longer…” she trailed off.

“You think I don’t know that!” Shiro was freaking out. Lance had never seen him like this. But then, none of them had ever been injured this severely before. “God, what are you muttering!?” Shiro shouted at Slav, who was standing near the group. He stared back at Shiro, completely unphased.

“The chances of his survival are dropping every minute we stand here” he stated. Pidge began to cry. Shiro pulled on his hair in frustration.

“Then what do you propose we do!?”

“Get out of here” Slav said. “The current chances of Lance surviving are currently at 7%” he said. Shiro started pacing back and forth. “6.4%” Shiro marched up to Lance, and then turned away. He couldn’t do it. “5.6%”

“Will you shut up!” Shiro covered his ears and closed his eyes. He stayed like that for a moment, trying to clear his mind and think of something. “There- there’s no other way” he said in dismay after a moment. “I have to move him” Lance whimpered at his words. Shiro’s face broke. “Lance, I am so so sorry. I wish there were another way, but we have to get you out of here. Do you understand that?” Lance tried to nod his head. He did understand that. If they stayed here, he was going to die. But, if they left there was still a chance that he was going to die. Moving him might not make a difference.

Shiro clenched his fists and took a deep breath before bending down and lifting Lance up in his arms. Pain ripped through Lance again as he moved him. He muttered apologies under Lance’s desperate cries for him to stop.

His vision completely faded. All he sensed was pain. He didn’t know how long it took to move into the Lion, but it felt like hours. In those few moments Lance was ashamed to say that he wished for death. He wished that he would just die and be free of the pain.

Instead, he passed out.

 When he awoke, Lance was aware of a faint humming noise coming from somewhere. His head was propped up, and someone was running their fingers through his hair. He groaned in pain as he woke up fully, the pain hadn’t lessened any since before.

“Shh, you’re alright” Pidge said in a shaking voice. “We’re on our way back to the castle now” Lance faintly heard Shiro talking as he laid there, Pidge stroking his hair and whispering to him that he’d be alright.

“Broken ribs… at least three I think… his legs are… it’s not good, Allura” he said in a hushed voice. “I think one of his lungs collapsed when he landed” he paused as Allura responded to him. “Yes, and he’s been vomiting blood since I picked him up. I tried not to move him, but- but there was no other way- I didn’t know what else to do! I- I know…” he sighed. “I know” Lance closed his eyes again and tried to shift his head closer to Pidge’s hand. His entire body ached, and he could barely breathe, but that felt nice. “Don’t yell at me like that, there was nothing I could do! He overpowered us and grabbed Lance… Allura, I know” Lance tried to tune his voice out. The only other noise was Slav standing nearby muttering statistics to himself.

“If they would only… but that’s just 0.2% better… that is better than nothing- No. Not good enough. Only 2.3% chance that…” Lance pinched his lips together and tried to focus on his breathing. It was getting harder now.

“Oh, oh no” Slav said loudly. Shiro and Pidge whipped around to look at him. “The chances of survival for blue paladin human… are zero percent” the room went dangerously quiet. No one dared to breathe. Pidge slapped her hand over her mouth as everyone stared at Lance in horror.

Lance’s entire body went cold.

0%

He was going to die.

Lance always imagined that he was going to die this way. At least, he had imagined it recently. He couldn’t go into a million fights where the odds were against them and expect to make it out completely unfazed. Someone was going to get hurt sooner or later. Lance was glad that it was him, and not anyone else. They were all essential parts of Volton.

He? He could be replaced.

“Slav” Lance wheezed out. Pidge tried to shush him, but Lance waved her off. “What are… Volton’s chances of—” he stopped to cough up some more blood. “Of defeating Zarkon… if I- If I die…?” Slav was silent for longer than he had been since he arrived on the ship.

“If you die, their success rises 12%”

“Slav, you shut the fuck up before I chuck you out of this ship and into the nearest black hole!” Shiro shouted threateningly. Pidge started crying again.

“The chances of you finding a black hole—”

“I said shut it!” Slav finally listened.

“Lance, don’t listen to him!” she said in between sobs. “You’re not going to die. You can’t die” Lance knew he was going to die. He could feel it. His body was beginning to go numb, and his breaths were slowing. “We need you. We can’t defeat Zarkon without you” Lance reached blindly for Pidge’s hand. She laced her fingers through his, squeezing tightly.

“Pidge,” he smiled faintly. “I love you” he could feel a trail of blood dripping out of the corner of his mouth.

“No, don’t you dare. You’re not dying. You’re not!” 12%. If Lance died, they had a 12% better chance of winning. He was afraid to die before, not knowing what would happen to everyone else. But now he could die in peace, knowing he gave them a better shot.

“Shiro,” Lance’s voice was barely audible.

“Yeah, buddy?” Shiro’s voice shook. He couldn’t come to them, because he was piloting the Lion.

“I love you… too” Lance wheezed. “You were… always my hero…” Tears splashed down onto Lance as they dripped off of Pidge’s face. “Tell… everyone else that I love them too—” The air rushed out of Lance’s body, and he gasped. The only sound he could hear was Pidge’s sobs. A smile curled at his lips as the pain melted away.

He laid his head back, and let go.

[on-crimson-wings-blog]

HUZZAH, THEY’RE FINISHED

There’s a butt-ton of info about them under the cut, going from left to right.

Mata Reyna (Reyna The Torso) Age: 23 Gender: Female Height: 1'10" / 56 cm Race: Human Job: Scholar & Spy Combat: Baseball bat + Busoshoku Haki IRL Nationality: Filipino Personality: Determined | Intelligent | Stealthy | Bossy | Nosy | Obstinate Brief History: A young woman who didn't let her disability stop her from pursuing greatness. Was an athlete in school and went on to pursue a higher education. Also had a love for performing arts; it was a great extra way to earn some spending money. Made a deal with the Lioness Pirates, joining them after they found her to be very knowledgeable and potentially a great asset to them. Wanted to broaden her horizons, anyhow. Additional Headcanons: Has sacral agenesis, which caused her to be born without the lower half of her torso. Can run as fast on her hands as one does on their feet. Knows a ton of interesting and useless random facts.

Hawk Trent (White Liver Trent) Age: 21 Gender: Male (Newkama) Height: 5'8" / 172 cm Race: Human Job: Cook Combat: Newkama Kenpo IRL Nationality: Italian Personality: Affable | Astute | Compassionate | Perfectionist | Squeamish | Nervous Brief History: Culinary student from somewhere in the Grand Line. Never expected to get caught up with the Lioness Pirates. Probably was somehow swept up into their shenanigans when they visited his home island, and wound up accidentally in their group while they were fleeing from some Marines. Was mistakenly associated with them from that point on, so he felt obligated to join them. Proved to be a talented and useful cook, as well as a skilled combatant. Despite having little knowledge about living on sea or life outside his island (and being slightly scared of everything), he seems to be enjoying his stay with this crew. Additional Headcanons: Huge history nerd. Has a huge weakness for potato chips; makes his own homemade chips. Very cleanly, a tad germophobic.

Han Iemon (Kabuki Iemon) Age: 29 Gender: Male Height: 5'5" / 165 cm Race: Human Job: Lookout & Musician Combat: Observation haki, possibly a shamisen IRL Nationality: Japanese Personality: Sharp | Rational | Self-Aware | Sarcastic | Overconfident | Stubborn Brief History: From a family line of Kabuki performers. An accident at the theater one night left him blind, traumatized, and able to use observation haki. Descended into a life of crime to survive after that, acting as a lookout for his gang of thieves. Probably joined the crew after aiding them somehow and seeing his life on his home island wasn't really going anywhere. Additional Headcanons: Notoriously hard to read, based on facial expression. Kinda makes the same neutral face all the time. Often makes dark comments under his breath, always prompting his crewmates to say “what?” He always answers innocently with a “what?” of his own.

Dailey Deez (Nutty Deez) Age: 25 Gender: Female Height: 5'1" / 155 cm Race: Human Job: Blacksmith Combat: Push Scooter IRL Nationality: South African Personality: Bright | Easygoing | Creative | Eccentric | Melodramatic | Reckless | Impish Brief History: Blacksmith who studied at a smithing academy in North Blue. Was top of her class. Probably started following around and bothering Xiulan and her crew when they stopped at her home island. Probably also invited herself aboard their ship / snuck onto their ship as it left the island. They didn't feel like turning around to drop her off home, so they had no choice but to take her along. Saw she was good for blacksmithing and being the crew's butt monkey. Additional Headcanons: Engaging and eloquent speaker. Can be cryptic. Knows how to get under people's skin and seems to enjoy testing them, and her jabs at people always have a purpose behind them. The crew member everyone loves to pick on. Hard to tell what she does and doesn’t take seriously. Quick wits.

Redleaf Kirk (Iron Wall Kirk) Age: 32 Gender: Male Height: 6'11" / 210 cm Race: Human Job: Shipwright & Helmsman Combat: Extreme brute strength, maybe busoshoku haki, also a giant hammer. He's like, Scottish Thor. IRL Nationality: Scottish Personality: Affectionate | Skilled | Flexible | Extroverted | Overbearing | Bigmouth | Overambitious Brief History: An old connection of Xiulan’s. They went their separate ways at some point, pursuing different areas. Possibly used to work together. He became a shipwright on a different island and didn’t care too much for the place. Reconnected with Xiulan when she brought her crew to his new island, and asked to join in on their adventures. Additional Headcanons: Often talks and sings to himself. Gives good hugs. Crew dad. Crewmates sometimes call him Red. Sometimes even screams to himself.

Cho Xiulan (Lioness Xiulan) Age: 24 Gender: Female Height: 5'6" / 167.6 cm Race: Human Job: Captain Combat: Devil Fruit (Chinese Lion Zoan) and hand to hand combat IRL Nationality: Chinese Personality: Diplomatic | Courageous | Dignified | Cynical | Stern | Callous Brief History: Former Marine. Likely from a poor area of her home island and forced to join. Found the conditions deplorable and defected to piracy. Found and consumed her Devil Fruit when she was younger; Marines found her to be valuable because of it. Additional Headcanons: She's very much leader material, a strong and brave woman with a good head on her shoulders. Her crew members deeply respect her, though some find her intimidating. On the surface, she can be tough and rigid, but under that, she's quite caring for her crew. Always dressed well and takes fashion seriously.

Keska Karim (Chain Link Karim) Age: 27 Gender: Male Height: 6'3" / 191 cm Race: Human Job: First Mate & Boatswain Combat: Devil Fruit (chain paramecia) & blades. Knows how to use many other weapon types. IRL Nationality: Egyptian Personality: Cautious | Analytical | Loyal | Taciturn | Suspicious | Gruff | Blunt Brief History: Used to be an assassin for hire. Took on some pretty shady and dangerous jobs. Was hired by a Marine to bring him Xiulan's head. Wound up joining her instead. Additional Headcanons: Battle strategist. Excellent at information gathering.

Ashton (Blue Ring Ashton) Age: 19 Gender: Male Height: 5'10" / 178 cm Race: Blue-ringed Octopus Merman Job: Navigator Combat: Sextant and Firearms (the latter taught by Karim) IRL Nationality: Australian Personality: Curious | Good-Humoured | Virtuous | Extroverted | Gullible | Nosy | Goofy Brief History: An orphaned merman from South Blue. Was taken in by a kind old human lady retired pirate, after he was caught trying to steal something. She was a well-traveled and wise lady who loved all types of creatures. Raised him until she died, told him to seek his fortune, he became a pirate (was inspired by her tales of her travels and adventures). Most likely bumped into Xiulan and Karim in a tavern and begged convinced them to take him with then. Additional Headcanons: He likes curling up into small places to sleep. His tentacles are extremely flexible. Collects rocks. Might have slightly venomous saliva, which probably means he can never make out with someone without killing them. That's okay though, he's too pure and innocent for making out.

Chepi (Pink Doctor Chepi) Age: 29 Gender: Female Height: 4'9" / 144.8 cm Race: Shandian Job: Doctor Combat: Observation Haki & Fire Opal Blade IRL Nationality: Native American (Algonquin) Personality: Mature | Intelligent | Calm | Spiritual | Rigid | Proud | Snippy Brief History: A Shandian priestess in line to become a high priestess. Was curious about what lay beyond Skypeia. Xiulan and her crew came to Skypeia right after escaping a battle. Chepi treated them and found them endearing. Wound up joining so she could broaden her horizons. Additional Headcanons: Loves learning new things. Mild-mannered. Doesn’t really know how to laugh at herself; no-nonsense type of gal. 

Florence Age: 3 Gender: Female Height: 2'0" / 61 cm Race: Capybara Job: Mascot / Pet Combat: She doesn't really fight. IRL Nationality: Peruvian Personality: Social | Sweet | Affectionate Brief History: Kirk returned late to the ship one day with a capybara. He'd been playing with it and it followed him home. Decided to keep her and named her Florence. Additional Headcanons: Almost never leaves Kirk's or Chepi's side. More or less Kirk's pet, but she loves Chepi, too. Loves being in the water; sometimes sits in the bathtub for long periods of time. Occasionally wakes Kirk in the middle of the night to play, often to the annoyance of the rest of the crew

[helenaveee]

Against All Odds Pt.1

Against All Odds ~ACOTAR FIC~

--->Link to Part 2<---

Feysand’s heir Estrella goes on an adventure to find out what is pulling her south toward the forbidden  Spring Court.  Andras, Tamlins youngest son has been having dreams of the night sky for weeks. It is only when he decides to venture out of his comfort zone that he realizes there is a larger meaning behind those dreams and that he will do anything to find it.

THE BEGINNING

*Estrella* I had heard the tale a million times. The War of Courts, Hybern and his armies, Vassa and birds made of flames. Ships that bore the names of my family and creatures so feared that even the dark ran from them. Yet, I felt as though it was so far away, so much time had passed and these stories became watered down versions of the truth. My mother never talked about what happened to her under the Mountain. She never included those memories in her re-telling. I’d heard the whispers though. Everyone still remembered her bravery. Everyone still called her The Cursebreaker. My father looks at her with such pride, such adoration that I can only wonder what led to their pairing. It feels like an entire chapter of their lives was swept away, dust under the rug. I cannot explain the feeling.. but something from their past is calling to me. It’s a warm breeze caressing my cheek, a whisper in the wind, the sweet scent of a flower I cannot ever recall smelling. It’s pulling me somewhere foreign and yet familiar. It’s pulling me into Spring.

-Andras-

It was the same dream I’d been having for a while. The North Star glimmering in the night sky amidst a myriad of colors. Hues of periwinkle, deep blues and greens dancing behind it. The moon resting just under the star like a great shining eye, beckoning me forward. I take a step and feel my feet snag on something with thorns. Red roses creep up above my knees and twine their stems around my wrists. The panic sets in almost immediately and I’m overcome with a feeling of dispair. I must follow the North Star, I need to know why it is drawing me forth into the night. More vines come slithering out of the earth, pinning me in place. There is nothing I can do, no amount of struggle or screaming will loosen their grip. The colors in the sky start to fade into grey, the Star fades too. All that is left is me and the moon. For a moment I am still; defeated and weak. I hear it then, a howling of defiance. A wolf in the distance, silhouetted against the moon itself. It cries out into the void louder and louder, building into crescendo that rattles the stars back into the sky. It is only then that the realization hits. I am the wolf. I am shepherd to The North Star and I will howl until it finds it’s way out of the dark and back to me.

                              *Estrella*

They say I take after my father in looks and my mother in temperament. With my inky hair, dark complexion and mischievous smile you’d think us twins. There weren’t a lot of features I inherited from my mother except the smattering of freckles on my cheeks and the ring of blue-grey in my otherwise violet colored eyes. Oh, and the bits of power from every court in Prythian. The gift willingly given to save my mothers life just so happened to be the gift that kept on giving. I couldn’t summon the full extent of their powers but some abilities were quite useful even at a trickle of their strength. At the present moment, I could kiss the feet of High Lord Tarquin for bestowing us with water manipulation.

It was an unseasonably hot night in Velaris and Ritas was filled to the brim with writhing bodies. Music filled the air making my pulse jump and my head swim. Well, I do suppose my head was also swimming thanks to the generous helpings of sweet red wine being offered left and right. Swimming… my head was swimming… Oh, yes, thank the cauldron. I summoned water from my fingertips and filled a goblet to the brim, the liquid dripping down my face as I took it in three large gulps. I was filling my second glass when a chill crept up my neck and nipped my nose. It could only mean one thing. I turned around and was greeted by the loudest squeal I had ever heard followed by a bone crushing hug.

“ ESTRELLAAAA! Thank the mother I am SO happy to see you. Mor and Selene are driving me mad! They won’t stop telling stories of their adventures in Cretea after the wedding and if I have to hear one of those tales again my brain will quite literally melt.”

“It’s lovely to see you too cousin and I am happy to rescue you but could you please do me a favor?”

I pointed at my glass of now warm water and put on a soppy frown. Cohl was heir to The Winter Court and could summon ice in the blink of an eye and so he did, effectively turning my bathwater goblet into a refreshing ice slushy. I could only muster a few snowflakes on a good day.

“Can we please get out of here, I’m staying at the House of Wind and could use some help navigating. Your roads always confuse me. They all look so different.”

I scoffed at his statement, recalling the image of The Winter Court into my mind. One giant snowball, not a variation of color in sight. No wonder he was lost in Velaris, this was practically a maze to him.

“Yes yes, let’s winnow out. Mor and Selene can make their own way back.”

And so we went, arm in arm into the night, giggling all the way home.  

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In the early hours of the morning my eyes fluttered open. Something strange had stirred me awake. It was a sound.. not my name but something else. A howling…but was it? We didn’t have wolves here in the north. That was distinctly a southern region beast. I scrubbed at the sleep in my eyes and stumbled out of bed. My head immediately started to pound as I was not-so-kindly reminded of mine and Cohls detour to another tavern. We had caught up over flaming whiskey, a drink he had never tried and was indeed floored by, literally. After scraping him up off the ground, we half winnowed and half walked back to The House of Wind. A million steps later and here I was, in my mothers old quarters. Sometimes I felt like I couldn’t escape the shadow of my parents. They were everywhere. I stood, legs shaky as a newborn doe and walked to the terrace. The sky was beginning to turn colors; periwinkle, pinks and purples. I took in the sight of my home, the beauty of it and felt an unfamiliar tug at my heart. Then, out of nowhere, a warm breeze. It was both alluring and alarming, the way it wove itself in and out of my fingers, lifted my hair back from my face. It smelled of flowers and grass and earth. No, not flowers. A flower… one I had never smelled in my life. Before I could think on it any further the sensation was gone along with the breeze and smell. I lingered there for a moment longer then crawled back into bed, my head insisting on more sleep. As my eyes closed I had the vaguest feeling that I was not entirely alone. It did not scare me, not one bit.

                                  -Andras-

I woke with my heart slamming against my chest. For the love of the cauldron, was this really happening again? The same dream for a fortnight. Thorns, roses, wolves, stars and the moon. It was going to be the end of me any day now. The sun had not even peeked over the hills yet and I was wide awake. I turned my face into my pillow and let out a groan that could have woken half of Prythian. A moment later and I was rolling out of bed and headed into my bathing quarters. I chanced a look into the great golden vanity mirror, something I did not do often since the dreams started. The darkness under my eyes had gotten worse and my cheekbones had become more prominent. Even my hair was protesting. When had I last ran a comb through it? I could not recall. Anyway, what did it matter.. I wasn’t the son who needed to put on airs for anyone. That was my brother Hensel’s duty as first born heir to The Spring Court. I swiftly turned from my reflection and drew a bath. Once it was filled to the brim with suds, I stepped in, a great sigh of relief escaping my lips. Perhaps this would help me fall back to sleep. I only hoped that scrubbing my skin would in turn scrub away the images that haunted me every night. It didn’t.

Two hours later the manor woke. I could hear the maids preparing the decorations for Calanmai, an ancient ceremony that is held to signify the start of Spring. Another year, another ceremony, all the same. I’d have to be present for the revel even though it bored me half to death. Hensel on the other hand was more than excited to attend Calanmai. Being a High Lords heir had it’s advantages with the female and male fae alike. I was aware of his sneaking off into the stables to exchange “words” with his consorts. I couldn’t help but to laugh and turn my attentions elsewhere.. usually the magnificent spread of food on the tables. This year it would be more of the same.. always the same. Except this year my dreams had kept me awake for many many nights and I was in definite need of some sneaking and reveling.

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“Hensel, Andras, you know what I expect of you in the coming days so please be on your best behavior. We have new guests coming in from villages all over the court and they will be enjoying the festivities with us for the first time. I do hope you will be most courteous and respectful to everyone. Hensel! for the love of the mother TAKE YOUR FEET OFF THE TABLE.”

I peeked under my curtain of dark hair to my brother on the opposite end of the table. His feet were indeed up and least surprising was the berry pressed between two toes, ready to eat. Hensel was the spitting image of our father; golden mane, eyes green as sprouting leaves and a shit eating grin that could rival that of The High Lord himself. Watching them both assert their dominance was like watching two great lions stare each other down. It never ended well. The only time our father wasn’t met with resistance from Hensel was during Calanmai, so to his great relief, my brother took his feet off the table. A lion recognizing that his next big feast depended on someone else.

“Andras darling, have you had a bath yet today? I could have one drawn for you at once if not.” My mother was the fiercest person I’d ever encountered but when it came to me she seemed to have a soft spot.

“I did have one earlier this morning… do I really look that bad?”

“You look like hell frozen over little prince” said Hensel, while tossing the berry I imagined was in between his toes onto my plate.

I threw the berry back, “ You might want to clip those talons from your feet before tonight or you’ll risk impaling one of our new guests.”

Hensel flashed me a less-than-savory gesture and I returned the favor. We grinned like fools for the rest of breakfast while our parents grilled us on proper etiquette for the nights to come.

*Estrella*

“ Amren, where exactly do wolves roam in Prythian? ���

Amren slid her eyes up from the handful of jewels she had been polishing. I never called Amren anything but her name, although I suspected she’d be okay with me calling her Aunt if the feeling compelled me. Everyone in The Inner Circle was Aunt or Uncle to me.

“They are native to the southern courts.”

“I know that.. I just mean to ask where exactly..”

Amren cocked an eyebrow and said “ You know where. Your mother and father forbade me to speak of that court with you. Don’t think bringing me handfuls of jewels is going to soften me up child.”

I wrinkled my brows and stuck my tongue out at her. Immediately realizing the grave mistake I turned around and ran for my life. I had barely made it out the door before a ruby encrusted slipper flew past my ear.

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“ Aunt Nesta, can I ask you a question about your life before you were made fae?”

My aunt was sitting in the library of the large treehouse her and my uncle Cassian had moved into together years ago. She sat barefoot, feet curled underneath her, scribbling in a volume of text that had strange markings on the pages. When she closed the book and turned her attention to me, I noticed the authors name… Nesta Archeron. She had become quite the scholar since being turned fae, particularly in ancient magic thanks to Amren having taught her years ago.

“ Yes, you may. No, I cannot tell you anything of your mothers time in the south.”

I sighed, “ That’s okay because this question has to do with when you lived in the mortal realm. Did you ever see any wolves? Hear them howling? I could have sworn I heard one the other night and it woke me from sleep. Have you ever heard of one traveling up this far north?”

My aunts eyes glazed over at the memory that was tugging her mind. She seemed very far away at that moment, lost in a time before now, nearly 20 years ago.

“I had not encountered the wolf until Feyre had brought back the pelt. It was a giant beast and she made good money for the furs. It all happened so suddenly, one moment we were sitting around a fire and next a monster comes bursting through our cottage door. We were all so frightened, the beast was demanding to know what happened to his wolf companion. It took me a few blinks to realize they had been High Fae-“

I must have looked eager for the information because she immediately snapped out of her daze and looked me square in the eyes.

“Wolves are dangerous creatures and you will not seek them out. Had it not been for the wolf in the forest that day we might all live very different lives. I’m happy here with Cassian and our family, but know that I have thought of my mortal life many times in the years and still yearn for it in some ways. Don’t be a fool Estrella.”

I thanked her for sharing that story with me, turned on my heel and winnowed back to the last place I’d heard the howling. My mothers quarters. On the terrace I made a vow that I’d find out what was tugging me south. Deep in my core I knew where the answers were.. I was going somewhere forbidden by my entire family. I was going into Spring... but not before enlisting a little help. {All character edits are done by me for this fan fiction} {All characters,places and events are inspired by the ACOTAR series written by Sarah J Maas. }

[dreamsanddreams88]

In some skyrim town tryna find a hidden road next to it, get attacked by lions and cant pause the game. Then i was back in college but still wasn't paying attention or doing readin, just fuckin round on game apps. Then i sneak into a wizards house to steal shit at night, then they were caretakers for my mom or mema, somebody had dementia so we were throwin a lil party, super sad about it

Smthn bout climbing tall tall trees with owen or some other guy that was my boss. I was scared to climb down but i was Kirra and remembered i could shapeshift so turned into hawk. Then i was sansa and had escaped kings landing by faking that i was missing so all guards went on search, bathed and changed into new outfit and took my dog. Also captured ramsay bolton and was like raping him on the regullar, by keeping him tied up partially under water at the docks. Real fucked up

Wcc crew was workin for hannah or someone really early, snowy out. Got stuck there n wolves later at night

Was dating luke or some hipster i didnt like, met ian n vibed and all family thought we were dating and it made me uncomfortable, staying in waterloo house again and strange bass music happening. Then met guy who wanted 2 break up with his native gf for me cuz she was "ugly" so i told his mom who was friends with my mom and a total milf. She roasted him cuz her daughter looked like her. Then i wanted to move to west fargo with alex and buy land, except it was more mountainy and country like. Planning to plant a farm, measuring and laying out with old colorguard flags with alex. It was a college town, i wanted to live by campus for the buses. Then dreamed about being princess bubblegum playing tag game, i had these giant PB robots to lure Cinnamon Bun to. I tried to lure jake but he stretched even bigger than them. I was naked but didnt care cuz i was made of candy

In big house party doing a strength challenege when tanner rolls up so i want to see him get beat. Cody and emily there, then we on beach but im eating alone and cant find friends. Then working in woods, smthn with weird sacrificial altar, brian shaves his beard for dentist, we get angel to pull us both up a big hill on a trash bag

Really sad dream that alexs family had rare cancer gene and connor already had it, then was working by a stream for wcc and had to get into this decrepit old shack that old dudes liked to hang out n drink in.

Was tryna drive around seattle without gps to get to some university library, suuuper fast n dangerous but got there. Smthn bout being in a show or movie where ppl had trackers inside them, and there was some demon on one side of the library maybe?

Bout 2 go to work, i wanted a nice backpack. With lauren n matthew outside our old house, waiting for the bus at the curb. There was a bunch of bags and purses hanging from neighbor's tree. Lauren had a nice white messenger bag with a bedazzled captain america shield, let me use it. Neighbor came over tryna sell bags to us, super annoying, said his mom raised him to "lead sheep" we told him we arent a family of sheep

Being in library like in stardew valley, brewing beer ans waitin on finding minerals or smthn? Then i had to drive me and 2 friends somewhere but i had been drinking, had them hide my solo cup (maybe it was shelby and elizabeth? Or olivia?) Then went on the narrow bridge in pt and sideswiped that shit, almost died. Had to go to weird airport 2 report it, got all my stuff searched? Then was moving out of somewhere but hadnt removed stuff from drawers, i was at cispus or some work convention type thing?

On boat in middle of lake/valley, clouds mushroom shaped and 3 big water spouts, took video but front facing camera was on

Was with parents going to some track to walk near a mcdonalds at hoover, alex texted he was at one with my crew? Then just kenzi, he sent me vid of him after at the gym working out. Then vid of him totally naked in the locker room alone, then kensi was there like they were old pals. They showered together n he was helping her clean her butthole with a wash cloth so she could do anal!!! Furious. Then i was an asian man on the run w my friend, being chased by elliott from stardew valleu. Ran into random blonde chicks apt, hid in her closet. Then i was on a bed but he was in hallway, could see us from under the wall, sun light shining thru. Came into apt quietly to wait, knew he was behind me, woke up on my stomach gasping for air