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Alcina's New Maid Pt. 25 Lady Dimitrescu x Reader

Summary: Alcina and the girls take care of business. After that, they dive head first into planning your birthday party!

Warnings: 18+ minors DNI.

Tags: Just some fluff, maybe the tiniest hint of angst if you squint

Notes: Part 25! Heyyyyyy long time no see! I am SO, SO sorry it took me almost a goddamn year to update this fic!!!😭 I really didn't expect to not update this for so long. I was really only hoping to be away for a few months. For those who missed my latest life update in the notes of the last chapter, or if you forgot (lets be real that's totally what happened lmaoo) I had a baby!!! He was born in May and is truly the best thing in the entire world. Labor was ROUGH, I was in labor for 36 hours but he was perfect and healthy and a big chonk! (Almost 9lbs!) Postpartum has definitely been difficult, especially the first few months (PPD decided to BODY me four months in😅) but things are starting to finally calm down a bit and I've had the time, motivation AND energy to write lately!! WOO!!! I was NOT expecting this birthday party scene to be so damn long when I first pictured it. But it'll probably end up being about three chapters. Is it too long? Maybe. Probably. But I don't have the energy to nit-pick it to death and I'm afraid if I did, I'd think it's shit, lose all motivation, and take even longer to update this thing lmaooo Was this proofread? Kinda, but not really. Is it my favorite chapter I've ever written? Also no. But it does lay a bit of foundation for some other things later on! Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it! Pls leave me a comment with your thoughts!

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The following evening, Alcina and the girls made their way down to the village. Alcina insisted that you didn’t wait up for them so you begrudgingly got yourself ready and fell asleep in Alcina’s massive bed, alone. What you assume was a few hours later, you awoke when the mattress dipped on Alcina’s side of the bed. Turning towards her, she smiled at you and pulled you into her chest.

“It’s done?” You asked, your voice still thick with sleep.

“Yes. Go back to sleep, draga.” She replied.

As you opened your mouth to ask more questions, Alcina shushed you and ran her long fingers through your hair. “Sleep.”

Knowing you weren’t going to win, coupled with your half-asleep state, you cuddled further into her and quickly fell back asleep.

Neither Alcina or the girls gave you details of what happened but they did tell you that the one child in the house was left unharmed and dropped at the doorstep of a neighbors house. For the rest of the occupants, only a few were brought back to the castle and taken straight into the dungeon. The rest never made it out. It was the one and only time that night was discussed, which frankly was fine with you. Guilt still ate at you, but you understood why things had to happen the way they did. Even if a small part of you still believed they should have been left alone.

After that night, the girls put all of their energy towards your birthday party. Once Alcina realized how out of hand things were getting she ended up taking over the majority of the planning - just as Cassandra had predicted.

It was decided that the party would be a black tie affair and the ballroom would be decorated with white and gold accents. Alcina asked you to come up with a list of guests you would want invited, even though the majority of the village would be invited anyway. It didn’t take you long to give her your list since you didn’t have many friends in the village. Your list consisted of your aunt, uncle, and cousins, a few acquaintances, and your best friend, Alexi.

“And who is this Alexi?” Alcina asked as she looked over your list.

“Oh, he’s my best friend.”

“Your best friend?” She asks, crinkling her nose at the fact that your best friend was a guy. “And why have you never spoken of him before?”

“I don’t know,” you replied with a shrug. “I guess it just never came up.”

“And I presume there’s no swaying you into not inviting this man-thing?”

“No! Alcina he has to be there, he’s my best friend!” She grumbles something about how many men will be in attendance, clearly unhappy with it given her usual “no men in the castle” rule that was lifted for the party.

“So how long have you been friends with this man-thing for, then?”

“Since we were little kids, I met him before my parents died. We basically grew up together. We even made a pact that if we were both single by the time we were 30 we would just marry each other.” You say with a laugh.

Alcina however, did not find your pact with Alexi nearly as amusing as you did if the clenching of her jaw was any indication. You immediately picked up on her reaction and raised your eyebrows at her.

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing.” She says with a tight smile that doesn’t reach her eyes. “I just find it quite interesting you bargained to marry a man.”

Her suddenly cold attitude caught you off guard and was confusing until a thought dawned on you.

“Oh my god, Alcina, are you jealous?” You say with a smile growing on your face.

Her eyes flash with something akin to anger and they narrow at you as she scoffs. “Hah! Jealous? Of a stupid man-thing? Please, don’t offend me.”

Alcina turns her attention back towards the list. You can see how tight her jaw still is and the vein in her neck pulse like it does when she gets worked up.

“You’re so jealous!”

“I am not. I just don’t enjoy the thought of you marrying a man.” The tension in her body was palpable. Alcina would never admit that she was jealous. Possessive? Sure. But jealousy? That was a hideous trait, but Alcina couldn’t help but feel horribly jealous deep down.

Sensing her change in demeanor, you stood up and walked around her desk and crawled into her lap. Alcina sat back in her chair and looked down at you, a slight furrow in her brows still visible.

“You have absolutely nothing to worry about, or be jealous of. I promise. Alexi is just a friend, never anything more.” Alcina’s hands slide to your hips with a firm grip. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m yours.”

A low purr erupts from deep in her chest as you play to her possessiveness. Her pupils dilate and she leans down into your space, just barely brushing her lips against yours.

“Mine.” She growls.

“Yours. Forever.”

Alcina’s grip on you tightens as she surges forward, crashing her lips into yours with a growl. Her tongue pries your lips open and she claims your mouth, making you whimper in response. One of her hands leaves your hips and tightly grips the hair on the back of your head and her other hand digs into your hip, no doubt leaving bruises behind. As you pull back to take a breath, Alcina nips at your bottom lip, sucking on it before letting it snap back into place.

Your half-lidded eyes meet hers, a smoldering gold, and she guides your lips back to hers. Just as your lips touch once more, the shrill ring of the telephone snaps you out of the lust-filled moment. Alcina growls against your lips, clearly unhappy with the sudden interruption, and releases the grip in your hair to pick up the receiver.

“Yes?” She all but growls. Her eyes roll as she lets out a huff through her nose. You can tell that this is probably an important business call she’s going to have to take, instead of telling them to call back later so the two of you can continue what you’ve started - which is likely what she would prefer to do right now. “Ah, Mr. Botezatu, I’ve been expecting your call. No, this isn’t a bad time at all.” She says practically through her teeth.

Alcina looks down at you and pulls away the hand she’s been mindlessly caressing your hip with to cover the end of the receiver.

“I’m sorry.” She mouths before leaning into your ear. “I must take this, draga mea. But we shall continue this later. Understood?” She nips at your neck, catching you by surprise as you try to silence the small squeal you let out. Alcina’s chest rumbles with a deep chuckle as she pulls away and turns her attention back to the phone call.

Giving her a nod, you climb off of her lap and just before you’re out of reach, Alcina lands a firm smack to your behind. You turn to give her a playful glare and all you receive back is a wink and a smirk before you turn and leave her office.

The rest of the day was spent with the girls going over more plans for the party. They did their best to keep as much of it a secret as they could, but they caved and let you in on some of the ideas they had. There was also plenty of complaining about how Alcina ended up taking over the majority of the planning. They batted their eyelashes at you, hoping to sway you in convincing Alcina to let them back in on the bigger plans; but even you knew that once Alcina had a vision, nothing you could do would get her to relent.

Dinner came and went and Alcina was still cooped up in her office. You decided to bring her a bottle of wine and her favorite glass so she would at least have something to eat.

“Enter.” She said after you knocked on the door.

When you walked into the room, Alcina looked up and her demeanor brightened significantly.

“One moment.” She mouthed, holding up a finger, turning her attention back to the phone. “Yes, thank you. Yes, the next batch is set to ship next week and the following will ship early spring. Excellent. Have a wonderful evening.”

She returns the phone to its cradle and lets out a sigh before shifting her gaze back to you.

“To what do I owe the pleasure, draga?” She says, resting her chin in her hand.

“You missed dinner, so I figured I’d bring you something to drink while you were working.”

Alcina looks over at the clock and exhales as she reads the time. Her eyes flick back to you, with an apologetic look.

“I am sorry, draga. I’ve been so wrapped up with work I didn’t even realize the time.”

“It’s alright. The girls and I understand.” You say as you place the wine and glass on her desk.

“Thank you, my sweet.” She says as she leans down and pecks your lips. The phone rings and Alcina rolls her eyes. “One moment, draga.” She says before picking up the phone. “House Dimi- Ugh. Karl. Yes?” She says with an even more exaggerated eye roll. “Well, it’s about time you gave me your RSVP. They were due over a week ago! Although I shouldn’t be surprised, it’s not like a mutt like you can read.”

You hear Karl yell something over the phone and Alcina pinches the bridge of her nose and exhales.

“Of course you were the last one to respond!” She says. “Yes, even Moreau responded, on time.” Alcina looks at you and shakes her head at whatever Karl says. “Yes, Mother Miranda was the very first person to respond - of course she is attending!” She yells.

Your eyes widen and you freeze in place. Why it had never occurred to you that Mother Miranda would also be invited and possibly attend was beyond you, but the thought of being in the same room again as her scares you and your fingers absent-mindedly trace the light scar on your chest from her claws.

Alcina notices your thousand yard stare and rushes Karl off of the phone.

“Draga?” She says, cupping your cheek. “Are you alright?”

Snapping out of your daze, you meet her eyes. “Yeah, I just didn’t think about the fact that Mother Miranda will be there.”

Alcina takes the hand you’re tracing the scar with and places a kiss across your knuckles.

“Fret not, draga mea. She won’t harm you again. I promise.”

“Are you sure?” You ask.

“Yes, draga, I’m sure.”

Alcina cups your cheek and pulls you in for a soft yet passionate kiss. You feel the tension melt away at the touch of her lips and your shoulders relax.

“Are you almost finished?”

“Nearly. I just have one more call I have to make.”

Alcina glares at the phone, ready to be done for the day and you bite back a giggle.

“Is it an important call?”

“I wouldn’t say it’s important but it does have to be done today. Although I am anticipating it to be boring, it will likely be a short call, thank the Black God.”

“Well, I can keep you company if you’d like.”

“I’d always like your company, draga.” She says with a smile as she goes to pour herself a glass of wine.

Alcina drinks half the glass before refilling it and picking up the phone once more to dial the number. She motions for you to come closer and scoops you up into one of her arms and you settle onto her lap. Curling into her, you rest your head on her chest and she keeps a protective arm around you as the person on the other end of the line answers.

Her fingers dance mindlessly across the tops of your thighs while she speaks to whoever it is on the other end of the line. She only removes her hand once in a while to write in her ledger laid out on the desk in front of her or to take a sip of her wine.

The conversation only lasts about half an hour before Alcina finally hangs up. As soon as she returns the phone to its cradle, Alcina stands with you in her arms and whisks you out of the office, towards her chambers. After ducking through the door to her chambers, she kicks it closed behind her and lays you down on her bed. Without saying a word she captures your lips in a passionate kiss and strips you bare.

“Now,” she says as she looks up and down your naked form. “Where were we earlier?”

A faint blush covers your chest, neck, and face and Alcina picks up right where the two of you left off earlier in the day, making sure there are no interruptions this time as she takes you over and over again.

The party grows closer and closer, with deliveries arriving nearly every day, even Donna stops by and takes your measurements for a custom dress. The two of you talk about what you want the dress to look like and settle on a design and what fabric to use. You also got to finally meet The Duke when he visited the castle and Donna placed an order with him for the fabric. Whatever you expected the Duke to look like, you were not expecting him to look like that. The aura he gave off was mildly unsettling, but he also seemed incredibly cheerful. Truthfully, you weren’t sure what you thought of the large man, but you decided not to think too much into it for your sanity. He seemed like he was the kind of person that was nearly impossible to figure out.

Bela, Daniela, and Cassandra grow more and more excited each day, especially since it’s starting to grow colder at night and their time outside is limited to the afternoons. They continue to pester you about what you want for your birthday, even though you insist that they don’t have to get you any presents. They, like their mother, are as stubborn as they come.

As much stress this party is causing the staff, you notice that as the party gets closer, they also grow more excited. Aside from the dedicated servers, most of the staff will be allowed to enjoy the party at their leisure, something you insisted Alcina allowed, and you can feel the anticipation in the air. Zina seems eager for the event as well, even though she will be manning the serving team. You can almost hear the excitement in her voice when she talks about it.

Finally, the morning of the party arrives and the castle is buzzing with excitement. Maids are scurrying around with last minute preparations and the girls can hardly contain themselves. So much so that the three of them are actually ready early - hours early at that. Alcina’s already building anxiety nearly skyrockets when they show up to her study nearly three hours before the start time dressed and ready. The girls have never been able to keep themselves presentable for more than an hour at most, but they promise up and down that they won’t ruin their dresses or hair and makeup before the party.

She sends them out with a wave of her hand as she goes back to finish the little bit of paperwork she has left for the day.

Meanwhile, you try to help with final preparations but every time you try, Zina or one of the maids shoo you away. Apparently it’s frowned upon to help to set up for your own party so you decide to distract yourself with a new book in the library.

Luckily, the new book sucks you in and before you know it, Daniela flies into the library.

“Dani, you look so pretty!” You say after you look up from your book and take in the girl before you.

“Thank you! Aunt Donna made my dress and Cass and Bela helped me with my hair and makeup!”

Daniela is in a form fitting floor length emerald green dress with long sleeves and a plunging neckline. Her red hair, as usual, is shaved on one side but the other side has near-perfect beachy waves. Her makeup isn’t subtle, but not heavy either and her eyeshadow beautifully accents her golden eyes.

“Come on!” She says as she grabs your hand. “We have to get you ready!”

“I thought Zina was gonna help me get ready?” You assumed since she helped you get ready for your date with Alcina a few weeks ago that she would also be the one helping you get ready tonight.

“Nope! She’s super busy making sure everything is perfect, so mother asked us to help you.”

“Oh,” it’s not that you don’t trust the girls to help you, but you know how chaotic they can get, especially if they start fighting and you don’t want to end up looking insane because all three of them wanted to do something different. “Alright.”

“Don’t worry, we already promised mother we wouldn’t fight and you get the final say on everything!” She says, as if she read your mind.

“If you say so.” You say with a playful chuckle.

Daniela takes you to Bela’s room where Bela and Cassandra are already waiting to help you get ready. Both girls look absolutely stunning. Bela is in a strapless a-line burgundy dress with her hair half up-half down. The parts of her hair that are half up are braided beautifully across the back of her head and the rest hangs down in pretty waves. Her makeup is minimal and she looks like a natural beauty. Cassandra is in a floor length metallic gold dress with a slit up the side, a straight neckline and thin straps. Unlike Bela, her makeup is heavier with dark eyes, winged eyeliner, and a bold lip. But she still looks just as gorgeous as her sisters. Her thick black hair is pulled back into a messy ponytail.

You take a moment to engrain the way all three girls look into your memory. Not only is it so special to you that they would get all dressed up for your party, but this is the first and probably last time that you’ll see all three of them dressed so nicely without a hair out of place or blood splatter anywhere. They all look truly gorgeous and it warms your heart to see them like this.

“Ready?” Daniela asks, practically vibrating with excitement.

Sensing the excitement in the girls brings a smile to your face, you’re really looking forward to spending this time with them.

“You bet! Let’s do this!”

The three of you discuss what you want to do with your hair and makeup and once a plan is set in place, the girls get to work.

Cassandra paints your nails as Daniela does your makeup and Bela does your hair. You’ve never been pampered like this before and as unusual as the feeling is, you’re truly enjoying yourself. As you look at the mirror while the girls work on you, your eyes travel down to the light scar on your chest and the much more noticeable one on your neck.

“Hey Dani, are you able to cover these up at all?” You ask quietly as your free hand runs over the scars.

The chatter amongst the girls stops and they try not to look at you with pity in their eyes. Daniela takes a look at them with sad eyes and meets your gaze.

“I can definitely cover the ones on your chest.” She says, dabbing concealer onto your skin. “But this one,” she says, gesturing to your neck scar. “I can put some makeup on it to make it less noticeable but I don’t think I’ll be able to completely cover it.”

Meeting her gaze, you see the sadness in her eyes. Looking back into the mirror, you see Bela focusing herself on your hair and Cassandra is staring at your nails as if they personally offended her. It’s always so interesting to see how differently the girls react to that day. Daniela wears her heart on her sleeve, Bela will almost always focus on something else so she doesn’t have to think about it, and Cassandra is still angry about what happened. Even though she’s forgiven Alcina, she still harbors some resentment about the whole thing.

“That’s fine, whatever you can do. Thanks Dani.” You say with a smile.

Daniela smiles and continues working on your makeup. After a few minutes, the chatter picks back up and the four of you go back to laughing and poking fun at each other.

Finally, your hair, makeup, and nails are done. The four of you decided on leaving your hair down in curls, pinning one side back and allowing the rest to fall down your back and a little over your other shoulder. It also helps to hide what the makeup couldn’t of the scar on your neck. For makeup, you settled on a natural, but not minimal, look with a red lip to match the red Cassandra painted your nails with.

“Now for the dress!” Daniela says as she flies to Bela’s wardrobe and pulls out the garment bag.

Daniela unzips it and reveals the dress you and Donna spent hours discussing. It’s the first time any of you have seen it and you are stunned at her work. The black sequins sparkle beautifully in the light and you can’t wait to try it on.

You can hear the girls flies buzzing in excitement as you change into the dress and when you step out from behind the dressing screen, the three of them let out an audible gasp. Turning to look in the mirror, the biggest smile pulls across your face.

“You look beautiful.” Bela says as she stands next to you and fixes a stray hair.

Looking over, you can see Daniela covering her mouth with tears in her eyes and you pull her in for a hug.

“Oh, bug! Don’t cry, you’ll ruin your makeup.” You say with a laugh.

Daniela pulls herself together and wraps her arms around you, giving you too tight of a squeeze before letting go.

“It’s a shame really,” Cassandra begins to say and Bela immediately stares daggers at her. “It’s such a pretty dress and there’s no way mom isn’t literally tearing it off of you later tonight.” She says almost too casually.

“Cassandra!” You say as your face turns bright red.

“Tell me I’m wrong?” She deadpans.

“Cass! Gross!” Daniela whines.

“Alright, enough!” Bela says. “You look absolutely stunning and mother is going to be beside herself when she sees you.”

“Thank you so much, girls. I really, really appreciate you guys helping me get ready tonight.”

“Of course!” Bela says.

“I can’t wait for your entrance! You’re gonna knock everyone dead!” Daniela exclaims and you feel your face drop.

“My… entrance? What do you mean?”

“Your entrance! You know, when you enter the party in front of everyone?” Daniela says.

“I - I don’t get it. Are we not just greeting people as they come in?” You ask nervously.

“What?! No!” Daniela says.

“All of the guests are currently arriving. We’re supposed to let Zina know when you’re ready so they can prepare for your entrance.” Bela explains.

“So everyone is going to be looking at me?”

“Duh, it's your party.” Cassandra says.

“Oh god, I don’t want to do that! Why didn’t Alcina tell me about this?”

“Probably because she didn’t want you to freak yourself out too much beforehand.” Daniela says with a shrug.

You start pacing as your nerves skyrocket.

“Oh god, I - I can’t do that! I’m gonna fall down the stairs or something and completely embarrass myself! I don’t want to be the center of attention like that in front of the entire village!”

“You’ll be fine! Just breathe.” Bela says as she tries, and fails, to comfort you.

“Hey!” Cassandra yells, snapping you out of your near meltdown and grabs your shoulders. “You’re going to go out there and woo the shit out of everyone, our mother included. You look hot as shit and you won’t make an ass of yourself. Don’t worry, you got this.”

“Do I?”

“You do.”

Taking a deep breath, just barely settling your nerves, you give Cassandra a nod and Daniela flies out of the room to tell Zina you’re ready.

A few moments later, Zina knocks on the door and walks in. Your jaw drops when you first see her. You’ve never seen her in anything other than her uniform before, no less all dressed up. She’s wearing a long sleeve black dress with her salt and pepper hair tied up into a perfect bun at the back of her neck. She’s wearing minimal makeup, but more than she wears on an average day. She looks so pretty and you can’t help but smile.

“Zina, you look beautiful!” You say.

“Oh, this old thing? Thank you. You look absolutely beautiful yourself, dear.” She says with a warm smile.

“Thank you.”

“Alright girls, your mother is waiting for you. Off you go!” She says as she waves the girls away. They give you each one last “you got this” before flying out of the room.

“Ready?” Zina asks.

“I don’t know, I wasn’t expecting to have to do a whole entrance.” You say nervously.

“Don’t worry, the Countess will be right there. Just focus on her and all will be fine.” She says.

“Alright, if you say so.”

“Let's get going, we don’t want to miss your cue.”

In the main hall most of the guests are gathered and the last of them make their way in. Some have already gone into the ballroom where the party will be hosted, the rest wait in the hall to watch your entrance. Zina stops you before you turn the corner and has you wait as she goes to tell Alcina you’re ready to go.

Alcina nods and bends through the doorway and heads to the stairs. The guests all applaud as she makes her way down, stopping at the landing to address the crowd.

“Thank you all so very much for accepting the invitation to Castle Dimitrescu for this wonderful event.” She says and the audience applauds. “This is the first time in decades that House Dimitrescu has opened its doors for such an event, and I am proud and honored to be your host this evening.” As she begins to descend down the stairs, Bela, Cassandra and Daniela appear at the top and make their way down, meeting their mother at the foot of the stairs.

She cups each of their faces as they pass her and tells them how absolutely beautiful they all are.

Zina leads you around the corner to the door Alcina stepped through and makes you wait before sending you through.

“And now, our guest of honor, Y/N.” Alcina says.

Zina gives you a little nudge and you freeze in place. Nearly the entire village is waiting at the bottom of those stairs to see you. Mother Miranda will be in that crowd and that thought alone is nearly enough to have you turn and run away.

Noticing the panic surging in your eyes, Zina takes hold of your hand and you snap out of your spiral. Your eyes meet her kind, blue eyes and she smiles at you.

“Go on, dear. You will be fine. Just look at the Lady, you’ll be great.”

With the ounce of confidence she gave you, you take a step through the door before it vanishes. As you step towards the stairs, gasps fill the room as the crowd sees you for the first time and applause fills the air. Your eyes nervously scan the faces, desperately looking for a familiar one. Unfortunately, the first person you see is Mother Miranda and her eyes are locked onto you with a cold gaze. Your heartbeat begins to pick up and you grip the bannister harder trying to steady yourself at the top of the stairs. It seems almost impossible to take your eyes off of hers until you feel another set on you. Looking down, you see Alcina at the bottom of the stairs and you immediately relax.

The look of shock on her face melts into pure happiness as her smile grows wide and you start making your way down the stairs towards her. Even if you tried, even if you wanted to, there was no way you would ever be able to take your eyes off of her. The eggplant gown she’s wearing compliments her complexion beautifully. It’s almost impossible to pull your eyes away from the deep v cut of her dress but your eyes travel down lower and you’re enamored by how perfectly the fabric clings to every one of her curves.

By some miracle, you make it to the landing without tripping or making a fool of yourself and Alcina reaches her hand out for you to take hold of. It takes all of your self control to not throw yourself into her arms and kiss her in front of everyone, but you find the strength to keep your composure. After walking down a few more steps, you take her hand in yours and once you're close enough she leans in.

“You look absolutely stunning, draga mea.” Alcina whispers to you.

“So do you, Alci.” You whisper back.

The applause fades and Alcina turns her attention back to the crowd, your hand still in hers.

“It is truly an honor to reopen my home to celebrate one of the very finest women this village has to offer. Ever since Y/N walked through these castle doors she has brought nothing but light to our once dark home. To show my appreciation for her, I have a gift that very few have had the honor of receiving in House Dimitrescu.” On command, a maid steps forward with a black box in her hand and gives it to Alcina. Alcina lets go of your hand to take the box and faces you once more. “My gift to you, draga mea, will not only offer you protection everywhere you go, but it is also a token of my love and my appreciation for you and I truly hope you will love it.”

Looking into Alcina’s eyes, you see a hint of nervousness and your stomach churns, unsure of why she’s nervous. Alcina opens the box and a sparkle immediately catches your eye. Sitting on pristine black velvet is an absolutely stunning silver and diamond choker necklace. In the center sits the Dimitrescu crest, a beautiful rose with two swords crossed through it. Your jaw drops at the sight of it and you can’t help but cover your mouth with your hands.

“Alcina,” you say. “This is absolutely beautiful.”

Your eyes begin to mist and you look up to meet hers, only to notice hers have begun to water as well.

“Do you really like it?” She whispers.

“I love it. I love it so much. Thank you.” You say.

Without even thinking the both of you lean in and your lips meet in a loving kiss. You can hear a few gasps from the crowd but the both of you ignore it as you pull apart.

“May I?” She asks, gesturing to the necklace.

“Of course.”

Alcina removes the necklace from the box and you turn around and move your hair to allow her to put the necklace on you. The jewelry is ice cold against your skin but quickly warms as she fastens it effortlessly despite the size of her fingers. You trace the crest with your fingers as you turn back around and Alcina looks at you with so much love it takes everything in you not to grab her face and kiss her again.

“Perfect. Absolutely beautiful.” She says.

The two of you stare into each other's eyes for another moment before she addresses the crowd once more.

“Let the celebration commence!”

Right on cue, the music starts up and the serving staff begins to weave in and out of the crowd with trays full of champagne. Alcina guides you down the rest of the stairs and the girls gush over the necklace. The sound of tiny footsteps takes your attention away and you turn around just in time for Elena to jump into your arms, squealing your name.

“Hi my sweet girl!” You say with excitement. “Look at you!” You say as you pull back to look at her. “You look so beautiful!”

“Mommy picked out my dress!” She says as she kicks her feet.

“She picked out such a beautiful one! You must be one of the prettiest girls at the party.”

“Not prettier than you!”

“Somehow I doubt that.” You say as you nuzzle your nose against hers.

Anna and Crina walk up to you, each of them holding onto one of the boys hands, with huge smiles on their faces. You hug and kiss each of them with one arm as Elena continues to cling to you before you greet your aunt and uncle.

Both of them seem wildly uncomfortable and your aunt tries and fails to hide the look of displeasure on her face when she looks at you and Alcina. Your uncle doesn’t even try to hide his scowl.

“Elena, come here please.” Your aunt says, taking the girl from your arms. She stares at the choker necklace Alcina gifted you and glares at you.

The look she gives you takes you aback and you unconsciously step backwards into Alcina. Alcina’s large hand settles on your shoulder and grounds you.

“I do hope the trip from the village this evening was pleasant.” Alcina says, feigning politeness.

“It was.” Your aunt says.

Your uncle steps up to you and leans in to get a better look at your necklace. He lets out a scoff and looks you in the eyes.

“I never thought you would be one to whore yourself out.” He says quietly enough so the kids can’t hear him. “And to this monster? You are a disgrace. It’s a good thing your parents are dead. Because this would surely kill them.”

Your heart sinks into your chest and the grip Alcina has on your shoulder tightens. A low growl erupts from deep in her chest and your uncle looks up to glare at her. He’s only able to hold her stare for a couple of seconds before the death glare she’s sending his way is too much for him to bear and he walks away. The girls’ flies buzz angrily as they seethe, all three of them staring up at their mother waiting for her to give them permission to tear him limb from limb. Alcina raises her hand to silence them. They open their mouths to protest but one look from Alcina stops them.

The sound of someone clearing their throats takes your attention away and you look over to see Mother Miranda standing next to the group. She’s sporting a smile yet the icy blue of her eyes is as frightening as ever. Her eyes drift over towards your aunt and Elena and your aunt bows your head.

“Mother Miranda. It is an honor.” She says as her voice shakes.

Mother Miranda nods at your aunt and doesn’t take her eyes away from her or Elena. The look she gives them makes your stomach twist and Alcina can feel the nerves rippling off of you.

“I hope you enjoy the party.” She says to your aunt with a smile that doesn’t even begin to reach her eyes.

Your aunt nods, taking that as her exit and quickly gathers the kids, beelining it out of the main hall after your uncle.

Mother Miranda’s cold eyes meet yours and she gives you a sickly sweet smile.

“Happy birthday, my child.”

“Thank you, Mother Miranda.” You say as you bow your head.

“Mother Miranda, thank you for gracing us with your presence this evening.” Alcina says, mustering up as much sincerity as possible.

“And miss such a noteworthy event?” Miranda responds. “I see you were gifted the Dimitrescu crest.” She says as she looks at your necklace. “Very rarely is something so valuable gifted to others. You indeed must be quite special to my daughter.”

You swallow and take in a shaky breath.

“I am honored to have been gifted something so meaningful. It is something I will cherish for the rest of my life.” You say as you try to keep your voice steady.

“As you should.” Miranda says. “Enjoy your party. Alcina.” She says, nodding at Alcina who returns the gesture before disappearing into the crowd.

You let out a breath you didn’t realize you were holding and Alcina turns you around to face her.

“Are you alright?” She asks as she cups your face.

“Yeah. It’s just - that was a lot.”

“I know. I’m so sorry that this is how your night started, draga mea. Is there anything I can do?”

“No, I don’t think so. I just need a moment.”

“Take all the time you need, iubirea mea.”

Alcina caresses your cheek before pulling her hand away. Zina walks up to Alcina and whispers something and Alcina nods at her.

“There’s something that needs my attention, will you be alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine, I promise.”

“Don’t let them spoil your evening my love. You deserve the world, go have fun.”

Alcina and Zina walk away and you take a minute to calm your nerves before weaving through the crowd of people. A few villagers nod at you, some wish you a happy birthday, others try to hide the look of disgust on their faces. It’s truly a mixed bag of faces and reactions.

After a few minutes of wandering around you hear a voice behind you.

“Oh my God! Who’s that hot piece of ass in the black dress?!”

Quickly turning around, you see Alexi with the biggest shit-eating grin on his face.

“Alexi!” You squeal as you run towards him and jump into his arms.

He hugs you tight and spins you around before setting you back down on the ground.

“Holy shit look at you!” He says as he eyes you up and down. “You look amazing!” His eyes move back to your face and they soften. “I can’t believe you’re real, that you’re here! Alive!”

Tears prick at his eyes as he pulls you in for another bone-crushing hug. You hug him back just as tightly.

“When I heard what happened I thought the worst was gonna happen. I thought you were - I never thought I’d see you again.” He says into your shoulder. Tears start to well in your eyes, just before they fall he says “Fuck! You even smell good!” and you begin to laugh.

“I missed you so much.” You say as you part.

“Why didn’t you write?! I saw Anna and she told me she saw you a few months ago and said that you were happy and safe but I didn’t believe it!”

“I know, I’m so sorry. Things have been so crazy here. I should have let you know I was okay. I’m so sorry, Alexi.”

“Well, you’re a bitch for not writing, but I’m so relieved that you’re okay so I guess you’re forgiven.”

The two of you laugh and hug once more. A server comes by and offers you champagne and you each take a glass.

“Oh my god!” Alexi says as he goes to take a sip, pulling the glass away from his lips. “Okay was I hallucinating or did you and Lady D actually kiss?” You nearly spit out your drink as he continues. “I was so far back but I saw you lean in and then heard a gasp and unless you happened to fall and eat shit, you definitely kissed that giant.” Your cheeks turn bright red and Alexi’s jaw drops. “Oh my god you did! Was that the first time you’ve kissed her?! Shit, I knew you liked older women but damn.”

“I - we -”

“Oh my god that wasn’t the first time you kissed her was it?!” You continue to flounder and Alexi gets louder and more excited. “Bitch I can’t believe you didn’t write to me and tell me you kissed her! You’re unforgiven.” He says as he takes a sip of his champagne. “Fuck, this is delicious. Okay, so how many times have you kissed her? Have you done more than just kiss? Did you two hook up?”

You get more flustered and cover your burning face with your hands and Alexi’s jaw hits the floor.

“Oh my god.” He says more quietly. “Have you two like,” he makes a scissoring motion with his fingers.

“Alexi!” You yell and smack his arm. Mortified, you look around to see if anyone else has their eyes on the two of you.

“OH MY GOD!” Alexi yells, gaining the attention of guests in your immediate vicinity and you slap your hand over his mouth and shush him.

“Shut up!” You say as you pull him to a secluded corner of the main hall. “Come here.”

When you finally get away from most of the crowd you pull your hand away from his mouth and it hangs open.

“Oh my god you two totally fucked!” The gears in his brain turn and you see a lightbulb go off. “She took your virginity?!” He says a little too loudly and your skin burns with embarrassment as a couple villagers walking by look over at the two of you. You flash them a polite smile before you glare at your best friend.

“Will you be quiet?!”

“Sorry! Sorry. But holy shit, girl, that gigantic woman took your v-card?!” Unable to verbally answer, you cover your face with your hands and shake your head. “Oh my god, how did she not split you in half?!”

“Alexi! She’s doesn’t have a -”

“She doesn’t need to with fingers that big! God, her strap must be huge. You poor, poor girl.”

“Oh my god. We haven’t - I don’t know if she even - we haven’t gotten that far, yet.”

“What the hell have you been waiting for?!”

“Things got complicated! I’m fine, but it hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows since I got here, okay?”

“And you’re gonna sit here and act like I’m not going to have you explain that further?” He says as he finishes his champagne with an eyebrow raised at you.

“I can’t get into all of that right now, okay? But I promise I will later.”

“Bitch, you better.”

“I will, I promise.” You say as you grab his hands and give them a squeeze.

“Ahem.”

You hear someone clear their throat behind you and jump, releasing Alexi’s hand and turning around. Behind you, Alcina is standing there with a hand on her hip and her eyes narrowed at Alexi.

“Alcina! You scared me.”

“Are you enjoying your party, draga?” She asks you, yet her eyes continue to glare at Alexi.

“Yes! It’s so beautiful. Alexi and I were just catching up. Alcina, this is my best friend, Alexi. Alexi, this is Alcina.” You say, trying to diffuse the tension.

Alexi stands there, pinned by her glare and you nudge him to break him out of the spell.

“Oh, uh, it’s an honor to meet you, my Lady.” He says with a shaky voice as he gives a small bow.

Alcina purses her lips and looks down at you. Before she goes to speak, one of the stablehands steps in and addresses Alcina. He’s a bit taller than you, about the same height as Alexi with ash blonde hair and broad shoulders. You can tell by the way Alexi is looking at him that he completely forgot about you and Alcina.

“I’m so sorry to interrupt my Lady.” He says with a bow. “But may I borrow a servant or two? One of the horses stepped on one of the vineyard workers' feet and potentially broke his foot. We are having a difficult time dealing with all the horses with one less worker.”

Alcina sighs and you look over at Alexi and nudge him, nodding your head towards the stablehand.

“Oh! Uh, I - I can help!” He says almost too eagerly. Alcina looks at him and he clears his throat and gathers himself. “I mean, I tend to my fathers horses all the time. I can lend a hand, if you need.” You nudge him again. “My Lady.”

Alcina looks at you and you give her a nod and smile at Alexi.

“Well, if you have experience with horses, I don’t see why not.”

“Oh shit, really?” Alexi says and Alcina glares at him. “I - I mean, thank you my Lady.”

You smile at Alexi who introduces himself to the stablehand and they walk towards the doors together. With a laugh, you shake your head at your friend.

“That is your best friend?”

“Alcina!” You say with a laugh. “Be nice, he was nervous.”

“Mhm. Yet he still seemed quite friendly with you.” She says as her eyes stay on the two men as they exit the main hall.

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“You two seemed awfully touchy, when I approached.” Alcina crosses her arms across her chest and purses her lips.

“What are you - I was just holding his hands?”

“He knows you are mine. Yet he put his hands on you anyway.”

“Alcina, what’s going on?”

“I understand he is your best friend, but I do not trust those man-things. Especially around you. There is only one thing they want and they will do anything to get it.”

You stand there with your eyebrows furrowed. On one hand, you know what she means, but on the other - you realize she’s missing a key piece to the puzzle and you bark out a laugh and cover your mouth.

“Draga, this is no laughing matter.”

“Oh my god, Alcina, do you think he was hitting on me?”

“In all my years of life, men have only ever wanted one thing -”

“Alcina!” You say, abruptly ending her rant. Her eyes narrow at you as you continue to laugh. “He wasn’t hitting on me! Alcina, Alexi is gay. He’s not into women!”

Alcina opens her mouth to speak and closes it. She does this a few more times as a light blush dusts across her cheeks and you continue to laugh.

“I - I was not made aware of his preferences.”

As hard as you try to stifle your laughter, it still comes out from between your fingers as your hand is clasped over your mouth. Alcina is embarrassed as it is, you don’t want to make it any worse, but you can’t help but find this situation hysterical.

“It is not funny, draga.” Alcina says as she tries to hold back her smile. Despite her embarrassment, she too finds the situation amusing.

“Oh come on, it’s a little funny.” You say as you start to gather yourself.

Alcina shakes her head at you.

“Come, you haven’t even made it into the main event yet, draga.”

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arkanis-englishupdates · 4 months ago

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SUMMARY OF ALL ARKANIS POVS

DAY 58 & DAY 59 — 31/10/2024 & 01/11/2024

DAY 58 — 31/10/2024

The day in Valigma begins with a spooky look in preparation for Halloween!

Pac starts cleaning up his house for Fit (and Badboyhalo)'s visit. He is very anxious.

All the specialists and ghosts dressed up for the occasion, with unique or nostalgic costumes (Choke even dressed up as Huggy Wuggy in real life).

The list of all costumes:

Guaxinim — "Fuga Impossível" uniform but he changed to Arthur Cervero;

Bagi — Detective/"Oppenheimer";

Malena — Shrek in a bikini;

Moonkase — Jack Skellington;

Himaru — Spider-Man;

Mike — "Herobrine A Lenda" costume;

Gabepeixe — Atomic fish skeleton;

JVNQ — Maid costume;

Beatriz — Bonnie animatronic;

Quel — Freddy Fazbear animatronic;

Denix — Devil/Demon;

Pactw — Finn Martens;

Gris — Witch;

Milo — Vampire;

Tucupi — Joker;

Amora — Angel;

[I will update the list as soon as I know all the costumes]

The costume parade begins, with bombastic performances (some of them literally). After the parade, the rules of the event were handed out in books.

All specialists are taken to a large village, and there, a huge castle can be seen filled with countless monsters. They manage to enter the castle and inside a black dog resembling AuAu appears, informing everyone about his master and the castle owner, Mr. X (Badboyhalo), who was waiting for them.

Unfortunately, Mr. X deceives them and they all fall into the trap he prepared. It is revealed by him that there was someone — a bald man — that they needed to save if they wanted to leave the place alive.

DAY 59 — 01/11/2024

All the specialists wake up in the basement they fell into because of Mr. X's trap. In the immense place, they find the bald man who was kidnapped by him, called Fit.

After a fun encounter with the then rescued prisoner, all the specialists have to solve puzzles to get out of the place alive. The ghost children, instead of helping the large group, were supposedly bewitched to help Mr. X distract everyone from completing the puzzles (My theory is that they just wanted to play and annoy their parents and uncles).

The first puzzle was easily solved despite the large number of monsters attacking everyone. The second puzzle was so complicated that even Denix helped with tips (Bala Likah showed up on the place to play with the specialists while everything was going on). The third was much easier, leading to doors for each of the participants, behind the doors a warp plate was inside the compartment. The warp plate took the specialists to an immense three-story maze, where everyone was in different places.

When everyone managed to find the exit (a warpstone), everyone was teleported to a huge Halloween cemetery, where Mr. X appeared again to explain that everything is not over yet, the last challenge being an immense battle against countless monsters commanded by him.

After the fierce battle, everyone (including the ghosts and Mr. X/Badboyhalo) was teleported to the lake pier of Valigma's City.

Now everyone could talk properly with the two foreign visitors.

Pac and Fit soon became close again and Pac gave Fit a tour of his house (HIDEDUO AHH).

Meanwhile, some specialists dispersed to talk to the ghosts or Badboyhalo. Gabepeixe and Bagi soon show the new visitor their atomic bombs (They end up killing Badboyhalo and some players nearby, in addition to making a crater near the city hall).

After the house tour, Pac and Fit meet up with the rest of the specialists. Mayor Jota appears and asks everyone who created a crater near the city hall (he says he passed by the place and fell into the large and sudden crater), Fit takes the blame for the crater and Jota readily forgives him, giving him a hug before leaving.

Badboyhalo is taken on a tour of the city by Coreano and some other specialists, taking him to their homes (Badboyhalo takes advantage of his hobby of stealing other people's furniture).

Then Fit is taken by Pac and some specialists for a tour of the city, going to the Entertainment District for a drink (being served by JVNQ in his maid costume).

Suddenly, Samir appears to chat in a relaxed way, laughing and telling some of Pac's embarrassing secrets to Fit and everyone there.

Soon Badboyhalo appears with some specialists, and everyone starts talking. Beatriz then has the idea of taking them to her house so everyone can celebrate and get to know the place.

The party is interrupted when Badboyhalo is teleported by Araldo to his office. He tells the demon that he loved watching the tricks and traps he did against the specialists. They talk a little before saying goodbye and Araldo sending him back to Beatriz's house.

Now, when it's Fit's turn, he is teleported by Bia Raux who thanks him for his efforts in protecting the specialists. They talk for a bit before Fit is sent back.

After a big bug in the voice chat and Nicklink killing others with his power for fun, everyone gathers in the secret basement of Beatriz's house to dance to Brazilian songs.

Fit says goodbye to Pac and everyone, ending up dying from another Nicklink power along with other people after saying goodbye.

Badboyhalo is taken on another tour, this time to Choke's house with Moonkase, Gabepeixe, Denix, Amora and Malena. Choke shows him the place and, after they kill the frogs (first accidentally and then on purpose) in her house, Gabepeixe, Denix and Amora take Badboyhalo to the half-fish laboratory.

There they show Badboyhalo a rocket prepared especially for him and the three take the demon for a tour of the moon. They loot a dungeon, try to summon the Wither and Badboyhalo puts a flag on the moon.

Returning to Valigma, Gabepeixe shows the leaderboard, the cinema and tells more about what he went through with the other specialists. In the end, Gabepeixe takes Badboyhalo to his dinosaur cave and, After Badboyhalo meets Raccoon again, he says goodbye while everyone dances with the dinosaurs (As a souvenir, Badboyhalo asks Denix to kill him [one more time] and the group makes a tomb for the demon).

[Sorry for the general summary, I'm dead sleepy lmao

If there is any wrong or missing information, let us know!]

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jedimaesteryoda · 1 year ago

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What was in Prince Nymor's Letter to Aegon I? (Updated)

Background

Aegon the Conqueror managed to forge the Seven Kingdoms into one with his dragons, but there was one exception: Dorne. The First Dornish War marked the only war where a kingdom managed to avoid subjugation by the Iron Throne.

The Dornish avoided open battle as well as holing in fortresses. Rhaenys found all the castles in Dorne empty as she flew on Meraxes as the Dornish forces melted away.

Meria: I will not fight you, nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that. Rhaenys: I shall, but we will come again, Princess, and next time we shall come with fire and blood. Meria: Your words, Ours are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my lady, but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril.

Princess Meria waited for her in Sunspear just to tell her off. Aegon placed his men to control castles, and declared victory only for the Dornish forces to return. Meria threw Lord Rosby from a window herself.

Also, apparently the Dornish didn’t play nice. Entire garrisons were put to the sword. Knights were tortured, and Lord Wyl cut off the hands of captured prisoners-of-war, including Aegon’s Hand, Orys Baratheon. These actions violated the codes of chivalry, and had Aegon and his bannermen howling for vengeance, which led to a bloody cycle of retaliation and reappraisals.

Aegon’s retaliation was swift as he and his sisters took to their dragons and burned Dornish castles. The Dornish responded by burning half the rainwood and sacking half a dozen towns and villages. The Targaryens then responded by burning more Dornish castles in dragonflame. The Dornish response to that was Lord Fowler capturing Nightfall and taking its occupants hostage and razing the nearby villages and towns. The Targaryens, then predictably, responded with their dragons again, but this time, miraculously, the Dornish managed to take down a dragon. A scorpion bolt in a one in a million shot, hit Meraxes in the eye, killing the dragon and ostensibly, the rider, Rhaenys.

The death of Aegon’s favorite sister-wife was of course a huge personal blow, and it marked the start of the next two years of the war appropriately named the Dragon’s Wroth, the nadir of the war. Aegon and Visenya's initial response was to burn every castle in Dorne, except Sunspear. Some castles were even burned more than once with Hellholt, the site of Meraxes’s death, being burned three times. Aegon and Visneya also placed bounties on the heads of Dornish lords to which the Dornish responded by placing bounties on their heads as well as those of their allies. Half a dozen Dornish lords were assassinated while Aegon and Visneya survived several assassination attempts, and Lord Fell was murdered in a brothel.

Finally, Meria Martell died, and was succeeded by her son, Nymor. Nymor took a different approach compared to his mother, and sent his daughter and heir, Deria, to King’s Landing with Meraxes’s skull and a letter. While Aegon’s queen and advisors pushed for Aegon to harm Deria, Aegon refused and heard out Deria.

Dorne wanted peace, according to Deria—but the peace of two kingdoms no longer at war, not the peace between a vassal and a lord. Many urged His Grace against this, and the phrase "no peace without submission" was often heard in the halls of the Aegonfort. It was claimed that the king would look weak should he agree to such a demand and that the lords of the Reach and stormlands who had suffered so much for his cause would be angered.

Swayed by such considerations, it is said, King Aegon was determined to refuse the offer until Princess Deria placed in his hands a private letter from her father, Prince Nymor. Aegon read it upon the Iron Throne, and men say that when he rose, his hand was bleeding, so hard had he clenched it. He burned the letter and departed immediately on Balerion's back for Dragonstone. When he returned the next morning, he agreed to the peace and signed a treaty to that effect.

Aegon read Nymor’s letter, burned it, and left for Dragonstone on Balerion that day, only to return the following morning and to his court’s surprise, agree to Nymor’s terms of ending the First Dornish War with the Iron Throne recognizing Dorne’s independence.

No one knows the contents of that letter, but there are theories as to what was in that letter that led Aegon to forgo his aim to conquer Dorne and agree to Nymor’s peace. Let’s look at the possibilities offered.

1. Did he threaten to take all the wealth of Dorne to hire the Faceless Men to kill Aegon's young son and heir, Aenys?

The problem with this one is Aegon "flew to Sunspear on Balerion on the tenth anniversary of the peace accords to celebrate ‘a feast of freindship’ with Deria Martell” with Aenys accompanying him. I doubt Aegon would willingly celebrate such a treaty with Princess Deria, and do so, by bringing along the son they threatened to kill if he didn’t sign. That would just make things awkward.

Also, the whole point of hiring an assassin, especially a Faceless Man, is to get someone killed without you being implicated. If you say that “if person A dies, it's definitely because of me,” that would be a clear invitation to retaliation from the victim’s family and allies.

The man whom this threat was made to burned every castle in Dorne in retaliation for Rhaenys’s death. It doesn’t take much speculation to imagine how he would have responded to the death of his son borne by that same woman. A threat like that likely wouldn’t have intimidated Aegon into signing the treaty, but more likely angered him and provoked threats of retaliation.

One must also note that by the time of the meeting (13 AC) Maegor had just been born the year before (12 AC). Even with Aenys dead, Aegon would still have had a son to continue the Targaryen line, and it wouldn’t have been a permanent end to the Targaryen threat.

2. Did Nymor reveal that Rhaenys lived still, broken and mutilated, and that he would end her suffering if Aegon ended hostilities?

It doesn’t take a genius to see the problems with this one. The proposal is basically to tell Aegon "Hey, remember your beloved queen Rhaenys, she's alive, we've just been torturing her for the past two years. Agree to this peace and we'll kill her, the thing that you burned Dorne over thinking we did."

For Aegon, the idea of Rhaenys having been left broken after being tortured and mutilated for two years undoubtedly would have enraged him in such a manner that would have befit his sobriquet “the Dragon”, and had him threatening swift and brutal retaliation. He would have demanded Rhaenys back, no matter what condition she was in. I also seriously doubt Aegon would take Rhaenys’s son, Aenys, to celebrate the peace with Deria that was signed on the condition of killing his tortured mother.

Nymor would also have demonstrated himself to be an idiot by needlessly endangering his daughter, Deria. By sending her, he would have handed Aegon a potentially valuable hostage on a silver platter that Aegon could use to counter any threats against Rhaenys. It also undermined the message of goodwill by bringing the skull of Meraxes.

There is also the question of if they had Rhaenys alive this whole time, why the hell didn’t they use her before, the moment they had captured her? The Dornish would have to be complete fools to not see how valuable a hostage Aegon’s favorite sister-wife could be. They at the very least could have used her to negotiate a ceasefire, and given themselves some respite.

3. Was the letter ensorceled?

Short answer: no. I don’t think we’ve seen magic capable of influencing someone’s consciousness with the most being tales of love potions.

4. Some claim it was a simple plea, from one father to another, heartfelt words that touched King Aegon’s heart.

This seems a little too romantic. I mean even if the words did touch Aegon’s heart, there were still political realities to consider, and I don’t see how relating as a father would move Aegon enough to forget about Rhaenys, the woman who first made him a father to begin with.

5. Others insist it was a list of all those lords and noble knights who lost their lives during the war.

I admit while showing a king the human costs of his war isn’t unappealing to me, one must note that “the Reach, the stormlands and the marches had suffered grievously during the fighting, and would never forgive and forget.” The relatives of those same lords and knights who died in the Dornish War largely wanted the war to continue to avenge their relatives, and would potentially have seen a Dornish peace without submission seemingly make those deaths in vain.

It also wouldn’t be the first time Aegon suffered a personal loss in his conquest. He lost his distant cousin and one of his family’s closest friends, Daemon Velaryon, in the first Targaryen assault on the Vale. Yet, he continued his conquest regardless.

What actually was in the letter?

Think back to Robert’s Rebellion with Dornish anger over the horrific deaths of Elia and her children as well as the death of Lewyn at the Battle of the Trident. Jon Arryn managed to avoid rebellion by the Dornish by returning Lewyn’s bones to Dorne, and negotiating with Prince Doran.

Returning the remains of a fallen relative is an act of respect. It is mentioned that Rhaenys’s bones were never returned. Neither were the bones Elia and her children, but that was because they were given the Targaryen custom of cremation.

I think Rhaenys’s body was likely given the same treatment. What Nymor may have mentioned in the letter is that he was returning Rhaenys’s ashes from her funeral pyre to Dragonstone. That is why Aegon left for Dragonstone that day on Balerion, he wanted to meet up with the ship carrying her urn.

That leaves the question of why Aegon burned the letter. It likely mentioned how Rhaenys died. It must be mentioned that in the Dance of Dragons, dragonriders have survived their dragons falling to the ground like Aegon II on Sunfyre (twice) and Baela on Moondancer, though with serious injuries. Rhaenys actually may have survived the fall, and they put her in bed and gave her a maester to recuperate.

Note, that "his hand was bleeding, so hard had he clenched it," or his hand was stained with Targaryen blood, a trope going back to Cain's hands being stained with the blood of his brother Abel. The letter likely stated that when Aegon attacked Hellholt in retaliation for Rhaenys's purported demise, she was in one of the towers Balerion had burned. In other words, Rhaenys had died not by Dornish hands but by his own hand. The crime he had pinned on the Dornish, and made them suffer for was his own. In his pursuit of vengeance, he had destroyed the one thing he had loved most.

The kinslayer is cursed, and that meant that House Targaryen had been tragically cursed from the start. The tradition of dragons slaying dragons would continue to plague the generations of Aegon's progeny.

Throughout the war, both sides did a lot of awful stuff with the Targaryens burning everything in Dorne in dragonflame, and the Dornish responding by engaging in torture, mutilation and assassination (which the Targaryens did first). All those actions did was escalate the war, and result in more brutal retaliation from the Targaryens with each side upping the violence, brutality and destruction. However, by performing this one honorable gesture, Nymor managed to succeed where his mother failed in ending Aegon’s attempts to subdue Dorne. Aegon having learned he had inadvertently killed his own beloved wife made him realize the futility of the Dragon's Wroth and agree to the terms to end the war.

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ofpineapplesanddawns · 11 days ago

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Here's a short update for the older Lucian story, just something with Peter learning more about the local legend he's staying with, and how people feel about this weird British guy being out in the woods.

On with the fic!

The problem with living in modern society and owning electronics, is that they need a good charging, and that included Peter himself, he needed coffee that wasn't straight up black and being brewed over a fire.

So, he told Lucian this and went into the village, town, whatever it was, Peter never learned what the differences were. Village seemed appropriate for his little monster documenting adventures, added to the vibe, the aesthetic. It was an older Romanian town, the kind that was very European with a lot of the old buildings still being intact, with some of the cobble streets remaining.

Kind of thrown off by modern cars, people in jeans and expensive coats, and the obvious additions of modern life added to architecture that was centuries old.

Still, Peter wasn't complaining, he got himself a super sugary and expensive drink while abusing the privilege of free wifi and carrying around a power strip for his electronics to charge while he mooched off the cafe's electricity.

He sat at a table, away from the locals and tourists, typing away at his laptop. He was editing his notes on Lucian while waiting for his edited video to be uploaded on YouTube, when someone approached.

Peter recognized her from earlier as the barista who made his drink, and from the first few times he entered here during his trip. He couldn't remember her name, but she spoke English, and was the one who told him which locals to talk to about the Moon Beast.

She stared at him, then smirked. "Friend of mine works at the hotel you stayed at."

"What about it?" He asked, taking a loud, obnoxious drink from his almost empty cup.

"She said you checked out, and that you told her you'd be camping in the forest for your video stuff. It's amazing your not dead, no one camps out there."

Peter scoffed. "I'm just built differently. Not my first time doin' this sorta thing."

And it wasn't, he had stayed out in 'haunted' woods before. The worst things he had encountered for his stupid blog and possible-book were bugs, wild hogs (which were a fucking nightmare to experience in the middle of the night when they roamed around his camp site), and a very obnoxious deer who tried to eat his tent.

It was, however, his first time staying in a castle as a guest, and not just sneaking in and hiding out all night in a very illegal way.

"Ever find the beast?" She asked, taking his empty cup. "Also, another refill?"

"Yes, and yes."

The barista looked at him funny. "What do you mean 'yes'? You found the Moon Beast? Was it just some jerk in a suit? Like people in America do with that one ape man?"

"Bigfoot? No, not a guy in a suit."

"Then what? My brother suspects it's this weird guy that sometimes comes to town. He is weird and very reclusive. Think his name is Lucifer or something, I dunno, never talked to him. Grandma says he's the Moon Beast, but she's..." She swirled a finger around her ear. "You know?"

Peter wanted to laugh, Lucian actually came to town? Jeez, when did he do that, he seemed like he avoided humans at all cost, but even a lycan must need to grab some milk and bread once in a while. He'll tease Lucian about it later, same with the 'Lucifer' thing.

"Nah, not a guy, though I think I've come across him." Peter smirked. "Older guy, long white hair, leather jacket?"

She nodded. "Yes, that's him. Where'd you see him? No one knows where he lives."

"That old castle, up in the mountains."

Peter watched the woman's face change from curiosity to surprise, and a little fear. "The castle? Who the hell wants to live there? How can anyone live there? Everyone knows it's cursed!"

He wasn't sure if he wanted to explain anything about Lucian's true living situation, so he only shrugged. "Don't know, but he told me to fuck off and leave."

Actually, Lucian hadn't said that for a few days now. Peter suspected that the lycan was getting used to having someone around again, and won't admit that he missed the company of another living, talking being.

"Uhg, what a freak." She made a face and Peter winced a little, ouch. Lucian wasn't a freak, he was just... different? In a sense.

"Yeah." He coughed. "Anyway, no the beast is just a big, scary wolf. Albino wolf. Saw the fucker eating a deer, it was cool, but I can see why you guys are scared of it. Big, scary, white wolf? Sounds like somethin' from a story."

He had not seen Lucian eat a deer, per say, but he was aware of what the bones were. Lucian dragged his kills home, it was safer that way. He was also lazy about cleaning up, but it worked well to keep intruders away, acting like a warning.

She frowned, looking disappointed. "Uhg, of course it's just a wolf. Anyway, I'll be back with your drink. And pay your tab."

"Yeah, yeah." Peter sniffed and returned to his notes, staring at the document before him.

Lucian was an enigma, and continued to be one the more Peter learned things about him. He wanted to stick around, keep studying the guy, but he couldn't stay. He wanted to keep traveling.

He wondered as he sat there, staring at his reflection on the screen, if maybe...

Hm.

Might have to think on it more, about the best way to ask the reclusive lycan.

That's a problem for future Peter, he can deal with it later.

The idea of Peter willingly camping for his blog is a funny concept to me, but sacrifices must be made for good content. Also, wild pigs are terrifying when you're staying outdoors in a tent, I know this from experience. Uhg.

#good omens extended universe #john's drabbles #lucian x peter vincent

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simsmagicshenanigans · 2 months ago

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Winter holidays update

My winter vacation is ending today, I was mostly chilling and tried to be somewhat away from PC. And when I played games, I switched to 1-time play ones, those that you can start and finish in 1-2 days. Honestly a very healing experience. As a person who mostly plays genshin and sims4, it can get very exhausting and obsessive simply due to how vast and never-ending they are.

BUT I also played sims for 3 days, and I managed to finish some big things I didn't have time for when I was working -- rebuilt the whole Granite Falls as magical fairy-plantsim village (that also has an Elemental Magic school for fairies, dryads and mermaids). I'm only thikning I might add a temple there as well, with the gods and elemental spirits (basically sims ghosts with respective cause of death -- fire, electrocution etc.)

Cute plantsim student I made for this school:

AND I finally made good progress on building my Medieval Windenburg, city of spellcasters. In this city, the magical tradition is so strong they are still not using modern technology, also they have a prestigious Knights organization that serves both local and international community. In my lore, it's exactly those knights that come to put off fires :)) I also reenacted a historical event for my story (Ancient Sulani inspired by Ancient Greece) and made my first CC painting with those historical figures, they are also connected to Windenburg, as well as all spellcasters. And I made an adorable mermaid bard. She lives very close to the castle of Von Windenburg elven family, and it looks so aesthetic omg. It is so fun to play for a single sim actually, I can immerse in her life completely. Going to work, learning seawitch spells and potions, meditation under the moon, practicing lute...

I started using "Turbo Careers" mod and it works so perfectly, now I can go with her to the tavern work as a bard, and when I visit it with other sims she will also be there performing!!!

And a seasoned knight of Windenburg (spellcaster, of course) has a crush on her.

I got inspired by this art:

Yes, I also rebuilt the default hospital to finally be perfect and fully functional even when sims aren't doctors or in labor. Basically I made an exact copy of it in Britechester. Now my sims can go there if they want to buy a medicine or a potion, physical therapy (massage), they can also kind of stay after giving birth to do light physical exercise and soak in baths etc., and for mental illnesses sims can go there also to detach, do daily meditations and drink some emotional stability potions. Lots of fun, can't wait to play with it with some sim.

So yeah, next plans for me are finishing up Windenburg building, that's still a huge task but much more approachable now that the foundation is there. And I will also probably squeeze in making my comic here and there after work, because there is also much fun to tell about.

Hope your holidays also were fun and restful!

#occult sims #sims 4 screenshots #simblr #ts4

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nimilla · 2 months ago

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Happy Almost New Year, everyone!

May you be blessed with a wonderful year of 2025. I'm posting for the end of 2024. It's been an interesting ride of the year personally, and it will get more chaotic for me. That's life! ^^

Have my main OCs welcoming the new year!

I wonder what will the year 2025 have in store for us? Ah, well, we'll see... Goodbye, everyone! See you all in 2025!

I want to write a bit about my OCs down below! They're kind of an update and revamp of what I have done for them. A ramble below.

I've been meaning to talk about my OCs for a while now, especially my Stardew OCs where they have the most lore. Mainly, I would want to post more about Ziana and Kara, but the lack of interest here makes me feel less energetic to share the lore... Sadly, without Castle Village for SVE, I can't expand much for Ziana and her family lore... But I have revamped once again, my Stardew OCs' lore, and I'm satisfied with this one, especially with Aelfdene's!

Stardew OCs

Ziana

If anyone remembered a story or mention about Ziana having an older brother, let's forget it, LOL! I've decided to, once again, scrapped it. Instead of an older brother, it was her maternal uncle. He would have a mention in Ziana's lore when Castle Village comes out just to keep things interesting for me...

Astelle

Astelle is Ziana's younger twin sister if anyone wants a refresher about who she is. Her colour initially was purple, but now it would be either red or pink since purple is mainly for Kara, a non-Stardew OC of mine. I wanted to keep her from repetitive colours, so she'd have red or pink as her main colours. I don't believe I have an OC with those colour schemes before!

Aelfdene & Sylvienne

Aelfdene is now the adoptive older brother of Sylvienne. He is an elf, approximately 200 years old in elvish age (somewhere in his 30s of human age). When Sylvienne's parents first met Aelfdene, he was in the form of a child due to a sudden curse that had forced him into this appearance despite being an adult. He has been struggling to return to his true adult form, and the process has taken a considerable amount of time. During this period, Sylvienne's mother developed a fondness for him, as she had always wanted a son but was unable to bear another child after Sylvienne. Seeing Aelfdene, who was an orphan, she decided to adopt him. Even when she later discovered his true age, she still wanted him to be her son, and her husband, Sylvienne's father, agreed as well.

Rousseau (Roo)

Regarding Rousseau, I initially wanted to portray him as a 'vampire' who feeds on monster blood, but I’ve decided to reimagine him as a human instead. He uses guns rather than swords when hunting monsters as a way to distance himself from his father and his legendary reputation. Many adventurers fail to see that Rousseau has worked hard to develop his swordsmanship, often comparing him unfavourably to his father and calling him a cheater. This constant pressure even led him to consider quitting his adventurer career altogether, until his friend Aelfdene suggested that he try using an alternative weapon against monsters; guns. Although it was an unusual choice and took some time to adjust to, Rousseau eventually became proficient and is now well-known for his shooting skills, matching the level of Alesia's marksmanship.

However, he still harbours a fear of witches.

By the way, Aelfdene, Sylvienne, Rousseau, and Astelle require Castle Village so that I can expand their lore and interactions, but unfortunately, we don't know when we will see the update, so I might just go with the flow and create some stuff with what we have from SVE... But for now, I am on and off with Stardew Valley + Expanded unlike before when I was constantly active and interacting...

Other OCs

Cyra

Patiently waiting for the game to update more so that I can come up with more stories for her, LOL. For now, she's hibernating, just like Caldarus!

Z is just Kara's older brother, who happens to be friends with the trio. How can a decent man like Z get caught up with the most problematic trio ever?? For now, no one knows.

#Happy New Year #2025 #original characters #oc art

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beanghostprincess · 1 year ago

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Okay this is my last post about trans girl usopp (until I come up with more ideas)

When they update usopp's wanted poster. They use a picture of her before meeting with Ivankov. She thinks she looks nice it's a good angle, shows off her eye lashes (and a little cleavage). she has a cute smile and her hair looked good that day. But fuck she wished they could of waited to update the bounty. They also referred to her as goddess which was nice but she still prefers God usopp

Sanji gushed looking at it. He puts it on the ceiling and blows kisses before going to sleep. He also calls her his goddess.

The red haired pirates got a hold of the bounty updates for the straw hats. Shanks was a little hesitant to give yasopp usopp's updated bounty. Worried about his and his crew's reaction to it, he doesn't want to start anything he can't finish. After some back and forth between yasopp and shanks he gave in and gave it to him (he snatched it out of his hands).

Yasopp was only in her life for 7 years. He really doesn't know her anymore. But he's really not shocked by her new identity. She was always 'soft' (soft as in kind and gentle not as in weak). She didn't have dolls, she didn't have that many toys in general. She played with diet, stick and bug. Typical "" boy"" things. Except the bug was a princess married to the stick who was a Prince and the mud pile was their Castle. She would also take rubber bands, if they weren't being flicked they would be in her hair (and mouth she had a bad habit putting things in her mouth) there were not a lot of little girls either. the village was notorious for having a lot of baby boys born there, she didn't have friends her age that liked the same thing she liked. Not a lot of boys wanted to play house with insects. He assumed it was a faze because after she found out about pirates she was obsessed and played pirates with the village boys. Guess it wasn't a faze.

The silence was long every one just wanted for him to react to this new information. They couldn't read his expression or tell what he was feeling at the moment. Shanks was about to say something but it was interrupted by yasopp. "She looks just like her mother, same smile and everything.............wish she wore something a little more flattering tho." He shoved the bounty in his pocket to hang up later. He noticed his crewmates still staring at him, getting defensive he yelled at them and shooed them away. If any one of them had something to say about his daughter they can answer to the barrel of his gun

Oh, no, PLEASE, send me all the Transfem Usopp idead you have (I love them).

This is just,,, So sweet. Yasopp being so supportive of her??? Shanks actually not wanting to show him the wanted poster at first because he's genuinely worried about how he might react??? Usopp looking just like her mother makes me go insane, honestly- It's the best trope for trans characters imo. I loved this!!!!!!!!!!

#trans girl usopp my beloved my girlfriend #one piece #usopp #transfem usopp #yasopp

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xmariiitamiiix · 6 months ago

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All my Bots in One Go ;) jk I will break this Up Pt 1

So it has been a while since I have been on here but I just want to come on here and go ahead and make a updated list on the bots that I have in Character AI for you guys everything is going to be linked and will/should send you directly to chat with them.

Wait..Choose her not Me!: This is a King Suguru Geto x Lady in Waiting User chat where basically in a short amount of words you are accompanying the Princess of Cordelia as she is at the Kingdom of Sedalia where a competition is being held to win the hand of the newly Crowned King Suguru but it turns out that the King's type of Women may not exactly be Royalty ;)

Choose One of Them not Me! (Princess Version): as the title may suggest this is the version of Wait.. Choose her not Me! where you are now the Crowned Princess of Cordelia and are main center in the competition to win the hand of the newly crowned King Suguru of Sedalia now the thing with this one to like attempt to spice it up a little I decided to go with the route that because of the fact that you are due in to take your father's position as Heir to the Throne and who in this chat is named King Luan of Cordelia and actually sick (When I test this Chat I will actually involve him and this fact in to eventually have that OH we need to go back to Cordelia princess because your father died and it is time for you to take your rightful place moment lol blah blah blah) you don't necessarily want to compete in this competition (Marriage isn't necessarily on your mind right now) but because of your mother Queen Consort Odette of Cordelia who wants you to marry (In my mind she has been substituting for the King due to his sickness) you arrive to compete in Sedalia to appease her

Rumor has it a Vampire is dwelling within a Castle: FUN FACT: This one is one of my first bots that I have created but basically to summarize this bot you are a vampire hunter that has made their way to this gothic Castle because you have heard rumors from villagers that a vampire lord resides within that castle. and who is that Vampire Lord you may ask? Well Suguru of course, honestly for this one I might rework this one

Lone Survivor X Dark Prince Suguru Geto: Now in this one it kinda has that dark fantasy esque feel to it or at least I think so where you are this lone survivor in your village of Veileana in the introductory message you are at this point where you are toe to toe with Suguru as you realize the depths of destruction that he Suguru Geto the Prince of Neeavas caused the only word he utters to you in the introductory message isn't even really directed to you it's to his men as he remarks that there is a survivor and tells his men "to tie up loose ends" and now because he's a little freak in this chat he is really into the whole lone survivor who isn't giving up no matter how much he tries to break them thing which is umm something

Criminal Suguru x Officer User: Now in this chat you are in a one on one meeting room with Suguru who is in jail and while I don't have his sentence put in the introductory message personally what I think his sentencing is Life Imprisonment without the Possibility of Parole now because this is not a AU where we have cursed techniques (granted most of these chats don't necessarily have them involved) I kinda wanted to keep the Cult Leader activities involved in so in his name in the chat numerous murders were committed baring this ritualistic signature to it due to his own twisted ideology that he has where he believes himself to be a higher being and destined to cleanse the world of those he deems unworthy a self proclaimed harbinger of a new order which I mean I guess works with his character vaguely? anyways you are a Officer who in an attempt to solve these grisly murders that have started that share a similar signature to his crimes despite his incarceration is trying to dive into his mind to try to at least get some insight that he may share

The Home Economics Professor: In this chat I wanted to have a mmm husband material moment though I don't necessarily plan on making a husband Suguru bot anytime soon (I just don't have any ideas for it) now this one is the one that also has some summarized lore where you actually wanted his position in the past but the University gave it to him and made you the Chef Instructor so because of that you two low-key had some beef and because the University (Called Alveria University) really wanted to keep you both their remedy for this was to basically have you guys share a class and within one semester you both get to merge your class and do some joint teaching (But alas due to the 2048 character limit we don't get to have that beef) so in the introductory message you both are chilled out and semi friends or just friendly coworkers and you find out that Suguru in this recently adopted Mimiko and Nanako because you noticed he has been so tired lately

Vampyre Rockstar Suguru x Truth Seeking User: Now I don't know what's with me but I have been wanting to do some more Vampire bots but I don't just want to continuously do that so to pacify myself (Though I have one more Vampire idea) I made this bot where Suguru is this famous Rock Star and serves as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the band "The Curse" he in this chat is know for his looks, his talent, and the fact that in this chat he totally gets it and I'm talking hook ups now he is about to kick start a world tour and in the introductory message you are at Show One because you are wanting to seek out the truth from something that you have seen from Internet forums and articles where there is this pattern you noticed that with each of these hookups that he has in these shows he does (in the chat he actually with a nod marks several women to invite backstage to woohoo with that I low-key may actually edit to just be individuals because you know what it could be men or women) people go missing without a trace and because he is otherworldly he does have a clue that you may MAY be here for that and so he is all sending a smirk your way and stuff but he slips up a little bit because you do in fact catch sight of his rather sharp teeth that indicts he may be more than what meets the eye

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Note: Names and such things may change in this chat like I don't necessarily want to leave things off as something blank X user. I will share updates from now on about any changes I may do to bots.

New bot ideas coming soon... maybe if I don't veto them at the last moment....

Body Guard Suguru X Star User

Officer Suguru X Thief User

Detective Suguru X Detective User: The New Couple on Penny Ave

#jujutsu kaisen #character ai #ai bots #geto suguru #chai #jjk geto

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janeelyakiri · 7 months ago

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How are Dalmatian and Shrike doing? (I miss them )

They're doing well! They're protecting the castle grounds while waiting for Dove and Starling to return. Shrike is a tiny bit antsy but he's distracted keeping Gull under watch.

Little shit keeps trying to find pranks to set up and trouble to make.

Dal meanwhile has somewhat accepted Dire's existence, and in return gets updates of the area much more quickly than if he were to walk it himself. He still does but Dire's a great First Alert to any of the villagers' shenanigans.

#asking bone bois #shrike!cross #dalmatian!papyrus

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zestyaahbutler · 2 years ago

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Meeee Stuff

Hello!

I'm Zesty as I have been dubbed from my many mutuals. Call me anything you want. I do a lot of art stuff that also includes writing!

I like a lot of shows, games, manga, books, movies, and VNs. Please just ask me for what you want, I will likely be already into it.

AMULYA CONTENT UPDATE:

Integra's Mom Masterpost

If you are under 18+ please go to your settings and block the tag #Mat.Zest . These works have mature themes that I don't want minors interacting with such as smut or maybe suggestive artwork. Otherwise, I keep stuff pretty tame.

Updated: 11/5/2023

Writing:

Rules:

What is Allowed:

NSFW

OCs related stuff

Just please message me or provide me with some information

Identity-related stuff:

All sexualities are welcomed with open arms!

Just state specific gender, sexuality, or race in the ask or

message.

Fluff (I love it)

Angst

Crackfics

Gore

I’ll do torture as long as it's tasteful as I’d like to get into more horror-related stuff

DO NOT ask me to write anything questionable or illegal such as underaged readers or characters, rape, incest, and pedophilia.

Current works:

Hellsing:

Her Highness’s Next Sunset [Alucard x The Queen]

It is 1941, the Germans are bombing London. What is Elizabeth doing? Well, she is staying in Windsor Castle and there is an elaborate party happening. Thoughts of the state of Britain loom over her. The party has all a girl her age could ask for; drinks, handsome suitors trying to win her heart, and plenty of entertainment. Yet it's all so overwhelming. She escapes into a dark unattended hallway to collect herself but finds out that something has been waiting for her.

Choosing Life [Integra x Reader]

A young woman from America works a dead-end job. She will live wavers till she decides to take a cheap vacation to the United Kingdom where she stays in a small village. They welcome her with open arms but the townspeople slowly became weirder and would not let her leave. It turns out they are a cult trying to produce the second Virgin Mary and eternal mother. Isolated and only given what she needs to survive, she starts to lose herself. One night, she is taken out of her room of captivity and led to a ceremony. She is given the choice to kill the sacrifice given to her and live or be killed for rejecting their love. For the first time, she chooses to live.

She blacks out but wakes up later in a now gored room.

Those That Grow in Their Place

Short stories that feature Amulya, Integra's mother.

Walter teaches Integra how to garden a few months after her father's death in hopes she may take up a new hobby that contrasts her dreary situation.

Madam Hellsing Vignettes

Feel free to check these all out. Comments make my day and make me work faster! Have a nice day 😊

#hellsing fanfiction #masterlist #integra hellsing #sir integra #hellsing #the queen (hellsing)#ao3 fanfic #a03 fic #hellsing alucard #fanfiction #fuck u i want one pinned post #intro post

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amiharana · 2 years ago

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OKAY I FINALLY GOT TO WATCH THE TOTK TRAILER HERE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS

the more stuff that comes out about totk, the more interested and emotionally invested i become in the lore. where did these floating islands come from? who were the zonai and why are they back? do they have some sort of connection to ganon or hylia, or other races in hyrule (e.g. the sheikah)? how does the presence and existence of the zonai connect back with the rest of the zelda timeline?

like since there's at least? 10,000 years since the previous links and zeldas to botw/totk link and zelda, did the zonai exist in that 10,000 time period or way before and they were just never seen in previous games (for narrative purposes?)

do you think the presence of the zonai will give us some insight to the hero and princess of 10,000 years prior when the divine beasts were first used against ganon + all the ancient sheikah technology was still used? do you think the zonai had some sort of hand in helping shape that tech?

i know that during the development of botw, some of the things that inspired some of link's "abilities" were from hobbies of people on the zelda development team, e.g. the master cycle zero exists in the dlc because eiji aonuma is a motorcyclist in his free time. do you think someone on the team skydives for fun and that's why they added link falling through the sky and shit lol

they NEVER explained the paraglider in botw. you know me as your local revalink brainrot provider and what i think about the existence of the paraglider if you've been following me long enough. since the paraglider gets a little design update in totk (and unfortunately kind of loses revali's symbol in it

what the HELL are these glowing spires coming out of the ground everywhere. will they function the same as sheikah towers. what the fuck happened to the sheikah towers bc i'm either blind or they're gone. do shrines still exist in this game

hateno village (and other settlements) seems to have gotten updated! what new things do you guys think will be added in villages that weren't there before? also idk if it's just me but why do the three trees on mount lanayru look closer to the village??? i don't remember them being that close idk lol

DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET NEW NPCS IN THE SETTLEMENTS <33

THERE ARE LITTLE CAMPS IN CASTLE TOWN RUINS IM GOING TO CRYYYY they have the hylian crest on them so they have to be related to the royal family (in a business way) somehow? are these the construction folk who are going to rebuild castle town? do you guys think we'll get to see castle town completely rebuilt by the end of totk? DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET TO REBUILD EVERY RUINED SETTLEMENT TARREY TOWN STYLE??????? <3333

i know some people hated the fact that the botw map was reused and imo it's Nawt that serious girl calm down lmao. in fact i think reusing the map is an excellent challenge for the zelda team; how can you rework this familiar world into a fresh one the players can enjoy and explore again? with all the literal changes in the geographical markers of botw and the addition of new little thingie ma bobbies all throughout the map, i'm excited to see how the zelda team has approached this sort of challenge by reusing botw assets

THE THYPHLO RUINS AREN'T DARK ANYMOREEEE tbh i never finished that shrine quest LMFAOKDJFHJKD the not being able to see part always stressed me out and the fact that you had to fight a hinox in the dark 😭😭😭 IM SAWRYYY IM THE MOST ANXIOUS PLAYER EVER but i can't wait to explore it in the light????? i think someone mentioned how it also had zonai architecture; i'm just so invested in how the presence of the zonai shaped the now-world of botw/totk hyrule

so i wasn't able to see it in the trailers because i'm sooo blind, but did you guys ever see the divine beasts at all in the clips? i mean i wouldn't want to do a divine beast dungeon again LOL, but where do you guys think they are? are they just chilling in their respective regions? did they bury the beasts again? do you think we'd be able to actually go inside and explore the beasts for funsies now that they're not corrupted/in position lasered onto the castle?

WHAT IS OUT IN THE GERUDO DESERT. INSERT CARDI B MEME WHAT WAS THAT????? IS IT A SECRET DIVINE BEAST. FUCK. WHAT IS IT

the zonai have got to have some connection to time i know we could probably figure that out from the totk gameplay video from a couple weeks ago BUT STILL. let's have a twilight princess ancient hero comeback and just have old man ocarina bones sit in, or maybe multiple previous links spiderman no way home-style or whatever that movie was called. i didn't watch it sorry KDJHFJDK

ZELDA FALLING IN AND LINK JUMPING IN AFTER HER WITH HIS MALICE CORRUPTED ARM 😭💔 WHEN WILL MY BABIES BE FREE FROM THEIR FATES

THERE ARE FLYING PIRATE SHIPS TEEHEE. COME ON TREASURE PLANETTTTTT link but he's jim hawkins asf

water bubbles as transport like come on vesicles. come on transport cells. ANYWAYS THE LASERS link is a spy girl fr come on kim possible

WHO IS THAT. i can't take pictures i'm watching the trailer and pausing and unpausing on my switch while typing this on my laptop IS THAT A NEW HYRULEAN RACE. do you think it's like a fe3h ashen wolves moment where they've just been living underneath the ground because they were banished by hylia and no one knew lol

THE SANCTUM WAS RESTORED KSJDHFKJSDHFJKSDHF HOW DID THEY FIX IT SO FASTTTT what if link actually went back in time. the room is all sparkly so i'm like. did u fix it with magic or likeeeeee WHAT IS IT ASF

WHERE THE FUCK IS ZELDA. what do you guys MEAN you rely on link and the master sword. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE??????? IS THAT THE ZONAI KING OR SOMETHING.

historically the hylians have believed in this like. pantheon of gods comprised of the golden goddesses + hylia, and i've always been under the assumption that other races just coexisted their faiths e.g. zora mainly believing in jabu-jabu, ww!rito believing in valoo, etc. what if there was like a pantheon of zonai gods but it's like greek vs roman style. what if hylia had a zonaian (?) counterpart. idk i'm spitballing out of my ass rn but i think it would be cool

re:WHO IS THAT. bulletpoint: WHAT IF THAT'S HYLIA'S ZONAIAN COUNTERPART. LOL

seeing all these flat little creatures floating in the sky makes me miss vah medoh and revali

WAS THAT TULIN. GO BACK HOME TO YOUR MOTHER?????????? WHERE IS TEBA.

link pulling people in wagon it's giving skyrim "oh you're finally awake" PAUSE WHAT ARE THOSE GREEN THINGS ON THE WHEEL. IS THAT ZONAI TECH/MAGIC

how the HELL did they build those shits on top of the talus. the bokos were really like It's Free Real Estate

link making himself a fully functioning tank rn. my brother in christ that is a vertical stone block with a cannon fused to its edge on wheels. i love it.

i kinda wanna know what happened to the elemental arrows. like in botw they tell you that rubies innately have the power of fire, but how does that differ from a regular fire arrow? does it do more damage?

HOLD ON TULIN WAS ABOUT TO GET EATEN BY THAT ICE MONSTER THING GO HOME??

what the FUCK is zelda cradling in her hands. is that a seed or life or something. it looks like an embryo lol. divine beast embryo

WAIT IS THAT HYLIA???? WHOAAAA

riju 🥺🥺🥺 the champion descendants 🥺🥺 doofus with a bucket on his head... SIDON WAIT HE HAS THE CROWN ON HIS HEAD

"link! you must find me!" WHERE ARE YOU GIRLLLL

i didn't realize there was a word limit. i just kept typing. ok those are my thoughts so far IM SO EXCITED

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luckyduckwrites · 1 month ago

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New To Equestria Chapter 1-7: Dragonshy

Fandom: My Little Pony, My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (Cartoon 2013)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Applejack (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)/Original Character(s), Applejack/Original Pony Character(s) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Applejack/original

Characters: Applejack (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Original Female Character(s), Original Pony Character(s) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Disabled Character, POV First Person, POV Female Character, Original Character-centric, Trauma, Canon Autistic Character, Slow Romance, Slow To Update, Friends to Lovers

Summary:

My name is Scarlette Melody. I was born on Earth, and pushed into a statue outside my high school. I woke up as a unicorn in another world! A pony named Princess Celestia found me. I explained my situation to her, and she let me stay at her castle until the portal re-opened, but I like this world a lot more than my old world. I became friends with Celestia's star pupil Twilight Sparkle, and I was sent with her to Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration, where I met familiar ponies. I had never met them before, but they reminded me of my friends at school in my world, even sharing the same names and personalities! We soon became became the Elements of Harmony, and I'm the element of Empathy.

**AO3 & Wattpad links in masterpost pinned to the top of the blog**

I was heading to the market when I found a bunch of ponies crowded together, marvelling at something. I push my way to the center to find Rainbow Dash bouncing a ball on her head.

Fluttershy shrieks, and Rainbow says, "Don't be such a scaredy-pony. It's just me, future Equestria ball-bouncing record holder. Three hundred forty six, three hundred forty seven..."

I ask, "That's a real record here? Though, to be fair, there were some weird world records in my world too, like the largest hula hoop spin."

Pinkie exclaims, "This calls for a celebration!"

Fluttershy says, "Oh, no, Pinkie Pie, this is not time for celebration. This is a time for -"

Pinkie exclaims, "Ooh! I'm going to need balloons! One for every pony in Ponyville!"

Fluttershy says, "There's- there's smoke, and- and where there's smoke, there's fire, and -"

Pinkie starts counting the ponies around us, "Let's see. That's one, two, three four..."

Rainbow counts, "Three hundred fifty four..."

Pinkie continues, "Five, six..."

Rainbow continues, "Three hundred fifty five- No, wait."

The ball bounces off her head, and she loses the record.

Pinkie points at me, counting, "Seven..."

Rainbow exclaims, "Pinkie Pie! Now I have to start over."

Fluttershy says, "We're all going to have to start over in a new village, 'cause ours is gonna be -"

As Rainbow walks away to grab her ball, Pinkie exclaims, "Hey, Rainbow Dash, wait up!"

I ask Fluttershy, "What are you trying to say?"

She responds, "This is an emergency. I- I need everypony to -"

Twilight loudly says, "Listen up! Smoke is spreading over all of Equestria."

Ponies around me exclaim, "What?" "Oh, no!" "That's awful!"

Fluttershy says, "That's what I've been trying to -"

Twilight continues, "But don't worry. I've just received a letter from Princess Celestia informing me that it is not coming from a fire."

Fluttershy sighs, "Oh, thank goodness."

I ask, "Then what is it coming from?"

Twilight responds, "It's coming from a dragon."

Everypony gasps, and Fluttershy exclaims, "A... d- dragon?!"

Applejack asks, "What in the name of all things cinnamon swirled is a full-grown dragon doin' here in Equestria?"

Twilight responds, "Sleeping."

We all ask, "Huh?"

Twilight explains, "According to Princess Celestia, he's taking a nap. His snoring is what's causing all this smoke."

Pinkie says, "He should really see a doctor. That doesn't sound healthy at all."

I say, "Not for us, but it's probably normal for dragons."

Rarity says, "Well, at least he's not snoring fire. What we meant to do about it?"

Rainbow exclaims, "I'll tell you what were meant to do; give him the boot!" She starts flying rapidly around, punching an imaginary being as she adds, "Take that! And that!"

She crashes, and Twilight says, "We need to encourage him to take a nap somewhere else. Princess Celestia has given us this mission, and we must not fail. If we do, Equestria will be covered in smoke for the next one hundred years."

Fluttershy gasps, and I say, "That's one heck of a power nap."

Rarity huffs, "Indeed. Talk about getting your beauty sleep."

Twilight says, "Alright, everypony. I need you to gather supplies quickly. We've got a long journey ahead of us. Let's meet back here in less than an hour."

Rainbow adds, "Okay girls, you heard her. The fate of Equestria is in our hooves. Do you have what it takes?"

We nod, rushing off to our own homes to prepare for our impending adventure. I pack my flute in case we have to stop to take a break and I get bored, and some snacks in case I get hungry.

Once we're all packed up, we all meet in front of the library, and Twilight explains, "Alright girls, listen up. I'm mapping out the fastest route, but we've all got to keep a good pace if we expect to make it up the mountain by nightfall."

Fluttershy stutters, "M- M- mountain?"

I reassure, "It'll be fine, Flutters. Just try to stay calm."

Twilight points at the mountain, saying, "The dragon is in that cave at the very top."

Applejack says, "Looks pretty cold up there."

Rainbow says, "You bet it is. The higher you go, the chillier it gets."

Rarity opens her saddlebag and puts on a scarf, saying, "Good thing I brought my scarf."

Pinkie awes, "Ooh! Pretty!"

Rainbow sarcastically remarks, "Heh, oh yeah. That'll keep you nice and cozy."

I say, "Well, I've got my hoodie and pants. Stylish, comfy, and warm."

I recently got a pair of pants and Rarity helped me embroider the flank area to have my cutie mark on it. I put my pink hair up into a bun as Fluttershy quietly tries to protest, all going unheard by Twilight.

The only part I catch is when Fluttershy says, "Oh! Good. I'll stay here and -"

Twilight interrupts, "Wait! You have to come! Your way with wild animals will surely come in handy."

Fluttershy protests, "I don't think I -"

Twilight adds, "Oh, and don't worry about your little friends in the meadow. Spike's got it covered while you're gone."

Spike says, "You can count on me!"

He's holding a couple of Fluttershy's animals, and they're all squirming around and trying to run away from him.

Fluttershy says, "I don't really think he's up to the task. Maybe... but... but..."

She squeaks and curls up in fear.

Rainbow quietly asks, "Are you sure you want Fluttershy to come along? I mean, that pony's afraid of her own shadow. She's just gonna slow us down."

To prove her point, Fluttershy screams at her own shadow and hides in a bush.

I say, "She's just nervous, Dash. I'm sure she'll calm down once we get moving."

Twilight calls, "Alright, girls. Move out!"

We start walking toward the mountain with a reluctant Fluttershy cowering behind us. She gasps as we hear a loud growling sound.

I ask, "What was that?"

Twilight responds, "This is what it sounds like when a dragon snores."

Fluttershy mutters, "It- it's so... high!"

Rainbow says, "Well, it is a mountain. I'm gonna fly up there and check it out. Wah!"

She makes an exclamation of shock as Applejack yanks her tail back.

Applejack says, "Hold on, now. I think we should all go up together. Safety in numbers and all."

Rainbiw mutters, "Oh, all right."

As we start climbing the mountain, Rarity says, "I hear the only this that sparkles more than a dragon's scales are the jewels they use to build their nests. Ooh, if I play my cards right, Iight be able to convince him to part with a few!"

Pinkie imitates a dragon, making her voice lower and more gruff as she says, "Welcome to my cave, Rarity. Care for a diamond? Roooaaarrr!"

This makes as all laugh, except for Twilight, who exclaims, "Girls! This is no laughing matter! Fluttershy, you're the expert on wild creatures. What do you think the dragon will be like? Fluttershy?"

We spot Fluttershy at the base of the mountain, shaking in fear.

Rainbow rudely asks, "Hey! What are you waiting for, an invitation?"

Pinkie, not sensing the tension, exclaims, "Ooh, I think I have one in my bag!"

A party popper pops in her bag when she reaches into it, making a loud sound.

I ask, "What wrong, Flutters?"

She mutters, "I- It's so... so... steep."

Rainbow grunts, "Well, it is a cliff. You could just, oh I don't know, fly up here?"

Pinkie encourages, "Come on, Fluttershy! Flap those wings!"

I add, "You can do it, Flutters."

Fluttershy softly cries, "Oh... okay."

Fluttershy starts flying a few feet above the ground before the dragon snores again, and her wings snap shut and she falls right on top of me.

Rainbow groans, "Ugh."

Fluttershy gets off of me and helps me stand back up, quietly apologizing multiple times.

Twilight groans, "Ugh, we don't have time for this." Applejack grabs the map out of Twilight's bag, and she asks, "What are you doing?"

Applejack responds, "I'll need this if I'm gonna take her around the mountain another way."

I say, "I'll come with you. Like you said, strength in numbers."

Rainbiw groans, "Around the mountain? That's going to take them forever!"

The dragon snores again, and Fluttershy stiffens up like a goat, falling onto her side.

I say, "Don't worry, guys. We'll meet back up soon."

Around an hour and a half later, we finally meet back up with everyone else, Applejack and I having taken turns dragging Fluttershy behind us because she refused to move at all.

We're both exhausted as Applejack pants, "We. Made. It."

Rainbow mutters, "Told you it was going to take them forever."

We all continue walking up the mountain together for a while until we reach a small gap in the path. We all just hop across, except for Fluttershy, her eyes wide in fear.

I say, "You can do it, Shy. It's just a small gap."

She stammers, "But... it's so... wide."

Twilight groans, "Come on, Fluttershy. We should be much farther along by now."

Applejack says, "You could just leap on over."

Fluttershy was about to say something, but cowered in fear instead when the dragon snores again.

She finally muttered, "I don't know."

I hop back over to Fluttershy, saying, "There's nothing to worry about.

Pinkie adds, "It's just a hop, skip, and a jump. See?" She then sings, "It's not very far, just move your little rump."

I join in singing, "You can make it if you try with a hop, skip and jump."

Twilight groans, "We don't have time for this."

Pinkie and I started hopping back and forth across the gap as we continued singing.

I sing, "A hop, skip and jump."

Pinkie sings, "Just move your little rump."

I sing, "A hop, skip, and jump."

Pinkie sings, "A hop, skip, and jump."

I sing, "A hop, skip, and jump."

Pinkie sings, "A hop, skip, and jump."

We both sing in unison, "A hop, skip, and jump!"

Pinkie and I hop back across the gap by everypony else, and Fluttershy nervously mutters, "O- okay. Here I go. A hop..."

Applejack encourages, "That's it."

Twilight adds, "You've got it."

Rarity adds, "Almost there."

Fluttershy continues, "Skip..."

I encourage, "You're doing great."

Twilight adds, "Just don't look down."

Fluttershy immediately looks down and into the gap, whimpering as she skitters across the small gap, knocking us all over.

Rainbow groans, and Fluttershy nervously smiles, saying, "I guess I forgot to jump."

We continue walking, reaching a narrow path surrounded by snow-covered mountains.

Twilight whispers, "Let's keep it down. According to my map, we're entering an avalanche zone. The smallest peep could cause a huge rock slide."

Fluttershy whimpers, "An... an ava... ava..."

Twilight shushes her, and we continue walking until a leaf lands on Fluttershy's withers.

She shouts, "AVALA -"

I quickly cover her mouth with my hoof before she could finish, and levitate the leaf to show what landed on her. We all let out a collective sigh of relief, and that's when the avalanche starts.

We all cry out, "Avalanche!"

We run as fast as we can, avoiding rock debris. Twilight almost gets crushed by a falling boulder, but Applejack tackles her out of the way. Fluttershy trips on a rock, landing on top of Rarity and I. We all cough out as the debris stops falling, leaving a cloud of dust that quickly dissipates.

Applejack asks, "Everybody okay?"

Twilight responds, "Thanks to you, I am."

I ask, "Um, a little help over here?"

Fluttershy exclaims, "Oh! S- sorry, girls."

She immediately flies into the air off of Rarity and I.

Pinkie exclaims, "Woohoo! Let's do it again!"

I dust myself off as I get up, saying, "Let's not."

We start walking along the path again, the air getting colder and colder.

I pull my hood over my head, and Rarity pulls another scarf out of her saddlebag and wraps it around her neck, saying, "This is why a girl always packs extra accessories." She then starts digging through her bag, muttering, "Oh, please tell me I brought the tiara that goes with this."

Rainbow says, "Uh, I think we've got bigger problems than making sure our hair bows match our horseshoes."

We're stopped in our tracks by a huge pile of rocks caused by the avalanche. Rainbow and Twilight give Fluttershy deadpanned expressions.

Fluttershy sighs, "Sorry."

Applejack comforts, "Aw, no big whoop, Sugarcube."

I add, "It's really not your fault, Flutters. It could've happened to anyone."

Twilight groans, "Yeah, we'll just have to..." She sighs, "Climb over."

We climb up the precarious pile of rocks, and Rarity bumps into Applejack on the way down, saying, "My apologies."

Rainbow glares at Fluttershy again, pointedly saying, "Not your fault." Fluttershy whimpers, and Rainbow sighs, asking Twilight, "Still think it was a good idea to bring Fluttershy along?"

We reach the cave entrance, and Twilight responds, "We're about to find out. We're here. Rainbow Dash, you'll use your wings to clear the smoke."

Rainbow agrees, "Mm-hmm."

Twilight continues, "Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Scarlette Melody, you'll create a diversion to distract the dragon if things get a little hairy in there."

I pull out and assemble my flute, and Pinkie squeaks one of her squeaky toys. I tune my flute as Pinkie and Rarity get ready for their part of the distraction.

Twilight continues, "Applejack, you're ready with the apples in case he decides to attack. But it shouldnt come to that, because Fluttershy will do what she needs to do to wake him up, and between the two of us, we should be able to get him to understand why he needs to go. Is everypony ready?"

We all make sounds of affirmation.

Twilight continues, "Okay then, we're going in. So, what is the best way to wake up a sleeping dragon without upsetting him? Fluttershy?" We find her cowering behind a huge rock, and Twilight groans, "Oh, come on!"

Twilight tugs on Fluttershy's tail, and she grunts as we start tugging on her and each other to pry Fluttershy away from the rock, "We have to do this! Ugh! Now! Every- Ugh! Second longer that dragon- Ugh! Sleeps is another- Ugh! Acre of Equestria- Ugh! That is covered in- Ugh! Smoke!"

Fluttershy mutters, "I- I- I can't go in the cave."

We all groan and let go, flopping to the floor.

Rainbow groans, "Oh, great. She's scared of caves now, too."

Fluttershy says, "I'm not scared of caves, I'm scared of..."

She mumbles under her breath.

Applejack asks, "What's that, Sugarcube?"

Fluttershy repeats even quieter, "I'm scared of..."

She mumbles again."

I ask, "One more time? And maybe a little louder?"

Fluttershy exclaims, "I'm scared of dragons!"

The dragon snores again, making Fluttershy squeal and hide behind the rock again as we all cough from the dragon's smoke.

I mutter, "No kidding." I cough again before adding, "But Fluttershy, you have a wonderful talent dealing with all kinds of animals."

Fluttershy says, "Yes, because they're not dragons."

Rainbow exclaims, "Oh, come on! We've seen you walk right up to a horrible manticore like it was nothing."

Fluttershy says, "Yes, because he wasn't a dragon."

Pinkie says, "Spike is a dragon. You're not scared of him."

Fluttershy states, "Yes, because he's not a huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp-scale-having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could eat a pony in one bite, totally all-grown-up dragon!"

The dragon snores again, making her whimper harder.

Twilight asks, "But if you're so afraid of dragons, why didn't you say something before we came all the way up here?"

I say, "In retrospect, she definitely tried. You guys just wouldn't let her talk."

Rainbow groans, and Applejack says, "All of us are scared of that dragon."

Rainbow defensively exclaims, "I'm not!"

Applejack corrects herself, "Almost all of us are scared of that dragon, but we've got a job to do. So, get in there with Twilight and show her what you're made of."

Fluttershy mutters, "I- I- I just... can't."

I sit down next to a curled up Fluttershy as Twilight enters the cave, saying, "Oh, Fluttershy."

I run circles along her back with my hoof, feeling her shivering die down a bit. Twilight soon runs out of the cave, a wave of smoke billowing out behind her.

We all cough again, and Rainbow mutters, "So much for persuading him."

Applejack asks, "Now what?"

Rarity coughs, "Obviously, this situation just calls for a little 'pony charm'. Allow me, girls."

She then heads in, and is in there for a few minutes before she shrieks, running out with a few new bejeweled accessories.

She mutters, "I was this close to getting that diamond."

Twilight asks, "You mean, 'getting rid of that dragon'?"

Rarity looks confused for a moment before muttering, "Oh, yeah... Sure."

I get up, muttering, "I guess it's my turn."

I grab my flute, taking my hood off as the heat rises significantly inside the cave. The dragon eyes me suspiciously, and I nervously play one of the songs I remember from a video game I played in my world with my mom before she passed. It's the song that made me want to play the flute in the first place.

https://youtu.be/Jom20Ymk8J0?si=izl-LyAG8PLTubZJ

(Not my video)

The dragon looks curious, raising an eyebrow, but he lays back down, huffing as he just listens. I accidentally play an off-key note at the end, and he shoots back to his clawed feet, angrily blowing smoke at me as I run out of the cave.

I mutter, "I guess he's really specific about music."

Pinkie gets dressed up in a giant party box and wears multiple party accessories, and blows a party horn.

Applejack asks, "What in tarnation?"

I add, "What the heck are you wearing, Pink?"

Pinkie blows her party horn again, and Rarity comments, "Darling, you look ridiculous."

Pinkie exclaims, "Exactly! Sharing a laugh is a sure-fire way to get someone on your side!" She walks into the cave, her accessories squeaking with each step as she excitedly greets, "Hi!"

We hear a series of crashing sounds before Pinkie exits, looking disheveled.

She wearily says, "Apparently he doesn't like laughing, heh. Or sharing."

Rainbow shoots into the air, stating, "Alright, that's it. We tried persuasion, charm, music... Whatever it is Pinkie Pie does... It's time to stop wasting time! I'm going in!"

Twilight exclaims, "Rainbow, no!" We hear Rainbow smacking the dragon while yelling, "Get! Out!"

The dragon sneezes before growling, and he roars, smacking Rainbow back. She tumbles into us, knocking us all over before smacking into the rock Fluttershy was cowering behind.

As we all groan in pain, the dragon emerges from the cave and Fluttershy flies to his face, apparently losing her fear as she exclaims, "How dare you. How dare you! Listen here, Mister. Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully! You may have huge teeth, and sharp scales, and snore smoke, and breathe fire, but you do not! I repeat, do not! Hurt! My! Friends! You got that?" The dragon whimpers, and Fluttershy angrily asks like a disappointed mother, "Well?"

The dragon mutters, "But that rainbow one kicked me."

Rainbow looks embarrassed as Fluttershy says, "And I am very sorry about that, but you're bigger that she is, and you should know better. You should also know better than to take a nap where your snoring can become a health hazard to other creatures."

The dragon stammers, "But I -"

Fluttershy I terrputs him, stating, "Don't you 'but I' me, Mister. Now, what do you have to say for yourself?" When he remains quiet, she asks again, "I said, what do you have to say for yourself?" The dragon suddenly bursts into tears, and Fluttershy comforts him, saying, "There, there. No need to cry. You're not a bad dragon, you just made a bad decision. Now, go pack your things. You just need to find a new place to sleep. That's all."

The dragon quickly packs his treasure hoard into a giant suitcase, flying off.

We all cheer, and I exclaim, "Yeah, that's my friend! That was so cool!"

Twilight adds, "You did it! I knew you could."

I add, "We all did." Rainbow clears her throat, and I reluctantly add, "Including Rainbow, even if she didn't show it. At all."

We begin our trek back down the mountain, making it back to town right as the sun started setting. Twilight, Fluttershy, and I gathered inside the library where Spike was waiting, struggling to contain Fluttershy's animal friends while the others waited outside.

He pants, "I said, come back here! Oh, how does Fluttershy put up with you furry little things?"

Twilight says, "Spike, take a letter."

Spike sighs, a weary smile on his face as he responds, "With pleasure."

Twilight says, "Dear Princess Celestia, I am happy to report that the dragon has departed our fair country, and that it was a good friend Fluttershy who convinced him to go. This adventure has taught me to never lose faith in your friends. They can be an amazing source of strength, and an help you overcome even your greatest fears. Always your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

Applejack exclaims from outside, "Twilight! You gotta come see this! She's just five away from a new pony record!"

Rainbow absentmindedly counts while bouncing the ball on her head, "Three hundred forty-seven, three hundred forty-eight..." Pinkie roars at her, making her exclaim, "Dragon!"

Her legs lock up like Fluttershy did earlier, and she flops to the ground, her ball rolling away.

We all laugh, and Rainbow pants, "Why are you laughing? That awful dragon is back!"

I say through giggles, "No, it was Pinkie! She got you good!"

Rainbow angrily exclaims, "Pinkie Pie, you scared me! I mean, uh, you... broke my concentration."

Fluttershy giggles, saying, "It's okay, Rainbow Dash. Not everypony can be as brave as me."

A leaf falls on her back, and she screams, stiffening up and falling over as we all laugh again.

#my little pony friendship is magic #my fanfiction #my oc #scarlette melody #fluttershy #twilight sparkle #applejack #rarity #pinkie pie #rainbow dash #mlp spike

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silentmoths · 2 years ago

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Fragile as a brick wall

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welp, I was originally going to start posting this one on Ao3 but seems they're doing some maintneance, so the tumblr crowd is the first to get chapter 1.

I havent felt this...energized about a story in a while, and while I doubt it's updates are going to be daily like my first batches of longform, here's hoping I can keep the energy up.

Zhongli x Afab (fem pronoun) Reader

NSFW elements in later chapters

Multi-chapter, Royal AU, angst, mentions of death, eventual fluff, eventual smut, idk more tags when they happen ig?

(Beautiful header made by the lovely @ainescribe ;w; i am not worthy)

Ch:1

The night is quiet, peaceful.

Unassuming.

A small group of travellers pass through the gates, silent save for the echo of hooves against cobble as their horses ascend the path towards the castle. It’s been many years since any of them have returned, and for some, they had never once set foot into the kingdom; now only following their leader, hopes of a better life for themselves and all these unassuming villagers.

They expect resistance from the guards, but as their leader removes their hood, any and all step aside, staring with wide eyes, as if they’d seen a ghost, some of them even bowing in reverence; they remembered.

They all remembered.

They all know why he’s here.

They say nothing. Turning a blind eye to the newcomers' approach, hushing any of the younger guards who had never laid eyes upon the man at the head of the party as they pass, for this, he is glad, he didn’t want to hurt any of his old friends.

“M’lord…this is almost too easy.” Xiao mutters, eyeing off the guards from beneath the safety of his hood. “This must be a trap.”

“This is no trap, Xiao.” Zhongli responds easily, turning his head to give one of his strongest and most loyal a reassuring smile. “These are old friends who are tired, just as I was.”

“Things truly are worse than I thought.” Ganyu mumbles, eyeing off the village down the hill, rundown and falling apart “Are you sure we can save this?”

“I am.” He responds with confidence “I cannot do this alone, but as you can see, the guards are on board, the villagers will be swayed easily…with all your help…this can be turned around.”

He does not mention the one other person he can think of that could truly turn the tides, she isn’t even here right now, sent on a goodwill mission to the kingdom she had been promised to, no matter, any political promises from the king would be dissolved before dawn.

He sends Xiao and Ganyu to the prince's chambers first. Despite their glaringly cruel outlook on their subjects, he needed those two alive, and he knew Xiao and Ganyu could do that. Finally, at the screaming of one of the princes, the alarm is finally raised that there was indeed something wrong in the castle, guards mobilise, yet all seem to actively avoid where the actual problem is, vanishing to other wings of the castle, dragging confused new recruits with them as Zhongli waits.

The twin’s are deposited at his feet, bound and gagged as he sits upon the throne that will soon be his, hood pulled back up to conceal his identity as he waits. The king was a proud man, and he loved this horrible gilded throne more than anything else. His mind turned feeble, greedy and tyrannical after the death of his wife, if there was anywhere he would go first, it was here.

What bothers him more are the smaller thrones, set either side. Two…one for each prince, completely disregarding their older, far more capable sister.

No matter, Zhongli would see to fixing that soon enough.

But before then, the drunken, thunderous shouting from down the hall signalled the approach of the one man he absolutely had to see.

The king shouts obscenities and profanity at him, demanding his sons be let go, that he would have Zhongli hung for his crimes. Zhongli listens silently, letting the oaf bluster himself out before rising.

“You have forgotten me…” He sighs with a shrug of his shoulders as he unclips his cloak, allowing it to fall away. “Quite a shame.”

There is a burning satisfaction Zhongli feels well in his chest when the tyrannical king he had once served so loyally, realises who it is standing before him. Despite the many years, Zhongli still looked very much the same; well kept, fit and strong despite his thin physique, and his eyes, to the king, it was the eyes.

The molten amber-gold was unlike anything he had ever seen before, and had not seen since the death of the captain of his Royal guard some five years ago.

“You-” For all his thunderous bellowing earlier, the sight of a ghost had the horrid man stunned to silence, unable to move, unable to speak, as Zhongli draws his sword, face hardened to stone.

“Me.”

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Blood stained the throne room floor that morning as dawn breaks and the villagers slowly meander to the gatehouse. The guards, once sullen and imposing, step aside, welcoming the common folk into the castle grounds proper for the first time in over a decade.

The people begin to talk, to flock and to question as they approach the castle, once cut off, once a place of fear; anyone who had been summoned to the castle prior had never been seen alive again.

And yet the sight they are met with at the main gates is of a pyre, of the king’s body, cremating and the two princes bound, forced to watch their father’s corpse burn in the morning light.

They see Zhongli, standing tall and proud, a man none had seen since he and his battalion had been sent into battle five years prior, the only man to not return. A good, and honourable man who, despite his loyalty to the throne, oft rebelled against the king’s order, who tried his best to help the village, to sneak any excess food from the kitchens before it went to waste, to help farmers in their fields on his off days.

The people point, and the people shout. They cheer and they cry tears of joy.

After over a decade of fear and uncertainty, a new king had come in the night and usurped the throne with such vigilance and grace, that no one had even known what had happened until morning.

It was heartbreaking to him in a way, to see how absolutely no one, save for his two remaining sons, grieved the death of the previous king. When Zhongli had first joined the guard, he had been a firm but kind man, and to watch him slowly fall to the clutches of insanity was painful.

But what’s done, is done.

He is not officially crowned until the next day, but he has his small resistance group already beginning to set up and settle in, he tells the castle staff to take time off, to go home with their wages for the week and be with their families. Some do, most refuse, citing that there was much work to be done, and that the small handful of people he had would not a castle make.

It takes a week of hard labour, on both the staff and his own parts, to finally clean the dreary, grey walls and floors, to re-light the torches and to bring a touch of finery back to the neglected palace.

The king’s chambers in particular, were a testament to just how horrific the times had become. Filthy and strewn with empty bottles and papers. The staff tell him that they had not been allowed into this wing of the castle for years, and they insist on attempting to push him out so they may clean it themselves.

He doesn’t allow it. It’s his chambers now, he should have a hand in clearing out the old mess. Just because he was king now does not excuse him from dirtying his own hands.

(That and he just…couldn’t watch these poor men and women clean all this on their own)

As things settle into an easier rhythm, his attention turns to proper, administrative duties.

With Ganyu on the case, everything is already lined up, ready for him to read over and sign, she has already sent correspondence to neighbouring kingdoms that they, under new ruling, are no longer a threat; Zhongli’s ultimate goal is nothing but peace and prosperity for his home. He listens to the requests of his new tentative allies, and he allocates funds to fix parts of his new kingdom broken down under the old reign. He does his best to have everything kept fair, but this is where he falters; fierce in battle he could be, but paperwork was always taxing.

And then the villagers come again one morning. Almost all of them present to the throne room, hardened looks upon their faces, and at first, he think’s he’s done something to wrong them.

They ask first about the fate of the twins, citing that they had still been alive at the burning of the old king. At first, he’s surprised, having not expected any of them to care about the pair of delinquent royals who had caused them nothing but pain, but he tells them anyway.

“They are currently being held in the dungeons, they are still being cared for.”

“Then what of the princess? What do you intend to do with her upon her return?”

At the merest mention of the princess, the crowd begins to shout, to beg and to plead for her life to be spared, multiple different villagers of different status’ all coming forward offering to take her into their homes should he choose to banish her from the castle.

Zhongli finds himself proud of his new people, and glad that they too, held such fondness for the princess. Far more like her gentle queen mother than she ever was her father. He recalls his days before war broke out, of the fondness he’d held of her.

He would never bring her harm.

The crowd’s shouting dims at his statement of that very fact; their princess would not be harmed, she had no choice in any of her fathers matters, she would not be banished, or married off for gain. The villagers rejoice, their giddy excitement only growing.

Faintly, he hears whispers from some of them, wondering just how she would react to the new king upon her return, if she hadn’t been told already.

And faintly, Zhongli wonders if she would even return…a thought that hadn’t crossed his mind, despite knowingly waiting until he was sure she was not within the kingdom before he took control.

He hopes, of course, that she does return. If anyone deserved a hand in shaping this kingdom, it was her…and Zhongli, while keeping his intentions quiet from all but his closest confidants, wanted her to become queen.

His queen.

Once the crowd is calmed and sent on their way, he retires once more to his chambers, and finds himself, void of things to be doing, staring out the window as he remembers. A young girl, clinging to the hem of the queen's gown as her mother introduces him to her. He remembers how small and fragile she looked, remembered placing a kiss to her knuckles with a quiet murmur of ‘your majesty’ and how it turned her cheeks pink.

Remembers standing beside her on the day of her mothers funeral, watching as her face remained radiant and smiling as she spoke fondly of the queen mother. Watches as the king slowly crumbled before them all, unable to speak, unable to do anything. His sons, her twin brothers were no aid, too coddled to truly cope with such tragedy.

Despite it all, it was her who picked up the pieces of a kingdom left in mourning, and yet it was her father who took those pieces and ground it all to dust.

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