#hunter the golden guard toddler

[aguriart]

Little hunter doodle🥺

[pincushionx]

TOH except Hunter is a lunatic

He has rabies

He’s feral. This is my crack AU

[kihteyu]

If Hunter was pulled out of the ground as a toddler and Golden Guard by the time he was 16, then imagine how young he was when he was first forced into scout training. What age did Hunter’s childhood end? How old was he when he scaled that mountain? Were any of the other scouts hesitant to spar with him when he was half their height? I imagine child soldiers aren’t really as stigmatized on the Boiling Isles but did that still apply when it was a ten year old in a mask that kept slipping off his head because it was still a little too big? A cape he kept tripping over because it was still a little too long? Did anyone see that little, magicless boy trying to fight alongside adults and think anything was wrong with it but was forced to keep their mouth shut because it was the Emperor’s will? Did anyone care? Did anyone think to ask their god why he needed children to fight his battles?

[nerdykorgi]

sry it took me so long to make just these, i went on vacation lol

Im just gonna ease into it and not show all of them at once, one because it would take a while and two i want to show my favorite ones some love.

but rq! CW: BLOOD AND DEATH

Calisto! One of my first grim ocs! He was made to be that one grim from hollow mind.

He's very artistic and creative and overall optimistic (atleast he tries to be). He loves writing and drawing, he designed the symbols for the 9 covens.

He was blinded before he was killed and unfortunatly carried that into the afterlife. He's really close to Caleb and they try to "keep the peace" if you will amoung the other grims and make sure it dosent divulge into chaos.

He wants to take care of his predeccsor/brothers and tries his best to learn how to write again so he can make a list of everyone, he wants to make sure no one is forgotten or ignored.

He's a silly guy <3

THE BABY!!!

Hunter may have been the youngest grimwalker made a golden guard but he wasn't the youngest one ever made.

Fletcher was one of Belos's attempts to make a grimwalker that was easy to manipulate but he wasn't quite ready for the tasks of taking care of a toddler.

That and said toddler eerily reminded him of a certain red-haired witch. (or more-or-less Cal & Eve's kid, give or take)

but in death, he very much looks up to his guard brothers and wants to be as cool as them. He's a very huggable kid and makes it his personal mission to hug all of the guards who need it.

I love them, my bois

(*exaggerated sigh* sorry for slow updates, life prohibits me from drawing 24/7. I feel like I apologize alot but i genuinly feel bad for not being able to post so quickly :") )

[meowsgirldrawing]

AUNTIE LAE'ZEL IDEA I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY HEAD-

For sure I'm going to write this when I can but I need to say it before I loose my mind! GODS-

SO this is mainly pertaining to Astarion romance, mainly cause he's the only one I'm familiar with personality wise so far. And he's the only one who's kids I've made.

But imagine Auntie Laze'zel-

Post! Game, Tav and Astarion have two little dhampires.

While everyone else was welcoming to the little bat-pups in their own ways, Lae'zel was..standoff-ish at first.

Don't get her wrong, she's happy for her friends comrades, she's just unsure how to proceed with these little blood suckers.

If her relationship with both Tav and Astarion are in the high, she's seemingly more nervous than unwelcoming. Confused possibly.

She knows how to treat children, somewhat, but babies??

Little toddlers that can't do anything for themselves?

Yeah, no, she's going to wait until they can at least understand the difference between a cat and a dog- And Tav why are you pushing the non-hatchling into her arms??

She's frozen as she holds their daughter. Her white curls, the only thing she shares with her twin brother, soft and tangled in her hand that supports the head. Tav helps her adjust as Astarion chuckles teases on the side. She'd snap at him another time, she's too busy staring at the defenseless, weak creature in her arms.

Eyes blink open, tiny nose unlike hers scrunches and she's staring into wide, red eyes tinged with orange.

She braces, having seen enough of other's childen waking up and immediately screaming their dislike of whatever they see. Not that she values a child's opinion of her looks. She'd could care less, but her ears care alot.

It doesn't happen. Happy and curious cooes start, eyes crickling as the girl reaches up. Grasping at her braids. Gently tugging and feeling the warriors hair.

"She's your unfortunate copy, Tav." Theres weight on her arm and a tight hold accompanying it. Her tail. Just like how Tav always wraps their's around Astarion or people she's closest too, the baby wraps as much as her tiny tail will allow around....

No, she is not turning soft, hush your ridiculous lies, Astarion!

She continues with that sentence for years, even when found playing 'teecups and crowns' with Amarylis and watching over Axel's non-serious training. Who she even gets pulled into playing with the dog with or finding weird stones along the stream, nothing but trying to find gold that could only be burried in the earth. But she doesn't say a word to the young halfing about that, just grabs the collar of his shirt if he wanders too far off, a soft hissable warning falling from her lips.

She's not used to kids, it's clear to the parents. But she tries, because they show a side she's not used to. They won't have to fight for their freedom, or lives or anything of that sort. They'll be able to choose to fight. And if having a toy crown on her head that has the girl with an affectionate tail giggling and finally finding a stone that has the boy, his outrageous curls doxed in his first half shave, grinning and spouting praises you'd only hear from young ones, is the biggest proof of that, she's alright with it...mostly.

And if you think the protection stops there...HAHAHAHA- No.

One time Lae'zel was in charge of the kids who wanted to go to a nearby carnival. Astarion and Tav allowed it, seeing it as a nice opportunity for some alone time and bonding time for Lae'zel and her little warriors in tow.

And if you call Lae'zel nearly breaking a man's arm off as bonding time...sure.

An older man, possibly a hunter by the looks of how his eyes shifted and how he posed in his following of the three, dared reach for Axel who was too busy staring wide eyed at the golden clocks on one stand to notice his creeping.

Lucky for him, Auntie Lae'zel came in, hissing and glaring, hand on the always sharp dagger she has at her hip.

To others and the guards, it looked like an attempted kidnapping so the man was taken away as soon as Lae'zel got a few good hits in, possibly a few cuts.

'Great.' She grumbled in her mind as she watch the man be dragged off, spouts of vampire children going unheard by the guards who merely rolled their eyes and gritted out words of justice.

She turns, half expecting to see eyes wide in fear at her, only to find a small body slamming into her front. Axel, at the age of 9, goes sniffling into her tunic, clutching at her back with tight fists.

"Auntie Lae!" His sister's teary eyes meet her unsure ones, "Are you okay??" She frets, coming in close aswell.

She ignores the murmurs, the looks as the crowd around them disperses. Her thoughts still trying to come together.

She tsks, patting the girls head instead of answering and pulls Axel away form her, only to kneel infront of him. "Next time, watch your surroundings. Understand, pup?" A common nickname from her companions. It calms the boy down, his red eyes getting wiped as he nods and sniffs, "Y-Yes, ma'am..."

After wiping his face and giving him a somewhat awkward hug, one that has Ama giggling and Axel blinking, they continue on, enjoying the carnival to the best of their ability.

And it seems to work out well. As soon as Astarion and Tav arrive home, the twins running up to their open armed father as Tav approches a tired Lae'zel. They chuckle and -

"What?!" Astarion bawks.

They look over, seeing the twins glance at each other then back at Astarion.

"Can you teach us how to fight like Auntie Lae'zel?" Ama smiles like she's asking for a delicate flower, while Axel gives a wicked grin in comparison. "YEAH! She beat up a bad man at the carnival today!" He giggles, "I think his arm broke cause I heard a loud crack!"

Tav blinks. Lae'zel stares. Then smirks, "I take back my first statement, they are like him."

[thousand-winters]

I like to think Hunter and Eber had a pretty okay relationship when Hunter was younger and before Belos put the indoctrination in overdrive. Like young Hunter loved to hold Eber and touch his fur because he’s soft and the texture was nice, Eber also liked to show off beast keeping tricks to him but then Eber noticed how uncomfortable Hunter made Darius and decided even though Hunter was an alright kid, he cares more about his best friend than some toddler he doesn’t really know. So he started ignoring Hunter and eventually growling at him which as you can imagine confuses and hurts Hunter and unfortunately as Eber later sadly concludes when everything is over with, pushes Hunter deeper into Belos’s arms

Ow.

I usually figure that Belos kept Hunter pretty isolated and it didn't matter much when Hunter was a kid because he was being trained as a scout along with everyone else, so there are chances people didn't even know he was Belos' nephew, even if it was quite unusual for a powerless kid to be in there.

The possibility that he did interact with them is painful tho... I could imagine Eber being good with kids because they know how to be patient and they're also used to beasts here and there being somewhat rowdy so a little kid? Is nothing compared to that. All the other Coven Heads were NOT interested in entertaining a little kid or they were probably kinda creepy and Hunter didn't want to get close to them (looking at you, Terra), so he probably would have started approaching Eber more than anybody else, and unfortunately for him, that means Darius as well.

I can't imagine Darius did anything different than what he did later on, aka, simply ignore him and not give him the time of day, which he could excuse very well because he's a Coven Head, he has his responsibilities and he can't just spend his time entertaining a kid that isn't even his, least of all the Emperor's nephew who presumably should be well taken care of. Technically he's royalty.

But of course, Eber of all people wouldn't buy the "oh, I'm just not paid to be a babysitter" and would notice something else is up with Darius' reactions and as bubbly as the kid is, it's not like he knows him personally so between his friend/sibling and a random kid... well. Eber keeps his loyalties.

I'm thinking he might not have even intended to be that hostile initially but say, maybe when Hunter officially became the Golden Guard, Darius was particularly tense for obvious reasons and Hunter approached which made Eber react out of instinct and... well. It worked, Hunter backed off and Darius looked a little calmer and Eber kinda didn't think about it further than that.

I know the technical reason why Hunter points out Darius and Eber in his palismen logs and none of the others probably has to do with them being the only Coven Heads that had been properly introduced at that point, plus the rebels, but it's sad to think too he always noticed them in particular even then because they were the nicest anyway even if they were avoiding him like the plague. He knows they don't want him around, but they're still the closest thing he had to a friendly presence around, which is just depressing but what about his life isn't anyway...

[idoodlestuffsometimes]

Brother's Keeper AU Story Post 10

And here we have the unfortunate truth: As things are right now, Caleb is technically (in the literary sense) an antagonist. If Hunter's goal is to figure out and fix what's wrong with his dad, Caleb's goal, for Hunter's sake, is to prevent him ever working it out, even though it means his own suffering.

AU MASTER POST

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[Image ID under the cut]

[IMAGE ID: A black and white ink and pencil comic. At the center of the page, Caleb glares resolutely at the contents of a spoon he holds in front of him. A monologue thought bubble reads, "If I must suffer in silence to protect you, so be it." The page behind him is split in half, each a collage of images. On the left side: Caleb holds an infant Hunter, looking down at him lovingly. Then, from Caleb's point-of-view, a toddler Hunter clutches Caleb's pantleg, staring up at the viewer with a big grin. Then, we look over Caleb's shoulder as he watches an older Hunter seated at a desk and sculpting a clay wolf head, his tongue sticking out in concentration. And finally, teenage Hunter as he is now, smiling at someone off screen. On the right side: Somewhere outside at night, in silhouette, Belos' elongated arm spears a Golden Guard as Caleb looks on from where he sits on the ground, reaching out for him in vain. Next, Belos strangles a struggling Golden Guard, dangling him above the ground by the neck. His other hand holds a yelling Caleb by the front of his shirt. Then, in the throne room, Belos shoots a kneeling Guard with energy from his raised staff, while Caleb sits beside him, bound to his wheelchair by vines. And finally, from below, we watch a broken Golden Guard mask fall towards us into the abyss, dropped in by Belos far above. Caleb is held beside him by the arm. His head is turned away. /END ID]

[sleepingdeath-light]

blind human s/o hcs ; hunter

requested by ; 🍜 anon (09/01/23)

fandom(s) ; the owl house

fandom masterlist(s) ; main | hunter only

character(s) ; hunter wittebane

outline ; “Hello there! May I request hunter (toh) with a blind human s/o? You can choose if they were born blind or if it was an accident that happened in the demon realm for some of that sweet, sweet added angst.(≖ᴗ≖) — 🍜 Noodle Anon”

warning(s) ; references to injury, but mostly fluff!

note ; i am no longer accepting requests for this character.

if you were born blind…

it’s possible that hunter didn’t even notice your blindness until the two of you got extremely close or until you/luz brought it up around him — after all, as the golden guard he didn’t exactly pay attention to the intricacies of his enemies beyond what it took to fight you and, after that, you were so adjusted to it that he didn’t have much chance to notice it

(well, beyond maybe if you were reading a braille book or using text-to-speech on your phone around him and he realised — though, then again, hunter can be rather oblivious at times)

he still sticks close to you when you’re fighting or just out and about but his protectiveness and presence isn’t overwhelming or anything like that — he’s only really there to keep away any risks that you didn’t notice (e.g. a spell thrown your way when you were distracted by another person you’re battling, or a toddler running in front of you too quickly for you to course-correct around safely without his intervention)

though, still, he mainly just leaves you to your own devices (he knows you’re enough of a badass on your own — you beat him plenty of times, after all — so his only job is to be your backup or bag carrier)

if you became blind due to an injury in the isles recently…

hunter becomes much more protective over you than he would be otherwise as you learn to adapt to your new disability — never being too far from you as you adjust your routines, hobbies, and training to work better for you

he feels a great deal of guilt about not being there to protect you and prevent your injury and, as a result, becomes much shorter with people who treat you unkindly

(e.g. threatening a demon who scolded you for accidentally bumping into them or giving a very unsettling glare to some young witches who went to trip you when they noticed your cane)

he sticks beside or behind you at all times, even when you’ve had a cane crafted or a seeing-eye animal assigned to you, because he’s petrified of you getting hurt or targeted somehow — this fear slowly fades away as you become more confident and adjusted to your blindness, but even years down the line you’ll always find hunter close by when you’re out and about as a couple

he also looks into different accommodations from the human realm that luz has mentioned before — things like braille typewriters and label makers — and will incorporate them into your daily life to make things as easy as possible for you

either way / behaviours he adopts no matter the origin of your blindness….

though it’s a bit of a struggle at first (and he’s not the most fashion-conscious person out there), with the help of your friends hunter slowly becomes an expert at helping you construct the outfits you want to wear — describing each item in detail as he brings it to you, making sure that everything is being worn correctly (i.e. not inside out), and that it suits the style you want to go for that day

if you use a seeing-eye/guide animal then he’s going to make a habit quite quickly of carrying treats for them on him wherever you are — even doing as much research as he can to make sure that they can get a taste of whatever meal you’re both eating without getting sick (he spoils them rotten, quite frankly)

if you use a cane/other inanimate aid, then he’s going to make it his mission to carve/craft you the perfect aid — something that’s the perfect length (but that can also be extended when needed), that has a grip with a texture that isn’t off putting whilst also being difficult to lose grasp of by accident, that is designed in a way that is practical whilst also being suited to your personal style and the life you live, and that can be put away easily and that can be recalled by you when it’s needed (a simple enchantment or glyph or spell should do it — he’ll brainstorm a bit with luz and king the next chance he gets)

even though he knows well just how capable of a person you are, he’s still got a distinct protective streak that isn’t going away anytime soon and he will not tolerate anyone (be they human, demon, or witch) treating you poorly because of your disability — he doesn’t believe you should have to handle all of those conflicts, but he’ll back off if asked and hold your stuff while you give them a very stern talking to or a black eye

(that part is up to you but he’ll support you either way)

[adr-n-sketchy]

idk if anyone else is watching s5 of the Dragon Prince, but end of ep 2, Viren’s having a dark magic induced fever dream of playing and loving on toddler Soren and he lifts him up and spins him around and called him “my Golden boy” I just --- what if Belos planted a similar memory in Hunter when he was created. Like what if that artificial memory was something our Golden Guard carried around for his entire life while he believed he was idk normal?! uggghhh my heart 

[mdhwrites]

Can you elaborate on your comment on Discord that "[TOH characters in general] get a lot of backstory but little connects with their present character"?

*looks at every Hunter fan out there* How do we feel about the fact that this kid was literally raised to kill wild witches and be the Golden Guard but the only fighters in the main cast who are worse than him are the literal child and the illusionist?

Hunter is easily the most obviously egregious one but also the one that actually has a potential magical slide. After all, we don't actually know if Hunter has been alive for sixteen years. He potentially could have been alive for probably only five, thus making it so he has time to be trained and indoctrinated but was also 'old' enough to be easier to handle, left alone, etc. like that. Of course... That doesn't really fix the larger problem with Hunter's backstory versus his present day character, is it?

See, this is how I would breakdown what the theoretical present day concept for each character is that Luz meets versus the backstory version: Eda: Irreverent criminal who is only out for herself and probably would just be committing larger scale crimes for funsies if not for the curse. Backstory: Lovable scamp with a heart of gold who only ever does jokes, nothing actually bad and look at this child she adopted and totally won't threaten with rent later on.

Amity: A driven, goal obsesses girl who will do anything to be the best. Even simply losing the title and not being made to look like a fool is enough to warrant someone needing to die and she bullies the weak for fun and superiority. Backstory: Felt bad for hurting her teammates for personal glory and victory (those same teammates she will tell to eat a dick in that same episode), only bullied Willow for her own sake, frankly would rather just be a little goofball than actually succeed at anything.

Lilith... Okay, frankly it's more that S2 Lilith makes absolutely no sense with S1 Lilith. If they hadn't entirely warped her character, her backstory is actually pitch perfect for her grown up self, even down to being a little silly and caring about her sister. A LITTLE silly mind you.

Golden Guard: Actually fits the backstory as the rage and confidence of youth mixed with too much power and indoctrination make for an incredibly dangerous, close to unhinged Kylo Ren clone who will go from joking to I WILL MURDER YOU! if you don't take him seriously or annoy him.

Hunter: I'm just a widdle silly guy who can't even gut check a girl and force her to give me my staff. I am all for wild magic because maybe it can save my uncle, despite my uncle's problems being caused by wild magic. I will literally never win a fight alone except against Kikimora, the closest to a true, reoccurring gag villain that the series has.

Now yes: A character can grow and change as they get older. It can be a fun joke to have a prim and proper character have been a nightmare as a toddler. But this isn't how TOH portrays these backstory moments commonly. Much of the time, the backstory is meant to effectively be in the place of real moments in a character arc.

Take Amity's moment with Willow. In a normal character arc, this is the chance for the character to prove that they have a good heart and are maybe not as mean as they seem. However, Amity already has done that at least once with confessing to not wanting to see Luz hurt in Adventure in the Elements, if her diary didn't already do this in combination with not holding onto her rage against Luz there in Lost in Language. So they HAVE to put it as a backstory moment or it wouldn't be notable. Except... It would have? Hell, they even try to frame it as a kindness to Willow at the beginning which is a good idea because Amity's first appearance was being cruel to Willow but now that she's changed some but hasn't interacted with Willow since episode 6, she needs to show some kindness to her. But it's ALL kindness because they've already fully transitioned into good girl Amity so rather than feeling like a growth moment, it's to justify what they're doing. To say "Of course her development isn't this rushed because it's not development! It's just the old Amity coming back out."

The moment with the Thorn Vault is similar. A character like Amity SHOULD have a moment where she decides success isn't everything and steps back so as to allow someone else to take the spotlight if it means doing less harm. It's a good idea for a moment in her arc. But again: Amity has already moved past that part of her arc. She hasn't been focused on success or being the best since her SECOND APPEARANCE. And this is her last one in S1 so it goes into the backstory to show that she does understand the consequences of her actions rather than having it be a part of her arc.

Frankly, this stuff is just a part of a different blog I need to make about how Amity episodes are strangely NOT about Amity. She actually doesn't factor into them much so her arc feels bad because even episodes like Lost in Language or Adventure in the Elements only have five minutes of Amity at most.

Meanwhile for someone like Eda or Hunter, it's retcons. Eda needs to be convincingly like Momma Eda so making her actually motherly with King when they first met is a good idea... But it contrasts all they did in S1. Hunter is meant to show the cruelty of Belos but they want him to already be the sad but mad boy by the halfway point of the season (which btw, halfway through S1, Amity was already borrowing an Azura book from Luz showing compromise, kindness and connection, much like Hunter connecting with Amity's fears, almost giving into her speech about kindness and adopting Flapjack. There's a reason I say the shortening did fuck all to these character arcs because they follow the same god damned patterns) so that stuff needs to be in the backstory, like his scout training.

And to me, that is the antithesis of a backstory. Unless the point is that they're different from who they used to be, which it's often not for TOH, it should reinforce what we know about them. How did they get to the point they're at. It's actually one of the only strengths narratively of Them's the Breaks because the final challenge by Terra is a good moment to make Eda start rethinking her long term goals and if she likes the coven system at all.

It would just work way better if her present day character was anti-coven because it pits people against each other and tears the Isles apart instead of just "It makes you way less cooler than me because I can do ALL styles of magic." As such... It's them acknowledging what a good motivation in the setting and plot would have been but recognizing it too late so they have to add it as a retcon.

And you can only get away with that trick so many times before it feels like your story is a house of cards trying to pretend it's made out of stone.

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[darkmatter-nebula]

During the memory extract class Colli and Hunter get to see each others memories

Greetings! Thank you for the request!

I apologize for not writing it earlier, my dear anon. I had some problems with the Tumblr editor again. 😅

Drabble: Each Others Memories

It was a quiet day on the Boiling Isles as the most inseparable pair of brothers, a certain young Grimwalker and a certain small starboy with otherwordly fluffy lavender hair and a heart of gold, were at Hexside.

During the photography class, Hunter and Colli got to see each others memories. Colli's picture showed him floating through Space. This memory was from a time long before the kindhearted eternal little boy came to the Boiling Isles. Thousands of years ago.

Hunter's memory showed the blonde boy as a toddler. "Awwwwwww!" Colli was cooing about his beloved big brother's cuteness. Colli had a bright smile on his adorable multi-colored face as he floated into Hunter's loving arms.

Hunter immediately kissed lovingly his precious little brother's freckled cheek. The immortal celestial boy and the former Golden Guard enjoyed the physical contact with each other. "I love you." "I love you too, Colli."

The End

[carpisuns]

Wait a sec wait a sec belos thinks hunter is dead......... what if when they find him he has a new toddler grimwalker or smthng???

I love/hate this idea and while I don’t think it’ll happen imagine the possibility….i saw a comic abt this on twitter and I cannot find it but. AAAAAA (the other grimwalker was hunters age tho not a toddler)

i just have so many questions about belos’s process for creating them!!! he was clearly already preparing to make a new one before Hunter even ran away bc he sent Hunter out for selkidomus scales at the beginning of s2. so does that mean a new grimwalker was already growing? How long does it take to make one and for them to develop? like do they grow at the same rate as normal witches. If they pop out of the ground do they come out as a baby or at a later stage. If they have to grow for years does Belos have them in process at various stages like a Christmas tree farm so when one betrays him he has another ready to go? Or does he have to go for years without a golden guard until the next grimwalker is ready to fill the gap?

I know this is kind of off topic from your question lol I’m just trying to figure out what is even plausible. these questions keep me up fr one night I had to make up an au called hunter’s mom just to give myself peace of mind. (belos brings the grimwalkers as babies to this wild witch who lives in the woods to raise them until he needs them and then they give the kid a potion to erase/alter his memories and leave him in the woods so belos can “find” and “save” him)

Anyway. I don’t anticipate the show going in this direction. BUT HONESTLY WHO KNOWS. How chilling would that be for Hunter to have to confront the reality of not only all the clones who came before him but also the one who came after. oh my gosh. To see a perfect replica of himself as a child and remember how belos manipulated him and hurt him when he was planning to replace him all along. And how this child will have a similar fate unless Hunter can face and defeat belos. AAAAAA. cries and whimpers in a corner

[eda-au]

In two evil dudes and their kid, how did Darius and Eberwolf came across Hunter, if they came across him really young then it might be before Hunter became the Golden Guard, how did that happened?

They came across him during their time at the castle working as coven heads, Hunter was a lil thing about a toddler the first time they met. Darius and Eberwolf gained his trust be tending to his wounds, showing affection, just loving him and getting him toys. Praising him, spending time with him. Telling Hunter that he's not bad and Belos was bad for doing such things to him.

Because of Darius and Eberwolf, Hunter knew how to act around Belos for his own survival but secretly hated him for all the wrong things Belos did to him and when Belos used his manipulating words against him, Hunter would pretend to agree while playing Darius and Eberwolf's words at the back of his head to affirm that Belos is wrong about him.

Ask more!

[ladysunamireads]

Star's Burden

Star's Burden by Desmond0208

"A child? Whose stellar idea was it to choose the embodiment of all our celestial powers to be a child?" "Come on now, they don't look that bad..." "They have a mind of a TODDLER for goodness sake." "Shut up, the lot of you!"

Words: 504, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Owl House (Cartoon)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Other

Characters: The Collector, Philip Wittebane | Emperor Belos, King, The Titan, Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Eda Clawthorne, Raine Whispers, Willow Park, Hunter | The Golden Guard, Gus Porter, Camila Noceda

Relationships: Amity Blight/Luz Noceda, Eda Clawthorne & Luz Noceda, Eda Clawthorne/Raine Whispers, Hunter | The Golden Guard/Willow Park, The Collector & King

Additional Tags: The Collector's Backstory, Hopeful Ending, Different Arcs

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44506999

[shadebloopnik]

***

"Do the voice! Do the voice!"

Hunter chuckles at the other's enthusiasm, and raises his 'weapon' at an invisible foe.

"What's about to happen should be relatively painless, if you just do what I say."

Philia giggles once more clapping her hands as she looked up to the older boy from her seat.

"Again! Again!"

The 9 year old beamed, before getting back into pose, replacing the shy grin with a cocky smirk. He quickly moved around, twirling the dry mop around as though it were his staff, and attacking invisible criminals with all the mastery of his training routines. Complete with scripted monologues.

If he added a bit of flourish and dramatic spins for the cheering 3 year old, then that was only for him to know.

"That's so cool! Cant wait till you're Golden Guard, Hunter!", Philiana beamed, having cheered at every single spin that her brother(no no, Hunter said to stop using that word) Guard did.

"Me too! And do you know what I'd get when I become the Golden Guard?"

"What?"

"You see your father's staff?"

The little girl let out a dramatic gasp, eyes so bright and genuine in its surprise that it was all Hunter could do not to burst out laughing.

"No!"

"Yes! I'm going to inherit one just like it!"

"No way! Das so cool!!!"

Philiana smiled bright, stars in her eyes as she listened to her br-guard gush about all the things he'd do as the Golden Guard.

"And you can leave the castle??"

"Yes! For missions!"

"Woww!! Can't wait until I can do that too!"

The boy's smile tightened as he watched her, stars in her eyes as she gushed about how cool it would be to go outside. He knew how much she loved the idea of going outside.

Philiana had never stepped out of the castle, same as him. She was barely allowed to leave her room. Her room was spacious, and furnished with a lot of pretty things, yes, but it was.....lonely. Being a tiny little girl in such a big room wasn't as fun as some might think. She could only ever talk to Hunter and her father. She's never spoken to any of the many servants in the castle, even when serving her food, no one really interacted with her.

Hunter knew, and understood it. He too, though he loathed to admit, felt....lonely, during the first few years; had entertained terrible thoughts of sneaking out. He knows she wants to see new things, but...

"Our family is targeted by wild witches, Hunter. If they ever find my daughter, well. I don't wish to imagine how they might use her to hurt me."

Hunter doesn't want to think about it either. He doesn't even wanna imagine it. His uncle said that wild witches would jump at the opportunity to hurt a young and vulnerable girl like Philiana. Would they take her hostage? Put her up for ransom? Sell her at the night market and have wild witches use her as a potion ingredient?!?!

No. No Hunter would never let that happen.

"Protect her with your life."

He will.

"Leaving the castle, right. Philia, its-"

A knock on the door cut off his sentence, and he quickly, he turned to deposit the mop back to its place.

Philia had stood up too, brushing off her dress and immediately fixing her messy hair with practiced efficiency. In mere seconds, she went from a messy toddler, to the poise and grace of a princess. A toddler princess, but still.

'Father likes neat kids best.', she thought to herself. Hunter told her that once.

She turner as Hunter handed her her mask, a simple silver with two sharp eye holes and a smooth gem on the forehead. She put it on just as Hunter put on his scout mask, standing straight as Hunter opened the door.

"The Emperor ordered to have these delivered."

Hunter opened the box and it was filled with...more tiny toys....great.

The girl simply nodded, she knows better than to make a fuss, and Hunter put it down.

"Also, your trainer demands your presence.", the scout spoke, gaze trained on the younger boy. "You are to head to the private training hall. Immediately."

"Of course. I'll be on my way."

Hunter turned back to Philia, his mask and formal posturing hiding the small grimace at having their meet up cut short. She doesn't say it, but Hunter knows she didn't like it when he left. To think he'll be even busier as the Golden Guard....

"Excuse me, Princess."

Philia simply nodded, and both scouts left, shutting the door with a far too loud thud that echoed across the large room. Philia took of the mask, eyes sadly trailing the door, before turning to her small desk by the window. She shouldn't be sad. Father and Hunter are always busy. She knew that. She just wished she could do something else.... Maybe, someday.

She sniffled, shutting her eyes and taking a deep breath.(Father doesn't like it when she cries. She shouldn't make a fuss.)

Yeah...someday..

[lonewolfel]

Cries of the Sea: Chapter 6

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First Chapter, Second Chapter, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5

This Au comes from @vobomon on Tumblr. I got permission from them to use this au. The post that they made about it that inspired me is here.

Yeah, sorry short chapter but all I could think of without going into Labrinth Runners which will be in the next chapter.

Emperor Belos stood before the 9 Coven Heads. The sides of the throne room were outlined by the coven scouts which was odd. It was early morning and an emergency meeting which would have been odd if Darius hadn't known very well the reason that the meeting had been called. 

Darius had a look of annoyance and boredom. In truth, he was very interested in what Belos had to say. After all, he needs to know what happened to Hunter after he ran into the forest. Did he return to the castle? Was he officially a traitor? Will he be blamed for the actions of the rebellion?

The Emperor looked disheveled. He was without his mask hair messy and clothes slightly wrinkly. Darius couldn't help but wonder if the kids somehow managed to do harm to him. 

"The Golden Guard, my nephew," Belos started. His voice broke as he said nephew. Darius felt his heart drop though he kept his face schooled. "Is missing. He hasn't returned from his mission. I fear the worst. I want you all to keep an eye out for him." So Hunter hasn't returned, but he hasn't been branded a traitor. Whether it is because Hunter gave the Emperor no impression of rebellion in his mind or he was trying to save face. Both options were likely. 

The other Coven Heads looked at each other. It was all overdone. Belos was playing the worried uncle card thickly. Though this meant that it was likely that the sanguinary coven heads aren't going to be tearing into the boy, that doesn't mean that Belos won't tho. 

Darius or one of his rebels was going to have to be the first to find Hunter. Make sure he is safe even if he has no plans to help them. 

It was the least they can do.

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"We'll take care of it," Terra said. This caused a shiver to run down Darius's spine. He knew better than to leave anyone unsupervised in the witch's hands. Though Darius made no sign of his displeasure. 

"That is all. Adrian, Mason, Osran I would like to talk to you about your missions." Belos said dismissing 6 of the 9 Coven Heads. 

Darius walked out of the room trying to think of where Hunter had gone. He knew that the boy had friends at Hexside but he is unlikely to go to them. Darius really should have gotten to know the kid better cause he could be anywhere in the isle. 

Looks like he'll have to start looking.

Belos could have laughed as he entered his lab. It was far too easy to twist the vile witches to do his bidding. He could play the upset uncle and no one would be suspicious. Any rebellion from him would be seen as a teenage rebellion against his family, not the Emperor himself. 

Belos walked over to the shelf that he kept the skin on. The skin was blond with a mixture of fur and scales. It was large, far larger than the boy it originates from, and folded nicely. 

Belos walked over to the fireplace holding the skin. He could just end it all. Get rid of his latest failure and no one would be of the wiser. 

"OOOOOO, are you going to throw it into the fire? It was fun watching that one die that way. Are you going to do it again?" The Collector asked eagerly. Belos sighed. He couldn't wait until he no longer had to deal with the shadow.

"No, I might as well recycle," Belos said. He walked over to the shelf and placed the skin back on it. He then looked at the cabinet in the corner of the room that was magically protected holding all of the other's skins... well the ones that are still intact. They were a great way to get selkidomus scales. 

"OOOh, you're going to bring a toddler with you to the human realm." The Collector said. Belos smirked.

"Come now, Collector, we have the Day of Unity to prepare for," Belos said.

"Yes, then I'll be freeeeeee." The Collector giggled in glee. Belos's smirk widened. He looked over at the key that the latest grimwalker had given him.

"Soon, Caleb you'll see I was right. I'm doing the Lord's work. Riding us of Satan worshipers." Belos muttered to himself.

Soon he'll be welcomed back to the Human Realm as a hero, Witch Hunter General Philip Wittebane.