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ladylooch · 4 months ago

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Afterthoughts & Accountability [Liv X Luca]

A/N: I want you all to know, in advance, that I really hurt myself writing this one. I apologize… Um… I’m still crying so, read at your own risk AND REMEMBER THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THEY GET MARRIED SO DO NOT COME FOR ME OKAY LOVE YOU BYE.

Shoutout to @casualhilarity who has ready exactly 4 versions of this chapter that I hated until I got to this point. I literally would have given up without you, so here is the final version you never got to read 😂

Word Count: 4.7k

Part 1 | Part 2| Part 4

(Luca)

Pump It by the Black Eyed Peas booms from a concerning decibel inside USB arena where Luca Fiala stretches out his left hamstring. He moves from a knee bend to a full extension, skate blade pointing up towards the fans to his left. Over in that group of fans is the love of his life, Livia Meier. She stands unassuming with other fans, bopping her head ever so slightly to the beat. Luca grins. He glances over his left shoulder, switching legs. Across the redline, Ryder Hughes stretches in a similar position with a few of his teammates.

“Ry, why is your girl over there? And wearing green?”

"Yeah, usually she is in Isles blue.” Luca pauses with his eyes on that guy, taking in his smirk. Ryder keeps his eyes trained on the ice, ignoring seemingly everyone.

“Hey 86.” Luca tilts his chin up at Ryder when he gets back to a standing position.

“2s.” Ryder acknowledges then rushes off to rip a shot on the goalie.

Luca takes a similar trajectory, but winks at Liv every lap he takes. He loves seeing the pink blush fill her cheeks at his attention. He hates that he has to leave right after the game. He will only have time for a hug and a smooch before he needs to join his team on the bus. Okay, maybe two kisses.

As one of the last ones to get off the ice, Luca peers over at the opposing team. Him and Ryder are the last two to get off. Luca won’t be giving in first. The Hughes boy flips one more shot at the net, then skates towards the opposing team’s tunnel. The entire skate, Ryder’s eyes remain on Liv. An uneasy feeling trolls down Luca’s spine. There is something about that look that doesn’t sit right with him.

But he has a game to play.

Luca always gets antsy when he is part of the starting line up. In opposing arenas, he can’t help but chuckle at the boos raining down when they hear his name. He swivels back and forth on his skates, looking up at the rafters. He goes through his pre-game visionary exercises, picturing exactly how he wants the game to go. He loves playing in front of Liv. He wants to score a goal or two tonight for her. He might even toss a celebration her way in the form of a bow and arrow.

But from the moment the puck drops, the whole game feels off. Luca is getting constant shoves in the back and hard checks from the opposing team. Nothing he can’t shake off, but it rocks him off his initial game plan. Then, the comments start. It’s light razzing at first.

“Minnesota boy in the big city.”

“You speak English, Fiala?”

“Heads up, shrimp dick!”

Luca chuckles confidently at that one. No way that is true. But in the second period, the theme shifts.

“Livy looks better in our colors.”

“Your girl fits in perfectly with our WAGS. Might just keep her.”

“You’re so fucking ugly, no wonder Hughesy is dating your girl on the side.”

That one makes Luca stare 33 down over his shoulder. He is wearing a full face shield and has dark black stitches diagonally across his cheek.

“What did you say?” The guy starts to repeat himself. Luca cuts him off. “What? Can’t hear you through that fish tank, pal.” Luca chirps back then makes a fishy mouth at him. He smirks as he heads off the ice.

But next time 33 is out there with Luca, he ups the ante.

“Livy Hughes has a great ring to it.” 33 chuckles as he skates back to the home bench for the TV timeout. Luca grabs a water bottle, squiring some in his mouth. He watches the opposing bench, zeroing in on Ryder as he steps out for the next play. Luca decides it’s time to take this taunting up with the source.

“Real cute having your teammates heckle me about my girlfriend, Hughesy.”

“I didn’t tell them to say shit. You’re the one who told Livy not to speak to me.” Luca laughs, genuinely. First he is hearing of this.

“I’ve never said that. If she isn’t speaking to you, it’s something you did.” Luca rests his weight on his stick, preparing for the face-off. Ryder scoffs.

“She asked me to stay the night. I was going to go home.”

The ref blows the whistle. Luca’s mind stutters like he slammed into a brick wall. The puck drops. It takes Luca three whole seconds to react. Then he is off, rejoining the play as an Islander’s defenseman pushes the rush into the Wild end. A rocket is launched from Luca’s guy, his positioning is off, and the puck ends up in the back of the net.

“Fuck!” Luca yells, hitting the puck into the back boards in frustration. Ryder is the last to leave the celebration. “Hey!” Luca screams at him. “What the fuck do you mean you stayed the night?”

“She was upset about the publisher thing and I was just trying to be there for her because you can’t be. She didn’t want to be alone.” His girlfriend’s lies spill out of another man’s mouth.

Publisher thing? He doesn’t know anything about that. Luca feels completely out of control. All the anger and confusion burst out of him in the form of slapping his stick onto the ice.

“Let’s go.” Luca snaps, shaking off his gloves. He springs forward, grabbing Ryder’s blue jersey and landing the first punch. Ryder is knocked off balance. He struggles to shed his gloves, ducking each one of Luca’s punches as best he can. Luca is in such a fit of rage, he doesn’t notice his knuckles cracking open and bleeding with each hit of them against the blue helmet. Luca shakes the collar of Ryder’s jersey, mad that he isn’t connecting with Ryder’s face.

This punk ass bitch is going to make a move on his girlfriend and think he can get away with it? He’s going to act like he was doing Luca a favor when he was weaseling his way in between him and Liv? Luca’s fist is gonna righten that wrong. Luca shakes Ryder again.

“Square up!” Luca screams at the other player. He wants a fair fight.

Ryder hits Luca in the cheek, then pulls back, exposing himself for a returned favor. They battle, growing tired, but throwing blows like it’s old school hockey. Luca won't relent. Ryder steps up to the challenge continuously until Luca’s 15 pounds wins out and he throws Ryder onto his back. He kneels on top of him, rage in his brown eyes as he looks down at Ryder’s bleeding cheek.

“Wuss.” Luca scoffs.

“Fuck you.” Ryder snaps, shaking off the refs hand on him. “It’s not my fault you weren’t here for her!”

“I should have never trusted you!” Ryder skates towards him, but the ref grabs his jersey again.

“Boys! Get in the box!”

“I didn’t mean to fall in love with her.” Ryder’s voice is sincere, aching. “Loving her while she loves you is way fucking worse than anything you can do to me out here.”

Luca glides off the ice into the penalty box. The crowd roars in appreciation for their nightly entertainment. A few teammates bring the rest of his equipment over, giving him stick taps on his shin pads.

“Good tilt, FiFi!”

“Hell of a fight, Fifs!”

“Yeahhhh luuuuuuuc!”

Luca doesn’t respond. He is too busy trying to catch his breath and stop the fragmenting of his heart in his chest.

Luca looks up to where he knows Liv is sitting. His shoulder pads rise and fall with his heavy breathing as he works them back into place. He can see her from here, laying over her thighs, hugging her knees as she looks in his general direction. He shakes his head, going back to wiping off his visor, thinking the same thought over and over again:

How could she?

- - -

(Liv)

A whole world of production moves around Liv, completely oblivious to the turmoil within her body. She isn’t sure what she just witnessed on the ice but it couldn’t of been a hockey game between her boyfriend and friend. Because down on the ice in front of 18,000 people, Luca beat the shit out of the Hughes kid.

Liv’s arms have been wrapped around her body since she saw Luca angrily turn towards Ryder after the first Islander’s goal. He seemed to lose it out of nowhere. They had been talking before the face-off and suddenly, after the goal, Luca was dropping his gloves. A wariness has Liv’s eyes shifting to both sides of her for either boy coming down to greet her. She wasn’t expecting Ryder tonight, but she isn’t naive enough to think he won’t show now.

As if on queue, he appears between a sea of event and security staff. They seem to part for him so he can see her standing alone next to a white pillar. Ryder comes strolling across the large space towards her. Liv glances anxiously over her shoulder the opposite direction where Luca would be coming from. She has no idea how to handle this. Will the tension from before spill over off the ice?

“Hi.” Liv greets him. She grimaces at the laceration on his cheek. It is red and angry, covered by a liquid gel to seal it.

“You didn’t tell him.”

“What?”

“You didn’t tell him I stayed over.”

“I… No.” Liv shakes her head. “I was going to, but there was never a good time.”

“He knows now.”

“What!” Horror spills onto her face, dropping her bottom jaw open.

“I told him, accidentally. Because I figured there was no way you would not have told him. You tell him everything. But then I thought, maybe you didn’t because you felt something?” His eyes rapidly search hers. Liv’s blue eyes widen nervously.

“Ryder, I haven’t been able to talk to Luca yet.” She shakes her head. “I’ve been trying to tell him, but we haven’t been able to have a phone or in person conversation. That’s it.” She can see him collapse inward at the truth.

“Livy…” Obvious emotion clouds his eyes. “I can’t. I can’t do this. I can’t be friends with you anymore. Not like this.” The words tumble out like he is desperately clawing for relief. “I think I need some space.”

“Ry.”

“No, you don’t have to say anything. You were right, I shouldn’t have ruined this.” He closes his eyes, Adam's apple bobbing hard as he swallows. “But I thought…” He shakes his head. He glances to the left, seeing Luca charging towards them. Ryder is not interested in a second fight, so he backs away, giving Liv an apologetic look as he goes. Liv furrows her eyebrows then turns towards her boyfriend. She can’t read his face, which frustrates her further. Hot turmoil sears against the cavity of her chest as she replays what happened on the ice tonight.

“Hey, wanna tell me what’s going on?” Liv pauses, pushing her lips for a moment and drawing in a deep breath through her nose.

“Sure, do you have time for me?”

“Oh that’s fucking hilarious.” Luca spits at her. “Do you have time? Might need to go catch up with your little fuck buddy over there.” Liv balks, blinking in shock at his words and tone.

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me. So how was he Livy? Was he so much better than me? Did he make you wetter? Did he stroke you just right with his tongue to wake you up in the morning? Did he make you cum harder?”

“Luca.” Liv snaps, grabbing his wrists to pull him out of his rambling. He turns her hands over, taking control by gripping hers in his tightly, holding her in place.

“Tell me all about it. I’m all ears.” He is seething, shaking even as he tries to keep her still, looking him in the eye.

“Nothing happened!” She insists, feeling panicked. This is not how she wanted him to find out. She wanted it to be a conversation about what happened and why and how they could move forward from this. She has needs he isn’t meeting and as much as Ryder has tried to fill in for him, he isn’t and will never be Luca.

“Nothing happened but I’m hearing about this in front of 18,000 people while I’m beating the shit out of your most recent lay?”

“Luca, how many times do I have to say this. We did not have sex!”

“Ryder said he stayed over and that he is in love with you. All his fucking teammates are calling you his girl. But sure, I totally believe you. What is happening!” He says incredulously, eyes searching hers. What he is looking for, Liv can’t be sure, but she knows he can see her agony swimming in the blue orbs she got from her father. “Are you in love with him, baby?” The pet name he loves to drawl out to her is short and painful this time. Tears rush into Liv’s water line.

“No.”

“Don’t lie to me. Not when the stakes are this high.”

“I haven’t lied to you at all! I’ve been trying to tell you! As per usual, everything else is more important than me!” Luca scoffs, disgusted.

“Nothing is more important than you!” Luca yells, tightening his grasp on her hands again.

“Then why don’t I feel that way!?” Liv screams back at him, losing her cool completely. People look, staring in concern at the couple who grips at each other both lovingly and angrily.

Liv’s cheeks are flaming red, blue eyes wet with tears and hard with distress. He is right here, clutching her hands but Luca, her Luca, seems a million miles way. Her chest rises and falls quickly as she tries to steady herself. She didn’t mean to yell, didn’t want to either, but he wasn’t letting her get a word in. She needed to be heard. Luca slowly straightens back up. One by one, his fingers fall away from her hands.

“Are you saying this is my fault?”

“No.” Liv shakes her head, responding quietly. “I didn’t cheat on you.” She says shakily. “Yes, Ryder came over. Yes, he slept over in the same bed as me. But that is all. We slept. He left in the morning. I called you to try and tell you and I texted you. I didn’t want to tell you over a text. I wanted to have a conversation, but so many other things have come up with our schedules. So now you found out this way and I’m sorry about that, but you have some part in that too.”

Luca grins, a wicked and angry curl to his upper lip.

“Okay, I’ll be sure to make myself more available next time you want to tell me you’re fucking someone else on the side.” Liv closes her eyes, wincing at the judgmental and accusatory tone of his words.

“Nothing happened.” She reiterates to him.

“Bullshit, Livy. Bullshit nothing happened!” He snaps. “Why did you ask him to stay!?”

How could she tell him why? How could she tell him that the loneliness and unworthiness had created a gaping hole in her chest and she wasn’t sure how she could survive the night alone? How could she tell him about all the ways that Ryder shows up for her when Luca isn’t? How could she tell him how much he is falling short when they’re supposed to be forever? She’s never done this before, but as much as this is all breaking his heart, she thinks these next words might hurt more.

“Because he cared enough about me to show up. And I haven’t been getting that from you.”

“Wow.” Luca steps back, shoving his hands into his pocket. He looks over Liv’s shoulder, jaw becoming cemented together as he considers. “Maybe Ryder isn’t the only one to catch feelings here.” Luca accuses.

No matter how hard Liv tries not to, she can’t help but look away at such a pointed statement.

The pause between them is long. Too long for Luca to believe her when she gently shakes her head no. Her blue eyes return to his. Luca curls his hands up into fists, looking completely blindsided by this entire interaction. His chest heaves like he is still battling on the ice. Liv feels like a truck went straight through her body, destroying everything inside of her before it continues on like the rest of the world around them.

“Fiala!” A member of the Wild organization calls out. “Bus is leaving in 5!” The team is flying back to Minnesota and has a short turn around to make their flight before their pilots time out for the evening. He can’t stay any longer.

Tears fill Liv’s eyes as she scrambles for the right words to say in her brain. The wheels spin and spin and spin like a hamster on a wheel but all she comes up with is:

“I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say.” She pathetically shakes her head and shrugs sullenly.

“Fuck.” Luca yelps. He stands up straight, shifting his weight from foot to foot incredulously. He stares at her, brown eyes filling with sadness as he takes in her face. He bites his lip anxiously then opens his mouth to speak. “I gotta go.” Liv nods like she understands because she does. She always does.

With nothing more, Luca turns and walks away.

There is no hug and kiss.

There is no “I love you”.

There is no “I’ll call you when I get home.”

All that exists is the staff cleaning up after the game.

Families from the home team greeting each other.

And Luca Fiala walking away from her without looking back.

- - -

Three days. 72 hours. 4,320 Minutes. 259,200 seconds.

The exact amount of time it has been since Luca Fiala left New York City on a Delta flight back to Minneapolis. ¾ of that time, Livia Meier has been confined to her bed. She has cried loudly, silently, achingly, and numbly. None of the droplets that rolled down her cheeks alleviated the pain in her heart.

Her cheeks sting from the wetness as fresh ones roll down from her swollen eyes. She lays on her side, staring out at the flakes that fall outside of her window. It was bitterly cold this weekend. Or at least it seems to have been by the frost collecting on the window. Liv wouldn’t really know. She hasn’t left her apartment since she went to the game. Her phone lights up, showing the notification she got from Luca a half hour ago.

I’ll call you when I get back from practice.

That message is the first she has received from Luca since Wednesday. A simple text with no emotion, no inclination of what is going to happen when they connect virtually. Liv wants to get herself presentable for the call. But gathering the strength to get up and into the shower has felt impossible for the last hour. She knows her time is running out.

Under the harsh, hot spray of the shower head, Liv allows the water to consume her face. She scrubs at her irritated skin with a gentle face wash. As she does the basic steps of bathing, she continues to stop and let the water roll over her skin, seeking relief. New tears join the fresh water. Liv gives up, turning the shower off and getting out. She goes through her routine robotically, moisturizing and detangling, opting to skip the makeup because her skin is already irritated enough.

She forces herself to eat a granola bar and drink a cup of coffee while waiting for his call to come through. She is on her second, apathetic bite of food when the FaceTime ring disturbs her apartment. Her reflection morphs with the picture of them this past summer in Switzerland after brunch with her parents. They look so happy; a stark contrast from her current situation.

“Hi.” Livy answers.

“Hey.” He responds. His face has an angry set to it. “Did Ryder just leave?” He snips at her arms crossed over his chest tightly. He looks huge. Liv thought that at the game too. It’s clear he has spending a lot of time in the weight room this season, getting his body to where it needs to be. Normally, she would be drooling over it. Now it just makes her sad she doesn’t have those arms around her, protecting her from all of this.

“Okay, we got that out of the way. Do you feel better?” She asks, irritation making her eye twitch three times before she presses her finger to stop it.

“No.” He shrugs his big shoulders. Liv sighs. She really doesn’t want to fight. She wants to talk to him and find a path forward.

“I understand that you are angry and you want to make this about Ryder. But this isn’t about him. It’s about us and all the ways that we are not working right now. He is a symptom of the problem.”

“What’s not working? On my end, everything has been fine.”

“That’s also part of the problem, Luca. I’m over here drowning and you think everything is fine. I feel like, everything in your life is so much more important than me. Like we barely talk now when you’re on the road. You go hours without answering my texts. You don’t call when you say you will anymore. I have been feeling so lost and unimportant.” Luca runs a hand over his days old stubble. He contemplates before responding.

“I appreciate you sharing with me how you were feeling, but the time to do that was before you invited someone else into your bed with you. I can’t get over that right now. Nor can I look past the fact that you didn’t tell me; he did.” Liv gasps, shaking her head furiously.

“That’s not fair, I tried to call you that night and several times the next day. Things came up and suddenly you’re hearing about it from Ryder. This isn’t just on me.” Luca rolls his eyes.

“Liv, take some accountability here.”

“I am! It shouldn’t have happened in the first place, I acknowledge that. It was inappropriate. But don’t sit there and act like I didn't try to make this right. You didn’t have time for me. You were with the team and at practice and at a concert and I was supposed to what, Luca? Fucking text you? And pray for an answer?” She can feel herself losing the battle to not cry. She takes in a deep breath, looking up to collect her tears on her finger tips before they fall down her cheeks. “I apologize for how this happened. I apologize for being inappropriate and crossing boundaries with a friend. That is not okay. I own that. But that is all he is to me. A friend.”

Luca visibly relaxes after that, nodding his head. He uncrosses his arms, leaning back more towards the camera like he is ready to engage in the conversation.

“I’m sorry for Wednesday night. I was really upset and reacted poorly. I said some crude and mean statements to you. I’m sorry for that. That type of behavior isn’t okay and it won’t happen again.” Liv nods.

“I appreciate your apology.” She says genuinely.

“I’m sorry I didn’t make time for you.” He whispers, getting soft and vulnerable with her. “A lot of things feel not… normal right now, including my position with the team. But I thought we were fine, so it was easy to brush you off because…” He trails off, shaking his head. “I thought you’d be okay with it.” He looks her over. “I can see now that it isn’t okay and I’ll do better at making an effort. You deserve that, babe.”

Liv feels the knot in her throat grow. From hearing that he willingly pushed her aside. From the realization that he has done this in the past and she’s allowed it. From the negative ways it effects her and how she has responded so poorly this time. She feels ashamed for all the previous instances she has allowed this behavior that brought them here, where it now feels like a mountain to climb instead of a bump in the road.

“That’s really hard to hear.” She says, trying to clear her throat so she speaks clearly. “Like I felt that way, but hearing you say that sucks.”

“I know. I’m sorry.” Luca looks at her regretfully through the phone. “So where do we go from here?”

As much as she wants to, Livy knows she can’t forget about what has transpired in the last few weeks. She can’t go back to pretending that her and Luca are perfect. That there has been no tension or no underlying issues that lead to what happened with Ryder. Partly because it’s burned into her brain, but also because if they still have a chance at the future they have been dreaming of, it can’t be on the foundation of this unsteady ground. Her eyes tear up again, knowing what she has to do.

“I think we should take some time apart.” She responds sadly, keeping her eyes on the counter. Heavy silence takes over the line. When she gathers the courage to look at Luca, she can see the tears in his eyes. His hand is over his mouth, pointer finger slightly pushing his nose up. When his tears fall, he pushes his hat off his head and runs a hand through his hair. He looks to his right, towards the window Liv knows looks out at the city. She swallows hard, wanting to say more but not trusting herself to speak clearly.

“That’s what you think is best?” She nods, tears falling down her cheeks, dripping onto her t-shirt. Her chin wobbles hard which makes Luca sigh heavier, clearly upset by her reaction. “Livy, I never meant to make you feel that way, baby. I’m so sorry.” He starts so say. “I don’t want to lose you. I love you so much.” His voice cracks when he says he loves her.

“I don’t see how we can keep going like this, babe.” She cries. “I can’t. I’m also really hurt and maybe you don’t think I get to be, but I am. I’m not happy with how things are and I-I need some time to figure out what I need in a relationship. I feel like this is how I can be accountable to myself and to you.” Luca drops his face into his hands. When his shoulders shake, Liv thinks she might fall off the chair from how badly her heart crumbles in the wreckage of what they were.

The hardest part? It’s not that she doesn’t love him. It would be so much easier if she didn’t. But she loves him too much for things to continue this way. For them to fade away into nothing while she tries to figure out who she wants to be and what she needs and how to ask for it.

Liv’s tears begin to fall faster. They cry together on the phone, sobbing to each other how much they love one another.

They’re shredding apart at the seams.

But Liv feels more loved by Luca in this moment, as he gives her the space to be free, than she has in the previous six months of their relationship.

Maybe that’s a sign she should be running faster and farther from him than she is.

Instead, Livy feels like they’re more meant to be than she’s ever believed before.

Read more Liv and Luca here.

#liv x luca #hockey writing #NHL imagine #nhl fan fiction

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datcloudboi · 11 months ago

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List of Films Turning 30 Years Old in 2024

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert

Airheads

Angels in the Outfield (the remake of the 1951 film of the same name)

Beverly Hills Cop III

Black Beauty (the one with Sean Bean in it)

Blankman

Blue Chips

Body Snatchers

Bullets Over Broadway

Clear and Present Danger

Clerks (Kevin Smith's first movie)

Crooklyn

The Crow

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

Double Dragon (based on the game of the same name)

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Second Coming

Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly

Drunken Master 2

Dumb and Dumber

Eat Drink Man Woman

Ed Wood

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

The Flintstones

Forrest Gump

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Fresh

Heavenly Creatures (directed by a pre-Lord of the Rings and pre-Knighted Peter Jackson)

The Hudsucker Proxy (one of the more overlooked Coen brothers movies)

Interview With the Vampire

The Jungle Book (the live action version with Jason Scott Lee and Cary Elwes)

Junior (the movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger mpreg)

The Next Karate Kid (do you think the kid from this one will be in the last season of “Cobra Kai”?)

Legends of the Fall

Leon: The Professional

The Lion King

The Little Rascals

Little Woman (the version with Winona Ryder and Kirsten Dunst)

The Mask

Maverick

My Girl 2

The Naked Gun 33 1⁄3: The Final Insult (typing this out was way harder than you think)

Natural Born Killers

North

The Pagemaster

Pom Poko

Pulp Fiction

Quiz Show

Reality Bites (the first film directed by Ben Stiller)

The Return of Jafar (the sequel to "Aladdin")

The Santa Clause

The Shadow

The Shawshank Redemption

Speed

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Star Trek: Generations

Stargate

Street Fighter (based on the game of the same name)

Thumbelina

Timecop

A Troll in Central Park

True Lies

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (the meta-sequel to all of the Freddy Krueger movies where Wes Craven has to keep writing new installments to make sure that Freddy doesn’t break into our world)

Wyatt Earp

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vanillablankcanvas · 7 months ago

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which artist do you wish to have a voice in the next trolls movie?

Hello Gorgeous 💖

They should do the equivalent with Anna Kendrick with what they did with Justin Timberlake and NSYNC.

PITCH PERFECT VOICES!

I mean they already had Skylar Austin (Jesse in Pitch Perfect) as Branch in the TV Show.

ESTER DEAN we were ROBBED. She is Cynthia Rose in Pitch Perfect and she voices Legsly. They have this absolutely legendary singer/songwriter/actress and Legsly is barely in the movie! 🔥 I think they should use her again in the future and actually utilize her voice which is why I cast her as one of my OCs. 😊

But I can imagine them casting Ruby Rose as a random Troll. Not sure who, maybe a Rock Troll. Ohhh she can be my other OC 😈 sweet.

Should I just write an OC list with their voices? Okay you talked me into it. ❤️‍🔥💋

Main Characters Children:

Princess Harmony 🎶 - Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire)

Princess Rosiepuff 🌹- Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect)

Prince Ace - Currently a baby but when he is older? Jesse McCartney.

Princess Clover 🍀- Nicki Minaj 😏

Prince Birdie 🐦- Juan Pablo De Pace (Fernando in Fuller House)

Angel 🪽- Donald Glover (Childish Gambino)

Phoenix 🔥- Jared Padalecki (Sam from Supernatural)

Sugar Gals:

Sable 🍸- Emmy Rossum (Fiona from Shameless)

Sage 🛍️- Amanda Seyfreid (Karen Sykes from Mean Girls)

Scout 🪖- Stephanie Beatriz (Rosa from Brooklyn 99)

Summer 🫧- Ester Dean (Cynthia Rose from Pitch Perfect)

Sonnet 🎨- Kerry Washington (Olivia Pope from Scandal)

Floyd's Ex Boyfriend Saga:

Cider 🍺- Robert Patrick (Terminator)

Steel 🎸- Will Arnett (Arrested Development)

Dom ❤️- Zachary Levi (Chuck/Shazam/Flynn Ryder)

Halen 🥀- Ruby Rose (From Pitch Perfect) (Dom's Sister named for Van Halen)

Cabaret 🪶 - Alex Brightman (Fizzarolli from Helluva Boss)

Jewel 💎- J.K Simmons (J. Jonah. Jameson in Spiderman)

These will most likely change 😈😝

#dreamworks trolls #trolls #trolls band together #trolls movie #trolls oc #trolls dreamworks #trolls world tour #trolls art #trolls original character #character design #original character

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greatqueenanna · 1 year ago

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Talking about Ryder and his Importance

As said in my Honeymaren analysis, one of the most important lore and world-building aspects in Frozen 2 was the introduction of the Northuldra – a group of people to which Iduna originally belonged that is loosely inspired by the Sámi of Scandinavia. They are a racially diverse group in F2 that live within the Enchanted Forest and have a close relationship with the Magical Spirits and Ahtohallan.

Unfortunately, the Northuldra do not get a lot of screen-time in the film, however, the prominent Northuldran characters still managed to stand out and be recognizable even with their small roles - one of these major characters being Ryder Nattura.

Ryder is Honeymaren's younger brother, and much like Honey, has a small, but prominent role within the film. He is described as a playful dreamer, always cracking a joke here and there while dreaming about exploring the world outside of the Enchanted Forest. He plays a larger role in Kristoff's story, the two becoming fast friends due to their shared love of reindeer, and helps him gain the confidence to ask Anna to marry him.

In Tribute

I felt it wouldn't be appropriate to talk about Ryder without mentioning the person he was based on. Chris Buck, the Director of Frozen, Frozen Fever, and Frozen 2, went through a terrible tragedy when he lost his son. The song The Next Right Thing is famous for being a song that represents the grief he and his wife went through. The overall themes of F2 were also inspired by this tragedy.

Jennifer Lee also wanted to give another tribute to Ryder Buck, so Ryder Nattura was named. He was also based off of Ryder's hopeful personality.

“We’ve given him more to do because he’s a very light spirit, he’s a very positive character. He’s actually really fun, really, like I said, kind of hopeful.” - Chris Buck

You can find out more about Ryder Buck's story here.

The Wingman

Ryder plays a fairly big role in Kristoff's story - some may say that all he did was suggest a proposal, but I would say he did a little bit more than that, and actually helped Kristoff in finding his own confidence.

Firstly, he helped Kristoff feel more comfortable with his relationship with Reindeer. It's a very small detail, but it's worth mentioning. Everyone in the series, other than Anna, was very critical of Kristoff's relationship with Sven. The citizens of Arendelle always assume the worst, like in F2 when they question Kristoff and Sven acting out his proposal. Even the Trolls call him out on it.

"Like his peculiar brain dear, his thing with the reindeer, that's a little outside of nature's laws!"

However, when Ryder suddenly comes along and starts making his own Reindeer talk, Kristoff is shocked and happy.

Kirstoff: Wait, you talk for them too?! Ryder: I do. Kristoff: It's like you can actually hear what they're thinking? Ryder: Yeah and you.. you just say it! Kristoff: And then you just say it.

It's such a goofy interaction, and obviously meant to be funny, but it also feels so heartwarming at the same time. Kristoff finally found a friend who gets his peculiar interests. You can honestly hear the relief and happiness in his voice when he says "And then you just say it."

I think this interaction actually helped Kristoff slowly start to become more confident, along with the actual proposal attempt.

The proposal is over the top and full of emotion, in which Kristoff says everything on his mind about Anna even before his final proposal. The two proposals are very similar -

"Princess Anna of Arendelle. My feisty, fearless, ginger-sweet love. Will you marry me?"

"Anna, you are the most extraordinary person I've ever known. I love you with all I am, will you marry me?"

Obviously, the second one is more emotional and, however, you can see that Kristoff was just as confident and loving in the previous attempt - showing how Ryder was able to help Kristoff be more open and honest about his feelings by introducing the Northuldran ceremony.

His overall support of Kristoff, without even knowing him that well, also shows his kindness and willingness to help others, even when he is unsure.

Kristoff: I can't seem to get her attention. Or even say the thing. Ryder: Well, you're in luck, I know nothing about women. But I do know that we have the most amazing way of proposing, If we start now, we'll be ready at dawn.

Ryder was an important aspect of Kristoff's development, and Kristoff would've probably still struggled with his feelings if not for Ryder trying to help. While it did lead to a misunderstanding when the two left to prepare for the proposal, this situation was necessary so that Kristoff could better understand his emotions and become a better partner to Anna.

The Dreamer

While a lot of Ryder's personal development isn't explored, we do get a small glimpse of his dreams - and we get to see them fulfilled.

One of the first things Ryder says is -

"Ryder: Free the forest… Wow… I'm sorry, It's just… ah, Some of us were born in here, we've never even seen the clear sky."

Here, we see how Ryder is hopeful to see the sky. As described by him here and within the Frozen 2 guide, Ryder was born in the Enchanted Forest after the Battle of the Dam, thus he never saw what life outside the forest was like. It also describes how he longs to explore the world.

When he finally gets to see the sky, it is wonderful for him to finally get his wish. You can really feel the happiness and excitement in his words.

Ryder: Look at the sky. I just didn't realize there was so much of it.

Future Potential

Ryder has a huge amount of potential as a character. His kind and supportive nature, as well as his big dreams of exploring the world, give us so many possibilities and situations to explore with this character.

As with all the Northuldran characters, Ryder, like his sister, deserves his time to shine and be explored in more depth. I can only hope that the writers also feel this way, and will give Ryder his time to shine, especially now that the whole world is at his fingertips.

#ryder nattura #Ryder #frozen 2 #greatqueenanna/analysis #Northuldra

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ericmicael · 1 year ago

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A LITTLE TALK ABOUT FROZEN IN LORCANA

This first group of cards is based on "Frozen 1", but Elsa got some cards inspired by "Frozen 2".

ELSA: She has the titles Snow Queen, Spirit of Winter, Ice Surfer and Queen Regent. She is ranked as a Queen.

The first and third art are original visuals. The second and fourth are based on "Frozen 2" (outfit from "Show Yourself" and fight against Nokk). The last two are inspired by "Frozen 1" being the first one "Let it Go".

ANNA: Although Anna's look is inspired by "Frozen 1" she is ranked as a Queen, a small teaser for the set of cards from "Frozen 2".

HANS: Although in the movie he tried to decapitate Elsa using a sword, in his card the slashing weapon looks like it was switched to a dagger due to lack of space.

I admit I'm surprised that there aren't any Trolls cards and especially Oaken who is a very recurrent character. There is only one representation of music like "Let it Go" is also curious, I expected the inclusion of "Love Is an Open Door" (but then we would have 3 Hans cards, and a duet card which is something that the card game only includes ultimately as "A Whole New World").

WHAT CARDS WILL BE PRESENT IN THE FUTURE UPDATE?

Oaken will come and maybe the Trolls will be remembered, but in the latter case it will be more based on his participation in F2 than F1.

Mattias, Bruno and Nokk will definitely come. Gale and Earth Giants have my doubts, but I would bet they come.

Honeymaren and Ryder will come, but Yelana I wouldn't be surprised with her out. Still about Honeymaren, I bet her card will come with a "Brave Warrior" title, I wanted "Wife of the Snow Queen", but that title can be saved for the card based on "Frozen 3".

Runeard, Iduna and Agnarr have a high chance of appearing.

Among the songs, in the first group of cards we only had one song represented, but will we have more this time? The candidates: All is Found, Some Things Never Change, Into the Unknown. When I Am Older, Lost in the Woods, Show Yourself and The Next Right Thing. I think they'll pick just one Elsa solo, Kristoff's for sure coming, I hope Some Things Never Change for Anna, and Olaf will have the one he sings.

An Elsa card I hadn't seen.

On the website there are descriptions of the characters, and in the description of Elsa they mention a certain curiosity. The original rumored "Frozen 1" plot had Elsa turned villainous after being rejected at the altar by a man (Elsa suffered a 180-degree turn in her character), but I've never heard information about that man beyond that, until now. In this website description, one of Elsa's curiosities is the name of this man: Kai. I don't know if this is 100% reliable, but there it is.

#disney lorcana #frozen #frozen 2 #disney elsa #queen anna of arendelle

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infactnoimmasitinthemiddle · 6 months ago

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Hii 🥰

I saw these picture prompts and I thought I’d send them your way. You can create anything you’d like. Moodboards, edits or even write a story, whatever makes you happy.

The most important thing is that you have fun (and don’t worry you can answer the ask whenever you have time or feel inspired) 🥰

Picnic

Book: Nightbound

Pairing: Nik Ryder x Alex Hernandez

Rating: General

Words: ~900

Summary: Alex and Nik spend a day picnicking

A/N: If you think Krom wouldn't be into having his own little garden you are wrong

Alex had promised herself it would be just a good old day with her boyfriend. No supernatural stuff; no creature they should be running after, none running after them. No headache of a ‘magic training’ she had to worry about.

She wandered between the flowers, inhaling the sweet scent of lilacs, caressing the sunflowers between her dancing fingers, as the cool breeze brought her sweet kisses. Her face was painted warm, highlighting the blissful expression that had been missing for a little too long.

Nik stirred awake beside her, his gaze immediately fixing on the smiling face in front of him. Her smile was infectious, he swore, because he could no longer remember what made him jerk awake. Was it a nightmare? Another of his demons that he breathed in every second of his life?

Nik couldn’t care less. As he stroked and felt the strands of her hair, he could almost feel the warmth radiating from her. No wonder she brightened up his day. Hell, every second of his life.

“You did not just come here to sleep all day, did you?,” Alex said with her eyes still closed.

A small smirk formed on his face.

“I’m sure relaxing all day was your idea.”

“Sleeping isn’t the only form of relaxing.”

Alex crawled over to the bag of fruits she bought from her friend the other day. Krom was a little too insistent, even for a stone troll. And how could she say no to homegrown ones? Her mother was always a bit of a fitness freak. Though she didn’t want to admit it, she did inherit some of that from her mother.

She threw one of the apples over to him.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away, Nik. Did you know that?” She winked at him as she bit into her own apple.

“Pretty sure it can’t.” He shifted on his back and rested his head on her lap. “Not in my case, anyway.”

Alex looked down and noticed a pensive look on his face. She sighs, running her fingers through his blond hair. The wind had managed to destroy the effects of his strongest hair gel. And there was not a drop of sweat sticking to his head that day.

She tried to wipe the trace of worry on his face. But by then she would have known that it was permanent.

Nik cuddled up closer to her, staring off into space. “Sorry, I promised I’d relax.”

“Just try not to think of other things, okay? It makes me worried, you know.”

He smiled a little and tilted his head to look at her. Strangely, he noticed movements at the corner of his eye. His instincts kicked in as he got a full view of the creature beside them. He stood up quickly, pulling Alex up with him.

“W-what?!” Alex tried not to fall, tripping over herself. She followed his eyes to a horse like animal gulping down a bunch of grapes from her bag. A sharp horn stood as a weapon over its head, shining like a trophy in the sunlight.

Her eyes went wide. “A unico–”

“Shh! Get behind me,” He whispered.

“Wait, it’s–”

“No! I swear it isn’t cute!” He grabbed her wrists tightly, keeping her still behind him.

They silently watched the unicorn eat the fruits in the bag. They thought it wouldn’t stop until the bag was empty. But the unicorn paused midway, raising its head up. It watched them carefully, shifting its gaze left and right.

Nik spread his arms to the side, shielding Alex, as the unicorn took a step forward.

“Don’t you dare come any closer.” He glared at the unicorn as if it were an old enemy.

“Nik, I think–”

“Shh!” He continued to slowly back away.

“Just trust me on this one!” She pushed Nik to the side, walking towards the unicorn. She took a deep breath and stopped directly in front of it. They stared at each other for a while.

“I’ll just leave you to die this time.” Nik crosses his arms, trying to look like he didn’t care that she was probably going to let herself be stomped over by a unicorn’s hoof. Although he was sure that he was going to snatch her and run away if it took another step towards her.

Alex rolled her eyes. She extended her palms to the unicorn’s nose, keeping it there for a moment, before tilting her head slightly. She explored its eyes, finding it green and hiding something– dark, ancient and familiar. She closed her eyes for a moment as her palms glowed neon green.

The unicorn shivered, but it didn’t push her away.

When her eyes opened, she was still face to face with the unicorn. It was leaning its nose into her hand, letting her pet it.

Alex turned to Nik and smirked. “Don’t be shy.”

Nik took a cautious step towards the unicorn. Upon Alex’s direction, he touched the unicorn’s nose softly.

“What kind of Disney princess crap was that?” He asked as he continued to pet the unicorn.

Alex grinned and kissed him on the cheek. “I’m a fae, Nik. A half-fae.”

It was one of the only times she could claim that title with pride.

~@choicesficwriterscreations @ladylamrian @lilyoffandoms

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ladylamrian · 9 months ago

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Hii 🥰

I‘m back with some questions 😍

So I was wondering if there are any Halloween traditions your MC / Li loves to celebrate. Whether it’s from their childhood or from their adulthood.

If they have any special Halloween traditions what are they? And how do they celebrate?

The Haunted House

Female Main Character: Alex

Pairing: F!MC×NikRyder (Nightbound)

Summary: Alex's first Halloween in New Orleans

Characters: F!MC, Nik Ryder, Cal Lowell, Katherine, Vera Reimonenq and more...

Word Count: 3.1K words

Rating: Teen

Warnings: none

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Author's note: Old Halloween fic rewritten. Sorry @peonierose for taking so long with your request. I find it weird posting it near spring. But your questions get answered in this fanfic regarding Halloween traditions, costumes, etc.

Poll added in the end of the fic. You don't have to read the full fanfic, just cast your vote 🎃

Comments via Reblog wholeheartly welcome

"Tomorrow is Halloween!!", Alex excitedly squeaked.

"So what?"

"So what? You're asking me this, Nik? Tomorrow is Halloween! We're in New Orleans, Nik! We should part'ay!!!! Party time, wohooo!!", Alex got excited and jumped around. But Nik immediatly stopped her by gently grabbing her by the shoulders and trying to turn her attention to him. Both were now facing eachother.

"Look, I love you. I care about you and your happiness, but please don't go outside. Not on Halloween Night.", he frowned.

"Oh, why that?"

"It's that night of the year and the only night of the year where supernatural beeings are free. Vampires, werewolves, goblins, trolls and other beeings can stroll around in the city without hiding their identity from humans. No glamour spell needed. You won't be able to identify if the person in front of you is a human in a vampire costume or even a real vampire."

"Oh, that's interesting. I didn't know. So what do you even do on Halloween? I mean, I always dressed up and went on parties with Kristin. And you're never too old for trick-or-treats, right?"

"I hate Halloween...", Nik sneered.

"I know!! I know!! Just like your Birthday, and Christmas, and..."

"No, rook!! It's not that. Sure I'm no festive guy, but Halloween means a lot work for nighthunters. Making sure nobody gets hurt, protect innocent beeings and...", he stopped, but still holding the eye contact with her. He gently took her hand in his.

"What is it, Nik?", Alex asked.

"Look, I can't tell you what you can do and what not. Just don't get in danger, rook. I would die if something happened to you. Please, I already lost so much. You're my everything now."

"I know, Nik. I'll be careful. I promise.", she moved closer towards him. Their lips almost touching as they embrace themselves without breaking their eye-contact to eachother.

"But Nik..."

"Hmm?", he softly stroked her cheek with love.

"Can we both at least dress up? Halloween couple custumes. We'll be the most hottest and scariest couple eveeeerr. I'm sorry, but Kristin spoiled me so much already, so we have to do this. We'll make everyone's mouth fall. Best couple custumes ever!!!!"

"Please nooo...", he moved back and immediately disagreed.

"We could dress up as a royal fae couple since I'm already fae royalty."

"Ehhhh..."

"Orrr superheroes? Oh yes, you'll be be Green Arrow since you own real arrows already and I'll be Black Canary then.

"Cool, cool, but definitly a NO."

"Hmmm, do want something more spooky? Oh, oh, oh, new idea!!! We'll be the hottest nighthunter couple ever!!!", she excitedly squeaked.

"Well, dressing up as a nighthunter will be definitly easy for me.", he chuckled and planted a sweet kiss on her cheek.

"So it's done? You and me as nighthunters."

"Well, actually... You can dress up if you want. Wear anything you want, you'll look stunning anyways. I personally don't want to. I'm sorry.", he apologized.

"Hmmmm, it's alright. Don't worry, Nik. I just got a bit overly excited. That's alright, you should feel comfortable and if you don't want to dress up, then that's acceptable. You care about me and I care about you.", her lips slowly curved into a small smile.

"Thanks for understanding, rook."

The next day, in the late afternoon...

"Oooooh, someone's scared of ghosts and monsters. Be careful little children, or else they take your candy away.", a blonde guy with sunglasses laughed at the friends group which was gathered at Garrus's bar, the Graveyard Shift.

"Chance, I think it's enough now. If they don't want to celebrate Halloween then it's their decision.", his friend, Garrett wispered to him to avoid any trouble.

"Oh yeah, everyone in New Orleans loves parties and celebrations. I think they're just afraid..."

"Hey, I like parties!! Plus, I'm not afraid and neither are my friends. I mean, they even saved my life from a..."

"Rookie!", Nik interrupted Alex, who immediatly covered her mouth before she could spill out the secret about the World of Night to Chance and Garrett. It was a world full of magic, supernatural creatures and other paranormal beeings. Vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, faes, trolls, unicorns, shapeshifters, wizards, goblins and whatsoever.

Humans shouldn't be aware of it, because that would harm the balance of both worlds, the World of Night and the World of Day in which humans live their daily and normal life and are unaware about the other side. And this is the duty of the Nighthunters, to keep both worlds safe from the evil and the World of Night among with all the supernatural beeings hidden from the human eye.

"Your friends saved you from what?", Garrett asked confused.

"Uhhhh, they... they saved me from... a spider?!!", Alex answered embarrased which made Chance laugh again.

She was annoyed at him and wanted to prove him wrong, tell him that her friends are brave, but she cannot tell him all about their dangerous adventures and missions they had. Hunting monsters, killing a bloodwraith, her fae powers, messing around with a whole werewolf pack and Lady Smoke, an assasian leader who can kill someone by touching them with only her bare palms. Even her friends didn't payed attention at Chance's words because they knew that he wasn't aware about the truth and they better let him joke around than expose everything. The World of Night has to stay hidden no matter what!!

"Whatever losers, stay at home while Garrett and I spook around the city tonight on Halloween. Our costumes are going to be the best.", Chance told them while Garrett made an apologetic look on his face.

"Chance, I'm not afraid!!", Katherine argued and balled her hands into fists while Cal and Nik agreed to her.

"Chance, Garrett, you two are tourists in this city and I was born here. Don't take it so easy, you never know..."

"Then why aren't you all joining us for Halloween night if you're not afraid of anything? Ooooh, I have a better idea. I'm challeging you all to spend one night in that haunted house at the end of this road."

"First of all, it's the warehouse where they keep the Mardi Gras floats and second point, it's not haunted. Understood, Chance?", Katherine explained.

"Of course it is."

"No."

"You're all just scared..."

"No, we're not."

"Of course, women are always scared and need a man."

"NO, I'M NOT SCARED!!! Scared isn't even in my vocabulary, Chance and I'm gonna prove it.", Katherine stood up from the bar stool and glared at the boys.

"Yeah, how dare you call us women scared?!! I'm with Katherine.", Vera called and stood up to stand next to her friend, the huntress.

"Seriously man, that was so low. I'm joining to support the girls.", Cal answered and Garrett agreed on his opinion that Chance went a little too far.

"I'm coming with you all too. How can Kristin even like you, Chance?", Alex replied.

"Guess, if you all are going then I have to come too.", Nik rolled his eyes. And with that, everyone accepted the challenge to spend one night in the warehouse of the city. The very same warehouse where the gang tried to kill their enemy and villain, Thomas.

It was in the middle of full moon night and a light fog had settled. Except of the several Mardi Gras floats and creepy carnival decorations, the house looked almost empty inside as Alex, Nik, Vera, Cal and Katherine watched the building. Chance and Garrett came along too, both dressed up as vampires. They were all dressed up for Halloween which was part of the deal Chance made. Cal had a duffel bag hanging across his shoulders which contained warm blankets, food and other important items they might need.

"Hey, we were supposed to dress up for Halloween. Where are your customes?", Alex asked the hunters and Cal.

She and Vera looked like the only ones dressed up. Alex was wearing an armour from the Fae realm which made her almost look like the warrior queen from a fantasy book about dragons, while Vera looked like a beautiful and elegante witch lady. Her black, long gloves matched with the long, black dress she was wearing, she even wore a black cape and a pointed hat with a large, round, flat rim.

"I decided to dress up as Katherine.", Katherine explained and grinned. Cal explained Chance and Garret that his werewolf costume was inside his duffle bag and that he'll wear it later.

"Only children dress up for Halloween.", Nik snorted and decided to get closer to an fallen elevator shaft.

Unpleasant memories hit Alex, she remembered how she and Nik were trying to fight Thomas and at the end, the elevator shaft crashed where Thomas was inside. At that time they thought he died, but he didn't. Alex's thoughts got interrupted as Chance began to explain some rules.

"So you'll spend the whole night in this building and won't leave it or else, you'll lose. If you lose, you're all scared and have to pay our drinks at the Graveyard Shift for a whole month."

"You want the free drinks?", Cal laughed.

"I'm not finished, man. The drinks and the girls! The girls have to hang out with us, right Garrett?"

"Uhhh, you better not..."

"Don't worry Garrett, my friends and I aren't afraid. Chance is gonna lose this bet.", Alex replied with confidence and her friends agreed to her.

"Nice.", Chance grinned and admired the dynamic.

"Hey, don't you dare to look at rookie like this?!!", Nik angrily warned him while Cal began to ball his hands into fists too.

"Woah, I wasn't looking at her. How should you know where I'm looking with the sunglasses I wear?"

"Jeeez, why are you even wearing them at night? Whatever. Now leave, we know the rules. Not leaving the mansion till sunrise.", Katherine explained. And with that, both guys dressed as vampires left the old warehouse and the gang was ready to spend the night inside it. The very same warehouse which held terrible memories for Alex.

After Chance and Garrett left, the five were busy preparing everything for their sleepover in the old building. Spreading their sleeping bags on the floor and eating the tasty food which Cal prepared for everyone.

"Hey, let's do something fun. Afterall, it's our first sleepover party together. Who wants to sing with me?", Vera suggested and turned on some music.

"🎼 Salt on your skin and stars in your eyes. You're close in the darkness and I'm all out of lies..."

"Or how about some spooky ghost stories?", Katherine suggested and turned the music off. Everyone agreed, but Alex was feeling very unsure.

"Hmmm, I don't know. You know what happened last year here and this place is scary enough already at night. It's like the Mardi Gras carnival puppets are watching us.", Alex replied.

"You scared, sweety?"

"What, Katherine? Me and scared? Naaaah, I was just saying. The sooner we sleep, the sooner we can wake up and leave this place.", she nervously laughed to cover her fear which made Nik suspicious.

"Rookie, you can go home if you're..."

"And leave you all here alone?!! No way, Nik!!! Have you seen how Chance laughed at as? Why weren't you saying something to him?"

"Sometimes sayin' nothin' is the best thing you can do, rook. Chance doesn't know about our truth and the supernatural world. I just ignored his trash talk."

"Let's not talk about Mr. Sunglasses. Who wants to hear a spooky story?", Katherine asked the gang again.

BANG!

"What was that?!"

"How should I know? Let's head upstairs and check."

"Maybe it was just the wind."

"Heeyy, who stole my sleeping bag? It was there a few minutes ago.", Cal asked everyone, but no one knew.

"I thought wolves sleep on the floor", Nik chuckled but no one was laughing at his joke. Cal let out an annoyed groan at the hunter, so Nik apologized. "Okay, sorry 'bout that. Cal, it was supposed be a tiny joke to cheer ya' up. But seriously, I swear I have no idea where your sleeping bag is. I'm no tiny child who would hide anyone's things. We're all adults, so I'm askin' everyone now... Who the hell took Cal's sleeping bag?!!"

But no one knew about the sleeping bag. Cal checked in his duffle bag more than twice now just in case if he put it back inside it, but his green sleeping bag was gone. No where to be found while everyone else sleeping bags were spread on the floor.

"No one will hate anyone, just give Cal's sleeping bag back to him and let us forget all this.", Vera suggested but still no clue about the missing item.

"First the scream and now an missing item? I say there's someone or something inside this house too. Let's all look around and find Cal's sleeping bag."

"No Katy, you stay here with the girls. Lemme and Cal check.", Nik suggested and both men went upstairs.

"Hey, I'm coming too.", Alex decided all of a sudden and quickly ran after them before Katherine and Vera could stop her.

"It's too dark. Cal, give me a flashlight!", Nik commanded him as they were wandering in the halls of the old, secluded building. A bright light appeared which lightened their way through the dark.

"Thanks, bro."

"Ummm, that wasn't me."

Surprised, they turned around and found Alex using her fae magic to create a magical light prism which floated over her palm to lighten their path.

"My fae powers are getting better every time I train them and I thought I might help you with this", she proudly explained until a female voice called from behind her.

"Don't run away like this from us, Alex!", Katherine shouted at her as she and Vera were coming from behind, running after her. Cal handed the rest of the group the flashlights from his duffle bag, now that everyone of them are gathered around.

"Hey, what're y'all doin' here?! Haven't I told you to stay downstairs? Oh wait, no one listens to me, right?!!", Nik annoyingly replied to himself and continued with the search, the group close behind him.

Almost 20 minutes have passed when the group was searching for anyone else beeing inside the building, but no sign.

"I think no is in there, we're the only ones here.", Katherine informed and suggested to go back, until a terrifying scream errupted. Vera and Alex quickly hid behind Cal who was the tallest of the group while Nik and Katherine were standing in a fighting stance and ready to face whatever it was. The scream was so load that it was hard to tell from which way it came from, but then total silence appeared.

"What was that?", Vera asked and slowly stepped out behind Cal, followed by Alex. Cal, their werewolf friend sniffed the air. "I... I smell something, guys. It smells familar and also very annoyingly", he claimed.

"So whatever that is, we're definitly not dealin' with ghosts and spirits. I say, let's split up and...", Nik wanzed to suggest until Alex interrupted.

"No Nik, splitting up is always bad, we will stick close together. Don't you watch horror movies??!"

"My life is just like a horror movie.", Katherine wispered to herself and before Nik could say anything else, Alex started searching for something.

"What're you doin'?"

"In horror movies, secret tunnels are always behind shelves and stuff. Maybe there are secret passages since we couldn't find anyone in this building. And besides, Cal could smell that there is definitly someone or something here."

"Rookie, can we not base our decisions on what does and doesn't happen in a horror mov...?"

"I found something, guys!! A secret tunnel, Alex was right!!", Vera shouted before Nik could even complete his own sentence.

After Vera was moving an old painting on the wall, a secret tunnel revealed which took everyone's breath away. Even Nik's while Alex was smugly grinning at him to show him that she was right. There are secret tunnels in this building!!! One by one, everyone climbed inside and was following the path inside the tunnel. Light was appearing at the end of the tunnel, which meant that the gang wasn't alone. Before they could reach the end, Nik suddenly stopped his friends and began to wisper.

"It might be dangerous, so I say that y'all stay here. Lemme check first what's on the other side."

"No need to play the hero, I'm coming with you, Nik. Besides, two are better than one.", Katherine argued and both hunters went deeper inside. It was time to face what lies on the other side, while Alex, Vera and Cal silently watched them go.

"I hope they'll be safe.", Alex hoped.

"Me too.", Cal replied.

"Me three.", Vera joined.

"Ahhhhh!"

After hearing a scream coming from the other side, Alex, Vera and Cal quickly rushed inside to see what's happening. When they entered, they saw Nik and Katherine punching two figures, who were wearing masks to cover their faces. One of them was holding Cal's green sleeping bag.

"You ugly bastard!! How dare ya'? No one messes up with me and my crew.", Nik shouted at one of the figures and continued with punching.

"Hey, stop!! I wanna punch too!!", Alex protested and began delivering a few more punches and even a kick which hurt the most. The masked figure let out a painful cry.

"Stop, please!! I'm sorry!! I give up and you all win. I yield!!", the masked figure answered with a familiar voice.

"That voice? It sounds familiar and somehow annoying. Wait, Chance??"

Alex guessed right, the masked figures were no other than Chance and Garrett who were trying to spook around and scare the group. Chance gave Cal his sleeping bag back after both of them unmasked their faces.

"I told you this was a bad idea, Chance. We shouldn't mess up with others. Guys, we're sorry. You won the bet!!", Garrett declared.

"Dang, these punches hurt. Weren't you all scared at all? What are you all? Agents? Super-humans? Are you working for the army or what?", Chance asked and let out a painful cry.

"That's right, don't mess up with Alex and her awesome friends!! Also, sorry for the kick.", Alex replied and gave everyone a high-five and fist-bump.

"So you two stole Cal's sleeping bag and did that load noise, huh?"

After hearing Katherine's question, Chance and Garrett exchanged uneasy glances.

"What load noise?"

BANG!

"That load noise? That wasn't us. What was that?", Chance nervously asked.

BANG!

BANG! BANG! BANG!!!

"Guess, we have another mystery to solve. Let's find out who else is here.", Nik smirked.

"I'm getting Scooby Doo vibes here.", Alex giggled and everyone accepted to dive into their new mysterious adventure while Chance and Garrett already made their escape.

"Let's get out of here, Garrett. Hurry!"

"I'm coming, Chance!"

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