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Sanderson Zodiacs

Synopsis: You’d been waiting all month for this moment. After much preparation with your zodiac boyfriends, it was time for the summoning! Of course, something that was all in good fun turned quickly into a night of distress when there were witches on the hunt for a starry-eyed goddess. 

✨Masterlist✨ Female goldfish!

A/n: Happy Halloween! 🎃 If you don’t have some crazy Halloween Party to go to, join these guys! We’re having our own Halloween Party! Let’s summon witches! Another glorious fanfiction! …Makes me sick! We got fanart with this one, YAY! It’s also my masterpiece thus far in my artistic journey, so I’m pretty proud of it! This is definitely going up on my facebook! 😚

–Word Count: 8,925–

The sky was barely getting a hint of that darker blue color the closer the sun drew to the horizon. The edge of the sky was starting to glow a dim orange color. It was almost time for a Halloween party-of-four! The other gods had to attend a ceremony in the Heavens where they would meet and greet with the returning souls of humans. The souls of the dead returning was a bigger event for the gods than it was for the humans of Earth, who treated it more as a game.

The only reason I was able to snag Ichthys, Dui, and Teorus was because they were the troublemakers of the two departments, and they wouldn't be sorely missed. Besides, my the zodiac gods wanted me to have a happy Halloween as well. I couldn't do that if I were home alone and moping… So what would be better than a Halloween party with a Hocus Pocus theme?

The mansion was elaborately decorated for the occasion. The entire mansion felt eerie, from the entrance all the way to the living room. The lights were turned off, replaced with light from candles, jack-o-lanterns, and the moonlight through the windows. There were cobwebs everywhere, but that only added to how old everything looked. Similar to how the outside of the mansion appeared to be falling apart, the inside matched perfectly. The once-clean marble was replaced with planks of wood, and the wallpaper was peeling everywhere. It would’ve been scary the way it was without the addition of a light fog that rolled across the floor. 

It seemed my additional plastic trinkets weren’t going to be necessary for this party. Walking into the living room, I paused, taking in the equally spooky atmosphere. It might’ve seemed more welcoming if Ichthys, Dui, and Teorus would have been there like they promised. But my eyes locked onto something that was set up on a wide coffee table. Was that the book from Hocus Pocus?! I bolted over to kneel on the floor as I eagerly flipped through the book. It was everything like the movie. It left me wondering if they actually stole these props. 

Too occupied with the realistic book, I hadn’t noticed anyone was there until arms wrapped around me from behind. I don’t think I would’ve been so scared if it weren’t three pairs of hands gripping at me, forcing a startled shriek from my lips. Though, it only took a moment for me to recognize who was harassing me.

My eyes narrowed as I both heard and felt Ichthys’ laughter from behind me. His head leaned against my shoulder, his tongue sticking out playfully. “We got you! Happy Halloween!”

Pouting, I tugged out of their hands, finding that all of them were in on Ichthys’ prank. “Not fair… You guys nearly gave me a heart attack! You can’t just gang up on me like this when the mansion’s all scary-looking.” If the mansion didn’t look like it could pass for a haunted house, I wouldn’t be so jumpy. “Well… Anyway, whatever! Did you guys get this stuff from the movie?”

“We actually got the book from the Heavens,” Dui explained, though he didn’t look too comfortable about the memory of it.

Ichthys, on the other hand, was grinning as if this was his biggest achievement in life. “It took really hard work to take this from the palace without anyone noticing. Luckily, everyone was pretty occupied with other things today.”

Teorus nodded his head in agreement, but he appeared more on Dui’s side of things. Neither of them seemed comfortable with the lengths they had to go through to get the book. “It was actually in the forbidden section,” Teorus added, “So, while it wasn’t hard for us to get in… it was hard to smuggle it out without getting caught.”

Ichthys grinned at their successful heist of the library as he held out a candle made with pale wax. My mind was quick to recognize that as well, and I exclaimed, “You got the spell book and a black flame candle?!”

Dui nodded, a smile spreading across his face thanks to my contagious excitement. “We followed the ingredients from the book, so it’s an authentic black-flame candle. So… uh,” he paused, tilting his head. The ingredients didn’t seem too special in creating a black flame, but what did he know about witchy stuff? “It should have a black flame. And there’s only one way to test it.”

“Ah,” I praised nervously, “I have chills; this is so cool! You guys are the best! Just- You have to promise you won’t take advantage and try and scare me!” My eyes were evenly trained on them to make sure they heeded my warning. I didn’t need to have more heart attacks than I could handle in the spooky mansion. 

Teorus pat my head like a child and reassured, “We won’t do anything scary. But after we do our ritual, we can dress up and go trick-or-treating! (Name), do people give out milk for Halloween?”

I fell silent at his odd question. Last time I checked… no one in their right mind would give out milk for Halloween. But who was I to crush his dreams? “Well, there’s such thing as candy that’s made with milk. Like… milk chocolate? Yeah. So you’ll get candy-milk! That’s it!”

His eyes began to glow with excitement as he grabbed my arm, pulling me over to the small coffee table where they had their candles ready. “Come on, virgin! Light our candle so we can go get milk candy from humans!”

My eyebrows furrowed together, half-glaring at him. I lightly smacked his hand off of mine as he pulled me to kneel on the floor with him. “Don’t start calling me a virgin, weirdo!” Huffing, I gestured for Ichthys and Dui to join us on the opposite side of the rectangular table. “Let’s get the party started then! How does that saying go again…? On All Hallow’s Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon them from under the ground!” 

Grabbing one of the longer candle sticks, I used the small flame to carefully light the candle that was sitting on the table. Almost instantaneously, a black flame was atop the candle, and we all stared at it in wonder. Ichthys was the first to make a comment, “Hey, Dui, I guess this makes you a witch now! You can make magic candles!”

I would’ve made a joke to go along, but I couldn’t help but feel unsettled… as if something weren’t quite right in the air. Teorus also had an expression that told me he felt something off.

After a quiet moment, all the candles went out in the room suddenly, and I latched onto Teorus like my life depended on it. I shouted accusingly, “You said you wouldn't play more pranks and scare me!”

“Ichthys?” Dui called the pisces for an explanation.

“It wasn’t me,” he quickly tried to defend himself. Or… maybe it was? He definitely didn’t turn out all the lights, though! “Teo, did you do this just so (Name) would jump on you?”

“No way,” Teorus argued, though he wasn’t going to be one to complain that I latched onto him for protection. Needless to say, it wasn’t any of us that did it… “Maybe it was a gust of wind?”

I pulled back, trying my best to give him a questioning look despite how dark it was. “Really? A gust of wind strong enough to blow out the fire place inside the mansion?” It sounded like the most ridiculous things ever, but it was better than the other possibility… My eyes popped open as the flames suddenly reappeared on the surrounding candles, the black flame still lit as it was before. My limbs started trembling as I wondered if this was like the movie. I didn’t want to die!

“Hey…” Dui muttered, our eyes scanning the still room. “I don't have a very good feeling about this…”

If the gods were uneasy about this entire thing, then how was I supposed to feel? But glancing around the room, I quietly asked, “If things do go south… the mansion is considered hallowed ground, right? Even if they wanted to… witches couldn’t come in… right?” 

“Well…” Ichthys scratched the back of his head, drawing glares from both Dui and Teorus. Ichthys, yet again, did something he wasn’t supposed to, therefore putting all of us in unnecessary danger. Well, that’s what his face was telling us. But seeing our expressions, he quickly tried to brush it off, “It’s not like I completely masked the divinity of the mansion. I just wanted to make it feel more scary in here. But… if all else fails, we can always escape to the Heavens, or just hide in our rooms.”

“Right,” I snapped, gesturing around the room. “Let’s just escape to the Heavens while the witches are feasting on children and becoming eternally youthful! Perfect plan from the gods in charge of protecting humanity!”

Dui tried patting my head to get me to calm down. We were all pretty high-strung with the way our ‘perfect’ night was going, but we didn’t need to be fighting. “Calm down, guys. The obvious answer to our problem is just to keep the book away from them until the sun rises. We’re gods. They’ll never find us.”

I nodded my head, agreeing with Dui’s logic. Just based on the movie, we already had a higher chance of success. We knew exactly how to beat them. Despite the comfort of having a sound battle plan, my heart leapt in my chest as we heard the echoes of cackling filling the empty mansion. Weakly, I muttered, “It’s the Sanderson sisters…” 

We all watched the door in apprehension as a voice exclaimed, “What a disgustingly large house… BOOOK!” 

I flinched, snatching the book out of the air before it could fly out of the living room. Dui pulled me out of sight behind a bookshelf just in time for the doors of the living room to burst open and reveal the three ancient witches. I didn’t have time to see where Ichthys or Teorus were hiding before Dui pulled me into hiding, but I hoped they stayed hidden and unnoticed wherever they were. 

Sarah danced around the room, her arms flinging her sleeves around as she sang, “A virgin lit the candle again, Winnie!”

“Ah,” Winifred gleamed at the black flame that sat on the table amongst the other seemingly useless knickknacks. “It seems they did. Which means… they have my book. Mary!”

“Yes, Winnie?” Mary and Sarah listened intently to their sister’s orders. I watched them quietly from behind the bookshelf, but I knew we couldn’t stay there forever. They were searching around the room pretty thoroughly, starting from the middle.

Winifred gestured around the room for them to get searching. “Sniff our little virgin out.”

I wasn’t the only one who figured out that by Mary sniffing closer to the candle, she would get my scent first. Then it would only be a matter of time before they found our hiding spot. Dui caught onto this predicament and held me closer in case he needed to make any sudden moves to get me out of danger.

We waited with bated breath for them to do something or say anything more. I leaned closer against Dui, trying to make us smaller and less noticeable. 

“Winnie…” Mary called with a subtle smile, her eyes flickering around the room. “I smell… children.” Though, she didn’t look like she had an exact location. I figured it was probably because Teorus and Ichthys were hiding elsewhere, so our scents were probably a little everywhere. I was sure that was some kind of plus, but I knew better than to think that a witch whose power was in her nose wouldn’t be able to figure things out. Based on the movie, their goal was usually to find the youngest one. Unfortunately, that meant me—who was also their black-flame virgin, as well as the current holder of their precious book. Aside from Ichthys being the youngest god, I was less than a fraction of their age. Still, when it boiled down to it, we were all considerably younger than any of the other gods; I was sure that fact alone made all of us targets.

With the witches drawing steadily closer to us, however, Dui firmly wrapped his arms around me, ready to get me out of harm’s way at a moment’s notice. But as if to save us the trouble of getting caught, Ichthys was the first to burst out from where he was hiding. “Hey!” Seeing the witches in person for the first time, he hummed, shaking his head. “Yeah, you’re not as pretty as I thought you’d be. You should definitely leave this place before we kick you out.”

Despite Sarah and Mary fretting over a boy, Winifred seemed surprised to see Ichthys… as if she knew him. But she wasn’t faltering in the face of this newcomer. In fact, she sounded quite familiar as she hissed, “Ah, a pesky little god. I could only imagine how sweet a soul like yours might taste.” 

Before she could attempt to attack Ichthys, Teorus distracted her, throwing a plastic skull at her. “Why don’t you witches go fight someone your own strength? You think you stand a chance against gods?”

As much as the three witches were interested in the power of the gods, it was too bad they were outnumbered four to three. But… two gods were sure to do the trick against three witches, right? At least, that was what was going through Teorus’ mind as he shouted, “Dui, run!” 

Fleeing with the book made sense and was really the only choice we had here. But how were we supposed to flee when we had the full attention of those witches who were quick to corner us? 

Dui seemed to have the same doubt of mind as I did, since he made sure I was behind him as we faced off with the two younger sisters. Teorus and Ichthys were occupied by Winifred, who was waiting for Sarah and Mary to retrieve her book from me—or freed from me, at least.

“H- Hang on,” Dui weakly said, hesitant to face the two surely powerless witches. “I don’t want to hit ladies… Plus, I’m a god; I could really hurt you. You should stay away from (Name), or else we won’t be gentle.”

“We?” Mary couldn’t help but chuckle at how I seemed to hide further behind Dui. This seemed like an easy hurdle to jump, in their opinion. “Your little friend might have trouble keeping hold of that book.”

The minute they tried to distract Dui by going separate directions around him. After all, Dui couldn’t stop both of them at the same time… right? 

Oh, how wrong they were to underestimate a god. Dui’s expression shifted, and a scowl crossed his face as he glowered at them. “That softie wasn’t talking about the goldfish!” Snapping his fingers, the two witches were shoved back a decent distance from me. But, he knew that wouldn’t get rid of the problem. Turning, I flinched as Shadow Dui glared at me, snapping, “What are you waiting for, idiot? Go to the Heavens. I thought the whole point of this god-damn fight was so they don’t get that book.” 

He was right… but I was too alarmed to leave their side. Well, that wasn’t exactly the problem either. I quickly exclaimed, “But I can’t go through the door without one of you, and- and that wouldn’t stop them from causing trouble on Earth!” My eyes flickered to Ichthys and Teorus, but they didn’t look like they’d be able to slip away without giving Winifred an opening to come after her book. My grip tightened around the living book in my arms. 

These witches were just humans, when it came down to it. Sure, my gods weren’t as powerful as usually because of the general darkness and negative energy of Halloween night, but we still had to overpower these guys! Well, that’s the optimism I was going off of, anyway.

Dui hissed, “Then we’re just going to have to get you into a freaking church!” He sounded sarcastic, but if we couldn’t leave Earth, and we had to keep the book away from the witches, then his suggestion sounded like the best option. After all, the goal of the Sanderson sisters wasn’t to catch childish gods; their goal was to get their book back so they could make their youth potion. Their dilemma was that they couldn’t make their potion without their book, and I wasn’t planning on letting it go anytime soon. 

“Agh~”

A sudden shout made everyone pause, the room falling silent. My wide eyes flickered to where Teorus and Ichthys were once fighting Winifred. “Ichthys…?” I apprehensively called out. He was in pain and he was… shrinking?

Right before our eyes, Ichthys shrunk into a black cat. We weren’t really sure what to expect from a witch turning a god into an animal, but Ichthys’ laughter rang out through the room as if this were just some funny game. “Wow,” he cheered, “now it’s just like the movie, huh?” 

Winifred smiled triumphantly over the defeated god. “Well, meddlesome god down… two more to go.” Her powers were able to best a god, further securing their position as the most powerful witches in history. 

While the situation wasn’t as fun as he was making it out to be… that was, indeed, an Ichthys response to danger. It only made me warily sigh, while Shadow Dui snarled, “You damn fish!”

Teorus relented, stepping between Ichthys and Winifred. “There’s nothing we can do now. Ichthys, go help (Name)!” 

“I’m on it!” Ichthys agreed without hesitation, swapping places with Dui who worked on distracting the sisters with Teorus. Bolting past me, Ichthys encouraged, “C’mon, (Name). I don’t have hands to open doors anymore; keep up!” 

I rolled my eyes, frantically following him through the dim halls of the mansion, opening doors per his directions until we finally made it out of the mansion's front door. I absolutely wasn’t made to be running around like this… 

Ichthys, on the other hand, seemed like he was living for every second of this excitement. Irritated, I snapped at him, “Stop enjoying this!” This was far worse than the movie, in my opinion. The movie didn’t show that they could overpower even gods on Halloween night! Besides, what good was Ichthys as a cat? Ichthys couldn’t fight back like this. Not to mention if Winifred did that to Teorus and Dui… “Ichthys,” I murmured as we slowed our pace to a walk, “we need help from the other gods.”

“Don’t worry,” he responded quite confidently. “You’ve got me, Dui, and Teo.”

I shot him an uncertain glare. “You mean I have Dui and Teo. What good are you? You can’t even fix yourself.”

“Hey…” Ichthys sounded disappointed that I thought so little of him. “I might be smaller, but I’m still a god. I might’ve had my guard down around some humans, but when it comes to keeping you safe, I’m giving you my all.”

“I…” I faltered, exhaling tiredly. “I’m sorry. I know you are. It’s just that this isn’t about me. This book puts everyone in danger. I’m starting to have my suspicions about why it was locked up in the Heavens.”

“Yeah,” Ichthys uttered, his ears falling. It was a slight movement, but it was enough for me to notice as he sullenly added, “I guess I messed up pretty big this time.”

Noting the heavy mood that was suddenly bearing over us, I suggested cheerfully, “It’s like you said, isn’t it? This is like the movie. What do three old hags have against modern gods? Besides, there’s no mess you can make that we can’t clean up. Haven’t all your years in the Department of Punishments taught you that?”

I smiled as I heard him chuckle. That’s right, there was no point in being negative. We had to do what we could, given the circumstances. At least he seemed more cheerful, as our destination was whatever church we came across first. 

We had a good plan, everything was figured out, and we were sure we would make it until morning. If only more trouble wasn’t stirred up the closer we got to the tree line. What kind of luck did we have to emerge head first into two dark gods? 

Crow and Servillah were loitering around the forest, which was brimming with dark energy on Halloween night. However, even they seemed thoroughly surprised to find me, the ex-goddess, running straight into them. They never in their wildest dreams expected me to walk right into their arms. 

Though, we were both seemingly at a loss for words to exchange. Face-to-face with each other, there was awkward silence. 

After a brief moment, having had time to comprehend the current situation, the dark gods were more than pleased. Crow grinned, the first to speak. “I can’t believe some dimwitted goddess like you actually had the gull to come into a forest brimming with dark energy!”

Before I had a chance to escape their presence, Servillah grabbed my shoulder, jerking me towards them. The sudden motion along with the way his fingers dug into my skin made me wince and cry out, “O- Ow!”

Seeing me in pain, Ichthys hissed defensively, lunging into Servillah’s face with his claws extended. The dark god was easily startled, quickly releasing me in favor of prying the cat off of his face. “Wait,” Crow ushered the other dark god to be still so he could help. 

With Ichthys serving as a distraction, I stumbled away from the two dark gods, scrambling behind a tree and staring at them with wide eyes. 

“Stupid beast!” Servillah growled at the cat as Crow finally pried Ichthys off of him, throwing him to the ground. 

The two dark gods were about to approach me again, when Ichthys darted between us, interrupting, “I’m not going to let you lay a hand on her! (Name), stay behind me!” 

Both of the dark gods were surprised by the cat speaking; but they were no less pleased with the amusing situation as they realized… this creature before them was a god.

Servillah regarded his friend, “Hey, Crow… How do you suppose a god snaps his fingers… when he doesn’t have any fingers?”

Crow, grinning, replied, “I suppose… he doesn’t.” There was a pause as the two seemed to register the situation as they spotted the all-too-familiar book in my arms. “Those Sanderson witches scared you straight into our waiting grasp, did they? Regardless of how they were resurrected this time round, I guess we’ll have to give them a little reward for their good work. Now, goddess, don’t do anything stupid and come with us.”

Seeing that they were going to grab for me once again, I was quick to use the book as a weapon of self-defense. At least I wasn’t alone, and that was a comforting thought as Ichthys helped in fending off Crow from one side while I took my chances swinging the heavy book at Servillah. 

Of course, our defenses could only last so long before the book was knocked out of my hands. I was sure I was on the verge of being snatched away to the Under Realm before my saviors showed up.

Dui and Teorus arrived just in time to scare the dark gods away—though it took a little convincing, via their powers. 

After our momentary success, Ichthys then glanced between the two other gods curiously. “Hey, you guys were pretty fast. How did you two manage to get away from all three of the witches?”

Teorus smiled as if it were nothing and explained, “Well, our powers are a little weak on Halloween, but we still had enough power in the mansion to make a bunch of voice-activated books that would respond to Winifred’s voice… So those three are going through a bunch of books right now.”

Smugly, Dui added, “They’ll have to go through them one by one to find out they’re all made with divine power. Though, I doubt it will hold them up long with the dark gods suddenly around.”

Ichthys excitedly said, “At least this gives us time to come up with some sort of counter plan.”

“I- I don’t think it does,” I said, sounding particularly nervous as I revealed the fault in our position, “The dark gods took the book…”

“What?!” The three gods were shocked. Though, Ichthys was looking disappointed again, his head drooping as he mourned, “I messed up again. I couldn’t keep you safe or keep the book from falling into their hands.” 

Teorus comforted, “It’s okay, Ikky. It’s not like it’s all your fault. Besides, you protected (Name) until we got here to help. You did what you could.” He sighed. “We should have been more careful and really checked this stuff out before stealing from the palace library.”

“Right…” Dui sorrowfully agreed, “We could have just taken the things from the movie, like (Name) said.” He winced. “Meaning… we should probably fix all of this before Zyglavis finds out.”

“Then our goal is to get the book back and protect the humans!” Ichthys nodded, pausing in thought. “Should we sneak back into the mansion?”

“I don’t think the witches would stay there, though, would they?” Teorus tilted his head with furrowed eyebrows as we tried to work through this problem of ours.

I shrugged my shoulders in silent response. “Maybe we could give it a look? It’s gotta be better than standing around waiting to figure out what to do.”

“I agree with Teo,” Dui offered his opinion. “I don’t think they’d stay at the mansion for longer than necessary—especially if those dark gods are helping them now. If they stayed in the mansion too long, not only would it hurt them, but it would also alert the other gods in the Heavens.”

Ichthys sighed, his tail wavering behind him as he sat on the ground. “While that might help us… I don’t really want to face Zyglavis’ wrath for freeing ancient witches…”

“Well, I’ll take Leo’s wrath over losing (Name),” Teorus decided with a firm pout. “They would all be more powerful, just coming from the Heavens. Being on Earth on the darkest night of the year hasn’t been very helpful for replenishing our powers. Otherwise, we’d have already turned you back, Ikky.”

“I guess you’re right,” Ichthys reluctantly agreed. “But they’d have to notice something was wrong first, and who knows if that’ll happen.” He exhaled again. “Let’s start by scanning nearby areas for dark power. We’ll be able to single out where those witches went from there.”

***

Hours passed, searching ceaselessly for the three witches and the dark gods, but nothing came up in their search. 

“All this walking around, and we haven’t found anything,” I griped, growing frustrated as I followed along the road with the two gods and the cat. “It’s not like they’re summoning children or anything like in the movie, otherwise we’d be able to find them easily—follow the zombie children to their secret witch hide-out. But… also… if they’re not eating children by now… what are they doing?”

Dui shrugged tiredly, his shoulders sagging. “I’m not sure… but this going in and out of places with dark energy is getting really draining. At this rate, we might become like Ichthys.”

Teorus added, “I wish we could have just gone trick-or-treating with you instead, (Name). I was really looking forward to getting that milk chocolate stuff you were talking about.”

Ichthys nodded his head as he bemoaned, “Yeah, it would’ve been super fun to dress up in costumes and walk around Earth with all the humans. I bet I could’ve played some awesome pranks tonight.”

“I feel like we’ve been trick-or-treating for witches, going from place to place with no results,” I pouted, compared our long night of witch-hunting to trick-or-treating, though the two really weren’t anything alike. “It’s not fair that we can’t seem to get good or bad results. There haven’t been any tricks or treats all night. That’s not how trick-or-treating works!” 

“Trick-or-treat!”

“Waah~” I felt like the air was knocked out of me all at once as my body was lifted off of the ground suddenly, an arm crushing around my rib cage. I wanted the arm to release me, but at the same time, I had no idea how high I was dangling in the air. 

The only thing that revealed my position was the cackling of the three Sanderson sisters. As quick as I was taken, the gods tried to race to my side in a panic. Only… they found that they couldn’t fly to my rescue. Teorus’ eyes were wide as he sputtered, “H- Huh…? Hey, why can’t we fly now? The dark energy shouldn’t be making us this weak.” 

“The gods haven’t realized they were cursed…” Sarah softly sung, “The little goddess has been draining your powers all night.” 

The gods were confused, but I was even more so. “I- I haven’t,” I argued. Surely one of us would have recognized something like that. But it was growing hard to keep my optimistic thoughts with me when I could have been the cause of their weakness. We needed answers. “What are you talking about…?”

“Ah, but you have.” Winifred drawled. “Our dear companions put it on you when they first had you in their grasp. Mary,” she demanded, gesturing for her sister to prove it.

Then, Mary lowered my collar, exposing a dark tattoo on my shoulder. It seemed like such an obvious place, but of course we never would have been looking for something like that on me. 

Dui’s eyes widened as he muttered, “A curse… We never even noticed…” He looked exceedingly guilty for missing something so important. 

“No wonder we were so weak,” Teorus lamented. “We couldn’t even help Ichthys because of that thing. It’s been draining our powers, it wasn’t the dark energy on Earth to blame.” 

Sarah chirped, “Now they understand.” 

“Let us go!” Winifred ordered, “We can’t have this little goddess slipping away from us again.”

The gods were clearly fearful as they watched the witches fly away with me. Ichthys hopped onto Dui’s shoulder, doing his best to get as close to me as possible as he yelled, “We’ll be right behind you, (Name)! We’re coming!” 

The three gods would never leave me with witches and dark gods to steal my soul. Now, however, Ichthys was kind of wishing for Zyglavis to hurry down to Earth with all his wrath. 

***

Midnight… It was officially midnight; meaning, that it was November 1st. The other gods had to collectively agree that they were relieved to finally be done with their long night of Halloween. 

Tauxolouve sighed, complaining, “Why does it feel like All Hallow’s Eve lasted longer this year?”

Aigonotus nodded in agreement, his head leaning to rest on Tauxolouve’s shoulder. “There were way too many spirits to talk to this year…” He grumbled tiredly, “I can’t wait to see (Name).” 

Karno pointed out with a knowing smile, “You just want to use her lap as a pillow, don’t you?” Wordlessly, Aigonorus nodded his head in acknowledgement. It was pretty obvious what his intentions were.

Krioff added in confusion, “Shouldn’t (Name) be sleeping right now? You better not wake her up.” 

Partheno nodded with a slight shrug. “Perhaps… Trick-or-treating is over, in any case, and I’m sure she had her hands absolutely full with those three.” 

However, as the three wishes gods and two punishments gods walked into the mansion, they have to pause, finding Huedhaut and Leon neck to neck with Zyglavis and Scorpio. While the sight wasn’t that uncommon between the two ministers, there was an odd feeling in the mansion that wasn’t so familiar. Not to mention, it looked very eerie, like an actual haunted house. 

Though everyone was tense and silent, Karno was the first to address it. “What’s going on here?”

Leon’s sharp eyes shot to Karno. “Those troublesome-”

“Those three stole a very important book from the Heavens for (Name),” Huedhaut interrupted Leon with a powerfully frightening scowl of his own. Moments like these, Huedhaut looked like he belonged in the Department of Punishments. “While their intentions were well, they should have known better than to summon witches.”

“Witches…?” Aigonorus was wide away with that startling news. His nose scrunched up. “Where’s (Name)?”

Zyglavis’ eyes darkened. “We’re searching for all of them now. Let me be clear, we’re not dealing with anything relatively good. These particular witches have been on the Punishment’s list for centuries, as they are in cahoots with the dark gods; the Dark King being the master they serve.”

Leon added, “This dark presence in the mansion can only mean that there’s been trouble.” 

The gods were clearly frustrated that they had this problem running around Earth once again. Scorpio criticized them, “They honestly thought it was just a movie? Stupid problem children… Stupid goldfish… If it were just a movie, we wouldn’t have had that stupid book locked away in the Heavens.” 

Tauxolouve sighed, asking, “Well, should we find and help them?”

Irritated, Leon answered, “We need to clean up this mess around the mansion first. If we don’t get rid of this dark energy now, we won’t be able to help anyone.”

“Besides,” Krioff said bluntly, however helpfully, “The sun’s going to come up in a few hours. Won’t those witches just turn to dust?”

Zyglavis sighed, rubbing his forehead. Everyone was sure he would refute that and explain that movies aren’t accurate, but he surprised them with an affirmative answer, “That’s right, but there are still hours left until then, and we should prepare for the worst.” 

“But hope for the best,” Tauxolouve added optimistically. Of course, all the gods knew I wouldn’t fold to any old witches when I tended to put them, gods, in their places almost on a daily basis.

***

The air was suffocatingly still. The only sound to be heard in the silence was the cawing of crows along with the murmurs of the witches and dark gods a short distance away from me.

I was nervous to be tied to a chair in the middle of a forest, somewhere that would likely take Ichthys, Teorus, and Dui a while to reach since they weren’t able to fly. Not to mention, the dark gods were there too, likely deciding what to do next with me. The sun was still a few hours away from rising, I knew, but it couldn’t come fast enough. I was stuck with these witches until then…

Servillah observed me from where he stood, noting that I was stubbornly refusing to meet their gazes or acknowledge their presence. Still, in my position, I wouldn’t be going anywhere anytime soon. “Good,” he commented, “Now that we’re certain she can’t move… We’re going to take care of those pesky gods and make sure they doing interfere. You three take care of the ritual to summon the Dark King. When we come back… we can get started. I’m sure her soul will be ready by then.”

Watching the two dark gods leave, we were once again left in uncomfortable silence as the witches prepared their potions and spells. Clearly, there was still work to be done before they would use my soul. But… maybe I could stall them. 

“Y- You know…” I stuttered, trying to convince the witches to spill their plans. “You’re not being very good villains.”

“I thought…” Sarah uttered, glancing worriedly between her two sisters, “we were being really evil witches…”

With their skeptical expressions, I took my chance to continue, clearly having them with hook and bait. “What I mean to say… is… that typically, in modern times, there’s usually an evil monologue. You know, to hype up your purpose for doing… whatever it is you’re doing; and… I don’t know, scare your captive by giving them a scary overview of what’s happening?” I was only slightly confident in this distraction plan, but the worst they could say was no… right?

Seeing them huddle together, I pursed my lips as I watched them deliberate over my words. But finally, they turned back to me with wicked grins. Winifred started, “Very well, little goddess. Our master would be pleased to have a trembling goddess at his feet when he returns.”

I flinched in surprise—though, maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised. So, they were going to bring back the Dark King. They were serious about it… and I supposed this was a perfect place for it. I didn’t have to act apprehensive as I asked this time, “You’re… not talking about who I think you’re talking about… Are you?”

“Yes,” Winifred only smirked as she answered me. This ‘villain’ role and getting their captive to tremble in fear was quite simple. 

Mary added with a hungry grin. “We’re going to get a filling portion of thine soul for catching thee from those pesky gods.”

Sarah sighed happily over my shoulder, “What a delicious soul our little reborn goddess must have…” 

“But,” Winifred paused. “Let us explain why the little goddess is so special, hm? Even just a small portion of thy divine soul shall grant us eternal youth!”

“We’ll be young and beautiful forever!” Sarah danced giddily. 

They were too excited over this… I had to keep stalling, pressing for as much information as they were willing to spill. “My gods would never let you get away with this!” 

Mary wheezed out a laugh as she pointed out, “Your soul is going to resurrect the dark lord… and those gods are going to die.”

“Mary,” Winifred ordered excitedly, “The potion, retrieve it, now!” The three witches were moving about excitedly as they brought the potion before me. 

The three witches were crowding me. I didn’t like this; I didn’t like how Winifred’s nails were digging into my cheeks, angling my head up. Attempting to get my mouth open was no small task, but it was easily done with a bit of persuasion—pain. 

The potion didn’t taste good, and I definitely didn’t want to know what was mixed in it, as I was forced to choke it down. 

“Now…” Winifred contemplated, “What was the next step?”

Reading from a sheet of crumpled paper, Sarah said, “Let… simmer for… 60… minutes!”

“Now, that doesn’t sound right, dear sister,” Mary lightly chastised her, pulling the paper from her hands. Though, Mary tilted her head at the words written on the page. “But it is… Winnie, are we going to have to wait an hour to taste her?”

Winifred snatched the paper out of their hands, hissing at the directions. “Indeed,” she uttered in distaste. “Tis because this little soul is a divine one. It will take time for the potion to extract the undamaged soul from her.” The explanation made sense; however, they disliked having to wait for something that was so tempting. “Regardless, we have to wait for the Dark gods to return and complete the ritual to summon his highness.”

The three sisters collectively sighed. “Alas.”

***

After a long hour of waiting, it seemed the return of the dark gods wasn’t growing any nearer, and there were a measly three hours before the sun would rise. Suffice to say, the witches were growing restless with my delicious soul teasing them, glimmering around my tired form.

“They wouldn’t notice…” Mary started carefully, “if we took… just a taste…?”

“Not a sniff,” Winifred shot a glare to her sister, “Not a taste, until they return.”

They sat tiredly like impatient children with a cookie in front of them. 

“Hey!” A shout came from further within the forest. “Hey! Catch that god!” 

Their heads snapped up as a small black cat bound up to them, skidding to a stop in the dirt as he ended up beside my tied feet. Ichthys’ eyes were wide as he looked between the three witches and me. “(Name)! I’m here to save you!” 

The witches were suddenly surrounding Ichthys as Winifred spoke down to him, “I think not. You may have escaped the wrath of those dark gods, but you won’t escape from us a second time! Take a look, your beloved little goddess has already succumbed to our potion! It’s only a matter of time now…” 

Ichthys’s tail swished behind him as he stood protectively between me and the witches. His head tilted as he shot back, “I would look… but I think it’s you who needs to turn and take a look behind you!” 

Turning, they were surprised to find Teorus and Dui still alive—and, not to mention, in very personalized robes that looked unironically similar to Sarah and Mary’s outfits. 

The sisters were clearly flustered over this, as Mary pointed out, “I thought they were supposed to be dead…” 

“I know!” Winifred huffed, clearly angry with how things were looking. But the gods were clearly at the disadvantage here. “We needn’t worry. We’ll handle them ourselves.”

“So, is that what you think?” Ichthys suddenly asked again, drawing the attention of the witches, who suddenly found themselves surrounded. Ichthys was no longer a cat, but, in fact, dressed in a very… ironically familiar robe. 

The little kerfuffle between gods and witches didn’t last nearly as long as the first time, and it only ended with the three gods standing proudly between me and the witches. The three gods stood close enough to spare their powers to undo the effects of that nasty potion, while still being in a good position to protect and defend you. 

With the effects of the potion wearing off, I gazed at the three gods in a daze, as if waking up from a dream. “Dui��?” My head lulled slightly as I lifted it to try and take in the situation. “Ichthys and Teo?” I blinked, swearing that I was still dreaming—and maybe had been this whole time. Only, if it were a dream, I was sure I wouldn’t be tied to a chair in the middle of a creepy forest. My eyebrows furrowed as I asked, “Why are you… the Sanderson Zodiacs?”

“Hah!” Teorus laughed. “I like that name. Yeah, let’s go with that.” 

My eyebrows furrowed as I failed to make sense of what was happening. “But… I thought your powers were drained because of me?”

“If you’re the one that was draining our powers, what do you think happened the minute they took you away from us?” Dui smartly asked, pausing to let me connect the dots. But they still had business to take care of. “Sit tight for us, (Name). We’re almost finished here.”

Their attention went back to the witches, and I watched in awe to see what my gods were planning on doing. With their powers recharged, this was bound to be an interesting show for me. 

“Do you want to know something cool about Teo?” Ichthys gestured to the blond god, pausing with a dark grin before he pointed out, “He’s the god of time…” This time he paused to try and let the threat settle in.

“Oh!” I exclaimed excitedly, seeing what they were getting at. This was a perfect strategy; Teorus could make the sun rise early! Why hadn’t they thought of this before? “Of course…!”

“And now,” Teorus grinned, and I waited with bated breath for him to continue. “I’d like to introduce you to a little thing known as daylight savings time.” 

There was a quiet pause and Dui sighed loudly in disappointment. I turned my head away, muttering, “You just… couldn’t leave that line out of it…?” I groaned quietly; I thought he was going to say something scary, something that would dissuade them from returning again. What I hadn’t expected… was for him to mock a line from the movie… “Please… go back to being the scary and intimidating god of time.”

“And what are you going to do?” Winifred mockingly asked, “Give yourselves more time to save your little goddess?”

“We could do that,” Dui—or maybe this was Shadow Dui who came out—agreed. His tone was just as mocking, and his grin was just as unpleasant. “Or we can speed things up a little! I’m sure you wouldn’t mind if we turned the lights on!”

“Ah, Winnie,” Sarah called, “The sun! It’s rising!” 

“Curses!” Winifred screeched furiously. “Damn you, gods! We’ll be back! And when we do, your little reborn goddess will be ours!” 

Suddenly, my vision darkened as I felt Ichthys’ hands hover over my eyes. Softly, he whispered, “This… isn’t quite like the movie, so I’ll have to cover your eyes for this part.”

***

“Hm?” Krioff’s attention was stolen by a sudden glimmer outside the window, far in the distance, and his eyebrows furrowed as he found the sun rising. “That’s weird… Wasn’t the sun supposed to rise in an hour from now?”

“No worries,” Tauxolouve eased, smiling at the sight of the rising sun. “This is a sign that things went well, don’t you think?”

“I agree,” Huedhaut added, looking out of the window with a fond smile. “(Name)’s just fine in the hands of our three troublemakers.”

“Tch…” Scorpio scoffed off to the side. “Those brats are gonna get what’s comin’ to them when they get back to this mansion.”

Tauxolouve nodded his head as if content with the fact that the three gods were going to be punished very thoroughly by likely both ministers and vice ministers. “Yeah… This was a stressful Halloween.”

***

The grass was cold beneath me as I leaned back on my hands, sitting beside Teorus, Dui, and Ichthys. The only thing that warmed me up was the feeling of the sun that was rising just above the horizon. I pursed my lips, hesitant to break the peaceful silence, but finally, I had to speak, “You know… you guys are going to be in a lot of trouble when we go back.” I paused, adding, “Especially since you kept me out all night… Well, more-so for the dark gods and witches stuff… but, well, you know.”

There were solemn nods of agreement. “Yeah,” Dui verbally agreed with me, but he had something else on his mind. “Hey, (Name)... we still didn’t get to celebrate Halloween with you, though. Do you think we could hold off on going back just yet?”

Ichthys eagerly suggested, “Yeah! Can’t we go to your place for the day until Zyglavis and the others calm down?”

Teorus leaned toward me eagerly, “Please? I know we didn’t get to go trick-or-treating, but I really want to try some of that milk chocolate!” 

I sighed loudly, but I couldn’t deny my finely dressed Sanderson Zodiacs. I glanced over at them. “Are you three planning on staying in costume all day?” They glanced at each other before collectively nodding. “Fine,” I relented. “It’s November first, so the Halloween candy should be on sale today…” Glancing at their eager expressions, a huff of laughter left my lips. “Alright. Let’s stop at the store on our way to my place.”

They followed me like excited little Sanderson ducklings down the street. Teorus praised, “You’re so good to us, (Name), letting us stay at your place so we don’t get in trouble with Ziggy and Leo.” 

“And letting us celebrate Halloween with you a day late,” Dui added with his usually friendly smile.

Ichthys peered over my shoulder with an equally innocent smile. “You know how much we love you?”

I scoffed, angling my head up with a somewhat satisfied smirk. “Problem children… C’mon.”

[lucaordeusorlem]

Mr. Silver doesn't take sh*t from anyone.

(the others are already in detention supervised by Zyglavis)

[star-gods-on-drugs]

Me playing Dui's route AGAIN.

Shadow Dui: "If I were dating you I would kill you."

Mc: "Oo that's my type."

[star-crossed-mid]

I don't have a meme but here are the vibes/boards ive created for the gods

A lot of the boards are filled with my own personal hc's (feel free to disagree eueusiuusises) related to the gods. I kind of wanted to create an au? exploring the lore/the place of the gods in the scm universe as if it were its own pantheon.

i put random models/features of what i kinda imagine the gods to look like (again feel free to disagree i wonder where the line is crossed between the original content versus me just au'ing/making it my own I'm sobbing)

I think in the upcoming weeks since im swamped with school again and try to do a traditional moodboard more canon inlined with the gods/mc

I'm gonna add TW's

TW for de-realization in MC/Clotho, Dui

TW for shadow people/creepy imagery in Zyglavis, Partheno, Dui

TW for blood/violence in Scorpios, Dui, Partheno, Teorus, Krioff, Karno, huedhaut

[muselin]

Star Crossed Myth Masterlist

Welcome back my lovelies! New masterlist because while I was gone the old one with the beautiful pictures and gifs was deleted, it was too saaaucy for tumblr apparently.

Leon

Room For One More (Threesome smut with Scorpio)

Room For A Rival (Threesome smut with Zyglavis)

Huedhaut

Hearth (Fluff, Angst) - Part 1 , Part 2

Teorus

Bath Act (M/M smut with Ichthys)

Scorpio

Fixation (smut)

Room For One More (Threesome smut with Leon)

Zyglavis

After Dark (smut) - Part 1 , Part 2 

Room For A Rival (Threesome smut with Leon)

Mischief and Punishment (Threesome smut with Ichthys)

Krioff

Burn Me (smut)

Ichthys

Bath Act (M/M smut with Teorus)

Mischief and Punishment (Threesome smut with Zyglavis)

Dui/Shadow Dui

Behind Closed Doors (series, smut, angst, hurt/comfort. Warning: some dub-con, non-con)

Chapter 1 , Chapter 2 , Chapter 3 , Chapter 4 , Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 

Drabbles/Other

Don’t Touch My...

Pick-up Lines: Wishes

Pick-up Lines: Punishments

A Conundrum

The Gods’ weapons if they were gladiators: Wishes

The Gods’ weapons if they were gladiators: Punishments

[kitariauthor]

Back in the day when I dressed up some of the Star Crossed Myth characters from people from Hetalia.

Veneciano Italy: Dui Romano Italy: Shadow Dui China: Zyglavis America: Leon Russia: Star King (Therious) Canada: Teorus France: Thanasis

[starcrossedmyth-lovers-blog]

The Coronation

“Take off your headdress.” You looked at Dui, black eyes deep and unwavering, like the obsidian ponds.

The young prince hesitated but still did as you said. He lowered his head before you, accepting your blessings as the oil poured down his head and dripped onto his chest. He didn’t flinch until you finished the anointment.

"From now on you will rule Egypt with me. May Amun grant you long life and prosperity.” 

You proclaimed, took his hand and walked to the sacred pool. Both of you held your heads steady as the sacred water washed over you. He grasped your right hand with soft and rosy fingers.

Cheers broke forth from the crowd when you appeared in the square. Your wet gown was dripping on the ground. The blinding sunshine was aspersed on you.  You could barely see anything. But you didn’t care. 

The crowd became untamable and for the last time you raised your left hand, declared loud enough to wake up the Gods. 

"MY PEOPLE! ” You shouted, at the top of your voice, “BLESS YOU ALL WITH ETERNAL HAPPINESS!”

——Chapter 3

At the age of 25, you became Pharaoh. Only a handful of women had ever ruled Egypt. 

You anointed Dui on your coronation. You held hands and he didn’t let go. 

Your people loved you. They called you the most magnificent goddess. They had great expectations of you. They believed it would be the best of times under your reign. 

But you knew it wasn’t. It would be a time of iron and blood.

P.S.

A small update for my birthday:)

P.P.S.

I love museum.

[sagibracorn-blog]

(Shadow) Dui:

The twin brother you plot ‘evil deeds’ with. After she helped him and Dui to coincide in one body together, he accepted her as a partner in crime. She enjoys the fact that he doesn’t treat her like a girl and actually understands that she’s more durable than everyone seems to think. They’re in a ongoing prank battle with Ichthys, teams ranging from Team T (first letter of my MC’s name), Team DT, Team D, Team DI, Team I, and Team IT. (Violence is a thing for these three.)

#How My MC See’s the Gods

@sagibracorn

[iluvsexyvoltageguys]

Light My Fire

Fandom: Star Crossed Myth (Love 365)

Dui/Shadow Dui x Reader

“Is this OK?” He said dropping your bags down in the hallway and stomping some of the snow off his boots. “It looked alright on the website?”

Dui was nervous; you could tell he had done something completely out of his comfort zone taking you up here to a cabin. He kept apologizing for the whole ride up, but there was nothing wrong with the trip. It was exactly what you wanted when you suggested going away for the weekend when he had time off.

“It’s beautiful.” You smiled, ruffling the snow out of his hair. “Just how I imagined it. Just you and me for a whole weekend! No work, no friends, no interruptions, just us.”

Dui frowned, “It would be better if it wasn’t snowing so much.” He shivered as he pulled off his coat. “It’s so cold in here too! I’m sorry.” He apologized.

“Stop saying sorry! We’ve come up to this amazing little cabin. Light a fire, and we can cuddle!”

He smirked and wandered over to where you were standing, wrapped his arms around your waist and bought you in close. “Cuddle? Is that the reason you dragged me up here so you could just cuddle?” He asked.

“Oh, I dunno, depends on how cold it gets.” You teased, pouting your lips softly. “I guess we might have to experiment if that doesn’t keep us warm.” You added, swaying from side to side while toying with his hair.

“I guess…” He softly said. His lips found your collar bone and he started to press soft kisses onto your body. You found yourself writhing under his touch, but this wasn’t what you had planned for the evening. “Go and light that fire, I’ll go unpack.”

~~~

“Dui…” You called from the doorway of the living room. He had been sitting on the floor on the bearskin rug having a drink. You were proud that he was able to light the fire on his own, there was something so sexy about a man who could do that.

His mouth dropped when he saw the red lacy number you had picked out specifically for him. The thrill of going to the lingerie store and buying the set, then keeping it a secret until now was almost as exciting as finally putting them on.

“Fuck.” His eyes flickered and you knew Shadow Dui was taking over.

“Do you like?” You twirled around.

”I might be crazy, but I’m not fucking blind,” He beckoned you over to him in front of the fire with his finger.

You knelt down next to him on the floor, his fingers already tracing over the delicate lace of your bra. The warmth of the fire radiated throughout your body.

“So I’ve kinda had this fantasy…” You began unbuttoning his shirt, running your fingers over his muscular chest. His breath started to quicken as you kissed the sweet spot on his neck. “For such a long time… about coming up to a cabin and fucking in front of an open fire…”

That was it. Shadow Dui shed his shirt almost immediately and pounced on you, his hand already unbuckling his pants before you even had a chance to take in the situation. His lips crashed against yours with fiery impact, leaving you little time to breathe.

His hand slipped straight into your underwear, and he let out an audible moan when his fingers parted your soaking wet lips. You were so wet already just thinking about this moment. Shadow Dui inserted a finger slowly into your slit, your walls clenching down on his finger as soon as it entered, withdrawing and plunging another finger into you and, hooking his fingers up till he found your g-spot.

Tiny stuttered sighs escaped your lips as he gently stroked you from the inside. You were so tight and so wet, so ready. His hand wrapped in the thin lace of your panties, pausing for a second before he tore them straight off. You let out a faint whiney noise. “Dui!”

“Fuck I don’t care; I’ll get you some more. I just need you now.” Admittedly you didn’t care either; you were too turned on to care about material things. You just needed him inside you.

You helped him pull off his pants, as he shed his boxers in seconds. His cock sprung free and hit his stomach with a soft thud. It was slick with pre-cum and throbbed to the touch, you wanted to taste it so badly, but he had other ideas.

He loomed over you stroking his glistening, thick cock, getting himself ready. He used his knees to part your legs, exposing your soaking core to him. A few soft circles of your clit had you begging for him to fuck you. He liked you best when you were all needy and wanting, craving his cock inside you. With a quick snap of his hips, he was buried completely inside, bottoming out.

Your arms tightened around his back, moving your hips up to meet his thrusts. He thrust smoothly inside you, filling you up over and over again as pretty little moans escape your mouth.

His large hands gripped at your hips setting a steady but agonizing pace. Each thrust pushing himself deeper inside of you. Your nails scraped along his back as he hissed and groaned in pleasure. Pain turned Shadow Dui on just as much as pleasure.

Shadow Dui continued to fuck you harder, listening to all the dirty things that came out of your mouth. He sucked little bites into your neck, which you knew were going to leave a mark but you didn’t care.

“You gonna cum for me? Cum on my cock.” His skilled fingers returned to your clit, his hips not missing a single beat thrusting in and out of you.

Quickly your pussy started to clench around him, and jolts of pleasure ran through your body as you cried out his name. Waves of pleasure were hitting you violently while he unapologetically pounded you harder into the floor so he could reach his release.

With one final thrust, Shadow Dui sent spurts of hot cum inside you, filling you up and coating your walls. You could feel his heart pounding in his chest as his body relaxed onto yours. He mumbled out words of praise into the nape of your neck as you stroked the back of his head silently enjoying the moment.

“Im sorry.” Dui said, “I couldn’t control myself.“ He nuzzled into your hair, inhaling the soft scent. “Fuck, You’re so hot!” He said in a sexy low voice.

“I wanted it to be all sexy and slow!” You giggled, not that you were displeased with what you had done in the slightest. He always made you cum so hard that it would make up for anything he did. “I would have worn these another time!”

He slowly pulled out of you, as you felt his cum running down your leg. It was the most satisfying feeling when he came inside you. He rolled you over, pulling your naked body on top of his. “We have plenty of time to take it slow…”

SCM Masterlist

[hungnitan]

OF COURSE !!! I NEED TWO OF YOU YOU'RE ONE PERSON AFTERALL !!! (this the first time I think that two timing are better)

[paulieshore]

Obey Me / SCM Au Series

Warnings: Cursing, Triggers of repression, conflict of interest

Words: 2965

Chapter 5: It’s Been A Long Time

Diavolo’s Castle

“You’re going to the human realm?” Diavolo asks, again.

“For the third time, yes. Myself and my brothers have decided to see Y/N.” Lucifer explains.

“I do not think that is wise...”

Silence follows, both in thought.

“I understand your concerns Diavolo, however, I- we cannot put our minds to ease without seeing her.”

Lucifer taps his fore finger impatiently, Diavolo sensing him on edge.

“Lucifer, and I mean this with no offence, but seriously… Do you think they’ll let you, let alone your brothers see her? It is said a great barrier guards that place, for the fortress that it is. You may not be able to get through the barrier.”

Lucifer inhales deeply. “I’m well aware of the magic that safe guards the mansion. Rest assured, I have thought this through. There will be no conflict, you have my word, and my loyalty. I will not threaten the very goal you seek to accomplish.”

“Lucifer, I do not question your loyalty, but your heart.”

Lucifer’s eyes widen, “Pardon?”

“You and your brothers have not experienced the power of the dark king and his disciples, the very same energy flows through us all here. If we’re not careful, any one of us, can become mindless puppets to his dismay. I believe in your words, but the darkness is stirring, spreading with in the shadows. My informant tells me even earth seems to have a spike in chaos, I worry you and your brothers will not be able to contain the force of energy that festers.”

“…”

“I will grant this little trip, but mark my words Lucifer. If anything happens, there will be punishments. Regardless of who started it or not.” Diavolo warned before dismissing him.

…

Lucifer walked out if the castle, outside waiting anxiously, 6 of his brothers.

Belphie quickly asks “Well?”

“We’re clear to go, we have been warned. Anything happens, there will BE consequences.” Lucifer looks to Mammon and Satan when he said the last words. “So, BEHAVE.”

.

House of Gods

Twelve figures meet in the common room, without your knowledge.

.

“So, your saying, they’re going to attempt coming here?” Karno confirms, with a look of concern.

Leon laughs, “I don’t know if their incredibly brave or incredibly stupid.” Taking another swig from his wine.

Aigonorus mumbles in his sleep, “so… boring…”

“Hey Aig, were in a middle of a meeting. Wake up” Tauxolouve gently shakes his fellow god.

Scorpio snarls “Leave him be, he’s useless to us anyways.”

“Not nearly as useless as your punishment dogs.” Leon bites back, defending his subordinate.

“That’s quite enough. Fighting amongst ourselves, at a serious time like this, is just as useless.” Zyglavis folds his arms.

Leon scoffs, “Everything is serious when it comes to you, minister ponytail.”

Dui shakes his head, “Can’t we just get on with the meeting, do you really think they’re brave enough to show face after all this time.”

Teorus with a look of disappointment, “Goldie is going to be sad; she’s wished so badly just to see them. They’ll be within ear shot and were told we have to keep her away?” Shaking his head. “I don’t want to make Goldie sad...”

Partheno - “Teo you seem to forget; we’re dealing with demons. Not your average soul, Goldie’s heart has probably already been manipulated by these said demons.”

“Y/N!”

Everyone cocks an eyebrow to Karno.

“Her name is Y/N, can’t you at least call her by her name…”

“My, my has she manipulated you now Karno?” Partheno says mockingly.

Karno gives Partheno a serious look, eyebrows pinching together.

.

You were just finishing your bath, surprisingly, since your return you hadn’t had anyone knocking at your door. Not even the trickster was trying anything, you felt something amiss. After dressing, you decide to take a walk through the halls.

They could have gone to the heavens? Might not see anyone – You tell yourself as you step through the threshold of the door way.

There was all sorts of statues and paintings in the halls, all in which; looked ancient. They were well looked after, reminded you, of the artefacts in Diavolo’s castle.

You had been wondering around for maybe thirty minutes, the hallways began to feel like a labyrinth.

Admitting to yourself, lost.

You heard a variety of voices coming from one of the doors, curiosity got the best of you. Inching closer and quietly to hear better.

“…you seem to forget; we’re dealing with demons. Not your average soul, Goldie’s heart has probably already been manipulated by these said demons.” A voice says

You weren’t familiar with this voice, then you heard Karna belt your name.

Nearly pissing your pants!

You freeze and the conversation continues, “Her name is Y/N, can’t you at least call her by her name…”

Yikes, you thought you had been found out… You were about to sneak away when you heard Minister Jackass speak.

“None of that matters. The King declares when those filthy scumbags show, we drive them away. Make it very clear where we stand and where their places are!”

You froze again.

They’re coming here!?!?!

Containing a squeal of joy, doing a mental happy dance. Which you quickly disengaged when you remembered the difference between them and well... them.

The void between them was huge… Nothing like the issues between brothers, this goes beyond anything you could understand or fix for the matter.

…

*CLICK*

The door opened.

“Well, well, ease dropping, are we?” the voice you heard earlier. It belonged to this extremely pretty, pink haired man; in a punishment uniform.

You shook your head with such speed, voice stammering “no, no I’m lost, walk- I wanted to stretch my legs and got l-lost. Heard voices s-so f-followed!”

He grabbed your arm and yanked you into the room.

12 pairs of eyes were on you.

“Oh shit” …

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Devildom

The brothers made their way towards the portal, they would have left a lot sooner. However, one brother had the idea to bring you something, so naturally they ALL had to bring you something.

Lucifer checked the time, “We need to pick up the pace.”

“Why?” asked Satan

“The train will leave soon, and we will pop up walking distance from the station.”

“Can’t we just pop up nearer to the mansion?”

“No, it’s impossible”

….

PORTAL JUMP: HUMAN REALM

….

Asmo skips about, “I absolutely love Tokyo” Spinning around in the street “the culture is fascinating!”

Belphie too was constantly in wonder, “Things really have changed since I last visited!”

“Quickly, I will not miss the train because of your tourism!” Lucifer snapped hurryingly along the busy crowds.

How the seven of them managed to make it to the train in time was indeed surprising. Mammon wanted to buy everything he’d seen (or get Lucifer too anyways). Levi was stunned by all the manga on display nearby, Beel wondering off, due to the smell of food carrying on the wind.

In the end they made the train, just in time. It was going to be at least an hour and forty-five-minute ride before their stop.

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“So, Lucifer how exactly do you know where we need to go?”

Lucifer peaks over to Asmo who has his head lent against the side, examining his nails.

“The House of Gods has always been in the same place, only… As time goes on, they have changed the way it looks to keep up with relevancy.”

“But… Didn’t you say it was in a run-down mansion? Not exactly keeping it up?”

“It’s a safety measure...” Lucifer says in almost a whisper.

“A what now?” Satan steps into the conversation “Why would gods need a safety measure?”

“…”

“Yo guys, can we like, stop. Or has it slipped your minds Lucifer used to serve those arrogant snobs.” Mammon inputs, staring out the window at the city passing by.

“…”

The rest of the ride was quiet, everyone seemed to be mentally preparing themselves.

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They exited the train station and walked on foot, Lucifer led them out the city and into a well forested area. The further in they went, the more dread crept in.

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“YOOOOOOOOO, guys we need a break. I’m not like this feeling, not one bit!” Mammon sluggishly tucks in behind Levi.

Levi “Why do I feel like my body is made of the heaviest of led… Like the time the Lord of Shadows was cursed, before Henry came along and saved him.”

Lucifer turned around and met each of his brothers’ eyes, “Like I said, safety measures.”

“Are we walking into a barrier?” Belphie asks, leaning on Beel.

Lucifer ridicules, “We haven’t even reached the barrier yet... Far from.”

They all share a quick look of horror before Lucifer ushers them to keep going.

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House of Gods

“Don’t lie to us, we’re gods. Lying to a god is a punishable offence.” The one with pink hair said with the perviest smile.

“Enough Partheno, you’ll scare the poor thing.” Teorus skips up to you “Hiya Goldie, it is naughty though ease dropping on us like that.” Shaking his finger at you.

You seemed to have found yourself surrounded next, even if you wanted to run, where could you run too.

“L-look, I didn’t hear much, o-okay. Something about knowing where someone s-stands...” You lie again.

Leon stands up from his seat, placing his wine glass down and marching up to you.

“Your filthy friends are coming… You want to see them, yes?”

Your knees begin shaking when he asks you, you want to nod, fear takes hold and you find yourself just staring at him.

Leon gave you mixed feelings, fear and….

Arousal? No matter how much you tried to push it away, it surfaced.

They were definitely one thousand times scarier, and more mind boggling, than anyone you’d met in Devildom.

You finally said something, but in almost a whisper “Why are you all so mean, aren’t you supposed to be gods.” tears begin to form, voice breaking “I didn’t ask for any of this, I have been nothing but respectful, why are you so hateful…”

A few faces in the room seemed to be shocked by your courage to speak so outright.

Scorpio though not impressed, “Stupid woman, we’re gods! We’re meant to strike fear into the hearts of mortals.”

Your eyes never leaving Leon, he reached out and swiped a tear that slid down your cheek. Your cheek goes blazing hot upon contact.

“For someone SOO brave, you sure do cry a lot, huh”

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Demon Lords Castle

“Barbatos, what have you seen?” Diavolo looks to him entering the room.

Barbatos bows deeply “My lord, they’ve reached the area, it’s going to be a struggle to get even close to the house…. I worry whether they’ll have the strength to be able to leave in time…”

“Barbatos, I asked what did you see?” Diavolo’s expression shifting.

His eyes close before answering, “This is going to be a physical and mental challenge for them ALL. I’m afraid there’s no returning from this point, not without Y/N.”

Diavolo nods his head in thought, “Our little friend certainly knows how to deal with those boys” smiling softly after.

“THEY, need her too...” Barbatos looks at Diavolo, with a smile on his face.

“Explain”

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In the depths far from devildom

Far from prying eyes, deep within crusted rock and molten lava. An old fortress made of stone, destroyed and crumbling. Miasma air, filled with the smell of death.

A relic of the past.

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“My Liege you are free at last! We have long awaited your return!” Shadows hooded and cloaked.

“We can take revenge on all those who defy you! Give us your orders, let us do your bidding!!” another shadow spews like a snake.

The Dark King slowly opens his eyes, “More, I need more!” Tossing away a lifeless body. “This incubus and all the others are not enough! I need the girl… The one with the power! BRING ME THE GIRL!!!!!”

As he screeched his orders all shadows dissipated, he sunk back into his broken throne of stone. Eyes swirling with discord.

Hissing, “I will destroy everything, and anyone who stands in my way… I will have your life and my vengeance, goddess!”

“Mark my words.”

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The House of Gods

Karno stepped in to give you some space from the others, you used that moment and broke out. Sprinting as fast as you could, “Y/N!?!” a few voices sounded from behind.

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You ran, down hallways and corridors, just running like your life depended on it (probably did). Somehow, found yourself in an open area. You ran down a flight of steps, and through the first door you seen. Stepping out and realising you had found the front door outside.

Mentally preparing yourself to run straight into the bushes and trees ahead.

Just as you caught your breath and ready to run again, a hand from behind gripped your arm tightly.

You screamed, “AHHHHHH”

“Let go of me!” turning around –

It’s Leon. Eyes reflecting, like a predator caught its prey in the night.

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The brothers were dragging themselves…

“Have we reached the barrier yet? We must of by now, I feel like my insides are going to combust!” Asmo breathlessly claims.

All of them looked worse for wears, even Lucifer was beginning to sweat profoundly.

In the distance they heard a very familiar scream.

“Y/N!?!?!?!”

They conjured whatever strength they had stored deep within and rush towards the direction the scream sounded from.

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“Where on earth do you think you’re going” Leon licks his lips before they curve up into a conniving smile.

You tried to shake him off, and in that moment a voice from behind.

“I do believe I heard her say ‘let go’!”

Lucifer and the others stand breathlessly, in their demon forms.

Leon forces you into his chest, and aggressively holds there. “Well, well, well, we’d been expecting you.” You couldn’t see his face, but his chest rumbled, and you felt an aura of power and wind surround you two.

“Y/N *huff* are you okay?!” Mammon looked like shit, but his face was full of concern. “Yo man, *huff* let her go!”

Leon growled, “You dare give me orders, scum!”

“YOU, DON’T GET TO CALL HIM THAT!” Satan radiates

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Flashes of lights blurred your vision momentarily, and then 10 figures were standing infront of you and Leon.

A gasp was heard from Beel and Belphie, “YOU!” Eyes staring bewildered at Tauxolouve.

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Flashback…

During the Celestial War it was Tauxolouves’ arrows that pierced through Lilith like a down pour of rain.

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Tauxolouve stood tall, eyes never wondering from Belphie and Beel.

Scorpio stepped forward. “You’re still alive, that’s a pity. I’m going to have to dirty my gloves finishing you off.” Eyeing them in disgust.

Lucifer adjusted his posture and the feathers on his black wings ruffle.

“…”

“We’re not here to fight, *huff* I think it’s clear we’re at a disadvantage… We came to see Y/N…” Mammon barely huffs out.

“Cowardly as ever, aren’t you Mammon.” Krioff barks out.

Mammon laughs, “… *huff* and your still as grumpy as ever, pal”

“I AM NOT YOUR PAL!”

Another light shines, separating the brothers and the gods with a wall of pure light.

“That’s quite enough.”

Huedaut takes place between.

“Hello boys, it’s been a long time, hasn’t it?” His eyes twinkling and sight falling on Satan “and you must be Satan, yes? Avatar of Wrath.”

Satan’s angry scowl turned into one of shock. He had no idea who this person was, but yet felt an incredible sense of respect and warmth towards him. His calming in emotions caused him to change back from his demon form.

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You were held in place, powerless, onlooking to the scene ahead. The moment Huedaut appeared, all their attention was focused on him. Faces changing into sadness, and guilt, though eyes reflecting empathy.

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“Hue, we have our orders!” Zyglavis steps next to Scorpio “Would you go against you Kings wishes?!”

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Lucifer caught a glimpse of sadness flash in Huedaut eyes when Zyglavis spoke.

“No, I would not, however, contrary to his orders. He stated, ‘Drive them away, show them where we stand and their place’. In which, I have.” Hue turned to Zyglavis “We are here, they are there.” Pointing to each sides of the barrier. “There will be no violence, I’m sure there will be enough to come.” His eyes fleeting to you, before quickly casting them away.

“…father….” Beel slips out.

Huedaut straightens his spine and adjusts his cufflinks “Boys, as you can see your friend is alright, rest assured. Leave quickly, you won’t be able to hold out much longer.”

You tried to yell “Go n-“ till a hand clamped your mouth shut.

“You should have been destroyed when you turned your backs against the heavens, ungrateful swine’s.” Leon pulled you inside.

Dragging you along against him, you don’t know what happened outside.

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Your heart was breaking, into tiny little fragments, a moment of nostalgia. As if you’ve experienced it once before.

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Leon dragged you into another unfamiliar room, throwing you onto the bed. Before you could react, his body was pressed fiercely onto yours. You managed to get your hands on his chest and try with dear might to push him away, with fail.

“So, tell me goldfish, what makes you SO special? Hmm, you’ve got demons wrapped around your little finger, you’ve got MY vice minister, and you even have Hue. Why don’t you show me what makes you so special then?” face inches away, eyes blazing hungerly.

 To Be Continued

 CH1 - CH2 - CH3 - CH4 - CH6

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[acefaun]

🎃🎃GUYS🎃🎃

I just remembered that last year during October hardly anyone was in the SCM fandom so I feel like my aspiration was a little brushed off BUT NOW THERES SO MANY OF YOU THAT IM NOT SURE ANYONE'S SEEN MY BURIED SKETCHES OF THE SANDERSON ZODIACS THAT I WAS WORKING ON 🔥🔥🔥IM DETERMINED TO FINISH THIS MONTH

AND ANYWAY, I FEEL LIKE ITS COMING TOGETHER GREAT AND CAN’T WAIT FOR OCTOBER 1ST.

I'm screaming on the inside! 🥰 My boys all have cute little witch outfits that I designed based on their god outfits!

AND I WANTED TO KNOW

I want to let you know right now that I picked Dui because 🥰 Dui's my guy!

IM EXCITED NOW. IM INSPIRED. LETS GO.

[lucaordeusorlem]

GET IT?! GET IT?!

[star-gods-on-drugs]

The gods texting:

Ichthys: "Are you up? How do you spell walfus." Ichthys: "The LEGGo my eggo things. Walfools. Wall. Fools." Dui: "Wtf what? Waffles?" Shadow Dui: "You dumb bitch."

[voltage-vixen]

Visiting a Haunted House

SCM-The Punishment Gods Halloween Countdown--- Day 10

Prologue: Your god had been doing some research on what humans do for Halloween on earth, and he suggested the two of you visit a Halloween festival, and go into the haunted house together.

Scorpio: “You stupid monster,” Scorpio snapped, “Don’t you realize that I’m going to punish you?!” The poor actor hiding under the costume was trembling in fear of Scorpio’s threats. He quickly ripped off his mask and begged for forgiveness. “Look man,” the scared man tried to explain, “I just work here part-time so my kids can get into the place for free. You saw Scorpio start to snap his fingers, when you grabbed his hand and held onto it tightly. Come on, he’s only a pretend monster that was just trying to do his job,” your reprimanding thoughts scolded Scorpio. You dragged the angry god away and started to head into the next room in the haunted house. Scorpio pulled you back until you landed in his arms, and you looked at him in confusion.

“I’m sorry MC, Scorpio sincerely apologized, “I didn’t mean to react that way.” His cheeks had begun to turn red, and he became flustered. “Hey,” he quietly muttered, “HEY! I only threatened him because he scared you.” It wasn’t until your face lit up, and you broke into a huge grin, did Scorpio realize what he had just admitted to you. “Aw, Scorpio,” you reached in for a hug, but he quickly dodged you. “Stupid woman! STOP looking at me!” Scorpio stormed off but paused when he saw you pouting. Sighing, he offered his hand for you to grab. “Only for today.” Smiling, you happily cuddled into him, feeling safe during your walk through the rest of your house.

Zyglavis: “If you humans are going to try and resemble actual ghosts, the least they can do is attempt to do a little research,” Zyglavis lectured the poor actor attempting to scare them, “You look nothing like a real ghost does, and your pursuit is at best pitiful.” You could tell the person under the mask was confused and wasn’t quite sure what exactly was happening. “He’s just a huge haunted house enthusiast,” you clarified in hopes that the fake ghost would believe you, “We’re are just going to continue on our way then.” Zyglavis folded his arms across his chest, but thankfully didn’t argue any further and followed you.

Zyglavis was the first one to speak. “I didn’t mean to ruin our time together MC,” he explained, “I just wanted this to be an unforgettable experience for you, and seeing that amateur performance made me upset. I shouldn’t have reacted that way.” You nearly swooned when you realized that he was only thinking about you and your happiness. Without even thinking, you jumped into his arms and squeezed him tightly. “Zyglavis, the only thing I need to have a good time is you,” you told him affectionately, “I always have a nice time when I’m with you.”

Zyglavis blushed, but then smiled softly at you. “Then let’s enjoy the rest of our day together,” he said. The two of you made it through the haunted house, and had such a good time, he offered to take you to another one. Eager to keep the date going, you linked your arm into his, smiling at how fortunate you were.

Krioff: “I don’t get why everyone is getting so scared,” Krioff questioned while he looked around with confusion. Krioff was watching in interest as the humans around him (including you) seemed to be screaming around every turn and corner. “If anything, actually attacks us, I’ll just easily vanquish them,” Krioff promised with a look of determination in his eyes. You were momentarily distracted from your fear and couldn’t help but chuckle at your boyfriend’s cute and innocent response.

“Krioff, this is all just make-believe,” you broke the news to your serious boyfriend, “These are just humans that are dressing up as pretend monsters and are trying their best to frighten everybody.” She could almost see the wheels spinning in Krioff’s head, while he was trying to process everything she had just said. At last, he flashed her a small smile and finally spoke. “Then I have an idea,” he said and snapped his fingers. You had a bad feeling about this, and your instinct was right when you heard the piercing screams in the next room over.

“Krioff,” you slowly asked, “What did you just do?” “I summoned a real demon,” he aloofly stated, unsure as to why your eyes were now bugging out of your head, “You said they were trying to scare everyone, so I thought I would help them.” You couldn’t help but think how cute he was for wanting to try and help. “Should I not have helped?” Krioff questioned. “Sweetie, I know you had good intentions, but humans aren’t used to real monsters,” you explained, “Maybe it would be best if we stuck with the pretend monsters that were in here before?” Krioff hung his head down in shame, and you couldn’t help but feel bad about how bummed he was now looking.

An idea of what you could do to make him feel better popped into your head. “Hey, Krioff? I have an idea,” you proposed and gestured for him to follow you. You made it through the haunted house and walked through the Halloween festival the two of you attended together. On the way in, you noticed that the organizers of the event where having challenges getting the wood to burn for the big bomb fire they were trying to get started. You didn’t even need to say anything to Krioff, because he took one look at the situation, and immediately used his powers to light the flames. Looks of relief flashed on the faces of the crowd as they all gathered around to admire the sight.

Krioff wrapped his arm around you and held you tightly against him. “Are you happy MC?” Surprised he even needed to ask you, you aggressively nodded and kissed him on the cheek. He blushed at your reaction, but soon found himself smiling. “That’s all that matters then,” he replied. The two of you watched the bomb fire and spent the rest of your evening at the festival. You decided to give the haunted house one more try, and you were going to be sure to snuggle up closely to your god, to make the most of the extra cuddles.

Dui: “Ahh!” You yelped as you tightly latched onto Dui’s arm.  The two of you had just entered the haunted house, when the lights had suddenly turned off, and you were left in the pitch-black darkness. Dui gently patted you on the head, and you immediately felt safe. That was until he began to chuckle evilly, and you knew that Shadow Dui had arrived. “You didn’t think I was going to let you off the hook that, easily did you?” Shadow Dui taunted. “If you can make it through the next two rooms on your own, I’ll give you a special prize.”

You gulped, but tracked on anyway, knowing you didn’t really have any option with Shadow Dui present. Hoping for the best, you stretched your arms out trying your best to feel around in the dark. Making your way along, your heart started to race when you heard a creaking noise coming from somewhere in front of you. Shaking in fear, your breathing became rapid and you were about to start whimpering in fear, when Dui’s voice was suddenly in your head. Don’t worry MC. I’m going to find you. Please don’t be scared. You were still afraid, but you begin to feel braver knowing that Dui was looking for you.

“MC?” Dui’s sweet voice called out. “I’m over here,” you yelled out. Dui made his way over, and you felt him take hold of your hand. “I’m sorry about him,” sadly atoned, “I’ll give the prize he promised you, once we make it out together.” Snapping his fingers, Dui finally had returned the lighting to dim, and gestured you forward. “Dui, why didn’t you turn on the lights when you were looking for me?” you couldn’t help but wonder. Dui’s had pressed his face right up against yours, and you could tell by the gleam in his eye that Shadow Dui was back.

“Because I thought this would be more fun,” he mocked, but then became serious, “I’ll help you finish this time. I promise there will be no tricks. I really do want you to get that prize.” Shadow Dui stayed true to his word, and they made it through the rest of the haunted house with no further issues. Before you could say anything, Shadow Dui leaned over and planted a kiss on your lips. He caught you off guard, but you couldn’t help but feel overjoyed and smile at him. Shadow Dui had a rare blush on his face, when he saw you making googly eyes at him. “If you say anything right now, I’m going to punish you,” he muttered and stormed off. Seeing Shadow Dui flustered was a rare sight, and you chased after him in hopes you would get to see more of his vulnerable side.

Ichthys: “Hey,” Ichthys whispered, “Someone is hiding over there. Let’s hide and make them come find us!” You tried to reason with him, but before you knew it, Ichthys was dragging you behind him until he found the perfect hiding spot behind one of the walls. “Um, Ichthys,” you lectured, “This is NOT how haunted houses are supposed to work. They are supposed to be the ones to scare us-not the other way around!” You turned to face your eccentric boyfriend but was surprised to see he was no longer next to you.

“Ichthys,” you tried to search for him, until you felt something grab your ankle. “AHHH!” you screamed and started to run away, but someone held you back. “MC, it’s just me,” Ichthys yelled over your screams, “I’m sorry, I didn’t think you would get so scared.” Your adrenaline was still pumping, and you were shaking from fear. Annoyed at him, you wiggled out of his grasp and stormed off down the hallway. You turned the corner, only to shriek when you saw the monster jump out at you. “Help me,” you yelped. Squinting your eyes shut tightly, you backed up against the wall, when you heard a loud THUD. Ichthys has burst into the room and used his powers to send the pretend monster back into one of the other rooms.

“Are you alright?” Ichthys worriedly questioned while he checked you over. You nodded and allowed him to hug you. “Thank you for coming to find me,” she said gratefully, “I’m sorry for getting mad at you earlier.” He shook his head and rested his hands on her shoulders. “I’m the one that should be apologizing. I took my prank a little too far,” he admitted, “If I promise to protect you while we finish this haunted house, will you promise to forgive me?” MC happily nodded, and no longer felt scared while they maneuvered throughout the rest of the house.

Partheno: “There, there, I’ll protect you,” Partheno reassured you when you buried your head into his shoulder. With a snap of his fingers, Partheno had managed to turn on all the lights and make everyone else that was inside the haunted house disappear. “Now you don’t have any reason to be afraid MC!” Partheno proudly exclaimed and looked at you in hopes of getting your approval. “Partheno, the whole point of a haunted house is to get scared,” you said, “Plus, it’s an excellent excuse for me to cuddle up to you.” You became shy after you admitted your honest feelings, and you tried to avoid his gaze but Partheno was quicker and held your face in both of his hands.

“I love it when your honest with me MC,” he said with a smile. Partheno returned the haunted house to how it was before, and they continued making their way through. They had almost made it to the exit, when you felt the hood from your sweatshirt fall to cover your face. “Partheno help me,” you cried out and you found you were suddenly encapsulated with a bright light. “Calm down Partheno! You don’t have to look so scary,” a voice shouted. You felt the hood be removed from your face and saw a guilty look Ichthys tied up with ropes, being threatened by Partheno.

A ball of light began to form in Partheno’s hand, and you quickly intervened concerned for Ichthys’s well-being. “It’s alright Partheno! I promise I’m fine,” you did your best to convince your angry god. Partheno lowered his hand, and made the ropes holding Ichthys disappear. “Leave before I change my mind,” Partheno threatened, “But first apologize to MC for pranking her.” Ichthys yelped out an apology before swiftly vanishing, and once again the couple was alone.

“I’m sorry the haunted house experience was such a disaster,” Partheno frowned in disappointment. His concern for you was the only thing that mattered, and you found yourself feeling extremely giddy. “Actually, it was the opposite,” you told him, “Today I was reminded about how much you love me, and I couldn’t be happier.” Partheno looked up and smiled at you. “You’re the only thing that matters to me. I’ll even show you just how much I mean that tonight,” Partheno winked flirtatiously. You rolled your eyes but couldn’t help but look forward to that evening when he could show you what he truly meant.

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[muselin]

Behind Closed Doors - Chapter 6

“Ironic.”

I nearly jumped out of my skin. Across the pool from me, leaning over the rim of the basin looking right at me was Dui. How long had he been here watching me? Probably long enough to watch the whole scene unfold.

I looked into his eyes and I knew. The daring stance, the lack of lustre in his eyes. It wasn’t Dui.

My hands clutched the rim of the basin as a shiver ran through my body, involuntary flashes of my last encounter with Shadow Dui playing on loop in my head.

“What the fuck are you doin’ here,” I spat out.

Shadow Dui took a casual step towards me and I couldn’t help flinching. His sharp eyes noticed. Damn it.

“Chill. I’m not here for that tonight,” he said, then looked down at his feet. “Dui avoids you like the plague but he doesn’t have a say when I’m out.”

He looked at me with a strange gaze.

“He thinks about you a whole lot, ya know. I don’t know exactly what but I can sense it when I’m dormant. And I know you think about him too, so don’t pretend you ain’t happy to see me. At least we look alike,” he smirked.

“Could’a spent the night without your visit,” I said coldly.

He ignored the remark and circled around to my side of the basin. I could feel my pulse rise unpleasantly and I swallowed.

He reached for me and took my hand briefly. I resisted the urge to wretch it away when I heard his thoughts.

Don’t be scared.

His eyes watched me intently.

“I’m not, asshole, so let go,” I replied to his silent words.

“So you can hear that. I dunno why it works. I don’t have Dui’s telepathic ability although I think I should. I’m him but I suppose we’re also separate at the same time…”

He trailed off, lost in his own thoughts for a moment.

“Anyway, I came to ask you to come with me for a bit. I got somethin’ to say.”

“Can’t’cha just say it here and be done with it?”

“I could, but it’s the first night of the Geminids meteor shower tonight. I wanted to go see it. I never have. Dui’s powers increase at the height of the meteor shower a few days from now and I’ve never been able to take over when it’s like that.”

I damn well didn’t owe Shadow Dui anything and I didn’t want him roamin’ around but something made me curious, he wasn’t acting as nasty as he normally did. Instead of answerin’ I started walking ahead of him and he caught on, falling into step beside me.

It was late enough that the chances of someone seeing us together and questioning why I hadn’t restrained or knocked him out yet were very slim. We walked to the big gilded door which led to the mansion on Earth and stepped through it. Once we were there, Shadow Dui led me to the balcony. He was right, the meteor shower had started and I could see shooting stars stream in bright lines across the sky every once in a while.

Shadow Dui leaned on the railing and said nothing for a while, his brown eyes turned to the sky as his face took on a faraway expression. He looked almost like Dui just then.

“I’m sorry for what I did to you,” he spoke finally. He turned to me and his gaze pierced me, making my heart catch in my throat. “I didn’t wanna hurt you but I did. In that moment I wanted to but afterwards, when I was locked away in the back of Dui’s mind, I had time to think. There’s a barrier in his mind that divides us but it’s not fool-proof. Some things slip through.”

I listened to him, some weird kind of sadness overcoming me. Or was it pain? Had I really been hurt by what he did?

“Dui’s pain got to me. He was tearin’ himself up over somethin’ I’d done to you that he had no control over. He kept thinkin’ over and over of your past as a human and how you’d lived as a child then. I didn’t know about that…” Shadow Dui trailed off awkwardly.

He looked up at the falling stars again for a moment.

“I was created to protect Dui from pain like that, not cause it. And I’m sorry that I stuck a knife in your own wounds with what I did.”

I could feel my cheeks heating up. I couldn’t forgive him but somehow I wanted to. My chest was tight and all of a sudden there were too many things going through my brain, things I wanted to say but couldn’t. I couldn’t admit that he’d hurt me. I couldn’t admit that I couldn’t forgive him. I wanted to hate him but I couldn’t. Somewhere deep down I recognised that he was still part of Dui and I couldn’t hate any part of him.

I stood in silence, my brows furrowed and my eyes fixed at my feet.

“I get it,” Shadow Dui said, “I can’t expect you to forgive me.”

“I hurt Dui too.”

Shadow Dui’s eyes widened, surprised at my words.

“Maybe not like you, but I took advantage of him. I shouldn’t have but I couldn’t help it.”

The words were spillin’ out and I couldn’t stop ‘em. I don’t know why I was tellin’ him this, he was Dui, but also wasn’t. Was it because he wasn’t that I felt like I could say these things? Or was I hoping that when Dui took over again some memory of this conversation would make it to him past that barrier?

“I know why you exist,” I told Shadow Dui. “I know what brings you out and I should’ve expected you’d try to protect him. You’re destructive and unpredictable and you’re too dangerous to be allowed out, that’s why I’m in charge of keeping you in check. I thought I was protecting Dui and preventing you from coming out but I was so stupid…”

I took a deep breath and faced Shadow Dui. He sensed and turned to me to meet my eyes.

“This can’t work like it has up to now,” I said quietly. “I can’t trust myself to do my job keepin’ you subdued when all I’ve done is bring you out. I can’t trust myself to do the right thing around Dui.”

There was something strange in Shadow Dui’s narrowed eyes that I couldn’t place.

“If you’re gonna keep bein’ a threat, I’m gonna have to ask that bastard King to order someone else to keep you under control.”

With those words I turned my back to Shadow Dui and started walking away.

I didn’t make it three steps before I felt a strong grip on my arm as I was whirled back around.

Don’t leave me.

Suddenly my field of vision was obscured by a blur of chestnut hair.

Shadow Dui wrapped his arms around me and the next second his lips were on mine.

I froze up. What the fuck was he doing… I couldn’t understand.

His hands grabbed at my clothes desperately, coming up to my face and keeping the contact between us. Something in my body fluttered and I unconsciously started kissing him back.

Why was I doing this? He wasn’t Dui, but he was, and I’d missed him so badly, in that moment I couldn’t think anything much past that. I claimed his lips, my body unconsciously noting the difference in his kiss. He was rougher, he consumed, he lacked that sweetness Dui had that always drew me in but I couldn’t stop.

His tongue fluttered against my lips and I let him in as his thoughts started flooding my mind.

I can’t let you go because sometimes you save me from myself…

Dui won’t stop seeking you out even if you turn your back on him because he feels something for you. And so do I…

Our breaths mingled together and I felt a need start to grow in me. Shadow Dui bit my lip and I groaned.

He finally released me and took a step back, his eyes darkened just a touch. We were both breathing hard and my mind was swimming.

“I don’t have long,” he said breathlessly. “Soon Dui will regain control over me and you won’t see me for a while during the Geminid shower. He needs you but he doesn’t know it. Before the shower he was starting to lose control over his telepathic power. You must’ve noticed.”

I thought back to the few times I’d randomly heard Dui’s voice in my mind.

“Use this time to patch things up with him, otherwise he’ll keep tearin’ himself up over what I did and I just know he’ll do somethin’ stupid. I won’t be able to protect him so I’m askin’ you, make sure he gets over this.”

With that, Shadow Dui snapped his fingers and teleported from the balcony.

My head was still spinnin’ from that kiss but I took his words to heart. Despite what Shadow Dui did to me and what I did to Dui, I had to find a way to smooth this over or I’d never forgive myself.

I turned my eyes to sky that rained stars from Dui’s constellation’s namesake. I’d never forgive myself if he suffered any more because of me.