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hannahhook7744 · 7 months ago

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Worries Can Wait.

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Summary: How Alice Liddell first became a mother. Trigger warnings: child abandonment, technical kidnapping, lying, swearing, etc. Hazel and Artie are from The Sword in the Stone. Taran and Eilonwy are from The Black Cauldron. Marie, Calla, Aquarianne, and Cavin are from Adventures of the Gummi Bears. Alexander, Pinocchio, and Lampwick are from Pinocchio. Reese Jenkins is from Disney Descendants. Alice Liddell is from Alice in Wonderland. Tiger Lily is from Peter Pan. Smitty is from Dumbo.

Made for @casinotrio1965 .

A glance was exchanged between Pinocchio and Lampwick.

Then Lampwick and Alexander.

Then Alexander and Taran.

Then Taran and Hazel.

Then Hazel and Artie.

Then Artie and Smitty.

Then Smitty and Marie.

Then Marie and Calla.

Then Calla and Aquarianne.

Then Aquarianne and Cavin.

Then Calvin and Reese Jenkins.

Then Reese Jenkins and Eilonwy.

And then, finally, a look was exchanged between Eilonwy and Tiger Lily until finally, the Neverlandian warily spoke up—realizing that no one else was willing to do it. “Alice?”

The blonde hummed from the rock she was sitting on in their forest ‘hideout’ (which was just a little aways from Auradon University). Not looking up from the small bundle in her arms that had every one of her friends (not to mention her poor boyfriend, Pinocchio) filled with dread. “Yes?”

“Whatcha got there?”

The twenty year old didn't miss a beat. “A baby.”

“ Who's baby?” Eilonwy asked, sharply before Tiger Lily or anyone else, could.

“My baby.”

Pinocchio yelped and started counting on his fingers, only for Lampwick to elbow him in the side.

“We would have known if you were pregnant, Alice. Who's baby is it, really? ” Tiger Lily crossed her arms, just as Eilonwy herself did so.

The blonde shot her a glare. “She is mine! I found her, that makes her mine. She's just as much mine as you guys' children are yours!”

“You weren't pregnant so WHERE did you get it?!”

“ Her. I got her from the barrage, okay?!”

“THE BARRAGE?!”

Alice rolled her eyes at everyone’s reactions. “Yes, the barrage.”

Pinocchio swallowed. “The… the one that brings supplies to the isle of the lost every day—”

“ —and the isle where people like the coachmen live?” Alexander asked, pale.

“Yes, that barrage and yes that isle.”

Lampwick, Eilonwy, and Reese swore. And they were the only ones.

"Alice, what the fuck—”

And Tiger Lily? She lost it. “WHAT WERE YOU—”

Alice shushed her as the baby started to cry.

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It was a story that all of them swore to take to their graves after that day.

And after that day, if anyone asked who the baby girl belonged to, all fourteen of them would give the exact same answer: Alison Ludovica Liddell, daughter of Alice Liddell and Pinocchio Collodi-Rossi-Liddell.

Or, Ally, for short.

#wonder puppet #descendants #disney descendants #melissa de la cruz #descendants au #disney #wicked world #disney descendants au #ally descendants #disney descendants ally #alice liddell #pinocchio #ally daughter of alice #fanfiction #oneshot #etc

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its-callum-everybody · 3 months ago

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I CANNOT DRAW. You see chat, I can’t draw, so I need to think of ways to share my TWST oc with the world. So instead of learning how to draw, I’ll be doing it the best way I know how: In Depth Character Analysis!

Part 1 — Basic Character Information / Relationships

Part 2 — Everything to do with her Unique Magic

Part 3 — Lore

Part 4 — Appearance

Part 3 ➤

LORE.

I love it, you probably love it. (At least I would hope so if you’re still reading this.) Lore is what makes up any good storyline. And makes up even better character because all characters have a backstory! Even if it’s something completely rudimentary. Not every backstory has to be completely tragic. But I am inclined to make my OC (Cyrielle) go through the wringer. So that’s what we’re doing!

Lets start off with some explanation about the movie she is inspired from though, shall we?

The Black Cauldron~!

Now, The Black Cauldron is framed around a young boy who dreams of being a hero. But is in charge of taking care of a pig instead. As it turns out, the pig can create visions and The Horned King (the main antagonist) wants that pig so he can find The Black Cauldron.

The Black Cauldron was the prison/death sentence type deal used to rule over the mystical land of Prydain. He was so good at being evil that everyone was scared of him, even the gods. So when they put him in this cauldron it made the cauldron evil. So now whoever finds it can grant themselves a bunch of power by summoning an undead army. The problem is The Cauldron takes up a lot of power and ends up actually consuming The Horned King at the end because it truly can’t be controlled.

So let’s straighten out one thing, which character is Cyrielle based off of???

Taran, the pig keeper and protagonist? No.

Princess Eilonwy? No.

Dallben? No.

The Creeper or Gurgi? Definitely not.

The Horned King? Surprisingly no.

The Black Cauldron and The Emperor Inside of it whom we barely know any past lore of because the movie doesn’t really tell you anything besides how evil he was? DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!

Now, while the Cauldron played great inspiration in her Unique Magic (check out Part 2 for that grand explanation) Her character isn’t precisely based ON the emperor. No. She plays OFF of him.

Cyrielle, as explained by her upcoming lore, acts as a sort of explanation as to how The Emperor (Teivel, as I named him.) ties into the world of TWST and sort of just how his legacy played out. Granted. She is still connected to him, a fact I will elaborate on later.

But now that we have that explained lets move onto phase one—

World-building!

World building is important here because I somehow have to manage to literally input the entirety of Prydain somewhere in the TWST-verse.

Now we don’t have names of continents per se, we just have the names of Nations which are on those continents and then places in those kingdoms like- you have The Queendom of Roses but inside the Queendom of roses are villages and cities like Clocktown.

Or in the Shaftlands you have characters from Harveston or Fleur City IN THE SHAFTLANDS. So most of characters are only identified by the nations/kingdoms they hails from instead of the villages. No clue how those Nations/Kingdoms are positioned geographically or how they link up.

But from what I can tell from the Wiki and a now inactive blog (thank you @twstarchives, you are my saving grace.)

They do take up entire if not certain sections of a land mass, except for The Coral Sea obviously because that going to be part of a larger ocean instead of land. Like how the North Atlantic Ocean connects to the Caribbean sea.

[ For those wondering the difference between a Sea and Ocean, here’s the summary of a googled answer:

Oceans — Larger, Deeper, more open divisions of earths salt water, typically higher salinity levels.

Seas — Smaller parts of the ocean, located where land & ocean meet, usually partially enclosed by land, shallower, lower levels of Salt.]

So I’m basically throwing darts at a board here. Except I have no idea where anything else is located. So what better idea than to just have it to not exist!

Prydain simply just won’t exist. Also. Another good reason for just not having it exist will be because at the beginning, as she and Crowley are searching for Prydain. It will make it harder to find information and throw them off the trail, red herring style, even though Prydain will still, at one point have existed in TWST wonderland.

And what better a place to put in than the Shaftlands.

“ A large country with a diverse population. Because it's comprised of several different biomes, it's home to a variety of cultures. ”

In the Black Cauldron we see a grand shot between different area. There is a drastic change between the farm at the start, The Forbidden Forest, and the land where The Horned King resides which is sort of like an Alpine Tundra. So given the difference between all there places and the fact the Shaftlands is described as large. I’m gonna say that it’s sort of towards the Northwest as pure North is very snowy according to Jack’s Wish/Birthday card but we don’t see a lot of snow. So Northwest it shall be!

That leaves me with explaining how Prydain became a lost Kingdom. And just as The Black Cauldron was never really a popular Disney film in its time, I’m going to say it worked the same for Prydain. Prydain. may have been well-known, but as time progressed it grew smaller and many of its people branched off to go to different lands or just generally lost itself. So as these people naturally went away from Prydain, along with a bit of land change from the elements over the years. There isn’t much to be noted about the lost kingdom as there wasn’t much left behind from it besides a few legends, records, and buildings. And most documents and writings left behind probably would be unable to be translated. As many of them would many be in a lost common tongue.

So thats taken care of! Onto phase two,

The Legends and Lore!

Now of course, all the villains and hero’s featured in Twisted wonderland some long, long time ago. So that’s the same for all the characters featured in The Black Cauldron. So obviously The tale of Taran, The Horned King, and The Cauldron is well known. And is probably one of the legends that was best kept alive because of how directly it impacted Prydain as a nation.

Still lesser known, but not entirely forgotten!

Which brings us to how The Cauldron, or Teivel, and Cyrielle are related. I mentioned earlier there wasn’t a direct inspiration from the cauldron in her personality. More so in her ability. Now why is that?

Because she’s meant to both reflect and go against him.

I’m adding a legend to Prydain’s catalog:

~ The Princess and The Thief

“ Long ago, in the faraway land of Prydain there was rumored to be a King so cruel, so evil that even the gods feared him. As no prison would hold him, he was thrown alive into a crucible of molten iron. There, his demonic spirit was captured in the form of a great Black Cauldron.

The King had no wives, though his mistresses were many. And with one he had a child. A princess who at the time was but just a babe. But, just in case she had inherited his evil heart, she was cast away into a manor deep within The Forbidden Forest. Through trees so thick and under the canopy so dark not even the bravest soul would dare venture in.

However, no one dared to consider that even a brave soul would not enter, a foolish one certainly would. A young lady, who laid claim to the keep of gold of an ex-nobles by trickery was the first and last of the fools. She took her goods as the good-men chased her down. Ducking into the forest on the whim no one would dare follow. Her whim was correct though it cost her much.

Loosing her gold to the vicious forest she had no chance but to re-treat. The forest forbade it, growing and churning to keep her inside as she ran in endless circles. Until, instead of the end, she came upon a grody manor to which she let herself inside with no hesitance. Wonder her delight when she found that the inside had been far kinder. Orante walls and Avant-Grade Roofs. Imagine her surprise when at the top of the stairs, peering down at her, was the most beautiful girl she had ever seen— ”

I’ll cut the story off there for everyone’s sanity but to summarize the rest The Theif (Named Verity) and The Princess (Named Enora) begrudgingly start to form a friendship to which Verity promises to help Enora escape her fate [to reside in the manor for the rest of her life] because she doesn’t want to live forever in punishment for her fathers crimes. But the son of the Nobleman whom imprisoned Enora in the manor gets word of it and sends one of his best hunters after them.

The girls attempt to navigate the seemingly endless manor through multiple magic rooms but end up having to lock themselves in the clock tower. In one last culmination, they both decide they know what they have to do. Locking themselves in a kiss as the Hunter breaks through the door. Though what he finds on the other side is two girls, clasped in each other’s arms, a sword through both their hearts as their bodies slowly eroded into nothing but blood. Which then began to form a different woman from both their forms, she removes the sword from her chest, kills the hunter. Then leaves. Disappearing nameless into legend.

As you could guess, the woman formed is Cyrielle. Though she had no recollection of these memories herself and memories she does have of her past actually fake (though no one knows that yet).

It’s a generational process of cycle-breaking.

Teival is the one who does the crimes. He does not feel sorry for anyone, and even trapped inside the Cauldron he will remain wicked.

Enora has to pay for them just as he does despite being innocent, having others fear her and her power simply because she was the daughter of a cruel man. All she wants is a life her own. Undecided by fate and fear.

Cyrielle is the one meant to break it. She is the creation of love between Enora and Verity even during their fates, having but one purpose but to do what they couldn’t, break free from fate. Still. Cyrielle is cursed just like Enora was.

She has Teival’s blood running through her veins just as Enora did. Only now it is less, only now is it covered by the spite that came from love. She can bleed out however much she likes but she will always be the granddaughter of Teival until the world decides she is not that, but just Cyrielle.

Teival’s Lamb. It was once the unique Magic Enora had. Now it is Cyrielle’s. The haunting reminder of their own power drags them back to their Father/Grand-father. Anytime they bleed, they can make it into something else, even something used for good. But will always feel evil because they have bled for it. Bled for it because it is his.

So that brings me to phase three;

Why and how is she at NRC?

Cyrielle would appear similar to how MC/Yuu does. Dragged to school by the dark mirror because she is filled with power magical abilities. In fact, given the fact the mirror may be even older than the school itself; my whole basis is that it immediately sensed someone equal to Teival’s power had appeared and immediately sent a carriage to retrieve them.

The problem is, Cyrielle doesn’t remember anything and what she does remember is [unknowingly] fake. Why is that you may ask?

Because The Manor is magic, I mentioned that earlier. Even if Enora had managed to escape there certainly would have been more precautions in place in case she did. One being a spell that made her drowsy, possibly making her forget everything that occurred so it was easier to transport her to somewhere back to the manor or somewhere with higher security.

Then Why is she so young then if this happened such a long time ago? I head you ask

She’s young because of the forest and because she, on some level, was literally created via magic. She wasn’t born, she was crafted. Meaning that she had more control over how she appears because just as the appearance of clay can be morphed so can she. She doesn’t realize this though as she would spend most time after the manor ordeal trying to find a way out of the forest. So long, that it would be modern day by the time she exited. Only to be subdued by magic that made her forget all that struggle.

And now that I’ve answered your questions let’s move into more of Why she’s there, shall we?

Now. The simple reason to the mirror would be ‘Hey. There was just a weird spike in really powerful magic energy. We should probably get that person an invite.’ And it did.

The more lore-complex, my reason, is because it’s a school of villains. The people here embody on some level what Cyrielle is trying to escape from. (Not that she knows that, *cough* amnesia *cough*).

So what better way to have her do that then to have her also make everyone go on a journey of self-exploration with her by pointing out their cruddy flaws and giving them some accidental therapy. Even though it’s hard because ninety-eight percent of the student population all suck.

But she’s going to try her best and, hopefully, by the time its over with she can be recognized not by her grandfather but as her own person, get her memories back, not have an identity crisis, get a really awesome boyfriend (Silver), and save some people from their toxic and dangerous qualities!

#twst roleplay #twst yuu #twst rp #twst wonderland #twsited wonderland #disney twst #twst oc #twst #twisted wonderland original character #twisted wonderland oc #twisted wonderland #Cyrielle (twst oc)

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metisket · 1 year ago

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book recs request ❤🖤❤🖤 🙏🙏🙏 in this case, book recs that you feel have inspired your writing style, or inspired your fics somehow?

Hmmm...this is a fun one but a tough one, because I'm not sure I'm really self-aware enough to know the true answer here. But I'll try! A lot of books/authors I believe shaped my writing style did it when I was pretty young, so we're getting some YA over here.

Robin McKinley

I must have read The Outlaws of Sherwood a dozen times between ages 10 and 15. I love me a hero who literally doesn't want to be here and got conned into this by pushy, well-meaning friends. Marian was the most badass Marian I'd ever encountered. Random, complicated, weird side-characters, my beloved. Cecily somehow speaking directly to whatever was unhinged about my own childhood feelings about my gender. Flawless, 10/10, should really re-read to see if it holds up.

This is not to minimize the ridiculous number of times I read The Hero and The Crown, The Blue Sword, Beauty, and Deerskin, because I also read them So Many Times that they've probably become a part of my psyche. Literally none of her heroes want to be heroes. But they've been informed that they are. Apparently. Ugh. Love to hate that for them.

Lloyd Alexander

I also re-read The Chronicles of Prydain at least once a year for many years. It has almost certainly messed with my mind. I was especially unhinged about The Castle of Llyr, because Princess Eilonwy. The best, the worst, the angriest princess. Love and respect. Taran I could take or leave, particularly during his Taran Wanderer phase (I was less sympathetic to his growing pains than I was to Eilonwy's), but The High King was a fantastic payoff, loved everything, no notes.

...Damn, I need to reread this series, also.

Lois McMaster Bujold

I didn't read The Vorkosigan Saga until college, but it immediately hit my brain hard. Fantastic characterization. The way she writes trauma and recovery from trauma, amazing.

Miles. What a character. What a mess. What a problem. He is only a little guy, literally and figuratively, and he's going to do his best to convince you that he didn't mean to offend that guy, set that building on fire, or end that empire. You know. Like a liar.

Sarah Rees Brennan

My number one fanfic influence--her style of writing is so delightful that, particularly when writing Harry Potter fic, I'd sometimes find myself paraphrasing her. I had to Sarah Rees Brennan-proof my fic to make sure I wasn't being an accidentally plagiarist, because her turns of phrase would just go subliminal in my brain. This honestly may still be happening, and if it is, I'm so sorry, Sarah, it's not on purpose.

My favorite of her books is In Other Lands, the story of a boy who is whisked away to magic school in magic land and is extremely annoyed to find himself there. Like why. Why is the plumbing medieval. Why don't phones work. Why is this magical Sparta.

...He's not wrong, is the thing. But he won't bend and he won't break and he won't leave, so apparently he's just going to have to fix the world himself. God help everyone! Love him. Love his friends. Love the entire world and setup and every single side character.

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

I have been informed that you can see the Pratchett and Gaiman influences in my writing. I think this is a lie people have told me to make me feel better, but you know, I Want To Believe. So I'll include them.

Pratchett: Love for virtually the entire Discworld series, with an especially fondness for the Watch books and Susan. Still obsessed with Vetinari after all these years. What if Machiavelli but chill, though.

Gaiman: Lost track of how many times I've reread Sandman. The characters, the coolness, the weirdness, the meta! Especially obsessed with Death. Just someone being very calm and collected in the face of all kinds of horrifying nonsense. I admire that. Love nearly all of his books, but my favorite is probably Anansi Boys. Bet your stupid family drama doesn't involve gods. Or at least. I hope it doesn't.

Erin Morgenstern

I'm cheating by including her, because she didn't actually influence my writing, I just WISH SHE HAD. She can't, sadly, because my outline game will never be that strong. I know my limits. But DAMN. ENVY.

Both of her books are without flaw, but I did love The Night Circus just that little bit more, probably because I am weak to a circus. I firmly recommend The Starless Sea also, though, because it features an Unhinged Library. The characters and settings and descriptions--delightful.

But the best part is the WAY the stories are told. They're not chronological--they're like little intricate puzzle-boxes, where you open one panel, and there's a story, and you open another panel, and there's a different story, and by the fifth panel, there's a story that connected to the first panel, but also a little to the third panel, and--

LOOK, I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT. It should be confusing, but it isn't. It's perfect. Just the right amount of information at the perfect time connecting to other pieces of information in a complex, interesting, deeply satisfying way. I would kill to be able to do this. Kill. I actually tried to do this in 'Mirror Image', and I had to give it up, because the level of incoherence was off the charts. ffffffffffff howwwww does she dooooo eeeeeet.

Anyway, I think those are the big ones. Special mentions to: Tom Holt, a deeply weird writer who strongly influenced one fic in particular (Some Confusion, DGM), Patricia C. Wrede, because Dealing with Dragons in general and Cimorene in particular got to me, and Dennis Lehane, because a) his historical fiction is inspiring, and b) I love his handling of The Unhinged Friend in the Patrick and Angie books. The best unhinged friend. He booby traps his own home. Love him. What is wrong with him? We'll never know.

#book recs #robin mckinley #lloyd alexander #lois mcmaster bujold #sarah rees brennan #terry pratchett #neil gaiman #erin morgenstern

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borom1r · 12 days ago

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fuck man I hope the coming days are less shitty after Tasks 😭🤞🏽 goofy lotr ask because spooky season, go-to costumes for the fellowship (and the lads of Rohan as well) in a modern au? And we talked about this a bit in DMs, but for everyone, who in your thinking has tats/what are they 👀

OGH Halloween is so important to me. Extenuating Circumstances make it a Difficult Time Of Year but it is still my favorite holiday. fuck my ex tho

ANYWAYSSSS modern au Halloween costumes :3 (thinkin abt our band au specifically bc that’s where the brain’s at)

I think Legolas + Gimli have definitely done a Frank n Furter/Rocky couples costume situation at least one year. sth sth dwarf sth sth Rocky sth sth puns i think they should be allowed.

I don’t think Aragorn actually puts a lot of effort into a costume I’m gonna be so real w you here snfjshhf I think there’s too many sensory variables at play so he just reuses his ren fest costume. Ranger Comma Generic but at least it’s Safe

Boromir, surprisingly possibly everyone, DOES go all out. Halloween Sacred Tradition To Trans Ppl(tm) he would 100% commit wholeheartedly to the bit for Faramir’s sake + it feels weird NOT to do sth. fully coordinates w Faramir even tho he’s away at college. Inigo Montoya to Faramir’s Westley, Prince Lír to his Schmendrick, Gwydion to his Taran, et cetera et cetera et cetera.

On that note, Faramir is the kid who went as his favorite character that year REGARDLESS of how popular they were and half the time nobody even fucking recognized his costume. absolute tragedy

Sam, Rosie + Frodo generally coordinate couples costumes. always very cute + well-made, very rarely store-bought. lots of fantasy-inspired stuff!

I’d come up w a serious answer for Merry and Pippin but it’s taking all my willpower not to just go “middle earth version of this” and add the fake Spirit “never again” costume < this has been in my drafts for SO long. anyways. This

Théodred actually goes for the classics. Did a headless horseman photoshoot one year, loves a good vampire or Frankenstein’s monster too.

Éomer actually does scary. any excuse to mess around w the sfx makeup and fake blood. Fully willing to buy a costume from the store but will 100% modify it; sometimes you just don’t have the time or energy to build a costume from scratch

Éowyn, like Aragorn, cannot honestly be assed, she fully just wears a partial harness of armor. It works in her favor bc nothing pulls lesbians like rocking up to the Halloween party in plate, and then demonstrating she can indeed pick you up with one arm while wearing 100-ish pounds of metal.

also Tattoos...... HMMMMM

honestly i do not have. a lot of ideas rn?? but this has been in my drafts for SO LONG and i want to post it;;;;;;

Aquila/eagle constellation for Aragorn for obvious reasons + a lot of black linework/pointillism tattoos. see below

i think Éomer having tattoos in the style of runestones or godmasks is. really fucking cool. definitely a full back piece

+ transmasc Théodred my most beloved. gets runes under his scars. most likely poetic kennings bc i like the idea of Théodred loving skaldic poetry < sth accenting the scars tho, not hiding them

Faramir on the other hand gets actual coverups. sth nature related, im quite fond of these

(boromir gets sth in the american traditional style at the same time. moral support tattoo sjfhskjf)

#TYYYYYY im sorry this took me so long!!!!

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theagentsofdisney · 7 months ago

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Welcome to the official blog of my gigantic Disney crossover fanfic!!

What is it, you may ask? Well, to put it simply, it's a crossover of every single Disney movie (and most shows) designed to answer the question of how would they all work as one story, and what would that story be?

Well, here's my (very long) attempt!

Starting off with Book 1: When You Wish Upon a Star, we focus on 4 main stories:

1. The Black Cauldron (re-write): Taran of Caer Dallben learns of the beauty and ugly nature of humanity in a war that holds the fate of magic.

2. Frozen Moon (Sequel crossover of Tangled and Frozen): Set after Frozen II and Tangled the Series, Cassandra goes on a journey of redemption when a secret force threatens the spirits of magic and the seasons.

3. Marcus and The Agents of D.I.S.N.E.Y in The Atlantis Complex (OC): In the 1960's, a young man named Marcus joins a secret organisation designed to protect magic. Alongside Jane Darling, he must solve a dispute between Atlantis and Atlantica.

4. Big Hero 7 (sequel): set after Big Hero 6: The Series, Hiro Hamada tries to fix the eternal loop of super heroism, but he has no idea what he's done...

Updates once a week when possible, but art and writing take time, so there will be plenty hiatuses.

I truly hope you enjoy, it's a labor of love I've worked on for years! I accept any asks and engagement (it really helps motivation too)!

This blog will mainly be used to: promote the story and notify of new chapters, show the art my sister makes for it, answer questions, reblog any and all art or posts about it (I know that's unlikely but let an author dream) and just serve as a hub for my passion project!

Thank you and enjoy the ride!

#Agents of D.I.S.N.E.Y #disney #writing #disney fanfiction #black cauldron #tangled #tangled the series #cassandra tangled #my ocs #jane darling #atlantis the lost empire #the little mermaid #merlin disney #princess and the frog #big hero 6 #frozen

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goldenmagnolias · 1 year ago

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lost in the labyrinth of my mind

pairing: OC High Lord of Dusk x Archeron!Sister

summary: Reverie Archeron has always been different. Different in a good or bad way depends on who you asked. Now a High Fae, and with another war approaching she tries to be as helpful as she can around Velaris and with her baby nephew, but at a High Lord meeting, the countless dreams she has as a child and the feelings that are not quite hers suddenly make sense and things become something that she never could have seen coming.

a/n: Hi everyone, I’ve had a crazy couple of weeks at college between assignments, deadlines and presentations, so this chapter is a tiny one. Hope you guys enjoy it.

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CHAPTER XII: CHANGING WINDS

As things slowly settled and arrange themselves. All Ophiuchus wishes to do is show his mate his court, is pick her brain about anything and everything.

He catches the moment Taran and Daphne slowly start to make conversation with her. Slowly pulling her from the shell she seems to have around herself.

“She does that a lot,” a voice moves him away from his thoughts and he turns his head slightly to see the High Lady of Night, and his mate older sister glancing towards where he was looking, “ever since she was but a babe, long before she was made, retreat into her mind.” She adds, before looking at him. “She does seems comfortable with you and your court.”

“I’d like to think so.” Ophiuchus hums. “But that’s not what you want to say to me.” he adds, because it isn’t, her shoulders are tense and she’s going back and forth saying whatever she’s about to say.

“She’s a child.” Feyre’s voice is lined with protectiveness, with worry and slight grief, “She’s been through a lot in the past years. So be patient with her.”

“I do not intend on hurting my mate.” He says back, normally he wouldn’t even entertain replying, specially considering what could be seen as a the veiled implication in the words, but his mate. His lovely sweet-eyed girl seems close to her family so a bit of unusualness on his behavior isn’t Ill warranted.

“I don’t believe you do,” Feyre hums, “when do you plan on leaving?”

“As soon as all is settled which seems like any moment now. Considering we’ve all decided our next steps. The quicker we move, the quicker we will have answers.”

“At least we have time to gather those, things here tend to be more of a ‘it’s-already-happening-and-you’re-only-now-being-made-aware.”

“So I’ve heard...”

“Gossip travels fast, as the wind doesn’t it.”

“Yes, it does. Spymasters help though, for those of us who aren’t Daemati that is.”

Feyre just gives a nod.

“The wards are ready if you are to leave.” Kallias says, approaching the two. “But I ask you to wait Feyre, Vivianne has something she has for your baby.”

“For Nyx?” Feyre says surprised.

“Some tradition on her region of the court is to gift a protection token to the children of friends once they’re born, she wasn’t familiar with human customs so we were waiting for his first birthday.” Kallias explains, as Rhysand moves standing beside Feyre a curious look in his eyes. “Yet considering all going on she though fitting.”

Vivianne arrives then with a box, “he had to ruin the surprised apparently… here.”

“That’s…” Feyre’s voice is awfully touched before she even opens it, “By the Mother Vivianne is beautiful, thank you.” In her hands was an woven blanket with protective runes in a dark grey color.

“The runes will make sure he’s warm,” Vivianne says with a small smile, “and also will keep the blanket from tangling on him.”

“Thank you.” Rhysand says.

And Ophiuchus has a feeling that something deeper was just resolved by the gifting of the blanket.

Yet the rather peaceful and harmonious atmosphere vanishes when in one second he feels something tightening in his chest, his fingertips feel cold and a noise of glass breaking.

He turns around to find his mate unconscious being held up by Daphne.

“Not again,” Nesta says, beating him to approaching her, as Daphne gets her to one of the chaise chairs in the room.

Nesta is quietly reaching for her wrist and he moves blindly kneeling bedside her trying to figure out what’s wrong. He’s about to ask why all other three sisters seem relatively calm when Reverie’s eyes flutter slightly an soon enough she’s awake again, blinking quickly, a small frown settling on her beautiful face.

“Less than a minute,” Elain says to her.

“Careful,” Nesta says as she helps her sit up.

“Here,” Elain says, handing her a glass of water.

Ophiuchus frowns when her hands are shaking, almost violently as she takes the glass and brings it to her lips.

“Before you ask no she’s not sick, it’s chronic has happened ever since the Calderon and it’s not contagious whatsoever.” Nesta says, her tone cold as she fixes Ophiuchus with a half glare, that reads protectiveness.

“Are you feeling okay?” Ophiuchus ignores the eldest Archeron his focus on his mate.

Reverie nods, but her eyes drop away from his the second they meet, she moves giving back the glass to Elain. “are we to go now?” She asks quietly.

“I believe we are to, unless you don’t feel like traveling yet.”

“No, we can go.” Reverie says.

“We will settle things, give you time to say your farewells,” Ayla says and moves pulling at Ophiuchus arm so he moves.

….

“You sure you’re okay?” Feyre says moving to sit beside Reverie.

“I am,” the female nods and her eyes catch the blanket. “Oh that’s lovely. It’s for Nyx?”

“Viviane’s gift.” Feyre says with a nod, “but Ria, don’t change the subject.”

“As I said to Nesta, I will be fine.” Reverie sighs, “it’s good that it happened here, they know that it’s not that much of a big deal.”

“It will always be a big deal you dropping out of nowhere.” Nesta says shaking her head.

“It will get better, it already is much better,” Elain says quietly, squeezing her sister’s hand.

“Okay…” Feyre breathes in, “you are to write, and warn us if you need something, anything, we shall get it to you.”

“I will.” Reverie nods.

“And if you want to come ba-“

“I will call Nesta,” Reverie reassured once again.

“Just say the word and we get you, Little Sister.” Cassian says.

Reverie nods.

“Nyx will miss you,” Feyre says, softly.

“And I him, but we will meet soon, yeah?”

Feyre nods, “come on we three will walk you to the winnow point.”

The goodbyes to the others are quick but kind and soft. Her sister’s found families, the ones who have treated her with kindness and understanding.

Nesta loops her arm with Reverie’s as they move towards the exit of the winter castle.

“He will take care of you, I feel like.” Nesta says quietly, which coming from her is a lot. “he didn’t waver or blink towards me even when I pushed him, his eyes and attention hasn't left you at any moment. He might be discreet about it but it’s clearly there.”

“I hope you’re right.”

“You’re worried.”

“How couldn’t I be?”

“Fair. You would be foolish not to.” Nesta says, “but in no sugar coating…”

“You wouldn’t do such.”

“No I wouldn’t,” Nesta smiles, “mating bonds are so veneered for a reason. He’ll figure you out, and you him. Things will be okay.”

“I hope so.”

“Well Lainey seems pretty convicted.”

“That’s true.” Reverie replies, as their shoes crunch as they walk over the snowy trail to the place where the Dusk Court members are.

….

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