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Chapter Five. Learn to be Lonely.

here is the first of the last chapters! Our Don Juan moment everyone!! I was inspired by the Czech version of Don Juan (check it out! Its really good!!)

Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five(You are here!), Chapter Six, Leona's Ending, Malleus' Ending

TW: Noose, strangling, yandere stuff going on pretty much. Death of a certain man.

The music boomed throughout the entire auditorium as cymbals clashed together, trumpets blaring and harmonizing voices sang loud and proud as the area was set alight with ruby reds, sparkling blacks, and roses scattered everywhere. The ballerinas spun proudly as Sebek and Silver gripped their waists, unspoken consent as the ballet dancers gripped onto them as they were lifted up into the air. What type of Opera did Malleus even set up for them to perform? Or what the book had made him design and give unto the performers of the Opera House.

Leona sat in his usual seat, box five, just to keep pissing off Malleus in hopes of making sure that he knew that he was unwanted at this event. Yet, guards with guns lined the walls, one sitting with Leona himself and others posted everywhere that his last eyes could drift to. Silently though, he was stressed out by what Y/n had to do in hopes of getting their trap activated by Malleus- in hopes of stopping him for once and for all. He could only cringe out as two bags of coin were tossed to Silver and Sebek as they spun around in a flirty type of way only to find themselves running off the stage either way as Rook began to sing out loudly and ended up laughing as evilly as he could as he disappeared behind the curtain.

There you were, walking in, hopeful and seemingly so innocent. Leona could only smile down at you as you held a basket of roses, as you looked so stunning in your outfit as your sleeves dripped off of your shoulders to show more of your collarbone to the crowd, scandalous this play was, and Leona was not fond of sharing with anyone else- or a particular lizard either. Finally, his emerald eyes went back to the curtain was Rook had disappeared off into, only for a quite larger figure to emerge and alarms began to ring out in Leona’s mind.

It's him, he's finally shown his scaly self.

“Passorino… Go away, for the trap is set, and waits for its prey…” Malleus was slow to sing out, worried that he was going to get caught right away. Yet, when no figure had moved or gunshot rung out, he was eager to continue. “You have come here, in pursuit of your deepest urge, in pursuit of what wish; which till now, has been silent.” Malleus lurked forward, taking tentative steps around and closer to you, for your gaze slowly turned towards him only to be met with light green eyes that haunted your dreams.

Your Phantom was here…

His finger raised to his lips, as if motioning for you to keep quiet of his presence. “I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge. In your mind you’ve already succumbed to me, dropped all defenses. Completely succumbed to me.” Malleus’ eyes could only flicker up to Box Five, which held an aggravated Leona and he could only smirk as his eyes flickered back to you. “Now you are here with me, no second thoughts… You’ve decided… Decided.”

He was slow, tentative even, before it all started. He didn't even need to cast a spell on you to have your attention for it was all upon him anyway. The crowd, the performers on the sides of the stage, the officers, Leona’s and more importantly; yours.

Past, the point of no return, no backward glances. Our games of make belief are at an end.

His steps didn't even echo on the stage, as if he were floating his way over to you with such quiet and delicate steps. Behind him, the male ballet were spinning and creating this aura of diligence, such strong and powerful air surrounding the stage as the Phantom crept even closer to you. Yet, you sat at one end of the table, watching him closely as he crept to the other end.

Past all thoughts of ‘If’ or ‘When’, no use resisting, abandon thought and let the dream descend.

Slowly, you rose up from your chair in hopes of running, fleeing in hopes of saving your own life yet… You stood perfectly still as Malleus stepped around the table, sat down in your seat and with gentle hands on your waist, sat you on his lap in hopes of calming you down. You allowed it, for whatever reason that you couldn't think of; perhaps you always wanted to perform with your teacher? Yet, as your eyes flickered to the Phantom, your eyes found themselves flickering to a police officer in Stage Left, readying the weapon if demanded so.

What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks its door? What sweet seduction lies before us?

You couldn't think straight as you sat on the Phantom’s lap, his face was partially hooded from the scene they were playing, his body covered in black robes minus his hands which you could finally see the large black sharp nails protruding from his fingers. Almost like a dragon, it reminded you gently, but ever so gentle with you in hopes of never grazing your gentle skin.

Past the final point of no return, the final threshold. What warm unspoken secrets will we learn? Beyond the point of no… return.

As if snapping yourself out from your thoughts, out of the man's lap and finding yourself distancing yourself from the Phantom. Now standing across the table as your thoughts become more coherent. That's right; this is a trap to stop your Phantom from killing anyone else. This was to help you finally get a good night's rest, in hopes of never being haunted by this man ever again. Malleus stood up quickly, ready to run as you were across the table, hesitating for just a second.

You have brought me to the moment that words run dry; to that moment when speech disappears into silence… Silence…

You were quick to stabilize the trap again, preventing the Phantom from running as it seemed you casted your own spell upon the hooded figure who could only stare at you with those lime green eyes, hidden from underneath his hood. Basket of roses long forgotten on the other side of the table, chalice of ‘wine’ long forgotten as well as you kept your gaze locked upon your Phantom.

I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why. In my mind I’ve already imagined our bodies entwining, defenseless and silent.

As you slowly leaned against the table, looking amongst the crowd of the audience, some looked disgusted and others well surprised that they were putting on such an erotic play for them to watch. Others were more than pleased just to see Vil not singing but their new star; Y/n. You. Slowly turning around and sitting across the table from your Phantom, you reached your hand out to him, sliding it slowly towards your Phantom.

Now I am here with you, no second thoughts. I’ve decided… Decided…

He was eager to reach out, still standing as he heard your voice. His own hand sliding across the table very gently, very slowly, in hopes of not startling you. Yet, as you yanked your hand back to yourself quickly with your last word, Malleus felt like a rug was tugged underneath him as he sat abruptly in his chair, hand still reaching out for you.

Standing up from your seat, you looked over the hooded Phantom with longing, you couldn't even bear to face the crowd again knowing you would meet the eyes of Leona who was pissed at seeing you play along; like a cat who was now batting the mouse around, proud of its prey. Turning your back to him and sitting on the table once more, you just seemed to close your eyes as you could hear the claws scratching at the table, longing to reach for you but waited patiently for a word, a consent, he was practically pleading for you to be by his side once more from across the table. You could hear the chalice and basket be thrown across the way as Malleus stood up, ready to receive you.

Past the point of no return, no going back now. Our passion play has now at last begun!

You laid back across the table, knowing there was nothing blocking your way as your arms stretched above your head towards you awaiting Phantom. Eager to respond and accept your invitation, he grabbed you by your arm and dragged you across the table towards him, finding solace as he sat down. Finally, you were within his arms again!

Past all thought of right or wrong, one final question! How long should we two wait, before we’re one?

Hands fidgeting on where to touch you first, your arms? Your waist? Your collarbone? Your head rested upon his shoulder as one hand of yours came up to cup his hooded face as his hands finally found solace after one trailed down your chest and the other up your thighs only to meet at your waist, fingers clasped around you in hopes of keeping you right there with him. He has needed you for so long, to touch you for so long, to have you with him, needed you with him for so long. He could barely contain himself.

When will the blood begin to race? The sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames at last consume us?

Breaking away from his embrace, as you knelt across the table from him once more. Frustration was evident as his claws dug into the table as he stood up abruptly, using one leg to kick the chair away from underneath him as he reached out slightly. His hands weren't even close to you as you had you initiate it, giving him the unspoken consent to bring you closer to him once more. As your fingers laced with his own, he brought you close to him.

Past the point of no return, the final threshold! The bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn…

As you slowly stood up on the table, hands still clasped together as you faced the audience. You couldn't see their reactions to the whole situation but you knew that Leona was on the point of tearing up, on the verge of roaring out for Malleus to be killed. You could feel your Phantoms’ hands wrap around your waist as his head rested down upon your hip, a plea to stay with him as you both sang out.

We passed the point of no return!

One arm of yours swung around the Phantom’s head, a gentle embrace as you knelt back down on the table and put your hands upon his chest. He was so lost within your voice that he didn't notice your hands trailing up and ripping off the hood from his head. A scream ripped out from the crowd just to see an all too familiar masked face staring right at you. Startled, you stood up right away and moved across the table, looking away as you heard him speak up once more.

Say you’ll share with me one love… One lifetime, Lead me- Save me, from my solitude. Say you want me with you here, beside you… Anywhere you go, let me go too! Y/n! Thats all I ask of-

You knelt back down to him as tears began to form in your eyes as he sang to you. Hoping, pleading to you with his eyes that you will stay with his lonely self. As you got closer, he felt the mask rip off of his head that seemed to be helping him channel his simple spell that Lilia had given to him years ago. Struggling, he seemed to realize that he couldn't conjure up his spell to hide his true form. Horns protruding out from his head, his pupils were slits like a snake and he had fangs as he stared up at you in shock.

As much as Silver and Sebek wanted to run over to him to guard their master, they could not move to his aid as he snatched you up, pulled out a sword and right when a gunshot went off from a police officer, the sword deflected it easily to where it ricochet straight into a rope that caused a loud crash to echo within the whole theater. As he carried your struggling form away from the main stage, the chandelier crashed down as screams of terror began to flood the theater. Right at the dreadful crash, fire began to rip away at anything it could eat as Leona was quick to rush backstage only to find Lilia barking orders at the two idiots.

“Take me to them now!” Leona roared out as Lilia paused, giving it a quick thought and a grimace made way to his face as he told Silver and Sebek to prevent anyone from following them. Malleus had become a danger not only to you, but also to himself if he kept this up and Lilia could not see him turn into a monster.

Backstage, Azul, the Tweels, and Vil were searching frantically for Rook only for them to spot a body on the ground, and a noose tied around his neck. Vil seemed to freeze up at seeing his confidant and vice housewarden dead on the ground as tears began to fall down his cheeks, screaming for Rook to wake up. Floyd and Jade were quick to pick Rook up and carry the body outside, for all they knew; Rook could be dead in real life too. If they could only just find their way out of the book now and somehow get him to safety.

Meanwhile, down below and tracking farther and farther. Malleus was seething with rage at Y/n. Now they knew why he was hidden from the world, why he was hated by the world and why they never wanted him to be seen. Afterall; he feared that you would do the same to him and he refused to let you go. So he had to show off his power before he had a chance to lose you forever to that dumb lazy Lion.

“Down once more to the dungeons of my black despair, down we plunge to the prison of my mind- Down that path into darkness deep as hell!” With a sharp tug from Malleus, his sharp eyes turned to face you with all the rage, all the pleading and just misfortune within them as he stared at you. “Why you ask, I was bound and chained in this cold and dismal place, not for any mortal sin but the wickedness of my own face!”

All the while, above the opera house were all the performers trying to find their way down to the dungeons down below to hunt down the murderer. Sebek and Silver were trying to dissuade them but ended up getting tugged along with them as their hope was to protect their Master in the end.

“Hounded out by everyone, met with hatred everywhere, no kind words from anyone, no compassion anywhere- Y/n… Why?” The ride in the boat wasn't as nice as you remembered it being, nor was his harsh grasp pulling you out from the boat and onto the steps. Then his claws digging into your shoulders as he stared at you with rage fading into sadness and despair. He stopped to think only to just grab the wedding outfit off the mannequin of you, throwing it into his room as well with you before turning away and guarding the exit as if some dragon protecting its hoard.

Leona was rushing down the stairs as fast as he could with Lilia only for the fae to just stop in the middle of the pathway. Leona turned and with a sharp glare, Lilia only shook his head as he took a step back.

“This is as far as I dare go- Keep your hand to the level of your eyes.”

For once, Leona was filled with gratitude of being shown the way, he nodded slightly towards the old bat. “Thank you.” He muttered out before throwing off his waistcoat and began to rush down the flights of stairs. He was quick thanks to all of the magicshift tournaments but nothing could prepare him for the floor to just go out as he was removing his vest. Unable to grab the ledge fast enough, he plunged into water down below as a loud click echoed from above.

Looking up with surprise, he saw a gate beginning to slowly descend above him, taunting him and threatening to either get crushed or drown by the time it reaches him. Time was running out and fast. Emerald eyes scanned the area quickly as he brushed his brown locks back before diving under the water only to find a wheel not too far away, the only issue was that there was no way he could brace himself in hopes of turning the wheel. Yet, his desire to save you and keep you far away from Malleus spurred him forward down deep into the water as he began to twist the rusted over wheel.

Air was becoming more needed as he paused in his turning just to push himself upwards. The metal bars were lowering and getting closer to the water's surface to where he had to grip onto it, taking a large intake of air quickly before propelling himself through the water down to the wheel once more. Brown hair was swirling around him as he urged his muscles to work even harder just to turn the damn wheel while bubbles came from his mouth from his air supply. The bars were looming ever so closer and adrenalin began to pump in his veins even harder for him to finally urge the wheel forward.

With a loud click and a bang stopping the motor of the contraption, chains began to rattle as the metal bars of death began to rise up as Leona’s spitefulness towards Malleus spurred him towards the point of rotating the wheel. Lunging forward and out of the water, he coughed harshly to get any water out from his lungs as a new glint filled his dark green eyes.

He's going to kill Malleus for trying a stunt like that.

It wasn't long before you emerged from the room, wearing the beautifully delicate wedding dress as you, having been contemplating everything that had happened, were very angry towards your Angel of Music. Spotting him not too far, you marched forward up to him only to pause right behind him as he turned to face you, a glint of something dangerous within his slitted eyes.

“Have you gouged yourself in your lust for blood? Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?” You started out first, rage unabling you to stop from speaking to your Phantom like so, in return he could only quirk up an eyebrow.

“At fate which condemned me to wallow in blood, as those who denied me the joys of the flesh… This face, my horns which poisons our love… This face which earned a guardian's fear and loathing… A Mask- my first unfeeling scrap of clothing.” He was slow as he picked up your veil from the mannequin with such gentleness, making sure his claws didnt rip into the lace fabric as he turned to face you once more, this time more anger bubbling within his eyes.

“Pity comes too late! Turn around and face your fate! An eternity of this!” He motioned to himself, more of his horns and his slitted eyes, as well baring his sharp teeth in a wry smile in hopes of not scaring you; almost as if he were pleading with you for you to stay with him with his abrasive gentleness as he placed the veil on top of your head. “Before your eyes…” Although you were scared of your Angel of Music, this Phantom, now your captor; You learned to lose that fear for he was only just a man, like Leona said.

“This haunted face holds no horror for me now… It's in your soul that the true monster resides.” Ouch, Malleus could feel his heart crumbling at being called a monster by the only love of his life- His only person he would ever consider being Queen of Briar Valley. Of the Kingdom of Thorns. Of his home, his castle, and the only sole person who could hold his heart within their hand. Tears welled up within his eyes as he stared at you, as you tried to remain stoic to hide your growing resentment towards him.

Sloshing water came from the entrance where the gate had closed them off from the world, a certain someone had entered the game that Malleus was more than delighted to see- As well a little disappointed that his games and traps didn't quite finish him off. No matter, if he wants a job done; he will do it himself. Afterall, didn't his grandmother have to do the same thing to get rid of a certain princess?

“Wait- I think my dear, we have a guest!” Malleus spun on his heel towards the sloshing of water only to see the mangy lion gripping onto the bars, peering in on the dragon's den that held his precious herbivore. Or the Dragons favorite treasure. You looked up and were startled at seeing your fiance here, blinking rapidly as you rushed to the water's edge only to get stopped by your Phantom grabbing your arm and pulling you back to him- This only set Leona off.

“Free them! Do what you like, only free them! Have you no pity?!” Leona rushed out, urging the cage to get pushed upwards, using all his upper body strength to try and lift up this cage in hopes of getting to you. Saving you. Freeing you. He was failing the promise he made to you and he was eager to fix it and get you away from this pesky lizard.

“Your lover makes a passionate plea.” Malleus was smirking as he held you up against his chest, arms wrapping around your sides in a possessive way almost like thorny vines against a wall. He was eager to see how this would play out- the final battle between Leona and Malleus; both eager to win and keep your heart.

“I love them! Does that mean nothing?! I love them! Show some compassion!” Leona roared out, this time louder which caused some of the water to reverberate from how loud he had proclaimed his love for you, which only caused Malleus to get irritated at his proclamation of love for you. Claws digging into you tightly as you were pulled even closer to him, fangs bared as his eyes turned into thin slits as he roared back at Leona.

“The world showed no compassion to me!”

“Y/n, let me see them…” Leona’s voice got quiet as he watched your face contorted into stoic, shocked, into fear all in seconds at their small screamfest. Leona's face turned into shock as Malleus let you go, pulled a lever, in which the gate began to open very slowly with chains rattling as the motor pulled it upwards. With a small; “Be my guest sir.” As the gate rose up higher and higher, Leona stepped through as the gate began to descend with a loud click, causing the man to turn around to face the contraption of a door lowering.

“Leona, I bid you welcome, did you think that I would harm them? Why would I make them pay for the sins which are yours!” A noose was instantly wrapped around Leona’s neck, almost as if Malleus had teleported behind him just to ensnare him within this little trap. Green fireflies surrounded the both of them as he ignored your gasp of shock from the shoreline, pushing Leona onto the gate as he began to tie the trap all together. He had a bargain that he knew he would win.

“Order your fine horses now! Raise your hand to the level of your eyes! Nothing can save you now, except perhaps; Y/n!” Lime green eyes made their way to you as he held the rope that was now slowly strangling your lover, the same green eyes that haunt your dreams at night, the same eyes that watched you within the dark corridors of the opera house- The same green eyes that watched you practice your singing to lead you where you are today. Fear struck you hard, not for yourself but for more of Leona as you now were in a trial to save your fiance’s life, or your own.

“Start a new life with me! Buy his freedom with your love- Refuse me, and you send your lover to his death. This is the choice; This is the point of No Return!” HIs voice was hoarse and frantic, eager to kill Leona just to have you forever with him. Yet, he waited for your answer to stay with him. That your compassion was enough to save Leona but no worries; he will kill Leona if he decides to pursue you two once you have eloped out of the Opera house. Yet, what he did not expect was to see tears streaming down your face as you stared at your Phantom in shock and horror as silence ensued for seconds, but felt like hours to both Leona and Malleus.

“The tears I might have shed for your dark fate… Grow cold and turn to tears of hate!” Finally you spoke up as tears continued to stream down your cheeks as you watched the Phantom’s face morph into shock into clear and distinctive rage as green fire hissed out from the sides of his clenched teeth.

While Leona stood there in a daze, having hit his head and the depravity of oxygen becoming more and more apparent as Malleus grew harsher with his punishment. “Y/n, forgive me, please forgive me…” Was all he could state loud enough through gasps of air, finally showing a color he never really showed in the school. “I did it all for you, and all for nothing!”

Malleus marched back to you through the water only to grab some more rope to secure Leona to the gate, making sure that his prize will be strung securely enough to keep the cops off of his tail as he breaks away with you in tow. Yet, before he could even step foot back into the water, he felt you latch onto his arm tightly as you were staring up at him with a frustrated expression as tears continued to stream down your cheeks. “Farewell my fallen idol, and false friend. We had such hopes and now those hopes are shattered.”

Yet, Malleus couldnt hear you over his own muttering of “Too late for turning back. Too late for prayers and useless pity.” As he threw off your arm as he stepped forward into the water, ready to seal Leona’s fate to this cold steel gate. As Leona didnt fear for himself, he felt himself fearing for your fate if he did perish here within these dark catacombs of the Opera House; for what will happen to you if he did die and the Malleus stole you away from him? The uncertainty was too high right now for his thoughts to be clear, all he knew is one thing; if you betray him, his life would be over.

“Say you love him and my life is over!” Leona shouted out through garbled gasps of air, moving his head forward in hopes of loosening the noose around his neck that was digging ever so painfully into this throat. Though Malleus’ mutterings attempted to cover up his voice to hopefully change your answer to stay with him. “All hope for cries of help- No point in fighting.” Malleus cooed out to Leona as a clawed hand shoved him back to the steel gate as the other hand tightened the noose once more.

Gagging at the tightness, it didnt stop Leona from yelling out for you. “Either way you choose, he has to win!” A plea of letting you know that no matter how you choose, Malleus will win either way and steal you away from him. As Malleus spoke above him at the same time towards you, his gaze hard as steel and sharp as a blade. “For either way you choose, he cannot win.”

“So do you end your days with me? Or do you send him to his grave!?” The emphasis on ‘grave’ was conducted by a harsh tug on the noose which caused the Lion to gag and gasp for air, though it didnt stop him from shooting a nasty glare at the pesky lizard as he bared his teeth at him. “Why make them lie to you, to save me?” Leona’s words were harsh and he made sure to make it a point to hurt Malleus, knowing well that if he killed Leona, their “love” would be all a lie.

Your tears had stopped long ago as you watched your lover getting hung very slowly and torturously slow, while Leona and Malleus were having their own petty glaring fights as you all spoke in one. “Angel of Music, who deserves this?” You pleaded out as Malleus wrapped the rope around his fist even tighter just to give another sharp tug. “Past the point of No Return! The final threshold!” While Leona’s gaze returned back to your form, so beautiful within that wedding outfit, a hope of his own filling his heart to survive just to see you within a wedding outfit of your choosing and walking down the aisle to his side. “For pity’s sake, Y/n, say no! Don't throw away your life for my sake!”

Though, Malleus’ gaze returned to you as he was practically breathing fire in his own rage with every haggard breath. “His life is now the prize, which you must earn!” In which you could only stare back at your Phantom, a plea in your eyes to not kill your lover. “When will you see reason?” You voiced back when he spoke over you for earning your ‘prize’ of keeping Leona alive. A pause followed suit before your eyes met back to Leona’s emerald ones which had gotten a bit teary due to the lack of oxygen.

“I fought so hard to free you…” Leona’s voice echoed throughout the walls, hitting your heart hard as you recalled all the events of Leona helping you get away from the Phantom, saving you from the Phantom and sheltering you from him as well. Your gaze only returned to the Phantom who was slowly calming down as his lime green eyes bore into your own. “You’ve past the point of no return…” His voice got quieter, and quieter as you spoke up finally. The stage was finally yours.

“Angel of music… You deceived me…” Your voice was so soft, so quiet but within this open room of a cave, it echoed quite loudly enough for both of them to hear your response. With a sniff, wiping away any stray tears that lingered on your face. You could only finish with a cold glare; “I gave you my mind blindly.” Your tone was cold, hoping that your Phantom would give up this game- give you up in hopes of having your fiance freed.

This only seemed to enrage your Phantom even more though. His claws digging into the rope that held Leona so securely as his knuckles became white due to how hard he was clenching into the rope. “You try my patience… Make your choice.” Malleus hissed out at you, glaring cold daggers into your shaking form. He watched as a few more silent tears dripped down your cheeks and a look of helplessness etched onto it. You could only think of what to do next, a hope to save your fiance and hope to free him, for your love for him was greater than your fear of the Phantom, even through all the things he had done.

Your voice cracked the silence, like a glass shattering into a million pieces as your eyes went from Leona’s to Malleus’. “Pitiful creature of darkness… What kind of life have you known? God give me courage to show you, you are not alone!” Slowly as you waded into the water, ruining the beautiful wedding outfit that the Phantom had made so carefully for you. Your hands gently grasping your Phantom’s face as you brought his head towards yourself as you connected your lips together.

The kiss was soft and tender with your Phantom, as if he didnt know what was actually happening at first. Arms outstretched, rope dropping out from his grip as he could only stare down at you with confusion as you slowly pulled away. At seeing his confused expression, you pulled him into another kiss that was a bit more harsher than the last, trying to prove that your affection towards him was real. This time, Malleus wasn't frozen in place at all as he wrapped his arms around your waist and kissed you back, being careful to not accidentally prick your lips with his fangs as a few stray tears dripped down his cheeks.

While Leona could only stare in shock, in horror, in absolute agony that he felt his heart breaking. After All that he had done for you… This is what he gets? Granted, he knew you were only trying to save his life but seeing this betrayal like this hurt his heart. Watching you two break apart as you could only stare up at his enemy with such a doe-eyed expression as Malleus could only stand there and shake, lost in deep thought.

With a hard shove, you felt yourself getting pushed towards Leona as Malleus began his trek out from the water. “Take them, forget me, forget all of this! Leave me alone, forget all that you’ve seen!” You didn't hesitate to get the rope off of Leona’s neck as he finally took a deep intake of air, hugging you close to him for a second, brushing any stray hair out from your face as he looked you over for any injury. Once he was done looking you over quickly, you both turned to face Malleus who seemed to be throwing a little tantrum just without the thunderstorms.

Seeing the two of you pausing to look up at him, he kicked the level and roared out loudly. “Go now, don't let them find you! Take the boat, swear to me, never to tell! The secret that you know; of the Angel in Hell!” As he was throwing music sheets around, Leona was quick to get the boat and help you onboard first as he followed suit. Yet, you were stuck in a trance just staring up at your poor Phantom who just seemed in the midst of a panic attack, Malleus turned to only see your poor gaze locked upon his own form as he seemed to just roar out at the both of you, spewing out green flames in suit.

“Go now! Go now and leave me!”

No one could deny the angry mob coming down the steps, down the murky dark of the opera houses catacombs. No one could ignore their angry shouts and loud marching. Leona was about to push the two of you off in the boat before you stopped him, you needed to do one last thing… The Wedding Ring. You were quick to give Leona a kiss and race off into the bedroom of Malleus’ who seemed just to be staring at his music box with tears dripping down his cheeks.

“Masquerade… Paper faces on parade… Masquerade… Hide your face so the world may never find you…” Malleus’ voice was broken as he spoke, staring at the music box with such a numb expression before turning to face you at the entryway. With a last plea, with all the love from the bottom of his heart and with the most pitiful expression of loneliness swirling within those bright green eyes of his. “Y/n… I love you.” A hope that you would stay as he tried his best to hold out the note of saying Love just to convince you to stay with him.

Yet, with a forlorn sigh and a tear dripping down your cheek yourself. You closed your eyes before taking a deep breath and moving forward, taking his hand as you gently place the wedding ring within his clawed hand ever so gently, then closing his hand around it. At this, Malleus seemed to understand it all now. You would never love him in the way that he loves you, but you will always love Leona… They have fought, and Leona had won fair and square. His eyes could only watch you disappear down the stairs, into the boat where Leona gracefully helped you in, before you both pushed off into the water on the boat.

No words could ever describe Malleus’ pain in his heart at watching you disappear on the boat. With softened eyes, gripping onto the wedding ring tightly, he could hear the love song that you and Leona had promised each other that night of the play- On top of the opera house with all those Angels, Knights and one Grotesque.

Say you’ll share with me, one love, one lifetime.

Say the word and I will follow you.

Share each day with me, each night, each morning.

“You alone can make my song take flight…”

He couldn't stop himself as he began to cry. All the times he had tried to make you his. Where had he gone so wrong? He courted you, he proposed to you, he killed for you, he kept you safe! He loved you so much. Where did it all go wrong?! Slipping the wedding band within a pocket of his pants, he grabbed the closest candelabra as he could only smile pitifully as he began to smash into all the mirrors around the room, trying to find his getaway.

“Its over now! The music of the night!”

Loud crashes could be echoed down the corridors of the catacombs. Yet, as he found the perfect one, his getaway, he looked back to where you disappeared once more before smiling. With a deep breath, he stepped over the broken glass at his feet and moved through the broken mirror while closing the curtain behind him. It was all over, he had lost his Angel of Music forever now. Sebek and Silver were quick to march in with the angry mob, having missed you and Leona’s exit. Just like loyal and faithful knights, they quickly ran up and looked around for their young master. Sebek looked at all the mirrors to see if their young master had escaped through any other means as he passed by the mirror that had revealed the pathway, now fully fixed as if it were never broken. While Silver rushed up to the bedroom just to find Malleus’ mask, and the music box. As the scene began to grow darker and darker, the boy’s minds all getting muddied, Silver could only lift up the face mask and look up at Sebek before everything went dark.

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meimi-haneoka · 1 year

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Clear Card Trivia 1 ~ Literary and musical references/mentions in Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card

Hello everyone! The end of the Clear Card manga is very near, so I thought it was about time to start writing the long list of posts I'm going to release in the upcoming months, since it's almost time to wrap everything up and it would be nice to look back and not only analyze the plot but also trivia and themes/topics discussed (openly or not) in these almost 7 years of serialization of Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Arc.

Today we talk about the several literary and musical references spread across the different CCS Clear Card media. The references are quite a lot and I find it so very fitting for a story that features books so much, both under a positive and negative light. Books have a life-saving role, being the only thing young Akiho could cling to, to survive mentally till the arrival of Kaito in her life and the subsequent removal from her abusive family, but for a twist of fate, a spell under the guise of a book is also what was about to destroy her soul forever when said book got filled up with magic. The very first time Akiho's inner book gets set off is precisely in Fujitaka's library. Moreover, a fictional world existing into a forbidden book called Alice in Clockland is also where Kaito sends everyone in the climax of the story. In that fictional world, it is said that books record the memories and feelings of people. And after recording them, that same book can rewrite them. Books are literally an essential element of the plot of Clear Card Arc.

In my list I will take in consideration both the anime and the manga, with a special section for the now-defunct Happiness Memories mobile game! The references are ordered basing on their impact or importance within the plot, and include all the info we have till chapter 72. I might update this post if we get more literary references in the very last chapters of the arc. I will probably not be able to talk in depth about all the possible double meanings and connections of these stories to the real Clear Card plot, as I haven't read most of these books or I'm still in the process of reading them, but I have looked at summaries on Wikipedia, so hopefully I'll be able to feature at least a part of the interesting connections. Anyone who knows these stories or songs in depth is welcome to give more insight!

Soooo, ready to dive in?

1) Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There / Lewis Carrol

Of course the first reference featured in this list couldn't be other than this one! The whole Clear Card arc is heavily based on the Alice In Wonderland narrative, but particularly in the sequel "Through the Looking-Glass". The very first mentions of "Alice-related" stuff is as early as chapter 12, when Sakura and Tomoyo visit Akiho's home and they check out her huge library: here Akiho shows them her book "Alice in Clockland" for the first time. Tomoyo spots the resemblance with the title of the best-known novel, but Akiho says that the book she's holding wasn't written by the author of Alice in Wonderland, and although the language it's written in is composed by runes, she was taught how to read it. Later on we discover that the more she progresses reading this book, the more it gets connected to recurring dreams she's having, with an "Alice" as the main character who experiences all sorts of adventures (unbeknownst to her, she's dreaming about Sakura's adventures with the Clear Cards). Akiho sometimes shares these dreams with Kaito and he always listens attentively, commenting that it'd be good if Alice acquired "more and more skills". We also see Rika (through Sakura) giving away to Akiho one of her Alice picture books, and the girl is definitely thrilled and moved by the kind gesture of who is basically a stranger to her.

Moreover, in chapter 38 & 39, Kaito shrinks Sakura in order to prompt her to create a Card, and sends her down a hole carved in a tree, calling her "Alice". Sakura also created the Shade card supposedly basing it on the Jabberwock featured in Through The Looking Glass. The whole situation prompts Kaito to remember about his first face-to-face meeting with Akiho, which he says happened in a garden fit for Alice in Wonderland. The whole scenery Sakura witnesses in the strange world she's sent to is very reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland/Through the looking Glass, with her being so little and the talking flowers. Of course, the biggest reference to Through the Looking Glass is the whole Alice in Clockland play, in its first version based on Akiho's beloved book with the same title (Naoko initially called the play "The Two Alice", but then decided to change it at last minute, in a twist of fate). Both "before" and "after" the rewriting of memories operated by Momo's book, we not only have an Alice in this story, but also a Cat (which will have a key role) and a Red Queen. Another notable similarity is how Alice, in Through the Looking Glass, crosses "the wood where things have no names", forgetting her own name for a short time while crossing that forest in the company of a fawn. In Alice in Clockland, the Red Queen completely forgot her name once she entered Clockland, in both versions of the play, before and after the rewriting. Akiho/Red Queen regains her memories by lifting the dark veil covering her face, while Sakura/Red Queen regains her memories thanks to Alice telling her the truth about what happened.

Furthermore, the fact that later in the climax Sakura and Akiho are turned into twins by the forbidden magic activated by Kaito might be considered a reference to the famous twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee (although, that's also commonly known as one of CLAMP's obsessions 😂). One more reference is represented by the White Queen in Through the Looking Glass, who can remember events that will happen in the future, and while Sakura can do that herself to a certain degree, certainly this character is better represented by Lilie, Akiho's mother, who could see so much of the future ahead and tried to reach Sakura in her dreams to inform her of an important truth. It is also to be noted that the White Queen's daughter in Through the Looking Glass is named.....Lily.

2) Ten Nights of Dreams (夢十夜) / Natsume Sōseki

"Ten Nights of Dreams" is a collection of short pieces by Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki, where he narrates 10 mysterious dreams set in various time periods, including his own. The book gets featured for the first time in chapter 10 / volume 3 of the manga, and episode n. 6 of the anime. In this scene, Sakura and Akiho are each reading a portion from the 7th dream, the one where the dreamer finds himself on a ship, among strangers, not knowing where the ship is headed to or when he'll see land again. The tone of this dream, like the rest of them, is pretty dark, as the dreamer is extremely discouraged and decides to throw himself into the sea, regretting it when it's already too late. This book gets directly mentioned again in chapter 58 of the manga, when Naoko reflects on the fact that even the tenth night told in the collection is a dream, because there's no point where the storyteller wakes up. This leads her to think how scary it would be to have a dream you can't wake up from, and this will become for her one of the sources of inspiration for the scenario of the school play. When the teacher talked about this book to her students back in chapter 10, she stated "this collection features plenty of mysterious stories, but depending on the person, they could also be considered 'scary' ". I feel like this is exactly how Clear Card Arc could be described too, especially from the POV of the Japanese readers, that I've witnessed these past couple of years on social media. I wonder if this wasn't a way for CLAMP to tip the readers off regarding the thematics and tone that Clear Card would take halfway through. Moreover, the teacher mentions "foretelling dreams" in relation to this book, and that prompts Sakura to consider if the dream she's constantly seeing with the Mysterious Cloaked Figure could be a foretelling dream too.

3) Momo / Michael Ende

"Momo" is a fantasy novel written by German writer Michael Ende (the same of The Neverending Story), and it gets featured in chapter 39 of Clear Card, while Kaito is having a flashback of his first face-to-face meeting with Akiho. At the moment of Kaito's arrival in the rose garden, Akiho was reading a book, and when she's asked about its content by Kaito himself, the girl tells him of a story that is unequivocally that of "Momo": a little girl battles some so-called "time thieves". Akiho seems to love that story, as she has read it many times.

Although it might seem just an easter egg at the level of the Cthulhu books that I will mention later, the presence of the "Momo" novel here is completely different and very significant to the main story of Clear Card. First of all, its complete German title translates in English to "Momo, or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people". As we all know, this sequel of the Cardcaptor Sakura series deals heavily with the theme of time, and Kaito is strictly related to that theme, as he's the major "player" of that element, using magic to stop it or especially to rewind it. In "Momo", the "time-thieves" (also called Men in Grey) are some kind of paranormal parasites with the goal of stealing the time of humans. They appear to people offering to save their time in some so-called "Timesaving Banks", urging them to spare time by dropping any activity that supposedly "wastes time" like relaxing, playing, enjoying things, with the goal of having that time returned back with interests later. But that time saved in the bank is actually stolen and consumed by the Men in Grey for their own survival. Human feelings such as love are a hindrance for them, and they avoid at all costs to form any bond with anyone. Momo is a mysterious little girl, beloved by everyone in her town as she seems to be able to solve anyone's problems or afflictions just by listening and talking to them. She will eventually take on the task of defeating the Men in Grey. Ende's novel is a critique to consumerism in the modern society and how hectic our lives have become, where time is everything and we often never use it for what really matters the most: making us happy. Momo was published in 1973 but its thematics are super relevant even today.

Aside from the easy connection of the topic of time to what Kaito does (although in a more benign way, in our case), "Momo" is also how Akiho chose to name her beloved bunny plushie, who, unbeknownst to her, is actually the magical Guardian of the Book of Time. We don't know when exactly that naming happened, as of chapter 72, but the fact that one of the most treasured and beloved existences in Akiho's life was named "Momo" - the same as the title of the book Akiho was reading when she met Kaito for the first time - suggests hitsuzen is strongly at work here. Akiho might have named Momo after she met Kaito, and to show how important that meeting was to her, she chose to name her after an element that was strictly connected to that meeting. And if she named her so before meeting Kaito, then it shows just how fateful their meeting was. She named one important existence after a beloved book, and precisely when she was reading that same book, she had her first meeting with another important person in her life. The one she will love the most.

It is also to be noted that in "Momo", the time is consumed by the Men in Grey in the form of smoking cigars made out of dried hour-lilies' petals, which are pink flowers representing time itself. Again, a feature of lily flowers, which connects us once more to Lilie.

Depending on how Clear Card will end, and whether Sakura will be able to regain all the memories and the time lost with them, beating the Forbidden Magic activated by Kaito, we might even draw another reference - how Ende's Momo is able to give the stolen time back to the people of her town.

4) "Tsuki ga kirei desu ne" (月が綺麗ですね) / Natsume Sōseki + "Kaze no nai yoru ga boku wo semetogameru" (風のない夜が僕を責めとがめる) / SPARKS GO GO

In chapter 48 of the manga, Akiho, unable to sleep after waking up from an unsettling dream, heads to the garden of her home in the middle of the night. And there surprisingly she finds Kaito, also awake and staring intently at the full moon. In a magical and emotional scene, illuminated by the full moon and prompted by feelings of worry for Kaito's pale complexion - too pale for his own good, Akiho tells him "Can we talk a little bit longer? Because...the moon is really beautiful".

At first, these can seem totally normal words of admiration for the full moon illuminating the two. But actually in this scene, Akiho has just covertly confessed to Kaito that she loves him. Many of you probably already know, but in Japan there's a little story that takes us back again to the famous novelist Natsume Soseki who seems to influence Clear Card so much (he'll get another mention later in this post). There's no actual written evidence of this, so Japanese people tend to consider this as some folklore tale, but when Soseki worked as an English teacher, he allegedly corrected one of his students who translated too literally the English phrase "I love you" in Japanese. He supposedly said "that's too direct, Japanese people don't express such phrase so directly. You should use 月が綺麗ですね (tsuki ga kirei desu ne, 'The moon is beautiful, right?') instead". And that's how the myth of expressing "I love you" in Japanese with "the moon is beautiful, right?" was born. It is very poetic, romantic and subtle so there's no doubt its popularity is really high and used in all kinds of media even today. And, I have to say, it fits romantic, shy and bookworm Akiho to a T. But how can we be sure that Akiho was really-really meaning that? It's because of the quotation marks on the original Japanese script. Akiho was deliberately quoting a source. And her face right afterwards, eyes cast down and red as a tomato, is the final proof of her intention. We still don't know, 24 chapters later, if Kaito's surprised face meant he understood what she was secretly meaning, or not.

However, I have a second source for this particular line from Akiho. One day I was searching on the internet, wanting to know more about this popular phrase, exactly as she worded it (it's slightly different from the classic one) and I stumbled upon the song "Kaze ga nai yoru ga boku wo seme togameru" (The windless night is reproving me) by Sparks Go Go. It's a love song from 1993, and the very first verse features the very same line Akiho said, worded exactly as she did. When I started to translate the lyrics, I was shocked. The lyrics actually fit perfectly the scene in the garden under the moonlight and what was going on between Kaito and Akiho in that moment, so much that it really makes me wonder if Ohkawa wasn't trying to make a double reference here:

Since the moon is beautiful I'll invite you for a stroll outside Tonight it's a bit chilly So wear one more layer of clothing I'm stammering And for some reason I suddenly realize All the feelings I've kept inside till now The windless night is reproving me Even though you're telling me A funny thing that happened to you today Tonight it's a bit different than usual My heart is twinkling Our footsteps echo softly As if I'm about to realize something All the feelings I've kept inside till now The windless night is reproving me The windless night is gently inviting me

As you can see, it's almost a precise description of that scene, with the mention of the stroll at night under the moonlight, the talk and the hidden feelings that are being conveyed in that moment.

I'll conclude this paragraph with something that I usually always mention when I tell people about the "moon is beautiful" 's hidden meaning in relation to Clear Card's storyline, because I think it's highly related. There are several ways to respond "I love you too" to a love confession made in that fashion. And one of the most popular ones that gets associated so much to this phrase (despite not coming from the same author but actually another one, Japanese novelist Shimei Futabatei who lived in the same period of Soseki) is 死んでもいいわ (shinde mo ii wa), which literally translates in English to "I can die happy" or "I can die for you" (you already know where I'm going with this one, right?). Apparently, Futabatei decided to translate in Japanese as shinde mo ii wa the Russian word Ваша present in a passage of the book "Asya" by Ivan S. Turgenev. The word Ваша actually literally translates in English as "yours", and the scene showed a woman deeply committing to her love, but since this is the same period as Soseki, the Japanese novelist used an indirect way to express it. I've read that the choice of shinde mo ii wa is tightly connected to the context of the original story, where a woman of low social status (an illegitimate daughter of a Russian landowner) and a man of higher class fell in love, but kept it hidden for most of the story. Back in those times, such relationship was frowned upon by society and so, indulging in that love could also be seen as the death of someone's life in society. In that sense, that "I would die for you" expresses the spirit of abnegation and complete dedication that such profound love inspires. Now, back to Clear Card, consider who's literally sacrificing himself for Akiho, and draw your conclusions.......

5) Liber Ivonis, Celaeno Fragments / H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth

When Akiho visits Sakura's home in ch. 26 in order to learn how to cook from her, Sakura also brings her to visit her father's small library. In a very excited way, Akiho recognizes some books of her interest and she asks Sakura if she can take them. Those books are, in order of appearance, "Liber Ivonis" and "Celaeno Fragments" (there's a small typo on the book's title, due to the ambivalence of R/L in Japanese) which are two books featured in the Cthulhu Mythos created by US writer H. P. Lovecraft. Both books seems to be grimoires about occult topics and dark magic spells. It is very likely that the two books are merely easter eggs (they had no influence whatsoever on the plot) or a covertly way from CLAMP to let us know that Akiho was acquainted with magical books.

6) Buying Mittens (手袋を買いに) / Nankichi Niimi

"Buying Mittens" from Japanese author Nankichi Niimi is the book Sakura and Akiho are asked to read to the children of the hospital in episode 19 of the Clear Card anime. The story features a baby fox going on a journey to a nearby village to buy mittens to warm its cold paws in the rigid snowy winter. The story revolves around the themes of trust in other human beings. Although the mother fox advised her little one to be careful of human beings, because if they found out it was a fox, something terrible would've happened, the little fox actually finds out humans are not all the same, and the human being selling the mittens wasn't actually harmful at all.

See, when this episode was released in May 2018, I remember it got a lot of criticism for being a "wasted episode" and not bringing the plot forward at all. But I had already understood back then that this was actually a very symbolic episode for one of the major thematics of Clear Card, which would've shown its full importance only later on the story: how much we can trust other people, especially when we don't know them and they are having seemingly hostile behaviors. I knew the anime staff chose to feature this book for a precise reason. With hindsight, from the manga storyline POV, this is absolutely connecting to how Sakura had her trust tested multiple times in the entire arc, not only towards Kaito who had the most ambiguous behaviors, but also her loved ones, starting from Syaoran himself - who stole her cards in the very beginning and even lied to her, hiding an important truth for her sake; but also Yukito, for a moment, when he activated the Moon barrier all of a sudden, scaring even Kero and Suppi; or how inevitably Sakura's trust in Akiho was also put under pressure once she found out that Kaito was a magician and so inevitably she had to question the reliability of a person very close to him. Trust, trust in your beloved people and even more deciding to trust someone you don't know well is of utmost importance in this arc. If Kaito the magician is, in Buying Mittens, the human known for hurting and hunting and killing foxes, Sakura is the little fox who has to make the important decision of whether she can trust him or not, especially when she's in a moment of vulnerability (in the story the little fox shows the fox paw instead of the human hand to the hatter, who recognizes it as a fox but actually doesn't hurt it at all).

When Sakura found out about Kaito being a magician, she made a careful and delicate decision: she decided to trust Akiho and indirectly to trust Kaito too, avoiding to jump to conclusions and to ruin Akiho and Kaito's relationship by questioning her friend about Kaito's nature. And despite acting in shady ways for the entire arc, and sometimes being just misunderstood - leading everyone to believe he intended to hurt Sakura, in the end we found out that none of that has ever been Kaito's intention from the very beginning.

As repeatedly told by Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP in Twitter Spaces, Sakura trusts her loved ones, and that actually represents her strength to believe that she will always be ok and everything will eventually be alright.

At the end of the Buying Mittens story, on its way back to his mother, the little fox hears a human mother singing a lullaby to her baby, and the fox draws a parallel to its own mother. Thanks to that, while being cuddled by the mother fox later, the baby fox says "maybe humans are good, after all". Motherhood and mother's love is definitely another thematic common to Clear Card and Buying Mittens, but also finding something that wholesome in common between the two species (humans and foxes) is the key to trust that there can be something good to be found even in "the other" that seems so scary and oppositive in the beginning. I'm certain that will also be a huge theme that will lead Sakura to help Akiho and Kaito in the very end of this climax.

7) Night on The Galactic Railroad / Kenji Miyazawa

"Night on The Galactic Railroad" is the title of the book Yukito is reading to the children of the hospital in episode 19 of the Clear Card anime.

8) "Oborozukiyo" (朧月夜)

"Oborozukiyo" is a Japanese folk song that gets featured in chapter 9 of the manga and episode 6 of the anime. Tomoyo and Akiho sing together this song in 2 different occasions between manga and anime: in the manga they sing it at the hanami in front of group of school friends, while in the anime it is a song that Tomoyo suggests to Akiho to sing together, and at the end of the performance she offers Akiho to join the choir later. The song is also featured in the Clear Card soundtrack album.

9) Special references appearing in the mobile game Happiness Memories:

Botchan / Natsume Sōseki

Natsume Soseki gets mentioned again in the Happiness Memories game when Akiho, in one of the photostories (the one focused on the study of English, with Syaoran reiterating his love to Sakura in English without her knowing what he meant ❤️) tells Sakura she's looking for the English version of some books, namely Night On The Galactic Railroad by Kenji Miyazawa (already mentioned above) and Botchan by Natsume Soseki. Apparently, Kaito suggested her to find those books and read them in English, since she's still having some difficulties with Japanese language. Akiho doesn't initially remember the titles of those books, so Syaoran intervenes and tries to help.

The Wandering Lake / Sven Hedin

"The Wandering Lake" is a book written by swedish geographer Sven Hedin. This one gets seemingly mentioned during one of the photostories set during the old anime arcs, where Syaoran gets invited to the Kinomoto home and bakes a cake with Fujitaka and Sakura (I don't really know much of the details because I never got this card 💦) While they wait for it to bake, Fujitaka and Syaoran talk about their favorite subject, archeology! And Fujitaka apparently makes references to this book (he supposedly mentions the lake name, Lop Nur) while explaining his love for archeology.

And I believe that's all for this first installment of "Clear Card Trivia"!! I hope you enjoyed it and maybe that it surprised you too, for some reference that you didn't catch before today! My love for this story is infinite, for all the reading "layers" it provides us with, and one of those is composed by all the literary references featured in it, since books are really so important in this arc. Knowing all these little quotes and references makes me appreciate CLAMP's efforts to build this arc as something deeper and more meaningful.

As I said in the beginning, I intend to update this post in case something else comes up in the handful of chapters that are left! See you next time, what will I feature? I have looooots I want to talk about!!

#card captor sakura #cardcaptor sakura #ccsakura #clear card arc #sakura card captor #clear card trivia #<- this will be the designated tag for this series of posts!

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Hi Anny!! Got a writing prompt for ya!

So I’ve been seeing your little snippets of the KOW! Swapped AU between Star!Asha and Human!Aster, and they’re all soo cute X33

But now I’m wondering, what would the “At All Costs” scene look like? Or whatever song you swapped for AAC.

Would it be Aster who goes somewhere else private to practice his music? Would it be Asha who’s encouraged by their friends to confess to Aster? How does Aster react? How does Asha handle confessing?

Imagine the 7 (or 6 in this scenario) teens in the background being like: “JUST KISS THAT BOY ALREADY-!!”

Like I said in my original post about the AUs here:

Asha would sing "You Chose Me" from the musical "Breathe" as I think it fits her bubbly and happy personality very well. Now as for how a scene of them would play out, let's see...

After a lot of encouragement from the seven teens, Asha finally makes her way through the woods, following the sound of Aster's music. She finds him standing near a river, with his mandolin strapped on his shoulder, as he practices the magic she has given him.

(As I write this I realize that whole scene in KOW when Asha and Aster are hiding and Asha draws clones of themselves would have to change... Cause drawing is relatively silent, but playing music ain't lol so I guess Human!Aster's approach would be different, in this moment that is about him showing his growth... Maybe something more about him not being afraid to be loud and clear...)

Aster is trying to sing and hit a high note as loud as he can, by doing so he creates sound waves that make the water of the river tremble, but it's not enough, it wouldn't be strong enough to, let's say, knock someone out of balance for example, he gotta try harder.

Aster was so focused on his high note he didn't notice the light coming from behind him, till he feels a finger tap on his shoulder. He stops playing and turns around quickly

"AH- Oh hey Asha" the human didn't quite notice how nervous Asha seemed, like she was anxious to tell him something "Did Simon finish his dinner? We're good to go?"

"Umm yeah, everyone's ready, but- well... I wanted to ask you something first..." Asha can practically feel the 7 teens staring at them behind some bushes, waiting to see her confess... But instead Asha blurted out "Whatcha doing?" she asked awkwardly

"Just trying something different. I wondered if I could cause a sound wave strong and loud enough to be more destructive ya know... But no matter what I feel like my voice is like, stuck in my throat, ya know? Like it should be louder, but I'm holding back, even though I want to let it all out..." He explained with a pondering gaze on the mandolin

"... It takes time to find your voice, but I think the power you already have inside is more than enough to defeat them" The star smiled warmly as she spoke from her heart

"Let's hope. But yeah, what I can do is already pretty great, like, check this out" Aster plays a fast paced melody, and suddenly, the strings of his mandolin start to burn and he creates a fireball "I can make fire! That oughta be useful, right?" They try holding the fireball... It is- "HOT!" He exclaims as he throws the spell in the river "... Ya know, on second thought, maybe I'm not ready to go to the castle yet, maybe we should leave the plan for tomorrow or-"

"I know we'll win." Asha reassures him "You got a lot more power than you think, and that goes way beyond my magic"

Aster smiles and feels his cheeks getting warmer "Heheh thanks. I guess I'm just nervous cause'... Well, everything HAS to go according to plan"

"And what if it doesn't?" Asha tilts her head with a knowing smile

"Then Queen Amable kills us, I guess, or throws us in the dungeon to be her hubby's little lab rats" He shrugs, finding the outcome quite obvious

"... I don't know if things will go according to plan, but..." Asha holds both his hands, looking at him in the eyes with a radiant and optimistic smile that could make any shred of doubt fade away "As long as you follow your heart, you'll find a way... That's what made you wish upon me in the first place, right?" Asha giggled

Aster looks at her fondly, she's like the embodiment of hope...

"OH MY GOD- JUST KISS THE B-" Hal yelled from the bushes, to which Asha used her magic to make a wall of trees in front of the 7 hidden teens to hide them

"What was tha-"

"NOTHING!" Asha blurted out nervously

"Maybe the others are calling us, we should go" Aster begins to walk towards the trail that leads to their camp. But then, he feels her warm hand holding his wrist

"A-Aster wait!" Her voice shakes as she holds him, he looks back at her confused, so she tries her best to explain "I just... I think I discovered something new about how I feel about you... Well your friends did, but that's not the point" She mumbled the last part to herself "And I have so much I wanna tell you, but I don't know how to even start..." Then, Asha glances at Aster's mandolin for a moment, and that gives her idea "... Maybe I could try speaking your language... Can you give me a tune?" She asks with a soft smile

Aster is not quite sure where this is going, he raises an eyebrow at the request but complies "Uuuh sure ok" He starts to play a simple melody

And we get the song "You Chose Me"

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I SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON WRITING THIS LMAO @flicklikesstuff YOU BETTER APPRECIATE IT- just kidding, I had fun, but man, everytime these two are cute together I just covered my face blushing and giggling, kicking my feet, theyre so precious I cant hhidhefheljehbgfhhe

#wish rewrite #wish reimagined #kingdom of wishes #ask

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writingseaslugs · 2 years

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Scarabia: Reader Who's Scared of Storms

So I have no idea if Kalim used to be scared of storms or not, but honestly, he comes across as someone who was jumpy as a kid when a storm came around. Ever experienced a storm in a desert? Terrifying.

Disclaimer: All characters in this series are aged up. For more information about my version of this world and the type of reader you can expect, please do a quick read of THIS post.

Reader Who’s Scared of Storms

Kalim Al-Asim

Kalim is the one running to you, telling you that there’s going to be a storm coming in soon. He’s fine with the rain; that’s his signature spell. Thunder and Lightning, though…he hates it. He’s not terrified of it like when he was a kid, but he still hates it. That’s when you inform him that you are still petrified and Kalim is having a moment. He’s grabbing your arm and telling you that you guys could be storm buddies and hang out when there’s a storm so you two won’t be so worried over it. It’s cute, and a great idea since Kalim is always bright and sunny.

He is just going off of what his family and Jamil would do for him whenever there was a storm. A blanket and some music will be playing as he invites you into a giant pillow fort. You two will be lying down, talking about the day while a movie is playing in the background. He’ll be telling you all his favorite parts of said movie and basically spoiling it, but it is endearing, to say the least. To make matters better, Jamil will know if there’s a storm and will have made a few finger foods for you two to share.

You’re being invited over once he hears there’s going to be a storm. Sleepovers are an instant cure for these things, especially because he is amazing at cuddling. Not to mention the nice silks and large bed can put you to ease pretty fast. Kalim’s hand will be on some part of your body as he talks to you until he sees you relax and fall asleep. He’ll leave a small kiss on your forehead before nuzzling closer and falling asleep as well.

Jamil Viper

Jamil finds out without ever seeing how scared you really are. He’ll just be going on about his childhood, how Kalim used to be petrified of storms and how he still isn’t a fan. He’ll comment how he’s happy he doesn’t have to baby him any more during the storm and notice how awkward you look. His smile will fall to be gentler, and he apologizes if he’s offended you; then he’ll explain he didn’t like babying Kalim during storms but would have no problem watching over you if you’d like. It’s sweet, but you can see him itching to tease you a little later.

Not only has he grown up making sure Kalim was taken care of during storms, but also his little siblings. He knows every single trick in the book and will even find some noise-canceling headphones and pop it on for you. He’ll find himself just taking you everywhere with him as well. If he needs to cook while it’s going wild outside, he’ll grab you and put you on the counter so he can keep an eye on you and do his duties. He’ll comment on how cute you were when you’re all jumpy, and if you have the headphones on, he’ll wait till you’re distracted with your eyes closed and then graze his hand over your thigh to watch you jump again.

Jamil always checks the weather, so he knows what to prepare for, so when he sees it’ll be storming, he’s messaging you to come over for the night and to bring your comfort items. He’ll have some of your favorite snacks waiting for you and dragging you to his room, making sure the curtains are covering all the windows. Once you’ve eaten and had something warm to drink, he’ll talk to you about seemingly nothing important until you fall asleep against his chest. He’ll just bring you over to his bed and do his nightly duties before joining you and curling into you. If you wake up, you’ll likely find your face against his chest and his hand running over your back as he tells you to go back to sleep and that you’re alright.

#Twisted Wonderland #Twisted Wonderland x Reader #TWST #TWST x Reader #TWST Wonderland #Twisted Wonderland Disney #TWST Disney #Kalim Al-Asim #Kalim Al-Asim x Reader #Kalim x Reader #Jamil Viper #Jamil Viper x Reader #Jamil x Reader

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kukos-satellite · 4 months

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Voltron hcs because I can & will! p, 03 - KP. Holt

Finally got Pidge on here after some tweaking and spell checks! I’m going to wait till it’s about 6 pm to post Allura’s headcanons. Hope you enjoy these like you did for Keith and Lance! :)

they/them aroflux nonbinary

autistic , bpd

has chronic (secondary) insomnia and back pains

forgets to eat, only lives off of coffee

always cold because of low iron

stims whenever excited

watches true crime

- mostly watches the unsolved to put the pieces together themself

has dyed their hair, but won’t say which colors

has loads of vinyls and cds

likes to take apart computers, phones, and tablets and put them back together when bored

has a crazy amount of Nat Geo magazines

- shows Allura and Coran them whenever they’re curious about Earth

has a scar on their leg after a shaving incident

never grows out their hair long again

they steal Matt’s old clothes

wears a binder anytime and all time of the day

they drink both coffee and tea

- favorite teas: jasmine, matcha, ginger, and thai

- favorite type of coffee: decaf or an Americano

writes fanfictions and wrote a couple books

- wrote a couple of Klance fanfics in their free time and sent them off to Keith to read

the next part will be Allura’s hcs!

#voltron legendary defender #voltron headcanons #pidge holt #katie holt #matthew holt #KS: incorrect voltron posts #KS: incorrect fandom headcanons

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wolflover2426 · 9 months

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You Like Superheroes, Don’t you, Marinette?

AN: Hope you enjoy reading this short crack fic. This is probably one of my first time writing a crack fic and first time posting a fic here. If you want to read my other works please check me out in AO3

Marinette is currently minding her own business. Her kwami, Tikki is currently munching on a cookie as usual.

The calm didn’t last long when Alya slammed her trapdoor wide open which sent Marinette stumbling out of her seat.

“You!” Alya pointed an accusatory finger at her.

Marinette pointed to herself, numbly. “Me?”

That only seemed to provoke Alya as she began walking towards her as Marinette stood up and sat her down on the chair. “I know your secret!”

“My secret?” Marinette asked, completely confused as to what the heck was she talking about. Alya knows almost everything about her, especially that she is Ladybug and the guardian.

“I figured it out!” Alya exclaimed. “You like superheroes!”

Marinette tilted her head in response, she honestly has no idea where this conversation is heading at this point.

“Do you remember when you swapped miraculous with Chat Noir the first time?” Alya asked. Marinette hummed in agreement, how could she forget that moment? “You named yourself Lady Noire, right?” She made sure to enunciate the ‘right.’

“I did, where are you going with this?” Marinette said, looking confused despite the twinkle in Alya’s eyes which spelled mischief.

“Do you remember that LadyNoir is a ship name between you and Chat?” Alya wiggled her eyebrows in emphasis.

Marinette blushed, she instantly realized what this was about. The name was a spur of the moment when she fought Reflekdoll with Mr. Bug. It didn’t mean anything at the time but now that she thought about it, it was quite the slip and she couldn’t help but facepalm.

“And when you fought Monarch on your own, you named yourself Bug Noire, huh?” Alya asked, completely shoving her face closer to Marinette and she blushed even deeper. Okay, she has got to stop telling Alya everything.

“You shipped yourself with Chat twice! I can’t believe it!” Alya began laughing like a mad woman as if she had said a very funny joke. “I should give you a shirt that says, ‘I ship LadyNoir and BugNoire!’”

Marinette groaned and buried her face into her hands. Sure, she was with Adrien and happy but that didn’t help with the fact that she slipped up on the idea of her being with Chat by naming her hero identity close to the ship name between them, twice!

Alya kept laughing till she was on the floor and even Tikki began chuckling. Traitor.

Marinette knew her best friend would never let her live it down.

Bonus:

A week after the incident, Marinette received a package from Alya. Opening it, she pulled out a shirt that had a man with glasses wearing a tuxedo with the words:

You only ship LadyNoir

I ship LadyNoir and BugNoire

We are not the same

Marinette decided to think about her revenge for this betrayal after storing the shirt away. Too bad her best friend will lose pastry privileges for a month.

Tikki was cackling at her misery.

Marinette could only give a long suffering groan.

#miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #alya cesaire #ml fic #ml crack #mlb fic #ml fanfic #ml meme #i put too much effort into this #please laugh

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starkidblogs · 2 years

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The Lady and Her Monster

A/n: Hello there, This is a Mayor x Reader fanfic, inspired by the artwork of @neonross of the mayor and his daughter. The link is here. It is incredible, as well as their Bull kid au.

**This is a warning that this first part contains gory descriptions and death. So It's rated M for violence**

This is also one of a three or four-part fanfic. I'm unsure because I have ADHD and fall in and out of writing/fandom. (Hyperfixation is a curse!!)

Summary: The day lady bone demon start destroying the empire and eliminating the emperor. But she also needed to keep her tool in check, so she commanded him to eliminate the one thing holding him back, his love for you and his daughter.

Sidenote; I gave the mayor a name.....It's chief... I know it's a terrible name. The mayor also starts as a human before fully becoming the LBD servant. It has been a long while since writing fanfiction and the first time to post it on Tumblr. So there may be spelling mistakes that I may have missed.

Now on to the story.

You held your young daughter close as you gazed into the eye of your former husband. The cold blue that emanated from his eyes, this wasn't the man you knew and loved. He was something else, something frightening and horrible. He held his bloodstained blade.

When did it go wrong? When did he become this monster you see before you?

You felt tears from your daughter as she was holding on to you for dear life. "Mama! What's happening? Why is papa hurting people?" She cried as you couldn't explain it to her. How could? You don't know what was possessing him to do this.

"Sweetie, That is not your papa... Not anymore..." that's all you could muster as he walked towards you both with blood-soaked katana in hand. Before he started to run, you bolted with your daughter in your arms into the house. You felt the swing of his blade was close behind you. Turning to close the door, you saw his unnerving grin before slamming the door shut and grabbing a nearby chair to slow him down. It gave you both enough time to run into the cellar as he busted into the home you both made.

You held in your breath as you tried to soothe your child. Trying to think of a way to keep her safe, you thought of your parents outside the empire. "My lady, we're going to play a game. Okay, you remember how you ran to your grandma and grandpa's home outside of the empire against daddy to see who's faster?"

She nodded in confusion. Why did you want to play a game at a time like this? "You need to run to them while I stop papa from catching up to you. Okay? Don't stop for anything until you are there and safe." You heard him upstairs walking into each room, flinging items out of the way while the doors shattered as he tried to find you both.

You held you're breath and heard him going into the farthest room, your only chance for your daughter to flee from the demon in your home. You quickly tip-toed out of the basement, carrying her closet to your chest to shield her eyes from the horror the empire had become. Shards of giant blue crystal erupted out of nowhere and destroyed buildings, entrapping citizens, some piercing through them. As bodies drop on the street, families cry out for lost loved ones, and neighbors attempt to liberate their friends from crystal.

As soon as you escaped the chaos, you ran into the forest near your parent's home. "Okay, my lady, remember..." You began to tear up, knowing this was the last time you'll ever hold her. "Don't look back, and keep running till you are safe and far away from here...." You choked on your sobs as you hugged her tightly and kissed her on the forehead. "Mama..." She utters as she tries to hold back her tears. "I love you, my little lady."

Before your daughter could say anything, a twig snapped behind you. Dread wanted to take over and paralyze you, but you knew you had to hold him back for your daughter. You turn to see the man you once adored smiling maliciously. It made your guts turn sour as you turned to your daughter "(d/n), run... Get out of here!" You shouted as you heard the crunching of leaves get farther away from you both, now in a stand-off. You knew you were not going to survive.

"Is this how you protect your child?" He spoke, sounding like a mad man as he laughed. "You mean our child!! Chief, what has happened to you?!" You shouted at him, clenching your hands into fists, holding in your sobs. "Destiny happened to me sadly... You both aren't in it." He utters before lunging forward at you. Without having enough time to respond, he held you by your neck and chuckled before slamming you into a tree.

You coughed as the air was knocked out of your lungs, dropping onto the ground, gasping as you struggled to stand. Only to feel a hand grab a fist full of your (h/c) hair and yank you up. You stood face to face with this monster. The cold blue of his eyes meets your weeping (E/C) ones. He was about to slam you into the tree again until you both heard a woman's voice coming from behind him. "This has gone on long enough,"

"It's time to finish with this. We must concentrate on our destiny at hand." She said coldly into your eyes as you fell to the ground. You saw her form come closer as you screamed at her, "WHO ARE YOU? HOW COME YOU'RE DOING THIS?!" She turned towards you as she spoke."I am but a humble spirit. I came here on a mission to help the mortals be free from the pain and imperfections of this world. I thought if I was able to help the emperor and make him into a better person, we could make this land prosper, but after a few months of working for him, I realized that it was pointless. He never cared about anyone else but himself, even moments before he died." This lady explained you sat up and yelled. "THEN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY HUSBAND?!" Before feeling a blade dig in slowly into your shoulder. You cried in agony and pain as you heard him bark at you. "Show your respect to my lady."

You felt your heart sink as he yanked the blade out of you. You pressed your hand onto your shoulder to stop the bleeding somehow. "Your husband is a powerful man (Y/n), and he is so close to his future, but there is only one thing holding him back" She walked closer towards you and saw Chief kneeling for her. The woman grabbed your face and force you to look at her speaking softly. "you and your daughter." Your eyes widen " Leave her out of this!" you spat out before she let you go. "I respect your efforts into savings your offspring but note this if she comes back," She said as her eyes started to glow neon blue. "I will not have any mercy." Turning towards the once-thriving empire as she gave her final order. "End her."

You looked at her before turning to your former husband and saw him raising his katana, looking down at you. You closed your eyes and braced yourself for what happened next. Till you felt tear drops falling from his eyes onto your face as he smiled, before he brought his blade down, you gave him a final smile and calmly "I love you, my dear Chief." In his mind, one thing that was his own before fully succumbing to her influence was ' I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, my lady (Y/n)..'

Your final words to the man you spent your last few moments of life. As you passed, he wiped his tears away as he stared off into the depth of the woods before following the lady bone demon to the emperor's palace. Unbeknownst to them, two pairs of puffed (d/e/c) watched in horror behind a tree only a couple of feet away. Hiccups and sniffles came out as she turned in the direction of her grandparents, running as fast as she stumbled and tripped over roots. Huffs of air escaped her tiny lungs as they tried their best to keep up.

Her little legs with scrapes and scratches kept running as she fought the urge to fall over and wail about the scene keeps replaying in her head. (D/n) runs out of the woods, meeting a meadow of flowers. A vision of her and her father picking flowers and creating flower crowns for one another flashed in her mind. "Mama! Papa!" she whimpers as she reaches for safety underneath the only peach tree. She falls to the ground, and she feels her body trembling out of fear and sadness as she attempts to catch her breath as if it were her last and feels her energy fade.

(D/n) glanced up towards the night sky and said a small, simple prayer. "Please, help us.." Before giving in to exhaustion.

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I hope you enjoyed it!

Part two

#lmk mayor #lmk lbd #lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid x reader #mayor x reader #lmk x reader #lmk lady bone demon #monkie kid #monkie kid x reader #lmk mayor x reader #monkie kid mayor #monkie kid mayor x reader #first fanfiction in a while and it's flipping angsty!!!!#StarKidWritings

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staceymcgillicuddy · 2 months

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For soul… questions 7 & 15!

This is so timely as I just finished editing the last chapter this morning. Still have to do all my spelling/grammar checks, and I'm posting something for the ST RBB today, so Soul will probably go up next week, BUT still.

7: Where did the title come from?

It's from a Woody Guthrie song called all ya gotta do is touch me, specifically this verse:

I fully aim, to get my soul known again As the maniac, the saint, the sinner, the drinker, the thinker, the queer I am the works, the whole works And it's not 'till you have called me all of these things That I feel satisfied, I feel satisfied.

And if that doesn't scream Chrissy in this fic, then I don't know what does. The Woody tie in around the whole fic came from Eddie's guitar slaying dragons, and my thinking about how Wayne probably educated him on the finer points of anti-fascism and folk. (FWIW, Woody wrote a lot of lyrics he never recorded, so the only recordings out there of this one were arranged and done by other artists, I think.)

15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

This is going to sound strange, but I learned that people are very forgiving when you miss your deadlines. I have always been so paranoid about letting people down, but my mental health got in the way of soul at a few points, and people were overall so kind and considerate and gave me space to breathe.

#bsc diaries #pipergirl17

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ineffable-and-galore · 2 years

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I Think We Need to Talk

Pairing: Doctor Strange x Gender Neutral Reader

Warning: Mentions of terminal illness, depression, grief, death, injuries, hurt

AN: I haven’t posted an original one-shot in awhile so here’s one of mine from Wattpad! My handle is @Bleecker_St_Magician on there so be sure to check it out if you like my work!

Summary: Y/N, after being cursed has finally had enough but will the words that Stephen has to offer be enough, or will it finally drive them over the edge?

The curse has been going on for far too long. It took away almost everything, your life, your family, your friends. When you entered the Kamar Taj you thought it would just go away with the magic, or you could at least learn how to get rid of it, but it only seems to get worse with every waking minute with no cure, even when you finished your studies and moved to the New York sanctum.

Your partner was the one that convinced you to study the mystic arts. It was his fault you got cursed, even if you did feel uncomfortable blaming him. He didn't cast the spell or put the curse on you, instead, it was one of his enemies, that hated him for the powerful sorcerer he was, and the influence he had.

The curse was painful, it was like a chronic illness, slowly consuming you, but instead of killing you, it was worse. You would be a monster by the time it was over with, no longer yourself in the least bit, instead just evil, plain evil. You never wanted that day to happen, if there was a way for you to prevent it you would take any measures necessary, even ending yourself even if it would hurt and break the last person that loved you.

You knew you only had a little bit of time left, you'd dedicated years and years to learn these arts, just all for nothing. No hope was left for you. You had days, if not a few weeks left to live before it consumed you fully. The only thing you could do was worry and wait and cry and try to enjoy yourself in the tiniest bit with the man you ever so loved.

Sitting in your chair you gazed out the window, a storm filling up the cloudy night sky. This could be it, your last storm, the last time you saw rain, the last time you enjoyed the peace and joyful feeling it brought.

You gazed out the window, trying to store the moment in your mind. He wasn't home, he would make this moment perfect. The revelation you'd been putting off while gazing out struck you, the terrible luck and draw of a card you'd been given. Tears filled your eyes, slowly starting to drip down your face.

Still gazing out the window, you could see your sad reflection. The hopelessness that filled your eyes, the tiredness from nights desperately searching taking its toll on your figure and appearance.

Putting a hand to the glass, you tried to wash out the thoughts. Wallowing would only make the curse seem to appear quicker. Standing still, you thought about the happy moments you had.

You thought about meeting him, Stephen, the one you were made for without any doubt. That moment when he became flustered and spitted the words out, asking you on a date. You thought about your first kiss, in the rain on a walk to your house, part of the reason you loved the rain so much. You thought about your first time, and how nervous you were, but he made you feel like the luckiest person in the world. You thought about your first "I love you" and how both of you just suddenly blurted it out and ended up in tears from laughing so hard. You thought about when you moved in together, how he was so scared to ask and he planned a romantic evening leading up to the simple question. How that very night the two of you planned what you wanted to do with your life together, get married and settle down in a calm life, live together till the end. That would never happen now.

"Y/N," his baritone voice rang through the room and your ears, he was here, finally, you could enjoy this with him.

"Yes?" turning around to meet his defeated-looking figure, the curse seemingly taking its toll on him as well.

"I think we need to talk," he gazed at you with a saddened expression, tears filling his eyes as well.

This can't be good.

"About what?" staring at him, only a few feet away from you, his cloak drooped in defeat along with his broad shoulders.

"I can't do this anymore," he sighed as he looked towards the window the rain as loud as ever as you thought.

Is it really over? When I only have a few moments left to live? How could he do this when we've been through so much?

"What do you mean?" Your voice quivered with the question that unwillingly left your lips.

"The curse Y/N. This," he started to get angry, you could hear the slightest tone in his voice.

You begged the sob forming not to escape you but just your luck it did. You whispered just loud enough for him to hear, "No."

"It's taking up everything. We never see each other anymore," the words spat out of his mouth.

Please no. Gods if you're real let this be a nightmare, I promise I won't complain anymore.

The tears flowed like a river now, you could not stop them if you tried. It couldn't be true. Stephen wouldn't do this in your last few moments left to live.

"Please, please no," you spoke through your tears, "you have to understand, I'm trying to get rid of this for us. If I don't I'll die Stephen. I don't want to die."

He was always so perfect. How could he?

"It's because of me," he mumbled under his breath, hoping you couldn't hear it. This was breaking his heart but it was for the best.

Hearing that made you break, if you thought you were broken before this was ten times worse. Letting your emotions loose you turned to him your voice almost a scream, "I don't care if it's because of you. I just want to be with you. I don't have much longer, how many damn times do I have to say it."

"It's consuming you Y/N. It's not just because I blame myself, I just can't anymore," Stephen whispered as he began to pace back and forth.

Collapsing to the floor, you looked out the window once more, this time the rain didn't seem so peaceful and joyful, instead, it felt like your heart being broken by the one person left that cared, or at least pretended to.

"This curse it's consuming you. I thought it was bad when it first happened but now it's worse than ever," he stared at you unbeknownst to you he was going through the same heartbreak but his idea, that maybe just maybe, the curse would be taken away if you left had to be true It was the only option left for you and him, the only option to save you, even if it broke your heart.

"Stephen, love, please stop," you whispered, barely getting the sentence out. You could feel it consuming you now, the monster crawling up, soon to be all that was left of you. It would have to be destroyed, there would be no hope.

"No. I won't. I'm leaving until you pack your bags and go to the Kamar Taj," he began to walk away, but couldn't bear it when he heard your sobs of pain and misery.

The pain was too much. This wasn't how you wanted it to end. Your last moment spent losing the one person left in your world. The curse was making its way through you, soon you'd be transformed, Stephen wouldn't have to deal with it anymore.

You caught a glimpse of him walking away then standing still. "Stephen please," you weakly cried out, "it's coming right now. All I want is to be with you. Please," the last part came out as a barely audible whisper as the pain got even worse, causing your body to contort.

He felt guilty, surely this wasn't the end. He couldn't deny your calls even if they were a trick, so soon he found himself cradling you in his arms.

He knew this wasn't a trick now, he could see your features changing. Tears began to fill his eyes and drip down his face onto yours.

Reaching your arm out you gripped onto his stubbled face, "I'm sorry, for wasting so much time on this curse."

"You didn't," Stephen whispered to you and he hugged your body to him, "I love you Y/N. I'm sorry."

The curse had almost filled you now, you knew this was the end. At least your last words wouldn't go to waste, "I'll see you in the next life. I love you, my sorcerer."

The end caught up to you. The curse had taken over. At least the last feeling you got was in the one you loved arms.

Stephen cried more than he ever had before when he felt you go away and the curse take over. Calling for Wong, who had prepared for this situation, he looked out the window at the rain, his thoughts now filled with the fact that he caused this, the curse, everything, he rid you of your last moments of peace and love and filled them with pain and sadness.

#marvel fanfic #marvel one shot #gender neutral one shot #doctor strange x reader #doctor strange one shot #angst #stephen strange x reader #marvel #curses #sanctum sanctorum

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