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#this is inspired by that one scene when lilia protected silver
coffie-bun · 10 months
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rayroseu · 9 months
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I think the similarity between Malleus and Grim might be because Grim is Malenoa's phantom.
To preface, I'm assuming Malenoa overblotted because of the scene in Sleeping Beauty where she snapped at seeing Diablo turned into stone? 
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Additionally, both movies of Maleficent involved a "death scene." In Maleficent 1, it was Diaval being chained down by King Stefan's soldiers/Maleficent was about to be slain by King Stefan and in Maleficent 2, its Maleficent actually died from protecting Aurora.
Both scenes eventually had a "saving from their impending death." But, since this is twisted wonderland, the Disney movie is more inspired by the Original Animation where Maleficent and her goons actually lost to the humans.
Diablo (Maleficent's birb) in TWST, is Levan right now and in recent updates its said that the latest news about Levan is that he's missing and there's rumors about him fighting Knight of Dawn; the strongest of the Silver Owls.
Right now, the Silver Owls are ambushing the Land of Briar castle where Malenoa is. 
If it goes like this??? I think they kept Levan as hostage to officially take the land or something—
All I know is that someone must've harmed Levan because in the movie, Maleficent only attacked the kingdom or used all her powers to kill Prince Philip upon discovering the fairies turned Diablo into a stone bcs they want Prince Philip to escape and save Aurora.
From the words of Lilia about Malenoa, Malenoa is undefeatable– so I really don't believe she was overpowered by strength, but rather she was caught off guard by emotional turmoil (or for this theory, consumed by her own overblot).
Going back to Grim might be Malenoa's phantom… Grim is always assumed to be a phantom labeled as a direbeast for now... Its heavily theorized like that because of how, in his feral state, he devours blotted magic stones.
And, blotted magic stones are what supplies a phantom to live because they carry the magic power of a mage.
But phantoms can't be born without an overblot first... so who's mage is he a phantom of?
We know that the phantom's strength is a reflection of a mage capabilities when they were at the right state–
Malenoa was a really powerful mage so if we consider the destruction of NRC (and possibly the Sage Island? The entire sky was black out too) that we've seen in the prologue as the power of Phantom Grim, then Phantom Grim must originate from a formidable mage like Malenoa, because he easily beaten all mages on the island effortlessly and even plunged the surroundings in darkness.
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If Grim is a phantom then he's a powerful one because he's ancient (assumed from his diagnosed curse from STYX), he has the intelligence of a human, and has immense destruction power (if he's not sane as shown with how he easily destroyed his cage room at STYX).
Also even if Overblot Grim is composed of different parts from the main 7 phantoms, his form is majorly resembling a dragon. And, Malenoa's a dragon.
(long post ahead)
On top of it, the story kind of implies that Malleus and Grim has similarities with each other.
I read a theory that Grim must be an extension of Malleus, it was a bit of a crack theory but rather than Malleus himself, I would like to believe Grim is Malenoa's phantom. That's why Malleus and him are similar because they're??? both related from Malenoa???)
does that mean Malleus and Grim are siblings then....
■ Grim Overblot is at overpowered HP, like Overblot Malleus.  No other overblot is like that. If Grim is a reflection of (Overblot) Malenoa's power, then it makes sense for Malleus and Grim to only have exclusive overpowered HP.
■ Most of Malleus' magic derived from his mother (thorns, lightning, and green fire). Both Grim and Malleus' cards shares their elements. The comparison is on this post.
■ Both Grim and Malleus has ancient magic. Papa Shroud said that Malleus' magical barrier looks like something out of a illustration book.
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c: @/cymrJP on yt
STYX also said that Overblot Malleus' magic which is territorial control; where inside his magical barrier time has stopped and all life forms has fallen to sleep is an ancient magic.
So, if theres any mage from past who can do what Malleus can do, then Malenoa could've summoned a magical barrier like that once she overblotted as well.
And, you know, who's an ancient being except for Lilia? Grim.
We don't know his age but its highly likely he's older than we know because of his ancient curse. Which is proof that he must've been existed as Malenoa's phantom because he's already existing from a long time ago.
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■ Both Grim and Malleus are big eaters. A little trivia about Malleus is that he's a big eater (from the Scalding Sands event), maybe even more than Sebek because it just makes sense as he is a dragon.
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But, his big apetite is displayed at a classy manner unlike of Grim who just messily devours.
We can assume that all dragon faes are just like that, so Malenoa could've possibly been a big eater as well. If she's related to Grim (aka being her overblot form's phantom), then Grim's voraciousness for food, which is depicted as a comedic relief for now, can be a reference that his power/mannerism is from Malenoa.
■ Malenoa is commanding like Grim. Grim refers to us as "henchmen" and at first, thinks of us as just mere servant to gratify his demands (but he slowly got attached to Yuu in the end).
So.... You know, who else has henchmen??? Malenoa as the leading commander of Land Briar's military and her henchmen aka Lilia and his fellow soldiers.
And... She seems to order around Lilia as she pleases like how Grim orders Yuu around lol
■ Grim and Malleus' overblot forms has the same lacing patters on their faces. Their main design is very similar. And their pattern both adorns their forehead.
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■ Grim constantly says and wishes to be the greatest mage in all of TWST. If Malenoa is alive right now, then she'll be the most powerful.
Plus, Grim's pride for himself and the way he easily talks down others despite only having a normal amount of magic might also come from this inherent personality of Draconia's "being better than everyone" (and they literally are).
Malleus is even shown to talk down at others as well if he's triggered the wrong way, he doesn't hesitate to flaunt his strength if needed. Although unlike Grim, he has self control because of Lilia's discipline that "he musn't use his power carelessly." (what Lilia said to little Malleus after the freezing castle fiasco).
■ Malleus is referred as monstrous or similar to a monster because of his strength and no one approaches him because he might burn you because he's a dragon (from what the students has been whispering about him). Grim is a literal monster who'll blow a fire on you, he's not feared like Malleus but no one really wanted to take him in NRC except for Yuu.
Their similarity is that its only Yuu that they care for (outside of Malleus' family ofc) and Yuu is the only one who sees them for who they are.
Additonal Info of Why I think Malenoa Overblotted
• Papa Shroud saying that Malleus magic happens only in fiction can also imply Malenoa's overblot.
Because her death/overblot happened a long time ago, then its treated as a fairytale/fictional because its just "unrealistic."
We know that TWST History is unreliable. In one of the vignettes (of Lilia i think??) Lilia talked to Trey about giant magical pens and how its probably so long ago that the present people thinks its fictional or a myth now. (Altho we're not sure of its legitimately what happened since Lilia was telling it to make Trey, the listener, be confused whether it is real or not.)
The History voicelines has said about fairytales being the real... I can't remember much except from this voiceline from Rook where he said "Do you think fairy tales are fiction?"
Additionally, TWST is also a world where fairytales of Disney Villains is regarded as historical facts— I'm saying the Great Sevens stories in TWST is like a fairytale or ficitional because we know their true personality/their true story in their respective Disney films). But, their twisted version is regarded as factual despite it being so wrong from their actual story. (Ex. Frollo of the City of Flowers was a hero but in Hunchback of Notre Dame, he was not that lol)
• Every overblot we had must be from a student who perfectly embodies one of the Great Seven. Malenoa was the first character outside of the main characters to have a great influence from Maleficent. Which strengthes the prospect of her overblotting. She's even more resembling to Maleficent than Malleus himself.
She's referred to as snapping her goons with thunder like Maleficent, she's the most evil princess, and she seems to only have affection for Levan which parallels to Maleficent only being caring to Diablo and no one else.
• Grim doesn't remember his past. If Malenoa overblotted like Malleus and it mirrors with the magical barrier he's using right now, then it makes sense for Malenoa's cause of death and the Silver Owls to be unknown up until now.
Because her death happened inside that magical barrier where its time and reality operated differently.
• Plus, isn't it strange how Lilia immediately knew Leona was overblotting? He quickly sensed the negative energy almost as if its familiar.
It could also just be because he's knowledgeable with Magic itself but I'm putting this here as proof that Malenoa overblotted because Lilia has experienced it during his General days and thus why its familiar.
Also because... The way he yelled at Malleus before he overblotted feels like he's stopping him because he's really aware of what happens when a mage overblots... 😭
Probably had flashbacks when Malenoa overblotted and was consumed by it as well?? KJXAKJE
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twistedtavern · 2 years
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As a writer, do you have any scrapped concepts for twst things? Either original works or old plot points for the self aware au?
Oh god. Let me tell you about the scrapped concepts/processes. Very fucking long so its all under a readmore
~💀😍⚰️The cursefic⚰️😍💀~
My first ever twst concept was scrapped, actually. I had it before I even began this blog. Its influence can be seen in the self aware au if you squint and it was actually the basis for my RSA au. But, essentially, it boils down to a spell being put on Yuu by the RSA housewardens that makes everyone at NRC fall in love with them, but it eventually turns them all yandere and makes them all start killing each other to have Yuu to themselves. Yes, my first thought when I learned enough about twst to make anything was "okay, but what if they all killed each other?" Spoiler; Rook and Leona were the final survivors and had the largest kill count, but ended up being each others demise (Rook was eaten alive and Leona bled out from an arrow wound). But, when it comes to Yuu, they DID survive NRC and were taken to RSA, but Neige had spent enough time with them to go insane and poison the last remaining people involved, including Yuu and himself. The intention of the spell put on Yuu varies between versions, but originally all the RSA housewardens were evil and the mass murder was fully premeditated, but in later versions it was intended and cast as a blessing that got corrupted by only two of them. Also, they were the reason Yuu got brought to Wonderland in the first place. Man, that fic was cringe.
~⚔️🐎✨Shining Wonderland✨🐎⚔️~
BUT, from the ashes of the cursefic rose Shining Wonderland, where I basically just took the RSA I made for that first fic and fleshed it out with a lot less murder. Here's some of the changes I made to the original housewardens during the transition from fic to full blown au
Name changes:
Allister -> Archer
Leandre -> Hop
Zeroh, a second-year student in Prideguarde, was the original housewarden of the dorm. I decided that since his inspiration was a villain and in no way affiliated with Mufasa, that wouldn't work and I quite literally invented Ndege on the fly (pun intended) while typing up the dorm leader post.
~❤️📱👁️Self Aware Au👁️📱❤️~
Hoo lord. There are quite a few very spoilery ones that I will not be sharing, but scrapped Malleus concepts will take a whole category of their own. In the meantime, take some others
Crowley being a villain in the afterstory is no longer a thing
Kalim's hatred curse and its pertaining afterstory arc being scrapped
The 4 times Kalim has had a personality rework
Rook originally was just pure evil. He didn't end up switching around back to good once loved on a little, and he was just generally very hostile towards the player
Scrapped scene in the Jamil spinoff where the player and Jamil go to the store to shop for picnic food ingredients
For a time, Leona was the canon and ONLY love interest for the player (aside from Rook) in the afterstory. He even got his own key role in the ending where he sort of... reverse overblots? As a hero instead of a villain to save the player from Malleus.
It is no longer the boys who defeat Malleus in the end
Various reworked death scenes
Lilia, Silver, and Sebek were originally a part of the first protection squad before being repurposed
Leona was once going to be burned alive trying to guide the player back to the mirror chamber
Idia is no longer horny.
When first drafting the Pomefiore arc, Rook was supposed to awaken during Chapter 5 and go insane, subsequently awakening Vil through his shenanigans
Jack was going to be mindbroken by Malleus into essentially an overgrown attack dog
The player was going to find Riddle and Trey holed up in the shack by the river, and at that point Riddle was too incoherent and tangled in thorns to be saved. Trey stayed there with him for the rest of the kidnapping arc and neither are seen again until the afterstory. Both now have more active roles in the story
As well as other stuff I can't remember or tell at the moment.
And now, guys, gals, and other assorted bad bitches, it's time for the MALLEUS SPECIFIC BONUS ROUND
As part of the ending for the afterstory, Malleus was going to take the player into the void and make them an angel by force, absolutely tearing them up in the process and shattering the glass to make wings for them. This concept is reworked into something MUCH cooler >:))))
He used to love the player lmao
His old plan had been to traumatize them to the point of being easy to mentally break and essentially turn into a mindless pet for warmth. It was as weird as it sounds
Tsunotarou was originally going to have a fun-loving, overtly childlike personality before his rework
This version of Tsunotarou had been SO annoying to every other character to where he was testing even Kalim's nerves
Recovering his memories as Malleus would have disturbed Tsunotarou to the point of pushing those experiences onto a completely separate alter ego/split personality
I think his very first concept was that he was connected to the player via dreams since they were a small child, and basically acted as their "imaginary" friend throughout their life, leading them to actively seek out characters that are similar in aesthetic to him, which led them right to Twisted Wonderland. This was still in the era where he was in love with them, so that is a fat fucking YIKES from me. You can see why I tossed this out the MINUTE I realized what the implications were 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
All the shit I made that was somewhere along the lines of "Malleus manhandled the script to make himself a part of the game/housewarden/a third year/a student/prince/all of the above" ranging from 'he's just a first year who found out how to fuck with the game' to he was just straight up known by NOBODY at Night Raven and he isn't even a student to begin with, much less intended to be in the game. But then it wouldn't make any sense as to how he was literally half of the game's marketing, so he had to be an actual third year housewarden and intended to be in the game.
Im tired. Thats all for now
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local-ground-apple · 3 years
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quixotic
Inspired by @tri3tri​ and her amazing yandere Malleus series
warnings: malleus is yandere, but nothing explicit is here, 
quixotic - extravagantly chivalrous or romantic, visionary
perhaps the only way to escape Malleus’ suffocating grip was to fall into eternal slumber
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,,Why don’t you stop being so childish as well as rebellious and simply accept your dearest lover? It’s not like you will ever escape, Little One”
Lilia’s sultry tone, as well as his hands resting on your shoulders in almost bruising matter
You gulped, feeling his fangs graze skin, which usually served as a warning. A shiver involuntarily run down your spine, as your fists only clenched.
,,We will see, Mr. Vanrouge”
Your seemingly confident voice faltered slightly and your lips gritted in thin line were only a façade. Your eyes full of uncertainty and fear told him otherwise. Even you were beginning not to believe your own words. Lilia only chuckled, clearly amused by your reactions. His gaze lingered on you for a longer moment, before he leaned in. His warm breath slightly tickling your skin, as his sharp teeth playfully bit your earlobe.
,,I would suggest you not to pull any stunt, while we will be away on diplomatic travel. I’d hate to hurt you”
A sadistic smile spread on his lips, as his crimson eyes glowed slightly. Your breath quickened, as you knew Lilia hadn’t finished yet. His voice stopped, as if he was recollecting his thought, yet you were aware what he was doing. Building a tension, so you would be more scared.
,,I’d hate to hurt you both”
Lilia put the emphasis on the last word, as he whispered it, knocking the breath out of your throat. Dread adorned your face, when a sudden wave of realization washed over you.
He knew.
He knew, he knew, he knew, that could only mean that Malleus knew too, panicked thoughts flooded your mind, yet you only bit your lip, looking defiantly at Lilia. He only chuckled and you could tell that he was enjoying despair written all over your face.
,,I must admit, you two did a rather excellent job hiding, yet I don’t appreciate how, hmm, you tainted his loyalty. Now, Miss Y/N, I expect you know what to do, unless you wish for Malleus to become aware of this.”
Catching a brief glance over your terrified form, Lilia bowed slightly and turned swiftly on his heel.
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 ,,He knows”
,,He knows what?”
,,I’m not sure, he didn’t specify. He just suggested that we don’t try anything during his absence”
You whispered and Silver frowned. You glanced nervously around the room you had been locked in for past few months, since Malleus had forcefully put you there, depriving you from any contact with outside world apart from his fellow companions.
Who knew, maybe walls had ears.
If a wave of nervousness or anxiety washed over Silver, you couldn’t tell.
 His collected façade never faltered. He gently set the trail of teapot and teacups on the table next to you and took a nearest seat. You could hear door locking behind him and you could only pray Lilia wasn’t eavesdropping. 
Malleus was gracious enough to sometimes send one of his guards to keep you company. Perhaps that was his biggest mistake. 
Three of them rotated and you never knew who would come visit you every two days. Sebek was always lecturing you and scolding for your “outrageous behavior”, always telling you to finally respect and love his Young Lord. You dreaded moments when the door opened to reveal Lilia, you could never grow accustomed to that fae.
Silver on the other hand…
,,It doesn’t matter whether he knows or not, Y/N. I’m pretty sure I can take Sebek down, if anything happens”
His calm whisper didn’t soothe your worries. You slightly jumped when cold hand gently intertwined with yours and gripped it lightly. Silver never showed you any form of affection. 
Never, too worried that you might be caught. Yet, his soft touch seemed to slowly alleviate the tension from your muscles.
,,Do you think he misplaced it?”
You nervously glanced at the door, expecting it to burst open any time soon. The closer it was to Malleus’ and Lilia’s diplomatic trip, the more paranoid you were becoming and you couldn’t deny that fact. It was easy hiding it before Malleus, who seemed too fixated on you, to even notice your behavior was slightly off. He was simply elated to see you not screaming or running at the mere sight of him. 
Yet, you knew that you failed to keep your façade in front of Lilia. You could always feel his lingering gaze on you, carefully watching your figure looking for any tiniest traces. He noticed how you were more eager than usual to head to your bed, how you began falling asleep earlier than usual.
Were you perhaps walking with someone in your dreams?
Lilia seemed to know, yet he allowed this. He sent Silver to guard you more often than Sebek, let him introduce you to all fae traditions you should be aware of, bah, he even didn’t mention to Malleus how he had spotted you getting way too comfortable to his Lord’s liking.
Yet, you knew Lilia didn’t do it out of pity or affection towards his son.
No, he was callous.
He would let this young love bloom, crush it and then watch it wither.
,,I highly doubt it, we’ve never talked about it outside our dreams”
You nodded, not even touching your tea which was slowly growing cold with each passing second.
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Silver seemed to be hesitant. He knew exactly what Lilia was doing. He was giving him a bit of time to make the wise decision. To ignore feelings he had developed for you and be loyal to his future king. He furrowed his eyebrows.
Silver knew that Lilia wasn’t giving him time, because he cared for him.
No.
He knew that ancient fae would love to experience moving, heartbreaking scene of separating lovers. Maybe that would finally make you realize, that even your heart couldn’t escape from Malleus’ suffocating grasp.
Silver unconsciously gripped the handle of his sword as he watched Lilia calmly discussing the details and arrangements of their diplomatic trip. He could feel old man’s gaze lingering to him every once in a while, as his crimson eyes gave him the knowing look. Silver was surprised that Lilia hadn’t told anything to Malleus, but then each time he saw young king mentioning you as his eyes were filled with nothing but undying obsession, he knew dragon fae was delusional.
He would notice your silent affection for Silver, only if you displayed it right in front of him. Even then, he would deny it. 
,,Are you sure we can leave Y/N here?”
Malleus’ calm yet slightly worried voice brought Silver’s attention on him once again. In the corner of his eye, he could faintly see Lilia’s wide grin, as his hands rested underneath his chin in almost mocking matter.
,,Of course, I’m sure Sebek and especially Silver will make sure Miss Y/N doesn’t do anything stupid”
Lilia’s playful tone hid the pure amusement and threat that was audible only to Silver, who with each passing second had troubles keeping up with his façade.
Could he really betray two faes who raised him and gave him everything?
Who he swore to serve and protect?
Lilia’s mocking smile told him that he absolutely wasn’t capable of doing that.
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,,It’s…It’s impossible”
Malleus’ voice was filled with shock and disbelief as he stared at you. His eyes widen, while the wave of anger slowly washed over his body.
He failed to notice Lilia’s titled head, looking as if he was somewhat proud. 
Mayhap, that wasn’t a truly fitting word. 
Lilia was stunned and impressed with your unconvencial methode to escape Malleus’ grasp. Silver truly made him think they were preparing for a regular escape, with the amount of stuff he had been stocking in his room. He let a suppressed laugh. Perhaps, the situation wasn’t under his control, as Lilia had previously thought. 
You managed to surprise the ancient fae, who was convinced he had seen everything. 
You laid on the floor sound asleep in eternal slumber. Your hair adorned your face, your rosy lips were lifted in a soft, elated smile, yet Malleus could see a victorious tone in it, almost mocking him. You reminded him of the small smiles Lilia was sending you way, whenever you had failed to escape him. 
Your index finger was pricked and a small trail of crimson blood was smeared all over it. Your pinky finger was gently intertwined with Silver’s who laid beside you. A gentle smile adorned his face, as few loose strands of his hair fall on his closed eyelids.
Malleus could almost hear your mocking tone and victorious smile. “I told you, I would escape you, echoed in his mind, as he stared at your form in disbelief.
You did it. You escaped him, as you promised.
Yet, Malleus couldn’t comprehend why Silver had pricked his finger too. Or maybe he simply didn’t allow this thought to enter his mind, yet deep down inside he knew why. He just pushed that thought aside, trying to ignore it.
It can’t be true.
Yet, your even breath and closed eyelids told him otherwise.
,,Why did Silver prick his finger as well?”
Malleus turned around to finally face amused Lilia and enraged Sebek.
,,Simply Malleus”
Lilia started, crunching down to his asleep son. He gently brushed the loose strands of his hair, tucking them behind his ears in almost caring matter. With a deep sigh, he looked at you.
,,Silver is her true love and without his kiss we won’t be able to wake Miss Y/N”
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floral-poisons · 2 years
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My friends often call me out as a strange writer, because I can be having a normal conversation with a friend and then walk away thinking, "Oh my god, that's fanfic material." While the idea is still fresh in my mind, I open up my notes on my phone and type down the idea.
Or something could be happening to me e.g. I cut my heel with my own toenail 💀 and then I'd think to myself, how can I turn this into a cute scenario with (character)?
Other times, I'd have flashbacks of my exciting high school days and see if I can use any notable moments as inspiration. A good example of this is my recent Diasomnia fic where the gang acts like a protective family for (y/n) when she was being bullied by the Savanaclaw students. That has happened to me before, and thinking back, my closest friends were like Malleus, Lilia, Silver and Sebek in terms of dynamic :") Lilia putting salt in the tea was inspired by a discord conversation though lol
There are also occasions where I'd be watching anime and kdramas, reading manhwas, and whenever I see a scene I like, I try to recreate that in my stories with my original ideas mixed in.
I often write while listening to original soundtracks on YouTube, notably those that incorporate a lot of string instruments because they help me concentrate =u=)
honestly alice, i don't think it's that strange. i've been in plenty of writing workshops and one of the things an instructor told me was that he holds a small notebook and writes any ideas he gets in it. he carries it around with him everywhere because of this. so you remind me of that. and i like that because it's so cool how you can get so many ideas from literally one tiny thing or inconvenience.
there's also just a lot of material with yourself and of course, the best writing advice i've ever gotten and will share is write what you know. it's so simple but SO MANY PEOPLE can't even follow it. and it's obvious how poor some people's attempts can be :')
but original soundtracks hit different. which ones are you favorite? please tell me!!
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tsukikoayanosuke · 4 years
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T-W: Our Precious Deleted Scenes - TwstOBer Specials (Day 13)
Date Published: 13 October, 9:00 AM UTC / 4:00 PM WIB Words Count: 1542 Warning(s): Canon-Typical Violence, mentions of blood TwstOBer Prompt: Day 13 - Key KEYBLADE!
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The mirror chamber was ruined. Unconcious bodies scattered everywhere with only a few who were still awake. Ace could make out the third years were still awake or at least struggling to stay awake. He remembered Riddle was knocked out unconscious, Azul had his side cut open, Kalim and Vil were bleeding heavily trying to protect their vice prefects, and Idia was wailing from his broken brother.
Ace was struggling to stay awake. He was leaning against a crushed pillar, right hand holding his magical pen while the other was clutching his bleeding upper arm. His eyes focusing on the lone figure at the center of the room and his friend who was in his clutches. His pirate outfit was ripped and ruined as if he was undead captain, reddish-brown hair was longer connected into his overblot ink like tentacles, ink dripping from his right eye that only has one single red dot there, and his dirty cutlass in his hand.
"Captain..." Ace pleaded, breathing heavily. "Let... Him go..."
The figure, the overblot victim, Captain Jonah fucking Argentum (yes, the same Jonah), tilted his head to the side, lips curled into a menacing grin. "Oh?" He glanced to the side. One of his tentacle-hair was currently clutching around a familiar blunette. "You want him?"
Deuce was gasping for air, trying to rip the ink that was crushing his neck. He looked at Ace with teary eyes. Ace felt like he wanted to cry. "Captain, please! This is not you!"
"Like, hell you actually know me." The smile on his face dropped. "What the fuck are you thinking of stopping me from getting my treasure?!"
He curled his hand into a fist, tightening the grip around Deuce's neck, causing him to cry out. Ace became more panicked. What was he supposed to do? He could hurt both of him. His leader was his enemy now. Who was he supposed to follow?!
Suddenly a beam of dark-magic shot down from the sky. Jonah screamed as he threw Deuce aside. Ace was already on his feet to catch his unconscious friend.
A black feather fell in his line of vision as a figure landed between him and the overblotted captain. "Eh? Why are you here?" Jonah whined like a child.
The headmaster just stared at him, almost disappointingly ."Isn't it obvious?"
"Aw, man. But this isn't my bedtime yet. Can I stay up a little bit longer?"
"No, Mister Argentum. You better stop this madness."
"Yeah, right. Or what? You're gonna stop me? After all those times not being there?"
Ace noticed the way the headmaster's fingers tightened their grip on his cane. He knew Jonah had struck the nerve. The captain was grinning widely. "Face it, headmaster. Is it the only reason why I'm not expelled yet is that I have a good use for you? Now that everyone is overblot you decided to step in and take all the credit for all my hard work? How useless can you be."
Crowley gritted his teeth as he tapped his cane twice. It started to shine in a golden light. Crowley closed his eyes and brought the cane in front of his face, holding it like how someone would hold a sword or rapier. "I know I haven't been the best headmaster or even a mentor for you," he spoke. "But, if I can redeem myself by saving you, then it'll be worth it."
He opened his eyes and the cane burst into sparkles, changing the cane into a giant key. Ace's eyes widened. There was just no way. The headmaster is a keyblade wielder? Like those ancient warriors from long ago?! He knew that the headmaster is powerful, but he didn't imagine to be THIS powerful.
Jonah laughed, pulling his cutlass in front of his face similar to how Crowley held his keyblade. "Oh, please, headmaster. I would like to see you try."
Jonah ran up to Crowley only to be hit with a dark-magic ball shot out from the tip of the keyblade, throwing him to the air. The boy quickly made an aerial recovery before trying to bring his sword down on him, but Crowley just barely dodged the attack.
Keyblade and cutlass locked onto each other but Crowley seemed to have the upper hand, getting a few combo hit to forced the boy to back away. Pulling back his keyblade, he pointed at Jonah's chest, shooting out a blast of dark magic, but Jonah managed to dodge that. In a short time, Jonah was able to run up to Crowley and hit him with his cutlass getting a good combo hit on him, ripping the headmaster uniform, and drawing out blood. Thrusting out his hand, black ink shot out from the puddle underneath him. Unfortunately, Crowley jumped back, slicing the tentacles of ink. Landing on the ground again, he raised his keyblade, summoning bolts of lightning raining down, but Jonah raised his hand, creating a dome out of ink to protect himself.
Once the rain stopped, Jonah shot out the remaining ink toward Crowley, but the headmaster disappeared and reappeared in another area, not too far away from him. Jonah then charged at Crowley once more, only to be hit with another dark blizzard.
Jonah ran toward him, cutlass clashing with the keyblade once again, but Jonah was the one with the upper hand. He tried to stab Crowley, but the headmaster managed to avoid the fatal stab just a few inches. Crowley grabbed Jonah by the hair and threw Jonah away. The boy let out a scream when he crashed to the wall, even after protecting himself with his ink. Crowley shot another dark-magic ball toward Jonah before the boy could get up again or his ink protecting him again. Crowley flipped his cape teleporting above Jonah with a gush of raven feathers, kicking the silver cutlass from the boy's hand, stomping his hand hard that Crowley was sure he broke some bones there. Holding the keyblade with his two hands, trying to stab Jonah on the cursed eye. Jonah screamed, summoning his ink again, a claw-like hand grabbed Crowley by the neck. The hand lifted the headmaster off him and threw him to the wall.
Jonah rolled out of the way fast enough for the keyblade to hit the ground. Jonah then kicked Crowley's legs and made him fall to the ground. But Crowley quick to recover, disappearing quickly as Jonah reached for his cutlass across the room. Crowley reappeared by Jonah again, raising his keyblade but was blocked by Jonah's cutlass. Two blades clashed against each other repeatedly and brutally, each of them trying to kill each other, drawing more blood in every slash. It was tragic to watch the once teacher and student now facing each other. If this was in another situation, Ace would watch in awe as both males showing off their skills. Ace couldn't interfere with the fight, didn't dare to enter the battlefield, and ruined the intimate moment (as intimate as it could be).
Crowley noticed that Jonah's movement started to become sloppy. Their time was nearly up. Crowley then disappear and reappeared again in a different area, farther away from Jonah. Jonah then charged at Crowley again and tried to get a combo hit on him again but Crowley was able to block the attack. Jonah then raised his cutlass to try and attack Crowley again.
- his chest was left wide open-
- and Crowley impaled his keyblade right into Jonah's chest.
Jonah's eyes widened and mouth opened wide for a silent scream, dropping his cutlass. The world became silent. He pulled back his keyblade, coated with ink. The boy stared at his chest, knees trembling, and looking paler than before. Crowley knew he made a mistake. He should've aimed for the eye, not the chest-
A light chuckled was heard. Crowley looked up the boy - his mentee, his son - who was slowly lifting his head and gave him a tired, but gentle smile.
"I guess..." Crowley wanted to shush him, to scold him not to talk with a mouthful of ink trickling from your lips. But he couldn't he was still shocked by what he had done. He didn't mean this. He wasn't supposed to do that. He could've have killed him! "I'm grounded again... huh?"
Jonah fell forward, eyes slowly closing, and Crowley wanted to grab him, to hug him, and tuck him back to bed, hoping that this was just a nightmare, but he was held back by Crewel and Trein. Malleus was the one who caught Jonah, and he and Lilia immediately went to work, chanting a spell in hope that could save Jonah's life and extract all the overblot from him.
If this was a different situation, most might see this as something very out of character of Crowley.
He trashed between Crewel and Trein's hold, screaming on the top of his lung, and tears streaming down from behind his mask.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"Dire! Calm down!"
"No! He needs me! I can save him!"
"You've done enough! You can only make it worst!"
"Jonah! Mister Argentum! Don't you dare die! You hear me! You're in so much trouble, young man!"
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I mean... I can't be the only one who thinks Crowley's cane looks like a keyblade, right? This is actually just a rewrite of a very old action scene from my Kingdom Hearts fanfic. I admit the beginning was a bit sloppy, but I tried, okay? This was partly inspired by the ask sent by @miste-jedblack (I don’t know why I can’t tag you, but I answered your ask) And you can say this is a spiritual sequel of "What..." and [Why...] (this one made by @sanata101​ ) The only reason why it was labeled 'deleted scene' was that I'm still unsure of how the fanfic will end.
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