Hey guys! I’ve been working on a myth AU for months and I finally got around to drawing Anti today, so what better way to introduce the AU than to show him off? If you guys are interested in seeing the other characters soon, let me know! I’m always open to talk about the AU :)
Basic info:
Species- Cockatrice (wearing a human illusion)
Age: indeterminate- born sometime in the 1300s
Birthplace: England
Appearance: as a human he is blind in both eyes, has unkempt messy brown hair and pale skin, and his body shows signs of a previous eating disorder/starvation. He’s covered in faded scars that he gouged into himself decades ago. He retains a scar on his throat that is hardly visible in his true form.
In his true form he is blind in both eyes, retains scars and signs of undernourishment, and has dull plumage. He is perpetually dirty and he doesn’t mind it. His feathers are rough and worn, and he’s barely able to fly.
Backstory:
Anti was barely seven human years old when he was forced to flee underground to avoid being hunted and killed by humans- he was only a hatchling. Because of his small size (about a foot long) he was able to easily evade his attackers. He lived in a deep cave, only coming out to hunt every five or so months and bringing back animal carcasses and forest foods to maintain enough nutrition to grow. He did this until farmers brought chickens to the area, as the cry of a rooster was fatal, and Anti’s instincts told him to hide. He fled the surface, but not before being caught and nearly killed- he retains a scar on his throat from that incident. He got away from his attacker within an inch of his life and remained underground, scared, withering away.
Anti grew too large to fit through the cave’s opening eventually, and he resigned himself to his fate. He was starving, cold, alone- he missed the sunlight. He grew sadder and sadder, crying so much that the earth beneath him turned to clay, and with this clay Anti molded a vaguely humanoid golem. He intends to use it to vent his anger, but the golem comes to life instead, and Anti doesn’t want to hurt it- it’s the first sign of life he’s seen in several years. The golem is tied to his every whim, practically a servant by design, but Anti doesn’t know that- together, they form a strong bond. The golem nurses Anti back to health, fitting through the opening where Anti can’t, bringing back food from the surface and entertaining him. But one day, the golem doesn’t return from the surface. Anti waits for days and nights on end, stressing, until he gathers the courage to break through the cave rubble and emerges into the daylight.
He’s been blinded by so many years in complete darkness, he’s weak and fragile from a lack of food. Before he can even come to his senses, a woman appears to him. He can’t see her, he can only hear her voice. She turns him into a human, giving him a quest to find and free her. Anti refuses at first, but after the woman promises to help him find his golem, Anti reluctantly agrees. Finding his companion is the only thing that matters to him on his quest. It’s the only thing that matters to him at all.
I finish setting the food on the table just as the smell of Peach Blossoms and Honey fill my nose, the sound of someone entering the dining room causing me to turn and see freshly showered JJ already dressed for his day.
“Good-morning Κούπες. I hope you slept well.” I say as I meet him half-way giving him a quick kiss.
“Good-morning our Ψυχή.” His 1920’s British-Irish voice is quiet as he talks in-case someone overhear him speak.
“It’s pancakes, fruit and sausage for breakfast this morning, I set some honey and whipped cream aside for you.” His eyes light up as he peeks over to the table and I can’t help but giggle at his adorable reaction.
“Go sit and eat. I know you need to go to the doctors soon besides I need to go get the others anyway.” He walks over to his spot, an eager skip in his step as I smile before leaving following the smell of Mint to Remus’ room humming to myself as I do. I open the door to see him singing along to the song I was just humming as he sews some beads that he definitely took from me, onto a large piece of fabric.
“I take my pills and I’m happy all the time
I’m happy all the time
I’m happy all the time.”
I look it over and I see that he has made a tapestry making what is currently our family as the soul-marks. I could see in the background that was made to look like mine, the beads reflecting any light that touches it and I look it over seeing that he was finishing up his own, a black and green crown with black octopus tentacles coming from it wielding a black and emerald green sword a perfect replica of the one on the left of my lower back.
“I love my girl but she ain’t worth the price
she ain’t worth the price
no, she ain’t worth the price.”
He moves away as he finishes sewing in the last bead looking over his hand work as it hangs from the ceiling.
“So what do you think?” His voice nearly makes me jump and I quickly look at him seeing that he’s staring at me with his red and green eyes, proud smile on his face making his mustache curve, reminding me of the Cheshire cat in a way.
“It’s beautiful.” I say not able to keep the slight awe out of my voice even if I wanted to. He left holes in it to fill in as they join our family although there are quite a few I don’t recognize. He must have seen me eyeing those spots curiously because he speaks up again.
“Yeah I don’t know either. It just felt right.” I raise an eyebrow at him while he just has his smile on his face.
“Weirdo.” He lets out a dramatic gasp that I giggle at.
“Why thank you for noticing.” His voice was just as dramatic as his gasp sending me into a little fit of giggles.
“Breakfast is ready. It’s pancakes,” He lets out an excited squeal. “with fruit and sausage among various other toppings.” He jumps a bit and goes to bolt out the door.
“Wait!” I say loudly, making him stop and pout looking at me.
“What?”
“Clothes.” I say gesturing to his naked form with a finger. He pouts more before snapping his fingers now wearing ripped black skinny jeans with a pale green tank top, a studded black leather jacket and three inch heeled combat boots.
“There. Happy now?” He asks, still pouting.
“Considering you are no longer flashing me and will not flash anyone else, yes I am. The fact that I’m pretty sure you’re commando, not so much.” He throws his head back laughing as he walks over and messing up my hair. I swat his hand away making him laugh more.
“You know it!” He goes to run to the dining room.
“Don’t start a food fight either. JJ has a doctors appointment after breakfast.” He just rolls his eyes before speaking.
“I don’t understand why he needs to go to a doctor to confirm he’s pregnant, he already knows he is.”
“You know he enjoys the novelty of doing human things.” I remind him, although I doubt he needs it.
“Sounds like a waste of time to me.” He remarked, a small laugh in his voice as he began to walk.
“He’s the master of time Green Bean, he has nothing but time.” He just laughs before running to the dining room. I let out a small snort at my brother’s antics before going to get the others and along the way I run into Emile already dressed for the day and walk to the dining room.
“Heya mom.” he greets enthusiastically, obviously excited about something if the smell of French Toast radiating from him is anything to go by.
“Hey sweetie, you going somewhere today?” I can’t help but ask as he bounces on the balls of his feet as his reddish purple hair bounces with him just barely falling above his gold ringed plum eyes that are shining with excitement.
“Yep! I convinced the others to go shopping with me today in New York City.” He’s obviously excited as I can see his skin reflecting the light a bit in a swirl of pastel blue and pink.
“Oh good! It’s about time you guys went out together again. And if you need anything JJ, Remus and Remy will be there as well. Although I think it would be best if you just called, your brother JJ shouldn’t be doing anything stressful and Remus is too much of a wild card and draws too much attention.” He smiles widely at the news that more of us will be there having fun.
“Finally, I’ve been trying to get them to do something other than hide in the castle.”
“Manor.” I remind him
“At this size it might as well be a castle.” His voice is still as excited as before as he continues to bounce on the balls of his feet and it makes me smile seeing one of my kids so excited for the day.
“Well breakfast is ready, it’s pancakes, fruit and sausage.” I tell him as I move out of his way.
“Delicious.” He beamed as he continues his trek to the dining room while I resume my search for the rest of my kids and my husbands. I know three are close, Two husbands and a child, by the smell of Leather, Pine Needles and Iced Caramel Coffee. Yancy, Anti and Remy. I walk into one of the living rooms and hear the familiar sound of Steven Universe playing as I look over and see Remy asleep in a love seat while Anti was asleep on top of Yancy who was asleep with his arms wrapped around Anti while they were sprawled across a couch snoring softly.
I walk over to Remy, grabbing his sunglasses from the side table and gently patting his cheek.
“It’s time to wake up Cub, breakfast is ready.” He stirs slightly before relaxing again. I pat his cheek again and he stirs again before yawning, showing off his wolf like teeth before he opens his golden eyes blinking the sleep from them as he looks up at me.
“Good-morning sweetheart.” I greet him as he sits up stretching his honey brown wolf tail hanging over the couch before disappearing as his wolf ears become human ears covered by his honey brown hair. I hand him his glasses and he takes them with a quiet ‘thank you.’ before he puts them on. He takes a deep breath before making a ‘mmm’ sound.
“Pancakes and sausage.” He says getting up stretching more and popping his back and neck a bit before grabbing his leather jacket and throwing it on, his outfit changing a little to a darker pair of jeans and black shirt that says ‘Move I’m Gay’.
“And fruit.” I remind him as he puts on his sneakers on hopping a little as he does so not making a sound.
“Just because it’s not in a pie or a drink doesn’t mean you aren’t eating it.” He groans a bit.
“Beside I got you some Oregon Blackberries anyway.” I can see him perk up.
“So you better hurry before Remus gets it.” I see his lip purse in annoyance as he manages to get his other shoe on.
“He knows I’m not afraid to shoot a bitch.” His tone is sassy with a little bit of sleep left over in his voice.
“And you know that won’t do anything to him.”
“It’s the message that counts Momma.” He reminds me, obviously remembering the time I threw someone out the window into a pool rather than concentrate.
“Just go and eat. You’re going to be around a lot of people today so you need the energy.” He nods a bit before leaving to go to the dining room as I turn my attention to Yancy and Anti still sleeping on the couch. I walk over, turning off the T.V. as I do, before shaking them both lightly, keeping my voice soft as I do.
“It’s time to wake up Loves.” They both groan as Yancy buries his face into Anti’s green hair while Anti buries his face into Yancy’s shirt.
“Come one my Αγγελος Incarnation.” I say teasingly as Yancy’s deep purple eyes snap open, staring up at me annoyed at the pun while Anti bursts into a fit of giggles.
“I want a divorce.” Yancy says in a deadpan voice sending Anti into even more giggles.
“I get Anti. He knows a good pun when he hears one.” I giggle out making Anti giggle harder as he looks up at us. His giggling subsides as he has a tired but happy smile on his face.
“Mornin’ Dolls.” Yancy yawns out as I lean over giving Anti a deep kiss that he returns a bit sleepily.
“Alright, alright no makin’ out on me without me.” he says making both Anti and I giggle as we pull away from each other as Yancy brings one hand up pulling me to him and give me a kiss I gladly reciprocate before pulling away and giving Anti a deep kiss who also gladly reciprocates it before pulling away and sitting up making Anti sit up as well.
“It’s Pancakes,” Anti perks up excitedly. “fruit and sausage for breakfast.” Anti gets up quickly giving both Yancy and I quick cheek kisses before bolting out the room while yelling.
“I’ll see you in a few!” And rushing towards the dining room leaving Yancy and I behind with our amusement. I look at Yancy who is watching where Anti left fondly before looking over at me and I can see him trying to hide the sadness in his eyes, although the plants in the room were beginning to droop.
“That memory again?“ His eyes flicker to the floor before nodding a bit as he swallows harshly. I sigh and bend down pulling him into a hug which he reciprocates.
“You know I’m here when you need to talk to someone. We all are.” He nods slightly as he leans his head against my shoulder.
“I know.” His voice is quiet, cracking just a bit.
“I know it’s just…”
“I know sweetheart, believe me I know.” I keep my voice soft as he takes a shaky breath. He pulls away and wipes his eyes quickly obviously trying to hide the fact he was about to cry. I look at him a bit sadly before he stands and I give him a quick kiss.
“Go eat Stripes, I need to get the others.” He laughs a little before asking,
“Who’s left?”
“Illi, Dark, Wil and all the kids minus Remy and Emile.” He laughs a bit more before giving me a peck on the cheek.
“Good luck Doll. I’ll see you at breakfast.” he says before leaving the room. I look around the room before singing softly,
“I take my pills and I’m happy all the time
I’m happy all the time
I’m happy all the time
I love my girl but she ain’t worth the price
she ain’t worth the price
no, she ain’t worth the price.”
The plants in the room return to their normal perky state even if they are a bit bigger than before Yancy’s nightmare but they still stand tall again. I leave the living area bouncing a little as I walk humming the song again as I approach the game room which is filled with the smells of Freshly Fallen Snow, Robbie, a Burning Candle, Yan, A Grassy field in the summer, Sammi, Dark Raspberry Chocolate, Kira, Strawberry, Oliva, and Freshly Cut Grass in the Spring, Jamie. I hear both Sammi and Yan shouting and the sound of the joy sticks hitting against the boundaries rather harshly. I sigh exasperated before entering the room to see Yan sitting on Kira’s lap both of them playing just as violently as Sammi whose on the floor next to them shouting at the game, just as loud as Yan, they were playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. How they got Kira to play is beyond me.
I look over to the couches and see Robbie draped over a love seat while reading a book, by the looks of it it’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Oliva and Jamie sitting on the couch with controllers in their hands as they both violently press buttons their tongues sticking out of the corner of their mouths as they focus on the game. I sigh again just as Yan lets out a victorious shout as the game flashes her character, Mewtwo, on the screen.
“Well if you’re quite done,” They all jump, heads snapping towards me where I stand in the doorway. “it’s time for breakfast.” Sammi looks confused as she asks,
“Wait. What time is it?” I groan rubbing the bridge of my nose before answering,
“9:37 currently.” They all simultaneously make ‘Oh shit’ faces confirming my suspicions of them being up all night. I rub my face in annoyance.
“You guys are lucky you don’t need to sleep often.” Sammi, Yan and Jamie grin sheepishly while Robbie, Oliva and Kira refuse to make eye contact. I sigh again, exasperated.
“Come on you guys turn it off and get to breakfast.” Sammi gets up and turns the console and T.V. off as the others get up from their spots, Yan lets out a loud squeal as Kira, their wife, picks them up in a bridal carry, spinning a little eliciting a louder squeal from them.
“Kira! Stop it, put me down!” Kira just lets out a small laugh as she stops spinning but doesn’t put them down. I move out of the door as she quickly walks past with a quick ‘See you at breakfast!’ while Yan just yells and protests to being held with no real fire. The others snicker and laugh at Yan’s fading verbal pouting as they all shuffle out of the rooms giving me quick hugs that I gladly return as they leave the room with variations ‘See you at breakfast mom!’.
I look around the room one last time before sighing and with a wave of my hand the mess they left behind disappeared. I leave and walk to Illinois’ room knowing he was probably examining one of the artifacts I kept in the basement. Sure enough, when I walk into his room, he’s passed out at his desk with a golden dagger with a diamond hilt that had been carved into a skeleton. A closer look at you could see that it had the name
‘Mori.’
‘Oh.’ He must have looked in my room. Mori is one of my reapers, he gave me his dagger to be able to contact him if I needed to. I gently shake his shoulder leaning over and whispering in his ear,
“Time to wake up Simia, it’s time for breakfast.” He moans in protest as I gently pull him back so he is sitting up.
“Oh don’t whine at me, you know very well that you needed to sleep last night.” He groans opening his honey eyes as he pouts a little. I smile softly in response.
“Come on Simia, you need to get up and eat.” He yawns loudly as he slowly gets up and I reach over grabbing the dagger.
“And,” I say, gently booping his nose. “don’t take my shit.” He looks confused before seeing the dagger in my hand and his face flushes a bright red.
“S-Sorry Love.” He stutters out obviously embarrassed about getting caught.
“It’s alright Simia, now get to breakfast. You said you were dragging Yancy to the museum today anyway.” I boop his nose again before giving him a quick kiss.
“Alright then Sweetheart, I’ll see you at breakfast.” He gives me a kiss on my cheek before walking out, yawning a little as he does and I smile a little before looking down at the dagger. I frown a bit as I look it over noticing that even after ninety years, I could still smell the faint scent of Cold Bubble Gum Ice Cream on a summer’s day after 90 or so years. I grip it tightly remembering when I first gave it to Ethan, and remembering when I took it off his corpse.
I feel a jolt of… something, I’m not sure what, rush over me and it nearly knocks me over before I steady myself. I look down at the dagger before sending it to a small pocket dimension for the time being before leaving Illinois’ room and going towards Dark’s, knowing Wilford was there as well if the smell of Bubblegum Liquor with Dark’s Strawberry is anything to go by.
Just as I approach the room both Dark and Wilford leave, Wilford babbling away about something while Dark tries his best to not look amused. They both noticed me almost immediately with Dark smiling softly while Wilford visibly perks up more than he was.
“Sugarplum!” Wilford shouts excitedly as he jogs over a little, Dark right behind him.
“Good morning my Loves.” I greet them both with kisses and hugs which they both return.
“Good morning my dear.”
“Mornin' Sugarplum!”
“Breakfast is ready, I was just coming to get you guys. It’s pancakes, sausage and fruit.”
“That sounds-” Dark gets cut off by Wilford shouting.
“Delicious!” I just laugh as Dark just sighs at Wil’s antics.
“Yes it does, now let’s go eat.” The three of us walk to the dining room getting there just as JJ is leaving. He sees the three of us and smiles brightly walking over quickly and Wilford scoops him up in a big hug thankfully not a tight one before setting him down beaming at him.
“Mornin’ JJ!” The Pink mustached ‘man’ greeted happily.
“Good-Morning Wil.” JJ ‘spoke’ back, a smile on his face.
“Where are ya goin’?” Wilford asks, a confused look on his face. And before JJ could sign back I hear a loud crash quickly followed by Yan and Sammi shouting at each other, most likely over who got the most wins in their game. Dark sighs in annoyance beside me while Wilford just looks towards the doorway his eyebrow raised in mild surprise, obviously not expecting them to start arguing about something like that this early. Thankfully though Anti and Yancy quickly get it under control before they could throw anything else at each other.
“You two should go and sit down before anymore fighting breaks out and there’s glass in the food.” I inform them, and they both nod in agreement, Wil letting out a small chuckle before he gives JJ a quick kiss on the cheek before walking into the dining room, a small skip in his step. Dark gives JJ a slight nod as he walks past him which JJ returns before he disappears into the dining room greeting the others as he does.
I go and pull JJ close and enjoy the warm feeling his smile brings before and I can’t stop the chuckle that leaves me when he stands on his tiptoes to give me a kiss I gladly return. I reach up cupping his cheeks gently before we pull away a jovial smile on both of our faces.
“I love you, My Κούπες.” My voice is a soft but loving whisper as I tell him and I always enjoy watching his cheeks become a little pink as he smiles.
“I love you too, Our Ψυχή.” His voice is just as soft and loving while he whispers back and a dopey grin spreads across my face at the words and it sends him into a small fit of laughter.
“Be safe darling, make sure not to attract attention.”
“Aren’t I always?” I snort at that which he attempts to pout out but his face quickly pulls into another smile as I fix his slightly crooked bow-tie.
“I will don’t worry.”
“You know that’s never gonna happen Dear.” He rolls his eyes playfully and gives me a quick kiss on the cheek.
“Alright, I need to go or i’m gonna be late, bye Love.”
“Goodbye, I’ll see you later.” He gives me a slight wave just as he leaves and I turn walking into the dining room where I see Emile explaining to Kira why she doesn’t need to worry about clothes not fitting her while the others chat idly with each other, Yan and Sammi still shooting playfully challenging looks to each other from across the table. I smile to myself as I go and sit in my spot between Yan and Robbie thinking to myself.
‘Today is gonna be a good day.’
Thank you @trixie8264 for Beta reading and Editing most of the chapter
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Translations
Κούπες = Heart
Ψυχή = Soul
Simia = Monkey
Tip: The reason she calls Anti and Yancy Αγγελος Incarnation together is because She calls Anti, Άγγελος and Yancy’s soulmark on his romantic Soulmates is a Red Carnation.
Red carnation symbolizes love, pride and admiration.
She calls Illinois Simia/Monkey because he climbs everything.
”Telepathy“
guard dog
Jumping on the bandwagon of these guys because I can't stop thinking about them.
An inspired playlist based around the mission "Alone", this is an interpretation of how I see them on this mission by some songs because let's face it, these two have the biggest bromance (without the b) that I've seen. And the mission itself is one of my favorites👌🏻
Hope you all like it for what I have so far, I will be updating as I go. Enjoy!
(Recommendations are very appreciated as well)
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Show yourself
I trying out no outline style thing. I'm not use to it but i kinda like it
Also every time I wanna post something, I get really nervous. Is that normal?
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downtime
T.W. minor torture at the beginning
Anti’s P.O.V.
I let out a horse scream as I feel the demons burning arms reach into my neck through the slit reaching for who knows what this time. But I can’t find it in myself to care, all I can think about was Jack. That Jack was here, and he saw me and the demon that our mother tried to sacrifice the two of us to. But I don’t care about that, I just hope that he forgets what he saw, or at the very least believe it was just a dream, he doesn’t deserve to suffer with the knowledge that there’s a demon inside of him.
I let out another out another scream as I feel the demons arms pierce into my spine twisting it in ways it shouldn’t. I force my thoughts back onto my brother and I can feel myself crying from the pain for the first time in a long time as I get the image of the girl, Liru I think is her name, comforting Jack. Good, she’s a good soul-mate for him, she’ll keep him safe where I can’t, she won’t leave him behind.
I scream again as the demon forces my head back and used two of it’s arms to hold my left eye open, the arms burning everything it touches. It stares down at me, sick pleasure in it’s beady eyes as I begin to freak out.
“No,” My voice is hoarse as I seen one arm lowering down towards it, “no no no no no N̶O̶̢͏!͝” I quickly block out my connection with Jack, refusing to let this thing see what brings him comfort and twist it until he can’t even look at her anymore. And for the first time in years, I scream for Jack as it pierces my eye.2
Liru’s P.O.V.
As I walk into the room I see Jack clutching one of the pillows looking a bit tense as he jerks in his sleep every once in a while. The distress emitting from him was almost nauseating. I quickly set the scythe against the wall and walk quickly over to him, putting the box on the nightstand, and bend down grabbing his arm gently and instantly my mind flashes to a room light only by a candle covered wall to wall in dolls and figurines with a guy only a year younger than Jack, with teal hair and… he has both mine and Jack’s soul-mark hooking at the back of his neck.
‘He’s one of Jacks brothers…’ As I realize this I can feel the soul-mark on my right hand, A golden Pocket-watch with it’s chain wrapped around my wrist and two silver hands, moves. I quickly pull my hand away, confused, looking at the mark I can see that the hour hand had moved from the 10 to the 11.
‘What. The. Fuck. You know what, I’ll deal with it later.’ I look back down at Jack a bit worried as he is still distressed but it doesn’t seem to be hurting him, and I shouldn’t wake him up when he was as tired as he was.
‘But that dream.’ That… didn’t feel like a dream. I take a deep but shaky breathe as I force his distress out of my mind and stand up. As I do a feel Izzy rubbing against my legs and I let out a small laugh as I bend down giving her a quick pet before going over to the full body mirrors and taking off the cloak and tossing it over a chair, I look at the damaged shirt seeing the large hole(s) and I can’t help but pout a little at the ruined fabric before just taking it off and throwing it on top of the cloak.
I bring my hand up examining it, rubbing my thumb over the hands in confusion before I freeze hearing Jack whisper in his sleep.
“JJ…?”
I jerk out of my frozen state at the feeling of shock and confusion coming from the watch and just as quickly as it hit me it disappeared leaving my own confusion and shock behind. I look back towards Jack confused and a little worried but he doesn’t seemed to have gotten worse. After a few seconds I turn back to the mirrors though keeping an eye on him in the mirror.
I look over the soul-marks over them chest, arms, face and stomach looking at them with interest, silently counting them for the thousandth time. I have fourteen on my arms, stomach, chest and face although I’m more focused on the wings wrapped around the lower part of my back and stomach, uninterrupted by the scars having healed over them. They were a beautiful emerald green covered in a black smoky fog only allowing flecks of the of the emerald feather beneath it to show through.
As I stare at it a feel the hairs on the back of my neck raise up and as I look up and I can see Τριφύλλι standing in the corner of the room, an angry aura around him. I roll my eyes in annoyance, already knowing how prudish they’re being right now.
“Honestly Τριφύλλι it’s just a body, If you keep acting this prude I’ll start calling you purity.” I smirk at the sour feeling he gives off reaching up and taking the gems out of my hair and with little hums, they appear in one of the jewelry boxes on the vanity.
I roll my eyes again at they’re childish demand at me to put a shirt on before Jack wakes up.
“I highly doubt he’ll freak out if he see’s me without a shirt on.” I take my hair out of the braid letting it cascade down to the back of my heel, before looking back at the two pairs of wings wrapped around my stomach from my back. The Emerald feathers covered in the thick black smoke and the white iridescent feathers threatening to be covered by the same type of smoke, both covered in faded runes and sigils.
“Besides,” I say turning to them, “I need to do something anyways.” I look over to Jack slightly worried before looking who was laying on her paws at the end of the bed staring at me with wide eyes. I walk over to her and she sit up to meet my hand, petting her gently.
“Keep an eye on him, okay Baby girl?” She just lets out a purr in response giving my wrist a quick lick before going and laying on him. I turn to Τριφύλλι with a slight glare on my face my voice a bit harsher than intended, but oh well.
“If you or any of the other harm a hair on his hand I’m ripping you guys apart.” I give a sweet smile, ignoring the angry cold radiating from him as I go over to Jack and as I go to kiss his cheek, I freeze seeing the grassy green tuft of hair. I tilt my head studying it before whispering,
“Add that to list of things I need to figure out.” I quickly give him a peck on the cheek before leaving the room quickly, going towards the apothecary room, listen to the storm begin to waver as I walk there. When I get there I just walk in quickly where I see Mai sitting on top of a jar of paint I made with two paint brushes in her mouth. I giggle a little walking over to her and grabbing the paint brushes from her mouth.
“Thank you, Mai.”
“You’re welcome!”
I just smile in return before picking up the jar and letting her hop onto my shoulder before walking out of the room and walking to the short cut door to an, other wise closed off room of the castle. I was a large almost empty room, made of tree roots that held up the libraries, except for the circle that covered most of the room with a constant pour of water into making it a wall of water, lightning bugs were every were on the outside of the wall of water lighting up the room like little yellow moons.
And last but not least, a Lavender soul with Lilac eyes, I made them them accidentally recently, they didn’t have any distinct for except for the eyes, they were always curious but to scared to leave the room so I brought a bunch of lightning bugs and plants and flowers to keep them entertained, sometimes they’ll even listen to me sing when I am painting the sigils on my soul-marks.
I tried to see if they had a name at first but it seems they didn’t so I decided to name them Robbie, I guess in away he’s my child because I created his soul which is interesting to me because they’re the soul that goes to the Lavender and Lilac yin like symbol.
As I walk into the room the soul, Robbie seems to perk up and zip from the other side of the room over to me, much like I would when I was younger with Τριφύλλι until I realized it didn’t like it.
“Hey Robbie.” I say my voice quiet as I closed the door and Mai hopped from my shoulder to my hands to the floor, staying away from the water. I give Robbie a pat before walking through the water, the water vaporizing quickly as I walk to the center of the circle, feeling the pulses of life from the roots as I open the jar of paint setting it at my feet putting the brushes in it.
The paint was made from certain potion mixtures that are meant to act has protection for my soulmates, which is why they are painted on their soul-marks. I want to protecting them from whatever was trying/corrupting them. I stand up as straight as I can, staring through the water to where Robbie was surrounded by the lightning bugs. I take a deep breathe closing my eyes focusing on myself and as I do I can feel my head become heavier as I feel my horns begin to form, my skin begins to itch before patches of scales grow out and I can feel my back burn as my wings come out of my back held in place by the long black bony arms and hands holding them in place.
I wince a little as I feel my teeth sharpen to be more like a dragons, more jagged and ready to kill, my tail uncurls laying in a circle around me the feathers laying flat against it the spike letting out a small rattle as it lays on the floor. I wince at the sounds the buzzing from the bugs, the breathing from Mai, the now roaring of the water. The brightness from the lightning bugs and the glow from my own horns. The smells from the room thankful that it was only this room I could smell, the flowers, the fresh water, the smell of Birds of Paradise, rain water and fresh grass.
‘Robbie.’
I open my eyes knowing that they went back to looking like the universe, looking directly at Robbie before I begin to sing.
“If I could begin to be
half of what you think of me
I could do about anything
I could even learn how to love.”
I hear the paint brushes mix in the jar before lifting up and beginning to paint on the wings as I focus on those two alone and I shiver a bit at the cold of the paint.
“When I see the way you act
Wondering when I’m coming back
I could do about anything
I can even learn how to love like you.”
I’m beginning to get flashes of someone that looks like Jack but around a year or so older, with a halo and two large white iridescent wings and I can feel the awe come over me before fear as I see what look like void demons called Nuboj, Clouds. They eat away at anything beautiful.
“Love like you”
It takes years for them to get their hosts to kill themselves, and the worse part is that they have to be offered to them by those that they are supposed to be able to trust.
“I always thought that I might be bad
But now I’m sure that it’s true
‘Cause I think you so good
And I’m nothing like you.”
My mind flash to another one but this time it made my heart freeze and my singing stutter for a second, the brushes painting like nothing happened. This one had a black eye with a neon green iris and one of Blue Lapis with a slit throat to top it all off.
“Look at you go
I just adore you
I wish that I knew
What makes you think that I’m so special.”
I recognize that demon, αφέντης των μαριονετών, the Master of Puppets, they can only control people who have been merged mind, body and soul but it seems it was only the body- JACK.
“If I could begin to do
Something does right by you
I would do about everything
I would even learn how to love.”
I feel my heart begin to pound as I force myself to focus on the sigils, ignoring the anger threatening to take hold and cause me to lash out, they’re almost done and to concentrate I force myself to focus on Jack, the happy times hopping he’ll be able to see even a little bit.
“When I see the way you look
Shaken by how long it took
I could do about anything
I could even learn how to love like you.”
I take a deep breathe focusing on what makes me happy right now who I love ‘Jack.’ I feel my heart speed up a little at the memory of his smile, his real smile.
“Love like you.”
I feel my body relaxing, a plan on what to do already forming in my head.
“Love me like you.”
The paint brushes went back into the jar and I can feel the runes dry and I let out a shaky breathe as I force my horns away feeling my head become lighter, then I fold my wings back into my back. I wince as I feel my teeth go back to how they normally are, sharper than a humans but not enough to notice unless looking closely, I then curl up my tail hiding it and finally force my scales back to skin.
I take a few deep shaky breathes before picking up the jar and brushes and walking out of the circle the water evaporating rather quickly and Robbie, once again, zips over to me. I smile at them and pat them gently,
“Do you want to come with me or stay?”
They move back a little indicating they wanted to stay and I just smile saying, “Alright then, I’ll see you later sweetie.” I walk out of the room and back into the apothecary setting the jar on the counter, Mai hopping up next to it just as the door closes.
“I’ll see you in a bit Mai, go find Serenity and don’t start a fight with Pumpkin.” I giver her a scratch under her chin before going back to my room humming small tune along the way. When I walk into the room I seeing Jack tossing and turning and I frown before walking over to the mirrors, summoning sapphire blue satin blouse with slightly puffy sleeves towards the wrists. I quickly slide it on and button up and as I finish buttoning the third button from the blouse up, Jack lets out a scream that shakes the room, probably even the castle, and an explosion of green lightning bursting from his body.
“ŖUN̷ JA̡CK P͢L̸EASE!͞”
The fear and pleading from whatever voice forced it’s way into my head nearly knocks me off my feet when I was running over to Jack. I grab onto Jacks arm and nearly winces at the lightning branching from him, shaking him trying to wake him up not sure how and I nearly pass out at the same voice nearly identical to his forces it’s way into my head again and I can hear the αφέντης των μαριονετών, roaring in the background.
“P҉LEASE̸-”
I shake Jack harder, begging him to wake up at this point, terrified at the thought of the demon hurting him, and after a few seconds the lightning disappears, and Jack wakes up, baby blue eyes wide and terrified as he looks into mine. I can hear his heart racing widely as he searches my eyes and after a few seconds, his own begin to tear up as he launches himself into my arms wrapping my in a tight and desperate hug as he begins to cry.
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Thank you @antis-gauge on tumblr for helping give me motivation to write and translating
Song is Love Like You by Rebecca Sugar
“master of puppets” is αφέντης των μαριονετών
Club is Τριφύλλι
Bird of Paradise symbolizes joyfulness. It also symbolizes magnificence. It can also be used to indicate exciting and wonderful anticipation.
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