#Witch!Mu AU

[ahatintimestorybook]

Hopes and Friendships Chap. 20-A Witch's First Day of School

Hey guys! I’ve been on a roll this month with fanfics! Getting this one worked on after RHPC and while working on Indie Kids, which I also finished.

Thanks to @gigilefache for being my beta reader!!

Enjoy!

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It was the first day of school. Mu looked at herself in the mirror wearing the outfit Luka and Harriet had bought for her during their shopping trip. She sighed in disappointment and sadness knowing that she would be entering a new school that doesn’t involve magic.

Many anxious scenarios played her head as she trotted downstairs to have breakfast with Harriet and Luka. What if magic just somehow happens?  What if no one likes her? Not wanting to show her nervousness Mu took a deep breath and gave a smile as she approached the kitchen.

“Morning!” Mu beamed.

“Morning Mu, how did you sleep?” Harriet asked.

“I slept okay, thanks for asking,” Mu replied as she sat down next to her best friend. Luka placed a plate of waffles topped with berries and whipped cream in front of Mu. She smiled in delight. 

Taking her fork, Mu sliced a bit of the waffle and took a bite out of it. She smiled seeing it tasted sweet, and kept on eating. 

“Is it good? It’s my dad’s secret recipe.” Harriet mentioned. Mu nodded and kept on eating.

“You're gonna need your appetite for your first day of school.”  Luka mentioned as he prepared the girls lunches.

“So any questions about human school you’d like to know?” Harriet asked.

Mu thought which questions would be good to ask as there were far too many questions she had in mind. “How are human world schools different from magic schools?” Mu asked.

“Well to start, no magic and no crazy teachers that want to kill us,” Harriet mentioned. Mu sighed, but Harriet wasn’t sure if that was a sigh of relief for no evil teachers or a sigh of sadness for a lack of magic.”But, you’re in the same class with me.”

Mu’s eyes widened. “Really?” She asked. Harriet nodded. “But how? Is that not difficult to achieve?” She asked.

“Dad has a way!” Harriet replied.

“I won’t say who, but your teacher this year was an old friend of mine. I told them how we took in an exchange student from another country and to make sure you're not separated they put you in their class.” Luka explained.

Mu felt a wave of relief wash over her. She wouldn't be separated from her best friend. Once she and Harriet were done eating they grabbed their lunches and backpacks, but before they could leave Moonjumper and Boss looked at the girls hoping to come along with them.

“Sorry guys, you have to stay home with Dad.” Harriet told them.

“Aww…” Moonjumper sighed looking down.

Boss sighed in relif. “Good. I’ll just relax.” He replied as he went to Harriet’s bed and slept.

Moonjumper then latched himself on to Harriet and gave his partner the biggest puppy dog eyes. “Come on, can we please go with you?” He asked.

“You’ll be fine at home. Dad will take care of both of you.” Harriet told him.

“I can be a plush toy! I’m good at it!” Moonjumper explained.

“I’m sorry Moon, but don’t worry. I’ll be back home soon.” Harriet gave Moonjumper a hug and put down. “See you later!” She beamed, grabbing Mu’s hand as they ran out of the house too. They made their way along their path, Mu smiled and laughed, trying to catch up to Harriet’s speed.

Once they made it to Starshine Elementary, Mu became starstruck at how big the school was. “This is your school?” Mu asked.

“Yep!” Harriet replied. She smiled as the two saw a green and blue blur running by, “And here’s one of my closest friends!” She beamed. Mu saw a girl around their age come running down before them. Jumping at Harriet and giving her a big hug.

The girl had dark skin, dark brown curly hair tied with a light blue ribbon, purple eyes and wore a green blouse with a light blue skirt, along with white cat socks and black boots. “Harriet! I missed you!” The girl beamed.

Harriet giggled. “I missed you too Brandy.”

“How was your summer?” Brandy asked.

Harriet giggled. “You could say it was magical,” she replied.

Brandy giggled. She turned to Mu. “Who’s your new friend?” 

“Oh right, Brandy this is Emily, or Mu as she likes to be called. She’s an exchange student dad and I took in over the summer.” Harriet explained, going along with the story her dad told her. “Mu this is Brandy, we’ve been friends since Kindergarten.”

“N-nice to meet you.” Mu replied, stuttering a bit.

Brandy giggled. “Hi there, any friend of Harriet is a friend of mine!” She beamed, taking Mu’s hand.

Mu was nervous to reply but managed to give a warm yet shaky chuckle. Harriet nudged her witch friend and gave a wink. “If you like me, you’ll definitely like Brandy. She's really cool and fun.” Harriet mentioned. 

Brandy giggled. “Guess what, Harriet,” she asked. “I’m in the same class as you this year!” 

Harriet squealed. “That’s great,” she beamed, “the three of us should sit together!”

“You read my mind!” Brandy replied. With that Harriet grabbed Mu’s hand as the girls went inside the classroom.

Once inside, Harriet and Brandy reunited with all their classmates and started to talk about their summer together. “So Harriet,” Brandy whispered, “tell me about your magical summer.”

Harriet nodded. “A lot has happened you see-“ Harriet was then cut off by the bell meaning class was about to start. “I’ll tell you at lunch.”

Once everyone was in class, the teacher came in. Harriet’s eyes widened as she recognized her from previous interactions. The teacher wore a light blue dress, brown pants and black shoes. Her rose red hair was tied into a side braid. She faced the class with a bright smile on her face.

“Good morning, and welcome back!” The teacher said happily. “I’m Miss. Rose, I’ll be your 5th grade teacher for this year!” 

Harriet quickly got up from her seat. “It’s nice to meet you W-I mean Miss. Rose!” She blurted out.

Miss. Rose giggled. “Harriet, I know your dad knows me, but that doesn’t mean you’ll get special treatment to call me by my full name.” She explained. 

The class giggled, which made Harriet laugh alongside them, just a tad more embarrassed, as she sat back down. “Sorry, sorry, I’m just excited for this year that’s all.” She explained.

“Well, it seems like you guys did have a nice, long, exciting break.” Miss. Rose explained. “So as a starter, why don’t we spend this morning getting to know each other before you guys go meet with the elective teachers.” The class agreed. “Alright, to start, why doesn’t the exchange student take the lead.” She said pointing to Mu.

The witch knew the teacher was talking about her and stood up nervously from her seat. “Uh… hi… I’m Emily, but I like to be called Mu.” She started. “It’s nice to meet you all.” Mu sat down and sighed in relief.

The class smiled, which made Mu smile. “Feel better?” Harriet whispered. Mu nodded and the two listened to the rest of their class each talk about themselves and their favorite moments about summer.

After a while, it was Brandy’s turn to speak. “Well, I’m Brandy, and my summer was alright. I got to visit my aunt in the city.” She explained.

She then looked at Harriet giving her a turn to speak up. “I’m Harriet Kidd, and during my summer I-“

“Was stuck in your fantasy world again?” A young boy asked, causing his little group to laugh.

“No!” Harriet snapped. “I was-“

“Pretending to be a witch!” Another boy in that same group cut Harriet off, which started to get the class except Mu and Brandy, to laugh.

Harriet went quiet and sat back down, but Mu was angry and she got up. “She and her dad visited me!” Mu yelled, getting the class quiet. “Harriet and her dad went traveling and I met them! That’s why I’m here!” Mu yelled. Harriet looked up at Mu and smiled seeing her friend stand up for her. Even if what Mu said wasn’t true it was something better than what she could’ve come up with.

“And don’t you pick on Harriet, Dylan!” Miss. Rose pointed to one of the boys. “I heard from your 4th grade teacher about your behavior towards her and others. I will not tolerate it.” Miss. Rose explained.

Dylan groaned and crossed his arms. Mu glared knowing Dylan would be on her nerves and looked at Harriet before whispering in her ear. “If you need me to get back at him let me know.”

“Don’t worry, I will.” Harriet whispered back as the two girls giggled.

The rest of class was normal and uneventful. Afterwards, the students got to visit all of the elective classes for the year. Mu was excited to try out all the classes. During the tour, Harriet kept on getting bumped and teased by Dylan, who would later act all innocent when someone else looked at him. 

Mu glared and had her wand hidden under her sleeves when she whispered a spell that caused Dylan to trip on his shoelace and fall on his face, causing everyone to laugh. Mu smirked and Harriet looked up with a smile. 

“You're horrible,l Mu.” Harriet whispered and snickered.

“I was just born that way.” Mu replied, giving a shrug. The girls giggled as they walked back to their classroom to work on their lessons for the day.

Since it was only the first day of school, the lessons were simple, so at times the kids asked Mu questions about her old school, and her life.

“So what kind of school did you go to before coming here?” One girl asked.

“A private school,” Mu replied.

“Have any friends? I’d love to meet them.” A young boy asked.

“Yep! I have a few, plus Harriet.” Mu answered, giving a nod.

Harriet smiled seeing Mu was adjusting well with everyone. She then felt a tap on her shoulder which made her turn towards Brandy. “I have a question about Mu, can I ask you very quickly?” She whispered.

“Sure what is it?” Harriet asked. Brandy leaned in Harriet’s ear and whispered her question. Harriet reacted with a cat-like smile. “Ask her at lunch. I won’t say.” She replied. Brandy smiled and gave a nod.

Lunch rolled around and Mu, Harriet and Brandy sat down at a table away from the rest of the kids. “This is where Brandy and I usually sit.” Harriet explained. 

Once the group was seated, Brandy didn’t hesitate to ask her a question. “You're a witch are you?” Brandy asked. 

Mu spit out her drink in surprise and coughed. “N-no!” She yelled. “What makes you say that?”

Harriet sighed. “Mu, remember when I said you’ll like Brandy?” She asked. Mu turned to her friend. “Well Brandy also likes magic like I do, so she’s safe to tell her you're a witch.”

Mu sighed feeling relieved. “Well to answer your question; yes I am a witch.”

Brandy’s smile widened and she hugged Mu tightly. “That is so cool!” Brandy beamed. “What kinds of magic can you do? Do you have a cat? I know witches have cats! Ooh tell me tell me!” Brandy was so excited as she wanted to know everything about Mu, the real Mu..

Mu chuckled. “Okay, okay. I can show you the magic after school. I do have a cat named Boss, he keeps me in line most of the time.” She explained.

“He’s also cuddly.” Harriet added. 

Brandy giggled in reply. “I’m guessing you didn’t travel to another country, but a witch world?” She asked, looking at Harriet.

Harriet nodded. “Yep! Speranza.” She replied. “Plus I even found clues about my mom.”

“That’s amazing!” Brandy beamed in reply. “So is she home safe?”

Harriet frowned and shook her head. Brandy frowned in reply knowing it wasn’t good news. “Turns out my grandma, who is also the headmistress, took her away from me and turned her into a monster.” Harriet explained.

Brandy frowned and hugged her friend. “I’m sorry, Harriet.” She said, before turning to Mu. “I guess you got stuck here too?” Mu nodded. 

“So now we’re trying to find a way to get back to Speranza to save my mom!” Harriet beamed.

Brandy smiled. “Um…if you want, I can help.” 

“How can you help?” Mu asked.

“I have a lot of magic-esq stuff at my house.” Brandy answered. “Maybe there’s something I have that could help.”

Mu and Harriet smiled seeing they were slowly making progress. “Alright. We’ll go!” Mu answered.

[askamnesiamoonjumper]

edit: HEY EVERYONE LOOKING AT THIS POST GO READ AAU FIC RIGHT NOW BC IM TIRED OF THIS POST BEING IN MY NOTIFS 24/7💥💥💥💥

Ok sorry about that now back to your regularly scheduled program: A!au toh au when??

Yeah hi I was bored n thinking about this idea and also wanted to do a style study for toh, (ignore that I had to use bases for the bodies I couldn’t draw them😭 my lines where too shaky I’m not the best at tracing stuff so I cheated a tiny bit) I had originally thought of this idea ages ago in a doodle where they all went to hexide and it was more a high school au if anything but now that the show is further along I thought of a more fleshed out idea for this hypothetical au!

Technically this could count as just a regular Ahit toh au BUT I based it off of ideas and hcs in aau so yeah I’m sticking with that

Also the characters aren’t one to one with toh characters it’s more just a “how would these characters and their story translate over to toh universe” thing but most characters can be tied to a toh character as being based on/in the role of if that makes sense like I said it’s a bit of a mixing pot with the characters

Uh yeah info about the basic idea for the characters/story:

The whole story with prince and Vanessa instead of prince getting locked in a cellar to die van curses him instead, but somehow idk how yet he ends up turning the tables and splitting the curse with her. I like the idea that prince is from his respective time period as Ahit and falls through a time pool so we get the same concept of this guy is old and from a long time ago just with skipping over the death ghost part so yeah he gets sent to present Snatcher is basically the eda character he has the curse and takes elixir (which I hc is blue bc haha Ahit reference)

If it’s not obvious from her design Vanessa is the belos of this au lol Probably instead of the emperors coven it’s something like the Queen’s court? I think it’s got a neat ring? Anyway yeah uh not much to say about her she’s basically the same lol, also I like the idea she uses illusions to hide her appearance and also to manipulate mj and the citizens 👀

mj is basically a combo of s2 Lilith and Hunter! He’s a grimwalker made by Vanessa to replace prince basically he’s made to be her perfect fairy tale Prince Charming that loves her and would never ever betray her <oblivious But yeah same idea as Hunter of being made as a clone of someone else BUT they’ve got a more similar role to Lilith in which they end up befriending the main cast and living with them Also included their “golden gaurd” design not sure what to call it? Moon prince? Moon something idk lol you guys might could help with that but yeah that’s the fit they got when with van also we got blood Amy too in which Vanessa gives her curse to mj after finding his palismen (she eats them belos style ofc lol) speaking of I still need to draw the palismen but I have some cool ideas!

Dels idk what to say besides uh she lives with snatcher n we still got the qpr going ofc lol sorry I don’t got much on her 💔 though I DID consider making her a star child to go with the twilight god thing but I also considered making eclipse a star child because the design is similar plus gives an excuse for him to be here without the fusion plus I think Vanessa using eclipse sounds cool it makes sense he’s prince in canon so like ofc she’s drawn to him but yeah still thinking about that

Time twins are our luz stand in, hc timmys jacket is snatchers like luzs jacket is eras bc I think it’s cute lol dont question why he has it idk I didn’t have the time pool idea at the time and bow is kinda like the willow/gus of the group and mu is the amity? Mu being a bully at first until joining the friend group n stuff and bow being the sweet straight man to the rests antics

Drawing time twins with round ears was cursed Anyway mu is a hybrid still, She’s half witch half eberwolf species! Cooking cat and Sam get to be her bio parents here instead of adopted so that’s cool

Shapes is the Vee stand in and omg they where really fun to design

I like the idea of the changelings/council being titan trappers? Considering they’re a cult? I think it sounds cool so maybe like shapes sneaks in with a disguise or like the trappers take them in or the trappers are basilisk in this universe? Idk considering no one in the cast is a titan it wouldnt really make sense so like maybe they are basilisk or basilisk hunters? Still chewing on the council lol sorry

Sorry I’ve been putting it off BUT curses!: basically same logic as canon they go by eda and belos logic respectively so van is a creepy skeleton cryptid ass monster and snatcher is a animal beast! BUT he’s not a bird like eda or Lilith ,and also not a snake though that would fit in being a more obvious choice, he’s ACTUALLY a ferret! Mostly bc I thought it was funny but it stuck lol they are furry and noodly so it works, plus I’m a sucker for the monster has innocent name but is actually terrifying trope lol, also idk about blood moon? They get cursed yeah but I don’t think they get transformed into anything mostly bc I have no ideas for them lol plus it’s more focused on the illusion hypnosis whatever abd not the curse itself

Anyway on to covens/magic specialties! The kids are obvious because they have the uniforms lol but I’ll still list them anyway: Time twins: Oracle/illusion Bow: beast keeping Mu: constructed Prince: Oracle/bard Snatcher: Oracle/potion Delilah: plant/healing Mj: bard Vanessa: illusion Shapes: abomination

But yeah that’s kinda it lol I do plan to add more doodles or ideas later but yeah hoo boy these took forever but it was a fun style challenge plus fun to design everyone!

Sorry if these notes are kinda all over the place oof I didn’t bother to double check them so sorry if it sounded rambley

[sorenphelps]

PIRATE AU! Marauders

I decided to revisit and expand my take on the magical pirate au concept I had for last year's @siriusblackfest. This will be an unreasonably long description of my ideas, so if you don't feel like reading it, I absolutely understand. (I'm an artist first anyway.) I’d really really appreciate if you further expand or actually write these ideas into a proper fic, I mean, YES PLEASE!

I will definitely do more art for this concept, so stay tuned! My other pirate au works are here, here and here, or refer to my pirate au tag.

🌊🏴‍☠️⚓pirate AU concept ideas⚓🏴‍☠️🌊

About the lore:

Wizards and witches are all descendants of the lost empires Atlantis, Lemuria and Mu:

The Atlantean mages were once the world's most powerful leaders, who could predict the future with their magical stones, created great underground palaces, conquered the entire world with their gilded ships, commanded sea monsters such as the Kraken, the Leviathan, sirens, hydras and other sea demons. They possessed an extremely high level of technical and spiritual knowledge, which they could use to rule over life and death.

The Lemurians were tall, noble wizards, who were able to turn invisible or into an animal whenever they wanted. They were talented in alchemy, they knew a lot about the magical properties of precious stones and metals, which was the basis of their magic. They were very friendly with non-magical people, who often took advantage of their hospitality and stole their treasure which got scattered all around the world.

According to their belief, the wizards of Mu are the direct descendants of god-like creatures coming from the Sirius constellation. In Mu, wizards were excellent architects and sailors who lived in luxurious homes. Their magic was based on starlight and they had exceptional knowledge of astronomy. With the help of their advanced magical rituals, they could achieve anything. Hence the exact way of performing such rituals was kept as a secret, which was passed down from generation to generation only to those who were deemed worthy of it.

As the power of the "sea wizards" was feared among ordinary people, the wizarding world was forced into hiding, and the islands were swallowed up by the sea, seemingly forever… until a powerful dark wizard named Voldemort began searching for hidden treasures (horcruxes) to bring Atlantis and their superior magical capabilities back to the surface.

According to the legends, each of the Four Founders and the Peverell brothers created a horcrux (seven in total) to perform the most powerful magic known to wizardkind, which managed to sink and forever hide the Islands. They had poured all their power into their respective horcrux, giving up their magic forever. To release the power from a horcrux, a dark, forbidden ritual must be performed: the one who performs it will gather their power in exchange of a piece of their soul. Each horcrux is unique in shape and nature, and the rituals to release their binding requires immerse energy which is the easiest sourced by slaying mythical creatures and sacrificing innocent lives. The one who gathers and releases all seven horcruxes, will break the magic sealing the Islands to the bottom of the oceans and ascend to become a new immortal being with infinite power. However, their soul will be lost forever, never to be repaired, stuck in limbo for all eternity.

The horcruxes made by the Founders are Gryffindor’s Sword, Slytherin’s locket, Hufflepuff’s Cup and Ravenclaw’s Diadem. The Peverell Brother's horcruxes are:

Antioch’s Astrolabe: made from metals as shiny as the stars, could predict the future. If used incorrectly, it could give its user a false sense of assurance of potential events happening, making them too reckless. Most users died young as the results were misinterpreted easily. It belongs to Mu.

Cadmus’ Coat of Arms: a gold ring inset with the Resurrection Stone, engraved with the power to recall people from death. It belongs to Atlantis.

Ignotus’ Crown of Invisibility, an invisible crown-like object resembling peryton antlers. It belongs to Lemuria.

About the characters:

James - The Captain. He is a fun, mischievous and charismatic wizard of Lemurian origins. He is always up to no good but has the necessary natural leadership skills to make the most critical decisions quickly even in the tensest situations. He owns the ship ‘The Marauder’, which can turn invisible upon his command. His ancestors had a strong connection to perytons (large stag-bird hybrids), could call them at will, and because these beasts had the shadow of a man, people thought they were shapeshifters. The antlers can be forged to the strongest of metals possessing great power and their fur and wings are said to be the key to achieve true invisibility able to conceal its wearers so absolutely that even death itself could not find them. As perytons were prophesied to lead to the downfall of Atlantis, they were hunted to extinction supposedly. According to legends, a wizard of James’ lineage will be able to summon them again. He originally started his journey to find and secure these mythical creatures. When conveying his magic, his aura slightly changes to resemble antler motifs, prompting his nickname as “Prongs”.

Sirius - The Navigator. He is the firstborn son of an ancient wizarding family from Mu, therefore he has very powerful magical abilities, expertise in the art of combat and superior astronomical knowledge. Even though he is James’ closest and most trusted mate, who clearly possesses the necessary skills to be Quartermaster or Master Gunner, the Crew voted him unfit for those positions because of his rebellious nature, recklessness, and short temper. (Before they started sailing together as a Crew, during a full moon he decided to settle his personal disagreement with Snape by locking him in the underwater cabin they prepared for Remus. James intervened, earning him his position as the Captain.) He is very skilled in map reading and excellent at calculating the exact latitude of the ship just by observing the stars, making him the perfect Sailing Master responsible for navigating and sailing the ship flawlessly. He also has several magical tattoos to further enhance his navigation prowess. He enjoys music and pranking his fellow crew members, who like him nevertheless as he is fiercely loyal and protective of them.

Remus - The Quartermaster. He is not a wizard, but a sea monster. His mother was a selkie, who gave up her sea life willingly for her lover. Fenrir Greyback, an evil maniac obsessed with sea monsters and driven mad by siren songs, attacked and stole the seal-skin of Remus’ mother. Remus’ father, in a desperate attempt at helping his lover, offered her the skin of their son. The ritual backfired, and Remus became a selkie himself, who transforms into a sea monster every full moon. His mother never recovered and eventually disappeared. Remus has joined James’ pirate crew to find his mother and seal-skin to reunite his family, but ended up finding a new one. He’s elected as the Quartermaster of ‘The Marauder’, responsible for coordinating the ship’s day-to-day operations and discipline, dividing the shares fairly, settling disputes and acting as a representative for the Crew members when presenting their wishes to the Captain. He is very intelligent and practical, enjoys researching and is quite skilled in map reading/drawing. He is fascinated by Sirius’ expertise in navigation.

Peter - The Cook & Cooper. He is a seemingly weak and clumsy man with no magical talent. He claims he lost his right hand in an accident; others suspect it was cut off because he was caught stealing, but the truth is that he willingly sacrificed it during a ritual to gain the ability to turn into a rat. He is very resourceful, always listening to whispers and gathering all information. He serves as the Cook and the Cooper on ‘The Marauder’, spending most of his time onboard in the kitchen and food chambers, taking care of the provisions, preparing meals and making and maintaining barrels. He never fights, even when teased with being a coward. He knows every secret on the ship, making him possibly one of the most dangerous crew members, yet he maintains his helpless façade so perfectly, no one really suspects anything about him.

Lily - The Surgeon. She is a curious young lady with a passion for medical science, which she could develop while observing her father during work. Her father was a doctor, who often visited an orphanage nearby to help the monks. She met and befriended Severus there, they collected herbs and other ingredients for fun. She discovered she had magical abilities when the potions she had brewed all somehow possessed healing properties. (Severus’ potions on the other hand usually turned out to be poisonous.) Lily joined ‘The Marauder’ as the Surgeon, after James’ multiple unsuccessful attempts at recruiting her. (He made his crew to stage very elaborate emergency scenarios, which theoretically required immediate medical assistance... until one time it was not theoretical anymore.)

Severus - The Boatswain. He is an intelligent and perceptive young man, with an extraordinary talent for alchemy. His father married his mother hoping the woman could make him the richest man alive as she was the descendant of known Alchemists. However, Severus’ mother only held the Book of Magick Moste Evile as a family heirloom which couldn’t turn anything to gold. Severus was sent to an orphanage after his father killed his mother, where he met with Lily. He had learned every bit of potion making and dark magic from his mother’s book in an attempt at impressing the girl, but the better he became, the more she estranged from him. He eventually ran away from the orphanage, and lived by his wits and magic. He served as a Powder Monkey and a Cabin Boy of famous pirate captains, where he gathered remarkable sailing experience too. On ‘The Marauder’, he was appointed as the Boatswain, responsible for the general maintenance of the ship and making sure all the supplies (including gunpowder, medicine, magical ingredients) were in order. The Crew somewhat respects his abilities but dislikes him as he has a grumpy and unpleasant personality and is scarily skilled in dark magic.

Marlene - The Master Gunner. She is a no-nonsense witch of Lemurian descent, in charge of the cannons, the gunpowder, the shots and weapons of ‘The Marauder’. She is the foremost expert in the art of combat and war strategy onboard. Her family was tasked to guard the Sword of Gryffindor for centuries, unaware that it was a horcrux. The sword was forged from pure silver and is inset with rubies, said to ignite great courage in the hearts of everyone wielding it and capable to defeat all enemies. Marlene wears a necklace decorated with a large and shiny ruby, representing her brave and combative personality. The stone also enhances her fighting abilities.

Dorcas - The Carpenter. She is an easygoing girl with ancestors from Mu. Despite being loosely related to Sirius, her magic differs a lot from his. She is a fortune teller (uses cards and not the stars to predict the possibility of events), and has a natural affinity for working with wood. (A magical tree is the symbol of the eastern side of Mu, which is also tattooed on Sirius’ neck.) She works as the Carpenter, responsible for the ship's maintenance and damage control, even during battle. Her job is to reconstruct entire sections of the ship and the sails. She designed and built the underwater cabin for Remus’ transformations. She also enjoys music and is in a relationship with Marlene.

[hyperfixationhell25]

One Piece Au ideas

Hello fellow weebs I have returned to make shitty content

My horrid little brain has been concocting a bunch of different Au's for months at this point and I though eh fuck might as well get them out there to see what others think.

AU 1

Dragon maid but its Law desperately trying to get rid of the stray god and his supernatural buddies that have invaded his life. To start of Law lives in the "Modern world" he's working in the med field (the specifies to be determined later if I or someone decides to make this an actual fic) his roommate Bepo has had to move out of town and he's trying to find a replacement for costs. cut to Law getting drunk (or extremely sleep deprived) and finding a mortally wounded god laying in the alleyway near his apartment. que Law saving the God and then going home and passing out ands well its basically the opening episode for dragon maid but its Nika (Luffy ) instead of a dragon and he's not trying to be a maid but he is trying to be Law "roommate" and trying to pay back law for saving his life by taking care of him and being his friend. I've seen a similar concept for a zolu fic but the idea of Law just going insane as the SHs just invade his entire life is comedy gold. As for what the stawhat's are well Luffy's a god (Sun God Nika) Zoro's a demon along with Robin you don't really need to change Chopper Brook and Jinbei Nami's a witch duh Franky's an artificer( Just make it fantasy cyborg stuff) I thought it would be cool if Ussop was a wood puppet that Luffy accidently brought to life as a nod to Pinocchio, that or a wood sprite for the trickster aspect. also Law's human friend do come and interact with the SH's and to Laws horror they all become buddies and conspire to make him have fun!

(a lot of my ideas center on how to bully law and get him hugs at the same time :)

AU 2

another fucking ATLA OP AU (wow so original)

pretty basic concept Luffy's the avatar ya know normal shit

EXCEPT He drives everyone INSANE. oh Luffy your the avatar master of all four element you mu- HEY IS HE ASLEEP!!! Luffy the avatar is the bridge between the human and spirt- OH HEY FUNKY SPIRT DUDES DO YOU GUYS POOP? (it be funny if Luffy just didn't realized him just befriending spirits left and right was because of the avatar stuff he just does what he wants) people will get their faced punch in kyoshi approves of luffy throw hands with everything and everyone. in all seriousness the concept of a character like Luffy being the bringer of balance when he's chaos incarnate is funny.

[grungiiuvu]

Hi! I just saw ur mu qing witch au on my timeline and it looks great, but i just want to point out a minor inaccuracy(im srry if im being fussy): but in most chinese cultures(at least the one im in), the mom and the dad have seperate sir names because its considered to bring misfortune if u have the same sir names, even if u guys are not related at all. Some ppl don't even marry ppl that have similar sounding sir names lol. Unless... this was on purpose and mu qing got his mothers name passed down cus his father was an asshole😭 in which case i apologise

Hiii! Don't apologise for being fussy, I appreciate any comment lol! Thank you for sending it! :D

I did know this but I'll admit I'm prone to forgetting it a lot qwq However, Mu Qing will continue to share the surname of his mother, since in this au, he doesn't actually have a father... (I fear to say much more, lest spoilers)!

This AU is going to be a mix of European witchlore, as it is the lore I know best and the aesthetic I'm going with atm, and Chinese practices as I research them :) so, (as you mentioned being part of Chinese cultures), if there's any cool tidbits you'd like to see, please send another ask!!

[crescentblossom66]

Bashes the door

OH SO....

hatkid talking to conductor about timing and him using it in his movies

Or

A mini monster au one shot ft conductor x cookie

Ooh, I really wanted to write some Sugar Rush content so...I hope you don't mind me choosing the second option.

“Are you sure that you want to accompany me, I know you hate don't like having many people around you, and it's a sale, so there will be plenty of people around.” Cookie asked the man that grabbed his keys while making a dismissive gesture with the other hand.

“Eh, it will be fine, I need to head inta town anyway, so, it ain't a big deal.” He reassured as he followed the witch outside. The morning sun had just risen over the horizon and the dipped the the whole town into a lovely orange. It also caused Cookie's red hair to shine even more than usual, it reminded him of orange lilies that he could see on the big field before the final stop on before he'd loop back around with the train.

“My hair looks like a mess, doesn't it? I didn't have the time to wash it this mornin'.” She looked a bit embarrassed and gave a light chuckle as she walked next to him. Her talking had snapped him out of it, he hadn't even realized that he had been staring at her. He focused on looking only in front of him, as to not make eye contact as that would cause even more problems as if merely looking at her would cause his face to heat up. He mentally scolded himself for behaving like a 15 year old teenager in high school having a crush on a girl in his class, he had had a wife for peck's sake! These feelings felt so wrong, like he was betraying the one he had lost, yet Cookie's presence made him happy. It was truly frustrating.

“Are you okay? Are you in pain? You're gritting your teeth, sweetie.” He got startled by her soft voice, and that lovely southern accent she had.

“I-I'm fine. Uh, I was thinkin' 'bout work yesterday. A passenger was bein' a real pain in the backside.” The Conductor explained...even though it was a blatant lie. Cookie didn't seem to have caught on thankfully.

“I know what you mean, I had a rude customer last week. He ordered a gazpacho and complained about it being cold...it's served cold.” The red-haired witch looked a bit annoyed, but quickly shrugged it off. The wereowl quietly sighed in relief after noticing that she hadn't realized what actually bothered him.

The pair soon reached the market, and it was as crowded as Cookie had said it would be. “Great...we'll be stuck 'ere fer years.” The blonde man looked already impatient as he tried to find a way through the crowded streets to their destination, the department store.

He nearly jumped in surprise and visibly flinched when Cookie grabbed his hand to hold. “We'll get lost in this crowd, it's easier to not lose each other like this.” She stated rather plainly and looked completely unbothered as she pulled him with her toward the entrance. It was a good thing she never turned around or she would have seen that her companion was as red as a tomato after feeling her soft and warm hand in his. “So, what was it that you wanted to buy?”

The man was so lost in thought for a moment that the question took three seconds to even register in his brain, and when he tried to answer, his vocal cords disobeyed him. “Uhh...uhm...I...I wanted to buy somethin' fer the red hooded lassie...She's growin' out of 'er old clothes.” He could himself before Cookie caught on and got worried.

“Aw, it's so nice that you take such good care of little Mu, she's had it really rough.” Cookie weaved through the crowd to find the department with the kitchen supplies. “I'm here to buy new wooden spoons they don't scratch up the pans when stirring food, you know. Hattie used them to practice a fire spell, and, they all burned to crisps, as you can imagine.” She looked back at him and laughed softly at the kid's antics.

“Aye, a wee rascal, that one.” He masked his nervousness with a fake chuckle. While Cookie went to buy the new spoons, Conductor went his own way for a bit and bought a new red hoodie for Mu. He hoped she'd be happy about it when he got home and could give it to her. As he exited the kid's clothing section, he noticed a nice, white bobble hat, and he recalled that Cookie had complained about the weather getting cold. He took the hat and checked the material, and found that it was well-made and warm. He decided to buy it for her as a present.

When he was waiting in checkout, standing in a queue of at least ten people, an old memory surfaced, a memory of those that he held so dear playing in the snow...he was once again brought back to reality, but this time by the rather impatient woman that waited for him to hand over the hat and hoddie to check the prize tag. After paying for the item, he joined back up with Cookie who was waving at him near the small fountain in the middle of the department store. “Did you get everything, Conductor?” She had a small bag in her hand and gave him a smile as he joined up with her again.

“Got all of it.-” He rubbed the back of his head. “-took a wee bit longer, got stuck fer ages in checkout.” He reached into his bag and pulled out the white bobble hat. “I...uh...got you a lil something.”

Cookie looked both stunned and happy at the kind gesture. “You...you bought me a hat?” She examine the hat and even put it on.

While Cookie was looking at him with awe and happiness in her eyes, he looked away, trying, and failing, to hide his blush. He stiffened when she showed her appreciation with a soft hug. “You can be so sweetheart.” He hugged her back, for the first time in a long time, he felt happy.

[violets-in-her-arms-writes]

This or That? Tag

Thank you for tagging me @writernopal ! You can find her post here, go read it ! 💜 I had a lot of fun developing the answers, sorry if it's all over the place ^^

|| HISTORICAL or FUTURISTIC ||

I love to read historical novels but writing them is waaaayyy above my competence level and I know I would get lost in the research part of it instead of, you know, actually, writing it. So futuristic it is because I can bullshit my way through it.

|| OPENING or CLOSING CHAPTER ||

CLOSING CHAPTER!!! I can't wait to get to the one in La Fledgling! I'm gonna break my own heart, it's going to be great!

|| LIGHT+FLUFFY or DARK+GRITTY ||

I wish I could write light and fluffy things but I can't. It might be pathological at this point. I tried to write a fluffy mermaid AU and Lou drowned in the first chapter, so now I give up. I'll accept my fate.

|| ANIMAL COMPANION or FOUND FAMILY ||

I have to choose animal companion because one of my favourite character (Lorelei, immortal witch, high priestess of Némésis goddess of revenge) has a familiar named Doll. It's a raven who believes himself to be a bird of prey but is actually just... broken. It once tried to incubate a skunk and to eat a cat, so. He can't see windows and can cut through steel with his beak (through sheer determination and will). I love it with all my heart. I've only had him for twelve years, but if anything ever happened to him, I would kill to get him back 🤺🤺🤺

|| HORROR or ROMANCE ||

Romance that becomes horrifying, where you would do anything for your partner, even betraying your values and your faith, to the point where you can't recognize the person looking at you through the mirror. Or where your lover becomes something other and you're not sure how to love her anymore.

(On this not, there's a great novel Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield where one of the woman is marine biologist and comes back to her wife *wrong* after six months lost at sea. It's terrifying, it's great!)

|| HARD MAGIC SYSTEM or SOFT MAGIC SYSTEM ||

Fuck rules. Do whatever you want! Why do dragons exist in my world? Because the god of poison had children with a crocodile metamorph and she gave birth to the dragons, next question! Why is Lorelei's magic different from the others'? Because she's OP and I love her and she's my chosen one! Why can Jo [REDACTED] because. That's it. That's my justification. I do what I want as long as it's fun 💃‍

|| STANDALONE or SERIES ||

I always say I'm gonna write a standalone and I rarely succeed. I blame it on my favourite books I read as a child which were all super long series with like 50 books in it, spanning generations and thousands of years (hi Heralds of Valdemar and The ballad of Pern) I also blame them for making me write dragons and over-powered women. I love you, you're the best, mwah!

|| ONE PROJECT AT A TIME or ALWAYS JUGGLING 2+ ||

I'm always switching between WIPs depending on my mood and my motivation. I can put aside a project for months (hi book 3 of WsT... I'm coming back for you baby, I'm coming back for you!), start three new WIPs, and then go back to one of my ancients projects. Every time I try to persuade myself to only work on one thing I get frustrated and end up not writing at all so I just let my creativity take me wherever. I'm not even a passenger anymore, I'm stuck in the trunk of the car, scribbling madly and trying to understand what's going on. It's not going well.

|| ON AWARD WINNER or ONE BESTSELLER ||

I don't really care about awards. Like sure it'd be nice to know critics and judges liked mu book enough to give me a Hugo or a Nebula or whatever, but what I really want is for *actual people* to love my stories. I hope I can touch at least one person with my silly little characters and their struggles. (Also, I want the fanfics and the fan-arts 😂)

|| FANTASY OR SCI-FI ||

I love sci-fi, especially sci-fi stories where humanity has to leave earth and terraform/colonize other planets, I love exodus. I also love to just write whatever like an archeology student getting kidnapped but an alien sect because they think she can resurrect their leader. And I love fantasy because I love swords, and dragons, and magic, and lesbians (and lesbian dragon shapeshifters with a sword), and prophecies. I love being able to craft a world and society and to just... have fun.

|| CHARACTER DESCRIPTION or SETTING DESCRIPTION ||

I don't do it enough, but I love setting descriptions because it helps paint a picture and you can leave little nuggets of foreshadowing in it. (You can also do it with character description but I think I might be too obvious when I do that XD)

|| FIRST DRAFT or FINAL DRAFT ||

First draft is a pain in the ass but I actually love the process of figuring out what the fuck is going on, who the characters are, what they want, what they need. It's like getting to know someone but sudoku like. If you don't put the numbers in the right order you understand nothing. (It's a bad comparison, I hate sudoku, but you get what I mean). Also, what the fuck is a final draft? I've never met her. i always want to change something even after I'm done. Which is also why publishing scares me so much : what if I want to change something and can't because it's already been printed? Nightmare 😱

|| LOVE TRIANGLE IN EVERYTHING or NO ROMANTIC ARCS ||

I'd rather have no romantic arc ever again than suffer through a poorly written love triangle once again. I'm tired of love triangles. Be original at least and give me a love octagon or something. I don't know dude, make one of them die in a war, her wife mourns then starts dating again and then, she comes back after being MIA for years. Don't make it bland between the dark-haired bad boy and the blond boy next door, please I'm begging you. And if you really can't write any other romance, then please just give me an action novel or a fantasy novel or a horror novel without any romance. Please. No more love triangles.

|| CONSTANT SANDSTORM or RAINSTORM ||

Rainstorm if I'm inside! It's so soothing, especially at night. I love thunder and lightning, I love being comfy in my bed, listening to the rain 🥰

Gently tagging @liv-is, @ladyniniane & @autumnalwalker if you haven't done it yet 😊

[dhampiravidi]

RP wishlist as of 3/4/2024

get my replies done in a timely manner AKA w/o me procrastinating a lot

Jayn gets her "double life may ruin her relationship w/a decent cop" storyline [fandomless]

Jayn or Mu Lan becomes besties w/Simon Bassett [Bridgerton]

Naela interacting w/Rhaegar, Cersei, or Ned Stark as Naela Stark in a "Rhaegar Lives" AU [Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice & Fire]

Most things w/Achilles's Kylie LeBeau verse, where he's Gambit's brother [X-Men/Marvel]

Achilles interacting w/gods in general [Mythology]

I miss my witch boys talking to Jayn/Jas...[The Covenant]

Jace Herondale lives in my mind w/Jas rent-free [The Mortal Instruments/The Shadowhunter Chronicles]

Skadi aka Skathi Turin x Simon "Ghost" Riley, possible poly ship [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II]

Kinda wanting Oraia to meet Magnus Bane... [The Mortal Instruments/The Shadowhunter Chronicles]

I need Hestia & Stitch (her symbiote) to meet Eddie (or Flash) & Venom. Don't care how or why [Marvel]

Rose needs a magical suspense thing involving Zatanna, Dr. Fate, or her dad (John Constantine) [DC Comics]

Zehara (who's just doing her job) x Zuko (whose advisers are pressuring him to marry post-show) [Avatar: The Last Airbender]

Eugenia should meet Dean Winchester [Supernatural]

Shayera & women in general [DC Comics]

Our Lady of Gotham wants to talk to her "kids" (Gotham vigilantes) [DC Comics]

[ao3feed-fengqing]

Written in the Cards

by thekeyholder A serial killer is targeting the magical community, so private eye Feng Xin is tasked with stopping them. However, the murderer is shrewd and there aren't many leads, so Feng Xin has to team up with the most talented tarot reader out there, who’s none other than his former best friend, Mu Qing. Will they manage to set aside their past grievances in order to save the witches in their city? A fengqing detective noir witch au with cute familiars, soft magic and sassy squirrels. Words: 4069, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English Fandoms: 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Cartoon), 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Webcomic), 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Fēng Xìn (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Huā Chéng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Shī Wúdù, Shī Qīngxuán, Jūn Wú (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Péi Míng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Líng Wén (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Péi Sù (Tiān Guān Cì Fú) Relationships: Fēng Xìn/Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Historical, Detective Noir, Alternate Universe - Witches, Investigations, Familiars, Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Banter, Original Character(s), Feelings via https://ift.tt/ryaWwNO

[dean-winchester-is-a-warrior]

The Quicksilver Princess Chapter 2

Series summary: A fantasy AU in which Dean is part of a long line of warriors who protect the kingdom. What happens when his rescue of the little princess with the quicksilver eyes gets him a possilble future bride?

Series Warnings: Nothing major. Show typical violence. Fantasy violence. Smut. Angst. Fluff. Each chapter will have its own specific warnings. So, watch for those.

Chapter Warnings: None. Mention of an infected wound. Brief mentions of wandering eyes over soft skin. 😉

Pairings: Dean Winchester x OFC (eventual)

Word Count: 3,660

A/N: This is my entry for @awkward-and-indecisive’s “Abby’s 200 followers celebration”. The trope I got was arranged marriage and the dialogue prompt I got was “I’m tired of lying here in this stupid bed.”

The dialogue prompt is in bold below and the arranged marriage trope which has been hinted at throughout the series, continues here.

A/N 2: The princess in this story, borrows her name from the princess in the movie, Flight of Dragons, which was the very first fantasy story I ever encountered as a little kid and I loved it immensely. (I highly recommend it!)

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Dean looked into the face of the woman beneath him and tried to disguise his shock. If it hadn't been for her distinctive, flashing eyes, he probably wouldn't have recognized her. She was all grown up now. Her elfin features were still there, high cheekbones and a slightly pointed chin, but they had matured into something mysterious and alluring.

There was no denying that the girl was unfathomably beautiful. Her face was captivating, her expressions were so mobile, he could watch every feeling flitting across her face, changing moment to moment.

When she'd first seen him, her relief had been palpable, a relief that quickly switched to confusion and then fear when he told he was there to kill her.

He'd felt like someone had kicked him in the gut as he watched her face fall and terror cloud her shining eyes. He found himself desperate to reassure her he wouldn't hurt her, that he'd keep her safe. His reaction to her was so swift and so strong, that he wondered for a moment whether the First Queen had been right and this little slip of a girl beneath him was a powerful witch able to drop men to their knees with a look.

He stayed where he was on top of her, but he shifted his weight, so that he wasn't crushing her, and took his hand from her throat.

He left his dagger raised.

She stared up at him and he watched the fear drain away and a kind of exhausted acceptance replace it.

"What are you waiting for then? I can't fight you."

Her eyes closed and a tear leaked out of the corner to run down her temple. Dean felt the salt of that tear burn his heart and he once again feared he'd captured someone who could do him real damage.

When he didn't move, she opened her eyes and looked up at him in confusion again.

Dean clenched his jaw, annoyed at the way this hunt was turning out. He needed to get Sam home, but how could he be expected to kill this girl and cut out her magical eyes. The thought turned his stomach.

He needed more information.

"I've been told you're a murderer and a thief."

Melissande's eyes widened. "And just whom am I meant to have murdered and what have I stolen?"

"You murdered the Fourth Queen and stole her jewels." Dean said, being deliberately blunt to try and gauge her reaction.

Grief, followed quickly by anger, was her reaction.

Heartbreak suffused her face as she reeled at his words. "I mur - mu - " she couldn't seem to get the word out.

She closed her eyes. "Nightmare...this is a nightmare." She said in a heartbroken whisper.

But when she reopened her ever-changing eyes, indignant anger flashed there.

"I watched an arrow pierce through my mother's neck while I kneeled next to her in our garden."

She nodded toward the arrow still sticking through her shoulder. "An arrow that looked an awful lot like this one, I might add. I watched her die right in front of my eyes, seconds before someone tried to end my life as well."

Dean kept his face expressionless, determined to give nothing away. "I was told you were shot trying to flee after you killed her and took her jewels." Dean said, not really believing it himself, but still trying to gather information.

Melissande rolled her eyes and shook her head, her voice rising. "Why would I steal her jewels? I am a princess!"

Dean scoffed. "Meaning the royal family can do no wrong?"

Melissande's eyes narrowed. "Meaning I already have caskets and caskets of jewels I never wear, why in the name of all the gods, would I want to steal more? And from my own mother? Whose kind heart would have passed over any trinket I fancied." Tears clogged her throat and she couldn't continue.

Dean continued to stare down, assessing her.

Her liquid silver eyes turned pleading and full of desperation. "Please, Winchester, you must believe me. You saved me once. Help me now?"

Dean felt himself swayed; he knew in his bones he was never going to be able to murder this girl in cold blood, but he wanted to test one more thing.

He reached out with his forefinger and gently bumped the arrow in her shoulder, knowing that, given how infected the wound looked to be, even the slightest movement would cause scorching pain.

She cried out and then looked at him with betrayal and horror, pain and anger clouding her expression. She gritted her teeth and spoke through them. "You sadistic wretch! Why would you do such a thing when I ask you for help? Why do you torture me? If you're going to kill me, just kill me!"

Dean waited a moment more and then nodded in satisfaction.

Few creatures could resist lashing out against someone who caused them deliberate pain. If this girl had been any kind of powerful witch or evil thing, he'd likely have a second head now, or been sliced to ribbons. Even if she'd been attempting to hide her abilities, his rough action would have caused a natural reaction in her.

He put his dagger back in it's scabbard, and stood up before leaning down and clasping her right hand to help her stand.

She looked at him warily now, completely at sea.

Dean shrugged. "What can I say? I believe you."

Melissande frowned. "Just like that?"

"Would you rather I was still trying to kill you?" Dean asked, cocking an eyebrow.

She shook her head, quickly. "No, of course not, I was just curious why you suddenly believed me."

Dean took a deep breath. "I think I believed you before you even opened your mouth." He admitted.

None of it fit together.

He thought back to his meeting in the throne room and the suspicions he'd had about the murder of the Fourth Queen and how no one seemed to have heard about it. It sounded more like a quiet assassination, not a murder by a clumsy thief who got themselves wounded while fleeing.

First of all, thieves rarely murdered their marks, it brought down too much attention on them; they were good at getting in quietly, taking their loot and escaping unnoticed.

Secondly, if a thief had somehow broken into the royal palace, stolen royal jewels and then murdered a royal family member, that news would have spread across the kingdom like a wild fire.

Lastly, he simply couldn't reconcile the wounded, scared and grieving daughter in front of him, with a person capable of murdering her own mother.

And to what end? Amassing more jewels? As she said, surely a royal princess could have as many jewels as there were stars in the skies.

Also, if the Fourth Queen had been murdered by her own daughter, why keep that information from him? To make him slit her throat without knowing he was killing a member of the royal family? And when she was dead, and her eyes put into the ghoulish hands of the First Queen, what then?

Was he to be the scapegoat, accused of both murders and strung up from the nearest tree?

He'd known all of it seemed too fishy, too suspect. But he'd been so desperate to get Sam released, that he didn't want to spend very much time examining it. But now, it seemed obvious the First Queen herself was up to something, so he didn't see her simply releasing Sam and letting them ride off from the Kingdom together.

When Melissande just stared at him, obviously more confused than ever by his extended silence, he shook his head and threw his arms wide.

"Look, something is obviously wrong here." He ran a hand through his hair. "All I know is that I still need to get my brother back home no matter what, but now I have to keep you safe somehow too."

His mind worked furiously for a minute, and he shrugged and sighed defeatedly. "I just have no idea how to accomplish those two things together."

He looked back at Melissande and saw how she cradled her sore arm and the way she swayed slightly as she stood there.

"But first we need to get that arrow out and dress the wound or you're not gonna live long enough for me to protect you from anything."

He came up close to her to examine the arrow. He ripped her dress at the shoulder and Melissande gasped, whether from pain or from the fact that he'd just exposed a large swath of soft, pale skin, he wasn't sure.

That beautiful, velvety skin was definitely a distraction, but Dean forced his eyes back to the arrow protruding from her shoulder. And the even more dangerous red lines that were streaking down from the arrow toward her heart.

"We need to get this out." He gave her a once over, trying to assess how bad she was. "I have a cabin about five miles from here. You're gonna have to walk there."

Melissande's eyes were unfocused as she looked at him, as though she'd heard but hadn't comprehended his words. Dean clapped his hands in front of her face.

"Princess! Walk!" He ordered and he pushed her forward. They had no time to waste.

She looked up at him, scowling. "I remembered you as being much more chivalrous than you actually are."

"Yeah, well, you were seven."

Melissande traipsed forward unsteadily and Dean stayed close by her side, occasionally reaching out to grab her elbow to steady her and propel her forward.

Her long flowing gown was constantly getting caught up in the brambles and branches along the unmarked path Dean had them following.

"Stop!" Dean finally called out. He pulled his dagger out and sliced off the bottom of her gown, so that she was bare up to the middle of her shapely calf.

He stuffed the material into the small sac he wore slung across his chest. He didn't want someone to come across it and pick up her trail. When he looked at Melissande she was glaring at him, obviously unhappy with the way he was slowly but surely shredding her clothing.

"You could have asked first, you horse's ass!" She said angrily and Dean grinned.

"I remembered you as being much more princess-y than you actually are."

Melissande shot him a look of annoyance. "Yeah, well, I was seven."

They carried on along the path for nearly an hour before Melissande finally stopped to lean against a wide tree. She was breathing roughly and Dean could see a fine sheen of perspiration on her forehead and across the part of her chest that was exposed. It was a cool day and there was no reason, other than the infection, why she should be sweating.

Dean approached her and laid a hand against her forehead, not at all surprised to feel that her skin was scorching hot. Without another word, Dean scooped Melissande up in his arms and began to jog along the path with her as quickly as he could without jostling her too much.

The fact that she didn't scold him for his impudent behavior, instead just curling into his chest, told him how ill she was.

Finally they reached the small cabin he'd built so he had somewhere to stay over when he was too far away to make it home in bad weather. Thankfully, he also kept it as a place to hole up if he was ever wounded on a hunt, so it was stocked with medicines and bandages.

He pushed through the cabin door and laid Melissande on the small cot inside. She was unconscious now and Dean felt fear clench his insides at her stillness.

Wasting no time, he started a fire in the pot-bellied stove that sat against the wall near the cot, and then grabbed up the buckets hanging behind the door. He ran out to the pond that sat back behind the cabin and filled both buckets with water.

When he got back, he put one of them on the stove to boil and set the other one down beside the cot. He pulled up a chair from the little table in the corner, and sat as close to Melissande as he could.

She was moaning and shifting slightly in her sleep and Dean shook her gently.

"Highness, you have to sit up." He shook her again. "Highness!"

She remained unresponsive so he tapped her cheek. "Melissande!"

Her eyes opened and Dean swallowed deeply. Her normally shining eyes were completely dull. They were a flat gray color now, whatever magic animated them, suppressed by her sickness.

She seemed at a loss to understand her surroundings as she looked up at him.

He lifted her into a sitting position against the wall and he moved close to her shoulder and the arrow still sticking out from it.

"I'm sorry, Princess. I've gotta pull this out and it's gonna hurt like hell."

She nodded, but he wasn't sure if she really understood what he was saying.

He took out his knife and cut the feathered end off the arrow in the back, so that he could slide the whole thing forward through the front of her shoulder and out.

As he sawed away at the wood, Melissande woke completely because of the jostling and covered her mouth, trying to silence the whimpers of pain that she was emitting.

Dean took hold of her hand and pulled it away from her mouth, giving it a squeeze. "No, Sweetheart, I know this hurts, scream if you want."

Melissande shook her head. "Someone might hear."

Dean pointed at a round insignia above the door, inside the insignia was a strange design.

"That's a silencium seal." Dean explained. "Keeps anyone on the other side of it from hearing anything on this side of it. So you yell and curse all you want, no one can hear you. And I promise I won't tell anyone."

He gave her a small wink and she gave him a breath of a laugh. "Okay, thanks."

Dean cupped his left hand like a C around the wound and arrow in her shoulder, pressing her firmly against the wall.

"Okay, Mellie, on three." The soft nickname just fell from his lips without thinking. It was highly inappropriate to address a member of the royal family in such an informal way.

But right now she didn't seem like Her Royal Highness, Princess Melissande, daughter of High King Edgar the One True Ruler of Sanso'ye. She just looked like, Mellie, a sweet young woman in extraordinary pain, and Dean wanted to do anything he could to provide some comfort and make her feel safe.

He took hold of the arrow in his other fist, making sure he had a good grip on it so it wouldn't slip, and he'd be able to yank it out with one swift pull.

"One...two..." And out it came.

Melissande didn't scream after all. She let out a kind of gasping moan and then fainted, pain and fever sending her under.

Dean brought over the bucket of boiled water, some leaves and herbs to make a poultice, bandages, and some rags.

He cleaned Melissande's wound well, until the skin around the circular puncture looked raw and red, but was no longer yellowish and oozing pus. He made a poultice from an herb he knew aided in healing and another that dulled pain, and tied it tightly in place on Melissande's shoulder.

Her fever raged on, so he cut away the rest of her ruined gown, leaving her in only a thin chemise. He was grateful that she was dressed relatively simply in spite of her royal status. If she'd been dressed in as many layers and flounces as the First Queen had worn, the cabin would have been filled with massive piles of silks and satins.

He wet a rag from the bucket of cold pond water and passed the cool cloth over her heated skin. He bathed her whole body, leaving the light, white chemise in place to preserve as much of her modesty as he could.

He forced himself to concentrate on bringing the heat down from her head, and NOT on the soft swells and curves he could see outlined beneath the filmy, airy underthing.

He used all his chivalrous forbearance to ignore the soft moans and sighs of relief and pleasure that issued from her parted lips as he cooled her skin.

He continued on through the night, sponging her skin regularly, only putting the rags and water away many hours later when her fever finally broke. He changed the poultice on her shoulder and saw that the wound looked a lot less angry and raw, and the scary red lines were retreating back from her heart.

When Melissande was finally sleeping restfully, Dean laid down on the floor beside the cot and tried to catch a few hours of sleep, just as the sun was coming up.

***

"I'm tired of lying here in this stupid bed!"

Melissande's quicksilver eyes were once again flashing and full of bright movement. The dull gray of her sickness the day before, was long gone.

"Look, Princess, this time yesterday, you were at death's door. So, why don't you just take it easy, and stick to only getting out of bed to piss, okay?"

As he knew it would, his vulgarity caused her to clamp her jaw shut and blush bright red.

Dean smirked as he turned back to the rabbit he was roasting on a spit in the fireplace. The girl certainly was entertaining. She was an odd mixture of haughty princess and wayward, mischievous imp.

She wasn't particularly concerned with her appearance, which was odd to him because most of the royalty and nobility he'd met made dressing properly an undertaking for the better part of their day.

Melissande, however, didn't seem to care. Right now, she wore an old, wool tunic he'd had stashed away in a cupboard here. It was about four sizes too big on her, so she was swimming in it, but it still only covered her to her knee. She didn't seem bothered with her bare legs, since she would occasionally sit cross-legged on the bed so that the tunic rode up her thigh just a bit.

Her bare legs bothered Dean, though, way more than they should. But when he told her to cover them up, saying that she needed to stay warm, she just scoffed and reminded him that she was a princess and therefore, he couldn't boss her around.

And therein lay her haughty princess. When it came to taking orders, she rebelled every time, reminding him again and again that she was royalty and didn't need to listen to him.

Her personality was as mercurial as her eyes, her moods easily shifting from sad and worried over her situation, to bright and sweet, to pouty and sarcastic.

She was like a refreshing breeze blowing through and revitalizing everything around her. And like a strong wind, sometimes she sucked his breath away.

He served up the rabbit on tin plates with some dried vegetables he'd steamed plump again.

Melissande dug in, ravenous; yet another un-royal characteristic she displayed. She had a voracious appetite and happily held the rabbit in her hands and ripped the tender meat from the bone, grease on her lips and fingers and a smile on her face.

She moaned contentedly. "Mmm...Winchester this is amazing! I believe you belong in a royal kitchen, creating culinary masterpieces!"

Dean couldn't help but chuckle at her praise, but he took the chance to correct her now. "It's just Dean, you know. I'm not a Winchester anymore."

Melissande blushed and Dean found that reaction odd. She put down her rabbit and wiped her hands and mouth on the rag Dean had given her.

She was quiet a moment before she rushed her words out. "I never believed that, you know, even for a minute. Winchester Warriors are heroes, they're steadfast guardians. I never believed that your father and brother, who, by all accounts, were two of the most stalwart defenders of our kingdom, could have possibly been guilty of treason. I don't know what happened that night, but it couldn't have been that."

She was quiet again as she picked up a carrot and popped it in her mouth.

She shrugged. "So, I'll call you Dean, if you wish, but...you'll always be a Winchester to me."

Dean felt his heart touched by such an earnest speech from this fiery, impulsive princess. He nodded his thanks and then set his plate aside.

"Thank you for that Highness. I appreciate your belief in my family's innocence. But now it's our job to prove yours and keep you safe."

Melissande nodded and put her plate aside as well.

"Yes, I've been thinking about this all day. If you truly believe that the First Queen is the one who had my mother killed and who is after me, I believe I've come up with a solution to make her lose interest in me. Then when the target is off my back you and I can work together to prove my innocence and your brother's, and bring the Queen to justice for my mother's murder."

Her eyes were troubled as she talked about her mother, but she ended her speech with an emphatic nod and all Dean could do was shake his head.

"Wow, Highness, you sound pretty sure of yourself and very undaunted."

Melissande raised her chin. "We have right and truth on our side, who could prevail against us?"

Dean couldn't help but feel exasperated by such innocence and naïveté, but he also found himself desperate to protect it.

"Okay, Princess, what's your surefire way to start us down the path to justice?"

"You have to marry me."

[tciddaemina]

the grand list of fics i have sitting in my wips

planned but not yet touched

- GoT, witch!sansa decides while she's at the red keep to get retribution and slowly drive joffery insane via magic psychological gaslighting, before murdering him

- GoT, tormund/jon smut follow up sequel to duty given chance, detailing how they end up eventually having a child of jon’s blood

- MZDS, LZ/WY, in which a-yuan dies in the siege at the burial mounds and lan zhan doesn't survive the grief, killing himself and eventually becoming a devastation level ghost, now with spicy new sad times in which WY wakes up 13 years later to realize LZ is dead

- Naruto, rock lee/gaara story in which gaara visits lee in hospital following the exams and tries to kill him again, only to get a crush on him instead

- NiF, yan yujin/mu nihuang, in which nihuang realizes she can't keep putting off her marriage and instead decides to chose someone who will let her keep being master of her house instead, approaching yujin with a deal. probably gonna be poly YY/MN/jingrui

- OP, law/luffy soulmates fic, in which soulmates swap bodies. covering ASL and law's childhood from a young age, then focusing heavily on the marineford arc

- ? Solo Levelling, mayyyybeeee a jin-woo/jin-chul in which the process of the double dungeon causes jw to loose all empathy and most human emotion and he starts casually using jc as a measuring stick for emotions and morality instead

- 2HA, mo ran/chu wanning god!au fic, in which cw is a god of justice who takes mr under his wing, and intercedes dramatically when the results of the evil heart flower end up with mr being put on trial

- Heaven Officials Blessing, xl/hc canon divergence, in which xl does a favor for a ghost and ends up in the ghost city much much earlier

- FF7, sephiroth/cloud, time travel AU in which cloud is send back in time, barely remembers any of it, and ends up as a semi-amnesiac serial killer? assassin? bouncer/dancing girl at the honeybee inn

- FF7, sephiroth/cloud, also a time travel AU, but this time sephiroth POV, in which be goes back in time, is un-mad-ified, and decides to take everything in hand by killing jenova and staging a coup, all while keeping an obsessive eye on cloud

- Bleach, ichigo/kisuke, elden ring AU in which ichigo is a tarnished and kisuke is the creepy undead finger maiden meant to lead him to his doom

- Zelda/Star Wars, the Gerudo and Mandalorian crossover series consisting solely of a series of comical hookups and also Din Darjin trying to beat the Gerudo away with a stick wondering why women keep appearing to challenge him to fights

- DCU/Star Wars, in which a semi eldritch and very fed up Jason finds himself in the seedy underbelly of Coruscant with the voice of the sentient spirit of Gotham in his head giving him helpful advice

-Stranger Things, Steve/Billy time travel AU, in which Steve wakes up post series about two days after Will has gone missing and barb has disappeared, and immediately has a panic attack

-RDR2, Charles/Arthur, wingfic in which Arthur has enormous russet wings and is terrible at taking care of them, curing Charles intervention

in the works

- MZDS, LZ/WY, loosely inspired by jane austen’s persuasion, in which WY seals the burial mounds for thirteen years and sends LZ away, forced to break his heart in order to do so  ✔ thirteen years the fog

- Naruto/Mushishi crossover, kakashi/ginko, in which the sharingan is a mushi that reacts very badly to the uchiha massacre and kakashi ends up having to play detective

- Hannibal/Soul Eater fusion series, hannigram, with meister!hannibal and weapon!will, a prequel to my little old one shot on the subject, covering their first meeting, partnership, and the betrayal  ✔ second symphony  ✔ notes unheard

- OP, kakaturi/sanji sequel to three past the hour, in which the two have their next meeting following the events of the story, now with sanji actually getting the d  ✔ increments

- OP, shanks &/ buggy demon au, next in the hell or highwater series, with demon!buggy and shank's childhood being raised by gol, eventually ending with sequels in which they are ?? sort of lovers, sort of best friends, sort of brothers. big thy'la energy.

- OP/Naruto, all the rest of the log pose? series, featuring Nami pulling a grand heist in konoha, sanji in ame accidentally rewriting akatsuki’s MO, luffy causing no end of trouble in sand, and zoro finally seducing a little over half of the seven swordsmen of the mist  ✔ tax non-deductible  ✔ no hunger but the cold ✔ three things not to do in the desert

- Solo Leveling, igris/jin-woo, the canon retelling from sentient suit of armor igris’ pov, now with smutty and absolutely tooth rotting fluff sequels ✔ twin moons  ✔ so soft, sleeping and weary  

- Death Stranding, sam porter/cliff unger, au in which cliff is bb lou’s father (and distinctly not sam’s)  ✔ chapter 10

- star trek, spirk, with spock coming to the realization he is in love with kirk and going through the logical steps of contemplation on the matter, before booking a meeting to tell the captain as much  ✔ due consideration

- Horizon Zero Dawn, aloy/nil, canon divergence in which the two hook up during their bandit hunting days, with more exploration of miridian worldbuilding and politics  ✔ people like us

- Megalo Box, junkdog/yuri, canoncon divergence/following, a Jundog character piece following his POV of the series

- Itaewon Class, saeroyi/jang guen-won, high school days canon divergence, in which Saeroyi doesn't get expelled, and their relationship develops antagonistically from there

- BEASTARs, legosi/louis canon divergence, in which legosi ends up being louis' blackmail minion slash fuck buddy

- Banana Fish, ash/eiji, a fix it sequel in which ash doesn't die, and the two instead move to japan, covering the aftereffects of leaving a life of trauma and violence, and the struggle of readapting to everyday life ✔ the sun also rises

- Hollow Knight, quirrel & the knight, soft vibes friendship worldbuilding fic exploring their adventures and meetings in hallownest  ✔ chapter 5

unexpected bastards who shoved their way in and demanded to be written

- OP, law/luffy, a Nika!Luffy sun god au, set starting in flevance with feral!kid!law, with one more sequel needed covering luffy’s reawakening of the gomu-gomu in wano   ✔ no gods  ✔ swords and knives and guns and bullets  ✔ stand beneath the sun ✔ until then  ✔ that golden dawn

- OFMD, blackbonned daemon au, in which stede’s daemon both is and isn’t what everyone expects  ✔ it’s what isn’t in the name

[ahatintimestorybook]

Hopes and Friendships Chap. 19-Backstory

Hey guys…

We're gonna get into some deep lore on Vanessa and Luka’s lives before Harriet was born! I was excited to get to this chapter as this was one of my early ideas for this fanfic.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks to @gigilefache for being my beta reader!

This chapter is dedicated to my grandma, she passed away while I was working on this fanfic.

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About 18 years ago, a 14-year-old Luka Kidd decided to catch up on some reading. It was the beginning of Summer and after a beautifully bright day at the beach with family and friends, it was time to relax and read. He went to his favorite place in town, a place far away from everything.

Luka sat down underneath the tree and turned to the page where he left off in his book. The novel he was reading was about two people who were destined to be together due to a moon necklace, and are traveling around the world to find them. It was a cheesy story, but the whole story of fate spoke out to him.

He was about to start the next chapter of the story when he heard a loud splash coming from the river. He looked up from his book and saw a young girl face-flat in the river. He quickly bookmarked his novel and ran towards the girl,helped her up.

“Are you okay?” Luka asked.

The girl coughed up water and once she felt better she looked up at the boy. “Y-yeah. I’m fine.” She replied. Upon looking at him, the girl blushed. Luka also blushed. She wore a unique outfit that consisted of a green vest over a white shirt, green and white striped puffy shorts, long white stockings, and green mary jane shoes. Her hair was blonde and tied into pigtails and she wore a pair of glasses over her crystal blue eyes.

“T-That’s good,” Luka stuttered. The two turned away from each other as the blush on their face turned brighter, almost the same color as a tomato. The two took another glance at one another and Luka was the first to break the silence. “I’m…Luka.”

“My name's Vanessa.” The girl replied.

Luka smiled and turned to look at her. “Lovely name.”

Vanessa blushed and smiled. “Thank you,” she replied. Luka held his hand out, and Vanessa grabbed it as they got out of the lake together. “Aww man.” She then saw her clothes became soggy and wet from landing in the lake. “My mother will not be happy about this.”

“Well, if you want you can come over to my house and dry. I’m sure my mom has some spare clothes you could wear.” Luka explained.

“Oh, are you sure?” Vanessa asked. “I mean I could just go home and-” Luka took Vanessa’s hand, which cut her off.

“Positive!” Luka replied. Vanessa looked at Luka before turning away. She could go home and get dry, but something in her mind told her to follow this young boy instead. With a smile she nodded which made Luka smile back. “Alright! Come on, my house isn’t too far.” He said. Grabbing his book he and Vanessa started to make their way to his house.

As they walked Vanessa frowned, her mind was processing so many things at once. It feels wrong going with a stranger, but also it feels right and…safe.

The Kidd family house was a simple two-story house. Inside, Luka’s mom Autumn was just getting dinner started for her son and husband. Her appearance looked exactly like her granddaughter Harriet only with golden eyes and she wore a long red house dress and a pair of white slippers. While she put the stove on low heat the door opened. “I’m home!” Luka yelled. “I hope you don’t mind. I brought home a guest.”

“Oh, welcome home Luka!” Autumn beamed. She came out from the kitchen and was in shock seeing Vanessa soaked and her son’s pants wet. “What happened to you two?” She asked.

“Vanessa fell into the water. I figured having her stay here before going back home.” Luka explained.

Vanessa was quiet as she looked at Autumn checking her out. She trembled a bit as Autumn stared at her. Vanessa waited for a yell, but what came next surprised her. “Well, I have some clothes Vanessa can borrow. Luka, be a dear and keep an eye on dinner while I get our guest ready.” Autumn explained.

Luka nodded. “Yes, mom!” He beamed. Luka went to the kitchen to do as he was told.Vanessa looked back at her friend.

“Come on Vanessa, my room is upstairs.” Autumn said. Vanessa nodded and followed the older woman up to her room. As she went up the stairs she saw Luka's life growing up on the walls, his rewards from school, and him bonding with his family. Once upstairs Autumn went to the room on the right and opened the door and went in.

Vanessa went in right after and saw Autumn lay out a towel on the bed for her to sit on. She did and saw Autumn taking clothes out that Vanessa would like. “So Vanessa, which side of town are you from?” Autumn asked.

Vanessa’s eyes widened; she had never been to Subcon before and didn’t know the routes of the town or where to go. “Uh… the North side of town.” She lied.

“Ah, so Alpine Town.” Autumn answered.

“Yeah!” Vanessa replied, giving a nervous laugh, that laugh made Autumn worry. Something about that laugh made her think there was more about this girl that they don’t even know yet. Vanessa was confused seeing Autumn was quiet and just stayed silent.

 Autumn found enough clothes for Vanessa to go through and pick a few. “Well, I think these clothes would fit you. Pick whatever you like and meet us down for dinner.” She said as she went down. “Just yell if you need me.”

Vanessa nodded and looked through the clothes and picked two that she thought were perfect. A mint green blouse with brown spots and a white collar and a white skirt. Quickly she looked around to see if no one was coming back in and closed the door, locking it to be safe.

Grabbing her wand, Vanessa started to mumble the words to a spell and the clothes she picked magically went on her body, replacing her old witch clothes. She then unlocked the door and Vanessa went downstairs to see Luka was setting the table.

Luka blushed harder than he did when he first met her, almost dropping a plate in the process. Vanessa froze and looked at her clothes and got nervous. “Do I look okay?” She asked.

“Y-yeah. Stunning even!” Luka replied.

Vanessa smiled, giggling. “Thank you!” She beamed.

Luka smiled back. “Wanna help set up the table?” He asked. Vanessa nodded and Luka handed her a plate to put on the table. Once the two got the table set up, Autumn placed the food on the table and now they had to wait for Luka’s father to come home.

It wasn’t long, before Luka’s father Dolan showed up. The man looked exactly like Luka except for being a bit bigger and having a beard. Autumn smiled and hugged her husband and kissed him. “How was work, honey?” Autumn asked.

“Busy, as usual.” Dolan replied as he kissed his wife in reply. He then noticed Vanessa and smiled. “So Luka, is this your girlfriend?” He asked.

Vanessa and Luka blushed a bright red as they looked at each other shocked that they were dating. “N-no dad! She’s a friend, just a friend!” Luka reassured his father. He looked at Vanessa, who looked back at him nervously. “Her name is Vanessa. She fell in the lake and I took her back here.” He explained.

“Nice to meet you, sir.” Vanessa said being polite to the people that are letting her stay here and have dinner with them.

Dolan looked at the girl and smiled. “Such a sweetheart.” He chuckled. Vanessa smiled, feeling at ease with Luka’s family. “So what’s for dinner tonight?”

“Well since it’s Luka’s first summer I figured I’d cook some favorites; Alfredo pasta and chicken soup!” Autumn announced. Luka smiled and pulled up a chair for Vanessa. The latter smiled and sat down as Luka pushed her chair in. Luka sat next to her and set up her plate before handing it to her. 

Vanessa stared at her plate and saw the rest of Luka’s family serving themselves before starting to eat. Vanessa smiled and tried a bit of the soup, which made her eyes widen. The soup was warm and homey. She kept eating the soup and let out a sigh at how good it was.

“I see you're enjoying it.” Luka said.

“It’s really good!” Vanessa replied. She continued eating her soup before finishing it and started to eat the pasta. The pasta tasted even better than the soup. While eating Vanessa saw Luka and his family having a conversation while they ate as they laughed and reacted over their day.

The environment felt different than what Vanessa was used to at home. Usually, dinners were quiet unless something “interesting” by her mom’s standards was part of the conversation.

“Vanessa? Vanessa!” Luka called out.

“Huh?” Vanessa asked.

“You were spacing out.” Luka said. “I was asking what fun stuff are you into?” He asked.

“Oh!” Vanessa replied. “Well, my interests are a lot different from most others.” She explained. “But…” Her voice trailed off as she tried to think of how to explain her witch life to this family. “I like fantasy stuff and I’m good at school, though my mom has high expectations of me.” She explained.

Dolan chuckled. “So just like our boy here!” He beamed pointing at Luka.

“Dad.” Luka groaned.

“Come on son, you know I’m teasing!” Dolan replied. Luka rolled his eyes in reply and continued to eat.

Vanessa let out a giggle and continued to eat her pasta. Luka smiled, and continued to say “So you said you like fantasy stuff, correct?” He asked. Vanessa nodded. “Well, I have tons of fantasy books and movies we can look through after dinner.”

“Okay!” Vanessa replied with a smile.

Once dinner was done Luka helped his mother with the dishes as Vanessa helped dry the dishes and Dolan put the dishes away. Once the dishes were put away, Luka took Vanessa to his room and showed her his collection of fantasy novels. “These are all your books?” Vanessa asked.

“Yep! It’s nerdy I know.” Luka replied.

“I don’t think it’s nerdy.” Vanessa said. “I think it’s interesting.”

Luka smiled. He was quiet and closed the door once he saw it was safe. Luka decided to drop a bomb on Vanessa. “So…you a witch?” He asked.

Vanessa froze as she quickly covered Luka’s mouth. She looked at Luka’s door before turning to her new friend. “How did you know?” She asked.

“Well let’s see; you appeared out of nowhere, you're secretive about where you live and your life, and you like fantasy.” Luka explained, listing everything down.

“W-well anyone could like fantasy stuff, and maybe I don’t wanna talk about where I live.” Vanessa replied, giving a nervous chuckle. 

“Plus your outfit gave it away.” Luka added, not convinced by Vanessa’s lie.

 Vanessa stopped chuckling before giving up. “Fine, I’m a witch.” She revealed. Vanessa then turned away, not wanting to look at Luka. “But it’s not like the fantasy stories you read. I have it rough.”

“All fantasy characters go through a rough story.” Luka replied.

“I bet these characters don’t have their mothers trying to make them perfect, or controlling them to a path they don’t want, or…hurt them.” Vanessa explained, tears falling from her eyes. She tried her best to hold it in, remembering her mother’s words that there was nothing to cry about. She took deep breaths to hold the tears back.

Vanessa’s eyes then widened when she felt Luka hug her from behind. “You can let it out.” He whispered. Vanessa kept holding it in, but soon she let it all out sobbing out all the pain she was going through. Luka frowned, feeling bad about what Vanessa was going through.

Luka then heard the door open and saw his mother come in. “Vanessa, do you need anything? Oh!” Autumn was in shock seeing Vanessa crying in her son’s arms. Autumn looked up at her son and mouthed what happened.

“I’ll tell you later.” Luka whispered. Autumn nodded and left the two alone.

It took a while, but Vanessa started to calm down. Luka took the time to give his new friend a box of tissues to wipe her tears away. “Thank you.” Vanessa whispered.

“Anytime.” Luka replied. He waited for the young witch to calm down before talking to her more. “So why did you come here?”

Vanessa sniffled as she wiped away the last of the tears from her eyes. “I always wanted to visit Earth. I heard many things about it.” She started. “But I also wanted to escape my life in Speranza, that’s the Witch World by the way.”

“What’s it like?” Luka asked.

“The usual witch world in stories. Magic creatures, witches and wizards, potions the whole shebang!” Vanessa explained. Luka giggled, which made Vanessa smile. “But, my mom expects a lot of me, I’m this perfect witch and I’m overwhelmed with everything!” She explained.

Luka sighed and put his arm around Vanessa. “You know, I can let you live here on Earth? My folks will understand.” He said.

Vanessa’s eyes widened. “Really?” She’s asked in disbelief.

“Yeah. I mean I can explain your living situation except skip the whole witch and magical world lore, and they’ll be sure to understand.” Luka explained.

Vanessa smiled and hugged Luka again, this time tighter. “Thank you, Luka.” She said, “Thank you, Thank you!”

Luka blushed and chuckled, hugging his friend back. “Anytime Vanessa.” He said. The two let go, and Luka got up to go to his parents' room and explained to them the tough situation Vanessa was in. His parents were in shock over Vanessa’s living situation, however, as much as they wanted her to be out of the living situation she was in there wasn’t any room for her to live here for a while.

“I’m sorry Luka.” Dolan said. 

Luka sighed, but he wasn’t willing to give up yet. “Is there anyone you guys know that can take her in?” He asked.

Dolan and Autumn looked at one another and went through their friend list on who can take in a young girl. It was Autumn who knew where Vanessa could go. “Well, I know one person, Mrs. Florabrite, and her daughter. They could help bring her in.” She explained.

“Really?” Luka asked.

“Sure! I’ll call them right now, and let you and Vanessa know.” Autumn said. She then walked over to the phone and started to dial Mrs. Florabrite’s number. Luka sat there nervously as his mom was on the phone talking with her friend. The second Luka saw a smile on his mother’s face knew that the news was good. “Got good news! She said yes!”

Luka smiled. “I’ll tell Vanessa the news!” He beamed. Luka ran back to his room, which made Vanessa look at him in worry. “Well good news and bad news. The bad news is you can’t live with us.” Vanessa sighed, but quickly Luka announced the good news. “Good news! My folks found you a place to stay!”

“Really? Where?” Vanessa asked.

“It’s a friend of my mom’s!” Luka replied.

Vanessa sighed. The feeling of being trapped by her mother slowly started to disappear. She no longer had to deal with her mother pressuring her. She collapsed on Luka’s bed as Luka crawled into bed and lay down with her. 

“I’m free.” Vanessa said.

“Yeah.” Luka replied.

“Now what?” 

“Well, don’t worry about that. I’ll be there to help guide you around the human world.” Luka explained. Vanessa smiled and hugged Luka once more.

Just like that, Vanessa was able to learn a lot about the human world. From the culture to the food, and history. Luka stood by her when she started her first day at a human school and taught her what she needed to know. She was so intrigued by history and science.

As Vanessa and Luka got older, they got closer and closer to the point they started to date. After a couple of years of dating, Luka decided to propose to her, and not long after they married and had a beautiful daughter, Harriet Puella Kidd.

Their life was perfect…

It was sad that it ended so soon.

[bluegreenandpurple]

Friends

Hi! Remember the HP Romione Popcorn Drabble thing? I was tagged by @honouraryweasley12 with the prompt "What did you just say to me?".

We're reaching the end of Autumn where I live, so to honour this yellowish season, I tag @thecanadiananimagus with the shedding of leaves as a prompt. Feel free to explore the concept in whichever way suits you, it doesn't have to be literal.

Without further ado, here's the drabble.

I hope you enjoy this Pre-Hogwarts AU, Rating PG-everyonecanreaditssafe .

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Hermione Jean Granger was unfriendable.

She was unable to establish a relationship with another kid. In her previous school, she thought she couldn’t befriend anybody because they disliked her since they were toddlers.

But having moved to another town and consequently to a new school, she couldn’t blame anything but herself. Despite all her efforts – and she had tried her best – the children of Ottery St Catchpole hated her. They called her names, they called her horrible words, they even sang her mocking songs.

So at the sweet age of eight, she had concluded that she carried a curse, a condition, a life sentence for loneliness. She could see it so clearly, an older version of herself with the same untamable hair, only grey, surrounded by cats. She would have to prepare herself and read about feline ca–

‘I hate when you’re so quiet, sweetheart.’ Her grandma's voice snapped her out of her head. ‘I know you’ve had some difficult days at school,’ she continued, ‘but you know what never fails to make me feel better when I’m sad.’

‘To do something nice?’

Grandma nodded and turned her head to look across the street, her eyes landing on a red-headed boy that was curled up on a bench. He appeared to be around Hermione’s age, and his face was full of worry.

She groaned internally as she realised what her grandma was thinking. She wanted her to help the boy. But Hermione was wary of talking to him as she didn’t fancy an extra dose of bullying; she’d had enough for the day at school.

School.

The redhead boy didn’t go to school!

So he wouldn’t know any of the names her classmates had given her and seeing that he was alone on a bench instead of playing with the other kids, the chances that he had made any acquaintances appeared to be small. Hermione felt a rush of excitement running through her. If she did well, she could still have a friend.

She would help the boy find his parents. He would see how kind and considerate she was and will want to become her friend. It was perfect! As she walked towards her soon-to-be friend, Hermione prepared a speech, practising many times in her mind until she was close enough to speak to him.

‘Are you lost?’ she asked shyly.

The boy jolted in his spot at the sound of her voice and hastily turned to face her. He looked surprised as if he wasn’t expecting anyone to talk to him. His astonishment, however, was short-lived, for his raised eyebrows went down into a frown as he retorted.

‘I’m not lost! I just don’t know where my mum is!’

‘That is – by definition – being lost!’ Hermione scoffed. Who did he think he was? How dare he talk to her like that when she was only trying to help?

‘S not,’ he mumbled, seemingly ashamed of his previous outburst. Then his eyes opened wide as if he had just had the most brilliant idea, ‘My mum knows where I am! If she didn’t, I’d be lost. But she does, so I’m not. I’m just… in the wrong place.’ He finished with a proud smile.

‘That is not – ‘ the retort died in Hermione’s throat as she processed his words. He was right.

‘See it now, don’t you?’ he said with a wide lopsided grin.

Hermione felt how a smile spread across her face on its own accord. He chuckled as he saw her friendly gesture, and she let out all her nerves in the form of giggles. They locked their eyes and, for a moment, they both froze. Then, as if a switch had been flicked, they burst out in laughter. Hermione felt her knees get weak with the excess of happiness and took a seat on the bench next to the boy.

When the laughter subsided, and they collected themselves, the conversation began to flow. Hermione was eager to get to know him better, so she asked a myriad of questions. She was afraid that he would be annoyed by her but, on the contrary, he seemed to be thrilled by all the attention she was giving him. When she ran out of questions, she talked to him about her life. She felt at ease with him, and somehow they ended up talking about school.

She told him about her classes and her professors, but he didn’t seem particularly interested in them. He then asked her if she had friends, so she shared her experience within her few months of schooling at Ottery St Catchpole. She confided not only how hard it was for her to attend a place where no one liked her but also the atypical events that had been haunting her the last weeks. She was so caught up in her story that she almost lost his following words.

‘You’re a–!’ he stopped mid-sentence and looked around with cautious eyes, then he whispered, ‘You’re a witch!’

‘What did you just say to me?’ she snarled.

He was smiling, but as he took in her face, his eyes went wide open and his grin turned into a grimace. He began to fidget with the edge of the bench, opening and closing his mouth like a fish. Hermione waited a moment, giving him time to take back his words, but as he kept gaping, she felt anger and frustration waving over her.

‘You just called me a–’

‘No, I didn’t!’ he squeaked.

‘You did! You just–’

‘Did not!’ he cried again, shaking his head with short, energetic movements.

‘Yes, don’t deny it!’ she shrieked, ‘You just called me a–’

‘RONALD WEASLEY!’

Both the kids jolted at the roar of a stern, feminine voice. At the same time, they turned to the source to find a short woman with the same flaming red hair as the boy walking in their direction. The woman was angry, Hermione could tell, and she felt relieved not to be the object of her rage. But whoever this Ronald was, he was doomed. She almost felt sorry for him until she turned back to the boy.

Realisation hit her like a train. Ronald was sitting in front of her, resting his elbows on his knees, his face buried in his hands.

‘I’m so dead!’ His voice was muffled, but Hermione could tell he was defeated.

‘If she knows, she will kill me!’ he whined. Then he lifted his head and looked at Hermione ‘Look, I’m sorry, okay?’

She was pleased that he was apologising, but she wouldn’t make it easy for him. So she crossed her arms and frowned. Tucking his hands in his pockets, he began to move his foot, playing with a stone. When he spoke again, his voice was soft and shy.

‘M sorry I called you a witch. I’m not supposed to say that to Mu–people. But I didn’t mean it as an insult. You see, to...to my family, that is not a bad word. It just slipped out.’

Hermione stood still, studying him. His eyes were bright and blue… and honest. And somehow, when she looked at him, she felt calmer. She felt–

‘You never, NEVER, do that to me again! Did you hear me?’ Ronald’s mum had just reached them, and as soon as she had him at hand, she grabbed him by the arm. She was throwing daggers at him with her eyes as she resumed her scolding.

‘You almost killed me! I thought I lost you! I–’

Hermione couldn’t stop the laughter that erupted from her as she saw Ronald’s face contorting in pain, as if his mum’s words were hitting him. It was hilarious. Just then, his mum seemed to become aware of Hermione’s presence. She hastily let go of her son as she turned to the girl, her expression changing from the angry nagging ogre to friendly and welcoming.

‘I’m sorry, dear. But I’m afraid I have to take Ronnie home. I hope he didn’t bother you so much. I apologise for being so rude, but we’re late; we have to leave. Goodbye, sweetheart.’

She made a gesture to her son to follow her as she turned around and began to walk away. Ronald shrugged and waved goodbye before running after his mum.

Hermione felt her chest become heavy as she saw him leave. She couldn’t wait to tell Grandma about Ronald. Would he be as eager as she was to tell his family about her? Would he talk to them about his new friend, Hermio– Oh, no!

She knew his name, but she hadn't told him hers!

Hermione began to run as fast as she could to catch them. She yelled his name, making them stop. He turned, and when he saw her coming, he ran back, meeting her halfway.

‘Hermione,’ she panted, ‘my name is Hermione Granger!’

‘Nice to meet you, then. Hermione Granger.’ He chuckled as he lifted his right hand for a handshake, ‘You can call me Ron.’

‘Nice to meet you too, Ron.’ She said as she grabbed his hand.

‘Will I see you again?’ Hermione asked as their hands broke apart.

‘Of course you will!’ he said as he began to step backwards. ‘You can’t get rid of me now,’ he continued as a wide grin took over his face.

‘We're friends!’ he shouted out in joy before he turned around and jogged back to his mum.

Hermione beamed as his last words echoed in her head.

Friends.

[cheri-cheri]

meringues - translated comics (n - z)

artist names beginning with a - m: here

💝 = all l  💍 = charlie l 🦊 = sariel l 🍭 = jesse

🏎 = osborn l 👔 = evan l ✨ = npc

lu lu zhou /  -绿绿周-

💍 after a firefighting mission

💍 before becoming a perfect man

-

one wan gan / one丸乾

✨ a tea party

✨ a tea party (continuation, highly suggestive)

-

qi bai pai pai pai pai / 七百派派派派

💍 a mooncake called charlie

💍 the next mid-autumn

💍 chibi charlie

💍 emotes: one ll two ll three

💍 poke

-

qian li rosth / 千里Rosth-

🦊 sariel’s tail

-

seasilk纺织女工

💍 strange fiancée

💍 puppy

💍 “fiancée”

💍 our eyes

💍 fireworks

💍 chibi charlie

💍 firefighters charlie

part one l part two l part three

-

shu qiu a / 书秋啊

💍 two young men who rear birds

💍 marriage

💍 feathers

💍 couple ducks

💍 munch

💍 perfect

💍 tub of ducks

💍 strange dream

💍 embrace

-

shui huo / 水火

💍 picking up from work

💍 charlie

💍 baby

💍 gifts

💍 the little bird’s favourite term of address

💍 at work

-

si yue-APRIL / 四月-APRIL

💍 temptation

💍 witch

💍 family of three

💍 charlie’s bad luck

💍 little darling charlie

👔 little darling evan

🍭 little darling jesse

🏎 little darling osborn

🦊 little darling sariel

-

su ren shi wo 俗人似我srsw

💍 trip to the amusement park

💍 chibi charlie

💍 little protector

💍 charlie

💍 gaa

💍 sweet

💍 explosively cute

💍 perfect

💍 peacock

💍 fettered

💍 ancient au

💍 cute and handsome

-

tang xu / 唐絮

💍 dr zha

🏎 calling his name

🏎 drying hair

🏎 happy birthday

-

wo di ge gui gui / 我滴个归归

💍 the couple

💍 a match

-

yamu 亚穆

💍 toy

💍 model couple

💍 cake

💍 horror movie

💍 life as a couple

💍 parrot

💍 dummy couple

💍 new clothes

💍 mini charlie

💍 i will

💍 before and after

💍 adorable

💍 truth or dare

💍 coincidence

💍 sinner who needs repentance

💍 bath

💍 halloween

💍 this moment

💍 who could resist?

💍 can’t resist

💍 if he had black hair

💍 confidante

💍 magician

💍 end of the world

💍 classic lines

💍 when he vanishes from your world

💍 error

💍 gone

💍 if you say yes

💍 scratch card

💍 heheh

💍 trouble sleeping

💍 bystander

💍 face mask

💍 balloons

💍 past vs now

💍 movie

💍 old

💍 dessert?

💍 hairstyles

💍 mornings

💍 feathers

💍 assimilation

💍 recharging

💍 papercut

💍 song

💍 wake up

💍 testing lipstick

💍 bitter

💍 the corpse husband

part one l part two l part three

💍 life with mini charlie

-

ye zi kocona / 椰子kocona

💍 doctor and nurse

💍 young master zha

💍 young master zha and his maid

💍 ancient au

💍 a rainy day

💍 slytherin couple

💍 balloons, doctors, and graves

💍 bathing together

💍 the mermaid

💍 goodbye to 2021

💍 happy valentine’s day

💍 wizard charlie and his witch fiancée

-

yi jiu huan yu / 以酒换鱼

💝 “i want to eat an apple.”

💝 mornings with them

💝 caught in the rain on qixi festival

💝 don’t forget breakfast!

💍 charlie

💍 supermarket

🍭 “you smell nice.”

🏎 warmth

🦊 achievement

🦊 dummies

🦊 happy birthday

-

ying ban yuki / 桜坂Yuki

💍 a familiar ploy

💍 bewitching

-

yi ling er / 壹零貳

🏎 new profile picture?

🏎 lemon or strawberry?

🏎 distracted

🏎 little osborn

🏎 snap

🏎 when you’re sick

-

yi zhi mu li li / 一只暮离离

💍 bird

💍 magic

💍 not ready?

💍 either way

💍 duck tube

👔 evan’s pet

🍭 rational decisions

🍭 jesse escaped!

🏎 can love overcome distance?

🏎 kitty at your service

🦊 love letter

-

you yu / 有渔

💍 dream

💍 then vs now

💍 using his methods to defeat him

💍 waiting (part one l part two)

💍 a charlie-style cure

💍 sparkling

-

yu ci bu zha ren / 鱼刺不扎人

💍 when everyone knows each other

🦊 winter with sariel

-

yue deng / -月登-

💝 the first bento series

charlie l evan l jesse l osborn l sariel

💍 when you and charlie registered your marriage

💍 charlie’s new habit

💍 first ray of light

-

yue tu / 月兔

💍 grip

-

zhan hua re cao mu / 沾花惹草木

💍 drunken fit

-

zhuo wang / 灼忘

💍 ancient style

[cheri-translates]

desserts - translated comics (a - j)

complete your dining experience on a lovely note with these assorted treats.

artist names beginning with k - l / m - v / w - z

💝 = all / special l  🎐 = gavin l 🌟 = kiro

🦋 = lucien l 🦈 = shaw l 🌹 = victor

76 pai ma zi da / -76牌马自达RX7-

🦋 winter

🦈 doodles of shaw

🦈 thunderbolt

-

a pei ge / 啊呸咯

💝 me, my girlfriend, and...

💝 no bro left behind

💝 miss nox

🎐 pirate gavin

🦈 when she’s mad at you

🦈🌹 two types

-

a yue dian dong che / 阿玥电动车

🎐 my boyfriend thought i committed a crime

-

akai是不是阿凯

🌹 gift

🌹 scold me

🌹delicious?

🌹 reason for liking him

-

阿芷naive (a zhi naive)

🎐 kiss

🎐 surrounded

🎐 his wish

🎐 shy gavin

🎐 cute wolfvin cub

🎐 pose

🎐 lying down

🎐 a kiss of love and youth

🎐 chained

🎐 endless longing

-

akira静水

💝 mc’s evol is actually...?

💝 how they love (discipline) their sons

💝 how they love their daughters

💝 the men doing chores

🦋 my deskmate lucien

🦋 lucien’s thoughts

🦋 jealous of himself

-

b--11

🎐 sub-masterlist

-

bai ri qiu / 白日秋

🎐 pet him!

🎐 different gavins

-

bei zha guo de lin zi /被炸锅的林子

🎐 wolf gavin

🎐 wolf gavin part two

-

black-strange

💝 fatherhood series

gavin l kiro l lucien l victor

💝 five person date

💝 four men trapped in a house

🎐 private photoshoot date (suggestive)

🌟 unwrap the gift date (suggestive)

-

bo bo nai / 波波奈

🌟 sub-masterlist

-

bo si teng hu / 博斯藤壶

🎐 the youth

🦋 friends

🦋 a secret relationship

🦋 together

🦋 the livestream

-

bu hu / 吥唬

💝 swimming

💝 fairytales

🎐 under arrest

🎐 gavin compilation

🎐 during a storm

🌟 bolster

🦋 ares and lucien

🦋 lucien and hair

🦈 after a battle

🦈 punishment date - zoo

🦈 happy birthday

🌹 captain victor

-

chi bu chi ya she / 吃不吃鸭舌

💝 when they turn into children

🎐 eli

🎐 highschool au where mc is the troublemaker

🎐 winter world

🎐 their children

🎐 pearly

🎐 yo-yo

🎐 too much

🎐 galaxy

🎐 puppet

-

chun ri mao mao xia / 春日猫猫侠

🌹 panda

🌹 snack store

🌹 little vic is here

-

di kong / 滴空dikong

🎐 private photoshoot date (slightly nsfw)

🎐 lipstick

🎐 naked in front of your boyfriend challenge

🎐 interacting with a deity

part one l part two l part three

🎐 gavin and cat

🎐 different reactions

🎐 happy mid-autumn

🎐 christmas

🎐 his journey...

-

east_lan

💝 if their hearts were a room

🌟 massage chair

🌟🦋 no effect

🦋 my lucien

🦋 dress

🦋 family

🦋 my butterfly

🦋 morning

🦋 lucien’s skincare routine

🦋 measurement

🦋 iridescent

🦈 envious of shaw

🦈 shaw’s ‘date’

🦈 archaeology studies

🦈 the only graduate

-

emb3r_12

🌹 sweet dreams

🌹 sneaky shots

🌹 goodnight

🌹 thaw date

🌹 replacement

-

fan jun marcia / 饭君Marcia

💝 pinch

-

fan tuan xiao pao pao / -饭团小泡泡-

🎐 accompany you asmr

-

gua gua gu_a / 瓜瓜Gu_A

🎐 the boy who fights in school

🌟 the long-haired prince

🦋 lucien’s birthday

🌹 tennis

-

guang che bu xiang qiang qu / 光澈不想强娶

🌟 photo

🌟 the couple

🌟 kiro’s fears

🌟 before the performance

🌟 apple box and cello

🌟 cuties

-

hai lao niu bang juan / 海老牛蒡卷

💝 living together

💝 teacher mc

💝 when they hit their heads

🎐 valentine’s rose

🌟 witch mc x kiro

🦈 taste

🌹 tying a tie

🌹 friends

🌹 omelette

🌹 when mc turns into a cat

🌹 valentine’s day

🌹handsome

🌹 witch mc x victor

-

hei xiu hei ei / 嘿咻嘿ei

🎐 the brilliant years

🎐 bubble tea

-

hua qi shan / 花契扇

🎐 flying squirrel gavin

-

ichisaku

🌹 time

-

jian zhu / -箭竹-

💝 the guys as maids

💝 claw machine

💝 blind boxes

🎐 gavin’s use in every season

🎐 i’ve decided on you

🎐🦈 airport date

-

jiang ke li / 姜可离-

🎐 birthday

🎐 photo

-

jie mu ye / 结木耶

🌟 honest

🌟 one year

🦈 one-day date

🦈 reuniting

🦈 inexperienced

🦈 rivets

🦈 prank

🦈 pirate

🦈 the scent of honey peaches

🎐🌹 mlqc x tears of themis

-

jing ji / 京极

🦈 the second prince

🦈 big sis

🦈 bottle cap

🦈 supper

🦈 winter

🎐🦈 drunk

🎐🦈 group photo

🎐🦈 little guardian

🎐🦈 sleeping

🎐🦈 pose

-

jiu luo illu / 汣络illu

💝 if he was your classmate

💝 eating ice-cream

💝 post lockdown plans

🎐 school legend

🎐 among the falling petals

🎐 summer selections

🎐 happy birthday

🌟 secrets of a onesie

🌟 replenishing sugar

🌟 flowers

🌟 when little kiro can’t eat snacks

🦋 together with lucien

🦋 traces

🦈 smear

🦈 dessert

🦈 happy birthday

🌹 victor and his puddings

-

jiu zhi qiu / 九只球

🦈 charger

🌹 done

🌹 hang up

-

ju zhi shi / 橘芝士

🎐 wind chime

🌹 how to obtain a victor

🌹 a mature ceo

🌹 parenthood

🌹 victor the cat

🌹 ulcer

🌹 confessing your love in university

🍒 return to the menu 🍒

[doodleimprovement]

Whoo im so glad I finally finished these! I’ve been unable to focus on anything else aksjdslkjd

Some full color references for regular Ahit!Nell, Subconite Nell, and CSAU! Nell, as well as a little comic idea I had. 

Mu is 100% right that Nell’s a witch. She’s just rude about it so Nell isn’t telling her - And Hattie is at her office weekly for band aids because she is rambunctious (TM) 

I have several other coffee shop au things I wanna doodle (with and without Nell) as well as my own AU stuff (That KH AU isn’t gonna draw itself), but I NEED to work on like, at least two non-AHIT related projects before I hit my personal deadline on them so wooooo

Also for those who have been following me for a while, you know why I included the Spider-Man stuff in the last panel, haha. 

per usual, the ‘coffee shop’ AU belongs to @doodledrawsthings