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gayredshoe · 2 years

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Hmmm Huntlow brainrot. Time for a "What if they met on the mountain Hunter mentioned coven scouts have to survive climbing down from in ASIAS" fic.

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Camping was one of Willow's favorite things to do with her dad's.

It's been a tradition to go every year since she was a kid and she loved it more than anything. Being surrounded by her element, with the two people who love and support her the most was something she cherished deeply.

This year though she was having a harder time enjoying it than normal.

Right before they left there was a presentation at school, talking about their futures and Covens, and suddenly she was hit with the realization that once she graduated that was it. She'd never be able to practice her plant magic ever again, her passion would be sealed away and she'd be stuck doing something she hates, that she's not even good at!

She was hoping going camping would take her mind off things, but the thought of coming here one day and feeling no connection to the earth and plants around her? To this no longer being her element anymore?

It hurt. It hurt more than she had previously thought.

Usually her dad's were a source of comfort for that too, but lately their words of encouragement felt so empty to her. It was all "you'll get better eventually, we believe in you!" And "I know it doesn't come easy now but with time and practice I know you'll get the hang of it sweetheart."

But that's just the thing! She doesn't want to get better at Abomination magic! She doesn't want to practice and get better with time! She doesn't want to play second fiddle to Amity her entire life! She doesn't want any of that!

She wants to practice her magic, even if she knows it's selfish.

She couldn't just tell her dad's that though, they worked so hard to help her and she knew overall the Abomination track had better opportunities, she knew they were doing what was best for her. She did, but…

She just couldn't take it right now.

And that's how she found herself absent-mindedly climbing the knee. She wasn't even too high up, still on the base of the thigh, and she could probably find her way back if she used her plant magic. But things just got so overwhelming she didn't even think before taking off into the woods, using her plant magic to move through the earth and away from her parents without them being able to follow her.

She knew they were probably worried, but she figured if she was eventually going to spend the rest of her life being cut off from one of the things she loves the most, then she should enjoy it while she still has it.

Sitting down on a near-by rock she took a deep breath and surveyed her surroundings. It was peaceful up here, quiet, and she was grateful for the temporary peace to help calm her mind.

That peace was shattered pretty quickly though by an unexpected shout somewhere a little further up the mountain.

Willow barely even had time to react before something burst through the trees and came right at her, so she acted purely on instinct when she cast out vines to ensnare everything around her in order to protect herself.

There was loud yelp and she opened her eyes to find the entire clearing around her absolutely covered in thick vines of her own making. In those vines was a very angry looking slitherbeast, and also what looked to be a scout from the Emperor's coven who had definitely been running away from said slitherbeast.

"Oh my gosh!" She exclaimed, "Are you alright? I'm so sorry!" She went to let them go but as soon as the vines weakend the slitherbeast started breaking free.

"Wait!" The scout cried out, "I'll just cut myself free! Don't let it out!"

She glanced at his spear on the forest floor and then at his arms which were completely wrapped up. So while keeping part of her concentration on the rest of her vines, she spun another spell circle to grab it with more roots and slice the scout free.

He fell on his face with another yelp and she winced a little at the impact. Right..should've made something to cushion his fall before doing that.

The scout groaned and slowly picked himself up off the ground, she would've helped him if the slitherbeast hadn't suddenly began struggling even harder and her concentration was completely centered on keeping it at bay.

Once he was done recollecting himself, the scout grabbed his spear and turned to face the beast. "Ok, now run, quickly! I can handle it from here!"

Maybe it was because she didn't want to go back to her parents just yet, maybe it was because she was sick of running away from everything in her life, or maybe she just didn't want yet another person seeing her as weak, pathetic, half-a-witch willow, but in a sudden burst of frustration she let the emotions that had been building up inside all day explode out of her. Without even realizing it her eyes began to glow green and the ground around her shook.

"I. AM. NOT. RUNNING!" She yelled, and with a final shout she used her vines to throw the slitherbeast further up the mountain.

As she tried to catch her breath from all the energy she used, the glow in her eyes dimmed until they were back to their normal pale green, and she turned to find the scout staring in the direction she threw the demon.

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Hunter was stunned.

He had been making decent progress down the mountain before another scout, trying to get ahead of everyone else, decided to provoke a Slitherbeast to sabotage Hunter's chance of survival. Although he's pretty sure he would've been able to escape it on his own eventually, he'd really rather not have to deal with it at all.

However he hadn't expected the way to get rid of it was to watch this girl, who is clearly younger than him, chuck it into the sky like it was nothing!

Holy shit.

"That was amazing!" He exclaimed, but when he turned back in the direction she was in he flinched when he found she was suddenly extremely close and staring at him with curiosity. He bit back a surprised scream.

"You're an emperor's coven scout right?" She asked, her eyes wide "What are you doing out here?"

Hunter stiffened.

"T-that's official Coven business miss!" He managed to spit out, his voice cracking slightly while he took a small step back. "However, uh, you wouldn't happen to know how close we are to the bottom of this mountain would you?"

The witch in front of him nodded and gave him a small smile "We're not too far from the bottom, I'm camping with my dad's and we don't usually go very high when we do."

"Yes!" Hunter couldn't help but pump his fist in celebration. He almost made it! And as far as he's aware he's way closer to finishing than the others too!

The girl in front of him giggled lightly which immediately snapped him out of his excitement.

He found himself very grateful that his scout mask had stayed on this whole time as he felt his ears begin to heat up in embarrassment.

"Uh I mean, good to know. It wouldn't be good for civilians such as yourself to be exposed to the dangers higher up on the mountain."

"You mean like that slitherbeast?" She raised an eyebrow, and he felt himself flush further.

He cleared his throat, "well, yes..thank you, by the way, for your assistance with that creature. Your abilities are most impressive."

She squeaked in alarm, apparently remembering who was speaking with, before she glanced down at him and winced, and when he took a look for himself to see why, he couldn't help but do the same. Her vines were strong, and he definitely got a little roughed up by them, not to mention the fact that he's been traveling down the knee for almost 2 days.

"Oh gosh, I'm so sorry, I'm not even supposed to be using plant magic! And I hurt you! I swear I'll try not to do it again!"

He snapped his head back up to look at her as she continued muttering to herself. What was she even talking about?

"Um-" he cut her off, "Well, you're clearly too young to have to be in a coven. Plus you did just assist me on official Coven business, so I suppose it's fine." He tried to use whatever shred of authority he had left to reassure her. "I won't tell anyone if you don't."

She paused for a moment before smiling ever so playfully and holding her hand out to him, fingers closed with her pinkie extended.

"Promise?"

He stared at her outstretched hand, not quite sure what she was attempting to do but even so he hesitantly copied the gesture.

If anyone asked he absolutely did not yelp in surprise when she grabbed his pinkie with her own and shook their hands a couple of times before letting go and drawing back. She tucked her arms behind her and took a couple steps back, turning to leave.

"Well then Mr Scout, it was nice meeting you, good luck on the rest of your mission-"

"W-wait! Uh.. I should escort you down the rest of the way! If you want, of course." Why was he sweating-

"it would be a much safer course of action, logically, since we're both going in the same direction anyway and have had a decent interaction with one another so the company wouldn't be a negative either,"

Why the hell was he still talking-

"So all in all it seems to be in both of our best interests-"

Willow laughed, "Afraid you'll have to fight off more Slitherbeasts?"

"No!" Kinda, but he didn't think that was the main reason he was trying to convince her, not that he fully knew why either.

"Well alright, let's get moving then. My father's campsite isn't too far away." And with that she started her decent back down from where she came, Hunter trailing behind her.

They were both silent for a bit, neither of them super used to talking with many witches their age, at least Willow assumed they were near the same age, as a matter of fact..

"Y'know you seem a little young yourself to be in the Emperor's Coven."

Hunter puffed his chest a little and his voice adopted a more cocky attitude in response. "You're quite right, at 13 I'm the youngest scout in the history of the Emperor's Coven. A feat not even Lilith could achieve."

He felt a small burst of pride when he saw the look of astonishment grace her gentle features.

"You're 13!? Oh my titan you're only like a year and a half older than me! That's amazing!"

Uncharacteristically, Hunter felt himself shy away from the praise. Rubbing a hand on his neck as he picked up his pace a little.

"Yeah well I'm not the one who just chucked a four hundred pound beast up a mountain like it was nothing. Now THAT'S impressive."

Willow smiled and shrugged her shoulders, directed her attention to the ground as they walked. She wasn't used to someone thinking of her as impressive. It was a nice feeling.

As they approached the campsite she suddenly felt a little nervous to face her dad's again. After she had taken off the way she did there's no way they weren't upset and probably extremely worried.

"Everything alright miss?" The Scout must've noticed her hesitancy, but she was determined to own up to her actions and face the music.

"Yeah I'm just totally going to get grounded when I go back, I kindaaa didn't say anything when I took off into the woods earlier. So my Dad's are bound to be pissed."

"I could accompany you if you'd like, whatever "grounding" is sounds remarkably unpleasant. If I could help lessen the punishment-"

"No it's fine, having an Emperor's Coven scout with me might honestly make things worse. Besides, it's not that bad. I just won't be able to leave the house besides school for a bit."

Hunter nodded, "Ah, assigned confinement. That's better than being buried alive."

His comment took her off guard and caused her to snort into her hand. "You thought I was gonna get buried alive?"

"Well what else would grounding mean!?"

And with that she was gone, her giggles grew and grew in volume until she could barely breathe. She glanced up at him briefly, and even with the mask she could tell he was confused as to why she was laughing and it caused her to break down all over again.

"Willow? Is that you?" A voice called out. Cutting off her laughter in an instant. For a brief second Hunter felt a flash of annoyance at whoever it was since they caused her to stop, but he brushed the feeling aside.

"Shoot! It's my dad, I have to go." Hunter tried to ignore the wave of disappointment that washed over him as she turned in the direction of the campsite, but he perked up slightly when she paused and looked back at him with a small smile.

"Thanks for walking me back, it was very nice to meet you Mr Scout."

He bowed before he could even think the action through, and regretted it immediately. Thanking the Titan above that he was wearing a mask and hood so his embarrassment wouldn't leak through.

"It was my pleasure Miss, and uh, likewise." He cleared his throat. "Perhaps we'll meet another time."

"I'd like that." And with a final small wave the young girl disappeared into the bushes. He could hear concerned muffled voices in the direction she had gone and gave a small sigh of relief once it sounded like her parents were more worried than actually angry and upset.

He waited a little longer just in case before finally continuing on his way, trying to ignore the small prickling in his chest as he made it further down the mountain.

He was the first scout to make it down alive, and one of the fastest ever actually. An achievement he'd normally be way more excited about since he was able to prove his worth. And yet, at the moment, all he could think about was the way that girl's eyes had crinkled, and how her shoulders shook when she was laughing, and briefly, just for a moment, the thought crossed his mind that being able to make such a pretty girl laugh was 10x more satisfying than breaking any Emperor's Coven record in existence.

#huntlow #I can't stop thinking of them #I'll post this on ao3 too #I wrote this in the 3 hours I had before my shift started lmao #The brainrot is strong #Winter toh #willow x hunter #They are literally everything to me #Also what should I name this fic I have no clue I hate naming things

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