Until Death Do Us Part || Hunter the Golden Guard

61 ~ Safe Haven?

"Wait." Gus gasped. "Has Tholomule been your last name this whole time?!"

Mattholomule shrugged and lead them to the gymnasium, which was now the council room. In the new council room was Jerbo who was stood talking to a pink haired, three eyed girl, Bosha.

Bosha was sat on what looked to be a throne with two brand new faces standing beside her. One was a shorter littler person and the other was a much much taller, bigger person.

Jerbo tried to plead to Bosha, asking her something that the seven standing by the entrance couldn't hear, but the smaller, littler person convinced Bosha to not listen to him, "President, if I may be so bold..." She said to Bosha.

Luz raised an eyebrow at the title Bosha was given. "President?!" She exclaimed. Who the hell would elect Bosha of all people to be the president??

Bosha listened to the smaller, littler one and dismissed Jerbo.

"Did take any of our ideas??" Mattholomule asked Jerbo. The tall boy said no and stalked away to go take care of the kindergarteners.

Mattholomule sighed and stepped up to talk to Bosha, "Bosha, we found-" Before he was interrupted by the smaller, littler person clearing her throat. Mattholomule groaned in disgust, as if this was a common occurrence he had become sick of. "Allow me to introduce, Student Body President, Bosha, and her trusted guards, Miki and Rouka." He said, his voice filled with spite and an eye roll or two.

"Welcome to new Hexside!" Bosha said with a twirl of her grudgeby ball. "Home to the future of the isles and stuff."

Luz began to yell at Bosha, "What the heck is going on here!"

Amity immediately backed Luz up, beginning to rant and ramble, "Yeah! Hexside doesn't even have a student council! I would know; I kept trying to organize one, but Bump thought I was too obsessed and-"

"Alright girl, take a breath." Willow said, calming Amity down. The purple haired Blight let out a defeated exhale, doing as Willow said to.

"And who are you two?" Gus spoke up next to Hunter. He glared at the smaller, littler person to Bosha's right and the taller, bigger person to Bosha's left.

The shorter one, Miki, piped up, "My little sister and I were traveling for the Day of Unity, but found ourselves hiding here after the.. incident. Bosha brought us in so we helped her establish order over Hexside."

"Now, we are flourishing!" Bosha boasted. Though it really wasn't something to boast about. Just as she spoke, a pack of kindergarteners ran through the halls, holding pitchforks and torches, chasing after the upperclassmen.

"Tell my story!!" Amity's brother, Ed, yelled as he was dragged away by a five year old.

(Y/n) stared at the scene wondering if this was what Bosha called 'flourishing'.

"Well," Luz said to Bosha with a nervous look on her face, "first of all, I'd like to introduce you to my mama, Camila!"

Camila put up her two arms, striking a strongman pose.

"And honorary Hexolio, Hunter!" Gus smiled at Hunter, giving him fingerguns. Hunter blushed as (Y/n) joined in on the fungergunning.

Luz strode forward, "Long story short, we're here to help. We're gonna rescue everyone from the Archives and save the Boiling Isles!" She triumphantly said.

And then there was the awkward silence of rejection, followed by a cough from one of the guards, which only made the silence more awkward.

"...not the reaction I was expecting." Luz mumbled.

Miki walked forward and began talking. "As the leader, the safety of Boscha's subjects is paramount." She said.

(Y/n) paused. Subjects? Are her fellow classmates her subjects??

But nevertheless, Miki continued, "And this is a suicide mission! After the horrors our own Grudgby team faced-"

"Ugh, quiet! I don't need to hear that again! But... Miki's right. We're staying put." Bosha said, leaning back in her throne. Why does she have a throne again? She's president, not queen... (Y/n) thought.

Luz spoke, "But-"

"And that's that!" Bosha exclaimed, throwing the eight out of her counsel room.

"What just happened?!" Luz stood there, puzzled, having not been given the time to process.

Mattholomule groaned, "It's been like this ever since Miki and Rouka showed up! We want to fix stuff around here, but... anytime we suggest something, Miki threatens to throw people into the Detention Pit."

"The what." Camila's face dropped. Pit he said?

"Maybe there's another way... I don't know how to get into the Archives, but... we may be able to get close. By teleporting directly into the Titan's skull!" Luz said, and everyone else gasped. "Mattholomule, where's the photo room?"

The aforementioned lead them to a sealed off wall, telling Gus to check if the coast is clear. And once Gus gave the go ahead, Mattholomule drew a large circle spell on the wall, making it part in half, and opened a secret passageway. "This, is where me and Jerbo had been trying to come up with plans to make Hexside more livable." He said.

The other seven walked into the photo room. Developing photos were hung around and some were pinned to a cork board.

Willow looked at the cork board, finding a picture of her and her dads. Tears welled in her eyes as she felt lost and scared, like a little kid who got lost at the fair. The world had suddenly felt so big and so empty without her parents. "Keep it in, keep it in." She repeated to herself.

Willow kept looking at the cork board, eventually spotting a picture of Hunter with Flapjack. It was from the day he and (Y/n) had come to Hexside and played Flyer Derby. He looked so happy and carefree.

Willow took the picture down from its place on the cork board and brought it over to (Y/n).

She gasped in excitement when she saw the photo. "Ohh! I remember this!" She exclaimed, trying her best not to let the voice in her head remind her that Flapjack and Pip were no longer with them.

"Alright," Luz said to Willow. The latter put the picture of Hunter into her pocket and turned her attention to Luz. "Time to take a walk down memory lane."

(A/n): Just wanted to say thank you for sticking with my story for 61 chapters so far. I love writing for you all. Seeing your guys' comments on the last chapter after such a long hiatus really brightened by day. This story has been my favorite to write and I've loved writing every chapter. So thank you so much for your support.
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