Y/n's pov
I woke up, feeling a tight grip on my body. I slowly opened my eyes seeing Hunter, still peacefully sleeping. My cheeks started burning 'We really slept all night like that?' I laughed a little
"Oh you're already up?" Hunter peeked at me smiling
"Yeah, I just woke up a minute ago, did I wake you?"
"No no, don't worry"
We were staring at each other, still hugging, we were like that for a while till we separated, blushing
I giggled"W-well, how's your wound doing? Is it better?" I asked, it really looked horrible last time I checked
He lifted up his sleeve, he's got many scars, I didn't even noticed it before. I took his hand, taking off the bandage.
"It's looking a lot better than yesterday" I softly caressed his hand full of scars
"Yeah, all thanks to you.." He smiled
"...Has he done this to you?" I asked, carefully, looking at him
He slowly put away his hand, covering it again with his sleeve "Well yes... But it's not his fault he's doing this to me, I deserved them"
"Hunter, that's not true!-"
*Knock, Knock* "Golden guard? The Emperor wants to see you right away" someone said behind the door
"I'll be there!" Hunter said getting up, taking his mask and cloak "Stay here and don't think about wandering these halls dressed up as me" he giggled
I got up and hugged him "I won't, just be careful, okay?" I smiled worriedly
"Awh c'mon I'm just going to my uncle, it will be nothing, he probably wants to give me another task, dummy" he messed up my hair and left
I waited for few minutes, playing with Lil'rascal, I was getting bored and Hunter still wasn't coming "This is boriiing" I laid on his bed "I hope he's alright"
Rascal came to me and snuggled into my neck, I smiled and rubbed his head. Finally, I heard someone opening the door, he finally came back
I sat up"Finally, what was taking you so long?" I asked him
"Nothing." He sat down next to me
"You don't sound like nothing happened, what is it?"
He was all gloomy, looking down on the ground"...Uncle said that he doesn't want me to go on a mission" he looked at me
"And what about it? You know, you can have a free day y'know and even though, you have an injury" I sat closer to him, jolting him with my shoulder
"I know, but he replaced me with Kikimora! Just because I failed my last mission he won't let me even go out!" He plopped down on the bed, covering his eyes with his hands
"Oh c'mon, just enjoy life for a while, you're never leaving the castle only just because of missions" I laid down too
He peeked at me "You know, you're right, I leave the castle just for missions and this is not an exception" he took the scout suit I had coming in here and took his staff "Hop on, we don't have time"
I got on and we flew out to the halls "Hunter won't someone see us!?" I held him tightly
"Yeah, someone will. I think you should at least put the mask on oh and your cloak" he gave me the mask and I put it on
"Sometimes I'm thinking why I'm talking to you" I said jokingly
He giggled, we flew out of the castle right into a big height, we were flying for a while when we stopped at Bonesborough and flew to the ground
"Jump off, this is your stop" he said
"Why just me? Where are you going? Don't be serious you're going on that so called mission?" I stood next to him with my arms crossed
"Maybe I am, I would appreciate your mask though" He replied, shoving his hand infront of me
I took the mask off and gave it to him "Fly safe, prick" I turned around
"Oh don't be mad, Y/n" he laughed "Byeee!~~"
"And there he goes, idiot." I walked away into Bonesborough "Oh my titan, I totally forgot about my band! They must be worried!"
I started running to our house, but when I was on the square, running next to some shops, I noticed the golden like guitar I was looking at back then when I met Luz "Huh, this could make his mood go up if I would buy him this" I went into the shop looking around, there were alot of instruments, I didn't know this shop was there, it must be new
"Good morning, young one" a strong woman at the counter greeted me
"Oh, morning, may I ask for how many snails that golden guitar is?" I asked
"That one? Well let's say 10,000 snails"
"THAT MU- Ehm, alright alright, here you go" I gave her how much she asked and took the guitar, walking out of the shop "Ahh I think he'll like it, the money were worth it" I giggled and put the guitar around me "Well now I should really go home"
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I quietly stepped inside the house, closing the door putting away the guitar and hiding it behind my jacket
I walked to the hall "Guys!?" I yelled, hoping someone will answer
"Y/n, i-is that you?" Iris showed up
"Iris!" I ran to her opened arms, feeling a warm hug
"Y/n! Oh my god! Where were you?" She was holding me tight, crying
"I-I just fell asleep in the woods, I was just for a walk you know" I looked at her, giving her a believing smile
She sighed "Don't ever go out like that, we were worried sick.." She hugged me again
"What is going on down here?-" Artemis came down the stairs, immediately running up to me giving me a soft, but tight hug "Y/n! Y/n! Y/n! I'm so happy you're here!" He let out of the hug and punched my shoulder a little "Don't ever run away like this" he giggled sadly
"Oh, you came. Done fucking with that guy?" Maia came downstairs too
"I am sorry?" I hissed at her, there's no way she would know about Hunter. Would she?
"You know, that one you always hang out with, just say you know that I'm not lying" She crossed her arms
"Maia, we talked about this, they would tell us." Iris stood up for me
"You're too rough, Maia" Ar added
"I don't know hell what you're talking about. Why do you care anyway? You're just making an idiot out of yourself-"
She laughed"Yeah an idiot, then how will you explain how you got your cloak again? And where's your guitar? Forgot it in the 'woods'?" Maia stood close to me, stabbing me with her look
Iris pushed away Maia, Artemis was standing next to me with his hands on his hips
"Okay stop it, I hope you're not gonna fight like a little kid and I hope that Y/n knows who they talk to, do you Y/n?" Iris said, her hand was infront of Maia that was just looking at me, deadly
"Yeah, I do..." I answered
"Okay... Now I'm gonna move this hand and everything will be okay, alright?" Iris slowly moved her hand out of the way "See, easy now everyone will go to what they were doing" Iris commanded happily
As she was walking away, Maia ran up to me and punched me, right in the face "I hope you're not doing something that would harm our safety-" She whispered
"Maia!!" Artemis pushed her, only to come to a fight with her
Iris then ran to us screaming at them fighting "C'mon stop it! You're like little kids!" She tried to separate them
I was just laying there, watching blood dripping from my nose on the ground, I finally got up and looked at them 'That's who I lived with for 6 years..? Untrustworthy, wild witches?' I ran to the doors, grabbing the guitar and running out of here
"Y/n!!! No!!" I heard Iris screaming, I didn't turn back, my eyes started to fill up with tears "No, no, no don't cry! It's not worth it! Idiot!" I said to my self. I didn't know where I was running, but I just wished to be out of here as soon as possible.
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I ran out of Bonesborough, far from it even. I collapsed down to the grown, starting to yell my lungs out, still crying "I feel like a baby. Ugh" I lied down on the ground, looking up at the sky, it was bright and the sun was shining 'What a beautiful day' I smiled sadly a little and got up, I put down my cloak and started to walk again.
I was walking along a dirt path next to a river, with some trees around me, no one ever walked here for the time I was here so I could keep my cloak down.
*Clack*
I turned around, seeing someone, or something? But by a blink of an eye it was gone "What the-" I turned around again but some witches were standing in front of me, they have masks on, some kind of... Bat like
They started to play music, suddenly I started to float "What is human like you doing here all alone?" One of them, playing the violin said
"Uh-uh I well I just went for a walk, but it would be nice if you put me down" I smiled. The music stopped playing and I was finally on the ground. I giggled"Who are you? Y'all are so cool!"
"O-oh well thank you, we are the Bards against the coven, pleasure to meet you" the violin player said
"Hey look Raine! Their bleeding, awwh what a poor thing!" A girl that was playing the tambourine came to me, cleaning up my nose
"Ah, you don't need to worry. But thanks, for that" I blushed from embarrassment and smiled
"No problem kiddo, what's your name?" The girl asked
"Y/n, what's yours?" I answered politely
"I'm Katya! Nice to meet you" She said
"I'm Amber!" A smaller girl with white hair came to me
"Derwin" A guy with dark skin and black hair said from the back
"And I'm Raine, Raine Whispers" they shook my hand, I noticed they have a mark on their hand, like Hunter does... Wait are they..
"Wait, aren't you from the coven, like one of the coven heads?" I asked
"Oh yeah, but I'm not bad, I swear" they smiled
"Hmmm, yeah I believe ya" I giggled "But how are you guys doing the- the magic thing like you can lift up things with just a song! And can you do something else? And-"
"You're having too many questions" Katya laughed "It's getting a little late, you should be running home, don't you think?"
"...well I think I really don't have somewhere to go now, I planned to stay in the nature for the night" I shrugged
"Ohh, Raine what if we took them with us? They don't seem to be harmful" Amber said
"Hm I think it won't be a bad idea, we are here for people, after all" They smiled
"Thank you so much..!" I smiled, they were so kind to me, my eyes got watery, but I shook it off me, I can't cry, not infront of them
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"Alright so here we are, you can make yourself at home" Raine said
I walked around, there was some candles lit up, a smaller table was in the middle of the room. I took a deep breath, feeling relaxed
"It's not much but, it's our home" Katya said
"Come I'll show you your room!" Amber took my hand and lead me to a smaller room, it was really cozy looking, some books were lying around and some wooden boxes"I will bring you some mattress and blanket, you can organize your things till I come back"
I shook my head and sat in the middle of the room, packing out my things from the crochet bag I had with me, as I was putting out the things, a folded paper fell out of mine sketch book, I took it and unfolded it "Oh this is the paper I found in the library..." Grimwarker, that word didn't seem nice, neither normal magic like
"Y/n, sorry for taking so long!" Amber came with her hands full of blankets, pillows and a mattress that she was pulling behind her
"Woah! You didn't have to bring everything you have!" I laughed"I would help if you asked me" I took the pillows and blankets and dropped them on the ground
"I didn't know what kind of blanket do you like, so... I grabbed every each of one we have!" She laughed too
"Alright thank you, really I appreciate the...many blankets" I smiled
"No prob! You can keep them if you'll like them all" She walked out of the room "Alright get cozy in there" she walked off
I organized the placing of the mattress and put the pillows around me, even the blankets, after everything done, I sat down on the mattress and made some light glyphs"Ahh finally done, I can finally rest" I took the paper and started reading it, as I took it another paper unfolded from behind, there was some drawings how they look like... The eyes... Why does it look like Hunter's eyes?
*Knock! Knock!*
I jerked "Oh for titans sake... Come in!"
"Sorry, did I interrupted...woow you really put a work into this room did ya" Katya came in with a plate full of vegetables and she even brought a cup of tea
I smiled and hid the paper "Yeah I kinda did, thank you by the way for the meal" I took the tea and sipped it
"What are those?" She pointed at the light glyphs
"Oh those are light glyphs" I answered
"Wait so... You have magic?!" She stood there shocked
"No... Well yeah kind of, I just drew a specific shape in a circle and then I touch it and it will do magic" I smiled
"That's so cool! Well I'm not gonna bother you anymore, do what were you doing and see you tomorrow, good night" Katya waved me and closed the door
"Yeah, good night" I sighed and took the paper "What the hell is this... Hunter wouldn't be a copy of someone" I laughed "That's hilarious" I laid down and put the paper into my bag again "I still need to figure out the potion for the curse, a few days and it will be a month from the time we started to find a spell... I'm afraid I'll loose him" I put my hands on my eyes "I'll figure it out tomorrow" I took a deep breath and snuggled into one of the blankets, falling asleep
Wooo I'm finally back! It really took me some time I knoow but I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I hope there aren't some mistakes, it's a really long time you know
But I just wanted to thank you so much for your support! This ff got really high nmbers of reads and I am really happy for that!
Anyway, I hope It'll be possible for me to write some more of this bc it's fun and stuff, so I'm saying good bye and have a great day!