Chapter Text
-“Jajajajja”-
-“What are you laughing at?!”-
-“SoRry, I just couldn’t help it…”- She said as she tried to calm her laughter.
-“You’re not sorwy”- he said turning his head away.
Slowly the laughter stop, so he decided to turn around.
When Xelqua looked again there was darkness, and then…
BOOM
When he reacted he was teleported to a dark void. It felt infinite…
He then saw a figure.
It was tall and had dark wings and crimson eyes.
-“Wait… Is that you Moonstrike?”-—
-“W3y d1d y05 l3av3?!”-
-“Wait what?”- that was the only thing he could say before the creature rushed to him. And then…
~ { ‡ } ~
-“STOP!”- He bolted up from the bed.
-“What in the world?…”- he murmured.
He was then startled by a big bang.
When he looked up Pearl was in the door from the room.
-“WHAT HAPPENED?”- Pearl yelled, completely alert.
-“Woah calm down”- Xelqua said trying to keep her calm.
She was panting, she had probably sprinted when she heard Xelqua’s scream.
-“I’m sorry I screamed. I just…”-
Xelqua was fidgeting with the blankets, he was anxious.
Pearl noticed and started to make her way towards the bed.
-“Are you kay?”- She then did a little signal to ask for permission to sit in the bed.
Xelqua nodded before starting.
-“Yeah but a I had a nightmare. Sorry I alarmed you.”- he said. His wing going to his sides like they were trying to cover him like a blanket. His lower head wings following the movement.
Although his face was covered Pearl could see his worry and the truth in the apology.
-“It’s fine.”- She waved it off like it was nothing.
-“Do you wanna talk about your nightmare?”- her tone was calm and patient.
-“It was nothing truly, just… huff it’s about my sister.”- this made Pearls curiosity react, yet she didn’t interrupt.
-“You know what the Watchers are? Right?”- he questioned Pearl.
She just nodded.
-“My sister, or well the Watcher Moonstrike appeared in my dream, first everything was peaceful, then this giant explosion happened; I woke up in a vast void and then a figure came rushing towards me. That’s when I woke up alarmed.”- he said looking towards Pearl.
-“That’s weird…”- she said.
Then she shrugged and stood up.
-“Well better get something to eat. I’m starving”- she then turned around to Xelqua.
-“Come on, you aren’t gonna stay in bed forever are you?”-
Xelqua first was confused but then started to stand up.
-“Well that was the plan, but I guess your not letting me do so…”- he said mockingly.
Pearl just huffed a laugh before making her way towards the kitchen.
Xelqua put on the slippers Pearl gave him and made his way right behind Pearl.
~ { ‡ } ~
Pearl was making some hotcakes while Xelqua sat down in the kitchen island, he had just finished washing his hands.
-“Soooo…”- Xelquas curiosity had already been ignored for way too long.
-“Yeah?”-
-“You know I was teleported from the past like one thousand years?-“
-“I feel that you did mention that when you started to panic yesterday”- she said as she flipped a pancake.
-“Ugh don’t remind me”- he said feeling a little ashamed.
Pearl laughed a little at that comment.
-“Okey, so. I was wondering… how does this era work like?”-
-“What exactly do you wanna know?”- she questioned while grabbing plates and putting them in the kitchen island.
-“Mmmm I’m not sure…”- he thought, then something form in his mind.
-“You said something about stories about the Whatchers. I want to know what you know about them.”-
That made Pearl pause. She then fixed herself and headed towards the seat next to Xelqua, on her hands where the plate full of pancakes and the jam was already in front of them.
-“ It’s been a while but I think I can recall the story.”-Xelqua was now looking at her.
-“So they told us that a really long time ago there were creatures that represented gods. They actually told us they were two more important creatures; the Listeners and the Watchers. Here’s were thing get weird, because my grandmother told me a whole different story from what the school told us, or basically any other adult.”- she said the last part putting a finger in her chin.
Xelqua was now really confused. “How could there be two versions of the same story?”
-“Well can you tell me the story they thought you in school? Is that what it’s called?”-
-“Yeah school. Don’t tell me you have never heard of school…”- Xelqua just looked away.
-“Well just how old are you?!”- at this Xelqua felt insulted.
-“Ugh. Im not old! I’m barely an adult!”- Pearl rolled her eyes.
-“Whatever the mystic ‘god like’ creature says”-
-“O come on. I’m 123 Watchers years old. Which for humans would be… Mmmm I think it should be 23 years old”- he said with a grin in his face.
-“Alright do you wanna hear the story or not?”-
-“Yes please”- his face like a begging puppy.
-“Okey. So the story goes like this…
Long time ago there were creatures, creatures that were like ‘gods’. We humans didn’t have the abilities that have been given to us by our descendants, The Listeners. They granted us with powers and abilities helping us prosper.
But on the other hand the Watchers were creatures of ‘evil’.
A war for the power erupted in the two sides of the gods. This event called as, “The Fight of Gods”.
Clearly the war ended when the head master of the listeners killed the last Watcher.
-“this ended the war, and after battle the listeners banished back into the heavens above and took care of the humans…”- she finished the story.
But right before she could say anything else Xelqua cut her off.
-“It’s a lie”- his tone lacked any joke or humor. -“The listeners lost the battle, and they were the creatures of evil that fed of the hate and despair humans suffered.”-
-“Mmm that sounds like what my grandma used to tell me.”- she shrugged it off and started to grab a pancake and place it unto her plate.
-“If that’s the story they told you in your childhood why did you still helped me even though you knew who I was?”- he questioned Pearl.
-“Like I already said” she stopped eating.-“ I was told another story, a story that has been told in my family for decades.”-
-“Still, that doesn’t make sense, why would your family know the real story?”- he needed yo know.
-“Uhg, you aren’t gonna leave me alone are you? I know the real story because my bloodline is the descendent from one of the last Watchers that ran away into safety”- she concluded looking towards Xelqua.
-“Well maybe not pure blood like you, but I still have some genes I suppose.”- she concluded and tarted to eat.
Xelqua’s mind was a mess, and at that point he had been staring at the wall for some minutes.
-“I would recommend you to eat something and get a change.”- that made Xelquas attention return.
-“Why? Are we going somewhere?”-he said finally taking a pancake and placing a big amount of honey to it.
-“Yes, where going to the city. Didn’t you say you wanted to learn about this era?”- she said standing up and washing her dishes.
Xelqua nodded.
-“Great! I’m gonna leave you a decent change of clothes in your bed, we need to get you a change of clothes.”- she said while going into the hallway.
~ { ‡ } ~
-“Xelqua! Are you ready?!”- she was grabbing her car and house keys.
-“Yeah going!”-
Then after a few minutes Xelqua came to the living room where Pearl was waiting for him.
-“Okey I’m ready.”- he said sitting right next to Pearl.
-“You look great! Now let’s get something cleared out. I may be fine with you being a Watcher and all but you can’t go around like… that.”- she pointed to Xelqua’s wings that were curled to his sides and now showing his face.
-“Why?”-
-“Mmmm don’t know. Maybe because people are against Watchers?!”- she pointed out. -“Please, people have read about the infamous chaos watcher Xelqua, the one that destroyed civilizations by himself”- she concluded with a pointing singer towards Xelqua. Her face full of amusement.
-“All right I get it, but what do you want me to do?”- Pearl started to think.
Her face then light up.
-“I know! If people ask we can say your… I don’t know, maybe my… brother? I mean we kinda look alike, and my friends and coworkers don’t know a thing about my family. What do you say?”- she offered.
-“Mmmm you know what, that’s a great idea. For my wings I could hide them, it’s one of the many abilities Watchers have.”- he said with a smile in his face.
-“Good, but since I’m a hybrid we could say our mother was a human and our dad a wolf hybrid just like me! Although it wouldn’t be a lie, because my mom is an actual human, so we are good.”- she said with a thumbs up.
-“Now your name… I mean your last name would be the same as mine, Moon Escent. But for the first name… is there any name you would like to have?”- she questioned.
-“Mmmm I’m not sure…”- he was rubbing his chin trying to think of an answer. Then a memory came back to him. -“I know! A long time ago there was this little kid that I took care of, but he just couldn’t say my name correctly. So instead he used to call me… I think it was Grian.”- he concluded with a smug look in his face.
-“Grian Moon Escent… sound good!”- she said standing up.
-“We better get going. I’m going to start the car, you go ahead and hide your wings and void-like eyes, I’ll wait for you in the car… Oh right you don’t know that is.”- she said holding a laugh.
-“I think I will make it”- Grian answered. Pearl just laughed as she left the house.
The now called Grian started to concentrate. First his back wings stretched out and then started to go inside his back. The upper wings followed their movements.
Grian then looked in one of the mirrors that where in the living room, he saw the hole made for his wings and decided to grab a red jumper to cover the hole up.
He looked ones more to his back before nodding and heading out. Today was gonna be really interesting.
To be continued…