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bbrissonn · 2 months

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𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 - 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡

☆⋆｡°‧★ in which dahlia's friend force her out of the house to go to a hockey, leading to a night of small glances and smiles ☆⋆｡°‧★ will smith x dahlia monroe ☆⋆｡°‧★ wc: 1.3k ☆⋆｡°‧★ au masterlist

"hurry up, will you?" dahlia's friend, violette sighed from the door of their dorm. it was opening at conte forum, and somehow dahlia's friend group had convinced her to go to the game.

"vi, the game starts in an hour, calm down. we have plenty of time."

"plenty of time? girl, everyone and their moms are trying to go to this game. apparently the team this year is gonna be really good."

"people have been saying this every year forever now, and they haven't won for like ten years or something."

"but this year is gonna be different, trust me. they got all these players coming, cute players." violette said, wiggling her eyebrows at her best friend. dahlia's eyes rolled to the back of her head. the last thing that was on her mind right now was boys, cute or not, it didn't matter. she was finally in college, ready to have the best four years of her lives, and she was not going to let some douchebag hockey player ruin that for her.

"i don't care if they're cute or not, vi. athletes are assholes, and you know that." the monroe girl said, referring to their junior year of high school when violette got her heart broken by a basketball player, and then a soccer player. it was a though year.

"doesn't mean you can't enjoy looking at them. i got us seats right behind their bench to!" the girl squealed as the two exited their dorm room.

when they got to the forum, there was an extremely long line to get in. violette had been coming to games her whole life with her dad, and she had never seen one this long before.

"jeez, all this just to watch sweaty man run after a rubber disk..." dahlia whispered as the two waited in line.

"hot sweaty man, they're skating and it's called a puck."

"that's in a shape of a disk and made of rubber."

soon enough, the two girls made it in, with twenty minutes to spare before the start. warmups were almost done when the two girls got to their seats. there was only a handful of players on the other team still on the ice, and about ten eagles.

"why're they just standing there and talking? are they gossiping?" dahlia gasped, confused as to why a trio of eagles were just standing at the blue line across from them.

"i dunno, maybe." her best friend shrugged, not really paying attention to them. but for some reason, dahlia's eyes stayed glued to them. they were laughing and shoving each other a bit, each playing with a puck. as the clock neared the last minute of warm ups, the boys slowly started making their way to their changing room.

as they approached the bench, dahlia made eye contact with one of them. he had blonde hair poking out the side of his helmet and a wide smile on his face as he laughed. the girl hated to admit it, but he looked good. his smile was truly beautiful and contagious.

the two held eye contact until the boy disappeared past her vision. their eye contact didn't go unnoticed from her best friend, nor his friends.

"girl, what was that?" violette asked with a smirk on her face. dahlia's cheeks during a deep shade of red, her eyes looking down at her lap.

"what're you talking about?"

"don't act stupid, you know exactly what i'm talking. that little eye contact you just with will fucking smith."

"who?"

"will smith, pretty much everyone knows who he is. well expect you of course." violette teased, making dahlia roll her eyes slightly.

"whatever. it lasted like two seconds-"

"more like ten. a little more and his head was about to leave his body so he could keep staring at you."

"you're being dramatic, vi."

"i can hear the wedding bells already." violette giggle, making her best friend slightly shove her. the two didn't talk about it for the rest of night, but violette biting her tongue every time will came back to the bench and stared at her best friend.

all though dahlia would never admit it, the boy caught her attention. his soft smile, his little blond curls, and his intoxicating laugh that could be heard every once in a while. every time he was on the ice, her eyes would always move towards him, even if he didn't have the puck. there was just something about him that drew her towards him, and she hated it.

the eagles ended up winning 4-2 against long island, will getting an assist on the game winning goal. the boy wasn't shy to send a small wink towards the girl right before he disappeared for the last time down the tunnel.

dahlia hated how she could feel her cheeks burning, not even wanting to know how red she was. violette couldn't help but laugh when she saw the look on her best friend's face. her eyes wide with a shy smile.

"girl, what do you have to say now?"

"shut up." dahlia mumbled, her cheeks turning even a deeper shade of red, something the girl couldn't think was possible. the girl waisted no time getting up from her seat and leaving the forum, violette hot on her trail.

the black hair girl seemed to only have one thing to talk about on their way home. will smith. dahlia had never wanted to duck tape someone's mouth shut so badly before. sure the two made eye contact and exchanged smiled lots of times during their game, but it didn't mean anything. dahlia was going to wake up the same person she was this morning, and she would probably never even see him around campus.

violette wasn't the only who noticed all the same looks shared between the two 18 years old. will's linemates were quick to jump on his back when they got back to the locker.

"well that was fun." one of the senior said as everyone started undressing from their equipment, the celebrations done with.

"smitty had a lot of fun, that's for sure." ryan laughed from across the room, making the centerman look at him with confused eyes.

"what do you mean?" will asked in a confused voice. gabe started chuckling as everyone else was just as confused as the boy in question.

"we saw those little looks, buddy."

"what looks?" one of the sophomore asked.

"willy's got a little girlfriend." gabe said, looking at ryan as the two started laughing. the two boys couldn't contain their laughter as will's cheek turned a deep shade of pink, making others in the room start laughing as well.

"shut up."

"don't worry, bud, she was staring at you just as much." ryan added through his laughter.

it was safe to say that will had never gotten undressed and showered so quickly before. it was like all his teammates could talk about was this mystery girl who's name he didn't even know. he was tucked into bed far before gabe had even started making his way home.

"i have french with her friend. i could try to hook you guys up if you want." gabe said once he had made it into his bed and hour after his roommate.

"don't. you guys are making this such a big deal when it really isn't. we made eye contact a couple of times, that's all. i don't even know her name." will mumbled as he turned on his side, facing the wall.

"whatever you want, man. you guys would look good together, just so you know."

the room was silent after that, neither of the two boys saying anything, and slowly drifting off to sleep. meanwhile, across campus, dahlia was laying in her bed, her eyes wide open as the night replayed in her head over and over again.

the boy intrigued her, there was no denying that, but the chances of them ever seeing each other again were slim to none. and there was no way she was going to another hockey game just to see him, it was one of the most boring she had ever watched.

at least that's what she kept telling herself...

#bri writes #will smith #will smith hockey #will smith imagine #will smith hockey imagine #will smith hockey x oc #will smith x oc #bc hockey #bc eagles #ryan leonard #gabe perreault #until i found you au

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association-of-ideas · 3 months

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I watched Trolls Band Together and my immediate reaction was to start writing fanfiction. I have created a swap AU Viva and Brozone switch roles.

Essentially, Viva is the one that leaves and the bros get lost during their escape from the troll tree. It's heavily inspired by @year2000electronics fic, Brozone: World Tour. I absolutely love this fic so much; I recommend reading it.

Anyways, I've some stuff figured out, but it's not set in stone.

Swap AU (official name pending)

Before the Great Escape, it was highly encouraged for smaller groups and families to escape on their own, enough so that Pop Village had already been established before King Peppy and the rest of the Pop trolls escaped

After the death of her daughter (Cecily) and daughter-in-law (Juniper), Rosiepuff becomes the sole guardian of her five grandchildren: John Dory (15), Spruce (13), Clay (11), Floyd (8), and Branch (egg)

With King Peppy’s blessing and best wishes, Rosiepuff packs up her family and leaves with another escaping family

They’re discovered during their escape and the brothers are separated and scattered across the genres

With ⅘ of her grandkids lost to the sewers, Rosiepuff is crushed, but she pushes through for Branch and acts as the de facto leader of the Pop trolls

During that time, she becomes a guide for trolls seeking to escape and works with Peppy to devise the Great Escape plan

It's during the Great Escape that Rosiepuff is eaten leading the Burgens away from the others and Branch (5) still sees her get eaten, causing him to gray

At the same time, Viva (14) has seen more than any child ever should and the closer she gets to turning 18, the more pressure is put on her to be a good queen

Between the Burgens, escape plans, and her ever-growing stack of responsibilities, Viva cracks under the pressure

During the Great Escape, she splits off from the group after saying goodbye to Poppy (2) and runs away to find a place for herself

Their rushed parting leaves Poppy w/ bittersweet (mostly bitter) feelings about her sister and siblings in general

As an old friend of Rosiepuff’s, Peppy does his best to look after Branch until he's old enough to be on his own, at which point, he leaves to build his bunker

Growing up together gives Poppy more of a reason to want to be around Branch

Branch is also aware of Viva’s existence, but because of how everything went down, he assumes she was eaten and doesn't bring it up

As mentioned earlier, the brothers were separated and scattered across the genres

John Dory ends up in Volcano Rock City

He's found by King Thrash and raised alongside Barb as her older brother

The separation left him with severe trauma that shows itself on a daily basis as over-protectiveness, an unwillingness to venture beyond the kingdom, and a need to fortify it

Bruce find finds himself lost at sea before meeting the Techno trolls who help him to Vacay Island

He spends a week or so drifting across the sea by himself

Eventually, he's found by a pod of Techno trolls and they help find shore

He washes up on Vacay Island and gets a job as a busboy at the restaurant run by Brandy's dad

They meet, fall in love, and the rest is history

Bruce has a tendency to do head counts whenever he's anxious or overwhelmed

Clay ends up in Symphonyville

Clay is found half-conscious by an elderly conductor named Calliope

She takes him and while officially, he is her 'ward', everyone knows him as her grandson

The trauma of the separation leaves Clay w/ selective mutism, preventing him from speaking or singing

Instead, he learns to play the cello and focuses his energy on that as he slowly regains the ability to speak

While he eventually learns how to talk again, he can't sing nor does he want to

Floyd ends up in Lonesome Flats

After getting washed away in the sewers, Sheriff Brooks drags him out of the river and takes him back to town

From there, he’s adopted by the Sheriff and raised as Delta Dawn’s little brother

Being the youngest when he was separated and given the traumatic event itself as well as the physical damage inflicted during the escape, Floyd remembers the least about his family before coming to Lonesome Flats

I might make a separate post going further in depth on Viva's side of things if anyone's interested. I've also come up with character designs for the boys' moms.

#trolls 3 #trolls band together #trolls poppy #trolls branch #trolls rosiepuff #trolls john dory #trolls bruce #trolls clay #trolls floyd #trolls delta dawn #trolls peppy #trolls viva #until i found you AU #uify AU

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untitled-tmnt-blog · 2 months

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I got my first set of art markers recently! What better way to learn how to use them than drawing some turtles?

Poptart (2AL) belongs to @intotheelliwoods

Cerulean (True Colors) belongs to @v-albion

(The third one is just a regular old Leo!)

Mikey (Until I Found You) belongs to @phoebepheebsphibs

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #art #sketch #my post #alt text #2al #2 arms left #true colors au #until I found you #my art

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tangledinink · 9 months

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...i'm kind of scared to ask...but when swanatello's brothers finally found him, was it a good or bad day? (i love swanatello, he has nested in my skull and is chewing on my brain like grass)

The first SEVERAL visits to Swanatello after they find him go about the same way. That is to say, very poorly. It's not until a couple weeks later when Leo visits on his own (not because he thinks it'll work, but because he's desperate to see his brother, and he's able to portal there on his own,) that Swanatello finally has a chance to recognize him, and they're able to begin to puzzle the situation together...

#donnie didnt react much to the initial transformation because he wasnt exactly... aware of it #its not like he was able to look down at himself and go “oh god what happened to me”#because the curse just made him feel like... it had always been that way #he immediately accepted it #it wasnt until later once his family found him that he began to be able to piece together that smth was wrong #also i made an agreement to myself to only do quick low effort doodles for this au lmao srry #anyway yah he beats their ass like the first five timees they come see him lol #also THANK YOU <3 #swanatello #rottmnt #tmnt #rottmnt au #donniesona #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt comic #rottmnt fanart

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skeletoninthemelonland · 1 year

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This was supposed to be posted yesterday for Women’s International Day :’D sorry I don’t know how to draw bed sheets 😭

#springdad au #fnaf #I LOVE WOMEN #my art #if you see me making art of characters i haven't explicitly talked about-#this means i'm not entirely sure of who they are yet #Alice is a very kind woman. a little troubled too #she's trying very hard both as a person and as a mother #she thinks she's not doing enough tho #life has always been rough and she's never got to rest until she stopped working as a performer and found Elizabeth #she believes she's made poor decisions as a teenager and swore not to let herself be manipulated or influenced by others #that's why she is very suspicious of Springdad at first...#she just needs some time for herself that's all #I like to think she received support from her family and found a new. much better job #anyway so. this is her :]

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brother-emperors · 8 months

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so it’s. it’s like. man this is so hard without my laptop.

alright so Crassus is a weird guy, existentially. There’s a tendency to speculate, assign, and insert him into whatever places are conspiratorial and shadowy because he fits into those narrative places with ease. My personal favorite (aside from all of it) is the idea that he may have pulled strings wrt to Sulla and Caesar’s conflict to help get Caesar out of it.

The Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East, Gareth C. Sampson

In the universe that exists in my head, he definitely had a hand in it, but he didn’t really intend for Caesar to figure out he played a part in it, but Caesar’s good at puzzles, and noticing someone goes both ways. Binding someone to yourself goes both ways.

Crassus: The First Tycoon, Peter Stothard

This scene takes place sometime relatively soon after Sulla’s death. Crassus has complicated feelings about it, Caesar less so. Veni, vidi, vici, baby!

Here’s a bonus thing that I keep thinking about with them.

The Roman Revolution, Ronald Syme

like, utang na loob. and it is DEEP between them.

#this is actually an old first draft script from a much longer Caesar/Crassus arc I’ve been writing #To go along with the Pompey/Crassus one #Accidentally it’s turned into a whole arc bc why not do the Caesar/Pompey civil war break up while I’m at it #anyway formatting all of this on my iPad was a nightmare no more comics that I have to split up for posting until I get a laptop #tris homines #roman republic tag #komiks tag #drawing tag #there’s a modern gangster AU version of this scene where Crassus and Caesar fuck on the floor in front of Sulla’s funeral portrait #Pompey is there too bc I finally remembered how I was tagging my tris homines live blog and found #The quote comparing the three to some kind of transgressive incestuous relationship. Thank u at my past self for live-blogging that #anyway this was relegated to first draft pits bc Crassus needs to have more bite about it but I wanted to draw them kissing. So.#(Waving a flag) get it caesar #(Bite as in sharp teeth and edges you could cut yourself on if you aren’t careful. Which is why Caesar is Always Very Careful #Pompey’s the opposite about it but I’ll get to those comics. Soon…….hopefully……………..)#gaius julius caesar #marcus licinius crassus

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edwards-exploit · 10 days

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Tangmere The Terrible!

#live from tidmouth #creative on the mainline #ttte #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #thomas & friends #rws #if you want #ttte oc #ttte oc tangmere #ttte au #ttte human au #ttte humanisation #ttte humanized #my favourite dramatic ass machine #Hes sooo funny he will also go for the jugular btw #gave him sharp teeth for fun. spencer watch out #fun fact i was scrolling mindlessly until i found funny clips that i referenced for the third image

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crescentfool · 21 days

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having the hc that minato is ace is incredibly funny sometimes when you think about how ryoji is oh so very bi because it's like. "ah. death stole my ability to be attracted to people," in the same way that ryoji stole minato's eye color and energy level. like wow, thanks ryoji, you just keep finding things to steal from minato!

#persona 3 spoilers #minato arisato #hc and au nonsense #lizzy speaks #happy international asexuality day to my fellow aces out there i hope you know that you are loved!!! 🎊🎉🥳#i like viewing minato with the lens of him being gay / ace. esp bc it stems from my own experiences so it's fun to look at-#him from that perspective even if that's not what was intended by atlus y'know?#and im sure others have other hcs from me that are informed by their own life experiences and i think that's great ^_^#something that i found interesting while playing FES was how. stilted? minato's animations felt when hugging the girls #you could definitely go with the perspective that it's a graphical limitation or they didn't have time to polish the animations #and that's def true!! but sometimes i see the hug @ yakushima beach + the other hugs and then i compare it to the sou/yo hug in p4 #and there's like... a noticeable difference to me with how intimate and close together the hugs are...#that said i do know that the animations for reload are updated and the hugs are much more natural (good on them tbh!)#the other thing is (pensive sigh). the way you couldn't reject any of the girls when doing their social links in FES #objectively speaking i'm glad that they did away with that and i like how the rejections were handled in reload. it feels naturally written #but also a part of me enjoyed looking at the “hey atlus what the FUCK” moment and thought of how to interpret it differently #specifically with the idea of minato having like.. little to no autonomy and kind of going along with the relationship #it kind of reminded me of myself tbh with like going along with the rship without considering what you want bc #it's what others want or expect out of you... LOL. i dont think atlus intended for someone to interpret it this way but #eh i think that's the fun part of hcs and looking at characters with certain lenses!#regardless of how you perceive minato i do think there's something to be said about him being the kind of guy who molds himself-#into someone that is needed. not wanted. but needed. important distinction here.#the one caveat my brain runs into when im like “minato is ace!” is when i remember thanatos exists and i go #“you know what these ideas can exist simultaneously” GKLHFHDFHD when in doubt schrodinger's headcanons #anyway that's all i've had this thought in my brain in awhile and haven't sat down to share it properly until now 👍#have an excellent weekend everyone !!! lizzy loves you all lets all nurture our inner yippee!!! 🥺💙

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phoebepheebsphibs · 23 hours

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I have ideas... I'm making plans.

...Let's see where they lead...

If you thought because they were kids that meant they wouldn't be exposed to the horrors... you were wrong.

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boots-with-the-fur-club · 9 days

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Prisoners of Fear (finished product)

Sweet dreams...

...You'll need them.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LOSING MY MIND HERE COMES MY NEW BANNER IT LOOKS LIKE A RENAISSANCE PAINTING AKANAKSSKSKSK PHEEBS YOU ALWAYS AMAZE ME

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #no fun in fungus #i’m getting spored now i guess #rottmnt until i found you #until i found you au

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bbrissonn · 2 months

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𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 - 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐮

☆⋆｡°‧★ golden retriever!will smith x black cat!reader (dahlia monroe)

☆⋆｡°‧★ inspired by the song until i found you by stephen sanchez ft. em beihold

☆⋆｡°‧★ au masterlist

☆⋆｡ get to know dahlia °‧★

☾ born march 19 2005 - boston, massachusetts

☾ only child

☾ majoring in sociology at boston college

☾ likes painting, reading, baking, true crime & more

☾ gets called sunshine by her friends

☾ doesn't really like going out

☾ never really liked sports

☾ childhood best friend called violette - black hair and brown eyes

#bri writes #will smith #will smith hockey #until i found you au #boston college hockey #bc hcokey #bc eagles

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association-of-ideas · 3 months

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I finally found a name for the AU! I'm calling it Until I Found You from the song It Takes Two. I thought it was fitting considering how much of the AU is centered around finding lost family.

Anyways, considering how much traction the last post got, I thought I should make a more detailed post on Viva and how she fits into the story. Let's go!

Until I Found You AU: Viva

The AU (and fic, when I get around finishing the first chapter) follows the path of the second movie w/ Barb's world tour, but with a lot of found family

In this, Viva takes what would be JD's role in Band Together by coming back to Pop Village to warn her dad about Barb's tour

After her mom was eaten, the responsibility of caring for Poppy gradually fell more and more onto Viva's shoulders

W/ Peppy grieving the death of his wife and dealing w/ his duties as king, he spends less and less time w/ his daughters

Viva grows up under a lot of stress and pressure put on her by both her father and her people

Before she left, Viva said goodbye to Poppy, leaving her her hug-time bracelet to remember her by (a parallel to Branch and his vest)

After her departure, Viva took on a more adventurous life, hopping from place to place and never staying anywhere for longer than a couple weeks

20 years later, what is supposed to be a quick in-and-out heads up to her dad about the tour quickly becomes an overwhelming flurry of reactions

Poppy is shocked, suspicious, and very unhappy about her sister's return and her out of character behavior surprises everyone who knows her

The rest of Pop Village, like Branch, have been under the impression that Viva died all those years ago

Trying to settle down the chaos spurred by Viva's arrival, Peppy accidentally slips up about Branch's brothers

Before she left, she had seen Branch's brothers around and known of their existence and can't fathom why her dad would hide something like that

Viva's generally a lot better adjusted to the world around her, but she certainly has her reservations

Viva and Poppy still have their It Takes Two song number, but the context is them rekindling their relationship, learning to understand each other, and coming to terms w/ how much the other has changed

Viva would have come back sooner, but didn't because she was worried that if she did, she'd immediately be put back under all that pressure she ran away from

Or that no one would like her after seeing how much she's changed

Or Poppy wouldn't recognize her

Eventually, too much time had passed and Viva convinced herself that if she went back now, Poppy would hate her, so she just didn't go back

For as extroverted as she is, she doesn't really talk about herself, something that will eventually lead into a good old heart-to-heart w/ her sister

Viva struggles a lot w/ guilt and self-loading over leaving, but she's reached a point where she doesn't regret it because she had to do what was best for herself, even if it meant hurting the ones she loves

I just—she means the world to me. I have more I want to say about her, but it's primarily related to her design, so I'll include that in the next post with the other AU character designs.

#trolls viva #trolls poppy #trolls peppy #until i found you au #uify au

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elthoughtzos · 2 years

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Until I Found You

Dark On Me

Chapter One.

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Synopsis; after the events of Orsis Academy, Kilindi Matako survived and she was taken under the wing of an elderly woman to a village away from Orsis. Years went by and the Nautolan grew into a strong young woman. Always ready to help her people; but the universe seems to have other plans for her. Including someone from her past returning.

Warnings: references about murder and death and some mentions of abuse. Blood, angst.

Rated M for mature content. Minors do not interact.

Four years earlier

An eerie silence filled the classroom as Kilindi fluttered her eyes open and she felt lightheaded as soon as she tried getting up. She had no idea how long it had been since she passed out but one thing was for certain; the wound stung and Kilindi hissed as she tried to move as any kind of movement would aggravate the open wound. But if she didn’t address the stab, she would eventually bleed out. With one hand clutching her stab wound, Kilindi used the other to grab onto a table and pull herself to a standing position. Noticing the trail of blood, a pang of sadness and heartbreak filled her heart as she ripped a piece of an abandoned shirt and used it as gauze to help out with the bleeding.

Kilindi limped her way out of the classroom and the halls were as equally and eerily silent as the classrooms. A shiver ran down her spine at the thought of not being completely alone at Orsis Academy. What if Maul and his master were still here? She thought. She did not want to have an encounter with Maul’s master. But Maul. Maul… she thought angrily. Anger. Sadness. Disappointment. The same person who had defended her when they called her a slave was the reason why she felt weak at the moment and on the verge of passing out again. “You should’ve at least finished the job and stabbed me right in the heart, Maul.” Kilindi said aloud to no one in particular. She continued limping her way out of the building. If Maul and his master were outside, she didn’t care if she died trying to convince Maul to drop his master.

When Kilindi had put a reasonable distance between herself and the academy, she felt too weak to keep going and her movements were growing sluggish each second. She gritted her teeth in agony as the gauze was fully soaked in blood and she dropped on her knees, her vision becoming blurry and the last thing she saw were two figures approaching her. Maul and his master? “Just kill me already…” Kilindi murmured as she slipped into unconsciousness again and the two mysterious figures looked at each other in confusion. She was far too angry with Maul to even care about what they’d do to her; she just wanted this to be over with.

In her state of unconsciousness, the pain was long gone and she felt peaceful. This is it. I’m dead. The two figures that had approached her made sure the young Nautolan still had a pulse and they took Kilindi along with them.

“Maul, there’s something Daleen and I have for you.” Kilindi told him and the young Zabrak’s eyes widened in surprise. He looked eager to know what the surprise was and she smiled. He actually accepted the surprise? “I have to do something and I’ll be right back.” Maul had told her and then she responded with, “I’ll be here waiting.” After that surprise that Daleen and herself set up for him, Kilindi had also harbored feelings towards Maul and was hoping that their relationship would change once they hung out together and became something more.

That dream soon became a nightmare when the memory of Maul came back of him holding a knife and killing everyone in the academy and how she had looked into his eyes and her best friend was gone. In his place was someone else — someone sinister. How she was foolish enough to think that he’d spare her. “You aren’t special.” Her former slaver had told her days before she killed him and his family and escaped. Kilindi remembered how she kissed Maul right before he stabbed her to let him know that she felt the same way about him. And then the knife had been plunged into her. “I guess you’re not interested in that surprise Daleen and I had for you, huh?” She had looked into his eyes and she wasn’t sure if her mind was playing tricks on her but she saw a glint of remorse in his actions.

A white hot pain brought her back into the waking world and her vision came into focus and two unfamiliar figures hovered over her as Kilindi first instinct was to flinch away and her fight or flight mode activated, “let go of me!” Kilindi barked. “Careful there, you don’t want to reopen your wound.” An unfamiliar female voice spoke up. “Who are you? Where am I?” Kilindi hissed as she looked around. In place of the makeshift gauze she had put on herself, there were white bandages covering up the puncture. “I’m Lantha Enes. And this is Jynna Harik. We found you nearly unconscious outside our ship.” The one named Lantha explained. Lantha was an elderly human woman and Jynna was a female twi’lek who looked about her age. “Where are you taking me?” Kilindi asked cautiously. She was not about to let her guard down with two complete strangers whom she wasn’t sure what their intentions with her were. At least not yet.

“We’re heading to Merokia.” Lantha told her and after a few seconds of silence, Kilindi sat up and looked at the two women. “Thank you.. for helping me out but I don’t want to be a burden on anyone so I’ll be on my way once we land.” She commented. “You should at least rest a few days and let the wound heal.” Lantha suggested. The young Nautolan didn’t respond and hissed in pain as she stood up. The three women arrived on the planet of Merokia, to a village and for a moment Kilindi hesitated about getting off the ship. She didn’t feel like she belonged there and at the suggestion of the elderly woman, she’d just let her puncture heal and be on her way. Lantha and Jynna got off the ship with Kilindi following right after. She limped her way and a little Zabrak boy approached her holding a ball. “Oh, don’t bother the young girl and go fetch your mother for the herbs she asked for.” Lantha told the boy and he scurried off, laughing. Kriff… Kilindi thought. She needed to leave this place as soon as possible.

The twi’lek named Jynna quickly started helping the other villagers as Lantha, the elderly woman gestured for Kilindi to follow her. “Here, I’ll show you a place where you can rest.” Lantha commented as both women walked through the small huts where the villagers lived. To her luck, there was an empty hut for Kilindi to stay. “You can stay here for as long as you want. It could be yours.” The older woman suggested. Kilindi was still unsure about whether she’d be staying at Merokia. She felt like an intruder among the other villagers. “Thank you.” She murmured to Lantha as she nodded. “I should let you rest now. If you need anything, I’m right next door.” The kind woman stated as she headed out. “Oh!” She tutted. “Before I forget, don’t do anything that might reopen your wound.” Kilindi gave the elderly woman a half smile as she watched the lady walk off to chat with the habitants of Merokia and closed the door of her hut.

Kilindi hissed in pain as she took a seat on the edge of the bed and slightly lifted her shirt to see the bandages that covered that same spot where her former best friend plunged a knife into. Maul. Her eyes watered at the thought of him and bitter tears slipped down her cheeks as she quickly wiped them off. For the first time in a long time, she was alone. The young Nautolan felt lost. She considered Lantha’s offer about staying but Kilindi felt like she didn’t belong. Due to her past as a slave and the fact that was trained to be a killer assassin at Orsis.

But where would she go? Kilindi had nowhere to go and if Maul’s master found out she survived, she was sure that he’d kill her personally. But if she stayed, her presence posed a danger to the villagers of Merokia.

“Wait. What if I train them personally?” Kilindi suggested to herself. “Looks like I’d have to recover quickly and that means I’d have to stay here…”

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Sleep came by easily by the time Kilindi went to bed and her body felt lighter as she started dreaming. She dreamed of a small child about three or four years old taking her hand and guiding her through a forest, somewhere peaceful. And then she saw him. Her lover. Maul. And then the child looked like the tiny version of himself.

For a moment, Kilindi wakes up for a few seconds then drifts back into a deeper sleep as her dreams begin again.

Kilindi watched as her best friend, Maul, off everyone in Orsis Academy. The young nautolan was too terrified to move as she witnessed him commit these atrocities. “This isn’t my Maul.” She thought. The Maul she has come to care for wouldn’t do this. After all, he had defended her when the other cadets made fun of her for being a former slave. And now his eyes were trained on her. Except in place of his playful smile, he was wearing a frown. The light was gone from his eyes, leaving them cold and blank.

“Maul, there’s something Daleen and I have for you—” She tried telling him but Maul shook his head, bloody tears dripping unnoticed from his chin. Kilindi had to try. She knew her best friend was somewhere in there. “D-do you want to see what it is?” She was terrified by managed to give him a small smile. Maul’s expression flickered for a moment to one of curiosity and changed back to the frown right away. He needed to stay focused. Sidious taught him that. Distractions will only get him killed. And Maul really wanted to tell her why he was doing this. He wanted to tell her about sidious and how the Sith Lord promised him certain death if he didn’t do as told.

His voice came out as a harsh croak. He cleared his throat and tried again. “My master said that I must—”

“But he isn’t here now!” She said, maybe a little too fast. She smiled again.

“It’s just the two of us. He- he doesn’t have to know.” Another hesitation.

For a moment, Maul hesitated sparing her and letting Kilindi walk away unharmed but he knew Sidious would find out if Maul lied. If he was caught in the lie, the punishment would definitely be severe if he got lucky. If not, Sidious was cruel enough to kill her in front of Maul while forcing him to watch and probably, most likely killing him right after. The young Zabrak was at war with himself. His hearts or his master’s orders. And Maul never had the luxury of having what he wanted.

Kilindi carefully took a couple steps forward as she braced herself and leaned down, pressing her lips against his own. Maul gasped, his eyes fluttering. And then she felt it as they pulled away from each other. The cold steel slipped into her stomach and the sharp pain that came along with it as the blood started staining her clothes.

“I guess you’re not interested in that surprise Daleen and I had for you, huh?” Her voice was steady as she looked him in the eye, knowing full well that Daleen was already dead as Kilindi smiled sadly and clutched her stomach.

She slowly slid down the wall as her hands were now stained with her own blood and her vision started to blur. Kilindi glanced at Maul one last time and then her eyes fluttered shut as Maul glanced at her dead body and walked away. He had completed his masters orders. Sidious didn’t want any distractions for his potential apprentice, so he made sure Kilindi would stand in the way.

Kilindi woke up with a jolt, annoyed at such nightmares as she looked out her window. The sun was just peeking and she could hear people outside already starting their day. She changed into some borrowed clothes from Jynna and headed outside to look for Lantha and see what she could help with.

Five Years Later

Kilindi had become a skilled hunter and trained the younger villagers how to fight, for self defense. “And remember, never give your back to your opponent. Cause they’ll find a way to take you down.” She advised them. Her skills and abilities have become an important asset to the village of Merokia and if there was a way for her to repay them for taking her in all those years ago.

“You’re doing very well with training them, Kilindi. Good job.” Khan, a young man that was one or two years older than her complimented her as he passed by. “Thanks!” She called out and Jynna nudged her.

“He definitely likes you..” Jynna snickered and Kilindi shook her head. “He’s just being nice.”

Admittedly, she didn’t want to open up her heart to anyone. She knew to whom her heart belonged to. After all these years. It was still him.

After training, Kilindi joined Khan, Jynna, Lantha and others for hunting. The group headed into the forest as Khan and Kilindi were walking together. “Where did you learn how to fight?” He asked curiously as Kilindi looked straight ahead, then glanced at him for a moment. “I taught myself.. since I’ve been on my own all my life.” She lied smoothly. She wasn’t ready to tell him about her past and where she was trained. “I thought it was important for me to learn.” She continued.

The rest of the group was ahead of them and Khan nodded as he listened to her explain. “It’s really kind of you.. to teach others how to defend themselves. You know, I must admit, I admire you for it.” Khan confessed. Kilindi pressed her lips together in a thin line and didn’t respond as the two walked through the forest.

Jynna was right. But Kilindi didn’t reciprocate the feelings for Khan. She would have to gently turn him down and let him know she only saw him as a friend.

“Oh, umm.. thank you..” She gave him a friendly smile as she climbed a tree to get a better view of the forest. Khan knew that whenever Kilindi climbed into a tree, it was because she was planning on being there for a long time — he joined the rest of the group as Kilindi closely focused. The group knew she preferred hunting on her own so they let her be.

Trees started rustling as Kilindi took careful steps towards the source of the sound, her hand resting on her hip, where her vibroblade was. She dropped to the lower ground as she slowly unsheathed her blade. “Animals?” She thought to herself as a black figure quietly dropped behind her. Then Kilindi sensed it. Someone was behind her. She quickly turned around as her fight or flight instincts activated. “Who are you?” Kilindi managed to ask the hooded figure as it stood with its back to her.

Then he slowly turned around as Kilindi’s heart dropped and she froze. “You.. what are you doing here?” Kilindi asked as she took on a defensive stance.

What was he doing in her village? She hadn’t seen him in years after Orsis and now he was here, standing in front of her. There was a mix of emotions in her heart. The Zabrak lowered his hood and spoke up, “Kilindi?” The young Nautolan woman took a step forward and lightly pressed her vibroblade to his neck. “How did you figure out that I’m living here?” Maul growled as he puffed out his chest and glared down at her. “I see you’re putting your skills to use.” Maul commented.

Kilindi frowned. “Don’t change the topic. What are you doing here, Maul?” Deep inside she was relieved to see him alive and apparently unharmed but she wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of letting him know. At least not now.

“It is by the will of the force, I found you here.” Maul murmured to her.

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