The Umbrella Academy Fanfics

Number Eight (Diego Hargreeves)

A request from Tumblr: "Could you make a Diego Hargreeves x reader where she is number 8 and her power is elemental? Where she is part of the Sparrow Academy and she is the caretaker of the greenhouse there. When she meets Diego she falls for him and him for her, but Lila gets there and starts a fight with the academy's"

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It was just another typical day for Y/N. Waking up, eating breakfast with her family, reading books, and eating lunch with her family again. Then, Y/N and her siblings would go to their separate ways. Her siblings will train as always with their father guiding them while she will hang out in their greenhouse since she volunteered to be the caretaker. Her dad thought it would be a waste of time for Y/N to undergo unnecessary training since she had already perfected her elemental powers. According to him, taking care of the greenhouse can relax her senses which is true.

She stopped in front of the door of the greenhouse after seeing the door was unlocked. She inspected it closer and speculated that it was opened by using a knife. A really sharp knife.

Y/N entered slowly inside the huge greenhouse and gasped at what she saw. A shaggy haired man sitting by the apple tree with cores of apple surrounding him. It looks like he already ate four of it.

I know him!

When their eyes met, the stranger stopped eating the apple in his hand. Y/N saw him grabbing a sharp knife from his waist. She used her powers to stop him from doing so.

The stranger struggled in his position. His eyes widened before speaking up in a deadly voice, "What did you do to me?"

Y/N walked towards him before sitting down in front of him. She pointed up in the sky as she smiled, "Sun casts a shadow on you. I control your shadow. And now, you can't move."

He scoffed, "You can just kill me right away. Why are you hesitating?"

Probably because ever since I saw you in our house, I grew interest of you. And now that we're face to face, I can't help but get nervous.

Of course, she won't say anything like that. She shrugged coolly, "One advantage of having elemental powers is to be able to identify the type of energy inside people. If they are good, then their energy is light. If they are bad, then their energy is dark."

She continued, "When you and your siblings suddenly appeared in our house, I sensed six light energy."

He hesitantly asked her, "You sure there's only six?"

"Yeah. Why?" She saw how his face changed into a sad one as he looked on the ground. She wanted to find out more about this but she decided not to press him.

Releasing him from her grasp, she stood up. She turned around to walk away. She let him do his own thing. He can test her by throwing knives at her (of course, he will lose). Or he can just simply walk away as if nothing even happened. I hope he'll stay though.

She heard rustling behind her so she assumed that he stood up. "Why should I trust you?"

She turned around to look at him again with a smile on her face, "I didn't say anything about trusting me. But I know you need help."

"You're the number eight of the Sparrow Academy, right? How would I know you're on our side?"

Y/N thought about her next words very carefully. "I didn't say anything about choosing sides. I'm just pointing out that you either let me help you and your siblings or you don't."