𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱

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Aether's POV ;
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I slowly open my eyes, squinting at the noise a familiar pixie was making.

"TRAVELER! WAKE UP, WAKE UP!" the pixie known as "Paimon" said frantically as they attempted to shake awake their now conscious friend.

"Where are we, and where are the rest of the group?" I asked. I hadn't seen them or heard any of their voices yet, other than Paimons'.

"They're over there waiting for you to wake up!" She said excitedly while pointing to a direction where I could see all my friends standing and conversing about something.


I winced from trying to stand up from the rocky ground, my back aching a little due to the impact I had when I fell.

I shortly succeeded as I walked over to my friends ; The 2 broke archons, moody teen who has a thing for 'Almond Tofu', and a red - head who has a liking torward grape juice.

"It appears we are no longer in Liyue, and rather, a foreign land." I heard Zhongli speak and decided to check to see of anyone was hurt.

"Hey guys, you alright? How long have I been out?" I asked the other four as they all turned their attention to me.

"I'm perfectly fine! I woke up and found Xiao sitting in the corner, just zoned out looking at nothing!" The bard said, as if it were no big deal or anything.

'Of course you're fine' I thought to myself.

"Xiao woke up first as us three woke up shortly after. It's been about 7 or 8 minutes since we all woke up?" Diluc looked over to me and Paimon.

"In short, we're fine! You guys gotta stop talking so formal when we're with each other, loosen up!" Venti said as he lightly smacked Diluc on the back.

Diluc sighed, "I should've expected this from you, bard. But no less, you are the god of freedom. No surprise those words came out of your mouth."

Diluc rolled his eyes visibly, as Venti on the other hand acted offended.

"You guys! Someone's coming!" Paimon shrieked. We all heard the footsteps coming from the alleyway nearby.

"Hide!" Diluc whisper shouted.

With that, we all scurried in different ways, trying to avoid being visible. Paimon and I found a spot behind green - boxes filled with all sorts of stuff (Dumpsters lol).

Me and Xiao looked over at each other as we then turn our stares to the entrance of the alley - way. The person is getting closer, guessing by the sound of the leaves on the ground being stepped on by a certain someone.

*Crunch*

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It was a girl. She had [H/C] hair, [E/C] eyes, and white strings that connected to her ears? Following the string, it seems to be comnected to whatever that girl is holding in her hand. Strange.

"What the-" the girl approached the area I once laid unconscious in. "Why the hell is there a hole in the ground? Like it was, dug up..?" She narrowed her eyes and looked over to the rest of the area.

She widened her eyes as she realised that it wasn't the only one. There were four more that looked bigger and or smaller than others.

I observed her until I saw Xiao summoning his polearm. I sent him a look, "Don't-!"-

He jumped out of his hiding place and held his polearms pointy - edge to the girls' neck.

"Who are you, and who sent you. What are your intents?" He sent a cold glare at the girl who surprisedly looked more shocked, than scared, but that's one reaction he expected.

"BRO OMG drop the weapon- I'm not with anyone, I'm alone! I didn't do anything wrong, I swear!" She panicked, and pulled the string out of her ear from earlier and held it in her hands while she put her hands up into a defensive way.

"Wait holy shit- are you real? You aren't just a cosplayer, are you?" The girl questioned.

'wait- what's a cosplayer???"

"Don't threaten her yet Xiao! You shouldn't hit a girl! Bad manners, and plus, we just met them!" Venti then came out of his hiding spot, putting a hand on Xiao's shoulder, making Xiao lower his weapon.

"VENTI? HOW MANY MOREARE THERE OF YOU GUYS? MAYBE 2 OR 3???" The girl screamed in confusion. And to think she was right.

"Yup! Who are you exactly? Are you with the Fatui?" Paimon floats out of the hiding place, causing me to aswell, leaving Diluc and Zhongli to come out.

"I'm Y/N L/N, and you guys are cosplayers right? Unless you guys are like, for real then.." She looked at us like we were some kind of thing on display, where she could look at us freely, and full of curiosity.

"We-" Aether got cut off as soon as we heard the new noise coming from the alley - way the same girl came from.

The girls eyes widen in realization of something "BRO WE GOTTA MOVE. You need to get out of here! If people find out you even exist in this world, a LOT of things might happen for the worse. You haven't evem met your fans." The girl muttered the last bit.

Y/N ran ahead while signaling for us to follow. I decided to, but only me and Paimon did.

"Why should we trust you? You could be luring us into a trap to capture us. Why would you help us anyway?" Diluc said defensively. He was really skeptical of this person. why am I going with her anyway?

"Either way, you guys won't survive in this world if your existance gets exposed. And i'm helping you because I know who you guys are and you're good people. Plus, you guys would rather have someone from this world inform you about this world than have to learn about it yourselves, am I wrong?"

She said as she turned her head to face the rest of the group. She spoke genuinely.

"That would be wiser, and safer. I say we go with this lady." Zhongli states as he crosses his arms.

"Thank you! Atleast Zhongli gets it" you roll your eyes.

"How do you know his name?" Paimon asks Y/N as she puts a finger on her cheek.

"There's no time, i'll explain later! Right now we gotta go before more people come! So let's go, follow me!" The girl grabbed my wrist and started running, Venti and Diluc chasing behind us, leaving Xiao and Zhongli behind.

"Zhongli, there must be another way we can escape, or else how can we trust a girl we have never-" Xiao was cut off.

"She's the only one we know of as right now, she seems to know about us already, and maybe even about where we came from and why we are here. " Zhongli quickly said as he jogged over to the four of us.

Xiao sighed as he ran after us swiftly.


'They're all so reckless.'

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