"Little Lady" || Laurance Zvhal x Fem!Reader - MCD

Chapter Eleven : Reflection

Laurance and Y/N had stayed in the hug for a little longer but it didn't last since Y/N remembered the situation they were in.

The king was dead, so were his people.

Y/N went over to Fenrir as fast as she could in that dress. He looked solemnly down at the bloody body of his father. 

"F-father.. my people.."

Y/N looks at Ylva, "Why are you so calm?!" 

Ylva grabs Y/N's hand, "I've dealt with much worse.. but you need to leave right now.." When Ylva let go of her hand, she realized that there was something cold and hard resting in her palm. 

"The keys to the dungeon, now leave.."

Y/N left without question, sure the king had died, but to her, he deserved it. Fenrir didn't deserve to have his father die though. 

Without a second thought, she ran off, holding Laurance's hand. She immediately went down to the dungeon, handing Laurance's the keys for Aphmau and Katelyn's cellar. 

"Get them out, I'll get Abby."

Laurance without hesitation, nodded and went down into Katelyn's cellar first. Y/N ran over and unlocked the cellar, struggling down another ladder since her wedding dress was a bit on the longer side. 

Y/N quickly ran toward the door, unlocking with shaking hands, Abby looked at her with a shocked expression. 

"Ophelia? How do you have a dungeon key? What's going on?"

"Abby we need to go, the werewolves are going to come after us any minute!" 

Abby gulps before nodding, "Alright, what is our escape plan?"

"In cellar four, there's a secret door,"

Hey, that rhymes

Abby nods and follows Y/N up the ladder and them down another ladder to cellar four. Katelyn was tapping the farthest wall, probably looking for a button or hidden door and Laurance was searching in one of the cells. Aphmau was looking in the other cell.

"Abby, start looking." "Gotcha!" Abby went to search and Y/N looked at all of them, "Has anyone found anything yet?"

Katelyn looks back at her over her shoulder and says, "No, but you better explain what happened later!"

Abby and Y/N were looking on the wall closest to Laurance. Aphmau found the door near the ladder. "Guys! I found it! Let's go!"

Y/N grabs her dress and dashes out the door into this cave. They all didn't stop running until they were out. 

Once they had stopped, they all took a moment to catch their breath, Y/N was breathing heavily and she felt like she wanted to throw up. 

She ignored the feeling and went over to talk to Abby. "Ophelia, how did you get the key? And what happened back there?" She must've sensed the tension the girl was feeling. 

She told Abby everything that had happened, Abby stayed quiet though most of it, only making confused and angry faces. They weren't meant for Y/N however. 

"I thought I was taken prisoner because I refused the King's request to be a hired mercenary for him.. this- this is worse.." Abby rubs her face anxiously.

"I can't stay with you, I must go.. Even though I am very grateful that you saved me, I can't have this on my hands. I hope you understand. If we ever see each other again, just know you have a friend to count on. Goodbye.."

Y/N nods bravely and watches as Abby runs away into the forest, slowly but surely leaving Y/N's line of sight. 

They were all quiet for a moment.

It took Y/N a while to realize that Laurance was holding things, things that looked to be their stuff. "I had time to get some of our stuff.."

He hands Y/N her satchel and her bow. Y/N happily grabs her stuff, looking for her dagger. 

She took it out and began cutting the dress to make it shorter, she got it to her knees and she was satisfied with that length. 

Since Aphmau and Katelyn didn't really have anything other than their undergarments on, Y/N gave them the longer remains of the bottom of her wedding dress. 

The girl felt relief after cutting away some of the dress, it was like she was cutting away the emotions associated with the use of this dress. 

Katelyn and Aphmau nodded, silently showing their thanks since she could see that they were shivering a little bit. 

While all that was happening, Laurance had ran off, Aphmau and Katelyn saw where he went but Y/N couldn't. "Ophelia, I think you should talk to Laurance about whatever happened.. he looked so- dejected."

Katelyn points in the direction that he went in. She slung her bow over her head and put her quiver on as well. 

She ran in the direction where Katelyn pointed and saw a lake. 

Once she got down to the lake, she saw a sad looking Laurance peering down at his own reflection in the lake. He sat on a small pile of leaves that Y/N sat on as well when she went to greet him. She sat close to him as they sat in comfortable silence for a bit.

"So what are you doing over here, Laurance?"

He replies but doesn't look at her, "Look at me.. I'm a monster.."

Y/N sighs, looking at Laurance's reflection, "You're not a monster.."

"You just don't want to believe it's true.."

When he makes eye contact with her, she could tell he was scared and tired, most likely scared of himself. 

"I mean, it probably wouldn't have been a big deal if I died, but you- you have people who care for you, and you did what you had to. They would've beheaded you.." She hesitates before grabbing his hand, holding it. 

Laurance seemed to be surprised by this but it didn't stop him from holding her hand back. 

He inhales and exhales loudly, laying down and since their hands are still together, Y/N lays down as well to stay comfortable. "Take my mind off things.." he turns his head to her, no longer looking at the night sky. 

"The kiss on the cheek, I- I didn't expect that honestly. Why- how did you know that would work?"

Y/N's ears turn pink, she's still looking away, at the sky. "Well, I figured it would distract you and maybe calm you down? I'm not- really sure..?" 

The peck on the cheek was something she didn't expect either really. The way she felt about him, she was unsure about that as well. Feelings weren't really something she wanted to talk about right now either.

"I think we need to tal-"

Y/N sits up suddenly, letting Laurance's hand go, "Well, um we should go back to Aphmau and Katelyn.." She stood up, Laurance following suit.

He was about to say something, but he stopped, "Wait- there's something.. over there, in the bushes.. stay here.." Y/N isn't sure whether or not she wants to draw her bow, since it could be Aphmau or Katelyn. 

She settles for taking her dagger out and walks behind Laurance even though he told her to stay. 

Next thing she knew, Laurance was knocked out cold right in front of her.