It was a Time For Gargoyles

I'm tired Red

Authors note: This is also definitely not my best writing but here is the chapter, Artwork also from DeviantArt but don't have the URL again. Hope you all have a great week, I'm procrastinating on doing my homework at the moment. 

"now how does that make you feel?" 

Brooklyn helped me calm down, enough to talk to my dad, I didn't explain everything but enough. We talked to Elisa and then went to David for help. he apparently knew a doctor that could be trusted enough to know all my secrets. How many of those secrets did she really want to know probably none of them. 

"Listen, lady, it doesn't matter how I feel, as long as my clan is safe then everything is fine" I spit out angrily crossing my arms. I'm currently in my human form as everyone agreed it would make the doctor more comfortable than my original form. 

"that's the problem though isn't it, you've had to put your feelings aside for so long that now you actually feel them and you don't know how to handle it". 

"you have no idea what I can handle" 

"A lot from what I hear, David gave me some background information on you, was in a coma for 1,000 years, had to see the bodies of your entire clan destroyed around you, almost died multiple times, you also have incredible power that keeps growing". 

"Don't analyze me" 

"There's more right?" 

We sit in silence for a second as I sigh, knowing that I should talk to her; I know I need help that these feelings aren't going to go away. 

"My powers took me to the future, I saw my boyfriend there, I was tortured, mind-controlled, he..he died in my arms" 

"and when you got back here seeing your boyfriend must have been difficult," she says giving me a sad look, the look of pity. Hating that look I divert my eyes sighing "yes, it was"

"It was like everything I went through didn't happen, like I was supposed to pretend that I wasn't..." 

"that you aren't the same person, that the events that in that reality never happened in this one"

I nod as she writes things in a note pad letting me look out the window, we're at Castle Wynn thanks to David, thinking it's kinda ironic, the place where it all started is the place I seek the help I need. 

Once my session ends I leave the room walking into David's office him looking up at me "Ah Delphi how was your session?" he asks but I shake my head "I can't believe all of you are making me do this". 

I sit down in a chair in front of him with my arms crossed making him smile a little "Goliath said your not yourself so he thinks this is necessary". 

"This is your fault anyway" I mutter him giving me a look "what?" 

"This is all your fault" I jump to my feet pacing now "If you hadn't woken us up if you hadn't betrayed us if you didn't try to take over the world in the future if you didn't kill Brooklyn"

I slump against the wall as he comes and sits in front of me on the floor as I cry, I finally let it out and cry. In front of Xanatos of all people, my enemy, then friend, then enemy again, and back to a friend.  I shouldn't have mentioned the future but I didn't care at the moment, if it breaks something I'll fix it like always. 

"you killed Brooklyn, you tortured me, I was your prisoner for 7 months, I want to be mad at you, I want to hate you but I can't" I look at him as he has an unreadable expression on his face "your not him, your not the same person that did all that to me but you could be someday". 

"Delphi, I haven't done things I'm proud of but I want this backward friendship between us to work, I have no idea what happened in the future but whatever you need I'm here," he says making me cry harder. 

David moves next to me as I lean my head against him taking deep breaths, My therapist said talking it through is going to help me, that I need to face these things head-on, maybe reconciling with David is the first step. 

After my little cry session pt 2 for the day, I leave the castle deciding that instead of teleporting that walking would do me some good, grabbing some coffee from a local cafe taking in the city. 

"Delphi?" 

I hear behind me seeing Matt as he walks out of a business surprising me "Bluestone, Hey" I walk over to him giving him a side hug as he covered to drive me to the station but I shake my head telling him I need a walk. We exchange pleasantries before I leave my smile fading.  

I make it back to the clock tower an hour before dark, I climb to where I'm sitting at the very top of the building watching the sun slowly make its way under the horizon. 

I blink a few times, the image of future new york making its way into my mind making me frown and bring my knees to my chest. 

Will, it always be like this, fighting the visions, the nightmares till I'm exhausted beyond my control. trying to understand what is real and not. what might happen or what is really happening. 

"Thought I'd find you here" I hear seeing my red Gargoyle sit next to me not realizing the time, how the sun had already set on my uneventful day. 

"How was your session?" he asks sitting close to me, watching me as I still sit with my knees to my chest, my wings and tail draped behind me. 

"I'm tired Red," I say finally listening to the sounds of the loud city as he looks at me sadly "I want things to go back to normal, but I'm the one that can't let it go back". 

"It's not your fault, you have to let yourself heal," he says holding out his arm giving me the choice if I want his embrace or not. 

I do 

I do want his embrace more than anything at the moment, so I let myself have that, his warm strong embrace that lets me feel like everything will be okay and not falling apart at the seams. 

"Have you gotten any sleep?" he asks as I shake my head "the nightmares always come back". 

"would you like to try, I'll go lay with you," he asks very generously but I shake my head "No I don't want to waste our time night by sleeping". 

"Do you think if I asked Titania to reverse the 'gift' I was given she'd do it?" I ask as he looks at me surprised. "I don't know, is that something you'd want?" 

"I don't know, I was thinking about it, how if I hadn't had this gift a lot of bad things would have happened but also not happened at the same time". 

A moment passes before either of us say anything when he hugs me tighter "Would you like to go to the beach, I know it's one of your favorite spots" 

"No, I don't do water very well anymore," I say making him sigh and laugh a little which makes me smile a little. 

"Can we go on patrol, that feels like the right thing to do" I say which he nods saying he'll go get the other two boys and Angela. 

Maybe, Things can finally go back to normal 

word count: 1290

Another note: sorry it's so short guys, I'll probably update again knowing me in a day or so