Grian Oneshots

174 ~ Evil's Grian [Short]

AU where Grian is the 'evil counterpart' of Ash, though they are actually twins. Ash was kidnapped when they were 6, and Grian got abandoned in Japan at 8. He was left because they favored Ash heavily and everytime they saw Grian they wished it was Grian who had been taken. Grian was taken in by Sam's family once he trusted Sam, but at 13 he was forced to leave and go back to England with his parents. Grian ran away at 17 to go to YHS with Sam and Taurtis, - he also began going by Xeqlua because he hated his parents - and grew disappointed when his parents hadn't reported him missing after two years. At 21 Grian was given his first comms unit, and assigned to Salted's server as a builder. Salted saw how traumatized Grian was and basically adopted him, while getting him the help he needed. At 24 Grian created Evo, and at 26 he joined Hermitcraft. During his time with the Watchers (he was 24-25), he met Ash again. Ash was corrupted so it looked like Grian was the Good version.

Salted has multiple nicknames for Grian, most based off when he went by Xeqlua. (Xel; La/Lu; El; Ela;)

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Grian fell onto the tile floor, flipping some of the pans he hit. Grian felt the tears falling down onto the tiles as he shook. Everything burned. Loud footsteps approached the blonde, pausing momentarily, before rushing to the blonde.

The person picked Grian up, and quickly brought the blonde to another room. He opened his eyes tiredly, and his eyes lit up with happiness, before they closed once again. Salted - his father figure - was the one attending to his wounds.

A heavy weight began tugging at his conciousness, making it slow down. The pain became duller, until he barely felt it. And his mind slowed to a stop.

...

He awoke in the dark with a light weight on his knee, the bed dipping on the same side. Grian slowly sat up and looked down at the Hybrid. Shame consumed him as he teared up. He shouldn't be at Salted's, Salted didn't need to be involved, nor did he need to deal Grian's shit.

"Xel?" Salted asked, grabbing Grian's wrists. Grian stared at Salted in fear. Salted sighed and loosened his hold. "Xel, you okay?"

The tears began falling as the blonde curled in on himself. Salted let Grian's hands rest on the blonde's legs, instead wrapping his arms around the blonde.

"I am so sorry- I'm sorry- I'm so sorry-" Grian repeated over and over again.

"Grian. Its fine." Salted rubbed circles into the smaller's back, hoping to calm Grian down.

Salted just held Grian as Grian sobbed and kept apologizing. Maybe a few minutes after it began, the language changed to Galactic instead of English. Salted frowned at that.

Although Grian kept what happened on Evo mostly tight lipped, Salted wasn't an idiot and pieced it together. Grian was chosen by the race called Watchers to be the third Prime. Grian had refused because it would mean destroying Evo, so he warned his friends about the Watchers. Watchers invaded, three hadn't left in time and was caught up in the rubble. The Watchers used them against Grian, torturing the three.

During their escape, they found out one could be controlled by the Watchers, so they had to kill Taurtis. Taurtis had asked Grian to do it, because he trusted him, and Grian did so. He stayed with the body a little longer then the other two, resulting in the portal to change from one server to another.

Grian landed in Hermitcraft Season 6, and hid from the Hermits for a bit as he tried to contact Salted or the others. Due to realms not lining up on the same time, two years had passed for the other two, a day for Salted - for the entire event of Grian's kidnapping - , and only a few minutes in the Watcher Realm for Grian.

Grian approached X and stated he was confused when he had woken up on the world and hadn't recognized anyone, so he hid. X welcomed him as a new hermit, and Grian began to work on his bases while pranking Mumbo, a very old friend from before Grian knew Salted.

Whenever talking about what happened during his past, Grian would become panicked and either speak Japanese - usually he spoke this if it was loosely related to YHS or if he was frustrated with something a- or full on Standard Galactic.

But there was also another thing that caused the Galactic, asking about his evil counterpart would make him freeze and basically be trapped in his mind as he relived his memories of his twin. Any question asked during that time would be answered in Galactic, and even hours after he came out of it, he would have to correct himself - or stop completely - from speaking Galactic.

With Grian's injuries and the state of his wings - which Grian would never let get harmed, let alone allow most people see - it was terrifyingly difficult to keep himself from blowing up for someone attacking his -son- friend.

"...Xel?" Salted asked. Grian sniffled as he looked up to Salted. "Are you okay, La?"

Grian shivered as he shook his head.

"What happened?" Salted asked, moving his hand up to rub the tear stains off Grian's cheek.

"Iℸ ̣ 'ᓭ リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ||𝙹⚍ リᒷᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸ᒷᔑꖎ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑..." Grian whimpered out. (It's not something you need to deal with...)

Now he didn't know much Galactic, but he didn't need too, to know what Grian was saying. Grian had said that same thing multiple times, and the meaning had been burned into his memory.

"Lu, I love you. I want to help." Salted reinforced, carding his hand through Grian's hair.

"...Aᓭ⍑ ╎ᓭ ʖᔑᓵꖌ..." Grian said, lowering his head. "...Aリ↸ ⍑ᒷ ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᔑᓵꖌᒷ↸ ᒲᒷ ↸⚍∷╎リ⊣ ᔑ ⎓╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣  ʖᒷℸ ̣ ∴ᒷᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒷ⍊╎ꖎ ᓵ𝙹⚍リℸ ̣ ᒷ∷!¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ᓭ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒲ╎ℸ ̣ ᓭ... I ⚍ᓭᒷ↸ ᒲᔑ⊣╎ᓵ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᒷᓭᓵᔑ!¡ᒷ..." (...Ash is back...) (...And he attacked me during a fight between the evil counterparts and the hermits... I used magic to escape...)

Salted furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. Grian glanced up to Salted when he didn't hear a response, and saw the soft confused smile on Salted's face. Grian thought over what he said that would've confused Salted.

"...Was that not english...?" Grian muttered.

"No, sorry Xel..." Salted shook his head but kept the reassuring smile.

"...The Hermits were fighting their evil counterparts and I was with Stress and Joe healing injuries, when Ash attacked me... I used my magic to teleport here when he threw an explosion at me..." Grian said, looking down as an embarrassed blush covered his face.