Guidance of the Morning Stars

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Standing in the doorway is none other than Papa Nihil and Sister Imperator. My red orbs go wide with shock. Sister is wearing her signature black outfit, and Papa is dressed in his robes, but something is off, he's kinda blue... and...... see-through? They step in, and my mom points at me.

"Yeah, there's the girl, now hand over my money and leave." My mom crosses her arms and refuses to look at me.

"Wait... money?" I'm so confused, am I being sold? C'mon, this isn't some 'Sold to One Direction' fanfic-

"Yeah, I sold you to this church for money for drugs and alcohol. And maybe the church can help straighten you out." I can't believe my own fucking mother sold me.

She continued, "So you better pack your bags and leave, cuz I don't want you in my house anymore."

I looked around in shock... did she even know who these people were? Well, I had SO many dreams about this but... I didn't think it would actually happen? It seems so unreal, like I'm in a fanfic even! This is even more shocking than the dream face reveal.

Nihil and Seestor looked at me expectedly. I put on a wide smile and turned around, running back up to my room to pack my stuff. I grabbed all of my band merch, making sure to carefully fold all of the ghost shirts. I grabbed all of my vinyls and stacked them on top of my record player. I lifted all of it and sat it in a box. I filled a few more boxes with all of my smaller stuff, like makeup and my games. I was about to walk out of my door when I remembered something. I rushed back to my closet and grabbed the shiny black box off of the top shelf. I opened the box, and inside was my shiny ghoulette mask. My job at Hot Topic didn't pay much, but I had saved up enough to buy the mask. It's my prized possession. I grabbed all the bags and boxes I had packed, and walked back downstairs.

"I'm ready to go!" My face was hurting from smiling so hard, but I didn't care. Seestor handed my mom (not my mom anymore? idk-) a fat wad of cash, and then started out the door. I followed close behind. They led me to a black car across the street. The windows were heavily tinted, but I could see a glimpse of someone in the driver's seat, was it a ghoul?

"So uhhh.... What's gonna happen now?" I fidget in my seat, feeling kinda awkward.

Seestor turns towards me, "I hope you don't mind long car rides, it will take quite a while to get back to the abbey."

THE ABBEY?? Holy shit, this is actually real, I was bought by my favorite band of all time! Now that I think about it.... Being "bought" sounds kinda weird, but it's whatever- I pull out my phone and open tiktok. I love to watch edits of the ghouls, it's my favorite way to pass time. I scroll until I come across a ship edit to Mary on a Cross, it's of Papa Nihil and..... QUEEN ELIZABETH??? Oh, wow, uhm- Okay? It was weird, but a really good edit tho, so I liked it anyway. I spent a little while longer on tiktok before I opened tumblr. My tumblr feed is always full of the best edits and art of the papas and ghouls.

Speaking of the papas... I really wish I could've met Terzo, he was totally the hottest Papa. Too bad he's dead. But hey, there's still Copia, and he's pretty hot too. I start thinking about all of the ghouls, when the realization hits me harder than that stale loaf of Wonderbread my mom threw at me that one time.

I'LL GET TO MEET ALL OF THE GHOULS-

I start to wonder what they would all be like in person. Would they act like they do on stage, or would they be totally different? Will Aether and Sodo still be as sussy? Will Rain act all shy or is he a total bad boy? Is Swiss actually as fruity as he seems? Ngl, all of the ghouls are so hot (especially Swiss). Will they play among us with me? Speaking of among us, I open the app on my phone to play. I always rp as one of the ghouls, usually Aether. I create a server and play a few rounds before I get bored, then I open Ibis Paint. I click on the ref sheet for my ghoul-sona. She's a really awesome multi-ghoul with every element, and she plays the accordion. She looks so emo, just like me. I get bored of drawing really quick, so I decide to put on my headphones and listen to more Ghost.

I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I know, Seestor is tapping my shoulder and telling me we've arrived. I gather the bags beside me and slide out of the car. I look up at the huge building in front of me. Seestor and Nihil are talking about something, but I can't tell what they're saying. I was too focused on studying the details of the church in front of me.

THIS PLACE IS HUGE- How will I ever be able to find my way around it? It's like a whole castle-

I finally tune back in when I feel Seestor place her hand on my shoulder.

"Do you understand all of that, Y/N?" She looks at me intently. I shy away from her touch, embarrassed at the fact that I wasn't even listening at all.

"Uh... No, sorry. Could you repeat it?" She must have noticed that I was entranced by the building tha now must be my home, because she just smiles and repeats what she had said. I notice that a few ghouls in Meliora era outfits step out of the building, and I try not to fangirl super hard.

"Ah, there they are. This ghoul will show you to your room, and the others will help carry your stuff. You will have time to unpack and settle in, and then you will be shown around the abbey, and given details on all the things you need to know, but based on your outfit, I'm guessing you already know quite a bit about us." She smiles at me, and I can only smile back and nod, cause I'm afraid if I speak I'll just start ranting about how much I love the band.

I look over to the ghoul who is supposed to be showing me to my room. He looks kinda familiar. I gaze down at his hands, looking for any rings or tattoos that might help me identify him. When I see the thick silver bands on his fingers, I know exactly who I'm looking at.

It's Omega.

I look up at him, my red orbs gleaming with amazement. I'm trying to contain the amount of fangirling I'm doing, but at this point it's incredibly difficult. I'm pretty sure my hands are shaking. He looks down at me, and runs his eyes over the stuff I'm wearing. I can't tell if he approves or not, the mask makes it hard to see his expression. He reaches out, probably to shake my hand.

"Hi, I'm-" I also reach out, and shake his hand.

"Omega, yeah I know, I really really really like Ghost, and it's so nice to meet you."

He stares at me in shock, but then starts to laugh. He tells me to follow him, and that he'll take me to my new room. I follow close behind him, and we talk about different things as we walk. He asks me questions about myself like my favorite color, if i played any instruments, and what kind of things I like to do. He also asks me about how much I knew about the Ghost project, what my favorite song and era are, and if I had a favorite ghoul or Papa.

"Well, uh... I know, like, basically ALL of the lore (I totally didn't make a whole 90 slide presentation to explain it to my friend Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way). My favorite era is most definitely the Meliora era, but I really like all of them. I couldn't possibly choose a favorite ghoul, literally everyone is awesome, but my favorite Papa is most definitely Terzo. I really liked him."

Omega seemed to approve of my choices, which, I mean, all of them were the correct answers, obviously. As we walk down the hall, we pass several other ghouls in various era outfits, as well as people who I guessed were the Brothers and Sisters (and/or Siblings). Finally we stopped at a door in a long hallway. All of the other doors had names on them,so I'm guessing they belonged to the Sisters that lived there. Omega opened the door and motioned me inside.

The room had obviously not had any occupants in a while. The dresser, desk, shelves, and table were all covered in a thick layer of dust.

"Obviously it needs to be cleaned up a little. No one else except Sister Imperator and Papa Nihil knew of your arrival, so there wasn't time to properly clean. You're welcome to decorate how you see fit, and there should be some extra blankets and sheets in the closet. I'll leave you to unpack, and I'll be back later to show you around properly." He waved as he shut the door behind him, and I gazed around what was to be my new home. Yeah, I can work with this. I opened the closet to look for the sheets Omega had mentioned, there was no way in hell that I would sleep on the ones that were on it now. While I had the closet open, I also put the box with my mask in it on the top shelf. After I shut the closet door, I threw my bags down onto the bed, which threw up a cloud of dust. I coughed and waved away the dusty air.

Yeah, this is gonna take a while to clean.