𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡

𝐙𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐋'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

Blood gushed from my nose and onto the snow. I screamed and shoved the boy. His comrades laughed and he shoved me back. I stumbled back and almost fell. 

"Give it up bastard, go run to your dad, Pantalone." 

I snapped my head towards the boy and spat right into his face. Sephiran stood quietly behind me. He bit his lip to cover his sobbing. Blood covered his jaw. 

"I'll kill you all!" I screamed at all of them. I grabbed one of my daggers by the handle and threw it right into the boy's head. 

"Zephial?" 

I snapped back to reality and blinked. Mom stood in the doorframe of my bedroom. Sephiran was dead asleep across the room. 

"Why are you still up?" She asked calmly and walked inside. 

I looked away.  She sat on the edge of my bed. 

𝐘/𝐍'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

I smiled slightly and looked at Zephial. He didn't turn his head. 

"You don't have to go to sleep right now, Zephial you're old enough-" I started. 

"Is Pantalone my dad?" The question hit me like a sword to the gut. 

"What?" He turned his head to me. 

"No, Zephial, your dad is Dottore." I held his hand. 

"Why are they saying Pantalone is my dad?" He demanded. 

"Because kids are mean and like to pick on those who don't fight back." 

"I'd fight back but you won't allow me." He hissed. 

"Are you angry with me?" I looked him in the eyes. 

"Yes- No, I don't know." He hugged his knees and pulled his hand away from his grasp. 

I frowned. 

"Why can't I be like you?" He looked at me, a frown on his face. 

I tilted my head. "In what way?" 

"So perfect. You know how to deal with things without violence. You know how to calm everyone down." 

I smiled. "I'm not as perfect as you think." 

"Why do you say that?" 

"I've done some things, Zephial, things that most people would not agree with." The thought of a begging Signora ran through my head, How I killed the past Cryo Archon...

"You're perfect to me, mom." 

"Thank you Zephial, that means a lot to me. You're perfect- no you're awesome." I kissed the top of his head. "Don't listen to what those kids tell you, they're just jealous cause your mom and dad are important people." I smiled. 

"When is my brother coming?" He blinked, and my cheeks reddened. "What's wrong with Sephiran?" 

"He cries too much." Zephial crossed his arms. 

"So? You cried too when you were 12." I looked at Sephiran. 

"But I want a new brother." 

"Have you been hanging out with Aunty Columbina?" I looked at him and he instantly turned his head and fell quiet. 

"Figured as much." I sighed. "Try and get some sleep Zephial." I kissed his forehead and got up. He laid down on his side, facing Sephiran. 

I turned off his lamp and left. I closed the door and water particles smeared against the wall like blood caught my attention. 

I followed the trail. It's too late to do this but...

I poked my head around the corner and quickly hid behind the wall. That fucker Alfonse was flirting with one of my maidens. 

She was blushing and giggling. I gagged slightly. A small water bubble was above his palm. He made it into multiple creatures. I dusted off my nightgown and walked around the corner. 

"Fontaine is truly a place to visit." Alfonse grinned. 

"So are your bed chambers." 

The maiden turned suddenly and quickly bowed. She apologized and made a fast walk for it. 

"Well, isn't it the one and only princess of the north?" Alfonse leaned against the wall and smirked. I rolled my eyes. He made the water bubble disappear. 

"Isn't it the womanizer?" I walked past him. 

"You have beautiful children, Y/N." 

I stopped dead in my tracks. 

Everything fucking stopped. 

I went to grab him by the throat, but he had the upper hand and pinned my hands above my head and onto the wall. 

"How do you know about my children-" 

"Met them while exploring." He smiled and held my chin. He lifted it up to face him. 

"If you ever speak to them again I'll drag your tongue out of your mouth and strangle you with it." I hissed and struggled. 

He only chuckled. "If you were to say that in my nation, you would've been executed or worse." He eyed me down. 

I kneed him roughly in the gut, and he coughed. He dropped my hands. My Gnosis screamed in response to another Gnosis being in the room and I slammed my hands into his throat. 

"Don't you ever touch me again." I hissed.  

Alfonse grabbed me by the throat, flipped me over, and threw me into the wall by the stomach. I winced. Standing behind me, he chuckled. He ran a hand through my hair. 

"Well, I wasn't expecting this." His grip got tighter and I scratched and tugged at his hand. "Truly an interesting Archon you are, Y/N." He kissed the top of my head. "Let us continue this another time, sweet princess."  

I threw my head back to hit him, but I hit nothing. I stumbled back and Alfonse was nowhere to be seen. My gnosis calmed down and I cursed. The water particles remained. I rubbed my throat as I made my way back to my room. I stopped and turned back to the room my boys slept in. I will not leave them alone if Alfonse knows them. 

𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

I sat across the leader of the Harbingers. I crossed one leg over the other and fiddled with a pyro vision. 

"Why are you actually here, Lysithea?" Pierro asked, placing some of the papers on his desk into a drawer. 

"You heard what I said, Pierro. Unless you're deaf from aging." I smiled. He chuckled. 

Snow covered my wrists and they slammed themselves into each other. I flinched slightly. 

"You ought to think I'm a fool, but I'm far from it." He smirked. "Are you aware of how easily I can make you and your other comrades into my puppets?" He tilted his head slightly. 

"I'm selected from Celestia," I smirked back in response. I drew my face closer to his desk. "I can do whatever pleases Celestia or myself." 

"You all know why we're here, you know more than the archons. You just choose not to say anything. How is that? Testing the loyalty of everyone and everything." I tried moving my hands, but they wouldn't budge. 

"I've seen firsthand the things my Archon could do, she will do worse now that she has a Gnosis. Save yourselves and forget about the whole procedure." He intertwined his fingers. "If you wish to die, be my guest, but I've seen the obedient thing that follows Scaramouche, she should not be a part of this." 

"Some ought to think you're the obedient dog to your Archon." I tilted my head sideways. 

"Not in the slightest, but I could make you my little obedient dog if you wish to fuck with my Archon's life." Pierro's eye gleamed. My cheeks burned and I glanced away. 

"It is very easy to break things like you, Lysithea." The snow slowly melted. "We're done here." 

I got up, pushing the chair back with me and I turned to leave. 

"This won't be our last encounter, Pierro." I hissed out his name like venom. 

"No, it will not, Lysithea." He returned to the same treatment. I felt him watch me leave. 

Alfonse stood across from me with Cryo stained on his throat. He smirked. I flipped him off in response and walked away from him.