Unsung Battles (Corrupted Venti x F! Reader)

-10-

TW Warning! Near character death, slight descriptions of gore.

[Y/n's POV]

I hopped over a stepping stone, making sure not to get my socks wet.

After staying at Wangshu Inn for a day, I had too much energy I needed to get rid of. Verr Goldett had been adamant that I stayed and rested up after my journey, despite my protests that I needed to start my journey home. So now, by the light of a few crystalflies that I had caught in a jar, I made my way back to Mondstadt as the last few golden hours of the day slowly slipped away from me.

As I neared the city entrance, something unsettled me. I could smell smoke and hear the crackling of flames in the distance. The streets sounded as empty as a ghost town. 

As I stepped foot in the city, my eyes darted around and landed on a building in the close distance.

Fire.

The headquarters of The Knights of Favonius were on fire. It was all in twirling, winding flames as I began running towards it. As I approached it, I got a good look at the place. The flames were tall and golden, emanating a heat that was felt even from the distance of the city square. The flames curled and rose, like red-hot tentacles, reaching up to pluck the soft stars from the sky. 

As I neared the building, I could hear muffled screams from inside. Looking around, I noticed a pile of visions under a bush. A vision for each Knight. They were all trapped in there, helpless.

(I THINK NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO MENTION THAT Y/N HAS AN ANEMO VISION AND HAS LEARNT SKILLS SIMILAR TO VENTI AND THE TRAVELLER)

Summoning a gust of wind, I knocked the door down. The fire could spread, I didn't care. The only thing that I could think of was getting to the others.

Running through the halls, around the building, I slipped and fell. My knee erupted in pain as I landed on it jarringly. A burning beam collapsed behind me, landing on my ankle. I gave a cry of pain, loud enough to wake Osial himself. I glanced behind, extinguishing the fire with some anemo. I cried as I pulled my leg out. The skin was burnt and shrivelled, peeling in places and bleeding. Letting out a large cough, I wound my shawl around my mouth. 

Pulling myself to my feet, I pulled myself to the last door ahead of me. I limped painfully as I pushed the door to the library open and saw everyone tied up in chairs. 

Ignoring the searing pain in my leg, (Archons, that'll leave a scar) I limped to untie the others. Klee lay unconscious and I passed her to Albedo, heading to untie more people. 

Once we had made it out of the burning building, everyone ran to grab their visions. Eula and Kaeya started using their visions to contain the fire, while Sucrose and Jean helped. Everyone except Albedo ran to get help from anyone who was still out this late at night, while Albedo stayed to look after Klee before Barbara arrived.

Me?

I went to find the person who had done this.

In the one place I knew he'd be.

{A/n: Dam we racking up reads... should I do a Halloween special? It'll be away from the storyline, just a li'l oneshot. I might not post it exactly on Halloween, but it would be posted around that time...}