Siblings who nearly die together, stay together (cult of the Lamb x reader)

Lambert's Ending.

All things seem to be peaceful in the cult, but you become suspicious of Lambert, he has been talking to every single Follower one-on-one, and taking notes on a notepad he found, you try to listen in when it is Yaron's turn, but you soon found out that Lambert knew you would try to spy on him, so he hired both Shamura and the bear Nano as some sort of bodyguards.

Nano starts to push you away from the secret conversation Lambert is having with the Follower.

"Apologies (Y/N), but this is an issue that does not concern you at the moment"

"Hold on, at the moment?" you echo, from what you know from Shamura, they are very selective with their words.

"Shamura, shh!" Nano tells them off for the possible mess up.

"(Y/N) will come to find out the reason for secrecy soon enough, now that they know that the information will be revealed to them at some point they will not try to eavesdrop as often, is that correct (Y/N)?"

"I mean...I'm still going to try and find out..." you grumble.

"And that is why we're here to stop you, as the great Leader commanded!" Nano sounds proud of themselves. "By agreeing to help the Leader with such an important task, he will see how loyal I am and turn me into one of his Disciples! Or maybe even!..."

Not wanting to deal with any of Nano's nonsense, you slow back away, deciding that you do not need to know what Lambert is hiding that badly, choosing to be patient rather than interacting with the eccentric bear is much more favourable.

After some time, Lambert is done talking to all the Followers, he checks over his notes and looks pleased with what he has found out, but then he runs out of the cult.

"Seriously, what is he up to?" You ask out loud.

"Don't know who you're talking about but something stupid is my bet!"

"My goodness, Leshy! You scared the life out of me! Make a sound next time"

"Nope!" With that, Leshy runs off to do who knows what, whatever it is, you have to stop it before it gets out of paw.

In the morning, Lambert still did not return to the cult, you look around at the Followers and they do not seem worried at all.

As you and Heket are trying to convince Leshy that it is a bad idea to take something from a Follower and put it in another Followers tent, just for the 'drama' as he puts it, Lambert comes back, but he is not alone.

"Ratau!" you sprint to the rat and give him an embrace, "I missed you so much, you crazy old man!"

"I missed you too" Ratau returns your hug.

"What are you doing here?" You look at both Lambert and Ratau.

"You'll find out soon" Lambert and Ratau look at each other with a knowing smile.

They both went into the temple and told you that they would get you soon for a sermon, you will never understand what goes on in Lambert's head, and now that Ratau is here, you understand less.

"(Y/N), come on!" It is around noon when Lambert calls you into the temple, when you get in, Lambert and Ratau are on the stage waiting for you, "It's time for a sermon, (Y/N) if you please"

You give a suspicious look to the two and ring the bell to signify the start of a sermon, all the Followers enter the temple, including the ex-bishops, they all seem extra excited.

"Now, now everyone, as you all know this will be an extra special sermon, when my sibling and I first arrived here, there was nothing but stone and wood, nothing to call our own, but together we grew, together we became stronger. I may be the Leader, but I know I could not have done this myself. Without (Y/N) we will not be where we are today. So, it is a great honour for me to do this"

Lamber turned to you gesturing to you to come forward, you were unsure at first, but you take your place next to Lambert.

"You have looked after this cult when I was present, guided those that needed help, comforted them when in need, putting your hoof down when the time came for it and sacrificed your own well-being so others can live comfortably"

Ratau goes between you and Lambert and presents a pitch-black crown in the shape of the paper one that Ratau made when you first visited him in his home, in the middle of the frown is a (favourite shape) in (favourite colour).

Ratau placed the crown adopt your woolly head, the crown is weightless, but the meaning is heavy.

"Without you, we will not be here today...I would have been lost on what to do...with the crown, you are officially a secondary leader to this cult, and with this"

Lambert is handed a fabric by Ratau, as he unfolds it, it turns out to be a fleece that matches the centre of the crown, Lambert wraps the fleece around you and hooks a gold bell to keep it from falling.

"With this, no matter where you are, they can find you and you can continue to help them"

You turn towards the Followers showing them your newfound glory, they cheer for you, they all cheer for you, you feel tears form in your eyes, you look back at Lambert and Ratau at a loss for words.

"You deserve this, (Y/N)" Hearing Ratau say this made your emotions overflow, you hug Lambert and Ratau at the same time, you could not find your voice.

Lambert continued the sermon as Ratau helped you become composed. Lambert finished the sermon with a huge feast, you and Lambert had to beg Ratau to stay, he could not say no to either of you and agreed to stay. It surprised you both how much he can eat, if Lambert did not ask him to control himself a little then there would be nothing left for anyone.

In the end, everyone left, except for you, Lambert and Ratau, the three of you decided to leave the long table out for a while longer to finish your drinks that were provided by the drinkhouse.

"I have a lot of learning to do" You take a sip of the grape nectar as you slowly realize the number of new responsibilities you are about to undertake.

"With what I have seen from your brother and what he has told me, you will learn fast, I did tell him to teach you everything he knows"

"I'm surprised you can see much with one eye" Lambert said, you three had a merry laugh at the fast-thinking joke, Ratau pushed away his empty glass and picked up his fourth brog brew.

Your eyes drifted to the red crown on Lambert's head. seeing it made you take off your own, you stroke the inky black crown, it is cold to the touch, almost like ice, it is smooth as silk but hard as rock, you look into the eye of the crown, and it is lifeless, the red crown has some sentience, from looking annoyed to looking happy, it showed emotion, yet yours had nothing.

"Don't worry, it's not like the real crowns, it won't come to life, I made sure of it" Lambert explained, this eased your mind as you put the crown back on.

You three continued your mindless chatter at the table enjoying the company and exchanging stories late into the night. Ratau returned to his home leaving you and Lambert to clean up the temple, you are about to leave when Lambert calls you back.

"(Y/N), I still have a gift I want to give you"

"What is it?"

Lambert takes out a golden skull necklace with a red symbol in the middle, you gently hold it marvelling at it as it catches the faint candlelight.

"Lambert, thank you...but why?"

"The being that first told me about the Bishops still being alive, told me that this neckless will grant immortality to the one wearing it" Lambert took the necklace out of your paws and slipped it around your neck. "I don't want to lose you, I can't risk losing you, I don't know what I will do if I do lose you, and I will NOT let something like old age take you from me".

You can see Lambert shake at the thought of losing you forever.

"Lambert" you call out to him "I'm not going anywhere".

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(ENDINGS: 1/7)

Siblings Who Nearly Die Together, Stay Together.

* The End *