Broken Hearted | Legacies

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11. We're Gonna Need A Spotlight

After hearing a ringing noise in the middle of the night, both Alec and Nova were forced by their friends to leave the comfort of their beds and go check on who was trying to steal the urn that Hope had done a protective spell around.

"Looks like Hope's trap worked" Nova yawned, as her and Alec met up with Alaric and Dorian.

"You couldn't put pants on before coming out?" Alec asked Alaric, who was only in his robe, as the group of four walked into the woods.

"Little early for snark, Alec" Alaric warned, "And you're talking about my pants, where's your shirt?".

"Who sleeps with a shirt on?" Alec retorted.

"So who wants to guess what famous monster we will be slaying tonight?" Nova asked, trying not to stare at Alec's back as she was walking behind him with Alaric.

"With our luck, it'll be Cthulhu" Alaric said.

Dorian held his hand out and stopped the group from walking forward, "False alarm" he said, once the sound of a horse reached his ears, "It's just a horse".

"Must've gotten out of the stables and wandered across the barrier spell" Alaric said, as their eyes landed on the back of a white horse.

"Slight problem with that Alaric, we don't have a white horse in the stables" Alec reminded, just as the horse turned around.

"Holy shit" a fascinated Nova whispered, "It's not a horse, it's a unicorn", immediately Dorian, Alaric and Alec raised their weapon to attack the unicorn, "Woah, hold it people!" Nova snapped, standing infront of the three men and stopping them from attacking the unicorn.

"Nova, don't get fooled by it's cuteness, that thing is nothing but a monster" Alec warned.

"Alec's right Nova, it's here to take the artefact" Dorian added.

"How can you seriously suggest that we kill a poor defenseless unicorn?!" Nova asked.

"We can't give monsters a pass just because they're cute" Alec snapped.

"Why not just leave it alone?" Nova suggested, "It's already trapped, it can't go anywhere, it's particularly harmless".

Alaric sighed, "Look, Nova's right, as long as we keep it alive, other creatures won't be coming for the urn, so we just stay alert and let it be".

"Alright, well, I'll be on alert back in bed" Dorian stated, walking back to the school with Alaric.

Alec looked at Nova and after a shook of his head, walked back to his room and Nova also followed, completely missing the slug that had fallen from the unicorn's ear and attached itself to Nova's shoe.

***

Next morning, an extremely happy and cheery Nova skipped over to where Alec and Asher were eating their breakfast, "Morning handsome and handsome".

"Did you just skip here?" a weirded out Alec asked Nova as she took a seat next to him.

"Yeap" Nova confirmed, she then snatched the croissant from Alec's hand, "Yum, carbs".