"Oops! Sorry- Coming through!" I yelled out as I made my way through the halls, using crutches to move around, though it caused considerable discomfort to my wound, I had fallen over trying to sneak out of bed in the night to get a snack.
"(Y/N)! Go back to bed, you know you shouldn't be moving around like this, or at least not this much!" Gilda called after me, as I made way to the library, hobbling around small children in similar clothing. It's been 4 weeks, and I feel like it's too much time loss, less time to get the kids from the orphanages, the days nearing closer of their impending doom. I was only in crutches for a slight sprained ankle, but the lot of kids coddled me like I had shattered every bone in my tibia.
"No can do love bug, if there's a will there's a way! Anyways, can I call some like- super important meeting with all the children here? Could you gather them for me?" I cooed at Gilda, pinching her cheek as she sighed and furrowed her eyebrows. After crowding everyone together, I explained the recorded voice message sent by Minerva, they all listened intently, even Don, who's face I'd never seen so serious before.
"Obviously the outline of the plan is simple, I want to get all of our siblings back safely, as soon as possible." I handed the pen over to Ray, who hadn't touched or looked into it since I was in a coma. Opening the pen in front of everyone, they were greeted by tons of information, everyone's faces ranging emotions from fear, to surprise, to pure despair as I watched some of the younger kids burst into tears.
"Mr. Minerva is really gone?"
"We were so close to a passageway to the human world at Grace Field?"
"It was a literal golden pond?"
"This information is spectacular. Supporters, details about Lambda, even blueprints of all recorded farms? Look! There's Grace Field right there." Don pointed out, Gilda beside him, finally agreeing to what he's been saying.
"So we can all just go to the human world immediately?" Don asked, Ray chiming in that it wouldn't be easy, but it was possible. My mind was starting to wander off, migraines becoming more unbearable since Goldy Pond, the frequent dream of spending my time with Hikaru at Glory Bell, it was so comforting...
"(Y/N), what do you think? Worst case scenario is a war between humans and demons may break out, from both worlds." Ray looked up at me, as the room filled with small gasps and sounds of worry.
"Gosh... the way you put it. Just us escape? Or potentially start a deadly war. Tough- I'm Kidding!" I shouted as kids looked at me horrifyingly
"Obviously I don't want war. It pains me as well to leave all the children behind. I want to get everyone from Grace Field, every single farm, no matter what. It'll be hard to be undercover, since there will be over hundreds of kids gone from one site. Not just that..." I sighed and tightly gripped the side of where my Glory Bell ID was, wincing slightly from the stitches on my abdomen from when I was impaled.
"I can't just forget my past as well, Glory Bell. I want them all to escape safely, not to be grown and cared for just to become food in the end. I want everyone, every single human on this side of the world, to be able to live old, Goldy Pond, Grace Field, Glory Bell, take everyone to a world where we won't fear for our lives. I'll make that dream a reality."
"A world where we don't have to fear for our lives? How are you going to do that..." Chris asked me, tugging the edge of my shirt in his small hands, his glossy eyes staring up at me, on the verge of tears.
"We need to find the seven walls, and make a new promise with... Him." I held Chris close to me, pecking the top of his head lightly before he retreated back to the group with everyone else, eyes all on me as I was perched on a chair, letting my throbbing ankle rest.
"Him is described as the being who stands above all other demons... but you say if we make a new promise, we can live in a world without demons?" Lennion asked cautiously, a bead of sweat dripping off his chin, his anxiety through the roof. It pained me to see everyone so scared like this.
"H-hey! Mind you Mr. Minerva's never reached the Seven Walls either, are you sure we'll be able to pull this off? I know I sound quite morbid, but how would we even make a promise, is it still possible to do right now? Can we even do it? Let's be honest, I don't think they'd even want to stop eating us..."" Nat let out a nervous chuckle, rambling as he rubbed his hands together.
"Ah, you prove a point. I mean it's like if someone told you to stop eating your favorite food forever just because, but keep in mind a promise was made once, and I know we can do it again. It's not going to be easy, it's gonna be some of the fluffing hardest thing each of us have ever done. So I'm asking, will you do it alongside me?" I smiled at everyone preparing for no one to lend a hand, to shy away in fear of their lives, to lea-
"Of course we will (Y/N), what kind of question is that?" Emma smiled softly at me, everyone nodding and murmuring in agreement.
"If we're going to pull this off, we have to contact supporters, find the seven walls, create a new promise, and save all the children. We have around 2 years to do this off. The sooner the better." Emma was calculating numbers and strategies in her mind, it was almost like I could see the cogs turning.
"Alright! First let me ask Yugo and Lucas first." I hobbled up on my crutches, standing up a little too quickly for my liking, the loss of blood in the past making me anemic, not a lot of iron rich foods to be found nearby. Just as I was taking my tumble down to the ground, someones arm caught me right on the abdomen, as I groaned slightly in pain.
"Sorry about that, but I heard everything, you don't need to explain anything. Let's do it. A world without kids being eaten? Hell yeah." Yugo grinned. I saw Emma grit her teeth, as Ray patted her shoulders lightly.
"We'll do this, I know it. I can do it- we can." I went to Emma and hugged her for support, everyone's voices clamoring away in the background.
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Night had fell upon us, and it was just me and Ray left in the library, Emma laughing away and nudging me at the shoulder as she said she was going to bed early tonight. The lamp illuminated the papers and the pen giving us more light as we looked over maps, our soft murmurs echoing the room.
"Ray.. can I just say something random? I feel like I couldn't confide to anyone in anything like this." I looked up at him, tired eyes but my leg was bouncing up and down, my anxiety starting to crack through. He put down the pen he was holding and looked up at me, his facial expressions softening. He's always been so kind to me, though he hated my guts at the start, this stare.. made me feel, warm?
"I'm scared. I'm so scared Ray, I- I want to keep everyone alive." I sighed, stressed as I leaned towards him, my head hitting his chest as I just dropped my weight on him, hiding my face from him as I gripped onto his shirt. I felt his body tense up, before he relaxed, wrapping his arms around me.
"(Y/N), it'll be okay. We can do this, I know we can, everyone's capable of taking care of themselves." Ray rubbed circles lightly into my back, his other hand caressing the back of my head as I shook under his touch, anxiety filling my body.
"But what if it's not possible? To get every kid, infants, will they believe us? Would they want to go? What if we lose some in the process? The kids themselves today looked so nervous, I don't know what I'd do if something were to happen-" Ray took my face in his hands, and lifted me so I faced him, his thumb rubbing slightly on me unconsciously.
"Don't think about that, it won't happen. We'll make sure that doesn't happen. If you keep stressing about it then it'll cause you to crack under pressure in the future." He shook me slightly, as I laughed and I felt my cheeks start to heat up. He poked my forehead and let go of my face, enveloping me in his arms once again, his chin rested upon my head.
"It'll be okay, (Y/N)."
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(A/N): WASSUP EVERYONEEE, long time no see :p I'm finally alive again now rhat it's summer, but lowkey summer school is kicking my butt, free me T-T. I hope you like this episode, it felt a tad rushed but I wanted something out for you all ::3
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Promise // Ray X Reader
Fanfiction"You're crazy, you know that?" "I wouldn't be me if I wasn't." Y/N, young and naive, finding out the secret of the world she lived in. She never wanted to leave her past family, but that was out of her hands to decide. Moved into the house of Grace...
