Act I.Dare to Hope (A ROTG/GOC Fanfiction)

.Chapter VIII.

Venom was standing in the Sun,with a black umbrella and trying to keep the rays of sunlight from reaching his eyes.He could never see the Sun,of course,he could never feel it nor feel the warmth.He was walking back from visiting Old Man Winter,who was close to him,to the castle.It was extremely cold-well,for him-so he wore a black pea coat,a fur collar around his neck with a golden beaded chain linking from each of the collar's end,and-without shame-a robe underneath so the end of it made it look like he was wearing a dress.He shivered,even under the intense heat of his coat and robe,the cold air nipped at his exposed skin.

He walked faster on the path,rubbing his hand together with his coat and breathing quietly.He absolutely hated winter,even the beauty of a snowflake wouldn't convince him to step outside but Old Man Winter had insisted.He couldn't resist his old friend's pleads so he came.Bad decision.The castle was like a freezing block of ice!He picked up his pace and walked faster,occasionally having to breath on his free hand to make it warm.He stopped abruptly when a raven flew by and sat on his shoulder with a note attached to his talons.Venom used his free hand to pet the bird and it perched on his knuckles,comfortable with its position.

He whistled,which the raven croaked back in response.The Raven belonged to their scientist,Collision,who sometimes would wear his monocle with his lab coat,with a scarf inside his black coat.However,unlike his fellow members,his head was shaped like a raindrop upside down,he had no hair,one side of his face distorted and cracked due to an accident.He fares well with Pitch,also liking tea and very polite towards others.The most unique featured about him are his long,slender fingers and magic.He never used it tho,unless in the battlefield,he mostly believed in science and speaks several ancient language that no one really understands so he uses English to speak.

The message attached to the bird's talons was given from a colleague of Collision to him,which Venom would later pass it to Collision.In short time,he finally reached the castle which he didn't hesitate to jump into it and shake off the snow on his coat."I assume you have my colleague's message,haven't you?"A familiar voice rang out,it was Collision!He stepped out of the corner and eyed his pet for awhile.Uniquely,there were two slightly large holes to represent eyes on his face,his left one was bent down like crescent due to the 'accident' and had cracks around the edges while his right was perfectly fine and shaped like an oval.His iris were white while his pupils was a tiny,white dot while the rest of the space on the hole were black on his cracked face,almost glowing in the dimly lighted castle.On his perfectly fine side of his face,his the rest of his 'eyes' was black while his pupil was white.

Today,Collision wasn't wearing his usual monocle and lab coat he only wore his scarf and coat which was dripping gooey black ink-like substance at its end.In his hands was...a pie?Collision must've noticed Venom's confused face and gaping mouth at his dessert."It's called geometrical pies Venom...besides you learn a lot when you're stuck in this castle."He said,gesturing towards the dark walls and halls.

"Fair enough..."Venom muttered,handing the Raven to him before asking a question,"Who taught you how to bake?".For his whole life in the castle,he had never seen Collision bake a simple loaf of bread,when he was given no answer he asked another one,"And is the kitchen clean?Ernaline would be furious if it wasn't."

The scientist hummed for awhile,stroking his Raven's back before giving the answer,"Jester.And yes,the kitchen is clean.Do you think I would be that foolish?".When Venom heard the name Jester,he relaxed,that spirit was very energetic and optimistic all the time,even if he doesn't dress in a happy way.Jester had once been the spirit of Happiness,until..another spirit had destroyed him and scatter his remains into pieces.Fortunately,his remains were found and he was brought back to life...but not in the same way.Instead of his formal happy dressing,he seemed more dull,more lifeless like a puppet with its strings cut off.

Jester's arms and legs were pretty long,causing him to almost be Pitch's height,he also wore a jester hat will bells on each end and a dull yellow cloak was often seen covering the rest of his body.Other than that,Jester's personality was very cheerful and mischievous and he played with Moors a lot,much to Collision's dismay,who was like an uncle towards Moors."Very well,then.I shall be in my laboratory,if you are to ask any further questions."Collision said,he was about to walk off when he placed the pie in Venom's hand carefully and said,"Oh,and please do give this to Moors.He was fussing to me and Pitch about a blueberry pie of some sort."

Venom nodded and soon all that was left to prove the scientist was here was the clicking of his dress shoes.He sighed and proceed to go to Moors,muttering a small 'Goodness me...where in the Seven Hells is Moors?'....

And the poor vampire was soon to be wandering around the castle,looking for that spirit...

Written on Saturday,15 of April
Word count:921 (not counting this.)