The New World [Magi Fanfic]

TWN Shorts! 1. Ja'far's Thoughts

It hurt. The thoughts won't leave. They keep pounding at his head. No sign of stopping soon. They came up every so often, but this time was worse. Ja'far was crouched in the corner of his room, his knees up to his chest. His hands were gripping at his hair. Maybe the pain would be enough to distract the thoughts from his head.

Maybe you should leave... Staying only puts a burden on your friends. Leave. Leave. LEAVE.

The voices won't leave his head. At this point, he is probably insane.

You don't deserve to be around those people. You murderer. They don't accept you. They just put up with you. They pity you.

"Maybe I should leave..." Ja'far whispered to himself as tears began to fall from his eyes.

Yes, leave this place... None of them genuinely like you anyway. Why not just leave them all behind?

They'll live better without you anyway.

Ja'far tremebled. He pulled at his hair, even more, trying to cover his face. The tears were nonstop now. The salt stung his emerald eyes.

Two knocks echoed throughout his silent room. He snapped out of his thoughts and quickly stood up, drying his eyes.

"Ja'far? Are you awake?" A light and melodic voice called to him after the knocks on the door.

"Y-yeah!" Ja'far stuttered. He cursed lightly at himself before continuing," Give me a moment!" He walked over to the door and placed his hand on the knob.

"Sorry if I woke you up and this is rather short notice but... King Rashid said his palace researchers are predicting a meteor shower in a few hours."The voice chimed in happily. Ja'far rested his head against the door, letting the cool wood soothe his aching head. He knew it was his favorite blonde on the other side of that door. Lucy always magically popped in whenever he felt this way.

"So, in light of that, Sinbad and I planned a small party up on the big hill behind the main company building. I even wrote an invitation letter to everyone! This one is for you!" Lucy proudly said as she slid a small white envelope under the small crack in the door. Ja'far slowly bent over and picked it up, gently tearing open the letter and read it's contents.

"Masrur offered to catch a really big fish for the party! Serendine even said she and Drakon will bake some cakes to share with us, too! Hope you can make it and join us!" Lucy cheered. She fumbled for a moment, putting her hand against the door.

"Ah! I mean- only if you want to, it's optional!" Lucy added before she turned to leave. Ja'far couldn't stop the tears at that point. he quickly gave up and threw open the door, running after the blonde. She turned in time to catch the small child's body in her arms. He clutched her haori against his face, inhaling her calming scent.

"Ja'far? What happened?" She questioned as her hand instinctively went to soothingly rub his head. Ja'far shook his head, hiding his reddened and swollen eyes in her garments.

"Nothing, just let me stay like this for a while... please." He whispered, just enough for her to hear. Lucy smiled down at him with a small nod.

"Of course." She whispered back as she slowly pulled him into a larger hug, leaning against the wall for added support.

"Thank you..." Ja'far murmured faintly as he leaned his face away from her clothes for a moment. Lucy paused her hand that was on his head and looked back down at him.

"Did you say something?" She asked as she wiped his face a bit. Ja'far shook his head as a small smile slowly reappeared on his face.

"Nothing." He sighed out. Lucy then pulled him onto his feet and grabbed his hand, gently pulling him along.

"Well then, let's go get ready for the party!" She cheered once more. Ja'far nodded as the thoughts were simply faded into distant memories.

"Yes, let's."

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Sometimes all you need are kind words from someone, or simply a sense of belonging.

Or just to be truly appreciated by someone.

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Thank you for reading! This was inspired by a post I saw not too long ago.

I'm going to be adding some more "Shorts" randomly throughout the story. No real pattern to them.

These shorts are going to be with the characters of Magi and TWN only and time sets will be varying throughout the entire series.

For example, this one takes place back before Sindria's First War and when they were still just a company in Balbadd.

I will also take some requests from ya'll if you would like your own scenario written out. I will not take any NSFW requests, I suck at writing them, go find someone else to do that stuff.

Posting these just makes things easier for me without leaving you guys completely left out while I am gone on hiatus for the time being!

I'll officially be back from hiatus on Sunday the 24th with a new chapter!

(Pictures are not mine)