Your World

Selenium

"Let's start over. I'm Halcyon. You are?" You extended your hand, staring down the purple bitty in front of you. His flames flickered in anticipation as he looked from your hand to your face, before back to your hand.

"People have called me Selenium." Your eyes widened at the peculiar name, before a grin lit up your face.

"You fit right in, oh my god that's so fucking perfect."

"What?"

"Nothing. Where'd you get the name?"

"My owner." You raised an eyebrow, confusion settling in your gaze. Though you probably should've guessed, he was wearing a really nice silver waistcoat. Instead of questioning it however, you decided to blow past it and ask something else.

"Why Selenium?" You let his name roll off your tongue, before quickly muttering it a few times. It seemed bulky at first but it actually was rather smooth when you got used to the uniqueness. Stars know you would've named him Neon or some shit.

"Because that's what my owner decided." Fine. You could take a hint.

"Alright little buddy, how can I help?"

"What?" He looked up at you with giant red eyes making you glance away.

"How can I help? You made the point, you have an owner. Do you need help getting back or do you need a place to stay?"

"Why would I want help from you?" Immediately you snarled at the antagonistic tone. This wasn't going to end well.

"Excuse me!?"

"Why would I want help from some fucker like you!?" Your snarl was soon accompanied by a glare.

"Because I'm offering you somewhere to live! It's obvious you aren't eating enough, I can see your ribs through that coat!"

"That's none of your business dirt dweller!'

"I'm sorry I can't let you go die in a ditch you tiny whiner!"

"BITCH!"

"BASTARD!"

"MOTHER FUCKER!"

"IDIOTIC DUMPSTER FIRE!"

"MAGE!"

"FUC- what?" You paused your shout off looking at the smug little shit in front of you. "What?" You repeated, your head cocked slightly. Somehow he seemed to puff up more.

"Your heard me. I called you a blasted mage!" You sat down in front of him, barely realizing you had stood up in the first place.

"That's.... What? You do realize I'm actually a mage right?" The tiny bitty froze. Flames and all, as shock held him captive. Your golden eyes glinted in amusement as he slowly turned to look you up and down.

"But... But you look human." You huffed, Stardamn it, not this again. "How could you possibly be a mage, they're all monsters!"

"Okay first off, ouch. Second, have you ever seen a mage before?" Slowly the bitty shook his head, inching away from you. "Here, see these?" You pointed at your eyes before pointing at your yellow tongue. "Not to mention these babies." You flicked your ears, showing off your pointed ears. Finally you flicked your hair, showing off the glowing yellow underneath.

"What about them?" You snickered under your breath.

"That's literally my soul leaking into my physical body. This is the proof of proof that I'm a mage. Though I'd prefer if you'd call us by our actual names, Exorians. Mage is kind of a nice slur." You frowned near the end. The tiny flame was panicking again, his flames flickering as he affirmed your bodily evidence.

"I'm... in the clutches of some mage?!" You sighed as he ignored your last comment, but let it slip by. You nodded, worry dripping from your gaze as you watched him come to terms with the situation.

"I'm assuming you had some Human Owner?" Immediately Selenium looked at you.

"Not some human owner, the most renowned scientist in all of Gietre."

"Gietre!? How'd you get here!?"

"Is this not Gietre?"

"Answer the question first!"

"Not until you answer mine!"

"No... You're not in Gietre, you're in Theandra." He wrinkled his non-existent nose.

"Where's that?" Uhm, shit you didn't think you had a map.

"Uh, bout..." 20 miles by air, but triple that for land, "uh..." of course only that long if the currents go your way but there's no currents on the ground, "just uhm..." if you passed through Jintta then you had- wait wait roads don't go straight through Jintta, "one second." You ignored his annoyed look counting on your fingers as you did the mental math. Growling in frustration you ditched all the math. "23 miles south, by air of course."

"You needed all that time to figure that out?"

"I was trying to figure out how far it is by land but...." You trailed off slightly, "I don't know roads...."

"So you can't help at all huh? Why'd I even bother!" You shook your head as you got rid of your thoughts.

"Of course I can help, I'll just fly you on home."

"Don't be ridiculous, that's impossible."

"No..? It'll just take a bit to get through customs, what with me being a mage and all. I know Gietre is human based. Not a single mage in that city. I'll drop you off at the border and call your owner, yeah?" He blinked in surprise, before shaking his head.

"No, no, no I mean it's impossible to fly." You laughed.

Selenium jumped as your cackles filled the room, something indescribable crackling through your laughter making it sound heavy and dangerous.

Eventually the laughter died down, leaving a few sad hiccups in its place as tears beaded the corner of your eyes. Alright Y/N. That's enough emotion for today.

Thankfully Selenium seemed to let the weird laughter turned sobs go. Instead he said, "So when do we leave?"

You shook your head.

"Actually, there's a problem with that."

"I FUCKIN KNEW IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! WHAT THOUGHT YOU'D BE ABLE TO MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME THEN I ACTUALLY DID AS-"

"SHUT UP!" He quieted down. "It's not that I can't do it, I just can't do it right now. So how about a compromise?"

"What kind of compromise?"

"I'll let you stay here until I can get you home. I'll feed you and give you a place to rest."

The bitty flared down at the table, fingers tapping as he debated it. Finally he nodded.

"But you gotta tell me whY THE HELL you can't take me now."

"Well I can't take you now because I'm waiting."

"What could you possibly be waiting for?!"

You smiled softly at him, a look of sadness encompassing your very being.

"Family."