Trapping a lovesick fool (Darko x Reader)

~Chapter 1~

/authors note incomming! I am not a native english speaker, so I apologize for any mistakes. This is also a one shot, just in two parts. Comment down below who do you want a one shot of next . Also a warning for slight swearing, cause it's Darko/

   You and Darko used to be close. During most of the two of your high school lives, you two would stick together like glue. On most if not all school days you would skip some of the more boring classes with him, do all of the group projects together that you could, and even after school you two would go to your house and do homework while watching stupid shows on the living room tv, all while eating obscene amounts of popcorn and pizza. Most people who knew the two, though for sure that they were already dating. But the truth was, that you weren't. It wasn't as if you didn't like him, the opposite really. You absolutely loved his fiery red hair, his normally all leather getup, and his brave yet reckless nature. Darko wasn't good at hiding his feelings for you either. Something about him clinging to you like it would kill him to leave, and his face turning a face shades redder than usual, gave you a pretty good idea about how he felt. Yet he never asked you out or admitted his feeling, and neither did you. Even after you two graduated, while you still stayed in touch, neither of you admitted anything outright. Things didn't get any better when Darko stopped messaging you altogether without saying a word. You choked it up to him just growing bored of you, or finding better company and forgot about the handsome red head, or tried to at least.

   You were nervously riding through the strange land the druids had called pandoria, searching for any signs of Anne, when you found it. A large bright pink crystal, glowing with a strange energy which caused your horse to take a few steps back. You felt it too, but seeing a human shaped being incased within the crystal in a fetal position, you knew you found what you were looking for. "Anne...?" You tried hesitantly, getting off your trusty horses back to walk towards the crystal. You moved to touch the strange formation in front of you, with your horse right next to you, just in case something went wrong. Suddenly the giant pink gem flashed a lighter shade of pink, startling you. "Leave this place...please" a voice boomed from within. Taking a couple steps back, your loyal horse bumps your shoulder. "Let's go I don't feel about this place" . You didn't need to be told twice. You were just about to turn your steed, when a loud and obnoxious voice from behind you made you jump in your saddle. "Well well, what do we have here? A stupid soulrider and their even dumber horse, here to save your dear little friend". You recognized the voice almost immediately, you just didn't want to believe your gut feeling to be true. Low and behold, when you turn around you were met by the same fiery red hair and all too tight leather jacket that you had known for years. Finally recognising you, Darkos shoulders tensed slightly. Had you not known him for so long, you might not have even noticed. It didn't take long for Darko to regain his composure, and it took even less time for him to continue his loud ranting. "The druids are absolute idiots for sending someone so incompetent after me. It doesn't matter, no one can stop the rising of Garnok!" You rolled your eyes, annoyed that he pretended to not know you. Looking him up and down, you confirmed that yes he was still the same Darko that you had still known a few years back. The same attitude, the same haircut and color, and most likely the exact same worn leather jacket, that he was wearing back in high school. Not to mention, he still wore the same ridiculous leather boots, that clicked loudly when he walked.

    You were suddenly snapped out of your thoughts by a distracting laugh coming from the man in question. "Oh well, it doesn't matter. Since you won't leave this place alive" he chuckled darkly as tentacles of all different shapes and sizes appeared around the purple crystal, one of the bigger ones reaching out, trying to grab you. However your reaction time was faster, and with a good kick to your rides sides, you zoomed out of the area. However the tentacles or Darko didn't let up, keeping up with your pace almost effortlessly. You and your horse dodged between the giant purple mushrooms and various other plantlife growing within pandoria. Try as he might, Darko never quite manage to hit you. While it took a lot of effort, you managed to dodge every single attack. That damn laugh coming from the red head following you ringed in your ears, as panic started to set deep in your chest. Everything looked the same yet different, the suffocating feeling of being lost making you almost want to cry out in frustration. You stopped even trying to direct your steed on where to go, it seeming to know you where you were knowing more than you. Finally after far too many minutes of running around aimlessly, you reached what you hoped was the portal that you entered this strange place from the first place. Stepping in, you sighed deeply and was about to lean down to pat your tired horses neck, when you noticed that the once strange yet straight road to the portal back to home, was now being broken apart by Garnoks wrath. You swore you could the echo of Darkos laugh somewhere inside all of the chaos. You shuddered, enticing your horse to a fast gallop so that you could get yourselves out of this hellhole.

    A few close calls later, you two emerged back safely inside the secret stonecircle. Seeing you scared out of your mind, Alex, Lisa and Linda asked what happened on the other side. You were about to tell them about your crazy yet scary adventure, when the same damned laugh was heard from behind you. You dreaded to look back. "Could he really have followed you here", flashed in your mind. Your fears were comfirmed by a bolt of something red and bright that flying past you hitting the tiny blue squirrel that you had grown to love. "FRIPP!" someone in the area yelled. You were frozen in place by pure primal fear and panic. Then before you could react, there was another brighter flash that hit the key keeping the portal open. The bright light that followed blinded you for what felt like ages, and when you finally could open them, Darko and the portal were gone. Being able to move at last, you ran to your friends aid.

    The druids had told you that Fripp would be fine, only needing a bit of rest. That turned out to be untrue when even after months had passed, Fripp would not wake up. During that time, attacks made by the dark rides and from the other Dark core members increased dramatically, especially ones targeting you. Even Darko himself tried to get his hands on you whenever a pandoric rift appeared around Jorvik. All of this felt much too personal for your liking. Perhaps you could feel flattered for his attention, but having your life at risk all day everyday was not something that could really be called enjoyable. It took five months but eventually the attacks slowed down significantly, except the ones made by Darko. You were more than glad for that, needing to seriously take a break. But the red head being up your ass whenever he could was beginning the get more and more annoying each day. The worst part was that he wasn't exactly even trying to kill you, mostly just resorting to taunting you about his "immense power" and "unbeatable strength". It was nothing but obnoxious and you were just about ready to throw rocks at his stupid handsome face. You did not in fear of the actual power, that many of the druids had warned you, that he really had. Yesterday had been the final straw. He appeared three times in a single day, taunting about some nonsense on all three occasions. You've had enough. So you went to the person you trusted the most, Avalon.