The Town That Changed Everything (Ichabod X Reader)

Katrina

"Hey, wake up. We have a lot of work to do." Y/N heard someone whispering and gently shaking her shoulder. She slowly opened her eyes, turned around and saw that it was Ichabod. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. She then looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall, above the bed. "It's 8 am! Weren't we supposed to get up earlier?" Y/N asked loudly.

"Well, yes. Young Mr Masbath tried to wake me up, but I wasn'tgetting up. I fell asleep way too late last night...So, here we are now..."

"Why couldn't you sleep, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Something was keeping me up...doesn't matter... Come on now, get dressed. We are going to go whenever you're ready." Said Ichabod, gave her a soft smile and walked out of the room.

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When Y/N, Ichabod and Masbath finally arrived at the graveyard(?)they saw a couple of people waiting for them. "Sorry we are late." Said Ichabod as he got off his horse. "It's alright, even if you had gotten here earlier, you would've waited. We were also a tad bit held up, so you're just in time." Explained one of the men there.

They then opened the four coffins.

"Peter Van Garret...Dirk Van Garret...Jonathan Masbath...The Widdow Winship. Five victims, four graves..." Mumbled Y/N while walking in front of the three opened coffins and with Ichabod following behind her. When they got to the Widdow Winship, Ichabod put a towel over his mouth and nose to prevent the smell from the dead body and looked at her. He then noticed something. The Widdow Winship had a cut on her stomach.

They immediately took the corpse to Dr Lancaster's office so it could be examined.

"Excuse me!" Yelled Lancaster as the two men that were carrying the body slammed the door of his office open. "We apologise. We just have to operate her." Said Ichabod.

"Operate? She's dead..." Replied Dr Lancaster. "Yes. We do know that. Now, if you three don't mind, I will kindly ask you to leave the room so we can concentrate on what we are doing. Thank you." Said Y/N and Mr Killian, Dr Lancaster and Young Masbath left the room.

"Dear Lord, why did I pick this job..."Mumbled Ichabod and sighed. "It's pretty fun, seeing dead people every day." Replied Y/N while rubbing the back of her neck. She then sighed and they both got to work. They both put their work glasses on and Y/N started cutting the Widdow's stomach. When she cut it open, they saw something.

"Is...is that a child?" Asked Y/N. "Technically, a fetus, but yes. A child." Answered Ichabod a bit disgusted. They were both covered in blood, so they tried to clean themselves up and walked out of the room. When they walked outside, the four men(Baltus, Lancaster, Steenwyck and Philipse) and Young Masbath were waiting for them. "We've finished." They both said at the same time. They both looked grossed out and were still covered in blood from head to toes, like they've just murdered someone.

"What in God's name have you done to her!?" Yelled Steenwyck. "We are dealing with a madman." Said Ichabod while still trying to wipe the blood off of him. "The Widdow was with child." Added Y/N.

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That night, Ichabod and Y/N were hanging out in Ichabod's room, when Ichabod suddenly stood up. "I can't sit here anymore, I'm heading out for a walk. I need some fresh air." He said while rubbing his face with his hands. "Are you- you know that there is a murderer here who only happens to kill at night, and it is night time now, right?" Said Y/N. "Yes, I do. That is why I'm gonna take my pistol and Gunpowder with me."

"Alright, you do as you please, but don't come crying to me like a headless chicken once they you get your head chopped off." Said Y/N and opened a book. "If he happens to chop off my head, I will not be able to cry about it to you." Said Ichabod jokingly.

"I don't know, maybe you will become a ghost, just like the Headless Horseman." Said Y/N sarcastically and they both laughed.

"Okay but seriously, can you not go?" Said Y/N with a now serious face. "Why do you worry so much?" Asked Ichabod.

"Because...I just do. You are a very important friend of mine and I do not want to lose you. I do not want you to die." Replied Y/N and got up from the bed. "I'm gonna be okay. I promise." Said Ichabod and put his right hand on her shoulder. The two of them stood there like that, in silence for a minute and then Ichabod put his coat on and walked out of the room. With that, Y/N went to her room and tried to fall asleep earlier than usual because she didn't have anything else to do, but she couldn't. She couldn't stop thinking about what could happen to Ichabod. However, she fell asleep two hours later. At 10 pm.

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Suddenly, Y/N woke up. It was 12 am. Her head hurt a lot, so she decided to go downstairs and drink some water.

When she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, she heard voices and saw light coming from the room that was right next to the kitchen, so, Y/N's curious self decided to investigate. She slowly walked up to the door and opened it. There, she saw Ichabod and Katrina talking. They also saw Y/N. "Oh, pardon my intrusion. I'll go now." Said Y/N and started closing the door. "It is no intrusion. We were just talking. Come, join us. Why are you up so late by the way?" Asked Ichabod curiously. "My head hurts. I just wanted to drink some water. I could ask you the same thing though." She replied.

Ichabod just looked at Katrina, then at Y/N, back at Katrina and then back at Y/N. "Excuse me..." He said and walked out of the room, leaving Katrina alone. "I thought i should inform you, as embarrassing as it is becoming, I fainted again." He said to Y/N as he closed the door behind him. "Why, you saw the horseman?" Asked Y/N sarcastically.

"No, I did not see the actual murderer. It was someone dressed as him. Chased me and then threw a pumpkin at me. And of course, like many times, I fainted. It kinda makes me feel weak but I really wanted to tell you about it." Said Ichabod, slightly embarrassed.

"You are not weak! You are far from weak. But anyway, thanks for the...information? I'll go back to bed now, have fun with Katrina I guess." Said Y/N and started walking away. "Okay, um...Good night!" Said Ichabod and went back inside the room.

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Y/N lied on her bed. She couldn't fall asleep again. This time, it was because of Katrina. Ichabod did tell her that he didn't love Katrina, but she still couldn't help but be jealous.

As Y/N was thinking, she heard a knock on the door. It was nearly 12:30am and someone was knocking on her door. "Um...Come in." She said and the person opened the door and walked inside the room. It was Katrina. "Oh, hello." Said Y/N politely.

"I am terribly sorry if I have woken you up." Said Katrina. "Oh, you didn't. I wasn't actually asleep." Replied Y/N. "Good. Well, I wanted to tell you that me and Ichabod are going to my old house tomorrow, so we both would be honoured if you come with us. Especially I." Said Katrina and smiled. The smile was everything Y/N needed to make her not hate Katrina and not be as jealous. There was only one person that she was in love with. Ichabod. But that didn't stop her from thinking about how pretty Katrina actually was. "Yes, of course, I will come." Said Y/N and smiled back. "Great! I'll go to bed now then. Good night!" Said Katrina without that genuine smile fading away from her face and walked out of the room.