"Of the few that dared to defy thy god, he was only of those that stood standing, tall and broad he stood, not wavering against the hash glares he received."
Raising my hands in defense I backed away from the sword before letting the men in, "Please, just leave the children alone." I whispered softly as they quickly shut the door behind them, the sword still raised at my neck. In total there were ten men now in our lobby area, each of them looking drastically different, the one holding the sword to my neck stuck out the most though, with long pink hair and pink boar like features, he stood out.
He was draped in a large red kings cloak with white faux fur lining the edges, a golden crown rested upon his head as it glinted in the candle light. Shadows covered the majority of his features, but it was clear he was very tall, and very lean.
Three men stood behind the pinkette, the tallest of the three stood in a practically neon green hoodie, a porcelain white mask covering his face, upon it was an eerily happy smiling face, an aura of danger radiating off of him.
To his right, there stood a slightly shorter man with dark brown almost black hair, a white bandana wrapping around his forehead, with slight scruff lining his chin. A faint scar ran down the side of his cheek, his hands placed upon his bow at his side, ready to fire if need be.
Upon the other side of the masked man, was yet another shorter person, large white goggle-like glasses covering his eyes as he held his sword out in front of him, ready to strike in a moment's notice.
Off to the side stood a man even taller than the masked man, a trench coat covered his tall figure as he talked in a hush tone to the two shorter men next to him, but at a closer look, it was clear they were not men, but instead teenagers.
The tallest of the two teenagers had on a white and red baseball shirt, floppy blonde hair crowned his head as he practically smacked the shorter brown haired teen next to him upside the head.
A boy that had drifted away from the group studied a nearby plaque upon the wall, blondish brown hair tousled every which way sat upon his head, his deep purple sweatshirt a stark contrast to the colors of the other members of the group.
Finally, off in a corner sat two more people, one of them had a large cube mask upon his head, his hands sat in his hoodie pockets in a bored manor. Next to him, was a literal demon. It's small horns curved up to the sky and it's white pinprick like eyes widened once he noticed I was looking over at the two of them. Quickly giving me a quick wave he gave a toothy grin, pearly white fangs peaking out at me as his tail sashayed back and forth.
"What kingdom are we in and where are we, woman?" Spoke the pinkette in front of me, his voice monotonous as he spoke, it was clear he meant business.
"U-uhm, this is the Ditreame sector of the Jianshay kingdom, you're currently in my orphanage." I quickly replied back the best I could.
Tossing a glare over his shoulder at the masked man, he narrowed his eyes, "You really had to pick an orphanage, didn't you?" The smiley faced man merely shrugged in response.
With a groan, the pinkette turned back to me before taking the sword away from my throat as he leaned close, "You will provide us housing and anything else we may need whilst we stay here. You will stay out of our business and will not tell anyone that we are here, understand?"
With a gulp I hesitantly nodded as he drew away from me. "M-Miss L/n?" A weak voice rang out softly causing everyone's heads to snap towards the direction of which the voice came from. There upon the stairs stood one of the children, his eyes wide with fear as he gazed at the men, his wolf ears flattening against his head.
"Juno, honey, please go back up to bed, I'll be right there." I quickly said as I gestured for him to leave, and he took his leave more than willing.
The pinkette quickly withdrew his sword and began to quickly walk towards the stairs causing me to practically jump in front of him, "You can stay here, but you will not hurt any of the children. That is where I cross the line."
He narrowed his eyes at me before putting his sword back at his hip, "Fine." He grumbled as the others gathered around us at the end of the stairs. They stood expectantly waiting for something to happen, "Come on, I'll show you your rooms." With that, I turned around and did not give a single glance back, fear riddled my body as they followed me up the stairs and through the corridors.
Finally coming to the rooms that were the furthest away from the children, I gestured to the different rooms that lined the hallway, "Go ahead and use any of these rooms." I muttered, "If we get more children some of you will have to move in with each other though."
They quickly dispersed into the different rooms leaving me alone in the hallway, and I have never felt more relieved to be alone in my life until now. Making my way over to the childrens rooms, I quickly blew out their candles and tucked them in, not letting them know of the ten new additions to the orphanage.
Coming to the final room that held Juno, the child that had witnessed the new people I sucked in a breath, worried for not only the child and what he saw, but also for myself. Pushing open the door I was quickly met with a hug from the child tears running down his face as his tail wagged happily.
"Are you okay? Do you want me to bite them Miss L/n?" He practically sobbed as I picked him up into my arms, "Hey nono, no biting, we talked about that, honey." I whispered as I wiped away his tears with my thumb.
"I'm just fine, Juno." I whispered softly as I sat down upon his bed with him in my arms as he still cried. "They're just new residents here... They don't exactly know how to react to their new home, just like you when you came here." I uttered to him as I ran a hand over his head.
"Just like me when I came here?" He sniffed as he looked up at me.
"Just like you when you came here. Trust me, they'll come around, just like you did." I smiled softly.
"They just need some friends then!" He sleepily exclaimed as he rubbed his eyes, his tail drooping slightly, "Maybe they do, now get some rest... We'll tell everyone else about our new friends in the morning, alright?"
I was met with Juno's soft snoring. Chuckling lightly in response to him falling asleep, I quickly tucked the hybrid into bed, and blew out the candle that illuminated his room. Gently closing the door behind me, I let out a shaky sigh before resting my back against the door and sliding down it.
Feeling a pair of eyes on me, I glanced up, and was met with the familiar demon that had waved to me beforehand. "That was sweet of you." He grinned before sitting upon the ground next to me, "I've never seen a person so empathetic, let alone to other humans."
Giving him an odd look I cracked a small grin, "And I've never seen a demon who hasn't killed a human on sight."
He let out a fake hurt gasp as he dramatically put his hand upon his chest, "Mhmm and who says I haven't hm?"
My eyes widened slightly at his words before slightly scooching away from the demon, causing him to wave his hands wildly, "Nononono I was kidding I swear!"
We shared a small laugh before getting up from the floor, "It was nice to talk to you.." I spoke lightly, not knowing his name.
"Badboyhalo, but please just call me Bad!" He grinned before sticking out a hand, "And you are?"
"Y/n," I grinned, "Y/n L/n."
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King of Chaos || Technoblade x Reader AU
FanfictionRegret buried itself deep into the pit of my stomach as he leaned close, his breath fanning against my ear as his grip on me tightened, "Blood for the blood god." He whispered with dangerous intent. And that's when his sword pierced through my skin...