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(C!Technoblade x Fem!Reader): Beauty and the Beast AU
Cover art is done by: @abovenyx
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! I do and this is my gift to all of you because I'm grateful for all of you and your support.
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Chapter 1:
The morning came way earlier than you would’ve liked, and the birds called for you to get out of bed. You got dressed and slid on your work boots, a chill ran through you and you glanced outside. It had snowed that night, the ground was covered in a fresh coat of white and the house was cold and quiet. The cold wasn’t anything new, but the quiet was, your home was never quiet...Tommy was never quiet.
“Tommy?” You called grabbing your shaw and opening your door, “Theseus you here?” You searched high and low around the house and found nothing except for an empty workbench with a half-finished invention on it. Your throat tightened, he snuck out to get more parts, fuck he promised he wouldn’t do it again. At least not without your explicit permission the little shit, you slid on your snow boots and pushed open the cabin door. You didn’t know what time it started and stopped snowing last night, his footprints had long since been covered by the fresh snowfall. “Fuck me,” you swallowed gathering up your dress and heading into the deep woods. You screamed his name until your throat went raw and eventually you came upon a large castle, with large gargoyles and an atmosphere of unease. Tommy could’ve stayed here for the night, after all, he had no concept of danger. You stepped through the gate ignoring the endless howls of wolves behind you, and you knocked softly on the grand castle doors. There wasn’t an immediate response but the opened with a soft creak. “Excuse me, I’m coming in!” You called stepping through the doors, you heard some rustling but saw no one. You swore you could hear whispers in the halls as you wrapped your shawl tighter around your body. “Is anyone home? I’m looking for my brother Tommy?” You walked down the halls shoes clicking on the floor, “Please have you seen him?” A loud crash was heard behind you and you jumped startled out of your skin lights turned on in the hallway behind you like they were leading you.
Even though every fiber in your being was telling you no, you pushed the thought away and followed the lights. You came across a small dungeon hole and your heart sank, “Tommy?”
“Fuck-Shit-(Y/n)!” He ran up to the bars grabbing at them, you ran up taking his hands in your own. “You have to leave right now! This place is fucked as all hell!”
“What? Not without you, what mess did you get yourself into? Nevermind! I’ll get you out of there, just hold on.” You tried foolishly pulling on the bars and they didn’t budge Tommy’s eyebrows knitted together.
“Seriously (Y/n). You need to leave, it’s dangerous and I’m the man of the house so it’s my job to protect you-”
“Bullshit!” You snapped glaring at your little brother, “I’m the eldest and it’s my job to protect you! So shut your mouth, got it? I’ll give up everything for you and I won’t hear a no. Get a grip-”
A low growl came from the darkness and you turned around, red eyes stared at you from the dark. Hands were pressed on your shoulders from behind, Tommy pulling you close to the bars. “Back off monster freak!” Tommy yelled from over your shoulder and from the darkness appeared a giant monster. Seven feet tall with large tusks curling around his snout, pink fur covered his body and he had a large boar-like tail, and pig-like ears sat on top of his head. A large cape sat on his shoulders and draped down to the floor, it was cherry red with white fur on the top, gold jewelry decorated his tusks and body and your face paled. You sucked in a breath and held your head up high,
“You’re intruding, like Sister like brother it seems.” He snarled his teeth baring at your form, “Unwanted visitors aren’t welcome here. Leave. Now.” His eyes flashed in warning, you huffed turning your chin up high, you shakily stood on your feet.
“Not without Tommy.” You hissed back, if he wasn’t going to be kind to you, you weren’t going to be back.
“You don’t get to make those choices here. Get out.” He hissed grabbing harshly at her arm,
“Let her go!” Tommy hissed lunging at the bars, “don’t touch her!”
“Technoblade!” Phil scolded and the monster flinched and immediately loosened his grip on the woman’s arm. “What are you doing? That is no way to treat a young woman.”
“Phil-”
“Let her go.” That was a clock, a fucking clock was speaking to you, you were going to pass out. It seemed the clock noticed and began to fret, “oh! Techno! Release her!” Technoblade listened to the clock and dropped the arm of Tommy’s sister. She leaned back against a wall, “I’m sorry about his behavior. He’s antisocial.” Technoblade snarled in response, hands clenched into fists at his side, “You could help us and save us all.”
“Phil shut up.” He hissed, his eyes narrowed harshly, silence fell over the group before Tommy broke it.
“What the fuck is going on? Am I gonna be let out of here or not?”
Phil looked at Techno, eyes practically looking into his very soul, “Only on one condition.”
“Anything, I’d do anything for Tommy so long as you let him go.”
“Switch places with him. You’ll never see him again, but he’ll be safe.”
“What the fuck! No way!” Tommy shrieked and you took a shaky breath,
“Okay.”
“What?!”
Technoblade shoved you to the side and opened the bars of the cage and picked Tommy up by the back of his shirt. Dragging him out of the cage, “Hey! Let me go you bastard!” Tommy snarled, wiggling in his grip, “(Y/n)!”
“Tom! I’ll be okay!” You called as he left down the hall Technoblade shoved your brother in what seemed to be a carriage that could move completely on its own and your brother was ripped from your life just like that. Your lip trembled and the monster turned to face you, Technoblade grunted rolling his eyes, and made moves to walk away from the woman. However he was stopped by a rather fuming candlestick, Wilbur was giving him such a look that he turned back towards the upset lady.
“Come. It’s not proper for a lady to stay in a dungeon.”
“But it was fine for a kid?” You shot back another growl rumbled in the back of Technoblade’s throat, once more Wilbur cleared his windpipe.
“I have a room available. It’s up to you if you decide to use it.” He huffed, “come.” There were no footsteps for a moment before he heard the soft footfalls of you following behind him. Pride swelled in his chest and he smiled slightly, he opened the door to a gorgeous room. The bed was bigger than you’ve ever seen, the pink wardrobe was a nice touch.
“Oh wow…” You murmured and Technoblade felt his cheeks heat as he stared down at your bewildered expression. He cleared his throat, straightening significantly, “I want to let you know that you’re allowed to go anywhere in the castle since you’re going to be staying here indefinitely. All except the West Wing, it’s always forbidden. You will meet me for dinner tonight, wear something decent.”
“If you think I’ll be eating dinner with you you’re sorely mistaken.”
“Pardon?”
“I said I won’t be eating with you.” You scoffed,
“Yes, you will. Do you know who I am?”
“No, and I don’t fucking care. I will not be eating with the man who locked me up.”
“If you don’t eat with me then you’re going to starve.” He snarled above you successfully pinning you against the wall, “You hear that!” He roared and you steeled yourself so you wouldn’t flinch. “She doesn’t eat tonight!”
Your nose scrunched up but before you could retort he was already out the door. He was stomping his way down towards the wing you were oh so forbidden to go down. What a stuck-up prick, finally alone you let the tears fall down your rosy pink cheeks. Your nails dug into your arms as you fell to your knees, Tommy was just a kid but he was level-headed he’d be fine so long as he didn’t get into more trouble.
He was a good kid and too many people didn’t see it.
Meanwhile from the West Wing Technoblade watched you through his magic mirror with an ache in his chest. He watched you cry on the floor of the bedroom he had given you, he didn’t know why he felt so bad seeing you so upset. He felt like the safety of his staff and friends were on his hands, if she didn’t fall in love with him they’d all be stuck like this for the rest of eternity. It was a lot of pressure on his shoulders, plus how could anyone fall in love with him when he looked as beastly as he did. He huffed running his hand over his face tiredly, he looked over at the beautiful glass case containing the elegant rose and watched mournfully as another petal landed on the ground.
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“Why’re you crying, miss?” You tensed head shooting up to lock eyes with your wardrobe,
“I-I’m sorry,” You whipped your eyes quickly and she tutted, walking over and using her handles to pat your head tenderly. “(Y/n)...”
“That’s a lovely name for a lovely girl. I’m Niki, a professional stylist.” She hummed, “Chin up darling I promise you it’ll be okay. What do you think? Would a new dress cheer you up?” You giggled and gave a little nod,
“What could hurt Miss Niki?”
“That’s my girl!” She squealed, throwing open her drawers and cabinets, throwing dresses upon dresses on top of you. You laughed in delight and were mid-trying on a lovely red dress when there was a quiet knock on the door. Stepping inside was a candlestick, you saw him briefly earlier “Wilbur! You’re lucky she was dressed.” Niki scolded and if candlesticks could blush he would’ve, “I thought Sally would’ve taught you better.”
“Oh hush Niki…” He huffed sticking out his tongue and he turned to you, “You look, lovely Miss. My name is Wilbur Soot, I’ll be escorting you to dinner tonight.”
“Oh no thank you. I’m not going.”
Wilbur blinked, once, twice, and then a third time. “I’m sorry...no?”
“Yeah no thank you. If...Technoblade is going to be there then I must decline.” The candlestick laughed, his fire flickering oh so happily. You gave him a confused look,
“He may say you have to starve but we servants will not let a lovely lady such as yourself wither away in here. Even if you do have Miss Niki as a company. She doesn’t exactly cook.”
“Oh shut up! I used to be able to bake like a star...I can’t exactly do that now…”
Your eyebrows furrowed, “What do you mean?”
“Well you see Miss we’re all…” She looked at Wilbur and gave a nod “cursed.”
“But who would do such a thing?” You asked softly, “You mean to say you were all human once?”
“A rather handsome one at that.”
“Wilbur, you're married.”
“Me being handsome is a fact of life Niki.” You burst into laughter, eyes drying up, Wilbur hummed pleasantly, “Now if you don’t mind I’d like to steal our guest away for dinner.”
“Go ahead. I’ll be waiting here for you.” She waved with her handle before you followed Wilbur out the door. A rather stern looking clock joined in leading you to the grand dining hall,
“I promise to do whatever I can to help you all.” You whispered and if Wilbur or Phil heard you they didn’t comment.
“Technobalde isn’t going to be happy about this Wil. You know better than anyone that he’ll have your head for this.” He ranted, Wilbur scoffed at his father giving him a look of his own.
“What and let this beautiful lady go hungry? Not in your life, old man.”
“I’m sorry. I don’t mean to cause trouble. I can go back to my room, I don’t want you in trouble, Mr. Wilbur.”
“Just Wilbur is fine love and it’s alright. I insist, Technoblade is a big softy at heart,” You gave him a disbelieving look but nodded slightly at his response. The conversation on your end trailed off from there, Wilbur kept telling you about the grandiose things around the castle and their historic significance. It was interesting but you couldn’t ignore the way your stomach was rumbling with hunger and nerves.
“Wilby there you are!” A feather duster cooed rushing over to him and snuggling against his...face? “And is this her? My, she’s beautiful! I’m Sally, Wilbur’s wife!”
“Pleasure to meet you, ma’am,” You curtsied and she giggled,
“So polite Sally is fine! Come, come everyone’s so excited to meet you.” Sally the feather duster sat you down on a chair at the head of the table. She let out a loud whistle and the dinging hall came to life, Wilbur cleared his throat and smiled.
“Welcome to your dinner darling.”
It was like magic, the way everything seemed to come alive, food was placed in front of you at an alarming rate. Two tiny teacups popped into your view, one had a chip on its rim, they introduced themselves as Tubbo and Ranboo. They seemed to be in awe of you talking your ear off about the outside world and asking questions.
“How old are you boys?” You asked tilting your head with morbid curiosity,
“Seventeen!” Tubbo declared, your eyes softened and both boys seemed to notice.
“Is everything alright?” Ranboo asked hopping over to nuzzle against your hand, you smiled softly picking him up in the palm of your hands.
“My brothers around your age. Both of you, I think you’d all get along splendidly. It seems you both have a knack for adventure.”
“Oh absolutely!” Tubbo hopped about, “You’ll help us be able to meet your brother someday as people!” He chirped excitedly, “Cause you and Prince Technoblade are gonna fall in love.” You flinched and Phil seemed to catch wind of the conversation.
“Tubbo, Ranboo stop bothering the poor woman and let her eat.”
“They’re no bother.”
“Yeah, she likes us!” Ranboo beamed happily from his spot on your hand,
“Maybe so but still. She needs both hands to eat, plus your families are looking for the both of you.”
“Uh.” Tubbo whined, “Come on Boo.”
Ranboo pouted, hopping off from your hands, “it was nice meeting you Miss!” He chirped, hopping off after Tubbo. Phil sighed rubbing his eyes and you smiled pityingly,
“You have a lot on your shoulders huh?”
“Nothing for you to worry about though, everyone here has their hopes high that you’ll break the curse.”
“But what if I’m not able to do that...I don’t love him. Phil I barely even like him…”
“Then that’s alright love, he’s not as cruel as he seems...I promise.” Phil spoke softly patting you on the hand, “For now just eat. You’ll want your strength.”
Eat you did, everything was scrumptious and you made sure to thank everyone who brought you more food and then finally dessert. “This is the most I’ve eaten in my life!” You laughed as Sally giggled beside you,
“Puffy will be glad to hear you liked it.” She hummed stifling a small yawn, “Excuse me I must head off to bed, Phil and Wilbur will help you back to your room.”
“Thank you for being so kind and welcoming.”
“No need to thank me.” She tutted, “It’s basic human decency. I’ll wake you tomorrow to get some rest.” You smiled as Wilbur and Phil both walked over to you, they seemed to be in a heated debate about something or other.
“Everything alright?”
“Fine, fine nothing you need to worry about.” Phil huffed motioning for you to stand up to follow them back, you did so but they acted like you very much weren’t present. You admired the artwork on your way back but you stopped in front of the hallway leading down to the West Wing. Phil nor Wilbur seemed to notice you had stopped as they kept walking forward in the direction of your room, you knew you weren’t allowed in the West Wing, Technoblade had made that clear. However, much like your brother you never did well listening to authority figures, maybe it was because you both didn’t have parents. Either or you stepped foot into the rather dusty corridor leaving the safety of the other wings behind.
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Tommy tore through the woods like a bat out of hell. Snow sticking to his face and boots, frantically looking for someone, anyone to help him. His sister was trapped by a monster, he sucked up his pride and burst into the nearest pub. A place he knew Dream and his crew would be lurking,
“Help! I need help!” He called as silence fell over the bar, Dream raised an eyebrow.
“Tommy? Aren’t you a little too young to drink?” He snickered, eyeing George who nodded in agreement. Sapnap eyed all three of them from his spot at the bar, his husbands standing on either side of him.
“He has her. Has (Y/n)! Has her locked in a dungeon!” Tommy babbled grabbing onto Dream’s arm,
“Who?” He sounded serious, worried even, that some man had claimed what was rightfully his.
“A beast! A horrible monster has her locked away!”
A beat of silence before laughter tore through the pub and Tommy wilted significantly.
“Is it a big beast?” Dream asked wiggling his fingers,
“With spooky eyes.” George joined in mockingly,
“And fangs!” Sapnap mused, sticking out his tongue.
“This is serious!” Tommy snapped, stomping his foot on the ground, “She’s in danger!”
“And you’ve always been a boy who cried wolf!” Alex chimed from his place beside his husband, “Why would any of us believe you?”
“Because I’m telling the truth!”
“I’ll help you.” Dream mused and Tommy looked hopeful,
“You will?”
“Of course. KICK HIM OUT!”
“No!” Tommy cried as Sapnap and George tossed the boy out into the snow.
PREMISE : when you first accepted that strange woman's hand amid the frozen debris all those years ago, never did you think your life would take such a drastic turn. perhaps it was your fault for expecting so little from the witch's beguiling smile and enigmatic demeanour in the first place, when she was anything but ordinary.
or perhaps all you needed was the warm light of a gentle sun to realise life itself held far more value than you ever gave it credit for.
CONTAINS : fem!reader (apprentice witch of the hexenzirkel), fluff, hurt/comfort, (attempts at) humour, love at first sight (varka), he falls first (and hard. lmao.), reader falls harder (in the "it came crashing down all at once" way), reader has a vision (cryo), canon-typical violence, non-graphic violence, relevant tags will be included in each chapter
A/N : haha... guess who finally decided to post the masterlist to this mini series after months of being in the wips...😞me. anyway i'm not too sure how many chapters this will have but they will go from pre-canon to canon, following the relationship journey of our beloved black cat witch and golden retriever grand master 🙂↕️ hehe apologies for taking so long to finally post this but it's here now and i hope everyone enjoys the later instalments of this series <33
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.𖥔 ݁ ˖ BEWITCHED [2K WORDS]
as the apprentice of none other than the founder of the hexenzirkel, alice, you are all too familiar with expecting the wildly unusual to be the norm. explosions which can destroy an entire city? you can handle. appearing on the other side of teyvat within a blink for some sight-seeing? you can handle. getting ganged up on by old hags and the anemo archon for your non-existent love life with a man you just met? um... what?
Ah, what an honor to encounter you here. Pray tell, you are not out for another stroll, are you?
...Ah, not this time, I see. Very well. Should there be tasks that compel one to wander endlessly under the night's embrace, I should be most glad to ease your burden.
Did you hear that rustling in the shadows just now? One must be wary: linger too long in the dark, or fail to heed the subtle whispers, and one might find themselves in a spot of difficulty.
But, should you wish to traverse this nocturnal path in my company, there is naught to fear. What do you say?
