The Dark Side of the Moon
Part of the sander sides fic exchange, I was paired with @its-a-fluffy-shadowling
Prompt: “The noise creaked through the house. Everyone froze, listening. There was a scrap of claws, a scream and soon they had one less member than they originally had.
Summary: An adventure in the imagination goes terribly wrong, and the thought of losing one of their own shakes each side to their core.
Warnings: Angst, Mentions of Blood. Swearing, Sympathetic Deceit
This is probably one of my darkest stories… which I usually don’t do… so I’m unsure about how good it is…
“Okay, what the hell is that?” The anxious sides’ question breached the silence which had manifested around the group as they stared at a large carving which was placed above an old rickety door. They all currently stood at the entrance to a long since abandoned home atop of a hill. The bellowing winds and sharp coldness of the air only emphasised how isolated the building was and, as the embodiment of anxiety should, a hollow feeling of dread filled Virgil.
“That my friendly travelling fellows” Roman responded, bringing his hand up in his typical grandeur mannerisms, as if to bring the group of abnormal beings back into their typical normal routine “Is the moon.”
“Ah, yes I totally see that now” Deceit, who leant against the front of the house, rolled his eyes.
“Yeah what he said” Virgil nodded quickly over to him “How on earth is that thing a moon?”
“Not a moon, the moon.” Logan corrects “And I believe what Roman is referring to is alchemy, this creature was often used to represent the moon, in fact, it was also celebrated by the Egyptians and Phoenicians as a divine being, something of incredible intellect, ferocity and speed.”
“Great so now the Prince is bringing god-like creatures into the fantasy world? Yeah, that’s definitely not going to go wrong.” Virgil muttered.
“Now kiddo, let’s try and stay a little positive here.” Patton patted his dark strange son on the back “Negative comets like that won’t make anything better.”
“Unnecessary.” Logan interjected “A moon is not a comet, due to the fact it rotates around a planet. If you have to make puns then at least let them be about moons, space is too vast to allow you free pun reign.” He sighed “Besides that, I must say I’m impressed Roman. To decide to study such an interesting topic, what brought on your interest in al-
“It was Full Metal Alch-“
“It was an anime. Of course it was” Logan sighed in disappointment.
“So… the moon isn’t living in this lovely home?” Deceit called out, hoping to bring the others back on track. He could feel his scales begin to itch and wished to head home as soon as possible.
“It certainly does my naga friend-” Roman jumped up in excitement.
“Let’s not mix up mythologies.” Logan pointed it, though the Prince elected to ignore the logical sides concerns.
“-The moon has taken residence in this spoooooky mansion-”
Virgil huffed “We’re not kids outside a shitty haunted attraction dude.”
“-and we must defeat the ferocious fellow!” Roman declared.
“Awwww, do we have to kill it?” Patton pouted.
“Yes! Of course we have to!” Roman stomped his foot in a strop “It wouldn’t be an adventure if there wasn’t a beast to slay.”
“And we hate to be original.” Deceit rolled his eyes again.
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