Jacinth's Story- The Unseelie
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Y/N was settling into her new life in the fae realm. She wasn’t completely sold on being a fae pet, but Jacinth was always kind to her and provided for all her needs and wants. All the fae seemed to like her very much, which is why what happened that night was all the more shocking.
Jacinth had gone out to collect moon water (whatever that was) and had left Y/N in the house. A shadow moved out of the corner of her eye, and she whipped around to look, but saw nothing.
“Jacinth?” She called uncertainly, “are you back?”
Two balls of unnatural light glinted back at her. Y/N froze on the bed.
“Who’s there?”
A dark figure who seemed to be made of shadows slipped out of the darkness. Coming up to the window, their body started to materialize. Grey skin, with glowing white eyes and hair. Their wings were black with a sickly green undertone, and their smile was unnaturally wide. When they spoke, they seemed to have three voices speaking in unison.
“Hello,” they greeted, “all alone, are we?”
“Um, no,” Y/N lied, “there’s people in the other room.”
“I saw no one,” the creature grinned wider, “other than you, of course. Won’t you come to the window, so I may look at you better?”
Y/N felt a shudder ripple through her.
“I was told to stay on the bed,” she said.
“Were you? I heard no name binding you to that command.”
“I… I like it here… on the bed.”
“Then I will come to you.”
The creature forced their way through the window, their body contorting with sickening cracks and pops. Once inside, they approached Y/N.
“Are you afraid, Human?”
Y/N stared at them, wide-eyed. She wished the fae realm had phones, or at least panic buttons.
“I’m fine,” Y/N stated.
The creature cackled, a blood-curdling, bone-chilling sound that seemed to block the moonlight from reaching the room.
“I forgot. Humans can lie, unlike fae. But you’re not very good at it, are you, Human?”
“I think I hear Jacinth calling me,” Y/N said, getting up at once.
“Then we’d best hurry this along~”
Before she could move, Y/N’s entire body became swathed in shadow. Bony, grey, clawed fingers curled around her shoulder. She was hoisted up into the creature’s arms, and she couldn’t move any of her limbs out of the shadows that enveloped them.
The creature climbed back out of the window, cackling again. They sped off, but before they could reach the nearest patch of darkness, a moon beam destroyed it.
The creature turned, scowling deeply.
“Midnight fae,” it sneered.
“Unseelie,” Jacinth countered, holding moonlight in his hand, “release my human. Now.”
Y/N never thought she’d be so relieved to see Jacinth. She winced as the unseelie’s grip tightened around her, drawing a bit of blood in the process.
“Finders keepers, fae,” the unseelie growled, “it was you who left it unattended. My court will feast well tonight.”
“You will not have her,” Jacinth said, his blue eyes becoming black as night, “release her, or I will send you to the Otherworld where you belong.”
The unseelie paused.
“You have not the power,” they said.
“Witness it, then.”
All of a sudden, the stars above them went out. The moon turned black and its light diminished. They were shrouded in darkness, but not the kind that the unseelie had been relying on. This darkness felt familiar and warm; safe even, unlike the cold, unyielding shadows that bound Y/N. A shrill scream pierced the starless night. Y/N dropped to the forest floor, but before she could make impact, a blanket of starlight caught her and banished the shadows that clung to her.
Jacinth summoned all the light of the moon, shooting it as a beam at the unseelie’s chest.
“May you never walk on this plane again!”
Another horrible, three-voiced scream, and the wretched dark fairy was gone. Jacinth dropped to one knee, his eyes returning to their deep blue color, and the starlight went back to the heavens. The moon became silver once more, and bathed Y/N and Jacinth in its soft light.
Y/N sat on the ground where the starlight had gently set her down. She was termbling a little, and her breaths came in short gasps. For some time, nobody moved or spoke. Y/N finally came back to the present moment, scrambling over to Jacinth’s side.
“Jacinth? Jacinth!”
Jacinth looked up at her, panting and shaking. He cupped the side of her face with his hand.
“Are you hurt?” he asked.
Y/N shook her head.
“Thank the stars,” he said.
His eyes rolled into the back of his head, and he tumbled forward. Y/N barely caught him in time.
“Jacinth!?”
Y/N looked around. The forest was deserted, and she had no idea where she was in relation to the house.
“Help!” she cried, “please! Help!”
Y/N looked around the ring of trees. There was a rustle in the underbrush. A pink-tinged fae with purple eyes came fluttering up to her. She seemed poccupied in her own little world, chattering away and barely taking note of who she was talking to.
“I sensed strong affection and I just had to come over! It isn’t quite spring yet, but it’s never a bad time for romance. Though maybe I’m biased, being a love fae and all… oh! Jacinth’s human! How are you? Wha- oh no! Jacinth! What happened!?”
Y/N sniffled, then started to cry. She wasn’t really sure where the tears were coming from.
“Oh, oh my! Please don’t cry, Jacinth’s human! There, there, we’ll fix him right up. Come with me and tell me everything.”
…
Y/N was there as the love fae- Tourmaline, she was called- helped tuck Jacinth into bed. Y/N was there while he slept, and she would be there until he woke up.
Y/N was sipping on flower tea when Jacinth’s eyes started to flutter open. He turned his head slowly, and a smile crept across his features when he saw his human staring back at him.
“Hello, Y/N,” he said weakly.
“H-hi, Jacinth,” Y/N replied.
“You’re all right?”
“Yes… are you?”
“I will be, thank you.”
Magical exhaustion, the others had said. He must have used all of his power to protect her. It would take time for him to recover. There were frightened whispers as news traveled about what had transpired last night. An unseelie in their realm? Would there be more? Was Jacinth’s human going to be all right? Poor thing, she must be so shaken up. She’s so lucky to belong to Jacinth.
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