summary: y/n accidentally appears at the top of dragonspine. in trying to get away from the harsh cold and get to some body who can help her get back to her world, she comes across a certain winery owner.
genre: angst, slow burn?
warnings: the first part is literally trying to survive dragonspine in your pjs…, cussing probably, kidnapping, falling off a waterfall, VERY self indulgent, that’s it for now i think, lmk if i need to add anymore.
featuring: diluc, and some other mondstadt characters make appearances
notes: y/n is fem! and unintentionally quiet and timid bc i daydreamed this with myself i’m mind ehehe ;P
more below the cut :)
you turned off your device after playing on genshin impact for longer than you really should’ve. it was late into the night, and you really. should. be. in bed. by now.
you curl up in bed and pass out. not noticing your device turn on and the genshin loading screen popping up again.
when you wake up, you’re cold. very cold. shivering violently. you try to reach for your blanket, refusing to open your eyes.
nothing…
did i yeet my blanket from my bed in my sleep or something? and why is the mattress so hard?
you open your eyes, blinded by white and grey.
a cold breeze blows through you.
you slowly lift yourself up. taking a better look at your surroundings.
where are you? and why does everything look vaguely familiar?
you stand up and look behind you. noticing a large statue. a statue of barbatos.
a statue of barbatos blanketed in snow.
oh…
this is near the top of dragonspine.
you stare blankly in shock at nothing in particular.
then you smile. “oh…i must be dreaming a very realistic dream.” you step closer to the edge of the balcony, peering over, a gust of wind pushes against your faec. “see! totally a dream,” you try to convince yourself. you proceed to hover your fingers above your arm. “i’ll wake up eventually, but in the mean time i can go to see all my favorite characters!”
then you feel the pinch, and you feel your skin raising into intense goosebumps.
wait…this..this isn’t a dream…is it?
you close your eyes and slap your face with both hands. the sting burns against your cold skin. you open your eyes and your scenery hasn’t changed in the slightest.
there are…ultra realistic dreams… right??
you shiver, not sure if it’s from the cold or the realization.
sighing, you tell yourself that there’s nothing else you can do than walk towards mondstadt and find someone who can help you.
after mentally preparing yourself, you begin your descent.
you’re cold. you’re tired. you’re tired of being cold. by now you’re convinced you’ve somehow teleported into the world of teyvat, a fantasy from the world you come from, but it couldn’t be more real.
and you couldn’t be more unprepared. you’re literally traversing dragonspine in your pajamas.
how long has it been since you descended into dragonspine? it couldn’t have been more than 15 minutes, why has the sun already set?
you come across a small hilichurl camp, noticing a fire.
heat. warmth. a break from this unrelenting cold.
you duck behind a tree trying to come up with a plan. you peek out again. they haven’t seemed to notice you yet.
if this were the game you would just attack. wipe them out in a few seconds tops.
but you have no weapons, no one but yourself. you’re outnumbered, and you’re stiff from the cold.
you have no hope of an ideal outcome.
you could wait till they all fall asleep, but you don’t know when or if that will happen and how long it will be before they notice you.
you sigh, quietly making your way around the camp and hoping that you’ll find some scarlet quartz and a few dry twigs. the former isn’t so hard to find, it’s mining it that’s more difficult. but the dry twigs and sticks are a little harder to come by. not with all the ice and snow incrusting them, that’s for sure.
when you come to the fork in the roads, you had been planning to take a right, down the snow covered path, but upon seeing a lawachurl further down you decide against it. taking the path through wyrmrest valley.
that’s right, albedo might be in his lab. he could help me!
that was until you remembered that you can’t safely get to his lab from where you are without a wind glider or climbing gear, neither of which you possess. the broken bridge is to thank for that.
you sigh, before carefully sliding down the steep ridge, earning yourself a few scrapes on the way down.
once down you make your way to the cave in wyrmrest, hoping to find some warmth.
you make it after managing to avoid the fatui that are for some reason stationed in this god forsaken place.
with it being night time, and the cave being so warm, you find yourself drifting off to sleep.
“hey! wake up, runt!”
you groggily open your eyes.
who?
“i said wake up!”
you look up and meet the eyes of a fatui skirmisher.
“what do you know about the star?”
“the what?” you ask. you feel dizzy and he’s beginning to look fuzzy. why is everything so blurry?
the skirmisher makes an annoyed sigh. “throw her in the water, we’re not gonna get anything from her.”
before you can process what’s going on, you feel yourself being yanked up by the elbows and tossed like a doll into the freezing cold water. the current drags you under and you can’t seem to find your orientation. just when you do you feel yourself falling.
no! it can’t end like this!
you reach towards the sky, clawing at the air. when you hit the water, you see the world go black.
