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Paranormal Peri is an FOPANW Angst/Whump fanfic. Read AO3 tags for CW.
Peri wakes up and discovers he’s been captured and brought to a paranormal investigation facility. His wand confiscated, his wings burned off, and his kid is nowhere to be found. Peri always follows Da Rules, but Da Rules weren’t built for this scenario: being poked and prodded by curious and heartless humans. Should he morally follow Da Rules or logically break them? Or is it inevitable that he’ll be the one to break?
OR:
Peri is captured by the Galaxy Institute and gets tortured. That’s the entire plot.
(Post Best of Luck, Pre-Season Finale)
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“Hey kid, how about we head back? I have a bad feeling about this."
Peri followed behind his godkid through the halls and different exhibits of the museum,
in a human disguise of course.
He hated having to walk on two legs. Even with his wand as a cane, it would be much less exhausting and much more efficient to fly. If only that wasn't seen as "paranormal" to the human eye.
"Not now Peri, I'm so close."
Dev walked at a fast pace, relying on his peripheral vision to guide him as he kept his eyes on the screen of his tablet.
"What are we even looking for again? I could help you search. I can use my magic to-"
"Stop questioning me, you don't need to know, I don't want your help."
"All I’m here for is to help." Peri sighed.
It was strange to see Dev so set to do things on his own without skipping steps with a wish, especially to be out in a crowded public. He was usually so impatient. Maybe this was a good thing.
Maybe it would be a good thing if it wasn't so risky,
risky for Peri.
The highest possible coincidental inconvenience was at play.
Peri had noticed the strange presence of paranormal investigators at the scene.
They might have been here before they arrived, he wasn't sure, but they were much more prominent inside.
Maybe they are here for something in an exhibit? Surely they weren't here for Peri.
Multiple packs.
They hunted around like excited bloodhounds.
They interviewed passing civilians for clues.
They grazed the floors and walls with their Sci-fi looking technology.
They were so focused on their mission. They didn't hesitate to drop down to the floor or bump past others without a warning, not prioritizing how their obsessiveness and ignorance to social cues may make them look.
The clunkiness of some of their devices only caused more of a clumsy scene.
Nothing about them screamed professional, but they had the passion for success.
A success that led Peri worried.
He was a target.
Gulp
“Dev, I highly recommend that I help you search! What is it you need? I can wish it to appear! Let me help!”
"I already told you, I don't want your help."
Dev replied with a growing annoyance.
"Dev… in case you haven't noticed, there are… paranormal investigators around… who are looking… for paranormal beings… like… I don't know… Fairy godparents maybe?! With wands, and wings… and floaty crowny things?!"
"You'll be fine, you're in a disguise anyway. I need to get this done now!"
Dev snapped back with a growing frustration.
"Dev, kid… we. need. to. go. I need to go, but I don't want to leave you unattended in a public-"
“Augh! Stop talking to me! You are always over my head all the time! I wish you would just stay put! Stop following me around like a bug in my ear!”
Be careful what you wish for.
“I… sigh, as you wish…”
Wish granted
Magical lock
Left parked alone.
Peri watched in defeat as his godkid walked out of sight.
When did things all go so wrong? What was he doing wrong?
He just wants to do right by Dev, why did it feel like he was failing his kid?
Beeep beep beep beeeeeep
Peri was startled by the sudden beeping next to him.
"Good evening to you! You haven't seen anything strange around here, have you?"
An investigator nudged Peri.
"Haha, Strange? Strange? Uh, no, no, I haven't seen anything strange, why would I know about anything strange? That would be strange! I'm not strange! I'm human! Totally human, yeah, see? Haha..."
Nervous Peri. He needed to keep his cool. He wasn't good at acting human.
"Yeah, that's all good. I hope I didn't spook you. My name's Marcus, Marcus Wells. I work for the Galax Institute (unaccredited). Me and my colleagues are here to investigate a tip we got about some paranormal activity going on here. If you see something, say something. I don't bite, unless you're a ghost, haha!"
"Yeah, oh yeah, I totally get it, I haven't seen anything but I'll call if I do… or not. I mean I'm not a- um… what's that?"
Beeeep beeeeeeep beeeeeeep
"Oh, sorry, that's just my paranormal detection device. It goes off when it senses paranormal activity. I must be close! Very close actually…"
The human shifted into focus. He waved the tech in the air, then away, then to the ground. The beeping changed in intensity.
Oh no no no no, he was so close! This beeping sound was going to give him away! Peri had to hold it together, he had to play it off. He would walk away if he could, but he's not sure if he can. He was wished to stay put. Is there something in the rules about breaking something like that? He had to check the rules, but he can't just magically pull up the book while being inspected.
Marcus grazed the detection device across the floor, chasing the source of the sound until it tapped against Peri's shoe.
BEEEEEEEEEEP
"Holy mother of mac n' cheese! It's right under you!"
Marcus blindly shoves Peri to the side in an excited effort to chase the source.
But in this action, the hand used to shove held the tech against the chest of the purple haired human.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
No no no no no no no
PSHK- BOOM!
The device explodes against Peri's chest.
The two jolt back in pain and fall back from the burst. The ruptured box falls to the ground.
A slow realization filled the room with tension and silence.
It's all over, what is he gonna say? What can he say!? Nothing under this pressure!
"Ah! I know what you're thinking, but that was probably just a malfunction, I mean how old is that tech anyway?! ! I'm not strange or paranormal, I'm not a fairy, I swear!!
Glitchy soul.
Blue.
Red energy.
Magic failing.
Wings exposed.
No no no no no no no
"Ah! T-That's nothing! Those aren't real I uhh.. I'm uhh..."
Peri attempted to poof away his wings, but they wouldn't disappear correctly. Even when he finally got them to poof away right, his crown had appeared.
Poof away the crown-- the wings appear again.
Why wasn’t his magic working correctly?
"I uhh… I'm a… I'm a cosplayer! Yeah, Just a totally normal human doing totally normal human things! I'm not a real fairy or anything, I mean, would a fairy have totally real and normal legs?"
Stuttery sweaty mess.
His crown appears again. He staggers to swoosh it away. His totally real legs began to fail as well.
The fairy stumbles backward to the ground,
out from the locked standing place.
Their form was now fully exposed to the crowd.
Marcus remains silent in a state of shock.
"IT'S A FAIRY!"
Another human called.
No no no no no no no
Lights, Shouts, Camera, Action!
Chaos
No no no no no no no
They see him!
They see him as a fairy!
He is not supposed to-
He is breaking the rules!
What-?!
Peri quickly flies upwards to dodge a butterfly net.
No no no no no no no
Before he could even think about using his magic to disappear—if it would even work correctly this time—there was a sudden LIGHT that shot past him from behind.
Flash!
All he knew after that was falling.
He must have just lost balance.
It took a second, but his body finally responded to the sudden light.
A sharp wave of hot pain rippled through the veins of his wings.
Burning.
His body hit the ground with a sudden
THUD
His wand skids across the floor.
What just happened?!
Something felt so off.
Something felt so numb.
Something was missing.
Peri feels around the area radiating with heat and pain.
What-
My- my wing-?!
Horrified.
Part of his body was missing.
Where did it go?
He looked to the ground to see a spread of black dust and ashes.
His wings—at least most of one and the tips of the other—
De-atomized
“Be careful with that! You almost killed them!"
Marcus exclaimed.
“Isn’t that what we are supposed to do?! Fairies are dangerous! When you see one, you zap em'!”
“Sure, but wouldn't they be much more valuable alive? Think about how awesome it would be if we could capture them alive!”
“That’s a good point, very good point.”
No no no no no no no
He had to fix this.
This is why you always follow the rules.
Where's my-?
His wand was so far out of reach.
Peri buzzes and shuffles to quickly retrieve his wand, but stumbles down quickly in a shock of pain.
He couldn't fly over.
He needed to move quickly.
He needs his cane,
but that's what he is yet to retrieve.
He tries to stand on his own,
shaky from adrenaline and lack of stability.
His little heart was overworking itself in a state of panic.
But just when he thought he had it-
ZZT!
He jolted from a sharp pain in his leg and his body hit the ground.
Was that just his legs being weird to him again? Or was that-
Something else.
He looked back to see a metal jabbed into the back of his thigh, with a tuft of red at the top.
What is…
He pulled out the needle with a twitch of pain.
This?!
It was so big compared to his tiny hand.
This wasn't made for someone his size.
Whatever it was, the effects began quickly.
He could feel the cold foreign substance dispersing through his skin from where it entered.
He flickered his eyes in an effort to blink away the sudden feeling of drowsiness.
The fairy's breathing hitches in realization of what is going on.
What was this magic? What was it doing to him?
No, no, was he dying? If he closed his eyes would he not wake up?
No, he had to stay awake. He had to escape.
He had to get his wand.
His hands shake in panic, but his heart slows.
He struggled to stand, his legs were beginning to give out.
They began to feel numb.
He was stuck on the floor, fighting to keep his consciousness.
His body begged for rest, but he couldn't give it, not until he was away,
Not until he wouldn't be seen,
Not until he wasn't breaking the rules.
His mind was beginning to give out to rest as well.
Thoughts became sluggish and fogged.
His heart was slowed.
He was so close to the peace of sleep.
All he knew was his wand.
All he could see was his wand.
His peripheral vision had darkened and blurred. Shadows of assumable humans crowded around him.
He could still see his wand between the silhouette legs
It felt useless to fight the fatigue.
His head lay defeated against the cold polished floor.
But he couldn't give up.
N-no… I can't…
He tensed for movement and weakly lifted his head
…break…
He reached out to the blurred yellow glow in the darkness for one last try.
…Da Rules…
His hand and head rested against the floor for the final time.
Eyes rolled back and the squint of sight finally glued shut.
Darkness consumed his world.
The last sensation he could feel was the touch of hands wrapping around him before everything went numb.
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This was originally meant to be a flashback in one of the newest chapters, but I just decided to cut it out and put it as the prologue because that just made a lot more sense.
I actually plan to turn this prologue into a comic.
