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Idris followed Sliv into the large crater in the earth, she looked around eyeing the abandoned buildings with awe because when the sun shone just after rain the broken city glittered. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQEjX6nvar
Sliv slid down a hill and held out a hand for her, she glanced at the mud and shrugged before sliding after him stumbling. He steadied her with a nod as they continued to walk. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2U5lPx6J4
“This… is the syndicate.” he moved vines from a hole and revealed large doors which opened as they got closer. When they walked in, Idris's breath was taken away in a hushed awe. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U4r6wxcuF
It was built like a large Viking home, with towering ceilings and arches and stained glass that filtered in only a small amount of light through dirt cracks and roots. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCznH5IArAE
This was only the main hall as well, she grinned as people bustled around and joked and laughed and tossed each other different trophies of such. Sliv smirked. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIyTI7q2Gb
“And there's the boss.” he pointed, she followed his hand and she squinted slightly. He looked…familiar. “That is Zephyrus.” he grinned, she stared at the taller male. His hair blonde and pulled into a tiny ponytail, a green and white striped hat decorated his head. His kimono dark green with hardcore hearts decorating the buttons. He stretched and so did his large black wings, only one of his wings was charred and burnt. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxSaWbzRHg
He looked..really familiar. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRhO4OlpIP
“Zephyrus is really just his nickname by the way, but isn’t it so cool?!” Sliv genuinely seemed excited as he grabbed Idris’s wrist and dragged her towards him.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmw2i9r5J4
People spotted her and froze, like they were petrified, Zephyrus noticed and his eyes landed on her widening before narrowing. He was intimidating, she'd give him that much, but not as intimidating as the tall pink haired male behind him who was glaring down at them. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev9jtdA3pb
She held the pink haired male’s eyes and the corner of his lips twitched before he looked away, she bit her lip nervously. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh7qteqmpB
Zephyrus looked to Sliv. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgbdwiQp1Z
“Who’s this?” His accent was thick and English, much like Wil and Soul’s. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP3R99qYzu
“Uh sir, this is Idris. She’s looking to join and for a place to stay.” he introduced, Idris glanced at the pink haired male who twitched. He looked at Idris meeting her eyes again and staring with slight shock. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59E6TN0QP6
The pink haired male leaned down to whisper into Zephyrus’s ear and his eyebrows raised before he took in her appearance. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb05Ym2VYXK
“Look as though you were raised well, where are you from?” he questioned, Idris fidgeted with her fingers. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAhXKXyXIS
“Um, on the outskirts of Pogtopia…but i was raised mostly in the council of gods.” she responded, someone who walked by stopped and eyed her before continuing on. Zephyrus nodded. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRZTeiizXF
“The council of gods? So you’ve met my wife then? Kristin?” he suggested, Idris’ blood ran cold. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiueWfBvVo0
“Thats- that's your…” she trailed off remembering the portrait she had hung onto her wall with her three sons and husband. Her husband dressed much like Zephyrus, the pink haired male one of her sons besides Wil. She frowned. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY9gLNFseE
“Wil’s my father…” She spoke slowly. This shocked them and Phil’s face hardened. The pink haired male scowled. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd9SU4CZQC
“I see.” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTizt5zjXZV
Sliv watched the encounter as Zepyhrus thought for a moment. He glanced at Slivester and sighed, rubbing his temples. “We will allow her to join our ranks, but only if you remain as her mentor.” he spoke, Sliv grinned and nodded looking at Idris and playfully punching her shoulder. He stopped when he noticed she was staring directly at a photo of a woman dressed in tight gothic clothing. Intimidating. Dressed to kill. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75qsVSz8iM
Zephyrus watched as she pulled from Sliv’s grasp and went to the portrait, eyeing it. The woman’s skin was toxic and poisonous. Black with vibrant purple eyes. She held a jewel, an emerald. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFEf9DD1iO
Zephyrus’s expression hardened as she pulled the same jewel from her pocket with curiosity, comparing the two. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVskheHZ7e
The woman was gorgeous, and Idris could imagine tall. As she stared at the photo something flashed and she jumped back stumbling straight into Sliv’s arms before everything went black. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrWJGwS2BE
“Idris!” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUcUJvBLkO
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“My love~!”
The tall woman called out to a pale man, he smiled and waved. The witch’s hat that sat on his head jingling as the veil kept his identity safe and hidden, she held the jewel on her necklace as she ran towards him hugging him tightly. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCHJxoDt8G
“I missed you dear.” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMzkQ9AbdG
She grinned. “I missed you more” she smiled, planting a miss on the man's soft lips beneath the veil, his eyes dark like a storm. He smiled and held her close as clouds covered the sky, the rain pouring down onto them, the woman laughed and spun around as the male vanished and she stopped. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuDuk9outs
Horror filling the woman's body.
“REN!!!” she screamed, no response as she looked around. The sky rippled and her heart shattered. She knew this would happen…she pulled a knife from her skirt as tears streaked her cheeks and then, pierced herself. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrezW1nltF
Idris gasped sitting up in distress, her eyes flickering back to normal. She tried for air eventually slumping over in the rough cot she lay on, the curtain next to her was pulled back revealing the pink haired man holding a jar of cotton balls and cleaning alcohol. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJaZIFyt7G
“You bumped your head when you fell,” he said, his face gruff and jarring. She flinched as he dipped the cotton ball into the solution with tweezers and moved her hair, gently wiping away any blood. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt3SBDYccg
“Did you know the woman…?” he asked, his eyes were a pale red. Beautiful…199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaMLbU4oMD
“I-” she stuttered and sighed “I don’t know…she seems oddly familiar…” she responded, the man nodded his long hair falling over his shoulder. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpGkRngbRz
“And in the vision…there was this-”199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVni3Zlzt1Y
The man froze, his eyes darting to hers as he cut her off. “Vision?” he questioned, she nodded and he pursed his lips before nodding for her to continue. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rw2TnKu7H
“There was a man...her lover I assume. Uhm- he vanished…and she-she killed herself that's when I woke up. I think his name was Ren..” she explained, the male nodded. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqdGp7Cqid
“How odd, the portrait, that was Endorria. The goddess and queen of nightmares and the end.” he explained as he threw out the cotton ball. Everything the man seemed to do was elegant, distracting her from the mass amount of scarring he had and the intense stare he held specifically on her. “The man you just described was her husband. Endorria had the ability to reincarnate herself, she was immortal but she could kill herself and appear wherever she desired most.” he sighed. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKJYxS9P8x
“I believe you have the ability to see people's lives if you touch something they own, whether it’s weak or not, it will get stronger.” he spoke, Idris glanced down at her lap before pulling out the emerald. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeseeVGBgaT
“But this…was my mothers…” she spoke looking up to the man, he stiffened. “So…I'm her daughter…” she said slowly, the man frowned. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkw2Jg9Cx1
“Get some rest.” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmtHB3Ttq9
Idris grabbed him by the sleeve and she let go instantly. “I- sorry- what's your name?” she questioned, the man's lips twitched. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHVHWTcJuj
“Protesilaus. You can call me Protesilaus, for now.” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStwE2r7bGs
She nodded. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OKYQPDuHr
“Later, Sliv will take you to get your mark and name. Now sleep” he cracked a smile and Idris couldn't help but smile back, she nodded as he left. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXydrar8cFo
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“What happened back there?” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8lGwZGmqD
Idris frowned and shrugged. “Not sure, I think it’s just from my lack of sleep” she lied. Sliv nodded and directed her into a large office, the plaque outside had the name Zephyrus scrawled in cursive letters. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzH6N72FTo
The blonde male was standing outside on a balcony, crows eating food from his hand, one perched on his shoulder leaning into him like it was whispering him sweet nothings. He smiled gently, looking almost angelic rather than like a war lord. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9XAl6IRmu
He hadn’t noticed the two until the crows flew off and one crow flew towards Idris, she squeaked as it landed on her shoulder. He noticed them and smirked. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHglHY8SasL
“She likes you” he spoke as he entered his office, Idris nodded nervously as Sliv chuckled and played with the baby polar bear that had been sleeping by the fireplace. The man ruffled his wings and went to look through a cabinet, eventually bringing out a cluster of crystals the same size as his palm.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkJ1fteT34
“So, while we get you your mark and awaken your potential, I'm going to need you to think of a codename okay?” he asked, she nodded as he held the crystal with both hands. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2miC3zpXux
“Now, this might feel weird. Close your eyes and focus everything you know towards this crystal alright?” he taught, she nodded and Sliv glanced up from the bear to watch. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxFJ2qkVwZ
“Ready?”199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k6EyFcPF9
Idris nodded and let her eyes flutter shut. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhszqbXfEV
Zephyrus smiled and looked to Sliv gesturing for him to move just in case, the boy nodded and disappeared into a puddle before reappearing on Zephyrus’s desk. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq6Cj9KjBp
It was silent for a few moments as the crystal’s aura seemed burned into the retinas of Idris’s eyes; she relaxed almost like she was tired and focused on the crystals. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwG8nN4YxSF
Zephyrus watched as her hair started to float slightly, invisible waves of magic pulsed from her heart and Sliv’s eyes widened in awe. The clear pulses took on a rainbow hue before it turned to millions of red strings tied from her heart to the crystals. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LNBdN9fQe
Zephyrus stared in horror. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaBKPOahVv
She gasped as the feeling of something tugging at her heart jarred her, she kept her eyes shut ignoring the feeling as she pushed everything into the crystal, the strings turning red then black and disintegrating before a book appeared and glitched before vanishing as well. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91Sng5d2uk
Zephyrus scowled as the crystal glowed with such brilliance, Idris her eyes snapped open white and flickered to purple as the crystal pulsed and shot the same amount of magic she put in back towards and then she fell to her knees as a piercing pain shot through her hands and fingertips. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWoyWHfS35
Sliv and Zeph exchanged glances as Sliv appeared next to her, she sighed and rubbed where her head hurt, noticing the dark mark on her hand she froze and stared. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSI80u3hCs
Sliv eyed the mark as well and chuckled. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cj3MxJOiR
“You did it!” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOj9NMbLW2
Her frown turned into a small smile and she beamed staring at the heart shaped tattoo. Sliv grinned and hugged her, only for her to respond to it. Zephyrus cleared his throat, still shook up over what had just happened, setting the crystal that was now dull on his desk. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAnw5RC7pv
“Do you have a nickname?” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUdNGMF2gd
Sliv glanced at Idris and smiled and she thought for a moment. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wvjldR5yn
“Nightshade?” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AYURAITRV
Zeph’s lips curled into a smile. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A5kKC8hNA
“Beautiful, welcome to the Syndicate. Nightshade.” 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekT0YDfR49
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