Hello ov o! This is my very first fanfiction! I hope you like it u It'll be a long fic maybe probably. Rating it M for later chapters and language/violence. I do not own Homestuck or these characters they belong to Andrew Hussie~

Pairing(s): Main: EridanXDave (I may decide to incorporate other pairings in here but that'll be much later!)

Enough my my jibber-jabber! Enjoy!~ Reviews are loved~

Free of Persecution

Another turn, another toss... These blankets are suffocating but without them it's as if you're so vulnerable to the evils of the world. A night wasted; surely your own mind hated you. Giving in you sit up and rub your eyes moving your hands up through your thick black hair with your signature royal purple streak. Your name is Eridan Ampora and your past is haunting you causing many sleepless nights.

It's been a few weeks but the culture clashes has started rubbing off on both human and troll alike. Trolls acquiring beds and humans using the quadrant system in relationships, even you found the whole 'bed' idea a nice change. You'd only seen the humans a few times but always kept a distance. "Who'd want to see you anyways" you always thought to yourself. A loud ping noise arouses you from your loathing; someone seems to be pestering you...

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CC: )(-EY -ERIDAN! 38D

CC: GLUB GLUB

CA: hey fef

CC: W)(ale that's not very ent)(usiastic 38(

CC: I was wondering if you were ever going to get off your )(ig)( sea)(oofbeast and actually talk to t)(e )(umans

CA: wwhy wwould i evven bother

CA: they probably dont evven knoww i exist

CA: they dont evven look worth the trouble itd take for me to go ovver to kars hivve to evven meet them

CC: w)(y cant you give )(hem a try?

CC: t)(is is w)(y we never worked out as moirails you always are so dramatic 38(

CA: wwhatevver fef i havve to go

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In your time alone you learned to not express your feelings. Nobody seemed to give a damn. Everyone always saw you as that troll who killed angels and always screwed everything up. Each insult stung but you recently discovered a way, via the humans, to cope with your internal mess of hatred and need. It was for the best you would always say as the glint of the silver blade flashed before you. This way no one had to be in pain, everyone would be delighted to know about your little secret. The beautiful rivers of royalty disgustingly slithering down your arm always made you think.. Just how special is this blood?

It flows so freely, you never let it last long however. You turn to your sink washing away your vile deed; this was the part that always made you feel the best. Cleaning up the wounds with your close by medical kit you pull some gauze and medical tape out and begin methodically wrapping your wrist. Dressing the wound so professionally filled you with a sense of accomplishment, and dare you say a bit of hope. It was a strange feeling but you felt forgiven for the slightest of moments and in that you found bliss. This was something you could control and no one could ever take it away from you, though a small part wishes someone would. You push your selfish desires away and step outside, might as well get this out of the way.

"Ready to go?" you question your trusty seahorse dad, and loud whining noise is all the response you need before mounting the beast and setting forth to the mutant bloods hive.

Riding through the air gave you vast daydreams of what you believe it'd be like to be the famed Prince of Hope. The purple faerie-like wings sprouting from your back with the winged symbol of hope replacing your Aquarius one on your fresh vivid new attire. It'd be a new beginning one perhaps in which you could have friends and dare you dream, a matesprite. You've spent many attempts to sway others into quadrants with you to no avail. You know none of you tactics would ever work and that's why you kept them up. You loved the idea of being with someone but never harbored any feelings for anyone... Even the one you claim to love the most. Fef, to you she was the closest troll to you. No one had ever put up with you longer than a few pesterlogs and she always attempted to understand how you felt. You always wanted to protect her and for her to fill the void in your heart... To bring you back to life so to speak.

You'd done your part helping her feed her mighty horrorterror lusus, culling many innocent trolls along the way saying to yourself it's all for the greater good. Those land dwelling idiots, they have no idea what they do every day. "O-ow it hurts Eridan!" "I knoww fef, just hold still.. I almost got it." The memory of you and Fef as young trolls playing on the beach happily dancing under the bright water begins to play behind your eyes. Such a blissful memory until the muffled moan of pain is emitted by your darling moirail. The water has a slight pinkish cloud forming around her face. Her eyes growing huge as she reaches towards her fins, the look of utmost agony spreading across her delicate features. Acting on instinct you remember grabbing a hold of her and swimming her to shore nearly tripping over a discarded beverage container. "Filthy landdwellers." You remember uttering for the first time and you examine you frightened moirails face. A flash of white hot anger beams through your whole body as you see the taunting sheen of a fishing hook puncturing one of her gills, moving her damp heap of ebony hair away you begin to attempt to free her from her new unwanted piercing. "Wwait here.. I'm going to get some wwire-cutters... It'll be alright I promise." You give her a small reassuring smile, unsure at the time who you were trying to convince but her eyes, though terrified hint a little flash of hope before them and she wipes away the off-pink tears streaming down her cheek. And with that you ran to you hive faster than you thought you could ever run, hastily grabbing various medical items and a pair of trusty wire-cutters. Honestly after this was all said and done you really outta make a medical kit to save you some time in the future. Grabbing a towel on your way out you rush to Feferi quickly taking a moment to catch your breath, gotta be sure to run or swim more too you scold yourself. "O-ow it hurts Eridan!" "I knoww fef, just hold still... I almost got it." You reassure her and with that a loud SNAP! You pull the remnants of the hook out and clean the wound as thoroughly as you can. "There. all better" You smile to fef. "Hehe thanks Eridan you're the best moirail ever" She beams with her usual enthusiasm though she's still a bit shaky. How you wish you return a smile but the anger hasn't subsided they can't and won't get away with putting her through pain and destroying your home with their trash but for now all you can do is play with the beautiful grinning seadweller before you. She's all you have after all.

A few blinks tells you you're back into reality, the memory still stinging your brain. She would grow up to never understand your hatred of them, and it ultimately ended with a doomed moirailagence. Wanting to dismiss any more thought on the subject you glance around realizing in your zoning out you've wander far into no-trolls land. "Wwell fuck..." It's far too late to meet up with anyone and seahorse dad looks exhausted. "Alright let's go home" A loud protest comes from your lusus but obediently gets ready to head back to your hive. You feel something in the back of your mind, a weird feeling. Disappointment? 'Shit... Did I really think seeing the humans would make a lick of difference? Would everyone hate me any less?' No was the answer you found to be the most truthful though you wish it wasn't.

Trying to forget your current predicament you decide zoning out once more is the best way to pass the time and you let a memory bubble to the surface. You remember being a young troll first attempting to get to know the lowerbloods, a particular lowblood you despised now. "Hello landdweller, the names Eridan. Eridan Ampora." Your lusus always encouraged you to be confident in yourself in his own ways of course... Maybe he was just asking for food but you got the gist of what he really meant. "Whath thith dork doing here? Get lotht fithboy" A lisping troll retorted. He was digging around some old ruins with another lowblood troll. "Sollux! Don't be so mean! Hello Eridan my names Aradia and this fusspot is Sollux. Want to play with us?" That day was spent with many laughs from both Eridan and Aradia, mainly because Sollux or you couldn't go 10 seconds without insulting each other. Aradia was your first flush crush you remember, she cared about how you felt and unlike Fef you didn't have to protect and worry about her or feed her terrifying lusus. Just two friends, innocent and happy unaware of what would soon transpire. Nostalgia gets the best of you and you find a few lavender tears flowing from deep royal purple eyes. "No one ever fuckin' understands…" You mutter bitterly tightening your grip on the reigns. You usher seahorse dad to move faster and lose yourself in the howling of the wind and the rush of adrenaline and all too soon you're back at your hive utterly spent. Before bed you do your nightly storytelling in your head, making up fantastic scenarios where you rescue your old friends or make new ones and you're happy. With a sleepy sigh you drift away slowly into deep sleep.

AN: Hope you enjoyed! I'll hopefully update it every week c: But I'd like to know if it's worth continuing! Thanks for reading! 3