Hello, everybody, this will be my first fan fiction your criticism is much appreciated. So basically I have had this idea for a long time but I'm just now getting to it the idea for this story is what if Claus arrived in our system before the collapse and in return for our help reclaim the Cabal homeworld from Ghaul and his Red Legion and in return he would provide military support and resources but to make sure humanity holds up their end of the bargain a high ranking official would take up residence on his ship (The Leviathan) and in return he would do the same with one of his officials and what if you are that official, so yeah that was basically the synopsis my idea for this story well at least the prologue so yeah enjoy:) Note: You may want to at least have a loose understanding of the lore for some of this to make sense also the chronology of the Destiny universe in this story is very screwed in this story just to let you know.
Seven men and women were sitting around a table discussing the new development surrounding an object moving towards the system when a scout ship was sent to see if it was an asteroid or something of the sort came back saying it was a ship nearly the size of a small planet well it caught the attention of many high ranking people such as these people the international board of defense.
"Do we know when the ship will arrive in the system?" one man asked.
"Yes, within approximately eighteen months" responded a man who looked entirely out of place in a room full of well-dressed men and women while he simply wore some faded blue jeans, a plain black shirt, and an (F/C) hoodie. (And to no one's surprise that is you)
"Have we gotten any form of communication from this ship?" a woman asked.
"No we have not but we are trying to contact them to see if they are hostile or if they are peaceful as of right now no damage has been done to any of our ships around it so as of now they do seem to be peaceful." another man responded.
"That's good if they are here to help us like The Traveler then this may accelerate humanity's growth even more perhaps we can even colonize outside of our system or planets that the Traveler has not terraformed" the woman sitting directly next to you said.
"That's a little unrealistic don't you think?" you responded.
"No just wishful thinking," she said.
"So what do we do now?" you asked turning to attention back to the entire table.
"I say we put it to a vote," one woman said "all in favor of trying to remain peaceful to these new arrivals raise your hand those who don't keep them down"
You and four other people raised their hand while the other two keep them down.
"So it is decided we will remain peaceful until they prove to be hostile, " you said.
Six months later
You were doing paperwork in your office and god was it boring so you decided to take a break and take a walk outside you told you, secretary, to put any meetings on hold until you get back you knew you were going to have a headache when you got back but you just had too much on your mind to care right now and to be fair a huge planet size ship was on its way to human civilization and you were worried you were yet to make contact and while yes it was still not attacking any ships it could just be waiting to get closer and then attack and well if that was the case you weren't too sure that you could stop them.
"Well I mean The Traveler is strong but this thing is the size of a small planet" you muttered to yourself.
You made your way to your favorite coffee shop and ordered a Doppio. (Double shot espresso)
You sat in a window side table and sipped you coffee no point in drinking it all immediately right?
After you finished your coffee you walked back to your office you asked you, secretary, how many calls got while you were out.
"167, 100 of which are from William " she responded.
"I'm going to kill him" you muttered "Any of importance?" you asked her.
"Yes one of the calls he sounded really frantic and said to call him back as soon as possible," she said
You walk to the elevator and take it up to the penthouse before walking to your desk and calling William
"Yes, William?
"We made contact!"
"You're shitting me"
"Not on something like this"
"So what did they say?"
"That they come in peace and that they wish to make a deal, guess Meriem's thoughts weren't so unrealistic now"
"So can we talk with them now?"
"No, they wish to anchor down"
"On Earth?"
"No, a centaur named 7066 Nessus"
"Why so remote?"
"I don't know"
"Anyways thanks man for letting me know"
"No problem"
You hung up the phone and lean back in your chair with a smile.
"If they truly are peaceful then this is gonna be good," you say to yourself.
You decided to head to bed despite it being midday you have had a rough day and needed sleep.
Day of arrival
You and the other six of the international defense board were on a ship on your way to meet this emperor you were very nervous.
After a few minutes you arrived on the ship and you were amazed buy is splendor, everything seemed to be made of ivory and gold blue flames burnt on top of pillars.
Then two huge creatures arrived flanking a much smaller creature the smaller one stopped walking and to everybody surprise, it spoke.
"Welcome to The Leviathan the ship of his majesty, Emperor Calus," it said.
"It is nice to meet you" you responded.
"If you would please follow me you may meet his majesty," it said
You followed it and the two bigger creatures flanked your group when you made your way into a very large room and you continued to walk until you reached a large door with a chalice above the door seemingly opened by itself you walked down a corridor until you reached another door and when this one opened it revealed…. Well, imagine if Jabba the Hutt and the covetous demon had a child and that would be Emperor Calus.
"Wonderful, wonderful you have arrived please take a seat," said Calus as seven chairs seemingly materialized in front of you.
You all sat down and looked at Calus.
"So I take it you are Emperor Calus," you asked deciding to break the awkward silence.
"That I am" he smiled.
"It is a pleasure to meet you but why are we here and what would you need our help with?" one of the women asked.
"I ask for your help to retake my species homeworld or another threat that I deem your help is needed that and in return, I will support your species with military support and resources but only if you help me," he said
"Who took your homeworld," you asked
"Dominus Ghaul the ghost primus and his mentor The Consul, The Consul was once had ties to the corrupt Praetorate which I overthrew and with Ghauls help they, in turn, overthrew me but they didn't kill me the outrage would be too great so they sent me adrift on The Leviathan" he responded bitterness evident in his voice.
"I am sorry to hear that," one man said
"For this deal to take place I ask for one of your kind you stay on The Leviathan and in return, I will send one of mine kind to your planet.
"How long do we have to decide?" you asked
"Four months of your Earth time," Calus said
All seven of you looked at each other and then nodded
"We accept your terms but we will still need some time to decide who will go with, you," another woman said
"Wonderful please take your, time" Calus s aid.
Three months later
It has been quite a while since The Traveler has done anything of note since reaching earth it mainly just floated it the same spot not doing anything so the surprise that many people when one day it started to release shockwaves of light well it cause some concern when it finished it released...something this creature was brought before the world leaders who asked what it is and what does it want.
"I am a ghost, The Traveler has sent me to find the one who it wants to accompany Calus on The Leviathan"
"Ok, and does The Traveler have an idea for who it wants for this job?"
"Oh yes it has had its mind made up for some time now"
"That is good to know, so who is it?"
"The Traveler has chosen (Y/N) (To no one's surprise cause the story would be boring otherwise) to accompany Calus"
everyone looks at you as you were present at the meeting
"What I didn't have any say in this"
The ghost then looked to talk to you
"Of course you must accept first if you do not wish to go that is fine as The Traveler has had its eyes set on other as well but it would prefer you in particular"
"Of course I accept, when do we leave?"
"As soon as you are ready"
"Give me a day at most"
The ghost nodded and turned to leave but stopped
"Oh yes I almost forgot"
"Almost forgot what?"
"(Y/N) if you would please stand up for a moment" it asked
you do as it asks and a moment later it said
"Thank you"
"What did you do?"
"Later"
"...ok"
At that, it turns to leave.
The Next Day
you were loading the stuff you decided to bring on to a ship and chatting with your ghost
"So back at the meeting why did you want me to stand up?"
"So I could bond to you, in reality, there was no need for you to stand it just seemed formal"
"Trust me I am the least formal person you will ever meet"
"So be it are you ready?"
"Yep"
"Then let's go"
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