Summary: He wasn't sure how the hell this happened. Suddenly he felt like he was in a fairy tale he knew by heart. Except the character he was playing was suppose to be a little girl and there were people instead of bears and instead of a house in the woods, it was a bar. Okay. Maybe this wasn't what he thought it was. AU
Disclaimer: I do not own The Seven Deadly Sins. I'm merely borrowing the characters and having some fun with them.
I do own this story though.
Goldilocks and The Sins
Well isn't this wonderful, a blonde man thought to himself as he wandered aimlessly through the forest.
The man's name was Meliodas.
And he was hopelessly lost.
"Ugh!" He groaned loudly, fingers sinking into his mop of golden hair. Green eyes flashed in irritation. "I knew backpacking through England alone was a horrible idea. But I just had to do something crazy before joining the corporate world." He grumbled to himself.
Meliodas' family owned a large and very prosperous world wide business. His father had allowed him to go venture out in the world on his own in hopes that it would calm his curious soul. His old man had his hands full with his other two bothers anyways. But the business tycoon had no idea it would have the opposite effect. The blonde meandering the forest was in his mid twenties and yearned for even more adventure.
Hence his random trek through the forest.
Not one of his best ideas in hindsight.
He pushed a branch aside only to have another smack him in the face. "Fuck," he swore as he glowered at the offending object. "I just had to listen to those damn rumors of a bar that served the best ale deep in the forest," he talked to disrupt the quiet. "I bet those villagers are just laughing their asses off at the poor American sap lost in the woods."
The villagers indeed had told the young man legends of a bar in the woods that served the most delicious ale in all the land. So good it was said to be magic! Meliodas of course laughed that part off, he didn't believe in such things.
But ale?
That was something he could get behind. So while his journey into the forest wasn't random; it was stupid. A wild ale chase if he ever saw one.
Which he hadn't.
As far as he was concerned there was no such thing. All he had to do was find the damn bar and this would all be worth it. He stumbled into a clearing. The afternoon sun blinded him and he brought up a hand to shade his eyes. He had traveled most of the morning in the forest so this was his first time seeing it.
He glanced around the clearing. Beautiful didn't begin to do it justice. A clear sparkling stream flowed through it. Birds chirped the most calming song. Wildflowers were everywhere in all different shades. Hell, there was even a bar!
Wait, he paused, eyes zapping back to the building. A bar?!
Meliodas grinned. He found it! He actually found it! He sauntered up to the front door. A sign to the right of the entrance caught his attention.
Boar Hat? Well that's an odd name. He shrugged it off and walked in.
Silence fell over the bar for a second before resuming.
Huh, that was weird.
"Welcome weary traveller! Please come in and take a seat!" The most angelic voice he had ever heard greeted him. Meliodas' jaw dropped as soon as he saw her.
Damn, he hitched his breath involuntarily.
She was gorgeous! Long silver hair cascaded down her back, her bangs falling over one of the the clearest aqua eyes he had ever seen. She wore a pink crop top with a navy scarf and a navy skirt. Her legs went on forever! She had a very voluptuous figure he noted as he watched her pass out drinks. His hands twitched at his side, yearning to touch her.
But that would be creepy. He did just meet her after all. So he resisted the urge.
Plus the bar was packed! There sure were a lot of people here for this being some mysterious legend. Mayhaps the town people really were messing with him. He wondered if they had a better route to find it.
"Yo," he waved at her and she grinned. His knees shook a bit at the sight. "Is this the tavern I've heard so much about?" He cut right to the point, taking a seat at the bar.
Either way he was starved and in need of a good drink.
"Depends," her eyes sparkled as she handed him a menu. "What have you heard?"
"That you serve the best ale around," he shrugged hoping he appeared cool and collected. He eyed the menu but kept finding himself gazing at his waitress instead.
"Well that's true," a male voice answered instead of the silver haired beauty.
Meliodas glanced up to find a tall man with white hair and a fixation on red leather, standing before him. The man's grin could only be described as fox like as he handed the blonde an ale.
One he didn't even order.
He quirked a brow, the man behind the bar only beamed. "I think this is wha you're lookin fo'," he laughed, waving the waitress away. Meliodas frowned. "Don't worry," the man drew his attention away from her retreating form. "She'll be back. This is where she picks up drinks after all."
Meliodas debated denying the claim that he looked at her all together. But figured what was the point. He feigned indifference with raised shoulders, dropping them before taking a drink. He came here specifically for it so he may as well give it a try.
"Wow!" His eyes widened. "That is the best ale I've ever tasted!" He gulped down the rest and slammed it on the counter with a refreshing "ah," leaving his lips.
The white haired man chuckled as he refilled the mug. "You have good taste! A lotta people here have to work up to this stuff. You downed it in one go!" He told him seemingly impressed.
"Ban!" a voice called and saw said man's crimson eyes widen. He pointed down. Meliodas wasn't sure what that was about but he turned to look at who was addressing the man.
There stood a young man not much taller than him. He had cider colored hair and amber eyes that matched the shade of the hood on his blue hooded button up and shoes. He noticed the man frowned and stood on the balls of his feet, like he had just landed after completing a gymnastic move.
Strange, Meliodas thought but took another swig of his drink. He probably just imagined it.
"Whadda ya need King?" Ban asked him, his eyes shifting uneasily over the new occupant at his bar.
"Seven more ales, the light stuff," King told him as he too shot an apprehensive look at the blonde man taking up space at the counter.
Ban shook his head and placed the drinks on a tray. "Easy there buddy, it's heavy," he emphasised to the other worker. King paled slightly and did his best to lift it.
Meliodas couldn't figure out why he was struggling so much. He worked here, he should be carrying heavy trays all the time. Wasn't he used to it by now?
Maybe he's new, he thought taking another drink and placing a food order with Ban.
The bartender nodded. He scanned the crowd, cupping a hand to his mouth as he shouted, "Diane come help King. Escanor! Watch the bar!"
Ban then disappeared behind the bar, seemingly into the floor.
"Whoa!" Meliodas got off his chair to lean over the counter. There he found a set of stairs leading down. "Where do those go?" He asked not really expecting an answer.
"To the kitchen," King answered him, still struggling to hoist the tray up off the countertop. Meliodas felt bad for the guy and almost offered help until he spoke again. "Diane!" King sighed with relief, a wide grin spreading across his face.
A good looking brunette with purple eyes wearing the same uniform as the other waitress approached. A blonde man with a bushy mustache followed her and dipped back behind the bar. He assumed they were Diane and Escanor, that Ban had called for.
Diane frowned at King and his smile fell slightly. "King," she put her hands on her hips. "Why don't you just-" She stopped when King sent a meaningful look to Meliodas. "Oh."
"If you could just take a few of them I think I could manage," he told her, a red tinge to his ears. He didn't like showing how weak he physically was in front of her.
"No problem King!" She chirped happily. "Hiya stranger," she grinned at Meliodas who nodded his head from behind the mug. She disappeared into the crowd followed by King.
He scanned the tavern and noticed there were other workers as well besides the four he had already met. Ban, Escanor, Diane and King. He wasn't sure what the silver beauty's name was but he saw two unfamiliar faces in the crowd carrying trays much like her. One had purple hair and wore glasses. The other wore practically nothing and had dark, almost black, hair.
It was an interesting staff.
He mostly kept to himself as he observed. Drunken men would make passes at the women. Sometimes groping, their attempts leading to a thorough beating by Diane or the other woman, whose name he finally figured out to be Merlin when she stopped by the bar to grab drinks. He noticed no one tried anything with the silverette, maybe her sweet smile was enough to dissuade more than the casual flirting.
Merlin introduced herself with an arrogant smile. He shivered. He got the feeling he was nothing but a lab rat when she looked at him.
Meliodas also met the other worker with the purple hair in glasses. His name was Gowther. He wasn't particularly interesting in any way. He spoke in a monotone when addressing anyone, but he did seem to be calculating non stop. But what? Meliodas had no clue.
He had yet to learn the silver haired beauty's name. Time passed rather quickly and he had Ban back behind the bar and food in front of him. The white haired man was much better company then Escanor, not that the other blonde man wasn't nice.
"So how'd ya find your way out here, uh…" Ban waved vaguely at him and the blonde realized he wanted a name.
"Meliodas," he supplied smiling and eating his food.
"How'd ya get here Meliodas?"
"I walked."
"I mean how'dya find it?"
"Still just walked. I heard some rumors of a bar in deep in the forest that served the best tasting ale. I had to check it out, so I packed a bag and left earlier this morning. Wandered the woods for alot longer then I probably should have but I found it. I mean I'm here aren't I?"
"That you are!" Ban cheered and took a drink of his mug.
Meliodas doubted its contents held water.
"I didn't really expect to find it though," the blonde confessed to him. His lips a bit looser than they would normally be thanks to the fantastic ale.
"Oh yeah?" The bartender cleaned a mug, his eyes holding a skeptical gaze. "Why's that?"
"Well when I said rumor, I really meant legend. Supposedly this whole place doesn't exist and anyone that enters it doesn't return."
"Then how did the rumors start?"
"Exactly!" Meliodas snapped his fingers and grinned.
"So you came seeking this place out even though they said you wouldn't return?" a soft voice spoke.
Both Meliodas and Ban whipped around to find a troubled looking silverette.
"Elizabeth," Ban spoke a warning.
"Elizabeth huh?" Meliodas ignored the tone and beamed at the young woman. "I was wondering what your name was. Elizabeth," he tested the name out. "I like it. It suits you."
The woman blushed brightly from his small praise, a smile working its way on her face. "And what might your name be weary traveller," she questioned repeating the same phrase she had greeted him with.
"Meliodas," he chirped holding out his hand.
"It's nice to meet you, Sir Meliodas," she nodded reaching her hand out to shake his.
Their hands connected and a spark was felt by both of them. Eyes widened from around the room. Every worker felt it as if they themselves had shaken the hand of the new comer. Each one exchanged wary glances with each other, wondering what this could mean.
Elizabeth missed their glances. She only had eyes for Meliodas in that moment. The strange man that wandered into her bar from the forest. Not that many people ever used that door. Those that did were given drink and food then sent on their way.
What she did next would surely ensure King's wrath.
"Would you like a place to stay tonight Sir Meliodas?" Elizabeth offered ignoring how the bar had gone eerily quiet. "It's gotten rather late out and I would hate for you to get lost in the forest again," she smiled sweetly.
He couldn't stop himself from saying, "Do I get to stay with you?"
She giggled, the sound like the tinkling of bells to his ears. She slipped her hand out of his and he ignored the sudden loss of warmth in favor of focusing on the sound of her laughter. He didn't get to enjoy it for long.
"Not on your life you bastard!" An angry voice boomed throughout the bar.
Meliodas then found himself being tackled to the ground by a pink blob.
"Hawk!" Elizabeth scolded hands flying to her curvaceous hips. The blonde on the floor watched her every movement, not paying the pink thing on top of him any mind.
He had a great view of her legs from down here.
"Didn't you hear what he said!" The pink thing on top of him argued. "Stay with you!" the voice shrieked. "This guy must have balls of steel to even suggest such a thing! Doesn't he know who you are?"
"We'll probably have to tell him now. Thanks Master," Ban commented as he lazily leaned over the bar, checking on the man.
"Huh?" Meliodas was really confused now. He looked at the pink thing on his chest and found, "A talking pig?!"
His mouth fell open and he swore he heard a collective sigh from all the workers.
"Alright everyone," Elizabeth spoke softly. "We are closing up shop for the night."
There were collective groans from all the other patrons as they finished their drinks. Apparently they weren't moving fast enough for Ban.
"You heard the lil lady," he slammed his hands down on the bar. "Get out!" he bellowed.
The people scurried to leave. But not out the door Meliodas came through earlier. They tapped multiple different areas of a window pane that was in front of a set of stairs. To his continued astonishment it turned into a door. The group of drinkers bolted into it, shutting it behind themselves.
It shifted back into a window.
"What the fuck?" Meliodas swore. The pig on top of him smacked him across the face with a hoof. "Ow! Wha the fuck!" he repeated outraged now from being hit.
"Stop swearing!" The pig demanded.
"Hawk! Don't hit him!" Elizabeth kneeled down besides the pair. She placed a gentle hand on Meliodas' cheek and he felt himself instantly relax at the touch. "He doesn't know what's going on."
"What is going on?" He asked, gazing into her visible blue eye, the other still hidden by her bangs.
She smiled sheepishly at him. He wasn't sure why she would be nervous. He gave her a smile in hopes of easing her stress. It helped a little.
"I would like to know that as well," King commanded, his voice hard. "What is the meaning of all this Elizabeth?"
She gulped, shifting anxiously on her knees. Meliodas frowned. So King was why she was nervous. He sat up causing Hawk to tumble onto the ground. He placed a protective arm around her shoulder as he eyed King.
"Hey, she didn't do anything wrong," the blonde told him.
King quirked a brow at him. "But she did. She asked you to stay."
Now it was Meliodas turn to raise an eyebrow. "What's wrong with that? It's dark out and this bar is in the middle of the forest," he pointed out the obvious. "You can't tell me it hasn't happened before."
"It hasn't."
"Well if you ask me you should have extra rooms here anyways. I can't be the only one who stayed a little too long to find his way back."
"Actually, you are," Diane spoke now. He looked over to her and found her watching him like he was some sort of anomaly. "How'd you get here?"
"I walked," he gave her the same answer he had given Ban. Said man belted out a laugh at his answer. It eased the tension in the room immensely.
King let out a sigh, his shoulders sagging. "Did you find anything out at all Ban?"
The white haired man tapped his fingers on the bar in thought. "Na, just that he only wanted to find us cause of the ale. Didn't think he'd find us at all."
"So I was right!" Elizabeth beamed at Meliodas, a light blush on her cheeks, and his mouth went dry.
She pressed up against him, reminding him that he had his arm around her. Seeing as King was no longer a threat he removed his hold. Both of them frowned at the loss of touch as they stood up.
"Right about what?" Hawk spoke up and Meliodas fought the urge to gawk at him. He was a pig! Who talked!
"I believe our little princess here picked up right away on the same thing I noticed after conversing with him," Merlin spoke up from a nearby table. A smug smile barely hidden by one of her delicate hands.
"Which is what Lady Merlin?" Escanor asked from beside her.
This time Gowther answered. "That he has no ill will towards us."
"Why would I?" Meliodas furrowed his brow. He then looked at Elizabeth. "Wait a minute. You're a… princess?"
She blushed as she nodded and he couldn't help but find it irresistible. He wondered what else he could do to make her face turn that delicious shade of red.
"Am I the only one who didn't pick up on that?" Diane huffed.
"Uh, I didn't," Escanor admitted raising his hand meekly.
"Great," Diane mumbled then brightened. "At least it wasn't just me."
"I didn't know either!" Hawk pipes up. "Sorry for jumping you pal." He smiled and Meliodas patted him on the head.
Ban snickered, a wicked grin spreading across his face. "Pretty sure your instincts were right on for tackling him when you did, Master." He sent Meliodas a knowing look, the accused merely shrugged.
"So what's the deal with everyone going that way," he pointed at the window, deciding to move the subject past him wanting to stay with Elizabeth. "Instead of using the door?
"That, dear traveler, is a hidden doorway. The only people to walk through the front are ones such as yourself. And that hasn't happened," Merlin paused. "Well for a very long time. Not often either."
"Right." Meliodas only understood half of what she said. "And where does the doorway lead to?"
The workers all exchanged glances. It seemed they were debating if they were actually going to tell him or not. Elizabeth was the one who spoke in his defense.
"He made it here. No harm will come from telling him where the passage leads," she told them all but she looked at King.
The cider haired man sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He waved his free hand, giving her permission. Elizabeth smiled widely spinning on her heel to deliver the news.
"The doorway is to the Fairy King's forest!"
A/N: Well hey everyone! How's it going? How've ya been? As you can see I'm back with another story! I say story because… Well I started this as a one shot and of course I couldn't leave it at the two chapters I had originally planned… I don't know how people do it! I just can't stop writing once I get an idea! This, and my other story A Genie Named King, were BOTH supposed to be one shots!
But here I am, pre-writing the chapters for Genie and this one (which I will affectionately call Goldi) already finished.. Not to mention Destiny is already over 115k words and over 30 chapters. *sigh*
Whadaya gonna do?
Anyways! I hope you guys enjoy this little side project of mine! Leave me a review and let me know what you thought! It will be updating weekly! (The joys of having a story finished before hand! XD)
Thanks for reading!
Luv~
