The Sun and the Moon

Vampiresswolf

Ch 2

When Nico awoke, he no longer felt the overwhelming pain that had consumed him in his sleep. Instead, he felt warmth and only a dull ache from his injuries. His injured wing felt confined, which sent a surge of panic through him before he realized the rest of him was free.

He heard voices, one seemed somewhat possessive while the other seemed angry.

"What was I supposed to do? He could have died! Something could have eaten him, or a human could have found him! Captured him! Then where would he be?" The first voice was the possessive one, and he knew instinctively that they were speaking about him.

"You should have left him! It is night already, his own kind could be looking for him, waiting to bring him home, and they won't be able to find him because you are idiotic enough to have smuggled him into Cahaya! His kind have never been here, and they are never meant to be here for a reason! He is a child of darkness, do you know what constant sunlight could do to him?"

"No. And neither do you! He is a fairy, and we are to bring injured fairies to the hospital. There are no rules stating that a Moon Fairy is to be left behind."

As Nico's consciousness returned in full, he groaned, there was some sort of death ray beating into his very eyelids.

"He's awake. I'm going to go check on him." the voice was haughty, and he heard a grunt of annoyance as a door carefully slammed shut, before he heard the pattering of feet, and then a warm hand lifted his wrist, fingers curling around with a slight pressure. He attempted to jerk it away- he hated contact, especially from someone he didn't personally know, and then the voice spoke directly to him, quieter and, honestly, sweeter and without a trace of the previous venom in it, "I'm just checking your pulse. No need to become defensive."

Nico squinted his eyes open, trying to find the owner of the voice, before he hissed and closed them again, the brightness searing his eyeballs.

"Oh. Right. Moon Fairy. Give me a second." There was a shuffle, and then the brightness dimmed to a bearable level, "It is Cahaya, I can't get rid of the light completely, but I hope that makes it better. I need to ask you some questions, purely for medical reasons, of course."

Nico's eyes opened slowly, and he took in his surroundings. He was laying on a typical hospital gurney, in a room devoid of any friendly furnishings. There were two chairs along the wall, a small counter with a sink, and a button on the wall connected to a contraption that Nico assumed was medical in some way, as there was a computer decorated with vital signs, and a drip connected to his arms. At the site of the needle in his arm, he shot up, eyes blown wide, instinctively reaching to pull the offending scrap of metal from his body.

"Hey now." The voice was quiet, soothing, as it took his arms and pushed them down, "You need that, it's helping to keep you hydrated."

Nico's head slowly turned as his eyes removed from the intravenous dropper up to the hands holding his wrists. They were tanned, sunkissed in a way he had never seen before. He followed them up to see the fairy standing there, a white lab coat over top of the most ridiculous pair of shorts he had ever seen in his life. Who wore shorts with a lab coat? Wasn't that some sort of medical violation? Nico shook that thought from his head as he reached the face, and was immediately blinded by the pearly white teeth showcased in a beautifully set smile, and bright, shining blue eyes, slightly covered by the tips of his shaggy blond curls.

Nico blinked, bringing himself back to the present, "Who are you and where am I? His voice was gruff and unfriendly to his own ears, but it only spurred the fairy on that much more, the smile growing as he turned away from his patient and reached over to the medical file on the door, opening it up and returning to sit -awfully close, in Nico's opinion- on one of the chairs by his bedside.

"Dr. William Solace. Please, call me Will. I rescued you from the clutches of death some hours ago, and brought you to Cahaya. You are currently residing in room 813 of the Lys General Hospital. Lys, being, of course, the city we are currently in. Now, how about those questions?"

Nico frowned, Cahaya was- His head jerked up, "I'm in the Sun's domain? Why the hell would you bring me here? I can't be here!" The heart rate monitor showed his quickening pulse from where he was beginning to freak out, "I'm a MOON fairy!"

"Well of course. But I needed to be sure you were alright, you know. Are you going to calm down, or must I sedate you? You cannot heal whilst panicking."

Nico's eyes were still wide, but he nodded, settling back against the pillows and scowling at the cheery blonde.

"Good. Now. Your name?"

"Nico." Nico ground out. He figured if he got through this willingly there was a greater chance of him getting home sooner.

"Nico what? Surely you Moon Fae have a last name?" The tone was teasing, and Nico's scowl deepened. What was up with this dude?

"Nico di Angelo." He practically growled it out, looking at the ceiling of the sterile room.

"And… Your age?"

Nico looked at him, "Why does that matter? You know as well as I that Fairies don't age past twenty-one."

"Exactly why I need to know. Just because you look twenty-one does not mean you are twenty-one. And considering what I remember from my studies, you Moonies are similar to us in that you are not allowed to leave for earth before you have completed your studies and your training, which takes at least three decades. So, either you are injured because you just had your first mission and it failed, which I doubt as you would have had a mentor, or, you are older and something just went wrong with that human." The cheeky grin he flashed irritated Nico even more.

"One hundred and fourteen. I am One hundred and fourteen."

Wills eyes widened, "Oh! You were born around the time I was then!" At Nico's glance he smiled, "I'm 115, just had my birthday a couple months ago. Which is my next question. Birthdate?"

Nico sighed, "January 28. Why do these questions even matter?"

The blonde lifted the clipboard, "Files. Your medical history is unknown."

Nico gave him a long suffering look, "No. My doctor knows my full file. Just ask him. Oh wait- you can't, cause he's a moon fairy, and you have me trapped here in Sunnydale!"

Will blinked at the sudden outburst and shifted slightly, "Its Lys. Sunnydale's where Buffy lives. Anyway. What's your talent?"

Nico crossed his arms, refusing to answer and so much as look at the blonde.

"Come on, don't be like that. just a couple more questions, and I'll get out of your space. Promise."

Nico sighed, "I'm a Gate Fairy."

Will grinned, "See? That wasn't so hard, now was it?" he scribbled on the file before looking up, "Now, any life threatening history I need to know?"


After Will had left, Nico tried to shadow away. Only problem with that was- surprise surprise- there were apparently no shadows in the land of Bright, Happy Fae. So instead he took a nap.

Which he had soon after been awoken from quite rudely as, once again, his wrist was taken against his permission. He lashed out, hitting the offender in the gut, but the new fairy- who looked like a brighter, more annoying version of Will- had managed to clasp a pair of golden rings around his wrists. Even he knew what they were. They were used for prisoners, because they were impossible to take off except by the one who placed them on- and because they cut off the powers of the one who wore them.

"What the hell?!" He hissed, futilely attempting to pull the magical rings away, as he could already feel the powers in his lifeblood being sapped away from the atrocious bracelets' presence.

"Surely even you know how futile attempting to take those off is?" The bright fairy raised a lilting eyebrow at him. His voice was unfamiliar, but it had a sickeningly happy, melodious quality to it that immediately put Nico on edge. Instead of answering, he gave one last tug to the ring around his left wrist and glared up at the intruder.

"I am afraid that Will has put you in quite the sticky situation. You see, you are a Moon Fae, and only Sun Fae have clearance in Cahaya. Therefore, our little Will has brought the Council's wrath upon not only himself, but me as well. Due to you being the little thorn in our side, the Council has requested you be put under medical and security lockdown. So, congratulations! You are now my prisoner. And a mighty adorable one at that!" Despite the cheerful tone, Nico could feel the concealed venom, "So? Is there anything I can get you? Some Suncake perhaps?"

Nico stayed silent, not gracing this new fairy with a single sound.

The fairy sighed, "Very well, then. Perhaps my boy Will can get something out of you, yes? Good day!" He turned around to leave before throwing over his shoulder, "And don't think you can leave, this establishment is enchanted, and with or without whatever powers you have, you could not hope to escape." There was a click as the door closed, followed by the unmistakable sounds of the door physically and magically being bolted.

Nico looked around. He had been moved to a new room during his sleep. It had the same set up, except that there was no window on the door, it was larger, another cot set up on the opposite side of the room, and a small toilet sat in the corner. He sighed. He was in a sterile prison for sure now.


A short time later, Will returned, looking worse for wear. He had changed out of his shorts and lab coat, and was wearing a simple yellow T-shirt and jeans. The door bolted behind him as he came to sit beside Nico.

"I am sorry. If I had known that this was going to happen, I would have been sure to be more discreet. Perhaps not have left Earth at all…" He sounded world weary as he fiddled with a pen he held in his lap.

"How long will I be stuck in here?" Nico asked after a long pause.

The blonde looked up and shrugged, "Impossible to say for sure. The council had been called together as soon as you were checked in. It could be as little as three days, or as long as three months before they decide what to do with us."

Nico's eyes widened. Three months? Surely it couldn't take that long. He had to get back to his duties, his responsibilities! When he voiced his concerns aloud, Will gave him a halfhearted smile.

"I doubt it'll take so long, honestly. But these are Elder Fairies we're speaking of. They don't ever agree on anything. The good news is, my punishment is that I am your keeper. I will be stuck in here with you for the duration of your time here. I'm allowed to leave to get food for us, and basic necessities, but otherwise, I am your roomie."

Nico groaned and laid back against his pillow. It would have been bad enough staying alone. But to have to share it with a bright, suddenly morose, Sun Fairy made it all the worse.

"Is there any kind of food you would like?" Will asked, standing up.

"Got Moon Pie?" He asked, to which Will looked confused and shook his head, "Of course not. I'm in Sunland. I don't know, a burger or something will do."

"Those things are unhealthy, but okay. I'll being you some nectar as well." Nico closed his eyes as the healer left.


A/N:

A bit of honesty is needed here: I had a terrible time writing the mid beginning of this chapter. I don't know why. I have up until chapter 6 planned out to the letter, and I planned on getting a good chunk written this week as its my spring break, in between my MCAT preparation... *wonders slightly if its a bad omen when theres writer's block this early* Also... This was supposed to be longer, but I've been caught up in a lot of stuff and wanted this out for you all. So... Hope it's not too short!

I hope you enjoy, R&R and all that fun stuff! Love you all!

~Vampiresswolf