A/N: So I am definitely still working on Silver Wings right now but I came around to a flurry of new plots and ideas that I had to expand on until my brain hurt. Therefore I'm going to upload the next segment of my e-notebook thing just so I can get it all on digital paper and out to you guys as well to see what you think. most of these are general plots with the exception of numbers 51, 52 and 58 which will be written out further and are taken from the amount I have written up to this point. Let me know how you feel about them, if you'd like any of these to be written as a full story, or think any of them are just too stupid to write, etc. Titles might be changed around but I'll let you know if they do when/if I ever get around to writing them all. I look forward to your responses and I promise I will upload the next chapter of Silver Wings real soon! Thank you for waiting on me! ~Len
Number 51: A Gold-line Silver Contract (pairings not entirely established, focuses on TakuZe though)
It was the following week, he was sitting in the meeting hall, once again, listening to the elders bicker over fairly unimportant matters for the most part. Even though the real reason everyone was gathered was to decide what would be told to the hunters about the situation of the Mad Blooming Princess. "I believe it's time we get to our main discussion tonight, we all know a decision must be made by the majority including the Council Chairman about what will be said to the hunters on how we are going about dealing with Hio Shizuka. The main two options are as follows: we deal with her ourselves without hunter aid or we allow the Kiryuu Clan to take action. The association Chairman is becoming impatient with us, apparently a few of their kind have gone missing or have been killed off by who they assume is the Mad Blooming Princess." one of the elders sitting to the left of Ichijo Asato began after silence fell over the meeting room.
"If they have the power to kill a pureblood they might go forth in killing more than necessary of the vampire kind. The Kiryuu Clan, as far as we are concerned, are not particularly rational when it comes to their jobs. They would be very hard to get rid of should they decide we are inferior to them at any time. Giving away power such as this could put us all at risk." a member of the crowd spoke up quickly with a few nodding heads from around the room.
"They are powerful, if we were to take this matter into our own hands and somehow cause them or any other hunter harm we would surely be targeted. At least if they take on the job that would put us in the clear for this situation. I would rather have a knife thrown at me than a bullet already in me. That goes for my children as well. They will be the first to be killed, not the elders. Do not forget our prince, though a pureblood, is also still young and it is possible he could be taken over by their forces should we fail." another voice rang out, a few nods and whispers of agreement followed.
"Have you no faith in our prince? He is a Kuran. Even at this age he could take out a few measly hunters!" a younger member stood and glared at the previous woman that spoke.
"You've not been alive long enough if you're calling the Kiryuu Clan measly. Even at sapling age they can do significant damage to full nobles, rookies like you would be killed in an instant. That is why we have to take this decision so seriously." an elder silenced the younger vampire. Before another comment could be made the door to the meeting hall all but exploded into pieces, causing several members to take cover or duck behind chairs and desks. Standing in the doorway was none other than Seiren, a powerful and mysterious noble that stood at the right hand of the Kuran household. Despite having been alive much longer than most of the elders she never played a role in the council, saying that her only duty for eternity was to serve the Kuran house. She had significant power but she mostly stuck to spying and imformitant work for Kaname.
"What is it that you come here for." Asato demanded with narrowed eyes, Takuma had seen that look many times and knew it meant nothing good. Seiren, however, hardly took notice of his hostile demeanor.
"I have come to inform you that because of a breach in the contract with the association a rogue hunter paired with Hio Shizuka has killed off most of the Kiryuu family. Leaving only one child survivor before she returned to hiding and the rogue hunter was killed for his actions by said child only moments ago. The association has not been notified as of yet and the child, although harmed, was mobile enough to escape the house without being traceable." she reported robotically but firmly. Gasps and frantic chatter quickly filled the room as she disappeared into thin air.
"The hunters will not be pleased about this..." the first elder spoke with a tired sigh. Takuma knew this meant there would be many hunters angry at them for not taking sooner action. If they had simply agreed to let the hunters deal with the mad pureblood in the first place the Kiryuu family would still be alive.
Number 52: Halfling (kinf of AU...ish? But at the same time not. Focus is around the dynamics of Zero, Kaito, and Sayori with a prominent OC character)
Scarlet liquid dripped from the branches onto grass too dark to be seen by normal eyes. "Help me." a whisper forced itself from cracked lips as tears continued to fall from burning eyes while footsteps thudded in the otherwise deafening silence somewhere behind her. "Someone, please." another cry, her legs were giving out, they would catch up soon. Whoever they were, whatever they wanted she wasn't sure. "Run, child, and don't look back." the voice of someone had sounded in her ear moments before she was thrust into the forest. She wasn't sure who it was but her intuition told her to follow their orders. 'I have to keep going.' she forced her small legs to move faster, pushing past the pain, she continued to run until she couldn't move her muscles fast enough. The pain grew to be too much as she fell, the shriek that left her sounded inhuman even to her own ears as she prepared for impact.
"Are you alright?" the gruff voice made her flinch as she opened honey brown eyes to find herself suspended mere inches from the ground. Breath caught in her throat, turning to find a tall man with one piercing silver eye staring into hers. What was she supposed to say, she didn't even know if she could move much less talk under his stare. She was paralyzed. A sigh left the man's lips, taking her silence as enough of an answer apparently, before picking her up and continuing on his way as though this was a normal occurrence. "The boys and Sayori will look after you until you've recovered. It's dangerous out here for you to be alone, even being what you are." he voiced an explanation without her having to ask.
"What I am?" she questioned curiously, her voice coming out dry, it hurt to talk but she opted to ignore it as best she could. Was she going to be killed? Was she being saved? Who was this man and who was he talking about that would take care of her?
"You're a pureblood." it was stated, not asked, she noted. This man knew of the vampire race, but he wasn't a vampire himself. She wasn't supposed to tell humans what she was, they would have her killed no doubt. "Nothing is going to happen to you. Whatever it was you were running from, they will be dealt with." the man once again answered her questions without her having to ask any, it was a bit irritating but she was grateful too. If what he said was true maybe she would be alright, maybe she would finally get some answers.
"Who are you?" she asked, the man didn't seem inclined to answer her though, a long stretch of silence passed as they walked together before she heard him sigh.
"Yagari Toga, the ones you will meet are named Wakaba Sayori, Takamiya Kaito and Kiryu Zero. It will serve you well to remember those names in case you get into trouble." it was a gamble to share information like the names of famous hunters such as his students. But this girl was young and he doubted she even knew who they were, it didn't seem like she even knew he was a hunter. 'Odd, for a pureblood her senses are either very dull or she was never told of us. Does she even know what she is capable of? What it means to be a pureblood...or even a vampire?' he wondered with a side glance to the tired child. She was naive at best. 'The kids will take to her well though.' he realized as he felt her weight increase, she had fallen asleep, Toga shook his head a bit but couldn't help the small smile that appeared on his lips.
Kaito sighed in amusement as he watched Sayori attempt to keep Zero from killing the headmaster for the nth time that evening. They had previously decided Zero would cook and Cross was, unsurprisingly, banned from the kitchen area due to his miraculous ability to blow things up or create toxic substances without trying. The man had been trying to sneak in for tea for the past hour and forty minutes, and each time he would be ruthlessly kicked out. It seemed the man never learned. It had been four years since they had graduated from the academy they called home and moved across town, a few months after Kuran Rido's attack Sayori had come to him with questions about why she was able to protect herself from the attack of level E's without doing anything. They had searched in her history to find she was part of a once thought to be lost hunter lineage, with the help of Zero and Toga they trained and taught her how to use and control her powers and charms. She wasn't an average hunter due to her impure blood, but she was strong enough to help the others and complete missions on her own. It only took two months for Toga to sign as her official master and in the two years that passed, she was able to make it to full hunter status. Her new life began with the boys, and she chose to live with them instead of going to college despite that the life of a hunter wasn't glamorous. Her addition to their group was beneficial both on and of the field, both he and Zero found a genuine friendship with Yori and looked after her as much as they did each other, Sayori found herself enjoying life with the boys and often commented on them being family-like. She played a part in their lives that Kuran Yuki was never able to achieve due to her naive and innocent mind no matter how hard she had tried up until she was turned. "When is Toga supposed to get here anyway, I'm not able to start vegetables until he's at least nearby." Zero eventually questioned, satisfied with the whimpering heap of a headmaster in the corner of the dining room once again.
"I assume he'll be here any minute, it's not like him to be late. I'm sure someone just stopped him on his way out of the association." Kaito replied with a shrug Zero clicked his tongue in minor annoyance before turning back towards his kitchen just as the presence of a pureblood washed over the grounds. "We have visitors?" Kaito questioned turning to the silverette who frowned, he didn't typically interact with purebloods and he certainly didn't invite any of the ones he knew over to his home for a casual dinner.
"Toga's with them." Zero informed as the trio and Cross stood and waited for the door to open. When it finally did, revealing the grumpy man and his companion Zero raised en eyebrow at him. It was a child, a young girl maybe ten years old at best, unconscious on his shoulders.
"Well...that's not what I expected, who is she?" Kaito asked as they let the man in, he laid the girl down on the couch by the fire before heading to the kitchen to answer Kaito's question and get a glass of whiskey he knew the boys kept for him.
"I don't know, she came out of the woods looking like that, I assume there was a killing somewhere. She acted like she was running from someone or something, either she doesn't know what a hunter is or her senses are extremely dull. Brat practically ran into me. Abnormal for purebloods to be attacked in this day though." Toga gruffed in reply as he lit a cigarette at the table ignoring Cross' glare at the action. "Figured she could stay here with you three, under protection, until we figure out what the fuck happened." he added on again ignoring Cross' glare for his language in the presence of a child.
"We'll take her in." Zero spoke before either of the others could, not that they would have protested the idea. Zero had always helped children first, it didn't matter who they were, in his eyes a child in need was a child in need. It was clear by the way he had already taken to untangling her hair that he was interested in the girl. The look in his eyes Kaito caught was something he had only seen when the silverette looked at his younger twin, Zero was already attached and he wasn't going to simply let her walk out the door with anyone else.
"Here we go again, chronic older brother syndrome." the older of the two joked not missing the short glare that was cast his way or the chuckle from Sayori before she went to join their companion at the young girl's side.
"Careful Kaito, she'll be fed better than you." Cross mused as he watched the trio so easily accept the child. It would have been quite a different story when they were still attending his school. Though Zero had always had a soft spot for children, vampires or not, they had been at such odds it was almost impossible to think they would get to this point. They had become quite a remarkable household.
Number 53: To Keep You With Me (KaiZe pairing, at least that's what I'm assuming will happen)
Zero becomes horribly ill due to being charmed by unknown forces while on a mission and the night class has no choice but to house him for a while. With Cross and Touga out of the picture, Kaito is the only one to help out his fallen partner. It takes time but eventually he gets the night class to cooperate. But why were they so difficult in the first place? Some hidden feelings come to light in their trials in trying to help the perfect and soon it becomes a mad race to see who can do the most for the silverette. But who charmed him in the first place and why? What lengths will the night class and Kaito go to in order to save the silverette and win this silent competition?
Number 54: Brother's Keeper (bit AU-ish brothers fic for Ichiru and Zero, Zero is significantly older than Ichiru in this and pairings might be included later)
Ichiru, at eight years old, winds up at Cross Academy bloody, and sick, looking for his older brother Zero who has been missing for a few hours. Their home was attacked and parents killed. Zero is nowhere to be found so Cross sets up for the night class to take Ichiru in. A few months later, after stories of Ichiru's missing brother intrigues the vampires enough to start a search, they wind up finding more about the past of the Kiryuu family and what exactly caused the family to be targeted. A year later, at a gathering held by the city council Zero walks in looking for his little brother. Meeting the night class is the last thing on his mind as his attackers are still on the lose, but he soon learns he will need to trust the others in order to keep Ichiru safe from harm.
Number 55: Pieces of Us (another AU brother fic, no vampires in this one sorry! Ichiru is sixteen in this and Zero is eighteen for explicit content reasons hint hint nudge nudge. Trigger warnings will be on this one and I won't reveal pairings.)
It took an immense amount of work but finally at the age of sixteen Kiryu Ichiru was accepted into the night class of Cross Academy with the other top students at the school. His older brother had been shipped off for elite military training and it has been four years since they were in contact. Despite his success at school, the feeling of hate and jealousy burns through him every time his poster-child brother is mentioned. As he works with the night class for school and relationships eventually begin to blossom he finds that maybe it's never been hate. Maybe all he wanted was a brother that could spend time with him and look after him like his friends always had. Maybe it was too easy for him to turn his feeling of anxiety when finding out Zero would be leaving four years ago into jealousy so he didn't miss him so much. But life is cruel and fate is often harsh, Zero returns from a war being fought abroad after learning his parents had been killed in a home invasion. Despite symptoms of severe PTSD he decides to take his father's place in the household name as well as all the responsibilities that came with that title and ignoring the strain it puts on his mental health. Ichiru learns of his brother's choices after being informed in the middle of a conversation with his classmates that Zero had been hospitalized and on suicide watch. Putting on a brave face, preparing to confront the brother he not only ignored but openly hated just before his departure, the younger Kiryu begins his own trials of how to deal with a mentally unstable yet powerful brother and convince him that they still need each other. Now more than ever.
Number 56: When Past Becomes Present, I'll Protect You (Gang AU kinda-ish, I don't know, my brain just did the thing and here we go. Ichiru is a bit of a shit in this one but it's in a cute way. Another age difference, Ichiru is ten and Zero is seventeen)
Kiryu Zero is at the top of his class in a well known high-class academy when he learns of the death of his parents via a gang rivalry. A life he was trying to leave behind comes back with a vengeance and he finds himself suddenly responsible for his younger brother. As he continues to go to school, attempt to control a furious gang looking for revenge on his behalf, and take on the parent responsibilities, strained relationships in school begin to explode. The exceptions being the one with his best friend Takamiya Kaito and a quiet classmate that always seemed to keep himself in Zero's view but never close enough to where they shared a conversation. At least they hadn't until the stress of his new life causes Zero to collapse outside the boy's dorm room, he was finally introduced to this Senri Shiki when he comes to in the school's infirmary and gives in when told he needed help. Shiki and Kaito put the strained student back on track, risking their own lives and reputations along the way, eventually, relationships blossom and they begin to work as a household within the academy. Ichiru, at the age of ten, doesn't understand why his parents were killed or why he was always shut out of the important conversations between his parents and brother. Unable to comprehend grief a severe fear of losing the only family he has left consumes him to a point where he is unable to be without Zero. The latter understands but decides it is best to keep his brother from finding out just what his family was up to behind his back, it was a hard reality to learn and Ichiru was hardly ready for that discussion. Even if the younger misses the subtle wording or the underhanded meaning in their conversations, he most certainly notices when two older boys are taking up his brother's time and attention. If someone were to say he was pleased they'd be lying through their teeth.
Number 57: Gin Shinigami (AU-ish but also not really...it's always hard to explain in these short things. You'll just have to find out. Zero is around twenty-three in this fic for age reference surrounding pretty much all the characters. Ichiru is dead, so is Shizuka but they were killed via hunter missions. I'm including the events that happened with Kuran Rido and Yuki being turned into a pureblood but no one has met Zero. So in a way, this takes place, after all that crap but also not because none of that crap would have gone well without Zero being there in the original. Like I said, it's hard to explain so please bear with me on this one.)
Their arrival Cross Academy was off-putting, Cross was still very much the same man in looks but the one they had left behind for nearly six years had a childish air around him that simply didn't exist with this being. Kuran Kaname had long claimed his rightful position to the throne but was asked to return to the school with his nobles in order to continue working with the legendary ex-hunter in a world of peace. The school was the same, the same stables, the same walls, even the same buildings although they looked to have been slightly remodeled since his uncle had destroyed half the establishment in his final fit of madness before he was finally put to final rest by none other than his own son with the help of Ichijo Takuma. And yet with everything being so similar, it felt so very different, there was a calm that covered the area as though the whole place was in a slumber of sorts. The day class students hadn't arrived for the year yet, and everything seemed so...quiet. A lifeless air clouded the entire academy. The perfects they once knew had long gone, either no longer alive or onto better things, even their old teacher had retired from his position at the school and merely kept Cross Kaien company in his time between hunts. "Welcome back, Kaname-san, Yuki-san, and the rest of you. I'm glad to hear you are still willing to work alongside me during the peace era." the former hunter greeted with a bow to the vampires, in years past he would have squealed and jumped at the idea of even seeing his once foster daughter but lately it seemed he had matured and aged. Using the wisdom and influence he had steadily grown over his lifetime to re-immerse himself in both hunter and vampire politics while continuing to run the academy.
Number 58: Picking Up Pieces (another family dynamic based fic surrounding my current favorite three, Zero, Kaito & Yori but this one is sad, major character death warning right from the get-go.)
"This can't be good, whatever it is, prepare yourselves for the worst...even if we don't know what that is..." Kaito mumbled as they waited in the living room until the knock came. With bated breath, Zero walked to the door and opened it, revealing a crying Kuran Yuki that was desperately trying to control herself and Kuran Kaname with a look of sympathy etched into his otherwise emotionless eyes. There weren't any words spoken, their auras were too fragile, so Zero simply opened the door wider and beckoned them inside. No one spoke as coats were taken and hung and the group took up seats in the living room by the fire, Sayori passed out tea and put down a tray of comforting snacks as they gathered before she, Zero, and Kaito joined them.
"I take is this wasn't a typical outing..." Kaito eventually voiced to break the silence. On cue, Yuki started to sob and quickly found herself in the arms of her best friend, Sayori trying to comfort and decipher her sob-filled mumbles to no avail.
"I-I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." was all the young pureblood could manage clearly before devolving into another set of crying gibberish. Zero's eyes took in her huddled and shaking form before landing back on Kaname, he didn't have to ask, the older would tell him without prompting.
"We ventured further than normal, I was asked at the market if I would drop by the association to relay a message back to you three. The Chairman didn't see it fit to call or make you wait until you checked in. There was an accident on his last mission, the details are still unclear as to what exactly happened. Yagari-san was severely injured and two hunters on his mission died as a result of their injuries at the site. Yagari-san will survive but...only because Cross Kaien gave up his life for it. The amount of blood and organ replacements needed would have been too much for anyone to survive unless he was given them immediately. Kaien-san had been notified earlier when Yagari-san was rushed to the hospital, from what we could gather he made sure if he died everything would go to Yagari-san before he did it. Currently, Yagari-san is in a coma and we don't know what his chances are yet, he's at the association's private hospital. Kaien's body is to be cremated tomorrow evening unless requested otherwise by you, Kiryuu-kun, since you're technically his only child. The Chairman asked to see you as soon as you are able to discuss more...in-depth details." Kaname took in the reactions of the three hunters, he knew death was hard on the boys from an early age and doubted Sayori was prepared for anything like this. She had only just begun to learn their ways, and being a hunter was much harder than being a vampire. Death for them, even more so than the average human, was always lurking around the corner and only struck it seemed at the worst of times. Sayori was crying although he could tell it was more controlled with the others around, Kaito only looked down, he wasn't ready to process what he was hearing and was suffering what Kaname assumed was shock. And Zero...whom he worried the most about when it came to presenting news like this. He was strangely calm, his eyes flashed with different emotions, sadness and disbelief being two of the more prominent ones. But he closed his eyes for a moment, and when they re-opened they were clear and collected. A much different reaction than Kaname would have gotten only three years earlier. The hunters had changed and grown much more than he had realized in his absence from the school. It was almost concerning how quiet they were in comparison to Yuki and even a couple of his own nobles when they first learned of the tragedy.
"Thank you for telling us, I'll get in contact with the Chairman tomorrow. I assume the entire association will shut down for the next few days as they bring everyone home from missions both local and abroad. If you will tell the council, there will be an influx of level E's for a little while and they might have to send out nobles to take care of the streets while the hunters re-assemble. Apologies in advance, it won't take too long though, a week at most." he spoke smoothly, surprising the vampires with how quickly he seemed to be able to process the news. His easy demeanor seemed to pull Kaito and Sayori out of their inner turmoil, the former looking at him with resolve in his eyes.
"In the meantime, what do you want us to do?" the eldest hunter questioned not taking his eyes off his partner. Death wasn't something new to them, they had learned from an early age how to push it to the back of their minds in order to focus on the bigger problems those who died often left behind. In this case, it was both the academy and the association they would need to handle before things could return to something akin to normal life. Kaito knew Zero likely already had a plan on where to go next, he had always been good at that, never had Kaito felt as though Zero was at a loss of where to go or what to do. It simply wasn't an option, and even something as unexpected and heartbreaking as this was no exception. 'Hopefully Sayori will be able to keep up with how quickly the hunters need to move on, it's not a normal human skill to push the deaths of loved ones to the back of your mind like this.' he thought glancing over at the newest hunter. He was tempted to ask if she was okay but the look of determination even through the tears in her eyes was enough assurance that she would make it out alright.
"We will shut the academy down for a few days, in order to notify the teachers and staff. Kaito you'll likely have to take over Touga's classes until we can find a permanent replacement if you want one, Sayori if you could handle administrative work and negotiation for a while...there will be a panic across the school for a while and you're the best out of the three of us to handle something like this. That being said it won't be easy." lilac-amethyst eyes swept from Kaito to Sayori as he gave them direction, Kaito nodded and sighed as he leaned against the wall and stared out the window.
"I don't expect it to be but I can handle it, what about you?" Sayori questioned just to voice it in the open. She knew if Zero was planning something, he wouldn't say anything unless asked directly. At times she felt a bit bad for trapping her friend in a situation he couldn't get out of but it was the easiest way for her to know exactly where his mind was without performing a psychological assessment.
"I'll head to the association after I get in contact with the Chairman, there's more to the story I'm sure but even more than that he won't be able to control the panic in the hunters. Touga had a lot of power and jurisdiction, with him being unresponsive for the time that power is tossed in the air and everyone is going to want it. Controlling hunters isn't easy but...it's possible. I don't know how long I'll be there for." he answered, it wasn't the full truth she could tell but it was better than what she expected. She supposed he was being careful because of how much Yuki was affected by the news, he had always aired on the side of caution with her even after she became a vampire. In his eyes, and many others if she was being honest, Yuki was still very much a naive child and needed to be shielded from certain realities.
'He can't protect her from the knowledge of what happened, but he can protect her from knowing more details that might hurt her worse.' the younger hunter thought as she nodded to her friend. The room fell silent again for a few moments before the phone started ringing in the hall, Kaito raised an eyebrow at the silverette, who shrugged before going to answer almost as though it was routine. It almost made Aido angry at how they seemed to just continue going, as though nothing happened.
"You have this planned out almost like you expected it to happen." he snipped eventually before Kaito could leave the room for the kitchen. The ash-brown haired hunter stopped in his tracks and turned to look over his shoulder at the blond with a venomous fire in his eyes.
"If you're suggesting we had something to do with it I will cut you into pieces here and now. Losing someone is never easy, losing two people that we considered more than just a fellow hunter and the headmaster of the school is immensely painful. But we've done this before, we've learned how to prepare for the inevitable. Regardless of how and when it happens, as a hunter, this is a reality you need to know how to handle at any given time. No matter who it is, no matter how hard it is, we need to keep going. The world is still rotating, the days will still come and go, and we still have a duty on this Earth that doesn't go away. Hunters don't get 'days off' and the rest of the world doesn't stop when someone you care about dies. It's a hard lesson, but everyone learns it one way or another. Right now we're just doing what we can." he responded before continuing into the kitchen.
"You don't think this was something planned by someone else, do you? An outsider looking to pick someone off?" Takuma questioned when the older returned to the room with a scone in hand.
"It's more likely than not, I mean this is Yagari-san we're talking about here. A level E or two wouldn't be able to do something like what he suffered I assume if it's as bad as I imagine it to be." Sayori answered as Zero walked back in the room with a look of intensity that Kaname knew very well after many argument-filled nights with the younger.
"Who called." it was stated instead of asked, they were all curious and he wanted answers.
"Autopsy, for the other two hunters on Touga's mission, apparently they were killed by a 22 caliber shotgun." Zero answered causing Kaito to frown.
"That's his gun, you don't think he shot and killed two rookie hunters. There's no way, he's an ass sometimes but he has fucking morals." he growled with narrowed eyes.
"No, Touga wouldn't do something so stupid and thankfully most hunters would agree with that. But if someone is trying to frame him...likely it was because they couldn't kill him. Meaning he probably witnessed the other two getting shot. We need to find out who, and why, before we end up in a game of politics and he gets wrongly charged without having the ability to speak for himself." Zero agreed running a hand through his hair as he leaned against the wall near the doorway to the hall.
"Here we go again..." Kaito's whisper fell into the otherwise silent room, memories of their multiple trials at Cross Academy flooded each being for what felt like an eternity. It seemed that no matter how many years passed, they would always find themselves in another brutal situation.
Number 59: Resonance (another one of those trigger warning type fics and pairings don't exist yet and it starts with a kid version of Zero so that's where this segment is before there will be a time skip)
Everything was so dark, what was going on? He couldn't hear, he couldn't see, he wasn't even sure if he could talk. 'What did they do to me?!' he wanted to scream but something told him to keep quiet. His shoulder and neck burned with an unfamiliar pain. He tried to pull his hand up to feel what happened but his arms wouldn't move. 'Shackles? They chained me up here?' he questioned himself. Was there anyone else there? He couldn't tell, it was just dark and cold.
A/N: Alright well there you have it, the newest of the plot bunnies constantly running through my brain and morphing into new stories with their own twists and turns, successfully keeping me from being able to write the next Silver Wings without branching off into a completely different plot bunny. It's getting annoying af so I'm hoping this helps me out a bit. As mentioned previously, I am still working on chapter 11, it's just taking longer to configure my words than normal. I apologize but I will try to get it out soon. Happy New Year, I know it's late, and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I'll see you soon! ~Len