Monster's Awakening (Chapter 6: Revelations)
(Disclaimer:I'm still poor so I don't own any of these properties no matter how much I want to, MH is Capcom's and FE is Nintendo's)
Dialogue key
"Blast off" normal speaking
'Blast off' though
"Blast off" Monster speaking/emphasise
[Blast off] Telepathic dialogue
[Drago's POV]
The second I saw Panne in the doorframe I broke into a cold sweat, if she suddenly decides for a fight now, I'm sure that not only I would lose, I would probably end up dying.
The tension was suffocating, deciding to go for broke I went and broke the silence.
"So," I took a deep breath before looking straight at her "what did you want to talk about?" I asked.
Panne suddenly looked a bit uncomfortable before taking a deep breath to calm herself.
"First off, I..I wanted to apologize for...everything that happened when we met" she said regretfully.
I stared at her a bit to see if she was just joking, when I saw nothing that indicated that I sighed and rubbed the back of my head.
"Ok, I forgive you but you need to tell what caused it, as far as I know I didn't do anything to trigger that response" I say bringing up the small elephant in the room.
Panne nodded and decided to sit down on a nearby chair, the rest decided to give us some space but were keeping watch in case they needed to intervene.
Panne took a deep breath and proceeded to explain:
"At first I thought you were just another man spawn, however the moment when you transformed the shock of seeing another Taguel, even one I couldn't recognize, made me feel a rush of different emotions, but for some reason my instincts were telling me you were a threat, that alongside my brief emotion rush started making me irrational, I decided to confront what I felt was a threat and asked what you were..." at this points she stops for a second to collect her thought and looks at me slightly glaring.
"The moment when you said that you were a monster I felt an intense feeling of disgust, I thought 'how can a Taguel think of himself like that!? Doesn't he have an ounce of pride for his heritage!?' and without thinking I attacked you. Then lost in my rage I attacked with all my strength not caring how badly you could have gotten hurt. I have to give you credit, you manage to hold your own against me until Robin stepped in." she finishes explaining with small smile on her face at the end.
I stood there in silence processing the explanation, while on one hand I could just lie to her to keep making her believe that there are more Taguels out there...but I can't bring myself to do that, eventually she'll find out and it will be worse.
"Panne...look I forgive you for what you did, but there's something you should know" Drago says looking at the Taguel.
"What is it?" She asks staring at me as I take a deep breath 'Here goes nothing' I think to myself before telling her.
"I'm not a Taguel" I say looking straight at her as she looks at me confused "I was a human before Chrom and Robin found me, I don't know how but I became this monster" he says before Panne grabs his shoulders and stares at him.
"Why do you keep calling yourself that!?" she asks me sounding worried "You shouldn't be ashamed of what you are...please…" she tells me, her voice almost sounding like she was begging.
I start feeling uncomfortable and look away from her "Panne please calm down and let me explain" I tells her softly. Panne slowly nods and sits down as I looks at the ground trying to find the best way to explain...all this mess….after all, how can one explain suddenly getting the ability to turn into a wolf bear thing that can shoot lightning...even if I don't know if I can pull that last one off...and not sound like I'm going insane or just lying through my teeth.
"Ok, let's begin with this…the main reason of why I call the Zinogre...what I've become, a monster, is because...that what he is supposed to be, this thing shouldn't even be something that is real, it should just be a monster from fiction...nothing more…" I explain to her looking down while doing so before glancing at Panne who was frowning looking a bit confused but letting me continue "It was only a monster of a story I used to read on my homeland...yet...when I woke up here...I gained the ability to turn into a hybrid of it…" I carry on before staring right at her saddened "I'm not sure what I am anymore...just that I'm a freak of nature...wouldn't be shocked if the other Shepherds don't want anything to do with me an-" I say before getting cut off by Panne slapping me in the face and glaring at me like how a mother looks at her child when they start saying something stupid.
"Stop, I don't care that you aren't a Taguel or a man spawn, you are now a Shepherd, Chrom allowed you to join this group for a reason, and Robin and the others have shown that they also trust you, I know better than to judge their judgement after all" she says reassuringly and putting a hand on my shoulder "And I've known the other members long enough to know that scared is not the word to use for most of them, they accepted me and Nowi despite not being of their species, I'm sure that they'll accept you too, just give them time" she says giving me a small smile while I just stare at her surprised before smiling back.
"Hard to believe that this is the same woman that sent me here" I jokes before Panne flicks me forehead with me wincing at the hit "Don't push it wolf pup, you still have a lot to learn and I won't hesitate sending you back here if you start slacking off or talking back" she says seriously but hiding her small smirk.
"Thanks Panne…I really needed that" I say smiling in appreciation with the Taguel returning the gesture.
"Well then, you should rest, you are still healing, see you later wolf pup" she says before leaving me to rest while I climb on back on the infirmary and stare at stare at the ceiling lost in my thoughts, what if she's wrong? What if they DON'T accept me, worse yet, what if they do but I lose control in the middle of battle and hurt them? I thought that I could at least focus on my enemies while I was in the berserk state but...this battle showed me that-
[Oh for the love of the elder dragons are you STILL moping about the what ifs!?] I heard the Zynogre's voice come from the stone sounding really annoyed.
'Oh great, what do you want' I mentally groan not really having the energy to deal with the voice of the wolfbear thing….and yes I'm gonna keep calling it that sue me.
[Not even a few days and you are already developing an attitude, here I thought 'pups' like you would learn to shut their traps and listen to when the ones with more experience talked] He says clearly mocking me.
'Just get to the point' I say annoyed through the mental link
[Well to mock you for losing to probably this world's equivalent to a Lagonbi….and to tell you how much of an idiot you are being, I just don't get why you would care if those other humans fear you or not, you are in good terms with the leaders of this pack so their opinions shouldn't matter] He says plainly as I try resist the urge to chuck the stone out the window
'It's not that simple….if it was I wouldn't be so nervous…' I say looking at the ceiling 'I NEED them to trust me...a lot of events are gonna transpire in the future, and I intent on making sure the body count remains low…' I explain to the monster in head who just laughs amused.
[So that's your plan? Manipulating everyone so that they go the route you want? You are indeed a hypocrite pup, even if you knew about them the fact that you didn't expect this fight that happened shows that you are incapable of this] He taunts me [You should worry about yourself first, because even if you can heal faster you are still gonna be bedridden for the rest of the day, so rest and stop worrying about needless things, it gets annoying hearing your head overloading because you can't even pick clothes] he mocks me before finally shutting up.
"Asshole…." I mumble before drifting off and falling asleep trying to not pay mind to everything that was going through my head at the moment.
(Chapter End)
Hi guys Dragon-XZero here….
This chapter….took longer than it should, I have no good excuses, I legit was getting distracted by every single little thing in existence, like college, life, a crack on the floor.
I have most of the fic planned alongside a sequel, but for now I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and focus on actually writing instead of wasting time.
Now to answer some question that I've seen pop up a lot…
-Will Drago ever be able to go Full Zinogre? Yes, but later on the story, for god sake the man can't even use lighting yet, of course he ain't gonna be able to turn into a Wolf Bear thing.
-Am I gonna write a lemon? FUCK NO! None of that here!
-Do I have a ship for Drago? Yes, read the description, its Tiki, and no, I don't plan for this to be a 'love at first sight' thing, I actually plan on developing the relationship.
-Is this fic abandoned? HELL NO! I've put too much love into this to jump ship now! I WILL FINISH THIS! Shakes fist at the sky
Also I ain't bringing Hell to this fic...unless he wants to.
Anyway that's all I have to say for now, hopefully the next update won't take me a lifetime again, see you all then.
[Dragon-XZero sign out]