Everyone had left as expected, leaving Gladio and Ardyn alone to perform the ritual that will unbind the elder and return him to Niflheim. He feels a sense of relief that it will be finally over, but too he feels a bit forlorn as he looks to the overgrown child drawing the runes on the basement floor. While he hated being stuck here at first, spending time with the teen and his sister had been, he’ll admit, nice.
“All right, that’s done,” Gladio says and wipes chalk dust off his hands. “now for the candles and incense then we can start the spell.”
“Hmm, yes.” Ardyn says and furrows his brows.
He still has to decide what spell he wants to do. Both set up the same but when it comes to activating the spell is where it differs, and there is the horrible possibility neither will work and he has to try the third. And possibly having to rape or murder the boy are not an option he’s willing to do. If it was when he first was dragged here he might of, but now he wishes to bring no harm to the sad little urchin, feeling that life already shits all over him as is.
“Okay Ardyn, what’s next?”
Ardyn freezes. Shit, what was he to do. “Well I,” he says and tips his head back and thinks. “we need to decide which incantation to do.”
“Okay, so what are the choices?” Gladio asks, looking naively innocent.
“The first requires your blood and some herbs to be mixed together as you recite the spell, you will then need to drink the mixture and pass it to me,” he says and smirks at the disgusted look the boy makes. “with a kiss.”
Gladio’s cheeks turn a deep red. “Oh, uh what’s the other?”
“The other requires,” Ardyn falters again but shakes his head and continues. “you to give up something you hold dear in exchange for my freedom.”
“Something, I hold dear?” Gladio says and begins to think.
“Both choices have, issues, to say the least. But I leave it for you to decide.”
“So I either have to drink a nasty mix of my blood and some plants,” Ardyn can’t help but chuckle that the teen finds that to be the issue. “or give up something precious to me.”
The teen fidgets around as he mulls over his choices has a brief moment where it would seem he made his decision, only to go back to thinking. Ardyn sighs out and leans against some boxes as he places his hands inside his pockets, but then feels something in one that makes him knit his brows. It was the gift he bought for the teen at that occult shop, he had forgotten all about it.
“Gladio.” he says and gets the boy’s attention. “I had gotten something for you but forgot about it after you were stabbed in that alley. Here.”
The teen holds his hand out and accepts the necklace, looking at it and then smiling fondly. “This is really cool Ardyn, thank you. I’ll cherish it.” he says and puts it over his head, then looks at it again. “Meeting you and spending all these times together, has been so much fun.” Gladio looks at him and smiles, tears rolling down his face. “I’m going to greatly miss you.”
“I as well child.” Ardyn says and returns his smile. “I’ll make sure when I return I won’t see you harmed.”
“Huh?” Gladio begins but then chuckles and wipes his tears away. “You say the strangest things Ardyn.”
“Truly.”
The brunette looks back down at the necklace, running his finger over the metal x and then nods. “I know what I need to do.”
“You have, what is it?”
“The second spell.”
Ardyn’s brows crinkle. “Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Very well.” he says and retrieves the appropriate book.
He hands it over to the teen and reads over it with him, but his mind can’t really focus, wondering just what the teen has chosen to give up. It wouldn’t be anyone from his family, he loves his baby sister too much and he doubts he’d pick his Father. His duty as Shield? No, he wouldn’t do that either, it’d just fall to Iris and Gladio wouldn’t ever do that to her. Finally, once Gladio is able to memorize and pronounce the incantation they take their places, Ardyn in the center while Gladio kneels before him. The teen takes a couple breaths and then snickers as Ardyn pats his head, giving him a smile before relaxing.
“Voco super spirituum, implorare debetis, ut audirent sermones meos. Liberabo te hoc peto, ut non reverteretur a binding et eo unde venisset.” Gladio sniffles, tears forming in his eyes again and continues. “I offer, as the thing I hold dear, my memories of the time we spent together.”
Ardyn looks stunned at the boy but before he can react the rune activates and a bright light engulfs him. He opens his eyes and looks to the child, seeing him crying but with a smile still on his face.
“Thank you, Ardyn, for being kind to me and being my first friend.”
The light becomes so intense that Ardyn can’t help but shut his eyes tightly again, then everything goes dark. He slowly reopens them and looks around, finding himself inside a cold, silent, and dark house. Home, he was home, but he doesn’t feel much joy. Just very sad and lonely. It would be ten years before he meets with the once sad sack with puppy eyes, finding him to now be a beast of a man, tattooed and scarred with eyes full of life and care. Although now they're looking at him with suspicion.
“Yes?” Gladio asks, voice sounding gravelly and distrustful. “Something you want?”
Ardyn looks down at the book the young man is holding and smiles. “That’s an interesting book you have there.”
Gladio looks down at it and lets a smile slip out. “Yeah, had this since I was young, can’t remember though where I got it, but it’s one of my favorites. Must have read it over a hundred times.”
The auburn haired man nods and then looks to see the necklace he gave to him around his neck, feeling his cold and blackened heart grow warm.
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“All right, that’s done,” Gladio says and wipes chalk dust off his hands. “now for the candles and incense then we can start the spell.”
“Hmm, yes.” Ardyn says and furrows his brows.
He still has to decide what spell he wants to do. Both set up the same but when it comes to activating the spell is where it differs, and there is the horrible possibility neither will work and he has to try the third. And possibly having to rape or murder the boy are not an option he’s willing to do. If it was when he first was dragged here he might of, but now he wishes to bring no harm to the sad little urchin, feeling that life already shits all over him as is.
“Okay Ardyn, what’s next?”
Ardyn freezes. Shit, what was he to do. “Well I,” he says and tips his head back and thinks. “we need to decide which incantation to do.”
“Okay, so what are the choices?” Gladio asks, looking naively innocent.
“The first requires your blood and some herbs to be mixed together as you recite the spell, you will then need to drink the mixture and pass it to me,” he says and smirks at the disgusted look the boy makes. “with a kiss.”
Gladio’s cheeks turn a deep red. “Oh, uh what’s the other?”
“The other requires,” Ardyn falters again but shakes his head and continues. “you to give up something you hold dear in exchange for my freedom.”
“Something, I hold dear?” Gladio says and begins to think.
“Both choices have, issues, to say the least. But I leave it for you to decide.”
“So I either have to drink a nasty mix of my blood and some plants,” Ardyn can’t help but chuckle that the teen finds that to be the issue. “or give up something precious to me.”
The teen fidgets around as he mulls over his choices has a brief moment where it would seem he made his decision, only to go back to thinking. Ardyn sighs out and leans against some boxes as he places his hands inside his pockets, but then feels something in one that makes him knit his brows. It was the gift he bought for the teen at that occult shop, he had forgotten all about it.
“Gladio.” he says and gets the boy’s attention. “I had gotten something for you but forgot about it after you were stabbed in that alley. Here.”
The teen holds his hand out and accepts the necklace, looking at it and then smiling fondly. “This is really cool Ardyn, thank you. I’ll cherish it.” he says and puts it over his head, then looks at it again. “Meeting you and spending all these times together, has been so much fun.” Gladio looks at him and smiles, tears rolling down his face. “I’m going to greatly miss you.”
“I as well child.” Ardyn says and returns his smile. “I’ll make sure when I return I won’t see you harmed.”
“Huh?” Gladio begins but then chuckles and wipes his tears away. “You say the strangest things Ardyn.”
“Truly.”
The brunette looks back down at the necklace, running his finger over the metal x and then nods. “I know what I need to do.”
“You have, what is it?”
“The second spell.”
Ardyn’s brows crinkle. “Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Very well.” he says and retrieves the appropriate book.
He hands it over to the teen and reads over it with him, but his mind can’t really focus, wondering just what the teen has chosen to give up. It wouldn’t be anyone from his family, he loves his baby sister too much and he doubts he’d pick his Father. His duty as Shield? No, he wouldn’t do that either, it’d just fall to Iris and Gladio wouldn’t ever do that to her. Finally, once Gladio is able to memorize and pronounce the incantation they take their places, Ardyn in the center while Gladio kneels before him. The teen takes a couple breaths and then snickers as Ardyn pats his head, giving him a smile before relaxing.
“Voco super spirituum, implorare debetis, ut audirent sermones meos. Liberabo te hoc peto, ut non reverteretur a binding et eo unde venisset.” Gladio sniffles, tears forming in his eyes again and continues. “I offer, as the thing I hold dear, my memories of the time we spent together.”
Ardyn looks stunned at the boy but before he can react the rune activates and a bright light engulfs him. He opens his eyes and looks to the child, seeing him crying but with a smile still on his face.
“Thank you, Ardyn, for being kind to me and being my first friend.”
The light becomes so intense that Ardyn can’t help but shut his eyes tightly again, then everything goes dark. He slowly reopens them and looks around, finding himself inside a cold, silent, and dark house. Home, he was home, but he doesn’t feel much joy. Just very sad and lonely. It would be ten years before he meets with the once sad sack with puppy eyes, finding him to now be a beast of a man, tattooed and scarred with eyes full of life and care. Although now they're looking at him with suspicion.
“Yes?” Gladio asks, voice sounding gravelly and distrustful. “Something you want?”
Ardyn looks down at the book the young man is holding and smiles. “That’s an interesting book you have there.”
Gladio looks down at it and lets a smile slip out. “Yeah, had this since I was young, can’t remember though where I got it, but it’s one of my favorites. Must have read it over a hundred times.”
The auburn haired man nods and then looks to see the necklace he gave to him around his neck, feeling his cold and blackened heart grow warm.