The Era of Unification

by xXWD_GhostyXx

Summary:

This is what I believe could've happened if the Gelfling won the garthim wars. And it also has a bunch of ship content.

Notes:

Hai Hai! This is my AU where the Gelfling win the garthim wars, hope you like this chapter its more if a prolog than anything. ♡♡♡

Chapter 1: The Victory AU

victory AU

 

I've been thinking about this for the longest time, but what if there was a AU where the Gelfling won the garthim wars?

After watching their loved ones be drained and murdered, and watching their towns burned and destroyed, I feel like the Gelfling would start playing by skeksis rules and beat the shit out of them. I have a couple of head cannons but let me list the biggest ones. 

 

• The castle of the crystal has been destroyed.

During the war I feel like the dousan warriors would ride their flying things (I forgot the name) over the castle and bomb it. After thru captured all the Skeksies the would take the crystal and bomb the castle.

 

• General Seledon 

I'm a really big Seledon x Gurjin fan and I thought this up while thinking about them. So Gurjin was a very high ranking General, and Seledon would've planned out they're battles. (She would've read some books about war and battles strategies in Faras library) So one day Gurjin was positioned in ha'ra because they had a big battle coming up. Seledon was alone in the citadel because all the guards were on the front lines or ded, and Brea was in the dessert, so she let gurjin stay with her. In the middle of the night the citadel and all of Ha'ra was attacked by garthim, so gurjin went to protect the people and in the process was severely injured and in a coma line state. So Seledon decided that she could fight as the commander as Gurjins Substitute, and I feel like she would wear Fara's crown into battles to feel as if Fara is still with them. ( and she's obviously wearing Gothic armor on the battle field)

 

• Captured Skeksies

Because of course some of the Urskeks need to go back to there home world, instead of executing the Skeksies they would have them locked up in a different part of thra, and they would be watched by their ur counterpart. (Like that one guy in the caves of grot) I feel like after the Gelfling started to win more Skeksil would get SkekSo to call all the other Skeksies back to the palace for protection, but that would lead to their down fall Because it was easier to get them all when they're in the same place. 

 

• Hiding spots

So we all know they used the crystal bat's to find where the gelfling were hiding, but if the garthim can't get to them they'll be safe. I feel like the safe spots in thra would've been,

 - the Caves of grot (they got the nurlocks, Arathim, and a bunch of hiding spots)

- The Great Sog (if garthim can't swim they'll just sink into the water, the swamp could be hard to get through and once the get to the hiding spot all the Gelfling would be gone)

- with the Sifa on boats (war ready cruise ships, they would take you to the island)

- In the valley of the mystics (the mystics can control the garthim so they would just leave. The only problem is will they let the Gelfling in???)

(Of course only childlings and care takers would be sent to safe zones with gaurd just in case. )

 

• Positions

Obviously all the Gelfling would have different roles in this battle that would contribute to their victory.

- Brea, Seledon, and the rest of the Madruas would making battle plans and think of ways of persevering their race throughout these terrible times. (Brea would go on rescue missions from time to time)

- Rian, Gurjin, spider Tavra, Hup, would be generals and on the front lines of WARRRRR. spider tavra would lead the arathim while chilling with onica on a boat from time to time. 

- Deet, Hup, and Brea would be rescuers. Brea and set would have their own group of soilders to assist them, and the majority of them would be women because wings. They wound attack the garthim that captured Gelflings in the safe zones and fly away with them in hand. 

- Nia, and amiri, would be the heads of the medical department.

- Kylan, and Rek'yr, would be clan representatives. And I feel like the sprinton and Dousan would work together the get everyone food. (and the the great thicket would be most protected because they have the best soil)

 

• Rebuilding Gelfling society

- The first thing Seledon would declared as the new All Maudra is that its 100% Legal to mate and marry out of your clan, (because of her love for gurjin) and Maudras aren't allowed to exile anyone who dose. 

- I think they would've had the most battles in Stone in the Wood, and after the forest had been destroyed by the garthim the Stone in the Wood clan would have the biggest city. Because Skekmal isn't in the black forest anymore anyone can now live there, and they expand the city alot. IDK if Maudra Fara had any kids but if she didn't O think they would have a group of people running the city. (They would've the they first democratic clan in thra, and obviously Rian would've been the leader of this group)

- after the Skeksies are gone it still takes awhile to get over clan racism but while rebuilding the cities together it fades away, (after a bunch of manual labor, and a war you stop caring about where another person is from)

 

• All Madrau Seledon

- This one is also for Fara. After Fara died Seledon would try to be a leader just like her, and after gurjins sacrifice she would lead her troops into battle just like fara. And she would learn how to use weapons but her favorite was an axe because it reminded her of Fara. Because of Seledon being a, Goth, warrior, Madrau, she would've wore Goth makeup and clothes onto the battle field, and she also would cut her hair (shoulder length in the front, below ears in the back with triangle bangs.) I also feel like it was seledons idea to storm the castle of the crystal, and they did it in the middle of the night to make sure that the Skeksies would be off their guard. Seledon may or may not have tortured Skekso into telling her how to control the garthim, and after they Skeksies weren't a threat anymore the could start on rebuild the destroyed villages. 

 

• Fun ship head cannons

- Brea and Rek'yr would go on a date to the well springs. During the war there were some grace periods when you can just live, and Brea was in the dessert alot so during the grace periods they would go on dates. Rek'yr would've taught her how to fly one of the flying fish.

They would have two houses one in the dessert and one in Ha'ra. Every six months they leave one horse and head to the other, the Ha'ra house would get summer and spring, while the dessert house would get winter and fall.

- Seledon and Gurjin would really like pressing flowers. Seledon was really stressed with everything falling into her, and gurjin taught her how to press flowers to blow off some steam.

Seledon fell in love with gurjin because he was always so happy and it helped her get through her depression. So when she saw him laying unconscious on a bed she couldn't help but feel rage. With her mom and Tavra she was so helpless and mortified, but with gurjin she was basically engulfed in the flames of unnatural fury. The Gelflings were losing because they refused of actually murder the already dead garthim, but seledon decided to start playing the the Skeksies. She is constantly compared to the Skeksies by some soilders, so she would actually start to act like one. She didn't care if it was unethical she was gonna win the war by any means necessary, she told Gelfling if they didn't destroy the garthim they would be punished and soon there were that many left. Not after long everything fell into place and they won the war, Seledon believed the Gurjin was gonna die and if it went for Brea she would fallen into the puts of despair but two months after the end of the war Gurjin woke up. (He was asleep for 10 months) but after he awoke she acted as if nothing had happened, but he was shocked by her hair.

- Onica and Tavra continue to be the best ship.

 

That is the end of the Merge AU

Chapter 2: Loyal Seladon

Summary:

After many trine, we are glad to welcome you back to the whimsical world of Thra. After the events of the second battle of Stone in the Wood the Scientist made a monster out of the corpses of an Arathim spitter, and the last Grunak to created the Garthin soldiers. After the second battle of Stone in the Wood, the Thra natives did all they could to fight off the Skeksis army but it wasn’t enough and all were drained of their essence.

But two survived the brave Jen and the charismatic Kira, together they reunited the Urskeks, fixed the crystal, and brought peace back to Thra, but… what if one of the universes took a different turn? Is it for good or is it for worse, who knows? You’ll have to read to find out.

Notes:

Hai Hai, I really hope you like this chapter, I spent a long time on it so tell me what you think!!!♡♡♡

Chapter 1- Loyal Seladon

After the battle of Stone in the woods as everyone was celebrating their victory Seladon slipped away from the crowd of mixed gelfling, she was glad that they won but there was this terrible turning in her stomach…

“What if they find out what I said?” Her eye dilates, she feels all the booze she drank coming back up, and her head starts aching. “No. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no.” Her mother and her younger sister are both dead at the hands of the general, she only has brea left, she's all maudra now, and she has no one to depend on. If they all find out that she offered her whole race up as collateral for the lives of her and her sisters what would they do?

She got on her hand and knees and started throwing up everything that went down, the sour taste of half-digested food and beer were engraved in her mouth, she tried to take a breath but the puke just came on coming, and after it was all gone she could just cry.

She heard someone screaming her name but she didn’t care she cried until she passed out, she knew that eventually, they would all know and she would truly be without anyone she didn’t want it to happen but she knew it was the truth.

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When she woke up she was on an uncomfortable bed, the sheets were rough, the pillows were hard, and the blankets were thin. She was in one of the abandoned stones in the wood houses, the sunlight from the open window burned her eyes as she tried to open them, once she finally sat up straight she was greeted by a tall drenchen man leaning against the bed she was on. He was sleeping… He was,

“Gurjin?” She screamed as she jumped back in shock, but that scream had woke up Gurjin along with every other person in the town.

“Seladon… Good morning” Gurjin being his old bubbly self greeted Seladon ignoring the fact that she was freaking out.

“Wha- What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here?” her screaming didn't stop, Gurjin stood up his dreadlocks fell over his shoulders and back as he towered over Seladon.

“Why are you screaming so much? You’re gonna wake everybody up.” Gurjin managed to quiet down Seladon for the moment, but then he asked a question that made Seladon's stomach sink.

“Why did I find you in the woods passed out with puke on the ground?” Seladon instantly remembers everything that happened last night and her pale face instantly flushed,

“AaA!? I, uhh.” She scrambles trying to look for a reasonable excuse,

“You don’t have to tell me I just wanted to know if everything is alright. Gotta protect the All Maudra, right?”

Seladon looks at him with a blank expression, “Yes you're right. I must lead all of Gelfling kind to victory, against the Skeksis empire.” Her voice was monochrome as she said that she looked as if her body was on auto-pilot or her mind was somewhere else. Gurjin was confused by this sudden change but didn’t mention it, “I’ll be off now.” Seladon walks off into the town to look for her sister.

 

As she walked through the stone in the wood village she saw the way all the gelfling of different clans interacted with each other. The Vapra and Sprinton soldiers all acted as if they were better than everybody else, never referring to the drenchen by their names but by their race. The sifan were staying away from everybody, mainly just doing what they needed to do without interaction. The grotton were avoided like the plague, nobody but the dousan would interact with one. All stone in the wood gelfling that remained were childlings and their caretakers, all the soldiers were either fused with the arathim spitters or drained. And the dousan were tending to everybody's wounds, and nurturing all of the injured, even if the majority of them couldn’t read they did have the best doctors and medicine in all of Thra.

As she looked around the town, she saw nothing but division, Even though the gelfing race had started a new era we were still stuck in the last one. This is what the Skeksies had done to us, we were all one but none of us saw that, and that’s why they’ve remained in power for 2000 trine.

“Seladon!” she heard her name so she looked around to find the source and found her sister,

“Brea! I've been looking for you.” They hug each other before Brea drags her off,

“the Maudras are having a meeting, but they can’t make any real decisions without you.” Brea led Seladon to what was once where the late Maudra Fara would ten to the needs of her people, all the Maudras were standing in a circle conversing obviously panicked, but when Seladon stepped into the room they all went silent.

“All Maudra Seladon.” all at once they bowed to her, and the awkwardness in the room was too much to bear. The first to act was Maudra Maudra,

 “How are we actually supposed to wage war on the Skeksises? How are-” Maudra Seethi cut her off

“Mara, Havent you already asked that question, at Seladon's coronation?” Seethi is very obviously annoyed.

Maudra Argot spoke up trying to calm the others down “Everybody. Let’s allow our Maudra to speak.” She motions to Seladon inputting her into the conversation,

“Uhh…” The anxiety inside of Seladon takes a deep breath and remembers all the meetings she had to sit through with her mother. “I- I officially want to go to war with the Skeksisies. They drain us gelfling for our essence to ensure they don’t die, they’ve been dividng us scine the start of the era of... divsion. Everythign they’ve ever done is to ensure they maintainpower over us gelfling, but all of that officially ends today.”

All of the Maudra look at eachother their faceses amixure of calm, worried, and fear. *Clop!* Maurda Leaside Bangs her cane on the group instantly grabbed the attention of everybody in the room. “Why are we still talking about this?” She glares at all the ladies in the room.

“It doesn’t matter if we go to war or not, We Will Be Drained.” *Panting* Maudra Mara’s breaks her silence and screams “How are we supposed to go to war with immortal Skeksies? We are nothing compared to the-”

Someone put their hand on Maras back and grabs her face, “We are thousands compared to eighteen! There are over fivethousdand Gelfing of everyrace of thra, not including those of mixed blood. Their are eighteen Skeksies on Thra, we will survive!” The calm and colected Maudra Seethi barred a person for the first time in what feels like forever, “Fara is dead! Our sister has fallen by the hadns of the Skeksies and as you sit here wailing, while the Skeksies are probably scheming. Pull yourself together Mara!”

 

As Brae stands their watching the women she looked up to scine the day she was born, panic, and scream at eachother, she realises that this never happened when mother was around. Mother could always keep the maudras in check, none of them doubted her, Maudra Fara even said that she’d follow her into the mouth of the mondoleviaden if it was what she wished for.

“Everybody Quiet!” Seladon finially decied to speak up much to brea's shock. Shes seen Seladon yell and get angry before, but shes never witnessed this side of her. It was always frustration or sadness but never true anger.

“Is this how you would all act if my mother was here? Or Maudra Fara? The woman who probably had the most battle knowledge died right before a war stared, and our All Maudra is also dead. The skeksies took out our most reliable leaders and now were all lost, but I urge you all to calm yourselves.” This was the first time brea ever saw her mother in Seladon. She’s always been the perfect heiress, she never talked back to mother, everything about her appearance was perfect, she was well educated, and she was trained since birth in leading our people. So seeing her like this was exzlierating for brea, shocking, but still fun to watch.

“We need to prepare for an attack, considering the skeksies have been able to fool us for twothousand trine they’ll probably strike first, but we cant act before we know what were up against. They might try to get the podlings on their side this time around, so we need to focus on defense, and we have to make sure we have enough food and water for everyone.”

Maudra Ethri but’s in, “What do you mean by “Everyone”?”

Seladon looks at her confused “Everyone is what I mean? I believe it’s best if All gelfling stay together until our threat is defeted, Power in numbers you know.” *Gasp* All of the maudras including brea look at seladon in shock.

“What about? Uhh…” Maudra Mara tries to reject her proposal but can’t think of a good reason to,

“Where will we all go? Will we stay in certain capitals, or will we completely abandon our towns?” The once calm seethi started to distress, and that made all the other maudra’s worry but Brea offers a answer.

“We can pick the places hardest for skeksis to get to. I bet it would be hard for them to get there carriages into the caves of grot, the great sog, and the crystal dessert.” All the other maudras look around filled with doubt.

“But we need to think of food, and the only place that growns alot of fruit out of those three places is the great sog. unless you’re all fine eating moss everyday, and escaping nurlock attacks?” Maudra Arogot inputs her two sense.

“Shouldn’t we think about sami thicket? They have alot of fertile land we can’t just leave it?” Maudra Ethri tried to calm down Mara with her nomonation. “And they have one of the biggest capitals, they’ll be able to hold the most people.”

Maudra Leaside is annoyed by all the ruckus. “Ladies! Please stop arguing. We need to think of places the skeksis can’t get to easily, but we can still thrive in… well, we won’t be able to thrive, but we need to be able to survive. We all saw the magic The Emporoe used, what happenes if any settlement is attacked and the grotton girl isn’t with them?”

“What happened to the collector could happen to any number of gelfling-”

Seladon gets up from her chair, so Seethi cuts off Maudra Leaside and the chaotic room instantly quiets down. 

“This meeting is adjourned. Brea.”

Seladon and her sister leave the throne room and soon all the other Maudra’s soon follow. But Maudra Mara and Maudra Ethri were last in the room but before Ethri could leave the room Mara stops her. “Can we talk.”

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Seladon and brea walk through the town square, “The second sun is centered, we were seriously in their for that long?” brea comments on the time to try and get a reaction out of Seladon.

“Yeah, mothers meeting would drag on for awhile, I would always loose track of time.” Brea is trying to strike up a conversation with Seladon but it’s ineffective, Seladons mind is somewhere else. Brea spotted a certain dousan boy and sneaks off, and Seladon walks back into the woods.

 

Notes:

Bye-bye I really hoped you liked this chapter

Chapter 3: Moonlight Sunrise

Summary:

Seladon and gurjun have fun playing with a fizgig as they watch the suns set.

Notes:

Hair Hai, I really hope you like this chapter, I spent a long time on it so tell me what you think!!!♡♡♡

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter 2, Moonlight Sunrise

Crack, Snap, Crunch. That was all Seladon heard as she strolled through the dark wood. Dead silence. Nothing lived in the dark wood, one person lived… well I don’t know if you could consider them a person. Most young gelfling are told to never go into the dark woods, apparently there was a monster. There skin was dry and rough, they had four arms and talons sharp enough to cut through steel, they were lanky and tall, and they had absolutely no flesh on their head, they just had a skull. But she never worried about the quote on quote monster she was born and raised in Ha’rarr, as the all Maudra she’d never have to go anywhere near the dark woods. She would never have to. But the title of all Maudra she’d been promised science birth was… unstable. The Gelfling race as a whole was unstable, they don’t know how powerful the Skeksies are, immortal beings that have ruled over Thra for thousands of years, mabey the light show put on by the emperor was only the beginning, they had no idea what was to come of this “War”. All she knew was the fact that bloodshed will be inevitable, and by the time this war was over, the souls of all gelfling that took part would be forever tarni- 

 

“The itty-bitty spitter crawled up the water spout.” Her inner monologing was ruined by lackluster singing, on the verg of unbearable. Instead of just walking away minding her own business, she decided to follow the singing. It might’ve been the monster here to take her away from the immeasurable  pressure of having an entire race depend on you. She more she walked the louder, and brighter it became, and when she came to the source of the sound she was on top a cliff, looking over the entire forest during golden hour. The golden glow of the brothers against the endless void that was the night sky made a beautiful omber to look upon, the first sister just now coming out of hinging as the wind blows through the trees and all of thra, for the frist time in awhile she truly felt at ease, and the once horrid singing became just alright. She let in a deep breath the let it out, she could breath again, she didn’t have anyone bother her for the first time in forever, she didn't have any worries she was just. “Seladon?” She looked down and there she saw the huge drenchen man once again, “Gurjin!? Wha- what are you doing here???” she was confused seeing him here by himself, she was convinced that he’d be with Rian or Nia, but he was just here with a baby fizzgig in his lap. “How come everytime you say my name you’re always screaming? And I was watching the sunset. Everynow and again while I was still apart of the castel guard we would come here and me Rian, and Mira, would hangout in the woods, then we foud this spot and it kinda became our secret place. But you’re here now so I guess it’s not so secret anymore.” Seladon the stands up straight, not moving, not saying anyhitng, hell she even stopped breathing, this interaction was so awkward, she wanted to leave but what if gurjin thinks shes acting strange then tells everyone that’d be so weird for her and Brea. as Seladon is thinking of what to do Gurjin just stares at her, she kinda just wander into him and now she’s frozen, very strange but he decided not to question it. “Wanna sit down?” “What?” he patted the grass next to him. “Common the sun’s are setting don’t you wanna watch?” the fizgig in his lap hoppped off and circled around Seladons feet. She tried to move around without stepping on it but it was super fast and kept on changing it’s direction, “What is he doing?” “She likes you, common.” the fizgig bites her dress and leads her to the edge of the cliff where gurjin was sitting. She sits down and she’s even more embarrassed as the creature decided to take a nap on her lap. “Aww look at that, shes jst such a cutie isn’t she?” “Umm… well I guess I’ve never really been big on pets.” as gurjin fangirls over the fluffy monster Seladon watches in shock, she always thought that he’d be more aggressive than this.

 She saw him once when they were younger, Maudra mara was throwing a ball Seladon completely forgot what the reason was, but she was invited algong with her sisters, and every other royal family. The ball was lively, but she remeber she saw a younger gurjin proably fourteen at the time just standing watching everyone else along side his older sister. Nia and her sisters were rather pretty they had many people asking them to dance gurjin on the other hand looked terrifying. Maudra Leasides husband is huge so no wonder why her son ended up like him, but the fact that someone six years younger than her could look so menacing, is rather strage. She used to think that he was some super strong, monster of a gelfling, And anyone who looked at him wrong would know the true meaning of pain. Growing up she was told the Drenchen people are natrually agresive, and thats she should never make one angry, the nobels of the Vapra clan had incredibly twisted vewis on other types of gelfling, but her mother just told her to ignore that stuff.

Seladon and her mother never had a good relationship but, that was one thing she was right about. The way she saw this gentle giant all those years ago couldn’t be further from the truth. Mabey he was just having a bad day, or uncomfortable being around so many people. She watched him as he playing with the thing in her lap and she stated to smile, but then her smile turned into laughter. The golden glow illuminated her face and gurjin could do nothing but watch in aww. “Uhh… what is it?” Seladon realized that she’s being watched, but she’s not bothered by it this time, “what’s so funny?” he stood up. “When you came around you were all. “What are you doing here!?” “this is soooo awkwad.” “Im gonna be a statute now.” He was trying to show her what she looked like from his perspective and she could do nothing but laugh harder. “But now you all smiley, what’s soo funny.” he squated down to be at her eye lvl, hands on his knees, “Well… It’s just… It’s nothing.” Seladon relectance to tell Gurjin the truth only riled him up more, and he was all up in her face “Common what is it!?” his smile only made her laugh more, “It- Its noothign Gurjin!” Gurjin slumped down and started think of everything around them that could’ve possibly made her laugh, and the only two things in their vicinity other than herself was him and the fizgig. “Are you laughing at me!?” he put his hands on his chest as his jaw dropped. “Noooo.” Seladon looked away trying to hide her smile, Gurjin put his hands on her shoulders and started to shake her. “It is me isn’t it!? What about me is sooo funny!?” the both of them start laughing and it feels like their the only two people in the world. “It’s just, youre really big, but you act like childling.” Gurjin puffed up his cheeks and put his hands on his hips “No I don’t!” “Yes you do.” As the day fades into night the two of them just talk to one another. They just talk like actual friends.

 

As the two of them look off the cliff Seladon decided to ask Gurjin a weird question. “Hey Gurjin?” “Seladon?” she takes a breath then spits it out. “How do you stay so happy?” Gurjin just stared at her. “How do yo-” “I’m confused by your question. What do you mean by “how do you stay so happy?” gurjin turns his body to look at her, “Well… the world is in such a terrible state currently. Everything is falling apart, and we’re basically going to war with our gods. How can you smile through all of that?” all the warmth in Gurjins face suddenly fades. “I’m not. I terrified all the time. When I was sixteen I was scared to become a castel guard and leave my family, a couple weeks ago I was scared when I saw a spitter in the castel, and when my best friend became a crimanal for murdering his girlfriend another on of my best friends, I was terified when I was captured and almost drained, I was terifed when saving your sister from the ritual master and then general, I was terified when mother Augra sent us on that quest, I was terified to hear you mother was murdered, and just two days ago I was terrified to fight against the skeksies. And even now I’m terrified of what’s to come. You might now think it now, but everyone is terrified of the tension building as we wait for the next attack. Nobody is currently happy, only those who are oblivious to the currrent state of the world we live in.” Seladon’s eyes shifted between Gurjin and the ground, she wanted to say something but she couldn’t. Gurjin stood up. “We should go back, the first sister is almost centered, everyone is probably worried about us.” “you’re right.” Seladon picked up the fizzgig in her lap and stood up. The both of them started to walk back to the town in dead scilence Seladon wanted to say something but she didn’t know what to say or how to say it, she just wanted to speak. When she made up her mind she opened her mother but gurjin cut her off, “But that’s why you’re here. You’re here to free us of our fear and guide us into a new era. You are the All Maudra no matter how igsgnificant you feel. We need you,” He puts his hand on her shoulder “No matter what anyone says, you’re gonna be someone amazing one day. And it might just come sooner than you expect.” She doesn’t say anyhting, she just wrapped her arms around him in a very tight hug. “I can tell you needed that little pep-talk huh?” “thank you.” He smiles, “you welcome.”

Notes:

Bye-bye I really hoped you liked this chapter <3<3<3

Chapter 4: Sometimes sand can be just as soft as snow

Summary:

The royalsand chapter! Aka brea x rekyr. This ones is very fluffy and soft so get comfortable. Keep in mind I wrote this awhile ago so it’s probably not that good, ENJOY!

Brea wanders the town square searching for a gelfling male on the taller side, with silky long hair, and a generally darker complexion, and considering they were in Samithicket it wouldn’t be hard to find them. She went back to the farm to see if he was still there, and the girl she talked to earlier said he’d go into town before he left, so she wandered the town looking for Rek’yr, she asked around the local food vendors but most hadn’t seen him. After walking for hours she was about to give up but then a shining red jewel caught her eye, the gem was in the shape of a teardrop, and it had blue accents (Probably the reflection of something blue behind her) it called her over to it. She was mesmerized by it she couldn’t take her eyes off it, and she was locked in a trance until she felt a hand on her shoulder, “Princess?” she jumped at the sound of his voice, 

“Rek’yr…. Hi.” He brought his hand back to his side,

 “Greetings. What have you come to town for, mabey I can assist you?” She doesn’t know what to say, should she be blunt, or should she try to play it off as if she really does need help, “... I was looking for you. I thought it was a shame that we couldn’t spend more time together, so I came to town to see if you were still in Samithicket. Luckily you are.” he lets out a slight chuckle, 

“Well good thing your hunch was right princess, you found me.” He looked down at the gem she was looking at, 

“i didn’t know you were fond of jewelry?” She looks back at it then at him again,

 “I’m not, it’s just really pretty…” 

“Do you want it?” there was a short silence between the two,

 “What?” 

“do you want the jewel, I can get it for you.” Her face flushed once more,

 “No-no! I don’t want it I just like looking at it, and besides it’s just a small rock, what would I even do with it?” she looked back at the display case showing off all of the jewelry, “Look at the green one, It’s much prettier than the red, and it’s bigger…” 

she’s trying to make a point as to why he shouldn’t get the jewel but she not making a good one, “...Well I for one find the red beautiful.” he turns to the shop vendor and buys the red jewel,
“Why would you do that?” 

“Why wouldn’t I?” He puts the gem up to her cheek, “It matches your skin” He laughs a little at her flush face and it makes her even redder, 

“Well- I…” her eyes pivot between Rek’yr and the shop, and without thinking she buys the green jewel that was right next to the red one, he hold it up to his face and “Well this one matches you…”

The two gelfling laughs at the other, “No, no, this green is far too bright, and the red is far too vibrant.” Brea puts her arm back at her side, 

“Do you wanna get something to eat? I saw a really good restaurant near here. If you haven’t already eaten…” 

“hehe, I’d love to princess.” Rek’yr and Brea started walking together to the restaurant, 

“umm… aren’t the moons beautiful tonight?” Brea was extremely nervous and Rek’yr could tell, even though he wanted to ease her nerves he was amused by her demeanor. 

“Princess there's only one moon out?” Rek’yrs trying not to laugh as Brea laughs in embarrassment, pretending to be fine with everything, 

“Aha! You’re right only one moon, the sun only just started to set. Hehe…” Now her palms were getting sweaty and her mind was spiraling, she’d never been on a date before, she didn’t know what to do, she wished she read those books her mother gave her on courting instead of all those fantasy and history books. 

“Princess?” Rek’yr put his hand on her shoulder, “Are you alright?” She looks at him with the fear of god in her eyes knowing that she's been caught. 

“What could you possibly mean?” 

“Are you nervous?” She just stares at him, “I’m happy to know that you are, to be honest iam too.” Rek’yr’s face flushes and Brea stands there in shock, 

“Wa- what do you mean? Why would you be nervous, you’ve probably been on a ton of dates!?” He starts to laugh at his perception of him, 

“No I haven’t. I’ve been working for my Madura the majority of my life, I never had much time for romance.” Brea starts to calm down, 

“Oh wow working for that long huh? When did you start, 15?” 

“No, no, I’m an orphan and I was being taken care of by my late Madura, so when I was ten I started acting as their errand boy, but when she passed my current Madura promoted me to sand master.” This is awkward now, she thinks she forced him to open an old wound but he didn’t really care, 

“So you’ve been working for around twenty trines huh?” 

“yeah about-... where did you get that number?” His face was full of shock, 

“uhh… well you said you started when you were ten, so considering you’re thirty, you’ve been working for” 

“THIRDY? I’M TWENTYONE!” Brea just stared at him, then she realized and she was shaking, 

“NO WAY!?”

“What do you mean “No way!?” you thought i was in my thirties, do i look thirty?”

“Yes. I guess the sun ages you, hehe… if you’re not thirty how old are you?” This was embarrassing, imagine going on your first date while thinking the person you’re on said date with is in his thirties. This was devastating, humiliating, and upright… can’t think of a word but this was terrible. She tried to fix the situation by guessing younger, “Are you twenty-five, or twenty-four you look like that.”

 This was humiliating, Rek’yr couldn’t even look her in the face anymore, he couldn’t believe she thought he was that old. He could tell that she was apologetic but her thinking he was that old really just hit a nerve, “I’m actually twenty-two. I guess the sun really does age you… and I’m constantly working so that contributes to it…” this was awkward. He wanted to fix this so bad but he just couldn’t. SO he decided to walk faster, maybe everything would get better over food, “I think we’re almost there, common princess.”

“Rek’yr I think I made you uncomfortable… I’m sorry” Obviously Brea was still trying to patch things up and even though this was all very awkward and generally uncomfortable, there's no point in trying to drag this out. Rek’yr started laughing at the novelty of it all,

“Princess you're fine, It’s stupid no point in feeling bad for it. To be honest I thought you were older too, it wasn’t until I found out how old seledon was I realized your possible age.”

“What, how old did you think I was?”

“... I don’t know about my mid twenties. When I was younger I heard all vaprans look younger than their actual age so you can never be sure.” The tension starts to break as they continue this conversation,

“I don’t think that's true, but dousan gelfling almost never leave the dessert so I don’t know much about them. Do the majority of you look older than your actual age?”

“I’m not sure? I always thought we all looked normal, and we do, some gelfling just look older than others. I don't think it’s a clan thing.”

“Maybe you’re right… have you ever been to ha’rarr?” 

“No, I haven’t and I probably never will.”

“Why?”

“It’s way too cold. If you were raised in a colder area than you probably wouldn’t get where I’m coming from, but I was raised in a dessert. I don’t think I’d mix well with constant snow.”

“No, you’d really enjoy Horror, I’d show you all the best places and… well you’d just like it.” 

“Whatever you say princess, I’m sure that I’ll love it there if I ever go.” The two come across the restaurant Brea was talking about. “I guess we’re here.”

“I guess we are.” The pair walked in the dim greenly lit restaurant that smelled of savory seafood. As the night went on the two enjoyed each other's company but all good times must come to an end, and the sandmaster must return to s duties. “Well princess, I believe it is time to take my leave.”

“Thank you for spending time with me, I probably kept you for longer than I should’ve.”

“No no, you did nothing wrong. Till I see you next time, Brea.” That was the first time he said her name, she was stunned she couldn’t react before he got on the crystal skimmer. Even though he probably couldn’t hear her anymore she screamed at the top of her lungs,

“Goodbye Rek’yr!” hoping that he heard, her face flushed, and her iconic smile graced her face once more. She let out a sigh of relief before she put her hands over her face and started fangirling. 

 

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