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Sweaty hands rub against their cloak as they walk to the emperor's throne room. Thoughts clouding [name]’s mind searching somewhere in their memory if they had done something wrong. Shaky hands meet each other as they clasp them together. Here they are standing in front of the tall doors they barely meet. The doors creak open making them fix their posture. They walk towards the intimidating figure soon lowering themself on their knees as a sign of respect. They cleared their throat before speaking. "You called for me, emperor belos?" They asked. Slightly shaking, feeling a glare boring through them.
"Yes [name], I called you for an important matter" With curiosity, they lift their head up to meet his eyes. "You see, the golden guard's performance isn't exactly at the best state lately."
The golden guard? Doing poorly at his missions? Impossible. They thought brows furrowed. “What I’m trying to say is that he needs a little help right now and as one of the best witches under lilith clawthorne I think you fit best for him“ Fit best for what now? The witch had little to no clue on what was happening right now.
“I’m sorry to interrupt emperor but what do you mean by best fit?” They asked sheepishly
“You are going to be his assistant”
WHAT
No. This can’t be. The golden guard is not really the first person they would befriend with. His ambition is way too different from theirs. [name] is just one of lilith clawthorne’s apprentices. They obviously wouldn’t get along. What made the emperor think that they’ll be the best option to be with his right-hand man.
And they thought correctly. Standing in front of the castle gate with the famous golden guard with his arms crossed. “So the emperor thinks I’m weak and sends me a babysitter?“ Even with his mask on, they can feel his glare through it. The poor witch just stood there awkwardly; they were just following orders after all. Though with his constant nagging [name]’s face starts falling into a frown. The boy sighed putting his arms down. ”You can come, but do not forget that I am your superior, just because emperor belos asked you to work with me does not mean we’re all buddy-buddy understand?“ He threatened as he pointed his finger at them. They raised their hands as confirmation. He nodded in return, hopping on his staff as [name] did the same.
During the travel he explains the mission to his assistant. ”Today we are searching for palistrom wood, if you have a keen eye, we can find lots in an instant, “ he said but before leaning to the left to turn he flew close to them and whispered. “Do anything stupid you’re dead, bye!” He swiftly flew leaving them in the air. With that, they flew on their own to find the wood.
Soft wind meets their face making their eyes close. Feeling the peaceful breeze is a good minute break from all the stack of work in the coven. Soon finding a familiar tree like the one they’re searching for. Flying down to it feeling like their stomach was left behind. They shivered before landing. Staring at the tree in awe. The infamous wild magic surrounds the tree walking closer with their hands up in curiosity. Gently touching the wood, a wind felt inside their skin giving them goosebumps. Smiling slightly missing the use of wild magic before joining the coven. Their smile faltered remembering what they’re here for. Pulling out the staff drawing a circle causing the tree to fall.
At that very moment sounds of constant twig snapping were heard. Turning around they saw the carriage of the coven being controlled by a guard. They both nodded at each other as a sign of acknowledgment. Hopping off the guard started to carry the logs of the tree placing them on the carriage.
“I see you are very lucky, witch“ The said witch jumped looking at the person who talked. Of course, it’s no other than the golden guard, his hood off yet the mask remains. With the cloth off his head, his blond hair is shown a few leaves stuck on the strands. They rolled their eyes. “Why? Is the teenage prodigy unlucky with finding such fine wood?“ They crossed their arms raising a brow, amused that the boy was taken aback by their reply. “Pfft- what? No! I… I was just testing you if you will be of good use to me. We don’t want to disappoint the emperor now, do we?“
[name] tried not to laugh at his excuse but he does have a point, they were lucky to find such rare material and it would be bad if they come back empty-handed. Though, they have come to think; what purpose was the wood for? They just shook the thought off their mind not wanting to question the emperor.
“Now with the wood collected let’s go back and report to emperor belos“ He instructed getting ready to take off with his staff. “Yes boss“ They sarcastically said mocking a salute. He just shook his head and they’re pretty sure that he rolled his eyes.
In front of the gold doors. Mentally preparing for their report about the mission. Both the golden guard and the witch entered the throne room. “Ahh, my finest people coming back from their successful mission I suppose?“ The emperor started.
“Yes, emperor belos, we have found enough stock of palistrom wood for you“ The teen boy replied. His assistant nodded beside him. “Very well, you may leave now but [name] stay“ With that statement the poor teen felt like choking air. Anxiety fully fills up their insides.
“Is there a problem lord belos?“ [name] said with a slightly broken voice. “No not at all in fact I would like to praise your work, you have done well as the golden guard’s assistant. But from what I heard you had more success. Now I would like to promote you to be working with him not as an assistant but as a partner, clearly, he had a more successful mission with you. Well if you continued to work better than him, I might as well replace him with you“ He stated. Their eyes widen in shock, not believing what the emperor had said.
Air is stuck on their throat on their way out of the room. Letting out a sigh as the door closed, but to their luck, they were soon greeted by a hand on their shoulders and their back on the wall. The golden guard held them breathing in fury. “I do not know what kind of show you are putting but it’s not going to work with me. You will never replace me you witch. You have no place near the emperor, and I will prove that. Don’t even dare to breathe near me with your suck-up ass in missions.“ They gritted their teeth “I would love to see you try golden boy“ They pushed him off. Walking past him made their shoulders collide.
They looked back at him with a smirk “I would love to make this a competition, loser gets to resign, if you were too cowardly to accept, I understand, the golden guard is known to be the emperor’s puppy anyway“ They taunted.
“ Fine I accept your stupid deal, I’ll surely win, “ he said walking to [name], their faces close to each other. They both have stupid grins, well [name] shows it but the teenage boy hides it with his famous mask.
The witch made a circle and pulled the golden guard’s hand in the middle shaking their hands creating a deal they can never want to step back from.