Dull | BFS AU

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Exactly one month ago, Piercer returned home for the first time in so long.

Piercer wasn't good, but he was doing better. Physically, he had already returned to proper training. He didn't use the cane anymore for walking, now he could run for as much as his stamina took him.

Mentally, he was... improving. Being able to talk freely, even if it was only to Zhao, made him feel like a weight on his back was suddenly lifted. Sometimes he'd cry, and thought that Zhao would leave him and call him 'weak', just like he used to be called. But he didn't. He stood with him, embraced him and kept him close.
Piercer finally had someone to fully trust.

Zhao eventually found love himself, but he had to wait. Said person wasn't in the best mental state to accept these feelings in the first place. He would gladly wait.

At home, things were also improving. As the time passed, things were truly going back to normal. Beside some of Piercers behavior that was because of his diagnosing, the atmosphere seemed to be healing.

Baller and Crusher would continue to compete and argue, and Slicer would have to step in.

Once again, there was someone to bring up explanations that other deemed as boring, someone to scold Baller for his childish behavior, or Crusher for not being able to control his anger. There was someone to give advice to Slicer when he would get overworked. There was someone to fill the empty space on the couch, and to finish the book that was daily cleaned and taken care of. In the first time in months, their friend was back.

Piercer was back.

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In the Draco Grasslands history there is a time when the Darkin attacked and infiltrated the kingdom, which is known as the Darkin Invasion.

The army went past the frontiers and into the land, as to take over the land.

Houses were destroyed and families were broken. Lucky people hid in the castle, and usually only the weak remained out, to live in the debris.

??? was patrolling around the remains that were once houses. He was only a soldier back then. His team had heard movement, so he went to investigate.

??? walked around carefully, and spotted two small figures, curled up under debris of a wall. One was bleeding fromenthe cheek from a cut in form of an 'x' and the other had their hands bandaged tightly, with a dirty cloth.

??? knew he had to report this to the army, but something stopped him from doing so.

Something seemed almost nostalgic, as if he, himself, was in this situation, sometime long ago.

In the Darkin Kingdom, after the passing of their (supposedly) best king up to this point, soldiers are collected by picking unstable people as subject and forcing mana into them. Mana wipes away their memories and they become deadly loyal to the Darkin King.

??? didn't remember his childhood, but it would be for the best.

No person would want to remember their own mother leaving them in the middle of a forest so they could pick flowers. And when they finally made the most beautiful bouquet for their dear parent, only to see that they were alone, abandoned.

It was for the best to not remember.

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"Mother, will I ever have siblings?" A child asked. This child was younger, and their voice was more determined.

"No, dear.. But I'll tell you a story, promise not to tell your father?" The woman asked.

"Pinky promise!"

"Alright. See, you had a brother, but... he went missing, just before you were born.. We couldn't find him, we really tried to." The woman's voice trembled as she lied. She could've just kept quiet, was she giving her son false hopes?

Little did she know the child would remember. He would remember and would find out the horrible truth of his father.

He would remember and would run away from home, to find his lost sibling.

He would remember, and become the king of their rival Kingdom, in Draco Grasslands, and would start what was known as "the kings faction".

He would become king.

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Dull | BFS AU
The end.

Credits:

Story and AU idea:
userwastoolong

Characters and Canon story: SupernalNine

Thank you for reading this story. This really just started as some drawing I made of creepy Piercer with purple eyes, and then I got an idea of what mana could do in a story like this. I hope you guys liked it and I'm happy to answer any questions about the story. Just leave a comment! Also, please tell me about any spelling mistakes as I do not reread these chapters before I post them.

Have a nice day!

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