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Magic Chosen

Dark Fae AU for The Old Guard I wrote in one sitting today. Loosely based on Maleficent Mistress of Evil. I just want them all with pretty wings and outfits okay 💛

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The forest is her home but she knows she used to belong to some place else.

It was far and different but she is here now, so the past holds no purpose in her present.

Her name is Nile and she is the protector of her forest, a place surrounded by mountains that act as a barrier between her and the humans.

The few that do venture in do not stay long but Nile knows time for her is different for them. Shorter, quick.

The few humans who've shown her kindness and respect for her home enjoyed their lives peacefully. Some stay til they return to the land but others leave in peace with the agreement that Nile removes the journey here and back for her forests protection.

It is the very very rare ones who hurt the trees and animals, who waste and take from her home that meet a quick end.

Sometimes she has dreams of others, beings like her. Different clothes and shades and magic. None have magic like her.

Nile is able to bend the world to her will, to change things, to create and destroy things.

From her dreams she does not see the others change a bird to a man then to other things. To create such a force it extinguishes the fire from trees or clear the area completely.

Her magic is vibrant like the sun while the others feel like the moon, reflecting from a greater source.

Nile knows there has been none like her in a very long time.

"There is talk."

Copley voices when he's turned into his human form.

"There is always talk. Humans do nothing but talk."

Copley sighs and eyes her nervously.

"There is talk of others. The ones you've dreamed about. I believe they are finally venturing to find you."

Nile pauses from taking another bite from the apple she grew.

The news is… a mix of emotions. The curiosity of why now and the uncertainty of what that reason may be.

"Does the talk say how close they are?"

Copley shakes his head and picks a berry from the bowl that holds the fruit Nile gathered and grew.

"They are scattered so that is unknown but eventually they will all join together. Even they must enter like the humans."

Nile hums in agreement and returns to her apple. She flicks her hand and Copley is off soaring far to be her eyes.

"Tell the Tundra one hello for me Copley."

The sound of his strangled squawk makes her grin as his original hawke form disappears from her sight.

She finishes her apple then rises above the trees to make her rounds of overseeing her forest.

When they do finally arrive, one is hurt.

Nile can feel this woman being called back to the land but not permanently. It is not her time just yet.

Her hair is different from her dreams, short, but her wings are still vibrant with color from those of the jungle. Her other, Quynh, holds her hand tightly. Their wings match which Nile knows means they are a fated pair. The same for the two men from the Desert.

When Copley and the one from the Tundra appear a few moments later, Nile wants to laugh with glee. Their wings match as well. She now understands the urge so long ago to befriend the lonely hawke.

"Your Andromecha will be fine. She needs rest." Nile creates a soft bed of moss for Andromache to rest while her healing works to close wounds no longer laced with silver.

"I am Nile and this is my forest. Welcome."

"Thank you Nile for saving my Andromache." She hugs Nile in gratitude before settling next to her fated one.

Nile looks to the others and smiles.

"Come I have a place for each of you here. The price is your name." She teases as she leads the way.

The Desert fae with dark curls grins at her with equal amusement.

"Oh we have a bargainer among us! I am Yusuf." He nudges his fated gently in the side.

"I am Nicolo." His voice is kind and quiet but his presence is strong.

Niles eyes glance behind them to the Tundra fae and Copley who rests on his shoulder.

A teasing grin tugs at the corner of her lips as she looks forward.

"Do you have a name Tundra? My friend has yet to provide one for me. I'm sure he must know it now."

Copley moves to hop off the man's shoulder but his form changes and he falls into his steady arms.

The two stare at each other in shock.

"I am Sebastein though I much prefer Booker for those I do not know."

His eyes don't leave the being in his arms.

"I'm very grateful to see this form again. Thank you Nile."

Copley tries to get to his feet but the arms around him tighten.

"Copley why don't you show him where he'll be staying. Surely he is adverse to the heat as you are."

Without another word the two are up in the air.

An arm comes to rest on her shoulder lightly and she looks to Yusuf who's grin reflects hers.

"Nile we are going to be very great friends. Now please tell me of your forest for I have only been to few and my Nicolo is very peculiar about…"

Nile let's his voice wash over her like the comforting warmth of a nearby fire. She catches Nicolo's eye roll at Yusuf's exaggerated words.

Yes, Nile thinks. Her people have finally found her. Friends then family very soon.

Each pair finds their place and easily settled in as though it has been waiting for them.

Quynh and Andromache are in the deeper parts of Niles forest with the tallest trees.

Sebastein has a place just below the peak of the tallest mountain, the coldest place most suitable for him.

Yusuf and Nicolo have made use of the caves near the dry rocky area that contains the most heat.

Niles place is near the center of her forest, Andromache and Quynh being the closest to her though Niles forest is big enough they still maintain a respective space from each other.

They follow Nile into the tree she has called home for as long as she can remember. The tree she lives within is immense enough to hold not only all of them but a bed-like nest, a small table with a worn stump as a chair, a reflective glass held in the tree's frame as a mirror, and a small trunk under it.

Additional wooden stumps appear at the flick of Niles hand for all to sit. Andromache sits at the center with Quynh at her left. Yusuf and Nicolo are at the seats to their left while Sebastein and Copley are on their right.

"Now why have you finally come to me?" She asks plainly. The reason must be important.

Sebastein answers her first.

"There is a being that is not right. He was a fae from the Tundra but with magic so weak and a body more frail than our kind usually are. He was brought to the jungle in hope he'd survive but a human woman found him when he was still just a boy and took him with her to her world."

Andromache rests a hand on his arm as Copley squeezes the one he holds.

Andromache continues the story.

"She clipped his wings to keep him and used him to find a way for humans to use magic. She had a mind much smarter and greater than most but her goal was not moral. This ostracized him from us and the humans. He was mocked and turned away by most until he found some way to call on a magic stronger than most, magic like yours but dark. Evil."

"Iron no longer hurts him." Nicolo adds. "He casts curses to instill fear and death but we cannot stop him or undo what he's done."

Niles mind turns and turns in thought to how there is another like her but not born.

"I do not know my origin for I did not see a need to remember when I am content with my forest and life. I do know my magic is stronger than yours but I make no sacrifice or take what I don't already have."

Yusuf frowns at her wording. "Sacrifices?" He questions.

"There was a time at the start where our kind would provide a sacrifice for our magic, to strengthen or assist when needed. Those ways were lost once we realized that it twisted people and changed their magic the more sacrifices they made." Nile flinches back at the image that flashes through her mind, a quiet gasp from the others brings her back.

Branches and vines cling to her as her magic swirls.

"This forest was our birthplace before Mother Phoenix left for some place new. It was where she came to be. It was where I was returned. To be kept safe but also to restart the cycle."

Nile stands and touches each of their foreheads to show them.

"I am younger than you all in body but in mind and spirit I- I was given so much and I wish to share it. There was a reason we shared dreams."

What were once reflecting moons, explode into their own suns, magic now overflowing within them.

Copley looks the most surprised to feel magic thrumming through his being.

"But how?" He stares at Nile in awe and uncertainty. "I was only a simple bird."

Nile cups his cheek and shakes her head.

"You've been a dear and faithful friend. We saved each other in our loneliest moment but it was because I saw in you the heart and spirit that was much greater than a simple bird. Your wings match Sebasteins for a reason my friend."

The six before her are holding tightly to the hand next to them. A chain from Copley to Sebastein to Andromache to Quyhn to Yusuf to Nicolo. Nile motions them to stand and completes the chain once her hands connect with Nicolo and Copley.

Their joined power swells before settling and they all breathe a sigh of relief.

Magic chose them to be its fighters. To right this evil and rebalance what it's taken.

A fated pair from each Dark Fae region and the reincarnation of the Mother Phoenix.

The protectors of their kind and magic itself.

#the old guard #Dark Fae AU #maleficent #Chiwetel Ejiofor can you chill you're in too many movies I wanna do all the au's #booker x copley #cause of caitlesshea #andy x quynh #joe x nicky #moon writes

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