???Ｌ?Δ??? M????? (Golden Guard x reader)

  "(Y/N)! Wake up!" Yelled a voice that was very close to my face.

"Huh?" I groaned, sitting up, only to smack straight into Hunter's forehead. "Ow!"

"Ow..." He groaned, rubbing his head. "Sorry."

"What was that about?" I said, rubbing my eyes as they adjusted to not being asleep.

"We've gotta get going to the knee, remember?" He said, pulling me out of bed.

"Uhh...oh. OH. Oh right." I mumbled, stretching as I threw on my cloak. (I had apparently fallen asleep in my outfit from yesterday, but hey, it looked okay. I could work with it.)

"Your hair's standing up." He informed me as he looked over my shoulder into the mirror.

"I just woke up." I scowled.

"No, no, it looks nice. I just don't see your hair messy that often is all. It looks cool." He said, and the matter-of-fact tone in his voice made me believe it.

"Thanks." I smiled, and Thursday landed on my shoulder.

Ready to get going? She crowed.

"Yup." I smiled as Flapjack landed on my other shoulder.

"Hi Flap, hi Thursday." Hunter grinned, patting the birds on the heads. "You guys ready for a long flight?"

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My cloak billowed behind me as the wind grew, and a chill raced through my bones.

"It's getting cold..." Hunter yelled over the wind, "I think we're almost there!"

"I certainly hope so!" I yelled back. We'd been flying for literal hours, and we were both tired and cold. "Hey..." I squinted, looking at a few dark spots in the snow. "Is that...Luz?"

Hunter's eyes narrowed. "Yeah...Yeah! Look, it's the owl tube, he went with her!"
"And King!" I grinned, and dove towards them. "Luz, LUZ!" I yelled, beaming.

She looked up for a split second before I crashed into her.

"Luz!" Yelled King, tugging me off.

"Thorns..." I groaned, pulling myself up. "Sorry about that." I sighed, holding out a hand to help her up. She took it, smiling, although her eyes just looked tired.

"Hi (Y/N)."

"Hi Luz, hey King." I smiled.

"(Y/N)!" Yelled a familiar voice.

"Hooty!" I grinned, giving the house demon a hug.

"Oh my titan are you okay?!" Hunter said, practically yelling as he grabbed my open hand. " You must've fallen pretty hard...do you need ice? Wait no, we're on the knee...do you need heat? Water? Bandages?!"

"We're okay." I assured him, squeezing his hand lightly.

"Hunter?!" Luz gasped, staring wide eyed. "Oh my god, are you okay?!"

He shrugged. "I mean...I landed pretty normally-"

"No, like after...you know..." She said softly.

"Belos's mind?" He murmured, looking over to me. I squeezed his hand reassuringly, and he took a deep breath. "I wasn't. And I probably need some more help and...probably therapy in the future. But hey...I'm here now. And I've got Flapjack, Willow, Gus, (Y/N), Thursday, and a whole bunch of others by my side. I'm gonna be okay." He smiled, shrugging. "You know- if we can stop the Day of Unity, of course."