Like A Swan

Like a Swan

This is going to be part one, of a maybe on going story.

Kinda a Vil x Reader (Yuu) and a Malleus x Reader (Yuu), no love traingles. This is kinda mordern, meaning no magic but there is still royatly and beastman.

part two is right here

{Warnings: kinda angst, Yuu is gender nuetral} Yuu is 7-8ish and Malleus is 8-9ish. The Queen is obviously Malleus's grandma.

For as long Yuu could remember ballet was a passion they've always loved. If it wasn't for ballet they wouldn't have met their now lover, Malleus.

"Now, Yuu. Are you ready for the performance?"

Even though they were in a luxurious building, young Yuu still felt the cold winds from the door, guests piling in to see the yearly performance of The Nutcracker.

Yuu shook their head, "Papa, I'm scared. I don't want to be alone on stage,". Yuu held their father tightly.

With a chuckle, Yuu's papa picked them up onto their lap. "My little swan, you'll do it perfectly fine. Your father and I will be right in the front, you'll see us. Ignore the crowd, it will be just as you practice". The two sat in silence.

"Yuu. It's time, let's go honey". Called the Stage Manager.

As Yuu gets off their papa's lap and follows the stage manager. They make it backstage where they see tall characters of rodent beastmen in uniform and many painted faces to look like dolls. Yuu was rushed into the dressing room where they were dressed in elegant victorian clothing. A silver gown with baby blue tights with sparkling frills at the ends.

For this year's performance, the manager didn't care about the gender of the main character Marie. As this was the last performance the building will be holding, due to money issues.

"Places everyone, as we all know this is the last performance for this building. We would like to thank everyone for their hard work over the years. Now, I overheard many gossiping about the royal family joining us tonight and I will confirm that they are attending".

Many people spoke all at once, and Yuu couldn't follow anyone's word. They were shaking; not because of the cold, but because of the thought of the many eyes that would be on them as they were going to be on stage alone. Many thoughts came to young Yuu's mind.

"Now, Yuu are you ready? I know this is your first performance as Marie. From upgrading as a little soldier, you must not fret. Let the music guide your body Yuu. You'll do fantastic" the stage assistant says.

Everyone gathers near the stage's opening, Yuu peaks from the curtain, looking out to the sea of guests and below them the orchestra. Yuu frantically looks for their parents, under the soft glow of the limelight they see their fathers in the disability section. Yuu smiles, seeing their papa relax and happily makes them feel a warm set of confidence.

The lights go off, and the crowd silences beside the faint gasps and whispers. Soon the sound of soft trumpets could be heard, the curtain lifts and there stood Yuu and many other dancers.

Yuu danced on stage with the other actors; dancing around the Christmas tree with the other children. As time flew by, Yuu forgot about the crowd, focusing on the other dancer's movement, how the light changes, and the orchestra's blaring flutes and violins. As Yuu danced all they could think of was their Papa, thoughts swarm them. 'Can Papa see me?', 'Am I making Papa happy?'.

The dance infront of the crowd looked magical. As Yuu danced with the nutcracker actor, soon the blue lighting fell on them, the snowy interior fell, and the soft glow of pink that acted out as the sun fell onto them, and the soft stung of the harp. The duet was magical. As Yuu was lifted into the air for a quick second their eyes met with bright green eyes. Yuu was memorized causing them to stumble on the way down. No one in the crowd noticed but the other dancers did, Yuu's face flushed with embarrassment but continued dancing.

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The crowd roared with applause, cheers, and shouts. Yuu and their co-stars bowed before them. Yuu smiled and waved at their family. The curtain fell and many dancers were filled with tears, many hugged one another and applaud others. It was a heartwarming moment for the cast, as this was the last time many will see each other.

As Yuu exited, they ran towards their fathers.

"My little Yuu, you did amazing, I think thee roses are deserved," said their father.

Yuu grasped the roses," Thank you, wheres papa?".

Their father frowned, "He needed a minute in the bathroom".

Yuu frowned, they wanted a night where papa was feeling their best, they had hoped that their dance would make him feel a bit better.

"That was a very impressive dance young one, I'm very surprised that they cast a very important role to a child".

Everyone looked up to see a tall, slim figure but old figure. She wore dark elegant clothing, and right behind her was a child, probably the same age as Yuu. But Yuu recognized the child, the bright green eyes that caught their attention earlier.

"Malleus dear, don't you have something to give to the dancer?"

Malleus's face blushed, he nodded and stepped forward. He held out a bouquet of a mixture of flowers. Daisies, white lilies, and blue buttercups. " These.... are for you... I thought you danced beautifully" the boy said as he looked at the floor.

Yuu's face blushed redder than before, reaching out for the flowers. "Thank you," said shyly.

"Yuu!".

Yuu looked behind them and saw their papa wheeling his way towards the group. Yuu ran towards their papa and hugged him.

"Papa, did you see me? Did I dance perfectly?"

Yuu's papa looked down at them and smiled, "Yes Yuu, of course. I am very proud of you". Yuu smiled brightly at them.

"There you are your highness, we thought we lost you two. Thankfully we didn't go on lockdown" said a bat fae. He had long hair with pink strips, Yuu couldn't tell the age of the boy.

The older woman chuckled, "No, we wouldn't want that".

The queen stared down Yuu, making Yuu cower into their papa's lap.

"I heard what is happening to this building, it is such a shame. I used to come all the time here with my grandparents when I was still a young fae"

The building was falling apart almost, with paint cracking in the main entrance and wallpaper peeling in the hallway, the building has seen better days. The only thing that was really left in care was the stage, the seats, and some of the wooden flooring.

"Yes it is your highness, our Yuu would probably have to stop dancing as this was the cheapest and only ballet building in the countryside," said Yuu's father with a frown.

Yuu's family and many other families in the area, were in poverty, once a boom town is now in shambles due to many leaving to live in the cities or capital for work.

The queen frowned at the young couple, she felt a tug on her jacket, lowering herself down to reach Malleus. Malleus whispered something in her ear. The queen smiled. "That's a good idea young one".

"Young one, is it Yuu? I have a question," As the queen said, the older woman reached out her hand to Yuu.

The family perked their ears. Yuu looked at their father for permission, and they nodded. Yuu got off their papa's lap and took small steps towards the queen.

The queen lowered herself down to Yuu's level, "Yuu, do you love ballet?"

Yuu nodded, "Yes Ma'am".

"Why?"

Yuu looked down shyly, fidgeting with their fingers, "Because it makes my papa happy when he sees me dance".

The queen smiled at them, "Yuu, if you were given the chance to keep dancing would you?"

Yuu looked at the queen and smiled greatly, " Yes! If I can keep my papa smiling, I'll keep dancing". Yuu looked back at their parents, their papa smiling back at them, you could almost see tears in their eyes.

"Then it's settled" The queen rises herself and looks at Yuu's parents. "I would love to sponsor Yuu, as they pursue their career in ballet. I will cover everything, on one condition".

Yuu and their parents gasp in shock. Yuu's parents couldn't hear what they were hearing. The queen of their nation wanted to sponsor their little swan. "What is your request your highness?" they asked.

"Yuu and their family is to move to my residence. Yuu will get the best education, continue their ballet lessons, and befriend little Malleus here". The queen stated.

Yuu looked at Malleus, his face red looking away.

"Now Yuu, it is your choice. Do not feel pressured, " said the bat fae.

Yuu looked back at their papa, they took note of the broken wheelchair and the tattered clothing on their fathers. Yuu left conflicted; they wanted to keep pursuing ballet, but also wanted their papa to get better.

"I have a question," Yuu asked.

"Yes little one?"

"If we come to live with you, does my papa get help?"

"Yuu, honey, you don't need to-"

"Yes, of course. I want you and your family to be in the best care while you stay at my residence" The Queen interjects.

Yuu's parents look shocked like they've just struck oil on their farm.

Yuu smiled, "Okay, we'll will come with you, ma'am".

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Yuu looks out the window, snow falling peacefully and the sound of wood breaking in the fireplace is calm enough to make them fall asleep. Yuu's door creaks open.

"Yuu? Honey are you awake?" The sound of crutches enters the room.

"Yes Papa" Yuu turns over and helps their papa into the chair next to the bed.

"Are you ready to leave in the morning, do you have everything packed?". Yuu adjust themselves into their papa' s side.

"Yes, Are you going to be okay moving there papa?"

They sat in silenced, "Yes my little swan, but I won't be with you all day. I'll be in their medic wing. Do you think you'll be okay without me or your father all day?".

Yuu's lip thinned. They had never been far away without their parents for so long. They never went to school, they always were around their papa looking over the baren farm while their father worked in a factory.

"I think I'll be okay," Yuu yawned.

Yuu's papa hugged them tighter. Yuu looks out th3 window and see the stars shining bright, before they close their eyes, they make one wish.

The two fell asleep on one another in that small chair that night.

This took a while to make, but I feel the Christmas season coming so I felt the need to write a small snip. But this might be a series! Please follow for mor!

Random headcannoms I have about Twisted wonderland characters part 2.

Rook Hunt

The most toxic boyfriend ever, look of how he treats Vil, man sometimes points out Vil's flaws or tells him he's gaining weight. I know he doesn't understand social cues.

Divus Crewel

When students look him up on MagiCam, he pops up as a 5 year award winning dog show championship. This man treats his dogs like they are royalty; most students try to get on his good side by bring dog goodies to him, but that ends being a lecture of how bad that dog food brand is.

Cater Diamond

If you've seen 'Super High' there is one scene where a girl is her own cheerleading squad because she can make clones. Cater is his own cheerleading team, he begged Crowley for a cheerleading team because RSA had one (I feel like Cater tried to apply to RSA but didn't get in ), lucky he brided Crowley with saying it will only be him so Crowley didn't have to be responsible for injuries of others.

Azul Ashengrotto

He ruins the curve of every test, it would be a very hard exam and most would get below a 70 but he always gets 100 (Jamil seconds by getting an 85 and Sebek getting an 95), so students end up with the bad scores. This makes others want to transfer to different periods of the class. Azul knows about this and acts like it's fine, but he cries and Jade and Floyd about, "why does no one want to be around me! No one even wants to be in the same class as me!". Floyd straights up tells him it's the fact he ruins the curve on a test. Then Azul doesn't care anymore because he can now benefit from it, (like how he was selling study guide in chapter three).

Mozus Trien

Dress codes the students all the time; your uniform is fading? Dress code. You're not wearing the right color gloves or socks? Dress code. I feel like he dress codes Yuu on purpose, (I feel like there isn't detention but you get punished by doing yardwork so this benefits Crowley and makes the school look better), Yuu's clothing isn't the latest model of the school uniform? Well they are going to be dress coded untill they get a new uniform.

Ashton Vargas

You know how in middle school in P.E you had to ruin a mile so some people walked it? I feel like if he sees you walking or sitting on the side when there is an activity (like dodge-ball or rope climbing) he is going to write you up and make you come in after school or during lunch to make up the activities you weren't involved in, but he will make you do double the amount of work. Sorry my non-athetic and introverted friends.

Lilia Vanrouge

This man has been through every part of history, he knows everything. (In the lesson you can see him saying, "oh is that how they are telling it now?". I feel like he couldn't be religious, because he would just say "oh I was there, that didn't happen instead this did" and go for hours telling how the story went. Also I bet this fucker does know how to cook but he is really lazy, so he pretends not being able to cook, just so people don't ask.

That's all I can think of for now, but send in request!

Just to cleat things up

Just clarifying this for the AO3 folks that aren't familiar with Chinese fandom, but Tiffany G misrepresented the reason for the AO3 ban in China. It was NOT because of "pedophilic content" like she claimed. AO3 was banned in late February 2020 after the fans of a Chinese idol named Xiao Zhan mass reported the site to the authorities. His fans found an RPF fic depicting him as a transgender sex worker, were pissed off by this, and then decided to take action by drawing the attention of the censors. His fans made detailed tutorials on how to report that AO3 fic to the government on grounds of pornography and pedophilic content and mobilized other fans to report it en masse. They were sucessful and the entire site was permanently banned. They also reported RPF content featuring Xiao Zhan on other Chinese sites like Lofter and Bilibili, and the result was even more stringent censorship for these already heavily censored platforms.

The reason their reports were honoured was not because the content they reported had any actual "pedophilic content" (The RPF fic did not have pedophilia), but because sexual intimacy 'below the neck' is banned in Chinese platforms, and LGBTQ content regardless of rating has been the target of increasingly strict state censorship for years. It was never about pedophilia like Tiffany G claims it is. I think a lot of people (including myself) think that censoring truly morally reprehensible content is a good thing, but from my experience with state censorship it always starts out that way, with things that we generally agree is abhorrent but then it never stops there. As of now, sexually intimate scenes are no longer allowed to be portrayed in stories, especially in LGBTQ centered stories, even though it was possible just a few years ago.

EDIT: Clarifying because I phrased the above line wrong and people on the comments think this means I'm pro censorship. What I meant was that there are people who may think that censoring morally reprehensible content like pedophilia is a good thing and I WAS one of them, but because of my experience with state censorship, I've come to realize that it doesn't stop there and will eventually spread to other "formerly acceptable" content and people should realize that fiction is not reality when deeming whether content is moral or not. My english is really not that good yet 😂 Thanks for helping me compose this @ravijahn

AO3 was able to exist as a gray area in Chinese internet for so long because of its niche existence. In the uncertain world within the 'Great Firewall', things like this can usually survive longer as long as it stays in its little niche corner, that's why minding your own business and being meticulous about tagging your content is such an important concept in Chinese fandom. It was generally agreed upon that no matter how bad things get in fandom disagreements, reporting content should never even be an option, because drawing mainstream attention is a surefire way to kill a free creative space within the firewall. Xiao Zhan's fans disrespected that and ruined everything for everyone, and since then rules like "No Xiao Zhan fans allowed" are common to see within Chinese online spaces.

This issue has made its way to weibo and plenty Chinese fans are pissed at that Tiffany person. Just look up 'Tiffany G' on weibo and read what people are saying. Although I have seen some genuinly hurtful and racist takes about Tiffany on international social media, I would also like to say that reducing the criticism against her as nothing more than 'white people being racist' isn't fair either because Chinese fans are just as worried and angry about this. I hope people can fight for this without unfairly misrepresenting Chinese fans, who were the biggest victims of the AO3 ban in China. It was the last bastion of creative freedom and uncensored LGBTQ content within the firewall and to have it taken away really brought so much pain to a lot of people. Tiffany G's views do NOT represent Chinese fans, and even though some people are painting her as possible representation for non-white fans on the OTW board, the reality is that her views are the exact opposite of what Chinese fans want.

Here's an excellent twitter post that explains this much better than I can. Please give it a read and share!

Thanks for reading and I apologize for the clumsy english 😂

Writers block

I really don't know how to put a brain image into writing, it is very challenging.

Everyone please vote if eligible

❗VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ❗

Hello, my fellow fanwork creators. Sorry to interrupt, but there's an important information you all should pay attention to.

In short, everyone who is eligible to vote for the election of OTW (they run AO3 and Fanlore), should vote against the candidate Tiffany G. If you have donated over 10$ to AO3 in the past year, you are eligible to vote for yourself, and for us, for every Archive of Our Own user, especially the creators in China. This is a very serious question.

In Tiffany's statement, they want to build a more strict censorship policy in AO3. They also talked about limiting the adult content so this website would "have a better image to public". And they said China banned AO3 because of "pedophilic content" but as a Chinese myself, we all know it's just because my country prohibits any sex-related website. So basically, if this Tiffany succeed to get a seat of OTW, AO3 will face more strict censorship, limited adult content, and for we, for Chinese users, the result would be more catastrophic.

Tiffany G also mentioned that they work in a governmental organisation in China. Just consider why a pro-censorship, fandom newbie(Tiffany said it themself), and government staff wants to run for the election of an organisation that is holistically against their agenda. In my personal worst imagination, once they got the seat, they will immediately pack all the information of Chinese users in AO3 and report them to the Government. The consequence will be horrible.

Please, vote for yourself, for us, and for the future of our favourite fanwork site. If you are not an eligible voter and you wanna do something, please let more people receive this information. Thank you.

Am in the middle of writing a new chapter for my small series and I'm half way done. But I just realized I spelt Sebeck's name wrong....