Virgil's pov

I was walking in a graveyard to clear my mind. Today was that day again. October 31st. The day where they would look for "monsters" and burn them alive or cut off their heads. Humans find it entertaining I suppose. It's sick! How can they watch other living beings burned to death? How can our cries of agony be pleasing to hear? Is it really that satisfying to hear our requests for mercy? They don't seem to understand that we're innocent and they're the real monsters. Why is it that we are killed for only having different features and abilities? Why can't we just be normal? Why can't I just be normal? Why couldn't they have just been normal? Why aren't we humans!? They could've been saved if only they were humans!

I didn't realize I was crying until I felt someone's hand on my face. I looked up to see someone seemingly near my age kneeling down in front of me. When did I fall down?

"Hey buddy, you okay there?" said the person. They were wearing sunglasses. It was the middle of the night! They offered me their hand which I heartily accepted. They pulled me up and I got a full view of them. They were wearing a white shirt, black ripped pants and a leather jacket with black and white sneakers. They had a cool vibe about them. I would've believed they were human if they didn't seem like they were fading. They were a little transparent. Probably a phantom.

"You're a phantom?" I asked, still unsure.

"Uh-huh. What're you? Not a human for sure, considering you're walkin' in a graveyard at, like, the devil's hour."

"Heh yeah. I'm a warlock. Virgil. He/him pronouns"

"Nice to meet ya. I'm Remy. They/them pronouns"

"What brings you here? I mean you can just disappear or somethin' right? You're obviously not here to hide."

"Ya got me there. I just saw another non-human, lookin' lonely and thought I'd show myself. Can't you just transform into somethin' so you don't have to stroll around a graveyard in the middle of the night?"

"I'm not good at that kinda stuff."

"Big oof man. Care for a walk?"

"Sure why not."

We walked for a while in silence kicking a rock or two every now and then. They looked like they were in deep thought. After a bit they spoke up without looking at me.

"What if I said I know a place where you can be safe?"

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That's how I found myself in this situation.

Walking later than I've ever had with a complete stranger. I don't know what came over me. They actually managed to convince me. Which is very rare- no it's impossible! It's never happened before. So that says something. They seem pretty chill about this. Maybe I can trust them? Part of me already does. It could be their carefree attitude. Or the atmosphere around them. Whatever it was, I feel like I'm stuck with them now.

On my way I got a glimpse of myself in a window of a house. My dark purple bangs were on my face covering my purple eyes that seemed to shine in the dim light. The bags under them looked deeper than ever. My make-up barely visible in the dim light of street lamps. My clothes looked wrinkled. I couldn't see it but I was sure my black ripped jeans looked white from the dust. To sum it all up, I look like a mess. But since it was night time and nobody would be out, it didn't matter. Remy seemed a bit distracted so it seemed fine. Still I pulled my hood over to cover my eyes.

Remy hadn't said a word after we left the cemetery. Not that it was awkward or anything. Which was new, but not unwelcome. I looked around at the cluster of houses. It was peaceful to say the least. I kept glancing at the windows to make sure no one was looking. Luckily it seemed that humans were asleep. What would happen if they saw us? Would they call the "authorities" on us? Or just kill us on the spot? I shudder at the thought and ignore the possibilities for now. Remy came to a stop in front of an apartment, looking it over with adoration. Like the place holds fond memories. It probably does. It looks more welcoming than any of the houses nearby. They half turned to me, eyes still fixed on the house.

"This is it Babes. Home sweet home." they said with a small smile, turning to look at me fully. I didn't know what to say so I just nodded. They gestured for me to go in and stepped back themself. "I'll be goin' now. Don't exactly live here. You'll survive." and then they murmured something along the lines of "Hopefully."

I didn't pay it much mind and turned to the door. I tried the knob quietly because I didn't want to wake anyone up in case they were asleep. I opened the door a tad bit and looked back at Remy for affirmation. After receiving a nod I opened the door and hurriedly slipped in. The last thing I heard was Remy whispering a "Don't die in there." and I was in the house with the door closed securely behind me. I opened my eyes at the smell of smoke? The first thing I see is........ fire.

Fire?

FIRE!

The house is on fire and I'm frozen in my tracks. I look behind me and Remy isn't there. Do they want me to die or something? I hear screaming and see a few people running around trying to put it out. I don't think much before pulling out my wand and putting the fire out. There's silence for a while and then someone tackles me! Oh wait. They're hugging me. It's a rather small person. Not too small but small all the same. They have curly brown hair and sparkly blue eyes. And I mean sparkly! They look like they're glittering. They also has freckles and acne all over their face and is wearing round glasses. They're wearing a cyan blue shirt with tan khakis and a gray cardigan wrapped around their shoulders. And they have a threaded rainbow bracelet around his wrist so maybe they're queer in some way? They also have a purple pin on their shirt shirt with "she/her" written on it. She also has wings. She has WINGS!?

She gets off of me and helps me stand up. "Hi! I'm Patton Stark! She/her pronouns. It's nice to meet you. You must be our new roommate." she says with stars in her eyes.

"Oh- Uh.. H-hey there Patton. I'm V-Virgil. H-he-he/him pron-pronouns. Nice to- nice to meet you too." I stutter.

"Patton give the poor lad some space would ya?" says a guy who looks like he came right out of a fairy tale. He also has a similar rainbow wristband. Except it has flowers on it. Flowers with the colours of the mlm flag. He's wearing a white prince outfit with golden designs and a red sash. And a purple brooch on the sash with "he/him" written in golden cursives. His auburn hair is gelled back in an extravagant style and he appears to have applied make-up. His eyes are a bright emerald green and his skin looks almost flawless.

"I agree with Roman, Patton. You seem to be overwhelming him." says a person with black hair and dark blue eyes. Vir hair is set back too but in a more formal way. Vir skin appears paler than the other two. Ve seems more official and deliberate. Ve's wearing a black polo shirt, black pants and an indigo tie. He also has a much simpler rainbow wristlet. With a pronoun bracelet right under it with the pronouns "Ve/Vir/Vem" embedded with gems.

"OH! I'm so sorry about that. I just got excited." Patton apologizes while backing away a little.

"N-no, it's fine. But, t-thanks." I reply giving her a little smile. She brightens up and smiles back widely.

"Salutations Virgil, I am Logan Kelly. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." says Logan while holding vir hand out for me to shake. Which I take before I can think much and start panicking. Still, formal much?

"Greetings! I'm Roman King and it is an honor to finally meet you." says Roman while bowing.

Someone then jumps on top of Roman while he was still bowing, causing him to fall. That person looks a whole lot like Roman. Except he has blood red eyes and dark brown hair with a white streak in the middle, which reminds me of Anna from Frozen. He is wearing a similar outfit to Roman, but with different colors. His is black with silver designs and a green sash. He also has a mustache. His and Roman's wristbands and brooches are exactly the same.

"And I'm Remus King the better twin! Nice to meet ya." he says smiling.

"No you're not! I'm clearly the better one." Roman says back.

"No I am."

"I am!"

"I am!"

Then they start bickering.

I'm about to say something when someone comes down from the stairs.
Everyone froze in their spots at the sound.

"Uh oh! He's here!" says Remus worried. The look didn't suit him for some weird reason.

As if on cue a figure descends from the stairs but he stops a few steps above. He has brown hair which has a golden stripe on the left. And heterochromatic eyes. His right one is chocolate brown and his left being golden. The left side of his face has scales too. He's wearing a black shirt with a yellow hoodie that looks like he just put it on hastily and black sleeping pants. He has a bangle on his hand which looks like it's made from hot glue or something and has a few colorful flowers. Creative. His pronoun indicator is a black choker with glowing golden words saying "he/him". Along with yellow gloves and a beanie. And boy does he look mad. (Ha! You thought I was gonna write hot? Think again XP)

"What'sss the commotion?" He hissed?
Then he looked around and the smoke seemed to freak him out. He started panicking.
"Which one of you went in that kitchen! I told you to order some pizza just for today! I can't believe it. I told you guys to not-" he took a deep breath. "-to not do anything stupid or touch anything! Anything could've gone wrong! Did something go wrong? Are any of you hurt! Logan! You're supposed to be responsible one after me! Why didn't you stop them or do something!?"

The others seemed ashamed for upsetting him. But Logan snapped out of it collected virself and moved to calm him down.

"Deep breaths. Follow my breathing alright? Nobody was hurt I promise. Let's talk about this after you've calmed down. Hmm?" Logan's voice was cool. Like not cold. Cool. It looked like it did wonders to calm people.

Soon the snake dude was okay enough. He stood up from the stairs where he had sat to ground himself. When he did he finally saw me.

"Why hello there~. Who might you be? Our new roommate~?" he asked me leaning against the railing. With a voice of an angel. That was it for me. He was HOT! Like smoking hot. I felt like I'd die and for the first time in my life I didn't know if I wanted to stay there and bask in his presence or go outside and yell "I'm a warlock" so people can kill me.

"H-h-hey. U-umm I'm Virgil Clover. N-nice to m-meet you." I can't believe I stuttered in front of him! Now he's gonna hate me! I totally lost the chance that I never had! Somebody kill me!
My train of thoughts was interrupted by him strutting toward me and holding his hand out while bowing. He was.... Flamboyant!

"Hmm~. Pretty name. I'm Janus Flank~. Pleasure to meet you." he said before Kissing the back of my hand!

"S-same." is all I can say because I'm way too busy drowned in his eyes.

He gives he a small but beautiful smile and turned towards the others. He put his other hand on mine as well and turned his head with an apologetic look. That's when I realized that he looked very tired. And red. Oh my god does he have a fever? That explains a lot.

"I'm extremely sorry you had to walk in this mess. I hope they didn't freak you out. They can get... Carried away sometimes and today was not my day and I had a fever so I was resting and I barely got any sleep and then I heard them screaming though it took me a while to get down here and I just- I'm immensely thankful and sorry for this." he ranted out in one breath. Impressive.

"Hey it's fine." I say, placing my other hand on top of his. "I'm just glad I got to help. And plus I feel like these kind of things happen often so at least I wouldn't be surprised later."
I chuckle at the thought.

He looks at me for a few seconds and then smiles. Brighter this time. Then he drags me towards the couch where everyone was already standing. They join us as soon as we sit. Me in the middle of one of the L lined couches, right in front of the T.V. Janus on my left side. Logan on my right. Patton on the ground in front of the other couch with Remus laying his head on Patton's lap. And Roman on a bean bag nearer to Patton.

Janus looks around at them as they're looking on the ground. He sighs and starts to say something.

"Hey it's-"

"We're sorry." the others say in unison after sharing a look.

"It was my idea." says Patton. "You were sick and I wanted to surprise you by baking you a cake."

"Patty that's- that's too sweet. I'm not mad at you. I was just... Worried. But you're all fine, no one got hurt and that's what matters." he said in a low voice, smiling the whole time.

The others look at him for confirmation and smile feeling satisfied. They really love him huh? I can't help but smile at them too. My family was nothing like this. They were too worried about being found out even though we lived in a very secret place underground. The reason we were found was my stupid elder brother who was just as careless as ever. And even then in all the chaos, they fled for their own lives. Not even trusting me. Not even listening to me. That's how I was the only survivor. I still cared for them. They were my family after all.

Janus gave me a nudge on the shoulder and I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at him slightly panicking. I remember when I didn't listen to my family they'd lose it and start yelling and beating me because the things they said were always important.

"Are you alright Virgil? You seemed to zone out all of a sudden." Janus asks concern written all over his features.

I smile at him. "I'm fine. Just glad that Remy found me."
It's the truth. Half truth anyways. I am very happy for this change.

They light up and abruptly stand up. All except Logan who just fondly shakes vir head, and Janus who rolls his eyes.

"Let's have a movie night!" say an overly excited Remus while jumping on the balls of his feet.

"I shall make popcorn! Hopefully without blowing the damn thing up." says Roman. And he dashes off to the kitchen before anyone can respond. Logan gets up to follow him there.
"I'll make sure he actually doesn't blow anything up."

"We'll get blankets and pillows!" yell Patton and Remus jumping together. They did look adorable. Then they run off upstairs.

I chuckle after them and Janus sighed smiling.

"They're idiots." is all he says and I start giggling like a lunitic.

Maybe this wasn't a bad idea after all. I can get used this. I already feel comfortable enough. I feel like I finally found my home.

Phew! That was kinda fun. Sorry for taking long I wasn't feeling too creative. Anyhow I'll try my best to be quicker to update.

I will be changing Janus' last name 'cause I saved it somewhere else and I can't remember the name right now and can't check it either. And I wanted to upload this today Yes it is morning since it's 3:03 A.M rn! (I'm very unfamiliar with sleep).

If you have any suggestions or anything feel free to leave them in the comments! : )

Enjoy! ^-^

Until then..

Love you. Take care, Later Losers~ <3