Prompt that gave me an idea for this chapter ^

EDIT THREE MONTHS LATER: REALIZED IT DOESNT LOAD FOR SOME PEOPLE OH WELL

The ESMP members are teens in this.

Xornoth POV
I sat alone in my room as always. It was hard to do things when you were cursed. Stupid prophecies and gods and their champions.

The voice in my head was getting louder and it was harder to stay fully in control of my body during conversations, not that anyone visited me anymore. I was just the cursed child the world wanted to forget.

I didn't even look like an elf anymore. I was incredibly thin and way too small to be a teen. But the most abnormal part was the corruption. It turned my skin to a charcoal black and red mess. My head had horns growing out of it and the room didn't even look like a room at that point.

No one was there to keep sane.
"Ouch. Hi Xor-Xor!"
Well except one person.

Joey squeezed through the gap in the vines and tumbled onto the floor. He quickly got up and sat next to me, full of energy despite it probably being the middle the middle of the night.

"How are you feeling love?" my boyfriend asked.
"B-bad," I stuttered as I leaned on him. He handed me some apples which I scarfed down, making me realize I had gone a while without food again.

"I m-miss going outside a-and seeing S-Scott," I mumbled. Once my horns began to grow our parents had stopped letting Scott see me and isolated me from the rest of the world. After a while he gave up on protesting. The only person I had seen in months was Joey.

"Let's not think about that. At least we can spend time together!" Joey said optimistically.
"I-I can't stay here i-it's not s-safe a-anymore..." I mumbled.
"What do you mean?"
"The v-voice i-is getting harder t-to control I'm g-going t-to h-hurt someone because I-I'm a monster-"
"Your not a monster," Joey said, cutting me off.
"We both know that's n-not the truth l-love," I said as I sat up.

"But you have to stay Xornoth! They'll hurt you if they find you!"
"I-I have to..."
"Sleep on this and we'll talk about it tomorrow alright?" Joey said as he stood up.
"O-okay," I responded though I knew there would be no tomorrow.

"Goodnight," Joey whispered as he climbed out of the room, not knowing that might be the last time be saw me.

Joey POV
I clipped on my elytra. It had been a day since Xorny had talked about leaving and I promised I would go back and talk to him about it.

I flew through the forest, taking my usual route as no one was there to see me. It took longer but if I got spotted things wouldn't end well.

I arrived in Rivendell and climbed through the vines to find and empty room.
"Hello?" I called out but I was met with no response. I searched the room, hoping to find he had just fallen asleep somewhere hidden but found a note instead.

It read Joey I'm sorry. Love you forever, Xornoth.

I reread the note many times hoping that it wasn't true, that he hadn't left, but he had, and it was too late to change that.

I flew back home in tears and cried myself to sleep, knowing I probably wouldn't see him again.

3rd Person Pov / ~Timeskip~

It took them three weeks to figure out Xornoth had ran away. The emperor and empress seemed delighted that their cursed child left though made sure to set up precautions in case he returned.

The only two who were affected by this were Joey and Scott. Most thought that after Scott stopped visiting his brother he had stopped caring about him. In reality Scott hadn't gone a single day without thinking about Xornoth and wishing things had been different. But life goes on and the two had to accept that Xornoth had and moved forward.

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