yay! Its finally finished. this was a bit of a handful, but YAY! This one is more dark than I usually go, so please be warned! I am kind of worried about this one, as I didn't have a perfectly clear idea of what to do, so please let me know what you honestly think, and if it's super bad, I'll edit it more... with that being said, I really hope you like it and thanks for reading. As Always please keep it clean and Patton-friendly!

oh goodness the warnings, brace yourself... there are lots

Warnings: Mentions of bruising, puppet imagery, use of force, mentions of neglectful behavior, yandere themes, stalking themes, spider mentions, mentions of webbing and nets, spider themes, freaky spider Virgil. mentions of being tied up, kidnaping, unwilling dancing, unsympathetic Virgil. (I think that's it, please let me know if you find anything else!)

You gulped for air, frozen in the spider boy's grasp as he moved his attention from the exit to you. his purple eyes glowed a bit as he leaned in a little, scanning every detail about your face. his surprisingly warm breath brushing your face as you stared at him.

"its not every day a healer comes into these parts, what was Roman doing with a healer?" Virgil asked, a smirk painting itself on his face. freezing in nervousness you stared, knowing you couldn't blow Roman's cover, yet also knowing this spider could eat you as a midnight snack and not give it a second thought.

 Virgil reached over in that moment, pulling your healing pouch and ripping the strap, pulling it into his grip, with a smile. he let go of you and turned. a scream escaped your lips as you expected to plummet 20 feet to your death, unaware of the webbing that had tied itself around you.

"You've got quite a selection of herbs here, for someone not from around here. I have many questions, many questions indeed." Virgil said, as he scanned the assortment of plants from your bag, the rare flowers and herbs you used to help heal hurting souls.

you tried to reach towards him as he picked up one of the rarer flowers before smirking and crushing it with his hand, a soft cry coming from you, right before Virgil turned.

"is there an issue?" Virgil asked, the dark purple eyes now almost a midnight purple, as he stalked closer, you trying to back away but still caught in the web, the only thing you could do was plead.

"what's so wrong?" the spider asked, most scary like a spider and less human like a boy in this moment. he walked up close, before wrapping an arm around your torso and grabbing one of your wrists, breathing becoming difficult as the spider held you.

"now, I got distracted, why are you here, a healer in the dark forest?" Virgil asked, starting to swing you around to a small musical melody, you unwillingly dancing with him as you hung like a puppet in the web.

"I was needed for a mission and nobody else was available." you mumbled quietly, before the Spider pulled your face against his chest, you continuing to dance. he finally let go with a chuckle, staring at you as you wiped the few tears that fell from your eyes.

"what mission are you talking about? Roman wanders in here so often he might as well live in the broken castle." Virgil said, yanking around some webbing, before throwing it forcefully at you, the net scooping you up as the webbing around your arms and legs snapped. you now dangling in the net, ready to scream at the thought of being dropped from this height.

"He was..." you tried to start but froze as the spider stalked a little closer.

"oh please continue" the spider said, swinging around on a hammock staring at you.

"we were just... and then the wolves, and then the cave... then you were going to eat me?" you rushed, scared out of your mind and skipping parts as the spider stared, raising an eyebrow. 

"you know I'd never have actually eaten you? you are far too valuable to be a midnight snack..." Virgil shrugged, staring at you, as you breathed heavily at the thought of being eaten.

"you are probably exhausted, huh? we have a long day tomorrow..." Virgil said, before he swung about 10 feet above you, the rocks turning off, and leaving you nearly drowning in darkness. you shivered in the cold, curling up, and gently trying to rip the remains of the webbing from your most likely bruised joints.

peaceful sleep was far away as nightmares pounded at your head, the werewolves howling outdoors, and the chill of the cave causing you to shiver. the dizzying sway of the net, this was awful.

you woke up from a unrestful sleep, completely sore, to the spider watching you, leaning right up against the net like you were some exhibit in an art museum.

"time to wake up, we have to make it to the Mages office, to get you the herbs, before we head to the castle." Virgil said, using one of his spider legs to rip the net and quickly grab you before you dropped, he smiled at the small scream you let out.

it was a long trip and his spider leg wouldn't change positions, holding hard enough to bruise, your back and neck already sore from your sleeping position. you stared at the canopy of trees above as Virgil continued to walk, hissing at the small creatures that dared to walk close.

Virgil climbed up high in the trees as you drew closer, a frown on his face as he squinted, looking at the shack in the distance. the yellow and dark blue smoke rising, the voices. Virgil quickly shot out a web bridge type thing and walked across, one of his legs covering your mouth as he leaned a little closer. 

"we just need you to take us to the Spider's cave" a voice growled.

"you trespass, use my portal, and now demand, tell me why I shouldn't poison you right this second." you heard a slick voice speak, as you stared, making out two men in cloaks, one wearing a hat, with a disfigured snake-like face, the other wearing dark-rimmed glasses, dark blue almost leaking from his finger tips.

"just tell us where they are, you snake!" a familiar voice rung out, as your eyes widened as you stared at Roman about 50 feet below.

"say anything, and I will actually eat you." Virgil hissed, threatening you. you stared, as his leg tightened its grip, causing you to wince a little, scared of what he might do. you glanced down to see the one in the cloak and blue staring at you with a glare.

immediately after you saw him you were teleported to the ground, still in Virgil's grasp.

"Y/n, we're here to save you!" Roman screamed, going towards you before Virgil whacked him with one of his spider legs. you took a shaky breath before beginning to struggle against the legs, trying to ignore the near bone-crushing grip.

you were able to glance and see a Magician and seemingly the Mage, speaking harshly towards each other, both dodging any attacks that someone ended up in their direction. 

you were so caught up in watching them you didn't notice til you where smacked against the ground, looking over to see Roman physically wrestling Virgil, both of them on the ground, kicking and punching, Roman screaming and Virgil hissing. 

you screamed when you felt someone grab your arm, looking up only to see the Magician, as he leaned down, using some ointment and rubbing it on the leg that was holding you, it immediately going limp. 

you saw Roman and Virgil continuing to fight, only Virgil now looking at you, and trying to fight Roman harder. with a snap Roman appeared right next to you, and the magician holding you, threw a small bottle at his feet, blue mist appearing all around you.

you appeared in a room, stone walls, a many books, an office, many chemicals and other things littered around.

"oh y/n" Roman said, holding your face into his chest as you sobbed violently. Roman lifting you into his arms when your legs stared to give out. you continuing to sob into his neck, clutching his outfit desperately. as the Magician started to unpack his pack, putting an ointment back on the shelf.

"how did you get Virgil to let go of me?" you sniffled and the Magician turned.

"I used oils from numbing plants, I believe you are familiar." the Magician replied, continuing to unpack. you nodded, and Roman lightly kissed your forehead.

"we're headed back to the castle, thank you again Logan." Roman said before he turned descending down the stairs and walking out to his white horse, setting you on it before he began riding.

instead of leaving you at your house, Roman took you to the castle and up to one of the spare rooms.

"this is all my fault..." Roman muttered as he for the first time noticed the bruises on your joints and torso.

"I'll be okay." you said softly, still holding onto Roman before he hugged you once more.

"I'm going to arrange for you to talk to a certain Fairy, he's really helpful for helping people, his name is Emile... Emile Picani" Roman said softly, before leaning over and kissing your forehead.

"we'll get through this... It'll be okay..." Roman said guilt still eating away at him on the inside, however he stayed strong for you as he wiped one final strand of webbing out of your hair. you would be okay.

Epilogue:

you woke up to a chill in your room, something that hadn't happened the entire month you'd been at the palace. you quickly pulled the blankets closer, the moonlight of a full moon shining through the window.

geometric webs littered your room, the door not closed as it usually is, the window creaked up, letting in a draft. your breathing started to speed up as you tried to think through what was going on.

you gently stood up to close the window, scared stiff, especially when you saw slight movements from the shadows. you turned, watching the  shadow move and holding your arms nervously, to scared to move as you heard creaking on the ceiling.

it all happened suddenly. you were instantly gagged, your arms pinned against the wall by strong hands as glowing purple eyes scared at you, spider legs behind the figure.

"you never should have left"

Thank you so much for reading! I really really hope that was good! it took me seriously forever to write and I'm sorry, life has just been a lot recently. posting may be unsteady again for the next while, and yeah... sorry. as always, please don't hesitate to request, as always the artwork isn't mine so please give credit to the amazing artist. Please Remember you are Loved and Special!

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