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Swearing

Abusive parents

Spoilers for Empires Smp Season 1

Suicide

"Scott?" Xornoth asks, knocking on Scott's light brown, spruce door.

"You can come in Xornoth!" Scott replies, and Xornoth can hear the happiness in his voice, since Xornoth has been busy with "crown princex work."

Xornoth sighs, and walks into Scott's room with a smile. On the floor of the room there is a tea party set up, with white cups with gold details. Pouring tea into a tea cup was Scott, and next to him on a gold pillow is this grey haired with gold antlers- shit is that Aeor!

"Sit down Xor! This is Alinar," Scott smiles, patting the light purple pillow next to him.

Xornoth sat in the seat, glaring at the so called "Alinar", who makes a motion to tell Scott nothing about his true identity, in turn Xornoth rubs their forehead.

"So Scott how have you been?" Xornoth asks, as their face relaxes looking at their little brother.

"I've been amazing, but I've missed you."

Xornoth sighs, and ruffles Scott's hair, "I know little buddy," Xornoth then slowly asks, "Have mother and father hurt you?"

Aeor looks to the side, before Scott replies, "I was late to a meeting, because I was busy feeding the owls, so they slapped me."

Xornoth burrows his eyebrows in anger, before they take a deep breath and pats their lap, "Come here."

Scott immediately sits on it, and buries his head in his older sibling's chest.

"Shhh, it's okay you did nothing wrong," Xornoth softly smiles, while slowly braiding Scott's hair.

"Xornoth is right, Scott," Aeor agrees, finally saying something after Xornoth walked in.

"Promise?" Scott asks.

"Oh course little one," Xornoth smiles, they're going to protect his little brother no matter what. No matter how much, Exor tries to convince them to make Scott either hurt or join them.

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The siblings were surrounded in a circle of corruption vines. Scott is standing in a circle of blood magic, before he stops Xornoth casting the spell, by pulling out a sword with blue ruins engraved in it.

"Well I have this."

"What- where did you get that?" Xornoth asks clearly shocked.

"You know what it is then. You know what it does," Scott responds, knowing what he has to do.

"Well you're stuck in there," Xornoth states, "You can't kill me with it anyway."

"That's the difference between us. I- I don't always put myself first and, sure, I've made plenty of mistakes... And I've hurt people. But I always did my best. And for the first time, in a long time, I finally know what I need to do for my friends. Because I don't need you in here to kill you, when I'm right here."

Scott stabs himself with the sword, right when Xornoth runs over to their little brother.

"No!"

Xornoth falls to the floor, and sits his dying little brother into his arms and takes out the sword. They failed, not just taking over the world, but protecting their little brother. If they fought back some more, and didn't fall into the safety Exor provided them. Scott wouldn't have had to end himself to save the world.

Xornoth slowly caresses Scott's hair, as they shut their eyes, "May the afterlife take care of you, little one."

The next thing Xornoth knows is that, they're in a body they never thought they would be in again.