[GRO] Valaon Lavoro - Teen

[Hivestuck]

The sun sets. It bleeds the sky one last time before the moons begin to rise, draping a comfortable darkness over Alternia. These early evening hours, normally uneventful, are tonight a herald of unfortunate circumstance.

The signs aren't what one might consider obvious at first. The wind blows a touch firmer than usual, causing ripples in the pond water and waves through the fields. Whispers of clouds swirl and stitch together into thick and ominous blankets overhead. Everything has a static about it and even the simplest creatures find themselves on edge.

A nutbeast peeks from its hollowed out tree, raises its nose to the air, and moments later is gone again, disappearing into the only safety it knows.

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Working on her farm was harder than usual due to the massive amounts of rain and wind but the crops and trees weren't going to harvest, weed or prune themselves. Valaon had worked all night in the poor weather with her lusus, Crapple. It wasn't unusual for them to work in the rain or any other type of storm but it did make them work harder. Valaon had even slipped on the mud and almost cut herself with the pruning shears.

Finally, after a hard nights work, Valaon finished up her dinner and even had dessert. She then got ready for bed and crawled into her coon, falling asleep fairly quickly. She dreamt of her hivestead, expanding it with even more trees and running it with just her and Crapple. Her day seemed fairly calm and peace for a storm..

When early evening arrived again, Valaon sat up suddenly as she smelt smoke. Quickly, she ran to her window. Her eyes widened as she saw her livelihood on fire! Her tress, crops and sheds were ablaze. Panic set into the greenblood as she ran to check on Crapple. "Crapple!" She called out, searching for her lusus. Crapple was already tending to the fires frantically. Valaon immediate moved to help Crapple put out the fires. She grabbed the fire extinguisher and turned the sprinklers on. Hopefully, it'd help tame the fires.

Hours later, the fires were out and all that was left was her hive. The crops and trees were nothing but char and coals. Valaon stood in the ashes of her dreams as a rush of emotions overcame her. She had never really felt much before and the feelings that came over her were more than overwhelming. Tears streamed her cheeks as she knelt down to touch one of her tress, "Prudence..." she sniffled, "rest in peace, my friend." She told her tree, standing and hugging her lusus. It was all gone. Everything she had ever worked for was gone. There was no way she could ever get her homestead up and running again.. especially since Beatles were needed and without her apples and other produce, she had nothing.

Valaon stepped away from Crapple, awkwardly rubbing her arm. All this time, she didn't think she had time for anything but her farm but now.. she needed friends... she needed help. Asking for help made her feel weak before but if she didn't have help... rebuilding her livelihood would be next to impossible. The greenblood wiped her tears away, looking to the ground. Her fists clenched as she took a deep breath. It was then the adrenaline began to fade and the pain set in. She looked to her arms, noticing they were burnt fairly badly. She looked up to Crapple, tears in her eyes again. Her lusus was no help when it came to emotions, especially when tears were involved. Crapple looked confused, if not awkward as Valaon started to cry. The crab beast side stepped in zig-zags towards their hive, motioning for Valaon to follow. Following, valaon sniffled and wiped her tears again. Her arms hurt so badly and her clothing was ripped and charred.

Crapple gurgled to her Pinchling, carefully grabbing an ointment with her pinchers and giving it to Vala. Looking to Crapple, Valaon took the ointment stripping and dressing her burns. She then moved to her respiteblock to get dressed, sighing as she noticed half her room was gone. After dressing, she checked the rest of the house to see what would need repairs. Crapples respiteblock was gone, as was the nutritionblock and one of the bathrooms. It would take time but the repairs for her hive would be much easier than getting her farm back up and running.

All of this brought her back to her revelation; it was time to change. It was time to try and make some friends and take some time for herself. It'd be a weird adjustment but she could do it, right? Xavier would be easy to befriend, he was already friendly and outgoing. However, the one troll she really would like to become better friends with.. would he like her still if she was more open? He was fairly similar to her; he liked plants and he was fairly stoic as well. So if she wasn't her usual self, would he accept her? The greenblood looked shocked as she realized she was actually caring about what other trolls thought of her. Shaking the feeling off, she sighed and took a seat on her couch.

She looked up to the ceiling, wondering how to even ask for help. Plainly walking up and just asking seemed kind of... weird? Maybe that's what she was supposed to do? Crapple taught her to not feel, conceal... that way no one could hurt you. Valaon couldn't help but feel like her lusus may have led her astray with the whole emotions thing. It wasn't a weakness.. it was strength. Asking for help and crying wasn't weak. It showed that you have trust and compassion. A small smile crossed the greenbloods face. She could do this; she could ask her two friends for help with her farm. Without them, she wouldn't be able to afford to live. Besides, she did want to get to know Sephos more than she did. He was the only one that she had ever allowed to eat over at her hive without working with her first. He brought his own crops over and even helped make food. He was also the only troll that ever understood her... well except maybe Fellah; he seemed to really understand plants too. Perhaps finding him was also in order.

Valaon's pumpbiscuit throbbed, swelling with excitement. As soon as she cleaned up her hive some, the greenblood would seek help from Sephos first then Xavier and maybe.. if she could find him, Fellah as well.... maybe even that blueblood she met the other day. Valaon got up, looking around before nodding to herself. If she could do all her farm work before this by herself then she could easily make friends...right?

Hivestuck

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