I’m Just Your Problem AU

I had an idea that's stupid and probably like 50% crack.

Tristan as a teenager, right? And he's very mischievous and constantly getting into things he should not be. Ends up finding some sort of cave system, follows it for shits and giggles, finds a long abandoned chamber with a large rune circle on the ground.

He's curious and is investigating it when it activated and WOOPS, he gets sent whirling back in time. Where does he land? Right between his parents.

But not Mama and Papa. No, not even Mel and Ellie.

Bloody Ellie and Meliodas the Destroyer. Before they became even FRIENDS, much less lovers. When they were still enemies. And Tristan just fell out of a portal in the sky, yelling and just barely managing to pop his black, feathered wings out and slow his fall before he crashed into the ground in the middle of their battle.

They both pause. They're always unphased by surprise attacks of ANY nature, but this was just... weird. Both their weapons, Meliodas’s Spear and Elizabeth's Naginata, are pointed at him, and he yelps, hopping up to his feet and back a bit and putting his fists up, magic activated.

One green eye, one blue eye, turned black and gold respectively. Large, feathery wings like a goddesses, but black like a demons. An ark gathered at one fist, hellflame twisting around the other.

They stare at each other for a moment, Tristan growing more and more pale, before they demand, in perfect unison: "What ARE you?"

And he sounds very strained, face pinching, ad he says "Ahh... You two are gonna kill me..." And he's not sure if he means THESE two, or his parents when they found out where he's gotten off to this time.

“You better give us a better answer than that if you don’t want me to silence you right now!” Meliodas growls out, pointing his blade threateningly. Tristan bites his lip before saying,

“What are your chances of believing I’m from the future?”

I HC that whenever zeldris had a nightmare when he was little he would be too scared to be alone and would want someone. So he would get off his bed grabbing a blanket and a small plushie he slept with and wander the halls looking for meliodas because he was really good at keeping the nightmares away

As soon as he found meliodas, he beg to stay with him because he was scared and meliodas would just give in instantly and would gently wrap him in his arms making sure he was okay before letting him sleep on his lap during meetings or just hold him until he was sleep. When that happened he would take him back to his room and lay him in his bed. But the moment he did zeldris would instantly cling to him making meliodas instantly rethink leaving. So he stayed with him the whole time holding zeldris in his arms as they both slept

Want some pervert Elizabeth ficlet?

hell yeah!!!

@soniclozdplove @zorria and anyone else interested in more potential Abaddon content.

We said that Abaddon woke up when Elizabeth was searching for the sins, but what if he'd woken up, about, 16 years earlier? His seal shattered when a huge explosion of magical energy swept the land, rippling out from its epicenter in what was Danafor. He makes his way to Liones (human settlements sure had gotten big), knowing that THIS is where the Fairy Kings Forest, at the very least, USED to be. He doesn't have to ask around much to learn that he's been sealed away a long, long time. So keeping his wings hidden away to be on the safe side was definitely the right choice.

Within the day, he feels a ping in his sixth sense. A demon! And a familiar one at that! He changed his course, which had just been wandering in a vague direction, and buried towards it.

There! He was right! He knew that mop of blonde hair, however disheveled it was.

"Meliodas!!" He called, elated. Finally, someone he KNEW! And the startled head whipping over to him only confirmed that this was really him. "...Abaddon?"

"Yes! Sorry, I was, er, out of commission for a little bit, I'll fill you in later. Where's my daughter?"

His face twisted a little bit, pained. "...Here..." He whispered, adjusting the bundle in his arms that Abaddon had barely even noticed. He lifted an almost shaky hand and pulled the blanket away, to reveal a little flop of silver hair. Blue eyes blinked open drowsily, and the baby yawned. "...This is Elizabeth." His voice was just as quiet, a pained edge to it, and Abaddon stared. "...Oh..." He let out in a little gush of air. "C-Can I... Would you let me hold her? Please?"

Meliodas hesitated, eyeing him. "...Tell me something only you would know about me. Just- just so I can be sure it's actually you." Abaddon tilted his head, and thought for a moment. "...Your mother's name was Astraea, and your favorite drink is tea made from a leaf from the outskirts of your homeland, because it reminds you of her, since she used to drink it all the time."

He sagged and nodded, handing her over with utmost care. Abaddon took her just as delicately and she blinked at him with bright blue eyes. He cradled her. "Hi honey. Sorry I was gone so long." He rubbed her cheek. He could feel the heart break oozing from Meliodas. He could recognize that this human infant had Elizabeth's features and name and soul. He knew that she must be his daughters reincarnation, and he would question the specifics later. Right now...

Wow, it had been so long since she'd been this small, since he'd last held her. She was a newborn, he could tell that easily. And he remembers when she'd been born too. Seraphina had held her for a moment after the birth, a little curious, studying her after she'd been cleaned, and then gave her to Abaddon. She had far more important matters to attend to than raising a child, and he was more than happy to do so. Not even an hour old, when he first cradled her. If he had to guess with this one, he'd say not even a week.

In this world, Meliodas told Bartra no, he couldn't adopt Elizabeth. And when asked why, he explained that her birth father had come back, and he was an old friend of his. Why was he gone in the first place? It wasn't his fault he was unable to return at first is all he said.

Abaddon raises Elizabeth, all over again, her milestones coming so much faster than they had the first time around. She was a human after all, and they grew so incredibly fast.

Ok, idea while I go back and forth between writing this and the time travel one you sent me.

The first time Meliodas holds baby Zeldris he just stares at him. And Zeldris stares back at him with big, wide green eyes that match his. Meliodas is immediately filled to the brim with a feeling of I love you more than anything else in the entire world combined, I would DIE for you without question.

Now here's the AU part. Meliodas was never unfeeling. He was never cold and emotionless. But he had to ACT like he was, because the Demon King had a looming threat over his head, a bargaining chip he could never ever give up. "You ever step a toe out of line, I'll punish Zeldris twice as hard as I punish you." And the punishments Meliodas would receive were not light. The DK quite literally threatened to kill Zeldris if Meliodas disobeyed him.

So in front of everyone in the entire world? He was Meliodas the Destroyer. He was cruel and cold and slaughtered everyone in his path without a single twitch in his expression.

Then he would come home and give Zeldris a bright smile as he scooped up the laughing infant, baby, toddler, child. Though he made sure no one else was ever around when he did this. Quite literally one person in the entire world saw the full extent of his soft side. Gowther (demon) saw some of it, but even if Meliodas smiled at him, he never radiated quite the joy and love he did with his brother.

Half of Zeldris’s lessons were done by Cusack, and the rest were Meliodas. His big brother taught him to read, write, to understand politics. He taught him how to fight and defend himself, how to use magic.

The first time Meliodas EVER shows expression on the field is when Zeldris, still a young child, but old enough to know he wants to be JUST like his big brother, sneaks onto the battlefield. He's got a dull training sword and the goddesses, not caring he's a child, attack him. He cries out, blown back and burned by an ark. Meliodas, who sensed his little brother and then heard his sharp cry of pain and fear a second later, whips his head around. Upon seeing Zeldris curled up and smoking, an expression fills his face, stunning the goddesses.

Sheer, unfiltered, raw terror.

He flings over to Zeldris, covering his small body with his own and taking Ludociel's ark to his back. Doesn't even try to dodge it. It's a strong spell, coming from the leader of the Archangels. It burns through his clothes easily, and blood slips down his skin, but he doesn't care. Zeldris is whimpering, clinging and curling into him as he cries about how it hurts.

"Shh, shh, it's alright Little One, it's ok, I've got you, I'm here now." He strokes his head gently as he soothes him, standing up and holding the tiny ball of child close. He's cradling him gently, protectively, when he turns out, lifting two fingers and murmuring "Counter Vanish" at a spell hurled straight at them. He's never used this spell before, not in anything but training, which means NO ONE knew he could make an attack just DISAPPEAR.

He's GLARING at the goddesses. "You've hurt my little brother." He growls, looking at them with rage. Terror and rage, they had invoked terror and rage in the most unfeeling, ruthless demon in the entire clan. They were really starting to regret attacking that "random demon spawn"

The goddesses very quickly regret attacking Meliodas’ brother. For one thing, Meliodas is very quick to fix his slip up by killing as many of the goddesses who saw him showing emotion as possible… for another the survivors were lectured to hell and back by Elizabeth when she heard what had happened. Even back when Bloody Ellie had not even met Meliodas yet, she would have been upset simply because the goddesses chose to attack a child! Zeldris was grounded btw.

Zeldris as baby. Like, not turned into baby but actually a baby

OMG YES HES THE CUTEST BABY EVER CHANGE MY MIND!!

The only reason baby zel was allowed to live was because he wasn’t born weak like all the other siblings meliodas had prior to that, The DK needed a spare in case something happened to Meliodas but because all of them where born weak and useless the DK killed them infront of meliodas showing to him that any weakness whatsoever wasn’t allowed and if he even dared to show his life could be snuffed out instantly. Because of this Meliodas grew to have a habit of not getting attached to them knowing they would just die because of how weak they were. And it was too painful remembering all of them that died. At first when zeldris was born meliodas didn’t even go near him because he thought it would just be the same thing all over again. That was until he walked by Zeldris’s room one day and felt the magical energy flowing through him. It shocked him that something so smol could hold that much power. He knew he was born strong but he never expected anyone else to match him. So feeling that and seeing just how cute he was made Meliodas fall in love with him instantly. (He was too cute to resist not that meliodas would admit that out loud) so because of that any free time he got he would sneak away to spend time with Zeldris.

At first meliodas didn’t know what to do with him he had never had a sibling live this long he was scared that the minute he did touch zeldris he would die just like the others. It took a bit but eventually he did manage to walk over to where zeldris was laying and gently rub one of his cloved fingers against his cheek. Causing Zeldris to look up at him catching meliodas off guard as he wasn’t expecting him to do that.

Demon babies can sense the magic of others which is how they know who their mother is and who they ate safe with and not. And as soon as he felt meliodas’s warm protective energy he knew he was safe with him. And instantly began to play with Meliodas’s finger. Putting it in his mouth and nibbling on it with his little baby fangs. Of course demon baby fangs are super small because they aren’t developed yet so it didn’t hurt when he did that but it still felt weird. But meliodas didn’t have the heart to take his finger away and just let zeldris do it finding it weirdly relaxing spending time with him. They stayed that way for a bit longer until meliodas had to leave to go to training as much as he didn’t want to leave zeldris he had to. So he gently took his finger out of his mouth and ruffled his hair telling the little baby he would be back later. As soon as he walked out the door he put a protective spell around Zeldris’s room protecting him in case someone or something tried to harm him. He knew better then to just trust the castle guards.

It became such as routine for meliodas to visit Zeldris that nurse maids would just let Meliodas take care of him while he was there and let them have their space. In those time meliodas let himself relax and just be himself taking care of him and holding him. It was his favorite part of the day always looking forward to spending time with his baby brother. It was the one joy he had in life (before elizabeth) and he wouldn’t let anything happen to Zeldris at least while he was there. Many time he would take zeldris to meetings or patrols around the castle and if anyone said anything or looked at him in a Nasty Way they would instantly be silenced making sure everyone knew that he was talking zeldris with him and he didn’t care what anyone said. And no one dared to say anything about it again.

They were inseparable you could always find them together No matter what. As soon as meliodas would come back from a mission or even training zeldris would toddle over to him happy to see his big brother again and meliodas each time would drop everything to pick him up and talk to him. Only zeldris got to see the soft and loving side to his brother and it made him feel special. They would spend hours together talking and just hanging out before meliodas would have to leave on another mission but not before promising zeldris that he would be back and that he would bring him back something. Making the tiny demon happy as he would wait at the window watching for meliodas to return wrapped in a blanket. Most of the time he would fall asleep but when he sensed meliodas nearby he would instantly perk up and go meet him happy to see him again.

Does Pervert Elizabeth have a lot of skimpy outfits to dress Meliodas up in? Could the skimpy clothes Meliodas had for Elizabeth Liones form way back in season 1 when they first talked about her being a waitress at the bar be his own form of revenge form how she’d force him into skimpy clothes? Does he have matching sets from back during the war hidden a closet somewhere?

She really might, honestly, but the fact that he dressed her up in them right after they met implies that she didn't dress him up that often. Not often enough for him to think it would trigger her memories at least.

And yes, it absolutely could've been his own personal revenge. He probably reacted in much the same way that she reacted in the Boar Hat.

And I wouldn't put it beyond him to have kept the skimpy outfits. Elizabeth made them (or had them made) for him after all, and even though their main purpose was to fulfill Elis perverted desires, he could tell that she put effort into making them comfortable to wear for him (not counting that they barely hid anything). The outfits didn't chafe anywhere and didn't get in the way of his daily business, so practically speaking, he could've worn those outfits as his everyday clothes. His goddess is a huge pervert, but a pervert with love.

And if he kept the matching outfits hidden, that means Eli can find them, and if she finds them, she will absolutely want to dress in matching outfits with Mel. Hawk is mortified upon learning about his additional side of Elis perversion that knows no bounds. He also asks Mel why he kept them if they were so embarrassing to wear, and Mel just blushed a deep red and said 'no reason', but was very obviously lying.

Hey what if Chandler and Cusack saw how much of an abusive piece of shit the DK was and decided that they would do everything in their power to protect Mel and Zel and basically kidnapped them as infants/children to raise them in a loving home somewhere in the human realm or something and half the Holy War was just the DK trying to get his pawns/weapons/sons back while the goddesses blew his constant invasions into the human, giant, and fairy realms out of proportion?

i'm just imagining like the DK reaching out his hands towards Cusak and Chandler and them repeatedly slapping his hands away XD

and of course, without Mel to pick them, the DK has to pick elite warriors themselves. (At least I'm pretty sure Mel is the one who picked them out. If not, I'm going with it anyway.)

The DK is impatient. There's only a few years where kids are impressionable enough to be manipulated easily, and time is slipping through his fingers. The warriors he picks are semi-decent, hastily chosen from strong families. Galand, being the mitochondria powerhouse that he is, makes it to the team. At first, he thinks the DK just wants his kids back, but questions as to why Chandler and Cusak ran away with them in the first place. The two caretakers are also demons, powerful ones, why would they disobey their ruler and creator?

Galand finds out why, when he hears the demon king mutter and pieces it together. And abuse of children, no matter the race, is a huge taboo for demons. Galand tells the other commandments, who have no choice but to believe Galand of Truth and from there the knowledge makes its way to the general folk, slowly turning the entire demon race against their king.

Meanwhile in Stigma, Ludociel conveniently fails to mention that the DK wants his kids back, saying that he wants to invade the fairy kings forest where they're stationed. Many who don't care enough (which is like 99% of them, also due to lack of information) buy it easily. Not Elizabeth. She knows where the DK invades regularly, and it's alway the same place, a village with no conceivable advantage in battle. It's one of the few human settlements still untouched by the war. Curious as to why the demon king of all people would want to take over, she investigates.

She discovers quickly that there are four demonic presences within the village. They were well-hidden, but as a high-ranking goddess (if not the strongest one) she can sense them anyway. They're just two kids and two elders. She figues the demon king would want his people back, but invading over and over, just for two children too young for war, and two doting elderlies? Seems fishy, but there's no way to find out more unless she talks to them.

And another detail: Without Chandler to cast absolute order, and the growing resentment against the demon king among demons, Elizabeths attempts at convincing the demons to turn back and stop the fighting are much more successful!

One who also makes it on the team of the TC is Gowther. He was always close to the royal family, and also saw the abuse second-hand, patching up wounds and bruises with magic and potions. Chandler and Cusak told the elder demon of their plans, and in fact, Gowther was the one to pick out the village they ended up staying in! Knowing that the TC are formed this time solely to get the two princes back, Gowther joins willingly and isn't imprisoned. It's the only way he gets to see the two princes, and he still makes doll Gowther to visit Chandler, Cusak, Mel and Zel under the radar.

And I just read that the DK also invades the other realms. And all I can picture is his gigantic body, only half fitting through the portal entrances (or whatever the different realms have as entrances) and going "Where the FUCK are my pawns I mean children." to whoever hears him and gets the f outta there real fast. Right after, swarms of demons trickle through (bc the DK is blocking like 90% of the entrance) to search the place before being beaten back by the resident warriors. In the case of the goddess realm, one random goddess goes "Bro, do you really think demons would even survive up here?" and DK responds "Do not question my judgement, puny goddess."

You said this was after Mel broke the curse and killed his father. When the Supreme deity got revived, she mocked the sins, especially her daughter, how they were unable to save Mel and how pathetic and ironic it is that Mel got killed by the person he loves the most.

Ohhh~ I want Tristan (maybe with the event of 4koa?) to add on the pile. When Tristan was born, everyone was protective of him because he reminded them of Mel and mostly because he was the last piece of Mel.

Tristan grew up hearing Mel's adventures with the remaining sins, but no one told him how he died because the kingdom thinks if they told him that his mother killed his father, he would grew to despise her.

Zeldris tries to visit Tristan as much as possible because his brother's son needs to know he has an uncle, and like everyone else, he was the last piece of Mel. He didn't like Eli at all, he avoids or hiss at her everytime he sees her. He still holds a grudge of her for killing his brother despite Tristan's confusion of his uncle and mother's relationship. Zeldris didn't like talking about his brother and tired to avoid the topic everytime Tristan asked because he never got to hang out nor get to know him.

I leave the rest to you because I love how you rambled with ideas, and I love them!!!

You know what even more sadder in this au?

Is that Mel never got peace after the curse broke after killing his father, he never got to live in peace with Eli and his family :(((

saharthings asked: Gowther would be giving Tristan the story of the seven deadly sins, mainly his parents. He would see how much suffering his parents have went through especially his father. Although, it never shown his death because like everyone else, Gowther doesn't want Tristan to hate his mother.

(In reference to/continuation of this and this post)

Oh, you want rambling? Well then, let's see what I can do.

First of, yes, this is after the breaking of the curse and the death of the Demon King. That is, in a way, what creates the whole heartbreak of it all - the curse being broken means Meliodas is really dead-dead with no resurrection.

(Oh damn. When I think about it, it would be interesting to explore an AU to this AU, I guess you could call it, where the events in My Love, It Burns (bad ending) happens BEFORE the curse is broken. This would present a whole different kind of angst, because we all know Meliodas would brush it off because it's not like he can actually die and they've got a curse to break, but Elizabeth would be completely wrecked with the guilt and - Yeah, I might actually write this some day. Maybe?)

Okay, I got a little sidetracked. But! The curse is broken, Meliodas is dead. This would of course change everything about the fight against the Supreme Deity. There are so many things in Cursed by Light that depend on Meliodas and his relationships. He and Elizabeth are out on their honeymoon trip when they meet Zeldris and Gelda, he "convinces" Zeldris to let them come along to the Demon Realm, they all fight together against Dahlia and Dubs and thereby learn about the Supreme Deity's involvement, then they get back to Liones in time for Meliodas and Zeldris to kill her. This story would look completely different without Meliodas. Elizabeth would have no reason to go on the trip and wouldn't run into Zeldris and Gelda, her relationship with Zeldris would be even worse off than Meliodas' is in canon, Zeldris and Gelda would be forced to face Dahlia and Dubs alone, and Zeldris and Gelda's roles in the actual fight with the Supreme Deity would look different as they would in that case come there to face her alone without any involvement from Meliodas.

It's interesting to think about (and now I kinda wanna make a fic out of that too - but I would have to figure out how to write actual fight scenes first lol). I can definitely see the Supreme Deity being absolutely cruel against the remaining Sins and even more against Elizabeth. After everything Elizabeth did, after going against the Supreme Deity and the goddesses' principles, after choosing Meliodas time and time again, she was the one to kill him. The Supreme Deity would no doubt appreciate the irony of it. And then the Seven Deadly Sins? The famed order of knights, responsible for defeating the demon threat, kill the Demon King himself and end the war, well, they couldn't even keep their own captain alive. Oh... I think her gloating about Meliodas' demise would be the cause of her own fall. Because like the Sins and Elizabeth, yeah they might accept her talking shit about themselves - hello guilt and self-blame - but not each other and absolutely not Meliodas. Elizabeth would make good of that threat she gives in canon, that if the Supreme Deity doesn't stop hurting her family and friends, she will fight her. And fight her she does! Alongside Zeldris, who came after there to confront her after everything that happened in the Demon Realm.

That would be what determined Elizabeth and Zeldris' relationship going forward. But before we step further into the future, there's one more character I wanna talk about: Gelda.

Gelda's place in this AU and the whole ordeal with Meliodas' death is another intriguing thing to think about. Because on one side, she sees firsthand the utter devastation Meliodas' death at the Elizabeth's hands causes Zeldris. On the other side, Meliodas and Elizabeth were the ones who freed her from her second seal and then saved Zeldris from the Demon King, not just when he possessed Zeldris body but also by killing the Demon King and releasing Zeldris from his influence and control. I also think she and Elizabeth have a deeper understanding for each other - she knows that Elizabeth would of course never willingly harm Meliodas, if she did that it was either an accident or because it was literally the only option she had. Gelda would be able to view the situation more objectively and not let her emotions cloud her ability to see it from Elizabeth or the Sins' perspective. I think she would push Zeldris to maintain a relationship with Elizabeth after Meliodas' death and especially after the news about baby Tristan.

Of course, Zeldris doesn't need much convincing to be a part of Tristan's life - but more about that later. First, let's talk a little about Tristan himself.

I don't know which alternative is worse: Elizabeth finding out she's pregnant with Meliodas' child after her magic kills him, or Elizabeth and Meliodas both already knowing she's pregnant when the attack happens. Ugh, so much angst, I love it. Or, third option, Bartra knew Elizabeth was pregnant because of his Vision but hadn't said anything yet because he wanted them to find out on their own and then Elizabeth had to find out alone because Meliodas' died before he could even find out he was going to be a father. So, so much angst potential in this AU.

Okay, but what about Tristan then? No matter how anyone finds out, Tristan is born and suddenly there's this last piece of Meliodas, completely free of all the pain and horror, in the world. So, Tristan grows up fiercely protected. Just like in canon, Tristan will constantly hear how much like his mother he looks. From outsiders. But when it comes to his family and even more his parents' family and friends, they look at him and they see Meliodas - which is not good for the guilt that none of them seem able to shake, and definitely makes their protectiveness of Tristan worse.

Tristan might never have gotten the chance to meet his father, but everyone around him certainly makes him feel alive. Tristan grows up surrounded by stories about his father; of how he saved the kingdom and the entirety of Britannia, of how he saved his family and friends in big and small ways, of how he was a demon and he was good, of how despite everything he went through he would always smile, of how his cooking could make even an immortal fear for his life. Tristan heard stories about the big things and the small things, the amazing things and the silly things. He heard stories about everything except how his father died. It was the one thing nobody would ever speak to him about - he was a hero, he died protecting this kingdom; never a how and never a who. Even when Gowther gifted him the story of his parents, that part was still missing.

As the years pass, Tristan gets even more stuck on that one missing story. Some might even say it turns into an obsession. But Tristan can't let it go; it's that one even that kept him from ever meeting his father. And he just doesn't get it. Why won't anyone tell him? There was definitely some horrible things that Gowther still showed him, so why not his father's death? Tristan is not stupid, with every avoided story, he realized that there's something more to it, there's something about how his father died that everyone is trying to keep from him.

(Okay, now I want to write THAT story too. Tristan's search for the truth about his father's death over the years, with a lot of focus on Zeldris' relationships with Tristan and Meliodas too. Because if anyone is going to stop treating him like a child it's Zeldris, if anyone is going to understand what it's like to never get to have a real relationship with Meliodas, it's Zeldris).

Now, about Zeldris. Like I said earlier, he doesn't need much convincing once the news about Tristan reaches them. He doesn't really want to be around Elizabeth (even if she did help him kill her own mother) or the remaining Seven Deadly Sins, but Tristan's his family. He's Meliodas' son. To Zeldris, as well, he's the last piece of Meliodas still alive in this world. And Zeldris needs him to know that he has an uncle, that his father had a family too. He wants Tristan to know about demons and see the beauty in those powers too. Most of all, he doesn't want Tristan to be ashed of his father's genes, he wants him to have the childhood and the family that both he and Meliodas were robbed of. That's what Meliodas would have wanted to. Zeldris might never have gotten to make up with his brother, to forgive him or even talk about everything they said or didn't say - he never got to have a relationship with his brother, but he can have one with his nephew. Zeldris visits Tristan as often as his own duties allow. As he grows older, Tristan sometimes visits him in the Demon Realm too. When Zeldris is in Liones he tries his best to avoid Elizabeth and anyone else of Meliodas' friends. Their relationship is still bad, but they all do their best to keep the bad blood hidden from Tristan - he still notices things. They all just want to make right by Meliodas.

At first, Zeldris is one of the only people who won't talk about Meliodas with Tristan. He will tell him about the Demon Realm and about demons, but never about Meliodas. Not even when Tristan asks him about him. It doesn't last. As Tristan grows older, the questions increases. Zeldris still tries to avoid the topic, even gets into arguments with Tristan about it, until eventually... Eventually Zeldris can't avoid it anymore. He's forced to confront his own relationship with Meliodas. Because Tristan actually thinks Zeldris hates how big brother, that he doesn't miss him. Zeldris has missed Meliodas since long before he actually died. After that, Zeldris starts telling Tristan about Meliodas as well. Not about his death and not about the Meliodas that Britannia knew. He tells him about the Meliodas before all that, about growing up in the Demon Realm together, about going dragon hunting. He tells him about the few moments they actually got to have as brothers, about the Meliodas that Zeldris grew up looking up to and admiring.

Yeah, Meliodas never getting the peace with Elizabeth is the most cruel part about this AU, and what I kinda wanted to focus on with the bad ending. "After all these years, their parents had won." Because that's what happened. All Meliodas ever wanted was to live in peace with Elizabeth, but he died and he wasn't coming back, and thereby it was a reality he never got. But not only that, with Tristan added to it all, it makes it worse. Because Meliodas never got to see the family he left behind and Tristan never got to meet him. Even if Tristan tried to get into the Necropolis/City of the Dead he couldn't, because he has no shared memories with Meliodas.

And with that I'm gonna shut up before I'm hit with even more fic ideas (I already have sooo many - I mean I love it, I love writing them, but also ahhh)

@zorria @soniclozdplove @animalarte (because you mentioned you wanted to see this stuff sooner.)

During the fight against Hendrickson, it is revealed that Abaddon is a goddess, we've already discussed this. And at the same time, Elizabeth is fighting, the silhouette of golden wings branching out of her back. She settles into instinct and fights amd heals in tandem with her father.

The fight is over and the golden light faded away from her. He doesn't bother putting his wings away, it's already out, so he just settled them against his back and turns towards Elizabeth. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

She just stares at him. "...I'm not hurt."

"Oh, thank the stars-"

"What are you?"

She asks it blunty, still staring at him, and more specifically, his wings. "You're not human, are you? Are you a GODDESS? How is that possible?? Am I- Am I even really your daughter, or has my entire life been a lie?"

"Ellie..."

"Answer me!"

"Alright! Yes, I'm a goddess, always have been. But you ARE my daughter-"

"How is that possible?? I-I'm a HUMAN, not a goddess!!" Oh, if only you knew, Honey.

"Because your mother was human! You inherited her clan and my abilities." It was a lie he had prepared years ago, should he need it. "You-" He sighed. "Ok. The druid clan are descendants of the goddesses. When a goddess has a child with a human, more often than not, that child is a druid. A human with divine magic. It wasn't all that uncommon to happen back in the day. First generation druids are typically the most powerful, they have the most undiluted divine blood, so they are usually on par with, at least other lower rank, goddesses. Over 3000 years, the divine blood dilutes more and more. There are still druids, still with divine magic, but no longer what it once was. You're currently the only first generation druid in Brittania. You ARE human. And I AM your father. The only lie is that I pretended to be human for the safety of both myself and you." He gestured towards Hendrickson, who was still unconscious. "Because this happens when people know or even suspect what we are."

She stared at him for another moment, before wavering. "We're talking more later." She hissed. Then she whirled around and glared at Meliodas. "And YOU! I feel like you knew, didn't you??" He shrunk away from her Wrath a little. "I did..." She threw her hands up into the air. "MEN! What is wrong with you two, why would you keep something like that from me?? Who else knows??"

"Well, er... everyone, now..." Abaddon said quietly. She glared at him furiously and he shrunk. "Fine. Who did you TELL before you thought: Hm, maybe I should tell my daughter her true heritage so she, I dunno, wouldn't grow up feeling excluded and like a freak for her golden eye and twisted pupil??"

"Your eye is beautiful-"

"Who. Did. You. Tell??"

"I didn't actually TELL anyone, people just found out! Zaratras knew, because he found me with Meliodas."

"...."

"...He was hurt and ill, and my magic was too drained to heal him properly. And he was protecting you, when you were 3 days old. Zaratras helped us out. Lady Merlin knew because... well, she's Merlin. But that's it. No one else knew."

"....."

She stared, at them, both men on their knees as they tried to earn her forgiveness and she took a deep breath, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Ok. I understand you kept it from me for my safety when I was young. But I think, as grown as I am, I deserved to find out from YOU instead of in the middle of a battle! Because it's not SAFE if I don't know I'm being targeted, much less WHY!"

"...I concede your point."

She huffed and crossed her arms. "Great, we can talk more later, when we dont have an audience. Get up, both of you, and help me clean this mess."