Noctis X Oc Novels & Stories

“What is it?” “A botanical preparation. The root of a plant called noctis bloom. It only grows in old-growth forests, the kind that haven’t been touched by civilization.” She hesitated. “The problem is that those forests are overrun with feral supernatural beasts. Creatures that have gone wild. Getting to the noctis bloom isn’t just a hike. It’s a mission.”

She holds out her hands. “The energy is all wrong.” Kristy shudders and we wait for the light to change before crossing. The bar is closed, of course, and we walk down the sidewalk in front of it. I slow when I come to the spot where the man with the bright blue eyes stood. I know I had my fair share to drink last night, but I was sobering up by the time I saw him. So why are my memories getting hazy? “There’s the camera.” Nicole looks at it but doesn’t point. Naomi takes her hand and together they use magic to cloud the lens, preventing it from recording us walking through the alley.

I gasped, my breath hitching painfully. “Orion!” But he didn’t fall. He didn’t even flinch. The claws had torn through his shirt, slicing skin beneath, but he barely reacted. His jaw tightened, eyes narrowing as if the pain meant nothing, as if it only fueled him further. “Is that all?” he growled, his voice low and dangerous, laced with something that made my pulse stutter. The Noctari tilted its head, its lips stretching into a crooked, unnatural smile. “You bleed,” it rasped, its voice scraping against the air like broken glass. “Good. That means you can break.”

The voices intensified as a beam of light lit up Jeremy on a higher stage. The rhythm he played started soft and slow but little by little the drums intensified. When the symbols crashed, a platform rose onto the stage with Kyung Jiho on it. Hae Mina grinned when she saw the white slivers light up under the black lights. On the back of Kyung Jiho's shirt was his name and on the arm was the Nightide emblem. The drum's symbols crashed and the next instrument joined. One by one, Nightide appeared on the stage with their parts. Hae Mina knew this was not her song to come in on because she had never been given a part.