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Part 1 of Finding a lost child in the woods
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2025-10-22
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Lost and found

Chapter 2: If i play my cards right...

Notes:

So I decided to make my upload schedule Monday and thrusday, also thank you for all the love on the last chapter I hope you like this one!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Hunter woke up from a dreamless sleep. As he sat up in the bed it took him a while to come back to his senses. Right he had foolishly ran away. He runs his hands over his face as he thinks. Now he’s in debt to a women he doesn’t know. How much will he be made to work? Surely not too much for only one night? How much would be considered a lot for them? 

He shook of his thoughts as he stood up from the bed. She was nice enough to let him stay perhaps she would be kind enough to answer a few of his questions.

He made his way out of the room and down the stairs. Now he just needed to find Katharine. As he wondered around the hotel he realized the sun was up. He hoped he didn’t sleep in too late. He didn’t want to make anyone angry with him. 

As he walked he spotted a man walking down the same hallway as him. “Excuse me sir” Hunter started waiting for the man to pay attention to him. “I was wondering if you could tell me where Katharine is” he asks hoping for a location. “Oh her? In the kitchen I think” the man than walked away after that.

That was helpful, kind of. He did not know where the kitchen was but he would find it. After some trial and error he does. He peaks in and sees Katharine, Abaddon and the man in the blue sweater from yesterday along with two others who look like Katharine. 

He knocks on the door frame which makes them look over to him. Thinking it’s safe he walks over to Katharine and bows to her awaiting instructions.

Katharine looked down at him. How odd, why was this boy bowing to her? Before she can speak Esther does "Who is that?" She says jumping up from her chair. "Why is he bowing to you?" Ben asks.

Katharine looks to her children than back at hunter. "Kids this is Hunter, Hunter these are my kids Esther and Ben. And than there's Abaddon and Nathan that you met yesterday" She explained. "Also to go with what ben said why are you bowing to me?"

Hunter looked up slightly. He had always done it to belos and other superiors as it was considered poliet. He didn't consider that may be different here. What if he just offend them and now there mad at him?! He quickly straightens up. "My apologies ma'am where I come from it is considered poliet."

"And where do you come from?" Esther says. Judging by the boys appearance he probably is a monster of some kind, possibly a demon judging by his eyes. She would have to do more research.

Hunter didint know if he should tell them the truth but it's not like he had a good lie. He was never a good lair. So he doesn't have any other choice. "I.. come from the demon realm the boiling isles to be exact." Looking around he sees faces of disbelief.

"Your a demon? I have never heard of this boiling of iles in Hell" Abaddon raises an eyebrow.

Hunters brows furr slightly at the mention of Hell. "It’s not in hell…” its voice trails off slightly. “It’s uhm it’s another realm I came here through a portal” he sounded insane!

Katharine simply looks at him, she is very skeptical but she was living in a hotel with a literal demon so anything was possible and they boy didn’t look the most human.

A portal intrigued Esther she’s never went to another realm before! “Why did you leave? Do you still have the portal? Can I go to the boiling isles?” A whole other realm with new experiences sounded amazing! 

“No! You can’t go” is the only question hunter answers. He doenst want to talk about the reason he left. 

How interesting, Esther thought. Perhaps this boy was an outlaw of some kind maybe he’s a criminal and that’s how he got that injury on his face. She would be investigating this.

“You’re not a demon right?” Katharine already had one and one was more than enough.

”Oh no I’m a witch” The lie comes so naturally. He wasn’t a witch he wasn’t anything he was just a tool for belos to use. But he wasn’t about to tell them that besides it’s what he’s known for years.

”that’s a new one” Nathan said, “demons ghosts monsters but never a witch before so what magic do you do? The black magic kind like Esther?” 

‘Black magic’ was not a coven hunter was aware of. “No, I am unaware what that is” he didn’t explain what magic he did. Because he could not do magic without his staff.

Hunter looks back over to Katharine. He just wants to know what to do to make up for his time staying here. But instead of that he gets asked. “Are you hungry?” By Nathan.

“No” he says quickly. He did not want to owe these people more than the night he stayed. “What would you like me to do ma’am to repay you for my stay?” 

“You can do the laundry, Nathan will show you where it is” Katharine said. It didn’t seem like hunter was hostile, he seemed nervous like he was afraid his existence was wrong.

”Yes ma’am” he see’s Nathan get up and leave and follows after him taking it as his sign to do so.

The laundry couldn’t be that hard, right? Surely not.

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Hunter followed Nathan into a room with two machines and a basket of clothes. Hunter was not well versed in cleaning. The only thing he’s ever had to clean was his room and the occasional blood from the throne room floor. But never clothes.

Hunter swallowed as his gaze went from the machines to the basket back to the machines than to Nathan. He did not know what to do. A part of him was compelled to figure it out himself it didn’t look to difficult. But more logically he knew he should ask how to do it. It would be worse if he did it wrong than just asking how to do it. Truthfully he was hoping that if he did a well enough job they might let him stay there longer.

”My apologies sir but I do not know how to work these machines. I am a fast learner” He tenses as he speaks. He doesn't want to be seen as incompetent.

Nathan did not seem angry like Hunter expected. Nathan even smiled. “Well it seems like school is back in session our student hunter and the lesson how to do laundry” Nathan chuckles.

True to his word Hunter was a fast learner. Nathan showed him all the buttons to push and how to put in the detergents. 

“Good job! Now you just gotta wait till it’s done and than you can put it in the dryer!” He said as hunter stepped back from the washer.

”What do I do until than?” Hunter wished he had a list of things so he wouldn’t have to ask.

”Oh you would need to talk to Kathy about that” he shrugs “she’s the boss since she can actually touch things” Nathan explains.

Hunter nods and walks out the door. It was good to know who the authority is. Hunter liked authority and rules!

Notes:

To clarify this is realm is very similar to the one Luz comes from but I decided to make it different because there’s demons and ghosts and junk.

Kudos and comments very appreciated 💕💕