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Everything felt numb expect for a dull pain near my stomach. Slowly i open my eyes again, how much time has passed since I fainted? Am I still on the battlefield? What has even happened? Piece by piece my other senses came back, it's like coming up to the surface after drowning and I realise that the battle against the corrupted has clearly not ended.
The sounds of the battle become more clear, I hear screaming and blades clashing against each other but not only was I able to hear again but I was also able to smell again.
Of course there was the stinging smell of smoke from the fire that has broken out but there was an even more outstanding smell hanging in the air. The smell of blood.
I tilt my head a bit to look down at myself and of course it was a puddle of my own blood I'm lying in.
A big stab wound in my stomach, I weakly move my hands over the wound to stop the bleeding but it was helpless, the blood just flowed out of my body like water.
I look around seeing my comrades fighting the corrupted that are attacking us, there's so many of them and the first thought that came to my mind was to help them but I couldn't even feel my legs and my sight began to become hazy again, which was probably caused by the blood loss.
In the corner of my eye I can make out a tiny object reflecting the sunlight. A stare at it for a bit then the memory's slowly creeped back into my mind, of course this was Lucina's emblem ring, it must have slipped off my finger while I was stabbed.
More and more memory's of the battle came back.
Originally this was supposed to be a regular fight against corrupted that were attacking a small village, it's not like it's something we have never done before, but things didn't go as planned. We thought that the battle was nearly put to an end but suddenly more of them came and it just wouldn't stop, they surrounded us and we tried to fight them back the best we could. I was so focused on the battle that I didn’t even notice that they split me up from the other, so it meant four against one for me and there was no possibility for help since the other were out of reach. While I was fighting them I suddenly felt a blade stab me from behind, clearly I wasn’t able to notice him behind me. Then I must have fallen to the ground and they probably moved on because they thought I was dead.
Maybe if I put my emblem ring back on I would regain a bit strength to help the others end this battle, but I couldn’t even reach out to it, all my limbs were numb.
„Alear“
I heard a familiar voice calling my name, clearly a men. Who was it again? I couldn’t remember.
Then a huge silhouette appeared in my sight. His broad torso covers my sight and I get to see his face. It’s Diamant. His hair falls into his face but I could still see his warm brown eyes that were now full of fear.
„Alear, what happened? Can you even hear me?“
His voice is full of panic and I feel the pressure on my wound as his hand was covering it to stop the bleeding, while his other hand comes up to hold my face. I lean more in his touch, it’s so warm and comforting that I never want to miss out that feeling. For that moment I only see him and suddenly my emotions hit me, all the fear, the regret and guilt coming up.
„I’m sorry“
Was the only thing I was able to choke out as I slowly feel the tear welling up in my eyes.
„No love, don’t be everything will be alright.“
Then he turns his head around where the battle was still going as he shouts
„We need a healer over here, please the divine one is deadly injured“
My thought began to circle again, on how this could even happen in first place. I was chosen to put this war to an end and now I lay here on the ground in my own blood holding onto the thin string of life which was slowly beginning to tear apart. My eyes close and an image of my mother appeared in front of me.
Mother, my dear mother who I didn’t have enough time to talk to, because death teared us apart but now it will bring us together.
Still you trusted me to win this and to save the land but as you can see I achieved nothing.
I’m sorry
I failed you
„Hey, open your eyes again. Don’t dare die on me Alear, you hear me?“
Diamant calls out for me, his voice trembled as he spoke to me. I force my eyes to open again as they are meet his soft facial features.
He is the one I adore and love so much, everything about him makes my heart flutter. From his looks to his sometimes stoic but still calming personality.
I can’t help but think back to our joint training or the nights we spend together laying next to each other and talking. It was the time I felt most free, no exhausting battles or the planning the next strategy, it was just us.
He was the person I told my deepest thoughts without the fear of being misunderstood, no matter how depressing my feeling got he was always there to comfort me.
And what about me? I can’t even stay alive for him, to protect him and all the other people that laid their trust in me.
Warm tears roll down my cheeks and I feel Diamants thumb moving to wipe them away.
„Darling there’s no need to cry, like I said everything is going to be okay, you are going to be okay.“
I didn’t know if he really meant those words or if he just used them to comfort me, or better said comfort himself.
Suddenly another person runs to my side, it’s Framme.
„Oh no, divine one what happened to you.“
She exclaimed as her eyes full of horror scanned my in blood soaked body.
„Can you fix this?“
Diamant spoke, this time to Framme
„I can’t promise anything but I will do my best“
She said with a gulp.
She kneeled down next to me and I feel Diamants hand removing from my stomach to give Framme space to work. This time he takes my right hand in his and holds it near his face.
„Please, please don’t leave me, not like this. We had plans remember, for our future after we put this horrible war to an end.“
Even though my hand is covered in dirt and blood, he kissed it in the most gently way possible as if I was made out of glass that would shatter any moment.
I know Framme is probably doing her best to close the wound and keep me alive but nevertheless I feel the small amount of energy left in my body slowly fading and my muscles becoming numb once again.
„Diamant I’m sorry, but I guess my time has come. Please promise me to stay strong and to end this war even though I will not be by your side anymore. Always remember that I love you and that you were the reason I could keep going, you are my strength and my light and even though I will be no more I’m sure I will always remember you no matter where I end up being.“
As he listend to my words I saw the tears that welled up in his eyes falling down.
„No don’t talk like that, you will survive this and stay by my side“
But at this point it gets harder and harder to keep my eyes open and I’m not able to put up against this force.
„Alear no, don’t die, please I love you.“
His trembling word were the last thing I heard before my eye closed and everything went dark.