Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-32745070-20190205222446/@comment-35828480-20190220003757

I'm sorry it's so depressing I didn't know what else to write.

Vix-Edgar

I woke up from my nap. I rolled over and sat up and yawned, stretching. Tumble’s head was up next to my lap. I stroked her scales. I sighed. Well, we had rescued so many people. Rita and I. Wow she was SUCH a good fighter! Ohmithor... I think I have a crush. Oh nuuuuuuuu! I smacked my face. HRMANERM why?! Then I took my mind off of it. And then onto something worse. My dad disowned me… He hated me. I was good for nothing.

No good dirty rotten weak good for nothing idiot. That’s what I am. Woops almost forgot the “dishonorary fool”. My dad seriously agreed to that. What about my mom? She signed it too… what if she hates me as well? And Grima gets the inheritance!

What am I gonna dooo?? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Plus, I don’t think I CAN do anything. There isn’t anything I can do about it. Just keep the pain hidden, don’t be a burden, don’t reveal anything, and continue on as a Guardian. Oh, and, try not to wince at everything like a weakling.

I went into the kitchen and quietly got a bowl of cereal. Then I sat down at a bench and slowly ate, trying not to cry. ''Pull yourself together, Vix. ''I quickly put on a smile and ate my cereal. Then I tried my best to act happy. I played fetch with Triton in the lawn, and somehow managed to fake laugh. And actually, after a while, I didn’t have to fake laugh. Playing with Triton kinda lifted my spirits.

“Ok boy, go get it!” I laughed as I hurled the ball away.

Triton got up and bounded after it. Then he brought it back to me.

“Eew eewww! Sticky! Gross!” I said, wiping the slobber off of the ball.

Aidan walked over and laughed. “Don’t like dragon spit?”

I playfully glared at him.

“So, uh, anyway you and I are gonna go raid another base. It’s one of their older bases, so there may not be many people there. You okay with that?”

“Yeah why not,” I shrugged. Not like I have anything better to do.

“Ok so you are going to go in first, and take out the front line of guards. Then you send Triton ahead to scout. I’ll then come in and we will rescue any dragons, then once we’re finished, we’ll destroy the base and come back.”

I scoffed, “sounds easy enough.”

Aiden laughed, and patted me on the back. “I like your spirit.”

“Ok, enough personal things, let’s get this mission over with,” I said, hopping onto Tumble.

Aidan looked at me suspiciously. He then mounted Shadow Cloud and peered at me again. ''Stop staring at me! You’re creeping me out! ''I shook my head to shake his gaze. As we flew I tried my best to avoid Aidan’s gaze. We landed a few yards away from the base Aidan described. I walked along with Tumble on my left and Triton on my right.

We walked up and finally reached the gate.

“Tumble, destroy!” I instructed.

Tumble looked at the gate, and shot a blast at the gate. A hole appeared and I walked forward, stepping over the burnt wood. Then I heard guards shout, and I pulled out my crossbow. “GO GO GO!!” I shouted at Tumble and Triton, pointing ahead at the guards. I shot a few of them, and kept going inside. Then, when we had cleared the guards, I sent Triton to go scout.

I ran back to the gate and shouted “AIDAN THE GUARDS ARE TAKEN!”

Then I heard Shadow Cloud’s wingbeats. And Aidan was riding her into the base. He had taken out the patrollers outside of the base. He had Shadow Cloud blast a bigger hole into the gate. Shadow Cloud walked in through the broken gate. Alright. Let’s do this.

“We got this!” I said, running ahead.

I felt confident. I could do anything. If I saw him, I would destroy Harn. I’d blast him into oblivion. But, no. He had to destroy me instead.

That’s when I saw her.

“GRIMA!!!!!” I screamed, running into the cell.

There was blood all over her and she was covered in cuts and bruises. There was a huge gash on her neck. I ran to her and sat down next to her, holding her close to me. “No, no!” I screamed.

Grima’s eyes fluttered open. “Vixy? Is that you? It’s been so long baby brother.”

Tears stung my eyes. “How can you say that NOW? We have to get you out of here!” I tried to help her up, but she stayed put.

Grima coughed and wheezed, “It’s no use. I’m dying.”

I refused to let this happen. I refused to believe it. “No! You’re not. Just-just stay here. Stay with me. I’ll take you back to camp, they’ll get you bandaged up and-“

“Vixy,” Grima interrupted, “it’ll be a waste. You KNOW I’m dying. You’ll get through this. You’re strong.”

I was bawling by now. “If I was, then why would dad disown me?”

Grima grabbed my hand and squeezed it. “Vixy. He didn’t choose that. He wanted you. He LOVED you. It wasn’t his fault. Oystein Lunden was just trying to steal the allowance. Dad loved you so much, you need to know that. And I do too, baby brother. I hate to break your heart.”

I cried and cried, clinging to her. “Don’t go. Don’t go please I can’t leave you! Please, please!”

Grima coughed. “It’s not my choice.”

Then I heard footsteps, looked over and saw Aidan. He was staring at me. Oh no. He saw me cry.

“Who’s this?” He asked gently, stepping into the cell.

“GO AWAY!!!” I screamed, “I DON’T NEED YOU HERE!!”

Aidan put his hands in the air innocently. “I’m sorry, okay.”

I turned back to Grima and hid my face on her shoulder. “Don’t go please…” I said weakly, trying to stop my crying.

“Shush… shhh shh…” Grima comforted, “it’ll be okay.”

“How can it be okay?!? You’re dying!!” I bawled.

“As far as I can tell, you have friends. You can count on them,” Grima replied, pushing my bangs out of my face.

“But they don’t understand me like you do,” I said.

“Maybe it’s because you don’t let them,” Grima advised.

Ohhkayy… how did she know?!??

I sat there for hours, crying and rocking myself repeating “don’t go don’t go” Over and over again. Grima’s breath got heavier and heavier, and slower and slower. Then she turned her head to me. She ripped something off her neck and put it in my hand.

“I love you, Vixy,” she whispered. And then she took her final breath.

I cried so hard for the next minuets. Then I sniffled, and looked down at the thing in my hand. It was a necklace. It was a dark silver chain with a rose quartz heart charm. I bought that for her twelfth birthday. I wiped off my tears and put the necklace on. Then I took deep breaths and walked out of the cell, carrying Grima’s body. When I stepped out, Aidan put his hand on my shoulder comfortingly. I turned away, and mounted Tumble.

“Get us outta here girl,” I whispered to her.

And then we flew off to a lagoon that Grima loved visiting.

“Dig us a hole, will ya?” I instructed.

Then Tumble quickly dug a hole with her claws. I lowered Grima’s body into it, and felt a few tears fall.

“''So there I see my father. ''

So there I see my mother and my sister and my brothers

So there I see the fine of my people back to the beginning

So they so call to me

They bade me to take my place among the in the hallowed halls of Valhalla 

Where the brave shall live forever.”

I hung my head and cried. My sister was waiting up there in Valhalla waiting for me. I will avenge her. Harn will pay dearly. He has a costly price to pay. Then I put my hand on Tumble to go back to camp and said, “This is enough for now. Let’s go home.”

TADA!! Depression! Sadness!