A/N:
Welcome foolish mortals. Muahaha. Okay. Ah, how this idea refused to leave my mind. Anyway, another multichap from me. I know, I have a few in progress right now, but I will get to them all. And BTT won't even be that long. I just had a plethora of personal issues, thus my long breaks from writing, but I believe I will be able to update all of these more in the future. Ahem. Anyway, onto the show!
Lucina cursed herself for the situation she was now in. She had rushed ahead, and was now lost in the ruins the Shepherds had set out to explore. Some mystical item was said to lie here, which is why they came to the ruins. Lucina was with the party for a while, but some unseen force drew her away from the group. Well, all Lucina could see now were the crumbling stone walls that her dying torch illuminated. She was alone, and utterly terrified.
Each step echoed down the empty halls, making it impossible for her to tell if she was truly alone. With each stop she came to, all she could hear was the rising pace of her own heartbeat. These stops became more and more frequent, only unnerving the Ylissean princess ever more. Completely lost, she wasn't sure she would ever find her way back to the others again. This seemingly labyrinthine ruin would be her grave if she couldn't find a way out, and it was looking exactly like the case. Under ragged breaths, she fell apart.
She dropped her dying torch as she herself collapsed in defeat. Mother, Father, I'm sorry I went ahead. I don't know why I didn't listen. How am I supposed to save you if I disobey your wishes like this? Now I may never see you, Morgan, or any of the others again.
The broken princess barely managed to bring herself over to rest against the closest wall. As her weight shifted the stone surface, sounds of the structure's weakness made themselves known. As she looked up, she could tell that this used to be the entrance to some separate chamber. At this point, she didn't care why it had been sealed off. Whatever this was, it could provide Lucina a way out of this madness, hopefully.
Wiping the tears from her face, the princess then desperately battled against the weakened wall herself. Her fingers clawed for any other loose stones they could find. Pulling away at the loose stones, she eventually managed to create a hole in the structure just barely large enough for her to squeeze through.
Once Lucina had crawled through the structure, all her previous worries disappeared in the face of a new danger. Even the abandoned torch left held no meaning. The room held an unearthly dim glow emanating from a strange crystal structure in the center of the room. The air itself was thick and suffocating, the smell of decay lingering. The rest of the room itself, held strange tapestries along the walls, their meanings unclear to the princess. She did know one thing, there was some malignant presence about that crystal. For some reason though, she still found herself drawn to it.
As she drew closer to the strange object, everything else about the world shut itself out to Lucina. Even the cries of her own body were ignored as the princess kept moving forward. She reached out for the object with her right hand. Hesitant at first, she let it linger just a few inches from the crystal itself. This close, she could see a faint red light from within. It pulsed in rhythm with her very own heartbeat.
She finally grabbed the crystal. The red light from within had disappeared, though the glow over the rest of the room remained. She continued staring at it, tilting her head ever so slightly. The shard in her hand was like nothing she had ever seen in her life before. She lifted her other hand to brush over the crystal, but she noticed blood seeping from some unknown wound.
Lucina soon realized that it was not just her hand that was bleeding. She could feel the substance spreading from all over and fought the wave of illness that swept over her. Her head was feeling light and now her vision was fading. How odd, if this was the artifact in this ruin, she was sure the lucky one. The princess had run ahead to find this object and curiosity had gotten the best of her.
Lucina collapsed. If only she hadn't disobeyed orders this once. The final breaths of the future princess came with no one aware of what transpired.
A/N:
Those of you who've read my other stories are probably thinking "What does she have with killing Lucina?" Well... I don't know. But I do like to be innovative (a gift and a curse).
Well... anyway, I hope I've drawn you in enough here. I'm really pulling back on the stops here, so it should be a good one. Anyway (that seems to be my favorite word here) be sure to leave a friendly REVIEW :D
This is squish bidding you a good day!