A/N: This a short little one-part sad peice inspired by my own loss that occured this morning. In it, Gohan is dealing with the sudden loss of Icarus.
Icarus is gone. I was playing with him yesterday, and everything was fine. We were happy. Then today I go looking for him and find nothing but the body of my little dragon friend. He is unmarked as if nothing is wrong with him. He is just dead as if the life was sucked right out of him.
I can't believe he's gone. He was MY first friend. He was not someone I met through my father - I met him. He was my only playmate, someone I could just have fun with. Now he has suddenly been ripped away from me with no warning.
He was a confidant I could be certain would tell no one. Now my secrets have been lost into the oblivion where dead souls of dragons go.
He was my freedom. When everything my mother was forcing on me became to much, I went to him for someone just to be myself and not the conformity being forced upon me.
Now what can I do? I have lost my friend. The one I understood, the one who understood me. Should I just find another little dragon friend to play with? No. It wouldn't be the same. When a friend dies you can't just say "Oh well, now time to get a new one." It is not that simple. I can't move on that fast.
For now I will mourn the loss. I will shed tears over my lost friend. He became more than a little dragon to me. He became almost like family member, for as my first friend, it was more than just a friend.
I will miss you, Icarus. I will continue to mourn you. But over time, I will no longer cry, but remember the times we played happily together. I will never forget our time together, I will treasure it.
Good-bye, my friend.