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Ancel
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I couldn't move. All I heard was the singing of the white feather in my hand and the roaring of the two beasts. Ancel was asking what to do and then it hit me. Ancel... I could use the Plume. With that thought the singing intensified tenfold and when I looked to my friend, my best friend, I couldn't see him. All I could see was my way to get my revenge by using his hidden power. In a half-crazed set of mind, I raised the feather and said those faithful words for the first time.
"Feather of the Battlefield, unto me thy Power yeild!"(1)
Huge flash of red light illuminated the room and when I could see again, Ancel was laughing. I could almost see the power radiating from him. He bathed in the very same light and looked slightly transparent, like he wasn't here anymore.
In few seconds he had slain two powerful beasts with ease. I could only stare, power of the Plume was terrifying. Beasts lie on the ground, dead, and Ancel collapsed to the ground also. Red glow was leaving him and with it that glow, his very life force seemed to fade away.
I dropped to my knees when he closed his eyes, tears were streaming down my face and I let out a sorrowful cry. This was my fault. My thirst for vengeance had driven me this far and now there were no going back.
I left the fortress, and when I left Ancel's body, I also left something else behind me. My sorrow had turned into anger and my guilt into fury. I left behind my compassion. I wanted Valkyrie's blood to stain my hands and if I should stain my hands with the blood of my companions, so be it. Rage burning inside me, I left and never looked back.
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(1): I'm still unsure about these words, but they are difficult to hear. Correct me if you have better hearing. And thanks for Steak and Iseria Dweller for better versions.
AN: I was totally hooked to the game, so watch better way to show it than write fanfiction about it? This will be nine or ten chapters long and chapters will be fairly short. Every chapter is about one companion I've sacrifased. And Wylfred might be little OOC, but this is based on the dark ending and storyline so Wylfred is darkish too. Comments, please?