Hey Guys! I'm back with another story. Sorry for not updating but since I finally got my laptop to wrok again I should be able to update faster! Anyways here's the story!
The Diary
Chapter 1: Sadness Withstood
(Matthew POV)
"MATTHEW! SNAP OUT OF IT! SHE"S GONE!" the tactician yelled at me. How could the tactician blame me? The love of my life is gone. I just proposed to her and now she's gone. The knife protruding from below her heart was like a knife through my heart. How could the tactician be so heartless? "Matthew… She's gone… There's nothing you can do about it…" It was then I realized she was crying. I forgot that Leila and she were like sisters. They met just two years ago but they were the best of friends. Since then they tried to help each other as much as possible… Back then the tactician even told her to abandon this mission. Like she knew Leila wasn't going to make it… wait! She knew! SHE KNEW!
"Alice… you knew… YOU KNEW! YOU KNEW LEILA WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT! WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HER?" I yelled angrily at her. I saw Alice gulp and heard her soft whisper.
"I did… She wouldn't listen to me though. I even told her my past…" hearing this, everyone gasped. It was a taboo for anyone to even ask about Alice's past. For Alice to even tell someone… Well that was a shock in itself. "She didn't push me away because of it though. She was the only one to accept my past… " She said distantly. Damn it. Now I feel guilty. I breathed in deeply and let loose my breath. I put on my best smile and apologized to Alice.
"Alice what happened in your past?" I asked her. She clenched her fists and shook her head. "Alice… Tell me. You told Leila but you won't tell me?" She gulped for air again, as if it was hard to breath.
"Later." She mumbled softly. "Later…" I nodded. This response was better than her usual. Last time someone asked her, she smiled a devil's smile and burned their ass. Boy that was not a pretty sight… even though it was funny to watch… I breathed in deeply and wiped the last of my tears away.
"I'm going to go bury Leila…" I told them and ran off. In the distance I could here Lord Hector and Alice defending me. They were bickering with Lady Lyndis and Lord Eliwood about the dangers of going alone. Apparently Guy was in it too, he was defending me, I think. I smiled on the outside but was still hurting on the inside. I was happy that my friends defended me even though I was being… different from how I usually acted. "This is the perfect place to bury Leila." I murmured to myself. There it was, a meadow. The only place I actually saw birds singing in this murder island. I lay Leila down for a bit and use my hands to dig through the dirt. It was an hour later and the hole was finally big enough to fit Leila's body there. Talk about nimble fingers. I gently took Leila's body and checked her pulse once again to make sure she wasn't faking. The pulse wasn't there… She really was dead… I felt tears well up in my eyes again. I quickly brushed them away and lay her body in the hole. I looked at her for the last time and piled the dirt back onto her. In half an hour the deed was done. I took out my knives and carved one of them with the name Leila and stabbed it into the ground.
"Goodbye Leila…" I choke out as I ran swiftly back to the others. The first person to come into view was Alice. She came up to me and rests a hand on my shoulder.
"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly. I nodded and head straight for Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector.
"Hey! The enemy is at the horizon! Or whatever that means. The enemy is near. Prepare to battle!" I told them in one breath. The lords nodded and went about preparing. Alice came out at that moment from her hiding spot.
"Mathew… Should you really battle today? Maybe you should just protect Merlinus… " Alice began but was cut off.
"I'm fine. Really Alice." I told her. Great I can't even look her in the eye. Alice glared at me but abided to my wishes anyways. So now the fight begins!
(Fight Scene)
"Matt! Watch out!" Alice called to me. Damn that was a close call!
"Thanks Alice." I called back. She glared at me and 'hmphed'. I guess being a tactician is harder than I thought. I shrugged and set my mind to my work. With that we ended the battle as soon as possible. Surprisingly enough, I was the only one to get injured. I was supposed to be the quick one but I got myself pretty banged up…
"You IDIOT!" Alice scolded me. "C'mon you're the fastest of us all but you're the one to get injured? Seriously?" She looked at me smirking. Glad to know she finds this so amusing.
"Well… Considering I was protecting some idiot who left herself WIDE open, I did great." I shot back. Alice wiped her smirk off her face instantly and walked back to her tent. Strange… Usually our 'bouts lasted more or less an hour. Hmm. Ah-ha! "HEY ALICE! DON'T FORGET YOUR PROMISE!" She turned around and smirked.
"What promise?" Alice called back as she went into her tent.
"Jerk." I muttered under my breath. I sighed and looked up at the sky. Leila wouldn't want me moping around sad and hurt right? I nodded and smiled, "Well then can't forget my daily duties." I ran off to find Guy.
"Oh Guy." I said musically as I saw him looking around frantically. I held out a book and smiled. "Turn around." Guy turned and saw the books in my hand. He looked shocked, then blushed, then looked horrified, then turn mad. What peculiar expressions.
"Matthew…." Guy muttered dangerously low. "Give me that back now and I won't hurt you…" I smiled and laughed. I looked at him innocently and held the book close to me.
"Why Guy… I just found this on the floor so I thought you didn't need it. I even asked you if you wanted it back so finders keepers." I said in a sing-song voice. Guy looked like he was trying to decide if he wanted to skewer me or barbecue me. I decided to… influence his vote so I opened the book and read aloud, "Dear Diary, I kept practicing to be the best swordsmen of Sacae but lately I can't focus. Is it because of this girl in camp? Is it because of Priscilla? I don't know… Maybe I should practice in front of Priscilla to show off my skills…" at that moment Guy put his sword at my neck. He was blushing furiously and glaring at me. If looks could kill…
"Read anymore and you die…" Guy said glaring at me. I smiled at him, not scared one bit.
"Fine I'll-" and I ran out of his tent while reading his diary aloud. I could hear laughter around me and turned around to see Guy just a few paces behind me with a killing edge in his hands. Guy was blushing and held a death glare in his eyes. Whoo, if only looks could kill. I ran further ahead to see my two saviors. Alhough one was still pissed at me…
"Alice! Priscilla! How are you ladies doing?" I said running towards them. Alice looked at me annoyed and Priscilla looked nervous.
"Fine. Now go away." Alice told me bitterly. Touch-y! At that moment Guy caught up and held his killing edge threateningly at me but stopped when he saw Priscilla.
"He-llo Lady Priscilla." Guy said blushing furiously and panting at the same time from his run.
"Hello Guy." She said smiling sweetly at him. I wanted to gag at this scene but deciding that life was more important I quietly sneaked away from the two. I ended up in the mess tent to grab some grub. The only one in there happened to be Alice. Greaaaatttt….
"Hey Alice. What's up?" I said smiling at her. She ignored me and continued munching on her apple. "So when did you sneak away from Priscilla and Guy?" I tried to start a conversation again.
"I didn't. The minute you came I left." Alice told me harshly.
"Hoo! Aren't you touch-y. What's wrong?" I asked her.
"Nothing. What's that in your hand?" She asked me. Trying to change the subject huh? Well I'll let you get away with it this time I suppose.
"This is Guys' diary." I told her. The minute I told her her eyes lit up and an evil glint appeared.
"So what are you going to do with it?" she asked me fully into the conversation now. I stood up and smiled.
"I'll think of something." I told her and went back to my tent. I lay on my sleeping bag and started to think about all that has happened today. Events kept crossing through my mind until Leila's cold body entered my mind. I shivered and started to choke up a bit but I quickly thought about something else. Mostly on what to do with the diary.
"Maybe I'll ask Alice to help me." I mumbled to myself. I got off my sleeping bag and went to find Alice. I found her shooting an arrow at a tree. "You're getting better, pretty soon you'll actually be able to fight!" I called to her. She turned around and glared at me.
"I can fight, remember?" She told me as she went up to me. She took out her fire tome and put it up at my face. I smiled and chuckled.
"Of course you can… Anyway, any ideas on what to do with the diary." I asked her. She smiled and led me to her tent. We went inside and Alice took out a quill and a piece of parchment.
"Let's write down our ideas." She told me. I nodded and we spent all night coming up with ideas for the diary.
Ok I know its pretty lame right now but hey I was trying to finish this today so I rushed it. Also, pairings I will accept. And not much diary action yet but hey next chapter there will be a lot! Anyways RRR!
