Author: ED of Oblivion
Title: Remorse
Rating: PG-13 (T)
Genre: Tragedy/Horror
Summary: (FE9) Shinon shouldn't feel remorse. He shouldn't, but he does. (Set during Chapter 18: Crimea Marches) (One-shot)
Warnings: MULTIPLE CHARACTER DEATHS, I'm warning you now! This is quite depressing, actually. XD
Disclaimers: I do not own Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance belongs to Nintendo and Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. I am making no profit off of this fiction.
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Remorse
"Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver." -Sophocles
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Rolf is dead.
The truth is beginning to affect him, but he fits yet another arrow into his bow and fires. Boyd falls quickly, his axe dropping from his now unresponsive hands. Dark blood drips onto the stone ground from the fatal wound in his neck. His body falls next to the felled pegasus knight and her steed, both of which are pierced with multiple arrows.
Rhys is gone. Oscar and Gatrie, too.
That makes six.
Ike is dying. Mist is unable to save him; she lies dead next to the wyvern rider, toppled over the corpse of her mare, blood still trickling from the hole in her chest, her soulless eyes pleading up to the empty sky.
The dead heron half-breed cannot chant.
Nearly ten.
Soren is yelling at him.
Titania charges, so he readies another arrow, unaware that his hands are shaking. His lip trembles slightly.
He fires.
…Eleven.
They are all dead. And he's the one who killed them.
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OWARI
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I… really don't know where this came from. The summary just popped into my head during my English lab today at college, so… I wrote something to go with it. XD
Definitely not meant to be a masterpiece. Just an afternoon drabble. If you like it, awesome. If not, I don't blame you.
Seriously, though, I wonder what would be going through Shinon's mind if he really did manage to kill all of his former comrades. (I mean, it's possible. He's a freaking sniper, for crying out loud. XD)
Still, tell me what you guys think. I always love feedback. :3
-EDWARD-
