How will it end?
In the end, it will end in the defeat of the hero, the destruction of a town, but in no way will it bring solace to the avenger. He will too far gone into the depths of hatred. His heart will no longer there, and now, without a goal left for him, he too will crumble to the dust along with the rest of the people he set to destroy. He will become one with the earth, his body providing life for the Earth, an ironic ending to the avenger, who's heart had been set only to extinguish, set only for revenge. He will become the same as the people he shattered: bones, dust, and then, nothing.
In the end, she will cry, as she had done so many times before, but, she will cry whilst healing the people of her town, and she will see him. One she had loved so long ago, and she will cry more, because he will be different than she remembered, harder, colder, his face lined with weariness. She will call for him, and like the others around her, he will extinguish her as well, as if he had never known her. She is the dreamer, and she will still love him, as she always had, and she will forgive him, because in the end, she can not leave the childish faith that she held on to all of these years. Because she knows that, to him, she is nothing.
In the end, it will end with the tears for a friend long gone. It will end with the knowledge that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't bring him back. Not just him, the old him. He will lay there, a body among hundreds, watching the smoldering ruins of what he used to call home, and he will see him fall as well, the hero watching the avenger fall, become the same as himself. He will try to cry out for the other, but it is too late for him, too late for anyone. He will let the tears run down his face, and he will know that in the end, he has fought for nothing.
In the end, he will be gone, and he will come back, and see the town he had known for so long, gone. He will walk through the remains, and he will see the three he had loved, the avenger, the hero, and the dreamer, and it will remind him of those years ago when he was left alone, just like this. He will drop to his knees, his hands will shake and for the first time in over twenty years, he will cry. He will collapse and he will become nothing.
This is the end.
