A/N: I've finally found a Nightwish song that works for a songfic! This came to me while I was lying listening to 'Sleeping Sun' at top volume, so I hope it isn't too bad! It's told in three parts. The first chapter is the first two verses of the song, the second part the chorus, and the third the last two verses. Each is told from a different perspective. It's a little late, I know, but this part is set when Jo and Seth were taken hostage and is told from Jo's point of view.
Everywhere around us is silent; our ordeal is not recognised by the outside world. As I sit here, clutching Seth's hand, I wish this moment would end, I can't cope with this any longer.
The sun is sleeping quietlyI thought I could talk him out of it, and maybe a few years ago I would have been able to, but I seem to have lost my touch recently, if I'm honest it was probably caused by losing the one person I care for. I'm scared, I've never felt like that before, I've always had confidence in myself that I can get myself out of any situation. That all changed when I met her though, didn't it? Any hope I had of regaining my composure obscured by that night we spent together.
Once upon a centuryAnd now I don't know if I'll make it through this day, let alone another fifty odd years. Any blood shed today will be mine, I can feel it. They may be after Seth, but I'll get in their way, I know I will I just can't help it, and that could mean my life ending right here, right now.
Wistful oceans calm and red
Is this how it was meant to end, never to speak of that night again? I hope it wasn't. She told me she'd wait for me, until I got back, I wonder if she did? I guess I might never have the opportunity to ask her now. That one night before I left for Nottingham was the only night I've ever felt truly alive, could I lose that through my own incapability?
Ardent caresses laid to rest
The thought of spending even just one more night with her is the only thing keeping me strong right now, keeping me trying to talk him down, no matter how bad a job I'm doing of it. The memory of you, the hope of more memories to come, that's what's keeping me alive, nothing else.
For my dreams I hold my life
If I didn't have that tiny bit of you to cling to, I probably wouldn't care right now if I made it out alive or not. There's nothing else in my life and I wouldn't want there to be. I pray that you'll save me from this fate and keep me for one more night.
For wishes I behold my night
But maybe I'll have to accept my fate at some point. After all, why would I be here now if this wasn't meant to be, I've never believed in destiny before I met you, now maybe my destiny is what I fear the most. Because that's definitely what Seth's destiny was, now as he lies bleeding on the floor, dying in my arms, I fear there's nothing that can be done.
The truth at the end of time
Is it wrong to be scared? To think that maybe you won't find me, at least not in time. I've lost my confidence in you once before, please don't make me lose it a second time. I've lost Seth, don't let me lose you too. As people rush through the doors, searching, guns held high, I hunt for you, but I don't see you there, in my hour of need, was it not you that saved me? If it had been you, would Seth still be here?
Losing faith makes a crime
