Is she still the same?

While walking down the hallway of the Institute, Veigar had been repeating this question for the past few months. He was thinking about a certain female yordle that changed into something different. Before, she was a cheery and carefree yordle who liked to make everyone smile and who loved to be in her own world. She was an annoying pest him, a pain in the a$$ to get into his nerve as he would try to avoid the insane yordle whenever she tried to approach him. She wanted him to be her friend, but he insisted that never in his life to befriend 'someone whose crazy like her'. He regretted only now that statement he made.

You're an a$$hole. You're also crazy, but you just wouldn't admit it.

Now, she's a yordle who was cold, straight, and mature. She treated the champions as fellow colleagues and not like immediate friends. She despised bullies, even from summoners as she would not hesitate to implement THE serious treatment for those who would irritate her. Whenever she's called to participate in any League matches, she was very determinant on the objectives unlike from before that she would wander around the Rift to explore things that would waste time in battle. She would never leave any of her teammates behind as she would sacrifice her life to provide her team the opportunity to push through until victory. Her role was Support, and she took the position very seriously then. She received praises for honorable teamwork, but just showed no smile like it's not something to be proud of.

Flashback

"Darn it,"

Veigar muttered as he was low on health and trying to fall back to base after a failed teamfight. He sensed an aura around him as he looked at his back to see Caithlyn charging her ultimate at him. She pulled the trigger, the world went into slow motion as he was immobilized in fear that it was his end to lose the match. He shut his eyes, waiting to be shot.

"Are you just going to stand there all day, jacka$$?"

Veigar opened his eyes unexpectedly and they became wide like saucers. He saw Lulu blocking the bullet as it pierced her left shoulder. She was bleeding, but she showed tolerance as she kept herself steady from passing out.

"Lulu, what are you doing?" Veigar asked.

"Saving your sorry arse," Lulu spat, "What does it look like? Letting myself be the target dummy?"

"Come on, we need to get back to base to rejuvenate and defend our nexus," Veigar insisted as he gave out a hand to help her.

The Fae Sorceress swatted his hand away as she used 'Whimsy' on him.

"I don't need your f#cking hand, Veigar. You go ahead while I try to ward some checkpoints."

"But you're health is below fifty percent," Veigar pointed.

"I can give two sh!ts about it, but now is not the time," Lulu growled she added 'Help,Pix!' on him, "Go now before the enemy team can get the inhibitor."

At that, she vanished as she went to the enemy jungle. Veigar could not believe that she was very persistent to help her comrades. He was also in shock because Lulu used foul language like she lost her innocent character. Shedding a tear, he went back to base as he prepared to regain his strength all the while to defend the nexus.

He remembered the past whenever she looked at him with her cute emerald eyes like a puppy's, he would blush at the spot. Very innocent and cute that he hid his infatuation to not give her any signs of him showing care. As in REAL CARE. Unfortunately, in the present time, she would gaze at anyone with yellow eyes like his', but with a more fiery and feral look like she would remember the victim's face and put his/her name in her notebook for 'remembrance' before she would... kill him/her.

Lastly, he recalled a moment where she went berserk. The moment where he felt really lost without her. A month ago or two, Veigar challenged an unknown summoner in a duel because Veigar believed that the summoner was so very powerful that he could easily bring the world to its knees. He also heard that this summoner wanted power like him. Not wanting to lose his purpose in joining the league, Veigar searched the summoner in hoping to eradicate him to win the competition. They fought, though the summoner didn't show any signs of fighting back as he kept blocking Veigar's spells, pleading him to stop his confusion. But Veigar was not the type of in listening. Usual in his madness, he kept on and on until he pinned the summoner down right where he wanted. Veigar wanted to kill him, proving that he will get the world first.

It was then, he felt a something wrong. He felt a strong pain in his chest as he was pushed back with greater force before hitting a solid wall. As he regained composure, he looked in front of him to see a nightmare. The Fae Sorceress was standing in front the downed summoner. She was tainted in a different dark magic. One hand a dark flame and the other hand her strange staff like it was corrupted. She was corrupted. She was wearing her Wicked Lulu skin, but without the hat and the red edges from her dress were deep blue. She was glaring at Veigar with golden eyes that were glowing in anger. He remembered those words she said to him.

Veigar, why?!

It's bad enough of you hurting me, but hurting my beloved summoner? That's just insane in a wrong manner!

He may have dark magic, but only because it's to fight for what it's right! And I let myself drown in it for the same purpose!

There was one more that he remembered from her. It was a painful one.

I can forgive you for disliking my existence and character, but know this, Veigar. If you ever harm my link ever again, I will END your soul. I will never forgive for what you've done today and never in the coming future.

Veigar wanted to stop. He wanted to say something to her, but he was not sure if he could do it after what he experienced what she experienced. He knew it would be too late to admit his emotions, but he would at least try to let them all out to put his mind to rest. He searched Lulu's room, but she was not there. He asked some of the champions and they said that she was on top of the Institute's roof, watching the skies as her usual thing. He began setting out to her location. He just wanted to have a moment where everything was normal. No regrets.

He wanted her to be his friend.

NEXT CHAPTER COMING SOON