''Somebody help me!''
A farmer scattered across the fields, bloodied and battered, was screaming for help. A tall, dark looking man with golden eyes and a long blade with a fur lined trench coat stood above the farmer, the farmer whimpering at the sight of him.
''P-p-please sir, I-I dont have any money or food for you to take, please let me go!''
Finally the young golden eyed man spoke.
''If you have nothing, then you therefore should also lose your life. Die.''
The young man stabbed the farmer through the head, then decapitated him. Blood went everywhere and the farmers wife and daughter looked at him in horror. He had become a monster. ''Hmph.'' The young man disappeared from sight and the daughter ran to her father and cried on his lifeless body.
Later, the man was at a small green flower, rather out of place in the grave of the Black Crow Mercenaries.
''What have I become Seris. Look at the monster you see before you. How did we go from happier than anything to this depraved life. I wish you were here Seris. I'm so lost...''
Oddly enough, the man who had just mercilessly killed an innocent man, began to cry.
''Why do the Fates hate me so?! Why did everything I love have to be taken away from me?! WHY COULDNT I DIE INSTEAD?!''
The poor man cried for a good five minutes, then eventually fell asleep next to the flower that bloomed from the one he loved more than life itself, in the field full of the bodies of his friends and family.
Raven's POV
I woke up, and realized that I had fallen asleep next to Seris's everlasting flower. Even though she's gone, at least I have a place to go, and something to remind me she's still watching.
''Watching me kill innocent people, and turn children into orphans. I'm sure she's looking down on me, obviously disappointed. Such is what a man like me deserves.''
Suddenly an arrow came out of nowhere, which i dodged quicky, then ran towards it. I found myself surrounded. Two Knights with large swords both with crimson hair, a powerful looking mage with purple hair, a grey haired girl who was controlling the spear at my throat clearly a Nasod, then the dark looking black haired girl next to me witha spear to my face. I wasn't paying attention to all of that though. I couldnt help but stare at the beautiful elf girl in front of me. At first I thought it was Seris but she was a bit different.
''I yield, I'm reckless but not enough to fight all 7 of you.'' the crimsonette knight came up to me and put cuffs around me.
''You're under arrest for 12 charges of murder and 2 of grand theft. You have the right to remain silent.''
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Rena's POV
I the whole time we were walking back to Velder, I couldnt help but notice that the rather cute looking boy we had arrested was glancing at me every chance he got. I've always been told I was pretty but he didnt seem to be looking anywhere other than my face. It was as if everytime he saw me, he felt more and more like crying. I think I am going to talk to him about that. I walked to the prison and looked for his cell. I heard him talking to himself, but it was alot like he was talking to someone else. All I could hear him say was ''Tell me, is this where i belong, Seris?'' For some reason that name sounded familliar but I immediately shook the though and asked him what I was meaning to ask him.
''Hi. I need to ask a question.''
He glanced at me. ''I suppose you're on the other side of the bars, so I cant really say no can I.''
I put my hands on my hips. ''You were glancing at me the whole way here, but you werent looking at my rather large boobs or anything, other than my face. Why is that.
He didnt answer. ''Answer me! I want to know why. You seem like such a sad person, and everytime you looked at me, you looked more like you wanted to cr-''
''You remind me of her.''
''Who? Who is her?
''Someone I loved with all my heart, but inevitably lost because I trusted somebody far too much.
''I see... What is your name?''
''My name is... come to think of it, I dont remember. I suppose I lost the right to introduce myself when I became the monster I am now.''
''Well, my name is Rena, and you're not a monster.''
He started laughing. ''HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA that's real funny. Please, the last thing I need is for nice people like yourself to tell me lies.''
''You're not a monster. I was supposed to kill you last night. But right as Iwas about to strike, I saw you cry on that green flower. When Wood Elves die happily, they sprout a flower just like that. That must have been Seris, wasn't it.''
He looked at his metal hand,which I thought looked rather wierd. ''You got it. And the rest of those graves were my friends, my family, and everyone else I cares about. I know I am going to be executed. Finally, I can die just like the rest of my friends and loved ones. And even though i'll never be able to see Seris again, why should one live, when he has nothing to live for?''
Everytime I looked into his eyes, I saw more sadness and rage than I'd ever though possible in a man. ''You sure you dont remember your name?''
He looked at me with the lifeless golden eyes. ''My name, is Raven. Once, that was a name that I took pride in.
''And now? Now what do you think of everytime you say your name?''
''I am no longer worthy, to call myself Captain of the Black Crow Mercenaries. To call myself Raven. and now that my fate is sealed, I am not even worthy to live on the borrowed time the nasods have given me. I will die, with no legacy, nobody to remember me, just like the black bird that I am named after. All raven's look the same, so when one dies, nobody remembers it. And that cycle shall not change today. Today, this Raven dies as well.
''Well, then maybe you should live, and give meaning to your name. I'm sure that would make Seris very happy. If you had no worth, then why would Seris and all of your comrades risk their life to save you?! If you die today, then Seris' sacrfice will be completely in vain!''
Oddly enough, the man that had been hard as steel this whole time, began to break down.
''I-I can't! A man like me shouldn't get a second chance! I was never worth Seris' life! S-Seris brough happiness to whoever and whatever she touched! Everything I touch... dies.''
Raven's POV
She was right. Seris died to keep me alive. I should clear my name and use my power for this worlds goodwill. But how? How will I do such a thing. Nevermind. It's too late now...
''You bumbling idiot! Why don't you just join us? We help people for a living so why dont you try helping people too?! They may not appreciate it at first, but that should never stop you from doing whats right! Make Seris happy so that when you really do die, you can live with her forever!'' Those words... They will never leave my mind for as long as I live.
''You're right, and as good as that sounds, I can't just get up and leave this cell. My crimes are so serious they wouldnt give me parole and even if they got every ED in the world they sure as hell wouldnt give me bond. What am I supposed to do?!''
She smiled. A very warm smile, just like Seris'. How I miss that smile.
''Simple. We'll convince the judge that you want to do whats right, and this was all caused by a tragedy in your life.''
I facepalmed. ''They let people out because of tragedy?''
She giggled. ''No, but tragedy does make you go insane, so we'll plead insane! Hahahaha!''
''Wow... wouldn't that just get me put in an insane asylum?
''Nope, I'll tell the judge that I can fix you up heehee!''
I smiled. ''Alright. That sounds great. Thank you. You've given me a purpose and meaning.''
And I wont ever forget that.