Let Go

by LullabyforaStormyNight

She never wanted to go, her fame always in the way but when her brother's letters stopped, she decides to find him. Would the William she found be the same one? He had never felt farther from his friends. Yumi, stress from school, and pressure from Jeremy all put tension on his bond with them. When a chance encounter puts his focus on a certain red-head, will he rethink everything?

1. Prolog

I held on for as long as I could. My palm wrapped around her wrist tightly as she dangled from the edge of the ice sector. Below her, was nothing… an abyss that held no life, carried no existence. I looked down into her pleading eyes. How could I do what she asked? Looking back across my other shoulder, my gut twisted at the sight. Ulrich fought against William in vain. He could have only had maybe 20 life points left and Aelita was cowering behind an iceberg. If she moved, it would be over, for her, for us, for the whole world.

I looked down again, back in her direction, "You have to let go."

I knew I would never be able to pull her up again, "No, I-I can't do that. I won't let go."

"Odd you can't!" Ulrich yelled over, just before exploding into thousands of blue pixels.

"It's either me, or the world Odd."

The last moment I had with her was the glimpse of her dark red hair and the sensation of her fingers slipping through mine.