He woke up and the pain in his neck told him he'd never made it to his bed. Looking up he saw the annoyed face of the rabbit looking down at him disapprovingly. He knew the rabbit would be unhappy he'd become so attached to the girl but that's not why the annoyed look was on its face. He was late and the rabbit was a stickler for punctuality. The rabbits look followed him as he raised himself up sheepishly hoping the rabbit would have something for them to do so they wouldn't be stood so awkwardly. You patient has arrived Sky. The rabbits words were solemn and he suddenly felt awake with nerves and adrenalin kicking in as the excitement of meeting his first ever patient came.
The rabbit told him to shut up multiple times as they headed towards where the girl landed. He knew that he was rambling but he just didn't know what to say to the girl. He'd read the manual the rabbit had given him and yet he still didn't feel prepared to meet this girl. She'd been through so much, who knew what state she would be in when she arrived. He'd studied the manuals Rabbit had given him but as they approached nerves overwhelmed him. She looked so lost lying on the floor. There was red everywhere, the grass was soaked in it and her body was hidden under a wash of red. Her eyes were shut and her mouth was slightly parted as she took in air. He watched her stomach go up and down and felt relief that she'd made it.
He wasn't sure what to do now, looking over at Rabbit who was staring at him. Gesturing for him to move forward he followed Rabbit's advice. He knelt down beside her pale body, her body was covered in bruises and cuts and he cringed away from them. Slowly slipping his arms under her body, he picked her up gently praying that he did not hurt her anymore than she had already been and came to a stop in front of Rabbit. Awaiting his instructions he was shocked to hear that Rabbit intended to leave him to his own devices for the girl, Rabbit told him to take her to his home and nurse her till she was healed, then continue the process. Rabbit seemed so confident in his abilities but as he conjured a portal to his home, Sky wasn't so sure. Luckily, there was a spare bedroom set up at his home and as he returned he went to place the girl in there. He couldn't imagine what she would be feeling when she awoke but he knew that he would have to be there. Giving her the small sleep potion Rabbit had handed him, he knew she would be out for a couple of hours; long enough for him to collect all the necessary potions and healing medicines for the girl as well as some clothes. He would get the seamstress to make her some proper clothes later but for now store bought would just have to do. There was one more task to complete after that and it was going to be the worst, he would have to explain the situation to his brother and he already knew Chess wouldn't be happy about it.
Chess was not amused at the words coming from his brother's mouth, he had accepted that his brother wished to assist the Rabbit but bringing someone like that girl into their home would only end in disaster. Sadly, his younger brother was too invested in the girl's safety and refused to leave her, he even tried to show Chess the death video but Chess didn't care about the girl's story. Chess wasn't nice, he didn't care about many people other than his brother but his loyalty to those few was utmost. If this is what his brother wanted to do he wouldn't stand in his way and Sky knew that. Chess couldn't help but groan as Sky handed him a list of things to get for the girl, once Sky saw the look on his brother's face he told him that he would go if Chess stayed to watch the girl and explain things when she woke. Sky smirked as Chess snatched the list from him and disappeared in his usual burst of purple and pink sparks. Sky returned to the girl's side, picking her up gently he began to manipulate her body so that he could remove the small amount of clothing covering her. Leaving her bra and knickers on for the sake of decency he began to gently clean her wounds with anti-septic wipes, he was glad that she would be out for a couple more hours so that he could bandage all her wounds but also he would have to set all the broken bones and dislocated areas of her body. He knew it would hurt when she woke up but Chess was off getting some things that would help her. One of the medicines would heal her broken bones in record time, so it would only take a couple of hours to work and re set the bones properly as well as the dislocated joints. The cuts would be bandaged for a week, being changed every four hours and applying a cream called Rewock, which was made from a strange mixture of plants and trees and bugs, he wasn't entirely sure but he did know that it would heal the cuts whilst also providing pain relief and clearing her body of any illness, infection or disease.
Chess returned in record time dumping the shopping in the girl's room and excusing himself quickly from Sky before he could ask him for anything else. Chess knew that the girl had about an hour and a half before she would wake and he knew it meant a lot to his brother that she was cared for. He also knew Sky would overlook simple issues for the girl and so he informed the household staff of the visitor and when she would awaken. He made sure that the cook would have something easily edible for the girl when she awoke and that the housemaid would get some more appropriate attire for the girl than that which his brother had ordered, she was also ordered to make sure the girl always had water in her room and that she was taken care of when Sky was unable to. The other staff in the house were ordered to make the guest room next to the girl's ready for his brother as he knew that Sky would only sleep there anyway to make sure that the girl was alright. All this fuss for one girl seemed hardly worth it, Chess hadn't bothered to look at the girl and he didn't care to. Sky felt pity and sorrow for this girl and that made him weak, but then he had always been the sentimental half of the family. Chess's father had trained him to follow in his footsteps and he had, Chess had become a fighter, the captain of the Red and White Queen's royal guard. Once they had become united of course, he had fought in the War of the Roses they had called it, the battle between the Red and White Queen had almost destroyed this place but in the end the two Queen's had clubbed together to take down a far greater foe and with that victory the two sisters were brought together. They now ruled together and had announced Chess as their captain of the guard after the reports of his skill in battle and his loyalty to his comrades. Chess's father had died, shortly after Chess was announced Captain of the guard, from the loss of his wife in the battle, his heart was broken and he took his own life leaving Chess to raise Sky. Sky however had never been raised in that way. His mother had taken great care to make sure he knew emotions such as sympathy, empathy and love. She was the one who has suggested a route such as the Rabbit's as a way of helping others. Sky had always loved to help others and look after other people. He would bring people home to the Manor sometimes after they had stumbled into the forest and injured themselves, heal them up and feed them before allowing them to stay the night before sending them home. He would always inform the family to make sure they knew the person was safe. Sky knew that Chess didn't approve of such things, that he hadn't been taught to love and care for others but to not show emotion, to be strong and he knew that Chess saw emotion as being weak. Sky had been devastated when his mother died and he knew that his father had been disappointed in him for reacting in such a way. His father had killed himself from grief but he had never shown it. He had trained Chess harder and with less emotion than before. Sky he had looked at with shame, he had told him that his crying was weak and that he should never show emotion for that was how people manipulated you. When his father died Sky still cried he wouldn't forget the lessons of his mother they were too ingrained in his DNA for him to overcome them, and Chess had let him cry and agonise in peace. Chess trained harder and he soon became very good at his job. Sky would scarcely see him some days but he knew his brother looked after him, there would always be food on the table and his rooms would always be clean and the manor was always tidy and well-organised. He knew that the staff did it under Chess's orders, he owed a lot to his brother and they were very close, they had a thick bond and like his brother Sky was loyal to a fault, unlike Chess though he was loyal to many.
Just like the girl that lay before him, she wasn't just a job or a chance to prove himself or to help someone. She was a friend, a lost soul, someone who needed him to show her around this new world and as he watched her begin to wake he felt a rush of relief that the medicine hadn't had a bad effect. He would look after her, he swore to the Rabbit, but he had also sworn to his mother that he would always help others in any way he could and he had never met a person so in need of help as this girl. Sky had dressed her in a simple white shift he had managed to get, it came to just above the girl's knee and he hoped that she would find it modest enough until he could get clothes made to her. The blood had been rinsed from her hair and he had been shocked to find it a beautiful golden colour and soft as silk, compared to the matted blood drenched hair she had arrived with. Her eyes began to flutter and he could hear her heart begin to beat faster preparing her for this moment. He began to feel nervous but as her eyes opened he got lost in their stormy blue depths until her soft raspy voice pulled him out of them.
Is this heaven ?