"What's happened to her?" he cried.
Now he could see her clearly. Her hands were folded against her belly, and she still wore the ruined dress. But her eyes. Her eyes were the worst thing about her in this state.
They were wide open, blank, and sightless. The usual shine in them was gone. Absolutely soulless.
"What's happened to her?" he yelled, the sound of his voice bouncing off the walls. His mother winced, "She's in-between life and death."
Dimitri looked at his mother, incredulous. Then, he turned to the coffin, and having the intention of breaking it to set free the girl he loved, he lunged at it with his fist.
CRACK!
Dimitri howled in pain and cradled fist, staring at the coffin in disbelief. He pressed his hands against the glass.
"Anya…"
Dimitri shot up, panting. He immediately regretted the quick movements, when his ribs and head screamed in pain. He groaned, but forced himself to look around.
"That's… odd. I don't remember that statue being there…" he murmured, stiffly getting to his feet. As he walked toward the statue, he began to get more and more worried, for what reasons, he didn't know. At last, after what seemed like an eternity for him, he reached the statue. He studied its face for a while. Dimitri noticed there was something that resembled a tear on its cheek. He then turned to its eyes.
His eyes widened. The stone eyes looked exactly like… Like…
"No." he whispered hoarsely, stepping back in shock. "No… No! THIS ISN'T REAL!"
Anya had turned to stone… No this couldn't be true… She had finally returned home! She was where she was looking for this whole time! This wasn't fair!
Biting back bitter tears, he slowly heaved the statue up, and carried it toward the palace. Her grandmother had to know.
A/N: Yay! Third chapter is finally up! I meant to put it up earlier… But I had exams, and I hate to practically drown in my notes. Yuck. Anyway, thanks to Saiya-jin Queen and Paigeekins, for taking the time to read my still-in-progress story. I hope you enjoy this chapter! I think it's a bit longer that the last two, but I dunno. Oh well. See ya!