This is for kennachanmaiden who wanted to see Bracken confess his feelings to Kendra after she is severely injured. This is based of the song Tell Your Heart To Beat Again by Danny Gokey. Warning you might want some tissues.
tell your head to beat again
Kendra dropped her sword as pain surged through her stomach. She heard her name being yelled by a familiar voice, but it sounded strangely distant and unimportant. The only that truly registered in her mind was the unbearable pain coming from the stab wound in her stomach. An indescribable pain that was pushing quickly her towards the realm of unconsciousness. Somehow, Kendra knew she had to stay awake. That giving into the darkness would prove fatal, so she fought. She thought about Bracken and Seth. About her parents and Grandparents. She held onto these things like she would hold onto a life raft. Sadly, her grip on reality was quickly slipping and Kendra knew, she was going to die.
Suddenly, she felt two strong hands grab her face and turn it. Curiosity caused her to force her heavy eyelids open, fighting the pain and darkness once more. She found herself staring into two silvery blue eyes, filled with tears. Bracken was speaking to her as he shifted to look at her wound.
" Kendra... stay awake... hold... ok... Kendra... stay... Me... need... Love..."
Kendra knew there was more that had been said, but she could only make out some of it. Kendra had never been more tired in her life. She felt as if she hadn't slept in years. Her eyelids began to slip shut once more. Bracken was talking loudly and urgently but his words were beyond her understanding at this present moment. As awful as it may sound Kendra welcomed the death. Freedom from the hurt, fear an anxiety. The PTSD and panic attacks. Freedom from everything. Finally, she gave into the comforting darkness, too weak to fight it any longer.
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"Kendra!" Bracken yelled, staring in horror as Ronodin's sword plunged into Kendra's stomach. She screamed and then made a strangled noise. The sound of blood gurgling into her lungs. She had jumped in front of the sword for him. Bracken's horror quickly turned into rage as he lunged at Ronodin. A low roar, leaving his mouth. Ronodin stumbled backwards, shocked at the sudden change in his timid and typically kind, cousin.
Bracken quickly finished the fight, not even stopping to see the damage or bask in this victory. Instead, he ran, dropping to his knees in front of Kendra. She was deathly pale and laying in a pool of her own blood. Brackens heart shattered at the sight of her closed eyes and he feared he was too late. Yet his hopes soared at the sight of her opening her eyes when he grabbed her face. Bracken knew he had to keep her awake, so he began to ramble as he inspected the wound.
"Kendra, hey keep your eyes open stay awake for me. Come on, hold on. You're going to be ok. Kendra, I know you're tired, but stay awake for me. Stay with me. Stay with me, you hear me! I need you! Please Kendra, I'm begging you, Stay with me! I Love you!" His words started sure and steady and ended frantic and slightly hysterical. He couldn't lose her. She meant more to him than anything. He didn't want to live without her The wound was refusing to heal beyond a scab, not even touching the extensive internal damage. And despite his efforts Kendras eyes closed and she took one last shuddering breath. Bracken felt something he had never felt before. Since he was connected through his horn, he felt all life drain and stop. Her heart and lungs stopped and her brain began to shut her body down.
Bracken's head fell to her chest, he sobbed.
" No, Kendra. Come back. I... I can't lose you. Please come back. " He sobbed completely broken. This was his fault. If he had done something, anything, this wouldn't have happened. Suddenly there was a bright flash, causing Bracken to wince and his hopes soar once more. And an idea hit him, it was risky and could kill both of them, but Bracken was convinced it couldn't get worse than it already was. Though Kendra had physically died, magically she still had a few minutes. Her magic sustained her life force slightly and preserved her mind, though her body had shut down. Bracken was going to use Kendra's own magic to heal her and restart her system. He had no idea what the repercussions would be. He had no clue if she would ever be able to do things physically again. But he knew she would be alive and that was enough for him.
Bracken closed his eyes and delved deep into her mind and grabbed as much magic energy as he could, without destroying the protection of her brain, and sent it to the wound. Bracken opened his and saw the wound beginning to heal. Using what was left, he sent a Shockwave of magic energy to her heart. Kendra's body arched off the ground, but strangely, though she was now physically healed, her heart wouldn't beat. after several more times Bracken pulled away tears pouring down his face as he said in one final attempt to bring her back,
"Kendra, I don't know if you can hear me, but I love you more than anything. I can't lose you. I don't know what you've gone through or the pain you've endured, but I need you to tell your heart to beat again. You have so much to live for, tell your heart to beat again, please." After saying this Bracken sent a final Shockwave to her heart and this time she took a breath and her heart began to beat once more. Bracken began to cry in relief.
" Thank you, oh my goodness, thank you! Kendra can do something for me, if you can hear me squeeze my fingers." He said slipping two fingers into her hand almost immediately he felt a small, weak squeeze. " Good job, Kendra. Princess, I need you to open your eyes, can you do that for me?"
Kendra's eyelids fluttered and after a few minutes of coaxing, her eyelids lifted to reveal her beautiful green eyes. Kendra looked exhausted to say the least, but it she was alive.
" Hey, how you feeling?" Bracken asked, brushing a wet strand of hair off her sweat drenched face.
"Fine." Kendra said weakly trying to sit up. Bracken quickly stopped her and laid her back down.
" Woah, hey slow down. Take it easy and rest. Now tell me the truth how do you feel?"
" Weak, dizzy and really tired."
" That sounds more believable. You lost a lot of blood, which explains the weakness and dizziness. And you're tired because you were physically dead for almost 10 minutes and you're magically drained." Bracken's voice cracked at the end of his small speech and he continued looking deep into Kendra's eyes " I almost lost you, I did lose you and it broke me. I realized for the first time how quickly you could have been taken from me. We could die at any time and... What I'm trying to say is, I love you Kendra Sorenson, more than life itself. And I don't want to waste anymore time." Bracken finished blushing as he confessed everything to the beautiful fairykind. Tears shone in her gorgeous eyes and for a minute he was afraid he had said something that had upset her. That was, until her face broke out into a huge smile.
" I love you too Bracken, more than anything. Thank you for saving me."
Bracken felt overwhelmed by emotions and before he could stop himself, he swooped down and pressed his lips to hers in a gentle, loving kiss. After a moment he broke the absolutely magical kiss and Kendra began to speak as tears rolled down her cheeks and she struggled to catch her breath.
" I was so worried when I lost contact with you. I am so so so sorry! If I had just dealt with things myself, none of this would have happened. This is all my fault." Kendra sobbed, all the stress, pain and weariness catching up to her and causing hysteria to set in. Bracken quickly, but gently pulled her up into his lap and rocked gently. Softly running his fingers through her chocolate hair and down her small back.
"Shh, it's alright. Listen this wasn't your fault ok. Don't blame yourself. It's alright, I'm here and I promise I'm going to protect you. Everything is going to be ok."
" I was so afraid I was going to lose you. I just-"
" Shh. You're not going to lose me, I've got you. Just breath."
" I was so scared when he-"
" Shh. I'm ok. You're ok. We're ok. No one can hurt you know, I've got you."
"But what if-"
" Shh. Kendra do you hear my heart beat? Just focus on that. Relax. Everything is going to be alright. Allow yourself to rest and to heal. Not everything is your fault. There are some things you just can't control. There's nothing you can do to prevent them. They just happen."
They stayed in that position for a long time, both reminding the other that they were there and alive, until finally Kendra fell asleep. The exhaustion of the day's events and the sound of Brackens heartbeat lulling her into the peaceful sleep of recovery. When she had fallen asleep, Bracken picked up her small body and carried her out of the prison. He carried her out of the darkness and into the light, determined to protect her for all eternity.
So this is my reunion thanks to kennachanmaiden for the idea.I am always open to suggestions. I will update when the worst is yet to come soon .
